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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1972
Page
9
Lydia Jean Walters shares a space saving idea for a small apartment using a DIY bookshelf to store towels tissues and soap. She notes displaying items helps tidiness and suggests decorative paper boxes for hidden storage.
The Athens Messenger prints reader hints on stain removal with white chalk for grease from clothes. Other notes share DIY tablecloth edging with polyester double knit and nylon lace, repurposing leftover fabric for chair arms, and quick laundry tips. Readers praise the column and share similar ideas all aimed at saving time and effort at home.
First Lady Pat Nixon indefinitely postpones a planned life biography after refusing to be taped for an official project. Prentice Hall and Diana Seeleye aimed for a 1972 release amid Nixon campaign activity, but Nixon travel and preference for privacy halted progress.
A junior high teacher Mrs. Douglas Schaumberg recalls taking a few boys to pick books for a student run shop. She notes they distinguish which Playboy options she will approve or reject.
Members of Shade Methodist Church will join over 1.5 million women nationwide in observing the Call to Prayer and Self-Denial Friday at 1 p.m. The program, prepared by Mary R. Ebinger, features a Quiet Day with meditation and a silent meal. District and national mission projects seek support for youth services in the United States and overseas. Last year’s offerings exceeded $600,000 with participation by about 34,000 societies and guilds.
Dr. and Mrs. Frederick W. Blume announce the December 30 marriage of their daughter Marcia Jean to James Marshall Bowser son of Rev. and Mrs. Earl C. Bowser of Athens. Marcia Jean Blume is a Logan High School graduate with a BS in home economics from Ohio University and teaches junior high home economics in Logan schools. Bowser is an Athens High School graduate with BA and MA in education from Ohio University and works as a guidance counselor at Westerville High School while pursuing a doctoral program in education at Ohio State University.
Readers weigh in on cultural ethics and religious duty while one writer condemns Abby's stance on morality. A smoker shares home smoke controls and a fan advocates a public courtesy sign. A vow to honor neighbors' beliefs contrasts with personal requests for wartime empathy and a lighthearted jab about letters to Abby.
Senator Fred R. Harris calls on the FTC to initiate a deconcentration suit against Kellogg General Foods and General Mills, arguing the three firms control about 85 percent of cereal sales. He says the market harms competition with high advertising costs and inflated prices while quality diminishes.
The Rev and Mrs Porter Elmer Wright of Zanesville announce the engagement of their daughter Jennifer to Michael Edward Evans son of Mrs Lowell D Evans Denton Ky and the late Mr Evans Miss Wright a 1970 graduate of West Muskingum High School is employed by Electric Motor and Service Co Mr Evans a 1970 graduate of Hitchins High School Ken tucky is employed as a machinist by Buckeye Plastics in Reynoldsburg
At the local Weight Watchers Center Mrs. Janet Ashbaugh of Athens Route 3 received a 100 pound goal pin from area director Mona Adams. She is the first woman in the club to reach her goal and plans to become a lecturer to help others.
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