Dear Abby Letters on Salary, Pets, and Safety
A reader laments college pay gaps vs unskilled labor despite education and notes unionized workers earn more. Abby counters that skill and value vary beyond education and urges realism. A concerned reader complains about filthy card decks and gets guidance on polite feedback. A teen asks if talking to strangers harms reputation. Abby advises avoiding strangers in cars as prudent, not snobbish.
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Abby
Local AAUW Honors Three Roswell Students as Girls of the Month
The American Association of University Women recognizes Poppy Fulton Shelly Smith and Kathleen Smith for academics patriotism leadership and service. Fulton attends Roswell High and plans Texas Tech in business admin. Smith of Roswell High edits the yearbook joins bands and councils planning an education major. Kathleen Smith from Goddard High serves on student council Spanish club and national honor society aiming for education at New Mexico State University.
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American Association of University Women
AAUW
Poppy Fulton
David Fulton
Roswell High School
Assisteens
Texas Tech University
Roswell High
Shelly Smith
Warren Smith
Kathleen Smith
George Smith
Goddard High School
New Mexico State University
Apples and Grapes Bake as Fall Treat
Old fashioned recipe from California highlights baked apples filled with seeded grapes nuts and brown sugar. Method uses corn syrup and dark rum, baked until tender and served with a Rum Cream Sauce of vanilla ice cream and more rum.
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San Francisco
Heloise advises turning old shirts into hospital gowns
Dear Heloise suggests converting men's shirts into Johnny coats and bibs for hospital use by removing buttons, trimming collars, cutting sleeves, halving the shirt, hemming edges, and adding neck bias tape with twill ties for strength. She also notes signing or crediting quilts as heirlooms and offers a space-saving tip with a door shoe bag for grooming items.
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Heloise
Homemade Halloween costumes spark ideas and safety tips
Susan Wright of New Mexico State University suggests easy economical home made costumes using everyday materials. She shows ideas like a foil tin box as a robot or TV, bedsheets as robes, and colorful outfits as pirates or Robin Hood. Safety and flame retardant treatment are emphasized along with avoiding restrictive costumes and using flashlights not candles.
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Las Cruces
Susan Wright
New Mexico State University
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