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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1952
Page
11
Glouster high school held baccalaureate in the school auditorium with Rev. Frank C. Cleveland and Rev. John Devol delivering sermons. Devol urged students to count the cost and seek real living through Christ, stressing constant faith to face life’s crises.
Chauncey Boy Scout Troop 78 will hike overnight to Camp Lowman. The group meets at the school at 3 p.m. with gear, replacing the regular Monday meeting.
William M Barrels of Jacksonville receives Combat Medal for a Korea ground action and is promoted to corporal. The document also covers a liquor store lease proposal for 25 N Court St Athens Ohio and a lengthy public notice in Athens County court about real estate conveyance by multiple Wilson heirs with a May 15 1952 filing and July 7 1952 response deadline.
Centralia Illinois bus driver Ralph Shook becomes a local hero after detours due to street repairs. He spotted two regular riders on a blocked street and searched them down to their home, then reunited them with the bus by honking at their doorstep.
In Kansas City Missouri two youths aged 10 and 11, Louis Blair and Charles Bolton Jr., were playing a bulldozer and a ditch digger. A starter was pressed causing the bulldozer to roll backward over an incline and topple a tree across a railroad track. The machine then bogged down in soft earth near the scene. Police arrived to find the boys on the ditch digger.
Skippy the two year old white fox terrier faced a death sentence after a third bite accusation. A New York health department trial heard seven family members testify the dog woke them during a December home fire, leading to Skippy being freed after the bite victim admitted only a scratch.
Mr and Mrs Marvin Trace announce the birth of a daughter on May 19 at Sheltering Arms Hospital. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Walter Yount and Mr and Mrs James Trace, all of Glouster.
Work on the new bridge over Sunday Creek on Toledo Street advances as the old structure is dismantled. Most floor has been removed and piling driven on the east bank while brickwork is removed toward High Street and Town Street. The city declined to move the old bridge due to cost.
The American Bible Society reports over 13 million Bible texts were distributed in Japan amid the occupation, reflecting a large dissemination effort. The figures illustrate postwar religious outreach during the Allied presence.
Glouster society columns record weekend visits as families from Sharpsburg Greens Run Trimble Chauncey and Columbus host relatives. David Pickard Jr moves from Oak Ridge Tennessee to Terre Haute Indiana for transfer. A. O. Hall plans Morgantown WV commencement trip via Skyline Drive after westward visit.
Glouster High School will hold commencement exercises Tuesday at 8 p.m. in the school auditorium. Orations centered on the theme One World, One People will be delivered by graduating seniors, with the class providing musical numbers.
Mrs. Mary Dean aged 70 was found dead at her Glouster home on Hollister road Sunday noon. She was widow of William Dean and a First Baptist Church member. Survived by granddaughter Rhea D. Weaver of Columbus. Services Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. at First Baptist Church officiated by Rev. Frank C. Cleveland. Burial in Glouster Cemetery.
Ohio University awards freshman scholarships to Chauncey-Dover graduates Miss Carolyn Heffken valedictorian and Miss Jo Ann Lewis salutatorian will receive the awards.
Mrs Pearl Rutledge, May Ave, recently returned from Mt Sterling visit and attended graduation exercises of her granddaughter Ann Rutledge, a Mt Sterling High School senior.
Chauncey residents hosted and visited relatives including Mr. and Mrs Oscar Frazier and Mr. and Mrs C E Kirkendall of Dayton and Columbus. The Kir kendalls and Davis family welcomed guests while Janis Claudia and Gwen visited near Sunbury. Schall family from Athens stopped by and Mrs Schall, once a Chauncey teacher, attended a high school alumni banquet Saturday.
Two young boys drifted down the Milwaukee River after untying the rope from their anchored boat. Three police officers pursued in a rowboat and a motorboat, catching the drifters about 300 yards downstream. Richard Kleszins ki 9 and Ronald Romieski 3 were frightened by the encounter with authorities and their parents.
City swimming pools will be open to both white and Negro bathers this summer, marking an end to segregation at public facilities in Youngstown.
The VFW Auxiliary to Post 9846 in Jacksonville will meet Tuesday at 7 30 pm in the Sayre building. After the meeting a potluck lunch will be served.
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