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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1965
Page
6
A washing survey shows 78 percent of women do five or more laundry loads weekly and 31 percent do over ten. It recommends ceramic tile for laundry rooms due to its impervious surface and easy cleaning, noting over 250 color options and various shapes.
Over 150 PTA council representatives from across Ohio attended a March conference in Columbus sponsored by the Ohio Congress of Parents and Teachers. Delegates heard from state education leaders and discussed needs of Ohio's children to inform local PTA members.
Brenda Ruth was named winner of the Daughters of the American Revolution scholarship test taken at Shade High School in December. She ranks in the top five percent of her graduating class and will begin at Ohio University in September 1965. Her activities include cheerleader Beta Club Future Homemakers of America and class officer. She also belongs to Lodi Grange and Athens Western Riding Club.
District Eight of the Ohio Federation of Women's Clubs met in Nelsonville for legislation day activities. A style show with models from Southern Ohio opened the event followed by speeches on four proposed state constitutional amendments for the May ballot. George Compton spoke on Nursing Home Regulations, detailing legislative proposals and pros and cons.
A fashion show titled Fashion Game will be held tonight at the Junior Fair Building in Athens in collaboration with area 4 H clubs. The event features spring sewing fashions for high school girls with models including Ginger Potts Becky Inman Nicki Sue Grueser Vicki Brooks Debbie Jones Bennita Conner Cathy Smith Janet Crossen Carol Cunningham Sharon Guinn Susan Ackerman Sarah Berry Becky Davis Betty Davis Becky Linton Linda Sue Richardson Joan Powell Diane Powell Shirley Jones Sharon McClellan Marilyn Wolfe Pam Bainey Bernita Cagg Diane McCanahan Cindy Dailey Norma Mansfield and others from Athens Coolville Amesville The Plains Shade Nelsonville and Guysville. Escorts are Bill Letty Steve Phillips Dick Berry and Jay Bratton with commentators Mary Virginia Harner Harriett Ervin.
Miss Holly Hecht joined Delta Lambda Chapter on the Miami University campus in Oxford on March 6. Her mother’s initiation into Kappa Kappa Gamma occurred exactly 27 years earlier at Ohio Wesleyan. Family members attended the Oxford ceremony and a separate 76th birthday dinner for Walter Dicken in New Marshfield.
DAR hosts 2 p.m. gathering with Mrs. Martin Hecht as hostess. Albany Grange at 8 p.m. confers first and second degrees by visitors. Members bringing fruit salad. Trimble Grange at 8 p.m. with Athens Grange as visitors and a program planned.
Initiation of two new members Eugenia Kresge and Marion Wood took place at First Methodist Church with Miss Mollie Jackson presiding. Dinner served beforehand by church ladies. Founders Day dinner planned for April 21 at Nelsonville with SP ship committee. RECORD HOP by Lucky Leaf 4H club at Athens Recreation Center from 7 to 11 with The Decades providing music.
In a letter to Heloise, a mother vents frustration over teens wearing maroon and navy blue. Heloise recommends starching while fabrics are wet to prevent spots, suggests spray starch on the fabric's wrong side, and notes hot water softens fibers. Starch should be absorbed into wet fibers to last longer.
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