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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1947
Page
9
The Athens Ohio City Council passes Ordinance No 1000 amending Ordinance No 778 dated January 3 1988 to set the stenographer salary for the city solicitor at 822 50 per month. The ordinance is effective upon legal acceptance and repeals inconsistent provisions. Signed October 6 1947 by President Oscar Fulton Clerk G HOUCK and Mayor Anz L Woodworth.
The Board of Education of the Jacksonville Trimble district obtained 10 225 dollars in state rehabilitation funds for a sanitation project at J T High School. Plans include inside toilet rooms showers plumbing heating and a sewage disposal plant.
Clyde Sellars has been awarded the contract to build a cement block factory for manufacturing infant footwear. Construction is expected to start within two weeks at Broad and Spring location.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Russell of Trimble announce the birth of a daughter named Dianne born October 15 weighing nine and a half pounds. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. George Russell of Trimble and Mrs. Bertha Barrett of Trimble Route 1.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Shaw hosted a Halloween party at Lookout Street on October 24. Guests enjoyed games with prizes awarded to Janice Bailey Kenneth Russell and Carolyn Sue Shepard. Cake and ice cream followed for numerous attendees including Janet Steffy Phyllis Smith Janice Patty Dickie Bailey and others.
GLOUSTER authorities list Moose Mason American Legion Odd Fellows K of P Eagles among donors to the Halloween party fund on High Street. Prizes total $5 for best costume, $3 for runner up, and $2 for third, with 15 additional $1 awards. window display prizes mirror the same breakdown. Parade starts at Gamwell's store at 7 p.m. If rain forces cancellation, the event moves to Thursday evening.
Mr and Mrs Joe Callahan hosted guests from Columbus including Mr and Mrs Dick Wilson Weekend visitors to Logan included Mr and Mrs Joseph Orndorff Mike and Wick Murphy and Mr and Mrs Edward Friel A Shawnee party counted Mrs Horden Nelle Horden Delphia Matheus among attendees Also present were Mr and Mrs Harkless Pearl Backus Nelle Mitchell Sue McQuade Jimmy Callahan and James Friel at a Logan area gathering Mary Catherine Friel visited Mr and Mrs Albert Nash New Lexington and Paul Savage Columbus stayed with Mrs Margaret Thomas Thomas Boyle of Logan visited Mr and Mrs Domenie Boyle
Glouster High School plans new basketball gear. Several students earned A in spelling for the first six weeks. Crooksville band to perform at Thursday’s game with a postgame dance by the Sophomore class. Myra Anderson injured and out of the parade. The school paper prints its second issue with ten pages. Teachers met at the high school. substitutions noted for staff. DeMolet Plumbing wins bid for Madison Street School improvements with Rehab Department approval. work to start during Christmas vacation and finish this winter.
A group of woodpeckers gathers in a community effort to cache acorns by storing them in a tree bark. The birds share the hoard when hunger returns, illustrating cooperative feeding behavior.
Mr and Mrs Clif ford Malone hosted a wiener roast at their home with guests including Mr and Mrs Fred Hambel and Karla Mae Des Kittle and Billy and Carolyn Sue Mr and Mrs Donald Aerian and Jimmie and Ronnie and their sons Gene and Deslar plus the hosts' family members in Glouster.
The Gospel Ship Traveling Unit of the Young People's Church led a Sunday service at Hooper Ridge Church of Christ on New Testament Church. Kenneth Ebert directed the song service with Helen Peugh singing. Bible Council members Kenneth Eberts Edwin Carpenter Lynn Gladden Lanella Jonas Connie Keith and Patty Sweeney delivered messages. Lucy White was the pianist. The council approved projects including central enrollment system a piano for the auditorium an absentee check system youth group organization recreational equipment and a parent sponsored weekly fellowship gathering with the last three just entering discussion.
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Sanders of Hooper Ridge announce the birth of a daughter named Nancy Marie at Sheltering Arms Hospital in Athens on October 23. The infant weighed seven pounds 13 ounces. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Fred Sanders and L. P. Myers of Trimble Route 1. A great grandmother is Mrs. Nancy Sanders of Trimble. The mother is the former Opal Marie Myers.
Mrs. Bob Bauer and children Rosemary and Tommy returned home after a month with Mrs. Bauer's family in New Rochelle New York. The family has made a second such visit to New Rochelle within a year.
Dr. A. E. Douglas, an astronomer, developed a system dating ancient ruins by tree growth rings. By examining these annual rings, researchers can identify the timber’s felling year nearly exactly.
Nineteen Kiwanis members met at Gordon Hotel for the first Monday dinner under new schedule. Some left early for the Glouster football game and Athens meeting where Rep. Jenkins spoke. A November 10 combination meeting with Division Nine and Eleven clubs was announced with Governor Driver as guest speaker.
Mr and Mrs Dwight Price traveled to Columbus today for a brace to support Mr Price's injured leg from a coal mine accident months ago. He remains unable to work and will wear the brace for several weeks.
Mrs. D. M. Alleman and daughter Dianne of Cincinnati visited the DeLongs for the weekend. Also staying with Supt. and Mrs. L. G. DeLong were Mrs. Delongs' parents Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Withers of Buckhannon, West Virginia.
The Women of the Moose will gather Thursday at 7 30 p m in the chapter room for candidate initiation followed by a program led by the Mooseheart committee chaired by Mrs Helen Conway.
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