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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1948
Page
10
Mrs Margaret McHarg of Union Street celebrated her 76th birthday on March 27. Family and friends gathered at her home for a dinner. Attending were Mr and Mrs A Gorsuch and others from McArthur Columbus and Athens. Mrs Leslie Williams of Newport News visited and will travel home with her husband.
A recipe for Bran Muffins with Marmalade uses All-Bran milk shortening eggs and sugar mixed with a second batter. Soak bran then combine add baking powder salt fold in bake 30 minutes in a 400 F oven yields nine muffins with marmalade topping.
Two sons of Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Van Dyke of 34 Race Street met after more than six years apart at their parents home. Harold Van Dyke works for Car Home Trucking Co in Steubenville and visited for several hours. Carl E Van Dyke of Minneapolis a Northwest Airlines co pilot, was on a week’s vacation with his parents and had not visited Ohio since 1945.
Mr and Mrs E C Hensch of The Commodore Cleveland announce the birth of their second daughter Laura Cochene on March 25 at St Ann's Hospital Cleveland. Maternal grandparents are Walter McComb 50 N Carpenter Sr and Cora Katzenbach Route 1 Nelsonville. Paternal grandparents are E H Hensch Cleveland and Anna Hensch with the Hensch great grandmother also named.
Flossie Tuttle of Painesville Ohio claims a 39 pound loss and renewed vitality using Rennel a liquid reducer. She describes no hunger and urges others to ask their pharmacist for four ounces then mix with grapefruit juice and take two daily while promising money back if not satisfied.
Miss Mary Jo Finch of Ravenswood, a Ravenswood High School junior, won the fourth district oratorical contest at Parkersburg sponsored by the American Legion. She will receive a four year state college scholarship. Second place went to Robert Wolfe of Parkersburg High School and third to Robert Hope of Point Pleasant. The event drew teams from Spencer, Walton, Wahama, Elizabeth and Ripley with the topic The Rights We Defend.
Mrs. Bess Laughlin of Lancaster Street has amassed a home full of souvenirs from friends and relatives. More than 200 items are displayed, another 200 stored in an attic, with gifts arriving from Panama Okinawa and Washington D C. Her son Bill White, now abroad, is the chief contributor bringing items tied to his varied postings.
Mr and Mrs Lambert return to their Salem Center home after visiting daughter Mrs Ganel Clark. Howard Hughes family Columbus visited M Hughes parents Mr and Mrs M Stewart. Mr and Mrs Lloyd McPeek Belleville visited relatives. Miss Lillian Murphy Trimb and Milton Tuttle Chester visited E L Clark home. M W Stewart sold his residence to Norman Weber. Virg Rouch family to move to a farm on West Shade. Linnie Swan a
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