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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Dec 07, 1956

Page

6

Ground-Breaking Set For Galbreath Chapel

Ground breaking ceremonies for the Helen Mauck Galbreath Memorial Chapel will be held on the Ohio University campus Tuesday afternoon with President Baker and John W. Galbreath among invited guests. A luncheon in University Center Ballroom leads to the 1:30 p.m. ceremony as Galbreath presents a $246 000 chapel to the university in memory of his wife Beth.

Helen Mauck Galbreath Ohio University John C. Baker University Center Baker John W. Galbreath Beth YMCA Wham Love Townsend Place Braves Howard Bobo Sunset Drive Floyd Bollinger Second St George Carmichael Hudson Ave Carl E. Seifert Brown Ave Victor Weekley Hanlin Ave Ralph Wigal Morris Ave Council Bob Taylor Sky Eagle Tepee Peng

Court dismisses littering case after hearings

Rome Township constable C R Stover charged Robert Miller of Coolville with littering a highway. Miller denied the charge and alleged Stover used menacing tactics to arrest him. The court held hearings and dismissed the case Wednesday.

Rome Township C. R. Stover Robert Miller Coolville Miller Stover

Two Athens Churches Offer Unusual Christmas Music Programs

Two Athens churches announce Sunday services featuring Christmas selections from Handel and Buxtehude. First Presbyterian Church presents solos and choruses from Handel's Messiah at 10 and 11, directed by Philip Person with soloists Merlin Rose John Hoffman Judy Kiek Marilyn Tutter and Marilyn Miller, organist Mrs P J Woodworth. Good Shepherd Church offers Advent Cantata Rejoice Beloved Christians at 10:30, directed by John Bergsage with instrumental support from Dr Karl Ahrendt Leighton Conkling Mrs Sherwood Hall and the Ohio University Brass Choir.

Athens Hanel Messiah Cheir First Presbyterian Church Philip L. Person Merlin Rose John Hoffman Judy Kiek Marilyn Turter Marilyn Miller P. J. Woodworth Rejoice

Amesville man cited for driving left of center after Route 30 crash

James H. Bowers a 45 year old Amesville man escaped injury when his auto overturned on Route 30 A east of the Route 33 junction at 3 30 am today He told patrolmen he was blinded by another car s headlights as he rounded a curve His car swerved hit an embankment and turned over on its top and he was cited into Municipal Court for driving left of center by the State Highway Patrol

Amesville James H. Bowers

Real Estate Transfers and Public Nuisance Fines

Real estate transfers include Manna f ale Cune to Gerald Taylor in Trimble Guy Alien Radcliff to Wilbur in Carpenter and other deeds in Athens. Three Ohio University students Frank R. Slezak Frank C. Dunigan and James Osborne were fined 29 dollars and costs for disturbing the peace after excessive noise on Friday.

Troy Bess E. Jones Tremareo Corporation Toledo Athens Sam Bolin Ohio University Frank R. Slezak Washington Hall Frank C. Duni¢an James Osborne Reed Hall

Dr Kaplan to Speak on Geophysical Year Plans at OU

Dr Joseph Kaplan renowned scientist will lecture at Onlo University campus Tuesday about the 46 nation International Geophysical Year program. He chairs the US National Committee for the project and outlines simultaneous world observations and a planned satellite to record data during outer space flight.

Joseph Kaplan Kaplan Dis Onlo University United States UCLA

Mechanicsburg Band Plans Hospital Concert

The Mechanicsburg School Junior Band, directed by Leonard Gutkoski, announces a December 13 evening concert for patients at Ath ens State Hospital. The program includes Bach Glory Unto Thee Be Given, Sousa The Thunderer, Country Dance, Maybelline, The Blue Danube, and vocal solos and ensembles by Mrs. Jean McAfee pupils. Majorettes perform Across the Field. Band members and majorettes are named.

Mechanicsburg School Athens State Hospital Leonard — Gutkoski Bach the Thunderer Sousa Maybelline Phyllis Lenigar Jean McAfee Mary Lockwood Patty Robinson You Sherry Kelchner Caroline Hooper Judy Dickens Margaret McKnight Danny Clyse Lyle Munn Butch Lockwood Rodney Weil Larry Conrath Carla Hall Charles Cooley

Sheltering Arms Hospital Notes and Local Officials

Collated hospital notes list new births for the Farrow and Kennedy families in New Plymouth and Waterford, with multiple admissions and discharges across Athens and neighboring towns. The piece also notes county elected office holders attending Manhattan conventions and a government plan to curb shortages as factories close in Poland amid a coal shortage.

Gerald Stauffer Athens Columbus Rolland Smith Court House Offic Marshfield William Beckley Albany Claudis Chapel James W. Whaley Harold Lucas Guysville of Courts Phyllis L Warsaw Poland

Weather records set in Athens as warmth returns

Athens residents reported a 72 degree high yesterday tied to a record for the date while 63 overnight and 11.06 inches of rainfall by 11 a.m. at infall. Hamley Run recorded 71 as high and showed mild April temperatures with Bermuda shorts and tops left off on campus. Marriage license issued to David Herron and Edith Ann Jackson, both 18, Athens Route and New Marshfield.

Athens L. Colmer U.S Hamley Run Colmer David Herron Edith Ann Jackson New Marshfield

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