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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1943
Page
6
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Miss Margaret Killen Hayes, daughter of Mr and Mrs Kenneth W Hayes, married Ensign Leslie Elmo White son of Mr Vinton White. The Methodist church at Gayeville hosted the ceremony with bridal party, music by Mrs Theodore Crawford and Miss Jean Crawford, and a reception at the Hayes home. The couple will spend three months in Jacksonville Florida before Mr White reports to duty.
Washington reports that melon prices will stay high as acreage was cut 40 percent last year and supplies for cantaloupes and watermelons remain tight. Peak seasons hit in July, citrus production up with 32 million boxes of oranges and 48.7 million of grapefruit, much sent to Lend-Lease, while 85 percent of looms for cotton flannel go to glove makers. Also notes possible industrial alcohol from wheat and six new canned fruit types. Birth notice: Jane Marcella Beasley, daughter of Captain and Mrs Norris Beasley at Camp Atterbury Indiana.
MACON Ga Mei Ling Soong known as Madame Chiang Kai Shek returned to Wesleyan University to receive an honorary Doctor of Laws degree at the chapel where she once studied as a child Her sisters received degrees in absentia and the event recalled her schoolgirl days and a promise she used to gain passage to America She later attended Wellesley near Boston to be near her brother TV Soong China s foreign minister.
Charlee Spencer and family finalize a motel scheme to move Ruth Hayes during a planned morning meeting with Olina. They arrange guards, disguise, and a room on the fifteenth floor while Dicky coordinates with Halloran to manage makeup and wigs for a staged operation amid looming danger.
A war wife follows her husband from camp to camp and can find happiness by adapting. Avoid dwelling on home, embrace new towns, quickly make friends, and share house and child duties. Those who fit this pattern tend to be more content with the mobile lifestyle.
The Poston Bible School opens Monday June 28 at 9 30 am in the Community House inviting all children. Carbondale Bible School reports perfect attendance certificates for many boys and girls across Kindergarten Primary and Junior groups with teachers Carroll Russell Eleanor Gifford and assistants. Boys in the woodwork class swam at Hope Dam with chaperones. Thirty three Carbondale members attended the Damn Supper at Birch Hollow. A Play Period is planned on the school ground June 30 at 7 pm.
A warning about oven canning says jars have exploded in Athens homes despite proper steps. Jars at 250 degrees with loosened lids caused shattered jars and damaged ranges while peas and beans released gases. Experts urge using canning charts and avoid oven canning for peas and beans.
Foot health advice discusses stockingless summers and sunbathing readiness. It emphasizes cleaning and filing callouses safely, avoiding corn removal, using a rough towel and cream for heels, drying thoroughly, powdering, treating nails, and preventing athlete s foot while keeping feet well maintained for appearance and comfort.
William E McKenney notes that bridge players support a wartime effort to raise 20 million dollars for orphans scholarships and a blood and serum bank started by the Washington Bridge. The piece defends playing bridge during the war and highlights charitable goals linked to the game.
Members of the American Contract Bridge League support childhood cancer research in New York's Memorial Hospital. Brief card game anecdotes highlight skillful play and counting tricks as a fundraiser for war relief causes. Athens County Nurses announce a meeting with Mrs. Oral Dougherty in Nelsonville, urging all nurses to attend. A tip notes cooling gum to remove from clothing.
A wartime analysis warns of potential baby food shortages as inflation and market shifts threaten supplies. Government rationing, medical advisories, and efforts to expand infant provisions aim to protect milk and canned goods for babies while noting labor and farm conditions.
Mrs Frank Dean and family hosted visits in Point Pleasant while Mrs Helen Ward joins her husband at Ft Barancas Florida. Eleven Athens youths attend Camp Nelson Dodd YMCA near Brinkhaven for 12 days. Women's Association of Alexander Presbyterian Church meets Friday at 2 00 p m with Mrs Will Allen. Richland Avenue Methodist Church official board meets tonight at 7 00 p m.
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