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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1941
Page
6
Washington rooming houses on Sixteenth Street charm newcomers into romance and marriage. Director A A Wrenn guides tenants by star signs, pairing couples, and arranging flats, with many love stories blossoming among nurses, engineers, typists, and aspiring government workers.
A New York conference of 500 leaders from community centers churches colleges and charities reviewed war related strains on families. Willard Waller of Columbia urged women to honestly assess home life citing disorganization hurried marriages juvenile delinquency and fewer births as signs. He urged maintaining hopeful home life to support families and the nation despite wartime anxiety.
Reverend and Mrs. Neil J. Crawford arrive in Athens on Tuesday July 8 and will stay as guests of Rev. and Mrs. Fred Lucha at 15 North College Street. Crawford formerly led the First Christian Church here and now pastors the University Church of Christ in Buffalo New York. The Married Peoples Class of the First Christian Church with the Luchs sponsors a picnic on Tuesday evening on the Presbyterian Manse lawn with dinner at 6 30 PM and indoor arrangements if rain. Friends from all churches are invited to bring sandwiches and table service.
Several Athens residents plan trips and host guests over summer. Mrs. W H McKee and grandson Billy depart for a Canada tour visiting Quebec Montreal and Toronto then Meadvill Pa before returning to Athens. Miss Constance G Leete and Mrs Edna Bogle head to Pemaquid Maine for two months. Various locals entertain relatives visiting from Chicago Cleveland Albany and more while service members and families continue summer plans.
An article notes U S O aims to fund over 360 service clubs, with Athens County targeting 1500 dollars to support national defense morale. Donations accepted at the Legion Home and Presbyterian Church vestibule. Also announced are Albany Junior Garden Club meeting at the high school and McDougal Church planning an Ice Cream Social and Bazaar.
Woman's Auxiliary of the Church of the Good Shepherd will meet Tuesday at 2 30 p m with Mrs Robert G Purrington as hostess. Women's Association of the Presbyterian Church will meet with Anna E White leading a program on America and the Refugees. Group Four will host, W B A Review meets 7 30 p m in LOC C F Hall. Epworth League of Richland Ave Methodist Church holds monthly business meeting at Miss Gretchen Baughn's home. Albany Community Garden Club meets Friday at 2 p m at Mrs P B Morse home for election of officers. Weekend guests of Mr and Mrs Charles Breinig included Mr and Mrs Harold Krug and daughter Jean of Cincinnati and Mrs William Krimpelman of Cheviot.
A narrator endures Mary’s strict curfew to prepare for looming interviews with Nancy Carew and Mary herself. Tensions mount around Stephen Redfield, Noel Veritzen, and Olga as Mary’s marriage to Noel faces jealousy and danger amid theatrical intrigues and rumors of royal lineage.
Madge Graham, after a 2:00 A.M. call with Ronald Brixton, coordinates tea and plans with her niece Mary Veriten in the Hotel Lansfield suite. Mary, determined, insists Madge stays put while Olga arranges a discreet tea setup, hinting at ongoing schemes surrounding Marion Morton’s disappearance.
Miss Ellen Biddle local Red Cross secretary says county quota for war relief has tripled from last assignment. Last year volunteers made 7 746 articles for sufferers and this year’s goals include 100 men’s sweaters 200 women’s sweaters or shawls 500 children’s sweaters 100 children’s knitted suits 108 bed shirts 100 hospital pajamas 24 women’s cotton dresses 128 girls’ cotton dresses 37 women’s cotton skirts 100 girls’ woolen skirts 80 women’s woolen skirts 180 girls’ woolen dresses 100 boys’ shirts 50 pairs boys’ overalls 80 toddler packs and 350 layettes. First shipment to National Red Cross Headquarters in Jersey City, New Jersey, was sent last week.
Red Cross Sewing calendar lists events for the week including Monday afternoon Young Married Woman's Group of Christian Church Tuesday afternoon Social Literary Club Wednesday all day American Legion Auxiliary Thursday all day Child Conservation League Friday all day Women's Soul Christian Service of the First Methodist Church Friday evening Mother's Cir.
Miss Hart urges women to improve diction and conversation as they age. Reading newspapers aloud with a dictionary boosts vocabulary and fluency, while clear pauses keep listeners engaged and allow others to respond.
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