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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1969
Page
5
Abigail Van Buren responds to a reader about women taking self-defense courses and the impact on femininity. She advocates training for everyone, especially women, and notes independence matters beyond a partner's protection.
Readers share methods to store wedding veils and gowns after cleaning. Wrap in dark tissue paper, seal in a sturdy box to block dust light and air. alternatives include plastic ice chests. Professional preservation services exist, or do it yourself with suggested wrapping and storage.
A cryptic note mocks gender and money issues, offering a reply address for Abby in Los Angeles. It treats marriage as financial transaction and hints at divorce as a means to wealth. The piece foregrounds a personal outreach with a stamped SASE request.
Mr and Mrs Franklin Blackford of Athens Route 4 announce the engagement of their daughter Mary to Spec 4 Eldon D Brown son of Mr Robert Brown and the late Bessie Brown of Guysville. Mary is a senior at Federal Hocking High School. Eldon is a Rome Canaan High School graduate stationed with the Army in Vietnam. Wedding plans are incomplete.
The Phi Delta Theta Auxiliary met at 7 Ridgeview with Mrs. William Stanforth to discuss fund raising selling dishcloths and tarnish remover. Mrs. Carl Miller will name a Nomination Committee and a Mother's Weekend Committee at the March 4 meeting at 75 Elmwood Place. Ohio University music school will present a faculty chamber music recital February 11 at 8 p.m. in Ewing Auditorium with works by Mozart Hindemith Stavinsky and Villa Lobos.
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