Mold Firm Aims May Start Athens Plant Operations
Bridgwater Machine Co plans a permanent, self contained Athens plant to manufacture tire molds for civilian and military needs. Local hiring will predominately be residents, with a few Akron supervisors. Training time and total production depend on mold size and design, as molds are shipped nationwide. Local site work includes Beckler Building renovations and utility upgrades.
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Athena
Bridgwater Machine Co
Akron
Boyd E. Bridgwater
Athens Rotary Lab
Hotel Berry
Bridgwater
Athens
R River
South America
South Africa
India
C. R. Dailey
Ak‘yon
Beckler
Elliott St
John Davidson
Naval veteran dies from crash injuries in Millfield
Ernest Robert Hawkins seaman first class aged 19 died this morning at Sheltering Arms Hospital from injuries suffered in an automobile collision on Route 13 in Millfield Sunday. Seven others were injured in the crash of cars driven by Hawkins and Woodrow Lyons Chauncey state highway patrolmen reported. Hawkins, home on leave after two years at sea, leaves his parents and sister Virginia. He was to report to Brooklyn after his leave. funeral plans pending arrival of a Naval officer from Columbus.
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Ernest Robert Hawkins
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Millfield
Hawkins
Woodrow Lyons
Chauncey
Chiff Wade
Glouster
Virginia
Brooklyn
Columbus
Marietta Club Officer Addresses Kiwanians
Captain Kenneth Sharp, president of the Marietta Kiwanis and Salvation Army post commander, spoke to Athens Kiwanis about juvenile delinquency. Present were Floyd A Pfaff, R C Fenton, C J Sollenger. Harold Wise received Kiwanian of the Week with a plant. Captain Thackrey sang Goin Home on leave from Camp Plaquemines.
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Kenneth Sharp
Marietta Kiwanis’ Club
Salvation Army
Athens Kiwanis Club
Berry
Ghood
Philadelphia
Sharp
Floyd
A. Pfaff
Mariatta Club
KU and OU leaders honor Ohio University president visit
Deane W. Malott chancellor of the University of Kansas and Dr. Joseph Kaplan head of Air Forces operations analysis met Ohio University President John C. Baker in Athens. Malott, en route to Washington for an advisory council, is secretary of the American Association of State University Presidents. Kaplan, UC Los Angeles physics chief, leads Air Forces meteorology work civilianly. together they noted air weather training of 10 000 pre meteorology and 5 000 advanced meteorology students and vast data assembled for service members.
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Deane W. Malott
University of Kansas
Lawrence
Kans
Joseph Kaplan
Weatherwing
Army Air Forces
Asheville
N. C
John C. Baker
Ohio University
Malott
Baker
American Association of State University
Washington, D. C
Roosevelt
Kaplan
University of California, At
Los Angeles
Air Forces
Corn Fertilizer Pays Says Ohio Expert Yoder
Ohio Experiment Station agronomist R E Yoder reports average corn gains of about ten bushels per acre from eight spreader loads of manure per acre. Spreading manure across the field is better than heavy application in one spot. Fertilizer with nitrogen improves yields. recommended blends include 2-12-6 or 3-12-12.
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R. E. Yoder
Ohio Experiment Station
Ohio
Yoder
Athens Considers Sale of Boulevard Lighting System
Athens City Council last night authorized City Solicitor Fos ter Cornwell to draft legislation for selling the boulevard lighting system to Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co. while health officials urged ready plans for a sewage disposal plant to qualify for postwar federal aid. Mayor Woodworth and others to confer with State Engineer Waring on plans. The overhaul would replace 53 Court Street lights with modern 6,000 lumen units and transfer maintenance to the electric firm.
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Athens
Foster Cornwell
Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co
H. T. Phillips
Franz Woodworth
H. G. Householder
Phillips
F. H. Wacing
State Department of Health
Court St
Carpenter
President
W. Union
Court
South Bridge
Thhe
Electric Company
W. Union St
President St
Court St Ist
Union
Hocking River
Hocking Valley
Waring
Congress
Army Engineers
It] & Public Health Service
Logan
Nelsonville
Glouster
Ohio Valley
Scouts Compile LST Crew Book From War Service
Boy Scout Commissioner George Fee told Troop 45 how Lieut. Harry A. Mettler of the Navy, an Eagle Scout and former Athens County Scout Commissioner, commanded the USS LST 289. On leave he edited The Invader, dedicated to eight fallen and five missing shipmates after an April torpedo attack. The canvas bound book will honor crew days aboard LST 289 with help from Troop 55 members and numerous scouts attending.
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George Fee
Harry A. Mettler
Navy
Athens County
Mettler
Raymond Sheppard
Charles Frank
Charles Dent
Russell Shields
Troop 55
Barry Brown
Carl Conrad
Weese Dickman
Frank Dilley
Bob Emmett
Jerry Evans
Ted Geary
John Gibbs
Bob Green
Harry Graham
Hess in Naval Escort For the Late President
Midshipman John R. Hess son of Dr and Mrs John A Hess 45 Grosvenor St was among Annapolis midshipmen forming the escort for the remains of the late President Roosevelt from Union Station to the White House in Washington Hess graduates in June from Annapolis Naval Academy.
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John R. Hess
John A. Hess
Grosvenor St
Annapolis
President Roosevelt
Union Station
White House
Washington
Hess
Annapolis Naval Academy
CAPC Meeting of Castela CAP Civil Air Patrol
A regular CAP Castela meeting is tonight at Ath ens High School Little Theater at 7 o'clock. The event invites members to attend in the local civic air patrol activities.
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Civil Air Patrol Castela
Athens High School
Divorce Suit Filed In Athens County Court
Leonard E. Rutter, stationed with the armed forces in the Pacific, files for divorce from Helen B. Rutter of New Haven Conn on grounds of gross neglect. They married January 1941. Wesley Luman, 48 of Columbus, pleads guilty to assault and battery before Mayor Woodworth, fined $16 and costs. Mrs Lulu M Palmer, 64 N High St, undergoes major surgery at Sheltering Arms Hospital after admission April 12. reported in good condition. A 4H Club organized at Mrs Leslie Davis's Athens Route 3 home. officers named George Davies Jr president Hubert Bobo vice president Jack Davis secretary Robert Risley news reporter.
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Athens County Common Pleas Court
Leonard E. Rutter
Pacific
Helen B. Rutter
New Haven
Conn
Coly Wesley Luman
Columbus
Franz L. Woodworth
Lulu M. Palmer
N. High St
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Leslie Davis
Athens
George Davies, Jr
Hubert Bobo
Jack Davis
Robert Risley
Small World Stories Link Athens Folk Across Distances
Athens residents drift across the country with families and friends. Frances Evans recalls her son Herbie Evans in Madison studying radio operations in a Navy school where he met Athens native Earl Beckley. Alma Robinson notes her brother Donald Robinson, once an Army Air Corps high engineer, returning to the States and teaching air engineering at Wright Field. Mrs. Glenn Foster encounters Mrs. Sprague from Athens in New York Long Island. Capt Kincheloe and AA A air mail pilots share anecdotes of the road, a rattlesnake sandwich scare, and a celebrated photo by Dick McConnaughey. The piece highlights community ties and aviation chatter with local color.
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Athens
Frances “Finney” Evans
Seaman
Herbie Evans
Madison
Wis
Earl Beckley
Alma Ranch
Donald E. “Spinney” Robinson
Army Air Corps
States
Wright Field
Dayton
John Pa Juck
Alice Mae Robinson
Glenn Foster
Altman
New York City
John Kern
Tom Kincheloe
A.A.A. Air Mail
Pennsylvania
Kincheloe
Dick McConnaughey
Kinchelee
Ace Associated Press News
Ohio U
Police and Prosecutor Guess Ending Of Suspense Film
The Athena Theater hosted a private preview where Police Chief J B Grogan Prosecuting Attorney Harold Rose and other officers tested their crime detecting skills by guessing the ending of The Woman at the Window. A staged crime quiz followed as officers debated clues while the cast led a suspenseful plot featuring Raymond Massey and Joan Bennett.
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Lee
Hazel Fo
R Hwaalp
J. B. Grogan
Harold J. Rose
Athena Theater
Fred Williams
Tom Barles
Harold
Rose
Fred James
Joe McBride
Grogan
Sherlock Holmes
Raymond Massey
Edward G. Robinson
Joan Bennett
the Athena
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Marietta Club
Cline
Muresco
Kerr Hardware Co
Want Electric Company
Boulevard
Capc News
Bligh School
Athens Pharmacy
Shackelton
Rox
Sete Simcoe
Oe . Oat Athens Pharmacy
TN. Court St
West Side Pta
C. K. Parrett
College St
Kay Parrett
Hayy
Bethany College
W. Va
Adeline Browning
E. iState Sti
T. A. Ferlet
Arlington
J. E. Thackery
Camp Plauche
New Orleans
Morris Ave
Thackery
John Algeo
Joan
Sally
Jack
Cleveland
Algeo
A. E. Algeo
N. Lancaster St
Kevin Seaman
Herbert Evans
Frances Evans
W. State’ St
U. S. Navy
W. B. Imes
Franklin Ave
Charles Pierce
Roy M. Pierce
Shaker Heights
Mechanized Cavalry
Fort Riley
Kansas
E. T. McDaniel
Amesville
Farview Hospital
la Porte
Ind
Clinton Brown
Spicer Evelins
Indiana
Noww
D.A.R. Committee On
Lydia
Pinkham
Wayne
Igna E Piskaa
Sofskin
Bold Jers
Coxmatic Constert Sofpskin Company
Findlay Ohio
Sunnyfield
A&p
Meat Dept
Maine
Ounties, Florida
Robert W. Hollingsworth
S. Court Street
Saranty Company
Stanley's Shoe Store
South Court St
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