This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 14 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1936
Page
9
Dorothy Dix discusses a government questionnaire sent to farm women asking about daily work hours and produced goods. She argues recognizing women's domestic labor can elevate their status, countering views that wives are merely expenses, and cites a shift toward valuing home management as a legitimate career and partnership.
Brownies and Girl Scouts host a three day doll show on March 12 to 14 on the third floor of Taylor Stote S Court St Athens. The event features old dolls with historic or family ties and prizes for oldest smallest most beautiful most original best character and most popular dolls. Entries are free with a small admission charge for all three days.
Future Homemakers Association at Stewart Ohio held a Feb 24 meeting with roll call on George Washington. Newly elected officers include Helen Moore president Opal Steinmetz vice president Maple Edwards treasurer Ruth Deeter historian and Pauline Steinmetz secretary. A committee led by Norma Wyer includes Anna Mae Wade and Elizabeth Wieland. The next meeting Mar 9 will feature an old fashioned style show with prizes for best dressed. Six Chevrolet service managers will host a dinner for 40 from Southeastern Ohio and parts of West Virginia at Hillcrest Inn followed by a business meeting. Carroll Randolph and Opal Baker wed in Athens with Justice T R Bennett performing the ceremony.
Victorian era recipe notes recount lavish cakes with many eggs and large butter quantities. The article provides a Chocolate Fudge Loaf Cake with butter sugar egg and chocolate, plus a Chocolate Wonder Frosting and a light Fruit Salad as a dessert course.
Adele Garrison recounts a morning scene with Dicky, Roderick, and Junior as they wake for a send-off. Junior admits tying a toe cord to wake them, the prank causing a red mark but no injury, followed by family hugs and farewells.
Mrs. I V Shannon spoke on medical social work at a meeting of Alpha Kappa Delta, the sociological honor society, noting her background at the University of Colorado and Vanderbilt University Hospital. The Shannons are connected to Ohio University through her husband, a new faculty member.
Athens motorcyclists meet Thursday night at Walter Hawk home Fisher Station with hosts Carl Willarc and Tom Winning. Eighteen members attend a business session followed by Bingo, high score by George Mathews, and refreshments served. C. R. White rode the Ingobike and Harold McBride rode the unicycle to and from the gathering.
Contract winners in the Kiwanis Benefit Bridge Chain included Mrs. William Miley and Prof. Roy H. Paynter for high scores on Thursday and Friday nights at various homes. Events continued nightly through March 12 with theater tickets as daily prizes for top scores in both auction and contract bridge.
Mrs Roy M Pierce hosted Stitch and Chatter Club at May Avenue home. Thirteen members spent the afternoon sewing and chatting with one guest, Mia Minnie Pierce from Zanesville. Refreshments in green and white evoked Bt Patrick s Day.
Mrs Bowman former national head of the Business and Professional Women’s Club will be guest speaker at a dinner and reception at Hotel Berry Athens district meeting includes Logan Nelsonville and Gallipolis clubs. Her topic is Whats Wrong With Our Accepted Political Technique. She is noted for leadership in banking women’s departments and international club work.
The Faithful Few Sewing Circle met Thursday at Mrs Harold Morris in Palmer Street. Three new members joined Manel Schenz Ethel Downing and B B Klinger. Nine members four guests attended with Alma Sams among them. Activities included sewing cards and a guessing contest. A daughter was born to Doris Herron Currey on March 4 with grandparents listed.
Nostalgic reminiscence recalls the Dean Ave saloon sign reading First Chance and Last Chance, the Luhing mining camp peak in Athens vicinity, Sugar Creek district booms, and rural chores of earlier childhood such as tending the horse, cleaning the stable, and delivering milk.
Albany Girl Scouts enrolled Mary Frances Gillogly Althea Balenger and Eileen and Thora Bel Baughman as tenderfoot scouts at a Methodist Church meeting Thursday afternoon. Refreshments followed and plans were made for a bake sale to raise funds to repair the room shared with the Boy Scouts.
Twenty eight members of the Current Events Club gathered Friday evening at Mrs. Hal H. Rowland's home on Franklin Ave for an anniversary dinner. Tables featured blue candles and white flowers in the club colors. Dues were collected during roll call and a contribution voted to the Pan-American Scholarship Fund. Mrs. C. C. Kerr chaired and read a paper on Irish Folk Lore. Mrs. BE. J. Persons assisted as hostess.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.