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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1967
Page
4
A Dear Abby column excerpt lists Christmas gift ideas for U S troops in Viet Nam. Readers from Great Neck and Livingston Mont provide items valued for practicality, including food, personal care supplies, magazines, and small comforts, with emphasis on non fragranced products and portable packaging.
In a Tulsa reader’s letter, a mother explains her son Joey serving his second Viet Nam tour was touched most by a plastic collapsible Christmas tree with unbreakable decorations. The $5.99 gift meant more than any costly item to him and his buddies.
A parent writes that their son Tom just returned from 13 months in Viet Nam and their favorite Christmas gift was identical tape recorders sent both ways. Hearing Tom's voice boosted morale and kept him connected while apart.
A reader asks senders to use parcels under five pounds for troops overseas, noting SAM AIR and urging faster cheaper delivery. Another letter recalls 21 months in the Middle East and Vietnam with almost no mail, only unwanted land offers and a record-club invite, signed Malcolm Jefferson AF 13017150 Hq Seventh Air Force APO San Francisco 93607.
Athens High School Tri Hi Y held its second meeting in the high school cafeteria with mothers of members as special guests. Initiation for new members and rededication for old members occurred during the gathering. Refreshments were served by Youth Activities Circle members.
Marian Reeder shares multiple four bean salad versions featuring canned garbanzo beans and lima beans. Notes from Mrs Ava Gilkey and Mrs Ruth Liggett reveal substitutions with limas, pintos, and frozen baby limas. Recipes list beans in cans, olive oil, vinegar, sugar, onion, garlic, salt, oregano, pepper, celery, and diced pimentos, urging overnight setting.
Farm projections show more vegetables this fall with eight percent higher output than 1966 and lower prices for most vegetables. Potato crop prospects stay above average in Ohio despite bad weather. Dried vegetables remain tight, frozen stocks swell, and citrus consumption grows amid ample supplies and lower costs. The note also cites a skewed age cohort with 5,600,000 young women vs 2,800,000 men seeking brides.
Judy Graham talks about her nursing in the maternity ward at Sheltering Arms Hospital. She works three evenings weekly, teaches prenatal classes twice a year, and balances family life in Guysville with two children Jennifer and Jonathan. Judy, active in church and university circles, plans future study abroad while remaining devoted to nursing.
Wilmington Delaware is the setting as industrial designer Mrs Jean Wickstead of Atlantic Aviation works on airplane interiors. She must balance taste and comfort with strict FAA fireproofing regulations. She notes a trend toward blue exteriors and brown interiors, a choice linked to sky and boardroom associations.
Mr and Mrs Kent Turner of Columbus announce the birth of a son named Paul Everett at Doctors Hospital on October 19. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs George Sanborn of Columbus and Mr and Mrs David Turner of Columbus. Great grandparents include Mr and Mrs Clarence McDonald The Plains and Mr and Mrs Leo Sanborn Athens Route 2.
Heloise urges readers to pace fall cleaning, suggesting one room per week, avoid guilt, declutter by discarding items not used in a year, involve family on weekends, and use simple methods to enjoy a cleaner home without burnout.
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