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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1969
Page
6
A collage of letters offers simple everyday tips from readers on repurposing eyeglass cases as pot holders, sewing scraps for a doll quilt, stove safety lessons with an electric range, car paint touchups with baking soda, and reusing milk cartons for lunchbox salads plus a method to flavor peas and beans with chives and lemon juice.
Mrs John Finnegan of Glouster pursues varied interests from English literature to Indian relics and decorative old gas stoves. An Ohio University instructor and doctoral candidate, she plans to teach after graduation with her husband while nurturing poetry loving son Sean.
Larry D. Lightner of Guysville serves with the Americal Division in Vietnam after marrying Miss Betty Ann Blackwell. The ceremony at Apostolic United Pentecostal Church in Parkersburg featured Rev J C Cole, with attendees Carmen Dunlap and Denver C Lightner. The couple, both Federal Hocking High School graduates, were joined by Betty’s parents Mr and Mrs George Burgess of Puerto Rico and Lightner’s parents Mr and Mrs Denver Lightner.
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