One Hundred New Members for Athens County Industrial Association
Nelsonville and Glouster business firms join the Athens County Industrial Association. Dr. B B Buckley announces 100 new members including Nel sonville firms and individuals with others in Glouster and Athens. Union locals contribute 25 cents monthly. Paul Booher named general manager and solicitation leads by Glen D Thomas, John Cope, and Dan Kovach.
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RIDAY
Athens Messenger
Athens
Ohio
County Industrial Association
Athens County Industrial Association
B. B. Buckley
Nelonville
Glouster
Paul Booher
St. Louis Southwestern Railway Co
Associa
Athens Couny Industrial Association
Bailey Run
United Mine Workers
Hollister
Kimberly
Uion
Brooks Shoe Co
Nelsonville
Glen D. Thomas
John Cope
Dan Kovach
Neiman Auto Apply
John Owens
Preston's
Dr. C. C. Butts
Walters
Hilleary Shoe Shop
Dr. C. G. Dew
Nelsonville Tribune
Keeton Beauty
J. D. Adamson
Eagles Lodge
Gem Pharmacy
Majestic Theater
B.P.O.E. Lodge
Nelsonite Electric Co
Hitching
Spencer & Johnson
John Ashton
Willard Hall
Pearl Evans
George Bescoe
Wm. Russell
Charles Levering
Corner Cafe
Wm. Silcobb
Robert Williams
Raymond Smith
James Patton
Joe Wiens
Dana Windom
James Cope
Elsworth DeVore
Everett Crane
Raymond Raine
Helen Largent
Chas Thompson
Parker Sniffin
Bulley Blair
U.M.W
Must Furnish Order Number for Selective Service Records
Officials at Selective Service Board No 1 require all men registered in the first three national drafts to furnish their order numbers when contacting the board. Records are filed by order number. those without the number should provide date of registration full name current address and age to help locate files. The first three registrations occurred Oct 16 1940 July 1 1941 and Feb 16 1942.
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Selective Service
Selective Service Board No. 1
Board
Bishop Hobson To Be In Athens On Sunday
The Rt. Rev. Henry W. Hobson bishop of Southern Ohio will administer Confirmation at Good Shepherd Episcopal Church Sunday at 5 p m The visit moved from Saturday Aug 15 to Sunday afternoon due to an emergency Holy Communion at 8 a m and morning prayer with sermon by Rev. Robert G Purrington at 10 30 a m
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Henry W. Hobson
Southern Ohio
Good Shepherd Episcopal Church
Good Shepherd Church
Robert G. Purrington
Instructors' Course Starts at Marietta
The Red Cross instructors course in first aid begins at the Court House in Marietta on Monday August 17 at 7 p.m. It welcomes all district residents who have completed standard and advanced Red Cross first aid courses. T. C. McDaniel, national field representative of first aid and water safety, will teach.
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Red Cross
Court House
Marietta
T. C. McDaniel
Pastor Bancroft to lead services at four local churches
The Reverend William E Bancroft will preach Sunday at Haydenville Community Church at 9 30 a m, Buchtel Methodist Church at 10 30 a m, Jobs Methodist Church at 6 p m, and Murray City Methodist Church at 7 p m All other weekly services will be held at these churches at usual times.
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Haydenville
William E. Bancroft
Buchtel Methodist Church
Jobs Methodist Church
Murray City, Methodist Church
Ride a Horse to Fair Parade Opens August Twenty Fifth
The Athens County Fair will feature a Horse and Buggy Parade on Tuesday August 25 starting at 4 p m. Entries include surveys six single seated buggies a phaeton a trap an express wagon and an old-time tall with rewards of twenty five dollars in defense stamps. Participants may wear costumes or not and horse drawn vehicles plus riders will be admitted free to the airgrounds to participate. Contact Dwight H Rutherford or Carl Clifford to register.
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Athens County Fair
Athens County
Thirty-six Ohio U Students Enlist in Army Reserve
Thirty-six Ohio University students have enlisted in the Army Enlisted Reserve Corps. Col. James M. Churchill, head of military science, says students in good standing may enlist and defer active duty while in college. If unable to stay in school for financial or academic reasons, they enter as privates. Enlistees span seniors to freshmen, with a deadline of January 1, 1943 for eligibility.
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Ohio University
Army
James M. Churchill
The
University
Mary Addis Returns to Athens Free Methodist Church
Mary Addis returns from Mansfield camp meeting to lead the Athens church for another year. Sunday services are 9:30 a.m. Sunday School 10:30 a.m. preaching and 7:30 p.m. evening service. A prayer meeting is set for Friday at 7:30 p.m. Notice to estate heirs and creditors lists inventories for three deceased estates with a hearing date set for August 1, 1942.
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Mansfield
The
Free Methodist Church
Mary Addis
Laura G. Smith
Thomas FE. Copeland
Alice M. Smith
Francis D. White
Ore Athey Tidd
Wwe
Frank B. Tidd
Wiliam G. Thomas
Stephen Thomas
Hughes
Elizabeth Weisenbach
M. D. Hughes
Henry Weisenbach
Nannie Addis
Eva Brown
R. W. Parks
Maggie Craig
Scout Leaders Honor Stratton With Gift Before Leave
Joseph R. Stratton, local field scout executive, is honored at a district committee meeting in Athens as he prepares to leave for Louisville Ky. Leaders discuss sustaining scouting in Athens County with monthly scoutmaster meetings and plans for a Sept Camp Dupler gathering. Gifts include a sleeping bag and air mattress funded by troops masters and committee members.
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Joseph R. Stratton
Athens
Louisville
Dean L. W. Lange
Robert D. Dalrymple
Kootaga
Hock-Hocking
Dr. L. A. Hamilton
Health and Safety Committee
E. F. Sells
Joseph P. Trepp
Harry Mettler
George Fee
Athens County
Stratton
Nelsonville
Imu
Camp Dupler
Sheltering Arms welcomes a daughter to Chester Howard family
At Sheltering Arms Hospital Mr and Mrs Chester Howard 35 First St welcomed a daughter born this morning. Also noted were Harry Graham 10 of 58 Mound St admitted for emergency appendectomy and Miss Mary Joan Wren The Plains admitted for major surgery. Release reported for Miss Opal Buckley New Marshfield.
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Chester Howard
First St
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Harry Graham
Walter Graham
Mound St
Mary Joan Wren
the Plains
Mary Cutler
Athens
Helen Hooper
Opal Buckley
New Marshfield
Weather in Athens Holds Warmth at Noon
Athens reports steady warmth with a 80 degree noon reading. Yesterday's high reached 88 and the overnight low settled at 62, keeping a mild regional pattern.
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Athens
Plains Helps Service Men in Athens with Donated Media
Mike Krivusti of Local 5096 UMWA plans a Monday visit to Athens with a truckload of phonographs records magazines and books donated by The Plains residents. A receiving station at The Plains Post Office corner will collect items all day Saturday and funds raised help send cigarets to service members.
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Mike Krivusti
United Mine Workers of America
Athens
the Plains
Krivusti
Ryvivasti
William Canter
Orley Shrieves
John Krivusti
Harvey Brammer
Harry Schoonover
John Shust
Rebecca Harrison
Sam Waymer
Gerald Fierce
John Wesley Pierce
Harry Wallace
John Lowsey
the Plaine
Marion Koon
Henry Evans
K. T. Crossen Post
The
American Legion
Pearcys Receive Marine Commissions and Naval Training
James W. Pearcy, son of Mrs. Mary C. Pearcy of Guysville, earned a Marine Corps lieutenant commission after training at Quantico and Marine school and plans to become an aviator. His brother Dan A. Pearcy left for Norfolk Naval Base after enlisting in the Naval Construction Regiment, while George W. Pearcy trained at Fort Benjamin Harrison and near Seattle and has been stationed at Fort Greely Alaska since April. The Trimble Stitch for Victory 4-H Club met at Ruth Ann Grisby’s home for sewing with members Dorotha Lee Antie Janet Earich Joanne Gooding Shirley Heiser Donnah Leah Johnson Martha and Margaret Myer Jean Ann Grossman David Grisby Neil Bailey Nina Bailey and advisor. Next meeting at Shirley Heiser’s home. Thomas A. Brown, 29, of Zanesville, was fined five dollars and costs for intoxication by Mayor Franz L. Woodworth and jailed for nonpayment.
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James W. Pearcy
Mary C. Pearcy
Guysville
Marshall College
Huntington
Quantico
Marine Officers Reserve Corps
Dan A. Pearcy
Naval Construction Regiment
Norfolk
Naval Base
George W. Pearcy
Clarksburg
W. Va
Ft. Benjamin Harrison
Seattle
Wash
Fort Greely
Alaska
Trimble Club
Ruth Ann Grisby
Dorotha Lee Antie
Janet Earich
Joanne Gooding
Shirley Heiser
Donnah Leah Johnson
Martha
Margaret Myer
Jean Ann Grossman
Jacksonville
David Grisby
Neil Bailey
Trimble
Nina Bailey
Miss Dorsey Selected to Judge 4-H Club Projects
Athens County fair plans announce Miss Maude Lee Dorsey will judge 4 H home economics projects including clothing nutrition baking and desserts. judging runs Aug 19 20 21 22 at multiple school and hall venues with times and locations listed and final exhibits may be moved to Mechanicsburg School or the county extension office if not scored.
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Athens County
Ross Wright
County Extension Ageant
Albany High School
W. G. Munn
B. A. Allen
New Marshfield
Helen Stright
Donna Fultz
Mildred Sickles
Charlotte Hawk
Mechanicsburg
Peggy Shafer
Jean Lowe
Arilla Mae Hooper
Mechanicsburg School
Carl Phillips
Wright
Hunting and trapping licenses available Athens County
Hunting and trapping licenses valid Sept 1 1942 to Aug 31 1943 issued by the Ohio State Division of Conservation and Natural Resources are available at the Athens County Clerk of Courts office and various stores. Probate Court of Athens County suspends hearings until Sept 8 1942 at 9 AM on several estate accounts with exceptions proceeding.
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Alberta C. Grones
Athene County
Athens County
Ohio
Earl Robinette
Achsah Porter
John R. Clark
Elizabeth Clark
Lulu P. Moore
Brown
Everett Moore
A. A. Atkinson
Lynna M. Atkinson
Three Arrested In Car Theft And Rollercade Burglary
Athens police and state patrol joined for two crimes this week the auto theft of a Leo Pritchard vehicle and the Rollercade burglary. Two minors, ages 16 and 17, admitted the theft and implicated 19 year old Willard Guseman. Guseman surrendered to Army officials and faced two charges. the juveniles' cases go to Juvenile Court.
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Athens
Willard Guseman
Leo Pritchard
May Ave
Guseman
Lancaster
Army
Ft. Hayes
Columbus
Reese Funeral Held in Coshocton for Robert W Reese
Funeral services were held last Sunday for Robert W Reese of Coshocton who died August 7. He was the father of Miss Ethel Reese, Athens school teacher. Attending from Athens were Mr and Mrs R L Pinkerton Mrs Cora Lenigar and Mrs Paul Ayers.
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Robert W. Reese
Coshocton
Reese
Ethel Reese
Athens
R. L. Pinkerton
Cora Lenigar
Paul Ayers
Two Youths Enlist for Naval Service in Cincinnati
Two youths enlisted through the Naval Recruiting Station in Athens and were accepted Thursday at recruiting headquarters in Cincinnati. John Robert Cox, 19, son of Mr and Mrs Sumner Cox of Logan Route 3, and Edgar William Ellis, 21, son of Mr and Mrs Charles Edgar Ellis of Murray City, join the service under local officer G J Cain.
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Naval
Athens
Cincinnati
G. J. Cain
John Robert Cox
Sumner Cox
Logan
Edgar William Ellis
Charles Edgar Ellis
Murray City
Evangelistic Tent Meeting Underway in Coonville
An old fashioned tent meeting progresses in Coonville along State Route 56 with Rev. Helen W. Tatmann of Circleville as evangelist. Evening services start at 8 o clock featuring special music by the Dickerson sisters.
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Coonville
Helen W. Tatmann
Circleville
Dickerson
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