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Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Apr 21, 1955

Page

5

Red Cross Seeks Funds To Save Blood Program

Urgent appeal in Athens County for donations to support the Glouster Red Cross blood program. Banks including Glouster Community Bank and others in Athens, Nelsonville, and Amesville act as collection agencies with all funds to finance the blood effort.

Glouster Red Cross eeeevusiEtt AIM Oennns Red Cross Glouster Community Reed Cross Board Red Cross Giouster | Community Bank Athenselsonville Amesville

Easter Seal Drive Ends With Partially Completed Totals

Ralph Hines, chairman, said full tabulation is not yet finished and the exact amount received will be announced later. Collections at Glouster schools under Miss Pauline Myers totaled $52. Boy Scouts led by Scoutmaster Edwin Carpenter Jr. collected containers in the business district, with Miss Jane Murray handling Easter seal letters.

Ime Naster Ralph Hines Glouster Pauline Myer Boy Scouts Edwin Carpenter, Jr Jane Murray

Alumni Association Plans Banquet and Dance

The Glouster High School Alumni Association meets at 8 pm to set plans for the annual banquet and dance. Officers elected include Charlene Skipper as president and Richard Guinther as vice president, with Mrs Pauline Williams as secretary treasurer. The banquet date is May 28 pending sufficient interest.

Welous Glouster High School Uine Charlene Skipper Richard Guinther Pauline Williams

Clean-Up Starts May 2 in Glouster Town

Glouster Mayor Thomas Williams Sr reminds residents Clean-Up Week begins Monday May 2 with Urbancrest first. Street foreman Chet Thompson directs crews through town to load ashes and tree limbs with a snail fee per year.

Glouster Thomas Williams M “Fick Urbancrest Chet Thompson Fas

Polling Sites Revised for City Election

The city announces polling places for wards two to six for the May 1921 election. Ward two votes at Central School, ward three at Langston School, ward four at Union Hall North Main Street, ward five at North Point Pleasant School, ward one to be announced later, and ward six to be established before the next election as the city expands northward.

Vuet Pleasant Central School Langston ‘School Union Hall North Main St North Point Pleasant School

WWVA Jamboree Set For Homer Union High School

The WWVA Jamboree comes to Homer Union High School at 8 am Monday with Shug Fisher Biz Slim Hal Camp Bud Kilgore and a female vocalist. The event originates in Wheeling and will feature talent from the era at Homer Union and in Glouster.

Lapuster Homer Union Shug Fisher Biz Slim Conor Hal Camp Bud Kilgore I Wheeling Homer Union Glouster

Boat Club Formation Moves Forward in Point Pleasant

Community sportsmen and the Chamber of Commerce begin organizing a Point Pleasant boat club. A planning meeting is set for Friday at 1 30 pm at Victere restaurant to form a committee and develop concrete plans for a site on Old Town Creek near Fred Schultz farm with a floating dock and an annual regatta as the long term goal.

Fouvr Ransanr Chamber of Commerce Point Pleasant naAitbouh Victere Boat Club Chamber Board of Directors W. W. Smith Chamber Old Town Fred Schultz Virgil Siders Smith

Hundreds Get Polio Vaccine in Two County Clinics

A Mason County health program vaccinated 267 first and second grade children at two Salk Polio vaccine clinics. At the New Haven center 145 received their first shot and 122 in Mason were inoculated. Dr. Calvin G. Maloney attended. In three days of operation 4 percent of county first and second graders have received the vaccine.

Point Pleasant Mason County Dorothy Watkins New Haven Mason Calvin G. Maloney

Local Wedding Notices and Community Obituaries Spark Local Visitations

Hospital events and wedding notices show residents visiting relatives across Nelsonville Glouster and Columbus. The article lists weddings births and family gatherings with names such as McKibben Vanderford Couch Pinney Kendall and McDivitt among others and notes trips to Logan Hocking Valley Hospital and Oak Grove Cemetery. It also records North Carolina’s ten former capitals with Raleigh as the current seat.

Mike Behar Frank Muriel Gears Markins Zaleski Portsmouth Glouster Charles Francis Texas Kendall Salem Ohio Charles Pinney Athens Perry Pinney Hugh Egleberry Juanita Williams Grand Jeanie Ernest Etta Egleberry Nora Williams Broad St Muster Egleberry Columbus Reginald Spring Arcatia Sadie Williams Fannie McDivitt Uster Ernest "Revin Oe J. W. Coleman Oak” Grove Jesse Peyton Logan Hocking Valley Hospital R. J. Thomas Emily Good Raymond Peters London Everett McKie

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