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Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jun 08, 1944

Page

9

Children Day Programs Featured in Two Glouster Churches

Glouster churches plan joint services in the stadium for Sunday evening and morning Children's Day programs at 9 30 a m with the afternoon worship at the High School stadium. Rev A G Winkle and Rev C B Tigner lead the events with community participation including the Boy Scouts and local church groups.

Athens Messenger Athens Ohio C. B. Tigner Church of Christ Felda Stansberry Hugh Sweeney Delores Stansberry Tigner Glouster W. W. Wallace Marcella Jonas

Social Notes Celebrate Club Picnics and Card Games

Glouster notes report a Senior Progressive Study Club picnic at Miss Lalla Danford 6:30 PM on Fairlawn Ave with porch tables and rose centerpieces followed by cake peach ice cream lemonade and coffee. Attending were numerous members including Mrs J E Anderson Mrs B R Angle Mrs John S Blower and Miss Merle Danford. The 500 Club met at Mrs Jessie Hill’s Front St home with prizes for first second and consolation and refreshments served. Junior Progressive Study Club picnic at Mrs Roger Kittle’s High Street ended with a cake decorated for Mary Chute Swyers and croquet after supper.

500 Jessie Hill Front St Maude Vaughn Elizabeth Chute Evan Morgan Junior Progressive Study Club Roger Kittle High Street Mary Chute Swyers Dorothy Howard Ethel Blower Edna Binderbasin

Glouster Personal Notes Highlight Local Service News

Herman Jones attended a grand lodge session in Columbus with the 69th district. Mrs. W. W. Bryson left for Washington to visit relatives. Pfc. Robert Kittle, stationed at Camp Claiborne, sent home a shirt from German prisoners after a recent trip to New Orleans. Various Glouster residents marked Memorial Day week with visits to Columbus, Millfield, and Akron relatives.

Herman Jones Columbus Grand Lodge W. W. Bryson Washington, D. C Robert Leedy Charles Kittle Pfc Robert Kittle Camp Claybourne Millfield Fannie Wade Akron Charles Reeves Glouster Loren Russell Oscar Rocky) Reeves

Swyers Family Moves as Husband Stationed in South Dakota

Mrs. Mary Chute Swyers, after a brief visit with her mother in Glouster, leaves for Pierre South Dakota to join her husband Sergeant Dale Swyers who is stationed there. She will visit her aunt Stella Weldon at Rapid City and stay in Pierre while his assignment continues. Corporal Ralph Gatchel and wife welcome a daughter born Tuesday at Mt. Carmel Hospital Columbus. Corporal Gatchel is stationed in England. The Skinners report another son Foster in New York then St Joseph Harbor and Floyd in England with a copy of Coordinator enclosed.

Glouster Mary Chute Swyers Elizabeth Chute Pierre S. D Set Dale Swyers Stella Weldon Black Hill Commercial College Rapid City Swyers Cpl Ralph Gatchel Mt. Carmel Hospital Columbus Corporal Gatchel England Skinner Cpl Foster Skinner New York St Joseph Harbor Skinners Floyd

Family Memorial Day Visit Announces Billy Figley’s Navy Arrival

Supt. and Mrs. Thomas W. Figley learned from their son Billy, now in the Navy, that he has arrived at the Great Lakes Naval Training Station during the holiday weekend in Gloucester with relatives.

Orial Glouster Thomas W. Figley Billy Navy Great Lakes Naval Training Station

Skinner Family Letters Note Distances From Home

Floyd reports slow state news reaching us and the Coordinator mirrors home. Ernest Skinner, third son of the Skinners, serves in the Navy on his second Atlantic voyage. Mr and Mrs Ben Skinner of Trimble received a letter from Cpl Gerald Skinner stating transfer from New Guinea to New Britain Island after over two years overseas.

Floyd Skinners Ernest Skinner Atlantic Ben Skinner Trimble Cpl Gerald Skinner New Guinea New Britain Island

Local visitors drop by Mrs. Stephenson’s home

Recent guests at the home of Mrs. J. L. Stephenson include Seaman James Davis of the U S Navy and Mrs. Davis from Athens, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Davis and son Warren, Mrs. Irene Embrey and two children from Cleveland, and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Sharp and son from Springfield.

Glouster J. L. Stephenson James Davis U.S. Navy Davis Athens Clarence Davis Warren Irene Embrey Cleveland Charles Sharp Springfield

Child Taken to Athens Hospital For Tonsil Operation

Darrell Smith five year old son of Mr and Mrs Raye mond Smith was taken to Shelter ing Arms Hospital at Athens Wednesday afternoon for a tonsil operation accompanied by his mother.

Glouster— Darrell Rayemond Smith Sheltering Arms Hospital Athens

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