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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1958
Page
14
Summer heat prompts readers to stay cool with practical tips from Sylvia Harvey. Advice covers mental focus, wardrobe choices, sun avoidance, timing errands, daily showers, and fragrance strategies to feel cooler and look fresher. Suggestions include lightweight fabrics, drip dry materials, and fragrance layering for lasting freshness.
American Legion Auxiliary meets at 8 p.m. in Legion Home to plan Memorial Day activities and a luncheon for Gold Star Mothers. A report on the poppy sale will be presented.
Calendar items include Hi Lo Home Demonstration Club with Mrs. Keith Scott in Athens Rt 4 at 7 30 p m to make cancer dressings Waterloo FHA skating party at Athens Rollerbowl 7 30 to 10 30 p m Fidelity Rebekah Lodge degree practice with refreshments Plains Garden Club 7 30 p m with Mrs Elmo Scott flower arrangement demonstration Homemakers Club 10 30 a m at Baker Settlement Madge Baker hostess bring table service Rippling Water Council 131 Degree of Pocahontas 7 30 p m nomination of new officers Potluck supper to follow Albany VFW Aux 8 p m Pot luck Athens Co Shrine ladies night buffet dinner 6 30 p m at Athens Country Club
In the displayed hand North South vulnerable West opens spade. East plays jack of spades, South must win with king, diamond finesse fails, contract goes down one. South could win with ducked spade jack but East's play is sound, defense yields only two points for West.
The Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society Unit of the American Cancer Society asks for worn pillow slips or sheets for cancer dressings to aid local patients. Contact Mrs. C. E. Cross at 112 University Terrace to donate. The group meets the second Thursday each month from 7 to 9 p.m. at Mrs. Cross residence.
The Coolville Alumni Association schedules its annual banquet May 31 in the Carthage-Troy High School building. A banner for the class of 1958 leads into a program by alumni. 385 Coolville graduates are expected to attend.
The Athens Shrine announces a ladies night buffet dinner on Wednesday at 6 30 p m at the Athens Country Club. Mrs Clyde Parsons of Amesville is a patient at St Joseph Hospital in Parkersburg West Virginia.
The Mothersingers wrapped up their spring season with a song program at Hillcrest Rest Home last Tuesday evening. Afterward they gathered at Stadium Restaurant for a social hour and refreshments led by Mrs. James Shipman. The group, directed by Mrs. Richard Selleck with accompanist Mrs. James Fenstermaker, is part of a PTA national project led by president Mrs. Elmer Horsky.
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