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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1937
Page
6
Dear Miss Dix advises that marriage is worth pursuing despite some failures. At 21 a man should wait to learn about women and establish readiness to support a wife, as married love differs from youthful sweetheart romance but remains enduring.
Mrs Mae Largent of New Plymouth is visiting in the Harry Stahl home. Don Christy visited his brother Carl Christy at Chester. Rex and Mrs Bert OConnor and W A Carman motored to Parkersburg to visit Mrs Carman recovering from surgery. Mrs L V Reuter visited her sister Mrs Louis Reibel at Pomeroy. Mrs William Wells and sons Henry and Edward with George Wells visited Frank Lieb at Gallipolis. Emma Terrell Linnie Terrell and Mrs Henry Euler visited Mrs W A Carman at St Josephs Hospital in Parkersburg. Better Health Club met at Mrs William Grueser’s home.
A mixed puzzle set lists terms from decor and music with a brief historical prompt. It notes five living ex presidents when Lincoln assumed office in 1861: Van Buren Tyler Fillmore Pierce and Buchanan. It ends with a safety advisory about Mondays between 10 and 11 in Toronto.
A period page lists radio programs, performers, and sponsors including Patti Chapin Clyde Barrie Hall and The Gumps. It catalogs orchestras, vocal acts, dramatic sketches, and program notes across multiple stations and segments.
Cottage prayer meeting was held at Frank Parsons home. Mrs Lotie Britt visited Malta over the weekend. Albert Ogg and Wayne Parsons visited Lisle White Westland Sunday. Evelyn Holcroft Chesterhill visited sister Mrs George Sprouse here. Harold Lawrence and children Mt Hermon visited Ralph Young here Monday. Clarence White cares for grandfather John Sprouse who is critically ill. Irvin Mosier Amesville spent weekend with aunt Evalina Brill. Harry Vandyke Gamoco W Va spent weekend here. Reverend Campbell Mt Hermon will preach here Sunday at 2 PM.
Adele Garrison continues the tale as Madge reunites with her father at the Polly Perkins Inn. Fear eases into relief though tensions rise as Dicky Softens and Noel’s fate remains uncertain aboard a yacht. The group faces peril while preparing for the next chapter.
Pattern 4288 offers a jaunty back-button frock with Peter Pan collar slashed sleeves and straight-line skirt. It suits linen or cotton fabrics, comes in sizes 14 to 42, with 3% yards of fabric for size 16, and includes illustrated sewing instructions. Send 15 cents to The Athens Messenger Pattern Department in New York for this pattern.
Sharpsburg records the season’s heaviest snowfall Saturday night delaying Sunday School at Mt. Hermon and affecting local activities. The N Y A and Hilltop PTA held meetings with speeches on farming and erosion. Local deaths and illnesses noted include Ralph Dickson’s automobile accident injury and Mary Parkins’s pneumonia.
Display features new musical handkerchiefs in navy blue cream orchid green and red with G clefs scales and crystal buttons sewn on. The items promise a playful way to brighten a springcold day and reveal a musical note themed accessory from the book store gift shop.
The piece notes growing variety in athletic wear for golfers and tennis players with two main shorts styles. It describes Riviera inspired longer shorts on Union Street, plus side-pocket boyish shorts, wide pleats, bright fabrics, and fashionable slacks and culottes for women.
Olive Roberts Barton reports guidance from a doctor on infant water needs and safety. He urges boiling and cooling all water for infants, favors natural water when pure, and cautions against overchlorination and drinking water with meals.
A synopsis of the new Twentieth Century Fox film Lloyds of London showing at the Athena Theater. Freddie Bartholomew and Douglas Scott discover a plot against Lloyds, then grow into major figures in the insurance world as Napoleon rises. Jonathan Blake falls for Madeleine Carroll, discovers she is married, and faces a divorce dilemma amid high stakes.
Concord notices Edna Sayers to wed William Mohring in Newport Kentucky on February 13 1937. Lucetta White Duncan buys George Duncan property and will relocate with daughter and son in April. George Chapman family visit Margie Howard. Ed Sayers assists with Alice Sayers care. Sayers in serious condition. Elephants cannot jump a seven foot chasm is wide enough to stop them.
Miss Mary A. Jones, an Athens dress shop employee, has become the local representative for a French cosmetic firm offering individualized powder blends. Trained to mix shades to match each woman's skin, eyes, and hair, she operates behind a counter with many shade jars, promising personalized cosmetics for local women.
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