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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jul 10, 1967

Page

7

Demonstrators Press for Dismissals at GSI

Gallipolis State Institute demonstrators march through town on a Friday night demanding the dismissal of Ida Preston the director of nurses and Dr Ferdinand E Fournier the hospital superintendent. Local 1775 officials are negotiating with state mental hygiene officials as new demonstrators join.

Gallipolis GSI Gallipolis State Institute Fif Ida Preston Ferdinand E. Fournier L. C. Henry Council 21 Henry Department of Mental Hygiene and Correction Local 1775 Norris Price

Variety Show Planned By Softballers of Point Pleasant

Point Pleasant girls softball teams sponsor a Saturday night show at 7 30 in the Moose Home with 50 cent adults 25 cent children admission. Gospel Mountainers of Columbus and local acts headline. Proceeds fund trophies and equipment. A sockhop follows Tuesday at 8 with 25 cent admission and Rhythm Kings providing music.

Point Pleasant Gospel Mountainers of Columbus Kroger Rythmn Kings

Missionaries Return from Egypt to United States

Miss Margaret Sauer reports relatives Dr and Mrs Paul Jameson have spent two decades in Egypt on mission work. Due to the Israeli war the Jamesons and daughter Debra moved to Cyprus while Dr Jameson stayed with medical service until recently. They plan to reach the United States in August with children Glenn Sandra Steve and Debra, all connected to Harvard Medical School and nursing studies. Remote aircraft sensors can measure ocean surface temperature to one tenth of a degree Fahrenheit.

Middleport Margaret Sauer Paul Jameson Egypt Jameson Israel Debra Cyprus States Glenn Harvard Medical School Sandra Steve Miss Sauer Orr First United Presbyterian Church

Middleport Personal News Highlights Visits and Travel

Mr and Mrs James Criswell visited Bridgeport with Mr and Mrs Steve Shudic. Donald Mills joined Duke Bitler of Silver Lake for a Lake Lure vacation. Paul Grueser visited Lebanon with Gardner Reynolds. Todd Clemson stayed with grandparents while parents toured Baltimore. Gordon Harris of Columbus spent weekend with Hennesy and Harris families. James Shields and family from Kensington Md visit before going to Bonn Germany for a three year stay. Shields works at the U S Embassy. Mrs William Robson returned from Lima and Kansas City visits. Ernest Burton returned from Bucyrus and attended grandchildren Ruth Grover and Daniel Ruths graduation. She joined the Grover family at Bay Point on Lake Erie.

James Criswell Bridgeport Steve Shudic Donald Mills Duke Bitler Silver Lake Lake Lure N. C Paul Grueser Lebanon Gardner Reynolds Todd Clemson al Clemson Conneaut Wallace Bradford Baltimore Bruce Bradford Gordon Harris Columbus C. M. Hennesy Robert Harris James Shields Dann Joan Hamilton Tor Tam Kensington Herman V. Ohlinger Sixth Avenue Bonne Germany Mr. Shields Shields U. S William Robson Lima Clifford Cunningham Kansas City Ernest Burton Bucyrus Ruth Grover Daniel Ruth John Grover Ruth Grover Bay Point Lake Erie

Veterans Memorial Hospital Notes Admits List

Veterans Memorial Hospital notes list admissions including Emmett Bartels Syracuse Clarence Weddle Portland David Cotterman Bellefontaine Lawrence Cunningham Letart W Va Erma Daughtery Middport Myla Hudson Syracuse Ruletta Roberts Waldorf Md Garnet Jones Dexter Dorothy Roush Middleport Patricia Arnold Mason W Va George Johnson Pomeroy Ada Slack Syracuse James Batey Middleport Ray Evans Sr Pomeroy Daisy Swick Clarence Weddle David Cotterman Myrtle Simpkins Arthur Roush Robert Haggy Sherman White

Emmett Bartels Syracuse Clarence Weddle Portland David Cotterman Bellefontaine Lawrence Cunningham Letart W. Va Erma Daughtery Middleport Myla Hudson Ruletta Roberts Waldorf Garnet Jones Dexter Dorothy Roush Patricia Arnold Mason George Johnson Pomeroy Ada Slack James Batey Ray Evans Sr Daisy Swick Myrtle Simpkins Arthur Roush Robert Haggy Sherman White

Northwestern Doubles Campus Area By Filling 74 Acres

Northwestern University nearly doubled its campus by filling in 74 acres of Lake Michigan. The action expanded the university's footprint, converting lakefront waters into usable land for buildings and facilities.

Northwestern University Lake Michigan

Point Pleasant Class Of 1957 Reunion At Krodel Park

About 59 people attended the Point Pleasant High School class of 1957 reunion at Krodel Park, with 25 alumni present. Officers elected were Robert L Williams president Pete Young vice president Sue Hoschar secretary and Nial Minton treasurer. A five year reunion was voted. Six faculty members attended and a long list of registrants from multiple states joined the gathering.

Point Pleasant Krodel Park Point Pleasant High School Robert L. Williams Huntington Pete Young Nelson Sue Keener) Hoschar Nial Minton Leta B. Foglesong Bertha Filson Helen Sterrett William H. Bardin Robert Shertzer G. W Charlotte Damron Adms Bowling Green Nelson Hoschar Dunbar Charles Sidenstricker East Point Kenneth Roush Reynoldsburgh Ervin Buckalew Pensacola Fla Don McClindock Tipp City Juanita Hudson Co

Meigs General Hospital Notes Update

Meigs General lists staff including James Eblin of Pomeroy and Nancy Yost of Racine. The note mentions life expectancy in birds, citing robin about 12 years, hawk 30 to 40, wild goose up to 80, and eagles over a century.

James Eblin Pomeroy Nancy Yost Racine

Messenger Television Guide 3 18 Movie 4 Adventure Calls

Television listings brief with channel and show blocks spanning film and adventure segments. Credits note Merv Griffin marshal theatre and news slots.

Merv Griffin Marshall Theatre Traffic Court Marshel Dillon Huntley Brinkley Report CAS News Walter Cronkite

Television Daytime Lineup and Show Listings

A dense schedule of daytime and early evening TV programs across CBs networks listing time blocks for News, talk shows, game shows, soap operas, movies, and children's programming from morning through night with multiple channels and repeated entries.

Television listings for GUIWWEST network stations

A fragmented schedule listing for GUIWWEST with station call letters and affiliations nine stations across Huntington Columbus Charleston Parkersburg Zanesville and Athens. It notes EDT times for all programs and indicates color programs with a (C) after the title while warning about potential schedule errors from stations.

Guiwwest Wsaziv NBCU Huntington WLWC NBC Columbus Wivn-T'V ABC Wchs-I'V CBS Charleston Parkersburg Zanesville Ohio University Athens

Twelve Teams In Girls Softball League at Point Pleasant

Point Pleasant hosts a summer girls softball program enrolling 196 players aged 8 to 16 on 12 teams, up from six last year. Junior league ages 8 to 11 and seniors 12 to 16. Wallace Smith Jr. directs, Marnet Pelfrey supervises. Standings show Shoppers Mart top juniors, followed by Fruth Pharmacy, with three teams tied for third. seniors lead by Dairy Queen and Duke Cleaners tied for first, with Johnson Super Market, Tiny's Drive-Inn, R. and F. Laundry and others contending for spots.

Point Pleasant Wallace Smith Jr Marnet Pelfrey Shoppers Mart Hope Burnman Kathy Stevens Fruth Pharmacy Cathy Flint Lena McDermitt Southern States Lesa Hudson Rhonda Bailey Tiffins Jewelry Cathy Marilyn Russell Bosworth Angels Karen Jones Rachel Barr Dairy Queen Rosanna Carey Duke Cleaners

Holzer Hospital News Births and Dismissals

Birth notices from Holzer Hospital list new arrivals and parents from Point Pleasant to Wells ton with numerous names. Dismissals include multiple patients and family members, followed by a Mason County Farm Bureau meeting notice for Point Pleasant set on Tuesday evening at the courthouse annex.

Point Pleasant Mason County Farm Bureau

Movie Guide Evening Listings Reflect Classic Film Schedule

The page lists Monday and Tuesday evening airings featuring Boots Malone, Home Before Dark, Don Pasquale, Laters, Journey Into Fear, The Sky Above The Mud Below, Calamity Jane Part 2, Mr. Scoutmaster Part 2, Tension, Blondie’s Lucky Day and The Lone Star among others with showtimes from 7 pm to 1 am and 10 pm blocks, noting stars and year for several titles.

Boots Malone William Holden Johnny Stewart Jean Simmons Dan O'Herlihy Don Pasquale Laters Janet Leigh Joseph Cotton Everett Sloan Clifton Webb Edmund Gwenn Frances Dee George ‘Faghorn Winstow Richard Basehart Cyd Charisse Blondie

FIRM FOUNDATION OF Gillette Estate Becomes Lyme Park Echo

William Gillette, famed American actor known for Sherlock Holmes, had a home built with granite walls four to five feet thick at the base and hand-hewn oak interior trim. The estate is now a state park near Lyme, Connecticut.

William Gillette Sherlock Holmes Lyme Conn

Dinner Held In Pomeroy by Magnolia Temple Sisters

Members of the Past Chiefs of Magnolia Temple Pythian Sisters in Pomeroy held a potluck dinner at Mrs Robert Arnolds home with Mrs Amanda Kasper as hostess The August meeting will be at Mrs George Heines home Four guests attended including Mrs Lillian Steiff Mrs Arnold Mrs Roy Smith and Susie Arnold

Pomeroy Magnolia Temple Pythian Sisters Robert Arnold Amanda Kasper George Heines Lillian Steiff Arnold Roy Smith Susie Arnold

Rotary Club Officers Installed At Meeting

Middleport Pomeroy Rotary Club installed Wendell Gerlach as president and officers including William Theo bald vice president John Werner secretary Galen Brown new board member at a Heath Methodist Church dinner. Jack Robson retired as secretary after 18 years honored with a Rotary Badge.

Middleport Wendell Gerlach Middleport- Pomeroy Carl Horky Robson Crippled Children’s Society Red Cross Institute For World Affairs Cincinnati Wilmington Meigs Gerlach James Miller

Plans Begun For Mental Health Center in Mason County

At a recent meeting at the Appalachian Power Auditorium in POINT PLEASANT a mental health program was proposed. The plan includes a pilot day care center to centralize regional mental health work and a teaching system for special education of mentally challenged children and emotionally disturbed.

Point Pleasant Appalachian Power Auditorium Mason County

Pleasant Valley Hospital Notes

Pleasant Valley records list new birth for Ricky Cole’s son in Point Pleasant along with a string of names including Alfred Boles and Mrs Orlando Wallis in Ashton and Point Pleasant residents such as Sarah Brinker Mason and Kenneth Powers Proctorville. The note mentions Earl MacDaniels and several Mrs. names across Point Pleasant Norville Rollins Pliny and Willard family entries.

Alfred Boles Point Pleasant Orlando Wallis Ashton Jacob Worley Ortha O'Connor Sarah Brinker Mason Susan Jordan Kenneth Powers Proctorville Charles William Wamsley Vernon Robbins Emanuel Wears Pliny

Opening of Water Bids Scheduled

Warren Keefer, mayor of Leon, announces sealed bids for three water system contracts will be received at the elementary school office until 7:30 p.m. DST on Aug 7, 1967, with bids publicly opened and read. Contracts cover materials, a 4,000 gallon storage tank, and a well sedimentation tank with the treatment plant.

Point Pleasant Warren Keefer Leon

Meetings In Meigs The Lewis Manley Post 263 Event

The Lewis Manley Post 263 American Legion Auxiliary meets Tuesday at 7 30 p m at the home of Mrs Con Young.

Lewis-Manley American Legion Auxiliary Con Young

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