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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1962
Page
10
Gallia Academy Junior High School lists eighty three students on the first semester honor roll with nineteen earning straight A grades. Names include Harry Amsbury April Fin. and others. the list shows multiple students across grade levels and indicates broader honor roll participation.
GALLIPOLIS Rio Grande College reports 392 full time students enrolled for the second semester after three days of regular registration. Classes resume Tuesday with late registrations accepted for about a week. Night extension courses began Monday at the campus and three other locations.
January 30 calendar notes include St John American Lutheran Church Women meeting. Appointments list executrix and administrator notices for Delbert J. Martin and Goldie D. Moore. Sheriff sale of Berntown Township real estate with minimum bid and cash terms.
Jones testified he returned home to lights on and believed Bates and Stanley were inside. He borrowed a shotgun, planned to hunt groundhogs, and the gun discharged when Bates appeared. Mrs Crump corroborated the sequence. Johnnetta Bates testified about the day and intoxication. Coroner Dr Eschenauer and officers testified as witnesses.
Gallia County Chapter of the American Red Cross invites the public to a 7 30 p m reorganizational meeting at Holzer Hospital nursing classroom second floor. Lawrence R Huber chair seeks civic and professional input on four programs including blood service home service for servicemen first aid and water safety and veterans dependents aid.
Twenty four Presbyterian men met Monday night to hear Rev. Glen R. Hueholt, discuss fund raising, and listen to George A. Hout urge revival of the Boy Scout troop. A chicken pie dinner was served by Presbyterian women. The sermon stressed the importance of small items in the space shot mechanism delaying John H. Glenn's world orbit.
A Miller Chapel Grange session featured soil and water conservation with Mrs. Glen Ward presenting Build A Farm Pond. Other readings included All of Us Are Water Users by Mrs. Robert Holloway and Know Your Water Sheds by the grange lecturer. A 1961 essay from a Starr-Washington student was read. a Valentine program was planned for February 3.
Mrs J E Radekin and Mrs G A Radekin hosted a turkey dinner Sunday with G A Radekin Arlie Tina Robert Holliday Judy Gary John Holliday and Mrs Rilla Holliday in attendance. Mrs Walter Swett assisted the Reedy family in caring for a new baby girl in Gallipolis. Laurel Home Demonstration Club met with Mrs Pauline Holliday as hostess. Mrs Maude Holcomb visited her mother Mrs Elizabeth Cottrill who recently marked her 93rd birthday as Nellie Vale and others called on Mrs Maggie Caster Sunday. Francis Montgomery of Upper Salem spent several days in Columbus on business.
The Logan route 2 home demonstration club met Thursday night at Mrs. Otto Shaw's home with Mrs. Joe Campbell assisting. Mrs. Edwin Johnston led the business meeting with committee reports while Miss Eleanor McGregor presented ABC's of Fitting for homemakers who sew. Refreshments were served to three guests and ten members. A meal management program is planned for the February 8 meeting at Mrs. Earl O'Brian's home with Mrs. Keith Hawk assisting.
New Lexington records show parking meter income for 1961 at 10 933.40 dollars, the lowest since 1951 and about 1500 below the 1960 total of 11 986 25. Charles Saunders named chairman of the New Lexington Board of Trustees of Public Affairs by James Morrison and Charles Brunton. Betty St Clair doing business as Matthew Cafe New Straitsville Perry County charged by Ohio Liquor Control Board with delinquency in sales tax returns.
Gallia Academy Junior and Senior High Bands plan a winter concert at 3 15 p m Sunday in the high school auditorium. The junior band has 68 players in grades seven and eight while the senior band has 76. The programs include The Enchanted Canyon Overture and other works in a varied mix. Tickets are sold by band members or at the door.
Services for Harold Garrett, 60, of Charleston formerly of Point Pleasant, will be held Thursday at 11 a.m. in Charleston. Surviving are five daughters Betty Burkhead Mary Wood Dorothy Burgess Alice Grayson and Billie Garrett, plus two sons Dale and Paul Garrett and 12 grandchildren. Burial will be at Arlington Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia.
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