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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1969
Page
9
Dear Abby notes a widow who remarried a wealthy bachelor with a prenuptial that keeps her from inheritance. She fears insecurity since he has not shown a will and insists on the agreement. Abby warns the wife to demand proof of provision or end the union if no future security is offered.
Dear Abby responds to a letter about a husband who never marks his wife’s birthdays or anniversaries in 16 years of marriage despite five children yet asks her to bake a cake for his secretary’s birthday. The columnist calls the husband a heel and notes the neglectful dynamics.
A reader asks whether it is polite to ask a caller to identify themselves. Abby replies that if the sister does not wish to know who is calling, there is no reason to ask, even politely. The brother agrees with Abby's stance.
A woman adopted at 3½ cherishes her parents who gave love and home. Now 26, married and a mother, she honors the day she was brought home by her Tulsa parents living in Imperial Beach. She invites Abby to use her name.
Blanche Whitmore Newman of Buchtel runs the Whitmore Greenhouse a converted conservatory moved from a Northern Ohio estate She manages flowers and helps her husband William with the business while sewing refinishing and upholstering furniture She cherishes nature especially fall foliage and a Ginkgo tree describing leaves as cascading to the ground
Dr. Louis Mollica director of HAPSEC will discuss area resource centers under consideration by the Ohio legislature and their likeness to the federal HAPSEC program at Athens League of Women Voters meetings November 3 4 and 5. Athens County School Supt Robert Weinfurther will explain impacts on county school boards as HAPSEC offers curriculum specialists a film library and speech and hearing therapists for the area.
The Athens Figure Skating Club opens with a Tea Dance on the ice this Sunday from 7 to 9 30 p m featuring free instruction for newcomers. Out of town skaters from Pittsburgh and Columbus clubs expected. The club skates six days weekly through March 15 with sessions for all ages and patch skating mornings. Advanced skaters Ellen Wellington and Becky Fowler join the roster. Officers include President Robert Wiesner and Secretary Linda Kay Shuling.
The Ohio University Faculty Club opens its fall schedule with an after game cocktail and buffet at the Athens Country Club on Nov 8. Cocktails at 4 30 p m dinner at 6 Tickets in Baker Center room 205 through Nov 6. Membership open to all contract personnel. Officers listed and event coordinators named.
Pet owners are urged to periodically check collars as snugness can cause embedding and pain. A Siamese cat's collar had grown into the neck, but after removal the cat became normal again. The note also suggests the habit applies to dogs.
Pumpkin squares make a pumpkin pie dressed in almond topping. Mix flour sugar and butter to form crust then bake briefly before adding a spiced pumpkin filling top with almond crumb and bake until set. Cool and cut into eight portions for a Halloween treat.
Mr and Mrs David L Kasler of McArthur announce the birth of a son David Todd on October 27 at Holzer Hospital Gallipolis Grandparents are Mr and Mrs George W Kissling Jr of McArthur and Mr and Mrs Delbert W Kasler of Athens Great grandparents include Mr and Mrs George W Kissling Sr of Junction City and other relatives Don E Easler Sr and Melvin Macombs among those announcing the Mount St Mary Hospital birth of a son Douglas Eugene on September 13 They have two other sons Mike and Matt Mrs Gilbert Lewis of Nelsonville is mentioned in connection with the notices
Ohio University's school of music will present a faculty chamber recital on November 2 at 8 p.m. in Ewing Auditorium featuring works by Mozart DeLone Hovhaness Stravinsky Ibert Sanders Weelkes Schmidt and performances by Kay Borkowski Ann Conkling Sally Kaneshige Leighton Conkling Lucile Jennings Gene Thrailkill Francis Borkowski Ernest Bastin Robert Smith and Charlotte Kass. A note adds a dessert tip with almond extract to peach pies.
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