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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1944
Page
38
Winter pork is in liberal supply and readers are offered several new recipe ideas. Cushion Style Picnic Shoulder details stuffing technique and roasting time. Stuffed Sausage Roll uses bulk sausage apples and bread crumbs rolled and baked. Planked Ham Steak Dinner combines ham with fruit juice apples green peppers and Spanish rice baked to heat through.
A vintage recipe for a Jelly Tower Cake uses Concord grape jelly between light cake layers. The instructions detail sifting flour with baking powder and salt, beating yolks with sugar, folding in mixtures, baking for 20 to 25 minutes at 350 degrees, and assembling with jam filling and sugar dusting.
Miss Nelle Pickering hosted the Pallas Club at 127 N. Lancaster St on Saturday Jan 22. Twenty five members attended with Mrs W F Copeland presiding. Elsie Druggan paid tribute to Mrs A O Sloane the last active charter member whose memory will be recorded in the club history stored at Edwin Watts Chubb Library. Mary Connett led the literary program on womans work in a changing world.
Gerald Wiseman aviation machinist mate returns from a 15 day furlough visiting his parents in Columbus and Lancaster after aerial gunnery training in Jacksonville Florida. He dined with family and spoke with his Merchant Marine brother John Wiseman in Sheepshead New York. The Bishop Class of Central Avenue Church plans a January 27 meeting. Local social mentions include Abner Frost party guests and dinners hosted by Mrs. Harry Taylor and others in Portsmouth.
A home mixed cough remedy promotes a compound of proven ingredients with concentrated action for throat and bronchial irritation. Mix Pinex with syrup to make a pint of cough syrup. claim is it never spoils, pleases children, loosens phlegm, soothes membranes, eases soreness, and eases breathing with a money back guarantee.
Emily McConkey daughter of Mr and Mrs A E McConkey 1 Spring St celebrated her ninth birthday with a Saturday party for friends. Older sister Marjory organized games and several guests attended with prize winners named.
ANN STEVICK reports wartime seed news with new crops. Michigan debuts E Chatham extra early tomato. Louisiana yields a vitamin rich sweet potato for candy and carb use. a yellow sweet corn trials show higher yield than Golden Bantam.
Mr and Mrs Carl Grandstaff Stewart announce the marriage of their daughter Betty L Grandstaff to Mr Nelson Brundige grandson of Mr and Mrs Edward Pidcock New Marshfield. The wedding was January 5 at Gallipolis. Betty L Grandstaff is a 1943 Ames Bern High School graduate. Brundige, honorably discharged from the Navy in March 1943, works at Rauch s Bakery in Athens.
wartime guidance from NEA Service explains how to care for vacuum cleaners to extend life during shortages. It covers cleaning oiling motor bearings emptying bags and replacing worn brushes and cords. It warns against running over debris and stresses safe storage and annual service.
Ruth Millette reports a tour singer boasted of rebuking Army camp operations over seating favoritism and politics. She criticized officers wives at shows and stated enlisted men on crutches were relegated to rear seats. The piece argues entertainers should boost morale at camps, not air public complaints afterward.
Advice on respectful conduct across genders and roles, emphasizing not belittling women's work, using proper military ranks, Civil War etiquette, and churchgoing manners. Includes guidance on introducing officers, handling collections, teaching handshake etiquette, and handling a house guest who attends church.
In a staged rescue across the street from a restaurant, Madge Graham leads friends of captive Marion Morton against her fiancée Ronald Hinnton’s sister Gaseine Hinnton and Carolyn. They plan manipulation and disguise aided by Halloran to secure Marion’s release and a covert mission.
In a tense continuation Mrs. Graham plans disguises for Ronald Brixton to avoid recognition from a fiancée. Dr. Twitchell Katharine Noel Adams Adams and Jack Bicket join the front room in a fragile setup as secrets near exposure.
Pope Pius XII declines renewed German proposals after Allied landings south of Rome. Vatican defenses heightened and guard strengthened as the issue is reported by Aftontidninger from Zurich and the Scandinavian Telegraph Bureau in Rome. WBA Officers Club meets at 13 Stewart St with election of officers.
A columnist advises bleaching dark hairs on the upper lip and cheeks to lessen visibility. Use ready made or homemade bleach with peroxide and ammonia, apply once or twice, test skin reaction, then repeat until pale. Cold cream afterward helps soothe irritation and dryness.
Community clubs and societies schedule Tuesday meetings at various homes and venues including Mrs. Ralph Franklin Ave Mrs. E and the Marine Army and Navy club hosting Potlag ner and other sessions. Pythian Sisters install officers with refreshments at the lows Hall.
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