Athens Marks Army Day Parade With New War Generation
Athens observed Army Day with a large parade featuring Ohio University ROTC units 350 strong, the Athens High School Cadets, American Legion color bearers, and five Civil Air Patrol planes overhead. The event underscored a nation at war and the transition from World War I veterans to a new generation of draftees.
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Athens
United States
ROTC
America
Civil Air Patrol
James B. Golden
Ohio University
Carpenter St
Court
Bob Holmes
American Legion
John McElroy
K. T. Crossen Post
C. J. Ailstock
W. F. Hartley
State Guard
Co. L. Woodworth
George Perry
Frank Watkins
Douglas Hall
Francis Efaw
Columbus
Donald Blank
Robert Edwards
Samuel Jasper
James Wiley
Robert C. Kenny
Tracy Leyda
John Bailey
Homer von Behren
Athens High
Charles Fair
Ohio University Military Department
Robert Greenwood
Eric Pearson
Robert Werner
Ohio University Rotc
Hjalmar Olson
Scout Leaders Organized To Promote Cubs
Athens County scouts organize to promote Cub Scouts with a meeting at C. B. Nye home. Attendees include Oliver Martin Carl Fielden A H Rhoads Paul Beckley Dean Lange and Joseph Trepp advisory. J R Stratton spoke and will advise the team. First Methodist Church seeks cub pack support. Lunch followed.
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Athens Boy Scout Cub
C. B. Nye
Oliver Martin
Carl Fielden
A. H. Rhoads
Paul Beckley
Dean Laurence W. Lange
Joseph Trepp
Trepp
Athens County
J. R. Stratton
Dean Lange
Fielden
Beckley
Martin
Rhoads
Stratton
First Methodist Church
Nye
Winners Announced in County French Tests
Winners announced in county French exams held Friday as preliminaries to the Ohio District State Scholarshi Tests. Mary Agnes of Rome Canaan and Mary Ellen McKee of Buchtel tied for first in French 1. Betty Sheskey of Buchtel won French II. All three join the Athens County scholarship team to compete May 2 against 17 Southeastern Ohio counties.
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Ohio
F. J. Taylor
Athens County
Mary Agnes
Rome- Canaan
Mary Ellen McKee
Buchtel
Betty Sheskey
James Will Speak at Nelsonville Meeting
Dr. Herman G. James president of Ohio University will address a public forum in the Nelsonville High School auditorium at 8 15 PM Wednesday. He will discuss Latin America Facing World at War as part of a Civil Defense Council Education Committee series.
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Herman G. James
Ohio University
Nelsonville High School
James
Latin America
Education Committee
Civilian Defense Council
City of
Nelson
Athens Sees Mild Day With 70 at Noon
Moderate weather continued in Athens with the temperature at 70 at noon and a high of 84 recorded yesterday. Skies were cloudy through the day.
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Athens
Bailey couple announce birth of daughter at Sheltering Arms
Mr and Mrs Lester Bailey of 18 Marietta Avenue are the parents of a daughter born early this morning at Sheltering Arms Hospital.
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Lester Bailey
Marietta Ave
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Lady Mechanics Lead Red Cross Motor Corps Graduation
Fifteen of the original twenty four members of the Red Cross Motor Corps completed their motor mechanics course at the Athens Buick Co garage. Capt Amy Cutler and Mrs Helen Watkins top the class with tire changes while others struggled with jacks and wiring under supervision. Final exam drills included removing tires, identifying faulty fuses, and proper inner tube installation as instructors Professor Homer Brown and C V Junod directed. Commemorative guests and plans for blackout driving training followed the spontaneous event.
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Red Cross Motor Corps
Athens
Buick Co
Amy Cutler
Helen Watkins
Flossie Young
Jack
Ann Matheny
Mary Hope
Doris Woodworth
Moe
H. C. Dorman
Homer Brown
Anne Clark
Bess Grover
Mr. Brown
Don Gabriel
C. V. Junod
C. E. Heft
Sistent
Dorman
Grover
Woodworth
Mary Tribe
Jean Flowers
Ollie Shouse
Carl Fielden
Anne Comer
Stella Studer
Dorothy Algeo
Milk Served at School To 900 Athens Children
About 900 students at Athens schools received mid-morning milk under the penny milk plan funded by the federal government. Health Commissioner Dr. B B Buckley oversees the program with delivery to classrooms and lunchrooms at Athens High School Central Grade Junior High and University Elementary, with plans to expand to other county schools.
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Athens
Anch Child
Verne Weenenee
Athens High School
O. L. Wood
Central
West Side
University Elementary School
East Side
B. B. Buckley
Jury Cleared Farm Defendants in Mule Kick Case
A Common Pleas jury exonerated Carl and Lela Welling of Glouster Route 4 from liability for damages to Willard Coey, who was kicked in the face by a mule while plowing on the Welling farm July 23, 1941. The suit sought $500.
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Common Pleas
Carl
Lela Welling
Glouster
Willard Coey
Welling Farm
Coey
Ruth Stratton
Benita Cooper
Athens
Margaret Raine
Flossie Crawford
Nelsonville
Leone Smith
Homer Eckard
Amesville
Bertha Goldberg
Glous
Army Merits All Support in Rotary Talk on Army Day
P. O. Nichols a World War I veteran and member of the Ohio Corps of Veterans named by Governor Bricker told Athens Rotarians that the army merits all support from free men and that civilians must back a peacetime plan to direct a war machine when needed. W. J. Trautwein, Ohio University head basketball coach and former Athens Rotary president, spoke on his lifelong vocation and coaching career from Springfield origin to Wittenberg College and Ohio University.
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P. O. Nichols
Rotary Club
Rotarians
Nichols
Ohio Corps of V
Bricker
United States
W. J. Trautwein
Ohio University
Athens Rotary Club
Springfield
Trautwein
Wittenberg College
Dover High School
Athens Rotary
Army Enlists Alan A. Barnhill At Fort Hayes
Alan A. Barnhill son of Mr and Mrs D W Barnhill of 2 Ellis Ave enlisted in the United States Army at Fort Hayes He is in basic training at Bowman Field Louisville Ky serving in the air corps His address is Pvt Alan A Barnhill 307th Bomb Squadron Bowman Field Louisville Ky
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Alan A. Barnhill
D. W. Barnhill
Ellis Ave
United States Army
Fort Hayes
Barnhill
Bowman Field
Louisville
Air Corps
307Th
Athens Boys Knocked Out In Baseball Practice Collision
Two Athens High School players Bobby Mills and John Finsterwald were knocked unconscious with head injuries after colliding while chasing a fly ball at Putnam Field Monday afternoon. Mills suffered a left eye cut needing two stitches and a slight concussion. Finsterwald had a right eye cut needing one stitch.
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Athens
Bobby Mills
John Finsterwald
Putnam Field
Ritter Collett
Ohio University
J. R. Sprague
Howard Mills
E. State St
Finsterwald
E. S. Finsterwald
Church St
Defense Corps officers call Athens meeting at Berry Hotel
Commander Harold Wise announces a Thursday 7:30 p.m. staff gathering in Room 144 Berry Hotel to review personnel, training attendance, and the defense program for a monthly report to the State Civilian Defense Council. An Air Raid Wardens meeting follows at 7 in the Elk's Club, per I. W. Trautwein.
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Harold Wise
Athens Citizens' Defense Corps
Berry Hotel
State Civilian Defense Council
Elk’s CS
I. W Trautwein
Civil Service Job Openings Listed At Athens Post Office
J L C Kelley secretary of the U S Civil Service Board announced openings at the Athens Post Office. Applications accepted until needs are met for associate aircraft maintenance supervisor 3200 a year assistant aircraft maintenance supervisor 2600 a year junior aircraft maintenance supervisor 2000 a year and patrolman trainee 1500 to 1680 a year.
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J. L. C. Kelley
U.S. Civil Service Board
Athens
Masonic Club Meeting Postponed to Friday
The Athens Masonic Club postpones the regular meeting from this evening to Friday April 10. A pot luck supper will start at 6 30 p.m.
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Masonic Club
Athens Masonic Club
Revival Meetings Continue at Free Methodist Church
Revival meetings run each evening at 7 45 led by evangelist Margaret Wells with pastor Margaret Sager assisting. The church opens for morning prayer at 9 30. Evening topics include Conversions Before Day Break Guilt Edge Investments Lost and Found Others Guests and A Mighty Prayer From a Servant Soul.
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The
Free Methodist Church
Margaret Wells
Margaret Sager
Local Incorporations Form in Athens Hocking Valley Co
Incorporations listed for Athens and Hocking Valley area include The Hocking Valley Distributing Co with 100 shares no par. Names Inez Burgett Thelma LeMoine Harry Leake Louis Tyroler are recorded alongside.
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Columbus
Athens
Hocking Valley Distributing Co
Inez Burgett
Thelma Lemoine
Harry Leake
Louis Tyroler
Scout Board to Meet Thursday at First Methodist Church
County Boy Scout Board will meet Thursday, February 16, in the scout room of the First Methodist Church under the leadership of J. O. Stephan.
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Te County
Boy Scout Board
Wea
First Methodist Church
J. O. Stephan
City Receives No Offers for Old Standpipe
North Hill standpipe sale yields no bids after ad placement. Ath ens City Council learned prospective bidders could not locate qualified workers to remove the structure. The partially filled standpipe will remain until a buyer agrees to remove it.
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North Hill
Athens
A. N. Johnson
Johnson
County Treasury
Franz Woodworth
Locust Heights
Forget Self Told at Kiwanis Club Meeting
The Rev. Thomas E. Sexton urged Kiwanis International ideals during his talk on The Philosophy of Religion. He said real philosophy comes from giving and sharing and forgetting oneself. Members present included Larry Hunter and new member John Alden along with several clergymen and Salvation Army officers.
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Thomas E. Sexton
Church of God
Kiwanis Club
Kiwanis International
Sexton
Larry Hunter
U. S. Army Air Corps
George
Fred Luchs
Presbyterian Church
Theodore Shoemaker
Athens Wesley Foundation
Prescott
Gibson
Salvation Army
Kiwanis
John Alden
Driver Arrested After Collision on Route 33
James Chase age 76 of Albany was arrested by state patrol Sunday night after a crash at Routes 33 and 680 that injured Anna Cady 31. He was cited to appear before Mayor Hartley in Pomeroy on a failing to yield right of way. Carl Anderson 29 of 21 Smith St was fined 5 dollars and costs after pleading guilty to permitting an unlicensed driver to operate his car. He was arrested on Route 50 near Canaanville.
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James Chase
Albany
State Patrol
Anna Cady
Chase
Hartley
Pomeroy
Carl Anderson
Smith St
Franz Woodworth
Anderson
Canaanville
Athens Speeding Fined for 70 in 39 Zone
Bernard Tom of Athens was arrested by city police on E State Street Monday for speeding 70 mph in a 39 mph zone. Mayor Franz L. Woodworth fined him $25 and costs and ordered a 90 day driving ban.
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E. State St
Bernard Tom
Athens
Franz L. Woodworth
Tom
Mitchell in Iceland Marry Mitchell Jr
Army ser vice member Mitchell Jr son of Harry Mitchell of Athens is stationed in Iceland. Letters his father received confirm the marriage.
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Mitchell, Jr
Harry Mitchell
Athens
Iceland
WPA Delegation Protests Discharge of Men in Athens County
A Glouster unit of the All American Association of WPA Workers and Relief Clients protested to the Athens County Board of Commissioners over four men discharged from WPA projects under a revised farm operator rule. They argued the men own no tillable land and urged commissioners to preserve WPA employment until private jobs absorb workers. The group warned they would appeal to WPA offices nationwide and stay in Athens if needed. Membership is about 500.
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Athens County
Gyn Seagee
Eror
Association
Works Project Administration
Athens
Chester Sanborn
John Southard
WPA
United States
Zanesville
Ray Bobo
Dale Ziggaroos
Bobo
All-American Association
Glouster
Mrs. Maggie Windsor Runnion Funeral Held in Guysville
Funeral services for Mrs. Maggie Windsor Runnion wife of L T Runnion custodian of the Athens County Courthouse were held Sunday at the Guysville Methodist Church with Rev E L Miller and Rev Green officiating. Burial followed in Bean Cemetery near Guysville. Distance attendees from Illinois West Virginia and Ohio gathered including Virgil Gist Chicago Marjorie and Brent Metcalf Charleston Elton McCoy Vienna Roy Runnion Parkersburg Della Windsor Chester and others from Athens Guysville Coolville and nearby areas.
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Maggie Windsor Runnion
Athens
L. T. Runnion
Athens County
Methodist Church
Guysville
E. L. Miller
Reedsville
Green
Bean Cemetery
Virgil Gist
Chicago
Ill
Brent Metcalf
Marjorie
Donald Runnion
Charleston
W. Va
Myrtle Runnion
Huntington
Harry Runnion
Elton McCoy
Vienna
Roy Runnion
Parkersburg
Della Windsor
Chester
L. A. Persons
Pomeroy
Harry Roper
Columbus
Reese Windsor
Webb Summit
F. L. Watkins
Billy
Bellevue
Marie Linscott
Marion
Leora Mansfield
Nora Watkins
F. L. Thomas
Amesville
Carl Brethauser
William McDaniel
Newberry
C. A. Cody
Waterford
Dora Lockhart
Welch
Orvil Townsend
Cincinnati
Coolville
McQuown Accepts Navy Teaching Post in Chicago
J. B. McQuown, mathematics teacher at Athens Junior High, resigned during vacation to join a navy school in Chicago as mathematics instructor. It is his second year teaching in Athens. A substitute is teaching his courses and no regular replacement has been named.
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J. B. McQuown
Athens
Chicago
McQuown
Farmer H. S. Smith Disabled By Cow Kick
H. S. Smith of Athens Route 1 was kicked by a cow in his barn on Saturday breaking his leg. He is confined to his home with the leg in a cast.
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H. S. Smith
Athens
Smith
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