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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Mar 13, 1961

Page

6

Put It On the Front Page Please

A lively account recounts how a community newspaper began with no office or printing plant in Duxbury Massachusetts. John Cutler and his wife built the Duxbury Clipper into a free weekly, teaching and handling all tasks from home, to become a valued local property.

Athens County John Cutler Boston University Duxbury Mass United States Cutler Navy Kansas Naval Base Boston Episcopal

Irish Dinner Potluck Marks Moose Hall Meeting

A potluck Irish stew dinner opens the Women of the Moose Hall meeting on Thursday. Regular meetings are at 7 30 p m. A white elephant sale at Moose Hall follows on Friday and Saturday.

Moose Hall

Secrets of the super secretary the bosses seek

A report on the modern secretary notes that success requires more than business schooling. Executives value cheerfulness, a neat conservative appearance, and restraint in makeup and fragrance, rejecting glamour and flashy styles.

Entered For Fun 4-H Training Shows Culinary Growth

A personal memoir of seven years in the Mason County 4-H Happy Hustlers Club detailing progression from baked desserts to full meals. The narrator recounts projects from 1955 through 1960 including foods, packing and snack, sewing, and meal planning II and III, plus leadership work.

Happy Hustlers 4

Early Capitals Of Ohio Theme At Sayre Circle

Sayre Study Circle discusses Ohio capitals Zanesville and Chillicothe and the first Congress session in Columbus in 1816. A 40 000 dollar bill for a new state house passed in 1838 and building resumed in 1846 after repeal. Ohio Federation Legislation Day set for March 24 in Gallipolis.

R. J. Studer A. T. Steuart Ohio Zanesville Chillicothe Columbus Gallipolis

Hocking County 4 H Advisory Council Overview

The Hocking County 4 H Advisory Council guides club work, sets policies, and selects county contest winners and delegates. Members meet the first Tuesday each month and welcome advisor attendance. Nine advisors, two junior leaders, and the county agent form the council with three advisors elected annually for three year terms.

Hocking County

North Temperate Zone Named For Our Region

A residents joke about the term North Temperate Zone used to describe the local area highlighting the extreme summer heat and winter cold. The remark satirizes geographic labeling of the climate in their community.

Union Methodist Church New Marshfield Athens County Fair Athens North Temperate Zone

Neighbors at Lunch Club Holds Potluck Meeting

Nine members of the Thursday Neighbors Club attended a potluck dinner with Mrs. Gene West of Factory Road. Mrs. Albert Hutchison led the business meeting and Mrs. Erwin Zimmerman the program. Hostess prize went to Mrs. Harold Radford. Next meeting set for April 13 at Mrs. Erwin Zimmerman’s home with Mrs. Ray Zimmerman as program chairman.

Thursday Neighbors Club Gene West Factory Road Albert Hutchison Erwin Zimmerman Ray Zimmerman

Steer Project Details From Carthage Troy Cattle Club

1961 4 H steer project notes from Carthage Troy Cattle Club with two steers chosen from twelve. Feeding includes corn cob meal oats soybean oil and molasses twice daily. Fat steer project linked to county FFA teachers agents and fair board with 28 steers on feed for Athens County Fair. Athens children from low income families to attend Easter party March 26 at Gamertsfelder Hall Ohio University with dinner cartoons games and baskets.

Freddy Chapman Carthage-Troy Cattle Club Carthage- Troy Cattle Club FFA Fair Board Athens County Athens Ohio University Gamertsfelder Hall Chuck Alderman

Calendar Of Events Evening Schedule City Clubs

A Tuesday slate lists Alpha Xi Delta Alumnee Club Mrs Art Cornwell and other groups. Activities include nursing talks 8 p.m. at 65 Morris Ave and a Cottage Tea House luncheon 12:30 p.m. with programs Progress in the Medical World and speakers from Athens Delphian and Susanna Wesleyan Guild.

Alpha Xi Delta Alumnee Club Art Cornwell Morris Ave Helen Ledford Progressive Literary Club Cottage Tea House Allen Riley Athens Ohio Electric Co Maecenas Library Club Fred Stauffer Delphian H. A. McCaskill N. May Ave Gourmet Group David Vaughan E. State St Presbyterian WA O .B. Mason Susanna Wesleyan Guild First Methodist the Plains Hdc Helen Horvath Ladies Auxiliary Albany Vfw Baker Neighborhood Council Olin Baker Wesleyan Methodist Church Walter Jeffries Beta Theta Pi IOOF Coolville Rebekahs

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