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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1949
Page
3
Glouster Fire Chief John Crawford warns decorating precautions to prevent fires. Inspect electric wiring for worn insulation and keep trees moist with sand or water to reduce drying and ignition risk. He hopes all decorations are installed with safety first to avoid holiday fires from faulty setups.
Local church listings show services across Glouster and Jacksonville. Rev W H Mathias leads multiple congregations with Sunday school at 9 to 9:30 a m and worship services around 10 to 11:15 a m. midweek prayers and special Christmas messages noted.
Lena Extine honored her daughter Martha Ellen's tenth birthday with a party at Spring Street. Guests included Johanna Richards, Patty Funk, and Patty Sikorski who won prizes. helpers were Lucy Pedicord and Anna Stemm.
Nelsonville churches announce Christmas Eve and Christmas Day schedules across multiple congregations. Christ Church and Pilgrim Holiness detail services, carols, sermons, and youth events. St Phillip Neri notes a midnight mass in Murray City.
The Business and Professional Women's Club in Nelsonville presented a $500 check to the Sisters of St. Francis for Mount St. Mary Hospital. The funds will equip a hospital room, completing a pledge the group paid in full two years after a $5000 drive supported by minstrel shows bazaars and rummage sales.
Pomeroy report announces the birth of a son yesterday to Mr and Mrs Don Kennedy of Rutland at Meigs General Hospital.
Retail shops in Nelsonville will be closed all day Monday and most businesses pause for a weekend holiday. Post Office and banks also shut on Monday. Schools ended last Tuesday for a two week holiday, extending the break.
The annual Christmas program directed by Mrs. Roger Wolfe was presented at Connell school on Wednesday afternoon. Thursday noon a Christmas dinner was served for pupils under Mrs. Custer Wend's direction.
Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Moody of Bishopville and Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Johnson with their children of Hemlock depart for Florida to spend the holidays with Mr. and Mrs. George Doyle in Orlando. They expect to return in January. Mrs. Moody and Mrs. Doyle are sisters.
Glouster Seventh Day Adventist Sabbath School will conduct a special missions offering Saturday to fund a Belem Brazil hospital. A 40 bed two story facility with a clinic will serve river communities and train Native youths as medical missionaries.
William Cook, 69, died at Sheltering Arms Hospital Thursday at 5 p.m. after a lengthy illness. Born in Wichita, Kansas, he lived most of his life in Glouster. Survived by brothers Dave and John of Glouster and sisters Sadie Williams of Glouster and May Dunnett of Delaware. Funeral arrangements by John S. Blower Funeral Home.
James A. Canter bury, 63, of Pomeroy died Thursday in Meigs General Hospital after becoming ill at work at the Parkersburg Big & Reel Co plant. Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Homer Braley, two grandchildren, four brothers Charles of Pontiac Michigan Harry of Pomeroy Clarence and William of Detroit. Funeral plans await Ewing funeral home services by Rev. Robert L. Hegnauer.
Funeral and burial services for Lizzie Belle Andrews of Columbus were held in Glouster where she had lived before moving to Columbus 19 years ago. She died Wednesday in Grant Hospital. She is survived by two daughters a brother Homer W Wolf of Nelsonville and three sisters including Mrs Phillips and Mrs Humphrey, both of Nelsonville.
Oakdale Church of God will host a two hour Christmas program this Sunday evening presented by its Sunday school classes. Twenty seven participants take parts with Rosa Love Faye Nott and Virginia Moore directing.
A Christmas Eve candlelight carol service is planned at the Church of the Epiphany in Nelsonville starting at 11 p.m. The Rev. Rollin S. Polk Jr. will deliver the sermon. A choir will perform We Three Kings of Orient Are with soloists Gerald Priser Fay Wolfe and John Jack.
Nel sonville welcomes back most college students for the holidays. New arrivals include Midshipman Robert North of Annapolis MD Joe Bob Stratton from Harvard Lloyd Evans University of Pennsylvania Miriam Betts from Duke Charles Mechera from Miami at Oxford Ohio Ben Wolfe Bill Keating Wayne Lewis from Graceland College Jack Oakley Ohio Wesleyan Misses Nancy and Janie Krieg Bob Parks Jane Hickman Ann Brush Ohio State David Davis Kate Johnson Ohio University
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