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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1942
Page
6
Special Education pupils from University Elementary School displayed about 50 watercolor and chalk paintings in the auditorium and main hall. Exhibits included circus memories, dancing groups, war and peace themes, and classroom notes, with comments by teachers and data on the young artists.
Gas and electric ranges require careful cleaning to extend life during shortages. Regularly remove and clean burners with brushes and soapy water, boil cast iron parts, and clear pilot holes and air shutters. Avoid sharp tools and spill cleanup on open coils. char residue can protect electric units when range is cool.
Mrs. L. Otto Weser of New York City visits Mrs. Louis Brown in Athens. Alex Nelson’s family reports Belford B. Nelson in Chicago. Nelson aids U S Maritime Commission in Chicago. Athens hosts several Ohio residents visiting relatives. Curtiss-Wright inspector Earl Hooper returns after plant visit in Buffalo. Merry June Buck visits Athens with Ohio University friends. Edith Wray and guests host Miss Wray’s relatives from New Kensington. Winters couple return from Cammelton West Virginia to Athens. Robert Hawk of Dayton visits his mother in Athens. Fletcher Hawk and grandson Charles McAllister return from Michigan fishing trip. Jessie Tom Johnson of Columbus visits family in Athens. Byron Johnson to join next weekend.
This is a rules style Q and A about proper social behavior at home and with guests. It poses five scenarios on interrupting readers, sharing a newspaper at breakfast, watching others work, neighborly yard time, and discussing a stranger, plus a tipped maid dilemma for guests.
In New York Madeleine, a former French intelligence agent, serves creme de Gaulle at Madeleine's midtown restaurant while recalling wartime missions with Ratzoski. She hopes to meet in free Paris in two years as French leaders in America toast to victory.
The United States faces a transformed world after the war, with new techniques and vast resources. University of Missouri 1942 graduates heard Donald Nelson urge courage and pioneer spirit, arguing that parents need the pep talk as their children enter a changed future while older generations fear upheaval.
Wartime job prospectus urges women to seek government defense roles with on the job training or short courses. The Athens Messenger advertises a 32 page booklet Getting a Defense Job listing job types and registration details, alongside a note on War Bonds.
A humorous tale follows a teacher who grows a garden in a Breton hat brim then walks downtown to prove practicality. The item shifts to domestic tricks during rationing and ends with church circle meeting announcements for July 7 and 8 at local homes and churches.
Mrs. Donna Lee Woodruff Kelley is honored with a linen shower hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Fred Woodruff at 12 Wolfe St. The June 13 wedding to Robert Kelley is noted. Guests include Harold Sherlock family and several couples. A feature on home decor ideas follows, ending with a note on visits by the Millikans from Warsaw and Lancaster.
A tense scene unfolds as Katharine receives a letter allegedly from Jack and a trusted ally recalls his warnings to keep Katharine ignorant of Jack’s return. Madge presses Katharine for details while the family scrambles to manage the letter’s implications and the husband’s sudden reappearance.
Katharine receives a dramatic letter from Jack Bickett revealing danger and a vital government invention. Madge Graham knows Jack is back, hidden in upstate Connecticut, pursued by a clandestine ring. Katharine arrives at Hotel Lansfield seeking help while awaiting her New York visit. The missing engineer's return complicates loyalties and love.
Women far apart ask how to tint hair without dyeing and whether dyeing helps with wartime job prospects. Dyeing is not a stigma if done well, gray hair no longer signals aging, and decisions should be personal. If dyeing, choose a color close to natural and plan for regular re colorings.
Members of the Woodwork Class at Carbon Dale Neighborhood House attended a swimming party and picnic at Lake Hope last Monday. Attendees included Connie Chesser, Marion Macey, Dewey Lowry, Jimmie Stanley, Paul Lowry, with Miss Jessie Doolittle and Miss Eleanor Gifford. Additional girls aiding Miss Gifford in Luhrig Bible School were Goldie Jewett, Madeline Starrett, Eileen Lowry, Lorraine Jewett. Ada Kennedy assists with woodwork.
A Columbus roller skating club from Rollerland spent Sunday in Athens at the Rollercade. Members present included Thomas Holley Peggy Morgan Bob Latham Jack Whitlock Jack Mills Ann Murphey Helen Murphey Don Murphey and Paula Stockwell. They also hiked through Sell's Park nearby.
An informal reception honoring Mr and Mrs Robert Wray of New Kensington Pennsylvania was held at Five Oaks the summer home of Miss Irma F Voigt dean of women at Ohio University and Dr Edith Wray English professor Dr Wray s brother has been visiting in Athens the past week Over 30 townspeople attended ANNOUNCE BIRTH Mr and Mrs Joe McBride 18 Clark St announce the birth of a nine and three fourths pound son Friday July 3 The grandparents are Mrs Stella McBride and Mr and Mrs William Gould
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