All Families Urged To Contribute To War Paper Drive
Athens city collects waste paper Thursday led by Junior Army of Athens High School and Mechanicsburg School pupils. Residents urged to bundle newsprint magazines and cardboard, place on porch, rain date postponed. Campaign explains paper fuels munitions, shells, parachutes and other war needs.
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Athens City
Richland Ave
W. H. Wakefield
Army of Athens High School
Mechanicsburg
Econ
Richnd Ave
U. S. Victory
Cattle Grazing Now May Damage Pasture
Ath ens County extension agent Ross Wright warns that wet weather and sparse grass mean cattle should not graze now. Cattle crop new growth and tramp fields, reducing sod quality. He advises delaying grazing until grass reaches three to four inches and applying nitrogen fertilizer as a pasture improvement measure.
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Ross Wright
Athens County
Wright
Five Athens High Students Enter National Honor Society
Five Athens High School students Lola Rose Patricia Connor Shirley Seaman Donna Ayers and Grant Ferguson were initiated into the National Honor Society in a school ceremony attended by family and friends. The event was led by local chapter officers Frances Noble Jean Dow Peter Vanity Jack Stokes and Theresa Beal with Miss Ann Pickering advising. A post initiation reception with tea was hosted by Dean of Girls Miss Mary Connett.
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Athens High School
Lola Rose
Patricia Connor
Shirley Seaman
Donna Ayers
Grant Ferguson
Society
Frances Noble
Jean Dow
Peter Vanity
Jack Stokes
Theresa Beal
Ann Pickering
Mary Connett
Kanauga Community Social and Personal Notes
Kanauga's church services led by Rev. Julius Chandler at 7 a m included Easter play Go Tell the Brethren directed by Mrs Alma Anderson. Woman's Society met with Mrs Alice Perry. ten members and three guests attended. readings titled What I Hope Heaven will be Like were shared. PTA bazaar planned for April 24 at the school. cake and coffee served.
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Kanauga
Julius Chandler
Epworth League
Perry
Oak Hill
Chandler
Stewart
Bessie Litchfield
Evelyn Rothgeb
Kananga Pta
Mollie Denny
Parkersburg
Emma Comstock
Buffalo
W. Va
Helen Vickers
Columbus
John Vickers
Eicel Comstock
Huntington
Fruit Spray Reports Given to Orchardists
Ohio fruit spray broadcasts guide orchardists to time sprays for best effect. Extension agent Ross Wright notes programs on WLW at 1 46 p m Mondays Wednesdays Fridays WOSU at noon and WTAM at 1 10 p m Tuesdays Thursdays Saturdays. Wright offers to mail spray letters to interested growers.
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Ross Wright
Athens County
Ohio
WLW
WOSU
WTAM
Wright
Canton Woman Pleads for Vatican in Final Words
Mrs Angelini Fratini of Canton uttered a prayer to spare Vatican City from bombing as one of her last words. She was a second cousin and childhood playmate of Pope Pius XII.
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Canton
Vatican City
Angelini Fratini
Pius XL
Service News Notes Promote Military Families Roles
Mrs. Wilfred J. Smith of 15 Elmwood Place learns her husband with the 14th U S Air Force in China has been promoted to lieutenant colonel after enlisting as a first lieutenant two years ago. Other items include Pvt. Victor E. Keirns arriving in England, Pvt. Kenneth C. Chesser in Italy, and Lt. Ben E. James of Athens Ohio promoted to first lieutenant at an Eighth Air Force base in England.
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Wilfred J. Smith
Elmwood Place
U.S. Air Force
China
Smith
Ohio University
Legion of Merit
Edgar Keirns
Amesville
Pvt
Victor E. Keirns
England
Keirns
Claude Steppe
Athens
Marjorie Smith
Columbus
Ben E. James
Union St
James
Germany
RAF
Evelyn Chesser
N. Congress St
Kenneth C. Chesser
Italy
Bible School Workers To Meet Thursday At First Christian
The Bible School Workers Conference holds its monthly meeting in the First Christian Church on Thursday April 13 at 6 30 p m A potluck supper precedes the business session Discussion will cover emphasis on the Christian family in late April and early May and plans for Vacation Bible School
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Bible School Workers’ Conference
First Christian Church
Victory Gardens in 1944 Goal for Ohio and Athens County
An Athens editorial urges every eligible family to grow a victory garden again in 1944, aiming for at least 10 percent more gardens statewide and 50 percent of U S fresh vegetables from gardens. It explains reduced canned fruit supplies and broadcasting tips on WOSU with the slogan Better Gardens in 44.
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America
Ohio
Lend Lease
U. S
Victory Gardens
Athens County
WOSU
A&p
Mary Ann Reeder Dies In Coolville Area
Mary Ann Reeder, 71, died after a prolonged illness at St. Joseph Hospital in Parkersburg. Funeral services are set for Friday at 2 p.m. at White Funeral Home with Rev. T. A. Runnells officiating. burial will follow in the family plot at Tuppers Plains. She was the widow of George Reeder and had lived in the Coolville area for 30 years, active in church, Eastern Star and civic life. Surviving: son Clyde Reeder of Pittsburgh, three sisters, two brothers. two brothers and one sister preceded her in death.
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Coolville
Mary Ann Reeder
St. Joseph Hospital
Parkersburg
T. A. Runnells
White Funeral Home
Tuppers Plains
Church
Eastern Star
Clyde Reeder
Pittsburgh
Juvenile Grange Members Plan Thousands of Trees in Ohio
Juvenile Granges across Ohio plan Arbor Day programs to plant thousands of trees in memory of honorees. Trumbull County develops an arboretum while Lorain County groups plant ten thousand trees for a county park to honor servicemen. Seedlings are supplied by the Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station and the Division of Conservation.
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Ohio
Joseph W. Fichter
Ohio State Grange
Trumbull County
Lorain County
County Agricultural Society
Taber Forest
Grange
Fichter
Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station
Ohio Division of Conservation and Natural Resources
Moonshine case nets Warner $125 fine
George Warner, 29, Columbus, was fined a total of $125 and costs by Mayor Franz Woodworth in the first moonshine case since he took office in 1942. Arrested near Nelsonville on Route 33, two gallons of white moonshine were found in his car. Warner pleaded guilty to transporting liquor without a permit and possessing untaxed liquor, receiving $100 plus costs and $25 plus costs respectively.
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George Warner
Columbus
Franz Woodworth
Warner
Route
Nelsonville
State Liquor Department
Liquor Department
Woodworth
Parker elected commander of Floyd Bolin Post VFW
Clarence A. Parker of Athens has been elected commander of Floyd Bolin Post Veterans of Foreign Wars for the coming year. Other officers include Clark J. Ailstock senior vice commander. William Rex Nagle junior vice commander. Harry F. Minney chaplain. Dr. S. E. G. Pedigo surgeon. Ernest McGraner service officer and adjutant. Millard O. Bryan officer of the day. Ray Howard trustee. Oscar J. Tinkham judge advocate. and William C. Fish guard.
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Clarence A. Parker
Athens
Floyd Bolin
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Clark J. Ailstock
William Rex Nagle
Millfield
Harry F. Minney
S. E. G. Pedigo
Ernest McGraner
Millard O. Bryan
the Plains
Ray Howard
Oscar J. Tinkham
the Plains Guard
William C. Fish
Guysville
Athens Weather: .67 Inch Rainfall and Temps Recall
Rainfall measured .67 of an inch in Athens yesterday. The high reached 69 degrees with a low of 48. At noon today the temperature stood at 39 as conditions changed.
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Athens
Albany man fined for intoxication in four charges
William Bolton, 43, of Albany, was fined $5 and costs today by Mayor Franz Woodworth on four charges of intoxication.
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William Bolton
Albany
Franz Woodworth
Amesville Enforces Dog and Chicken Confinement
Mayor Thomas Clark announced after April 15 all dogs and chickens in Amesville must be confined to their owners properties. He said the ordinance will be enforced and gardens must be protected due to their importance this year.
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Amesville
Thomas Clark
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Mechanicsbure
Harper C. Pendry
Rardin Bros
Athens, Ohio
14Th Air Force
Claire L. Chennault
Vatican
Pfe
Harry Osborne, Jr
Harry Osborne
Pomeroy
Marshall Islands
Marine Corps
John McGuire
Frank McGuire
Deanville
251St Station Hospital
New Guinea
Robert S. Keller
C. F. Keller
Stimson Ave
Robert W. Decker
Ruth G. Decker
Franklin Ave
U. S. Naval Training Station
Great Lakes
Ill
Max N. Harmon
Camp Hope
Ethel Harmon
Carpenter
Cpl
Edwin Jordan
Pine Camp
N. Y
Walter Jordan
Carpenter Home
Albert Dodson, Jr
Chicago
John Wilson Lapper
Arctic Circle
Tropics
Bible School
Victory Garden Committee
Enid Swarner
T. M. Wolfe
Parker
E. Stanley Haller
East State St
the Security Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Court Street
Orret
A&p Food
Ae de Te A Atlantis
Pacabic Tea’ Company
Berry Hotel
Tata
Levonterramensa
Athens Pharmacy
N. Court St
Marsola
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