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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1965
Page
5
Readers share a Cherry Pecan Bread recipe using biscuit mix sugar nutmeg salt pie filling milk egg melted butter and vanilla folded with pecans. Batter bakes in a greased 9x5 pan at 350 degrees for about 1 hour and 30 minutes. Send your recipes to the Recipe Editor at The Athens Messenger.
Dear Heloise offers practical advice for forgetful moments due to busy routines and multiple responsibilities. Readers share tips on organization and staying calm, while additional notes cover kitchen tricks such as salting pans to prevent spatter and moth-flake storage for winter cleanliness.
A 76 year old great grandmother chased a thief for five blocks after he grabbed her purse as she boarded a bus in Baltimore. She said if she were 20 years younger he wouldn’t have let him get away.
Mrs. Christopher Lane reports Monomoy Theater in Chatham entertained Athenians this summer. Cast member Mrs. John C. Baker acted as fortune teller in Diary of a Scoundrel. Notables included Ohio Valley alum Mitchell Cobb and Prof. Lane, praised as theater executive director, with visitors Claude Kantner family, Fred Weber, Earl Hooper, Roy Paynter, and Prof. Lewis Hicks. Ohio University President Vernon Alden and wife planned opening night for The Damien Letter as Dr. and Mrs. H. B. Boles attended the International Optometric Congress in Dublin then toured Scotland and England. Mrs. Boles’ mother, Mrs. Earl Campbell, stayed with children Kathy, Michele, and Brett during parents’ abroad trip.
Karen Jane Crewson daughter of Dr and Mrs Harry B Crewson will wed Thomas Keith Randall in an open church ceremony at First Methodist Church with Rev John Seay officiating Aug 21 at 2 30 PM Eugene Wickstrom to provide nuptial music from 2 PM A kitchen shower at the Maplewood Drive home of Mrs Lawrence Helwig honored the bride elect with co host Mrs William Whited and many guests listed from the Crewson and related families
The Athens Country Club opens its new pool with a grand opening on Sunday August 22 from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Bob Wilson serves as pool manager and lifeguard. members may use the pool at no extra charge through September. Virgil Drum and his orchestra perform music from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. at a concurrent summer dance event.
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