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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1969
Page
5
Heloise offers a DIY mask made from the tissue box’s oval snap-out piece. Cut eye holes and a V for the nose, add straps, and decorate with paint or lace. Simple, inexpensive, and fun for kids around Halloween.
A homemaking column shares tips to reduce shoulder strain from bread kneading using an adjustable ironing board setup. It also suggests dyeing white lace with ordinary food coloring to fix color, noting the dyed lace holds color well. Readers may send hints or questions but large mail volume limits individual replies.
Dear Abby letters discuss need for sex education in schools and homes. Contributors recount personal experiences, urging informed teaching, with praise for Keokuk Iowa program and calls for frank, respectful discussion in classrooms.
Miss Roberta Ann Trussell and John Buel Ride nour united in marriage at Chester Methodist Church in a candlelight double ring ceremony led by Rev. Freeland Norris. The bride wore nylon organza with a cathedral train and carried orchids. attendants included maid of honor Miss Sandra Trussell and bridesmaids Mrs. Janet Hoffman and Miss Cheryl Bentz. Best man James Ridenour and ushers Ken Caldwell Tup Pers Plains and Elmer Newell. A church reception followed. both hosts held local ties to Chester and nearby Parkersburg.
A reader writes after graduating high school about a nonrequired Family Life class. They argue for thorough, clean sex education as protection against trouble, asserting that students experiment to learn what they do not know and urging advocacy for sex education in Arizona.
Dear Abby notes Lawrence Indiana students from L C H S praise sex education in 7th grade. They describe films and a registered nurse answering questions during girls and boys sessions, covering reproduction venereal disease drugs pregnancy and alcohol. They call it the greatest thing that happened in their school.
A reader commends Dear Abby for advocating sex education in schools. She recalls early marriage at 18 and ignorance from lack of open discussion, arguing children should have questions answered honestly at home and that schools need a proper sex education program starting early.
Marian Reeder shares Lois Lemon Meringue Pie as a favorite recipe endorsed by Mrs. Robert Whealey, Athens branch president of the American Association of University Women. The article provides detailed steps for lemon filling and meringue, including ingredients, preparation, baking, and serving tips.
Louise Markin, a longtime waitress in Athens, enjoys meeting people and working with youth. Originally from Beaver, she moved to Portsmouth and then Athens with husband Virgil to settle in a small town住 lifestyle. They live at 21 Central Ave with son David in Columbus.
Mr and Mrs Roger Hayes announce the Oct 6 birth of a son named Jason Lee at Sheltering Arms Hospital. Grandparents are Pearl and Hayes of Shade and William and Mrs McClanahan of Athens. Ada Karns of Athens is the great grandmother.
Mrs. Matt Shuler former Athens resident convalesces at her daughter Mrs. R. E. Seitz home 5228 Emory Circle Jacksonville Florida after a month as a Memorial Hospital patient. She has lived with Mrs. Seitz seven years and is mother of Mrs. C. V. Junod 11 N Shan non Ave.
A brief reader instruction asks individuals to write to Abby at Box 69700 Los Angeles California 90069 and include a stamped self addressed envelope for a personal reply. The notice provides no further context or events.
Miles City resident Jack Coffrin found 4,980 pounds of books he did not order plus a $376.99 freight bill and $9,095.53 publisher invoices. He had ordered about $200 worth of books, suspecting a mixup with a bookstore order. Also noted is Waterloo Elementary School sixth graders’ bake sale in New Marshfield to fund fall festival king and queen candidates Butch Hart and Charles Llewellyn.
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