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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Apr 04, 1967

Page

8

Housewife Spots UFO Over Home

Mrs. Johnny Clendenin of Madison Avenue reported a UFO over her home at about 8 p.m. Monday. The object hung about 50 feet above the house for two minutes with red and white lights alternating and no sound. She noted similar sightings in recent evenings and another neighbor said a craft appeared to be landing on a housetop. Several other reports, including one by Margaret Love, Point Pleasant Route 2, occurred Sunday night.

Point Pleasant Johnny Clendenin Madison Avenue Margaret Love

Cancer Drive Starts Crusade in West Virginia Area

In Point Pleasant a 1967 cancer crusade kickoff was held with a Heart-O-Town Motor Inn coffee. Mason County Unit members Mrs Frank Scholz and Mrs William Bardin Jr attended. State crusade chairman William Wallace Barron spoke at lunch urging volunteers to distribute seven warning signs leaflets and improve efforts for another year.

Point Pleasant American Cancer Society W. Va

Officer Vote Scheduled For Tri County Concert Group

GALLIPOLIS The board of directors of the Tri County Community Concert Association will meet at 7 30 p m Wednesday for a brief session Election of officers for the coming year will be the main order of business The meeting will be held at the Gallipolis Medical Center Hospital Prospects of acquiring a new piano will also be discussed.

Gallipolis Tri-County Community Concert Association Gallipolis Medical Center

Pleasant Valley Hospital Admits Several Patients

Pleasant Valley Hospital notes admit Adam Benson from West Columbia Charles E Porter from Buffalo Mrs James Oldaker from Gallipolis Ferry Mrs George Nutter from Point Pleasant John E Lang Mrs Lawrence Lambert Mrs Garland Oldaker and daughter.

Adam Benson West Columbia Charles E. Porter Buffalo James Oldaker Gallipolis Ferry George Nutter Point Pleasant John E. Lang Lawrence Lambert Garland Oldaker Tillie A. Scott Gallipolis Carrie Tolbert Wellston Herbert O. Hoover Middleport William Ramey Ewington James Hamilton Herbert Sayre Cottageville John Mayes David Morey Millwood Holly Friend Long Bottom Keith Durst Roscoe Houck Carlos White Athens Galen Scarberry Hobart Marr Ralph Kern Shade Terry Lewis Gerald Smeltzer Lavada Swindler Diane Wyant Jackson Billy R. Tolbert Letart Barbara Beaver Crown City Arlin Brown Wallace A. Smith Jr William F. Beckner Paul H. Ours Portland Donald Wortman

TV schedule fragment with classic shows and times

A fragmented TV grid lists programs such as The Fugitive NBC News and Days of Our Lives with scattered time slots and channel clues. The note mentions game shows Newlywed Game and Password and soap opera Days of Our Lives linked with broadcast timings.

NBC News

Guides to Stations List of Color Programs and Affiliates

The Messenger lists TV guides with color program markers indicated as (C) after titles. Stations include 3-WSAZI V NBC Huntington 4 WLWC NBC Columbus 6 WTVN-TV ABC Columbus 8 WCHS-TV CBS Charleston 10 WBNS-TV CBS Columbus 13 WHTN-TV ABC Huntington 15 WTAP-TV NBC ABC Parkersburg 18 WHIZ-TV NBC ABC Zanesville 20 WOUB-TV Ohio University Athens.

Wsazi'v NBC Huntington WLWC Columbus Wtvn-Tv ABC Wchs-Tv CBS Charleston Wbns-Tv Whtn-Tv Wtap-Tv Parkersburg Whiz-Tv Zanesville Woub-Tv Ohio University Athens

Mrs Tillie Scott Fractures Leg At Home

Mrs Tillie A Scott aged 83 of Gallipolis Route 1 fractured her right leg after sliding from a davenport to the floor at her home Sunday evening. In a separate note, Ohio municipalities since 1952 have spent 200 million dollars on new sewage treatment facilities.

Gallipolis Tillie A. Scott Gallipolis Route 1 Ohio

Movie Guide: Tuesday Evening Film Schedule

A compact guide lists multiple 1959 and earlier films with showtimes from 7.20 pm to 11.90 pm including A Novel Affair All the Way Home Angel Face This Woman is Dangerous The Black Archer Web of Evidence and more with actors Preston Jean Simmons Mitchum Crawford Bogart and others. Wednesday daylight features include Sincerely Yours Tennessee's Partner The Red Dragon Ada The Girl in White and The Black Legion with noted casts.

Posers Preston Jean Simmons Pat Jingle Angel Face Robert Mitchum This Woman Joan Crawford Dennis Morgan Black Archer Gerald Landry van Johnson Vera Miles Ada” Dean Martin Wson Heynesd Girl In White Jane Aibeon Arthur Kennedy The Black Legion Humphrey Bogart Ann Sheridan Dick Foran

Hospital News lists births and visits across many towns

Aloizer Hospital News lists multiple birth announcements for families in Ravenswood Bidwell Point Pleasant Gallipolis and more. It also records residents returning from a visit to Hollywood Florida including James Richard Ellis Jeffrey Paul James R. Ellis and Mrs Ellis sister-in-law Sidney Selby along with Mrs Norman Simkins who had spent five weeks in Hollywood.

James G. Ellis Jackson Ave James Richard Ellis James R Jeffrey Paul Ellis Sidney Selby Hollywood Fla Norman Simkins Jackson Avenue

High School Leaders Hear Minister Speak

Rev Charles Frum spoke at a Point Pleasant High School banquet hosted by Key and Keyette Clubs in the Presbyterian Church dining room. He urged character, love, and self respect as essentials for leaders and citizens, with attendees from various school organizations and staff listed.

Point Pleasant Charles Frum Heights Eub Key and Keyette Clubs Point Pleasant High School Presbyterian Church Frum Jim Staats Key Club Mary Hyre Richard Wilcoxen Joe Allen Judy Burdette Dorothy Esque Shirley Miller Becky Snead Library Service Club Becky Goodwin Nita Walden Carol Lynn Kegley March of Dimes Jerri Keefer Bob

Grand jury lists named for Point Pleasant county court

Grand and petit jurors were drawn by juror commissioners Fred Greene and Walley E. Toney. Grand jurors include Arbuckle District Joann Watterson Henderson Clendenin Edward Kinnaird Apple Grove Blanche Siders Gallipolis Ferry and others from multiple districts. Petit jurors list rich with Point Pleasant names such as Allen Carney Harley Bonecutter Dr. Gaston Boyle and many others across Letart Glenwood Mason and surrounding areas.

Point Pleasant Fred Greene Walley E. Toney Arbuckle Joann Watterson Henderson Clendenin Edward Kinnaird Apple Grove Blanche Siders Gallipolis Ferry Cologene G. Walton Beattie Leon Cooper Harold Sayre Graham Robert Cook New Haven Gerald Road Start Hannan Donald Sturgeon Emma Withers Ashton Lewis William Wood Kenneth Roush Martha Hite Robinson Louise Ferrell Union Anna Lee Douglass Grimms Landing Waggener James A. King Ruth Foley Mason Houston Lowash Glenwood Allen Carney Harley Bonecutter Letart Otto Rohrbough Clarence Donahue Paul White Gaston Boyle Lottie Wilfong Richard Kinnaird Rosemary Stevens Janet Capehart Ellen L. Edward Max Nibert Boyd Schultz Alice M. Barr Dana A. Durst Sr William Buffington Carrie Mohr Esther Russell C. L. Head Ruby Doss South Side Charles Machir Hazel Meadows Harold Hart John Kinnaird Hogsett Pink Devault Lawrence Casto Clara Capehart Paul van Meter Ira Barnette Stanley Holley Margaret McCloskey Milton Russell Ball Ada Bennett Clarence Ebert Arlee Silas Withers Margaret Russell Omen Sayre Elmwood Vinson Conrad William R. Parsons D. L. Hatfield Brydl Durst E. C. Carson Vera Dodson Oscar Pennington Robert Herdman Evans Elizabeth Buck O. H. Carder

EUB Ministerial Group closes training school in Point Pleasant

The Bellemeade EUB Church hosted a week-long leadership training school with theme All Things Working Together. Dr. Robert E. Coleman of Asbury Theological Seminary spoke while Rev. Jack C. Higgins led services and local ministers assisted with fellowship and music.

EUB Point Pleasant Bellemeade Eub Robert E. Coleman Asbury Theological Seminary Wilmore, Ky Garland Lewis Temple Church Parkersburg Clarence Dillon First Church of God Lucy Swain Dr. Coleman Asbury Seminary Bob Stamps David Young Dick Rhoades

Clergyman and Wife to Speak at Trinity WSCS

Rev. and Mrs. N W Looney of Charleston will present a special program at the Tuesday night meeting of WSCS of Trinity Methodist Church at 7 30 p m in the church fellowship hall. They served in a pulpit exchange with a British minister for one summer and will share pictures and details of the experience.

Point Pleasant N. W. Looney Charleston WSCS Trinity Methodist Church Looney Wesleyan Methodist Church

Court Sets Appearance By Warden

Judge James Thompson orders Otto C. Boles warden of West Virginia State Penitentiary to appear in Circuit Court on April 21 at 9 30 am to show cause why Harry Erlewine Jr of Point Pleasant is detained. Erlewine seeks release claiming illegal detention after a 1962 felony indictment.

Point Pleasant James Thompson Otto C. Boles West Virginia State Penitentiary Harry Erlewine Jr Erlewine Grand Jury

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