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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jun 14, 1939

Page

6

Eightieth Birthday Celebration for Mrs Emma L Palmer

Ninety members and guests surprise Mrs Emma L Palmer at a birthday gathering after a regular Eastern Star meeting. The program featured songs and poetry praising her service to the lodge, a bouquet presentation, and a candlelit cake with eighty candles. A special guest was Mrs Verne E LeRoy from East Lansing with relatives from California in attendance.

Order of the Eastern Star Emma L. Palmer Mrs. Palmer Jessie Drake Georgia Kilpatrick Margaret Laverty

Top Stove Baking With Aluminum Demonstration At Kroger

Miss Kathryn Linton of Columbus demonstrates waterless cooking with aluminum ware at Kroger on W Union St. She browns a cuck roast in its own juices, bakes apples in a heavy pan, and even cooks rice and vegetables with no added water, preserving minerals and vitamins.

Kroger W. Union St Kathryn Linton Columbus

Eight Initiates Join Zeta Tau Alpha

Zeta Tau Alpha announces the initiation of eight members including Janet Nieman of Cincinnati and Patience Brandle of Chillicothe plus Dorothy Reid Lakewood Mary Anne Coughlin South Arlington Virginia Carol Walls Barden Catherine Melcher South Bloomingville Barbara Williams Cleveland Ruth Beck Martins Ferry. Fifteen Athens Junior and Senior High School Home Economics Club members picnicked west of Albany under Mary Allen Bernadine Farrell and Harriet Simmons in charge with Ruth Giesen as chaperone.

Zeta Tau Alpha Janet Nieman Cincinnati Patience Brandle Chillicothe Dorothy Reid Lakewood Mary Anne Coughlin South Arlington Virginia Carol Walls Barden Catherine Melcher South Bloomingville Barbara Williams Cleveland Ruth Beck Martins Ferry Athens Albany Mary Allen Bernadine Farrell Harriet Simmons Ruth Giesen Home Economics

Round About the Town highlights and notable reads

An Athens local column surveys weekly items from Europe travels to television and college life. Highlights include Marriage Meddlers fans abroad, Alec Templeton’s life story on the McCarthy Hour, Pershing Rifles at Ohio University, and quirky food notes with a grapefruit and alligator pear salad.

Alec Templeton McCarthy Hour Templeton Cardiff South Wales Worcester College England Royal Academy Royal College of Music Aeolian Hall London Temple Jack Hylton Palace Theater Cleveland Pershing Rifleman Pershing Rifles R.O.T.C John A. Lockard Ohio University Beta Theta Pi Arthur J. de Luca U. S

Mary Flanagan sails for Europe on S S Normandie

Miss Mary Flanagan supervising teacher of the second grade at Congress Apartments leaves Monday for New York to sail Wednesday morning aboard the S S Normandie for two months in Europe including London Paris and Rome with a Mediterranean cruise. Other local travel includes Mr and Mrs Carl H Beasley and Mr Gordon K Bush flying to Tyrone Pa for lunch with the Bayer family at their summer cottage and several Athens residents visiting relatives or traveling to events. Girl Scout troops Buckeye Peter Pan Robin Hood and Cardinal meet tonight to receive merit badges and a 4-H Loyal Daughters bake sale is set for Saturday morning at the Athena Theater lobby.

Mary Flanagan Congress Apartments New York S. S. Normandie Europe Flanagan London Paris Rome Carl H. Beasley Gordon K. Bush Tyrone Roy Bayer Bayer Athens Pennsylvania Buckeye Robin Hood Cardinal Girl Scout Room E. State St

ONE WOMAN TO ANOTHER BY MARIAN BUSH REEDER

A mother shares a vacation work plan with children using a daily job chart. Morning is work time with beds made and chores like feeding pets to be completed. afternoons are for play. Children earn small rewards for certain tasks, while honors are spread by assigning charming jobs like painting the mailbox.

Marian Bush Reeder

Marriage Meddlers Reveal Key to Hidden War Hideaway

Madge Graham aids secret service efforts in Greenwich Village as she and Lillian Underwood observe Gus questioning Nellie and Maxie about a missing key. Nellie recalls finding the key among the silver, raising Gus’s doubt about deception and triggering tense confrontation. The scene ends with Nellie’s confession looming to the next installment.

Madge Graham Charles Spencer Ace Secret Service Greenwich Village Spencer Maxie Wastrel Gus Madge Lillian Underwood Nellie Lillian Robin

Religious Education Council Dinner At First Methodist

About 40 teachers and officers of the Religious Education committee and church board attended a 6 pm dinner at First Methodist Church. A program followed with reports on department work and attendance figures, led by Newman Powell, Sr., and Mrs. Lee Cox.

Committee On Religious Education Board of Trustees First Methodist Church J. E. Thackeray Newman Powell E. R. Jacoby Lee Cox E. D. Shrout Religious Education Committee L. W. Roberts Corps of Workers Roberts Lester S. Norris Ohio

Community groups schedule midweek gatherings

Hillcrest Needle Club hosts annual picnic at Mrs R J Schaar home in Locust Heights Addition at 6 pm Wednesday. Mothers Circle meets at 7 30 pm at Mrs Scott Neutzling 264 E State St with officer installation and guest speaker. Futures Class of the Christian Church picnics at 5 30 pm bring fifteen cents. Women’s Home Missionary Society meets at Central Avenue Methodist Church at 7 30 pm with talk by Mrs L G Bean. Kappa Phi Alumnae Silver Tea supports a mission school Thursday 3–5 pm at First Methodist Church parlor. Green Valley Grange presents program for Athens Grange Thursday 8 pm at Athens Grange Hall. Priscilla Needle Club annual Nice Park picnic Thursday 5 30 pm. Child Study Club last meeting of year chicken dinner at Sedwick’s Blue and White Tea Room Amesville 7 pm. Regrets to Mrs Frank Ayers by Tuesday night. Missionary Society of Christian Church did not meet last week. will meet Thursday 7 30 pm at the Christian Church.

Hillcrest Needle Club R. J. Schaar Locust Heights Mother’s Circle Scott Neutzling E. State St The Christian Church Woman’s Home Missionary Society Central Avenue Methodist Church L. G. Bean Kappa Phi First Methodist Church Sedwick’s Amesville Frank Ayers

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