How to bow out of a Christmas gift list gracefully
Dear Abby suggests Thanksgiving notes to announce trimming the gift list and asking friends to do the same so no gifts are exchanged for the rest of the season. The reader hopes to stop costly, repetitive gifting among long‑standing friends and relatives.
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Abby
Dear Abby and a cautionary tale on marriage
A reader warns about a suspicious wife whose husband pursued a lonely coworker and left. Abby advises caution, while the writer recounts a painful divorce after years of trust and financial loss. The letter highlights betrayals, multiple marriages, and the need for honest, direct family communication.
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Abby
Altho
Vitamins and nutrition basics from the New Book of Knowledge features
A concise primer explains essential vitamins and their roles in growth vision skin nerves and bones. It lists sources for vitamins A B1 C D niacin E K riboflavin and notes the need for a balanced diet to prevent deficiency diseases.
Vowels OES puzzle clue from The Puzzle Box OEL
Riddle asks for a common word containing vowels O E S in sequence. Tomorrow’s paper promises the answer. Prize winner Patti Pica, 13, Waterbury Connecticut is announced with a note to send more riddles and jokes to the column.
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New Book of Knowledge
Patti Pica
Waterbury
Conn
Welcome Wagon Club Plans January Meeting in Medina
Medina Welcome Wagon Club calls a Jan 13 Thursday 8 p.m. gathering at the Security Federal Community room Medina Shopping Center with Mrs William Sharon and Mrs Lewis Esposito greeting members. A Crazy Bridge game with prizes is planned.
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Medina
Welcome Wagon Club
Security Federal
Medina Shopping Center
William Sharon
Lewis Esposito
Miss Hader Plans June Wedding in Brunswick
Janet Lynn Hader, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Steve Hader of 580 East Drive Brunswick, is engaged to Mark E. Grandt, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Grandt of 4262 Miner Drive Brunswick. The couple will wed June 24 at St. Ambrose Catholic Church.
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Steve Hader
East Drive
Brunswick
Mark E. Grandt
Fred Grandt
Miner Drive
Brunswick High School
Dairy Pak
North Olmsted
St. Ambrose Catholic Church
YWCA Medina winter term registrations open
The Medina County YWCA invites women to register for the winter term. Classes run January 17 to January 31 including Beginners Sewing, Advanced Dressmaking, Slim For Spring, Organic Gardening, Natural Cooking, Gourmet Cooking, Cake Decoration, Macrame, Craft Classes, China Painting, Tailoring, Intermediate Guitar, Art for Pre Teens, Art for Teens and Adults, and Beginners Bowling for Teens. A new Great Decisions discussion group starts January 31.
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Medina County
Duplicate Bridge SWAME Event and Community Classes
January 5 1972 bridge session at SWAME DUPLICATE BRIDGE CLUB with Howell Movement. Also notes vacancies in Intermediate Guitar, china painting by Mrs Shirley King January 19, organic gardening and natural cooking by Mrs Elizabeth Whittington starting January 18. Register at Medina County YWCA 723-5621 or Y House 219 E Washington St Medina.
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China
Shirley King
Elizabeth Whittington
Medina County Ywca
Washington St
Medina
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