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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1933
Page
6
Paris couture editors describe autumn hats featuring intricate crown draping and pleating with bold shapes. Haberdashers present unique models each season, aiming for individuality despite possible dress color echoes at major events.
Fashion notes describe brimless toques gaining favor with women while remaining worn with protest for pert looks. Leading modistes present velvet and velour felt hats, soft folds, and stitched brims. Suzanne Talbott showcases informal velvet sailors paired with angora jersey, front feather embellishments, and forward trimmings. Slouch hats with punched crowns complement tweed and jersey coats, while afternoon hats trend toward toque designs.
The article notes bright moots of headwear with Talbot's Victorian black angora hat trimmed in yellow fur, delicate taupe felt veils, and a revival of ornate restaurant dress. It highlights luxurious metal ribbons, osprays and paradise feathers gaining prestige, with black dominant for formal wear and precious stones adding color.
The article lists a one day meal plan with calories for breakfast lunch and dinner including tomato juice cottage cheese bread milk fruit and vegetables. It notes not to reduce weight too quickly and mentions the sixty seventh wedding anniversary of Mr and Mrs Hiram McGrath celebrated at their home in McConneleville with praise for McGrath as a skilled mechanic and woodworker.
Miss Mary Atkinson daughter of Mr and Mrs Henry L Atkinson 18 Columbia Avenue married Mr W S Green of Thompson in a quiet 11 am home ceremony. Sister Mrs Gordon Leslie maid of honor and brother Ted Green best man. Rev A P Wilcox officiated. The couple hosted 20 guests for luncheon amid asters and dahlias. Both are graduates Ohio University and Ohio State University respectively. They plan a Ohio River valley trip to Niagara Falls and will reside in Thompson where Green manages a dairy and garden supply business.
This column notes how many Southern Ohio families from Athens Meigs Vinton Hocking and Gallia Counties reunite weekly. Kin gather for basket dinners and stories about older relatives while younger generations explore memories and new inlaws join the yearly event.
Who’s Going and Coming lists Huntington couples and relatives returning from trips to Chicago World’s Fair and along New England, Maine, Canada and Washington. The notices name Robert C Hess family hosts, Jane Gallagher visiting, and various travelers including the Leetes, Duplers, Feigleys, Browns, Custers, and the Lewis family with ties to Murray City and Niagara Falls.
Mr. and Mrs. John Ator hosted a surprise dinner in Richland Avenue for Mrs. Lucy Shields who turned 79. Shields, visiting relatives in Athens from Akron, attended with Wilson Ator, their daughter Betty Lou, G. R. Shafer and daughters Irene and Margaret Louise, plus the hosts.
A Wilson family reunion gathered at the old Wilson Trace Run area in the edge county. Attendees included Mr and Mrs, Betty, Esther Harris, Atkinson and daughter Stewart among others.
Bernard Cooley and family hosted the Epworth League gathering at the summer farm home, with about 40 young people enjoying games, music, and a meal. Attendees included Mrs. Mattie Cecil, Mrs. Manning Gal, and Betty Engh, amid planning for the fifth annual Bey reunion on September 3. The W B A Lodge meets Tuesday at 7 30 p m in the K of.
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