Dior Winter Collection Drops Calf Length Hemlines in Paris
Christian Dior unveiled a winter collection led by Marc Bohan that featured calf length hemlines on wool greatcoats and dresses with kerchief points and navy and scarlet accents. The show drew strong applause and praise, with critics noting Bohan’s bold move away from thigh high skirts and signaling a potential shift in fashion silhouettes.
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Paris
Christian Dior
Buckingham Palace
Dior
Marc Bohan
Bohan
Hyde Park
Rohan
Dear Abby Letter About A Crummy Toaster Gift
A reader asks if a secondhand toaster is a slight and whether to confront relatives. Abby advises accepting the gesture and avoiding family quarrels while noting the crummy deal reflects social tact. Another reader reports a neighbor’s anonymous note led to a funeral and asks if Abby will attend. The response declines attendance in favor of flowers if the name and address are provided. A third letter from a husband discusses marital strain from controlling behavior and asks for guidance to save a religious marriage and two children amid betrayal and distress.
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Abby
Deeply Religious Wife Guided by Clergyman in Battle
A spouse urged to involve her clergyman as support in an unlisted personal struggle. The message insists some battles cannot be fought alone and expert spiritual counsel may help.
Rich girl or poor girl see bank balance and travels
A cryptic note suggests social status based on a father’s wealth and travel, contrasting phrases “well-traveled” for rich and “been around” for poor. Readers are invited to write to Abby at Box 69700 in Los Angeles for a personal reply.
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Micky
Abby
Los Angeles
Cal
Old Fashioned Cream Pie Recipe From Eva Ivers
A reader contributes an old fashioned cream pie recipe credited to Eva Ivers of Corning New York with notes from her grandmother. Ingredients include flour corn starch sugar nutmeg butter whipping cream milk and baked custard technique described with oven temperatures and crust handling. The note mentions a variant from Mrs E H Bissell and invites readers to send recipes to The Athens Messenger.
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Eva Ivers
Route 1
Corning
Local Birth Announcements Run Through Area Hospitals
Multiple families from Nelsonville to Glouster announce newborns this July and July mid-month. Jennifer Renee Mourn, Vera Lynn Luckett, Erma Jr Luckett, Timothy Lee Woodyard, Tony Woodyard, Gayla Sue Paulsen, Bryan Wayne Hooper and others are listed with parents grandparents and great grandparents identified across several towns and hospitals.
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Harold
Janet Rutter) Mourn
Nelsonville
Mount St. Mary Hospital
Jennifer Renee
James Rutter
the Plains
Mary Mourn
Earl Mourn
Clarence Rutter
Minnie Ackison
Parkersburg
West Virginia
Ermal Luckett
Albany
Vera Lynn
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Osmond Luckett
Cecil Staneart
Erma Staneart
Lucketts
Erma, Jr
Terry Woodyard
Timothy Lee
Tony
Leo Woodyard Now
Alabama
Earl Bailey
Earl White
Athens
Clifton Pearman
Leonard Woodyard
Bernard Paulsen
Eileen Burson
Columbus
Gayla Sue
Grant Hospital
Tracy
Frank Burson
Shade
Clara Paulsen
Hemlock Grove
Goldie Colmer
Dow Hooper
Madison St
Glouster
Bryan Wayne
Norman Myers
Trimble
Route 2
Okey Myers
Lewis Antle
Hooper
Gallipolis
Herberts Honored At Retirement Dinner
Mr and Mrs W H Herbert were honored at a testimonial dinner at The Ohio University Inn marking Mr Herberts retirement after 40 years of service. He served as track coach and assistant football coach until 1942 and later as purchasing agent, retiring Aug 1. The couple plans trips to California and Florida to visit daughters. Grover chaired the event with over 100 attendees.
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W. H. Herbert
Ohio University Inn
Herbert
University
California
Athens
Florida
Brandon T. Grover
Vernon Alden
Shower Honors Mr and Mrs Keith Hackleman at Clearview Heights
A shower in honor of Mr and Mrs Keith Hackleman at the Clearview Heights home of Mr and Mrs Paul Alden was sponsored by the First Apostolic Church Rolling Hills. Mrs Hackleman and Mrs Mildred Kirkendall won prizes. present were numerous local women and couples including Mrs Lena Kirkendall and Mr and Mrs Litz. Two guests sent gifts.
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Keith Hackleman
Phyllis Clem
Clearview Heights
Paul Alden
First Apostolic Church
Rolling Hills
Hackleman
Mildred Kirkendall
Terry Litz
Lena Kirkendall
William Bosworth
James Fletcher
Mary Beatty
Litz
Edward Kozar
Glen Brook
Sherman Brooks
Sanford Well
Melvin Alden
Collins family visits relatives across Greensboro and Iowa
Mr and Mrs James E Collins with children Jimmy and Jan return from a trip to Greensboro to visit Mrs Jo anna Hatch and Mrs Anita Young in Albany and travel to Akron to see Wade and Lloyd Hatch They are tied to a Greensboro radio and TV store where Collins commands 39 Civil Air Patrol cadets Julie Ann is noted as a seven month old in Iowa trip Mrs Risley returns from a two week stay with son in Waterloo while accompanying her to Athens last June
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James E. Collins
Jimmy
Jan
Greensboro
N. C
Joanna KE. M. Hatch
N. Court St
Anita Young
Albany
Akron
Wade
Lloyd Hatch
Collins
Civil Air Patrol
Harry Risley
Grosvenor St
Frank Malone
Waterloo
Iowa
Malones
Lancaster
Malone
Santa Claus Industries
Athens
Julie Ann
Risley
Hints From Heloise Cake Flowers and At-Home Toy Ideas
Readers discuss decorating cakes with a tube pan angel food cake and a center glass of flowers for festive effect. Unimaginative mom asks for inexpensive homemade toy ideas. Bettie Kan suggests a longer lasting ironer friendly spoon. Jean Kennedy notes turning ironing board cover wrong side out extends life.
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Heloise
Jean Kennedy
Hint to travelers to mark luggage with bright tape
A tip advises travelers to place bright colored stick-on tape on their bags to easily identify their luggage among many similar bags in terminals depots or bus stations. The advice emphasizes quick visual spotting and practical preflight organization.
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Heloise
Letter of Wisdom by Jeane L. Dixon
A Jeane L. Dixon quote urges not to retire from something unless you retire to something else. The aphorism warns against aging before your time.
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Heloise
Jeane L. Dixon
Gift of Prophecy and Bag Help for Armed Forces
A note from Jeane Dixon underscores the usefulness of plastic bags for soldiers. Bags of any size help wrap items and keep possessions dry in bad weather, aiding service members in the field.
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Jeane Dixon
Heloise
Homemade gadgets aid toddler play on tight budgets
A reader shares low cost ideas for child playthings including a side-slit blouse fix and a toy board with hinges locks bells and wheels. The board is nailed to the wall at a safe height and invites daily problem solving without costly store bought toys.
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Heloise
Athens County Garden Club Holds Flower Show Planning Session
Multiple garden clubs from Richland Chauncey The Plains Glouster Nelsonville New Marshfield and Albany met to plan a November 6 flower show with committee reports on staging and class schedules Next meeting set for 1 30 p m at Kimes Convalescent Center therapy room Also notes on a Carr ie Hall Albany Grange luncheon and August picnic plans plus Pomona Grange inspection and senior camp reports and a 1956 Athens High School Class Reunion set for August 13 at Sportsman Grill with reservations via Richard Baldwin
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Athens County Garden Club
Harry Cokenougher
Richland Garden Club
Paul Tipton
Plains Garden Club
Hollis Stalder
Chauncey
James Josten
Garden and Nature Club
Edward Mizicko
Glouster
Nelsonville
New Marshfield
Kimes Convalescent Center
Carrie Hall Club
Albany Grange
Mary Rickard
Dorothy Williams
Bob Grinstead
Helen Hall
Athens
Bill Gillette
James Rickard
Athens County
Pomona Grange
Canaan
Robert Dishong
Kenneth Vernon
Bernard Ward
Athens High
Athens High School
Sportsman Grill
Richard Baldwin
Basswood St
Dayton
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Doir Winter
Arbby
MR. A
of Athens
East State Street
P.O
Nelsonville, Ohio
Nelsonville Pure Milk
Kenneth Malone
Jacksonville
University Hospital
Scot
Robert
Delbert Malone
Lulu McBride
Maude Lowerby
Jackie Lewis
Clarksburg
Union Protestant Hospital
Beverly Burris
Point Pleasant
Ed Lewis
Dix-San Addition
Forest McComas
Pakistan
Marvin Morris
Sidney Whittington
Anne Burris
E. State St
Sean Connery
James Bond
Mie Hama
Suki
Akiko Wakabayashi
Kist Suzuki
Herberts
Bettie Kan
Helen Architect
Baby
Sandy Bauernfield
West Union Street
Club News
Glenn Atkinson
Boyd Ruth
Rose Jeffers
Waldo Poston
WSCS
Ernest Rowland
David White
Woodrow Barnes
J. F. Dalton
William Bolin
Meryl Knowlton
Clinton Gilkey
Sheila Oxley
Cathy Gilkey
Connie Knowlton
The
Plains Entre Nous Club
Tom Talbert
Jack Wilson
Everett Goodman
Robert Six
John Shrieves
Tedda Toys
Carol Richards
Southerton Beauty Academy
North Court Street
Athens, Ohio
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