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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Sep 17, 1957

Page

14

Membership Drive Planned Pe Rie

Gallipolis BPW Club hears Ohio Federation vice president Mrs Chloe Maloney address on leadership and federation history. Two new members welcomed and district meeting set for Oct 20 at Fair Greens Country Club. The club aims to recruit daily during National Business Women's Week starting Sunday at Grace Methodist Church.

Gallipolis Farmers Hotel Gallipolis Business and Professional Women’s Club Ohio Federation of the BPW Clubs Chloe Maloney Jackson Marjorie Snedaker Fair Greens Jackson County Grace Methodist Church Ruth Mills Helen Moore Green Local Meridith Evans Jackson Bpw Club Margaret Ecker Marianne B. Campbell Tye Eastern Ave Victoria Minnie McCoy Circle No Walton Memorial Methodist Church Ray Gilbert Elsie Smith Jesse Polsene Vada Coen Erguson Ethel Pickens Marshall Delaney Nellie Hughes Elsie Geren 0. C. Ressegger Roff Twiggs Wildman's Radio Repair Troy Ferguson George Currey Paul Lindamood Ferguson Austin Champ

Ravenswood PTA Holds First Fall Meeting Highlights

Ravenswood High School PTA opened the fall season with Mrs. Elza Smith presiding. The session featured a skit by Howard Brownlee and others and plans for vocational guidance. New treasurer Mrs. Austin Champ was elected, and staff introductions followed by refreshments.

Ravenswood PTA Elza Smith Howard Brownlee Orin Norris Cathy Norris Bill Brownlee F. Rossing Smith Walton Memorial Methodist Church Austin Champ Paul Moore

River Traffic and Dam Conditions on Ohio and Kanawha Rivers

River gauges show Gallipolis at 3 feet, Montgomery 0.6 feet, Kanawha Falls 1.27 feet stationary, Pomeroy Mason 21.58, Point Pleasant 25.38 with dams on the Kanawha River all on the sill and Ohio River dams mostly closed to dam 20. Lock reports list Huntington, Lock 13, and several boats with up and down readings through the day, including Jefferson and Williamson on the Ohio Kanawha system and various boats on the Gallipolis, Kanawha, and Gallipolis routes.

Gallipolis Montgomery Kanawha Falls Hinton Pomeroy-Mason Point Pleasant Kanawha River Ohio River City of Huntington O-Kan Lock Betty Moran Jean Francis Sohio State Robert P. Bonnie Stevenson William Penn Jefferson Robert G. West Williamson Marmet Jimmy Colley Lelia Shearer Winfield Beaver Criss, Jr Virginia Derrick Atlas Alan R. Merrill Corner Doherty Calhoun Coleman D Semet Hardy L. Roberts

Police List Two Wrecks In Gal lipolis

Two minor traffic accidents were reported by Gal lipolis police with no charges filed. At 9:43 a.m. Evan Ply Jr., 30, backed a pickup into Harley George’s car causing left front fender and tailgate damage. Later in the afternoon Gus Thevenir, 36, was rear ended by Maxine Roark, causing major front end damage to Roark’s car.

Gallipolis Evan Plymale, Jr Harley K. George Colony Theater Second Ave Gus Thevenir Maxine Roark Roark Thevenir

Soror Girls To Use Makeshift Quarters For Month Or So

Extensive Chi Omega remodeling at the former house adds a two story cement block rear addition. The project increases sleeping rooms to accommodate 36 girls this fall, with dining and recreation spaces on the first floor and a rear porch terrace on the second.

Norman Dean Dayton Kern Chi Omega House House Corporation O. A. Terrell

Lessons in Bridge North in South aKQ Q763 & 1095

An expert bridge problem discusses a nine high hand and a hero moment by Woody Schafer. It explains declarer play and defensive choices, then poses a new bidding question: with South holding AAKG5 WK10 A104 BAQST and after a four heart response, what should you bid next.

Woody Schafer Dallas Woody West

Gallia Man Pleads Guilty to Assault and Battery

Denny Roberts 21 of Gallipolis pleaded guilty to assault and battery in Justice James A. Johnson's court. He was bound over to the September grand jury under a $200 bond after arrest on a warrant filed by Ruth Woodyard. The incident occurred in Kanauga. Roberts posted bond and was released from Gallia County jail.

Gallipolis Denny Roberts Court of Justice James A. Johnson Gallia County Oscar Baird Roberts Ruth Woodyard Kanauga

Local Visitors Attend Social Gatherings and Funeral

Mrs. Rose K. Mills of Point Pleasant and guest Jennie Haynes of Columbus visited Mrs. Burl Reese of Florida and Mr. and Mrs. Elza Russell at the Garland Elliott home. Clarence Baughman, a former Gallia County resident killed in a Florida auto crash on Labor Day, was buried here Sept. 8. Mrs. L. S. Miller of Athens and Mrs. Hazel Grover of Gallipolis attended the OES meeting in Winton and called on friends. Essie Hartsook and Chester White hosted Sunday dinner with Albany and local ties.

Essie Hartsook Albany Chester White

Birth day party for Charles Clair Jeffers Jr

Mr and Mrs Charles Clair Jeffers hosted a birthday party for their son Charles Clair Jeffers II on September 7. Mr and Mrs Jack Stinkle of Akron visited relatives here recently.

Shade Charles Clair Jeffers Charles Clair Jack Stinkle Inez Burson Akron

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