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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1977
Page
5
Readers discuss large age gaps in marriages and childbearing with examples of couples aged 68 and 18, 50 and 30, and a 37 year-old mother with many children. The letters touch on life expectancy, parenting, and humorous fixes for noisy dogs.
Americans spend most of their food dollars on fresh unprocessed items while convenience foods rise. The 1975 breakdown shows fresh foods $45.75, mixes $19.98, cured/frozen foods $17.31, modified products $9.27, and accessories $7.69. Marketing costs and distribution absorb much of the rest.
Amesville Elementary School students and teachers publish a holiday book with poems artwork recipes and free spirited thoughts. Charles Magruder in Columbus published the paperback with 400 copies offered at 1 each via school contact 448 2501.
Mystic Seaport opens a new exhibit titled Model Making Today featuring 40 ship models from 3 inch miniatures to four foot fully rigged vessels. The display covers clipper ships steamboats schooners skiffs and a Japanese whaling ship.
Glouster United Methodist Women met at Mrs. Ralph Hines to organize fruit baskets for church shut ins and two food baskets for needy families. They vote to donate 250 from the Christmas fair, bringing the total for the building fund to 650 since September. Members schedule program leaders, rotate care for children, tote bags, dish cloths, and calendars, with Easter plans and January meeting at Mrs. Richard Guinther's home.
Marian Nolan presents a repeat recipe for Cranberry Nut Bread adapted from Gourmet magazine. It combines flour sugar baking powder baking soda salt with butter eggs orange juice rind and mixes in cranberries and English walnuts before baking in a leaf pan at 350 degrees for about an hour.
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