Social and Personal A Crystal Shower Honors Mrs Dent
A dinner and crystal shower honoring Mrs Richard C Dent formerly Barbara Danford occurred Saturday evening at the Hotel Berry hosted by Miss Sylvia Schuler and Miss Betty Henderson. Other guests included Mrs William D White Mrs Howard Bobo Jr Miss Martha Isbell Cottingham and several others. Several invitees could not attend. Mrs Don Rowland returned from Ottumwa Iowa after a five week absence visiting her husband Lieutenant Rowland a Navy flight instructor. She later visited Mr and Mrs John R Whiting then stayed with her parents Prof and Mrs W C Hill before returning to Athens. Lieutenant Rowland arrived by air Saturday and spent the weekend in Athens before heading back to Ottumwa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard C. Dent
Barbara Danford
Hotel
Berry
Sylvia Schuler
Betty Henderson
Richard D. Dent
William D. White
Howard Bobo, Jr
Martha Isbell Cottingham
Ruth Ann Grover
Gene Kissner
Bettie Lu McCaskill
Isabell Brown
Martha Ellen Walsh
Don Rowland
Elma Hill
Rowland
Navy Aviation
Ottumwa
Iowa
Athens
Glenview
John R. Whiting
Helen Gamertsfelder
W. C. Hill
East State St
Athens Council Names Committee To Study Parking Meter Proposal
Athens City Council last night approved a nine month trial of parking meters in the business district. A committee of Vern Vorhes H G Householder and Dr R J Studer was named to study the proposal and report at the August 20 meeting. L G Wilkin of Dual Parking Meter Co said meters cost 68 dollars each to install and 3 50 dollars monthly to operate with rates of 12 minutes for a penny 24 minutes for three cents and one hour for five cents. He added meters would be installed at no city cost and removed if unsatisfactory after the trial. Mayor Franz Woodworth reported July jail fund receipts of 762 80 and committees were formed to work on sewage rebuilding and to investigate a deep hole in the Hocking River near White's Mill that could threaten the dam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
P.F. Good
Vern Vorhes
H. G. Householder
R. J. Studer
L. G. Wilkin
Dual Parking Meter Co
Canton
Nelsonville
Logan
Gallipolis
Jackson
Wilikin
Ohio
Franz Woodworth
Cornellon Oscar Fulton
Householder
John Swanson
Evans
Woodworth
Hocking
White’s Mull
Pioneers in Training of Photographers at Ohio U
Dr Emmett Shipman and Cpl Roy Mace discuss college based photography training for the future in a talk at Athens Rotary Club. The program emphasizes broad humanities grounding, practical business sense, and visual education's wartime value. Ohio University offers 48 to 55 hour majors with lectures by leading professionals and Camera Club membership urged for local residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Emmett E
Roy H. Mace
Carbondale
Shipmas
Ohio University
Lanta
France
Athens Rotary Club
ETO Armored
Cific
Cpl
Mace
Co. B.university
Stu 16Th Arm'd. Inf. Bn
Ohio U
Bett Itan
Shipman
Ohio University Camera Club
Dog Owner Fined For Loose-Dog Violation in City
Alice Stone Eblin of 114 Central Ave was fined 1 with costs totaling 9.70 by Mayor Franz Woodworth for permitting her dog to roam on a public street and unenclosed land. The action follows a recent warning against loose dogs as the city enforces the ordinance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Stone Eblin
Central Ave
Franz Woodworth
Woodworth
Military families updated on service abroad and at home
Air and Mrs Homer Stanley receive news from son Luther E Stanley Coxswain US Navy recently back from active Pacific duty and set to serve in California eight months. Lt James Marion Love reassigned to B 17 training at Dyersburg. wife Leslye Rae Love at Dyersburg. Captain Richard W Corwin assigned Fort Sill staff. son EB Corwin. Pfc James H Pidcock discharged from Crile Hospital. Charles E White promoted to corporal with Fifth Army Italy assignment. Lorin Coover Staats Jr landed in Tinian with 304th General Hospital Unit. Staats earns good conduct ribbon and marksmanship medal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Air
Homer Stanley
Brown Ave
San Francisco
Cal
Luther E. Stanley
U. S. Navy
Pacific
Coxswain Stanley
California
Navy
Atlantic
Aleutians
Panama
South America
Cape of Good Hope
Athens
James Marion Love
Jefferson Blvd
Point Pleasant
W. Va
Dyersburg
Tenn
Army Air Field
Love
Point Pleasant High School
Barksdale Field
Fla
Drew Field
Alexandria
Louisiana
Leslye Rae Love
George Love
Richard W. Corwin
Columbia Ave
Field Artillery School
Fort Sill
Corwin
EB. N. Corwin
C. B. Chandler
West Union Street
Ohio University
Charles E. White
I Fifth Army
Italy
44Th “Red Bull
135Th Infantry
Frank K. White
Mill St
L. C. Staats
Lorin Coover Staats, Jr
Tinian
Marianas
304Th General Hospital
Corporal Staats
Masons To Meet In New Marshfield Lodge Session
Constitution Lodge No. 426 F and A M will meet Thursday August 9 at 7 30 pm. Work will be presented in the Entered Apprentice Degree. Master Walter Hawk invites all Masons to attend. Fined by mayor for intoxication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Marshfield
Constitution Lodge No
F.&a.m
Walter Hawk
L W Sprague Dies at Home in McArthur
L W Sprague 78 died at his McArthur home after two years with heart trouble. He led McArthur Savings and Loan and McArthur Brick, sat on the Savings and Loan and Vinton County National Bank boards, and belonged to the Methodist Church. Survived by wife Margaret Trimmer, daughter Franc Zeigler, two granddaughters, two great grandchildren, and others. Funeral Thursday at 2 p.m. at home with Rev. Hannen and Rev. Daab. burial at Etk Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. W. Sprague
McArthur
McArthur Savings and Loan
McArthur Brick
Savings and Loan
Vinton County National Bank
Methodist Church of
Margaret Trimmer
Franc Zeigler
Robert Polk
New York
Charles Hogan
Washington D. C
David Polk
Timothy Hogan
Johnny Pike
Spragues
Harry Hamilton
Homer Ackinson
V. Hannen
J. P. Daab
Etk Cemetery
Two Divorce Suits Filed in Athens County Court
Helen P. Dewey seeks divorce from Kenneth Dewey in Athens County Common Pleas Court for wilful absence since July 1942 and asks custody of a three year old. Edwin F. Evans files for divorce from Helen L. Evans claiming wilful absence since July 1941. married August 1935 with two children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen P. Dewey
Kenneth Dewey
Athens County
Sergeant on 15 day furlough away from Ardmore
Sergeant Max Baughman a radio operator mechanic stationed at Ardmore Oklahoma is spending a 15 day furlough at the home of his parents Mr and Mrs Earnest Baughman 13 Stewart Street He will report August 15 at Lincoln Nebraska for re assignment
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Max Baughman
Ardmore
Oklo
Earnest Baughman
Stewart St
Baughman
Lincoln
Neb
Joan P. DeMolet, Sr
J. P. DeMolet, Sr
Charlotte DeMolet
Washington St
DeMolet
Black Hills Ordnance Depot
Igloo
South Dakota
Tom Haller
E. S. Haller
Grosvenor St
Miami
Florida
Army Air Forces Redistribution Center
No. 2
Haller
States
Eighth Army Air Force
Germany
Robert
Wood
Canaan Road
Bucyrus
Round About Town on Coats Hats and Fashion Rules
A column responds to reader complaints about women’s dress and men’s coat habits in hot weather. It argues women won’t handicap themselves for fashion while men cling to old conventions. An Athens undertaker shares a funeral hat anecdote as a noted true tale from a trade magazine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Certificate of Compliance for Security Insurance Company
The Superintendent of Insurance of Ohio certifies Security Insurance Company of New Haven met state laws. Sworn statements as of December 31, 1944 show assets 17,789,302.16 dollars, liabilities 10,235,392.16, net surplus 7,500,000.00, capital 7,500,006.00, income 6,982,208.32, expenditures 6,446,972.30. Dated July 1, 1945, in Columbus Ohio with seal and official signature Walter Dreseel, Superintendent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Security Insurance Company OF
New Haven
Connecticut
Colummbus
Walter Dreseel
State of
OIG
San Francisco
Calfornia
Metavseta
Columbus
Walter Breser
Insurance of
M-9
State of Ohio
Chenango County
New Berlin
Renee
Walter Dressel
Lincoln National Life Insurance Company
Fort Wayne
Indiana
Walter Dresel
Visits and military notes in early summer community column
Mrs F W Philips returns from Salt Lake City with daughter Dr Eveen Phillips and observations on Mammoth Mormon Temple, local scenery, and hot dry weather. Other briefs note Miss Sue Blair's Parkersburg Virginia vacation plans, Corpral Joan P DeMolet furlough in Ohio, Sgt Tom Haller reassignment in Miami after prisoner of war release, and Seaman Alba Kyle's leave near White Hall before returning to Norfolk. State insurance certificates from Ohio announce compliance by several insurers with 1944 financials and 1945 filings, including Fireman's Fund, Preferred Mutual Fire Insurance, and Lincoln National Life Insurance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake City
Utah
F. W. Philips
Northwood Addition
Eveen Phillips
Lake County Hospital
Phillips
Mammoth Morman Temple
Salt Lake
Beng
Sue Blair
Parkersburg
Weston
W. Va
Robert K. Fankhauser
Katherine Haller
Miss Blair
Cornell
Also Mentioned on This Page
Carolyn Sherwood
Chicago
Athens Council
Tremett
Gallaher Drug
Costa
Geterd
Lee
Kerr's
Lydia B
Pinkham
Lydia E. Piakha
Veith This Weeds
Cass Daley
Clt Ee
Ray Bolger
Jone
Ard
Ea Ae
Columbia Broadcasting System
James H. Pidcock
New Marshited
R.D. 1
Cleveland
Masons
Herbert Paul
Caste
Sunnyfield
Produce Dept
L.W. Sprague
M’arthur
Rodney
Howard Camp
Atmens Pharmacy
Alba Kyle
White Hell
Norfolk
S. Court
Robert Reet
James H. Wilson
Security Bank
Seel
American Institute of Leandering
Edprer
Yale
Branigan
Stanley's Shoe Store
South Court St
Court Street
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