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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1963
Page
2
Heloise explains how to stop mice and crawling insects entering homes by sealing gaps around pipes wires and outlets with steel wool. She suggests checking under sinks and newly added bathrooms for openings left by contractors, then plugging them to deter pests.
Mrs Josephine G Smith director of family life education in Zanesville Public Schools will address Athens Junior High PTA Thursday at 7 30 pm in the high school cafeteria Her talk Teaching Family Living in Junior High Schools includes a film shown and discussed by the group The PTA executive committee meets at 7 pm
Mr and Mrs Bert C Miller Luhrig Road will mark their 48th wedding anniversary. They married March 14 1915 in Middleport and have lived in Athens since 1932 He is a retired plumber They have eight children 31 grandchildren and two great grandchildren An open house is planned at the Miller home Friends and relatives are invited The Athens County Grange Youth meets Saturday at 8 pm at the Canaan Grange Hall Ralph Frost chairs the event Attendees are asked to bring cookies.
Virginia Palmer notes that married men gaining lunch at home spark mixed reactions from wives. Women joke about losing independence while at social events. Some adapt by changing diets or skipping TV time, and one couple unraveled tensions by sharing the soap opera storyline.
Pearl Reeves age 80, former Lorene Avenue resident, has moved to the Ohio Pythian Home at 901 W. High Street Springfield, son Carl of Fairport Harbor reports. Reeves retired years ago as night supervisor at Athens State Hospital and remains in good health. his wife died in December.
Advertisement for Printed Pattern 4881 offering a lemonade colored sheath with no front waist seam and pin tucks for an expensive look, with a bolero for versatility. Includes yardage for sizes 16 and 3 yards for the dress plus 11 yards for bolero, 50 cents price and mailing details to Anne Adams Pattern Dept. in New York.
Chi Omega Tau Alpha chapter selects its 1963 64 officers led by Carole Lee Cunningham of Aliquippa Pa as president. Jane Suzor serves as vice president and scholarship chairman. Sandy Garn and Jodi Crandall become secretary and treasurer. Bonnie Webb named personnel chair. Kim Treanor rush chair and Nancy Doty pledge mistress. Melanie Silas named model pledge. Candy Stripers at Sheltering Arms Hospital meet tonight at 7 at Southeastern Ohio Guidance Center. Shade WSCS to hold all day meeting Thursday with Mrs Herbert Harris.
Miss Charlotte Lane daughter of Mr and Mrs Christoper Lane of Peach Ridge Rd will appear in Stephens College Playhouse Columbia Mo March 13 16 and 20 23. She plays Chloe in The Girl From Samos a satire by Jack LaZebnik. Clinton Oxley is a patient at Lancaster Fairfield Hospital room 110 after surgery. Mrs Byron Weiss Virginia Oxley visits her mother Mrs Clinton Oxley. Chapter 6 of PEO meets Miss Sarah Hatcher at 730 pm Wednesday.
Community clubs and church groups list meetings and social events across Athens area. Mothersingers and Athena Delphian host evenings with guest speakers. Garden and Garden Club gatherings, Junior Scout activities, and bridge and literary club programs planned. Birthdays noted for several members. reservations and regrets requested for LY 3-4536.
The Plains Methodist Church Adult Fellowship Class met at Beatrice Smith's home with Gaynelle Graham leading devotions. They will prepare an Easter basket for a needy family and sell pepper and vanilla to buy a class percolator. A nominating committee was named for next year and a rummage sale is planned for April.
The National Association of Letter Carriers Auxiliary 520 meets at Mrs. Ernest Midkiff home. Mrs. David Spencer is initiated. A Lincoln and Washington readings program is presented. Next meeting set for March 21 at 7 30 pm at Mrs. Ronald Gilmore Mulligan Road.
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