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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Dec 26, 1947

Page

5

Nelsonville Hospital Fund Essay Contest Winners

Winners announced by General Chairman George Bateman for Mount St. Mary Hospital Fund Committee. First prize Janie Krieg Nelsonville High School. second Marilyn Paulsen eighth grade Athens Junior High. third Joan French eighth grade Nelsonville High. Honorable mentions include Bernard Rowan Athens East Side School and several others.

Nelsonville Mount St. Mary Hospital Bateman Janie Krieg Nelsonville High School Marilyn Paulsen Athens Joan French Bernard Rowan Athens East Side School Mary Lou Wichterman

York Grange to Hold Bake Sale Wednesday

Members of York Grange 2436 plan a bake sale Wednesday at the Southern Ohio Electrical offices on Public Square. Grange bakers should deliver goods by about 9 a.m.

Nelsonville York Grange Ohio Electrical Grange

Nelsonville and Murray City High School students named

Betts and Sheets from Nelsonville High School ninth grade. Wayne Hunley of Nelsonville ninth grade. Nana Robinson of Murray City High School tenth grade.

Nelsonville area churches announce service schedule

Nelsonville churches release a schedule with Christian Fort and Short streets led by J A Long and First Baptist under Rev B J Hall. Services include Sunday school at 9 30 a m morning worship at 10 45 a m with communion and midweek Wednesday service. Oak Grove features Paul Dalton singing at 9 30 a m Sunday School.

Nelsonville Christian Short J. A. Long First Baptist B. J. Hall Oak Grove William Brown Paul Dalton

James T. Six Rites Arranged

Nelsonville. James T. Six, 56, former miner, died Wednesday at the home of his sister Mrs. Goldie Dupler, 147 W. Columbus St. He had health decline, a stroke last Monday, and had leg amputation about a year earlier. Unmarried, he is survived by two sisters Mrs. Dupler and Mrs. Rosie Carsey and four brothers Alonzo Six John Logan Albert and Pearl. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 1 p.m. at the Stout funeral home. Burial in Buchtel Cemetery.

Nelsonville James T. Six Goldie Dupler Columbus St Mr. Six Dupler Rosie Carsey Kensington Ohio Alonzo Six John Logan Albert Pearl Stout Funeral Home Buchtel Cemetery

Nelsonville Couple Announce Open Church Wedding

Mr and Mrs James Lee announce the carriage of their daughter June Roberts Light at an open church wedding Sunday at 2 30 p m in the First Methodist Church Salem Indiana. Rev L A Griffith will read the double ring ceremony.

Nelsonville J Imes Lee June Robert Light Leroy Light Salem Ind First Methodist L. A. Griffith

Welsonville Christmas Greetings Among Local Families

Mr and Mrs George Rose Columbus spent Christmas here with Mr and Mrs John Lawson and with the Lawsons parents in Athens. Mr and Mrs Will Burnell hosted Dr and Mrs Lowell Burnell Glouster and Mr and Mrs Leighton Aumiller and son Dick Columbus. Mr and Mrs Oral Daugherty entertained Mr and Mrs J O Goodwin Akron and Mrs Fanny Gibson Columbus. Mrs Mary Hunter Chestnut Street visits Beaverton Michigan for Christmas and New Year with daughter Mrs Edgar Park. Mr and Mrs Ralph Traugh Akron spend holidays with parents Mr and Mrs Eugene Traugh Jackson Street and Mrs Anna Coakley Chestnut Street.

George Rose Columbus John Lawson Athens Will Burnell Lowell Burnell Glouster Leighton Aumiller Oral Daugherty J. O. Goodwin Akron Fanny Gibson Mary Hunter Chestnut St Beaverton Mich Edgar Park Ralph Traugh Traugh Eugene Traugh Jackson St Anna Coakley Mr. Hall Harry Hall John Bryson Jean Jane John Dyer E. K. Bryson C. B. Dillon Thomas Gamwell Margaret Ansel Gamwell Earl Street John Bulloch M. M. Bryson Earl McGee Pfe Dayne Witham W. D. Witham Staff College Norfolk

Thomases announce birth of daughter Jane Marie

Mr and Mrs John Thomas of Doanville announce the birth of a daughter Jane Marie at Sheltering Arms Hospital Athens on December 14 Grandparents are Mr and Mrs David Lowery Nelsonville Route 2 and Mrs Sylvia Thomas Doanville Great grandparents are James J McKee Nelsonville Route 2 and Mr and Mrs William Lowery Columbus

Nelsonville John Thomas Doanville Janine Marie Sheltering Arms Hospital Athens David Lowery Sylvia Thomas James J. McKee William Lowery Columbus

Hartford PTA Minstrel Staged with Local Cast

The Hartford PTA minstrel "School at Pumpkin Center" was staged on November 27 and 28. Cast included Sarah Kelly Patricia Lerner Lucy Jane Bulmer Dorothy Marie Stone Peggy Chapman Sybil Knight Mary Fiber and others with Donald Bulmer as interlocutor. Second circle listed many performers and on the second night Claude Grimm substituted for ill John Slivka and James Deihl Jr. provided end men. Mrs Alice Smith Nease directed the production and Mrs Rena Grimm accompanied.

Hartford Hartford Pta Pumpkin Center Sarah Kelly Patricia Lerner Lucy Jane Bulmer Dorothy Marie Stone Peggy Chapman Sybil Knight Mary Fiber Betty Kelly Mary Janet Zerkle Virginia Bulmer Esther McKnight Sarah Louise Kelly Donald Bulmer Elzanne Johnson Jane Ann Kell Mary Aumiller Helen Holt Francis Johnson Elizabeth Johnson Betty van Dolewert Annabelle Beard Luella Woods Alice Smith Bertha Jenkins James Deihl, Jr Mack Howard Raymond Anderson John Slivka Claude Grimm Mr. Anderson Alice Smith Nease Rena Grimm

Glouster Area Churches Schedule Weekly Services

Church listings from Glouster area detail service times for multiple congregations. The Glouster Church of Christ led by Rev. Daniel K. Teater adds four Wednesday evening courses starting Jan. 7. Other churches include Jacksonville EUB, Hollister EUE, Glouster Methodist, Bishopville Church of Christ, First Baptist Glouster, Red Town Free Methodist, McLeish Union, Spencer Ridge Bible Christian, Trimble West Side Church of Christ with Bible studies and sermons scheduled through the week.

Glouster Christian Endeavor Hollister Mr. Green Glouster Methodist Eugene Brown Bishopville Church OF Christ First Baptist A. G. Freeman RED Town Free Methodist Lewis Robinson McLeish Union Leona Thompson SPENCER RIDGE _ BIBLE CHRISTIAN Thompson Trimble West Side Church OF Christ

Fifth Program In Yale Series Is Presented

GLOUSTER Kiwanis Club presented the fifth and final pre Christmas program in a series carried from the American Legion Hall by public address. Dr W D Witham directed and participated with Mrs Lois Barnett of Richmond Ky singing Angels from the Realm of Glory. Dr Witham also sang There a Song in the Air with daughter Jayne accompaniment. He read on Christmas customs worldwide and stressed the Savior birth as central to Christmas. Mrs Barnett closed with Silent Night and a pianologue When Jesus Was Born with Jayne Witham at the piano. Roger Kittle Kiwanis president thanked churches and schools for cooperation and urged Christmas as a time of worship and thankfulness for Jesus.

Harold Brown Witham Jayne

Trimble Grange Set Meeting with Degree Work and Supper

Trimble Grange will meet at 8 p.m. Saturday in Grange Hall Trimble. The first two degrees will be conferred followed by a potluck supper.

Glouster Trimble

Holiday Visitor Glouster With Carter Family

John McBride visiting Columbus area over holidays stays with his brother in law George Carter and Mrs. Carter.

Glouster John McBride Columbus George Carter

Invention boosts shoe production with stitching machine

In 1888 the stitching machine revolutionized footwear making raising output from three hand sewn pairs per operator to 300 machine sewn leather soled shoes daily.

Christmas Morning Low: Six Above Zero in Glouster

Christmas morning brought the season’s coldest reading yet, four to six degrees above zero. By 10 p.m. Wednesday the temp had fallen 14 to 16 degrees from 20 degrees, while Thursday’s mid afternoon rose to 38 before dropping again to 30 above by 9:30 p.m. with snow starting.

Glouster

Local Glouster Families Share Christmas Visits

Glouster and nearby families spent Christmas with relatives across Dayton Logan Morgantown and Athens. Brice Dyer Bulloch Bryson Witham families and others gathered for holiday dinners and greetings before planned travel back to duties and homes in Virginia and Ohio.

Post Christmas Party Planned by Jacksonville Sunday School

The Faithful Class of the Jacksonville Methodist Sunday School will hold a post Christmas party at Miss Arlene Davis's home Friday at 7 p.m.

Glouster Jacksonville Methodist Sunday School Arlene Davis

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