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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1940
Page
10
The article argues comfort leads in men’s fashion as youths and businessmen favor soft shirts, lightweight slacks, and sport jackets. It notes relaxed collars, looser ties, shorts in city wear, and revised formal wear toward softer fabrics and neater, comfortable looks.
Mr and Mrs Franklin Townsend hosted Sunday dinner with daughters Hazel and Lorriene. Jack Jewell and wife visited their son Glen Jewell. Dorothy Foley stayed with Alton Foley. Martha Douglas stayed overnight with Francis Douglas. Cecil Jewell and Betty Blackwood enjoyed a serenade at the bride parents. Francis Douglas family visited George Douglas and Martha. Alice Marie Reeves visited grandmother Mrs John Jordan. F H A girls of Scipio High plan an April 1 birthday party. Francis Queen of Wales Mill stayed with his sister and brother in law. Jamita Steward visited Martha Douglas. Sunday school set for Pearl Chapel at 9 30. Doris and Rosemary Oberholzer attended orchestra practice in Harrisonville. Columbia players were unable to attend.
Reports from Radcliff area include a substitute teacher Parnie Mc Laughlin injuring her ankle at Radcliff School. The junior class play Sunbonnet Jane of Sycamore Lane is set for March 29 at the high school auditorium. Easter sunrise service planned at the high school. Community news covers visits, travel, and family movements among local residents and relatives, plus a note on a newborn Shirley Ann to Mr and Mrs Raymond Bobo. A science note discusses telescope-eyed goldfish development.
Funeral services were held at Asbury Church for Mrs. Hattie Buck 71 who died at home Saturday. Burial followed in the church cemetery. Survivors include husband Fred Buck and several children. Numerous relatives from Athens Columbus New Marshfield and elsewhere attended.
Funeral services for Samuel Bolin were held at Pleasant Valley Church with burial in Hanninglee. Mr and Mrs Arthur in spent Sunday with Cecil Gwynn near Pleasanton. The Stotts and son visited Harry Ru. Several couples spent Sunday with Frank Pugh and A R Hawk family. James Wood visited his sister Brooks. Misses Margaret Russ and Mary Carsey called on Mrs Kate Wood. The Pugh and Hawk families attended a Cable meeting at Pome Roy Sunday night.
Funeral services were conducted Saturday afternoon at Fawcett Funeral Home for Lizzie Zumbro Pugh 76 widow of Philander Pugh. She is survived by two sisters and two brothers all of Chesterhill. Interment in Liberty Cemetery. Local notes include visits and moves among Chesterhill residents with hospital, travel and home construction updates.
Sport shirts in the Athens departments appear less mannish with rounded collars. A stitched front gives casual smartness to plain monotone shirts. Polka dot and stripe patterns show in sports blouses.
Local residents share visits and events across New Plymouth and surrounding towns. Notable items include Reverend Elsen and Stewart's gatherings in Jacksonville and Logan, Mrs. Viola McGathey and son visiting Cecil Weede, and the Weede family attending funeral services for Sara Six in Carbondale. A child, Everett Turner, died from spinal meningitis at Camp Zaleski after hospitalization in Columbus.
Mrs. William F. Kern of Columbus returns to Ohio State University as a grandmother co ed this year with three grown children. She hopes to learn business operation skills and perhaps pursue a doctor's degree.
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