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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1942
Page
7
The Friday Bridge Club will meet Friday at 7 30 o clock at the home of Mrs Dallas Kinser. Refreshments were served by the hostess with thirty members and guests present. The Fortnightly Club holds its regular session Thursday night at 7 pm at the home of Mr and Mrs Hack.
New Straitsville Daily Vacation Bible School closes its summer session with a public program Friday evening June 19 at 230 o clock in the Methodist Church auditorium. The first part reviews the summer work with all classes, followed by a play titled Jesus and the Children written by Mrs Amos Pottes director. An exhibit of pupil handwork will be shown and a class will offer home made ice cream for sale in the church basement.
Trinity Lutheran Guild members and families are invited to a July 2 event at the church. The committee in charge of arrangements asks attendees to come with care and support for the occasion and to aid the preparation efforts.
Board of Education plans a Thursday meeting to conduct routine business and address likely personnel actions.
Logan reports the Ward School board has hired a new athletic coach and a shop teacher. The appointments add to the district staff for the upcoming term as administrators confirm the hires.
Girk 4-H club members line up for physical examinations conducted by county agents. The event aims to screen youths for health concerns ahead of upcoming county activities and programs.
Readable notes indicate Girl Scout troops will soon purchase a church quarter as a meeting venue and headquarters with plans outlined by local Scout leaders.
A short notice reports a betrothal involving Logan and an unnamed partner as a local announcement in a community column. The item notes marriage intentions and the couple’s names among other brief social notes.
The article reports legal action involving Logan Canta against Loyd Martin and Weaver Henderson. The matter centers on accusations of abuse and resistance with references to court proceedings and involved parties Thelma Keyes Martin and Henderson.
Chauncey Mayor W D Hines urges residents to donate scrap rubber. He says over 100 pounds has already been turned in from Chauncey at local filling stations and calls for nationwide cooperation. Citizens are asked to search attics and bring rubber articles to stations.
CHAUNCEY A group of young people enjoyed a wiener roast at Twin Lakes Friday. Attendees include Florence Gully Marjorie Neighbors Virginia Cubbison Erma Canter Anna Mae Gully Dorothy Robinson Helen Gully Alice Fae Gully Carl Ellinger Harry Oliver Dick Gully Delbert Canter Charlies Koska Arthur Sapp and Elmer Gully.
The Chauncey Millfield Needle Club will meet Wednesday evening at the home of Mrs Bertha Sanders in Millfield for an informal session.
CHAUNCEY The Wide A Wake Alien will hold a picnic at Zaleski Park on Sunday June 21. Transportation will be provided for members across three classes and those attending should meet at the church by 11 30 with each person bringing their own food and transportation.
Mrs Ruth Lahugh Scranton of Chauncey Columbus underwent major surgery at St Anthony Hospital in Columbus last week. She will be glad to hear from friends. Room 117 is listed. Sisters Hazel Lahugh and Mozelle Tanthorey have stayed with her.
CHAUNCEY Mrs Earich at her home in Millard will be hostess Friday night to the June meeting of the Martha Bible Class of the Millfield Church of Christ. Mrs Viola Howard class president will lead the meeting and a good attendance of the membership is anticipated.
Chauncey native James Smith recently inducted into the Army is stationed at Fort Dix New Jersey with the Medical Section. He is the son of Mr and Mrs William J Smith of Chauncey.
Chester L Sanders longtime Dover Township resident has been in failing health for weeks and is now confined to bed at his Millfield home.
In Hocking County records for May, births surpassed deaths. The notice lists Mr and Mrs Foster among those honored in the county, reflecting healthier population trends in the period.
Three women will attend a training camp per an announced program. Details on location dates and participants remain unclear from the fragment.
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