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Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jan 19, 1950

Page

12

First Glouster March of Dimes Drive Event Planned

Moose Hall hosts the first public fundraiser for Glouster s March of Dimes drive Friday at 7 30 p m Dr C F Patton chairs the entertainment committee Plans to expand fund raising continue as canvassing teams prepare to reach all four precincts Precinct captains are Mrs E H Taylor 1 Mrs C F Patton 2 Mrs Mattie Morris 3 and Mrs John S Blower 4

Glouster Moose Hall C. F. Patton E. H. Taylor Mattie Morris John S. Blower

Church Class Has Meeting

Loyal Daughters Sunday School class of the Church of Christ met Friday evening at Miss Lalla Danford’s home 32 Fairlawn Ave. Co hosts Mrs. A C McCance and Mrs. E K Peugh. The lesson, prayer and hymn followed. Class treasurer reported a $43.56 year end balance. A letter from Christian Home in St Louis thanked the class for Christmas donations. February meeting to be directed by Mrs Emmett Anderson’s committee.

Bertine Eberts Danford Henshaw Christian Home St. Louis Ernest Jones Wilbur Balderson Pauline Myers Clyde Harper Emmett Anderson

Daughter Honored At Birthday Party In Barberton

Mrs. Wahneta Exenkamper of Jacksonville visited Barberton for five days to celebrate daughter Gloria Ann Exenkamper’s twenty first birthday. Mr. Exenkamper drove to Barberton and returned with his wife. Mrs. Exenkamper hosted a dinner for coworkers in Barberton.

Glouster Wahneta Exenkamper Jacksonville Barberton Gloria Ann Exenkamper Exenkamper

Father and Son Meeting Planned at Church

GLOUSTER The Loyal Men s Class of the Church of Christ announces a father and son meeting in the church on Tuesday January 31 All men of the Bible School the church and others may attend with their own son or another s son Delmar Gladden is organizing the program.

Glouster Church of Christ Bible School Delmar Gladden

Local residents visit kin and mutual friends

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bulloch of Athens called on relatives in Glouster on Wednesday afternoon. L. H. Chappelear of Columbus, a real estate broker, is visiting T. F. Davis and others for a week. Mrs. Neva Mason and Miss Esta Cunningham drove to Canal Winchester on Sunday and returned that evening.

Robert Bulloch Athens Glouster L. H. Chappelear Columbus T. F. Davis Chappelear Neva Mason Esta Cunningham Canal Winchester

Loyal Women's Bible School Class Meets Friday

The Loyal Women's Bible School class will meet Friday at 7 30 p.m. in the church social rooms with hostesses Elizabeth Waldeck Catherine Hinton Julia Byers Grace Myers and Weltha Williams. Members are to bring their cancelled sales tax stamps.

Glouster Priscilla Methodist Sunday School Emmett Rogers Cross St

Methodist church circle to meet Friday evening

Willing workers from Circle No 1 of the Sunday School meet at the church Friday at 7 30 pm. Mrs Isabel Bulloch’s committee will be in charge.

Glouster Circle No The Methodist Church Isabel Bulloch

Winter Weather Shifts as Temperatures Slide

The report notes a bright but cold day with a high near 38 degrees. By nightfall the temperature dropped to 26 degrees around 9:30 p.m., reflecting the chilly conditions in Glouster.

Youth Series In Chemistry Sermons At Glouster Church

A youth series titled Sermons in Chemistry opens Sunday evening at Glouster Church of Christ for ages 12 and up. Sessions start 6 p m with short talks by members, a question and answer period, and minister led sermonettes. Talks feature chemical reaction demonstrations on water with speakers David Grubbs Kenneth Price Jerry Gormley Sunday Judy Zimmerman Helen Peugh Suzanne Gormley Lynn Gladden.

Glouster Glouster Church of Christ David Grubbs Kenneth Price Jerry Gormley Judy Zimmer Helen Peugh Suzanne Gormley Lynn Gladden

Collector Lists Best Names

Auto graphs of Kipling Gershwin Meitner and Mitchell are among the most sought after by collectors. Bobby Stevens notes other signatures like Einstein Roosevelt Fra nkfurter Windsor, Marshall Hull Edison in Hobby Digest. Prices in autograph catalogs include Washington 185 Faulkner 45 Sousa 12.50 Wilson 6.50 Lewis 10.

Washington Rudyard Kipling George Gershwin Lise Meitner Margaret Mitchell Bobby Stevens Hobby Digest Albert Enstein F. D. Roosevelt Felix Frankfurter Duke and Duchess of Windsor George Marshall Cordell Hull Charles Thomas) Edison George Washington William Faulkner John Philip Sousa Woodrow Wilson Sinclair Lewis

Commission Proposes Railway Conversion

The Maryland Public Service Commission authorized the Baltimore and Annapolis railroad to abandon rail passenger service and switch to buses in 1950 after years of financial and operational struggles. The aging line, 25 miles between Baltimore and Annapolis, faced deteriorating roadbed and obsolete rolling stock.

Baltimore Baltimore and Annapolis Maryland Public Service Commission

Touring Tots String Along Behind Teacher

Mrs Ruth Bell with Riverside Nursery School leads 40 toddlers through Union Railroad station using a long rope to keep them together. The children stay in place as she guides them through the terminal.

Chicago Ruth Bellow Riverside Nursery

Thrifty Indian Police Swallow Their Pride

A member of the constituent assembly in New Delhi charges prohibition officers in East Punjab with improper conduct. Sardar Bhupinder Singh Mann cites cases where officers drank illicit liquor rather than destroying it and says the police claim they do not like to waste a good thing.

New Delhi India Constituent Assembly Punjab Sardar Bhupinder Singh Mann Mann

Earth Tremors Follow Professor's Lectures

Dr. Thomas Clements, geology professor at the University of Southern California, warned about earthquakes in Los Angeles in 1933. A week later the Long Beach quake struck, and he later spoke to a Bakersfield Rotary Club on the topic. Hours after, a tremor damaged nearly 200 oil wells in Wilmington.

Los Angeles Thomas Clements University of Southern California Long Beach Bakersfield Wilmington

Firemen Respond To Despicable Hoax Outside Grocery

In Hull England fire trucks five taxicabs and a hearse with a coffin arrived outside Thomas Taylors grocery after a phone call. Chief Constable Sydney Lawrence investigated and labeled it a despicable hoax.

Hull England Thomas Taylor’s Sydney Lawrence

Great Grandmother Divorced in Brisbane Court

In Brisbane Supreme Court Flora Finlay, 62, told Judge Roslyn F Philip she married Percy Ricardo Finlay in 1903 at age 16. He allegedly deserted her five months later and she did not hear from him again until 1947.

Sydney Brisbane

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