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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1971
Page
6
A new bride shares the lasting value of a family Bible as a gift that honors continuity and family lineage through generations. She notes its illustrated pages and records of marriages births and deaths, urging others to consider it the ultimate token of love and family unity.
A reader suggests using cold boxed mashed potatoes with milk horseradish mustard and bacon bits baked with cheese for a quick casserole. Another tip covers tightening loose slippers with elastic and a bodkin then adding small elastic hatband pieces for a snug fit. A fishing hack keeps hooks in a pill bottle to prevent line snagging while traveling.
The Albany Community Garden Club will hold a plant sale at 1 30 p.m. Friday meeting with Mrs Marie Parker. Members are asked to take plants for sale.
Molly Jackson, a Birmingham native and now Athens resident, teaches third grade in Murray City after a 1952 exchange teacher stint in Marietta. She settled permanently in the Athens area in 1957, earned a master’s in music education at Ohio University, and notes US schooling as broader than England’s. She travels yearly to Australia and plans a trip to Oregon this July, while active in AAAW, Delta Kappa Gamma, Athens Music Club, and Mothersingers accompanist duties.
Retired Athens High School teacher Walter P Porter recalls bakery troubles and shares a sponge cake recipe akin to an old fashioned jelly roll. It uses separated eggs, flour and sugar, folded with whites, baked in a 10 inch tube pan at 325 degrees for about 40 minutes, then cooled and iced or filled with strawberries.
Mr and Mrs Blaine Carter Sr announce the engagement of daughter Sharon Kay to Cleon Reginald Pratt Jr son of Mr and Mrs Cleon Reginald Pratt of Dalton N Y now residing in New Haven W Va Miss Carter a 1968 Rutland High School graduate works for General Telephone Co of Athens Her fiancé a 1963 Nunda Central High School graduate works in the laboratory department at Foote Mineral in New Haven Wedding plans are incomplete
Mr and Mrs Charles H Douglas Jr The Plains announce the birth of their first child a daughter Tobe Lee born May 14 at OBlenness Memorial Hospital Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Charles H Douglas Curtis Sr Mrs June Foster The Plains and William Foster Athens Great grandparents are Mr and Mrs Harry S Douglas Long Run Road and Mrs Carrie Lee Miller The Plains
A collection of letters to Dear Abby from readers praising marrying unwed mothers and sharing personal experiences. The writers defend honesty about pregnancy, recount marriages to unwed mothers, and emphasize family acceptance and lasting happiness. A yard sale ad for Missionary Ladies follows.
The Athens Area Woman's Music Club installed officers for 1971 72 at the home of Mrs L C Mitchell after its final meeting of the year. The program featured Junior Music Club performances, high school scholarship recipients Tracey T Topping and Martha Murphy, and university awardees Mary Bierling and John Glaze plus new member Mrs Howard Beebe.
Mrs Elma Randall presented her piano pupils in a spring recital at the First Baptist Church. Marilyn Mechurg and Jeanne Michael performed the piano adaptation of The Four Freedoms Symphony based on Norman Rockwell paintings. Hostesses included several named mothers. Other recitals featured Ann Hunting's students at her home with many youngsters listed by name. Athens County Retired Teachers Association rescheduled its meeting to June 16 at Chauncey senior citizens building with 5:30 p.m. start and reservations due by Wednesday. Chase Circle Ruth held a picnic with eleven members and twelve children. June 30 program plans and slides discussed. members to bring a dish.
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