Athens City Council approves firemen pay raise and health contract
Athens city council last night approved salary increases for three firemen and an extra Sunday duty man, with C. A. Parker Warden and Fire Marshal H. Dalton also seeking higher pay. The council extended the joint by county health department contract for two years, with City paying 36.5 percent and the county 63.5 percent, and set annual licenses for eating and drinking places at 3 dollars beginning next year. The mayor and Service Safety Director recommended bidding for a 1941 Chevrolet sedan once used by the police.
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Athens County Board of Health
Athens City
H.T Phil
Council
County Health Department
Phillips
Parker
Dalton
Risley
C. A. Parker
Harry Dalton
Harry Risley
C. L. Colmer
Franz Woodworth
A. N. Johnson
Police
Reclassification Expands Grade III Tire Use
The Office of Price Administration announces that Grade III tires may be transferred and purchased without certificates while reclaimed passenger tires and factory seconds reclassified as Grade I must be sold on certificate. With Grade III stock declining, buyers are urged to use Grade III tires first and avoid depleting Grade I quotas. There are about two Grade I applications per tire, and the December quota remains 2,000,000.
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Office of Price Administration
OPA
War Price and Rationing Board
Rosamond Lowry Dies At Guysville Monday
Rosamond Light Lowry died Monday afternoon at her brother John W Light’s home in Guysville She had moved from Guysville to Napoleon after marriage and returned after her husband and son's deaths She was member of Presbyterian Church and Eastern Star Survived by sisters Nora Henry Edna Thompson both of Athens and N E Rickey of Guysville Funeral at Jagers Funeral Home Wednesday at two conducted by the Rev Baxter burial in W Union St Cemetery Friends may call anytime
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Rosamond Light Lowry
John W. Light
Guysville
Lowry
Napoleon
Presbyterian Church
The
Eastern Star
Nora Henry
Edna Thompson
Athens
N. E. Rickey
Jagers Funeral Home
Baxter
W. Union St
Prayer Band to Meet at Graham Chapel
Prayer Band will meet at the home of Mr. and Mrs. O. B. Chapman on Thursday evening December 7. Mrs. Henry Lauer will lead the meeting, continuing the group’s religious activities at Graham Chapel.
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Graham Chapel
O. B. Chapman
Henry Lauer
Wilmer Grass Pleads Guilty On Intoxication Charge
Wilmer Grass aged 52 of Athens Route 4 pleaded guilty before Mayor Frank Woodworth this morning to intoxication and was fined five dollars plus costs.
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Wilmer Grass
Athens Route 4
Frank Woodworth
Returns From Hospital For Mrs Raymond Mulpas
Mrs. Raymond Mulpas has returned from St Anthony's Hospital in Columbus to her home on Sugar Creek.
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Raymond Mulpas
St. Anthony's Hospital
Columbus
Sugar Creek
Missing in Action H W Rhodes Airman Over Italy
First Lieut H W Rhodes B 24 pilot son of Cynthia Braley Rhodes 60 N Congress St has been missing in action over Italy since Nov 11 per telegram to his wife Elizabeth Ramsey Rhodes now with her parents in Van Wert Rhodes and his wife have two children Marjorie and Jimmy He enlisted Sept 1942 trained at Sheppard San Antonio Spartan Altus and went overseas Aug 3 He served with the 15th Air Force in Italy with at least 30 missions and earned an Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster and a promotion to first lieutenant.
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H. W. Rhodes
Cynthia Braley Rhodes
N. Congress St
Italy
Elizabeth Ramsey Rhodes
Ray Ramsey
van Wert
Sheppard Field
Tex
San Antonio
Spartan Field
Tulsa
Okla
Altus
Rhodes
15Th Air Force
Air Service Command depot leader aids Allied air cover
MSgt. Her schel R. McCoy supervises the largest Air Service Command depot in Britain, coordinating high priority equipment to advanced airfields on the Continent to keep Combat Air Force planes in top order. His family roots are in Little Hocking and Belpre, Ohio, with relatives serving in New Guinea and England.
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Air Corps
Herschel R. McCoy
Britain
Germany
McCoy
I. J. McCoy
Little Hocking
Belpre High School
T-5
Jack McCoy
Medical Corps
New Guinea
Pfe
William D. Davis
Pomeroy Route 1
Harold FE. Young
Athens
Air Service Command Ordnance
Fighting Air Force
Pfe. Davis
Cora Bowen
Pomeroy
Army
Ernest Bowen
Sergeant Young
Wilbur A. Young
May Ave
Anthony Wayne Oil Co
Columbus
Green Explains FM Radio Reception to Athens Club
Dr. D B Green of Ohio University spoke to the Athens Rotary Club on frequency modulation. He outlined FM advantages and limitations and noted relays are needed before long range use in hill country. Three new members were welcomed by President Brandon Grover and others from Lawhead Press Beasley Co Bennett Co.
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Athens Rotary Club
Green
Ohio University
Dr. Green
Brandon
Il’. Grover
P. F. Good
The
Lawhead Press
W. M. Ripley
F. J. Beasley Co
Ralph H. White
Bennett Co
Mrs Minta Lively 91 Dies at Son's Home
Mrs Minta Acord Lively age 91 died this morning at the home of her son Lewis Lively Millfield Route 1. She is survived by another son Wirt Lively of Creola Ohio. Funeral services set for Thursday at 2 pm at Poston Community Church with visitation at Jagers Funeral Home.
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Minta Acord Lively
Lewis Lively
Millfield
Wirt Lively
Creola
Poston
Jagers
November 14 Register For Service in Nelsonville Area
Nelsonville residents listed register with Athens County Selective Service Board No. 2 during November under the National Draft Act. Names include James Rush, Dean Haskins, Chester Windle, Kenneth Mayle, Wilbur Van Meter, Augusta Fisk, James Gabriel, Clyde Metcalf, Lloyd Washburn, Paul Hawk, James Lee, Gene Irwin, Charles Hanson, Myron McGrew.
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Nelsonville
Athens County Selective Service Board No
James William Rush
Fairview St
Dean Edson Haskins
W. Monroe St
Chicago
Chester Delbert Windle
Box
Kenneth Edward Mayle
Sharpsburg
Wilbur Francis van Meter
Guysville
Augusta Fisk
High St
County Legionnaires to Convene in Athens Post Gathering
Athens county Legionnaires will meet during the K T Crossen Post monthly gathering at the post home Wednesday at 8 pm. Ed Carter county commander urged all post service officers to attend. Program includes a general discussion of the GI Bill of Rights and refreshments will be served.
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Legionnaires
K. T. Crossen
Athens
Ed Carter
Nelsonville
Ration Roundup For War Time Stamps and Credits
Minted wartime ration guidance lists Blue and Red stamps by Book 4 and 3, detailing valid dates, point values, and item categories. It covers processed foods, sugar, shoes, gasoline, tires, fuel oil, and renewal procedures, outlining deadlines and required inscriptions for control.
Athens fire forces chimney rebuilt after repeated calls
Firemen were summoned three times within 22 hours to Evelyn Chesser’s home at 119 N Congress St to extinguish chimney fires. Fire Chief Clarence Parker ordered the chimney torn out and rebuilt after soot ignited on Sunday night and cracks in the inner cement wall left an open space for sparks. A third call followed Monday evening as smoke spread through the house.
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Athens
Evelyn Chesser
N. Congress St
Clarence Parker
Rachel White Funeral to Be Held Wednesday
Funeral services for Mrs. Rachel C. White of Broadwell will be Wednesday at 2 PM at Mt Hermon A B Church with Rev. W. H. Long officiating. Interment follows in the adjoining cemetery. Friends may call at the Broadwell home at any time.
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Broadwell
Rachel C. White
Mt. Hermon A. B
W. H. Long
Izaak Walton League Nominates Officers Tonight
Athens Chapter of the Izaak Walton League will nominate officers for the next year at a 7 o clock meeting. The session will be held in the county commissioners office in the Courthouse.
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Athens
Izaak Walton League
Thieves Take Locked Auto Stolen in Athens
Thieves stole the locked automobile of George Joseph of Zanesville from a parking place on West Union Street near Depot Street between midnight and 7 30 this morning. Bedspreads table cloths dresser scarves and tapestries valued at 150 were missing. a wing glass was broken to gain entry and the ignition switch was short circuited. Police reported the theft at the Athens State Hospital grounds this morning as officials attended three day meetings in Columbus.
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George Joseph
Zanesville
Athens State Hospital
W. Union St
Depot St
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