Appalachian women craft space age home goods in New York show
A Kentucky mountain cooperative of about 50 women from Sand Gap Macedonia Tyner and Morrill showcased natural material crafts at a Manhattan merchandise show. Dried apple head dolls and seed pictures drew attention beside modern space age appliances. Buyers from 16 000 attendees placed orders for pine cone wreaths corn shuck corsages hickory nut dolls and seed art. The effort is organized by youths from Manchester Kentucky supported by the Office of Economic Opportunity and aims to keep families involved in gathering materials and making items.
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New York
UPI
Appalachia
Kentucky
Tyner
Morrill
Clover Bottom
Communication Action Group
Manchester
Office of Economic Opportunity
Jay Thalheim
Youth groups to stage Smokey Mountain operetta in New London
New London youth fellowships from New London Rochester and Fitchville United Methodist Churches present a two act operetta Smokey Mountain directed by Donald W. Babcock at 8 p.m. March 20 and 21 in the New London Elementary School multi purpose room. The event features 30 members with tickets sold in advance or at the door. The piece is a hillbilly love story.
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New London
Smokey Mountain
Rochester
Fitchville
United Methodist
Donald W. Babcock
Fellowship
Community calendar listings for tonight and Thursday
Local organizations publish a packed calendar with events at First United Presbyterian Church First United Methodist Church St Marys Catholic Church Italian Gardens Norwalk and Sandusky. Activities include Cub Scout Webcios Tailoring Classes prayer group training session Bible study and a Secretaries Association dinner with multiple times and locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First United Presbyterian Church
Maple City Garden
First United Methodist Church
Lake Erie
Willard Area Soldiers Assigned to Vietnam Units
Army Sergeant Frederick E. Walton 21 of Willard assigned as military policeman with the 18th Military Police Brigade in Vietnam on January 21. Army Private First Class Thomas R. Chaffin Jr. 21 of rural Collins assigned December 12 to the 937th Engineer Group in Vietnam as a construction engineer. Steven C. Miller 24 of Willard promoted to Army specialist five with the 523d Engineer Company near Binh Thuy. Spec 5 Miller arrived in Vietnam last April after basic at Ft. Dix and service since October 1968. He is a 1963 Willard High School graduate and earned a BA from Bowling Green State University in 1968.
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U.S. Army
Vietnam
Frederick E. Walton
Paul J. Walton
Willard
18Th Military Police Brigade
Thomas R. Chaffin, Jr
Collins
937Th Engineer Group
Binh Thuy
Steven C. Miller
Robert W. Miller
523D Engineer
Ft. Dix
N.J
Willard High School
Miller
Bowling Green State University
Art Show Is Work Of Local Resident
Norwalk native Stephen E. Renneckar is staging solo art shows in Columbus theater galleries. He carved a 12 inch thick mahogany disc with the Aztec Calendar Stone and a walnut Miami University Seal, the latter hanging in Oxford at the alumni center. Renneckar, a 1962 Norwalk High School graduate, studies at Ohio State University College of Law and will graduate in June and sit the bar in July.
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Stephen E. Renneckar
Thomas Renneckar
Newton St
Miami University
Columbus
Miami
Oxford
Renneckar
Norwalk High School
Ohio State University College of Law
Ohio
Carole Sprowls to Be Spring Bride
Carole J. Sprowls formerly of Norwalk and Ronald L. Beganie of Richmond Va plan an open church wedding at 2 p.m. on April 25 at Franklin Circle Christian Church Cleveland. Miss Sprowls is a former Norwalk Reflector reporter and current assistant director at Bowling Green State University news service. Her fiancé, a 1965 Ohio University graduate, is a probation officer in Richmond Va.
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Carole J. Sprowls
Norwalk
Ronald L. Beganie
Richmond, Va
Miss Sprowls
The
Norwalk Reflector
Bowling Green State University
Ohio University
Bowling Green
Richmond
Franklin Circle Christian Church
Cleveland
Retirees Honored At Dinner At Elks Country Club
A March 4 dinner at Elks Country Club Norwalk honored Mrs Albert F Schug retiring after 13 years as Monroeville Public Library librarian and Mrs James A Noyes who resigned from the library board after 12 years including seven as secretary Donald Karnehm president of the board presented gifts The event was attended by the honorees and library staff
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Monroeville
Elks Country Club
Norwalk
Albert F. Schug
Monroeville Public Library
James A. Noyes
Library Board of Trustees
Donald Karnehm
Library Board
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Hickory Nut
Sand Gap
Macedonia
New London News
New London Grange
Lawrence Snyder
Huron County Pomona Grange
New London Hall
New London Hospital
Ellis
Germany
P.m
Methodist Bible Study Group
Richard A. Wetzel
Carole Sprowls
Spring Bride
Wilbert Sprowls
Wayne, Pa
Carole
Beganie
Leonard Beganie
Lakewood
Reis
Norwalk, Ohio
BankAmericard
Fegsenden
Caqueli
East Wrain
Fessenden Acqueline
East Main St
Eorwalk
Bank
Americard
Ack Pater
Pecolo
Black
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