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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1956
Page
10
Gallipolis church youth groups closed the Christmas season with caroling tours and programs across several churches. Baptist, Episcopalian, Catholic, Presbyterian and Methodist youths joined in carol trips, services, and parties, ending with family gatherings on Christmas Day.
Detailed daily update lists river gauges for Gallipolis Montgomery Kanawha Falls Hin ton Pomeroy Mason Point Pleasant and rainfall at Gallipolis Locks. Notes dam conditions across Ohio and Kanawha with water levels rising falling or stationary. Reports coalitions of boats and tow movements at Locks 14 through 35 and Kanawha London and Winfield plus Gallipolis and Huntington vessels. New moon cycle noted with lunar period estimate.
The First Baptist Church in Gallipolis staged a cantata Good Tidings of Joy drawing over 400 attendees Sunday night. Rev. Thomas D. Bunyan led the choir assisted by soloists Keith Sheets Marie Bush and others in an eleven number program featuring Glory To God Hearken To The Story Hath God Forgot ten and The Prophet's Word among others. The ensemble included mixed, women's and men's choirs with organ accompaniment by Mrs. Joan Bunyan.
Six boys from Boy Scout Troop 203 will face a second class board of review at 6:30 p.m. during the troop’s Christmas party at Grace Methodist Church. Participants include Harry Hamilton F H McGraw George Fuller Max Tawney Jerry Frogale and Tom Lamb den. Scoutmaster Mit R White says refreshments and a Christmas story will be shared and Santa will give gifts. The troop plans to buy a uniform for a needy member as a Christmas gift.
Funeral services for William Jack Johnson aged 64 a former Ewington resident were held at 2 30 p m Sunday at Mc Coy funeral home with the Rev Gerald Brown officiating. Burial followed in Pine Grove Cemetery. He died at his Akron home after a year long illness. Survivors include his widow Goldie Mason and five sisters of the Akron area.
Gallipolis reservations for the fellowship banquet at First Baptist Church must be in by Wednesday. The semi formal event is Friday at 6 30 p m at the Farmers Hotel with a film as part of the program. Reservations cost 160 dollars.
At St Peter's Episcopal Church youth canteen in Gallipolis 58 grade school children attended the Christmas party. Gifts were exchanged games and dancing filled the evening. Mrs R D Thomas and Mrs Arthur Darnbrough led games with Mr Darnbrough as chaperone. Refreshments were served. High school events paused due to mistletoe ball. A Jackson band played for Gallia Academy students and alumni.
Repaired toys were distributed Sunday night to underprivileged children in Gal lipolis. The gifts were collected and fixed by the LaFayette Post 27 American Legion and the city Volunteer Fire Department with help from local school children and townspeople. St Vitus Dance reference appears as historical aside.
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