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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1946
Page
7
EPSIE RIXARD NEW YORK NEA highlights versatile resort wear. The turnabout sundress serves as a sun back piece and a city suit. A two piece dress pairs a pink and black gingham overblouse with a black rayon skirt, with back bow tied for wrap around fit.
The Social Side group met with 25 members and five guests present. Officers elected for 1946 47 include President C W Gross and vice presidents P S Wamsley and C B Dillon. Nominating and program committees reported. Dean Emeritus E W Chubb missed due to illness. Tea hour featured refreshments and a look at Mrs Zetmer’s doll collection.
Arlina Marie Race daughter of Mr and Mrs J F Race announces her marriage to John Edward Scott son of Mrs Josephine Scott and the late Monroe Scott. The ceremony occurred Monday March 4 at St Pauls Church with attendants Betty Race and Thomas Charles Michael Whalen. The bride is a Athens High School 1945 graduate and the groom a Rome High School alumnus who served three years overseas in the Pacific as a corporal in the Medical Corps.
A St Patrick Day party highlighted the Junior Cooks class gathering on Wednesday after members earned certificates. Miss Betty Newton led ten to twelve year olds who prepared green cream cheese sandwiches and green punch, cut sandwiches into moons and stars, and sang a special junior cook song. Geraldine Williams and Violet Miller won prizes in a drawing, with extra stars for home food prep. the event was held in the Gas Company basement and sponsored by the home service department.
Miss Pearline Howell daughter of Mrs Levi Hawk of Downington and Pfc James R Romine son of Mr and Mrs Warner Romine of Racine wed in Dillon South Carolina at noon on Sunday March 3 The bride wore a gold colored suit with a light blue coat and blue hat and gloves The couple will reside in Virginia where the groom is stationed at Fort Belvoir near Washington D C An Ashens Presbyterian Women's Association dinner is set for Tuesday March 12 at 6 p m with Group One as hostess Miss Julie Totten director of religious education Cincinnati Presbytery will speak
Sigma Delta Chi will host its annual Newspaper Ball on Friday March 15 in the Women's Gymnasium. The event runs from 9 to 1 with Rex Koons leading a 13 piece orchestra. Limited tickets will be sold to ensure comfortable dancing. Prof Paul H Wagner serves as adviser.
Mr and Mrs Raymond Atkins and their daughter Lora return to Athens after several months in Prescott Arizona They plan to reside with Mrs B Atkins at 112 N Lancaster St while Mr Atkins restarts his sign painting business in the city
OU Playshop presents Eugene ONeill four act drama Anna Christie in Ewing Auditorium on April 16 as part of the Great Play Series. Jean Rutledge Phi Mu plays Ann with Robert Mager junior as Chris, Wally Joyce freshman as Mat, Peg Ferguson sophomore as Marty. Cast also includes John Givens junior as Larry Bill McCutchen sophomore as Johnson and Al Renaldi senior as the Postman. The series previously staged The Trojan Women.
Richland Avenue Church hosts the Progressive Sunday School Class on Friday night in March with Mrs. Anna Secoy serving as devotional leader and Mrs. Edith Ashton handling the house duties at 909 W. The Woman’s Christian Temperance Union meets Wednesday at 2 pm at First Christian Church with a guest speaker.
Washington NEA reports veterans asking about GI Bill eligibility and benefits. Answers clarify that service after Sept 16 1940 with honorable discharge qualifies for GI Bill provisions, educational aid is separate from medical care, and colleges are not legally forced to admit veterans if seats are unavailable or criteria aren’t met.
In a lively town column a reader shares memories from club calendars and postwar life. A child quips about good ladies and bad women fighting over oleo, while neighbors joke about nylon stockings and butter prices. Butter scarcity changes kitchen habits and dishcloths vanish.
A church services list for Athens covers multiple denominations. Presbyterian services at 11 am with Rev. Fred Luchs speaking on The 1946 Translation of the New Testament, plus church school, Westminster Foundation activities, and various fellowship and study meetings across Wesleyan Methodist Mount Zion Baptist Athens Free Methodist Nazarene and Union churches with times and sermon topics noted.
Ruth Millett notes returning veterans face civilian life strain as wives gain financial control and bossy dynamics. The piece explores frictions across ranks, from colonels to privates, highlighting the strain of adapting to homes and incomes after war.
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