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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1936
Page
7
chaotic weather disrupts social gatherings with multiple club meetings and potluck events postponed or delayed. Wednesday and tonight see cancellations as organizers postpone until further notice. attendees fare for homebound plans amid unsettled conditions.
In New York, Dorothea Rote and a Tele phone Secretarial Service cater to 1200 clients including many doctors. Operators answer calls as clients secretaries, handling purchases, love notes, and urgent transmissions. Stories include buying gifts, notifying sweethearts, and arranging medical dispatches under tight timelines.
Wanless was elected president of the Married People's class at the First Christian Church in the Ayres home. Officers include Clarence Meagle as vice president and Pearl Chase as treasurer. The group planned sending flowers for a meeting and hosted refreshments, with Miss Irene Irwin and Mrs. L. J. Tolson among attendees. Founders' day observed marking the sisterhood's beginnings.
A home made cough syrup recipe is described as superior to ready made products. It uses red sugar syrup and a pine based concentrate noted for soothing throat and clearing air passages. The article claims wide use in homes due to its strong soothing effect.
Mrs. F. D. Forsyth entertained a four table bridge club at her home 218 East State Street on Wednesday. Mrs. Robert Wood won the high score prize.
Snow suit fashion becomes common among college girls amid bitter weather. Students at Alpha Delta Pi, Alpha Xi, Alpha Gamma Delta and other houses wear snow trousers and jackets in colors matching their outfits while trudging to classes. A banker, Mr. F. D. Forsyth, travels to Philadelphia for an American Bankers Association meeting.
In Athens the bitter sub zero spell has spurred a surge of ski pants and trousers worn by college and high school girls to classes and by young matrons for driving and shopping. The look echoes winter sports gear with a long stocking taboggan vibe.
AAUW International Relations group meets Thursday at 7 p m at the Faculty Womens club house to discuss Neutrality. Nannie Uliom Debaroh Lodge and Rebekah Lodge set separate 7 30 p m gatherings with a Thomas Wildey Birthday joint session. Eagles Ladies Auxiliary meets 7 p m and a public bingo follows. Business and Professional Women at 7 50 p m with bridge tournament ongoing. Roosevelt Sewing Club meets 7 30 p m at 44 Mound St. First Christian Deborh Class cancels tonight due to cold. League of Women Voters postpones potluck and meeting until next week with date TBA. Friday events include Letter Carriers Auxiliary at 7 30 p m and Stitch and Chatter at 2 p m at 12 Hudson Ave.
The article suggests making hard sauce with brown or maple sugar and adding chopped dates or nuts and fruit coloring. It shares a Cuban style banana dish with grilled bananas and broiled steak, plus coconut boiled in honey over bananas or pineapple. It notes dusted bread with grated cheese as a soup accompaniment and mentions fish hash and live shrimps in China.
New York reports detail a two show event at Waldorf Astoria Ballroom and a hotel roof where lingerie models in brassieres and pink foundation garments are displayed before buyers. The spectacle includes lace padas, removable strap innovations, and satin corsets, with fashion observers noting a trend toward lighter yet stronger corsets and fuller silhouettes.
Ted Toll and his Swingtown Six have been selected to perform at the President's Birthday Ball with Jimmy Littler as the other engaged orchestra. One group will play at the Hotel Berry and the other at the Eagles Hall, while the Women's League Orchestra will provide music at the university Men's Union dance.
At a Wednesday meeting the East Side PTA outlined its annual Valentine party for schoolchildren and scheduled February as a Founders Day month with a candle light service and a silver offering for extension work. A February 3 study group with Mrs. Brown and Mrs. LaBaw was announced. Also note births and visits in the community including the Featherston family birth in Stewart and local gatherings with Mrs. Baker’s circle and CCC veteran William North in Gloucester.
Phi Chi Delta Presbyterian sorority held formal initiation Tuesday night at the church for 18 girls. A tea followed with patronesses Mrs. A. T. Clark and Miss Mary Connett. decorations were green and gold. Patrons included Mrs. D. Morrison, Mrs. C. E. McClure, and Mrs. C. E. Cooper. Initiates listed: Lucile Anderson, Lorna Jane Cooper, Doris Siegfried, Esther Hand, Betty Godden, Margaret Reger, Betty Ring, Jane White, Jeannette Steber, Dorris Miller, Laura Lu Richards, Mary Miller, Elizabeth Johnson, Dorothy Reibel, Phyllis Neely, Margaret Jean McConnell, Ruth Talbot, Mary Barnhill.
Pupil recital by Miss Vera Board with soprano Miss Elizabeth Close set for Music Hall Auditorium Friday January 24 at 8 p m. Participants include Alice Carpenter Marjorie Wheaton Beatrice Luckoff Jean Forsyth Luise Mason Eleanor Peckham Richard Imes Elizabeth Harris Marjorie Malone Grace Ellen Foster Ruth Mason Helen Radford Donna Gaitten Kathleen Carpenter Virginia Segale Jane Foster and Betty McClure. Mr and Mrs A B Roe Elmwood Pl left Tuesday night on a business trip to Chicago.
Gastonia North Carolina case notes C D Spake claims he is his own uncle through a tangled family history. Spake notes that his grandfather married his mother in law, making his wife his aunt and his children his first cousins. The peculiar lineage leads to a looped relation scenario for his descendants.
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