Summer Leisure guide From Athens columnist
Lynn Tedrick suggests cooling options for midsummer in Athens with air conditioned outings. Concerts Under the Elms and Ohio Valley Theatre shows fill evenings while casual meals replace hot kitchen labor. Peter Nero performs August fifth at Memorial Auditorium as fans mingle with late summer events.
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Mercury
Ohio Valley
Memorial Auditorium
Peter Nero
Ohio University
Athens
Heloise Readers Turn Ironing Board Into Sprinkling Table
Heloise shares clever reader ideas from converting an ironing board into a sprinkling surface with a plastic cover, and notes on repurposing baby bottle brushes for cleaning a parakeet water container. A safety reminder urges keeping ovens clean to prevent fires after a near miss with dripping grease from a turkey.
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Heloise
Women From Abroad Study Homemaking
Six week Home Improvement Seminar Workshop for international students at Ohio University this summer includes nineteen students from nine countriesArgentina Cambodia Cameroon Laos Nigeria Viet Nam and more. The program blends lectures discussions and labs to prepare students to teach home economics and extension methods in their home countries.
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Pat Munyon
Ohio University
Agency For International Development
U.S. Depart of Agriculture
School of Home Economics
Ohio U
Argentina
Cambodia
Cameroon
Laos
Nigeria
Viet Nam
Athens County Family Living Extension
Ae Demonstration Council
Hosiery and Knickers in Style Briefs
A social fashion note discusses shiny noses giving way to matte hosiery with no silk sheen. It notes knickers as knee length breeches returning in vogue and potentially becoming popular again with children, moving from novelty to affordable fashion.
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West State
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EATON
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West Union Street
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Kathleen Flom
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