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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1969
Page
6
A long guidance piece urges parents to limit reliance on fences for toddler safety. It stresses constant close supervision, immediate no responses, and teaching safety through action. It notes an “invisible fence” when children learn to obey and to stay away from streets. The article also shares bulletins on training tots and cites Galton on firstborn eminence.
Hints from Heloise share a thrift method for making a tummy panel. Use a nylon sweater cut and opened along side seams to form a stretchy panel, threading elastic through the hem. One sweater yields two panels and colors match many outfits.
Zeta Tau Alpha alumnae elected officers at the sorority house on E Washington Street. Officers named were Mrs Gerald Evans president Miss Margaret A Thompson vice president Mrs Franklin Dean secretary treasurer Miss Marian Coe historian and Mrs John Theiss chapter adviser.
A reader shares creative home tips including sewing sheet blankets for harmony in bed coverings, a gravy thickener from pie crust sticks, a diaper folding method for babies, makeshift bookends filled with gravel and wax, and storing a razor blade in an aspirin box for safety. The column invites readers to send hints or problems for Heloise.
Teen Arelva and Patrick Kinney of Columbus announce the Sept 26 birth of a son at Riverside Methodist Hospital. They already have a son Danny. Grandparents are Daniel Thompson of Pompey and W. R. Kinney of Columbus. Great-grandmothers are Clyde Winebranner of Middleport and William Zimmer of Gloucester.
Marian Keller wife of a free lance writer and PR consultant manages a busy life at their Long Run Road home with three children Gretchen 15 Jeff 13 and Gary 11. She works part time in medical technology at Hudson Health Center and stays active in Zeta Tau Alpha Alumnae serving on the house corporation board.
The Messenger calls for women’s club reports and meeting notices. Submit complete forms free of charge by mail to The Messenger at 43 West Union Street Athens Ohio 4570.
The Messenger offers area clubs reporters' forms for meeting reports and Sunday calendar notices. Many clubs have returned the coupon and others are urged to request forms. Filling out the coupon also places the club on record with the women's desk.
Albany announces that starting next year the state will provide licensing exams in languages other than English for barbers hairdressers and beauticians. A 1969 law allows non English exams and the State Department will implement the option to help applicants who cannot read or write English. A survey shows most foreign language applicants are Spanish speaking with requests for French German Hebrew Italian Polish and Hungarian as well.
J K asks if demanding aunt and uncle chaperones for a party at home while on vacation is fair. Abby approves the firm rule as wise, praising parents who set clear limits for their teens and young adults in their absence. The column also advises neighbors to move and hints at marital stress patterns.
A reader asks how to tell a boyfriend in training for the ministry that he should stop cutting meat into many small pieces in public. Abby suggests either telling him directly or mailing the note with a friendly card to avoid hurting him.
A reader asks how to evict neighbors who lost their home and have stayed two months with four school age children two diapers two dogs and a cat. The writer fears hurting feelings but wants boundaries restored.
A family recipe for White Rice Browned is described with browned rice pilaf and a green salad. The method uses butter, white rice, salt, pepper, beef consomme, water and almonds, baked in a casserole for 144 hours without stirring.
Mr. and Mrs. M. T. Vermillion of Golf Course Road recently returned from a trip to Laredo Texas where they visited their son 2nd Lt Gerald Vermillion and his family Troy. On the return they stopped in Bowling Green Kentucky to see Rev. and Mrs. John Scott. The son received his commission at Lackland Air Force Base in May and is now training with the T 37 jet.
The Alexander PTA will meet at 8 p.m. Tuesday and will host candidates for the school board.
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