Fall Round-Up Contest Ends With Turkey Dinner
Two hundred or more guests attended a turkey dinner at the Church of the Nazarene parsonage on Graham Drive as the Sunday School Fall Roundup wrapped up. The C H C Ranch Hands led by Bob Mahaffey beat the REM Ranch Hands led by Roy Mullins. 301 in attendance boosted the Sunday School into the district's top ten for overall attendance.
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Church of the Nazarene
Graham Drive
C.H.C. Ranch
Bob Mahaffey
REM
Roy Mullins
Don Young
Robert Mahaffey
Higley Study Circle Christmas Gift Exchange
Higley Study Circle hosts a Christmas party at 32 Second St. on December 4 at 7 30 PM featuring a gift exchange. Members are asked to bring unwrapped gifts for Athens State Hospital residents with wrappings. Program coordinators are Mrs. C B Dillon Mrs P S Wamsley Mrs George L Smith and Miss Mary Williams. Refreshments arranged by several members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. T. Volwiler
Higley Study Circle
Second St
Athens State Hospital
C. B. Dillon
P. S. Wamsley
George L. Smith
Mary Wiliams
Robert Ohlinger
W. H. Kirchner
H. C. Ackerman
J. R. Gentry
Paul Cotton
Joe Maffett
Lydia Lash Evans Club Hosts Colored Slides on Australia Trip
Members of the Lydia Lash Evans Club attended an illustrated talk by Roberta S Burson editor of The Athens Messenger at the Cottage Tea House. She shared experiences from travel to Sydney with Mollie Jackson including Honolulu Suva Fiji Islands Auckland and Australian stops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia Lash Evans
Australia
Charles Jump
Evan Edwards
Fred McBride
Rummage Sale by Y-Teens Club At Athens High
The Y-Teens Club of Athens High School sponsors a rummage sale at Westminster House, 18 N. College St., on Saturday from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Funds support club activities and student programs.
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Y-Teens Club of
Athens High School
Westminster House
N. College St
Packaging Ideas For Homemade Christmas Treats And Gifts
A guide to stylish, budget friendly gift packaging ideas for homemade cookies cakes and candies. Suggestions include glass ceramic and wood containers glass plates cookie jars decorated tins and fiberboard options with bows paints and festive touches.
Grange Meeting Is Well Attended
Nearly 40 persons attended Canaan Grange on the evening of November 26 with visitors from Albany Athens and Rome granges. The Harvest Home festival was the lecture theme. Birthdays were celebrated for Merwin Mansfield. A December 17 meeting will host a Christmas gift exchange and a potluck honoring October November and December birthdays.
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Canaan Grange
Albany
Athens
Rome
Merwin Mansfield
Grange
Tea Set Lures Misses Into Good Grooming
Alicia Hart notes a beauty house offers a child sized grooming set with plastic tea cup and spoon plus a milk bottle filled with powdered bubble bath and soap cookies to instill cleanliness habits in young girls. Thanksgiving guests listed include Mr. and Mrs.Charles W. Reamer and others from Columbia and Athens. A method for making dried fruit snacks is also described.
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Beauty House
Snake near appliances prompts concern for parent snakes
Mrs. Thomas Graves found a small snake between a refrigerator and a deep freeze in Lynchburg Virginia. She moved the freezer and sucked the snake into a vacuum cleaner. The snake was killed outside, but the Graves fear a mother and father may still be nearby.
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Lynchburg
Thomas Graves
Mama
Papa
Check Those Full Closets
Your closets may be filled with unworn clothes. Clean out items that don’t improve your look and donate them. Avoid buying items like green dresses on sale if you can’t wear green.
Protect Nail Polish With Tip Cover and Protective Coat
A method to curb chipping involves sealing the nail tip with a cover coat after the first polish layer. Then apply a protective coat over the full nail to finish for durability.
Lessons in Bridge North South Bluff for Top Score
In the Schenectady regional, every North South pair reached the heart game. Charley Coleman of Corpus Christi dropped his queen of diamonds on the first lead to swindle the declarer, who faced a tricky diamond and club sequence and a club finesse that could have won but failed against Coleman's defense.
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New York
Schenectady
West
East
Jack of Diamonds
Declarer
Charley Coleman
Corpus Christi
Tex
Charley
South
Home Economics Students Do Projects And Fêtes At The Plains
The Plains High School home economics classes showcased cookie parties, style shows, and Christmas planning this week. Seventh graders wore new half aprons and prepared party cookies while ninth graders modeled bib aprons in a dress show. Ten grade girls hosted mothers for fall clothing readings and served refreshments, with plans for a Christmas FHA party. Birth announcement: Michael Robert Miller born Nov 29 in St Elizabeths Dayton. Grandparents listed. Vocational teacher Miss Beryl Cone noted.
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the Plains High School
Ruth Nisenson
Shirley T. McBride
Kay Whetstone
Linda Koon
Martha McDonald
Rosemary Harris
JoAnn
Carl T. Miller
Michael Robert
St. Elizabeth’s Hospital
Dayton
H. E. Miller
R. C. Orr
the Plains
Catharine Woode
Athens
Millers
Cynthia Jane
Boetticher
Betty Mackie
Joan Tipton
Beryl Cone
Old NYC Bank Expenditures Reveal 19th Century Habits
New York City’s oldest bank uncovers 1829 spending on cleaning items a broom and brush cost 38 cents and monthly cleaning charges were one dollar. Archbishop Alfonso Carinei, 95, is believed to be the church’s oldest prelate. the Pope offered a cardinalate in 1945, which Carinei declined.
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New York City
Alfonso Carinei
Carinei
Good Health Eating Serves Beauty Too
Eating for good health also fuels beauty. Skip breakfasts and desserts weaken skin teeth and nerves. Choose fresh fruits, milk, salads with olive oil and vinegar and consult a doctor if in doubt.
FHA Chapters Hold Joint Meeting
The Shade Chapter and the Rome Canaan Chapter of Future Homemakers of America held a joint meeting at Shade High School on November 19. Anna Oxley, Shade Chapter president, led a program themed Teenage Consumer. The Rome Canaan girls presented a skit on stretching an allowance, and Shade members displayed various bobby-sock styles with buying guidance. Reception followed hosted by Ramona Miller with guests including Mrs. Pearl Douglas and mothers and advisors from both chapters.
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Shade
Rome-Canaan
Future Homemakers of
Ramona Miller
Pearl Douglas
Boyd L. Spencer
Bruce Boyer
Rome- Canaan
Clara Belle Burns
Jean Downey
Do You Bolt Your Food Eat Slowly
The article urges choosing a quiet lunch spot and eating slowly to protect health and appearance. It suggests bringing a home packed lunch to work, including one hot dish or beverage, and using remaining time for errands. It targets office workers and emphasizes deliberate eating.
Neat house coat ad promotes PATTO RAMA patterns
Year round favorite for shorter figures offered with short or long sleeves and turnback cuffs. Pattern No 8153 lists sizes 12 4, 14 16, 18 4 2, 2 4 2 with bust guidance 35 inches and 54 inch fabric. Send 35 cents per pattern to Sue Burnett at The Athens Messenger New York.
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Sue Burnett
Athens
Ave
Americas
New York
N.Y
Thanksgiving Day Hosts Welcome Guests at Jones Home
Thanksgiving Day guests at Mr. and Mrs. Herman E. Jones 116 North Lancaster Street included Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Fleck of Dayton Mr. and Mrs. Ray Pfriem Judy Fleck of Willoughby and Mr. and Mrs. Joe Klingenberg and son Billy Joe of Peach Ridge Road The Flecks will stay through the weekend at the Jones residence.
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Herman E. Jones
N. Lancaster St
Ralph Fleck
Dayton
Ray Pfriem
Judy Fleck
Willoughby
Joe Klingenberg
Billy Joe
Peach Ridge Rd
Fleck
Jones
Shangri La Insurance Plan Ad In Window
An old style liquor store sign promotes a life insurance plan offering 200 dollars weekly while alive and funds to cover expenses after death. The slogan invites customers to stop in for details if spirits are low.
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Shangri-La
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