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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1943
Page
10
Page Ten reports a Wednesday afternoon WCTU meeting led by Mrs. J. M. Ruth with two new members named. Members read letters and magazines, arranged a potluck for the County Institute on June 17 at the Christian Church, and announced a July 8 Methodist Church picnic.
Mr and Mrs Joe Shuler marked their fortieth wedding anniversary at their country home on Sunday May 30 with relatives from Athens The Plains Columbus Greenfield Akron Albany and Guysville and Fort Knox Kentucky sent Master Sergeant Thomas F McBride and Mrs McBride back to Fort Knox after visiting Athens with their parents at 9 Brown Ave Ice cream and cake followed a noon dinner and photos of about 60 guests were taken
Miss Madelon Jandes daughter of Mr and Mrs A L Jandes Chauncey will leave for Chicago June 12 to begin duties as assistant in the womens department of the Englewood Y M C A She plans university study in professional YMCA training and a master's degree in Chicago after September She graduates with high honors from Ohio University May 1943 with a B S in Education active in campus life and several honor societies and sororities
The article portrays Victory Gardeners on East State Street after supper, carrying hoes and hand plows. Faces sunburned, arms reddened, they share sore muscles and stories of planting lines and weather delays. One gardener quits due to flooded plots, hoping professionals with well drained land supply the market.
Attendance record shows Mark Carl Ulbrich a Mechanicsburg School student has not been absent or tardy for five years or since the fourth grade. He is son of Mr and Mrs Clarence Ulbrich of Athens Route Four 9000. Week end guests at the home of Mr and Mrs James Rogaski Sr Guysville were Mr and Mrs James Rogaski Jr and Emma June of Shadyside. They returned home Monday morning. Mr Rogaski is employed at Powhatan Point.
Miss Huffman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Guy Huffman of New Lexington, married Cpl. James E. McCarty at Fort Monroe Post Chapel Virginia in a May 15 ceremony. Attendants included Mrs. Earl C. Lamb and Cpl. Harold Brown. The bride, a Nelsonville High School graduate 1939, works as a bookkeeper. the groom, Glouster High School 1943 alum, serves in the U S Army at Fort Monroe. The couple will live in New Lexington after June 1.
Mrs. R. L. Morton of S. High Street returns from ten days visiting her son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs Herbert Kadison at Sampson New York. Kadison serves at U S Naval Training Station Sampson in the Tunney Physical Training Program. The Mortons were guests of Commander C D Gauque and Mrs Gauque at Watkins Glen. Captain Charles Giauque, son of the Gauques, flies with the American Air Force in England and has downed 15 Nazi planes. The Chaneys, former Gladys Jones and Lt Col Chaney, are guests of Miss Lucille Duffee as he moves to Hobbs New Mexico.
In the Masters individual final, the declarer's misplay on hand No. 14 gave Alvin Roth the top score. The hand shows a mistimed entry and a misread diamond and spade distribution that left the declarer with only two diamonds and no route back to dummy.
Thursday activities include Junior Choir practice at 4 15 p m and Youth Fellowship at 7 15 p m at 87 Central Ave. Athens High School commencement is Thursday night at 8 30 p m. Sessions of the Presbyterian Church meet at 7 p m and Junior Church at 6 p m. Friday circles of the W S C S meet with multiple hosts and picnic gatherings. Circle Six postponed. Also notes Wyoming granted women equal suffrage in 1869.
Ruth Millett argues that women in WAAC WAVES and SPARS enjoy uniforms as wartime novelty and will return to civilian life and feminine pursuits after the war. She says women seek security through marriage and will not stay fond of uniforms. The piece label calls it an interlude and urges focusing on real postwar issues.
A wedding shower for Mr. and Mrs. Carlos Raymond Lynch drew seventy five friends at the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Lynch on Athens Route One. The couple wed May 2. Mr. Lynch reports for Signal Corps duty June 1 at Camp Edison Sea Girt New Jersey. Mrs. Lynch remains in Athens for now. John P. Mendenhall, brother of Mrs. J. E. Thomas, is stationed at Camp Chaffee Arkansas.
Percy Lowry's orchestra will play for the Sans Souci annual commencement dance honoring Athens High School seniors at Ath ens Country Club tonight from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. Tickets at the door. open to seniors, undergraduates, and alumni. POSTPONE PICNIC Circle Six Methodist Church picnic moved from home of Mrs. Frank L Harvey.
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