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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1939
Page
9
A city editor and columnist discuss parenting and dieting as a mother battles to feed three children while maintaining a good example. The piece mixes humor and real tips about meals, vegetables, and avoiding overeating during family lunches.
A light tone warning describes a “Resort Rowdy” who overindulges on vacation. It outlines behavior to avoid including immodest dress, loud talk, heavy drinking, flirtation with staff, and trying to attract husbands away from wives. It cautions maintaining dignity to make real friends.
Mrs B F Stout hosted the Thursday bridge gathering at Athens Country Club. Three tables played after a 1 PM luncheon, with Mrs R W Finsterwald winning the high score prize. Also noted is the Athens Township Parent-Teacher Association holding its final meeting of the year at Mechanicsburg School with a 6 30 pot-luck and 7 30 meeting. the school band will perform.
A compact guide confirms: yes to handshakes on arrival, yes to host responsibility for guest warmth, yes to brief goodbyes, yes to thank-you notes for bon voyage gifts, and either addressing a bread-and-butter note to hostess or both, with best options (b) or (c) for departing guests’ thanks.
Mr and Mrs William Brooks of Nelsonville entertained ten guests at a six oclock dinner at the Athens Country Club Thursday night. Guests sat at a long table with spring flowers and candles. A church food sale is scheduled at the Presbyterian Church on Saturday May 27.
Madge Graham and Lillian Underwood hide in a secret apartment after a fake appeal leads them to a dangerous Greenwich Village house. A masked unconscious man on a cot reveals a shrouded truth and the narrator confronts fear when she fears the face may be her father, Dicky.
The article guides reading about eye glasses and how to wear them with a fresh look. It advises trying different frames to suit face, choosing complexion lenses, then updating hairstyle and hat to complement the new glasses. It also notes many gasoline tractors on farms today.
The Ross County Garden Club will hold a flower show at the Chillicothe Armory on Saturday and Sunday. Judges work Saturday morning and the show opens to the public Saturday afternoon and continues Sunday all day. The event aims to attract all flower lovers in the district.
Friends learn of the recent marriage of Miss Eileen Bobo to Captain William Reid world famous animal trainer. The couple live in Hollywood California near the bride's mother and sister Gladys Bobo who is hostess on the TWA and stationed in Hollywood.
Athens Grange memorial services planned for Sunday night May 28 are postponed to Sunday, June 4.
Sebast Ian Kiefl of Laurelville filed for U S citizenship on May 24 1939, 57 years after arriving in New York City from Germany where he was born in Lochaum. He has lived on a farm near Laurelville in recent years.
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