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Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

May 25, 1951

Page

3

Gallia Academy honors students with scholarships music and athletics

Gallia Academy High School honored students at a Washington School graduation ceremony. Bonita Bane and Helen Folden tied for top scholarship with straight A grades, and Ann Miller received the music honorary key. Bill Hogan earned the athletic honor as principal M Harold Brown praised coaching and team work.

Gallipolis M. Harold Brown Gallia Academy High School Washington School Bonita Bane Helen Forden Miss Bane John Bane Gallia Business and Professional Women's Club Miss Folden Stanley Folden Ohio University Ann Miller Brown Albert Miller Howard Neal Miss Miller

Grace Methodist Church Weekly Schedule and Notices

Grace Methodist Church offers Sunday School at 9:30 a.m. led by L. L. Lovett, morning worship at 10:30 with the memorial sermon and special music. Grace Choir performs, MYF at 6:30, interfaith senior at 7, and various youth and scout activities midweek. Saint Peter’s Episcopal follows with church school at 9:30 and 11 a.m. services. First Baptist lists Bible School at 9:15 and evening gospel messages through June 3. First Presbyterian notes Sunday School at 9:15 and morning worship at 10:30 with youth and Westminster programs.

Grace Methodist L. A. Donnally L. L. Lovett Grace Choir Peter D. Thach Gallilee C. H. Morris Allanson G. Y. Brown MYF Brownies Grace Saint Peter's Episcopal K. C. Wilson First Baptist W. H. Green Carrara God First Presbyterian Linson H. Stebbins Westminster Club

Auxiliary Poppy Sale Scheduled Saturday

Members of La fayette Post American Legion will conduct a poppy sale Saturday. Mrs. William J. Brown is chairman. Proceeds fund rehabilitation and child welfare work. Poppies are made at the veterans home in Sandusky by men with no other income. Contributions are voluntary.

Gallipolis Lafayette Post American Legion William J. Brown Veterans Home Sandusky Veterans of Foreign Wars

Births and ad missions at Holzer Hospital Notes

Birth announcements list Mrs Edward Long Wellston a son and Mrs John Walker Wellston a child among other newborns. Admitted patients include H Berkley Letart James C Fugate Pomeroy and several others while discharge entries note multiple patients leaving Holzer Hospital.

Edward Long Wellston John Walker H. Berkley Letart James C. Fugate Pomeroy Euclid Harper Jackson Ee. T. Smith Lawrenceburg Ind Clarence Harris, Jr Blackfork Douglas Hale Russell Scott Gallipolis Donald Hendren J. J. Douglas Farle Zelle Thomas Campbell Hardy Bush, Jr Raymond Smithson Edgar Stanley Edley McDonald Edgar Null James Cain Williams Arthur Stitt G.fowler Tom Agee, Jr

Canal boats and river levels update from Kanawha district

The Gal lipolis locks report listings of boats including Walker Creighton Sohio State Selway Leila Cornell Laughlin Pittsburgher Tennessee Smith and others at various times. Kanawha River boats Merrill Semet Winfield plus numerous district vessels show rises and falls with gauges from 18.4 to 12.3 feet and rollers at 11 feet. dams all rising with Point Pleasant noted.

Gallipolis Walker Creighton Cook Talbot Fern Alice Dolle Manitou-Monongahela-Louisiana Hinton Kanawha Point Pleasant

Elks Initiate Six New Members in Gallipolis

Gallipolis Elks Lodge initiated six new members Carl Wood Mark White Gerald Gills Howard Davis Donald Robinson and E E Nida in a ceremony at the lodge hall.

Elks Gallipolis Elks Lodge Carl Wood Mark White Gerald Gills Howard Davis Donald Robinson E. E. Nida

Assembly Cancelled by Bosworth Council 46

Bosworth Council 46 cancels Friday evening session to confer Royal and Select Master degrees on a candidate, announced by Leo Vaughan on Thursday afternoon.

Pomeroy Bosworth Council Leo Vaughan

Man Draws 1 to 20 Years For Forgery

Howard J. Stover 32 of Galion received an indeterminate term of one to twenty years in the Ohio Penitentiary on charges of forgery and writing checks with insufficient funds. Judge Emmett W. Peoples in Meigs County common pleas court gave the sentence after Stover pleaded guilty to both counts. Stover also faced a $200 fine and costs for the check charge, with the forgery sentence deferred.

Pomeroy Ohio Howard J. Stover Galion Emmett W. Peoples Meigs County Peoples John C. Bacon Forrest Patterson Morgan County Stover

Vacation Church School Slated June 4 to 15

In Pomeroy a meeting of Vacation Church School teachers set a program from 9 to 11 am daily Monday through Friday from June 4 to June 15. The event includes children aged four to 11 or those who completed sixth grade, with registrations leading to classes across Federated Church United Methodist Church Bethany and Federated Parish House.

United Methodist Church Bethany Church Federated Church Federated Parish House

Annual Homecoming Planned for Sunday

The 14th annual homecoming and memorial service will be conducted at Bethel Methodist Church in Knox Township Vinton County on Sunday. Sunday school starts at 10 30 am and a basket dinner will be served at noon.

Bethel Methodist Church Knox Township Vinton County

Virginia Driver Fined in Gallipolis Speeding Case

The State Highway Patrol reports Alfred Austin 28 of Roanoke Virginia was arrested for speeding and fined 10 dollars plus costs in municipal court.

Virginia Gallipolis State Highway Patrol Alfred Austin Roanoke

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