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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1975
Page
6
The piece surveys formal wear trends with options for women and men, highlighting soft feminine and sexy styling for holiday parties. Pam Frank models a one piece pantsuit with a plunging V neck and ruffle details while Debbie Harris showcases a square neck gown and a gathered party dress with a belt.
Abigail Van Buren answers readers about boundaries and manners in family and dating. Topics include a 38 year old father kissing a16 or 15 year old at home and pressing for lap sitting, a wife fearing divorce over a second child, and a courting gentleman uneasy with a feminist partner’s rejection of old fashioned courtesies.
Good Luck Garden Club hosted a Christmas party at the Athens Mental Health and Retardation Center geriatrics building. Mrs. Edward Mizicko led the event with Athens and Richland Garden Clubs supplying refreshments and eight clubs sponsoring gifts. A program of Christmas stories and poems was presented by Mrs. Mizicko with Mrs. Harry Cokenougher assisting carol singing.
Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy L. Slater of New Richmond announce a son Robert Alan born Nov 28 at Christ Hospital Cincinnati alongside a daughter Laura Allison. Grandparents Walton Davies and Kenneth W Burgess. Eric Judson born Nov 29 at Hocking Valley Community Hospital to Mr and Mrs Burgess with daughter Christina Lynn. Santa arrived with gifts. assistance from Richland Club members. Jan 13 meeting hosted by Richland club with color slides. United Methodist Women program featured Rev Haupt message and musical numbers. Athens Grange conferred degrees on Mrs Wingrove. Hope reports on Columbus convention. Christmas Traditions readings and carol singing. Napkin fund for Friendly Hills Camp. Bicentennial ideas sought through Richard Hartley. Christmas party Dec 18 with gift and food baskets planned.
Barbara Taylor has been promoted to head the Denver Playboy club becoming the first woman to manage a Playboy club. She says she values qualifications over gender and believes this signals more women in management roles, noting she worked longer and harder to reach the position after serving as director of public relations and assistant manager.
Julia James daughter of Mr and Mrs Hubert D James of New Marshfield has pledged to Zeta Tau Alpha at the University of Cincinnati where she is a freshman majoring in health and nursing. She is a Nelsonville York High School graduate and is spending the holidays with her parents.
Mrs Helen Hixson shares a potato candy method combining mashed potatoes confectioners sugar vanilla salt and a thick peanut butter layer. The dough is rolled on wax paper into a leaf shaped log dusted with sugar then sliced into pieces and decorated with nuts.
The Athens Chapter of the Order of Eastern Star will install officers Saturday at 7 30 p.m. at Athens High School. Installing officers include Dr. Howard I. Shull of Athens as worthy grand patron and his wife Mary as grand rep of Oklahoma in Ohio. Assistants are Betty Cooley Glenn Atkinson Dorothy Daugherty Caroline Dow Ann Price and Gale Price past Athens officers. Also helping are Wilma Styer Beverly and Ardath Van Meter Lawson from Portsmouth.
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