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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1958
Page
6
The route between Glouster and Clarington joins Ohio’s major road system after Governor ONeill’s approval. The 1000 miles of Route 78 will gain access to construction funds from state bonds and improve east-west traffic in Monroe County and surrounding areas.
Mount St Mary Hospital Guild holds its annual meeting at the Health Center Wednesday. Dinner at 6 p.m. Members bring own table service. Twig chairmen must be present or send a representative to report the year’s work. New officers will be elected and installed.
Julius Vegso 64 of Hollister died Wednesday in Mount St Marys hospital after an extended illness. Born in Hungary in 1894 he was a coal miner and an Eagles Lodge member. Survived by wife Sophia two sisters and three brothers preceded in death. Funeral Friday at 2:00 p.m. Wiley Funeral Home burial in Hollister cemetery. Friends may call anytime.
Robert Byers was elected Lieutenant Governor elect for the Ninth Division of the Ohio Kiwanis for 1959. Delegates from Athens Logan Chillicothe Gallipolis Ironton Portsmouth and Glouster elected Byers at the Columbus convention October 6 8. A color film tour of Arizona followed the meeting and a conservation talk was scheduled for next week.
Over four days the division logged 181 bass 1458 bluegill 107 suckers and other 209 catfish and 26 crappies in Lake Burr Oak. Notable catches include 15 bass by Jack Edwards Dayton and 99 bluegills by Raymond Robinson and Belford Collins. Deer seen but no kills. grouse season opened with Punch Smith first bag. Weather: 80s high, 26 degrees low, rainfall .08 inch. Lake level 721.08 and 56 degree water.
The Willing Workers Class of Glouster Methodist Church will meet Friday evening October 24 at 6 00 in the church social rooms.
GLOUSTER L K Heiskel of St. Petersburg Florida will be presented a fifty year pin at a special meeting of Glouster F and A M Lodge 607 Friday at 7 30 p m in the Masonic Hall. Refreshments will be served.
Mrs Mary Johnston and Mrs Ella Johnston visited Mrs Martha Searles in Zanesville from Sunday to Tuesday this week. Mrs Searles, former Glouster resident, is mother of Mrs Robert Angle.
Chauncey and surrounding area residents hosted and visited family during a busy weekend. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Dickens visited Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Hoisington in Zanesville. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hoisington returned to Jacksonville with the Dickenses after two weeks with their son and daughter-in-law. Delegates Wanda Johnson and Pauline McLean will attend the Southeastern Ohio Teacher's Association in Athens on Friday. Various families hosted weekend visitors from Piketon, Albany, Athens, Columbus and Zanesville, including the Savage, Kirkendall, Gilkey and Kidd households. The Nannie Allom Lodge in Athens received an excellent grade after an inspection attended by several Chauncey residents. Andrews Alderman and family, formerly of Mr. Sterling, plan to move to Athens. Alderman will operate a barber shop in the Cameron Building on W State Street. The McLean and McLean and Waunita McLean attended a silver wedding anniversary in Pataskala, visiting relatives and friends in the area.
Superintendent S L Darst announces school will dismiss Thursday at 3 30 until Monday 8 30 a m due to the Southeastern Ohio Teachers meeting in Athens Friday.
The Ohio Department of Highways will open bids for 7.5 million dollars of highway construction in seven counties on Tuesday October 28. Athens County plans relocate 2.4 miles on Route 78 near Glouster to parallel the current road, remove hazardous curves, and add a full-width bridge over Mud Fork Sunday Creek at an estimated 600000 dollars with completion slated for October 15, 1959.
Realty transfers list transactions in Perry County including Robert Clouse to Paul Nash for lot 1552 in Foraker Addition to New Lexington. Arnold Bolyard to Lloyd Nixon for lot 11 in Old Straitsville. Ralph Hammer to Roy Raney for 6750 square feet in Reading Two. Manville King to Lillian King Mayor for lot 26 in Somerset. Asa Barnhart to Burdette Fitzpatrick for lot 15 in Centerville near Crooksville. Harold Rose to Fern Rose for lot 1959 in Granview Heights Addition to New Lexington. Lloyd Mack to Robert Rousculp for 22 acres in Hopewell Two.
The Christian Youth Fellowship of Nelsonville’s Christian Church hosts a bake sale and leaf rake event on Saturday starting at 9 a.m. in front of Kroger on Columbus St. Members will canvass neighborhoods for leaf raking requests, asking donors to contribute any amount. For service, residents should call T11W or 448.
The Priscilla Class of the Methodist Church met in the church basement with 11 members and one guest. Gladys Lines led origins of the Apostles Creed. Prizes went to Mabel Devol Nellie Shuttleworth and Edna Rawlins. Lunch was provided by Ethel Wade Margaret Edwards and Amy Lanning.
Cloyd Householder Jacksonville fined 100 dollars and costs for driving while intoxicated and penalties. Opal Hostetter Nelsonville fined 10 dollars and costs for intoxication. Sanford Smart Buchtel fined 25 dollars and costs for overweight on a truck. Robert Via Nelsonville Route 1 fined 10 dollars and costs for insufficient brakes. Robert McCall Murray City fined 25 dollars and costs for overweight truck. Ralph Rutherford Carbon Hill fined 25 dollars and costs for overweight truck and 29 dollars for excess weight.
Nelsonville High School reports nine students achieved a straight A average in the first six weeks including seniors Georgia Steele Judy Wright and Sharon Cole and juniors Judy Joy and Karen Schachert. The seniors lead with 15.8 percent of their class on the honor roll followed by other grades with varying percentages.
Mrs. Tom Noon hosted the Catholic Ladies Club in the church hall on Tuesday. Miss Josephine Hedfelt presided, readings by Mrs. Joe Wolfe and others, roll call cited current events, a donation from Logan Monument Co. funded Calvary Cemetery road repair, social hour included games and lunch, next meeting set for November 11 with Miss Hedfelt as hostess.
Nelsonville officers of the Methodist Youth Fellowship will attend a meeting Sunday evening in the First Methodist Church in Athens. A youth choir rehearsal is set for 6 tonight in the church with Miss Mary Jane McKinley and Curt Heinz leman in charge.
The Tuesday Night Club gathered at Norma Harden’s Lau rel Run Rd home for a pot luck supper and games. Prizes were won by members and guests Mary Sparks Arletta Wood Alberta Hanning Jean Grose Betty Jean Midkiff Mae Burgess Louise Mason and Mary Flanery. The next meeting is set for November 4 at Betty Jean Midkiff’s home.
A Cub Scout orientation for parents of youths eligible to join is set for Thursday at 8 p m. at the First Methodist Church. The meeting invites parents of any child who will be eligible to join the Cub Scouts this year or next.
Births list a son for Boyd Wright and a daughter for Melvin Williams in Logan. Admissions include Jack Rowland and Joseph Safreed. Della Graham, Ada Riddle, Audrey Mitchell, and others admitted or dismissed. Blood usage recorded as 6 units.
Tu berculosis Hospital civil service employees sponsor a Saturday dance at the Veterans of Foreign Wars club rooms on Riverside Drive. A local orchestra will provide music. The public is invited.
Eleven members attended a Tuesday gathering at Mrs. Bessie Warehime's home with Miss Agnes Woodard assisting. The November meeting will elect officers and be held in the church.
Nelsonville hosts the Ohio State Convention of Emblem Clubs with about 150 women from 15 clubs. State officers include Dorothy Shearer as president Harriett Burgess Nora Jo Hall and Freda Newton. Installation of new officers on Saturday at 8 p.m. with Anna Springer to be named state president.
Nelsonville High School Tri-Hi-Y and Hi-Y clubs held a 40 attendee meeting in the study hall. Sharon Cole presided as members discussed dues, pins, football program sales for Friday’s game, a Halloween party, and chapel services sponsored with the Hi-Y. Reverend Lloyd Evans spoke on finding life’s vocation.
Mrs. Rosa R. Bruce 58 of Chauncey died this morning at University Hospital Columbus after 10 days of treatment. Born in Perry County she was the daughter of the late James and Louisa Ramsey. Survivors include husband Arthur three sons Jack James Joseph and James two daughters Jean Dodds Joyce James three brothers Jap Charles and Lester and 19 grandchildren. Friends may call at Johnson funeral home after Friday morning. Funeral arrangements incomplete.
Mr and Mrs Paul Parks spent last weekend in Nelsonville visiting his brother Ralph and wife and his sister Mrs Doris Perrin. Mr Parks is living in Washington D C.
Rainbow Girls announce their next meeting in Nelsonville scheduled for October 29. The event invites members and interested participants to gather at the usual lodge location for discussion and activities.
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