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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1968
Page
3
A horse pulling contest will be held Sunday Oct 6 at Shade school grounds funded by the Shade community and PTA. Three classes light 2800 lbs medium 3200 and under heavy over 3200. Prizes total 110 per class with trophies for first. Entry fee 5 per team. Adults pay admission. children free. Breakfast and lunch served in the lunchroom.
An advertisement touts Peterson's Ointment as fast relief for piles with a cooling astringent formula. It claims thousands have benefited over 40 years and guarantees delight or money back. Available in box or applicator tube for 95e at all druggists.
Frances Charnas, a June graduate of Ohio University, sails to Saigon Sunday to present 24000 pounds of school and personal supplies to wards of the Nation School in a ceremony with South Vietnam’s cabinet. The effort, begun in 1966, raised $55000 and involved 50 student volunteers and numerous clubs and sponsors. She will be the honored guest at the ceremony and returns October 13 to resume teaching dramatic arts at Shaw High School in Cleveland.
General Telephone Co of Ohio announces students in residence halls can place credit card and collect long distance calls directly. Centrex provides a room phone serving administration and faculty, with options to dial 0 area code and number for out of town calls.
Donors may park free Oct 7–8 at the Red Cross center in Athens for a two day bloodmobile visit sponsored by the Athens Jaycees. Mayor Shepard announced free parking in front of University Terrace church. Appointments by individuals or groups available by calling 593-5273. Quota is 270 pints. County sales of Series FE U.S. Savings Bonds and Freedom Shares totaled 40,381 in August. volunteer chairman B. T. Grover Jr. reported 48.5 percent of the 1968 goal.
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