Apple Butter Tradition Keeps Werner Family Busy
Floyd and Velma Werner of Millfield, with daughter Genevieve Tom, spend two days making apple butter in a copper kettle. Preparation includes four apple varieties, grape juice, and careful tasting by volunteers. Velma plans to keep canning for winters as she works for Athens families and enjoys biscuits with Velma’s butter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Werner
Floyd
Cotton
Velma Wemer
Millfield
Genevieve Tom
Union
Velma
Hermother
Alice Powell
Joe Keirns
Mary Simpkins
Mary
Athens
Genevieve
Vers Rheads
Gahanna
Aldrene Lewis
Columbus
Floyd Jr
Canal Winchester
Donna Sue Mathews
Corning
Hugh
Pleasantville
Verain Werner Hicker
Neier Mary Simpkins
Four year old delivers papers in Point Pleasant
Paula Denise Simpkins, 4, may be the world’s youngest newspaper carrier. On a 60 mile Messenger route she folds and places papers in rural boxes, rides with her mother, and helps distribute to carriers in Point Pleasant. She handles the routine with energy, even on Saturdays, while her brother prefers playing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Hyre Point
Point Pleasant
Paula Denise Simpkins
Paula
Billy Simpkins
Camp Conley
Pomeroy
Billy
Katie
VanMeter
West Columbia
Van‘Meter
Pauls
Messenger
Point ‘Pheasant
Dear Abby Advice Columns on Family Secrets and Conversation
A reader shares a family secret about a college son fathering a child and asks if she should tell her husband. Abby advises against disclosure, citing regret, and urges kindness and silence. Additional letters describe a teen habit of leaving dinner to sit in a car and a wife seeking more communication with her busy husband. Abby suggests engaging the son in conversation to reduce rudeness and improve connection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abigail van Buren
Abby
David
Doll Tea to dress dolls for welfare children Athens
Salvation Army in Athens hosts a December 5 Doll Tea to judge dressed dolls in adult and girl categories. Eight dozen 15 inch dolls and four dozen 14 inch baby dolls will be distributed to clubs and individuals for Christmas giving to welfare children. Captain Nancy Mangum invites entries by December 1, with contact at 92 W. Union St or 93-7602. Previous winners included Mrs. Herbert Davis, Mrs. Charles Brient, Linda Ray, and Sharon Latz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Salvation Army
Nancy Mangum
Captain Mangum
Union St
Herbert Davis
W. Washington St
Charles Brient
Second St
Linda Ray
Nelsonville-York High School
Sharon Latz
Boyd Ave
Also Mentioned on This Page
Marjonie
Hott
Dean
the Messenger
Ohio
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