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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1965
Page
8
Garry Myers discusses the difficulty of keeping New Year resolutions and the role of parents in modeling steadfastness. He urges guiding children eight to eighteen to honor commitments such as completing school tasks, 4 H projects, Scouts, or church obligations, by parents proving their own reliable adherence to promises.
Personal notices detail Christmas visits by the Baird and McDonald families in Elmwood Place and Peoria Indiana while Risley household welcomes Dick Hitchings Danny Hitchings Hitchings and Ma lone kin in Vandalia Zanesville Mansfield Lancaster. Mrs. Dunlap returns from Cincinnati visit with Ray Hill and daughters.
Mr and Mrs Roy Cross of Lansing announce the birth of their fifth child, a son named Thomas Roy, born December 28 at St Lawrence Hospital Lansing. Grandmothers are Mrs Thomas Lavelle Amesville and Mrs Gertrude Cross Crooksville. Mr Cross formerly district editor of The Messenger and Mrs Cross was Clerk of Courts. Also notes Sunday dinner guests of Mrs Erma Clench and families in Wooster The Plains Chauncey and Athens area.
Mrs Floyd Cooper of Pine PL shares a cookie recipe including raisins oats and nuts with steps from soaking to baking. The note also asks how to roast chestnuts beside an open fire and invites readers to send recipes to The Athens Messenger.
A festive chilled lemon souffle recipe yields 12 portions and can be prepared in advance. The method uses gelatin, lemon juice and zest, and whipped cream. serve with a nut garnish if desired.
The year sees royal births including Queen Anne Marie’s child of Denmark and Greece’s King Constantine, and Patricia Neal and Roald Dahl welcoming a daughter. Also listed are marriages of Kim Novak and Barbara Cavanagh, and prominent deaths such as Lorraine Hansberry, Helena Rubinstein, and Frances Perkins.
The text notes snow can appear red green blue or black in various regions. It cites a record 76 inches in one day at Silver Lake Colorado in 1921 and the largest seasonal snowfall of over 73 feet at Tamarack California during 1906 07.
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