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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1952
Page
8
Glouster schools opened for the year with elementary teachers meeting at 9 and high school teachers at 10. Pupils reported at 1 with a total enrollment of 509. Elementary totals reach 286 with grade by grade counts, and high school totals 223 across grades seven through twelfth.
Glouster residents hosted relatives and friends over the weekend and Labor Day. Guests included families from Salem Detroit Columbus Zanesville and Jackson among others with travel to and from Glouster Ohio and nearby cities.
The McGee family reunion gathered at Moxahala Park near South Zanesville with a noon basket dinner. Attendees included Maude McGee and daughter Maxine Glouster. Dolly McGee Columbus. Leonard McGee and children Jerry Billie Jack Jimmie Ricky Zanesville. Forest McGee and children Bucky Candy Pete Zanesville. Donald Sullivan and son Ronnie Junction City. Robert Post and children Dixie Carolyn Bucky Sue Kay Bobby Dotty Hatfield. Mae Six and grandson Barney Hollister. Fred Six Cecil Bailey Lancaster. Bickleys Fostoria. Hazel Long Harold Bickley and children Hazel Lee Butch Tiffin. and Fred Anderson Akron.
Centralia reports 94 year old Thomas Osborne of Marissa balked at flying to Minneapolis to see his daughter. He finally boarded a plane after being told the trip would take four hours and brought his cane to maintain his age appearance.
The GLOUSTER MARCELLINE Rebekah Lodge will gather Saturday evening in Odd Fellows Hall to prepare for inspection and discuss upcoming duties and routines.
Mr and Mrs Ray Fulton traveled to Kentucky after their son Max Fulton who was wounded in World War II and hospitalized for long periods died at his Kentucky home. S Sgt Don Fulton stationed at Big Springs Texas was also summoned home due to his brother’s death.
At the Kiwanis meeting in Glouster Lt. Governor Walker will visit on Monday September 8. A house-to-house broom sale canvass is set for this afternoon. Coach Powless of Glouster schools will speak next Monday on Olympic football in Zanesville Friday. Attendees included B R Angle Porter Dugan Hugh Billingsly Merrill Ogg Lawrence Colbert Dick Guinther Joe Williams Ray White Carl Bradbury Ray Lange and Roger Kittle.
Mrs Esta Haskins and Mrs Georgia Sayre will host the Past Matrons Association meeting. The event is on Friday at 7 30 p m in the Masonic Hall.
A Centralia caller described a nude young girl walking dawn streets. Police traced the child to Gale Atkins, noting the infant was initially misidentified as a blonde adult girl. The father said she was asleep when he woke, and the child wandered from the house.
An all-out campaign in Mo hamed Gul Red Sea waters aims to harvest sharks for revenue from fish meal and shark oil. A fisheries officer captured nine sharks in 40 minutes, including a 600 pound specimen.
The WSCS of Glouster Methodist Church will gather in the church social rooms at 7 30 p m for a meeting.
Glouster Ohio local Methodist Church plans annual homecoming in Memorial Park after Sunday worship. A basket dinner at noon follows the service with a rain date set for the next Sunday. Reverend John Devol attends Ohio Pastors school in Logan and Delaware, returning Saturday.
Port Sudan will convert primitive sanitation facilities into a modern water borne system under a five year program. The project aims to improve public health and hygiene by expanding sewerage and water services in the city and surrounding districts.
Report from Hong Kong says 300 stateless refugees remain in International Refugee Organization camps in Shanghai. They receive $5 a month but cannot live adequately, with conditions growing desperate. Arrivals state the Communist authorities tolerate the camps and IRO presence.
Glouster Village Council is set to meet at 7 p.m. today due to the football carnival in Zanesville Friday evening.
Chester J. Scowden a 31 year old Columbus man and father of six died in a Columbus hospital from head injuries. He was jailed on a charge of contributing to the delinquency of his children after diving into a steel wall in his county jail cell.
Manila reports a new law increasing minimum wages in the Philippines. Non agricultural workers now earn 2 dollars per day, up from 1.50. Agriculture workers see a raise from 88 cents to 1 dollar.
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