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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1973
Page
6
Readers share thrift hacks and home tips. A reader details dyeing nylon hose to revive faded colors using navy dye, while others offer beach cleanup ideas with water-filled milk jugs, rhubarb pie tips, bargain checks, fat trimming with scissors, toilet bowl scent, and repurposing plastic cards as collar stays. The column invites letters for future columns.
The piece notes growing confusion over children allowances amid price controls and loans, with banks and publishers offering guidance. It highlights that even heirs such as Nelson Rockefeller Jr. receive fixed weekly sums, while parents assess fairness and potential extra chores for more money.
The piece discusses how families use weekly allowances to teach money value and budgeting. Experts advise regular, sufficient sums tied to needs rather than peer pressure, with careful guidance on earning, saving, and avoiding money as a reward or bribe.
Ambrosia recipe details a cool 6 serving dessert with oranges bananas cherries grapes and coconut and tips for preparation and chilling. Absent items include a Dear Abby column offering counseling for a reader who wants to resist predatory dating and a New Yorker letter about obituaries for cancer patients.
Abby discusses counseling for an 18 year old who struggles to resist peer pressure and the impact on heart patients. A reader recounts rude weight comments at a family gathering and the need to protect oneself. Abby offers coping strategies and explains that aging is not a shield from hurtful remarks.
The Nelson family reunion gathered at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Donald Mansfield on Athens Route 4 with a picnic dinner. Attendees included numerous Nelsons and spouses from McConnelsville Columbus Maumee Albany Wellston Syracuse Akron Guysville Athens Dexer Apple Creek among others.
Completed plans are announced for the wedding of Carolyn Kay Ellis daughter of Mr and Mrs Arthur P Ellis 70 S Shannon Ave and Michael Owen Wilkinson son of Mr and Mrs Owen Wilkinson Country Club Road The 2 pm ceremony will be July 28 at Galbreath Memorial Chapel.
Cathy Kilzer of Millfield Route 1 won the Pike County 4-H Market Livestock Judging Contest at Pike County Fairgrounds with 408 points. She led beef and swine classes and placed second in sheep, while Robin Dishong of Amesville earned awards including first in sheep and top placings in beef and swine. The event was sponsored by the Westfield Hillbillys 4-H Club and Pike County Cooperative Extension Service.
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