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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1935
Page
7
Linen or white with accessories is popular this season. The piece notes linen outfits in lilac and dubonet, claims linens resist wrinkles fade and shrink, and suit styles range from single to double breasted with tailored accessories. It suggests linen wardrobes save dry cleaning costs and stay fresh all day.
Girl Scouts spent Saturday afternoon studying trees through true and false questions and games. Miss Thora Olson led instruction with Miss Helen Downs assisting, while Mrs. Fred Wheaton directed the morning pioneer work and knife handling.
West Carrollton minister Rev L R Roberts will preach at the Pilgrim Holiness Church located at Washington and Congress Streets on Wednesday evening. He is the superintendent of the Pilgrim Holiness Churches of the Ohio District.
The regular monthly community social will be held at the Richland Avenue Methodist Church on Tuesday evening. A potluck supper begins at 6:30 followed by a short program. Everyone is welcome.
Niagara Falls excursions and weekend trips fill the period with residents from Athens and surrounding towns enjoying motor trips fishing and visits. Dean William E. Alderman of Beloit is among the travelers with friends and relatives while many local residents share weekend hosts and arrivals in Columbus Buckeye Lake and Canton.
Relatives and friends from Columbus Toledo Chillicothe Pomeroy Nelsonville and nearby towns attended the funeral of eight month old Curtis Wood Goddard son of Mr and Mrs Dewey M Goddard. Out of town mourners included H P Dutton W R Goddard Earl V Fisher Sylvia Six Whitmore Pat Lochary E E Lehman W T Bean William Davis Elizabeth Davis Joe B Davis Ella Six and Ralph Henry.
A promising day and rising fortunes are forecast from dominant lunar transits. The piece predicts favors and advancement in employment and business especially for writings publicity and promotion. It notes a birthday year of activity and potential career progress aided by favorable planetary influence.
Claudia Cranston, author and traveler, returns from a twenty-thousand-mile pan-American air tour. She describes peril and wonder from Haiti to the Amazon and Andes, noting daring flights, jungle life, and a love of travel that fuels her writing.
A Columbus columnist Hugh Fullerton reflects on meeting interesting people. He says every person is an interesting person and warns that self interest blinds us from discovering others' qualities. He advises being curious about everything to meet compelling individuals.
The Epworth League of First Methodist Episcopal Church hosted a Sunday afternoon silver tea from 3 to 5. A central bouquet featured larkspur and coreopsis with saffron candles. Miss Catherine Haller presided, Miss Beatrice Kloepfer poured, and Dorothy Ann Schilling played piano. Proceeds fund league delegates to the Epworth League Institute in Lancaster next month.
Charles W. Etsinger, a Galion native and Ohio University graduate, married Miss Almeda M. Craun at the Craun home with Rev. Phillip E. Auer officiating. The bride wore white satin. flower girls Jane Ann and Janet Sue Craun carried rings. The couple will reside in Galion.
Mrs Nona Savely of 54 West Union Street was honored at a Saturday night surprise birthday party. Guests included Mrs L D Nelson, Mrs Christian and daughter Mary, Rose Woodrum, Anna McKibben, Eleanor Rawson, Harry Sprague, Gerry Snowden, the Smiths, Potts family with children, the Huffmans, the Coon family, Charles Baker and daughter Enid, and Lulu the honoree’s daughter.
The Richland Avenue Ladies Aid Society sponsors a Tom and AB ner Social at the old school house Friday night at 7. Donations should be at the old room by Thursday after noon as the regular aid meeting will finalize arrangements.
A home economy expert advises June brides to start with a tea then a small luncheon and a dinner for four. Plan menus around attractive dishes, keep guest counts modest, and tailor meals to husbands’ tastes with roast beef as a safe option. Include simple desserts and a greens salad with a light dressing.
An illustrated lecture on the first four degrees of the Sub ordinate Grange will be held at Racine High School on Wednesday evening June 26 at 8 o clock. Fred Turner Pomona Grange says the pictures shown at the State Grange meeting are instructive and entertaining. No admission is charged but only Grange members will be admitted.
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