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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1945
Page
6
The Athens Country Club social committee plans a private Spring Dance for club members on Saturday June 2. Dancing to an orchestra begins at 10 PM and continues until 2 AM.
West Side Garden Club held its May meeting at Mrs. J. R. Harvey's home 69 W State St with Mrs. Lewis McBride as program leader. Mrs. Fred Stauffer was chosen as delegate to the Regional Meeting at Pomeroy June 6 and Mrs. Clarence Laughlin as alternate. Officers for the coming year include President Mrs. Lewis McBride Vice President Mrs. Clarence Laughlin Secretary Mrs. Fred Stauffer Treasurer Mrs. Porter Dicken and Press Reporter Mrs. A E Wagoner. The program described Ascension Island's hydroponic garden feeding 2000 soldiers daily. The next meeting will be a casserole luncheon at Mrs. Clarence Laughlin's home June 25.
Mrs. Narcissa Buchanan Reed and George Reed marked their Golden Wedding on May 27 at their Long Bottom farm. Married May 31, 1895, they hosted relatives and friends who arrived after church. A wedding cake centerpiece, gold jewelry gifts, and many cards honored the couple as two generations of family gathered.
The Married People's Class of the First Christian Church met at the Vermillions Earich Road with 20 members and two guests. Mrs. Glen Scott won first in a contest while Mrs. Pearl Chase and Mr. Vermillion also won prizes. A devotional opened the meeting and the class voted to donate ten dollars to the M A N Club of Athens. The next gathering is a June 25 picnic at the State Hospital Grounds and outdoor meetings planned for the next three months. refreshments were served by the Vermillions and their children.
Mrs. D. A. Riley and her daughter Beth Riley of 129 N. Congress St depart Thursday for West Point N Y to attend graduation exercises forCadet Dwight A. Riley who is in the graduating class and will receive a commission as second lieutenant in the U S Army The pair will stay for June Week then visit relatives in Cleveland on the return trip to Athens accompanied by Lt Dwight A Riley for a brief leave
Mr. and Mrs. H W Cox of 21 N Shannon Ave host Memorial Day guests Mr and Mrs C C Loudenschlager of Columbus. Sgt Andy J Kolenich of the Army Air Force arrives at the Kearns Utah replacement center for a South Pacific assignment. He visits his parents in Athens and attends his sister Elizabeth Kolenich's Ohio University graduation while other relatives from Cleveland and Akron visit. Martha Miller is mentioned as a small daughter in the group.
Wartime menus include Chicken Charlotte Broccoli Rice and Almonds Gable Rolls Heavenly Pie serving four with detailed steps. Also notes Mrs Audrey Danford Dew weekend guest of Mr and Mrs Howard E Knox at Shafer Heights. she left after death of Harry Barriett, stepfather of her late boys’ band Wheeler Dew.
Opera starlet Panna Genla demonstrates scarf styling to elevate summer wear. Alicia Hart notes hair should be built up with soft tendrils framing the face and warns against tying scarves under the chin or bandaging facial features. Genla’s lace scarves and peasant kerchiefs pair with daytime outfits as hair is mounted high and rolled into a crown-like style.
A reader reports severe stomach gas causing near choking at night. After taking ERB-HELP, she says gas is gone, stomach feels fine, bowels are regular, and she can sleep. The ad promotes 12 herbs and Athens Pharmacy as the source.
Round About Town highlights a decade of May day picnics at the Gall home on Dairy Avenue behind the State Hospital. First grade pupils from Mechanicaburg School, guided by Miss Edna Felt, helped prepare picnic food and toured the dairy, meeting Holstein cows and milking machines. About 42 children attended, with mothers and teachers enjoying the day. The piece notes Decoration Day picnics and Lake Hope outings as plans for later leisure. HB reports on local church meeting set for May 31 at Central Ave. Methodist Church.
Scouts from fifth to eighth grade are asked to meet at the First Methodist Church on Wednesday May 30 at 8 30 am to march in the Memorial Day parade and bring flowers to decorate graves. Brownie Scouts will march with school children. Ruth Mil. announces birth of a son Andrew to Mr and Mrs ER S Hill of Jackson Heights Long Island NJ, May 27 at Lenox Hill Hospital.
A period piece lists a wartime points system for service wives and records a Christian Endeavor Society opening at Alexander Presbyterian Church on May 27. It also notes an engagement announcement party in Fostoria for Miss Jean Read and Lt. Page Spencer Edmon ts Jr. of Bellview New Jersey, with Read noted as a Chi Omega at Ohio University.
The Sans Souci sorority held its last meeting of the year on Wednesday night May 23 at Miss Donna Poling 125 Morris Ave. Eleven seniors were farewelled as officers for the coming year were installed including president Jayne Grover and vice president Sallie Hawkins. The Past Matrons Auxiliary of Athens chapter No 175 Order of Eastern Star will meet Thursday at 7 40 p.m. at the Masonic Temple.
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