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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1942
Page
8
Ruth Millett argues wartime dining should relax strict table manners to reduce waste. She cites families wasting food and desserts as signs of gentility and urges adopting Jack Spratt like restraint, aligning manners with national thrift during shortages.
Small groups across the United States push for personal freedom in dress. A western composed group sent President Roosevelt a letter urging an end to neckties, calling themselves the Society Eliminating the Stranglehold of Convention on Mankind.
Troop 56 of Athens Boy Scouts leaves Sunday for Camp Kootaga, 18 miles beyond Parkersburg. They meet at 8 30 a m at J R Seward’s home and travel with transport provided by A A Atkinson John W Dowler and Seward. Names listed include Jack Stewart Francis Frebault Hubert Frebault Dan Smith Phil Fox Bob Cable and others. Seward will stay with them all week. Also note births: Kathryn Geanne Milless first great grandchild of the Bohos born July 14 at White Cross Hospital Columbia. James Henry Love born to Otis and wife in Athens Route 2. grandparents listed.
The Ohio University Theater showcased its second summer bill a trio of one act plays from fantasy to homely comedy with an old Irish setting and a Youngstown parsonage. The 300 strong audience praised the staging and performances by William Wolfe Elizabeth Ford Delores Benner Gloria Krause Bruce Blake Francis Long Robert Werley Vera Bra shares and Letha Cleland under Dr. Robert Gates Dawes direction.
East Side Needle Club hosts a potluck dinner for members and husbands at Mrs. D A Bardin home Friday July 17 at 6 pm. Richland Ave WS C will hold a potluck supper July 17 at 6 30 pm honoring the new pastor. Presbyterian Church hosts a practice canteen July 17 at 1 pm for certified canteen members. M and H Circle Pythian Sisters meet LOOF Hall Monday at 7 30 pm bring a covered dish for a picnic dinner.
Nicole de Paris designs a white crepe chique short coat and matching simple dress with embroidery in red blue and beige for an elegant evening look. A red pailasson hat with grosgrain band completes the ensemble. Meanwhile Methodist Youth Fellowship hosts a Saturday bicycle hike and church events lead into Sunday services with music, Bible study, and a picnic for students.
Women learn that active facial muscles resist aging. Massage and exercises strengthen the muscles beneath the skin, reducing sagging before age fifty. Practices include cheek and lip workouts, chewing gum, and imagined “blowing peaches” to tighten and tone.
Forty three persons attended the Cleas Class dinner yesterday at the home of Prof and Mrs O D Morrison 50 Morris Ave Mrs C W Gross president presided over a brief business meeting Guests included Mrs Newland Roy formerly Ruby Hankey one of the first student secretaries of the Athens Presbyterian Church Columbus and Miss Talmage Rickey Miss Mayes Rickey of Columbus and Mrs George Patterson and Mrs Embree R Rose of Athens
Dr Edith Wray entertained her class at Five Oaks yesterday afternoon. Twelve Ohio University students attended as recordings of the play Macbeth by Maurice Evans and Judith Anderson were heard.
A narrator receives a cryptic card hinting at a fraught meeting. A bold, unnamed woman arrives in disguise, claiming a deception was used to secure entry and insisting the caller, Mr. R. Hawes, urgent contact is needed.
A wartime tea guide urges precise measures one level teaspoon per cup and boiling water for full flavor. Eliminate an extra teaspoon, brew at least five minutes, and use one pound for about two hundred cups. Also announces the 13th Bowles and Williams reunion at Athens County Fairgrounds on Sunday July 19 inviting relatives and friends.
Madge Graham fears Katharine Bickett’s fruitless hospital search for Jack. A forged letter summons Katharine prompts family doubt while a mysterious caller seeks Jack’s secrets. Ruth Hayes appears as the sister linked to Jack’s past and the central family's tense web grows clearer as the drama continues tomorrow.
Murray City Methodist Church schedules Sunday School at 9 a.m. and worship at 7:30 p.m. Vacation Bible School continues for two more weeks, with a prayer meeting Thursday at 7:30 p.m.
Jobs Methodist Church wraps two week Vacation Bible School with a public demonstration of work finished. Sunday School starts at 9 30 a m and Praise Service at 7 30 p m. Worship Service is Wednesday at 7 45 p m with the pastor delivering the sermon.
The Marshfield Church of Christ will host two sermons this Sunday by pastor L. E. Barnett on "A Tree by a River" and "Two Ways" along with a Christian Endeavor meeting at 7 30 p m and Bible School at 10 o clock in the morning.
The Meigs County Union Class meeting will be held in the Methodist Church at Reedsville on Sunday July 19 at 2 30 p m.
Richard Gaston and Mazel W. Nappier wed in a small ceremony July 15 at the Gaston home with Rev. Melvin Mitchell presiding. Attendants include relatives and friends. a reception will be held Saturday July 18 near Grahams Chapel. The couple resides with Richard an attendant at Athens State Hospital.
The Rev. E. C. Kenney will preach at Wesleyan Methodist Church with services at 9 30 a m Sunday school then 10 30 service and 8 p m evening sermon The choir and WYPS meet Tuesday evening and midweek prayer is Wednesday night.
The Presbyterian Church will hear Rev. Fred E. Lucha deliver a Sunday morning sermon titled But You Are Important at 11 o clock. An all church picnic is planned for Thursday afternoon and evening at the fairgrounds with Grace Martin chairing the Young Married Couples Group. All church members are invited.
Dr H E Bright superintendent of the Chillicothe District of Methodist churches sets July 19 service schedule for the Albany charge Rev William Case will conduct at Townhouse 10 AM Temple Church 11 AM and Albany Church 8 PM He fills vacancy created by Rev Cecil Stoltz resigning to join the army July 10.
Athens Church of Christ announces Bearing Witness as the Bible study topic. Sunday services start with song at 9:30 a.m. and Bible study at 9:45 a.m. Worship, teaching, prayer, fellowship, and breaking of bread follow at 10:15 a.m. Evening service at 7:30 p.m. and midweek service also at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday.
Haydenville Community Church announces united services at 9 30 a m with a sermon by the Rev William F E Bancroft Praise Service is at 7 30 p m Prayer and Bible study follow at 7 30 p m Thursday Vacation Bible School for young people starts August 10 in charge of Mr and Mrs Case of Logan and Miss Grimme of Eaton All the young people are graduates or students of Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware Ohio.
Buchtel Methodist Church will hold Sunday School at 9 30 a m and worship at 10 30 a m with the pastor delivering the sermon. A prayer meeting is set for 7 30 p m on Tuesday. Vacation Bible School starts at 1 p m instead of 2 p m and will run for two more weeks.
Services at the Asbury Methodist Church near Guysville begin with Sunday School at 10 oclock, followed by preaching at 11 oclock by the pastor the Rev. Melvin E. Mitchell.
Sunday service in Athens will present a lesson sermon on Life with golden text from John 5 26. Correlative passages include John 8 12 51 and Science and Health pages 428 429. The readings come from the Bible and Mary Baker Eddy's text.
Special home coming services will be held at the Pilgrim Holiness Church Luhrig on Sunday July 19. The Rev Ben Pugh and wife Rev William Miller and wife both of Chillicothe and the Rev Dickerson and the Dickerson sisters will be the singers. Services will be all day with Sunday School at 9 30 followed by preaching at 10 30 by Rev Charles Hook.
Sunday services at the lower Plains Baptist Church begin with Sunday School at 9 30 a m followed by a communion service led by the Rev Graham.
The Rev. Helena M. Laneholtz announces Athens Pilgrim Holiness Church services. Sunday School begins at 9 30 a m with morning worship and sermon at 10 30. Evangelistic service at 6 p m and Wednesday prayer meeting at 7 45 p m.
Coolville Church of God holds Sunday services with morning worship at 10 30 focusing on Gospel Giving and an 8 PM evening service on Confessing Christ. A Thursday prayer service continues weekly at 830 PM.
The Athens Church of God outlines a unified service at 9 30 a m with Rev Thomas FE Sexton on Our Attitude Toward the Truth The 8 p m evangelistic service carries the theme Prepare to meet Thy God A teacher training class is set for Tuesday at 8 p m and a missionary service follows on Wednesday.
The Iron Street Christian Church Logan will hold Sunday evening worship at 7 30 led by Rev Melvin E Mitchell of Athens The notice states preaching services and lists the church location and speaker.
The Rev. Clara A. Price will preach at the Church of the Nazarene in Sunday's 10:30 a.m. service with Rev. Floyd Gale away at the Church of God camp meeting in Columbus. Topic is Getting Acquainted With God. Sunday School at 9:30 a.m. NYPS at 7 p.m. evangelistic services 8 p.m. Prayer meeting Wednesday at 8.
E R Robinette pastor lists Sunday July 19 events at Mt Hermon Dale and Mt Liberty and Broadwell churches. Sunday School at 10 each site with 11 oclock or 8:30 pm preaching at Mt Hermon Dale and Broadwell, ice cream social Saturday night at Mr Stauffer home for church funds.
Lt Russell F Nance of the New York Salvation Army Training College leads the Athens Corps during Captain Prescott's 21 day furlough Sunday activities begin with Sunday School at 945 a m followed by a holiness meeting at 11 am The Young People's Legion meets at 645 pm and the Salvation Service is at 730 pm Nance will assist Prescott on return
Rev L W Spring of Burma will speak at Mt Union Baptist Church this Sunday in both services at 10 30 a m and 8 30 p m. The retired missionary is familiar with Burma and China and will address the congregation on mission work.
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