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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1933
Page
7
A young woman Joan Waring juggles social pressures at home as her sister Pat returns to town. An ill husband, moths ruining a table cloth, and a crash of glasses complicate preparations for a dinner with Brester and the employer’s family.
Astrological note warns that lunar configurations affect events and risk treachery in business and private matters. It urges vigilance in signatures and contracts and notes a tendency toward expediency over principle, mentioning Johnathan Edwards as born today.
Mending tissue sold at drug and dry goods stores by color matching to fabric. For holes cut straight and rectangular patches, place tissue on wrong side with lining, press with a hot iron until tissue melts into fibers. For snags, stitch edges together then apply tissue and lining as described. The piece ends with characters Pat and Joan discussing plans.
In a scene of social scrutiny Avis Arlen and her mother push toward a marriage strategy for Major Grantland. The dialogue shows Fanny Arien reading the others’ faces as she contemplates a union with a much older, wealthier man to secure social and financial gains, despite a girl’s insistence on love.
A narrator contemplates Hugh Grantland’s vulnerability to Avis Arlen and her mother as they plan a marriage into wealth. The watcher foresees a calculated campaign to win him, noting Avis’s tenacity and the mother’s resolve while the narrator recalls past entanglements and moral duty.
A practical Anne Adams pattern 1625 offers a five-piece dress design with front and back dress yoke sleeves and roomy pockets plus a frill option. Available in sizes 14 through 44, size 16 requires 314 yards of 36 inch fabric. Include surname address and size when ordering. Catalog price 15 cents pattern and 25 cents for catalog and pattern. Athens Messenger Pattern Dept 243 West 17th Street New York City.
A humorous guide to Halloween feasts with a seasonal menu featuring Cream of Squash Soup Jack o Lantern Ice Cream Soothsayer’s Puffballs Witches Brew and various spooky dishes. It suggests serving sundown meals beside an open fire or salt and alcohol flame display to ward off witches and lists breakfast lunch and dinner options with cakes pastries and drinks.
The Athens Girl Scouts announce an annual Rally Day called A Gypsy Scout Jamboree. Scouts will bring a non Scout guest and meet at the Junior High Scout Room at 3 PM Saturday. They will hike to Camp Rotan for patrol skits a gypsy treasure hunt supper and camp fire program with songs stories and wishing boats.
Exercise advice by Alicia Hart urges turning daily workouts into a game. It explains a wall slide for posture correction, detailing stance, spinal contact, and controlled sliding to bend and straighten the knees while keeping neck and shoulders aligned.
Denver resident 24 year old messenger Young and 18 year old Opal Kirkendall of Millfield Route 1 apply for marriage. Jacksonville residents 21 year old John Anderson and 18 year old Elizabeth Kempton apply for marriage.
Alla E Stanley of Albany files a will in Athens County probate court authorizing moving William Stanley’s body from Downington Cemetery to Adams Cemetery near Valparaiso Indiana. The will also allocates cash bequests to nephews and nieces and divides the remainder among two sisters.
Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins urged an eight point program to guarantee worker security in a National Conference of Catholic Charities address. Proposals include old age provisions, unemployment compensation reserves, forward planning of public works, and a nationwide network of free public employment offices.
Royal H. Ray of Ohio University spoke to the Athens Kiwanis Club and performed a contortion act including a skull cap from his back. Nominations for club officers were announced and the election is set for next week.
Mary McCormic appears as herself in Paddy The Next Best Thing at the Ohio Theater with Loretta Young and others in a Fox release. Brief Moment with Carole Lombard opens at Ohio. Majestic features Midnight Mary with Loretta Young and Una Merkel. Sailor's Luck stars James Dunn and Sally Eilers at Court with Raoul Walsh directing.
In Dallas County, jury selection began for Thomas L. Manion and Grover C. Bevill on federal charges of aiding and permitting Ha Bailey to escape from jail after the Charles Urschel kidnapping. Manion pleaded not guilty and may testify in his defense. Bevill pleaded guilty and is expected to testify for the government.
The production features the inimitable Sammy Cohen as lead with a strong supporting cast including Frank Moran Victor Jory Esther Muir Will Stanton Curley Wright Jerry Mandy Lucien Littlefield Buster Phelps and Frank Atkinson in a lively ensemble presentation.
Columbus announces a six concert series featuring seven world famous artists for the third season. The lineup includes Shankar on November 2, Vienna Boys' Chorus on November 21, Efrem Zimbalist and Maria Olszewska on December 7, Poldi Mildner January 17, Jeritza on February 7, and Martinelli closing March 21.
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