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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1940
Page
6
The article promotes milk and ice cream as a nourishing base for refreshing fruit drinks. It lists recipes titled Orange Quench and Fresh Banana Frosted with measurements and instructions, urging chilled serving and immediate enjoyment. Names of ingredients include milk, orange juice, vanilla ice cream, banana, and spices, as part of a simple, retro dessert beverage section.
A historical kitchen note describes dissolving gelatin in cold and hot water, adding lemon juice crushed pineapple and sugar, then chilling until thickening. Beat in stiffly beaten egg white and fold until thick and frothy, then fill sherbet glasses and garnish with a cherry. Serves 67.
A fragmented recipe entry describes soaking gelatin and combining tomato juice with lemon juice onion and celery seed. It mentions canned ingredients and chill setting for a porch served dish, with instructions to strain and mix for a vegetable salad style cold course.
A vintage recipe from Athens Ohio provides steps to prepare a gelatin cucumber grapefruit salad. It uses plain gelatin dissolved in grapefruit juice, hot water and sugar, with lemon juice and salt folded in as it thickens. The mix includes grapefruit segments and cucumber, unmolded onto lettuce and served with dressing.
A short digest describes a summer salmon salad with canned peas cucumber and lettuce as a hot weather dish. It also notes serving raw fruits and vegetables, advises assembling greens with a lemon vinegar dressing, and mentions fruit garnishes for a fresh summer presentation. Nearby items reference a California railroad treetop bridge construction and a 11-year-old prodigy performing Hamlet in the British House of Commons.
Corning Library launches a vacation reading program with two age groups. A session for ages 6 to 9 and another for ages 10 to 13 will run through the library. Information may be obtained by visiting the library.
So Sew Sow 4-H Club gathered Wednesday at advisor Mrs Mary Baxter home in Corning with twenty members attending.
A Pennsville girl was married in Zanesville as family and friends from Penna. and nearby towns attended. The article details the wedding, attendees including relatives Abel and Dew families, and accompanying events such as a reception and post-nuptial activities.
A lengthy Sunday gathering at the Welling and McDonald homes honors Mr and Mrs McDonald on their twenty ninth wedding anniversary with guests from Glouster and surrounding towns. The event included visits by relatives such as Miss Mary Jo Withem and Jo Withem, with many family members listed among attendees and a large spread of refreshments.
Local items from Letart Falls note Army returnee W L Roberts visiting his mother Eva Roberts before reporting to the Citadel Charleston. Services by Rev C L Thayer, Youth programs, plays at Letart Hall, and a Saturday moving picture show. Visitors include Mr and Mrs Hartinger, Powell, Roush families. regional trips to Charleston Williamson and Baltimore. Community club activities and garden club program with ribbons awarded.
A brief excerpt notes that about ten percent of the world output of cobalt is used by the United States and that the country produces none of its own, relying on imports from Australia and Canada.
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