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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Mar 26, 1971

Page

8

Speaking of Women Must Work For Change

Mrs. Judy Schaefer of Mill Street Acts advocates active social change at community and national levels. A nurse at Athens Mental Health Center and member of Women’s Information Group and Another Mother For Peace, she urges universal education reform and mandatory free schooling plus sex education and drug abuse courses in all schools. She stresses listening to youth and insists every person must work for change to avert civilization’s peril.

Judy Schaefer Mill St. Acts Schaefer Athens Mental Health Center Jon Ohio U

Local Girl Scouts Offer Extra Cookie Boxes On Court St

Girl Scouts announce they have ordered extra boxes of this year’s varieties and will station at Court St and the Plaza Shop ping Center on Saturday April 3. The group also releases recipes using the cookies including a chocolate cream ice box cake requiring heavy cream sugar cocoa mix vanilla salt.

Court St Plaza Shopping Center

Minted Desserts and Mocha Roll from The Athens Messenger

Mixed cocoa cream used to fill cookies then rolled and chilled, sliced for service. Mocha Roll adds instant coffee to the cream and serves with chocolate sauce. Minted Brownie Pie combines crumbled cookies and nuts in a 9 inch pie with whipped cream and shaved chocolate curls, chilling before serving. Mint Ice Cream layers mint chunks with condensed milk and whipped cream, folding mint crumbs into the ice cream for a cold treat.

Banana Bread with Brown Sugar Coconut Topping

Marian Reeder and Maxine Nibert share a Banana Bread recipe from Letart West Virginia. The batter blends butter, sugar, eggs, flour, soda, salt, and ripe bananas with optional walnuts then bakes, topped with a coconut brown sugar mixture finishing in the oven.

Marian Reeder Maxine Nibert Letart W. Va Route 2

Heloise tips with straws and cups in homemaking hints

Readers share practical hints from Heloise columns. A straw guides heavy drawstrings in ditty bags, grease pan with melted shortening, using cups to store ice for chewing, a washer vibration tip, a chain and pins for hanging items, and vanilla in tea to soften bitterness.

Heloise

Dr Myers Advice on Setting Pleasant Mealtime Environment

The article argues mothers should control their emotions to prevent mealtime battles and encourage healthy appetites in infants. It advises introducing solid foods gradually, letting children self feed, and ending meals when the child loses interest. It cautions against coercion and suggests patience, small portions, and individual pacing.

Season by season home accessories personalize room style

Home decor emphasizes adding accents even when major furnishings stay. Accent pieces like plush floor pillows and pedestal tables refresh a room. Mix contrasts such as modern lamps with traditional furniture and wall art to dramatize traditional settings.

North American Benefit Association Meeting Report

The North American Benefit Association gathered at Mrs. Charles Farrow’s home. Program chair Mrs. Edward Mizicko urged beautifying properties and litter control. Easter poems, bulb displays, and a memorial service followed registration.

North American Benefit Association Charles Farrow Edward Mizicko Guy Spaulding Florence Fielder Spaulding Chauncey

Mrs Sallie McKnight Pillow 88th Birthday Dinner

Mrs. Sallie McKnight Pillow was honored at an 88th birthday potluck dinner hosted by her son and daughter in law Wilbert and wife in Amesville. Attendees included many families from Colum­bus Coolville Albany The Plains Parkersburg Athens and Amesville with numerous McKnight relatives.

Sallie McKnight Wilbert McKnight Amesville Harold Gillispie Joe Downin Steven Richard of Columbus Clarence McKnight Sam Davis Edward Ashcraft Coolville James Ferguson Richard Bellar Robert LeeAnn Albany Tim Fulks Pam Ricky Randy Judy the Plains

Enriched Food Labels Teach Benefits of Enriched Products

The notice explains that enriched foods are intended for all consumers, not those on special diets. It argues that enriched products add vitamins and minerals to a family’s diet, guiding homemakers to choose enriched options whenever available.

Local Birth Announcements From Middleport and Nearby Towns

Mr and Mrs Tom Woods of Middleport announce Melissa Lynn first child born March 15 at Holzer Medical Center Gallipolis. Grandparents Keith Woods Joe Wolfe and Ross Stewart Mabel Herrick among others. Sigman serving in Vietnam. Lance Gregory Hatch born March 22 Mt Carmel Hospital Columbus. David H Jr and family also listed with extended relatives.

Tom Woods Middleport Melissa Lynn Holzer Medical Center Gallipolis Keith Woods Joe Wolfe Ross Stewart Minersville Raymond Blosser Edgar Wolfe Mabel Herrick California David Sigman Letart W. Va Route 1 David H. Jr Pleasant Valley Hospital Point Pleasant Thomas Fields Leora Sigman Elmer Fields Hartford O. H. Bardin Coolville Sigman Vietnam U.S Ronald C. Hatch Veronica Baker Columbus Lance Gregory Mt. Carmel Hospital

Nuptial Plans Announced For Sheila Rypma and James Ihle

The April 3 wedding of Miss Sheila Jean Rypma daughter of Dr and Mrs R B Rypma of Athens to James N Ihle will be at Richland United Methodist Church. The vows will be exchanged in an open church service at six oclock with Rev Don Saum officiating.

Sheila Jean Rypma R. B. Rypma Athens James N. Ihle Richland United Methodist Church Don Saum

Debt Free Married Life Dilemma And Advice

Dear Abby column excerpt discusses relationships and finance from a debt constrained groom to be, advising marriage now may supersede debt concerns. Additional letters address compliments, perfectionism in marriage, and rings affecting social perception, with Abby's practical guidance across multiple scenarios.

Tuppers Plains Garage Sale Sponsored by Community Club

The Tuppers Plains Community Club sponsors a garage sale at the Headleys home from 10 a.m. to 5 30 p.m. Saturday. Lunch will be served at the Tuppers Plains Methodist Church Annex.

Tuppers Plains

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Speaking the Athens Messenger Maxine Sally Josephine Sambassi Mary Louise DR. Myers Garry C. Myers Food Giant Supermarket ASST State Sun Club News Alpha Tau Pete Clark Charles Gwinn Sigma Phi Gamma Psi Chapter Logan Anaheim Calif Virgil G. Baker Paul C. Hatch Guysville W. R. Brookins Medina Mattie Hatch John J. Lavelle Earl F. Mathews Insurance N. Court ST Athens, Ohio Abby Abigail van Buren Myra Frank Lisa Los Angeles Cal West Union Street
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