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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1939
Page
7
Glouster residents will host a Red Cross membership roll call next week led by Mrs J H Henshaw who will appoint fifteen women to canvass homes and solicit business. A $1.00 membership certificate will be offered with donations encouraged regardless of amount.
In Glouster Rev. Boroff speaks on Jesus as peace maker at the Methodist Church Sunday morning. Sunday School at 9:30 led by John S Blower with M M Le Favor in song. Epworth League meets at 6 and evening worship at 7 on the theme Jesus Savior. Church of Christ Bible School at 9 with 10 worship and communion. Rev. Max M Martin preaches The Stone That Killed the Giant and later The Ninety and Nine. Red Cross roll call announced across churches starting Sunday November 12 for one week.
Glouster Palace Theater beat Brown-Wolf Market two of three in the city league. J Wolf Jr led with a 588 series. Wolfe Bowling Alley won two of three over L A Faires, Maxwell Garage swept A P, tying Maxwell and Faires for first at 5-4 while Bowling Alley and A P chase at 4-5.
Rev Gilbert Courtney announces sermons Sunday at Taylor Ridge Church of Christ at 9:30 a.m. and at Trimble Church of Christ at 10:30 a.m. Readers are invited to attend both services.
The Glouster post office will be closed all day Saturday for Armistice Day. The lobby opens 10 00 a m to 12 30 p m for lock box holders. No windows open, mail dispatched on trains, and city and rural carriers have the day off with no mail delivery or collection on routes.
Corning High School basketball teams prepare to open the season tonight against Moxahala under veterans Woods and Gerlica with starters Roof Ines and Parsons. The squad also includes Eugene Pierce Jack Dawson Bob Jenkins Paul Kanuch Bob Stalling G R Rodgers William Esselstein and Robert Toth. Social notes report residents visiting Charleston West Virginia Otterbein College Westerville and Bremen.
Lieutenant J W Hickman resigns from Ohio Fuel Gas Co to head a CCC camp in Loudenville and is named a director at Zanesville CCC. Miss Virginia Pride competes for Honorary Colonel at the Ohio University Military Ball to be held in Athens with Pi Beta Phi representation. John Doughty enlists in the Army Air Corps at Ft Sheridan after CCC camp in Montana. Mrs O L Easley undergoes major surgery at White Cross Hospital Columbus, condition satisfactory. Mrs Bessie West with her at hospital. T A Noon attends funeral of Mrs Noon’s aunt in Logan. A B Orme travels to Columbus to see mother-in-law Nellie Hellyer, in Grant Hospital in serious condition.
Chauncey Jacob W. Peach age 64 died Thursday of a heart attack after moving to Jacksonville two weeks ago. Funeral services will be Saturday at 2 PM at the Jacksonville A B Church with burial in Hill Top Cemetery. Survived by wife Madgie Perry Peach and five children Nellie William Leonard Charles and Warrensworth. one sister Mrs Emma Magney and brothers Charles Jess James Wilford and Alex Peach of Portsmouth.
The Jacksonville parent teacher association met Monday night in the grade school. The meeting opened with song and the secretary treasurer reported members and a committee was formed to serve lunch in November. The traveling banner was awarded to Miss Mary McCann's room. Short talks were given by Rev. S. C. Elsen J. L. Altman and Joseph Judson.
Mr and Mrs Samuel Savage Chauncey announce the marriage of their daughter Mary Lee to Mr James Day of Dayton The bride a Chauncey Dover High School Ohio University graduate The groom son of Mrs Minnie Day Piqua Ohio a Piqua High School graduate now employed by General Motors They plan to reside in Dayton The couple visited her parents Samuel and Mary Savage on Lexington Ave over the weekend
Chauncey Ray Vaughn four month old son of Mr and Mrs Vaughn Droz died Thursday in Children s Hospital Columbus after a week of treatment. Body brought to Chauncey and taken to the home of Mrs Droz s parents in Ellis Ave for friends to call. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 2 pm at the Mullins home and burial in Athens. Survived by parents and paternal and maternal grandparents.
Mrs Adrian Moore hosted the November gathering of Zion Church Mothers Bible Class in Lower Plains with devotionals by Adrian Moore and Lizzie Langel. Erma Geary and Imogene Calendine read twice. Bessie Moore won the prize. December meeting planned with Louise Potts. sandwiches and cocoa served to 14 members.
Chauncey area residents attended gatherings and visits with friends and relatives in Newark Athens Bedford and Chauncey. Emory Coen and Dessie Sickles hosted guests. Eileen Bullock visited her parents Napoleon Bullock and family. Floyd Barker visited George Gabriel Jr.. L E Glenn and family visited Andrew McKinney. Dorothy and Elaine McKinney plan Bible study in Florida. Reena Simpkins celebrated son Donald’s third birthday with a dinner. other Chauncey residents, Carl Shafer family and Rita Simpkins visited George Wilson in Nelsonville. Elephants in Indian plantations use eyeshades to ward off glare.
A birthday dinner hosted by Mrs. George Thorne honored her sister Mrs. Viola Townsend at Welker Street Albany with guests including Mr. and Mrs. Henry Reeder and the Thorne family. The column also lists numerous Sunday dinners, home trades, moves, and visits across local households along with Garden Club plans and a Mercury fact.
Mrs D Fawker and two sons visited relatives in Bashan from New Martinsville West Virginia. Paul Coen moved to Hebron for work. Mrs Warden Ours and daughter Betty visited her father L E Trussell. Mrs Marion Slater returned from Hebron after month with son Kenneth Slater and wife. Mr and Mrs S A Bairden hosted Sunday visitors J C Rose and A H Bailey. Mr and Mrs Stanley Trussell and children visited Warden Ours. Floyd Powell visited John Taylor. Pearl Ervin and Anna Tuttle attended a lodge meeting in Chester. Bert Orr left for Delaware to visit relatives.
About 380 Chauncey residents traveled to Athens Thursday afternoon to attend the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. They used school buses and private cars, with faculty and parents acting as chaperons for the trip.
Four hundred seventy five residents received federal relief items at the City building in Chauncey last week. The distribution included 915 pounds of sweet potatoes 915 pounds of apples and 216 pounds of butter. Mayor W D Hines Marshal Lawrence Reeves and Trustee William Smart helped Clarence Mullins handle the distribution.
Abe Wilson of Chauncey flew to Los Angeles after his brother Saul Wilson died in a Wednesday morning automobile crash. Funeral services for Saul were set for Friday at 2 p.m. with burial in Los Angeles. Also, the Friendship Class of the Church of Christ meets tonight at Miss Sarah Thomas’s home for devotional, business reports, and a social hour.
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