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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1936
Page
7
The Rogers Memorial Class of Glouster M. E. Church plans a Friday dinner in the church basement to celebrate the end of a two-team attendance contest. The losing Bennett-led team will provide the meal while the Pride-led winning team oversees the program featuring captains talks, a Ralph Richey reading, and a Glouster High School Quartet song program.
Ordinance 33 authorizes refunding bonds of the Village of Albany Ohio totaling 1100.00 to pay maturing bonds from September 15 1934. It sets terms for issue date July 1 1936 five percent interest payable semiannually with principal and interest to be funded by a tax levy and sinking fund. Bonds offered at par with options for sale bids. certified copy to County Auditor. effective upon legal passage date June 16 1936.
Among 117 World War veterans in Glouster, 60 returned 460 bonds for cash totaling about $23,000. Bonds ranged from $50 to $1,500, with an average value of $385 per bond. Serv ing will begin at 8 o'clock at the dinner event.
Boy Scout Troop No. 72 of the Church of Christ hiked to East Branch and stayed overnight. Nine boys participated Glen Matthews Gerald Vernon Bob Johnson Paul Brown Herbert Mcdonald Nathan Lynch Jack Vernon Billy Zimmer and David Morris.
Miss Sabra Armstrong faculty member from Elyria schools visits Glouster this week with her parents Mr and Mrs Herb Armstrong. She plans to return Sunday to Elyria to teach a six weeks term in the summer school.
A Townsend Club gathering at Moose Hall convenes Friday at 7 30 PM to plan attendance at the Southern District Townsend Clubs meeting set for next Sunday at the Athens Fair grounds.
The Village of Trimble Ohio invites sealed bids for eight thousand dollar Sewers Streets and Sidewalks construction bonds. Twenty five bonds of 820 dollars each mature from 1937 to 1961 and bear four percent interest. Bids due July 6 1936 with security for one thousand dollars. highest bid above face value.
State Highway Department of Ohio announces unit price contract for surface treatment on Logan Athens Road in Athens Township Athens County. Est cost about 7300 dollars. Plans filed. bid submitted with five percent certified check up to ten thousand dollars. right to reject bids reserved. John Jaster Jr., State Highway Director.
The Priscilla Class of the M. EB. Church met Tuesday night at the home of Mrs. C. k K. Rockhold Madison St. The meeting opened by vice president Mrs. Thomas Mavin with devotions led by Mrs. Thomas Figley. A luncheon was served to 23 members and one visitor. Hostesses were Mrs. Ralph Carpenter Mrs William Golding and Mrs EF Munden. The next class meeting will be in July with Mrs. J. H. Elias' committee.
Mrs Lucy Trimble Barstow and daughter Miss Velma completed a two weeks motoring trip to Iowa. They visited relatives in the Sioux City area.
The Loyal Daughters class of the Church of Christ will meet Friday night at Miss Lalla Danford's home. Mrs. Evelyn Vernon will lead the Bible study.
Harper Williams traveled from Frankfort Indiana after a week with friends in the city where he once served as a garage manager.
Nicolo Paganini, Italian violinist born 1780 and died 1840, renowned for brilliance and daring compositions for the G string. He extended the G string’s range to four octaves, pushing technical limits of violin artistry.
GLOUSTER Mrs Harriet Weymueller presented her pupils in a home recital Tuesday evening. A refreshments course followed. The program listed many student performances including Barbara Beal Rob ert Weymueller Jessie Janchius Mary Virginia Logue Billy Kleinman Neva Golding Alice Buchman Cynthia Richardson Barbara Richardson Phyllis Kleinman Lois Balderson and others in pieces ranging from classical minuet to folk and whimsical titles.
Miss Elizabeth Conover of Provo fashion shows thrift can yield neat attire as she sews a stylish suit from old gunny sacks for her home management class. India’s population rose by 33 million in ten years to about 360 million.
Glouster Chapter Women of the Moose held a regular meeting Tuesday night to nominate officers for the coming year. Senior regent Erma McClelland and junior regent Bertha Marquis lead the slate alongside chaplain Mary Kinsell recorder Weltha Williams treasurer Leta Westfall guide Josephine Miller assistant guide Lenora Colley sentinel Tillie Hinton argus Gertrude Jewell past regent Zella Brown. Elections are set for June 30 at the regular meeting.
Racine social notes list Mr and Mrs Ward Thle of Hamilton visiting relatives Mr and Mrs Ralph Hayman. J S Hatfield of Chillicothe and two children stayed with Rev and Mrs T T Shelton. Carlos Hartley of Steubenville joined his wife and daughter Mrs Dow Nease. Eileen Roush left Sunday for Columbus to visit Mrs Stanley Wolf and daughter. Charles Sharp and daughter Helen visited Whitesburg Kentucky friends, with plans for summer with sister Mrs Arthur Banks. Mrs Carlos Hartley also hosted guests.
An old-fashioned advert claims END-O-CORN removes hard or soft corns instantly with no pain or fuss. It promises relief tonight so you can walk comfortably tomorrow and touts a fifty cent price at The Athens Pricey, claiming a higher value.
Several days last week Mrs. Ervin Channel of Canaanville and Mrs. Randolph Penny with her daughter of Dayton were mentioned in community social notes highlighting visits and local connections.
Dr. and Mrs. C. von Scheele, Edith Tinker, and George Luther of Jacksonville were dinner guests of Mrs Kate Wolf on Saturday.
A claim circulates that only 35 pantriloquists in the United States are truly skilled. The figure aims to distinguish high craft from casual ventriloquism, though sources differ on exact counts and credentials.
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