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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1976
Page
5
The armed services launch major efforts to curb child abuse amid what officials term the mobile military lifestyle. Air Force medical notes prolonged family separation leaves mothers with primary home duties. Experts say stress from frequent deployments contributes to incidents within service households.
The Army and Air Force have launched child advocacy efforts to identify abuse, protect rights, and help parents through therapy and counseling. Army plans include on base child advocacy officers and hotlines. Navy and Marine programs are in development.
Abigail Van Buren shares reader letters on who should ride front beside a husband in cars. The flood of responses questions elders’ entitlement and cites a fatal crash as cautionary example. Messages urge respect be earned, not assumed, and warn against possessive family dynamics.
In Dayton Ohio elementary schools will briefly end up in a smoke filled room as part of a Miami Valley Lung Association program to teach youngsters the harms of smoking. The plan aims to curb early initiation and promote a smoke free society.
A 75 year old Rich ard Bartle keeps busy making hex signs shields and other aluminum pieces in Willoughby Hills Ohio. He learned the craft after visiting Littitz Springs in Lancaster County and drawing on memories of a Fourth of July display. Bartle recounted his varied life from South Wales to the United States and his chance to become a U. S. citizen in 1929. He notes there is always something to do and remains active with woodworking and metalwork.
Kathy S. Rogers and John Thompson wed January 3 at Augustana Lutheran Church in Rugby North Dakota. The bride keeps her maiden name and will graduate in May with a nutrition degree from the University of North Dakota. Thompson is a Jet Printing pressman and a 1972 North Dakota graduate.
Prenatal classes start January 12 in the third floor conference room at O'Bleness Memorial Hospital. Six Monday evenings 7:30 to 9:30. Husbands encouraged. Topics include baby development birth process maternity procedures tour exercises nutrition newborn care and postnatal care. Free registration through Linda White RN at 592-1445 or in doctors offices. Breakfast Brightener suggests reheating muffins with water 350 oven 10 to 15 minutes.
Mr and Mrs Paul E Boyle Sr of New Straitsville announce the birth of their second child a daughter Melissa Dawn born December 12 at Hocking Valley Community Hospital. The couple also has a son Paul Edward Jr aged 3 percent. Grandparents are Edward Proctor Gore and Paul A Boyle New Straitsville. Great grandparents are Virgil McKnight Sr Union Furnace and Emma Boyle New Straitsville.
The American Association of University Women hosts a January meeting with a panel on the arts. Panelists include Harriet Anderson on the Trisolini Gallery, Richard Stevens of the Hocking Valley Regional Arts Council, and Carol Kuhre on the Athens Textile Arts Guild. An audience Q&A follows at 8 p.m. at Electric Co on May Avenue.
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