Rescue car offers safety training for mines in Athens
The McBee Bureau of Mines rescue car with training facilities and rescue gear arrives in Athens from The U. S. and will host classes for civilian units, schools, industries, and mine managers. Information shows self contained oxygen apparatuses, gas masks, detectors, and demonstrations of dust explosions and wetting agents. The car includes living quarters, a dining area, an office, and equipment like ladders, stretchers, and coal dust samples.
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Indus
Athens
McBee
A. A. Sinicrope
Bureau of Mines
Minageis
Herman L
Eh Ooe
Sinicrope
Ward
Tomato Party Planned At University Elementary
Third and fourth graders from East Side Central West Side and Mechanicsburg Elementary who helped in the University Elementary School garden last summer are invited to a tomato party Friday at 3 15 p.m. in the school auditorium. Under Miss Eisen and Miss Evans supervision they canned about 164 quarts of tomatoes from an $11 garden. The tomatoes were used for school lunches throughout the year.
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East Side
Central
West Side
Mechanicsburg
University
Agnes Eisen
Helen Evans
Mass Meeting for Athens Defense Corps Tonight
An important mass meeting for all Athens Defense Corps personnel will be held tonight at 7:30 in Athens High School.
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Athens Defense Corps
Athens High School
Ohio Graduate Dies in Plane Crash
Lt. Richard Leroy Barber of Wellington Ohio, a 1940 civil engineering graduate of Ohio University, was killed in a Texan plane crash near Corpus Christi while serving as a Navy pilot instructor. Four other crew members also died in the crash of a land based bomber. He enlisted in the Naval Reserve in 1940 and trained at Grosse Ile and Pensacola.
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Richard Leroy Barber
USNR
Wellington
Ohio University
Texas
Clark Williams
Corpus Christi
Barber
Navy
U. S. Naval Air Corps Reserve
Grosse Isle
Mich
Pensacola, Fla. Naval School
Minnie Boden dies at 78 in New Marshfield home
Minnie Boden widow of William J. Boden died Wednesday morning at her daughter's home in New Marshfield after months of illness. She leaves two sisters, two stepsons, and several grandchildren. Funeral is Friday at 2 PM in the Christian Church, New Marshfield, with burial in New Marshfield Cemetery. Call at the Conkey home anytime.
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Minnie Boden
William J. Boden
A. B. Conkey
New Marshfield
C. E. Baughman
Rosa Jones
Indianapolis
Ind
L. J. Boden
Athens
J. H. Boden
Christian Church
Miles E. Hoon
Conkey
Morrison Baby Rites To Be Held on Friday
A stillborn son named Duane Ray Morrison was born today at Sheltering Arms Hospital to Mr and Mrs Robert Morrison of Pleasanton. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Blaine Woodyard of Athens Route 5 and Mrs Lola Morrison of Pleasanton. Funeral services will be held at Pleasanton Cemetery Friday morning at nine oclock.
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Sheltering Arms Hospital
Robert Morrison
Pleasanton
Duane Ray Morrison
Blaine Woodyard
Athens
Lola Morrison
Pleasanton Cemetery
Harrisonville News Briefs Highlights Local Happenings
Events include a family night at Masonic Hall on April 3 with OES participation and a South trip slide show. A charity funeral for Charity Fullwider occurred at the Presbyterian Church. A daughter named Sandra Sue was born to Mr and Mrs Russell Little, and Elwin Diehl was listed missing in action in North Africa.
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Harrisonville
Masonic Hall
Order and
Weatherby
Columbus
South
Charity Fullwider
Presbyterian Church
Buckley
Rutland
Wells Cemetery
Russell Little
S. A. Wyatt
Sandra Sue
R. A. Diehl
Stephen Diehl
Emerson
Iowa
Elwin
North Africa
Cecil Blackwood
Fort Hayes
Don Sanders
Akron
B. E. Carl
R. A Diehl
Lilly Jewell
Tom Wells
Dayton
Art Transforms Everyday Life in Athens High School Studio
Athens High School students explore progressive art education under Miss Mildred Murphy. The studio emphasizes real world use of art, design and color in daily life, with projects from oil portraits to theater sets and costume jewelry. Students experiment with new materials and ideas.
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Athens
Athens High School
Mildred Murphy
Miss Murphy
Lenora Reeder
Jack Stokes
United States
Periods Named for Red Stamp Use Under War Ration Rules
The Office of Price Administration lists valid periods for red stamps A through E from War Rationing Book No. 2 for meats fats cheese butter and oils. Stamps may not be used before their dates but can be accumulated across periods and do not expire as a group until the final date is announced.
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Office of Price Administration
Leonard Prater
Prater
Sheltering Arms announces four births at hospital
Four births reported at Sheltering Arms Hospital include a daughter to Mr and Mrs Richard Schloss 60 Elmwood Place a son to Mr and Mrs Emerson Spencer Woodland Ave Wednesday a daughter to Mr and Mrs Glenn Fiscus 7 Ohio Ave Tuesday and a son to Mr and Mrs John Taylor 386 Richland Ave Tuesday. Norman Schoeman 16 Trimble admitted for fracture of left leg last night Harold Eugene Clark 8 Downington admitted for medical treatment Mrs Margaret Gibson Mineral underwent major operation today and Mrs Mary D Cogan 238 E State St underwent minor operation Jennie Minear Athens Route 2 dismissed from hospital today.
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Sheltering Arms Hospital
Richard Schloss
Elmwood Place
Emerson Spencer
Woodland Ave
Glenn Fiscus
Ohio Ave
John Taylor
Richland Ave
Norman Schoeman
Trimble
Harold Eugene Clark
Herbert Clark
Downington
Margaret Gibson
Mineral
Mary D. Cogan
E. State St
Jennie Minear
Athens
Our Men in Service brief from wartime postings
Sgt Leo Dudgeon, son of Mr and Mrs H W Dudgeon of Carpenter, graduates from Army Air Forces Flexible Gunnery School at Fort Myers Florida earning aerial gunner qualification. He will train at an operational field before joining bomber crews overseas. Also noted are updates on Private Buck at Camp Hood Texas, Pfc Francis F Dye at William Beaumont General Hospital El Paso, John L Hooper promoted to corporal with Balloon Barrage unit at Hawthorne California, Carroll T Maynard enrolled at Great Lakes Naval Training Station.
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Leo Dudgeon
H. W. Dudgeon
Carpenter
Army Air Forces
Fort Myers
Fla
United States
Gulf of Mexico
Dudgeon
Army
James E. Buck
Irene Bailey
Athens
Buck
Camp Hood
Texas
Tank
Armed Forces
Francis F. Dye
Medical Service Department
William Beaumont General Hospital
el Paso
Tex
A James A. Dye
W. Union It
John L. Hooper
Herb Hooper
Mound St
Hawthorne
Calif
Carroll T. Maynard
C. E. Maynard
Maplewood Drive
U. S. Naval Training Station
Great Lakes
Band Classes At AHS This Saturday
Athens High School will hold Saturday band and orchestra classes for beginners. After twelve lessons students may join the schools musical organizations, according to Floyd Prince, music director.
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AHS
Athens High School
Floyd Prince
Ath ens man fined for intoxication by city court
William Treace age 59 of Ath ens was fined five dollars and costs after arraignment before Mayor Franz Woodworth on an intoxication charge. He was committed to the city jail for failure to pay the fine.
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William Treace
Athens
Franz Woodworth
29 Stars and Names On OU Service Flag
The Ohio University gold service flag in Edewin Watts Chubb Library bears 29 stars with embroidered names honoring former students who died in World War II. The display notes there is room for one more star, commemorating the fallen.
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Ohio University
Edewin Watts Chubb
Athens Sees Yearly High Temperature of 82 Degrees
The Athens area recorded a new yearly high of 82 degrees yesterday with a low of 49 degrees. By noon today the temperature stood at 54 degrees.
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Athens
Judge Praises Alcoholometer Lie Detector
A judge comments on a newspaper piece about an alcoholometer that tests claims of drinking. He notes that a few beers with friends is a normal, moderate activity and defends law abiding citizens who enjoy beer with meals or after work.
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A. N. Johnson
J. B. Grogan
H. C. Bobo
The
Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co
Ohio
Ohi
Birdseye Chicken
Birdseye Fy Foods
Athens, Ohio
Peter Primeau
St Charles
Primeau
Defense Corps
Vyrian Casley
Lois Han
Sen
Cleora
Jim Porter
Hitler
Mussolini
Jim
Bob Davis
JoAnn Walker
Kathleen McAfee
Marjorie Fierce
Phyllis Brown
Birdseye
Stack
Post Office
Quick's
Cut Rate Drug Store
Union Street
Arthur Hale
Sinclair
George L. Smith
Sinclair Refining Co
Grosvenor Sts
Joe Marsh
Doe Wars
N. Court ST
Vicks VapoRus
Nursola
Vicks Co
Vicks
Chestone
Konkler
Alka Seltzer
Johnson
Ohnson
J&j
de Mennen
Hletcher's Castoria
Expello
Reeses
Blue Jay
Coras Scholl
Upjohn
Wampole
Golden Medical Disco
Miles Nervine
Pierce
B. C
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Carter
Feenamint
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