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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1967
Page
16
Ohio University hosts the Broadway hit Luv this Saturday at 8 p.m. in Memorial Auditorium. Written by Murray Schisgal and directed by Mike Nichols, the show stars Eileen Brennan, Donald Horton, and Roy Shuman with tickets available at the box office.
A fragmented TV and radio listings page shows daytime programs across networks. Highlights include Today Show segments, Captain Kangaroo, Jeopardy, Love of Life, Another World, and news newscasts, with multiple time slots and channel cues.
A TV program listing fragment shows Parkersburg versus Charleston basketball and festival notes. The Messenger disclaims responsibility for errors when stations do not provide accurate schedules. Color programs marked with a C after the program name. Stations listed include WSAZ TV Huntington NBCU WLWC NBC Columbus WTVN TV ABC Charleston WCHS CBS, etc.
A dense TV and film guide lists multiple titles with cast and times including The Pleasure of His Company starring Fred Astaire and Debbie Reynolds, The Story of Ester Costel with Joan Crawford, The Track of the Cat with Robert Mitchum, and The Wackiest Ship-Shake Down among others. It notes a 1910 baseball custom started by President Taft.
Births: Mr. and Mrs. Charles Stewart Arbuckle a son, Mr. and Mrs. William Mason Point Pleasant a daughter, Mr. and Mrs. James Strickland New Haven a son. Admitted: Mrs. Bernard Livingston Leon, Ralph Davis Point Pleasant, Ivan Newell South Side, Delmar Trisler Arbuckle. Dismissed: John Maynard Laura Edwards, Mrs. John Hammond and son Lawrence Harmon, Victoria Queen, Mrs. Retha Schuler, Richard Pearson, Edison Mayes.
The Mason County Board of Education will serve as the delegate agency to continue the summer Head Start program in 1967. A joint grant application with the Community Action Agency has been sent to the Office of Economic Opportunity for approval. If funded, centers will open in Hanna Sunnyside Woods Henderson Beech Hill Central North Point Pleasant Leon Mason and Hartford.
E L Munday Jr assumed duties as manager of Appalachian Power company’s Huntington Division after H D Stillman’s retirement. A Virginia Tech graduate, Munday joined Appalachian in 1936 and has served as assistant manager since 1966. He is active in local groups and has a family.
Lawrence Gerlach Sr., owner of the Quality Manufacturing Company, said he has optioned the 22nd Street bowling center and aims to start dress production again in two weeks. About 90 workers were employed. stock includes a quarter of a million yards of material. Damages from the fire, described as the worst in Point Pleasant history, exceed a million dollars across several properties.
Robert Rickard director of the Mason County Community Action Group announced that Project Head Start has turned over 42000 to fund the program through February 28. The CAP will operate under West Central West Virginia Community Action Group after February 28. The eleven county groups will conduct a survey across the area to determine employer needs headed by West Virginia unions. Neighbor hood centers will hire five additional aides, with target hires including locals Hartford Leon Crab Creek and Mount Olive. Aides Freda Vickers Linda Clark and Virginia Black were hired at 300 dollars per month. Jack Smith urged referrals of all school dropouts to the employment security office.
Archaeologists note that mummy remains of woolly and mastodon elephants appear with spear and arrow points. Some researchers argue prehistoric Americans hunted these pachyderms to extinction, shaping early human predation narratives.
The Point Pleasant Assembly 23, Order of Rainbow For Girls, hosted district leader Miss Kimberly King of Spencer to install new officers at the Masonic Hall. Judy Holley was initiated. Rebecca Rice will become worthy advisor at 2 p.m. Sunday with a full slate of elected and appointed officers and choir members also to be installed.
Holzer Hospital notes record multiple birth announcements including a son for Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Pereshki Oak Hill and a daughter for Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Masters Gallipolis among many listed parents in Ches son Wellston Jackson and other communities. The piece also notes that African tribesmen are diverse with over 200 groups totaling more than five million people.
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