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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1941
Page
4
Athens article promotes an amateur chefs contest at Schine's Athena Theater. Men will cook on stage beside a film program, using supplied ingredients and equipment with judges sampling at 9 PM. Local merchants back the event, and a new champion will be crowned.
Frank Pugh III, Athens County AAA chairman, is confined to his home with a severe cold. The status notes he remains under rest and observation.
In a domestic comedy, Billy Newell basks in credit for a grand meal as his wife serves the table. A later scene reveals Billy’s cooking talent proves both impressive and alarming to those present.
Funeral services for Mrs Nettie Metz age 71 wife of P FE Metz will be held Wednesday afternoon at one o clock at her home in Bethel Ridge Burial will be in Oak Grove Cemetery Marietta She died at her home Monday morning
Wesley Miller of Athens NYA announces a new rural mechanical workshop program to offer defense industry employment opportunities to youths in towns of 2500 or less. Local school boards provide facilities while NYA and state departments fund equipment and supervision, with about 50 students per shop.
An annual birthday party for Boy Scout Troop 54 celebrated its 1940 re registration and club charter reception at Central Avenue Methodist Church with parents leaders and friends. Stanley Nida received a plaque from Joseph Stratton for timely re registration, while Arthur Yoho and John Nickoson demoed a telegraph set.
Five births were reported in Athens in February per health commissioner Dr. Buckley. The county had 39 births, total 44 excluding Nelsonville. All deaths occurred in the city and 37 in the county. Communicable diseases included three mumps, three scarlet fever, four measles, three tuberculosis, and one typhoid fever.
Athens Grange will confer first and second degrees on a class of candidates when the group meets Thursday at 8 p m at the Grange Hall. The Athens degree team will perform the work and all members and visitors are welcome.
The Ohio Food Market installs the largest frosted food compartment in Ath ens. It offers 80 varieties of seafood, vegetables, berries, fruits, frozen meats, and more with instant freezing preserving freshness and flavor. The eight foot unit holds six compartments with 15 packages per container and maintains three to 15 degrees below zero.
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