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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1945
Page
18
Glouster Mayor Thomas Williams warns that local dances have been held without permits. He notes state law requires all individuals and organizations to secure a permit before legally conducting a dance and urges compliance.
UITSBURGE report notes mixed grain and produce futures with AA and A large grades firming modestly while numerous weights and grades across eggs butter and meat show varied activity. Noon stock quotes list major chemicals and auto makers with mixed gains and declines as rhythm of postwar demand lingers. Cincinnati produce shows wholesale eggs, butter and poultry price ranges and livestock markets reflecting steady to softer trading with hogs and cattle volume light.
Glouster Ohio residents Fred and Mrs Higgins report a letter from their son Corporal Rose Higgins stationed in Germany dated July 9. He mentions receiving 35 birthday cards from relatives and friends and a large Eagles Lodge greeting. He hopes to return for his mother’s birthday on August 17.
Grace McFarland of Steubenville and Estelle Stripling of Birmingham visited Miss Lalla Danford in Glouster. Danford hosted guests Wednesday, with calls from locals. McFarland and Stripling are Glouster High School graduates and former teachers. They later traveled to New Marshfield Athens and Amesville then visited St Clairsville with Arthur and Mrs McFarland.
Funeral services were held Thursday for Mrs Amy Johnson at the Seventh Day Adventist Church in Glouster with Minister Charles Dornberg officiating. The service included two solos by Mrs Mavis Bryson. Burial followed in Glouster Cemetery. Survivors include husband Samuel Johnson and daughter Mrs Steve Craig, among others. several grandchildren and relatives attended.
The Hooper Ridge Church of Christ held its annual reunion at the Glouster church as Rev. C J B Tigner, pastor, delivered the address. His son John Tigner serves as the church pastor and remained for the evening service to hear his son preach.
GLOUSTER Robert Morris and Mattie Fultz were joined in marriage at the Church of Christ parsonage on Sunday evening at five. Rev C B Tigner officiated with a single ring ceremony. The couple already furnished a home on Morgan Street known as the Taylor property.
Huntington West Virginia report that U S district engineers awarded a $117000 contract to Minneapolis Dredging Co to widen the Ohio River channel at Letart Island between Pomeroy and Parkersburg. Work to deepen to 12 feet over eight tenths of a mile, expected completion in two to three months.
Washington The Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted 10 to 3 against sending a subcommittee to Europe to study political and economic conditions. The move marks an early congressional rejection of a foreign trip, with many House members and senators already taking similar excursions.
A community gathering occurred Thursday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Pearl Wollett in Glouster IR D. Numerous guests from nearby towns including Nelsonville Barberton Hemlock Canton and Glouster R D attended with several children. Refreshments of ice cream and cake were served.
Glouster cemetery trustees urge lot owners to cut grass and remove unsightly objects. They note cleaning was done for Decoration Day but many lots have been neglected since, and they want the cemetery cleaned before winter. Trustees also request buyers in the new addition call for deeds at their earliest convenience. Roy W. Biegier named administrator of C Arthur Frash estate. The Bank of Athens appointed executor-trustee of Nellie White estate. both notices dated July 1948 and July 1945 respectively.
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