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Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Aug 17, 1942

Page

9

McArthur area boards shuffle drafts and USO drive plans

McArthur residents Scott Taylor and Clyde Herron are named to Vinton County Draft Board, replacing James Davis and Edward AlYon. Mrs Leonna Yates becomes assistant draft board clerk. McArthur hires Kathleen Saltz Hartley as language teacher. one vacancy for vocational agriculture remains. Vinton County USO drive begins Aug 15, pledges reach 50 dollars from local groups, drive aims for 1000 dollars with churches and clubs urged to support. Ten new tires and 33 recaps allocated by the county rationing board for trucks and cars, with names of local recipients listed.

McArthur Scott Taylor Clyde Herron James Davis Edward Alyon Rt. 1 Zaleski Vinton County Draft Board Roger Hanes Leonna Yates Kathleen Saltz Hartley Nelsonville William J. Jones Jones McArthur American Legion Auxiliary McArthur Civic Club Moose Vinton County Rationing Board John W. McGhee Radcliff Everett Allman Clovis Cottrill Frank Reynolds Dundas K ‘Til Betz Wilkesville Lee Rafferty New Plymouth Ronald Cottrill Clifford Bethel Allenaville Frank White Edwards Perkins McArthur Wholesale Grocery Robert King John Six Ray Woodrum Albany John Rowe

Stars Say August 18 Horoscope Highlights Prosperity

The Lunar day favors achieving high goals in business culture and private life. Finances and status may rise with public favor, while birthday folk may see progress and expansion. Social ties aid objectives, though some group moves may be limited. A child born today may show creativity versatility and ambition.

Horizontal 1 Across and Down Clues Unfold In Puzzle Grid

A dense list of crossword style clues spans across and down entries including actors, Roman rulers, chemical symbols, measurements, and common nouns. The puzzle features varied topics from theater to science with referenced entries like Erbium symbol and lithium symbol, and notes on positions, actions, and descriptors.

Apple Day Quilt Pattern and Album Offer

Pattern No. 5420 Apple Day Quilt features red and pink apples on muslin squares with pink and green bindings. Send 10 cents, pattern No. 5420, name and address to Anne Cabot, Athens Messenger, 106 Seventh Avenue, New York City. Also advertise Album 32 pages of needlework designs for 15 cents.

Anne Cabet Athens Messenger Seventh Avenue New York City Anne Cabot

Seeks bids to wreck brick smokestack at water works

Gallipolis city manager S A Clendenin will seek bids for the demolition of the obsolete 70 foot brick smokestack at the city water works. The over 50 year old structure has developed heavy cracks and is considered a menace. Pumping machinery is fuel oil powered and the stack has not been used for several years.

Gallipolis S. A. Clendenin City Water

Anne Adams Pattern 4205 Fall Frock in Misses Sizes

Easy to make slim silhouette frock with paneling and gathered bodice by Anne Adams. Size 16 uses 3 yards of 39 inch fabric. Send sixteen cents for pattern and order to The Athens Messenger Pattern Department, 243 West 17th St New York.

Anne Adams Athens Messenger Pattern Department West 17Th St New York N. A

Radio Highlights Broadcast Network Lineup and Schedules

The listing details key radio stations across Red Blue Columbia Mutual and network segments with daily time slots. Programs include Hedda Hopper Lum and Abner Blondie Cavalcade Fred Waring Glenn Miller Missing Heirs Perfect Crime Horace Heidt Battle of the Sexes Fibber McGee Bob Hope and Tommy Dorsey among others across stations W, C, and B networks.

RED Blue Columbia Mutual KDKA WEAP WABC WLW WMAQ WJR WGN Wss Way WCAD WSM Wwlw WHAS Wi2 WTAM WHIO C—Columbia National Blue M—Mutual Hedda Hopper Frank Parker Lum Abner Lowell Thomas Fred Warink Aveda Blondie Endian Seckepinis James Melton Cecil B. DeMille Freddy Martin Osborne Arch Amos Andy Fred Waring Glenn Miller Melody Hour V. Kaltenborn Horace Heidt Fibber McGee Bob Hope Tommy Dorsey

Walnut timber sought for gunstock production in Gallia County

Gallia County walnut timber may play a definite part in war winning. Timber cruisers are covering the county in quest for more desirable trees to be converted into gunstocks. The county has long supplied walnut logs for veneer and provided income to walnut owners.

Gallipolis Gallia County

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