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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1941
Page
6
The wardrobe shown features eight pieces in featherweight ticking denim in middy blue with white stripes. It includes blue slacks and shirt, striped shorts and jacket, a flared striped skirt and jerkin, striped overalls and sailor jacket. A silk shanting travel outfit adds skirt and tailored jacket, shorts, shirt, halter top and floor-length skirt.
In Athens a ten-year-old boy gave fifty cents to U.S.O. solicitors at the Presbyterian Church saying he wanted to help the soldiers. Reports from New Rochelle and Latrobe show small children sending nickels and notes to support the Army behind the Army. Indiana dealers raise funds by auctioning junked cars for defense and ads urge Americans not yet drafted to join the U.S.O. givers.
Miss Bettie Lee McCaskill entertained eleven guests at a dinner party at her parents home 10 North May Avenue Saturday night. The event honored Patty Vorhes of Belleville Illinois a two week house guest and celebrated Miss McCaskills 17th birthday. Martha Lou Dowler won first prize in the cards.
The Soil Tillers and Hilarious Hammers 4 H Clubs of Albany held a July 4 party at Mr. and Mrs. W G Munns home. Thirty members and guests enjoyed games contests and refreshments of ice cream and cake.
Mr and Mrs W F Schuler announce the marriage of daughter Virginia to Mason McBride of Cadiz Ohio. The single ring ceremony was in Columbus on Friday July 4 with attendants Dolly Schuler and John Fairchild. Mrs McBride graduated from Lillian Johnson School of Cosmetology Columbus and has worked in Athens. Mr McBride is a Bliss Business College graduate and works for City Ice and Fuel in Columbus. They reside at 32 S Sixth St Columbus.
Mrs. W S Bentley and her son Bobby plus cousin Miss Catherine Daugherty of Columbus vacationed with the Wood family in Athens. Warren and Mary Davis toured Old Mexico then visited Harold S Davis and family in Athens before returning home to Steubenville. Several Curtiss Wright workers and relatives from Athens hosted weekend guests including the Helwig and Hooper families. Others traveled from Marietta Louisville Indianapolis Cincinnati and Toledo for July Fourth visits with locals.
Landscape Gardening School taught by Mr. Paul Brown begins with meetings at Richland Ave Athens Town ship School building on July 10 at 6 p m The Plains July 11 6 p m in the High School Community Room Glouster July 14 6 p m Senior High School Athens July 15 6 p m Senior High School Nelsonville July 16 7 p m in the home economics room High School building. Nelsonville July 16 7 p m.
Mary hushes a tester of affection as she schemes to shield her niece Madge Graham while the hotel party for Steve Redfield unfolds. The narrator, exhausted from a chase for Marion Morton, plans covertly to gauge Redfield’s true feelings toward Mary amid jealousies and social obligations.
Mr and Mrs Luke Hardy of The Plains announce the marriage of their daughter June to Mr James Staley son of Mr Elmer Staley of Chauncey. The ceremony occurred Saturday July 5 1941 and the couple will reside in Detroit Michigan where Mr Staley is employed.
W E A Review meets 7 30 p m Tuesday in LO OF Hall Epworth League holds monthly business meeting at Richland Ave Methodist Church home of Miss Gretchen Baughn devotional led by Mary Brundige recreation by Betty Shaver Deborah Class sponsors Ice Cream Social Wednesday at 5 15 p m at 73 N Congress St proceeds fund chairs for church social room American Legion Auxiliary sewing room Wednesday all day meet 9 a m lunch bring own table service U C D Club meets Wednesday 7 30 p m at American Legion Home Hillcrest Needle Club hosts family picnic Wednesday 6 p m at C R White home Daughters of Union Veterans meet Wednesday 7 30 p m in Legion Home.
The Red Cross sewing calendar lists Tuesday afternoon with Social Literary Club. Wednesday all day with American Legion Auxiliary. Thursday all day with Child Conservation League and Gasco Women's Club at 7 p m. Friday all day with Women's Society of Christian Service at First Methodist Church and Friday evening Mother's Circle.
The Birthday Club gathered at Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Pearson's country home to celebrate July birthdays for Minnie Horn and Oscar Dupler of Longstreth. Attendees included Wanda and Paul Horn, Frances and Ortha Potts, Minnie and Fred Horn, Mabel and Watson Coope, Lawrence Pearson, and Martha and Oscar Pearson. Weekend visitors were W. T. Parks of Xenia and Earl E. Dilcher of Cleveland.
The narrator notes Mary and guests Olga Philip Olina attend a gathering where Noel shows boredom masking jealousy toward Stephen Redfield. Mary’s entrance sparks renewed interest while the narrator fixates on Redfield, recalling a recent encounter with the actor in a different guise.
A study of successful women shows they balance demanding careers with grooming routines. Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt is cited as exceptionally busy yet well presented, while Mrs. J. Borden Harriman and fashion executives like Dorothy Shaver and Edna Woolman Chase manage work, social life, and appearance with efficiency.
A home dessert guide shows a CHOC-CHIP MERINGUE PIE with pudding filling and folded chocolate topping baked 20 minutes at 325 F. It also explains chocolate types Unsweetened and Sweetened and notes the Harmony-Cash Ridge schools annual reunion picnic at Richard Phillips home near Clarks Chapel Church on Sunday July 13 with each family asked to bring table service.
An article urges families of July 1 draftees to avoid pity and treat induction as a necessary, normal part of life. It cautions against reinforcing fear and recommends focusing on the positive and practical aspects of service. Also includes tips on refreshing woolens and swimsuits after storage.
The American Legion Auxiliary invites interested women to sew for the Red Cross tomorrow at the Red Cross Sewing Room 74 E State St. A potluck lunch will be served at noon with covered dishes and table service. Sewing runs nine until the rest of the day. The Progressive Sunday School Class of Richland Ave Methodist Church meets Friday at 8 pm with May Smith leading devotion and Burson Cradlebaugh Shafer Baker guiding activities.
An eventful forecast describes romantic passages and sudden gains through benefic planetary aspects. It notes potential wealth, gifts, and lasting security, with emotional peaks and notable outcomes for those born today. A historical aside mentions King Philip IV of Spain rarely laughing in public.
Mrs. Lila R. Conrad of Lancaster Ohio reports relief from constipation jitters and stomach pain after using Ton Jon. She cites improved digestion sleep and joint stiffness relief after the first bottle and urges others to try the medicine. Sold by Quick's Cut Rate Drug Store Athens.
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