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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1953
Page
2
In a 40 minute session Glouster council approved reports from the clerk treasurer and clerk of board of public affairs. Mayor Wallace reported $142.60 in receipts or expenditures.
Funeral services were conducted in Trimble Methodist Church for Mrs. Tensie Crawford Wolfe who died December 26 at her Trimble home. She leaves a daughter Mrs Harold Vaughn of Glouster and twin sister Mrs Tresa Faires of Akron. husband and a daughter preceded her in death. Burial followed at Maplewood Cemetery.
The Colonial Bakery has changed owners after four years of operation by John Carter. Frank Grubbs becomes the new owner and operator, renaming the firm Grubbs Bakery. The bakery was previously owned and operated by the late El E Mundew.
Mrs Lucille Thompson joins Athens State Hospital as an attendant starting Jan 22 after years as a Munden Grocery clerk in Millfield. James Ray and Pamela Sue visit family near Stockton while many others host relatives in Millfield and Columbus. Various dinners and social calls span Athens Greens Run Columbus and Portsmouth with neighbors and relatives listed.
Social notes list Mr and Mrs Tea Cox of Dayton visiting Mr and Mrs Allison Cox. Mrs Lizzie Goff and Mrs Delphia Colus spend time with Mrs Effie McCleary and Mrs Henry Pollock in Akron. The Pollocks and Williams families visit in Zanesville. Mr Nolan Mace of Athens dines with his parents. Traffic death in Cleveland marks first fatality of 1953 as Harry Rodin 58 dies in a car crash into a steel bridge.
John Cevola 61 died at Sheltering Arms Hospital Saturday morning after a long illness. A Millfield Mine explosion survivor from 1930, he was born in Italy and came to the United States in 1917 settling in Glouster. He served in World War II and belonged to McCann Frederick American Legion Post. He ran a shoe shine stand and is survived by his wife Mildred a son two stepsons a stepdaughter and other relatives. Funeral Monday at 2 p.m. at John and Blower Funeral Home with burial in Maplewood Cemetery. grave side services by McCann Frederick Post. Friends may call.
The Rev. Frank C. Cleveland led a watch meeting at First Baptist Church in Glouster on Wednesday night starting at 10. The program opened with a hymn led by Mrs. Ethel Riley and Mrs. Joyce Viney, followed by testimonials and a brief sermonette and prayer.
Fire Chief Forest Campbell and his crew watched a fire fighting safety film in the city building Saturday evening. The Mine Safety Appliance Company produced the film showing proper methods and the use of smoke masks and safety equipment, with Jacksonville fire department members in attendance.
Glouster residents host relatives over Christmas weekend with extended travel to Dayton Trimble and Jacksonville. Local soldiers prepare furloughs and returns to Santa Ana. Kin events include visits by Meeks Carpenter Taylor and Brandt families. Kiwanis to meet Monday at Hotel Gardon.
Cpl. Leo Hammond arrives home from Korea after service there and will report to Camp Atterbury Indiana January 23. Local families hosted New Year visits with relatives from Dayton Toledo Cincinnati Apple Grove and Akron. Holiday gatherings included several dinners and a New Year’s Eve party with neighbors and family. Laurence Bowe remains ill. family updates note unchanged condition.
New Year dinner hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Chester Baughman featured guests Mr. and Mrs. Harry E. Davis of Nelsonville, grandparents of Mrs. Baughman, and SFC Harry W. Davis who expects to depart for Germany for a three year Army enlistment. Afternoon visitors included Mr. and Harold Davis of Logan.
A New Year’s watch party at the Jacksonville Methodist Church began at 8 p.m. The host team entertained the winners with games contests and music by Harry Simmons of Athens. Sandwiches cookies and coffee were served. Holy communion followed at 11 30 p.m and the service continued into the New Year.
GLOUSTER Mccann Frederick Past American Legion meets Tuesday at 730 pm to plan Commanders Night observance. The McCann Frederick Post and Ladies Auxiliary jointly distributed nine Christmas food baskets to worthy families, funded by both groups and delivered by George Camp.
Chauncey Chauncey Dover and sugar creek East Millfield West Millfield schools will reopen Monday confirming in person classes for the district’s campuses.
Chauncey A 1 C Ikey Staley arrives from Westover AFB Massachusetts to spend the holidays with his parents Mr and Mrs Joe Staley and sister Barbara He plans to return to his base Tuesday and resume duties with his unit.
Richard Powers of A-3e left Wednesday for Randolph Air Field in Texas after a ten day furlough spent with his mother Mrs. Dave Powers and relatives. Powers has served nine months in the air force.
The report notes the first white men to set foot on James Monroe Territory in what is now Nevada, dated March 5, 1821, at the Capitol, said to be commemorated by Franciscan friars.
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