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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1968
Page
5
Dear Heloise shares a homemade method to warm cold sheets by foot kicks and arm movements, claiming friction generates heat. The note credits Uncle Oscar and a teenage nephew for the idea and mentions a camping trial verifying it works.
About 170 attend the Athens Chapter Order of the Eastern Star installation at the Masonic Temple. New officers include Mary Shull as worthy matron and Howard Shull as worthy patron with many associ ate officers and a reception following. Distinguished guests and an honor court attend, flowers presented, and refreshments served.
Mrs. Wilma Burns seeks reliable holiday candy recipes. The item provides a peanut brittle recipe with steps from the General Federation of Women’s Clubs cookbook and notes on hard crack stage. Also mentions Dr. Fred E. Luchs sailing as ship chaplain on the T S Bremen to the West Indies, returning December 14.
Mrs Steven Whitacre entertained friends at a fashion show of her creations in the Baker Center Faculty Lounge. The event featured Vogue Paris originals for holiday wear and travel, with Miss Ann Swardson modeling her wool outfit for a national contest.
Richard Rowe, lieutenant governor of Kiwanis Division 9, spoke at the Glouster club meeting in the Gordon Hotel. He praised Glouster Kiwanis cooperation in 1968 and outlined Kiwanis International’s Stand Up for Freedom Now theme. Local hosts Gallipolis Kiwanis arranged the program with college Circle K members Ted Williams Howard Hudson and Rick Litton performing welcomed vocal and instrumental numbers.
The Women of the Moose held a dinner with thirteen members present. Mary Watson and Dorothy Braglin won prizes. The next chapter night on December 4 will feature an Award of Achievement ceremony honoring senior regent Jean Jewell and her co workers. Also, Mr. and Mrs. C E Williams returned home after two weeks in Wooster with their son in law Tauno Lintella.
Louise J. Baxter, longtime food service manager at Ohio colleges, recalls serving as dietician at Ohio University and training tables at Ohio State University. She ran cafeterias at Howard Hall and led campus dining and athletic food services, including Muskingum and Wittenberg, noting 2800 daily meals at Nelson with 120 staff.
Recent visitors to Mrs. Alice Shumway include Mr. and Mrs. Phil Smith and family of Columbus. Mr and Mrs. Walter Staley and their son and daughter-in-law have returned from McGuire AFB New Jersey where they met Mrs. Staley's son Sgt Ronald Lauderback and family. Sergeant Lauderback has returned from Germany after three years. The Lauderbacks are visiting Mrs. Lauderback's parents Mr and Mrs Joe Wallace of Nelsonville. Sgt Lauderback will report to Fort Lewis Washington on January 19.
A pre Thanksgiving dinner hosted by Mrs. Lovel Brunton in Glouster drew many Brunton families from Heath Cambridge Reynoldsburg Westerville Glouster and Columbus plus friends. Norman West, Trimble Local PTO president, announced a December meeting date change to December 11 to accommodate Hollister building students Christmas program.
Members of the Lydia Circle of Pomeroy United Methodist Church and families met Monday for a potluck. Mrs. Ted Downey led a Thanksgiving program and children sang. They plan a December 8 Christmas Party with a $1 gift exchange at Kermit Walton's home.
Mr. and Mrs. William H. Allen of 14 Maplewood Drive marked their 50th wedding anniversary with a dinner hosted at son and daughter-in-law Dr. and Mrs. William H. Allen Jr. in Strouds Run. The couple, married November 11, 1918 in Grayson, Kentucky, have four other children and spent much of their married life in the Athens area.
The West Green Christmas Tree Lighting returns on December 4 at 7 00 p.m. on the West Green with Larry Simpkins delivering the welcome and Ohio University President Vernon R Alden lighting the tree and decorations. West Green dorm groups will sing carols and Santa Claus will attend along with Athens Children Home youngsters.
A reader laments visiting relatives who play cards constantly and asks how to handle the rude behavior. Abby advises the card players are rude for not limiting their game. Additional letters discuss a controlling husband, and a young actress pregnant by a much older producer seeking paternity proof via blood tests.
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