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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1968
Page
8
Child care guidance emphasizes spontaneous creativity and loving care from birth to age five. Parents can encourage exploration, speech, and reading through simple, clear communication, sharing books, and responding patiently to every question, while avoiding overdirected help.
Mary Margaret Kovacs of 48 Walker Street Athens supports four daughters while husband Maj Steven Kovacs serves in Saigon. She preserves contact with him through letters photos and schoolwork. Former ROTC instructor at Ohio University he is due home in July and she plans a warm reunion after frequent moves and school changes.
Mrs. George W. Hollister of Cincinnati addressed a joint Wesleyan Service Guild and WSCS dinner at First United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall. The Hollisters spent 45 years in China, Burma, and Malaysia. Earlier, Frost Sons of Union Veterans Auxiliary held memorials at Frost Universalist Church with Don Campbell of Guysville as guest speaker.
A collection of Dear Abby letters and replies touching on a dangerous driving husband, a prospective engagement ending in rejection, a mother’s Sunday scene with a Scandinavian maid, and a humorous cue about dating priorities. The notes mix marital strain with practical advice and light social commentary.
A reader submits Elderberry Blossom Wine instructions with notes on blossom versus berry varieties. The recipe uses 1 quart blossoms, 9 pounds sugar, 3 gallons water, 3 pounds raisins, 1 cup lemon juice, and cake yeast, requiring six days of stirring and seven to strain, with bottling delayed until January.
Readers share practical homemaking tips from stain and scorch free handkerchief ironing to freezing spaghetti sauce in a flat block for quick thawing. Suggestions include using a wet surface to flatten fabric, kneeling pads from plastic bags, and rinsing walls with a two-bucket method for a better paint job and cleaner rinse water.
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