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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1955
Page
12
Scouts selected to lead a Pemichangan Lake trip in Quebec prepare for boats riding and swimming activities as part of a youth outing. Siraa and Saad are noted in preparing for travel to the Canadian lake region.
Lillie Wallace dies Friday with funeral rites planned Tuesday in Colorado. The notice lists holiday guests and relatives including Floyd of Brooklyn and John Bartels family. The Colusumbus connections and Maplewood Cemetery are noted among local names and addresses.
A Sunday afternoon storm drenched Route 13 on East Main Street from Madison to North Streets, flooding sidewalks north to Norbert W. Johnston funeral home. Homes lost electricity until about 5 30 pm and street lights on Main Street remained dark until after 8 pm. East Main residents could receive calls but could not place outgoing calls as late as 11 pm.
Firemen answered three weekend calls with damage across three incidents. Furniture burned in an upstairs bedroom at Lawrence residence. Later that evening a blaze in the rear of Grubbs Bakery on S High St caused slight damage. A motor in the Moose Hall club room caught fire Sunday night but also caused only minor damage.
The Glouster Social Notes report a Methodist Church gathering held in the geil room with Mrs Thelma Shappelear Mrs Florence of rs Lola Fleming Mrs Marga Bling and Mrs Mary Skinner. Enid Cox read the scripture and 25 members were served refreshments.
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