Athens Transforms for Christmas Season in 1941
Athens bursts into holiday spirit as December arrives with evergreen displays and colorful lights along Court Street. James Cumley notes record gift stocks but warns shortages may follow. Eagles Lodge supplied decoration and City Hall offers free evergreen. City urges neighborly spirit as stores extend hours and charge 10 cents for gift wrap under $2.
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Athens
Court St
Eagles Lodge
Cliff Cornell
City Hall
Cornell
Athens Retail Merchants Association
Order of Eagles
Ohio Football Player Unhurt In Auto Crash
Two Ohio University students Andrew Szalay and Richard Hayes escaped injury when their car crashed into a bridge on Route 33 south of Nelsonville. Szalay, the quarterback, was fined five dollars for driving without an operator license after pleading guilty.
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Ohio University
Andrew Szalay
Richard Hayes
Mulberry St
Route 33
Nelsonville
State Highway Patrol
Szalay
Robert Miller
Cliff Cornell
Leroy Fisher
Canton
Sharpsburg Hill
Wilfred Frosh
Lathrop
Fisher
Clark
Amesville
Warm Athens Weather Continues Under Clear Skies
Columbus Weather Bureau reports warm conditions in Athens with 57 at noon and a high of 65 on Sunday. Dr. C. L. Dow explains radiation fog forms from high pressure and a clear sky, noting dense fog 500 to 700 feet thick under a clear sky.
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Athens
Columbus Weather Bureau
C. N. France
C. L. Dow
Ohio University
Dr. Dow
Fairmont man pleads guilty to intoxication charge
Howard Murray, 45, of Fairmont, West Virginia, pleaded guilty to intoxication at a Monday arraignment before Mayor Cliff Cornell. He was fined 10 dollars plus costs after a Sunday evening arrest on West Union Street.
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Howard Murray
Fairmont
W. Va
Cliff Cornell
W. Union St
Fugitive Boys Nabbed After Albany Robbery
Two 14 year old Belpre youths John Frazier and Francis Taylor escaped Meigs County Jail and robbed an Albany filling station of 22 dollars. They hitchhiked to Columbus and Athens, were captured by station owners, and the money recovered from an Athens alley before being returned to Pomeroy.
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Belpre
John Frazier
Francis Taylor
Meigs County
State Patrol
Athens
Albany
Columbus
Pomeroy
Skywriting Over Athens Reveals Grasshopper Squadron Role
A visitor at Athens Airport questions small light planes but notes their ability to land anywhere. The Grasshopper Squadron of 14 civilian pilots trained in Tennessee, El Paso, and Louisiana demonstrated emergency landings and aerial recon in War Maneuvers, with light Cubs aiding in fast column movements and field communications.
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Tennessee
el Paso
Louisiana
Only Post and Athena Approved by Committee
Laurence W. Lange, dean of men at Ohio University and committee chair, urged Athens merchants to limit advertising to The Ohio University Post and the Athena. He noted the 1938 agreement with the Retail Merchants Association to streamline solicitation and advised merchants to verify requests with the Retail Merchants Association or the Campus Affairs Committee.
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Laurence W. Lange
Ohio University
Athens
Merchants of Athens
Retail Merchants Association
Ohio University Post
Athena
Campus Affairs Committee
Births And Admissions At Sheltering Arms Hospital
A daughter was born this morning to Mr. and Mrs. Frank Dicken at Sheltering Arms Hospital. Mr. George Cain USN was admitted for emergency appendectomy. Mrs. Lillian Oxley was admitted for a minor operation. Mr. Vaughn Earich was treated for lacerations from an accident at Mine No 6. Mrs. Louise Nein and her infant daughter were released. The Summit Hill coal mine has burned since 1860.
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Frank Dicken
W. Union St
Sheltering Arms Hospital
George Cain
USN
Athens
Lillian Oxley
Vaughn Earich
Trimble
Louise Nein
Athens Route 4
Governor's Cup to Ath ens Company B Ohio Guard in Athens
Col W C Christy of the Second Regiment Ohio State Guard will present the Governor's Cup to Athens Company B for top rifle marksmanship at Camp Perry last August. The dinner at the Elks Club follows the 7 30 p m meal. the public presentation is set for 9 p m at the Athens Armory.
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W. C. Christy
Ohio State Guard
Athens
Camp Perry
Elks’ Club
W. A. Drake
Col. Brannon
Otis Harris
C. D. Lee
Cordtray
Jessie Oldham
Louis Houser
C. C. Cornell
Joseph Grogan
Roger Connor
James Cumley
K. T. Crossen Post
American Legion
A. E. McConkey
Lasher Leads Ohio Editor Delegation at NYC Fraternity Banquet
Prof. George Starr Lasher of Ohio University directed publicity for the National Interfraternity Conference in New York, served as toastmaster for the College Fraternity Editors Association banquet, and sat on the executive committee. The event at Waldorf Astoria drew editors from 59 fraternities and 21 sororities with speakers including Jessica Daves and Otto L. Weise.
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George Starr Lasher
Ohio University
School of Journalism
New York City
National Interfraternity Conference
Lasher
Theta Chi Fraternity
College Fraternity Editors Association
Waldorf Astoria
Jessica Daves
Vogue
George L. Macy
Otto L. Weise
McCall's Magazine
James Young
International News Service
Far East
Commodore
National Panhellenic Congress
Lowell Thomas
John G. Bowman
University of Pittsburgh
H. W. Prentis, Jr
National Association of Manufacturers
Lynn Stambaugh
American Legion
Robert G. Sproul
University of California
Cornell University
Sean Dickenson
Reinald Werrenrath
Bruce Boyce
Alexander Gray
Click
George Heilpern
New York
Delta Tau Delta
JF. Darrell Moore
Troy
N. Y
Athens
Oh'e University
James F Nolan
Columbus
Phi Kappa
P. F. Good
Phi Kappa Tau
Laurence W. Lange
Propaganda Analysis Talk Scheduled at OU Convocation
Dr Clyde R Miller founder of the Institute for Propaganda Analysis will speak on Propaganda Analysis tomorrow at 9 49 AM at Ohio University's convocation Introduced by Mary Katherine Carter president of Kappa Delta Pi Miller has been an editorial writer for the Ohio State Journal and the Cleveland Plain Dealer He is an associate professor of education at Teachers College Columbia University since 1928
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Clyde R. Miller
Institute For Propaganda Analysis
Ohio University
Miller
Mary Katherine Carter
Kappa Delta Pi
National Education
Ohio State Journal
The
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Teachers’ College
Columbia University
Painter Pleads Guilty in Intoxication Charge
Lester Barlow aged 53 from Erie Pennsylvania a painter pleaded guilty when arraigned before Mayor Cliff Cornell Monday morning. He received a fine of five dollars plus costs after being arrested by city police Sunday night at a Court Street hotel.
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Cliff Cornell
Lester Barlow
Erie
Court St
Doctor's Olive Tablets Promise Better Digestion
An advertisement touts Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a vegetable remedy to stimulate bile flow and ease constipation. It claims daily use improves digestion of fatty foods and elimination, urging readers to buy a box for 15 30 or 60 cents at all drugstores.
Walton League To Meet Masons Meet Tuesday
The Izaac Walton League will hold its regular meeting on Tuesday December 2 at 7 30 p m in the Fire Department rooms. Candidates for offices for the coming year will be presented.
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Walton League
Masons
Izaac Walton League
Royal Arch Masons to confer degrees at meeting
Athens Chapter No 39 Royal Arch Masons will hold a monthly meeting at the Masonic Temple. The Mark and Past Master Degrees will be conferred on a large class of candidates after the business session. Notice urged by high priest T E Gibson. New Hampshire population rose from 465293 in 1930 to 489716 in 1940.
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Athens
Royal Arch Masons
Masonic Temple
T. E. Gibson
Hich
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ST. Joseph
Marion
Ohio
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Netherlands East Indies
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By Marian Bush Reeder
William D. Strohmeier
Grasshopper
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Hocking
Mid-West
Dorr’s Run
F. M. Floyd
Chicago
Naval Reserve
Hjalmar Olson
Emerson Houf
H. T. Houf
Houf
Marine Corps
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Shade
Pete de Luca
Wisenbach
Bill Warner
Ohio U
Airways
Fred Stickhorn
Olson
Keith Kincade
South Carolina
Kincade
Sammy Russell
Grimes Landing Light Co
Urbana
Akron
Bishop
Cleveland
William Ferguson
Marietta
Claire C. Haas
Airway
Taylorcraft
Haas
Mid City
Kent
Hobart
Okla
Texas
C.P.T.P
Byron Wolfe
Carpenter Hardware Co
France
Wolfe
Post
Summit Hill
Goldberg
Optometrist
Optician
Worstell
N. Court St
Zenner’s Dept
Ohio Guard
Byron Jacoby
Headquarters and Service Company
Ohio University Department of Military Science and Tactics
James M. Churchill
ROTC
James Golden
C. M. Davis
Charles Fair
Jack Sampselle
Harold W. Jones
Ohio University School of Journalism
Lawrence Hauck
Associated Press
John R. Whiting
Blocter
Nursola
Athens Pharmacy
Tn, Court St
Athens County
Lostro Building
Athens, Ohio
Arch Masons
New Hampshire
Masonic Club
Colonial
Colonial Finance
Berry Hotel
Haydenville
Logan
R. L. James
National Fireproofing Corporation
Haydenville, Ohio
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