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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1953
Page
6
A benefit variety show titled four dollars for the money will be held at the high school auditorium Thursday at 7 p.m. by FHA GAA Keynotes and Tri-Hi-Y. Proceeds fund new equipment for home economics and business training, Tri-Hi-Y activities, and girls physical education supplies.
Arthur E. Long son of Rev J A Long will be ordained in a 10 30 a m service at the local church with speakers from the Christian Churches of Ohio and the county. He is a WWII veteran and holds a BD from the University of Chicago.
Mrs. Ruby Norris hosted a stork shower for Mrs. Betty Losey Hintz with games and prizes won by Betty Brunton Ruth Kloh and Grace Maynard. Guests enjoyed ice cream cake and coffee, with many attendees listed including Rita Jackie Tommie Kathryn and Jeffrey Norris. Others sent gifts. Grace Sayre returned from Akron. locals visited Athens Ohio University and hosted relatives from Salem Columbus and New Lexington.
Mrs. B R Angle hosted the 500 Club at her Mon day evening gathering with two tables in play. A 6 30 chicken dinner was served to guests Mrs T A Noon and Mrs L R Richardson. Players included Mrs Evan Morgan Mrs Earl Morris Mrs Esther Lamborn Mrs Jessie Hill and Mrs Ernest Vernon. Mrs Morris won high score with Mrs Angle second and Mrs Hill consoled.
Guests of Mr and Mrs Errett Shepard included Frank Shepard from Columbus. The Shepards hosted at Lake Burr Oak and later visited Pennsville with Harold Fitch where men hunted squirrels. Anne Shepard and Mr and Mrs Emmett Gaskallo and sons Larry and Jeffery of Elyria were recent visitors in Glouster. The families also visited Old
The Messenger invites readers to submit service members' addresses for a Military Mail Call column. This entry lists Earl R. Kesterson, ASC, Pomeroy Route 3, AF 15496790, 320th Gen Hosp, Ward 6-D, APO 180, coastwatcher, New York, NY.
John B. McClelland departed for Camp Kilmer New Jersey as his embarkation port to Germany for a three year assignment. He trained at San Antonio and had spent eight months in Glendale Arizona. His brother Pvt Robert L. McClelland, stationed at the Army and Navy Hospital Hot Springs Arkansas, visited the family briefly.
Nelsonville reports a small shed at the rear of Fayette Street business Blackburn Appliance burned about 4 30 p m Tuesday. The tool house stored garden and yard tools and implements and was wrecked by the blaze.
The N T Club will meet Friday at 7 30 p m at Mrs Blanche Strohmeyer s home. The gathering aims to discuss club plans and organize upcoming activities with members alerted to attend.
Glouster Pythian Sisters plan a Wednesday meeting at 7 30 PM. All members are urged to attend.
Women of the Moose will meet at Moose Hall at 8 p.m. Thursday. The second sentence notes sediment carried by rivers often piles into the ocean to depths surpassing 1000 feet.
The Business Girls Class of the Christian Church gathered at Mrs. Elizabeth I's home. Seven members answered roll with a Bible verse. Contests went to Mrs. Barrows and Mrs. Toliver, traveling prize to Mrs. Plummer. Next meeting at Mrs. Simonton Chauncey. Members discuss fund raisers for equipment, stage, library books. a membership drive will be held at a football game.
The High School PTA held its first meeting of the new year at the junior high building Monday evening with new president Charles Tan guay presiding. Members introduced themselves to acquaint new parents and teachers. Mrs. Joan Hughes was named chairman of the program committee.
Funeral services for Raymond Reynolds 37 of 425 Viand St. will be at 2 30 p.m. Thursday at the Presbyterian Church with burial in Lone Oak Cemetery. Reynolds a WWII veteran born June 13 1916 in Coal Run Ohio died in an early Tuesday accident near Columbus Ohio. He was a steel worker who recently moved to Ohio for work. Survivors include wife Frances Gibbs Reynolds son Bobby Ray 16 father Capt William H Reynolds and step mother Minnie Reynolds of Main St two brothers Frank Reynolds New Haven and William H Reynolds Jr Kanauga two sisters Pauline Griffin Chesapeake and Ida Mae Hemingway Newport Ky. Friends may call at Reynolds home after 7 p.m. today. Veterans of Mason County Post 23 American Legion will meet at 1 p.m. Thursday at the Legion Hall to participate in military rites.
Births include a son to Mr and Mrs Jack Hemsworth of Nelsonville. Admitted Ben Kirkendall of Nelsonville. Dismissed James E Driggs of Murray City Adelbert Patton of Nelsonville James Weaver Nelsonville John Bohyer Nelsonville Adrienne Hook Nelsonville Route 1 Amy Speelman Nelsonville Route 2.
Funeral services for Edson L. Dean, who died Monday night, will be held Thursday at 3 p.m. at Warren funeral home with burial in Green Lawn Cemetery. Friends may call at the family home, 833 Poplar Street, until the hour. The Nelsonville Aerie of Eagles, of which he was a member, will hold services at the residence tonight at 7:30 p.m.
Doctors warn kidney function slows with stress and age causing backache and fatigue. Doan's Pills are presented as a mild diuretic used for over 50 years to ease nighttime urination and general discomfort.
Mr and Mrs Charles Linton and families hosted a basket picnic dinner at the Williams home in Athens Route 4. Attendees included William Shelton of Barberton Emmett Sterling of Lancaster and multiple Dawley and Linton relatives from Worthington Nelsonville and Athens Route areas.
Clark Courtney Circle 3 of the First Methodist Church met Thursday evening at the homes of Mrs. Hubert Mender with Mrs. Fannie Williams and Mrs. Helen Oakley assisting. Devotional lead by Mrs. C. L. Stout and program by Mrs. Lucy Shafer. Refreshments served to 13 members. Next meeting at Mrs. Emma Beard’s home with Mrs. Stout assisting. program by Mrs. Bessie Ball and devotions by Mrs. Fannie Williams.
At a Monday meeting in Eagles Hall district deputy Miss Ina Hoover spoke on objectives of the order. The social committee Mrs. Mabel Steenrod Mrs. Martha Neikirk and Mrs. Bessie Bland planned refreshments games and contests for the gathering. Members for October include Mrs. John Fisher and Mrs. George Hartgrove.
The Missionary Society of the First Presbyterian Church will meet Thursday at 2 p.m. at the home of Mrs. John Saltz on W Washington Street. Mrs. John Wood will lead the program and Mrs. William Anderson will give the Bible study.
The Pythian Sisters will meet Thursday at 7 30 p m in the K of P Hall for their regular gathering.
Mr and Mrs Jack Whyte attend the football game between the Green Bay Packers and the Cleveland Browns at Cleveland. Saturday night Mr and Mrs C D Duncan spent the end of the week in Jackson as guests of their son and family Donnal M Duncan and children Donna Jean and Gary. They attended the Jackson eee football game Friday night.
Nelsonville Circle of Ruth of the First Presbyterian Church will hold a rummage sale at City Hall on Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Funds support church missions and local activities.
James Andy Hall of Deanville underwent major surgery at St. Francis Hospital in Columbus on Tuesday.
Kiwanis speaker Buddy Preston outlined the Key Club program as a school service group now in its 28th year, noting 40 percent seniors 40 percent juniors and 20 percent sophomores. The Glouster club earned the Ohio Kiwanis District small club division award for outstanding community service in 1952, a first since the club’s 28-year history.
Birch the magician entertained large crowds in Nelsonville with two performances in the high school auditorium. A matinee for school children and an 8 p.m. evening show drew good attendance. The event benefited the park fund and other Rotary Club projects. Birch showcased illusion acts in the Keller Houdini Thurston tradition with many novelties.
Two children were treated at Mount St Mary Hospital in Nelsonville Tuesday for arm fractures. Rickie Warren seven, daughter of Charles and Warren of Nelsonville, fell and broke an arm while playing with her brother. Hubert Cottrill ten, son of Robert Cottrill of New Straitsville, injured when he fell from a bicycle. Walter Harkrader, local worker for Sharp Manufacturing Co., received cuts above the left eye when a wrench slipped breaking his glasses.
Nelsonville double funeral services planned for Lawrence Green and Hannah Green. Rev. F W Wentz will conduct at 1 30 p m Tuesday at Warren funeral home. Lawrence died near Hebron Monday night, Hannah died Tuesday morning in Columbus. Burial at Green Lawn Cemetery. Friends may call anytime at Warren funeral home.
Nelsonville police reported a green 1941 Ford sedan owned by Ervin Edwards was stolen from a parking spot near Harry's Gulf Station on E Chestnut Street between 2 30 and 3 45 a m Tuesday. Edwards works at North American in Columbus and often parks there for carpooling. The keys were left in the car and the theft was reported to police at 4 15 a m Tuesday.
Mrs Pearl Newman and Miss Lelia Brooks will lead the prayer service Wednesday at 7 p.m. at Calvary Baptist Church. The Missionary Society will meet Thursday at 7 p.m. in the church auditorium.
Ugly eczema torment is described and sufferers urged to try Peterson's Ointment priced at 45 cents. The ad promises relief after one application or refunds money. It also claims effectiveness for itching feet and toe cracks.
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