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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1974
Page
3
Handel’s The Messiah will be performed Sunday at 3 p.m. in Lyne Center on the Rio Grande College campus under Merlyn Ross associate professor of music and Anne Fischer music director of Gallia Academy High School.
Indianapolis report shows American Legion National Commander James M. Wagenseller objecting to a 20th Century Fund proposal to fold some veterans benefits into general welfare programs. He cites wartime veterans as a special class needing distinct treatment and says full review is needed before comment. The piece also lists a planned community concert featuring eight area soloists, choirs from Gallia Academy High School and Rio Grande colleges, and a large university string quartet.
The International Meditation Society offers an introductory lecture on Transcendental Meditation and the Science of Creative Intelligence at 8 p.m. Tuesday at the Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co. South May Avenue office. Bruce Hahn, Southeastern Ohio coordinator, will speak. New Haven Garden Club hosted by Mrs. Ruth Batey with co host Mrs. Howard Burris. Mrs. Lee Gibbs presented A Typical Pioneer Thanksgiving.
The Perry Historical Society asks residents to help fulfill out of county gift orders for The History of Fairfield and Perry Counties. Unigraphic Inc will mail gifts directly, with UPS delivery. 400 volumes priced at 19 dollars plus tax will be distributed by community delivery points before Christmas. Herb Turner of Lancaster sold over 150 copies.
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio is to hear C and S O E rate increase claims in Wellston with the company arguing current rates are unjust and that operating costs justify higher charges. The council discussed representation and delayed action on the 1975 budget citing time to study.
Ross Andrew Hall of Athens enrolls as a freshman at Centre College in Danville Kentucky. He is the son of Antoinette C. Hall and a June graduate of Athens High School active in baseball dramatics and the Latin Club. Centre College begins its 155th year with 796 students including 232 freshman.
The Sunshine Makers Club of the First United Presbyterian Church met in the church annex with vice president Janice Lawson presiding. A freewill offering was taken and a Dec 13 party at Crow’s Steak House at 6 30 p.m. was announced with a 2 gift exchange after a program. Committees for decorations refreshments and other tasks were named. Tina Pierce attended as a guest.
In Syracuse the Third Wednesday Club at the Municipal Building planned a December 18 Christmas party featuring a dinner at the Red Carpet Inn, a program, a gift exchange, candlemaking led by Janice Lawson, and a noon potluck with grace by Edith Hood.
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