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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Mar 16, 1936

Page

6

Fragmented Local Notice Points To Public Sale

A damaged newspaper fragment outlines a public sale action with partial readable details and mentions local officials.

When to marry under financial strain and ambition

A 19 year old college student seeks marriage timing with a love interest. Dorothy Dix counsels postponing nuptials until the man can afford a stable future, including teaching credentials, medical training, internship, and self support, warning that marriage without funds risks long delay and resentment.

Wetoma Camp Fire Girls Hold March Party

Nelsonville group meets at Jeanne Ellen Hartley home on Franklin Street. Three new members join Mary Kathryn Shields Maxine Cope and Ena Jane Edson. Prizes awarded to Norma Straits Louise Straits Marilyn Shafer and Maxine Cope. Games played and refreshments served.

Nelsonville Camp Fire Girls Jeanne Ellen Hartley Franklin St Mary Kathryn Shields Maxine Cope Ena Jane Edson Norma and Louise Straits Marilyn Shafer

Sunday and Monday horoscopes hint lively, shifting days

The column foresees a lively Sunday with travel, new ventures, and mixed news plus a restless child born today may be energetic yet unsettled. Monday promises rapid changes, financial gains, and rising prestige with birthdays bringing new surroundings and ambitious prospects. Notable nativity Elsie Janis.

Radio Schedule Highlights From Brooklyn Station Listings

A dense list of weekday and weekend radio programs across WLW NBC CBS and others. Program skies include music, talk, dramas like Orphan Annie and The Johnsons, and orchestral sets with artists such as Nelson Eddy Grace Moore and Reichman Orch. with precise times and shows across Monday and Tuesday listings.

CBS NBC Sis Jack DeMarcos Orch Reichman Orch Mid Kemp Oren Mary Alcott Molly of the Ma Perkins Vic and Bede the O'Neils Betty and Marty Sothern Wise Crackers Jack Armstrong Orphan Annie Jomneona Jimmy Mattern Thames Amor 'T Andy Lum Abner Edgar Fogar Ben Bernie Beno Bernie Ries Jim Tex

Charm Chats From Cyrena Van Gordon

Opera star Cyrena Van Gordon recalls her unhappy youth as an ugly duckling and explains how charm grows from self belief. She credits music and confidence for unlocking her personality and transforming how she presents herself.

Cyrena van Gordon Metropolitan Chicago Opera

What Is Charm and How It Shapes Self-Confidence

The piece argues charm comes from naturalness and self respect, not only talent. It highlights traits like courtesy, poise, curiosity, and kindness, citing Mrs. Vincent Astor and Edward Johnson of the Metropolitan Opera as models of graciousness and concern for others.

Vincent Astor New York City Edward Johnson Metropolitan Opera Company New York Metropolitan Mr. Johnson

Lily Pons Charm: Sincerity and Naturalness In Opera

The piece praises sincerity and naturalness in performers, citing Leo Johnson’s backstage introductions of firemen and crew as genuine charm. It highlights Lily Pons as an example of unpretentious poise, recounting her gracious reaction to a noisy hotel scene after a Lucia di Lammermoor debut. Tomorrow’s column previews appearance matters.

Johnson Lily Pons Metropolitan Miss Pons the Metropolitan Lucia di Lammermoor Grippe

Culotte becomes fashion staple at resorts for sport and travel

The culotte gains popularity as a practical fashion for tennis, golf, and piloting, praised for its divided skirt design. Pattern No. 2663 fits sizes M4 16 18 and bust 36 40 inches, requiring 418 yards of 49 inch fabric plus a scarf square. Send 15 cents for pattern and 25 cents for book and pattern. order to Athens Messenger Pattern Department 160 Fifth Avenue New York.

Athens Messenger Pattern Department Fifth Avenue New York N, Y

Easter Martin Ewing Hosts TYC Club Gathering

Easter Martin Ewing entertained the TYC Club Friday evening at her home on North Third Avenue. Games and contests were enjoyed as two new members Bertha Stevens and Minerva Matthews joined. Attendees included Wanda Byers Betty Marcum Mae Marcum Alice Marie Ebersbach Shirley Duerr Janet Hecox James Stansbury Marvel Schmoll and the newcomers.

Middleport Easter Martin Ewing TYC Club N. Third Ave Bertha Stevens Minerva Matthews Wanda Byers Betty and Mae Marcum Alice Marie Ebersbach Shirley Duerr Janet Hecox James Stansbury Marvel Schmoll

Amount of Food a Child Eats Is Unimportant

Olive Roberts Barton urges mothers to distinguish hunger from appetite and notes appetite is largely psychological. She explains memory of pleasant meals drives hunger, warns against coaxing a child to eat, and recommends early exposure to varied foods while advising medical help if persistent refusal suggests physiological causes.

Olive Roberts Barton Joan Hugh Elsie Joseph

Married Comrades A Sequel to Given in Marriage

A follow up to the earlier work Given in Marriage follows the same themes of devotion and social expectation. The piece centers on two couples navigating commitment, duty, and personal growth amid community scrutiny and evolving traditions.

Katie’s fainting spell tests family ties and care

Adele Garrison scenes unfold as Katie collapses fainting in the library while the household hides the mother-in-law’s distress. A nurse stabilizes Katie, Dicky and Jim assist, and the narrator calms the matriarch with tea and care, promising updates tomorrow.

Madge Katie Dicky Jim

Birthday Dinner Honors Mr. R. E. Smith in Gravel Hill

Mrs. R. E. Smith of Gravel Hill entertained with a birthday dinner Friday evening honoring her husband’s birthday anniversary. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Carney, Mr. and Mrs. William Lowe, and Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Smith.

Middleport R. E. Smith Gravel Hill L. L. Carney William Lowe J. K. Smith

Quintuplets Star in Drama Filled The Country Doctor

The Dionne Quintuplets headline a film directed by Darryl F. Zanuck at the Athena Theater. Jean Hersholt plays the doctor whose career is tested by illness and a hospital battle. June Lang and Michael Whalen support in romance and drama.

Athena Theater Dionne June Lang Michael Whalen

Hearing on Bolins Mill-North state highway addition

The Director of Highways of Ohio will hold a hearing at 2 P M Eastern Standard Time on March 26 1936 in the Assembly Room of the Vinton County Court House McArthur Ohio to hear arguments for and against adding the Bolins Mill North Road to the state highway system The 5 0 mile road runs from Cue Road No to State Route U 50 Knox and Waterloo Townships Vinton and Athens Counties with alternate routes considered Any legal notices appear under clerk of sales copy 36 188.

Vinton Columbus Ohio Director of Highways of Vinton County Court House Arthur Bolins Mill Athens Knox Township Vinton County Vinton-Athens Waterloo Township Athens County John Jaster, JR Highways of

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