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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1964
Page
6
Travelling with a baby can be enjoyable with prep. Use portable bottles, sterile water, and disposable diapers. plan 250 to 300 miles per day and stop by 5 p.m. Ensure crib ready motels, carry doctor’s number, and never leave a child in a hot car.
Mt Gilead and Athens families announce the engagement of Sharon Elaine Statts to Michael Ray Young both graduates of 1963. She works at Peoples Bank Mt Gilead and he at H P Motors. Wedding planned July 25 at Trinity Methodist Church. The Plains and Guysville connections noted. Also another wedding announced Carolyn Hart Jones June 27 in Parkersburg. Shower set for July 11. Also a cooking tip for cream puffs instructs filling through bottom holes.
A reader shares tips using old shower curtains as space savers for ironing and sewing, drying sweaters, picnics, and sunbathing. Others describe making a doll house from a carton and using a shoe bag for bathroom storage. Also a rubber glove cut yields strong rubber bands for small tasks.
The Second Annual Alumni College runs July 12 to 18 on the Athens campus. Alumni from Texas to Ohio join in painting Southeast Asia economics and golf bowling swimming with lectures by Hemley Walker Gusteson and courses led by Leach Cady Picard Blosser Widdoes. Registration in Athens is 25 dollars for residents. non alumni welcome.
A column of social updates lists visits and return trips among families from Fayetteville Arkansas to Edgartown Martha's Vineyard Lancaster Pennsylvania and Upper Montclair New Jersey. It notes a fiftieth wedding anniversary in Biddeford Maine, surgery recovery in Charleston West Virginia and a July 4 picnic honoring Paul and Margaret Russell with many relatives attending.
Mary Ellen Baird and Stefania Denbow seniors at Athens High School were chosen to perform with the Ohio Youth Choir at the 111th Ohio State Fair in Columbus. They will rehearse September 1 and participate in concerts over Labor Day weekend, housed at the Exposition Center Youth Center.
Mr and Mrs Herman McCune announce the birth of son Ronnie Eugene on June 28 at Mount St Mary Hospital Athens Route 1 Grandparents are Mr and Mrs John Vincent and Mr and Mrs Herman B McCune Great grandparents are Mrs Gertie McCune and Mrs Henry Augustine The McCunes also have a daughter Tina Sue and a son Ricky
Circle One at Alexander Presbyterian Church 1 30 p m with Mrs A T Stuart program Ruth Hines European trip Shade WSCS all day meeting with Mrs George Grim Athens Route 5 Ladies Eagles Auxiliary 8 p m Eagles Hall take groceries for district meeting basket Potluck Daughters of Union Veterans 6 p m with Mrs Mabel Swartz Route 50 West annual family picnic Athens County Pomona Grange 8 p m Amesville Degree work and program for inspection county baking and sewing contest Athens Assembly 91 Order of the Rainbow for Girls 7 p m Masonic Temple Daughter of Union Veterans 6 30 p m annual picnic with Mrs Mabel Swartz Albany Community Garden Club 12 noon with Mrs C E Stout Covered Dish luncheon Guests welcome
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