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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1966
Page
12
Hundreds attend two concerts by the American Wind Symphony Orchestra in Pomeroy with a 10 30 a m youth concert delayed to about 12 30 due to heavy fog. Orchestra members stay with Meigs County families and plan two more Gallipolis performances Friday.
Thousands gather on the levee to hear the American Wind Symphony Orchestra on the barge Point Counter Point. Director Robert Austin Boudreau conducts as fog horns and riverboat calls interrupt the program. Logistics chief Louis Winer notes travel by riverboat creates schedule uncertainty. audience participation and informal seating mark the event.
The Eastern High School Band will begin summer rehearsals on Tuesday with sessions on Aug 2 4 5 9 11 12 15 from 730 to 830 pm An Aug 13 ice cream social and band concert at 8 pm at the school and an Aug 16 Meigs County Fair performance from noon to 4 pm follow band camp Aug 21 27
Local residents hosted and visited relatives across several towns. Notable travelers include Mr. and Mrs. Ried Varney returning from Nevada after a visit with QC Hindy in Indian Springs and relatives, and Pfc. Robert Watkins on a 30 day Marine furlough from Camp LeJeune with impending duty in California and Viet Nam.
In Veterans Memorial Hospital notes a series of births listed for Middleport Hartford and Pomeroy with parents named. A Meigs County marriage license is issued for Ronald Eugene Smith aged 30 and Wanda Jean Gauze aged 32, both of Rutland.
William Duckworth of Rittman and Jim Clevidus of Seville visited Richard Roush and George Schneider families. Weekend guests included Mrs Laura Leifneit and Harold Amna poker, with Mike Watkins of Toledo visiting his grandmother Ada Slack.
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