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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Dec 12, 1957

Page

7

North Gallia Program Features Readings and Dance

Cold weather limited attendance at the North Gallia High School program. Ruth Thomas directed a night of readings, dramatizations, and square dancing recalling past eras with students and local residents performing poems, fables, and scenes from McGuffey era.

North Gallia Ruth Thomas Dudley Eggleton Rosalie Bailes William Holmes McGuffey Polly Walker Carolyn Lewis Velma Coleman Marc Holter Benny Mullins Anna S. Evans

Kiwanis Committees Are Briefed at Gallipolis Dinner

Gallipolis Kiwanis Club held a Wednesday dinner where president-elect Dr. Jay Bradshaw outlined plans for 1958 including inaugurating Key Clubs at Hannan Trace and Southwestern High Schools and arranging a joint meeting with Kiwanis, Circle-K, and Key Club at the Youth Camp. Guests included Tom Phillips Circle-K VP and Tommy Skinner Key Club member.

Gallipolis Gallipolis Kiwanis Club Jay Bradshaw Bradshaw Hannan-Trace Southwestern Kiwanis L. Claude Miller Tom Phillips Circle-K Club Tommy Skinner Key Club Bill Stamps George W. Davis Robert Nelson Hurt American Gas and Electric Service Corp James B. Harreld Ohio Valley Electric Corporation Kyger Creek

Five colors in British heraldry aside from metals

British heralds recognize only five colors for coats of arms red blue black green and purple. Yellow and white are not colors but represent metals gold and silver in heraldic design.

Couple Wed Monday Night in Gallia County

Doris Diane Miller and James D. Copely married in a Monday night ceremony read by Rev. Marion Williams at his Addison home. The couple resides at Brannon Apartments State Street extension. The groom is a Rio Grande High School alumnus formerly with Halderman Construction. the bride attended Gallia Academy High School.

Gallipolis Foster Miller Doris Diane James D. Copely R. A. Copely Thurman Marion Williams Addison Brannon Apartments State St. Extension Rio Grande High School The Halderman Construction Co Copely Gallia Academy High School

River Traffic and Dam Conditions Report

River gauges show Gallipolis and Kanawha Falls at various levels, with Ohio River movable dams down and an overall fall of about one tenth of a foot per hour from Dam 13 to Dam 35. Daily boat movements include multiple tugs and barges at Locks 14 to 34, with numerous up and down readings aboard named vessels on Kanawha and Gallipolis routes.

Gallipolis Montgomery Kanawha Falls Hinton Pomeroy - Mason Point Pleasant Kanawha River London Marmet Winfield Ohio River Betty Moran Janet T Memphis Zephyr O-Kan Ben McCool Lock Gona City of Huntington Lucy Jane Lakas R. H. Bosworth Keeley Lunga Point Sohio State Price Alcott Ora D. II Coleman D Kanawha Helen Solvay Qgram City of Maysville Salvati Louisiana O. Shearer Herbert E. Jones Paul Blazer C._P. Wright Aliquippa Clarence H. Brown Seniet Creditor Ohio John J. Rowe

Snow and Ice Causes Two Wrecks in Gallia County

State Patrol reports two crashes on Wednesday in Gallia and Meigs counties due to slick roads. Sylvester Milan, 59, Gallipolis, left a curve on Nebo Road and hit a tree and fence, vehicle overturned. Lonnie Christopher, 43, backed from a driveway on Route 124, was hit by Michael Baker, 46, Reedsville. Baker cited for failure to yield.

Gallipolis Ohio State Highway Patrol Nebo Rd Sylvester H. Milan Waterloo Wendell Rees Meigs County Athens- Meigs Lonnie L. Christopher Michael B. Baker Reedsville Baker Robinson

Moon’s Elliptical Orbit Measures 238,900 Miles

The Moon travels in an elliptical Earth orbit about every four weeks, averaging 238,900 miles per revolution, roughly thirty times Earth's diameter.

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