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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1937
Page
7
The GLOUSTER Board of Public Affairs met to fill a lineman and assistant superintendent post, hiring E. K. Bryson on a 15 day probation after Malcom Dunnett resigned. New lower household and commercial rates were set following a contract with Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric, promising substantial savings to consumers.
Mrs Bert Angle entertained the Women's Foreign Missionary Society at her home on Wednesday. The meeting opened by president Mrs Martin Murphy with a stewardship ritual led by Mrs Phil F Robinson. Devotions by Mrs Ralph Woods used Exodus text. Committee appointments made for the year and nineteen members plus one guest were served refreshments.
The Masons observe Constitution night with a 7:30 p m gathering at the Masonic Hall. All Masons and wives and Eastern Stars members and husbands are invited. Verner Metcalf of Marietta will be guest speaker and a musical program will conclude the evening.
Mr and Mrs Joe Carter of Detroit announce the birth of a son on Wednesday September 14. The baby weighed 12 pounds at birth and has been named Thomas Patrick. Paternal grandparents are Mr and Mrs George Carter of this city.
William Hogue was arrested Saturday night for driving while intoxicated. He pleaded not guilty at arraignment before Mayor C F Wallace and was bound over to the grand jury under a $200 bond after colliding with a car driven by Mr Berry of Ringgold at Main and Madison Streets.
Andrew Chute left Wednesday for Cleveland to start his master's program with an assistantship at Case School of Applied Science. He recently graduated from Ohio State with an engineering degree and is now pursuing graduate studies at Case.
The second meet of September for Local Union 648 will be held in Greens Run High School auditorium on Saturday September 18 at 1 pm. All members are urged to attend. Funeral visitors in Pomeroy included Henry Williams and John Baird families from Jacksonville. Bowling league planning meeting set for Friday at Wolf Bowling Alleys with sponsors and nearby bowlers welcome. A South Africa note describes Table Mountain near Cape Town with snow-white clouds forming a tablecloth over the peak.
The Glouster Tomcats travel Friday to Marietta for a night contest at Municipal Stadium. Start is 8 p.m. Coaches Kemeter and Adcock will lead the squad with a starting line led by Douglas Roberts Tolliver Bingman Healy Carter Koehler Cooper Dodson Zimmer. Other trip members include McCance Cook Faine Woods Duncan Williams Ley.
Charles Harold Glouster age 17 of Columbus was fatally injured in a motorcycle accident Wednesday morning. He was nephew of Mr and Mrs William Wolf of Glouster and had visited there with the Wolf family. Mrs Wolf and son James left for Columbus after word of the death.
Gordon B. Gray as administrator files a petition in Probate Court of Athens County Ohio to determine the heirs of Ella Tedrick deceased. Unknown heirs, devisees and assigns must answer by October 20 1937 or a judgment will be entered. Court case No 15156 lists the estate of Ella Tedrick.
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