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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1942
Page
6
National experts in a YWCA USO health program urge workers to relax during breaks and follow six simple rules to avoid fatigue. Sit and stand with ease, keep clean, and brush teeth twice daily. Eat wisely, seek enjoyment, and take time for fresh air and light exercise to boost productivity.
Readers can boost breakfast flavor with dried apricots and peaches in cereal, a double boiler to avoid scorching, and a square of comb honey. Meal ideas include grapefruit juice with sausage and toast for breakfast, bean soup luncheon, and tomato juice with spare ribs dinner. A sausage and apple patty dish provides another hearty option.
War Production Board notes substitutes for cod liver oil with shark liver and synthetic oils to maintain vitamins for the home front. Experimental plastic soles may appear for shoes while electric bulb ruling trims, and various shortages and price ceilings affect housing, food, tea, gum, and dehydrated foods. Private Fred H. Ellis, wounded, moves to Keesler Field hospital. readers urged to contact him.
A country resident notes how labeling friends by a single topic limits interactions. Break pigeon holing by choosing new subjects with each person, from farmers to merchants to mothers, and discover broader interests.
A mother recounts a family infant bath lesson as her husband overcomes nerves to bath their five week old Tim. The family, including Prepared Papa, shares humor and pride as Daddy proves capable and earns a bath certificate while Mother finalizes Tim's feeding.
Dr and Mrs T R Biddle of 29 Park Place came back Tuesday after five weeks in Whitefield New Hampshire. They stayed with Mrs Clinton P Biddle and children in Weston Massachusetts during the journey.
Mrs. Hubert Shrieve of The Plains announces the marriage of Fauna Kathleen Shrieve to Walter Gabriel son of Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Gabriel of Athens Route Two. Ceremony held Wednesday September 23 in Gallipolis. Mrs. Gabriel works at Quick s Drugstore and Mr. Gabriel serves in the M S N. he has returned to New York on active duty.
Dr Jean M Putnam a Columbus dentist and Ohio University and Ohio State University Dental College graduate is profiled in a Columbus paper on career women. Formerly in architecture and interior design she shifted to dentistry and now works on cosmetic lip line enhancements for female runners. She resides at 76 Hoffman Ave.
A home recipe for bran coffee is shared by Mrs Leska Cheadle from Reedsville Route One. Mix bran sugar salt and egg. brown slowly then use one tablespoon of coffee per cup of water and boil about 30 minutes for a dark beverage. Coffee shortages and store limits are noted in Columbus and Athens markets. Sergeant Gephart, Camp Bowie Texas, returns from maneuvers and will visit Athens soon. A box supper event is planned by Richland Ave Methodist Church at Mechanicsburg School on Oct 1 at 6 30.
Athens Grange holds its annual booster night Thursday at 8 p m in the Grange hall. Public invited. Lydia Lash Evans Club meets Thursday at 42 EF State St with members asked to bring needle and thread for Red Cross quilt work. Cabinet of the Women's Council of the Christian Church meets Thursday at 2 p m in the church.
Do not discard faded curtains or draperies. Use ingenuity to repurpose bedding and textiles. Dyeing is a clear solution if directions match the fabric type and the material is clean. Dye in daylight to ensure the shade matches your goal.
In New York Carolyn Brixton is spirited from an Underwood apartment to a covert location for a psychological interrogation by Charles Spencer to uncover her motives amid foreign espionage ties. Ronald, Marion Morton’s fiancé, is pressed by Madge Graham to withhold help until Carolyn plays along, while a plan unfolds to move Carolyn to a hideaway under strict guard as the search for Marion continues.
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