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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1971
Page
4
Julie Nixon Eisenhower recalls an oppressive atmosphere in her Smith College senior year as conformity was emphasized. Eleanor Nichols notes growing awareness of women's characters in new children's books, reflecting shifting perceptions.
In a letter section style, a wife asks Abby how to handle her emotional husband in public, another asks about a wedding gown kept by a mother, and a single woman living with a man asks if marriage would help or hurt their relationship. Abby advises against hiding emotions, disposing of the gown, and not marrying for appearances.
A reader suggests removing the wife from the traveling salesman’s life as incentive to succeed, joking about hiring a live-in maid and stating a personal reply should include a stamped, addressed envelope.
One hundred fifty Girl Scout leaders from the Four Rivers Council gathered at the Ohio University Inn in Athens for the annual spring council meeting. Twenty-one area women were honored for years of service, including Evelyn Knight of Pomeroy with 35 years, Edwin Foster and William McGraw of Athens with 30 and 25 years, and Athens residents Carl Weber Raymond Strekal and Marian Henderson receiving 20-year pins.
The Athens based group honored long serving members with five and ten year pins including Mrs Sinetta Eakin and Mrs Gerald Rider. Proposals: realign Scout groupings to school grade levels and revise badge requirements for economic and environmental focus. New board president Mrs Gordon L Beorn and executive director Alice McMann were welcomed at luncheon.
A reader describes transforming a damaged coffee table top, a broken clock, and an unused television stand into three mosaic covered pieces. She uses leftover tiles to cover plywood and a gold painted TV stand leg, creating a studio room trio that is functional and inexpensive.
Hollywood sighting as Marlo Thomas dined with Henry Kissinger at Chasen's in Los Angeles. Notable guests included Leonard Goldenson and Taft Schreiver. Thomas seeks more serious roles, while political observer chatter hints at image shifts around the White House social circle.
Marian Reeder thanks readers for sending recipes not yet published. She credits contributors from Athens Coolville Glouster Amesville Chauncey and Plymouth with items like Persimmon Preserves Pickled Corn Green Tomato Kraut and various desserts. She plans to try green tomato and strawberry recipes this season and teases more reader submissions.
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