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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

May 24, 1945

Page

8

Garden Club Members Show Own Flower Arrangements

Athens Garden Club meets at Mrs Gordon K Bush on Strathmore Boulevard to discuss trends in flower arranging. Members display varied table centerpieces including blue battistra iris bowls and pastel blue rose themes. Officers elected for the year include O Neill R, Rasp, Drugfan, and Gray. A picnic supper is planned for the next meeting at Five Oaks. Albany Kitchenette Club meets at Mrs Bart Allen’s home with workbooks distributed and refreshments served.

Gordon K. Bush Athens Garden Club Strathmore Boulevard H. G. Stalder Mary Stalder Garden Club I. E. Ash Elwyn R. O'Neill Iris Picador Laura Bailey Thomas M. Wolfe John Snow Elwin R. O'Neill George Rasp Elsie Drugfan Gordon Gray Five Oaks Albert Wray Albany Bart Allen Allen Howard Stanley Carol Young

Baby Candace Born At Sheltering Arms Hospital

The parents of a daughter named Candace announced her birth on Tuesday May 22 at Sheltering Arms Hospital in Athens. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Fred RB Beasley of Windy Hills Farm near Athens and Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Matthews of 373 Richland Ave. Major Matthews serves with the U S Army in the Pacific Theater.

THE Athens Sheltering Arms Hospital Candace Matthews U. S. Army Fred RB. Beasley Windy Hills Farm H. D. Matthews Richland Ave

Parade of returnees and souvenirs from war days

Harold Cornell's family hears fast good news as Pvt. Alfred Cornell is released and in New York. Paratrooper S Sgt Paul Sands discusses missing comforts like train whistles. Capt Heber L. Minton sends home Souvenirs a Croix de Guerre and Purple Heart. Also notes HBF Needle Club meeting Friday at 2 pm.

Harold Cornell McBee Company Pfc Alfred Cornell Cornell War Department New York City Heber L. Minton 101St Airborne Division Normandy Holland Germany Hebe Richard Corwin Pacific Theater

Bangs shape styles and humble upkeep at Broadway hair

Nelle Fisher of Broadway explains how an oval or heart shaped bang flatters a face and masks a high forehead then describes easy upkeep for the style. Also notes a Progressive Class meeting at Central Ave Methodist Church and Mrs O K Parrett's return from Washington with greetings from her niece.

Broadway Nelle” Fisher Dan Nelle Central Ave. Methodist Church

Pineapple Canning Effort Reaps Rich Quarts in Athens Kitchen

An Athens homemaker canned 13 quarts and 26 pints of pineapple using an open kettle method. She notes the labor included skinning a carving finger but values the result, highlighting the blue ration value and planned future uses for ice cream topping and next winter meals.

Athens M.B.R

Sunset Garden Club Thurd ay Meeting at Mechanicsburg School

Sunset Garden Club will meet Thursday at 7 30 p m at Mechanicsburg School replacing the usual time. Lydia Lash Evans Club members and their husbands plan a picnic dinner meeting at Mrs John Jagers home Thursday at 6 p m. Business and Professional Women's Club elected officers Thursday at 7 30 p m in club rooms. Sew-So-Sewing Circle with Mrs Harry Faulkner 671 2 EB Mullberry St Thursday 7 30 p m. District No 14 Ohio State Nurses Association Branch meeting canceled. was to be held tonight May 24.

Sunset Garden Club Mechanicsburg Lydia Lash EvansClub John Jagers ooo Business and Professional Women’s _Club Harry Faulkner Mulberry St Ohio State Nurses’ Association

Cream Seal Hands For Dirty Chores

A garden hand care tip promotes wearing a cream on hands to seal pores and repel dirt. The paste, once an industrial wartime hand cream, helps keep skin clean by washing off with water. It also advises plugging nails with soft soap before gardening to reduce dirt entry and notes dirt clings to the cream and washes away.

Memorial Poppy Sale By Athens Legion Auxiliary

On May 24 194g the Athens Legion Auxiliary urges citizens to buy memorial poppies tomorrow and Saturday. The proceeds aid disabled veterans and their families from World War I and II, honoring the war dead while supporting the living.

American Legion Auxilary Athens

Announce Birth of a Daughter to Steacca Family

Mr and Mrs Anthony J Stecca of Washington DC announce the birth of a daughter born in April at George Washington Hospital Washington DC The Steccas are Ohio University graduates with Mr Stecca in electrical engineering and Mrs Stecca in home economics He is in the Navy Research Department in Washington Also included is a social note on handling a neighbor child misbehaving in your yard advising to win the child’s liking rather than scold and avoid labeling as bad boy or bad girl.

Anthony J. Stecca Beatrice Kloepfer Washington, D. C George Washington Hospital Washington DD. C Ohio University Stecca Navy Research Department

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