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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1955
Page
3
Eight attendees at the Farmers Hotel luncheon backed a First Avenue Public Square parking lot with restrooms. The sponsoring committees were tasked to report in three months, with proposals for city funding, possible leasing, and potential private partnerships discussed.
Gallipolis social notes report Youth Week observances at Triedstone Baptist Church from January through February 6. Bill Pennick leads Sunday school with James Scott as assistant. Doris Scott sings. Miss Marcella Green assists. A missionary service guest speaker, Rev J B Phillips, is listed for January 30.
Mr and Mrs Ted Boyer plan to settle in Indianapolis as the bridegroom joins the army at Fort Benjamin Harrison on Feb 3 after a Bellaire wedding conducted by Rev R C Sutton at 3 30 p m The bride Mary Ann Wiggins is the daughter of Mrs A C Wiggins and the late Mr Wiggins The couple, who met at Ohio University where Boyer earned a commerce degree, is reported to have begun their married life on a honeymoon last Saturday.
Friendship Garden Club of Vinton met at Mrs Blaine Poling residence with Mrs James Titus and Mrs James Jackson sharing talks. Jackson discussed the Ohio Garden Club Association now at 634 clubs and 18 000 members. Civic project to name a community flower for Vinton and beautify the area discussed. County meeting set for February 17 in Gallipolis with details to come.
Alyce Louise Hines of Columbus will wed John Robert Thompson Jr. of Wheeling and Wagram. The couple plans a June ceremony at Indianaola Methodist Church in the Capital. Alyce is a receptionist for Dr. Hobart L. Donohoe. John is with American Blower Corp.
A son was born at 10 54 a m Wednesday at Point Clinic to Mr and Mrs Herbert Slone of Eureka Star Route first child. Eleventh child a son born at 9 50 p m Tuesday to Mr and Mrs John Bryant of Gallipolis Route 2 Neighborhood Warehime Clinic announced. Mrs Charles Phillips home from Columbus after visiting sons Marshall and Merrill Phillips and families.
In Gallipolis Washington School auditorium about 350 attendees helped raise roughly 200 dollars for the March of Dimes at a Rotary Club talent show. Masters of ceremonies were Bill Watterson and Odie O Donnell. A. Kimball Suiter awarded merchandise prizes to elementary and high school winners including Centerville Barbershop Trio and Chickamauga Creek Boys.
The Ohio River and Kanawhan River sections show varying readings and vessel movements. Levels at Montgomery and Gallipolis Dam reach seven feet on rollers, with Gallipolis at 19.1 and 11.6 feet, Point Pleasant 25.09, Mason 21.71, and Kanawha Falls 1.99 feet and falling. Towboat activity includes Stevenson up, Louisiana up, Island Creek down, Beaver up, Lehigh up, Northern down, and numerous barges and vessels reporting positions and loads along the Kanawhan River and at Marmet, Winfield, and below Vanceburg Kentucky with mixed coal, steel, and empty barges noted.
A long schedule lists sermons services and activities for churches in Gallipolis and Rio Grande. It covers Nazarene, First Church of God, Calvary Baptist, Simpson Chapel Methodist, Triedstone Baptist, St. Louis Catholic, Grace Methodist, Garfield Avenue Church of Christ, First Presbyterian, First Baptist, St. Peter's center, and Grace Methodist youth groups with times for Sunday school worship prayer meetings and various programs.
A Huntington regional Red Cross bloodmobile visit at Grace Methodist Church in Gallipolis drew donors who reached the sixth pint milestone. Mrs. Fairie Moore announced the names of the week’s donors and noted others with prior five pint totals.
Mrs Ruth Daugherty sustained a right ankle fracture after falling from a back door outside her Addison home. She received initial care at the scene and was transported for further evaluation.
Vernon Richard Bush was born at 8 45 a.m. Thursday to Mr and Mrs William Bush of Gallipolis Route 1. The baby is their first child, reported Warehirne Clinic.
Gallia County mothers collected an estimated 2800 for polio relief as unofficial returns from the county indicated totals just shy of last year’s 2968.71. County organizers led by Mrs. Keith R. Brandeberry at Hedgewood Drive headquarters reported the funds from team captains across Gallipolis and rural Gallia.
Holzer Hospital notes report births and medical entries with numerous unreadable names and locations. Notable items include a daughter to Mer and Mea Richard Thomas of Point Pleasant and several medical and surgical notes for patients and staff across Fort Crone Racine Gallipolis Cheshire and Mew Leitch Smith.
Academic sophomore Galaap or is Pean Calta suffered a fracture of two bones in the right wrist when another student fell on his arm during gym on Wednesday. He received treatment at Warehime Clinic.
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