Seven Speakers Announced For Presbyterian Program in Athens
The Athens Retail Merchants Association selects seven speakers for a Friday noon to 1 30 pm program at the Presbyterian Church. Each 15 minute segment covers one of Christ’s seven sentences on the cross with musical interludes. Additional Good Friday candlelight service announced with soloists Sara Mae Endich and Grace Martin. new members to be received.
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Athens Retail Merchants’ Association
Paul Gillilan
Presbyterian Church
Rions
Christ
Athens County
E. A. Brown
First Methodist Church
Fred Carpenter
F. B. Dilley
Women’s Association of the
Philip Peterson
Ohio University
Evelyn Luchs
The
Jim Hart
Good Friday Services At Good Shepherd Episcopal Church
Traditional Good Friday services will be held at Good Shepherd Episcopal Church Friday from noon to 3 p m with Rev Robert G Purrington delivering meditations on the Seven Last Words from the Cross. Attendees may enter or depart freely during the three hour event. A 9 a m Ante Communion service will reuse the reserved sacrament from Maundy Thursday.
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Good Shepherd Episcopal Church
Robert G. Purrington
Spring warmth returns to Athens as sun shines
Athens enjoys the first real sunshine of the week with noon temperatures at 52 degrees. The Hocking River receded to eight feet as spring arrives in the city.
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Athens
Hocking
Drownings Reported Near Martins Ferry Ohio River
Reynolds Jr a 12 year old son of Mr and Mrs Reason Reynolds drowned last night in the Ohio River near their Martins Ferry home in Ohio River area incident details remain limited.
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Ohio
Martins Ferry
Reason Reynolds, Jr
Reason Reynolds
Ohio River
Men in Service Highlight Area Youths in War Effort
A column lists Osbourne of Chester and many other Ohio and nearby youths serving in the Army Air Forces Navy and Marines. It notes pilots cadets at Maxwell Field Alaska assignments Fort Lewis Camp Crowder and Fort Knox plus promotions hospital releases and an Easter party for East Side Elementary School children.
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Elza D. Osborne
Chester
Army Air Forces
Maxwell Field
Montgomery
Alabama
Osborne
Ohio University
Wright Field
Dayton
Army
Alaska
Ralph Hoskinson
Herbert Hoskinson
Canaan Township
United States
Fort Lewis
Wash
Air Forces
Hoskinsons
Donald
Camp Crowder
Steven Edward Spurgus
Alex Spurgus
Army Air Forces Technical Training Command
Lowry Field
Sergeant Spurgus
Detroit
Mich
Chrysler Corporation
Agnes Spurgus
Oklahoma City
Okla
East Side
Workers Need Permission For Change in Jobs Now
Athens area job seekers must obtain a statement of inter area clearance from the local USES office to pursue work as part of the war effort. The new plan restricts inter area migration and hiring, and sets five general reasons for transfers while workers remain on current jobs until a decision is issued. An Area Appeals Panel will handle appeals with equal labor and management representation.
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Athens Field
United States Employment Service
H. H. Sands
Sands
Ohio
Michigan
Kentucky
War Manpower Commission
Mr. Sands
War Labor Board
Management and
Labor
Jacksonville Plans Good Friday Service
Jacksonville unions hold nightly Pre Easter services at the Methodist and United Brethren churches this week with Rev Staniford as speaker. Tonight at 7 30 a candlelight communion service. Good Friday program from 12 to 3 features sacred music prayer and meditation with students led by Mrs Waneta Exenkamper and teachers. Speakers include Rev Staniford W T Fosley Lewis Buell and Rev Charles E Palmer.
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Jacksonville
Christ On the
Staniford
United Brethren Church
W. T. Fisley
Glouster High School
Lewis Buell
Trimple High School
Charles E. Palmer
United Choir
Athens Ohio book fair hosts poets guests and lectures
Ohio University students sponsor a two week book fair at University Elementary School Library in Athens. Miss Mildred Sandoe and Miss Frie da Heller will speak at 10 am and attend a luncheon at noon with a tea for student teachers. Featured titles include Missee Lee and The Traders Children.
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Ohio University
Marie Quick
University Elementary
Mildred Sandoe
Ohio State Library
Frieda Heller
Ohio State University Laboratory School
Cortez
Mexico
Bernal Dias
Laura Adams Armer
Doris Gales
Pearl S. Buck
Fredrika Shunway
First Graders Plan Breakfast at University Elementary
First grade students at University Elementary School under Miss Mabel Olson plan a Friday 9 30 breakfast in the auditorium. Prunes oatmeal and whole wheat toast are on the menu. Children made place mats decorated napkins and place cards. Invitations have been sent to guests including Dr Edith Beecher the school principal and special teachers.
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University Elementary
Mabel Olson
Edith Beecher
University Elementary School
Conservation program eyed to raise local dairy herds
A county meeting on dairy herd conservation discussed preserving milk producing cows and heifers under a program set by the Department of Agriculture. Emory Allen and others backed the plan with Farm Security Administration oversight to supply and place foundation heifers in Athens County to boost production for potential plant investment.
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Si Allen
Arlan Hooper
Emory Allen
Irwin Wolfe
Alton R. Hope
B. B. Backley
D. C. Snow
Ross Wright
L C. Ridenour
Lester W. Bailey
Bailey
Department of Agriculture
Farm Security Administration
Buckley
Athens County
Alton Hope
Veterans Meeting for Conrath-Bean DAV Chapter 37
All members of the Conrath-Bean Chapter No 37 Disabled American Veterans are urged to attend the meeting Friday evening April 23 at 7 30 in the club room at the Armory Commander Ernest McGraner announced refreshments will be served
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Conrath-Bean
Armory
Ernest McGraner
Backache Relief Ad Targeting Kidney Health
An advertisement claims nagging backache often stems from tired kidneys. It promotes Doan's Pills as a long trusted remedy to flush wastes from the blood and relieve symptoms like swollen eyes and dizziness.
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Nature
Dean
Seeking Men for Seabees
Specialist R J Windisch at the Athens Naval Recruiting Station says draft age men can join the Seabees through the naval construction battalion. Ages 18 to 50 with experience as carpenter rigger electrician steel worker welder pipefitter plumber pipelayer mechanic or wharf builder are accepted. If civilian experience warrants ratings are given on induction and extra vocation training plus fighter training is provided.
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R. J. Windisch
Athens
Seabees
Naval Construction Battalion
Phi Delta Theta Tops University Scholastic Honors
Ohio University Phi Delta Theta leads both active and pledge chapters in first semester scholastic honors. Active members posted an average of 2244, above the all men average 1995, with several fraternities also above. Pledge chapter averages show Phi Delta Theta at 2429 and Alpha Phi Delta at 2145. Robert McNeal was fined $5 and costs for intoxication and jailed after failing to pay.
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Phi Dita Theta
Ohio University
Laurence Lange
Pi Delta Theta
Phi Delta Theta
Delta Tau Delta
Phi Epsilon Pi
Tau Kappa Epsilon
Theta Chi
Phi Kappa Tau
Beta Theta Pi
Pi Kappa Alpha
Sigma Pi
Alpha Phi Delta
Phi Kappa
Robert McNeal
Deanville
Franz Woodworth
Grandma Hoskins Reflects on Early American Beer History
Grandma Hoskins says colonists prioritized food and beer as they settled across America. She notes beer tempered hardships, shaping early American life and symbolizing moderation and friendliness as a liberty of the new nation.
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Grandma Hoskins
America
Grandma
Plymouth Rock
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