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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1950
Page
10
A midday temperature reached 88 degrees with high humidity making conditions uncomfortable. The temperature later fell to 74 degrees by 9 30 PM but humidity stayed elevated.
The Garden Club will hold a bake sale at the Economy Store on High Street this Saturday at 1 p.m. Proceeds support the club’s project to beautify Glouster.
Glouster Exempted Village Board of Education approved a state funded rehabilitation plan totaling 6574 to remodel the high school basement for home economics and lunch facilities. Projects include Monroe and high school interior decoration, kindergarten ceiling, cabinets flooring storage, painting varnishing, and wiring. Bus drivers Green and Johnston passed medical exams.
Marcellite Rebekah Lodge will gather in Odd Fellows Hall Saturday at 8 p m with Mrs Grace Zimmer as social committee chair. On August 26 the lodge plans a parcel post sale bazaar and bake sale at Odd Fellows Hall starting at 2 p m.
Glouster Aerie No. 468 FOE announces a four day anniversary observance from Thursday to Sunday with initiation ceremonies on Sunday and a family banquet to conclude the celebration.
Chauncey Daugherty and family hosted Sunday dinner for Clarence Coe of Columbus and Pauline. Bill Coe and his sons joined Elwood Daugherty. In the afternoon Bill Coe Ira Barrows and James Criss shared time at the Daugherty home. In Glouster Mrs Yaw leads Willing Workers Class meeting Friday at 7 30 in church social rooms.
Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Healy and son Michael of Columbus spent the weekend with his parents Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Healy.
The Loyal Women’s class of the Church of Christ Bible School will hold their annual picnic in the church social rooms on Friday. Dinner will be served at the noon hour.
Howard Pennell Chauncey Pennell entertained weekend guests at their May Avenue residence. Attending were Alden Pennell and family from Warsaw, Mrs. Mary Northrop and relatives, the Gardener family, the Harlan family, and Crescentia Spurbeck from Athens, along with other Zanesville visitors.
Glouster Church of Christ hosts missionary recruit L Barton McElroy as Sunday 7 30 p m speaker. Former White Oaks Cincinnati pastor and World War II chaplain, he is a Cincinnati Bible Seminary graduate and former instructor. All loose offerings go to the McElroy Mission fund. The family plans to depart for the Philippines before year end.
Mr and Mrs Carrol Norris of Syracuse hosted relatives including Ross Norris Eleanor Philson Norris and Earl Peacock of Midland Pa as birthdays were celebrated. Announced birth of granddaughter Ann July 17 at Fort Belvoir VA. Various local visits hospitalizations and a reunion at Milton West Virginia noted.
A social event at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jewell Carr featured an ice cream cake candy and cigars. Grange meeting yielded third and fourth degree obligations for two candidates and plans for a fair exhibit. The drill team practiced. sandwiches cookies and coffee were served.
CHAUNCEY The golden wedding anniversary of Mr and Mrs Clarence E Sanders of Millfield was celebrated Sunday at the home of their son Charles Sanders. Open house drew more than 150 visitors with a noon basket dinner for 50 relatives. The couple married in 1900 and spent most of their married life in Millfield.
Mrs Minnie McKee of Columbus visits daughter Mrs Oarlene Agin and family in Chauncey along with son Ancil McKee and relatives at 35 Converse Street. Carroll Tippett family from Chauncey joins Sunday trip to Columbus to see Herbert Mingus. Chauncey residents Mrs Clark Preston and children Bobby and Linda spend Sunday in Nelsonville with Mrs Preston’s parents Mr and Mrs William Smith.
An advertisement touts Resino ointment as a quick remedy for itchy torment, eczema, chafing, rashes, and pimples. It promises Aida skin will look and feel better today with a ready buy and try offer.
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