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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1969
Page
6
Readers share craft ideas and household shortcuts from scrapbooks to freezing beans to marking stumps with plastic bottles. Advice covers making reusable memory books, cutting beans efficiently, marking stumps for boaters, removing sand with baby powder, and quick ironing routines.
Sara Jacobs a multi role individual from The Plains combines teaching upholstering wife motherhood and research assisting with secretary and sewing work. She and her husband M G Jacobs run an upholster shop after his English studies while rearing son Devon and pursuing creative writing.
Final plans outline two sessions at Tar Hollow near Laurelville with a junior camp June 21 25 and a senior camp June 14 18. Last year about 150 Athens County 4 H members attended, with the junior group drawing from Athens and Hocking counties and the senior drawing from Hocking Athens and Vinton counties. Registration will be first come first served.
Long readers’ letters and responses on marital strain after 25 years and a 12 year old seeking piano help. Abby cautions Greta against seeking younger partners and notes the need for conversation and affection. The column closes with Abby’s marketing note and a request for replies to readers.
A reader praises psychiatric help for a troubled teen and continues to advocate for mental health awareness. A mother shares how early evaluation and ongoing counseling helped her daughter and grandchild, urging others not to be ashamed or stingy about seeking professional guidance.
Reader Wyona De Vol of Logan asks for the original method to keep strawberries bright and fresh in a recipe named Strawberry Delight. A reader offers a gelatin dessert variant using strawberry gelatin, fresh fruit, and crumbled graham crackers, chilled and served with whipped cream.
Mr and Mrs David R Coen announce the birth of their first child Christal Kay born May 25 in Germany where Private Coen is stationed with the Army. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs James Coen Sr Athens Route and Mr and Mrs George Whitman of Nelsonville. Great grandmothers Mrs Ethel Finnearty and Mrs Laura Coen. Mr and Mrs Leroy Bailey announce the May 20 birth of a daughter Lydia JoAnn at Sheltering Arms Hospital. They also have a son Boyd R. Great grandparents are Mr and Mrs DeWitt Sloane and Mrs Stella Bailey of Athens.
Two showers celebrated Sue Rohr bride elect of James Russell Wickerham. An afternoon tea and miscellaneous shower at the Rutherford residence on Strouds Run drew numerous invited guests from both families and friends. An evening shower at the William Allen home followed with many attendees and further well wishes.
Army officers toppled the ruling imam in September 1962, overthrowing Yemen’s monarchy and proclaiming the Yemen Arab Republic, signaling a new era for the nation.
Ralph Dunfee of Armitage toad is a patient in Room 208 at St. Joseph's Hospital in Parkersburg West Virginia.
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