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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1946
Page
6
A feature on modular furniture shows pieces that transform to fit small homes. Units include mahogany cases in five sizes with drawers shelves and doors. connectors and plugs allow quick reconfiguration or expansion. Tables become desks shelves or card tables. beds unfold from couches. closets double as walls to split rooms.
Sigma Phi Gamma hosts its first postwar annus social with Walls Ross and his 13 piece orchestra from Columbus performing from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. at the Athens Country Club. Helen Dorothy Ogg chairs the event with Lois Shafer Shields and Phyllis Bean on the decorating committee. Tickets are sold by Joan Mathews. semi formal dress required. The same issue notes Woman's Relief Corps meets Monday at 2 p.m. with Mrs. Frank Simms as hostess.
The final of twelve home canning installments explains safe poultry canning with bone. It covers cleaning, evisceration, cutting, broth prep, jar heating, packing, headspace, processing times 65 minutes for pint jars and 75 for quarts, and sealing checks.
A dinner at Hotel Berry marked the twelfth anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Linscott marriage. The dessert cake bore 12th Anniversary, joined by son-in-law and daughter Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Veser of Mt. Vernon New York and friend Mrs. Louis L Brown. Vesers plan to return to New York next week. Don Peden of 236 East State Street was summoned to Keota Iowa for mother in law Mrs. C A Singmasters serious illness, while her condition remains unchanged.
At the mid week Ladies Day bridge luncheon for Warren members and wives of members at the Country Club high score prize winners in contract were Mrs H Co Dorman Mrs Edward A Sprague Mrs George Rutkoskie l and Mrs Joe Klingenberg. Mrs A A Baldwin won the door prize and Mrs Carl M Ferguson a travel prize. The Wednesday Ladies Car bridge luncheons will continue through fall and winter if the women members wish.
Capt Robert Srigley has received his army discharge and begins terminal leave. He joined the Medical Corps in 1934 and served as a surgeon in U S army hospitals and on a hospital ship in the Pacific, earning a special neurosurgery citation. He will practice with Dr Walter Hardy at Hardy General Hospital in Ardmore, after visiting his mother Mrs H S Srigley at 142 E State St. He is an Ohio University and Harvard Medical College graduate with Phi Beta Kappa honors.
The Athens Girl Scout Council held its first regular meeting after vacation at Central School with Mrs. Glen Hanes presiding. Plans for the new year and summer camping were discussed including new leaders and a secretary. A reunion of summer campers will be held at Camp Rotan to open the fall program.
Prof and Mrs Jukes and daughters Barbara and Mary Eileen return to Orthwood Drive after summer on Lake Erie and Interlochen music school duties. Charlotte DeMalet to Lorain as teacher. Miss DeMoulet taught in Hockingport. Carl and Otto Phillips relatives mourn William B Phillips death in Caldwell. R I Wolf and family move to Columbus. son Don at OSU. Visitors hosted from Kentucky, Texas and Indiana. Doris Marie Larch and Jack Harris Branner wed at the Plains office of Justice of the Peace.
Prof. George S. Lasher and daughter Dorothy return from a Michigan and Chicago trip. He spoke at the 8th anniversary Theta Chi convention in Chicago and attended related banquets with Dr. George D. Stoddard as chief speaker. They also visited relatives in Kalamaaga and Glenview before traveling home.
Mrs. Melissa Murphy celebrated her 84th birthday on Tuesday September 10 as the guest of honor at a dinner hosted by her daughter and son in law James L. Taylor at New Marshfield. Attendees included multiple Murphy family members and relatives from Salem Hamley Run Dorr Run Glenville and other nearby towns.
Lanolin the sheep wool byproduct features prominently in night creams, cleansers, and lotions for skin nourishment. It enhances softening, helps makeup cling, and enables smear-resistant lipstick and long-lasting powder, with plans for a full lanolin skincare routine.
Ruth Millett argues that a shift in American working women has produced rude, unhelpful service. She notes small town and city workers display flat, unfriendly attitudes with curt responses. Millett blames wartime strain but says the deadpan demeanor seems permanent in business.
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