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The Akron Beacon Journal from Akron, Ohio • Page 46

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14 on Beacon Journal Sunday, January 9, 1966 i. Never So Cat-Conscious Two crusading British women took leave of Venice Saturday, grinning like contented Cheshires because the Italian city has never been so cat conscious. Mabel Hawkins and Mrs. Helena Sanders spent four days in Venice studying the living standards of the canal city's estimated 28.000 cats and suggesting ways to make them more civilized. Health officials said Venice had more of a rat problemand that the cats were handling it very nicely.

But Miss Hawkins and Mrs. Sanders plagued by Summer vacation memories of scraggly, scrawny, starving cats blinking up at them visited cat-lovers and gave advice on ways to treat the sick and nourish the hungry. "We contacted hundreds of ordinary people and spread the word that we gave certificates to a number of veterinarians," said Mrs. Sanders. Winter Carnival Time Coming Up By EDWIN SCHOEXLEB The sudden outburst of snow and cold this week JOPEKJS I end after days of balmy weather reminded Akron area FREE! 64-page book could save $200onyour folks that it is, after all, time for Winter doings.

Ohio ski areas are expected to be going full blast today and there is plenty of activity scheduled for cold weather enthusiasts during the coming weeks in places not too distant. Niagara Falls begins its series of weekend ice and snow events Friday and over in Pennsylvania's Poco- if REPEAT OF A SELL-OUT! European vacation. This new book describes 20 first-class "Priceless" tours of Europe and Scandinavia. Example! A "Three-Week Whirl" in 11 countries from $695 all inclusive. nos the nation's first big Winter carnival gets under way Thursday for four days.

The famed 10-day St. Paul." Winter Carnival which annual ng, photography exhibits, I MORE JUST ARRIVED! I RusB free, (4-paga "Priceless Europe)" brochure. jy draws a number ol visitors coin flnd stam gh hon frnm Alfrnn hocrmc Tan VS I while up in Canada the Que'ifires' and what NAME. bee Winter Carnival will be nave you. fl STREET -CITY.

held Feb. 10 to 22. The whole program Is designed to keep the tourists STATE. coming to Niagara Falls dur 0 FIRST NATIONAL TOWER THIS IS the second year for the weekend Winter activities at Niagara Falls. We were Ing the cold months and AKRON, OHIO 72.0951 the ice-coated Falls them I I selves, of course, are a sight SHU there for the start of the series last year on Jan.

16 and ran Into one of the biggest snows of the season 13 inches de Th Company For People Who Travel to behold. A complete schedule of each weekend may be obtained by writing the Convention Bureau In Niagara Falls. spite the fact there was nary a flurry of the white stuff THE EMPHASIS will be on skiing and snowmobile races at the Poconos carnival. The skiing will be scattered around the Poco-North, Big Boulder and Camelback ski areas, with the snowmobile races at Po- -RRBjflRlRi. ll I vntt.sts, tf'ifw.

THE PATH to downtown Cleveland will be eased for motorists from the Greater Akron area after Jan. 18, when a mile-long section of Interstate 77 is opened in that city. The new section (dotted line) connects the present Willow Freeway (U. S.21) with the Inner Belt. It extends from Broadway SE to the Ninth st.

area, eliminating that tedious traffic-laden former route that used Broadway, E. 34th and Ontario into downtown Cleveland and cuts 10 to 15 minutes off the trip. here. The activities cover seven successive weekends and include entertainment both outdoors and indoors. There will be bobsled races, skiing competitions, ice sculpturing, snowmobile rides, fash-Ion shows, hockey games, antique shows, fine arts exhibits, pops concerts, jazz festivals, round and square danc- L0 cono Manor and along tne shores of Lake Wallenpaupak.

en kt.w wu rcrr Anyone headed that way for the weekend should stop in Carolina Chapel at the Vacation Bureau In Stroudsburg and get a schedule of what's going on where. BOTH THE St. Paul and Tliey Call It 'Pretty Place9 Quebec carnivals will have parades with elaborate floats, ice sculpture exhibitions and florida vacation crowning of queens, as well as skiing, snowmobile races and other entertainment. In St. Paul there's usually ire skating on a downtown street and tobogganing down half-mile chutes near the I capital DAYTONA By PAUL JONES CAMP GREENVILLE, S.

C. (NE A) There is at first only a gray stone wall, the face of the chapel, at the end of the winding road atop Standing Stone mountain. Then, above the chapel's open door, a stout oak beam bears the Inscription: "I will lift up mine eyes unto the INSIDE, beyond the beamed roof and the rows of Capitol. IF THE dip in temperature stirred cold weather farts it also brought Immediate action from those who are not exactly fond of such thermometer antics. The mere forecast of snow and near-zero for the weekend set the phone ringing Friday with calls about the routes to Florida and also the Southwest.

Most of those calling said they expected to be gone for one, two and even three months. 1 I (4mm Tourist Spot In Tanzania The home of earliest known man Olduval Gorge in Tanzania has become a tourist attraction. Visitors make an arduous YOU'RE IN THE CENTER OF THINGSI wooden pews, beyond the massive stone pillars with their inscribed quotations from the Bible, is a simple wooden pulpit and a large wooden cross. And beyond the cross, unhindered by walls, it a panorama of incredible beauty range after range of the Blue Ridge mountains in a 50-mile vista stretching as far as the eye can see. It is formally known as Symmes Chapel.

Folks around here simply call it "Pretty Place." THE RUSTIC little wayside chapel was built in 1928 by mountain people. It is maintained by the Greenville YMCA through an endowment by the Fred W. Symmes family. Thousands of visitors of all faiths come to Pretty Place each year. They find it beautiful the year round in the splendor of Fall and Winter, in the freshness of a mountain Spring and Summer.

And always, they stand silent in their private thoughts. They say they come away refreshed. PRETTY PLACE is unique among tourist attractions. There is no admission fee, no barker, no attendant, nothing to buy. It is not bal-lyhooed by billboards and bumper stickers.

But somehow people find it. Mason Kisses And Tells journey over East Africa's dusty plains to see the fossil Mora than a million ptopla avcry yar must right I Thay ar choosing the charm el axciting St. Pat for tun-fillad, mmon-packd vacation. No wondw I Hart you art in th center of all that Florida offers. From a clear, fresh morning through balmy, tropical night you go crunching along milei of pearl-white sandy beaches drenched by the golden sun of the day and splashed by the glowing moon at night You thrill to Greyhound and Hone Racing, Jai Alai, Deep Sea Fishing, Gotf, Funderful Attractions, Big League Baseball, Romantic Night Life with Gourmet Dining, or just plain all in en atmosphere of unsurpassed graciousnws.

Only In St Pete can you enjoy cesuel but cosmopolitan surroundings and stiH be but a short drive by car or bus to all those fascinating attractions that add the gloss of complete enjoyment to any Florida vacation. We promise you wonderful time the freshest, cleanest air of my major city in the nation. beds where the remains of two million-year-old manlike creatures have been unearthed rx if fa I i Jf I JS? 4 I LONDON UP) Actor James Mason, leaving London for Los Angeles, got an affectionate fare- well from an attractive dark-haired girl. They walked arm-in-arm, em- braced and kissed. Then Mason walked through the customs barrier.

She refused to tell I by Dr. and Mrs. L. S. B.

Leakey, the famed British anthropologists whose work is supported by the National Geographic Society. Send for your 72-page Sunshine Annual FREE! the guide te your Florida vacation today and your permanent home to-1 morrow. We are waiting te welcome you ana youral b. Jerkins, Dept. 1.9 Vacation Chamber of Commerce St.

Petersburg, Florida 33731 Phase send Information on; Hotels Apartment! Guest Housea Buys Hideaway HOLLYWOOD Jean Se berg, starring with Sean Con newsmen who she was, Sii iSsfflPl address saying: "ask Mr. Ma- I son. i Motels Beaches Permanent Living Later the actor said she i nery In Warner "A Fine Madness," and her husband, novelist Romain Gary, have 1 was Leonarne Young, an I Immm mmmmm I bought a hideaway house on the Greek Island of Myconos, was divorced 14 months ago from Pamela Kellino. VJV i 1 i eight hours by boat from PRICE BREAK! WOOL AND NYLON Athens. SPECIAL COLOR FILM SHOWING IN AKRON flgjfjffimmtmmwmmmmMm tfif: vkw i i 1 1 Mim IT GOT IT.

iiwmMt iim ft Yv jL DAYTON BEACH Ul martin I fit ftiiwwrf GOING OH Vacation? HAVE THE AKRON BEACON JOURNAL HAILED TO YOU EVERY DAY You can receive the Beacon Journal at your vacation address every day. Your newspaper with indispensable local news coverage, your favorite features and columnists, entertaining and familiar' Sunday magazine and comics-will increase the pleasure of days of relaxation. RATE FOR DELIVERY TO ANY ADDRESS IN THE UNITED STATES HEADQUARTERS FOR A COMPLETE HOLIDAY EXPERIENCE STAY it the "World's Most Famous VISIT thi major attractions tf Central Florida all without packing or unpacking. SEE Caps Kennedy, St. Augustine's 400th year celebration, Manneland, Silver Springs, Sk Gun Territory, Cypress Gardens, Etok Tower and many more within an isy hour's drive.

ENJOY all the delights of the Daytona Beach Resort Area 23 miles of free public beach, 5 championship golf courses, fishing, swimming, surfing, tennis, shuffle-board, fine restaurants, shops and accommodations to fit every budget COMBINE seeing and doing this year Florida's "Hub of Activity," thi NEW WAY OF LIFE IN Fort Lauderdale, Florida" presented by Metzger Brothers, Inc. Rio Nuevo Garden Apartments Daily Only ONE 80c SUNDAY ONE WEEK 40c Cz2 vy ONE WEEK Daily and Sunday $1.20 swnderf ul Daytona Beach Resort Area. Made to sell at $8.99 Our last selling price $3.99 CUP AND MAIL THIS COUPON WITH CHECK OR MONEY ORDER s1IIMtMIMMtMlllltfniM(IMIttH)IMIIIItHlltlllllMtllMttllllltlMHIMtMUMItltllM(MMIIIMIMtlHMIIIMMtl THE AKRON BEACON JOURNAL CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT FULL COLOR IROCMURE BLACK NAVY CRANBERRY LODEN GREEN Whether you are interested in Florida today, or for the future, makes no difference. You are come to enjoy the film and refreshments without obligation. But due to limited space, we must limit the number attending.

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ft FLORIDA ATTRACTION! MAP Metzger Brothers, Inc. Columbus and Florida developers, invite you to a special showing of "The New Way of Life" in its Fort Lauderdale Condominium Garden Apartments Rio Nuevo. See the new and exciting official full-color film of Fort Lauderdale, one of Florida's most beautiful re- sort cities. Find oit how Rio Nuevo inexpensively answers your needs for a vacation home now, and why it is ideal for carefree year-round living once you retire or move to Florida permanently. Get all the facts about its recreational advantages', its grand boating facilities and convenient setting just five minutes from mid-town or the ocean.

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