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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1968
Page
8
Dear Heloise suggests repurposing metal garters as coat hooks for children. Remove elastic and button portion, sew to back label of coat, providing an easy hanger solution at school. Mothers thank educators for patience and guidance.
Springfield Missouri Mrs H Meyers says Preparation H has helped her, calling it a blessing after switching from another product. Doctors have proven the formula shrinks inflamed hemorrhoids, relieves pain burning and itching, reduces swelling, and lubricates for comfortable bowel movements in ointment or suppository form.
A reader asks if a man can both complain and propose a remedy about checkout lines at supermarkets. He notes many customers pay by check and suggests filling store name, date, and amount ahead of time to speed the process. He wishes to include all customers, not just women.
A retro recipe suggests using fresh sweet potatoes with crushed pineapple lemon and orange slices and shredded coconut. Layer fruit with sweet potatoes bake at 375 for 30 minutes until hot and bubbly yielding 8 to 10 servings.
Margot Thode of Lakeview Manor explains she is collecting American experiences through photography reading cookbooks and a fall painting class at Ohio University. She moved from Aruba with husband Juliano on an American oil company scholarship and is raising Susie and Winchi while enjoying outdoor life and swimming.
A 44 year old bachelor seeks advice about a aggressive divorced neighbor who floods him with Nixon material and offers help, while he hides to avoid contact. Abby jokes about remarriage after divorce and ends with a quip about a four year old asking for sex appeal and a TV donut mishap.
Mr and Mrs Gerald R Douglas will be honored by their children on their silver wedding anniversary with an open house from 2 to 5 p m Sunday at the Douglas home on Baum's Addition near Chester Pomeroy Route 5. They married October 19 1943 in Syracuse by Rev George Henderson Their children are Gay Ann Burke Richard Keith and Barbara Jean.
A 10 year old asks for company, mother resists pets and siblings. The columnist suggests composing a written agreement promising to walk, feed, and relieve parental burden, then signing it to persuade.
U S Sen Jennings Randolph addressed 400 attendees at a Mason County Democratic dinner dance in Point Pleasant at the National Guard armory. He urged renewed focus on noninterstate arterial roads and proposed a 70 percent federal to 30 percent state match for ABC system corridors including U S routes and West Virginia highways. He noted funding strains and highlighted a 350 million road bond issue on the November ballot. The event featured Rev Wilbur Baxter prayer, with Gov Hulett Smith aide Paul Crabtree hosting and a slate of county and state candidates announced.
State Sen. Velmer Knapp says a bid to include West Virginia Route 2 in the bond issue for road improvements was defeated. He urged rebuilding Route 2 through Point Pleasant to prevent economic decline and loss of trade, arguing highways and secondary roads need as much attention as interstates.
List of newborns and parents connected to Holzer Hospital including Gerald Eblin in Middleport and numerous mothers from Wellston Gallipolis Point Pleasant Bidwell and surrounding areas. Names cited include Barbara Hood Elizabeth Deal Lydia Duerr and Kimberly Wren among others with multiple families referenced.
Pleasant Valley Hospital notes list multiple patients by name and hometown. Discharged names include Mrs Jimmy King Mrs Liddie Casto Gary Conley Eugene Davis David Robinson and Mrs Sidney Durst Eddie McDermitt Kenneth Kearns.
Mary Sue Wineman an 11 year old girl living at 247 N Harper St was struck by a car near Highlander Laundromat on Canal Street around 740 pm Sunday. She suffered a cut to the left thigh abrasions and bruises and was treated at Mount St Mary Hospital then admitted for observation. The driver James Ernest Rees 40 of 7 N Congress St Athens was traveling within the 35 mph limit. witnesses say the girl ran from a dark area into the street. Fern Rees accompanied him. The Wineman family had been at the laundromat.
NELSONVILLE The disposal diaper, a boon to parents, clogs sanitary sewers unavoidable as the outer plastic cover resists dissolution. Safety director Dale Wharton notes motorized augurs clear mains but are damaged by the material. Mayor Earl Hilleary urges citizens not to flush diapers and warns of enforcement if cooperation fails as street repairs are planned before bad weather.
Hocking Valley Community Hospital lists births in Logan and surrounding areas. The Bell couple, Logan, welcome a daughter. Peters family, South Bloomingville, greet a daughter. Various locals including Krannitz Fleming Clark Carmean Holcomb McGlaughlin Bungard Miller Jurgensmeier Starner Insani and Bush are noted among admissions.
Mount St Mary Hospital reports birth notices including Arvil Miller of Glouster and a daughter, with additional newborns and parent details listed from Athens, Nelsonville, New Straitsville, and nearby towns. Multiple families named alongside names of grandparents and spouses appear in the hospital notes.
City police patrol the area around the junior and senior high schools during lunch to curb littering and protect students. Complaints say students cross streets in ways inviting motorists to speed. Officers aim to discourage crossings and prevent vandalism reported at the nearby cemetery.
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