Hospital Patients Are Shoppers at Pontiac State Hospital
At Pontiac State Hospital women patients shopped for clothes in a temporary in-house store set up with loaned dresses and undergarments. Willie DuBose led the effort with six store staff helping patients choose, measure, and place orders for delivery. Dr. Donald W. Martin calls the program personal purchase therapy, noting its value in patient satisfaction and economic awareness.
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DuBose
Donald W. Martin
Seamstress-Cyclist Diane Whitacre Combines Roles in Athens
Mrs. Diane Whitacre of Athens is a part time seamstress and full time mother who also enjoys motorcycling about town. She spends about 20 hours weekly sewing and altering for Athens women and recently taught 15 girls to sew at her home for ten weeks. Her husband Steven is an Ohio University architecture professor and they live with their two children.
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Diane Whitacre
Athens
Steven
Ohio University
Sunnyside Drive
David
Eva
Groveport High School
Columbus
Engagement announced for Jaime Pem berton and Nathan W Robe
Mr and Mrs James R Pem berton of Willard announce the engagement of their daughter Jaime to Nathan W Robe son of Mr T S Robe of Athens and the late Mrs Mary Alice Robe The bride elect a Willard High School and Columbus Technical Institute graduate will graduate in June Robe an Athens High School graduate and Ohio University attendee after Navy service is currently a Columbus Technical Institute student An open church ceremony is planned for July 6 at First United Methodist Church Willard
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Jaime
Nathan W. Robe
T. S. Robe
Athens
Mary Alice Robe
Willard High School
Columbus Technical Institute
Robe
Ohio University
First United Methodist Church of
Willard
Nuptials Set For Saturday In Nelsonville Church
Mrs Freida Wallett of Nelsonville announces the marriage of her daughter Joan Charlene to Lex Lee Wallett son of Mr and Mrs Raymond Wallett Union Furnace. The ceremony will be May 18 at 730 PM in First Presbyterian Church Nelsonville with a reception at the Hoch home. Judy Hallett will be hostess. The bride to be is a 1964 York Local High School graduate and the groom a 1963 Union Furnace High School graduate.
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Freida Wallett
Poplar St
Nelsonville
Joan Charlene
Lex Lee Wallett
Raymond Wallett
Union Furnace
First Presbyterian Church
Garrett Hoch
Judy Hallett
York Local
Wallett
Union Furnace High School
Trustees Academy Wives Attend OU Events in Athens
Wives of Ohio University trustees will be entertained this weekend as their husbands attend business and social gatherings in Athens. They will join receptions, a dinner, a coffee hour, and a University Theater presentation at The Ohio University Inn with a Saturday dining event at Nelson Commons.
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Ohio University Trustees Academy
Athens
Vernon Alden
Ohio University Inn
Academy
Nelson Commons
East Green
Rhubarb Conserve Variations From Local Recipes
A home kitchen note presents two rhubarb conserve recipes from Mrs Frances Bellamy and Mrs Lowell Patterson. Ingredients include rhubarb sugar vinegar oranges raisins and walnuts with instructions to sterilize jars and seal while hot. The second recipe adds a lighter batch using lemon and orange zest and cinnamon stick with similar cooking and canning steps.
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Marian Reeder
Frances Bellamy
Long Bottom
Lowell Patterson
Athens
Former Superintendent to Address Albany Alumni Banquet
Chester Enlow, Albany superintendent in the 1940s, will speak at the Albany Alumni Banquet. Reunions for the 1918 1943 1948 and 1958 classes are planned. Marvin Queen and his Bluegrass Rambl ers provide music. Serving starts 6 15 p.m. Reservation deadline May 25.
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Albany
Chester Enlow
Marvin Queen
Bluegrass Ramblers
Area Garden Club Session Planned by Region 11
The Region 11 Ohio Garden Clubs spring meeting is set for Saturday May 25 at Pomeroy Elementary School 260 Mulberry Ave Pomeroy The program includes a coffee hour from 9 to 10 a.m a business session 10 to 12 noon a flower arranging demonstration at 1 p.m by Irene Jackson of Ewington with many awards Reservations arrive to Mrs Joe Struble Mulberry Heights Pomeroy Route 1 by May 20.
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Region 11
Ohio Garden Clubs
Pomeroy
Mulberry Ave
Charles C. Lewis
Irene Jackson
Ewington
Joe Struble
Mulberry Heights
Heloise hints protect wallpaper and home items
Practical tips include plastic wall runners to shield bathroom wallpaper, cautionary warns about using plastic containers for solvents, plus ideas for babysitting treats, snoring humor, and using long plastic bags as shoe containers in packing.
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Heloise
A. D. Mellon
Dear Abby column about in-law and romance conflicts
A mother resents a pushy former college sweetheart pressuring her son to marry. Abby counsels realism about the woman's behavior and notes the mother is not merely narrow minded. A new mother also asks how to handle an in law who claims the baby resembles her husband.
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Abigail van Buren
Abby
Plains Entre Nous Club Elects New Officers
The Plains Entre Nous Club met at Mrs. Gerald Beckley’s home. Newly elected officers are Mrs. Karl Reinhardt president, Mrs. Fred McKibben vice president, Mrs. Beckley secretary, Mrs. Gerald Inbody treasurer, Mrs. Michael Totman news reporter, Mrs. John Shrieves phone chairman, and Mrs. Robert Roberts card chairman. Birthdays for Mrs. McKibben, Beckley, and Totman were celebrated. Games were won by Mrs. Floyd Book, Totman, and Beckley. Hostess gift went to Mrs. Thomas Talbert.
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Plains Entre Nous Club
Gerald Beckley
Karl Reinhardt
Fred McKibben
Beckley
Gerald Inbody
Michael Totman
John Shrieves
Robert Roberts
Floyd Book
Totman
Thomas Talbert
Tummy Ache Divides Canada From the U S in 1775
A revived historical note claims a belly ache briefly halted the American Revolution from spreading to Canada. The text links epidemics of dysentery to the retreat of American colonists from Quebec, suggesting Canada might have joined the United States. It also promotes Medical Center Pharmacy in Athens with contact details.
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Canada
Quebec
Visit Medical Center
Athens Medical Bl
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