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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1947
Page
10
Dr. E LeFever lost control of his car on Spring Street and plunged over an embankment. He suffered only minor scratches while the crash damaged a porch at Mrs Charles Parks and later Edwin Carpenter homes. W J Golding sideswiped a car on East Main Street with minimal damage to his own vehicle.
GLOUSTER The Baptist Missionary Society met in the First Baptist Church on Nov. 20 with President Mrs. Ethel Riley in charge. Mrs. Effie T. Brown read the Scripture and offered a prayer by Mrs. Francine Clemmons. Brown reported on the district convention at Pomeroy. Clemmons was received as a new member. The next meeting is set for Dec. 4 at the church.
Mr. and Mrs. J Richard Simcox welcomed a daughter named Ruth Ann at Hocking Valley Hospital Logan on Thursday evening. The infant weighed seven pounds five ounces. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Charles Sayre and Mr and Mrs Simcox of Cambridge.
Clifford Dunkle of Millfield opens a jewelry store and watch repair shop at 9 Front St Glouster in the Balderson building. He worked two years in Pomeroy and a year in Athens before moving to Glouster with his wife Mrs Dunkle daughter of Mr and Mrs Harold Blower of Millfield.
Funeral services for Mrs. Margaret Williams, who died Sunday at a son's home in Youngstown, will be held Wednesday at 1 p.m. in the Church of Christ with Rev. Daniel K. Teater officiating. Burial is in Maplewood Cemetery. body at John S. Blower funeral home until service time. A step son Dick Williams was omitted from Monday's survivors list.
Mrs Minnie Tinkham of Jacksonville died Sunday night at Oliver Fryd's home in Columbus She was 74 and survived by her son William of Millfield Her husband William Tinkham Sr died in 1941 Friends may call at C F Wallace funeral home Services set for Wednesday at 3 pm with burial in Greenlawn Cemetery Nelsonville
McCann Frederick Post Commander Ralph Gatchel announces members will meet Wednesday at noon in the hall to attend a military funeral for Pfc Joseph A Hooper at Wallace Funeral Home at 1 p.m. He also asks members to gather tonight at 7 30 for final funeral plans.
Glouster residents report visits and holiday plans. Har old Shirkey and family spent Thursday to Sunday in Jacksonville visiting relatives. Mrs. Joe Wolfe Sr. stayed in Columbus four days to see children. E E Munden vacationed in Columbus. Len McCune of Athens visited Mrs. Herb Armstrong. Adda LaFollett of McDougal visited Armstrong with plans for Thanksgiving with Sabra and family.
Rockland couple Mr. and Mrs. Eber Pride and Belpre couple Mr. and Mrs. Holly Bradley joined Mr. and Mrs. Co. A. Pride for a Sunday dinner. Pride and Bradley are nephew and niece of Dr. Pride, highlighting a family gathering in the region.
Mrs. F D Kinney visited Columbus home after a weekend with her parents Mr and Mrs Grant Wallace. Mrs Wallace is ill.
A special venire of 25 petit jurors was drawn on Nov 22 to hear an appeal by Wayne Armstrong and Alice Armstrong Morris over compensation for land needed for highway improvements. A 12-person jury will be formed on Dec 1 from the listed veniremen including Tucker, Lehman, Weiland, Kane, Baker, Flowers, Strawn, Brooker, Foraker, Bailey, Burns, Newman, Worthman, Martin, Frazier, Fox, Hopkins, Collins, Cook, Wright, Seidenfeld, White, Bowen, Albaugh, and Barber.
Mrs. Carl Wilson hosted the Priscilla Class of the Methodist Church at Broad St. Friday assisted by Mrs. Roy Davis and others. The program featured devotions by A. M. Chappelear, readings by Hines, Davis, Pride, and Rowland who won a prize. Refreshments followed for a list of attendees.
The American Legion Auxiliary met in Legion hall and voted to contribute 15 to the Iron Lung Fund and 5 to each Veterans Hospital in Chillingthe Sandusky Brecksville Crile and to the O. S. S. O. home at Xenia for Christmas funds. A Christmas party is planned for December 18 with definite plans announced later.
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Spray announce the birth of a son born Saturday in a Newark hospital. The baby weighed seven pounds, 10 ounces. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. William Winefordner of this city and Mrs. Spray of Columbus.
Mrs. Arch Bangert entertained the Friday Bridge Club at her W. Hunter Street home with two tables in contract bridge. High scores went to Mrs. Clinton Webb and Mrs. Sam Primmer. A late lunch was served to guests including Mrs. Anna Bangert Columbus and Mrs. Prim mer Lancaster. other attendees included Mrs. Frank Harden Mrs. Wylie Thurness Mrs. Dallas Kin John Lee and Mrs. Clinton Webb.
Mayor W. Denzil Weltner levied two fines of 10 dollars plus costs after guilty pleas. Floyd Stump of Logan admitted speeding and John Milleser of Lancaster admitted reckless operation of a motor vehicle, the mayor reported.
George Hoy sues Irene Hoy Howdyshell in common pleas for 1000 dollars alleging on April 28 she damaged and carried off personal property valued at 600 and 400 dollars respectively. Items include a living room suite mattress rug stove pad copper kettle radio chair couch mantles globes photos table cloth oil cloth washing machine bed clothing chains wheelbarrow silverware coins and other articles. The couple married April 28 1944 and were divorced April 25 1947 with Howdyshell restoring her maiden name.
Isadore Margulis of Columbus files for a new trial in common pleas court for Vincentina Ambrose after a petty larceny conviction on November 21 for taking ten 25 cent ice coupons from Hocking Valley Hospital. The motion claims verdict error, insufficient evidence, jury passion prejudice, and cites demurrer and dismissal issues.
Martha Nungesser of Logan has given birth to twin boys, the second set in 18 months. The couple, married since 1940, previously had a boy and a girl born in May 1946. They once lived in Columbus where the father worked for a machine company before moving to Logan due to housing difficulties.
Haydenville hosts a birthday party for Mary Jane Stewart turning three at Mr and Mrs Frank E Stewarts home. Twenty first cousins attended Logan and Haydenville relatives joined in games gifts and cake decorations amid refreshments. Martha Rhein scheld seven isolated at home with whooping cough per court health department report.
Logan committee on agriculture school met Monday night in the office of county superintendent S. H. Dillon to consider applications for enrollment in the scheduled classes.
Local county school superintendents will hold a meeting in the office of S. H. Dillon on Wednesday at 2 p.m. The announcement was made today.
The Hocking County Tuberculosis Association starts its 41st annual Christmas seal drive in Hocking County. Letters with the 1947 seals go to residents to fund an expanded x ray program and other health services, packed by Girl Scout units and civic groups under Mrs. Paul Shaw. The drive, led by Mrs. Harry Thomas of Logan, features a seal showing a snowed log cabin and oxen pulling a sled with Christmas trees.
Funeral services for Barbara Ann Stevens 82 who died yesterday will be held Wednesday at 1 p m in the EUB Church with Rev. A N Grueser officiating Burial will be in Oak Grove Cemetery Friends may call at her home 175 Elm Street A lifelong Hocking County resident she was one of six children of John and Elizabeth Conkle Surviving are two daughters Mrs C E Griffith and Mrs Eugene Funk and a son William C Stevens all of Logan area routes
Recent admissions at Hocking Valley Hospital include Rose Mary Engle Creola medical. In Logan a son was born to Mr and Mrs Garnett E Sayre Nelsonville. A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Porter Ruff Logan. Also admitted were Dale Harrison Logan Mrs Richard Simcox and daughter Glouster Mrs Charles Emrick and daughter Logan and Mrs Ralph Stephenson and daughter Logan.
In Cincinnati on November 25, hogs 3,800 head with steady bids and higher asking prices for good to choice 180–250 lb barrows. Cattle and calves 900 and 400 head with moderate activity and higher quotes for light steers and yearlings. Vealers steady with top around 29.00. slaughter lambs and ewes limited, top 22.50 for lambs. Eggs and poultry listed with assorted U.S. grades and regional prices. butter, potatoes also reported.
Community notes record Mr and Mrs Selby McCann visiting at Don Vale s home. Guests at the C E Stout residence include Opal Nichols G L Stout Paul and two grandsons George and Jean. Funeral services were held Nov 15 for Samuel Francis in Nelson cemetery with many relatives attending from across counties. Annealing glass is noted as cooling glass slowly.
The notice explains ad submission rules for the Sun edition with deadlines, blind ads handling, and payment terms. It covers word counts per line, full box numbers, no stamps for office letters, and confidentiality of blind advertisers. It states seven day payment eligibility, cash for certain notices, and allowance for one incorrect insertion.
Unemployed members of Local Union 1184 due to Carbondale Coal Co Mine No 2 shutdown must notify Secretary Berl Lowry before December 15, 1947 if they want to retain membership in the Union Burial Fund and Hospital Fund. Berl Lowry, See'y.
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