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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1937
Page
8
Hundreds of children gathered around the community Christmas tree for candy and fruit. Kiwanis volunteers and Santa Claus distributed treats on a large truck as a short program of Christmas music played for the crowd. The event ended with children swarming to receive their gifts.
The Christian Endeavor group of Lottridge United Brethren Church will present the pageant Bethlehem on Sunday night at 8 o'clock.
Troop 72 met at the Church of Christ with guest Bus McMasters Eagle Scout from Middleport who showed Jamboree films. A Sunday hike is planned at 1 30 pm meeting at the church. tests may be taken at 1 pm. Billy Zimmer transfers to Troop 71. Assistant Scoutmaster Jack Gardner led the program and social games.
Local notes show multiple residents spending Christmas with families or traveling for holidays. Students from OSU, University of Louisville, and University of Kentucky are home for the season, while local hospital recoveries and a birth are also noted. Epworth League carols planned at 8:30 tonight. A phoebe nests in Norwich.
A 7 30 Monday evening collision on Kimberly Road involved Clyde Dowler hitting a parked car owned by Harry Corwin. Dowler and two passengers suffered severe head and body injuries and were taken to Nelsonville for treatment. The report notes the transfer of the road to the state system and lists local social notes including marriages and visits.
The Palace in Glouster Ohio features a weekly lineup headlined by Broadway Melody 1938 with Robert Taylor and Eleanor Powell. Other films include Reported Missing with Wm Gargan and Jean Rogers and London by Night with George Murphy and Rita Johnson. Continuous shows through the week, with matinee Saturday and Sunday afternoons.
Chauncey and Dover Township residents plan a candle lit Christmas observance with church services, music, pan tomimes and carolers for shut ins. The Church of Christ led by Rev. Gilbert Courtney held a service at the County Home for over 50 inmates, as homes glow with lights and trees to mark Christmas.
GLOUSTER J T boys beat Murray City 33 31 after a tight first half 18 15 and a late 28 18 run as Mandrell Antle Skinner and Matyskella starred. J T girls routed Murray City 46 21 to run their winning streak to four with Johnson Sayre Nelson leading the forwards.
In a Thursday match Glouster defeats Zanesville Armees by 117 pins as J McAllister totals 605 with a 236 third game. Highs include 235 by Cunningham in single game and team scores across the trio.
Sunday School gathers at 9 30 at the Methodist Church. Rev F G Boroff preaches at 10 30 on A Backward Look. Epworth Leaguers meet at 6. Evening service at 7 The Dying Year. Church of Christ Bible School at 9, Lord's Supper at 10 with The World Into Which Jesus Was Born. Junior and Senior Endeavor at 6, Happy Hour at 7 The most need Our Greatest Need with music.
Jacksonville briefs report a Christmas gathering hosted by Mrs. R E Davis and daughter Arlene, church services at Jacksonville M E Church, Epworth League events, and mid week Bible study. Local families Miss Wilma Safreed and Catherine Davis are noted as holiday visitors and guests with several recent calls among residents.
Chauncey and Cleveland families travel for Christmas visits. Chauncey family groups head to Chicago and Peoria to celebrate with relatives including Mrs Corfield and Mrs Hill. Others from Millfield and Chauncey visit Columbus and nearby Athens with kin. An unrelated note remarks that liquids and solids can carry sound.
About 400 people attended the Christian operetta The Gift of Christmas by Otis M. Carrington in the Greens Run High School Auditorium. Teachers aiding the production included Nellie Reher Paul Bingman Carrye Smith Chrystal Sims and Shook. The Senior High Chorus had 36 singers and 65 pupils were in the Junior Chorus with Doris Malpas as accompanist. Guest speakers were Rev Father Stecker and Rev Gilbert Courtney. Greens Run schools closed for holiday vacation.
Mrs Mae Wade entertained 18 members and guests of her needle club at a Christmas party in Millfield. The home was decorated for the season with a lighted tree, gifts exchanged, and Santa Claus favors given. Guests included Eleanor Sharrick Minnie Willis Nellie Russell Lucille Sanders Irene Wade Grace Borden Rosa Kendall Nellie Brookins Olive Brookins and members Bertha Sanders Jessie Fulton Maybel Mingus Mabel Sisson Kathryn McDaniel Edith McDaniel Viola Sanders Ida Hill.
Chauncey Isabel Courtney daughter of Rev and Mrs Gilbert Courtney slipped in the yard Thursday afternoon, fracturing a bone in her left foot and spraining her ankle. An X ray was taken by Dr C N Sanders.
In TRALIA Australia miners abandon gold to seek wolfram deposits driven by current world armaments demand. Large wolfram reserves exist in the district and miners shift activity toward this metal as a more profitable venture.
A midweek Christmas tree event near the hall attracted many residents despite bad weather. Sponsored by the Eagles Lodge of Jacksonville, Santa and helpers handed out treats to attending children. In Cleveland, a novel shoe pitching court near Louis D. Hendrick spans Shaker Heights, Cleveland Heights and University Heights.
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