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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1967
Page
7
A colorful sherbet melon boat recipe serves as a cool summer party treat. Create a boat from a long watermelon, scoop melon balls, keep them chilled, and fill the boat with apricot or lemon sherbet before serving.
Dear Heloise shares a method to rid ceilings of mosquitoes using a vacuum cleaner. Hold the hose a few inches under the insects, turn off most lights to lure them to one room, and suction them into the dust bag. The reader notes quick, mess-free results in minutes.
A humorous exchange reflects 22 years of married life as a wife jokes about placing her husband’s freshly ironed clothes on the bottom of the pile, assuming he would take them from the top, only to discover he reads the same house.
Miss Dawna Kay Jewell and her parents visited grandparents in Albany for two weeks. The Jewells with Mr and Mrs Robert Wengler of Lancaster toured Niagara Falls Thousand Islands Expo 67 and New York during the trip.
Archaeologists and historians trace safety pin origins to 9000 B C at the start of metal ages. The Safety Pin Research Council notes early clothes fasteners used bone and fish spine, with Greeks and Romans showing fibulae. Walter Hunt reintroduced pins in 1849, popularizing a 115 year presence. Pins serve as status symbols, prizes, church offerings, and emergency lingerie fasteners.
Miss Susan Jones of Columbus received multiple honors ahead of her August 27 marriage to Michael Nolan of Athens. A brunch for 40 at Ohio University Inn featured hostesses Mrs. Clifford, Mrs. Stauffer, and Mrs. Bush, with several out-of-town guests including Mrs. Vernon Jones and Mrs. Miller. A John Calhoun Baker Center luncheon hosted by Mrs. Rosenberg and Mrs. Fuller drew 35 guests, with a miscellaneous shower and additional kitchen and linen showers noted.
Mrs Irene Cable of Fayette Street Nelsonville shares a Blackberry Pudding recipe inspired by her mother Ruth Goettel from Athens. The baked pudding uses sugar butter eggs sour milk flour and blackberries with a simple brown gravy style sauce poured over servings.
The annual Ogg reunion was held on July 16 at the Grange Hall on the Athens County Fairgrounds. Attendees included Delbert and spouse from Athens. Roscoe and spouse from Cleveland. Leonard and spouse from Belpre. Herman Ogg of Nelsonville. Hubert J. Roberts of Columbus. M. D. Van Way of Parkersburg. Albert Ogg of Athens. Joseph Wasserman of Flint Michigan. David Ogg and spouse of Nelsonville. Jack Maurer of Nelsonville. Dale Nutter of Little Hocking. Allan J. Roberts of Columbus. Herald Ogg of Athens. Ver Ogg of Nelsonville. and Helen Diana Mingus of Nelsonville. Several children accompanied their parents.
Mr and Mrs William Daniels announce their daughter Dina Kay born July 19 at Riverside Hospital Columbus. Grandparents Clyde Byers Nelsonville Richard Daniels Columbus William Bowers Nelsonville and Berton Mitchell E P Daniels Topeka share great-grandparents status. Mrs Granville Smith Leon and Mrs John Marshall New Haven announce their daughter Stephanie Jayne born July 29 at Holzer Hospital. Great-grandparents Helen Fell Pomeroy Caroline Turner Mason and Audrey Shinn Leon.
Miss Constance Lee Walker, one of forty campus representatives, served as a Pan American Airways Jet Clippers hostess. She flew mainly New York to London with layovers in several cities, shopped and toured during breaks, and helped passengers while also serving an eight course meal. After June graduation from Ohio University, she pursued advertising, recalling her summer in the sky.
The article compares human infant development with animals, noting humans grow longer infancy yet eventually surpass animals in cognitive growth. It describes Piaget and Bruner, examining lectures and writings influencing early education and the view that young children can learn and reason more than commonly assumed.
Miss Harriet Ervin, to wed Mr Robert Harris of Chilli cothe in August, was honored at a bridal shower hosted by Mrs John Heffken 27 Sunset Dr. Guests created an artificial wedding gown from newsprint gift wrap and doilies as decor and favors.
A reader questions who does housework after 41 years of marriage and ponders trading in his wife for geisha entertainment. Dear Abby explains geisha are not domestics and advises focusing on his wife, not alternatives. Additional letters discuss returning going away gifts after a canceled move, and clarifying the difference between invitations and announcements.
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