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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Dec 23, 1955

Page

6

Car Crash Hurts Driver In Porter Curve

Alvin O. Walton, 34, of Bidwell Route 1, sustained a forehead laceration and right ear abrasion when his car left the road on Route 554 near Porter at about 7 pm Wednesday. He was traveling southwest on Route 554 with Route 160 when he failed to navigate a curve, struck four small trees, and suffered heavy damage to the right side of the car.

Gallipolis Alvin O. Walton Bidwell State Highway Patrol Porter

Gallipolis Driver Sleep Crash Leaves Man Injured

Remy We Hy land, 39, Ironton, was treated at Holzer Hospital after his one car crash on Route 7 south of Gallipolis. Police say he slept at 70 to 80 mph, car left road, went over a bank turning over 2 or 3 times, suffering scalp lacerations and bruises. Justice of the Peace fined Adrian Eichenlaub, 24, Otway, $10 and costs for coal dropped on the road. McDermitt jailed on DWI charges for hearing later today. Ray Mitchell cited for speeding.

Gallipolis Remy We Hyland Ironton Holzer Hospital Hyland Sions Justice of the Peace James A. Johnson Adrian Eichenlaub Otway Charles Peter McDermitt Point Pleasant Gallipolis Municipal Ray Arnold Mitchell

Rites set for longtime engineer James Dent Oliver

Gallipolis obituary for James Dent Oliver 86 longtime engineer at the municipal water works and state hospital. Born 1869 in Gallipolis to John C. Oliver and Caroline Damron Oliver. Died at home after a life with water works and the Ohio Hospital for Epileptics. Burial Pine St Cemetery. Funeral at Wetherholt Funeral Home with Rev Paul M Niswander officiating. He was a Masonic Morning Dawn Lodge member. Friends may call.

Gallipolis James Dent Oliver State Hospital Wetherholl Paul M. Niswander Grace Methodist Church Pine St Masonic Morning Dawn Lodge Oliver Third Ave Cedar St John C. Oliver Caroline Damron Oliver Katherine Curry Arthur Etta)Williams OHE GSL Ohio Hospital Water Works Jim Oliver W Waterworks

Students Help Lass' Family After Fire

Gallia Academy High School students gathered 147 dollars in cash for Ida Franklin whose Clay Chapel Road home burned down just before Christmas. Eight clubs and the Student Council contributed after Ida and her siblings escaped through a window as the Gallipolis Fire Department fought the blaze in the early hours. The family resettled with Ida’s grandparents as repairs proceed on the burned property.

Gallipolis Ida Franklin Gallia Academy High School Ida Clay Chapel Road Treasuries Girls Athletic Association Thespian Club Key Club Future Business Leaders of America Future Farmers of America Press Club Tri-Hi-Y Hi-Y Ross H. Fleming Ment Nts James R Franklin Roger Rena Washington School Nelson Franklin

Gallipolis Church News Highlights Local Christmas Services

Local parishes list Mass times and worship schedules across Gallipolis. Clergy include Fathers Golubieski and Symonds, with services at St Peters Episcopal and multiple Baptist, Methodist, Nazarene, Assembly of God, and Church of God congregations. Community member visits from Yale and Vanderbilt noted, along with holiday catechism, youth groups, and cantatas.

Gallipolis Couple Wed in Liberty Indiana

Miss Phyllis Aldena Saunders and William Edward Campbell wed last Wednesday at the Liberty Indiana Methodist Church. The Rev Donald Boyd officiated at 4 pm in a double ring ceremony. The bride, daughter of Walter and Mrs Saunders Bladen, and groom, son of Robert Campbell and the late Mrs Campbell of Gallipolis, were unattended. The bride is a 1955 Gallia Academy graduate and now with the Gallipolis Tribune. Campbell served in the Marines in the Far East during the Korean War and is self employed. They will reside in Gallipolis.

Gallipolis Phyllis Aldena Saunders William Edward Campbell Liberty Ind Donald Boyd Walter Saunders Bladen Robert Campbell Campbell Gallia Academy High School Gallipolis Tribune Marine Corps Far East

Fine Christmas Play at Grace Methodist Church

Grace Methodist Church gym hosted Wesley-Weds presenting Was This the Christ Child a three scene Christmas drama. 175 attendees watched amateur actors in Biblical costumes with music from the Chance Choir. Proceeds benefited Methodist Home for the Aged Children’s Home and hospital.

Gallipolis Grace Methodist Church Wesley- Weds Christ Mit R. White Joseph Amy Haffelt Fabir Harold Wiseman Joel Ronnie Sara Walker Jean McCormick Ann Brown Mary Ruth Esther Harris Doepping Bill C. Campbell One A. Parsons Norman W. Pinschmidt Paul M. Niswander Methodist Home Church School

Logan 3 Churches Will Hold Christmas Eve Services

Logan churches schedule candlelit Christmas Eve observances with choirs, sermons, and processions. St Matthew Lutheran, First Presbyterian, St John Catholic, St Pauls Episcopal, and First UEG Church all plan services featuring candlelight, special music, and sermons by seminary students and parish pastors.

Farmer Who Toured Russia To Address County Soil Meeting

Ferris Owen of Licking County will speak at the Hocking County Soil Conservation District annual dinner on February 12 at Logan High School cafeteria. Owen traveled to Russia last summer with 11 other U S farmers, sharing experiences from the tour.

Russia Logan Ohio Hocking County

Gallipolitan Picked For Radio Choir

Elden Ehrman son of Mr and Mrs Charles Ehrman of 44 Vinton Street Gallipolis is chosen as one of 50 Bowling Green State University students from 150 to join the A Cappella choir to be broadcast nationwide on NBC stations next Friday at 1130 p.m. James Paul Kennedy will host. Ehrman earned state superior awards for vocal music as a student at Gallia Academy High School.

Gallipolis Elden Ehrman Charles E. Ehrman Vinton St Bowling Green State University NBC James Paul Kennedy Cece Iman Gallia Academy High School

Ex Mason Teachers Return for Yuletide

Mr and Mrs Sheri Edler former Mason County school teachers visited Point Pleasant yesterday during Christmas holidays. Mr Edler who taught at Wahama High School last year now teaches in the Sidney Ohio public schools. His wife taught at Henderson Grade School last year.

Point Pleasant Sheri Edler Mason County Edler Wahama High School Sidney Ohio Henderson

Youth Sentenced to Reformatory Admission Refused

Joseph J. Fisher 18 of Logan Route 3 began a sentence at Mansfield Reformatory after a Common Pleas Court decision for carnal knowledge of a girl under 16. His reformatory admission was denied pending psychiatric exam. Lima State Hospital stay arranged. Wilbur E Weaver 19 had a four month jail term for the same charge, later resentenced to six months with four suspended after Lima Hospital examination.

Logan Joseph J. Fisher Mansfield Reformatory Common Pleas Court A. J. Waldron Fisher Reformatory Lima State Hospital Wilbur E Weaver New Plymouth Weaver

Christmas church services and programs listed regionally

Logan Church News lists Christmas worship times and programs across multiple churches. details include cantatas, sermons such as The Coming of Gods Son and No Room in the Inn, choir rehearsals, Sunday school, Bible classes, and special services at Trinity Lutheran St Matthew Lutheran Nazarene Jehovahs Witnesses United Brethren and Church of God with pastors names and times.

Trinity Lutheran Paul D.holtzen Christ Walther League St. Matthew Lutheran Ralph Doermann The Capital Theological Seminary H. C. Leopold Church of the Nazarene Roy E. Klingler NYPS Jehovah's Witnesses A. Benyi Watchtower Bible Study United Brethren In Christ I. N. Burnworth South Haydenville

Hamilton elected president of McArthur Brick Co

McArthur Brick Co. elected Hamilton as president and general manager at a December 15 meeting. C. E. Vollenweider was chosen vice president and attorney, Oe W. Pilcher secretary, with Cynthia S. Hamilton named assistant.

Rites Saturday For Daughter De bra Lynn Smith

Rites will be held at 10 30 a m Saturday in Leonard funeral home for 13 month old De bra Lynn Smith daughter of Mr and Mrs Richard Smith of Logan Route 4 who died at 9 27 p m Wednesday at Hocking Valley Hospital The infant had pneumonia Survived by parents a brother David Jeffrey and grandparents Orville Smith and Wilmer Crewe Burial in Smiths Chapel Cemetery Rev R B Hughes conducts service Friends may pay respects at the funeral home until the service time.

Logan Leonard Debra Lynn Smith Richard Smith Hocking Valley Hospital David Jeffrey Orville Smith Wilmer Crewe R. B. Hughes Smith's Chapel

Driver Held On Drinking Charge

Freeman Hughes 56 of 582 N Walnut St was held to the grand jury under $200 bond after arraignment before Mayor Joseph Phillips on a drunken driving charge. Also arraigned were Albert J Thress 27 Union Furnace and Gertrude B Dunn 36 299 W Hunter St charged with intoxication and disorderly conduct. both pleaded guilty and were fined $10 and costs.

River Traffic at Gallipolis and Kanawha Readings

Thursday river reports list downbound and upbound vessels on the Ohio and Kanawha rivers with times and boat names including Valvoline Invader Steven son Dixie Challenge and Lucas William Clark Jefferson Atlas Solvay Jim my Colle Mer rill Ogram Warren Hoagland and Sohio State. Gauges show Ohio River levels four feet at Montgomery three feet at Chambersburg, Kanawha Falls stationary at 54 inches and readings at Hinton Mason-Pomeroy and Point Pleasant.

Gallipolis Ohio River Mr. Criss Olcott Semet Keeley Jeffboat Lucas William Clark Jefferson Atlas Solvay London Kanawha River Jimmy Colle Marmet A. m. Merrill Ogram Winfield Warren Hoagland Sam Craig Sohio State Peace Hatfield Tennessee Irene Chotin Montgomery Chambersburg Kanawaha Falls Hinton Mason-Pomeroy Point Pleasant

Town executrix appointed for Townsend estate in Athens County

Lena Town send of R D No 2 Athens Ohio has been duly appointed executrix of the estate of H F Townsend aka Herbert F deceased late of Athens County creditors must file claims with the fiduciary within four months dated December 6 1086 Daniel C acting probate judge of said county

Lena Townsend Athens Ohio H. F. Townsend Herbert F Athens County Daniel C Said County

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