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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1942
Page
6
Fragmentary text shows local official terms like bids, contracts, taxes, and school salaries. Mentions include names such as Watson and Melvin, Route 4, California County, and general financial items like receipts, bonds, and funds. The legible fragments suggest a county or school board accounting page with various line items and totals.
Betty Hoyt McCoy and Francis Brooks Fuller marry in a Sunday ceremony at First Methodist Church. The bride wore a white satin gown with leg o noth ing sleeves, fingertip veil, and coronet of orange blossoms. Guests included family members, attendants, and two flower girls. reception at Alpha Xi Delta house followed by a trip. Mrs. Fuller teaches English at Glouster High School. both hail from Ohio University backgrounds.
Out of town relatives and guests gathered Sunday afternoon for the McCoy-Fuller wedding. Attendees hailed from Columbus Glen, Zanesville Zanesfield Glouster Parkersburg and Charleston with numerous family members listed including Corrine Murray White and Dennison families among others.
Mrs. Charles J. Eddy returns to Athens with her son Lieutenant Thomas Roderick Eddy and Mrs. Eddy from California after a three week stay in Los Angeles and San Francisco. Paul J. Huber of Hollywood, father of Eddy, stops in Athens en route home from a East Coast trip. First Lieutenant Roger J. Jones Jr. transferred from Fort Knox to a air division training at Camp Maxwell Alabama. Lieutenant Colonel Eugene McGinley and family guests of Miss Amy and Clara Weihr with Mrs. McGinley planning to stay in Athens. Rev and Mrs F Kenney called to Dayton for their son Floyd's appendicitis operation. Earl Beckley of Beckley Clothing Co in Cincinnati for a retail clothiers convention. wife joins him there and returns to Athens Wednesday.
A hometown update highlights four Eddy family members in military or defense roles including Lieutenant Thomas Roderick Eddy and Ensign Roderick J. Eddy. It also cites local notices on a Use stamp display rule, a McGuffey Society event, and a wartime rubber shortage affecting girdles and other goods.
Mrs Mamie M Beal of 515 Richland Ave Athens sends a starter and dough recipe for salt rising bread The starter uses potatoes sugar boiling water corn meal and salt The dough uses milk water baking soda shortening and flour The loaf yields three loaves and bakes at 400 degrees for about 45 minutes Central PTA meets Jan 29 at 2 30 pm in the Little Theater Mr Carl Nessley speaks on Constructive Leisure Time Activities News notes include family travel from Athens to Columbus for illness and a funeral in Pittsburgh. Kyle and Clifford convention trip in Cincinnati.
At Wilson College in Chambersburg Pennsylvania coeds operate more than 35 campus businesses and holiday enterprises. Over 50 of 400 undergraduates earn extra money and some reinvest profits by buying defense bonds. The photo shows Ruth Baldwin serving breakfast to Harriet Brick and a student cooperative dress shop operating undergraduates.
A description of a white turban and scarf as practical blackout attire for airmen and pedestrians. The piece notes the turban’s visibility to aircrew and its value as a smart accent to black and navy outfits.
Regular Clarks Chapel Women’s Society of Christian Service meeting set for Wednesday January 28 at 1 15 p m at the home of Rev and Mrs Herman Baughn All women in the community invited Plains Garden Club to meet Wednesday at 730 p m at the home of Mrs Thelma Linscott Also tips on using a vacuum dusting attachment and on repurposing celery tops for soup and cooking
A 1940s editorial urges women to join war effort through Red Cross and air raid wardens. It contrasts busy volunteers with those who claim no time, urging households to cut frills and involve all family members. It emphasizes every hour matters in national mobilization.
Lieutenant Willard Smith, formerly teaching advanced flying at Stockton, California, is transferred to Albuquerque New Mexico for a three month course in flying twin motor bombers. He will later teach bomber flying at Higley Field Arizona. The son of Mr and Mrs W H Smith is a graduate of Ohio University and Athens Municipal Airport civilian pilot program.
Advanced Red Cross First Aid class tonight at Senior High School 7 to 10 p m open to those with preparatory course completion. Athens Woman's Music Club meets Monday 7 30 p m at 220 E State St Mrs Harry Foster hosting Executive Board at 7 p m. Group Two Woman's Council meets at First Christian Church 7 30 p m at Mrs E W Bingman home needles thread knitting. Athens County Council for Childhood Education executive board 7 p m Room 6 E W Chubb Library. Red Cross Roller Skating Party at Athens Rollercade 7 30 to 10 30 p m proceeds to War Relief Fund tickets at door. Tues Guild Six Christian Church meet 6 p m at Miss Mildred Banks home. Child Conservation League Annual Guest Night Cottage Tea House 7 30 p m guest speaker Mrs L C Staats Maecenas. Literary Club 2 p m at Mrs E W Bingman home program leader Mrs Alma Hudson bring quilt pieces for Red Cross sewing. 900 French Group AAUW 7 30 p m at Mrs Hockenberry home 57 Elmwood. W B A Review 7 30 p m IO C F Hall bring dish and sandwiches for potluck. Important business transacted. Progressive Literary Club 7 30 p m at Mrs Garfield Porter Hooper St Mrs Ralph Woods book review. Chi Omega Alumnae Club special meeting Tuesday Jan 27 8 p m chapter house S College St dues collection sales tax stamps. Athena-Delphian Club meet 7 30 p m at Mrs E J Shannon 80 W State St.
In a tense domestic drama Olina, Mary, Noel, and Steve navigate rumors and romantic entanglements. The narrator contemplates using Olina as a discreet ally to counter Redfield’s whispers and protect Mary and Noel while pursuing a scheme with the family.
In Madge Graham's Hotel Lansfield the exiled Transylvanian princess Olivia explains her so called cordial ruse with Stephen Redfield to verify his slurs about Noel Veritzen. She recalls Mary proposing Olivia as a third for outings while Madge contemplates her father's plan. The narrator requests Olivia’s oath to secrecy while detailing Redfield's behavior.
The local Red Cross chapter thanks Ohio’s Thomas Jenkins for a fifteen dollar contribution and notes他 officials and volunteers promoting war fund drives. It mentions sound track in town for sacrifice day, plus new fundraising and First Aid training by physicians, a Phi Sigma Sigma prom check-in fee plan, and a Red Cross art contest with $300 prizes. A birth announced in Wheeling West Virginia: Benita Elizabeth Downer born January 25, 1942.
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