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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1935
Page
7
Annual ice cream social and lawn fete at the First Methodist Church in Athens takes place at Dr. and Mrs. Wilbur H. Fowler’s home, 25 Liege Street, starting 5:30 PM. Proceeds support Epworth League and church efforts, with committees handling cakes, drinks, and servers.
Women of the Christian Church will host an ice cream social at 73 North Congress Street. Home made ice cream cake and sandwiches will be served starting at 5 o'clock, with a planning committee including Mrs. E. L. Church Mrs. J. J. Sister Mrs. Reed J. Downs and Miss Mildred Bands. Members of the Women's Council and other church members will serve.
Mr and Mrs Roy McClanahan announce the birth of a son at Sheltering Arms Hospital on Monday Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Walter Totman and Mr and Mrs John McClanahan.
Alicia Hart advises older women on handling gray hair with regular gentle shampoos and mild whitening agents. Consider professional dyeing to match your natural color, avoid streaks, and choose a short, contouring hairstyle with neat curls to look age-appropriate.
Daughters of A met Tuesday night, installing officers led by Ona Osborn and Bertha Baum. Valley Council Jr. obtained 6 members, with Betsy Eisel Lizzie Biddle and others listed. A Friday gathering discussed a July celebration with Pollock State organ and a Gallipolis-Middleport tea team.
D Allen Mrs C B Vorhes and Mrs Fay Cline Mr and Mrs Ralph Windsor of Akron are visiting here to see friends and relatives.
Due to hall repairs the W B A meeting is canceled for tonight. The benefit bingo party planned for tonight is postponed for one week to a later date.
A regular Glouster Unit meeting of the Unemployed League will be held at the high school Thursday evening. Officers will be elected.
The Ohio University Summer Band under Bandmaster Curtis W. Janssen will give a 8:40 a.m. breakfast concert in Memorial Auditorium as part of convocation exercises. The program features March by Thomas S. Allen, Moszkowski Serenata, Rachmaninoff Prelude in G sharp minor, Egyptian Dance Zulaikha, The Cuckoo Clock, and Brahms Hungarian Dance, with Janssen explaining each piece before performance. The event marks a new outdoor-to-indoor innovation and precedes a future outdoor concert on Thursday.
Six Athens matrons slipped out at six for a morning bicycle ride. Led by Mrs Rolland Jones and others including Mrs Ben Roberts and Mrs Earnest Algeo, they toured past the airport for about an hour, sparking talk of a new form of entertainment.
Students and faculty will leave classes after first period on Friday for a summer school dance in the gym from 9 30 to 11 30 a m. Jimmy Littler's orchestra will provide music and contests will pick the best looking boy and girl. Ohio University student teachers observers and staff will attend.
Knee length cotton frocks with shirtwaist lines rise in fashion on tennis courts this summer. Many feature divided skirts suitable for bicycling, as Helen Wills Moody wore a pleated all around skirt and a sleeveless jacket top with belt across the back at Wimbledon championships.
Mrs E T Bailey and family leave Gallipolis for California due to daughter Christine Dailey Carter's goiter surgery. Visitors include Mrs J T Merwin and daughter, and Miss Kay Murphy visiting Athens. Various relatives from Cincinnati, Seattle, Cleveland, Youngstown and Columbus travel to Athens for events and visits as Lake Side families return from vacations and attend funerals.
The second annual joint reunion of Harmony and Cash Ridge Schools is set for Sunday July 14 at Edgewater Camp on the Athens Harmony Road. Last year drew over 300 attendees and the event is expected to exceed that number with former students, including Cash Ridge teachers Charles Wilkes and Addie Spaulding Laughlin, anticipated to attend. A noon picnic lunch and an afternoon program featuring Carl Frische's German Band and an old time recitation by Addie McLaughlin are planned, with attendees bringing their own meals and table service.
The article touts lamb and spring chicken as budget picks for midsummer, with other inexpensive items like cottage cheese and buttermilk highlighted. It includes a cottage cheese salad recipe, summer menus for breakfast lunch and dinner, and tips on keeping milk fresh in heat.
The Monday Night Bridge Club hosted on the lawn with Miss Cora Fivana as hostess. First prize went to Mrs Dwight Robinson, consolation to Mrs C Everett, and travel prize to Mr A D Townsend. A buffet supper preceded the game.
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