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Newspaper
Weekend Daily Reporter
Location
Dover, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1965
Page
6
A humorous essay arguing against expert holiday tips and comparing diverse family traditions. The narrator resists advice from magazines and Dr Spock, defends personal Christmas choices, and urges readers to focus on their own family preferences rather than trends or perfection.
Dover and New Philadelphia stores hire students to wrap gifts in their windows during the holidays. Sixteen-year-olds from Dover High and New Philadelphia High handle bows and paper, drawing praise from shoppers. A related note mentions local families and Santa visits as well as fanciful media trends and a US traveler remark by actress Jean Seberg.
Dover New Philadelphia Business and Professional Women host 77 members for the annual Christmas party in the Da Vinci Room with remarks by Miss Jeannette Jenkins president. Aletha Smith gave the invocation as musicians and a reader presented carols and seasonal readings.
Calendar lists multiple Dover groups including 8ST Club, Mu Chapter Alpha Pi Sigma Sorority, Winfield Tots and Teens, Bona Mater Chapter, Dover Eagles Auxiliary, Judea Shrine, Old Town Homemakers, Dover Welcome Wagon, Reliable Rebeka Lodge, East Sparta PIA, Dover Park PTA, New Philadelphia OES, York Homemakers, Library Club of Dover. Activities include Christmas parties, ceremonies, programs, and gift collections with $1 or 50 cent gifts and items for Salvation Army and baskets.
Mr and Mrs Clifford Ramsey longtime New Philadelphia residents marked their 50th wedding anniversary on November 28 They ran Kalama stove and furnace Co until retirement two years ago A daughter Mrs Paul Heaton and a son Clifford Jr live nearby with six grandchildren and four great grandchildren
Mrs. Caroline Haupert of New Philadelphia hosted a Christmas party of the Private Duty Section of the Tuscarawas District Ohio State Nurses Association at Reeves Motor Inn. She nears 85 on December 28, trained at Union Hospital School of Nursing in 1915 and did post graduate work in New York City. She served as assistant superintendent then superintendent of Union Hospital nursing, later private and general duty nursing before retirement. Miss Elizabeth Phillips presented a gift. Christmas gifts circulated among members. Officers elected: Lucile Burnworth chairwoman, Milan Alpeter vice chairman, Howard Weston secretary-treasurer.
Mrs. Dwight Ann Goodman of Dover hosted 18 Welcome Wagon Club hostesses at Union Country Club for a luncheon. Supervisor Goodman spoke at a conference after the meal, with Dianne Lewis of New Philadelphia outlining local Welcome Wagon family calls. Attendees included Nancy Myers Wintersville Dorothy Collins Martha McLay Coshocton Alice Andreas Sugarcreek Mabel Townsend Geneva Beard Steubenville Ruth Kraemer Doylestown Shirley James Arline Brackin Barbara Truman Carrollton Treva Humphreys East Palestine Roseann Graef Dover Dorothy Lewis New Philadelphia Erma McCallum Frances Laporte Uhrichsville Vic Stadelman Weirton Margaret Hall East Liverpool. The Feb 11 meeting is set for Union Country Club.
Ladema Gibbs from Dover Tommy Dreher of Woosteray and Kenneth Myers of Strasburg are among 107 freshmen enrolled at Wittenburg University holding Lutheran Synodical scholarships.
Prizes in Crazy Bridge were awarded to Mrs. Lester Cohen Mrs. Don Baker Mrs. John Correll and Mrs. Albert Recchutti at the Dandylions Club meeting hosted by Mrs. Lester Moench 222 West 28th Dover Gifts were exchanged hostesses were Mrs Moench Mrs Donald LaFerre and Mrs William Marino Refreshments were served and Christmas corsages given The next meeting will be in January Strasburg Woman's Club members after their annual Christmas dinner visited Mrs Carl Yackey's home to work on Christmas projects and enjoy music Guests listed include many named members.
A compact guide highlighting correct usage of phrases such as neither nor and has, common mispronunciations like splee net ick, and distinctions between gamble and gambol. It urges expanding vocabulary by mastering one word daily with mollify defined as to allay anger or rage.
Grandparents share a money saving tip for grandchildren who date, paying for 10 gallons of gas per eligible driver and giving a credit they can use in chunks. For distant grandkids, they mail three one dollar bills with a note for gasoline for their next date, a plan that readers praise as a solution to Christmas gifting costs.
Mrs. E. L. Murray was elected chairman of Twig 6 of Union Hospital Auxiliary at a meeting yesterday in the home of Mrs. William A. Fisher of Seven Mile, New Philadelphia. Others elected were Mrs. Robert Coleman co chairwoman Mrs. Carl Williams secretary and Mrs. Paul Fishel treasurer. There were 18 present and Mrs. Mart Sands and Mrs. Don Warner were in charge of arrangements, Mrs. William Fishel conducted a business meeting. Refreshments were served at a buffet table. The Jan. 28 meeting will be with Mrs. C. Wessel of 445 BE High Ave., New Philadelphia.
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