Dear Abby Advice Column Highlights
A 66 year old widower seeks a 250 to 300 pound partner. Abby notes no club exists for large women and suggests broad openness. A reader born in Europe jokes about needing one head. A woman asks if she should reveal her true age before marriage. Abby advises telling now. A letter about manicured beards prompts a light exchange with Abby and a note on sending responses.
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Abby
California
Europe
Born
John
How to Grow and Cure Kosher Dill Pickles at Home
Myth Kacie shares a tested home recipe pitched by Mrs. Harold McGrath at 105 Hooper St. Readers are urged to plant dill now for pickle season, with a step by step curing method using garlic, water, salt, white vinegar, alum, and dill. The note also recalls Maria Jester Monroe's 1920 White House wedding to Samuel Gouverneur, president James Monroe's secretary.
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Harold McGrath
Hooper St
Mae
White House
Maria Jester Monroe
Samuel Gouverneur
James Monroe
Hints From Heloise on Vienna Sausage Method
A reader asks test method for Vienna sausage. Refrigerate a can for days or weeks until the juice congeals into a solid. Open both ends and push out the contents in one lump rather than separate sausages.
Breast cancer trials test multi drug regimens at NIH
Medical scientists at the National Cancer Institute and other centers begin early trials using simultaneous four drug combinations to treat advanced breast cancer. The approach, inspired by Hodgkin’s disease therapies, seeks to improve survival and determine optimal dosing and schedules.
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L.A
National Cancer Institute
Bethesda
Richard G. Cooper
Buffalo
Devita
Flower shaped sausage salad tip and kitchen hacks
Readers share culinary ideas from Heloise style notes. A flower shaped sausage garnish idea warns it cannot be heated due to congealed jelly. Tips include packing brown sugar with a potato masher and using a bottle cap to apply nail polish remover efficiently.
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Dale Rogers
Heloise
Ruth Nelson
Birth announcements from Nelsonville and California families
Medical notices announce the May 1 birth of James Bernard II in Mount St. Mary Hospital to Mr. and Mrs. J. Jacobs of Nelsonville with grandparents and great grandparents named. Another birth lists Michelle Lowry born April 26 to Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Wyckoff of La Mirada Calif with three older children and Athens area grandparents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Barney Jacobs
Nelsonville
James Bernard II
Mount St. Mary Hospital
Harold Koker
Barney Jacobs
Mary Morris
Glouster
Mary Jacobs
Ronald Wyckoff
la Mirada
Calif
Michelle Lowry
Ronda
Suzanne
Ronald Jr
Irene Lowry
F. M. Wyckoff
Athens
Russell Lowry
The
Plains
Susie Lowry
Columbus
Martha Parsons of Logan balances family, work and service
Nelsonville native Martha Parsons wife of Jack Parsons lives in Logan with teens Ed and Jenny. She is a service rep for General Telephone Co president of the American Business Women's Association and Girl Scouts consultant. She bikes boats and picnics with her family and volunteers in Community Contact Program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack
Martha) Parsons
Logan
Jenny
The
General Telephone Co
American Business Women’s Association
Cliemc
Tansky’s
American Cancer Society
Nelsonville
Jack Parsons
Autome
Martha
Higley Study Circle Ends Year With Picnic And Awards
Dr and Mrs Woodrow Patton hosted the Higley Study Circle family picnic the final academic year meeting. A male chorus directed by Charles Minelli and mandolin by Leonard Ostlund performed. Mrs C E Atkinson and Mrs Ray Knudson won a guessing game using childhood photos.
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Woodrow Patton
Higley Study Circle
Charles Minelli
Leonard Ostlund
C. E. Atkinson
Ray Knudson
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Folks
the Athens Messenger
Claudine Rutter
Fort Lauderdale
Mediacal
John Adams
John Quincy Adams
Letter OF
Ann Wiseman
Wifey
Mister Milt
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Athens, O
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Tiger
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Club News
Mildred Henry
Henry
Mary Shafer
Mary Hope
Garnet McBride
Homer Gall
Brown
Mrs. Brown
Peggy Gorby
Evelyn Smathers
Southeastern Ohio Speech and Hearing Association
Linda
Collins
Athens County
Craig Parker
Gallipolis Schools
Pauline Lennon
Crooksville
Cindy Telage
Junior Circle CCL
Don Reed
Baker Center
Richard Shoemaker
Raymond Brooks
George Sasser
Lakewood High School
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Chestnut St
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