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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Aug 03, 1967

Page

7

Fairhaven Chapel Nears Completion at Mason County Fair

Point Pleasant ministerial group reports the Fairhaven Chapel at the Mason County Fair is nearly finished. Heights EUB Church, TNT area, and Trinity Methodist Church contribute. Rev. Frum leads. Rev. Knoll to install sound system. daily ministers named for Aug 9 to 12 dedication opens with scripture readings and music.

Point Pleasant Fairhaven Charles Frum Heights Eub Church Clarence Dillons Association Frum Ted Wall C. S. Thompson Gaston Boyle Knoll

Dorticos Accuses US of Genocide Policy in Racial Tension Speech

Cuban President Osvaldo Dorticos charged the United States with a policy of genocide against African Americans civil rights activists during opening remarks at the OLAS congress in Havana. He linked U S racial violence to imperialism and urged armed struggle as a path to freedom, while Ernesto Che Guevara was named honorary president of OLAS.

Havana Osvaldo Dorticos United States U.S Olas Ernesto Che” Guerrara

Jewels For Wearing Not For Hiding

An Ohio woman, Anna Hokin of Lakewood, hid an $8,000 emerald ring under a Hilton hotel chair cushion for 20 years against her husband’s advice. After returning from a party, she found the ring along with a $10,000 diamond bracelet and a $3,000 diamond brooch missing. The burglary was reported on Monday.

Pittsburgh Ohio Hilton Anna Hokin Lakewood

Community notices and visits in New Straitsville area

In New Straitsville the Southern Perry Lions Club hosted a business meeting and chicken dinner at the Methodist Church with WSCS helpers led by Emmet Pace and others visiting Gladys Lines. Club 64 held a Rachelmacher Park picnic with attendees including Anna James and Grace Leake while the Gleaners met at Edna Litman with refreshments. Needy Helps Needy notes Nagaland in India sent 3,000 tons of wheat but returned 1,000 tons to Bihar due to famine pressures.

New Straitsville Southern Perry Lions Club Methodist Church WSCS Emmet Pace West Covina Calif Russell Wiltse Hacienda Heights Anthony Mayo Margaret Sherrard Columbus Gladys Lines Club Rachelmacher Park Logan Anna James Bess Davis Susan Phoenix Gertrude Mills Grace Leake Anna Cheetham Ruth Williams Edna Litmen Creta Fink Elizabeth Baker Amy Lanning Marian Foster Emma Phipps Rob Ray Begland Hugh Begland New Delhi Nagaland India Jagjivan Ram Bihar Ram

Collision Hurts Woman From Ironton

Mrs. Leona Huffman a 71 year old Ironton resident suffered a fractured back and shoulder plus rib injuries in a two car crash on Route 141 about 15 miles from Gallipolis. She is a patient at Holzer Hospital. A farm accident admitted also at Holzer was Carl Findling 54 Long Bottom Route 1 injured at his brother Shirley Findling's farm when a hand caught in a combine machine led to multiple finger injuries and amputation of the left index finger. Ramera Wickline 7 of Gallipolis fractured her right elbow after a fall at home and is at Holzer. Oscar Griffith Jr. 6 of Vinton Route 2 was admitted for a fractured right wrist from a fall at home.

Gallipolis Leona Huffman Ironton Holzer Hospital Holter Carl M. Findling Long Bottom Findling Shirley Findling Ramera Lynn Wickline Marvin L. Wickline Holzer Oscar F. Griffith Jr Vinton Route 2

Vinton Hosts Baseball Teams and Picnic

Mrs. James Bush hosted the Vinton Little League and Pee Wee League for an ice cream party Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Myrtle Strausbaugh visited Wellston and weekend visits followed among Higgins Waugh and Allen Waugh families. The Vinton Baptist Church held its annual picnic at Legion Grove Sunday.

Eleanor White Vinton James Bush Vinton Little League Pee Wee League Myrtle Strausbaugh Wellston Anna Higgins Lester Waugh Allen Waugh Bidwell Vinton

Hospital News and Ad Notices from Holzer Area

Hospital brief lists new births and admissions including Mr and Mrs Thomas Dorst a daughter and Mr and Mrs Blaine Carter Jr a son with many other patients named. Dismissals include Charles Lee Barcus and several listed individuals. Louisville parishioners greet visitors with a church sign inviting them to come up front where the action is.

Thomas Dorst Pomeroy Blaine Carter, Jr Middleport Louisville St. Leonard Catholic Church

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Buckeye SMART Proctor Silex Mon Fri Coleco Virgin Ross Fairhaven Chapel N. Straitsville Woman Holzer ‘Hospital News Leona Huffman Walter Wedemyer Harry R. Smith Wilbur Mercer Patriot Tracey E. Boice Worthington John S. Griffiths Thurman Lowell Brown John Logan Galliipolis Ferry Dixie Smith Ashland Dallas Cadle West Columbia Tamera Lynn Wickline Oscar Griffith, Jr Sandra Kay Sheline Charles Lee Barcus Nellie Barsotti James H. Bennett Robert D. Bose Ella Brooks Gerald Daniel Vernon Keffer Clarence Kight Harry Knapp Everrett Lancaster James Lundy Mariam Marting Howard D. O'Neill Russell Rankin Alice Smith Ernest Watts Ralph Dean
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