Girl Scout Troop 156 Active with Campouts and Plays
Junior and Brownie Girl Scouts of Troop 156 led by Mrs. Redlich and Mrs. Fraze pursue self reliance through annual camping experiences including a fall farm weekend. They plan a spring trip to Camp Sandy Bend and produced a hospital play at O Death Memorial Hospital, plus a court of awards.
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Robert Redlich
Lonny Fraze
Sandy Bend
Elizabeth
W. Va
O’bleness Memorial Hospital
Oliver
Berean Players
Nelsonville
Brownie Troop 6 Seeks Outdoor, Arts, and Service Experiences
The Athens Messenger reports Brownie Troop 6 led by Virginia Woolley and Cynthia Wang plans activities this spring. Girls learn folk and square dancing, view a birds film at the Natural Resources Building, identify birds at Dow Lake, and tour McDonald's to study food prep. They earned Young Chef certificates after four weeks at the Electric Company under Mrs. Sally Blacky, with three sessions cooking. They prepare a mothers tea with manners and buffet service, learn nutrition and safety, and will gain Camp Rotan camping experience when weather allows. Their community project is a knitted lap robe for Kimes Convalescent Center, with over 100 knitted squares. Shelly Croci joins as a new troop member.
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Virginia Woolley
Cynthia Wang
Natural Resources Building
Dow Lake
Brownie Troop 6
The
Electric Company
Sally Blacky
Kimes Convalescent Center
Shelly Croci
ERA Vote Set in Ohio House March 28
A vote on the Equal Rights Amendment in the Ohio House is set for March 28. Hearings at the Statehouse drew overflow crowds of women for four weeks, after the resolution was reported out of the House State Government Committee.
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Columbus
U. S
Ohio House
Statehouse
House
State Government Committee
Nebraska rescinds ERA ratification after heated hearing
Lincoln Nebraska lawmakers vote 31 to 17 to withdraw Nebraska’s earlier ERA ratification amid legal questions. Sen Richard Proud of Omaha sponsored the repealer after a large public hearing drew about 1000 people. A kill motion failed 29 to 18 before passage.
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Lincoln
Neb
Nebraska
U.S
Hawaii
Richard Proud
Omaha
Hints From Heloise on Washing Shower Curtains
Readers learn a home tip to wash shower curtains in a washing machine with warm water two towels and equal parts detergent and bleach, then rinse with plain warm water and vinegar. Skip bleach for colored curtains and do not spin dry to avoid wrinkles.
Dear Abby advises on stretch marks and family trouble
Abigial Van Buren answers a teen mother about concealing past adoptions and pregnancy while seeking marriage. A plastic surgeon may remove stretch marks, and she should focus on self care. Other letters urge mental health evaluation for a troubled teen and navigating dating as a widow with a young daughter.
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Abigail van Buren
Abby
Learning Disabilities Discussed At PTA Meet East Elementary
East Elementary PTA met to showcase a program aiding educationally handicapped children with perceptual and hearing difficulties. Speaker Elizabeth Elmore demonstrated slides on causes like double vision and noise sensitivity and explained a posturing back support with a mirror and plexiglass shield to help focus learning. The meeting also elected officers with Dr. Ted Foster as president and listed citywide delegates and alternates.
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East Elementary
PTA
Elizabeth Elmore
Favorite Recipe from Civil War Era Shared by Mrs Shively
Marian Reeder presents a Civil War era recipe by Mrs Max E Shively for Brown Sugar Pie with cream custard and baked shell. The note describes historical oven temperatures and suggests adding sherry to creamed fish for flavor. Readers can submit family recipes for Phyllis Shirley's planned cookbook.
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Max E. Shively
Ohio University
Phyllis Shirley
Mill St
Athens
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West Elementary School
the Athens Messenger
McDonald's
Camp Rotan
Dan Dry
Bonalmond Joy
Heloise
Clayton Morgan
Louise Jargstorff
Heartsick
County Child Wefare Department
Seaman's Super Foods
Thens, Ohio
Iga
Ted Foster
Jack Ellis
Betty Hollow
Mary Kaye Jordan
Jo Rider
Jeannie Nuzum
Marcia Dalen
Margaret Trisolini
Barbara Ley
Lenore Burns
By Marian Reeder
Hoffman’s
Athens County
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