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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1973
Page
5
OSU Cooperative Extension Service outlines parental steps to boost grades. Show real interest in a child’s work beyond report cards and provide a dedicated study area. Practical tips include using a card table or makeshift desks from common furniture.
The guide recommends a dull light surface and light walls, a light blotter if desks are dark, and a wall bulletin board for patterns. Aim for elbow height, add cushions or a footstool as needed, and keep materials near with shelves or makeshift storage. Ensure good lighting and a lamp placed for handedness to reduce eye strain.
A reader explains stacking bolster pillows along the bedspread to create a straight, smooth look across the bed. The technique lets the bolster stay tucked during the night and be rolled away in the morning for easy reassembly. Other notes praise recycling crafts and practical tips for apartment living and small-space storage.
Abby advises against hypocrisy after a minister who boasted cruelty to deer and a reader’s troubled 20s marriage. The letter-writer seeks guidance on a jealous, controlling husband and suggests counseling. Abby also offers practical gift ideas for seniors on a budget and directs readers to contact her column.
Friday events include the First Presbyterian Women Evening Circle at 7 p.m. with Mrs. James Weisenbach at 269 E State St and East Side Needie Club at 2 p.m. in Baker Center. Also Albany Community Garden Club meets at 1 30 p m with Mrs Fay Francisco. Saturday Albany Grange meets at 8 p m with refreshments by the men and Pallas Club at 2 30 p m with Mrs W M Betcher 70 Maplewood. Executive board meeting at 2 p.m.
Ohio Association of Garden Clubs discussed selling three year old spruce seedlings at its regional meeting. Rutland group chair Mrs. Howard Birchfield noted a March 9 ordering deadline. Seedlings come in 25 unit lots at 20 cents each, offered by ORGC and Ohio Natural Resources Department.
Amesville Elementary will host its annual Spring Carnival Saturday with a 5 p.m. dinner in the cafeteria and a 6 p.m. carnival in the gym. The crowning of the carnival prince and princess tops the program while bingo wheel of fortune and other games entertain. Last year's prince and princess Rusty Kennedy and Debbie Lucas attend the ceremony. A country store bake shop candy shop and various raffles and door prizes from area merchants add to the evening. The public is invited.
Gary L. Fagan announces conferences from March 7 to March 22 at Waterloo Junior High and Elementary School. Parents are urged to confer with their child’s teacher during the period. For more information call 664-2222.
A snack friendly recipe sharing peanut butter chicken. Ingredients include egg peanut butter salt pepper milk chicken drumsticks breadcrumbs and corn oil. Dip in egg mixture coat with crumbs bake at 375 degrees for 45 minutes to an hour yielding four servings.
Mrs Marvin J Gilmore formerly Linda Wehrung was honored with a bridal shower in the social room of Pomeroy Church of Christ. Debbie Avey led the event with helpers Dorothy and Lori Seth. Prizes were won by several guests and a door prize went to Mrs Freda Heines. The guest list included many local women and families. A recipe tip followed: sauté onion and green pepper in tomato sauce for an omelet.
Bert Carron local farrier will speak at the Ja-Vin Riding Club annual banquet at Wellston High School Cafeteria on March 8. Steak or chicken dinner served from 6:30 p.m. Non-members pay admission, 1973 members admitted free. Trail ride movies after the program.
Flower Power Garden Club met at the home of Mr. Charles Alexander with Mrs. Charles Hubbard as co hostess. Program chair Mrs. Alexander led a program on The Care and Feeding of Houseplants. Members exchanged plants and welcomed Mrs. Wayne Modny into the club.
The Homemakers Club held a potluck for 18 members and one guest, Mrs Myrtle Hanning, with new members Helen Horvath Gladys Hanning and Tommy Looney welcomed. Flower arrangements were made for the sick, cards sent to ill Garnet Eagh and Tammy Looney, hostesses Mary Shafer and Carrie Atkinson. Citizens for Better Schools met at the Middle School to discuss the Search for Consensus, future programs, and ways to inform potential CBS members. A history of CBS was read and a condensed version planned, and CBS voted to support Care Line with a letter.
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