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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1943
Page
7
Fragmentary text shows a Jacksonville church publishing its service schedule. It mentions evening prayer Thursday, worship services, and a Sunday sermon, with a reference to a Last Supper or ritual event at 9 30.
Fragmentary text mentions malady fatigue nervous condition and reference to organs and stomachics with unclear context. Details are sparse and no clear event or identifiable names beyond Mal Hess and Lydia Eb appear.
Cincinnati loses to St Louis 5 to 1 as Harry Gumbert limits the Reds while Whitey Kurowski Musial power pace the Cardinals. Johnny Vander Meer and Frankie Isch listed for Cincinnati with Musial Kurowski delivering key hits. Time 1 49. Attendance 3.
Chauncey Four Leaf Clover Club advisor Miss Jeanette Blackford announces a swimming party for members Sunday afternoon. Members meet at Chauncey Library at 1 45 p m to ride the 2 o clock bus to the pool. Mothers of members are invited. Virginia Cubbison assists.
Plan for the Church of Christ parish outlines communion at the usual hour in all churches. No preaching at Taylor Ridge or night service at Chauncey and Trimble. Rev. Gilbert Courtney to preach at Trimble at 9 30 a m Sunday.
American League President William Harridge said the league will operate in 1944 if manpower tightens, with most clubs likely to break even or lose little while some may lose money. He noted weather and attendance trends while Babe Ruth warned baseball could become a war casualty next year.
Indianapolis reaches a pennant stride as Jim Trexler extends his win streak to seven with a 5-4 victory over Louisville. Indiana’s club rides strong pitching and a .260 team average to pull three games ahead, while Milwaukee and Kansas City affect the standings in other league results.
Dover church asks for updated membership lists. Local residents Chauncey area news note visits by Hawk and Arnold families, Columbus relatives, and trips to Detroit for ill relative. Chauncey Church of God announces services and a Carbondale local meeting with officer elections.
Milo Candini, AL ERA leader at 7 0, faces slim All-Star chances in Philly on July 13, mirroring Hank Borowy’s fate last year. Ossie Bluege reportedly did not vote for him. Also notes Nelly Sams raises ticket prices, Joe Medwick seeks glory against Johnny Mize, and Babe Ruth warns owners’ losses as Giants and Dodgers post 65 642 attendance in five games. Abe Green calls Tony Galento an entertainer, booking him for county fairs, as Galento taunts prize stock.
Dover Township church secretaries must send a list of members to Township Clerk Guy E. Osborne in Chauncey to share in the ministerial fund. Names must be residents of the township and aged 16 or over. A Board of Dover Township trustees meeting will be held in Chauncey on Saturday July 3.
Charles T. Hudson age 22 formerly of Chauncey died Monday at his Wellston home from a brain tumor. Funeral services were held at Nazarene Church and burial was in Ridgewood Cemetery Wellston. Survived by wife Dorothy and infant daughter Charlotte Ann mother Mrs. Fred Searles stepfather Dan and Jerry Wellston brothers Robert overseas in U S Army two half brothers Joe Mulhern Dorace Barber. Relatives from Chauncey attended the funeral including Mr and Mrs Thomas Deal and several others.
New Marshfield hosts Mr. Clyde Beveridge and relatives from Marion including Mr and Mrs Gerald Beveridge Jr Barbara Gary and Jimmie Doris and Eileen Beveridge and Chauncey with Mr and Mrs Russ Childress Mary and Harry Chauncey. CHAUNCEY Mrs Viola Howard hosts Martha Bible Class at Church of Christ Millfield with Mrs Howard presiding.
The Plains Nazarene Church Pastor Rev Frank Noel will preach Sunday morning and evening. Sunday school opens at 9 30 a m with Mrs Carrie Channell as superintendent. Historical note recalls Uncle Sam paid France about 15 000 000 for nearly a million square miles of land with the Louisiana territory and 25 000 000 for the Virgin Islands, totaling 133 square miles across 50 islands. The first zoo in America was founded at Halifax Nova Scotia Canada in 1847 by Andrew Downs.
Cleveland faces Chicago in the series opener with LeftyAl Smith pitching against Thornton Lee. Detroit held off Cleveland 7 to 4 as Jim Bagby struggled and Virgil Trucks went the distance for the Tigers. Roy Cullendine Ken Keltner and Mike Rocco all singled for the Indians while Russ Peters homered with two outs in the ninth.
The box score shows Toledo and Columbus playing 9 innings with Columbus winning 4 to 0. Key players include Peterson earning the win and Burkhart taking the loss. Notable stats list multiple RBIs, base hits, and fielding errors amid a 2 hour 28 minute game before 1,048 in attendance.
Cpl Foster Price son of Andrew Price formerly of this city took part in a military wedding at Camp Crowder Mo The ceremony had 426 soldiers and fifteen wives present The couple was greeted at the chapel door and ran the gauntlet as rice flew Their company members gave a joint wedding gift with a letter of congratulations They will reside in a furnished apartment in Neosho Missouri.
A special meeting of Marcelite Rebekah Lodge is set for Saturday at 8:00 PM in Odd Fellows Hall. Members are urged to attend if possible. The text also lists Yankee pitcher deliveries including Boro ny, Bonham, Chandler, Wengloff, and Donald among others.
Rev. C. B. Tigner announces Sunday services at the Church of Christ in Glouster with Bible School at 9:00 am and communion and preaching at 10:00. His brother Rev. L. J. Tigner will preach on Gods Answer in Our Times of Doubt. Evening service at 7:30 pm features Rev. C. B. Tigner on At the Cost of Blood. No Young People’s services. Winkle family to Toledo for homecoming. Mrs Winkle hospitalized in Mercy Hospital with a fractured knee. church school at 9:30 am led by Mr. Earl S. Johnson. There will be no services next week.
Mayor Sam Underwood appoints Mrs Pearl Christman as Village Clerk to fill the vacancy caused by her husband M E Christman’s illness. The appointment lasts until he can resume duties.
Andrew Price a former Glouster resident suffered an acid burn at Trojan Powder Co. plant in Sandusky. He has returned to work but the injury is not fully healed.
Firefighters responded to a Thursday afternoon alarm at an Al Beshara property near the ice plant. A small rubbish fire in an outbuilding was put out with chemicals. No damage occurred, but flames could have spread to nearby structures if left unattended.
Norman Schoenian, who fractured a leg in a fall at the skating rink about three months ago, has laid aside his crutches and is able to perform light work. He now works for Earl E. Johnson in Trimble.
Glouster residents hosted and visited relatives this week. Bob bulloch family and Miss Emma Bulloch joined Mr and Mrs E K Bryson for dinner on Earl Street. Rev L J Tigner and daughter Barbara attended a funeral in Cambridge then returned home.
Mr and Mrs E K Bryson received a letter from their son Bobby stationed at Miami Beach Florida. He has been assigned to Gulfport Mississippi and promoted to private. James Dennison also transferred to Gulfport and both will enter an Aircraft Mechanics School for five months. John M Bryson ARM 3C moved from Norfolk to an unnamed destination.
Glouster Lodge No 1197 Loyal Order of Moose will hold a Sunday 2:30 pm initiation for a class of 25. The local lodge team will perform the initiation and refreshments will follow for Moose members and their families.
Rip Sewell, 35, appears set to top the National League in victories after nine wins and two losses this season. He has beaten two close games and powerfully leads a Pirates rotation, while the Dodgers, Giants, Cardinals, and Reds impact the pennant race as NL teams mangle, split, and chase standings amid a busy week of results.
In Cincinnati, the 42nd Tri-State Tennis Tournament advances with a men's singles semi final Talbert versus Ratliff after Talbert routed Klein 6 1 6 0 and Ratliff eliminated Tinker 6 2 6 1. In the women's singles quarter finals Catherine Wolf beat Dorothy Conroy 6 0 6 3 and Bets Corbett beat Joanne Dunn 6 2 6 0.
National batting leader Dahlgren of Philadelphia hits .356 while OneVaughan of Brooklyn has 50 runs. Herman leads RBIs with 45 and Vaughan ties for hits with 77. Ott, DiMaggio, Nicholson lead home runs with seven. Pitching Sewell of Pittsburgh 92 wins. American batting Stephens of St. Louis .355 and White of Philadelphia 38 runs. Wakefield tops hits in Detroit with 74. Keller leads home runs with 10.
The Trimble Stitch for Victory 4-H Club met at Joanne Gooding's home with president Ruth Grigsby presiding. Members worked on projects, then enjoyed a social hour with chocolate pie sandwiches iced tea and gum for members and guests including Lanny Leake and advisers.
Donald Yearing of Richardson Bakery was injured when sacks of flour toppled, breaking one small bone in his leg above the ankle. He is improving and using crutches but cannot yet return to work.
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