Daugherty Pledges Full Effort to Gain District Industries
Oral Daugherty, candidate for Congress in the Tenth District, spoke in Nelsonville to the Athens County Democratic committees. He pledged a clean, hard-fighting campaign focused on securing industries for Hocking and Sunday Creek Valleys, blasted Jenkins for inaction, and urged district solidarity to win in November. Alfred Brown elected county party chair. executive committee members named.
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THE
Athens Messenger
Athens
Daugherty
Oral Daugherty
Nelsonville
Athens County
Democratic Central and Executive Committees
Hocking
Sunday Creek
Athens County Industrial Association
Thomas A. Jenkins
Tom Jenkins
Washington
Alfred Brown
Jacksonville
C. G. Dew
Dew
Dr. Dew
Brown
Co. E. Handley
Hazel Coon
Handley
Central Committee
Frank Bryson
Harley D Wemmer
Earl Schackert
Hazel Spoon
G. C. Stotts
Lawrence Wallace
Daniel R. Kovach
Fahye Pierce
Illness Fatal for Mrs. Mattie Giffin of Athens County
Mrs. Mattie Giffin aged 63 lifelong Ath ens County resident died at her Luhrig home after months of illness. Funeral services by Reverend Music will be Tuesday at 2 PM at Lubrig Pilgrim Holiness Church with burial at Augustine Cemetery in Poston. She is survived by husband John Giffin of Davisville West Virginia, three daughters Jessie Click Coalton Freda Syckes Millfield Route 1 Bertha Sheppard Millfield Route 1, one son Leslie Giffin Millfield Route 1, two sisters Gusta Carter Athens Fannie Young Athens, 11 grandchildren. Friends may call after 7 PM tonight at Dowler and Ferguson Funeral Home Athens.
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Mattie Giffin
Athens County
Luhrig
Music
Lubrig
Efaw Visits Old One Room School in West Virginia
L H Efaw of Athens Route 1 reports that during a trip through northern Ohio Pennsylvania and West Virginia he visited an old one room school house near Fairmount West Virginia he attended over 50 years ago now still in use Efaw is 62 years old.
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L. H. Efaw
Athens
Ohio
Pennsylvania
W. Virginia
Fairmount
W. Va
Efaw
Intoxication arrests lead to fines for two men
Edward Carsey aged 63 of W State Street was arrested Saturday night by city police on intoxication and pleaded guilty at arraignment before Mayor Franz L Woodworth, receiving a $25 fine plus costs. Ralph Whited, 34 from Hockingport, was arraigned on a similar charge and fined $5 plus costs.
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Edward Carsey
W. State St
Franz L. Woodworth
Ralph Whited
Hockingport
Marshfield Dedication Rescheduled for September 6
Rain postpones the New Marshfield flag raising and honor roll dedication. The ceremony will be held Sunday September 6 to honor all New Marshfield men in service whose names appear on the new honor roll.
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New Marshfield
Five Athens Area Men Enlist in Navy and Naval Reserve
Navy recruiting at Athens reports five area men accepted last weekend in Cincinnati. Franklin Lucas, 17, Millfield, joins regular Navy. Herbert Kloh, 21, Glouster, enters Naval Reserve V-6. Albert Evans, 20, Nelsonville, to USNR as construction worker. Paul Puchstein, 20, Columbus, joins V-7 USNR. James Rimersbach, 25, Fremont, to V-7, Ohio State graduate leaving for service.
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Athens
Cincinnati
Franklin Clifford Lucas
Perry A. Lucas
Millfield
Lucas
Herbert Kloh
Herman Kloh
Glouster
Naval Reserve
Jacksonville-Trimble High School
Albert Earl Evans
James W. Evans
Walnut St
Nelsonville
USNR
Paul Edward Puchstein
Ohio University
Albert F. Puchstein
Ingrahm Ave
Columbus
James Edward Rimersbach
Edward Rimelsbach
South Street
Fremont
Logan
V-7
Ohio State University
Service stickers of Navy available here
Hundreds of Southeastern Ohio homes display service stickers in windows to show a family member serves in the U S Navy. The Navy Recruiting Office in Athens mails stickers to residents who request them by letter or card, including the son’s name and the parent or relative’s address, and sends the sticker back by mail.
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Ohio
U.S. Navy
Navy
Athens
U. S S. Navy Recruiting Station
Post Office
Thirty Boy Scouts Attend Area Camp in Athens County
Approximately 30 percent more Scouts joined the 1942 Kootaga Area Council camping effort. Nearly 80 Athens County boys attended, with representation from Athens Troops 50 54 56, Nelsonville Troops 64, and Glouster, plus selections for the Order of the Arrow.
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Athens County
Kootaga Area
Boy Scouts
Camp Kootaga
Frank Allen
John Nickoson
Clark Biggins
Jim Biggins
Pearl Green
Arthur Swadner
William Nash
Arthur Yoho
Fred Rupe
Athens
Wallace LaBaw
Don Bingman
Francis Frebault
Hubert Frebault
Bill Smiley
Tom Dowler
Bob Cable
Phillip Fox
Jack Stewart
Daniel Smith
James Seward
Johnnie Jewett
Bill Ross
Don Meredith
Paul Midkiff
Keith Bateman
Kenneth Hulme
Charles White
Virgil McKnight
John Katzenback
Eugene Hitchings
Bob Bateman
Jimmy Bateman
Charles Davis
Bob Wolfe
Jack Hitchings
Bob Johnson
Don Jones
Lloyd Soe
Nelsonville
Bill Lewis
Bill Fowler
Lewis Crane
Joe Breese
Thurman Breese
Jack Mulligan
Bob Wilson
Ted Barnhart
Charles Kerns
Bob Stratton
Jack Bateman
Ralph Boyd
Roy Rogers
Max Morris
Bill Stahl
John Anderson
Harold Kittrell
Arthur Allen
Roger Cox
Dayne Witham
Ken Skinner
Glouster
Ned Cameron
Danny Chapman
Jack Atkins
Paul Vercoe
Wendell Drake
Roger Gilkey
Red Evans
Don Finsterwald
Ben Paynter
Johnny Nye
Carlos Bean
Don Ferguson
Bill Hammerle
John Caskey
Order of the Arrow
Robert Wilson
Robert Davis
Heart Attack Fatality At Store Door In Rain
John Joseph Egan a 64 year old man carrying a Selective Service registration card issued at Coshocton died of a heart attack in the doorway of a store at North Lancaster Street and Second Streets during Sunday morning rain at 10 30. His companion Herbert Emmett Adams Tranway was with him. Coroner A L Pritchard ruled the death a heart attack and city officials have not located any relatives.
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John Joseph Egan
Coshocton
N. Lancaster
Second Sts
Egan
Herbert Emmett Adams
Tranway
A. L. Pritchard
Widow of Pastor Eva Watson Wilson Dies Near Coolville
Eva Watson Wilson a 70 year old widow of Rev E H Wilson died Sunday at her son Clair Wilsons home near Coolville She had lived in the area all her life and belonged to Belpre A B Church Survived by son Raymond Albany Ga daughter Hazel Webster La Grange O sister Ethel Mitchell Miami Ariz and brothers Edson Watson Lakeview Ore Elza Watson Roseburg Ore Funeral at Torch Baptist Church Wednesday at two with burial beside the church cemetery Friends may call White Funeral Home anytime
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Coolville
Eva Watson Wilson
E. H. Wilson
Clair Wilson
Here
Belpre
Ore
Elza Watson
Roseburg
Torch Baptist Church
White Funeral
Duncan seeks divorce from Richard Duncan in Columbus
Hazel May Duncan files in Common Pleas Court for divorce from Richard Lewis Duncan of Columbus charging gross neglect of duty and refusing to provide support for her and two daughters aged eight two and a half. She seeks custody of the children and permanent alimony. they married October 7 1933 and have been separated since November 15 1941.
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Hazel May Duncan
Common Pleas
Richard Lewis Duncan
Columbus
Birth in White Cross Hospital Columbus
A son was born this morning at White Cross Hospital Columbus to Dr and Mrs Arthur Bloesing of East Tawas Michigan The mother is Betty Jones daughter of Mrs L F Jones 113 N Congress St Mrs Jones will depart by train for Columbus this evening The date of the Chinese New Year changes from year to year
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White Cross Hospital
Columbus
Arthur Bloesing
East Tawas
Mich
Bloesing
Betty Jones
L. F. Jones
N. Congress St
Plains Residents Aid Service Men With Collections
Residents of The Plains organize aid for service members by donating phonographs records books magazines and jig saw puzzles to the K T Crossen Post American Legion. They also collect money to send cigarets with coin boxes in local businesses and weekly counts totalled 36.56. Committee members include Mike Krivusti Marion Koon Henry Evans Harry Rollison Dan Gabriel Roy Bricker and Luke Hardy with many local contributors listed.
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Plains
K. T. Crossen Post
American Legion
Mike Krivusti
Marion Koon
Henry Evans
Harry Rollison
Dan Gabriel
Roy Bricker
Luke Hardy
Rebecca Harrison
Wade Howard
Vaughn Howard
Gerald Smith
Harold Six
Charles Liggett
Dave Alshour
Hugh Nida
Bob Evans
Margaret Krivusti
George Shame
Okey Phillips
Gilbert Johnson
Kenneth Powell
Barney Hill
Mary Hartman
Mary McKee
John Paulsen
Harvey Ortney
Hattie Little
Walter Wharton
H. McClain
Harry Tipton
Earl Orris
Walter Hawk
Carl Tinkham
George Bean
Roy Gabriel
Emory Hammond
Sherwood & Meeks
Clarence Stage
Bonnie Gay Ball
William Channell, Jr
L. D. Nelson
J. H Martin
Mary Burchfield
Hazel King
Charles McDonald
Walter Dresher
Mrs A M Van Meter Injured in Columbus
Police investigate how 53 year old Mrs Anna May Van Meter of Athens suffered a fractured skull after being found on the front steps of a Columbus residence on Tappan Street near University Hospital. She was visiting and remained hospitalized.
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Columbus
Anna May van Meter
Athens
E. Stewart
Tappan St
Churches May Obtain Sugar for Suppers
The Athens War Price and Ration Board announced new OPA regulations allowing churches and benevolent groups that serve four or more meals weekly to obtain sugar for suppers and luncheons. Sugar is for meals open to non members and may not be used for special occasions or member only events.
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OPA
Leonard Prater
Athens War Price and Ration Board
Four Cars Damaged In Two Collisions
State highway patrol reports two separate Sunday crashes. In the first, Robert Nice 21 of Athens collided head on with Lou ise Krampe 29 of Gary Indiana on Route 33 north of the North Y causing over $50 in damage but no injuries. In the second incident Katherine O Neill 23 of Bridgeport Connecticut sideswiped Thelma Mot ley 29 of Cincinnati on a sharp curve near Torch Channel resulting in about $20 total damage.
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Robert Nice
Athens
Louise Krampe
Gary
Ind
Katherine O'Neill
Bridgeport
County Fair opens with school day free admission
Athens County Fairgrounds bustle as opening day nears with rides, concerts, and rodeo acts. Tuesday School Day offers free entry for under 16, while harness races draw large fields from Ohio and nearby states. Bees as spies closes the item with a quirky note on painted messages and homing instincts.
War-Work Loan Supports Local Foundry Owner
War orders push a steel mill molder and home foundry operator to seek a loan. He works at the mill by day and at home by night, increasing his income and improving his physical and financial condition. For cash, call 548 S Court St Athens Ohio.
First Aid Post Established At Athens County Fairground
A first aid station opened in the Red Cross Building on the fairgrounds to serve the Athens County Fair. Red Cross Motor Corps volunteers will staff four hour shifts from 9 a.m. to midnight under Capt Amy Cutler and Adjt Marjori Mathews. Miss Ellen Biddle stated the unit includes trained lieutenants and many Red Cross members list of names.
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Birch
America
Athens High School
K. T. Crossen
American Legion
James P. Cumley
Cumley
Athens Lumber Co
USO
Athens County
Red Cross
Athens , Count
Re Cross
Ellen Biddle
Red Cros Motor Corps
Amy Cutler
Adjt
Marjori Mathews
The
Motor Corp
Doris Woodworth
Pauline Danford
Helen Lewis
Dorothy K. Dent
R. J. Studer
Georgi Clark
J. E. Algeo
A. Comer
Two Athens men fined for running red light downtown
Vern Raymond Scott, 34, of Athens, was arrested early Sunday by state patrol on W State St for failure to stop at a red light. He was arraigned before Mayor Franz Woodworth and fined $5 plus costs. Henry Eugene Barnes, 26, Athens, was arrested shortly afterward at the same location on the same charge and also fined $5 and costs by Mayor Woodworth.
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Vern Raymond Scott
Athens
W. State St
Franz Woodworth
Henry Eugene Barnes
Woodworth
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