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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1950
Page
6
NEA decorating series explains how color transforms a dark one room apartment into a light cheerful home. Fred Rahr guides repainting from oyster white to pale lemon yellow walls and white ceiling with lemon tint.
Who's Going and Coming lists guests visiting Athens and locals moving away. Entries include Mrs H C Smith and family from Cleveland visiting after taking daughter to Denison University Granville. Mary Wray Edith Wray Erma Voigt returning home from Five Oaks. Marie Dixon Lindley Hall and A D Townsend returning from Washington DC. Ben L Williams and James M Vercoe at American Legion post officers school in Columbus. Mabel Adkins and daughter Jo Anne visiting from Phoenix with relatives in Columbus. Leonard Rushton moving to Denver. recent visitors at The Plains home of Raymond D Welch including A MacManus Randee Carol Bolles Eleanor Welch Neil Welch and family.
Miss Suzanne Gooding was guest of honor at a kitchen shower hosted by Miss Marjorie Hooper and Miss Patricia Laziman on Hooper Road. Red and white decor featured lace daily aprons. Guests included Mrs. Denver Gooding and many Gooding sisters and friends. Miss Gooding will wed Mr. Raymond Brooks Jr. on September 24.
The Trinity Class of the First Methodist Church met Thursday evening at City Park for a barbecue and corn roast. Guests included Mrs. Harold Kellogg and daughter Carolyn. Social committee members were Mrs. Joe Jenkins, Mrs. Clyde Mansfield Jr, and Mrs. Dale Catney.
The Tucker family reunion was held Sunday at Water Works Park in New Lexington with a noon picnic and group photos. J L C Kelley of Athens was reelected president, Mrs John South of Athens secretary, and J W Kelley Athens news reporter. attendees included Anne McClain and several Kelley and South family members. Bowling leagues announce first meetings and team organization for the season.
Erskine Johnson recalls amusing showbiz vignettes from the 1940s to 1950s. Goldwyn prompts a press leak of a wartime letter, Niven recruits into the British Army, and Gloria Swanson’s era gossip, Yale mobbed books, and Woollcott’s humiliation by the Marx brothers are recounted with sharp clubby details and star names.
A group member is called to the telephone and the others speak softly to create privacy. The article notes roered shelves with colored cloth drift appears gay in appearance and easy to clean.
In a 20th century psychology anecdote General Howell shares a tale of a married couple arguing over mouse versus rat. The piece links excessive argumentativeness to inferiority complexes and describes the bearcat boss as a timid interior hiding behind a fierce exterior.
The Chase Circle Of Ruth held a noon potluck at the state hospital grounds on Thursday. An afternoon program featured a school with poems from McGuffey readers and lessons from old books. Attendees included Emma Robinson Newark Morrison Carbaugh Chase Chase Woodyard Turner Martin Goodin Cordray Hanning Smith Lynch Goodin Turner. The next meeting is scheduled for October at the Chase Church.
The Athens area hosts a busy club calendar withLadies Day bridge luncheon at Athens Country Club at 1 PM. Fidelity Rebekah Lodge and IOOF Hall Coolville host inspections. Mothers Circle at Locust Hts meets 7 30 led by Mrs James Seward. Christian Women’s Fellowship at First Christian Church 7 30. Athens Needle Club meets 2 PM at 67 Franklin Ave led by Mrs H T Wise. Rome Canaan Band Boosters 7 30 PM at high school and Waterloo Bandboosters 8 PM at high school. Naomi Class Plains Methodist 7 30 with Mrs Harold Henry. American Legion Auxiliary Guysville 7 30 hosted by Faye Chanman and Hazel Bernard. Nomination of officers at AKS unit 127. Teachers of Presbyterian Church meet at 7 and Parents meeting at 7 30.
Parents announce the birth of daughter Mima Virgene on Sept. 12 at Sheltering Arms Hospital. Grandfather Addison Baker lives in Athens. Mrs Adrian Moore and Mrs W E Dicken plan a lin en shower for Miss Marlene Jarvis at 297 West Union Street Thursday at 7 30 PM. friends and relatives invited.
Mrs Della Phitlabaum of Weat Lafayette writes she lost 75 pounds in four months using Rennel. She praises the weight loss and energy gains and recommends the home method. The ad instructs pouring Rennel into a bottle and filling with grapefruit juice, then taking two tablespoons twice daily.
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