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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1945
Page
9
A ten acre tract on the Chicamauga Road near Gallipolis is set to become a recreation area for the Gallipolis Shrine Club. Plans include a large club house a park a playground and an acre stocked fishing pool. About $5 000 will be spent on structures and improvements. Clearing the site begins the development.
Mrs Malinda Clagg died Tuesday at her Route 141 home. Funeral services set for Friday at 1 30 p m at Garfield Avenue Church of Christ with Rev Ted Waller officiating. Burial in Ashton West Virginia. Widow of Charlies Clagg. her survivors include six sons and two daughters and a brother.
The Rio Grande Baptist Association will meet next Sunday at Calvary Baptist Church in Gallipolis. Miss Emily Phillips announces the program featuring Rev. Harold Hammer as moderator and Rev. E C Venz as song leader. Speakers include Miss Louise M Giffin of Kah Kuang Academy South China and Dr Paul Judson Morris with activities from 9 30 a m church school to a 2 00 pm address and memorial service.
Gallia Porter Davis Black longtime resident died at home Wednesday after a long illness. Born in Winfield West Virginia he married Delilah Rowsey in 1893. Survived by multiple children grandchildren a sister and five brothers. Funeral Friday at 11 a.m. Porter Methodist Church with Rev. J L Stephenson. Burial Valley View Cemetery Hurricane West Virginia.
Gallipolis notes report the Aug 28 marriage of Mr. and Mrs St James Snedeker at the bridegroom’s mother’s home in Roscoe Ohio and their arrival to a lower Third Avenue apartment. The bride Jerone Kelton previously worked at the Book Shop. The column also lists multiple social visits and travel plans among Gallipolis residents and relatives through Labor Day weekend.
Alton R. Kurtz of Chicago was selected as professor of physics and mathematics at Rio Grande College and will start September 10. He holds a Master of Science in Physics from Michigan State College and has three years of Armour Research Foundation work. He led Christian youth groups as president of the Michigan Baptist Youth Council and the Chicago Christian Youth Council and served on the National Council of Baptist Youth Fellowship.
Ed Frazier sues for divorce from his spouse in the court of common pleas alleging extreme cruelty. The couple married on June 2, 1836 and have no children.
Gallia County Rotarians gathered at Ralph Davis farm for a picnic supper and farm tour. Dr C E Holzer praised the Davis model farm and urged more farmers to adopt conservation methods. Also, Mrs W P Beall was taken to Holzer Hospital after a hip fracture from a fall.
Relatives and friends gathered at Mr. and Mrs. William Trout home in New Marshfield R 2 for a Sunday picnic dinner. Attendees included Mrs. George Barber and family, Mrs. Floyd Barber and Willard, and many others from Carbondale Columbus Chilli Cothe Al bany Greenville McArthur Creole Boston and nearby areas with Lt. and Mrs. R B Rowell among the guests. The gathering celebrated community ties with a lawn meal and camaraderie.
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