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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1962
Page
4
Advertises price cuts on jars and cans with reduced rates for 12 ounce and 1 quart sizes. Promotes Vapocan lids and storage boxes, along with Judd's Dill and Sweet Pickle Mixtures Colman's Mustard Cinnamon Saccharin. Encourages shopping for freezer paper and related items and mentions Top Value Stamps.
Sixty two Bowersock relatives gathered at Old Man's Cave for their annual reunion with a basket dinner and a brief business session. The 1963 reunion is planned for the second Sunday in July at the same location. Chauncey attendees included Mr and Mrs A L Preston and Charlie Frazee. Visitors at Mrs Mary Lewis’s home included several families from Columbus Painesville Nelsonville and Arizona and Mrs Lewis will join the Lewises in their indefinite stay. Other weekend guests and visits spanned Chauncey Athens Marion New Marshfield Steubenville Hendersonville and Jacksonville areas with multiple family names mentioned. Mrs Flossie McClelland returned home from Columbus where Fred McClelland has been a patient at University Hospital for two months.
Glouster congregation members are invited to a three day gathering in Canton from July 27 to 29 led by Alfred L. McCreery. The event is part of more than 100 congregations nationwide and one of over 50 regional assemblies this summer, focusing on intensive training and Christian fellowship.
Athens August July 4 winner Clarence Warner catches a 24 inch bass weighing 6 pounds 10 ounces placing him second in the contest. Ian totals include 132 bluegills by Ernest Poynter and multiple bass and bluegill catches by Bob Evans and others at Lake Burr Oak with licenses and visitor counts listed by park manager Art Smith.
The Oakdale Friendship Circle will visit Buckeye Lake on Thursday July 19. Reservations require calling Mrs. Sandra Vaughan at 767 2485 after 5 pm on weekdays and after 1 pm on Saturday. All reservations must be in by Tuesday.
Glouster Exempted Village Board of Education hires Ronald Essex as principal at their regular meeting. He will teach mathematics in addition to administration. Other hires include Charles Coffman and William Spencer as bus drivers, Mrs Dora Hogue and Mrs Garnet Russell rehired as cooks, and Mrs Mary Ginnan as substitute. Secretary hire postponed. Resignations: Emma Wheaton and Pauline Myers. Calendar adopted for 1962 63 school year with start Sept 4 and end May 23.
Mr and Mrs Jack Funk and their children from Reynolisburg visited Glouster last week from Tuesday to Thursday with Mr and Mrs Robert Funk and family They returned to Glouster on Monday to spend the day
United Mine Workers Local Union 648 of Mine 255 will hold a meeting Saturday at 1 p.m. in the IOOF Hall.
The report notes the Glen Canyon Dam project is slated for completion in 1966. It outlines the expected finishing year as announced by officials and references the ongoing construction milestones leading to the finish.
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