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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1967
Page
6
The piece analyzes a nine year old girl in Illinois who scores high on tests yet struggles in daily classwork. It suggests listening problems emotional worries and slow handwriting as causes and recommends tutor time calm primary instruction and handwriting aids from the author.
Dear Abby column covers a separation over club access with social life centered on a country club. Readers weigh in on the implications of losing club privileges tied to a pending divorce and its effect on future prospects.
Miss Sharon Burke of Parma Heights was crowned ROTC Honorary Cadet Colonel for 1967 at the annual Parma Heights Military Ball held in the Baker Center ballroom. More than 1,000 cadets dates and guests attended the event with twenty four coeds representing sororities and women’s groups.
Daughters of Union Veterans gathered at Kimes Con valescent Center where Ronald Swartz presented slides of a Mexico trip. President Herman Douglas led the business meeting and tours for members and guests including Merrill Atkinson Susan Van DeVenter and Mrs Walker. John Ray Nichol son of Ronald and Mary Nichol son born December 4 at Mount Carmel Hospital Columbus. Grandparents and great grandparents listed. Housing units competed for a prize at the event. Miss Burke led Jefferson Hall in a military ball with Miss Ann Morrison and Miss Barbara Hayes as runners up. Traditions of the ball trace to 1936 by the Army and Air Force.
Columbus Ohio state treasurer John D Herbert announced that sales and use tax receipts for January 22 to February 4 totaled 15 477 31583 a drop of 713 11911 from the year before Local counties listed Athens Gallia Hocking Meigs and Vinton with small totals Highway use axle tax rose to 3717503 30 up 1454495 60 in the same period Readouts include motor vehicle and house trailer tax receipts for the four counties Athens Hocking Meigs and Vinton.
California hosts the Pillsbury 18th Bake-Off with 100 finalists from 34 states competing for a $25,000 grand prize. Judith Reynolds of Athens is one of nine Ohio finalists, presenting her Pound Crumb Cake recipe and detailed baking instructions.
Reader tips show practical tricks from wax cleaning with a hair dryer to slicing eggs for cubes. Mending socks with iron-on tape, lip gloss recovery, magazine storage, curtain replacements, scarf drying, and candy storage in pill bottles are shared for easy home use.
A reader shares an easy to make Raw Apple Cake from Mrs Florence Holt of Concord North Carolina. The recipe includes eggs sugar liquid oil flour salt soda vanilla pecans and chopped raw apples with icing of margarine or butter brown sugar evaporated milk. The note mentions a Chocolate Buttermilk Cake to try and invites readers to write in.
The Middleport First Baptist Church witnessed the January 21 wedding of Miss Diane Van Cooney daughter of Mr. and Mrs. P. H. Van Cooney to Pvt. Robert Caruthers Jr son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Caruthers Sr both of Middleport. The ceremony at 6 30 p.m. was officiated by Rev Donald Boone with music by Mrs Robert Craig and Mrs Gerald Anthony. Diane wore a white satin brocade gown and carried white rosebuds on a Bible. Maid of honor was Diane Zirkle of Pomeroy. best man was David Ashley with ushers Michael Van Cooney and Eddie Caruthers. A reception followed at the couple’s home with a three tier cake. Pvt Caruthers is stationed at Fort Dix New Jersey and Mrs Caruthers works at Mills Simpson Insurance in Middleport.
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