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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1938
Page
7
The paper by Dean of Women Irma E. Voigt entitled The Summer Garden discusses garden planning and the factors shaping a true garden. It covers sun exposure, lot size and shape, background structures, soil, and the need for care, with guidance on borders, beds, and the use of bulbs, annuals, and perennials for continuous bloom.
Paris social season favors practical elegance over formal frippery. Women wear simple suits and dresses with fine handwork and unusual prints, many in white or sheer black, with veils returning and wide-brimmed hats. The piece also notes garden color schemes and a birth notice for Harriett Jean Ferry, with family links to Palmer and Ferry households.
Adele Garrison writes of Katie the housekeeper singing at the sink while Jim lounges nearby. Katie recounts a humorous scene with a state trooper and a generous bite to eat, including a diploma from a correspondence detective school. She hints at another gathering to come tonight.
A surprise party honored Mrs Elizabeth Rasp on her 80th birthday at the Jacksonville tourist camp. Relatives and friends attended from Athens Columbus Logans, and other nearby towns. Also noted: other visitors and local notices including The Texas battleship commission and Montreal grain exports as unrelated items.
Olive Roberts Barton reviews Billy a chronic complainer who feels neglected despite having toys and a shop. The piece contrasts his envy with siblings who value what they own, urging focus and effort to cultivate appreciation.
Mr and Mrs William Taylor and family of Nelsonville spent the week end here with relatives Mrs Myrtle Barnes and her two sons Chucky and Gary of Glouster visited her parents Mr and Mrs John Shelton Mr and Mrs William Bracken of Columbus visited Mrs Bracken’s mother Mrs Cora Walters Saturday Mr and Mrs Park Cook Mr and Mrs Henry Bennett and son attended the Cedric reunion at Rising Park Lancaster Sunday Howard Miller of Cleveland was week end guest of his wife and other relatives over the week end The leaf nosed bat of the West Indies gets its name from a leaf like appendage on its nose Its tone is roughened like a file and is used for rasping fruit.
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