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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1949
Page
4
Guests of the Izaak Walton League board at Lake Logan dinner include about 20 Ohio Senate members and their wives touring the Hocking County cave region and nearby state parks. The party plans a Lake Hope stop, overnight near Jeski State Park, then visits Chillicothe Tar Hollow and Portsmouth.
Mr and Mrs Merle Feuerhelm and daughter Cheryl Lynn and Mrs Doris Ei enagale Columbus spent the weekend in Chauncey visiting Mr and Mrs Luther Cruikshank. Cheryl Lynn stayed from Wednesday to Sunday with her grandparents while Mrs Feuerhe attended the funeral of the late H A Seiber.
Dr. W. D. Witham resigns as Homecoming Committee chair, effective immediately, and will move with his family to another community to pursue business. The committee accepts the resignation. Fundraising report is delayed until the next meeting. Chauncey-Dover High School band plans to enter the contest. replies from other bands are awaited.
Mrs Florence Brown of Columbus formerly of Trimble learns her son Phil in Germany with the Air Force has been promoted to corporal. He serves as student flight engineer in the air lift and recently spent a weekend in England as a student inquirer.
Glouster Community Bank introduces a night depository built by Diebold Inc of Canton. Russell Lent began installation on Wednesday, with completion expected by early next week. Ray Lange, cashier, says the system will make the bank one of the area’s most modern institutions.
Mr and Mrs Herman Kempton hosted a family reunion in Jacksonville for their son John A Kemp ton who was discharged after three years in Japan. Guests came from Columbus The Plains Athens Route 3 and local families including Leach Wandling Dehmann Lewis Webb and Kempton children.
At 8 p.m. Hollister High School holds commencement with Rev. Delbert S. Mills of Columbus delivering the address. Class speakers are Barbara Love and Joann Christman. Music by the class. EB Kohler presents the class. a board member will present diplomas.
The J-T Alumni buffet lunch and dance date moved from Saturday to Friday at J-T Gym. The event runs 8 p.m. to midnight with Vic Joyce's orchestra providing music.
In Glouster Rev Daniel K Teater announces a novel senior course for the Daily Vacation Bible School at the Church of Christ from June 6 to 17. Titled Meeting the Devil in the Field, the course will have Teater as instructor with home visits to discuss problems and solutions.
Family night at the Methodist Church begins with a 6 p.m. potluck supper. Each member brings a covered dish and sandwiches. Dr. and Mrs. George Wilson will be guests. Dr. Wilson will conduct the quarterly conference after the supper. The WSCS sponsors the event.
Jacksonville event honors Inez Kempton with a Monday birthday gathering hosted by her parents Mr and Mrs Herman Kempton. Prizes went to Charles Drake Elizabeth Roback and Dennis Davis. Refreshments served to guests including Joe and Marie Paskivitch Diana Davis Gregory Koons Joe Lasko Richard Roman Dana Miller Dorothy Rapp Janice Shultz Hermaline Schotzy Carolyn Tippie and Caroline Kestner.
Glouster residents Mr and Mrs Harvey Willeke and Mrs Phyllis Christy with daughter Jenifer of Lancaster joined Mrs Helen Willeke in Trimble. Lawrence Wyne visited relatives in Trimble area with Ella Wyne and sister Helen Willeke in the prior week.
Jacksonville reports the Busybee 4-H club met Thursday evening at Captain Roberts home. Dean na Clemons read a health poem and Inez Kempton noted the group chose roses as their favorite flower.
Sam Tippett of Chauncey is ill at the home of his son and daughter-in-law Mr and Mrs Carroll Tippett on Ellis Avenue with family care expected.
The Rev. John DeVol, who was in Columbus Monday to consult a specialist, returned to Columbus today for a follow up check.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Armstrong of Laurelville were guests Sunday of Mrs. Martha Crow on West Main Street in Chauncey, visiting the Armstrongs’ aunt.
Chauncey Mrs Leslie Cruikshank and Mrs John Dunlevy from Athens spent Tuesday visiting in Gallipolis.
Chauncey resident W. D. Hines, who had been seriously ill, was reported improved on Tuesday, reflecting a positive turn in his condition and relief for neighbors and family.
The Women of the Moose plan a 7 30 p.m. meeting today at Moose Hall.
The Hocking County 4 H Club advisors officers and junior leaders meet Tuesday at East School Logan to discuss duties and plan summer activities. Council members for the next three years will be elected as the meeting begins at 8 p.m.
Funeral services for James Strausbaugh who died Sunday afternoon were held at C. F. Wallace funeral home Wednesday afternoon. W. W. Wallace and C. F. Wallace sang two numbers with Rev. John Devol at the piano. Burial was at Chillicothe.
Trimble Grange will meet Saturday at 8 p m. Members wishing to take the fifth degree at Amesville on June 9 to prepare for the state degree at Athens should contact members to arrange conferment. A potluck supper will follow the Saturday meeting.
Glouster Jacksonsville Trimble and Trimble Township schools close Friday for summer. A total of 49 graduates from the three high schools: 26 from Glouster, 17 from J. T., and six from Hollister.
Mrs Ida Lantz called for relatives or friends with ties to Bethel Ridge burial grounds to gather at the cemetery Saturday at 9 am to assist in cleaning the area in preparation for Memorial Day.
A series of social visits and family gatherings are recorded across multiple towns. Laura Broadwell and others attend a church meeting in Center Point while West Union visitors Mr and Mrs Millard Dungee call on Mrs Oscar James.
Logan George Spackey was among six Ohio University seniors inducted into Epsilon Pi Tau, the national industrial arts honor society, during recent ceremonies at the university.
The notice proclaims two daily shows every evening with the first starting at eight o clock and a second performance at dusk, regardless of weather. It emphasizes punctual outdoor or indoor staging and stable start times for audiences.
A Chauncey gathering marked the birthday anniversaries of Mrs. Cecil Sanborn age 49 and sons Foster 11 and Barton 6. Gifts and two decorated cakes were presented, with many Sanborn relatives and friends in attendance from Greeny Run Ashland Columbus and nearby Chauncey communities.
The Rev. Lena Brandenburg announces a Memorial Day service Sunday at 10 30 a.m. in The Plains Church of the Nazarene for the late George F Shafer Isaac Palmer Samuel Darnell and infant Jackie Sofronko child of Mr and Mrs George Sofronko.
Chauncey Dover Post of the Veterans of Foreign Wars opens a poppy sale to aid disabled veterans. Edith Cochran chairs the event running Thursday Friday and Saturday in Chauncey.
Mr and Mrs J C Snider of Union host Mr and Mrs Ray Pidcock and daughters Sylvia and Adrian visiting Chauncey from High Street in an extended family call.
Mrs. Hattie Mingus of Millfield spent the weekend in Athens visiting her son Glenn Mingus his wife and their two sons Jimmy and David.
Mrs. Andrew McKinney of Chauncey visits Leon West Virginia to assist her mother Mrs. Charles F Love who is seriously ill.
Mrs Florence Easter McCune, mother of Mrs Pearl Wallace of Trimble, is reported seriously ill at her daughter's home. The notice notes the extended illness and family concern.
Sixty two members of the eighth grade in the Chauncey Dover schools will receive diplomas and certificates of promotion to high school Friday at 1 p.m. in the school auditorium. Music will be presented by members of the school under the direction of Mrs. Christine Brown. The Rev Gilbert Courtney of Chauncey will speak to the class. The superintendent of schools will present certificates of award and diplomas. Mrs Blanche Buchman is eighth grade instructor at Millfield and Miss Frances Howard is the sponsor of the eighth grade class at Chauncey.
Thirty six seniors at Chauncey-Dover High School received diplomas at commencement exercises held Tuesday night in the high school auditorium.
Ex resident Mrs John Civille of Dayton formerly of Chauncey visited Miss Frankie Howard and spent Tuesday in Millfield with Mrs Louise Muzio.
THE PLAINS The Auxiliary of Local No 8 will meet at 7 39 p m today at the home of Sylvia Wallace. A dinner will be served in honor of the hostess the president who will leave soon to visit in California. DAY SPENT IN COLUMBUS Chauncey Mr and Mrs George Williamson of Athens and Mrs Williamson's sister Mrs Nile Sanders of Millfield spent Monday in Columbus.
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