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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1966
Page
9
A vintage recipe card presents Chocolate Funny Cake from Mrs. Harry F. Love New Marshfield Route 1. It details a 9 inch pie shell bake 55 minutes with a chocolate sauce and butter vanilla topping. The missive notes the Cake Pie is good for breakfast as well as dessert and includes a personal anecdote.
Reading Heloise shares practical home hacks. Fix zippers with a screwdriver pliers and wax, renew suede with emery cloth, freeze grated orange rind in portions, make plastic lid coasters, fasten bras from the front to avoid strain, and repurpose pins and bluing bottles for daily chores.
Club notes record Athens Grange officers elected including Ralph Frost master and Mrs. W S Neutzling overseer plus committees and participants in the program. Also covered are local extensions groups, garden club install, Pi Beta Phi Alumnae planning and Liggett reunion details.
A reader recounts arranging a blind date with a separated man, triggering a Catholic dating dilemma. Abby advises clear disclosure and cautions both to verify facts. Other letters urge inviting teachers for dinner, and a 36 year old wife seeks help from a doctor due to oppressive religious restrictions at home.
Offhand remark suggests delusions of adequacy about a local figure. Reader asked to write to Abby at Box 69700 Los Angeles for a personal reply with a stamped self addressed envelope.
Mr and Mrs Jack Preston announce the birth of a son Jack Norman II on September 16 in Monrovia California Violet Ours is noted as the mother Grandparents are Mrs Frances Preston Pasadena California and Mr and Mrs Wiley Ours Racine Wisconsin
A Brooklyn surgeon Dr Daniel Klein notes that at least 2 million Americans are injured by animals yearly, mostly dogs. Most attacks occur at home or near owners and involve familiar dogs with children as the primary victims.
A retrospective survey notes rapid postwar changes in technology and society. It highlights three decades of space travel media growth, UN expansion, milk prices, and social trends, alongside notable events from 1946 such as stock market turmoil, boxing titles, Churchill’s Iron Curtain phrase, and revived air travel and Transatlantic routes.
AP reports the President's Committee on Consumer Interests offers tactics to trim food costs. Consumers are urged to plan menus, shop specials, use lower priced items, and substitute meats with affordable options while avoiding waste.
OES District Party at 6 30 p m EST at the Ohio University Inn. Rummage sale from 7 30 a m to noon at First Christian Church basement. Jitney supper at 4 p m The Plains High School sponsored by Athletic Association. Dance from 9 p m to 12 a m at Rome Canaan School Stewart by Royal Crown Rebekah Lodge. Rummage sale 7 a m to noon 108 W Union St sponsored by Athens Boat and Ski Club.
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