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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1943
Page
11
A wartime guidance piece urges families to embrace rationed foods and learn modern cooking. It stresses cooking education for mothers and cooks, planning meals with scarce supplies, and fighting prejudices about unfamiliar items to preserve health and work strength. It notes only 16 percent of U S farms have all weather roads.
William E. McKenny reports on Julius Tilles of New York with Abe Goldstein winning the open air championship. Tilles’s defense against a three clubs bid featured an eliminative play sequence culminating in a successful trumping and diamond sequence. Also includes brief Q A on dealer selection and a gin rummy term.
Wartime kitchen notes describe spreads to extend butter including a two pound margarine and butter blend, and an evaporated milk butter spread. Instructions cover mixing, molding, chilling, and serving with a custard style ice cream variant using evaporated milk honey and orange rind.
The Athens County Democrat Women's Club met at Mrs. Alva Hanning's home with eleven members and 13 guests. They voted a five dollar donation to Red Cross and Salvation Army, welcomed new member Mrs. McBride, and noted growing attendance. The next meeting is March 27 at 7 30 PM at Mrs. George Robinson's home.
The Psi Chapter invites members to a Spring Formal at Hotel Begry on Friday March 19 from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. The event details include attire and ticket information to be announced.
A recipe for oatmeal bread is published with steps from scalding milk to baking a 9 by 4 inch loaf. A farewell party for Pearl Goodin, bound for military service, is noted at Albany Route Three with many attendees listed.
Washington reports new WPB orders may curb fashion styles including swing skirts and matching accessories. Officials hint stricter limits on frills, leather handbags, and matching hats as rationing talk persists. Stores may tighten time payments to curb impulse buys while prices for meats and seeds are adjusted regionally by OPA.
Heat fat slowly in a heavy pan and add quarter inch potato slices. Cook until browned and bubbling ceases, then strain through a double cloth. The potato absorbs impurities, yielding clear sweet fat suitable for reuse.
The narrator recalls Philip Veritzen’s obsession to wed his son Noel to royalty to restore status and notes lingering tensions as Olga hints at jest while Mary and Noel delay their arrival. Dicky reports Mary and Noel are detained at the theater and Mary appears unwell in a striking dress.
In Hotel Lansfield New York impresario Philip Veritzen hosts an after show supper for fugitive Georges of Trees under Charles Spencer protection. Olga and Princess Olina wait as Noel and Mary arrive, Mary late and blamed for missing entrance, amid tense family drama and a hinted remedy.
County extension agent Mr. Ross Wright spoke to Sunset Garden Club members at Mechanicsburg School about the Victory Garden project. He urged multi year effort beyond the war and emphasized early planting with wilt and disease resistant seeds and noted varieties suitable for the area. Mrs. Owen Kennedy presided.
Do not throw away old sweaters. If not worn, transform them into scarves gloves or new sweaters for children. Wash first in mild soap and warm water for easier work. A fruit salad dessert idea uses grapefruit sections seedless grapes walnuts marshmallows on lettuce with lemony dressing.
A former housewife misses war plant shifts blaming family laundry and rationing as causes of absenteeism. The report notes a quarter of Ohio workers rethink job changes amid shortages and long shopping queues. Nearby, non-denominational Lent services begin March 19 at 7 00 p m hosted by Alexander Presbyterian Church and neighborhood groups. 600 Mrs Aura Bolen hosts guests including relatives from Albany Harrisonville and Athens.
Dr Hiram Wil son quips that students want an A in class but a ration board may demand a different reward. Mary Elizabeth Lasher from New York reports losing faith in college students after overhearing a claim that Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin. A note adds that ironing boards now use less metal for frame support.
The article notes metal spring clothespins will be unavailable once current stock is exhausted. It adds that all wood clothespins will remain available, though they will be made from scrap pieces.
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