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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1958
Page
7
Irvin Wolfe of the Athens County ASC says farmers may enroll in the 1958 Acreage Reserve Program until March 7 or funds run out. A Soil Bank base for each farm must be set using the farm’s 1956 and 1957 records, with existing bases usable for 1958 agreements and spring-planter crops.
Eight students will be initiated into Delta Phi Alpha at Ohio University with Dr. Walter Naumann of Ohio State University as guest speaker. The 8 p.m. ceremony in the OU Center alumni lounge will have Dr. Herbert Lederer as faculty adviser and honors eight OU students including Kathryn Johnson Morten Kea Paul Krauss Gertrude Linnenbruegge Tekla Hammer.
In a Common Pleas Court entry signed by Judge Francis D. White Doris A Green Corwin is granted a divorce from Clifford J Corwin. The couple wed December 17 1956 in Richmond Indiana and have no children. The plaintiff was restored to her maiden name and charged gross neglect.
The column lists multiple church offerings with ministers and weekly times. Includes Oakdale, Bishopville, Holy Cross, Trimble, Nazarene, Methodist, Church of Christ, First Baptist, Jacksonville EUB and Hollister EUB with services, Bible study, Sunday school and special meetings.
Mrs Ronald Tompkins of Baltimore Maryland daughter of Mr and Mrs Laurence Colbert Glouster has been entered in a Prettiest Teacher Contest by her students A teenage magazine sponsors the contest about 70 pictures of teachers entered in February Readers vote by postcard or letter to Teacher Contest Box 550 Hollywood 28 California
The Sunbeam Class of Oakdale Church met at Faye Nott's home. The group opened with a song and recited the Lord's Prayer. Darewood Jewell led the business session. Members present included Virginia, Ed and Mary Elaine Moore, Rosa, Bert and Harry Love, Bernice Lowery, Geneva and Ding Jewel, and Faye and Jeff Nott.
The Senior Class of Glouster High School hosts a dance this Saturday in the school gym. Dancing starts at 8 p.m. Proceeds fund the class trip to Washington D C and New York City for the seniors.
Mina E. Mills now Mina Mills Slayback sues William F. and Hazel F. Mills in Common Pleas Court for $800 alleged arrears on rent for a property in Athens Township. Mills claims a life estate and that the couple lived there from Nov 1 1950 to June 1 1955 with no rent paid since. Rent set at $25 monthly, $800 due as of Jan 1.
The Glouster Moose Lodge will host an initiation for new candidates this Sunday at 2 30 PM at the lodge. Degree work will be performed by the Parkersburg Degree Team, with dinner following the ceremonies.
The Moose Lodge of Glouster will hold a March of Dimes Dance this Saturday from 10 p.m. to 1 a.m. at the Moose hall. Proceeds support the charity.
Charles Gardner Max Seyfried and Bill Wagner from Ames Bern Schools took the general scholarship tests for high school seniors last week in Athens.
Stella A. Sawyer sues Ralph E. Sawyer Elsia Sawyer and Rodney Sawyer in Common Pleas Court over a water line severed in a dispute. The petition notes a reservoir supplying a home built in 1955 on land once owned by David Sawyer and deeded in 1948 with water rights reserved. It seeks a mandatory injunction to restore the line and enforce the agreement.
The Glouster Community Bank annual meeting reelected L. E. Richardson Sr. as president and chairman, B. R. Angle as first vice president, Dan R. Kovach as second vice president, H. W. Wagner as cashier, and Dean S. Ferrell as assistant cashier. Directors are Angle, Moony, Kovach, Richardson, and Wagner. Tellers are Karla Cominsky, Magdalene Donson, and Judith Bonar. A 4 percent dividend was paid for the last half of 1957, bringing annual total to 7 percent.
Rebekah Lodge No. 401 will meet Friday evening in the I1.C.C.F. Hall. Refreshments will be served.
In Hospital GLOUSTER Robert Hemsley of Walnut Hills is reported improving after a heart operation. Friends may mail cards to room 303 Mt. Siani Hospital Cleveland Ohio.
The Glouster Key Club requests residents place slick magazines and papers on front porches Saturday for morning pickup by club members.
Six Athens men were elected to officers and a nine county council executive board at the Kootaga Council annual meeting in Parkersburg West Virginia. Dr Jack Stark of Vienna Virginia was named president and Dean F E J Taylor of Athens became vice president.
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