Battery C Members at Camp Shelby to Have Holiday Furloughs
At Camp Shelby Mississippi Battery C of the 134th Field Artillery part of the Thirty seventh Division will send half its men home for Christmas and the rest for New Year’s Day. Furloughs run December 12 to January 11 with part of pay so all can go home. Aiming to improve morale the unit built a room for recreation and asks Athens supporters to send ping pong balls paddles books magazines cards and subscriptions.
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Battery C
Camp Shelby
Miss
Athens National Guard
Battery Street
Battery Fund
Paul O. Anderson, Jr
134Th Field Artillery
APO 37
Athens
Athens Post Office Announces Holiday Hours
Postmaster Francis Frebault calls for early mailing of gifts. From December 8 to 24 money order and register windows open at 8 a.m. instead of 9, close at 5 p.m. daily except Saturdays 2 p.m. Dec 13 and 20. Stamp and general delivery windows open 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. with extended Saturday hours. Two carrier deliveries on Dec 20 and one other Saturday. Christmas Day delivers parcels only. windows closed.
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Athens
Francis Frebault
Frebault
Consumer Credit Regulation Explained In Athens Forum
The Athens Chamber of Commerce and Athens Retail Merchants Association sponsor an open forum on Regulation W tonight at 7:30 in Hotel Berry. The session explains consumer credit terms and requires all lenders to register and be licensed by Jan 1, 1942 in the Cleveland district. Speakers include H. N. Ott and Clyde Harrell.
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Athens Chamber of Commerce
Athens Retail Merchants Association
Hotel Berry
Federal Reserve Bank of
Athens
Cleveland
H. N. Ott
Clyde Harrell
The
Cincinnati
Battery OC Receives Club Made Baseball Shirts For Camp Shelby
The Athens Rotary Club sent fifteen maroon slip over sweaters with a large C and 134 to Battery OC at Camp Shelby. About 40 members are due between December 12 and 17, traveling by train bus or car. The Athens Messenger feeds 25 men daily with copies sent to each for two months and then rotated. The camp requests day room supplies as well.
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Battery C
Camp Shelby
Athens Rotary Club
Battery
Athens B
Athens Messenger
Athens
Army To Accept Toys For Christmas Gifts
Major W. W. Hinshaw announced the Salvation Army will accept used toys for distribution with Christmas baskets. Due to time and staffing limits the WPA is not repairing toys this year, but donations may be left at the Salvation Army building or picked up by Army workers.
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W. W. Hinshaw
Salvation Army
WPA
Hinshaw
Second Grade East East Side School Stages The Bremen Band
Second graders at East Side School presented a school assembly dramatization of The Bremen Band. Martha Morrison announced the skit with pupils Jack Dowler as donkey Helen Lehman as rooster Barbara Bryant as cat Antoinette Oadis as dog Patty Lou Fitzer Nancy Martin and Freda Bell Blackford as robbers Ronald House as farmer Clara Davis as cook. Supervisor Miss Mildred Giesecke and teacher.
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East Side School
Bremen
Martha Morrison
Jack Dowler
Helen Lehman
Rooster
Barbara Bryant
Antoinette Oadis
Patty Lou Fitzer
Nancy Martin
Freda Bell Blackford
Ronald House
Clara Davis
Mildred Giesecke
Funeral Held for Dick Hughes in Athens
Funeral services for 18 year old Dick DeLa Haye Hughes were held Wednesday at the Presbyterian Church in Athens. Attendees included Delta Tau Delta members Ohio University groups and local families with many out of town relatives and honorary pallbearers from the fraternity.
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M. D. Hughes
Ohio University Rotc
Athens High School
Athens County Bar Association
Hughes
Alma B. Strecker
Monroeville
Mae B. Bounds
Lois H. Barnes
Bellevue
William J. Hughes
Alliance
Theodore P. Hughes
Cuyahoga Falls
Clifford L. Hughes
Akron
David G. Hughes
Oxford
O. T. Williams
Clarence Schild
Donaldson
Columbus, Ymca
Fred Rosser
Bernard Tom
Joe Dilley
Dick Gardner
Irvin Donaldson
Jimmy Williams
Dwight Riley
Delta Tau Delta Fraternity
Don Davis
A. Ross Alkire
Martin Carraham
Gene Sample
Warren McClure
Quarantine 24 at Mechanicsburg School to curb scarlet fever spread
Health commissioner Dr. B B Backley ordered 24 Mechanicsburg School pupils sent home and quarantined after throat cultures showed positive streptococcus. Nine cases reported in eight weeks. 14 total in Athens City and County in November. Weekly tests and disinfecting of rooms and buses planned.
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Mechanicsburg
B. B. Backley
Athens City
Mechanicsburgs School
Backley
Damage to Sunoco station fuel dispenser blamed on truck
City police said a Sunoco station dispenser on Carpenter Street was knocked to the ground and smashed last night. Officers believe a truck caused the damage in the incident.
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Sunoco
Carpenter St
Nutrition program to be held at Athens and The Plains
A "food for health" meeting series under Athens City Health Department and Athens Nutrition for Defense Committee will meet Friday at 9 30 a m in Athens High School Little Theater led by nutritionist Miss Jennie Nelson. Another session is planned for The Plains High School at 1 30 p m as part of the same program.
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Food For Health
Athens County
Athens City-County Health Department
Athens Nutrition For Defense Committee
Athens High School
Jennie Nelson
Southeastern Ohio
Health Department
the Plains High School
Cross To Be Erected On North Hill Site
The city fire department will erect a 10 by 16 foot lighted cross on North Hill today. The cross will be visible from Court Street and other city areas during the holiday season. Roy Robinson, acting fire chief, says electricity is supplied free by Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co.
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Court St
North Hill
Roy Robinson
Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co
Hospital releases listed of five patients from Sheltering Arms
Five patients discharged today from Sheltering Arms Hospital include Mrs. Guy Crisp of Tipp City Irene Atanasoff of The Plains Martha Lou Baughman of Albany Mrs. Lillian Oxley of Athens Route 5 and Mr. Guy Dinsmoor of New Marshfield.
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Sheltering Arms Hospital
Guy Crisp
Tipp City
Irene Atanasoff
the Plains
Martha Lou Baughman
Albany
Lillian Oxley
Athens
Guy Dinsmoor
New Marshfield
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