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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jun 24, 1943

Page

8

Installation of Skating Rink Sought in Gallipolis

Gallipolis Youth Advisory Council urged the Gallipolis City Board of Education to install a commercial skating rink for youth on school property this summer. The session discussed center locations rent and race-related issues as society seeks multiple recreation sites. The next meeting is set for July 6.

Gallipolis Gallipolia City Home Economica Washington School Ben Evans Janice Carter Otto §. Carter L. C. Dayton J. Emmett Morrison F. W. Shane Manning Wetherholt Cleve Davis Withers Hurle Hogan George Lear Henry Doss Doris Casey John Casey Ralph Keller W. P. Cherrington Jim Porter J. Edward Hakes

Notables Visit Gallipolis On Excursion Steamer Parade

More than 160 passengers aboard the Gordon Greene stopped in Gallipolis en route from Cincinnati to Charleston. Captain Mary Greene led the group, which included 88 editors and publishers from 22 states, who toured C C McIntyre’s grave, the O H E grounds, and other city sites after a National Editorial Association meeting in Cincinnati.

Gallipolis Gordon Greene Ohio River Charleston Cincinnati Mary Greene C.C. McIntyre Anna Welsh Cornwell St. Johns Kansas A. J. Stormont J. Barrye Wall Farmville Herald Harlow Davins Logan W. Va Walter Grannan J. R. Brennan Connecticut Editorial Association Michigan Missouri Wisconsin Washington Texas Rhode Island Pennsylvania New York New Jersey Nebraska Minnesota Ilinois Indiana Iowa Ohio Massachusetts

Special Meetings Rising in Interest in Gallipolis

Reverend Vernon Shafer reports tent meetings grow in interest at the Church of the Nazarene on Upper Second. Evangelist Mrs Galloway performs nightly, with a jubilee quartet set for Thursday. A marriage license was issued Wednesday in Gallipolis to Robert L. Douds and Mabel Wanda Moorehouse with Rev. Scott Westerman to officiate.

Gallipolis Vernon Shafer Church of the Nazarene Upper Second Robert L. Douds Toledo Mabel Wanda Moorehouse F. P. Moorehouse Scott Westerman

Blazer Rites To Be Friday

Funeral and burial for Mrs. Virgie Gilmore Blazer 47 will be Friday at 2 p m in Greenfield. She died Tuesday after months of illness at home. Survived by Marion Blazer husband five children three at home and two brothers Delbert Gilmore Dayton and Charles of Washington state. Another son Ray was killed last January in a plane crash near the Texas border while in the air corps.

Special Study For Navy Women Offers Advanced Yeoman Training

Navy WAVES and SPARS qualified for petty officer ratings may pursue advanced study at Iowa State Teachers College Cedar Falls. Graduation earns Petty Officer Third Class pay of 78 dollars per month plus room and board. Apply at Gallipolis Recruiting Office in the Post Office Building. J Clair Hall will provide enlistment details. Also noted, War Production Board bans paper board cartons for soft drinks.

Gallipolis Mome Navy Georgia State College For Women Milledgeville Iowa State Teachers College Cedar Falls Oklahoma A. and M. College Stillwater Oklahoma Iowa United States Beautiful J. Clair Hall

Holzer Hospital Admits New Patients and Discharges

New patients at Holzer Hospital include Mrs. Shelton McCloak Logan W Va surgery Mrs. Walter Sodt Pomeroy medical Ben Robbins Wellston surgery Nancy Jacobs 6 daughter of Corliss Jacobs Jack son R D 1 medical Mrs Frank Woods Gallipolis surgery Those discharged were Mrs Carl Calvert Gallipolis Mrs George Gerlach Letart W Va and Allen Craddolph Blackfork No improvement in Billy Denneys condition reported Wednesday afternoon.

Gallipolis Holzer Hospital Shelton McCloak Logan W. Va Walter Sodt Pomeroy Ben Robbins Wellston Nancy Jacobs Corliss Jacobs Jackson Frank Woods Carl Calvert George Gerlach Letart Allen Craddolph Blackfork Billy Denney

Officer Christ Commissioned and Transferred

Lt. Ernest Christ, recently commissioned at officers training school Duke University, has been stationed at Fort Benjamin Harrison Indiana and transferred to Fort Bliss El Paso Texas.

Gallipolis Ernest Christ Fort Benjamin Harrison Ind Duke University Fort Bliss el Paso Texas

Gallia Native Fannie Edmonds Dies at 86 in Lebanon

Gallia born Mrs. Fannie Ford Edmonds widow of Dr. W F Edmonds died June 11 at her home in Lebanon Kentucky. She was 86 born in Gallipolis daughter of Dennis S Ford and Harriet Drouillard Ford survived by two daughters Miss Florence Edmonds and Mrs J O Heddleston a granddaughter Miss Frances Heddleston sister of Mrs T C Tromas burial in Lebanon where she had lived since 1889. William Maxwell arrested by city patrolmen on charge of intoxication Wednesday.

Gallipolis Fannie Ford Edmonds W. F. Edmonds Lebanon Edwards Dennis S. Ford Harriet Drouillard Ford Florence Amelia Edmonds J. O. Heddleston East Liverpool

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