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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1967
Page
8
A Tuesday daylight notice fragment appears in the Everybody's Tribune column. The readable text hints at a local news roundup and community notices on page 10.
The Messenger disclaims responsibility for schedule errors when stations fail to provide data Color programs marked with a (C) after the program name indicate color broadcasts.
The page lists Monday and Tuesday film hours with titles and stars including The Caine Mutiny The Angry Age Bleed on His Sword It Happened One Night and others with showtimes. A separate notice from Point Pleasant invites Fort Randolph Society of Children of the American Revolution members to a 7 p.m. meeting at Windsor Court to elect officers and collect dues.
Experiments show an elm tree adding 50 pounds in weight would consume and expel about 1,700 gallons of water. To lift this water by an average 50 feet would require about 705,500 foot pounds of energy.
Nursing education and recruitment of nursing students will be the subject of a Wednesday meeting in Gallipolis. The Southeast Ohio League for Nursing will host a 6:30 p.m. panel at Oscar's Restaurant with clinicians and counselors from Gallia, Jackson, Lawrence, Meigs, Vinton counties and Mason County.
Three Fort Randolph Society members joined a statewide meeting in Charleston at the Charleston Women's Club. Fort Harrison youth leaders elected include Steve Cruickshank as president and Sally Dills, Jimmy Bailey, and Becky as chaplains. Retiring president Jane Meisel won honorary state president and good citizenship award.
Joanna Kauff of Point Pleasant was named state chairman of the mountain schools committee by Steve Cruickshank at a statewide Children of the American Revolution meeting. An eighth grade student at Point Pleasant Junior High, she is a cadette Girl Scout and Rainbow Girl, active at Trinity Methodist Church.
Mrs. Carl C. Galbraith of Marietta WV was the speaker at Col. Charles Lewis Chapter DAR 66th anniversary luncheon in Point Pleasant. She spoke on The Changing World about losing constitutional privileges and trade deals. The program was introduced by Mrs. Hersel Henderson with brief remarks by Mrs. Cary Rayburn. Awards were given to two high school students and the Good Citizenship chair announced. Luncheon committees and program leadership were listed. Also notes on the spinach history tracing its origin to China in 647 and Moors carrying spinach to Spain around 1100.
A West Virginia technical service program meeting will be held at Marshall University Old Main Auditorium in Huntington at 3 p.m. Wednesday. Industrial leaders from Cabell, Wayne, Lincoln, Putnam and Mason counties are invited. The program aims to improve use of science and technology in business and industry and will include an explanation, a short movie, and a Q A session. The event, open to the public with no registration fee, lasts about 90 minutes.
A list from Holzer Hospital records numerous births with parent names and residences across Wellston Crown City Gallipolis Jackson Albany Long Bottom Portland Bidwell Ironton Pomeroy Ravenswood Chesapeake Point Pleasant Scottown and surrounding areas. The notice catalogs each newborn tied to a mother and father’s name in a formal society snippet.
Gallipolis report notes John A. Hurt 50 of Bidwell slipped on Third Avenue at 3 a.m. Sunday fracturing his left hip and is a patient at Holzer Hospital. Ada Summers 80 of Wellston fell at home Saturday and is held at Holzer Hospital for observation.
Rev Charles A Pitzer announces applications for Head Start aides at the Employment Security Office under Mrs Lillian Shuler. Aides will likely work eight weeks at 25 hours weekly with a $1.50 hourly rate until federal approval. Low income groups given first chance per Office of Economic Opportunity guidelines. Clergy teachers and youth workers urged to encourage low income families to apply.
About 5000 people attended the M G M District Scout O Rama at the National Guard Armory over Saturday and Sunday. George Carson of Mason chaired the event awarding blue ribbons to Gallipolis Troop 200 and other units from Gallipolis Pomeroy Cheshire Point Pleasant and Addison Racine New Haven. Red ribbons went to Point Pleasant Troops 257 262 and Packs 211 243 261. Top ticket sellers were Danny Will Pack 248 Pomeroy Berry Cox Troop 259 Point Pleasant and Burt Mosher Pack 203 Gallipolis. George Hout Gallipolis supervised logistics Bill Wellman Point Pleasant oversaw ticket sales while Posts 258 200 handled kitchen duties and Pack 261 collected tickets. Pack 200 managed parking.
Mason County Cancer Society launches Caps For Cancer during April in schools across the county. Students compete to save caps with top collector earning recognition. Funds will support the 1967 Mason County unit goal. last year raised 2779 dollars. Community groups in New Haven, Hartford, West Columbia and other areas join. Clean water message stresses mutual responsibility and Golden Rule.
In 1966 about 116 million people left their home countries and spent an estimated $13.5 billion, up $2 billion from 1965, reflecting rising international travel and expenditure.
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