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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1949
Page
5
Local 13354 UMW will hold an open meeting at 2 pm in Chauncey Dover High School auditorium. Speakers include William Thomas of Chili cothea District 50 and Far Neely of Columbus District 30 with several district officers. Residents interested in unionism are invited.
The Glouster Kiwanis Club dinner meeting featured a sound movie titled The Growing and Processing of Pineapples. Supt Roy Byers from Jacksonville Trimble schools supplied and ran the projector for the color film. Rev John Devol led piano and song service before dinner, with attendees including Lawrence Colbert Richard Guinther William Meyer Dr C F Patton and others.
GLOUSTER Mrs Walter Faine entertained her bridge club at the Tiny Diner Glouster Sunday night March 27 First prize went to Mrs Charles Jarvis second to Miss Dorothy Rainey and low to Mrs Dennis Addington A three course luncheon followed for members including Mrs Melvin Koons Miss Ruth Grigsby Mrs Harley Blower Mrs Robert Harvey Mrs Dana Rolen Miss Dorothy Rainey Miss Winnie Joseph Mrs James Flemming Mrs Dennis Addington and Mrs Charles Jarvis
GLOUSTER Mr and Mrs Charles Williams of Jacksonville announce the birth of their daughter Carol Jean on Thursday at Sheltering Arms Hospital Athens Grandparents are James Williams Jacksonville Raphael Snowden Glouster Great grandparents James Williams Corning Charles Williams Cuyahoga Falls Mary Rutter Glouster The Past Matrons Association of Thea Chapter OFS will meet at Masonic Hall Friday at 7 30 p m with hostesses Mrs Annetta Lewis and Mrs Glenna Reese
Mrs John Altman of Jacksonville with prolonged illness was moved to White Cross Hospital Monday for observation and treatment.
Mr and Mrs Clyde Edwards of New Athens visited Jacksonville this week as guests of friends, enjoying local hospitality and sightseeing with their Jacksonville hosts.
Mrs. T. A. Noon will host the Rothwell club at her home, 50 Main Street, Thursday at 2 p.m. The gathering invites members to attend the afternoon meeting.
The notice proclaims St Joseph Aspiring as the leading seller offering a price advantage of ten cents less, highlighting its competitive edge in the market against rivals.
Glouster high school held an initiation on March 18 for students who completed one semester of French. Seniors leading the event were Ethel Atlas, Jean Ann Clark, Jack Dunlap, Gary Hughes, Mary Pappas, Fileen Peugh. Absent were Lois Shaner and Emma Viney. Those initiated included Myra Anderson, Rosanna Bartholomew, Caryl Cunningham, Mary Dunlap, Margaret Grubbs, Gertrude Kirby, Bonnie Kittle, Anna Mae LaCorte, Helen Peugh, Mariene Raber, Sondra Rose, Norma Talbert, Elizabeth Yount.
Funeral services for Mrs. Selma Zimmer were attended by a large local and out of town group including Thomas Vaughn Canton Ohio Fort Worth Texas Mr and Mrs Harley Watts Mrs Mary Aler Mr and Mrs William Zimmer Jr Violet Dorothy Vaughn Mr and Mrs John Darling and daughters Jo Ann and Sondra Mr and Mrs Edward Noon Columbus Ohio Mr and Mrs C D Harrison Steubenville Ohio Mr and Mrs Andrew Alderman New London Ohio Mr and Mrs Robert Alderman Mrs Clara Andrews Jack Vercoe Athens Ohio Mrs William Halfhill Thornport Mr Leonard Zimmer Xenia Ohio Mr and Mrs James White and Mr and Mrs Harold Miller Cleveland Ohio.
Mrs Edna Antle left Columbus by air Tuesday to visit her son and daughter in law Mr and Mrs Lloyd Antle in Atlanta Ga. Her son Mr Antle had spent the prior weekend here with his mother and his brother and sister in law Mr and Mrs Howard Antle.
Mrs Gladys Grigsby Chauncey traveled to The Plains due to the illness and death of her grandmother Mrs Minnie Bricker. The article notes the family gathering and the grieving period following the passing.
The Glouster based Jacksonville Sportsmen Club will gather in the town hall on Friday for its next meeting. Members are expected to discuss upcoming events and club activities.
The Crooksville Future Home Makers annual dance will be held Friday evening at the junior high school, inviting students and families to attend the community event.
City-wide taxi workers announce a tentative strike for 4 30 a m Friday to press for union recognition. The move follows ongoing disputes between drivers and management as organizers rally support among cab companies and drivers citywide.
A modern dairy barn on the Conrad McCoy farm south of Ravenswood burned due to spontaneous combustion, destroying equipment and feed. Fifty-two milk cows were in a pasture. several calves were moved to safety. Ravenswood firefighters arrived as the structure was 9 percent destroyed.
Dorothy Ver non the automobile registrar for this territory says her office on the second floor of the K of P building will stay open until 5 30 p m Thursday About 600 sets of license plates have been sold so far indicating that between 300 and 400 drivers have not yet secured their licenses.
Redtown notes weekend and Sunday visits from multiple families. Clar ence Woods hosts William Woods of Dayton. Roy Strausbaugh welcomes John Hook family Columbus. Inez Kangas and Rheims group visit Mrs Harlan Martin. The Clarence Mulpas move into former Safreed property on Taylor Ridge.
Mrs Bertha Sanders and her daughter-in-law Mrs Helen Sanders from Millfield spent Saturday in Logan.
Chauncey Woman's Council of the Millfield Church of Christ will hold a meeting at the church Friday at 7 30 p m with Mabel Shaner president and Frances Wallace secretary in charge. Easter devotions and program will be presented.
Chauncey reports Mr Alvira Shafer is improved after several days illness. Visitors included Mr and Mrs Elmer Bingman Ath ens Mr and Mrs Guy Brookins Chauncey Mr and Mrs Harold Brown and Maxine Efaw Baker Settlement and Mr and Mrs Walter Wharton and Dale Wharton The Plains.
Mr and Mrs Walter Wharton Jr hosted relatives from Athena at The Plains including Mrs Wharton s mother and sister Gertrude Cabeen and Martha Darnell and daughter Susan and Carl Phillips family with Gary and Barbara The Chauncey Ladies Aid plans an all day quilting session Thursday at the Chauncey Methodist Church.
Nine Chauncey-Dover students entered the Southeastern Ohio Music Auditions in Athens. Superior ratings went to Stanley Friedberg, Barbara Nogrady, Janis Davis, Edna Leiber, Jack Lester, and Helena Ross. Excellent ratings earned by Robert Jackson, Lowell Davis, Cynthia MacDonald. Friedberg and Davis placed in junior auditions. others in senior class. Christine Brown and Thomas Evane are instructors. Grace Hoffman accompanied students during auditions.
Mr and Mrs Alonzo Orme of Columbus and Mr Nell Hillyer with Joseph Hines of Burr Oak visited their brother and uncle Mayor W D Hines at his Converse Street home in Chauncey Monday.
Mrs Alpha Heckler lifelong She resident died Saturday at the home of her daughter Mrs Clarence McCafferty in Chauncey on her 88th birthday. Gilbert Courtney of the Church of Christ officiated with a trio singing. Burial followed in Nye Cemetery Chauncey with pallbearers named Chauncey residents.
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