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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jun 25, 1942

Page

6

Cooperation of Citizens Is Lauded

Nelsonville reports its first blackout from 10 to 11 PM in the Walnut and Poplar street district. Citizens cooperated fully and civilian defense units including air wardens auxiliary police and women’s motor corps performed well. Special praise for Don Sheffield and his aides as motor corps members were admitted to the control station and later allowed back to the blackout scene.

Nelsonville Walnut Poplar Women's Motor Corps Don Sheffield Motor Corps

Kelch Day To Be Observed By Nelsonville Elks

Nelsonville elks will observe Kelch Day on Sunday June 28 with a 2:30 p.m. lodge session. L R Kelch longtime secretary of the order will be presented an honorary life membership. Dutch lunch refreshments and entertainment will be served in the afternoon and evening.

Nelsonville Kelch Nelsonville Elks L. R. Kelch

Scouts of Troop 65 Plan Tonight Meeting

Scouts of Troop 65 will hold a weekly meeting at 7 30 this evening in the Elks Home meeting room. All leaders and members are urged to attend due to current salvage drives in the war effort.

Scouts of Troop 65 Nelsonville Elks

Fellowship Supper At Nelsonville Church Frid ay

Nelsonville Church of Christ will host a covered dish fellowship supper Friday at 6 pm in the social rooms. Speaker A C Evans chief pharmacist mate US Navy will share experiences aboard the USS Marblehead in Asian waters within censorship limits.

Nelsonville A. C. Evans United States Navy Mr. Evans U.S.S. Marblehead Macassar Straits

Glouster Social Notes and Personal N Ews

Glouster Catholic Ladies' Study Club met in the church hall with hosts Mrs T A Noon and Mrs George Carter. Readings included A Sailor Named Bill and My Dad Was A Soldier. War stamps prizes, list of members, next meeting in two weeks with Mrs Mary Smith and Mrs Aelred Healy. Also Glouster Personals noting several local residents traveling and visiting relatives.

Glouster Catholic _ Ladies’ Study Club T. A. Noon George Carter Aelred Healy Bill Joe Wolf William Echstenkamper John’ R. Clark Ann Bailey Kate Batels Gertrude Darling Lena Covella Martha Covella Mary Jennice Sam Kamento Lena Wolf Walter Yount Mary Smith

Dorothy Lindaman to Wed Donald Everhart in Open Church Ceremony

Mr and Mrs H W Lindaman announce the engagement of daughter Dorothy Alice Lindaman to Donald L Everhart son of Dr and Mrs W A Everhart of Granville The wedding will be an open church ceremony at Tenth Ave Baptist Church Rev Harry G Ford officiating Miss Lindaman is a 1940 Denison graduate and alumni of Denison University The couple have ties to Glouster Granville and Harvard University with Everhart pursuing a PhD while teaching there.

Glouster H. W. Lindamen East Torrence Road Columbus Dorothy Alice Donald L. Everhart W. A. Everhart Granville Tenth Ave. Baptist Church Harry G. Ford Miss Lindaman Denison University Jackson Everhart Harvard

Woodgerd Dies Suddenly at Home in Jacksonville

Albert R. Woodgerd 68 died at his Jacksonville home on Wednesday after a longtime railroad career with the New York Central. He was born in Hebbardsville and leaves his wife Blanche, son Harold of Middlport, daughters Mrs. Ben Lent of Forest Grove Oregon and Mrs. Joseph Gould of Youngstown, and brother Charles Woodgerd of Albany. Funeral plans not yet set.

Jacksonville Albert R. Woodgerd Hebbardsville Josiah Woodgerd New York Central Railroad Blanche Harold Middleport Ben Lent Forest Grove Oregon Joseph Gould Youngstown Charles Woodgerd Albany

Glouster Residents Urged to Extend Rubber Salvage Drive

Glouster area residents contributed about nine tons of salvage rubber in the past week as the campaign nears its June 30 end. Street Commissioner Jacob Waldeck reported commendable response and urged residents to search out discarded rubber items in out of the way places to boost totals by several thousand pounds.

Glouster Jacob Waldeck

Kovach Reports on Kiwanis Convention

Dan Kovach, a delegate to the International Kiwanis convention in Cleveland, reported at the Kiwanis meeting in the Hotel Gordon. Afterward members prepared at Antle's Grove for outdoor meetings next week. committee members are B. R. Angle, W. O. Bailey, and Dr. A. A. Baldwin.

Glouster Dan Kovach Cleveland Gordon Antle’s Grove B. R. Angle W. O. Bailey A. A. Baldwin

Twenty Six Enroll in Weekly Nutrition Class

Twenty six people enrolled Tuesday evening at the housekeeping aid headquarters on Front Street above the Glouster Library for a Red Cross sponsored ten week nutrition and canteen course. Books were distributed and a trained instructor from Athens, Mrs Eleanor Cumberland, will lead six nutrition lessons and four on canteen work with classes held each Tuesday evening.

Glouster Housekeeping Aid Front St Red Cross Ohio Fuel Gas Co Eleanor Cumberland Athens

Ancient Deed Found In Athens Area Yard

A warranty deed dating back 80 years was found among rubbish by John Stephenson of Athens. It conveys 82 acres in Athens Township from Eliakim Moore and wife to David Goodspeed for 725 dollars, recorded November 4, 1862 by county recorder David Drake and notarized by W R Golden. The Athens Messenger printed the deed.

John Stephenson Athens Township Eliakim Moore Athens David Goodspeed David Drake W. R. Golden Athens Messenger

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