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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

May 19, 1953

Page

5

Great Personalities In Influence at Glouster Baccalaureate

Glouster High School held baccalaureate services in the auditorium Sunday night. Senior girls wore white caps and gowns while the boys wore blue. Rev. Earl Wilson preached on Great Personalities Influence More Than Do Ideas, citing Socrates Aristotle and Jesus as examples. Music featured a solo by Wilson and ensembles directed by Mrs Lawson with Lucy Harvey at the piano. Rev. Lester Covert of Jacksonville gave scripture and benediction as the stage glowed with palms, ferns and four seven-branch candelabras.

Glouster Glouster High School Earl Wilson Corning Methodist Church Socrates Aristotle Jesus of Nazareth Wilson Beuchner Lawson Lucy Harvey Lester Covert Jacksonville

Glouster Personal News Roundup Features Local Visits

Mrs. Charles Kennard of Jacksonville returned home Thursday after a three week stay at Mount St. Mary Hospital and was reported to be in satisfactory condition. Mr. and Mrs. John Antle of Jacksonville with Charles Antle of Trimble visited Grant Antle at his Amesville home Thursday.

Charles Kennard Jacksonville Mount St. Mary Hospital John Antle Charles Antle Trimble Grant Antle Amesville

Baptist Women Observe Day of Remembrance

The Ohio Baptist Women's Day of Remembrance was held in the local Baptist Church auditorium Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Frank C. Cleveland led the program, with readings, prayers, a Scripture lesson, and a talk on Our Baptist Women of Yesterday. A discussion on Baptist Women of Today Build-Superstructure followed and Rev. Mr. Cleveland conducted a consecration service.

Mount St. Mary Hospital Admissions and Dismissals

Hospital records list admissions including John Lehman Nelsonville John Rizer Nelsonville Route 1 Mrs Ruth McDonald Glouster Edward Dye Gore Route 1 William Sherran Nelsonville Seth Elliott Shawnee and more. Dismissals include Mrs Arthur Tschudy Logan and daughter Charles Bell Chauncey James McClain Route 3 William Nikelsonville and Mrs Mary Ray Nelsonville.

John Lehman Nelsonville John Rizer Ruth McDonald Glouster Edward Dye Gore William Sherran Seth Elliott Shawnee Arthur Tschudy Logan Charles Bell Chauncey James McClain William Nikelsonville Mary Ray

Truck Windshield Damaged by Gravel at Intersection

NELSONVILLE A pickup driven by Mrs. Evelyn McGlothlin of New Plymouth Route 1 had its windshield broken by a gravel piece reportedly thrown by a boy at the W Washington and Adams Street intersection Monday afternoon. Patrolman Don Bumgardner investigated.

Nelsonville Evelyn McGlothlin New Plymouth W. Washington Adams St Don Bumgardner

Ministers Wives Name Glouster Woman Queen

The International Ministers Wives Alliance held a contest at Christ Memorial Baptist Church in Columbus. Mrs Frank C Cleveland wife of the Glouster Baptist Church minister was crowned queen. Master of ceremonies was Mrs G J Johnson state president of the Alliance.

Vinton County Man Promoted in Germany

Raymond Kruger Jr has been promoted to private first class while serving with the Seventh Army in Karlsruhe Germany. He joined the Army in August 1951 and trained at Camp Breckinridge Kentucky. His wife Mary lives on Bay Route 1 and his parents reside on McArthur Route 1 in Allensville Ohio.

Mcarthur Raymond Kruger, Jr Mary Seventh Army Karlsruhe Germany Kruger Camp Breckinridge Allensville Consolidated High School Allensville Raymond Kruger

Local Births and Community Notes From Wilkesville Area

Cheryl Jane Wright and Gary Wright welcomed by Mr and Mrs Dale Wright with grandparents Mr and Mrs Collins and Mr and Mrs Roy Wright. Gladys Lynn Morris born May 7 to Mr and Mrs Ramon Morris with Wayne Cooper and Mrs Cora Morris as grandparents. North Wilton pupils perform The Inn of the Golden Cheese directed by Mrs Myrtle Easler and Mrs Palmer. Garden Club host Mrs Dena Jeffers twenty two members. Alumni banquet planned under Mrs Thelma Leitch guidance and open meeting at North Wilton in June. Wilkesville Study Club meeting moved to May 22. School to close May 26. Visitors Mr and Mrs William Casto and Kevin from Columbus planning move to Charleston after Casto’s Ohio State graduation.

Cora Morris North Wilton Myrtle Easler Palmer Dena Jeffers Winton Township Thelma Leitch North Wilton School Leona Calvin Wilkesville

Wet Weather Delays Cemetery Road Work

Nelsonville reports weather has hindered the cemetery road project on York Township lands. Athens based Highway Maintenance Co. won the contract and has applied tar and stone coats, with two to five days of fair weather needed to finish the base road and driveways before Memorial Day.

Nelsonville Green Highway Maintenance Co Athens York Township

Nelsonville Bridge Club Alumni Hold Reunion and Obit Notices

Nelsonville’s first bridge club began in 1921 at Mrs C H Ruble’s home. Three former members died in 30 years: Edith McCullough Stiers Edna Quick Acomb and Hazel Rosser Krieg. A reunion luncheon was held at Mrs Jessie Shafer’s home with attendees from multiple cities and a floral tribute to the deceased.

Nelsonville C. H. Ruble Edith McCullough Stiers Edna Quick Acomb Hazel Rosser Krieg Jessie Shafer E. Franklin St First Presbyterian Church Audrey Ailes Mary McCune Leveland Elsie Lowden New Philadelphia Elizabeth Johnson Claudine Zeller Mary Wilson Columbus Mildred Kinney Logan Margaret White Gladys Carpenter Athens Catherine Hull Zanesville Lillian Ruble Ruth Preston Mary L. Weller Ruby Cooley Kate Edington Harriett Burgess Isabelle Sharp Mae Wilson Jean Hyde Mary Sharp Gay Sharp Faye Bingman Helen Sharp Jackson Bess Kaelin Cleveland Burgess Fayette St

Venice Church Class Meets at McMannis Home

The Venice Class of the Pilgrim Holiness Church will meet Thursday at 7 30 p m at the home of Mrs Hazel McMannis Myers St.

Venice Pilgrim Holiness Church Hazel McMannis Myers St

Circle 4 Plan Potluck Meeting at First Methodist Church

Circle 4 of the First Methodist Church will meet Thursday at 6 p m at the church. A potluck dinner will be served and members are asked to bring their blessing boxes to the gathering.

Circle 4 Coakley-Weaver The of the First Methodist Church

Weekend Visit Features Tipp City Travelers and Guests

Bill Hall spent Saturday in Tipp City and returned home with his wife and daughter Lucrettia Jo who had stayed two weeks as guests of Mrs. Hall's brother in law and sister Mr and Mrs Donald Taylor. Also present were Ruth Ackerson and Gene ter Reagan from Jackson Michigan with Ruth's father and sister Miss Catherine Herrold along with Thad O Draper and his wife from Columbus former Nelsonville residents visiting friends.

Bill Hall Tipp City Lucrettia Jo

Pedestrian Struck After Curb Fall in Nelsonville

Mrs. Mary Riggs was treated at Mount St. Mary Hospital for facial and hand lacerations after slipping from a curb on the Public Square and being hit by a backing car driven by Raymond Klinebrier of Nelsonville Route 2.

Nelsonville Mary Riggs Mount St. Mary Hospital Raymond Klinebrier

Lessons in Bridge Br 7 of ES pan By OSWALD JACOBY

Oswald Jacoby discusses bidding strategy and hand evaluation in a bridge column. He recounts a slam bid, explains why the opening lead affects success, and offers guidance on takeout cues and grand slam chances.

East South West North Oswald Jacoby Jacoby Athens P. O Midtown Sta New York

Rutland Social Notes Alumnus Banquet Planned May 23

Rutland prepares for the annual alumni banquet set for May 23 in the Rutland High School gym. PTA led by Mrs. C. O. Chapman will serve. Miss Starkey assists. James Thomas is alumni president, Marcia Deneson secretary. Bernard Higley toasting. A nominating committee includes Mrs. Susan Theobald Frank Young and Harry Williamson. Decorating duties assigned to Harold Rice Claude Delaney Melvin Clark Lorin Huffman and others. An orchestra from Gallipolis will play for the program.

Claude Delaney Melvin Clark Lorin Huffman James Thomas Doris XS Leafe Chasteen Bernice Higley Evelyn Hill Elizabeth Ann Webster Janet Morris Gallipolis Jean Parker Syracuse Roy Snowden Phyllis Joan May

Local Notes On Furloughs Visits And Travel

Engineer Robert Mallory returns to California after a month with his parents. Ohio Valley Grange members attend Letart meeting. Many relatives visit and travel, including Jividen and Miles families, Lake Milton trip near Ravenna, Sheltering Arms Hospital patient Lillian Jividen, and a Camp Stoneman to Japan message from Ivon Kayee.

Racine Robert Mallory California Harriet Neigler Helen Johnson Ohio Valley Grange Letart Grace Jividen Minersville James Jividen New Martinsville Harold Wetherholt Gallipolis Mary Jividen Sibyl Miles Lee Jackson Chillicothe Otis McClintock Johnnie Ann Lake Milton Ravenna Charles Jividen Lillian Jividen Sheltering Arms Hospital

Mrs Roberts Rites Planned

Mrs Austasia Roberts of Glouster Route 1, 54, died Monday at Mount St. Mary Hospital Nelsonville after a three day stay. Born October 22 1898 in Chillicothe she had lived in McLeish 45 years. Survived by husband Raymond two sons Harold and Wayne Barberton one daughter Ruth Swaro Glouster Route 1 her mother three sisters and three grandchildren. Friends may call after 9 a m Tuesday at the Roberts residence Beech Grove Church holds funeral Wednesday at 2 p m with burial Beech Grove Cemetery.

Glouster Austasia Roberts McLeish Mount St. Mary Hospital Nelsonville Chillicothe Roberts Raymond Harold Wayne Barberton Ruth Swaro Beech Grove Beech Grove Cemetery

Fellowship Will Meet at Bishopville Church

The Bishopville Church of Christ will host the Men s Fellowship of Churches of Christ and Christian Churches next Tuesday at 8 p m. An open forum on Our Minister will explore various ministry fields. It will be observed as ladies night with women invited to attend. A pot luck lunch will follow with members bringing sandwiches or cake and the host church providing coffee.

Glouster Bishopville

Beckt Haffner Cancels Plans After Tornado Alert

In Nelsonville Becky Haffner, 12, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Haffner, had two tasks Sunday afternoon studying and playing but the tornado warning led her to choose studying first. By 7 p.m. she told her mother the cyclone had been called off and she would begin studying.

Nelsonville Becky Haffner Jack Haffner W. Washington Sr Becky

Prayer Leaders Named at First Baptist Church

Leaders of the midweek prayer meeting at First Baptist Church will be Miss Lelia Booker and Thomas Morris. The session is set for Wednesday at seven in the evening.

Glouster First Baptist Church Miss Lelia Booker Thomas Morris

Legion Council to Meet at Guysville Friday

The County Council of the American Legion will meet at Guysville Friday at 8 p.m. Officers will be present to discuss pending matters and plan upcoming activities.

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