Social and Personal Gossip in Athens Area News
Social and personal notices list Miss Eugenia Kresge visiting relatives in Ohio and Wisconsin, with family ties to Prof and Mrs A R Kresge and Mr and Mrs Tracy Smith. Other items note movements of Grover and Biddleson families, military assignments, teaching posts, and Labor Day weekend visits among Athens residents and returning service members.
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Eugenia Kresge
T. Mj
A. R. Kresge
Baehler
Ava Smith
Chicago
Northwood
Tracy Smith
Cuyahoga Falls
Marvin
Gilbert Earl
Min
Catherine
P. S. Warmeley
Lawrence
Wayne
Warsley
W. E. Birdwell
Portsmouth
Mr. Wamsley
A. 5. Wamsley
Harold Wamsley
Birdwell
O.oo
Virginia
Mary Wilson
Columbus
Guy Wilson
Athens
Homer C. Smith
Woodward Ave
Athens County
David Murphy
Edward Terrell
Gerald
J. E. Kennedy
Lave. Cletus Terrell
Lansing
Mich
Murphy
New Straitsville
Albany Community Garden Club Flower and Victory Show
The Albany Community Garden Club held a Flower and Victory Garden Show August 30 in the Sun day School room of the M E Church. Dried foods and herbs featured by Mrs Etta Bean included dill onions apples carrots sage and soy beans. Outstanding Healthful Living display showed a balanced dinner line arrangement. Awards covered pottery glass and arrangements with winners named including Mrs HB Ayler Mrs George Sweeney Mrs H M Stinson Mrs Lowell Chase and others. The Nelsonville Garden Club sent the largest out of town group and Mrs E M Baughman presided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany Community Garden Club
M. E
Etta Bean
Guy Wirgett
Frank Radicliffe
Tima Bering
Frank Stevens
England
HB. J.ayler
George Sweeney
H. M. Stinson
Lowell Chase
H. J. Aylor
Milo Sisson
Ronda Russell
A. T. Stuart
Charles Chesser
Maude McPherson
George Sweeny
Mary Neft
Tom Spurlock
Harvey Saylor
A&a
T. Spurlock
Lucile Wingett
Ada Kennedy
New Marshfield
Nelsonville
Miss Eileen Damewood Weds Hubert Weatherby in Aug 5 Ceremony
Miss Eileen Damewood of Long Bottom married Hubert M. Weatherby of Pomeroy at a Sunday afternoon ceremony. Rev. L H Mohrhoff officiated at the couple's country home with close family present. Attendants included Mrs. Paul Richardson and Wilfred Johnson. The bride wore a dusty rose gabardine suit. A wedding dinner followed with family and friends in attendance. Weatherby, a 1938 Athens High School graduate, served in the military overseas in World War II and returned to work in utilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eileen Damewood
Long Bottom
Hubert M. Weatherby
Pomeroy
L. H. Mohrhoff
Lutheran Church
John W. Weatherby
Forest Run
Pomerny
Paul Richardson
Columbus
Wilfred Johnson
Erie
Richardson
Everett Damewood
John Weatherby
E. Damewood
C. J. Say
Donald
James
Chery Ann
Eric
Helen Gilmore
Eva Mohler
Pomersy
Athens High School
Camp Atterbury
Indiana
Tunisia
Sicily
Rome-Arno
France
Rhineland
Germany
EAME
Maxton Construction Company
Pt. Pleasant
W. Va
Columbus and Southern Electric Company
Middeport
Start Playing Hard-To-Get, Girls
War era social commentary notes liberated British POWs fear women after years in isolation. ATS workers in camps ease reintegration. dancing appeals used to rebuild comfort with femininity as soldiers possibly rejoin civilian life. Also reports a son’s overseas return from France to Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buth Millett
Britain
ATS
Victory Menus and Community Calendar Notes
Condensed tomato and cream soups are used to prepare a chilled cream soup with sherry. The article also lists club meetings, birthdays, and social events including a Wiener roast, birthday party for Yvonne Mahaffey, and regional travels of Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Baughman, highlighting local organizations, homes, and venues across Athens and Columbus areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victory
Picnic Supper at Signal Hill
Miss Virginia Cottingham entertained Friday night with a picnic supper and slumber party at the Cottingham cabin on Signal Hill with guest Nancy Cottingham of Columbus. Guests included Jean Vance Jean Aird Connie Herbert Barbara Allen Flora Armbruster Miriam Clipplinger Nancy Cottingham Virginia Cottingham Sammy Henderson Frank Dilley Bob Jones Bill McKee Dick Kinstr y Sammy Carpenter and Don Flowers. Chaperons were Carolyn Hopkins and Betty Henderson. Nancy Cottingham returns to Columbus today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Cottingham
Cottingham
Signal Hill
Nancy Cottingham
Columbus
Jean Vance
Jean Aird
Connie Herbert
Barbara Alen
Flora Armbruster
Miriam Cliplpinger
Virginia
Sammy Henderson
Frank Dilley
Bob Jones
Bill McKee
Dick McKinstry
Sammy Carpenter
Don Flowers
the Cottingham
Carolyn Hopkins
Betty Henderson
Man claims brick in stomach vanished after ERB HELP
A man reports ten years of a lump feeling in his stomach eased the day after using ERB HELP. He says bowels are regular now, gas is gone, and headaches diminish. The ad claims ERB HELP cleanses bowels, relieves gas, aids sluggish digestion, and benefits kidneys, with Athens Pharmacy and Betts in Nelsonville selling it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens Pharmacy
OES Circles of District Meet at McConnelsville
The Roberta Circle and Edith Circle of District 1 OES met with Deputy Grand Matron Clara Smith at her home near McConnelsville on August 30. A luncheon preceded the afternoon session. Athens area members and officials attended, including Helen Cook Wilma Williams Louise Wamsley Isabelle Snider Alma Young Mayme Ashcraft Nora Frank and honorary members Anna Snow Dorothy Frank and Ro berta Mindling the honorary Worthy Grand Matron of Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roberta Circle
Edith
Clara
Smith
McConnelsville
Athens
Worth
Helen Cook
Minear
Guysville
Wilma Williams
New Marshfield
Louise Wamsley
Isabelle Snider
Edith Circle
Alma Young
Mayme Ashcraft
Anna Snow
West Virginia
Dorothy Frank
Nora Frank
Ohio
Roberta K. Mindling
Beverly
One Woman to Another A Weekend Market Gossip
A casual column notes a trickle of luxury foods arriving in local markets with dates canned pineapple shredded coconut and pepper. It cites a travel anecdote about cinnamon in hotel pepper shakers and jokes about nylon stockings lasting ten years as unlikely but amusing speculation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
George R. Harrison
Physics Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
M.B.R
Bridge Honors Ruth Ann Grover Departure to Alliance High School
Miss Martha Isbel Cottingham hosted two bridge tables honoring Ruth Ann Grover who leaves for Alliance to join the Alliance High School faculty. Guests included Hattie La Grones Jane Maccombs Ruth Ann Wright Annabelle Houck Lee McCaskill Carolyn Hopkins and Miss Grover. High score prize went to Miss Grones and a going away gift was given to Miss Grover. Labor Day weekend guests included W H Marshall and Kenneth Marshall plus multiple relatives and friends from Columbus Lockbourne Road Bronx N Y and Georgia Dowler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Isbel Cottingham
H. State
Ruth Ann Grover
Alliance
Alliance High School
Hattie la Grones
Jane Maccombs
Ruth Ann Wright
Annabelle Houck
Lee, McCaskill
Carolyn Hopkins
Miss Grover
iMiss Grones
Labor Day
W. H. Marshall
Kenneth
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RB. G. Averill
Russell J. N. Dean
Mary Jo. Mansfield
Dean
Dayton
E. R. Walker
Frank Dean
Congress St
Mary E
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Rich Walker
S. Congress St
Jard Jones
Kurtz Ave
Manila
Philippine Islands
Air Transport Services Command
Upton G. Miller
Richland Ave
Bilwaukee
Wis
Hinson
Richmond, Ind
J. E. Barker
Washington, St
Walter Barker
Nancy
Walter, Jr
Brooklyn
N.Y
Nancy | Jennings
George Williams
Jo Ann
George
N. Congress St
James Williams
Frank Neeley
Jean of
Owen Owens
Frank McCormick
Gene Snyder
Glouster
John Snyder
Glen Rogers
Hugh Snyder
Angina
Edna Bogle
Hocking St
New York City
John H. Bogie
Bogle
Third Army Medical Corps
Czecho
Slovakia
Julia Bogle
Fourth General Hospital
Melbourne
Australia
Finch Haven
New Guinea
George Bogle
RM 1-c
Treasure Island
San Francisco Bay
Jack Albright
Harvey C. Baker
State St
Robert B. Jones
Armed Guard Center
New Orleans
Roy Jones
W. State St
Seaman Jones
W. J. Barnhill
Paul Barnhill
Massachusettes
Bey
Tee Tay
Sses
Benny Qoodman
Wermell, Orca
Ya Seong Ony Consul
Boa
Apo
Rochelle
Frank Sinatra
Gene Kelly
Nannie Allom Rebekah Lodge
Toof Hall
Woman's Auxiliary
The
Church of the Good Shepherd
R. E. Coughlin
Park Place
Athens Grange
Grange Hall
Central Avenue Methodist Church
Lenore Chappelear
First St
Eagles
Ora Hanning
Ooo
Christian Church
E. A. Davis
Wlfl Giesecke
Morris Ave
Yvonne Mahaffey
Ed Mahaffey
N. Shafer Sr
Yvonne
Kay Woogerd
Dixie Johnson
Malanie Hunsicker
Bon lWie Coss
Karen Hunsicker
Columbus Hospital
Dazy Finsterwalé
Winchester
R.D
St. Fran
Vis Hospital
Retlen
E. M. Baughman
Albany
Maryland
New York
Luray Caverns
Skyline Drive
Niagara Falls
OES
Wurner
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Federal
Eyemaster
Nyal Drug
McKee Drug Co
Fur Fough
Coca Cola Company
Parkersburg
Coca-Cola Bottling Company
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