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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1966
Page
8
Several members of Point Pleasant Junior Women's Club plan to attend the 35th Southwestern District convention in Logan West Virginia. The event opens with registration and a coffee at 9 am.
The Stauffer Chemical Company board declares a 40 cent per share common dividend payable Dec 1 1966 to shareholders of record Nov 4 1966 and 8714 cent per share preferred dividend payable Dec 30 to holders of record Dec 2 1966. The Logan Woman's Club hosts a tea as regional officials speak on community building. Attendees from Point Pleasant include Mrs. Donald Nott and several local club members.
TV coverage ranged from CBS Wild Wild West hoax with Venusian captives to ABC Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea saucer landing and a serious We Are Not Alone special with Harvard astronomer Harlow Shapley. Garry Moore and Jack Benny failed to revive CBS comedy. next see Dick Van Dyke.
The listing notes a program titled Rum For Your Life on Messenger Television Guide World channel. It presents program details and airing information for viewers seeking guidance on featured content.
A fragment lists morning program times and hosts including Willis Family, Buddy Storcher, Jodsy Sui Your Wey, Five Minutes To Live, and General Hospital, with cartoon segments and regional news interludes. Multiple show titles and host names appear with channel cues and times.
Comedienne Martha Raye wore Army fatigues and worked two days in a Soc Trang field dispensary cleansing wounds changing bandages and comforting wounded GIs during a Mekong Delta battle. She donated blood aided surgeons and later performed for Army helicopter crews in Vinh Long.
Band and majorettes under Gene Allen performed on the People's Bank parking lot Saturday afternoon. The bank showcased new facilities on Fifth Street and president R. B. Rothgeb presented a check to Allen to purchase a new band uniform.
Holzer Hospital reports multiple births with families listed by name and town including Mr and Mrs Roddy T Moore Jackson twin boys and several other couples from Bidwell Radcliff Wellston and more. Rio Grande announces eight cheerleaders for the Rio Redmen 1966 67 season led by Linda Moore Captain. Robert W Parker 4 of Middleport injured falling from a trellis admitted for observation at Holzer Hospital. Harold Gibbs 54 Hartford arrested on non support warrant by Constable Richard Ohlinger in Point Pleasant.
Ohio viewers receive programs an hour earlier than listed. WV stations WSAZ WLWC WCHS and WTVN update for Eastern Daylight Saving Time while Ohio stations remain on Eastern Standard Time.
A cluttered cinema card lists evening and matinee showings including For Love Or Money with Kirk Douglas and Mitzi Gaynor, Portrait In Black, The Man Who Turned To Stone, Me Scoutmester, and Lives of Benge Lan cers featuring Gary Cooper and Richard Cromwell, with times and year notes.
William Hurlow 22 of Gallipolis Route 1 was cited for failure to have his vehicle under control after an early Sunday crash on Viand Street. He struck a parked car owned by Lester Leonard causing $500 in damage with no injuries.
Staff Sgt. Robert Jeffers stationed in Japan is called home by his mother Arnot Jeffers death. Distant relatives from Fremont and Columbus attend additional funerals. Local social notes include trips to Mountain Home Arkansas and visits to Point Pleasant and Gallipolis. PTA meet at Letart School. licensed practical nurses gather at Pleasant Valley Hospital. Feeney Bennett Post 128 Auxiliary meets. Buckeye Girls State rep Sandra Swartz reports.
Officials from the State Office will discuss the Appalachian Regional Development Act and federal grants aiding West Virginia. Ray Crabtree will present how Region 1 supports development in Kanehaw, Cabell, Mason, Jackson, Roane, Wirt, Wood, Ritchie, Pleas ant, and Tyler Counties with a $1.1 billion six year program funding highways resources health centers and public facilities.
The Anne Bailey Home Demonstration club discussed projects for the forthcoming calendar year at Mrs. Ross Greenlee’s Greer Road home. Lesson leaders were named. Members will prepare dirty bags for service men in Viet Nam as Christmas gifts and make stuffed toys or dresses for children in Lakin for Christmas delivery. Hostesses were Mrs. Greenlee, Mrs. Fred Daugherty and Mrs. Homer Whittington.
Members of the Sassafras Homemakers Home Demonstration Club met at the Upper Flats Community Building for its organization meeting. Mrs Jack Smith was elected president with Mrs Ronald Rickard as vice president, Mrs Marcus Weaver as secretary, and Mrs Bill McDermitt as treasurer.
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