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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

May 11, 1956

Page

10

Six Counties Attend PTA Congress in Gallipolis

Gallia County hosts 11 delegates from six counties in the Ohio Congress of Parents and Teachers for its annual Washington conference. State President Mrs. William C. Davis advocates 12 months of school. The gathering included registration of 211 and reports on bylaws, programs, and education priorities.

Gallupolis Ohio Congress of Parents and Teachers, Inc Washington School Statist Board of Education Washington William C. Davis Ohio Congress Rownon Oasis R Jome Frida Davis White House T .Ward Miller State Boards of Education OTA Edwin A. ‘Delilate Charles E. Holzer Keith T. Brandeberry Earl Tope Missenvieveplinter John L. Evans Marcus J. Magnussen Sheridan South Point Rio Grande Bentonville Adams County Rim Grove Pike County Clay Gallia County Camp Green Township Redway Bloom Township Glen— “Wood Scioto County Carolyn Knight Foster Rinehart Marshall D. Boggs James Craft Glenn ‘Graha Garfield Avenue Christ Sutter GAHS George Watson Gallipolis J. Russell Sarrett la Donna Jean Feker William Howard Green First Baptist Church Matthews Boggs Gallia B. Lewis Fairview High School Dayton Jedge Wild Dean Hocking Geheile Teeyen Eeer Dean Kennedy

West Virginia Driver Destroys Fence Injuring Passenger

A car east of Route 1 tore down 15 feet of a fence injuring a 10 year old passenger. In another crash a tractor trailer collision caused minor damage. A pickup slid off a road embankment injuring a 51 year old woman. Officials fined two drivers for license and speeding violations.

Anna N. Thornburg Lesage D. J. Adkins Waterloo Star Maria Thornburg Clipper Mill Bessie Marie McNealey Gallipolis Mutton Hollow Road James M. Harris Huntington Porter Route 160 Winnie E. Sizemore Vinton Route 1 Holzer Hospital Chester E. Wells Long Bottom Pomeroy F. Robinson Gallipolis Post State Highway Patrol Rio Grande George Northup Earl W. Huff Lancaster

Rio Grande College Christian Association Retreat Planned

The Rio Grande College Christian Association announces a spring retreat at Camp Arrowhead in West Virginia. About 25 students will depart after classes Friday evening, sleep overnight at the camp, and return to Rio Grande Saturday afternoon.

IU Grande Tne Rio Grande College Christian Association Camp Arrowhead West Virginia A Tracy Rio Grande College Rio Grande

Rio Grande College Ends 1955-56 Term with Final Exams

Rio Grande College concludes its 1955-56 term with final examinations on May 29 and commencement exercises on June 5. The program includes memorial services for faculty and administrators at Calvary Cemetery and a baccalaureate service.

Rio Grande Rio Grande College Calvary Cemetery

Professor Plugs Drive To Aid Student Union

Rio Grande College aims to raise funds for a new Student Union with a campus auction next Thursday. Professor Walter Posner notes 200 items donated and student teams surveying five counties to gather goods including livestock, an automobile, a piano, and furniture for a fall opening.

Rio Grande Tio Grande College Walter Posner Posner Wellston Vinton, Porter Jackson Gallipolis Cheshire Ironton Portsmouth Oak Hill New Boston Columbus

Gallipolis Church News Lists Local Services and Schedules

Local church items list service times for St Lows Catholic, First Church of God, Church of the Nazarene, Calvary Baptist Rio Grande, Simpson Chapel Methodist Rio Grande, First Presbyterian, Assembly of God, Triedstone Baptist, Grace Methodist, First Baptist, St Peters Episcopal, Garfield Avenue Church of Christ. Includes mass times, Sunday schools, worships, youth groups, EV services, prayer meetings, and midweek gatherings across multiple denominations.

St. Lows Catholic Adolph Golubesk Low GSI First Church of God Hershel McDonough Sun Day School Fouth First Presbyterian Jason H. Stebbins Assembly of God Robert Howard Triedstone Baptist del. Latham BYPU Mr. Satterfield Grace Methodist P. M. Niswander Camp Chester D. Lusk WCTU Lower River Road Hobart Dillon First Baptist W. H.green Thomas D. Bunyan St. Peters Episcopal St. Peter's Garfield Avenue Church of Christ

Holzer Hospital notes and admissions and local political note

Holzer Hospital notes list several new births and admissions including a daughter for Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Earl Clark of West Columbia and a daughter for Mr. and Mrs. Darrell Hoffman of Letart. Other patients admitted include Allen Guy Greaser Rutland medical and Floretta Ray Crider Oak Hill surgical. A political item from Washington mentions Speaker Donald L. Hendren of Gallipolis sidelined by a sidetract and a stalled federal construction aid bill tied to desegregation politics.

Darrell Hoffman Letart Allen Guy Greaser Rutland William Burnett Kerr Raymond Rigsby Jackson Calvert Kessinger Randall Joseph Finney Gallipolis Floretta Ray Crider Oak Hill Washington Donald L. Hendren Gallipoay James A Robert C. Fife Middleport Mose Alban Medicuse Rules Committee

Retired farmer John Edward Young dies after long illness

John Edward Young, a longtime resident of the Wayne County area, died after a lengthy heart condition. Born February 25, 1878, in Wayne Burdette, he married Katie Boggs in 1906 and leaves 13 children, including Floyd, Lawrence, Carlos, Orin, and Margaret. He was a member of the Gallia Baptist Church. last rites set for 2 p.m. Sunday with burial in Gallia Cemetery. Friends may call at Miller's funeral home until noon Sunday.

Wayne Saunders Albert Pierce Silas Hamilton David Ohlinger James Straten Galdipolis John Edward Elizabeth sev'Young Lawrence Seger Risker William David’ Myers Wayne Burdette Cari Mor Emma Lewis David Y. and Melvina Waughev David Gallia Elmer Chillicothe Nancy Myers Christopher Katie Boggs Floyd Evans Lawrence Carlos Lowell Robert Mirs Audrey Farney Columbus Leslie Margaret Green Orin Evans Parkersburg Mildred Gragham Gallia Baptist Church Brown Isciating Miller's Funeral

Mrs. Charles Hill Dies in Detroit cremation planned

Mrs. Charles Dana Hill died Wednesday in Detroit. Her body was cremated and ashes will be sent Saturday to Wetherholt funeral home. Her husband, who died in Lancaster, was cremated and his ashes will be brought here Saturday. Their subsequent out of town services will be held at 1 p.m. Monday at Pine Street Cemetery.

Charles Hill Detroit Gallipolis Charles Dana Hill Detroit Wetherholt Funeral Lancaster Lancaster Funeral Pine Street Cemetery

Northup Lass 14 Falls From Swing at Centenary School

Violet Casto, 14, daughter of Mr and Mrs Hansel Casto, fell from a swing at Centenary school during noon recess. She was taken by ambulance to Holzer Hospital where X rays showed no bone fracture. A second girl Violet was on the swing when it tipped causing the fall.

Northup Lass Gallipolis Violet Casto Hansel Casto Northup Centenary School Miller's Home F Or Funerals Holzer Hospital Violet Iri Leo Flint East Gallipolis University Hospital Columbus

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