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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Aug 08, 1940

Page

7

Football Men Meet Sunday With Coach GLOUSTER

Glouster schools set for 1940 41 term with Superintendent Figley announcing the start Tuesday September 3. A football meeting with Coach Don Greider is slated for Sunday August 11 at 4 p m with many candidates named and others invited to attend.

Glouster Thomas W. Figley Southeastern Ohio Association Athens Don Greider Donald Hickman Fred Householder Ernest Hawkins Foster Harry Jack Bradley Phil Faires Far Faires Paul McClelland Dick Heiskell William Losey Wallace Brunton Wendell Dunlevy Billy Figley Jack Coffman

Picnic at Lake Hope by Catholic Action Guild

The Catholic Action Guild will hold a Sunday picnic at Lake Hope in Zaleski. All who plan to attend should meet in front of the church at 10 30 a m.

Glouster Catholic Action Guild Lake Hope Zaleski

Catholic Action Guild Edges High School In Softball

Catholic Action Guild defeated the High School team 8 to 5 as both sides committed many errors. Deal of the CAG led with two hits, while Banfield topped the HS squad with two singles in four at bats. A doubleheader follows with Little Auto Parts versus Little Italy and Catholic Action Guild versus City Hall Gang. the last game was rain postponed from Tuesday.

Catholic Action Guild Guild Deal CAG Banfield Little Auto Parts Little Italy City Hall Gang

Flora Talbert Dies In Columbus Hospital

Funeral services for Flora Talbert age 23 who died in St. Francis Hospital Columbus were held today at Hollister A B Church with burial in Glouster Cemetery. She had been ill two months and was a Jacksonville Trimble High School graduate. Survived by mother Mrs Frank Talbert Jacksonville four brothers Leslie Talbert Lathrop Melvin The Plains Frank and Robert at home and three sisters Mrs Audrey Swindle Mrs Garnet Ricks Jacksonville and Mrs Artie Loftis Columbus.

Glouster Flora Talbert St. Francis Hospital Columbus Hollister A. B Glouster Cemetery Talbert Jacksonville- Trimble High School Frank Talbert Jacksonville Leslie Talbert Lathrop Melvin the Plains Frank Robert Audrey Swindle Garnet Ricks Artie Loftis

Glouster Social Notes and Local Visits Highlight Week

Glouster Epworth League raised a substantial sum at the high school auditorium with a varied musical program led by master of ceremonies Dick Heiskell. The notes also record guests visiting from Columbus and Columbus area towns, plus community members attending dances and trips, including trips to Renfro Valley and Daytona Beach.

Glouster Epworth League of the Methodist Church Dick Heiskell Virgil White Zane Kasler Andrew Dasey Trimble Rita Rice Jo- Lavon Faires Margaret Summers Shirley Andrews Lois McGrew Dorothy Love Clara Summers Mary Virginia Logue Carl Carcera Leo Frank Sikorski Harriette Weymueller

Special Auto Mechanics Course At Hollister High

The National Defense Training Program plans an auto mechanics course at Hollister High School. Andrew Plant leads. A meeting will be held Friday Aug 9 at 7 pm at the high school to discuss enrollment. Employment Security Center at 6 South Court St Athens will select applicants.

Glouster National Defense Training Program Hollister High School Andrew Plant Employment Security Center South Court St Athens

Mt Union Briefs Reflect Local Visits and an Ice Cream Supper

Mr Wyane Wise man of Marion County and Mr and Mrs John Wiseman and child of Chillicothe were Sunday visitors at C W Wiseman's. Mr and Mrs Eugene Stewart and three daughters of Charleston WV visited Howard Stewart. Mrs George Wood is ill. Mr Lewis Smith and sister of Baltimore visited O W Rawlings. Ice cream supper at Mt Union Church Friday Aug 9.

MT. Union Wyane Wiseman Marion County John Wiseman Chillicothe C. W. Wiseman Eugene Stewart Charleston W. Va Howard ‘Stewart George Wood Lewis Smith Baltimore O. W. Rawlings

Orange Personal and Brief Social Notes

Rev Miles E Hoon of New Marshfield preached at the Orange Church Sunday. Guests included Rev Hoon, wife and daughter, and Mrs Grace Clark and son from Ireland. Numerous local families hosted and visited in recent days including Stout, Guthrie, Windling, Woode, and Windling relatives across nearby towns.

Orange Miles E. Hoon New Marshfield Hoon Grace Clark Ireland Emerson Stout G. E. Guthrie Helen Story Hessel Mich Charles Windling Hazel Scott Betty Carsey South Canaan Kerneth Woode Hartzel Windling J. L. Cook B. F. Winters Ripley W. Va Harvey Chaney Burlingham Joe Willoughby Columbus H. E. Guthrie Earl Person Huntington

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