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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jan 13, 1944

Page

16

Glouster Youth Awarded Medal for His Bravery

Glouster announces that Howard Lewis Dew has been awarded the Silver Star for gallantry in action in the South Pacific on August 1, 1943. Wounded in the leg by a grenade, he pressed forward, reached the Battalion Aid Station, and inspired his men to reduce an enemy strongpoint. Other local servicemen and family members are mentioned with furloughs and inductions noted.

Glouster Ona Dew South Pacific Millard F. Harmon United States Army Howard Lewis Dew Infantry New Georgia Solomon Islands Dew Charles Jennice Mary Jennice Paris Island S. C Albert Navy William Dew Beulah Post Camp Hood Texas Pataskala Donald Shepard John Shepard Alex Docie Docies Palos Henry Williams Tommy Williams

Glouster Lodge to Install Officers Saturday Evening

Marecellite Rehbek Lodge will install officers at a Saturday 7 30 PM meeting in Odd Fellows Hall. After the ceremony a social hour with refreshments will follow. Members are urged to attend. Mrs Marie Dodson spent Wednesday in Athens for business. Mrs Mary Grimm has been visiting and returned to Kirkland with Mr and Mrs Carl Stahl for an indefinite stay with their daughter and son-in-law Mr and Mrs John Anderson.

Glouster—Marecellite Rehbekkah Lodge Odd Fellows Hall Marie Dodson Athens Mary Grimm Carl Stahl Kirkland John Anderson Corning Shawnee James Jenkins Eunice New Lexington Melvin Walters Toledo Frank Walters Patricia Fail Beatrice Showalter Mona June Jenkins Anna Bossman Rita Columbus Isabelle Banevich Opal Neal Sam Tippett Wellston Tippett Grant Post Post William Bernhardt Mary Elizabeth George Klarenbeck LaRue Thurston Zanesville Zane Thurston Joseph Siemer Jr Albert Franz Mary Lou Steelton Franz Alaska Fort Smith Ark China Pete Simon Johnnie Lancaster

Corporal Gardner Home on Furlough

Corporal Jack Gardner stationed at Camp Hunter Georgia arrived in Glouster on a seven day furlough. He reported a bus wreck on the way home that injured about twenty people but he escaped injury. The delay lasted roughly twelve hours. He serves as acting flight engineer in the air corps and will visit his wife and sister and brother in law Mr and Mrs Charles Williams and family during his stay.

Need for Waste Paper Urgent Scouts Help Town

In Glouster the drive for waste paper continues as Boy Scouts canvass the area to collect scrap. Mrs John RK Clark asks CSO members at Friday’s meeting to bring old newspapers and magazines, tie them in bundles, and leave them at the American Legion Hall for pickup and transport to the receiving center.

Glouster Boy Scouts John RK. Clark CSO Atmerican Legion Hall

Dover Ladies Auxiliary Calendar of Meetings

The Ladies Auxiliary of the UMWA will hold their district convention Tuesday evening January 15 with transportation arrangements announced. The group will also hold its far monthly meeting Wednesday January 19 in Odd Fellows Hall at 7 o clock followed by a potluck lunch.

Glouster U.M.W. of A Loderangements Transportatio Thcal Oddlows Hall

Glouster Township Bond Drive Meeting Postponed

A workers meeting for Trimble Township in the Fourth War Bond Drive, set for Thursday night in Glouster, has been postponed to next Monday at 7:30 o’clock.

Glouster Trimble Township

Juniors Receive Class Rings At Glouster School

Glouster notes list Juniors receiving class rings and students’ activities. First year French class drafted dialogues for presentation. Sophomore party set for Thursday in the school gym with committees named. Freshmen pick February 8 for their party.

Glouster Sophmore Frank Darling Charles Morrison Jack Dennison Andrew Wolf Pat Smith Joan Cotter Twila Wile Liams Shirley Adams Vera Wymer Ethel Atlas Ruth Ann Bailey Jean Ann Clark Eileen Peugh Mary Papes Davis Pride Miss Ervin Corning Fred Wagner Danford J-T Figley

Corning Faces Shawnee In Local Basketball Showdown

Corning holds first place as Shawnee trails in second in the local loop with an 8 pm Friday game on Corning’s floor. The page notes community visits, PTA plans, and local residents traveling to Columbus and Athens, plus family news and health updates.

Beetle disrupts Pernambuco telephone lines and enamel process described

In Pernambuco, Brazil a beetle damaged telephone service by laying eggs in cable sheetings and larvae boring holes in the lead. Porcelain enamel is glass fused onto steel sheets at about 1500 degrees Fahrenheit.

Pernambuco Brazil

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