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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1938
Page
6
Glouster merchants shut for New Year Day with a two day food supply advisory for Saturday. Post Office hours observe holiday. windows closed, lobby open 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Mail received and dispatched on trains, but no delivery by carriers or bus mail accepted.
A home cook’s feature explains oven proof and top-of-stove double duty cookware. Veal Pie covers browning meat with biscuit crust then baking. Steamed Chocolate Pudding uses cups in a steamer for individual servings with sauce options.
Zaleski residents shared holiday time with relatives in Portsmouth. Ranger Arthur Lawrence earned a transfer to Stony Creek CCC Camp where he will serve as superintendent and relocate his family soon. Local schools plan a Jan 2 return after the holiday break.
Christmas visits and family gatherings are listed in Joppa and surrounding towns. Several families from Parkersburg Zaleski Camp Reedsville and nearby areas hosted or spent Christmas with relatives including the Barrs, Benedums, Pratts, Ruths, Linthicums, and Longsworths.
The guide explains frying doughnuts at 360 to 370 degrees Fahrenheit with a 3 minute cook time. Ingredients include flour baking powder salt nutmeg cinnamon sugar eggs shortening milk and Brazil or hazelnuts. The method covers mixing dry and wet ingredients, folding in nuts, rolling shaping and frying with careful handling for best results.
Mr and Mrs Fd Cambron and Norma and Guy Russell visited Mrs Cambron s parents Mr and Mrs Hazel Hagger of Pomeroy. Many locals spent Christmas with relatives, church carol singalongs occurred, and Christmas day attendance reached 74 at the Bradford Church.
Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Young included Ross Hoon and family from Chesterhill with Michigan visitors Myrtle Ackley and Ethel and Dorothy Young. Other gatherings featured families from Belpre Parkersburg Athens and Ches terhill visiting Broadwell residents across Monday and Sunday events with several locals hosted at multiple homes.
A Watch Night service will be held New Year’s Eve at the Mission in Glouster with preaching and special songs on the program. Services begin at 7 30 o’clock. A separate note mentions a culinary fact that frying potatoes in fat causes loss of only water.
Glouster social notes record Mrs. Temple Jones hosting a school pals reunion with six guests noted and two absentees. Debette Club hosts Gloria Heck, listing prizewinners and members plus guests. Various residents visit relatives and travel to nearby towns for holidays and work.
Krogers won two of three against Rich Leaf Bakery in the City League at local alleys. E. Yount had a 241 high single and J. Johnston posted a 592 for best three game total. V. Eddy led the losers with a 553 series.
Social notes recount Christmas visits and gatherings across Guysville and nearby communities. Families such as Chapman, Bean, Christy, Ashcraft, Tucker, and Stewart Skinner are mentioned with relatives visiting from Athens, Columbus, Chillicothe, Me afdale, Wheeling, and Parkersburg. A new daughter arrived to Mr and Mrs Garrison Tucker and entertainment included a Christ mas party at Gertrude Ashcraft and attendance at the Renfro Valley Barn Dance in Athens.
Mrs Ben Hooper was taken to Sheltering Arms Hospital Athens Thursday morning in the C F Wallace Son ambulance for a major operation. Accompanying her were her husband, Mr Hooper, and daughter Mrs W Hill of Jacksonville, joined by their son Fred Hooper of Athens. The report notes the heron diet consists mainly of frogs and fish, captured while standing motionless in water.
GLOUSTER Congregations expect large crowds for New Year Sunday services. Rev Boroff of M E Church preaches Greeting New Year in the morning and A Prophet's Burden in the evening. Church of Christ to announce the year's budget at morning service. It notes a misapplied line about births.
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