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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Dec 02, 1943

Page

11

Near East Expert to Speak in Gallipolis Series

Gallipolis Club announces Simon Michael Davidian from Ohio will address the third meeting in the Institute of International Understanding series at Washington School auditorium. The talk titled The Russian Contributers to a New World Order will cover Russia as a factor in global affairs. Davidian, born in Constantinople to Armenian parents who fled Turkish massacres, is described as a qualified speaker. The first two meetings featured Merle Leonard and other speakers, with O. D. Foster set to conclude the series December 14.

Ipolis H. B.igikis Gallipolis Club Simon Michael Davidian Ohio Washington International Spavidian Constantinople Merle Leonard O. D. Foster Americas

Funeral services held for Deborah Reynolds at Schoedinger

Funeral services for Deborah Reynolds 74 of 920 Franklin Ave were set for 10 am Friday at the Schoedinger chapel. Burial followed in Rio Grande. Survived by two daughters Mrs W Boyd Kegg and Mrs Curtis Towle two sons William M and David A Reynolds three brothers Dr R T Morgan Dr E H Morgan and Dr J G Morgan one sister Mrs Joseph Donelly and Mrs Byron Bins and nine grandchildren.

Columbus Deborah Reynolds Franklin Ave A. W.reynolds Plumber & Factory Supplies, Inc Mt. Carmel Hospital Schoedinger William M David A. Reynolds R. T. Morgan E. H. Morgan Marion J. G. Morgan Rushville Joseph Donelly Gallipolis Byron Bins Pomeroy

Summers Sell Store at Pine and Third Corner

GALLIPOLIS the store building on the southwest corner of Pine and Third owned by W N Summers and wife has been sold to Jonah M Borden for about 2500 dollars.

Gallipolis Pine and W. N. Summers Jonah M. Borden

Missionaries Speak To Students In Gallia Academy Visit

Rev James E Boren and Mrs Boren founders of University Student Center Bangkok addressed Gallia Academy High School students at 8 30 Wednesday morning and Washington School students at the same time They spoke at a First Presbyterian pot luck dinner at 6 pm and later led the mid week service The Borens are on a Fellowship of Service to churches and communities in the Synod of Ohio They left for Middleport Wednesday night.

Gallipolis James E. Boren Boren University Student Center Bangkok Thailand United States Gallia Academy High School Borens Synod of Ohio Middleport

Funeral Rites Held for Roscoe Bert Stevers

Roscoe Bert Stevers died Tuesday in Dayton where he worked. Funeral services were held Thursday at his sister’s home in Gallipolis conducted by Rev. W Scott Westerman. Burial in Mercerville cemetery. He was born December 28 1887 and survived by wife Bessie Day Stevers daughter Alice and grandson Arthur Alan Nibert. He leaves ten siblings across Gallipolis Crown City and Columbus.

Gallipolis Roscoe Bert Stevers Dayton T. A. Haskins Garfield Avenue W. Scott Westerman Mercerville Stevers J. L. Stevers Maria Evans Stevers John W. Stevers Ed Plymale Ed Stevers John E. Fraley Charles V. Stevers Haskins Lester A. Stevers Oma Williams Crown City Frank Stevers Columbus Bessie Day Stevers Alice Carl Nibert Arthur Alan Nibert

Blind Evangelist Speaks At First Baptist Church

A capacity audience heard the famous blind evangelist Dr. Walter Kallenbach speak at the First Baptist Church in Gallipolis. He led congregational singing with his trumpet and performed a trumpet solo. He also demonstrated typing by a blind person illustrating proficiency. Meetings continue each evening except Saturday through December 12.

Gallipolis First Baptist Church Walter D. Kailenbach Kallenbach

Gallipolis Social Notes Highlights Club Meetings and News

Riverside Study Club guests at Island View Inn as they study America and its cities with sketches on Charleston and St. Augustine. English Club hostesses and talks on Pan American Highway. Corp James H. Lloyd on furlough visiting Ohio before returning to Salinas. Home Council meets at Grace Methodist with candy making demo. Christmas gift boxes prepared for service members, 115 boxes packed. Surprise party for Robert Davis's sixteenth birthday. City nurse discusses Preparing the Child for School at Pre-School Mothers Club. Gallipolis personals note travels, sheriff meeting, and local society updates. Messenger Agency changes hands with new correspondent Bess B. Wetherholt.

Gallipolis Riverside Study Club K. G. Kirkendall Island View Inn America Bertha Randall Charleston S. C St. Augustine Sinclair New Orleans Ben. Bachus Margaret Jones Claude Miller Kenneth Frazier Robert Ruland Jack Knight Robert M. Betz

War Fund Pie Auction Netted 425.65 in Gallipolis

In Clay Township the final pie auction for the War Fund Drive raised 425.65 dollars. Gladys Brucker’s pie fetched 23.50, the top price, while a repeatedly sold and re sold circuit cake totalled 72 dollars, split among four men. Mrs. Helen Hughes led the committee with support from Coach Marshall Boggs and others.

Gallipolis Clay Township Thivener R. P. McCarley Gladys Brucker Pete Saunders Merrill Johnson Howard Lane Erbin Baldwin Everett Clark Helen Hughes Yellowtown School Marshall Boggs Frances Loucks Zenia Shaw McCarley T. L. Shaw Herman Brucker Louise Loucks Hughes National War Fund

Private Rupe Dies On Kahuku Island

William Rupe of Ryger receives War Department telegram that his son Private Orville A. Rupe enlisted May 27 1941 died on Kahuku Island November 26 no further details given a letter promised He was born Kyger and would have been 27 on December 17 He is survived by his father and brother Private George Rupe also in the Army stationed somewhere nearby.

Gallipolis William Rupe Ryger War Department Pvt Orville A. Rupe Kahuku Island Rupe Kyger George Rupe Army

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