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Newspaper

Free Press

Location

Trumansburg, New York, United States of America

Date

Jul 24, 1969

Page

5

Peanut Hunt At Ovid Draws 130 Kids In Plane Drop

Over 130 children from pre school to 6th grade took part in the Ovid Recreation program peanut hunt. Elmer Porter piloted a plane with co pilot Mrs Jack Guinan dropping ten peanut bags and signals. Robert Voorkers won 125 peanuts and the grand champion. Winners across grades listed with Terry Palone scoring high for girls. The event benefits from Ovid Willard Lions Club and local townships. Next event is Little Miss Ovid.

OVID Elmer Porter Jack Guinan Robert Voorkers Terry Paione Millas Restaurant Terry Myers Duane Buck Karen Guinan Roger Smith Karen Carroll Michael Perry Paula Guinan Leatha Smith Terry Palone Chet Sandifur Lodi Romulus Ovid-Willard Lion’s Club Village of Town of Tower of Seneca County United Fund

Operation shop early begins

SENECA FALLS Volunteers start Operation Shop Early packing Christmas gift bags for U S servicemen in Vietnam. Red Cross chapters nationwide organize Santa's helpers to sew and supply bags, with Seneca Seniors providing sewing work and 150 extra empty bags for Defense requests.

Seneca Falls Red Cross U.S Vietnam Rober Tuel Tyre Seneca County Department of Defense Seneca Seneca Falls Post Office

Personal items of Catherine Ruth Clawson notes

Community notices list visits and hospital stays. Ruth Clawson notes personal items and phone contact. Residents like Mr. and Mrs. Marks, Helen Gibson, Rebecca Howard, and Joseph Stawasz appear with travel, visits, and medical details. A 52nd anniversary is recorded for Elmer Burnham at Taughannock Farms Inn.

Ruth Clawson

Community Notices From Willard Area and Nearby Towns

Willard Hems and Mrs. Melvin Rourke spent a week with a daughter in Saratoga Springs. Major William T. Latimer, back from Vietnam, on 30 day leave in Auburn with wife and three children. visits his mother in Willard before new duty at Lackland AFB. Bert Burnham of Detroit visiting Clarence Dunham and Frank Jolly in Geneva. Eleanor Thorp and Martha McGuire recuperating at home. James VanAtta recuperating from hospital. Ice Cream social at Christ Church July 3 1969 6 00 p m with band concert by South Seneca Central School Band. Civil Service Employees Assoc Willard State Hospital Chapter 423 meeting Monday July 28 at 7 p m at North Home studio.

Melvin Rourke Saratoga Springs William T. Latimer Vietnam Auburn Alice Dunham Willard Geneva Eleanor Thorp Martha McGuire Lake George James VanAtta Christ Church South Seneca Central School Civil Service Employees Assoc Willard State Hospital North Home

Cubs and Dads Attend Camp Bab cock Hovey Day at Seneca Lake

Over 300 Cub Scouts and fathers joined Cub-Dad Day at Camp Babcock Hovey near Ovid on July 12. Activities included rifle and archery, camping skills, boating, swimming, and a council campfire. Thirty packs from Wayne Seneca Yates and Ontario counties participated. event dubbed annual by Stan Waters. Christ Church notes prayers, coffee hour, and July 31 ice cream social after July 27 service.

Ovid Babcock-Hovey Seneca Lake Rotary Council Cubs Wayne Seneca Yates Ontario Stan

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Susan Pollock Cedar H Rouses Point Hayes Wilson Keuka College Pollock Cedar Hedge Coryell Ralph L Coryell Oxygen Sw. F. Ma Robert Marks Mary Marks Rochester W. Seneca St Helen Gibson New York City Joseph McDonald Binghamton Clifford Ruth) Strouse Prospect St Geneva General Hospital Peter Garvey W.seneca St Richard Gibson Barry Reno Nev Helen Rebecca Howard Gladys McCheyne, Jr John Dewdle Elmira John Joseph Stawasz South St Auburn Memorial Hospital Newton Myers Poplar Beach Clifton Springs Hospital Elmer Burnham Taughannock Farms James Smithers Thelma Keebler Victor Kaiser Dale Vestal Frances Thayer Herbert Mickel Willard Hems Ovid, NY Tara’ S Hershey Waters Finger Lakes Council Christ Church Willard William Cooper Edward Tuffs Roland Nichols Rocky Dock RT 89 Interlaken New York State Walter Odomirok N. R. Boyce, Inc Qvid
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