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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Sep 02, 1969

Page

11

Auxiliary Has Picnic Plans Rummage Sale

POMEROY West Virginia Mrs Ray Pickens Sr hosted the Women's Auxiliary of Veterans Memorial Hospital picnic at Clifton The group held a brief business meeting after dinner Rummage sale chair Mrs Philip Meinhart announced a sale starting September 9 at the former Phillip Sisters building on Court Street from 9 am Donations can be dropped at the hospital or picked up by calling 992 2383 New officers will be elected and installed at the September 16 meeting A new member Mrs Russell Mills was welcomed and officers attended a gift show of Kauffman and Lattimer in Parkersburg

Pomeroy Ray Pickens Clifton W.va Women's Auxiliary of Veterans Memorial Hospital Rummage Sale Philip Meinhart Phillip Sisters Court Street Meinhart Hugh Beards Alex Wheeler Kauffman and Lattimer Parkersburg Russell Mills

Georgia Teens Return From Soviet Visit Hungry For Frying

Thirteen black students from Atlanta's Booker T. Washington High School returned from a three week Russian tour with memories of friendly people and pioneer camps but lamenting the lack of fried chicken. The trip, organized by Russian teacher Billie Davis, covered Moscow Leningrad Riga and Talinn and was funded by the Citizens Exchange Corps. The report notes Pico da Bandeira in Brazil as the highest peak at 9 482 feet.

New York Georgia Soviet Union Anna Calhoun Atlanta Booker T. Washington High School Kennedy International Airport Billie Davis Moscow Leningrad Riga Talinn Citizens Exchange Corps

Community Visit Highlights From New Straitsville Area

Gladys Lines reports a flurry of visits and reunions as locals host relatives and friends from Columbus Mount Sterling Newark Cuyahoga Falls Akron Cleveland and beyond. Several families traveled to and from Richmond Va Clinton Mansfield and Smoky Mountains for gatherings and leisure.

Karl Fink Robert Stubbs Mount Sterling Dick Kemper Columbus Charles Kemper Margaret Hite Mary Breeze Margaret Rushia William Rushia Lena Grandy Clinton Robert Jack Mills David Beth Ann Akron Ken Cham Michael Boston Jerry Wilson Susan Steven Illinois Marvin Leedon Jennifer Scaramento Calif Dean Collison Logan Clarence Haber Clearwater, Fla Clarence Heid Harley Hickman Lina Smoky Mountains James Barnett Worthington Vera Curl Dennis Anderson Gladys Lines Lottie Porter Dot Denney Mansfield James Stobbs Cuyahoga Falls Sue Kessler Cleveland Anna Davis

Beavers Help Stop Gasoline Spill In Wyoming Creek

Beavers on a creek near Sundance Wyoming helped contain a gasoline spill after a tanker overturned spilling 5000 gallons. Beaver dams trapped the fuel and prevented further flow downstream toward the Belle Fourche River.

Belle Fourche River

Perry Co. Court News Highlights Antitrust Suit

The state files a notification suit in Perry County and statewide charging five firms Pfizer American Cyanamid Bristol Myers Olin Mathison Upjohn with restraint of trade in distributing antibiotics. Perry County receives 56888 from a 54 million intangible tax pool, up 4909 from last year. Also reports include juvenile court detention for Michael Dean Bobb, grand jury binding of Richard Robinson for auto theft, a 175000 personal injury suit against New York Central Railroad by Billie Jo Minerd, and Alice L Fuller's will leaving her estate to William C Faller.

Perry Ohio Ned Watts Charles Pfizer Co American Cyanamid Co Bristol Myers Co Olin Mathison Chemical Co Upjohn Co Perry County John D. Herbert Daniel Jenkins Michael Dean Bobb Crooksville Richard Rickey) Robinson New Lexington Grand Jury Rodney Lacey Perry County Common Pleas Court Billie Jo Minerd

Highest Ojos del Salado peaks at 22539 feet

Ojos del Salado stands as Chile's highest mountain at 22539 feet, marking the country's top elevation.

Ojos del Salado Chile

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