Neighborhood children stage Christmas play in Athens basement
Mothers Judy Baldwin and Frank Morgan organized a family oriented nativity play to emphasize Christmas as the birth of Jesus. Ninety three children and several grandparents are invited to a Sunday performance in the Morgan basement at 19 Townsend Dr. after which caroling and refreshments follow.
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Athens Area
Jesus
Judy Baldwin
Frank Morgan
Morgan
Townsend Dr
Kevin Morgan
Joseph
Debby Baldwin
Mary
Kathy Morgan
Angel
Stevie Morgan
Tony Baldwin
Tana Baldwin
Three Kings
Mrs. Baldwin
Adults Should Act The Part
Dear Abby letters advise retired couple to address noise complaints with the upstairs neighbors and to speak directly with adults rather than retaliating. A second note advises a teen to avoid writing or sending incriminating material after an incident with a classmate, warning to not put anything in writing that could harm him.
Christmas Programs Planned Across Local Churches
Several churches announce Christmas services and cantatas this week. First Presbyterian hosts a carol service at 7 30 p m directed by Niccolls Brient Sears and Allbritten with choir and bell ensemble. Central Avenue Methodist presents Night of the Star cantata at 10 a m featuring soloists Steel Miller Wilcox Miller Miller and Thom as under Miller's direction with Shaw on organ. Unitarian Fellowship Athens offers a candlelight program at p m with schoolchildren, dances, harp accompaniment by Jennings and Wickstrom on organ, followed by a potluck. New England Presbyterian plans a candlelight service Tuesday at 7 p m with a fellowship hour afterward.
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Church Voice
Bell
Sunesy
First Presbyterian Church
S. Thomas Niccolls
Charles Brient
Carl H. Sears
Robert Allbritten
Central Avenue Methodist Church
Carl Steel
Lynn Miller
Bill Wilcox
Benton Miller
Russ Miller
Woodrow Thomas
Richard Shaw
Unitarian Fellowship of Athens
Christ Lutheran Church
Mill St
Charles J. Smith
Joseph Welling
John Spofforth
Porter Smith
Tracy Smith
Eugene Jennings
Eugene Wickstrom
New England Presbyterian Church
Christmas Cookies Recipe From Nelsonville
Brown sugar candied cherries nuts and orange peel cookies shared by Miss Lucile Verity of Nelsonville in a holiday recipe collection. This card lists ingredients and steps from mixing flour sugar and Crisco to baking at 375 for 10 minutes. Mrs Ma bel Hooper, the Messenger circulation rep, forwards holiday treats and asks about a three lager cream cheese jello salad in red green and white.
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Lucile Verity
Nelsonville
Miss Verity
Mabel Hooper
Hooper
Messenger
The
Hints From Heloise Save Cookie Batch For Freezer
Readers share practical kitchen tips. A note advises labeling frozen cookie dough with grease status oven temp and bake time to save trips to the cookbook. Additional tips cover sewing shoe laces onto chair pad covers, using red nail polish as a shower handle alert, and simple clothes spill guards for kids.
Fraying Obsession: Slip Off Cardboard on Wire Hangers
Readers recall the common coat hanger with a cardboard slip that keeps sliding off the horizontal wire. The harmless nuisance sparks memories of improvised fixes and DIY craft attempts from past decades.
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Heloise
Sinnott Birth Announces Tracy Leigh in Nelsonville
Mr. and Mrs. Joe E Sinnott Route 3 Logan announce the birth of a daughter Tracy Leigh on December 3 at Mount St Mary Hospital Nelsonville The couple also has a 14 month old son Terry Todd Grandparents and great grandparents listed including Maiden Powell Sinnott and Buchner families.
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Joe E. Sinnott
Logan
Tracy Leigh
Mount St. Mary Hospital
Nelsonville
Terry Todd
Elmer Maiden
Kathleen Scott
Wallonia
Ind
Paterna
Joseph E. Sinnott
Union Furnace
Buchner Maiden
Horse Branch
James C. Powell
Anna Sinnott
McArthur
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Abby
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By Marian Reeder
John Rowley
W. E. Liberge
Hob Danforth
Linda
Mrs. Mac
Ollie B. Klaver
Preston
West Union Street
Asyeczz
Harry Wolfe
Tanner’s Run Road
Racine
Rauch
Yengagement
Martinique
Chapman
Santa
Claus
Athena
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