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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1943
Page
6
Washington reports OPA and Wartime Food Diaries show Americans buying less food than in pre war days. Conserving meals and substitutes dominate both patriotic and economic motives, with a shift away from former eating patterns.
Lindley Jones an 11 year old victory gardener on Grosvenor Street picked his first red tomato this morning after tending 43 plants planted last week in March. He also harvested his first green beans as frost faded and his garden on the hillside behind his grandparents home prospers.
A crowd of 150 heard Dr. W. S. Gamertsfelder president of Ohio University Sunday night at the first of a series of Community Sings sponsored by Athens city Sunday Schools. He urged religious education and church support for the community.
McKENNEY ON BRIDGE notes Philadelphia player Sally Young in the Eastern States mixed team of four championship in New York. Once rated the world’s top woman player she drove a cab in Philadelphia to support the war effort, with all earnings going to war bonds, staying a champion.
In a bridge hand Mrs. Young South outlasted West by ruffing and managing trumps to complete the contract. The article notes her precise play including overruff, trump control, and a series of clubs and diamonds finishing with the king and queen of trumps to seal the win. It also lists social updates and a Bishop Class meeting at Central Ave Church on June 24.
The water stock of potatoes contains starch minerals and vitamins and should be reserved for soup sauce or stews. Use within a day as starchy foods do not keep very long during hot weather.
Screen actress Leslie Brooks models a practical pink linen frock for country wear. Shoulder straps of cerise crepe fasten to the bodice with hooks and eyes and can be unhooked for sunbathing. Matching pink linen sandals complete the simple ensemble.
Tuesday June 22 1943 article advises servicemen’s sweethearts on posing for photos to boost charm. Joan Howard CBS model suggests dynamic poses laugh with a friend avoid rouge wear pancake foundation oily lipstick and light eye makeup to enhance natural features for the camera.
In Farmington Missouri 34 year old Mrs Roy Berghaus runs a 125 acre dairy with her four daughters aged 3 to 9 acting as the crew after her husband joined the Navy Seabees. She sought guidance from Farm Security Administration supervisor Richard T Bartlett and built a lean operation with a light tractor and contour planting. The family expanded stock and crops boosting 1942 production and planning 1943 growth while Mary Faith 9 drives the tractor and helps milking as the kids pitch in.
In a tense sequence at the Hotel Lansfield, Madge Graham and family plot Olina’s covert mission to deliver $50,000 to Ruth Hayes. Charles Spencer’s secret service network and deception by espionage agents drive the plan as Katharine Bickett and Dicky confront looming danger and a forged Georges note.
The Bureau of Human Nutrition urges serving corn bread as a substantial breakfast dish enriched with corn meal and recommends using bacon drippings or chicken fat to save fat and reduce costs.
Historic wartime meals list breakfast lunch dinner with plain fare and a Nutrition pamphlet on fats. Includes two fat saving recipe samples using cracklings and doughs for biscuits with oven temperatures and ingredient notes.
A simple rustic stew using bacon onions tomatoes potatoes and kidney beans. Soak and pre cook dried beans or use canned beans and simmer with potatoes and tomatoes until tender, adding tomatoes near the end.
The piece argues that youth need fighting talk not pity. It cites Southern editor Edward J. Meeman advising graduates to embrace heroic effort, tackle enormous tasks, and reject a defeatist mindset. It urges parents to raise a generation that rolls up sleeves, confronts chaos, and builds a decent world.
Tuesday church groups meet at Mrs. Starcher Northwood Drive 6 p m with co hosts Mrs Oliver Martin and Mrs Lawrence Lange. Group Six Christian Church meets at 54 Second St Tuesday 6 p m supper 7 30 p m penny banks. Wednesday Pythian Sisters meet 7 30 p m I O O F Hall potluck 6 30 p m last temple meeting until September. Group One Christian Church meets 7 30 p m 32 N High St bring little banks tax stamps. M and H Circle meet at Sylvia Wallace home Friday June 25 7 30 p m.
A brief recorded agenda notes a club meeting at Point Rock on Thursday with Treas, two committee members and a first aid report. Various names appear in attendance including Carl Knapp Week, Mrs. F. E. , R. D. W. C. Merri and Cross of Astor Cemetery.
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