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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1977
Page
6
A Dear Readers feature presents a true false quiz on homosexuality with 12 statements and scoring guidance. The piece ends with a request to send $1 to Abigail Van Buren for a wedding booklet and a mailing request.
Athens senior Kim Taylor will join nine Girl Scout delegates to prepare the Ohio State Fair Lausche Building entries and judging. She will set up the exhibit space, assist judges, and help finalize openings with events at the Rhodes Building and The Country Dinner Playhouse in Reynoldsburg.
Maggie Davis prepared Cheese Baked Rice and Spinach Salad for a dinner honoring retiring Ohio University Board chair Fred Johnson Cook. The rice dish uses chicken broth, base, Accent, onion, mushrooms, almonds, butter, and cheddar, baked until melted. yields 25 servings. The spinach salad blends tender greens with sour cream garlic dressing and lemon juice.
An Emergency Medicine article notes swallowed toothpicks often result from eating or festive use and that heavy drinking increases risk. Most foreign bodies pass, but a toothpick can lodge and cause serious harm. solid gold variants may be more detectable on X ray.
Elderly Americans often keep similar calorie levels as in youth but diet shifts toward bread and sweets, risking weight gain and poor health. Fresh fruit and vegetables offer vital nutrients, with tips on storage, seasonality, and varied meals.
A 6-year-old narrator guides readers through an Athens County Fair day. Nancy samples French fries, visits the Grange for home cooking, tries games like ring toss, wins a stuffed animal at basketball, enjoys the merry-go-round, and explores 4-H exhibits and crafts. She ends content with a cherry sno cone and says she loved the fair.
Mr. and Mrs. Ted Cornelius of San Antonio Texas visited Mrs. Cornelius mother Mrs. Gary Tribe in Albany and her father David McClain in Shade. They met grandparents Homer and Mrs. Daft in Athens. Gladys McClain of Shade visited Texas earlier. Dolores Nixon Ruth Ann of Buchtel and Margaret Witeman spent a three day weekend in Cincinnati for ball games and a Johnny Beach Homestretch in Florence Kentucky. Nixon then went to Columbus to see Camelot with Madelyn and Bell Wagner of Grove City.
Mr. and Mrs. Elwin Sweeney III announce the birth of daughter Bridget Diane at Camden Clark Hospital. Grandparents are Howard E. Russell of Coolville and Edwin Sweeney Jr. of Stewart. Great grandparents include Marcia Gatchel and Edwin Sweeney Sr. and Ruby Gillian and Gladys Russell.
The 49th Keirns reunion will be held Sunday at Hooper Ridge Church with a church basement picnic.
A reader asks why a four year old girl bullies her three year old brother and locks him in the bathroom. Dr Salk replies that the behavior stems from sibling rivalry and insecurity and advises strategies to foster sharing and empathy while supervising interactions.
The 4 H club Hillbillies held a six hour hunter safety course and test led by Game protector Andy Lyles during recent meetings. Members completed their qualifying rounds in gun safety projects at a gathering at the Dyer home.
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