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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1956
Page
5
Wednesday schedule lists supervised play at the park with time blocks for ages under eight, eight to fourteen, and all ages. Activities include mass games, baseball, and volleyball instruction and play across 2 to 7:30 p.m.
Glouster Board of Education approved the 1956 57 calendar announcing key events and holidays. The schedule includes teacher meetings, class start dates, GEA meetings, tests, holidays such as Thanksgiving and Christmas vacation, and the year culminates with finals, commencement and report cards.
Glouster The annual Daily Vacation Bible School at Glouster Church of Christ opened Monday with 90 attendees. The program includes four departments and age groups from kindergarten under a uniform theme The Living Bible. Senior church members assist regular teachers. A demonstration and program will be held Sunday July 1 at 7 30 p m in the church auditorium.
The Chauncey Mothers Club met at the home of Mrs. Franklin Pennell with Mrs. Jack Bricker as prize winner. They planned a family picnic and welcomed guest Mrs. Gerald Sorrell. The next meeting will be hosted by Mrs. Frank Shumway on Athens Route 2.
Glouster Church WSCS met Thursday evening with Mrs Norma Guinther as vice president in charge. Mrs C E Bingman led devotions and Mrs Beulah Lee directed the program Our Community In The World. A letter from Marilyn Krnich of Middletown thanked the society for the Bas. Refreshments were served by Mrs Sybil Kurtzman and Mrs Ethel Blower.
The county WCTU workshop will be held at the Glouster Methodist church Thursday at 1 p.m. County president Mrs. Bessie Strong will lead. Rex Noon of Caldwell is visiting his grandmothers Mrs. May Noon in Jacksonville and Mrs. William Keith in Glouster. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Vermillion of Newark visited relatives. William Lee and Mrs. Robert Jewel spent Fathers' Day in Columbus with Mr. and Mrs. Paul Lee and Elmer Boyd family.
CHAUNCEY The Loyal Workers Class honored the fathers of the Millfield Christian Church with a picnic supper at Gloucester Park on Father's Day. Approximately 50 attended. Softball games were featured.
Chauncey and nearby communities report a weekend of visitors and travel. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. Luther Cruikshank and extended family from Columbus and Sabina, plus athletics outing with the Indians and Yankees game in Cleveland. Other trips covered Wooster, Mt. Vernon, Glouster, Millfield and Mallet Lake, Michigan, with members of the Markin, Trout, Pidcock, Walton, McCafferty, Funk, Willis, Lanning, Courtney, Brown and Betts households noted as visiting or vacationing.
Mr. and Mrs Jack Bradley of Glouster Navarre announce the birth of a daughter Michelle Marie on May 24. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs Donald Adams of Glouster and Mr. and Mrs E R Bradley of New Lexington. Great grandparents are C A Beal of Glouster and Jack Adams of Malta Route 3. The Bradleys also have a five year old daughter Chantelle Marie.
CHAUNCEY Mr. and Mrs. Willard Simonton celebrated their 61st wedding anniversary Sunday. A daughter Mrs. Harry Love Kathleen Simonton baked and presented a three tier decorated wedding cake to her parents. Those calling included Mr. and Mrs. Joe Carpenter Judy and Timmie Joe E. Simonton Don Smith of Lancaster Mrs. Naomi Tate of Vallejo Calif. Mrs. Sadie Simonton Nelsonville Mr. and Mrs. Larry Love and children of Albany Miss Ann Simonton.
Chauncey Garden Club co chairmen of the flower show will meet Tuesday evening to discuss preparations and entries. The gathering aims to organize exhibition details and assign duties to members.
A surprise Fathers Day picnic for Rev. Kiram Mingus was hosted at his Sand Ridge home on Sunday. Guests included Mrs. Eldon Loper and children of Murray City, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Keirns and children, Mrs. Lavella Warren and children, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Mingus and family, all from Millfield.
A preaching service is planned at Beech Grove church Friday at 7 20 p m Reverend Miles E Hoon will lead the service and deliver the sermon the event is open to the public at Beech Grove church in Glouster.
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