Words to replace wife stir readers and editors
A crowded debate over substitutes for wife draws in Ms Magazine editors and readers. The writer recalls editorials and reader letters debating terms like lover partner spouse and friend while recounting personal anecdotes about long marriage and contested wording.
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Washington Post
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Readers propose new terms for wife and husband
The letter salvos debate mujer and esposo terms and suggest spouse mate partner and even spice as a playful alternative. Contributors from California and beyond weigh in praising prose and probing the fit of kinship words in modern usage.
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Jack Barder
Oceanside
Calif
Bob Laughlin
Theda Gosser
Corona
Margaret Hargrave
Laguna
Ellen Mackenzie MacIntyre
Long Beach
Athens Chapter Advocates Foster Child Support Week
Athens County Foster Parents Association with about 40 members pushes for stronger foster care laws as National Action for Foster Children Week runs April 8 to 14. President Mrs Daniel Neason invites interested locals to meetings and to help in various roles while the Athens Cooperative Nursery School holds its final parent meeting at Central Avenue Methodist Church with speaker Mrs Lynda Strasbaugh on homemade toys and equipment.
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Nixon
Athens County
Foster Parents Association
Daniel Neason
Athens Cooperative Nursery School
Central Avenue Methodist Church
Lynda Strasbaugh
Department of Public Welfare
Columbus
TAR Discusses Spring Plans and Foster Programs
The Athens County Teenage Republican Club met at City Hall to plan the April 14 TAR convention at Hocking Valley Motor Lodge. Dr. Arthur Peterson of Ohio Wesleyan University will speak. The group promotes foster homes for teens and trains foster parents across seven counties, with clubs in Scioto and Pickaway joining the effort.
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TAR
Hocking Valley Motor Lodge
Arthur Peterson
Ohio Wesleyan University
Athens Association
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Onion Potato Bake and family notices from Athens
Recipe outlines a low calorie Onion Potato Bake using skim milk Swiss cheese and pimiento plus serving size and baking steps. Also notes the birth of Travis Christopher Boudreaux on March 18 at O'Bleness Memorial Hospital to Mr and Mrs Kelly Boudreaux with Margot Lynn as a sibling, and lists grandparents. Athens Gardening Collective invites potluck attendance at United Campus Ministry with contact number 592-6303.
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Kelly Boudreaux
Route 50
E Plaza
Apt. 2
Travis Christopher
O’bleness Memorial Hospital
Margot Lynn
Paul Beasley
Athens
Celestina Boudreaux
Milwaukee
Wisc
Athens Gardening Collective
United Campus Ministry
Abby Says Take A Second Look At Rejects They May Look Better
Abby offers plain talk on dating woes and family notices in a collage of reader queries. Wallflower, mamma with new romance, and a former high school crush are threaded through Abby’s blunt advice and light moral reflections.
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Abby
Hints From Heloise Plastic Egg Molds Make Colorful Eggs
A reader describes using plastic fill yourself eggs and jellied cranberry sauce with unflavored gelatin to create decorative nonleaking hollow jelly eggs. The process uses a funnel, chilling, and serving on lettuce, with decorating ideas and postholiday reuse.
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Heloise
Mrs. Cooley Undergoes Back Surgery At Riverside Hospital
Mrs. Richard C. Cooley of 194 Perry Street underwent back surgery at Riverside Hospital in Columbus and is listed in room 6010.
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Richard C. Cooley
Perry St
Riverside Hospital
Columbus
Athens County Quota Club installs officers for 1973 74
The Athens County Quota Club announced its 1973 74 officers led by Elizabeth Elmore as president and Doris McClurg as the treasurer. New members include Mabel Lee Margaret Deppen Margaret Felsinger Esther Moses Neil Raiford and Pat McCleary. Doris McClurg donated 222 in memory of Myrta Ashworth for the Speech and Hearing project.
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Athens County Quota Club
Pauline Fierce
Elizabeth Elmore
Darlene Smith
Eileen Ferguson
Rita Oberholzer
Ruth Seaman
Doris McClurg
Iris Fierce
Mabel Lee
Margaret Deppen
Margaret Felsinger
Esther Moses
Neil Raiford
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