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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1958
Page
3
POMEROY A talk by T Sgt Delbert Knox of the Charleston West Virginia Filter Center on airplane spotting and procedures in alert was given at the Pomeroy Bend Grange meeting at the DAV home. Officers for the year were elected and Knox supported the ground observers corps project. Refreshments were served after the meeting.
Rutland High School elected class officers and student council representatives for the new year. Student council members include Lanna Turner Lawrence Brogan Wayne Roush Marvin Cremeans Margaret Smith Betty Janey June Tillis. Officers: Seniors Richard Nelson president Gordon Atkins vice president Betty Jeffers secretary Elaine Steele treasurer.
Middleport notes list of attendees from Rutland and nearby areas at the funeral for Crosby Price. Spotted names include Edwin Price Leola Price Hicks Dorothy Hill and several relatives and friends from Columbus Rutland Glouster Athens and Detroit among others.
Chester Grange met in regular session with George Holter as master electing officers for the year. Names include Harry Holter as overseer Marie Koblentz lecturer David Koblentz steward John Newell assistant steward Dale Kautz chaplain Mary Genheimer treasurer Esther Wright secretary Francis Case gatekeeper Jo Ann Kautz Ceres Betty Lou Dean Pomona Helen Parker Flora Barbara Wright lady assistant steward Earl Dean executive committee Snzy Newell home economics chairman George Genheimer legislative agent Dolores Kraeuler youth chairman. Communications were read and one aid appeal acted on. Refreshments for 44 members.
Mrs. Daisy Jasper, living with the Ralph C. Zandel family on Mulberry Ave, has returned home after a six week trip visiting relatives. She traveled first to Alliance to see her sister, then to Columbus to visit her son C. E. Jasper, with stops in Winona Lake Indiana Chicago Illinois and northern Ohio. In Zanesville she visited sister-in-law Mrs. Rose Covert and other relatives.
Mrs Aaron Kelton and daughter Kaaren join Mr and Mrs Jay Myers and others with Fr George Shiveler Jr of Cincinnati in Lancaster for a Boys Industrial School field day. They attend a reception at six and a dinner at eight. Frank Bracken Sr of Valrico Fla visits William Houdasheld at Kingsbury Road.
Pomeroy High School band directed by Ray Woodgeard joins the Jackson Apple Festival parade amid thousands of spectators. The group leads with drum majorette Sheila Strauss and majorettes Connie Woodgeard Sondra Potts Marlene Scholl Ann Baker Jean Ann Webster Rose Horak. Friday they travel to Chauncey for halftime activities.
A committee of Central Teachers Association members selected a spinet piano for the new elementary school’s multi purpose room. The retiring Central president Mrs. William Friedrich appointed the committee, including Mrs. Mary Guess and Miss Beatrice Barber. A gift was presented to Miss Frances Cox on her retirement after many years at Central School.
VFW Post 3467 Auxiliary met at the post home with guest Mrs William Wright and others. Reports from committees were heard while plans for the Little Queen contest parade decorations and district events were noted. A birthday party for Donnie Lee Newton was also held with members attending.
James Holl enbaugh and R C Patton Sr lead a drive for 250000 to add a two story wing to the Pythian Home in Springfield. The Ohio Grand Lodge sponsors the project for Hocking Athens Ferry and Fairfield Counties, adding a chapel kitchen and hospital expansion with about 20 more beds. The home now has full hospital beds and an average resident age of 44, with around 75 percent needing hospitalization.
Southeast Ohio Tuberculosis Hospital workers host a benefit dance at VFW Post 3467 on Riverside Drive. The event runs from 9 to 12 p m with music by the Twilighters and is open to the public to support the patients welfare fund.
The Nelsonville Eagles plan an election at their next meeting Tuesday at 7 30 p m to fill the officers lodge position after Homer Adams resigned.
Nelsonville event details a Quiet Day at St. Pauls Episcopal Church in Logan on September 25. Parishioners needing transportation should call Mrs. Betty Evans, president of the Women Auxiliary of Epiphany Episcopal Church.
A long schedule of worship services, sermons, Sunday schools, and meetings for many churches including Dorr Kun Community Chapel First Presbyterian First Methodist First Christian Church of the Nazarene Wylie Chapel AME Pilgrim Holiness and others with pastors, service times, and activities such as Sunday school, membership classes, choir rehearsals, youth groups, and prayer meetings.
The Nelsonville Garden Club gathers Monday at Brandt's Restaurant in Logan for a 6 p m dinner. Dues are due and roll call will be answered by What Can Still Be Planted. Hostesses include Mrs Eliza beth Bell Mrs Alpha Howe Mrs Stout Mrs Emma Beard and Mrs R A Snackenberg.
Perry County VFW Post 2806 and Auxiliary donated a convertible walker wheel chair to Mount St Mary Hospital in memory of the late Harlan Smith former Perry County Veterans Service Officer. Present were hospital administrator Mother Bernice and local veterans including Thomas Richards and Earl Johnson.
A youth party at the Rev. and Mrs. Ted Faulconer home of the Christian Church drew more than 60 young people Tuesday evening for recreation, fellowship, and group singing to close the program. Nearby, Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Gard of Canton visited Mrs. Gard's sister Cprah Tigner Spain of Gloucester and her niece, and Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Cope and family for several weeks. Mrs. John Tennessey and her children Ellen and John, former Emily Sharp, visited last week with her parents, the Edward Sharps, before returning to their Columbus home.
Nelsonville Methodist Youth Fellowship officers met at the parsonage to plan October. Any officer not wishing to keep office should notify Beverly Bennett, president. Members urged to attend Sunday at 6 p.m. to make plans and arrange transportation.
Nelsonville reports the Women’s Auxiliary of Epiphany Episcopal Church set dates October 31 and November 1 for the annual rummage sale and December 56 for the bazaar. They will bake fruit cakes for sale and sale inquiries can be made to Mrs. Eleanor Kelly or Mrs. Nelle Warner. A youth rally is planned for September 28 at the Lancaster Methodist Church.
Mrs. Mabel Perry age 87 of Columbus died Thursday in White Cross Hospital Columbus. Funeral services set for Saturday at 9 a.m. at St Christopher Church Columbus. She is survived by three daughters and a son. Husband Isaac formerly of Nelsonville preceded her in death.
List of patients and dismissals from Mount It Mary Hospital includes Lucy Switzer Logan Margie Withem Glouster Route 3 Rema Miler Shawnee Nelson Morgan New Straits ville Olive Smith Glouster Route 2 John Rothery Glouster Andy Covert Athens Elston Mace New Marsh field Route 1 and son Ralph Reed Shawnee Route 1 and daughter Donald King Glouster Chester McKinley Logan Route 4 and son Hazel Crabtree Hemlock Kathy Sue Adams Nelsonville Route 1 Forrest Green Nelson Ruth Pickett Nelsonville Route 1 Alice Walker Nelsonville Rose Reed Glouster Arthur Burchfield Athens Ora Milhoan Glouster.
City council meeting Friday at 7 p m to consider a gas rate ordinance vetoed by Mayor Auflick. If overridden, six votes needed. The ordinance passed three readings by 7-0.
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