Athens County Honor Roll Dedicated Next Sunday
The Athens County Honor Roll at the courthouse will be dedicated next Sunday afternoon August 15 at 2 oclock EWT announced by Clarence Dyer chairman of the Disabled American Veterans committee. Speakers include Senator Albert Daniels and O F Rowland with Franz Woodworth slated for the Athens High School choir. The honor roll cost about $1000 and lists more than 3800 county men who served, with the binding three inch steel piping frame and white pine covers.
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Athens Messi
Athens
Athens County
Rthouse
Clarence Dyer
Committee of the
Arthur Medley
Atkins and
Crawford
Imbers
DAV Committee
Mr. Er
Ernest Meer
Gordon Liggett
C. J. Ail- Daniel Pierce
Frank Haread
A. W. Smith
Unclear fragmented text from local notice
Fragmentary OCR text listing names and relations with multiple missing parts. Reads like a reunion or family notice including individuals such as Rev. Joe and James, plus various surnames and places. No coherent event or details emerge from the legible portions.
Chet and Clif Exchange Brief Phrase in Fragment
A fragmented OCR snippet shows two names Chet and Clif with unclear context. No complete event or action is readable.
Ohio University Band Holds Same Plan For Meetings
Ohio University band will follow the same schedule as last year with meetings on Monday and Wednesday evenings from to 8 30. Karl Witzler in charge invites students or others interested in joining.
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Ohio University
Karl Witzler
Arrest of Joh A Saun for speeding on Route 33
Joh A Saun age 22 of Thorn Route 3 was arrested by the Highway Patrol on Route 33 for speeding. Taken by Mayor Franz Woodworth he was fined $15 and released.
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Joh A. Saun
Thorn
Highway Patrol
Franz Woodworth
Saun
Maude Williams Dies In Hospital Sunday
Maude Curfman Williams age 74 of 131 W State St died in Sheltering Arms Hospital Sunday morning. Born in Amesville she taught music in Athens County. She married Isaac Williams in 1920. he died two years ago. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at Jdgera Funeral Home at two oclock EWT. Burial at Clarks Chapel.
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Maude Curfman Williams
W. State St
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Amesville
William Curfman
Athens County
Isaac Williams
Athens
Williams
John Hartley
Canaanville Road
Clyde Dibson
Births and surgeries reported at Sheltering Arms Hospital
At Sheltering Arms Mr and Mrs E W Kirk 232 State St are parents of a son born this morning. George L Miller Clouster had a major operation today and Charles OQ Burnett 20 N High St had a minor operation. E H Young Albany was admitted for medical attention and Mrs Bertha Wingett Albany and Mrs Madeline Thomas McArthur were admitted yesterday for medical care.
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E. W. Kirk
State St
Sheltering Arms Hospital
George L. Miller
Clouster
Charles OQ. Burnett
N. High St
E. H. Young
Albany
Bertha Wingett
Madeline Thomas
McArthur
Hocking Valley Livestock Club Plans Demonstrations
The Hocking Valley Livestock Club met at the Klingenbers home on Aug. 3 with five members. They completed plans for two demonstrations and for exhibiting at the fair. The next meeting will be at Agnes Terrill's home on Aug. 17.
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Hocking Valley Livestock Club
Klingenbers
Agnes Terrill
Scouts Meet Tuesday At Church For Camp Trip
Scoutmaster R. L. Dupler asks all Troop 56 members of the Boy Scouts of Athens to attend the regular meeting Tuesday evening at 7 15 at the First Methodist Church to plan the camp outing.
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R. L. Dupler
Troop 56
Boy Scouts of
Athens, Ho
First Methodist Church
Bombardiers Graduate In West Texas Training
In mid July and August four large classes of bombardiers were graduated at Midland Big Spring San Angelo and Chil dress marking 12 weeks of U S bombsight and related training. Among graduates were Loring G Connett of Athens Ohio and Lt Charles William Rose of Marietta Ohio who now teaches at Carlsbad New Mexico. Several other service members from Ohio and nearby states received new assignments promotions or transfers including Navy training at Great Lakes and Yeoman and Conners Mate schools.
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Army Air Forces
West Texas
Midland
Big Spring
San Angelo
Childress
Ohio
Loring G. Connett
L. G. Connett
Athens
Connett
Ohio University
Delta ‘Tau Delta Fraternity
Meigs County
U. S. Navy
U. S. Naval Training Station
Wayland Kean Sayre
Herbert Sayre
Racine
Conners
Paul Edward Kimes
Ward Kimes
Box
Chester
Yeoman
Charles William Rose
Harold Br. Rose
Marietta
Air Forces Central
Carlsbad
New Mexico
Roswell
Lieutenant Rose
Joyce LaVerne DeRamos
Albuquerque
N. M
Army Expands WACs and Ends Limited Service Label
As more WACs join the Army and morale rises, limited service inductions hover around five percent with little chance of dropping. The Navy has no limited service class, admitting handicapped men with special qualifications to special roles. The Army drops the term to remove stigma and boost morale among soldiers.
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Navy
Army
Social Notes From Orbiston Local Happenings
Local residents record visits and illnesses with many furloughs from military service. Delbert Peacock, Pvt. at Camp Shelby Mississippi, spends 15 days at home. Sgt. Melvin Halliday reports a good 7 day furlough from the Middle East.
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P. A. Nida
Margaret Carsner
Canton
Virgil Campbell
Clel] Campbell
Charles McCall
Murray City
Clarence McCall
Jane Roberts
Mary Souders
George Hymes
Nelsonville
Richard Glancy
Taxi Driver Fined After Accident in Athens
Emerson Hawk of Athens Route 4, driver of an Athens taxicab, was arrested on four charges of reckless driving after an accident on EB State St near Shannon Ave Saturday. He was fined $25 and costs by Mayor Franz Woodworth. The mayor noted a prior speeding fine.
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Emerson Hawk
Athens
State St
Shannon Ave
Franz Woodworth
Hawk
Disturbing the Peace Fine for James Wairaven
James Wairaven aged 19 in Luhris was fined five dollars plus costs by Mayor Franz Woodworth on a disturbing the peace charge. Gloria Tina Huliganza at ten months poses in Central Park with a drooping forelock and shoulder strap as part of a glamor girls feature.
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James Wairaven
Luhris
Franz Woodworth
Veronica
Gloria Tina Huliganza
New York
Central Park
Italian Industrial Cities Blasted by RAF Bombers
RAF Lancasters bombed Milan Turin and Genoa in a night raid. The attacks hit war factories and shipping facilities, with reports of widespread panic in northern Italy. Few enemy planes engaged and anti air fire dwindled as the raid lasted about an hour.
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London
Milan
Turin
Genoa
Italy
RAF
Air Ministry
Bern
North
Ern Taly
Berlin
Bulgaria
Sofia
Rome
Merchant Marines Open to Ohio High School Graduates
The U S Merchant Marine Cadet Corps invites high school graduates and college students in Ohio to apply for cadet midshipman (engineer) appointments. The 18 month program blends basic training, shipboard service, and a nine month academy course at King's Point, offering licenses as third assistant engineers and commissioning as ensigns in the Naval Reserve.
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United States Merchant Marine Cadet Corps
Merchant Marine Reserves
United States Naval Reserve
Ohio
U. S. Merchant Marine Cadet Corps
U. S
U. S. Merchant Marine Academy
King's Point
Long Island
N Y
Cadet Corps
U. S Merchant Marine Cadet
San Mateo
California
U. S. Merchant Marine Cadet
Pass Chris
Cadet Basic School
U.S Merchant Marine Cadet Corps
War Shipping Administration Training Organization
Washington
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Victory Workers 4 H Club Sees Members Report Projects
The Victory Workers 4 H Club met at Betty Ann Mace home on Aug. 5 with six members answering roll call and reporting on their projects. Plans were made for a picnic on Aug. 19 and the next meeting will be at Peggy Ann Copeland’s home on Aug. 12.
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Victory Workers 4-H Club
Betty Ann Mace
Peggy Ann Copeland
Idle Acres Serve the Axis War Motto Captures Baker Family Farm
Alva Baker family of eight in Coolville Route 1 adopts Idle Acres Serving Axis as their wartime motto. Before Pearl Harbor Baker relied on WPA aid and surplus foods. by 1942 he operates two leased farms with a growing dairy herd, raised on-farm feed, and a canning and growing program supporting self sufficiency and war effort.
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Alva Baker
Coolville
Route 1
Pearl Harbor
Baker
Haymond
Harvid
Mary
Thelma
Carolyn
Glen
Farm Security Administration
Athens County
FSA
Mr. Baker
Jeresey
Ehber Marty Kapple
Arizona Man Seeks Graduation Movie Clues
A Tucson resident, F. J. Brown, asks help locating colored home movies of Ohio University graduates from the July 30, 1943 procession. He suspects someone filmed the event and invites contacts at 345 Sixth Ave, Tucson, Arizona.
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Massenger
F. J. Brown
Tucson
Ohio University
Brown
Mr. Brown
Sixth Ave
Ariz
Meet at Pleasant Valley Church for bus patrons
All patrons of buses in West Alexander Township are asked to attend a meeting at Pleasant Valley Church on Wednesday night August 11 at an o'clock placeholder.
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Pleasant Valley
West Alexander Township
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