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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1937
Page
6
Glouster officials announce an Emancipation Day event scheduled for September 22. The notice lists a range of public notices and local updates including school salaries, Scout meeting times, and safety advisories amid a busy community calendar.
The bright spot of Hollywood last summer Stage 7 at Warner Bros studios hosted scenes for Varsity Show starring Dick Powell and Fred Waring and his Pennsylvanians. The picture opens Saturday midnight at the Athena Theater. The film features leading colleges represented in cast and crew. Powell is an alumnus of Little Rock College and Rosemary Lane and Priscilla Lane attended Simpson College. Fred Waring attended Penn State. The Pennsylvanians include many university grads across Lou Bonnie John Mackay Frank Perkins and others from Penn Minnesota Brown Penn State Wayne Detroit Ohio University and more.
The Glouster degree team will hold practice at the hall on Saturday night ahead of the inspection next month. Hollifield, N. C., is noted as the home of N. C. Hollifield.
The Emancipation Day program in Glouster on Wednesday Sept 22 is organized by Theola Newman Denzil Leach Vernon Morris and Cecil Woodson. Speakers Rev James Crabl and Werner Metcalf will address at 1 30 pm at the ballpark followed by athletic events a Zanesville Armcos vs Athens County All Stars baseball game at 3 30 pm boxing bouts 30 to 40 rounds and two large dances at Lam borns pavilion and Red Men s Hall with Val Brown and his orchestra. A large turnout from southeastern Ohio is anticipated as the sole major local celebration that day.
Personal notes show Mr and Mrs Ernest Jones in Columbus Thursday with Mrs Lizzie Jones joining them for a Jones home visit. Evelyn Harper of Columbus is visiting her parents Mr and Mrs Clyde Harper for the week. The Pico family left for a two week southwestern states tour with Mexico as their objective. Harry Trasin travels to Columbus for a few days with relatives and will be joined home by his wife and Bobby, in Columbus as visitors. Dan Rice, sophomore at John Carroll University, leaves for Cleveland to enroll at the college.
Mrs Harold Kinney and daughters Betty and Martha move to Columbus to reside at 39 E Ninth Ave. Kinney works at Columbus Barracks. son John enters Bliss College. Mr Elbert Maxwell and son Arnold relocate to the Kinney home in Urbancrest. The Maxwell house will be taken by Mr Robert Angle and family next week.
GLOUSTER Sunday School begins at 9 30 a m with worship at 10 30 Rev Boroff topics include Observations on the Recent Ohio Conference Epworth League at 6 30 p m evening sermon God s Use of the Church Rev Boroff invites all to attend Sunday marks the third year of his pastorate At Church of Christ Reverend Morris sermon The Christ of the Scarlet Robe at 10 a m Bible School at 9 00 a m Christian Endeavor led by Theodore Williams at 6 30 p m Happy Hour Service at 7 30 p m sermon Reasoning With God A song festival by the First Baptist mixed chorus at 7 00 p m directed by Mrs Andrew Riley and warmly welcomed The Alaska Territory divides its land so each resident would own 10 7 square miles.
The Sunday Creek Valley Sportsmen Club of Jacksonville Ohio with 93 members has gained recognition through stocking streams releasing rabbits pheasants and fish and distributing grain shelters and forage. A fish fry at the club home on Sept 7 featured sixty pounds of perch. The club operates fishing and hunting license sales funds for game purchases and holds Monday trapshoots at Bishopville. The next meeting Oct 5 will feature fresh country ham and invites prospective members. A cherimoya is described as a South American fruit with a custard like center called vegetable ice cream.
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