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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Mar 19, 1952

Page

2

Waterways of State Are Shown in Pictures

Kiwanis program in Glouster features Fd Plumb of Columbus presenting a color feature titled Ohio s Water Wealth. The film displays Ohio canal routes from 1845 linking Lake Erie to the Ohio River with 28 locks between East Liverpool and Cincinnati and the roller dam near Gallipolis. The evening includes a Red Cross donation and a planned Fellowship Drum from Logan club.

Glouster Carl Bradbury Kiwanis Fd Plumb Columbus Plumb Standard Oil Co Ohio Lake Erie Ohio River East Liverpool Cincinnati Gallipolis Ray Lange Logan Club Glouster Club

Local Officer Visits Parents in Glouster

Nelsonville born George W Long a second lieutenant in the US Air Force has completed eight months at Wright Patterson Field Daytona and is reassigned to the 39th Air Depot Wing at Elmendorf Field Alaska. He is a 1950 Ohio University history graduate and was stationed as chief of the Clothing Section at Wright Patterson before a March train to Camp Stoneman and then Alaska.

Nelsonville George W Long J. A. Long US Air Force Wright-Patterson Field Daytona Long 39Th Air Depot Wing Elmandorf Field Anchorage Alaska Ohio University College of Arts and Sciences Air Force Dayton Bloomington Ind Arthur University of Chicago Chicago Margaret Camp Stoneman San Francisco

Rothwell Club Meeting Reports Red Cross Gift

GLOUSTER The Rothwell Club met at the home of Mrs. W R Drury with Mrs E H Taylor presiding. They voted a Red Cross contribution and heard a paper on The Lantern Lady describing the bronze statue atop the Capitol Building, the Statue of Freedom.

H. F. Kittle J. H. Henshaw Earnest Williams John S. Blower T. A. Noon W. A Craft C. A. McDonald E. M. Ley E. H. Taylor C. A. Bingman

Burr Oak Stage Rise at 7 30 A M

A brief entry notes Burr Oak Stage rising at 7 30 A M with a 24 hour cycle and a 7 02 time marker.

Campbell names new Glouster fire department team

Fire chief Forrest Campbell announced an organized fire department with officers including Paul McAllister as first assistant and Jack Sarina as second assistant. The group also lists secretary treasurer, finance committee, hydrant and hose men. A follow up meeting is set for Monday March 31 at 7 30 in the mayor s office.

Glouster Forrest Campbell Paul McAllister Jack Sarina Jacob Waldeck William Harry Harold Shumway Belford Collins John Pettit Mose Pettit Raymond Holcomb Campbell

Finance Budget Talks At First Methodist Church

The Finance Committee led by Richard Guinther met in the church prayer room Sunday to draft next year’s budget. A follow up session is planned within a week, aiming to present the completed plan at the April 6 board meeting. The Give God a Chance committee also convened at Rev. Devol’s home to discuss campaign plans with attendees listed.

B. R. Angle Miles Dyer Roy Hall Warren Chappelear Karl Bodenbender Mabel LeFever Esta Gardner Elizabeth Gordon Richard Guinther Willis Blower Hilda Swart Devol

Price Infant Dies At Junction City Home

Linda Ray Price three day old daughter of Mr and Mrs Earl Price died at their Junction City home. Surviving are one brother Earl Ray, grandparents Charlie Hale and Emmet Price, Glouster and other relatives including Maxwell Hale and Laura Fitzpatrick, Glouster and May Hilliard Eyesville.

Glouster Linda Ray Earl Price Junction City Earl Ray Charlies Hale Emmet Price Maxwell Hale Laura Fitzpatrick May Hilliard Eyesville Price Maxine Hale

Recent Guests Here GLOUSTER

Mrs Eliza Mecum hosted many visitors at Locust Street including Mr and Mrs Charles Mecum Barden Ohio Mr and Mrs Charles Diltz Canton Mr and Mrs Perry Moody and Mr and Mrs Ret Keller all Logan Homer Mecum Columbus Thomas Whaley Hollister Mr and Mrs John Mecum and sons and Mary Judson all Jacksonville also Mrs Laura Whiting Mrs Goldie Andrews Mrs Agnes Gibbs and Frank Whaley all local

Glouster Eliza Mecum Locust Street Charles Mecum Barden Ohio Charles Diltz Canton Perry Moody Ret Keller Logan Homer Mecum Columbus Thomas Whaley Hollister John Mecum Mary Judson Jacksonville Laura Whiting Goldie Andrews Agnes Gibbs Frank Whaley

Weekend Guests Visit Mrs Barstow in Trimble

Pfe Cedric Antie and Cpl. Don Riley from Cherry Point North Carolina were weekend guests of Antie's grandmother Mrs. Lucy Barstow in Trimble.

Pfe Cedric Antie Cpl Don Riley Cherry Point N. C Antie Lucy Barstow Trimble

Local 9585 Meeting Set at Arkies Place

Glouster J C Reedy announces a Local 9585 meeting at Arkies Place in Redtown Thursday at 2 p.m. Members are asked to bring dues receipts.

Glouster J. C. Reedy Arkie’s Place Redtown

Bumgardner Rites Friday

Mrs. Hattie Bumgardner 85 widow of Thomas Bumgardner died Tuesday evening at her daughter’s home in Nelsonville Route 2. Survived by three sons and five daughters plus 34 grandchildren 49 great grandchildren and two great great grandchildren. Funeral Friday at 2 p.m. Connett Church burial Green Lawn Cemetery. Friends may call Chesher home.

Nelsonville Hattie Bumgardner Thomas Bumgardner Connett Nelle Chesher Wayne Bumgardner York Township John Jack Logan Chesher Katherine Russell Akron Lottie Patton Rebecca Dalton Belle Hoskins Herman Bumgardner Connett Church Green Lawn

Defendants Fined On Traffic Charges in Nelsonville

Walter Greer of Jackson pleaded guilty to operating an overloaded truck on the state highway before Mayor Paul Galvin and was fined 25 dollars plus costs. Donald R. Farrow of Logan pleaded guilty to speeding and received a 15 dollar fine plus costs.

Nelsonville State Highway Patrol Walter Greer Jackson Paul Galvin Donald R. Farrow Logan

Linda Cox 11th Birthday Observed by Family

The 11th birthday of Linda Lou Cox was celebrated at Trimble with Mrs. Dan Cox hosting. Family members listed include James Collins and daughter Esther, Jeannie and Jimmie Russell, Eldon Six and family, Gerald, Ernest, Norma Jean, Leonard Peach and sons Bobby Terry Lee and Gary Wayne, and Gail Cox from Greens Run.

Trimble Linda Lou Cox Dan Cox James Collins Esther Jeannie Jimmie Russell Glouster Eldon Gerald Ernest Norma Jean Leonard Peach Bobby Terry Lee Gary Wayne Greens Run Gail Cox

Bateses Welcomes Son On Wedding Anniversary

Mr. and Mrs. Del Bates of Cleveland announce the birth of a son on March 15 at Doctors Hospital in Cleveland. Great grandmother is Mrs. Cora Davis of Jacksonville and the birth coincided with the wedding anniversary of Mrs. Cora Davis and the late John Davis.

Glouster del Bates Cleveland Doctors Hospital Cora Davis Jacksonville John Davis

Mrs Cora Davis Returns Home After Cast Removal

Mrs. Cora Davis, formerly in Sheltering Arms Hospital nursing a fractured foot, left her son Elmer Davis's home to return to the hospital Monday and then to her own Jacksonville residence after her cast was removed.

Glouster Cora Davis Sheltering Arms Hospital Elmer Davis Jacksonville

Local Social Notes Across Town

Sixteen major family and visitor updates from Charleston Albany and Lima include Ernest Major and family with Dailey Wood and Stone families. Marion Hutchison and daughter with Mattie Thacher. Warren Lowe and Mary Garvin relatives. Virginia Delaney's appendicitis. Harry Denney returning from Lima for a planned move. Anna Garvin and Mary Garvin visiting Albany with Mrs. John Jones. John Mahaffey's discharge from Louisville Veterans Hospital.

Ernest Major Dailey Wood Lima Anna Garvin Mary Garvin Albany John Jones John Mahaffey Louisville Veterans Hospital D. BE. Wood

Barbershop Quartet Is in Tune at Nelsonville History Feature

A 1924 squad photo recalls district honors and cheers. Mentions 1929 glamour era led by Treva Shaw and Larry Newman. Notes Maureen Kelley, Carlos Linton, Ralph W. Parks, and early YMCA influence shaping Nelsonville basketball under coaches like Prin Jackson and Lowell Cole.

Kenton Max Bowers Floyd Wolfe Treva Shaw Larry Red) Newman INS Maureen Kelley Harry Young Buck) Kelley Carlos Linton Greyhounds Linton Nelsonville Ralph W. Parks Don McGill Tommy Forsythe Charlie Bartels Art Robertson Pierce Stratton YMCA IOCF W. Washington St Stanley Mechem Ralph Prin C. C. Jackson McArthur Logan Walter L. Hudson al Dilcher Lowell Cole Jim Chenery

Cosmopolitan Club to Meet in Nelsonville Friday

Nelsonville notes report the Cosmopolitan Club will convene Friday at 7 30 p m at Mrs C D Shafer s home Fayette Street with the topic How We Americans Can Stop Inflation Now A program chairman moderator and panel members are named with a general discussion to follow Members may bring a guest The item notes inflation as a timely issue and highlights women managing family finances and shopping downtown Columbus state basketball tournament mentioned in Columbus notes.

Nelsonville Cosmopolitan Club C. D. Shafer Fayette St Bessie Ball Eva Davis Louise Pearce Ball Frances Stage

Mount St. Mary Hospital Admissions and Discharges

Hospital notes list admissions for Harry Young Nelsonville Jack Buchanan Murray City Mrs Ada Wright Nelsonville Virgil Conkey Athens Mrs Mary Smith Nelsonville and Mrs Fern France Athens Dismissals include Mrs Gerald Warren Deanville Mrs Jack Landis Nelsonville Mrs Oral Daugherty Nelsonville and Mrs Bertie Boling Murray City Juanita North Nelsonville Route.

Harry Young Nelsonville Jack Buchanan Murray City Ada Wright Virgil Conkey Athens Mary Smith Fern France Gerald Warren Deanville Jack Landis Oral Daugherty Bertie Boling Juanita North

Birthday greetings touch Shawnee residents in social visit

Mrs. Jess Bishop and Miss Margaret Bentley were surprised by a birthday visit from friends Thursday at Mrs. Bishop’s home. Guests shared conversation and a noon dinner centered by a cake. Several relatives and neighbors from Columbus Logan Elyria and New Lexington joined in later weekend visits and a high school basketball dinner is planned for Wednesday.

Shawnee Jess Bishop Margaret Bentley Miss Bentley Mariah Peyton Bert Ridenour Elijah Bentley Ethel Bentley Albert Titko David (Hemlock Robert Bishop Bobby Lottie Harvey Columbus Billy Harvey Elyria Arrena Breeze New Lexington Wayne Simpson Harry Roberts Bob Opperman Martha Peyton Earl Canter Andrew Davis Logan

Central PTA Meeting Postponed to March 28

A Central PTA meeting scheduled for Friday was postponed one week to March 28, announced this morning. The change was made because of the remaining unreadable reason in the current notice.

Central PTA

Rites Set Thursday for Infant Jonas in Nelsonville

Brief funeral services for the infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Donald Jonas will be held Thursday at 1 p m at Stout funeral home. Burial will be at New Marshfield Cemetery. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Wilbur Jonas and Mr and Mrs Chester Syx.

Nelsonville Donald Jonas Wooster Hospital Stout Funeral Home Buria New Marshfield Wilbur Jonas Chester Syx

Couple To Move To Nelsonville After Buchtel Sale

Mr and Mrs Charles Hopstetter have sold their home in Buchtel and will move soon to Nelsonville to reside on Mill Street.

Nelsonville Charles Hopstetter Buchtel Mill St

Women of the Moose to Meet in Glouster Thursday

The Women of the Moose in Glouster will gather Thursday at 7 30 p m. Members should bring a covered dish and a prize for games to be played after the meeting.

Glouster Women of the Moose

Business Girls Class Meeting Postponed

The Christianity Church group notes the Business Girls Class will not meet this Thursday and is postponed to the following week.

The Christian Church

Hardman Family Visits Pedigo in Zanesville

Mr and Mrs James Hardman and daughters Maxine and Sharon of Zanesville spent Sunday with Mrs Hardmans mother Mrs Sylvia Pedigo. Mrs Nora Siddle a local guest of Mrs Pedigo also joined on Sunday.

James Hardman Maxine Sharon Zanesville

World Series Movies Shown To Rotarians

Ohio University coach Bob Wren led a Rotary Club program showing World Series baseball films. Dr. W. H. Hyde introduced the event, praising Athens County and the Greyhound basketball team headed to the state Class B tournament in Co He. Local seniors Jack Sowers and Jim Maurer spoke of their trip to the World Affairs Institute in Cincinnati. Supt. L. C. Gray presented the students. Guests included J. M. Bailey of Zanesville, Estel Crabtree, and D. H. Sams.

Nelsonville Rotary Club Bob Wren Ohio University W. H. Hyde Wren Athens County Greyhound Columbus Lowell Cole Jack Sowers

Two Men Accepted For Navy Enlistment From Ashland

Nelsonville residents Bill Barrows and Russell Barrows left Ashland Kentucky Monday night for San Diego California to begin boat training. Bill is the son of Mr and Mrs George Barrows and Russell is the foster son of Mrs Ora Barrows.

Nelsonville Bill Russell Barrows Ashland San Diego Calif George Barrows Russell Ora Barrows

Doan's Pills Offer Restful Nights for Kidney Slowdown

When kidney function slows, backache dizziness and low energy trouble many. Doan's Pills, a mild diuretic, claim relief after 60 years of use and help the kidneys flush out waste.

Dean Doan Adv

Oak Grove Mothers Present Minstrel Show in Nelsonville

The Oak Grove Mothers Club hosts a minstrel show at the Eagles Hall in Nelsonville, Thursday at 8 p.m. The event is sponsored by the American Legion Auxiliary.

Nelsonville Mothers’ Club of Oak Grove Eagles’ Hall The American Legion Auxiliary

Peterson's Ointment A Relief for Piles

Millions of sufferers over 40 years use a cooling astringent formula for fast relief from itching and smarting piles. A user reports relief and a full night’s sleep. Available at druggists 40c and 70c with money back guarantee.

Peterson Adv

Also Mentioned on This Page

Red Cross Ray White Joe Williams Richard Eddy Roger Kittle Lawrence Colbert Enlon Grubbs George Campbell L. E. Richardson Ben Goldberg Hugh Billingsly Dan Kovach Porter Dugan Rothwell Orpheum Theatre They Nelsonville High School Harry Moore Fern Silcott Roy Washburn Carl Campbell William Sharp Fred Preston Harry Kelley Wilbur Snowden Watson Wolfe Connie Crawford Nelsonville Social Notes Mount St. Mary Hospital Pearl Chalfan, Chauncey Jonas Navy James H Wilson First National Bank Casey Jones Glouster, Ohio L. R. Faires High St Broad St Willett Heywood Wakefield Madden Norwalk General Electric Tappan Fawcett Chesterhill, Ohio
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