More Athens Men Leave for Army Final Tests
A group of 30 Athens area men from Selective Service Board No. 1 left for final Army duty. They traveled to Columbus Fort Hayes and Fort Benjamin Harrison for exams and active service with one corporal in charge. Additional men left for Fort Harrison on another train with several employed in the newspaper’s mailing room among the volunteers.
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Athens Messenger
Athens
Ohio
Athens County
Selective Ice Board No. 1
Dover
Trimble
Fort Hayes
Columbus
Fort Benjamin Harri
Grosvenor St
Richard M Hoisington
State St
Jack B. Turner
Glouster
Anthony M. Covell
Franklin T. Blackford
Chauncey
Fred Six
Robert H. Morehead
Amesville
Otto E. Canter
Dayton
Samuel M. Frost
Robert J. Sprague
Morris Ave
Josiah S. Dilley
Alvin L. Bechtel
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Henry G. Williams
Paul E. Masters
Jacksonville
John R. Ryan
Community Service Committee
American Legion Auxiliary
Agnes Padden
James P. Cumley
Walter Baird
Selective Service Board
Herman G. James, Jr
Herman G. James
E. Union St
Clarksburg
Ohio Women in House Dresses Aid War Effort at Home
Ohio’s February salvage drive reports 495 004 pounds of fats and 922 980 pairs of worn hosiery turned in to support wartime needs. Governor Bricker’s office notes progress toward monthly quotas amid meat shortages and lard supply concerns. Virginia Larimer Reuter sues for divorce from Arno Reuter in Athens County Court on charges of gross neglect and extreme cruelty. married July 18 1932 in Brooklyn New York.
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Ohio
Hitler
Bricker
State Salvage Committee
Robert O. Weible
General Salvage Branch
WPB
Virginia Larimer Reuter
Athens County Common Pleas Court
Arno Reuter
Charleston
W. Va
Brooklyn
Ohio State Grad Mr Elliott Heads to Engineer School
In Training reports that Mr. Elliott has earned a Bachelor of Industrial Engineering from Ohio State University. He served as cadet colonel in ROTC and led multiple student engineering and military groups. He will report to Fort Belvoir Virginia for further training before commissioning as second lieutenant. He is the son of Mr and Mrs A L Elliott of Perrysburg and grandson of Mrs F J Beasley of Grandview Heights Athens.
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Elliott
Ohio State University
Corps of Engineers
ROTC
Society of American Military Engineers
Naval Aviation
CPT
Clifford T. Bretz
Carlos E. Bretz
Guysville
William H. Anderson
Pearl W. Anderson
Army Air Forces
Fort Myers
Fla
United States
Fort Meyers
Gulf of Mexico
AHS Concert For USO Fund Set By Glee Club
Athens High School Glee Club and Orchestra plan a Friday April 16 benefit concert with a 90 voice mixed chorus finale. Fifty percent of proceeds go to the local USO, the rest funds concert expenses and the general music fund. Floyd Prince directs all but the last patriotic group, with Prof. C. C. Robinson conducting the finale chorus.
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United Service Organization
Athens High School Glee Club
Floyd Prince
USO
General Music Fund
C. C. Robinson
Ohio University School of Music
Ration Roundup Guides Weekly Coupons Across Goods
Ration Book 2 red A and B coupons remain valid this week for red meats hard cheeses butter margarine shortening oils and canned fish. Unused A and B coupons extend to April 30. Blue CEF coupons for processed fruits vegetables good through April 30. Book 1 sugar 12 coupons for five pounds valid to May 31. Coffee 26 good for one pound through April 25. Shoes 17 valid for one pair through June 15. Gasoline No 5 A coupons valid through May 21.
Apple Grove Social Notes Highlights.visitors and church events
Apple Grove social notes list several visits from families including the McKelvey and Gaul households. Local guests include Roy Buck and Betty Beegle, with Mrs. Frank Smith visiting from Portland. A Methodist Church service is announced for Wednesday evening led by Rev. Lester Taylor.
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Apple Grove
R. A. McKelvey
Norma Kay
Robert Allen
Betty eBegle Weer
Jake Gaul
Racine
Roy Buck
Sue Ann
East Letart
Frank Buck
Antiquity
Early Roush
Methodist Church
Lester Taylor
Roy White
Ross Norris
M. W. Shank
Pt. Pleasant
Gallipolis
Mattie Hayman
Washington
W. Va
Howard
Betty Beegle
John Hayman
Robert Kleinschmidt
Point Pleasant
Frank Smith
Portland
Kleerex Pimple Remedy Advertisement Claims Overnight Results
An old style ad promotes Kleerex a medicated liquid that supposedly dries pimples overnight. It promises a money back guarantee if the first application fails and markets a 47 cent bottle to readers seeking a clear complexion.
Ohio University Alumni Hero Wins Air Medal in WWII
First Lieut. John Y. C. Roth, former Ohio University student, earns the Air Medal after 25 plus combat missions in Australia and New Guinea as a pursuit pilot. The citation notes courageous service from May 8 to Nov 11, 1942.
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John Y. C. Roth
Ohio University
Australia and New Guinea
Clark Williams
University
Roth
Marie Roth
Newton Falls
Miners Complete Safety and Rescue Training at The Plains
Eight employees of the Hocking Valley Mining Co. at The Plains finished a safety and mine rescue course led by A. D. Bradley assistant state superintendent. The graduates are H. L. McDonald Samuel Buffington James Tinkham Clarence Hunter Delmer Buffington John Alichney Joseph R. Vessalo Harvey Brammer.
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Hocking Valley Mining Co
the Plains
A. D. Bradley
H. L. McDonald
Samuel Buffington
James Tinkham
Clarence Hunter
Delmer Buffington
John Alichney
Joseph R. Vessalo
Harvey Brammer
Hemlock Grove Sunday School Opens and Church Officers Elected
Hemlock Grove Christian Church started a Sunday School at 10 each Sunday morning. Officers elected include Supt Porter Midkiff as assistant superintendent Rosie Thompson secretary and treasurer Clara Paulsen. Teachers are Vada Paulsen Rosie Thompson and Dorthy Hess.
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Hemlock Grove
Midkiff
George Hines
Zanesville
Ellea Bing
Everett Taylor
George Paulsen
Columbus
Avery Logan
Dwight Logan
Concord Mulligan
Athens R. D
Ohio University Records List 2,483 War Service Alumni
The Alumni Office catalogs 2,483 former Ohio University students in armed forces. Active duty or training camps include 1,845. 33 women. 394 in the Enlisted Reserve Corps. 140 Naval Reservists. 34 Marine Corps Reservists. Casualties total 37: 27 dead, seven missing, three prisoners of war. Former students are serving on all fronts.
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Ohio University
Armed Forces
Naval Reserves
Marine Corps
Albany Pupils Sell War Stamps Bonds in School Drive
Albany schools report steady War Stamps and Bonds sales led by Mrs. Howard Henkle since December. Since January 1 total sales reach 330.20 with March contributing 127.75. 19 new books started and four bonds issued.
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Howard Henkle
Albany
Mattie James
Lucille Wingett
Bonnie Smith
Freda Kennedy
Henkle
Gordon Ruth
Mayford Jones
Warnie Foster
Ralph Milligan
Dwight West
Jimmie McHarg
Sue Lawson
Ralph Russ
Mary Jane Bolin
Dick Crossen
Arthur Barstow
Patsy Sweeny
Barbara West
Anita Knowlton
Ralph Bratton
Janice McDaniel
Ronald Kennedy
Betty Bolin
Joan Whaley
Arthur Gibson
Marie Phillips
Arthur Ellis
Earl Goodin
Vinton Jewell
Bobby Tewksbury
Patty Hunter
Carl Dickson
Erma McHarg
Wilma Ransbottom
Grace Pugh
Mary Zimmerman
Jean van Dyke
John Edward Stinson
Glenn McDaniel
Clayton Gault
Martha Baughman
Betty Jones
Bob Bolen
Harold Morse
Carl Hawk
Joan Gandee
Harriet Ayler
Lowell Hager
Mary Conkey
Carol McVey
Pearl Brooks
Mr. Gandee
Mrs. Radcliffe
Mrs. McKnight
Edward Stanley
Jean Bratton
Mary Bean
Eloise West
State Patrol Given Award
The Ohio State Highway Patrol receives the Fifth Region Citation for Merit in Cleveland. Roger E. Clouse notes the award honors efforts in civilian defense beyond duties, highlighting a 3,400-member auxiliary staff and 117 schools in 85 counties for training the auxiliary force.
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Ohio State Highway Patrol
Cleveland
Roger E. Clouse
Clouse
Sand Run Personal and Social Mention
A local social note records visits among Sand Run residents. Families such as Wiseman Easterling Beal Blake Dowley Hemrick Dickens Wolfe Crabtree travel between Doylestown Nelsonville Gore and Logan to visit relatives and return from camps and weekends.
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Thomas Wiseman
Doylestown
Frank Easterling
Wecend
Roy Beal
Zanesville
George Beal
Oliver Blake
Gore
Eugene Blake
Earl Beal
Clifford Beal
Ivan Dowley
Nelsonville
Fred Hemrick Jr
Greendale
Fried Hemrick Snr
Sarepta Dicken
Lawrence
Willus
Carrie Wolfe
Jimmy
Sand Run
Mar) Crabtree
Mary Lou
Logan
Legion Meets Tonight at Post Home Meeting
The K. T. Crossen Post American Legion holds its monthly meeting at the post home tonight starting at 8 o'clock. Adjutant A. E. McConkey urges all members to attend due to important matters on the agenda.
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K. T. Crossen Post
American Legion
A. E. McConkey
Loans on Feed Are Available
J M Crebs regional manager of the Emergency Crop and Feed Loan Office St Louis Mo says loans will be made this year to farmers and poultry raisers to buy feed for poultry in addition to crop and feed loans. Eligible applicants include those with larger facilities for caring for poultry. Loans carry 4 percent interest and are secured by a first mortgage on the poultry fed. Athens County applications are taken by the county agent at the Athens Post Office Building. For more information write to Clarence Fealty field supervisor New Lexington.
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J. M. Crebs
Emergency Crop and Feed Loan Office
St. Louis
Athens County
Athens
Clarence Fealty
New Lexington
New Schedule at Ration Office Changes Hours for Week
Leonard Prater, chief clerk, announced a new schedule for the local rationing board starting Monday April 5. Office hours are 8:30 to 12:30 and 1 to 5:30 Monday through Friday with a 12:30 to 1 lunch break. Thursday mornings only 8:30 to 12:30, closed afternoons to finish weekly OPA reports. Evening hours after 7 p m on Wednesday and Thursday provide ration service for those unable to attend daytime hours.
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Leonard Prater
Rationing Board
Federal Civil Service
Washington
OPA
Prater
Ohio University Forum Explores The Negro And The War
Dr G Barrett Rich of Cincinnati will speak on race questions tonight at 8 15 in the Student Center Men's Lounge The Cincinnati fund leader travels in Europe and Russia and is an author on inter race issues The Athens County Probate Court issued a marriage license to Jim Lee Hart 21 Mansfield and Betty Jean Blackman 23 Athens Maine
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Ohio University
G. Barrett Rich
Cincinnati
Rich
Racial Amity Committee
Cincinnati Community Fund
First United Church
Europe
Russia
Athens County
Jim Lee Hart
Mansfield
Betty Jean Blackman
Athens
District Feed Meeting To Be Held Friday
A district feed meeting arranged by the Department of Agriculture will be held in the Little Theater at Athens High School Friday night at 7 30. Federal and State agencies cooperate on the program and all feed men cattle feeders and farmers are invited.
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Department of Agriculture
Little Theater
Athens High School
Weather Drops From 52 to 30 Degrees Overnight
The high reached 52 degrees yesterday while the low fell to 30 last night per Mrs. C. N. France, weather observer. Noon temperature today is 40 degrees.
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C. N. France
Butchers Classified for 1941 Slaughter Permits
Amendment No 1 to Food Distribution Order No 27 issues March 31 authorizing slaughter permits and temporary quotas for butchers without 1941 slaughter records. It also allows temporary quota increases for low 1941 slaughter bases, granted by county war boards and federal offices in larger cities.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Food Distribution Administration
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