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Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Sep 13, 1953

Page

2

Gallia Academy Band Debuts Amid Intrasquad Game

Gallia Academy High School unveiled its 67 piece band under Maestro A Kim Sutter during a Memorial Field intrasquad football game attended by about 600. The evening featured student musicians across woodwinds brass and percussion with drum majorettes and a drum major, while a later theft at Gallia’s Washington street dressing rooms saw money stolen from players and coach pockets.

Gallipolis A. Kimpall Sutter Gallia Academy High School Banc Memorial Field Sutter Gadia Washington School Clarence E. Thompson Gallis Academy High School

Rio Grande College Registration Opens Monday

Rio Grande College announces fall term start with upperclassmen registering Monday and Tuesday freshmen Wednesday. President Charles E Davis notes encouraging enrollment growth with a strong teaching program and increased education department enrollment aided by state action. A college reception and student council mixer welcome students and faculty. Freshmen undergo testing Monday and Tuesday as classes begin Thursday.

Gallipolis Rio Grande College Charles E. Davis

Folden Merrifield Vows Spoken at Grace Church

Grace Methodist Church hosted the wedding of Bliss Helen Folden and James Robert Merrfield Jr in a double ring ceremony led by Rev. Paul M. Niswander. The bride wore sari and Charity lace with a long veil. attendants wore identically styled gowns. The reception followed in the church dining room with a four tier cake and hostesses from the bride’s college circle. The groom serves in the U S Air Force at Wright Patterson Field.

Gallipolis Grace Methodistic Church Bliss Helen Loise Folden James Robert Merrfield, Jr Paul M. Niswander Stanley Folden J. Robert Miss Folden Kappa Phi Phi Chapter Oho University Jamce Folden Kener Wanda Folden Ptet Staniey Harrison Woodr U. S. Air Force Stanley Harrison James Brennan Harland Wood Pao Grande Jack Smith Point Plessant Victor Petry Dayton Folden A Mermfield Margaret Allison Zack Brightwell Co| _abus Joan Vance Ridgew Edith Warman Mt Vernon Ivy Odeil William Jones Raymon Allison Forrest Folden Mellora Thornton Jackson Gallia Academy

Address by Dr Holzer Featured at Gallia Home Council Meeting

Gallipolis with Mrs Sidney Fadely and other officers installed at the same meeting featuring an address by Dr Charles E Hover Jr. The Oct 14 meeting will be devoted to visual health. Ruth Sonner to end her career as Gallia County Home Demonstration Agent March 25 and to marry Harold Adams in early April.

Gallipolis Sidney Fadely Charles E. Hover Gallia County Robert Ball Wend Rough Warlley George Claude Evans Re. Willard Call Vinton Grace Methodist Church Earl Quickle Garnet Kirby Paul 'Tia Quay Ohio State University Ball Ja Quay Ruth Sonner Harold Adams Leesburg Fadely Sn Fred Carman Wendell Roush Sne Holzer Hospital Holzer Gallia Home Demonstration Council

Scholarship Grants Awarded to Four Galla County Students

Supt Lewis Jones announced four Galla County high school graduates received state scholarships for elementary teacher training: Marjorine Helen Justice Edna Ruth Cain Martha Louise Adams and Artie Rupe. He noted programs to improve health education and information, urged support for nurse training and the Blood Mobile, and highlighted community efforts via the Home Demonstration Council and medical society. Virginia Parsons, former home demonstration agent in Mason County, attended.

Gallipolis Lewis Jones Galla County Marjorine Helen Justice Edna Ruth Cain Martha Louise Adams Artie Rupe

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