Missing in Action for Lieu Bert J Smith of Millfield
Message received by Mrs Mabel Learned Smith states First Lieut Bert J Smith is missing in action in the tic area since March 31 He is a Bombardier School graduate from Vic Wille California and attended Eastern State College in Richmond His brothers John in the U S Navy and William a recent Bombardier graduate also served Their mother is the daughter of the late Dr A J Learned of Mill id.
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Mabel
Smith
Ifield
Bert J. Smith
Ith
Tic
Leutenant Smith
Bombardier School
Vic- Wille
Calif
Incey-Dover
Eastern State Chefs College
Richmond
Chauncey the Kentucky Collegers
Ice
John
U. S. Navy
William Smith
Bombardier Jam
Bert
Victorsville
Frank Smith
Uncey
A. J
Learned
Millid
Olaf Olson Dies at Home of a Daughter
Olaf Olson age 74 died at his daughter's Rock Island home the evening prior. He was born in Ohio to Norwegian parents and leaves four daughters Miss Mable Olson Mrs T F Meighen Mrs K J Cis and Mrs T J Thompson plus one son Tom of Sioux City Iowa. Funeral services are planned at Parrasso Funeral Home in Sioux City with visitation at Jagers Funeral Home Athens until 5 pm today.
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Olaf Olson
Mable Olson
Rock Fle
Olson
Ohio
Olga
Ble Olson
T. F. Meighen
York City
K. J. Cis
Magnet
Neb
T. J.mpson
Delaware
Tom
Sioux City
Iowa
Ens
Parrasso Funeral Home
Ux City
Jagers Funeral
Athens
Lucetta Dixon Dies At Home of Her Son
Mrs. Lucetta Haning Dixon aged married to the late Robert Figley died Sunday night at her son Thomas E Dix on Athens Route 1. She leaves a daughter Mrs. Thomas McArthur Route 2. Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at two o'clock at Downington with burial in Wells Cemetery. Friends may call at the home at any time.
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Lucetta Haning Dixon
Robert Figley
Thomas E. Dix
Athens
Thomas
McArthur
Downington
Burin Wells
Local men to learn about Air Scouting event
Air Scouting will be introduced in the Kootage Area Council on April 8 and 9 with P L Whitehead of Cincinnati as air scout director Region Four. He will address assemblies and clubs and lead two scouter meetings in Parkersburg and Athens Starting at 7 30 p m, all registered scouters and leaders are invited.
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Air Scouting
Boy Scouts of America
Kootage Area
Market Sts
Fine Arts
Ohio University
Athens
R. D. Dalrymple
Parkersburg
Dalrymple
Dayton-Miami
Industrial Users Report on Rationed Foods Regulation
The Office of Price Administration issues rules for industrial users of rationed meat and fat products. Leonard Prater notes that firms must register with OPA using form R-1605 in duplicate and provide 1942 quarterly intake data. Deadline is April 10 with March 28 inventory due. Forms available at 11 E Washington St or by request.
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Office of Price Administration
Leonard Prater
Washington St
Masons To Complete Year’s Degree Work
Athens Chapter No 39 Royal Arch Masons holds a series of degree ceremonies tonight at 7 30 PM at the Masonic Temple with Mark Master and Past Master Degrees. On Wednesday at 8 PM the Most Excellent Master Degree and Friday’s Royal Arch Degree complete the chapter year. all members and visiting companions urged to attend, announced by Richard I Fought, high priest.
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Athens
Royal Arch Masons
Masonic Temple
Royal Arch
Richard i Fought
Athens County War Fund Donation Corrected
In the Sunday Messenger a typo altered Athens County’s contribution to the Red Cross War Fund from the correct figure of over nineteen thousand dollars to ten thousand two hundred sixty five. The headline was right showing a quota of eighteen thousand and the county exceeded nineteen thousand.
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Athens County
Red Cross
Amesville Social Notes Have Alumni Meeting and Local Events
Amesville social page notes an Alumni meeting at the High School Tuesday April 6 at 7 30 p m A pre social with old time music at the Masonic Hall Saturday night April 10 proceeds for the Red Cross A P T A party April ? invites all with sandwiches a dish and service The Big Six senior basketball team celebrated Bill Inman s eighteenth birthday March 29 At Amesville Grange meeting set for April 6 at 7 30 Officers urged for third and fourth degree teams Victor Herrold a Ames Bern graduate joined the Army in Ft Thomas Ky Esther Sunday School class hosted at the Methodist Church last Tuesday evening and Mrs Adda Phillips led devotions Mrs Jago Mrs Brown and Mrs Echard hosted refreshments New moves include Mrs Starling replacing in Thompson Drug Store Mrs Starling s move to Frank Gifford farm Mrs Denzil Robinson of Akron visited The school operetta drew local family attendance Howard Parsons of Akron visited his parents and attended the operetta A Columbus report records a pastor Thomas B Hauvermale 67 killed by a 20 foot fall in an elevator shaft and a ancient Mexico City to Cuernavaca highway center stripe of light stones.
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Robert Simen
Capital University
Betty Simen
William Clark
Masonic Hall
Red Cross
Grace Webb
Hattie Inman
Charles McAfee
Bill Inman
Coach McAfee
Miles Wolf
Allen Jago
Don Mason
Rex Quinn
Bob Quinn
Amesville Grange
Victor Herrold
Ames-Bern
Ft. Thomas
Kentucky
Jackson
Esther
Methodist Church
Adda Phillips
Jago
Brown
Echard
Elihu Starling
John Smith
Frank Gifford
Mason
Starline
Thompson Drug
Our Men in Service From The Messenger Area
Nine men from The Messenger area depart Fort Hayes to training camps at Kearns Flora Flora Miss Fort Leonard Wood and Camp Davis along with several promotions and a commission. Louis Harper and William Stansbury receive officer training and promotions while others head to duties at Aberdeen Proving Grounds Camp McQuaide and Camp Rucker.
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Fort Hayes
Columbus
Anthony J. Bordenkircher
N. High St
Kearns
Utah
John E. Bailey
Little Hocking
Seacoast Defense
Camp McQuaide
Calif
John H. Pullins
Long Bottom
Flora
Miss
Glen E. Evans
Pomeroy
Fort Sill
Oklo
Barney B. Neiman
Nelsonville
Ordnance Replacement Training Center
Aberdeen Proving Grounds
Donald M. Hauck
530Th Quartermaster Salvage Rep. Co
Vancouver Barracks
Wash
Lloyd E. Fry
Gallipolis
Atlanta Ordnance Depot
Atlanta
Charles A. Neimeyer
RTC
Fort Leonard E. Wood
Howard R. Graham
Camp Davis
N. C
William M. Dearth
Albany
Fort Thomas
Local Hospital Procedures Reported In Louisville and Athens
Mrs. Winifred Troyer of Louisville Ky and Mrs. Nettie Love of Athens Route 1 underwent major operations at Sheltering Arms Hospital. Miss Ruth Meeks of Shade had an emergency appendectomy on Sunday. Mrs. Florence Minister of State Street and Warren Chubb of Athens Route 4 were dismissed today. Sunday dismissals included Harold Eugene Clark, 8, son of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Clark of Downing ton, Mrs. Ruth Cade of Athens Route 2, and Mrs. Emerson Spencer and son of 10 Woodland Ave.
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Winifred Troyer
Louisville Ky
Nettie Love
Glouster
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Ruth Meeks
Shade
Florence Minister
State St
Warren Chubb
Athens
Ilarold Eugene Clark
Herbert Clark
Downington
Ruth Cade
Emerson Spencer and Son
Woodland Ave
Driver Fined Fifteen Dollars For Unsafe Operation
Virgil Clifford Le Hugh age 25 of 127 Lancaster Street was fined $15 and costs after Route 33 north of Athens arrest by state patrol. He was arraigned before Mayor Franz Woodworth for unsafe operation. Willard Shea returned to Akron after visiting his parents Mr and Mrs William Shea of Garysville where he is employed.
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Virgil Clifford le Hugh
Lancaster St
Athens
Franz Woodworth
Willard Shea
William Shea
Garysville
Akron
Marietta Flier Killed in Arizona Training Accident
Aviation cadet Benjamin George Conrath, son of a Marietta, Ohio, man killed in a crash near Williams Field Arizona, was the casualty in a training plane accident 15 miles east of the area Saturday.
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Marietta
Williams Field
Ariz
Benjamin George Conrath
Here
Poem From New Guinea Soldier Sent Home
Pvt. George E. Pennell writes a letter from New Guinea to Ollie Shouse at Nye Chevrolet Co. sending a poem describing life there including mud, danger, longing for home, lack of women, late mail, and longing to return to the United States from a wartime outpost considered a substitute for hell.
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George E. Pennell
George “Duke” Pennell
Hooper St
Ollie Shouse
Nye Chevrolet Co
New Guinea
Tojo
Hell
Marine Reserve Tests Set For April 20 At Ohio University
Ohio University will hold two written qualifying exams on April 20 at 9 am in Carnegie Hall Room 301. The Marine Corps Reserve Class III (ad) candidates must be freshmen or sophomores, while the Naval Reserve Class V-1 (ACP) candidates must have four semesters completed by July 1, 1943. Aylmer Ackley Jr of Athens Route 4 was fined five dollars and costs after a reckless driving arraignment before Mayor Franz Woolworth on a Saturday.
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Ohio University
U. S. Marine Corps Reserve
Carnegie Hall
U. S. Naval Reserve
Marine Reserve
Aylmer Ackley, Jr
Athens
Franz Woolworth
Soldier Bitten by Rabid Dog in Pittsburgh
War Department asks The Messenger to publish that on March 30 an unidentified soldier was bitten by a dog at Smithfield Street and First Avenue in Pittsburgh. The dog was rabid, the soldier unaware of the wound’s seriousness and unlikely to seek care. He has since left city. efforts to locate him failed. Rabies incubation is 10 to 14 days and without Pasteur treatment the outcome could be fatal.
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Smithfield St
First Ave
Pittsburgh
Lee Township Farmers to Meet in Albany Tonight
Lee Township committee men Williard Simonton and Eldon Dailey will preside over a gathering of Lee farmers at Albany High School in the Vocational Agriculture Room at 8 p m to discuss labor and machinery. County extension agent Ross Wright and county grange deputy Everett Carbaugh will attend. Wright says maintaining 1943 production requires efficient use of manpower and equipment.
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Williard Simonton
Eldon Dailey
Lee
Albany High School
Ross Wright
Everett Carbaugh
County Grange
Ross
Ohio Univ Debaters to Meet Ohio State Team Wednesday
Ohio University debaters will meet the Ohio State University debate team on Wednesday April 7 at 9 40 a m at Ohio University convocation. Ohio U will take the affirmative on the question United Nations Should Create a Permanent International Union. William Oliver Smith 20 of 175 Poplar St and Charles Rubin Tucker Athens were fined 5 and costs each for intoxication.
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Ohio University
Ohio State University
Ohio U
United Nations
William Oliver Smith
Poplar St
Charles Rubin Tucker
Athens
Franz Woodworth
Full Car Club Campaign To Be Explained Thursday
A meeting in Athens County will explain the Ride Sharing Campaign starting April 8 at 8 p m in Berry Hotel. Byron E Harter of Columbus OPA will discuss ride sharing rules and club requirements for gasoline rationing. Paul Jackson sues for divorce from Faye Marie Jackson in Athens County Common Pleas Court.
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Athens County
Berry Hotel
Leonard Prater
Byron E. Harter
Office of Price Administration
Columbus
Paul Jackson
Athens County Common Pleas Court
Faye Marie Jackson
Athens Sees Warmer Day After Cool Weekend
Temperatures rose in Athens with a noon reading of 51. Yesterday’s high reached 53 and last night’s low was 40 as the area enjoyed a milder spell.
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Athens
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Zemo
Zzemo
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Kim
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Court St
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Amesville Social Notes
Amesville
Thomas B. Hauvermale
Mexico City
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Ezekiel W. Harper
John F. Binetmar
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Lewis Slater
Guysville
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William P. Stansbury
G. H. Stansbury
Middleport
Medical Administrative Corps Officer Candidate School
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Tex
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Charles Walton
Trimble
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Texas
Tank Destroyer Division
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Letart Falls
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Frederick D. McBee
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Mich
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Stewart
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High St
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Ala
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Rome
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