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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1943
Page
10
Mr and Mrs Vernard Edwards relocate to Pomeroy with Edwards selling insurance for Western and Southern. They move into the home vacated by Mr and Mrs John Shumway. The American Legion Auxiliary plans a 7 30 PM meeting in Legion Hall in Glouster.
Mrs. Theodore Williams of Glouster reports Allan Ross 18 year old son of Mrs Mary Ross of Columbus was killed in action on the Italian front October 28 according to a War Department notice. He attended Hollister High School when the family lived in Glouster. His brothers serve in the Canadian paratroops and the U S Navy.
GLOUSTER Supt Lewis E Buell announces the J T High School PTA will host a Christmas program at the December 13 meeting. J T basketball teams face Shade Friday on their floor with reserves at 7:00 and varsity around 8:15. the varsity has not been defeated this season and fans are urged to attend. GLOUSTER Lawrence Sands, a former Trimble boy, visits Trimble and will be inducted into the Army at Fort Thomas on December 11.
GlouSTER social notes report Miss Bernarda Danford returned to Trimble after a week in Oxford Mississippi. She sang at the Oxford Methodist Church where Ruth Guyton wed Keith L Smith the day after Thanksgiving. Rebekah Lodge plans a 7 30 pm meeting with degree work and refreshments. Past Matrons meeting canceled.
Glouster Encampment schedules a 7 30 p m gathering at the L O C F Hall with all members urged to attend for important business. Following the business session refreshments will be served.
The GLOUSTER Progressive Study Club will host a public games party in the high school building Thursday evening at 7:30. Proceeds benefit the Nurses Scholarship Fund.
Mr and Mrs E K Bryson report their son Pfe Robert Bryson has been transferred from Gulfport Mississippi to Long Beach California for a four week gunner school course at the Douglas Aircraft Corporation. After completion he will receive a ten day furlough plus travel time home and back.
Rev C B Tigner says the Churches of Christ in Athens County will meet at New Marshfield Church of Christ on Thursday at 7 30. Glouster men who wish to attend should meet at 6 45 with transportation provided. Glouster won attendance prizes twice in the last year and the Bible School is urged to participate.
Dedication services at First Baptist Church of Glouster drew a large crowd on Sunday. The programme featured music with Ethel Riley on piano, Scripture by Mrs Effie Brown, prayers by Mrs E Riley, a duet by Ethel Riley and Helen Leach, remarks by Mrs E Brown, and a solo by Mrs E Riley. The flag was unveiled during taps and A G Freeman delivered the address on Four Freedoms. Relatives entering were given red white and blue pennants and special seating was provided.
In the Scottish Highlands residents celebrate New Year’s Eve with the tradition called Hogmanay Nicht. They visit homes and leave a red herring as a luck-bringing gift for the coming year.
Venice gondoliers fear the loss of their trade as motor boats increasingly serve as taxicabs on the city canals. The shift signals growing modernization and competition for traditional waterborne transport.
Brazil produced so much beans that about 4 000 tons of surplus beans have been destroyed over the past nine years.
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