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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1971
Page
8
A humorous essay from The Athens Messenger to The Washington Post mocks the 1960s counterculture by celebrating the comforts of home. It playfully contrasts dorm life and shared apartments with an idealized HOME refrigerator, ironing board, and stovetop, ending with a cheerful plea, Goodbye, I'm going HOME.
Dear Abby columns discuss a Finnish couple hosting a Japanese girl after a kiss at departure and advise on cultural boundaries. The letter from Sandy details abuse, financial strain, and pregnancy while seeking guidance about leaving an unsupportive husband. Abby urges Sandy to leave before her sanity and youth are lost.
Athens County teachers association hosted a meeting on Social Security and its effects with speakers from Marietta. The event drew 51 attendees at Trimble Township Elementary School. Athens Junior Music Club met at Music Hall to chart the year’s activities and performances.
Flow Alval and Mr and Mrs Wilfred Scurlock announce the birth of a son, David Christopher, on September 14 at O'Bleness Memorial Hospital in Athens. The couple also have five other children, Wilfred Jr, Sherri Lynn, Brenda Lou, Jerry Wayne and Debbie Sue, with grandparents C. C. Brooks of Athens.
The Associated Press notes Joan Baez on nonviolence as a deep process of building. Peggy Reiff, an engineer with Toledo Board of Pollution Control, observes that women may face fewer tempers and insults ordering corrections from male colleagues.
Dr and Mrs Gerald L Crane and daughter Shelley of Ft Myers Fla visiting Mr and Mrs Charles Minelli at 14 McGuffey Lane Mrs Crane former Charleen Minelli a graduate of Athens High School and Ohio University Rainbow Girls sponsor rummage sale Saturday 8 am to 1 pm at the Armory call 5933671 or 7974432 for pick up
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