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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Oct 01, 1968

Page

6

Education Pioneer Lillian Knudson Taught, Led Missouri Schools

Mrs. Lillian Knudson reversed the usual order by entering education at 17 to teach in a rural school before earning her degree through correspondence and extension courses. She later served as a county superintendent in Missouri and, though retired, continues substitute teaching and engaging with children. She and her late husband designed their home, and she pursues art, needlework, and antique furnishing. She attends First Presbyterian Church and participates in PEO Higley Study Club and Kappa Delta Pi.

Lillian Knudson Missouri Ray Knudson U. S. Forest Athens Glen Donna Richard Carlson Downey Calif Lillian First Presbyterian Church Sunday School and Women’s Association PEO Higley Study Club Kappa Delta Pi Education Honorary

Favorite Kartoffel Puffer Recipe From Marian Reeder

A reader asks for German recipes and gets Kartoffel Puffer instructions with potatoes, onion, eggs, flour and nutmeg. The note suggests serving with Sauerbraten and mentions a potential German Apple Pancake recipe, plus a patient update for Vernon Castle in Clarksburg VA.

Marian Reeder Grinaer The Athens Messenger Vernon Castle Guysville Veterans Administration Hospital Clarksburg W. Va

Dearest Folks Finds Uses for Fancy Cologne Bottles

A reader shares a personal discovery that decorative spray cologne bottles with gold filigree and a gold top can be repurposed as candleholders and covers once the fragrance is finished. The note highlights the bottle's beauty and practical reuse.

Bottles Turned Into Candleholders and Kitchen Tips

A reader explains converting bottles into candleholders by removing gold filigree and using a cut bottle top as a holder. Step by step, warm soapy water loosens plastic rings, then filigree is slid off and fitted over a dies holder. Also includes a tube cake pan liner technique and practical household hints for trays and sweeping stairs.

Heloise Helen Valentic

Club News: Local Women Form Mothersingers and Pi Beta Phi AlumnaeUpdates

Mothersingers elected Mrs. John Shrieves president at a Beechwood Estates home with officers including Mrs. Chester Sininger and Mrs. Robert Yaw. Prospective members urged to attend Oct 8 at East Side School. Pi Beta Phi Alumnae welcomed two new members, Ron Curtis and Frances Hatch, with reports on a summer workshop and an annual House Corporation meeting. McBee Quarter Century Club held a potluck picnic for 40 members and guests at Hocking Valley Sportsman Assn.

Mothersingers Orville Weissman John Shrieves Hubert Wilhelm Beechwood Estates Chester Sininger Robert Yaw Shrieves East Side School Pi Beta Phi William Roberts Ron Curtis Frances Hatch E. A. Sprague Pi Phi House Corporation Clifford Heffelfinger Robert Will Jr Douglas Devold McBee Quarter Century Club Hocking Valley Sportsman Assn Quarter Century Club McBee Systems

FHA Elects New Officers in Athens Chapter Tea

New girls of the Athens Chapter of FHA were honored at a tea. Officers named for the year include Susie Whiteside president Wilma Mansfield vice president Kathy Brookins secretary Loretta Woodrum treasurer Grace Miller historian and news representative Stephanie Morris and Jane Williamson awards chairman Christy Wallace social chairman.

Athens FHA Susie Whiteside Wilma Mansfield Kathy Brookins Loretta Woodrum Grace Miller Stephanie Morris Jane Williamson Christy Wallace

Local Birth Announcements Include Five New Babies

Mr and Mrs Paul Prottengier of Solon announce daughter Terri Marie born Sept 20 at Mt Carmel Hospital Columbus. Grandparents Jesse Lake West Jefferson Alfred C Prottengier Solon. Mrs Prottengier formerly Karen Gregg niece of Mrs Leo Kennedy Sr Middleport. Lt and Mrs Dix Tewksbury report daughter Michelle Lynn born Sept 19 at Ft Sill Oklahoma. Joe Parsons St Marys West Virginia announce son Greg Allen born Sept 9 Shelby General Hospital Marietta.

Paul Prottengier Solon Terri Marie Mt. Carmel Hospital Columbus Jesse Lake West Jefferson Alfred C. Prottengier Prottengier Karen Gregg Leo Kennedy Sr Middleport Dix Tewksbury Michelle Lynn Ft. Sill Okla Lt. Tewksbury Glenn Tewksbury Albany Joan Larson Minnesota Joe Parsons St. Marys W. Va Greg Allen Shelby General Hospital Marietta Hubert Steel W. D. Parsons Syracuse Alva Cross Steel J. C. Parsons Pt Pleasant

Dear Abby Column Questions Love and Fidelity

Readers seek guidance on infidelity and choosing a spouse. Abigail Van Buren advises confessing the mistake and seeking forgiveness, while cautioning that love may grow with a stable partner and warning against marrying for passion alone.

Confidence and self regard in personal worries

A brief note advising self confidence over others' opinions. It asks the reader to mail a personal reply to Abby at Box 69700 Los Angeles California 90069 with a stamped self addressed envelope. The fragment ends with a postal instruction and a stray date-like string.

Abby Los Angeles Cal

Denver Gooding Heads to Cleveland Clinic for Surgery

Denver Gooding undergoes open heart surgery at the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland. The plan is for a detailed medical procedure followed by recovery under staff supervision.

Denver Gooding Cleveland Clinic

Dinner honors local couples and travelers at Higley study circle

Floyd Clark Mrs Arthur Enlow and Richard Baughman were feted at a dinner by Mrs E M Baughman for birthdays. Attendees included Mr and Mrs Floyd Clark Cleveland Capt and Mrs Barry Schmitt Germany Mr and Mrs Arthur Enlow Richard and Wendell Baughman Rose Holliday Margery Gold and Mr and Mrs Jack Murdock Lancaster. Mrs Baughman recently returned from Europe with Germany visits and travel in eight other countries. A slide show of European travel will be shown by Mrs W W Patton at 2 p.m. Wednesday at her Higley Study Circle meeting.

Floyd Clark Arthur Enlow Richard Baughman E. M. Baughman Cleveland Barry Schmitt Germany Richard Wendell Baughman Rose Holliday Margery Gold Jack Murdock Lancaster Europe W. W. Patton Higley Study Circle

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