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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1931
Page
13
Glouster high school opens the season this Saturday night with Murray City visiting the local gym. Seniors Marshall Johnson Henry Wolf Kytta and McCreanor lead the squad with players McCarty Woodruff Beavers McClellan Sorrell Binder and Johnson also on the roster.
Stacey Vess of Trimble was bruised at Ohio mine 1 Jacksonville when a stick used to tighten a car brake broke and threw him to the ground. His left knee and right hand and arm were injured but no bones were broken, according to the attending physician.
Glouster reports seventeen cease tags for automobiles sold through December, with 1932 tags valid starting next Thursday. L Munden, local registrar, notes demand expected to rise as the new tags become usable on that date.
St Marys West Virginia Kiwanis Club held a Wednesday night ladies night with attendees Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Richardson Howard Antle and Ina Irene Ley. Prizes included a five pound box of candy for Miss Ley and a bushel of ring packed apples for Mrs. Richardson.
Trimble Grange No. 1830 announces a Saturday 7:30 PM meeting at Trimble Grange Hall with a pot-luck supper as the feature event.
GLOUSTER December 4 Ralph Lamorn of this city has taken over the Gardner Studio in New Straitsville and is remodeling the interior. New photographer equipment will be installed and the studio is expected to reopen next week.
A mis print announced a charity picture show in Glouster. Palace Theater manager John Crawford says the event will be Dec 10 and 11 not Dec 9 and 10. Tickets printed with the wrong dates will be honored only on Dec 10 and 11.
GLOUSTER Dec. 4 The construction crew formerly maintained here by the New York Central Lines has been discontinued from service. Foreman George Davis has been transferred to Kenton to lead a construction crew on that division of the New York Central.
In Glouster on December 4 Rev. Father F X Clark pastor Holy Cross Church and Rev. J D Heath assistant pastor Mt Zion Baptist Church Cleveland will speak at the Men's Service club meeting at First Baptist Church on Republic Avenue Sunday at 2:30 PM. Public invited.
Mr and Mrs John Antle and family visited Glouster hosts while a surprise party honored Mildred Weiss on her 20th birthday with several local youths in attendance. Mrs C E Phillips of Trimble joined Joe Antle and family. Concord Church Christmas program planned with community and Sunday School participation. Sunday School meets at 9 30. Mrs Thomas Cope progresses from illness.
The article traces Virginia’s westward migration routes to Ohio and beyond. It highlights three gateways Goshen Pass, Cumberland Gap, and the Potomac River, noting General Andrew Lewis’s march at Goshen Pass and the postwar influx through these routes reaching West Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Ohio.
Glouster officials announce a regular council meeting at the city building tonight starting at 7 o'clock. The final regular meeting for the year is scheduled for the night of December 18.
GLOUSTER December 4 Slicks Band will meet at the Moose Hall Sunday afternoon at the usual hour for practice.
Tour through Alexandria reveals old houses with historical markers and famed sites. Readers note Robert E. Lee and Lafayette visited, Washington connections linger in Chestnut houses and the Friendship Fire Company. the American Legion plans restoration of Gadaby's Tavern and Arlington Cemetery nearby.
The article notes Pierre L Enfant the French engineer who laid out Washington, was buried near Bladensburg Maryland for nearly a century before his remains were moved about 30 years ago to Arlington Cemetery. It mentions old earthworks in the district around hato ton and Arlington County with Lee Heights as county seat.
Athens dairy club members will gather at the local Grange Hall on Saturday afternoon at 1 90 o clock to elect local officers and directors for the county organization. The meeting will review the year’s work and discuss future plans.
Court Street in Athens is being decorated for the holidays with about 1,406 red and green lights strung along the thoroughfare from Union Street to State Street. Workmen are completing the setup of the holiday displays from Washington Street to the end of the block.
The Athens Retail Merchants Association leads work today on the business section Yule displays with small pine trees set around lamp standards on Court Street by the Elk’s Ledge and planned decorations on other business streets.
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