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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1950
Page
11
Glouster residents are told clean-up week begins Monday morning with city trucks starting in Urban Crest at 7 a.m. Place cans in containers or they will not be loaded. No charge for trash hauling. a small fee for ashes. Call R-276 if trash is missed.
A surprise dinner was held April 16 at the home of Mr and Mrs Edward B Wolfe New Plymouth Route 1 for their 39th wedding anniversary. Attending were Dorothy Edward Jr James and Wayne at home Mr and Mrs French Wolfe Mr and Mrs Earnest Wolfe Mr and Mrs Baxter Conley Mr and Mrs erman Wolfe Mr and Mrs Denver Wolfe Logan Mr and Mrs Lewis Males a Columbus and Dwight ider.
Trimble Lodge No 557 F and AM will hold a family night Saturday at 7 30 p m in the Masonic Hall. Movies will be shown and speakers Rev Mr Wilcox and Rev Gilbert Courtney will address the gathering. A buffet lunch will be served and members with their families are invited.
Trimble Grange 1830 will meet Saturday at 8 p m in the Trimble Grange Hall according to master H E Jones. Degree work and a potluck supper will be featured.
Glouster High School remains on the North Central Association of Secondary Schools and Colleges accredited list after an official notice to Superintendent Karl Bodenbender. The decision confirms the school’s continued accreditation status.
GLOUSTER high school will present its final concert in the school auditorium at 7 30 p m Friday. The band opens with High School Cadets march by John Philip Sousa and continues with selections by the girls chorus.
GLOUSTER The Ohio Annual Conference Board of Education of the Methodist Youth Fellowship has arranged a Christian Life Conference at North Broadway Methodist Church in Columbus April 21 22. Rev John Devol asks attendees to contact him by Thursday. Theme Being Christian in Our Day. Registration Friday 5 to 7 p m. Program features addresses music and fellowship. A banquet is planned Saturday at 8 p m.
Mr and Mrs Thomas J Woltz spent a week in Fort Wayne Indiana visiting their son Robert and family who were recovering from flu. Dave Woltz made local calls while Lewis Singleton visited Rockbridge. J E Woltz and son Gail split wood for his mother. Dinner guests at Co F Meyer included Floyd Mosure and Melvin Meyer families from Lancaster and Rockbridge Route 1.
COOLVILLE More than 150 persons heard Rep Thomas A Jenkins speak at a Republican meeting in the Coolville high school auditorium. He warned of dangers facing the nation including potential war or bankruptcy and contrasted communism with Americanism while urging drastic government reform. The event featured a pledge, patriotic songs, and a parade of local and out of town political figures. A Globster Garden Club meeting was postponed to April 27.
Rutland residents and neighbors shared visits with family across Wellston Roseville Columbus Nitro and Rittman. Family gatherings included a fifth birthday party for Jane Lynn and a surprise party for Grace Thomas. Several guests traveled from Pittsburgh Langsville Mingo Junction and Pomeroy to the area.
Following April 5 6 preliminary tests Glouster High names 16 students to form the scholarship team. Members include David Mingus Tom Pappas Joan Ginnan Jack Raber Maynard Slaughter Florence Grandstaff Bonnie Kittle Dolores Gilmore Helen Pough Kay Swart Myra Anderson Ronald Thompkins Suzanne Colbert Sondra Rose and Barbara White.
The Loyal Women's Class of the Church of Christ will meet in the church social rooms Friday at 7 30 p m with committee members Mrs Della Gessell Mrs Abbie Galbraith Mrs Inez Williams and Mrs Clara Hartley. Most desirable time for broadcasting commercial programs is between 7 and 10 30 p m.
The X-ray Mobile Unit from the county health department will visit Glouster on Tuesday May 2. It will operate 1 to 4 p.m. and 5 30 to 8 p.m. in front of Moose Hall on High Street. Anyone 15 years of age or older may be X-rayed at no charge.
Glouster hosted visitors on Wednesday including Mrs. Walter Gayton Mrs. Sam Gayton and John Wile from Columbus. Also in town were Mrs. E F E Munden Mr and Mrs Des Snow and daughter Debbie from Athens visiting relatives and friends.
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