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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1968
Page
5
Heloise explains a reader's costly dress loss after moth repellents soften plastic sequins in heat. The note cites Paradichlorobenzene and shows how exposure to high temperatures can cause sequins to melt and stick together, urging readers to prevent such damage.
Mrs. Richard Bowers, assistant secretary of the Hocking County Fair Board, returns for an 11th year except 1963 when her youngest child arrived. The 1964 fair opens Wednesday. A Coshocton County native and Ohio State alumna, she is active as treasurer of the Child Conservation League and in several local groups while her husband works as a farmer and fertilizer salesman and serves as a referee. The Bowers family includes three children, Mark 15, Marla 12, and Marcie 5.
Marian Reeder shares an Old World Apple Kitchen recipe adapted by Risa Penske with cup measures. Ingredients include sugar butter flour egg lemon zest and juice cinnamon with tart apples baked in a 350 degree oven for 35 to 45 minutes, served warm or cold.
Athens families exhibit registered Hackney ponies at the Ohio State Fair horse show. Craig Copeland earns second in the one year old stallion class with Craig's Crystal Mischief. Edgar pair wins fifth in the two year old stallion class with Prince Crystal Swell and fifth in the three year old road pony class with Southworth Crystal. Ponies compete in the Ohio Hackney Futurity, drawing entries from Ohio Michigan Indiana Illinois Kentucky and Ontario Canada.
Dolly Saxbe recounts a breezy Ohio upbringing at a county children’s home while supporting her husband William Saxbe’s Senate bid. The Buckeye native highlights privacy challenges from a crowd as she campaigns, sharing family photos and her one year old grandson.
Miss Joann Lawrence Lively and Bruce Vedder Wainwright married August 17 at St Mark's Episcopal Church St Albans. The Rev Marshall N Bacot officiated. The couple, both WVU students, reside in Morgantown with families described. Attendants included Linda Sue Lerose and Sherri Lynn Lively.
A letter-packed column features Abby addressing four readers. Topics include a difficult mother-in-law who overstays, a businessman hosting meetings in a private sauna, receptionists asking callers for identification, and a family tragedy urging moms to remove strings from pacifiers and ribbons from toys to prevent similar accidents.
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