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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1948
Page
8
Mr and Mrs Chester Cope host weekend visitors from New England son Duane Copeland of the U S Navy and his fiancee Miss Mary Johnson of Belpre.
A free 1948 edition of Finer Canned & Frozen Fruits promises better flavor color and texture with a simple change in canning syrups. The booklet provides step by step instructions recipes and hints on relishes jams conserves and serving ideas for beginners and experts alike.
Mrs. E G Burt returns from a Dallas trip with her son William Burt of McBee Sales School fame. Miss Audra Blackwood accompanies the trip as Kaysort supervisor. Mrs J W Hudson visits Columbus with son Harry and grandchildren Betty and Charles. Miss Dena Koons hosts niece Miss Marjorie Anne Koons from Long Island. Several Athens residents plan visits and vacations in Virginia Minnesota and beyond. A Lake Hope picnic is organized by Howard Hall residents with Ruth Annable in charge. The Woman's Democrat Club meets at Mrs Carman L Church home. Descendants of Philip Totman hold a reunion at Rising Park Lancaster. New Marshfield Auxiliary plans Lake Hope picnic for July 18.
A social column notes women redecorate homes to break monotony, moving rooms and swapping blue furniture for blue walls. It cites ease of transforming dining rooms with new furniture and a gate-leg table, urging changing moods for better housekeeping. A postcard from Helen George L Smith reports Seaside Park vacations and Kiwanis beauty chat. Eddie Brown, piano player and OU Fine Arts student, recalls wartime tours and a flashy boogie woogie style praised by locals.
The report lists numerous gatherings across towns including New Haven Park where a Church of God Sunday school picnic was held. Guests from Lima Ohio, Columbus and Wennes Indiana joined families from Rickard Ryan Gibbs and others. Noting births and travels, it records extended family visits and a birth of Linda Sue to Harold Messells of Parkersburg. Emma Ryan also mentioned.
Residents from Racine and surrounding towns hosted visitors from West Virginia Ohio Michigan and Pennsylvania during a holiday weekend. Separately legal notices announce probate actions in Athens County Ohio detailing executors administrators and heirs with filing deadlines.
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