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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1977
Page
6
Summer Sensations raised 145 dollars at a Tuesday Athens Mall carnival to aid muscular dystrophy research. The event featured ring toss, dart throws, and bottle topple games with crafts, baked goods, clowns, and prizes donated by 32 local merchants.
Family Circle questions routine hospital birth procedures for about 90 percent of healthy pregnant women. The piece notes that many drugs and methods aimed at faster painless delivery may be unnecessary and risks may rise, while high risk pregnancies remain excluded from scrutiny. It highlights debates over Demerol use and epidural blocks.
The Athens Messenger cites Georgetown University Hospital studies showing infants born to mothers given Demerol show slower adaptation to a repeated loud noise two days after birth. Researchers criticize labor acceleration methods and fetal monitoring and urge informed maternal involvement in birth decisions.
A large gathering at Stewart Pavilion on August 21 hosted Zimmerman Iron Stover and Barnhart relatives with many attendees listed from diverse family branches. Other reunions noted include Maxwell in Albany and Gould descendants meeting at New England with a picnic and officer elections, plus Secoy and Jeffers reunions planned for September.
At a recent Athens Grange meeting members voted to donate to CARE and send 60 to the State Grange Friendly Hills Camp. Ways and Means chair Mae Smith reported fair dinner profits and named five-day workers. Winners in the stuffed toy contest were Jenny Baker first with a crocheted elephant and Peggy Gorby second with a terrycloth worm. Betty Reese judged.
Former Ohio University Wesley Foundation minister the Rev Charles Cooley and his wife Louise hosted a two week tour through the British Isles. Participants included Athens area residents and several listed companions visiting London Oxford Windsor Castle Blenheim Palace Stratford upon Avon Chester Coventry Carlisle and many more with stops in Ireland Scotland and Wales.
Hazel Beery creates a Hot Five Bean Salad combining kidney wax, green lima and garbanzo beans with bacon. Cook bacon until crisp, mix drippings, sugar, cornstarch and seasonings, then simmer beans in the sauce for 15 to 20 minutes and serve with crumbled bacon. Serves 10 to 12.
A reader advises customers want efficiency and courtesy over smiles. Several letters discuss Miss National Teen Ager Pageant in Atlanta with Carolyn Billy, and a teen dating incident ending in a slap. Abby endorses courteous, efficient service and prudent guidance on sex education and Planned Parenthood.
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