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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1955
Page
12
Ruth Millett laments a shift in the American family as mothers take day jobs to fund growing demands from teenage children. The older model of shared effort and restraint is fading, replaced by constant earning to provide latest goods.
Oswald Jacoby analyzes a bridge hand where West opens queen of clubs and declarer reaches dummy. East blocks in clubs, South improvises hearts, and a sequence yields South ten tricks. The article notes the dangers of misdefense and offers strategic insights for the play.
A bridge bidding scenario presents a hand where South opens and the defender contemplates bids. The suggested reply is A-Bid three diamonds with the plan to raise hearts next, though the transcript shows garbled text and unclear dealer actions. The question asks for the optimal continuation given the described bidding sequence.
Me and Mrs. Willam 2. Mile ler of Albany announce the birth of a son, Marck Brent, on Sept 1 at Sheltering Arms Hospital. Grandparents are Mrs. Charles Gairbreath of Tyrone New Mexico and Lloyd Bolin of Albany. Great grandparents are Mr and Mrs Charles Bean of Albany and Mrs William H Miller of England.
A vintage ad promotes two piece outfits for shorter women and offers pattern numbers. Readers are urged to send 38 cents per pattern to Sue Burnett at The Athens Messenger in New York for the new Fall & Winter pattern catalog.
This notice advertises a doll pattern No 2524 with pieces for doll and outfit plus a transfer and finishing directions. It promotes sending coins with name and pattern number for the 1985 needlework album, a 36 page booklet with 3 patterns and colors, priced at 25 cents.
Dorothy V. Whipple, M.D. warns children about the black widow spider, its dangerous bite, and how to recognize and avoid it. The article describes the spider's habitat, web pattern, and body markings, along with first aid steps and the importance of seeking immediate hospital care for bites. It also advises removing spider havens around the home and using a one percent DDT spray to deter them.
Public installation of Rainbow for Girls officers lists iley Davis as chaplain and Thelma Vickers as musician. New officers include Sally Lynn worthy adviser Kay Woogerd associate adviser Sane Ara Garber charity Carolyn Williams Hope Bette Andrews Pauth Kay Jones chaplain Nan Jette Woodworth drill leader Doris Jones Lave Phyllis Witt religion Mary Ellen Huffman mortality Sandra Marshall Fidelity Thelma Gilson patriotism Sandra Linton service Alice confidential observer Mary Williams Recorder May Sue Camp treasurer Mrs J K Vickers mother adviser and Mrs Anna C Rose deputy District 19. Guests introduced and a dance followed.
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