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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1950
Page
10
Glouster plans a public dance in the school gymnasium next Monday evening for the March of Dimes campaign. The committee, led by Dr. C. F. Patton, will host the event with Millers Orchestra of Nelsonville. Tickets are sold by Dr. and Mrs. Patton, Mrs. Ethel Bailey, and Mrs. Agnes Clark.
Glouster residents attend an Athens County Odd Fellows meeting in New Marshfield with a Feb. 17 Jacksonville session announced. Local Rebekah installation guests include H S Cheney and others. multiple visits to Columbus and Athens precede hospital and family events.
Funeral services for Mrs. Joseph Pollick, 77, Crooksville, will be held Wednesday at 1 30 p.m. conducted by Rev. J E Huston of the Crooksville EUB Church. Burial will follow in Crooksville Cemetery. Mrs. Pollick was a former Jacksonville resident.
Mrs. Raymond Long hosted the Wilkesville Study Club on Tuesday January 17. District meeting plans move forward with the Wilkesville OES and Pythian Sisters assisting at the February 4 dinner at the high school auditorium. Stephen Foley of Rocky Glenn Sanitorium visited and is improving. Carolyn Cray recuperates from a recent arm fracture.
The WSCS met at Mr. Fred Rice's home to sew a quilt. Funeral services were held for Mrs. Manda Cross of Racine with relatives attending. Several residents and visitors are listed across multiple households, including travels from Montana and Kentucky.
Installation of officers at New Lexington Encampment occurred Thursday evening last week. Attendees from Glouster included W. H. Stahl, D. E. Carr, C. L. Eddy, H. S. Cheney, and H. E. Jones.
The Women of the Moose in Glouster will gather for a meeting on Thursday at 7 30 p m local time. Members will discuss upcoming events and community plans.
In a Baptist BTU gathering at the church, coal supporters led by Richard Fultz and Richard Viney defeated wood advocates William Jenkins Andrew Viney and Emma Viney. Judges were Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Brown and Mrs. Thomas Morris.
Glouster High School Alumni Association met in the high school building to organize. Joe Williams was elected president Charleen Skipper vice president and Richard Jones secretary treasurer. Preparations for the spring banquet are underway and committees will be named at a future meeting.
Miss Josie Swisher age 88 died at her brother Edward Swisher’s home after a year of illness following a hip injury. She was the oldest member of the Cheshire Baptist Church with services at 2 p.m. Thursday and burial in Gravel Hill Cemetery. Friends may call at Rawlings Coats funeral home after 10 p.m. Wednesday.
A stork shower was held for Mrs. Alex Schust hosted by Mrs. Harold Andrews on Saturday evening. Guests included Mrs. Harry Andrews, Mrs. Edith Andrews, Mrs. Clarence Brown, Mrs. A J Hillyer, and several others.
GLOUSTER Trimble Grange will install officers at a Saturday meeting starting 8 p.m. Mrs. Miller and an Albany installation team will conduct the ceremonies. The lodge invites neighboring Granges to attend. Members will bring pies and sandwiches and coffee will be provided.
Grace Dumm hosted the Les Am es Sunday School group with a business meeting electing officers Dorothy McClelland president Mary Rose vice president and Gertrude Kempton secretary Contests were won by Charlotte West McClelland Kathryn Whisler and Celesta Hoy. Army sailor Johnny Dove left for Norfolk to join sea duty. Local visits included multiple families and a Children’s Hospital patient’s recovery. Miss Donna Taylor performed a vocal solo on WHOK Lancaster.
Elizabeth Randy 85 of New Straitsville died at home yesterday. Funeral services Thursday at 2 p.m. at the Methodist Church conducted by Rev. Owen Plumley. Survived by three sons William T. Randy Walter Randy Chester Randy. daughters Nelle Shuttleworth H Randy Lona May Hablton T White. 15 grandchildren 15 great grandchildren 2 great great grandchildren. Burial at New Straitsville Cemetery. Visitation at home until service time.
Reba Martin 73 of 211% Main Street Point Pleasant died at 3 40 a m in Point Clinic where she had been a patient since December 2. Born in Townsend Tennessee she was the daughter of the late Mr and Mrs Thomas Frye. A stepdaughter Mrs R Myers of Gallipolis survives. Funeral arrangements are with Chapman funeral home.
William Sheridan Spencer died at 9 a.m. today at his Syracuse home at age 84. Survivors include son Roy Spencer of Syracuse and three daughters Gertrude King Steubenville Cora Campbell Weirton W V and Lela Singer at home. A brother Perry Spencer Texas and sister Amy Wickham Illinois. Funeral arrangements by Ewing Funeral Home pending.
Magdalena Crosbie 73, a former Pomeroy resident, died this morning at Booth Memorial Hospital Covington Ky. Funeral services are set for 2 30 p m Thursday at Ewing funeral home with burial in Beech Grove Cemetery. Survived by husband William Crosbie and brother Charles Reuter Condor Street Pomeroy.
Kimberly Kimberly-York Grangers gathered Friday January 20 at their Oak Grove hall for a pot luck supper. The event followed a week of local visits and neighborly reports including illness recoveries and family visits in Waterford Ohio and Carbondale.
Markets show salable hogs at 15.75 to 17.25 per cwt with weights 160 225 lbs and 350 500 lb hogs in demand. Cattle steady with steers 25.50 26.00 for 950 975 lbs, heifers 21.50, baby beef 23.50 25.50, cows 11.06 16.50. Sheep light receipts, lambs 23.00 24.50, ewes and lambs 8.00 15.00. Gallipolis prices list hogs 16.00 16.70, cattle steers 18.00 25.50, baby beef 18.00 24.50, veal 25.00 30.00. Poultry broilers 21 22, chickens 21 23. butter 65 66 cents, potatoes 1.15 4.75. Eggs consumer large 33 34, wholesale extras 30 32. Current receipts 25 27.
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