Public Invited To Attend Stadium Armory Gas Demonstrations
Two demonstrations of war gas will be shown in Athens Thursday night by the Ohio State Guard and the State Council of Defense. Events include field identification of mustard, lewisite, chloropicrin and phosgene, gas mask drills, a gas chamber exercise, decontamination tips, and immediate care for gas victims.
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Athens
Ohio State Guard
State Council of Defense
George H. Perry
Athens Company B
Athens High School
Armory
Citizens Dese Corps
Civilian Air Patrol
ROTC
Ohio University
Perry
U. S. Army
Flood relief action sought by Lorene hye residents
Lorene Ave residents petitioned the Athens City Council to relieve flood damage. Pumps in sewer lines to prevent water backing up were suggested. The council referred the request to the service department. The meeting also noted recent similar complaints in the district.
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Lorene Ave
Athens City Council
Service Department
C. H. Beasley
W. W. Totman
O. F. Rowland
Amy Weiher
Hocking Corporation
Kurtz Ave
Kern St
Win the War Ballads Planned at East Side School
Pupils from grades three and four at East Side Elementary will perform a pantomime with music titled Win the War Ballads for the PTA on Wednesday at 2 30 p m in the school auditorium. Directors include Miss Clara Kuenzli Miss Georgia Allen and Miss Ella Shannon with a program featuring songs such as Collectors My Ration Book Our Shelter My Victory Garden Old Man Rumor and Children of Freedom.
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East Side
Clara Kuenzli
Georgia Allen
Ella Shannon
Clara Davis
Don McPherson
Wayne Williams
Frank Watkins
Evelyn White
Dorothy Martin
Patricia Josten
Billy Frye
David Hamilton
Jimmy Edwards
Delmar Taylor
Wingett Chapel Fire Threatens Oil Tanks
Athens firemen responded to a grass fire at Wingett Chapel endangering crude oil tanks. Three city firefighters worked nearly two hours with wire brooms. Five volunteers from a state highway patrol car aided the operation. A second field fire near the Coun try Club golf course and a grass fire near 59 Elmwood Place were also extinguished with no damage reported.
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Athens
Wingett Chapel
Country Club
Elmwood Place
Eagles Auxiliary Extends Bond Booth to April in Athens
The Women's Auxiliary of the Fraternal Order of Eagles in Athens runs the War Stamps and Bonds booth at Woolworth's for a second month. March sales totaled 6050 dollars 25 cents, led by chairwoman Mrs. George Merchant with help from Mrs. Louis Fishbaugh and Mrs. Sylvia Wallace. March saleswomen included a long list of names. Mrs. Ailstock serves as Auxiliary president.
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Woolworth’s
Athens
Order of Eagles
Summittan
Booth Sales
George Merchant
Louis Fishbaugh
Sylvia Wallace
March
Leo Merchant
Fishbaugh
Ralph Kyle
Addison Baker
Walter Bartlett
Clark J. Ailstock
Roy Mullins
Warren Tolson
Thomas Rosser
Darryl Watkins
Jewel Moore
FE. D. Cooley
John McElroy
Degrees Given 19 by Grange
The Athens Grange conferred the third and fourth degrees on 19 candidates at the regular meeting. Degree teams were reorganized with Harry Jacoby leading the all men group, Ed ith Jacoby heading the women, John Hope in charge of the third degree, and Agnes Terrill master of the fourth. The grange joins Governor Bricker in the Safety Program focusing on home and farm safety. The Home Economics Committee plans an old fashioned box supper for members on April 15 at the Grange Hall. Waste fats collection is run by the Home Economics Department and members are urged to bring fats to meeting nights.
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Athens Grange
Harry Jacoby
Edith Jacoby
John Hope
Agnes Terrill
Bricker
The
Grange
Grange Hall
Use of Blood Plasma Described by Frey at Rotary
Dr. Carl H. Frey of Ohio University spoke to the Athens Rotary Club about collecting blood plasma and its use for wounded service members. He traced transfusion history, noted plasma made from Red Cross donations has saved many soldiers, and described processing, packing, and large scale shipment while predicting increasing demand. D. R. Zenner and B. F. Cutler of The McBee Co. were introduced as new members.
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Carl H. Frey
Ohio University
Athens Rotary Club
Yesteray
Frey
Red Cross
D. R. Zenner
B. F. Cutler
The
McBee Co
Gilliland and Fournier Speak at Kiwanis Club
G. E. Gilliland president of the Toledo American Association Baseball team and Jack Fournier manager were guests of the Athens Kiwanis Club at its weekly meeting Monday night. They spoke briefly thanking the club for accommodations in Athens and answered questions. The Howard Hall Melodears sang selections. the group includes Lois Campbell Mary Weimer and Bynny Shapiro.
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G. E. Gilliland
Toledo American Association
Jack Fournier
Athens Kiwanis Club
Athens
Howard Hall Melodears
Ohio University
Lois Campbell
Mary Weimer
Bynny Shapiro
John W Lively Funeral Held at Bethel Church
Funeral services were held Sunday at Bethel Church in Vinton County for John W. Lively age 84 who died after a stroke at his Bluff City Kansas home. Lively spent 65 years in the region before retiring from farming and moving to Kansas to be near his brother.
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Bethel Church
Vinton County
John W. Lively
Bluff City
Kans
Mr. Lively
Kansas
Agriculture seeks record 1943 raisin production
The Agriculture Department asked for the highest possible 1943 raisin output to meet military civilian and lend lease needs for dried fruits.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Mrs. Lucinda J. Cooper Dies at 93 in Athens Home
Mrs. Lucinda J. Cooper 93 died Monday at her son James Douglas Cooper’s home 64 Morris Ave Athens. Widow of Civil War veteran Edwin N. Cooper of Downington she moved to Athens in 1914 and lived with her family. She left a daughter Mrs. Thomas H Kerr four grandchildren and a great granddaughter. Funeral Wednesday at two at her son's home with Rev. Dr Edwin A. Brown and Rev Thomas H. Kerr officiating. Burial Wells Cemetery Downington.
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Lucinda J. Cooper
James Douglas Cooper
Morris Ave
Order of Eastern Star
Cooper
Thomas H Kerr
Shadyside
Edwin A. Brown
Thomas H. Kerr
Wells Cemetery
Downington
Grow Berries Expert Urges Plant Strawberries This Year
Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station expert W. P. Judkins recommends planting strawberries this spring for fresh use and vitamin C. He advises fertile well drained soil, early spring planting, 18 inch spacing, and rows 3 to 4 feet apart. County agent Ross Wright supports varieties such as premier catskill and mentions overbearing types Wayzata Mastodon for steady yields.
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W. P. Judkins
Ohio Agriculture Experiment Station
Victory
Judkins
Ross Wright
Catskill
Fairfax
Wright
Journey to Jerusalem at Athens High Tonight
The film Journey to Jerusalem portrays Jesus at age 12 in the Temple. Screenings are at 7:30 and 9:05 in the Athens High School Auditorium as part of the pre Easter program. Sponsored by the Sunday School of Athens and vicinity. Admission is free.
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Jerusalem
Temple
Athens High School
Sunday School of
Athens and Vicinity
Maxwell Anderson
Elmer Rice
Weather and strike brief from Athens and Cleveland
In Athens yesterday the high reached 68 with blustery winds and a 25 low. Today at noon the temperature was 40. In Cleveland about 1,150 AFL unionists halted work on two lake freighters and a naval escort vessel. Oberlin College was chosen by the Navy as a training site for 730 naval men.
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Athens
Cleveland
Maritime Commission
Essel
AFL
NAVY
Oberlin
Oberlin College
Navy College Training Program
Service members receive furloughs and promotions in Athens notes
Sgt. James M. Vercoe visits Athens on a 15 day furlough before reporting to Dayton Washington. Walter Hails in Jackson promoted to corporal specialist T 5. Lester D Showalter inducted to Army at Fort Leonard Wood. William W Gilmore fireman first class Navy, two day furlough. Walter Hobociewski in Hawaiian Islands. Jim Worley on furlough from Fort Meade with Liberty Bell Division. Pvt Fred Elllis now at Kessler Field after training. Harold Barker at Lincoln Air Base promoted to private first class. Dream recollections noted for children.
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James M. Vercoe
Athens
Nashville
William W. Gilmore
Jess Gilmore
Glouster
Navy
Glouster High School
Jim Worley
M. D. Worley
S. College St
Fort Meade
Worley
Camp Joseph T. Robinson
Ark
Liberty Bell Division
Pfe
Fred H. Ellis
Fred Ellis
Kessler Field
Biloxi
Ellis
Adjutant General Army Administration School
307Th Technical School
Fort Knox
Pfc
Arthur Ellis
Camp Chaffee, Ark
Harold Barker
Ralph W. Barker
Raymond Drive
Lincoln Air Base
Lincoln
Neb
Athens County men report for service at Clarksburg
Thirty-one of fifty-seven registrants from Selective Service Board No. 2 in Athens County were accepted for Army service. Six were accepted for the Navy, with nineteen rejected and one held for further exam. Leaders Ralph Barber and David Bennett will coordinate Army and Navy groups, shipping April 9 to Fort Hayes Columbus and Fort Benjamin Harrison, Huntington and other boards for final processing.
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Nelsonville
Athens County
Selective Service Board No. 2
Clarksburg
W. Va
Local Board 2
Navy
Army
Homer Lawrence Lee
Athens
Ralph T. Barber
Fort Hayes
Columbus
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Mac Calvin Weekley Deanville
Charles Dorst
Huntington
David M. Bennett
Raymond Sylves Vess
Stewart
William Jennings Bowens
Walnut St
Walter Emerson Carsey
Ralph Dennis Pinkerton
Sharpsburg
Alfred John Richardson
Myers St
Ohio University
U.S. Naval Reserve Midshipman’s School
B. T. Grover
Armed Services
Univesity
Northwestern University
Chicago
Lester Klay
Kenneth M. Leighton
Robert L. Johnson
Horsley
Hosch
Carrol L. Willams
Grant. L. Ohl
Donald J
Dean Lange Elected Vice President by National Association
Ohio University Dean of Men Laurence W. Lange reported on the study of the relation of the dean of men to military specialized training programs at the National Association of Deans and Advisers of Men meeting in Columbus. Lange was chosen as vice president for the coming year.
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Laurence W. Lange
Ohio University
National Association of Deans and Advisers of Men
Columbus
Dean Lange
4 H Clubs Promote War Efforts in Athens County
Athens County 4-H Clubs will support the war effort this year by producing or preserving projects, aiding scrap drives, selling War Bonds and Stamps, and helping on homes and farms. Ohio 4-H Organization Week prompts quick enrollment as Wright and Kall contact local groups. Gardens are a high priority for immediate start.
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Athens County
Ross Wright
Ohio
Kall
Presbyterians Plan Lenten Service This Wednesday
Dr. William Oliver Martin will lead the Lenten service at the Presbyterian Church Wednesday evening at 7 o clock Mrs. Robert Tompkins will direct the music The session convenes at 7 45 p m and the church membership class meets at 7 o'clock
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William Oliver Martin
Presbyterian Church
Robert Tompkins
Quince Anderson Fined for Intoxication in Plains
Quince Anderson was fined $5 and costs after arraignment before Mayor Franz Woodworth yesterday on intoxication charges. He failed to pay the fine and was committed to the city jail.
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Quince Anderson
the Plains
Franz Woodworth
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Kiwanis Club
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Robert Hails
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Popular Demand
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Claire Trevor
John Wayne
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