Athens Men Volunteer for Navy Air Corps Enlistments
Fifty three men in Athens volunteered for the Navy or Army Air Corps with sixteen accepted initially. Local recruiters announced that information requests rose, and many would become eligible as standards adjust. The Navy must cut outside appointments as stations stay open 24 hours. Local acceptances include two Navy Air Cadets, two Navy Reserve, one regular Navy enlistment, and several others sent to Cincinnati or Great Lakes for final exams. Eleven men were accepted for the Army Air Corps and will train at Patterson Field and then undergo final exams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Navy
Army Air Corps
Athens
E. S. Lashmett
Navy
C. H. Fair
Lashmett
FE. S. Lashmett
Navy Air
Navy Reserve
Charles H. Crawford
College of Fine Arts
Ohio University
Navy Air Corps
Pascale J. Casanova
Fair
Patterson Field
Fairfield
Air Corps
Lloyd Tobias Jr
Lancaster
Eugene J. Geary
Portsmouth
James W. Anderson
Medina
Charles H. Mark
Frankfort
Walter V. O'Brien
Brooklyn
N. Y
Follow Noted Ohio Doctor’s Advice For Constipation Relief
A vintage ad urges readers to use Dr Edwards Olive Tablets to stimulate liver bile and improve digestion. It claims the vegetable tablets ease constipation, headaches, and low energy by promoting bile flow for fatty foods. Prices: 15¢, 30¢, 60¢. available at all drugstores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Dr. Edwards
F. M. Edwards
Messages From Home Reveal Safe Return Plans and Military Duty
A telegram from Mrs. Thelma Eggleston of Athens Route 2 says she is safe in Los Angeles amid travel confusion, planning to sail to Honolulu to join her husband Archa Eggleston at Pearl Harbor. Also noted are aerographer Henry Isselstein recalled to duty after a furlough, and Ensign Wilbur Monks stationed at Pearl Harbor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thelma Eggleston
Athens
Los Angeles
Herman Lohse
N. Lancaster St
Eggleston
Honolulu
Archa Eggleston
Pearl Harbor
Henry Isselstein
Deanville
U. S. S. Humboldt
Isselstein
Wilbur Edwin Monks
N. Mulberry Sr
Logan
Ohio University
United States Navy
Hawaii
Weather notes show cold fall night and warming day
Tuesday night dropped to 22 degrees marking the fall season's third coldest night. Mrs C N France reports the high for yesterday at 40 degrees and noon temperature today at 38, six degrees above freezing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. N. France
Mite of Mirth Joey Rardin visiting Athens home
Local piece profiles Joey Rardin known as the mite of mirth and his wife Mrs. Joey Bardin visiting in Athens at Nora Mansfield’s home. It notes publicity value, major city appearances, and a possible Warner Brothers Cagney link.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joey
Joey Rardin
Athens High
Nora Mansfield
Morris Ave
Ceeds
Phyllis Jones
Tecumseh, Mich
New York
Florida
Jimmy Cagney
Warner Brothers
Cagney
Baltimore
County Buys Five Trucks For Engineer
Athens County Commission purchases five highway department trucks from two bidders after seven firms offered quotes. Athens Truck & Implements Co. delivers two International ton and a half trucks for 2683.76 after trade-in, Morin Motors supplies two Dodge ton and a half trucks and a half-ton pickup, net 2424.40 on ton and a half dump and 628 for the pickup. Payments drawn from the county road fund sourced from state gasoline tax and automobile license fees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens County Commissioners
Athens Truck & Implement Co
E. Carpenter St
Morin Motors
Nelsonville
State Guard Expands Athens Company in Ohio
An order to recruit to full strength for Athens Company B of the Ohio State Guard was received by Captain Charles L. Woodworth from General W. S. Bird. All members must attend drills and be ready for duty. partial equipment arrived from the Ohio State Arsenal including packs, blankets, leggings, and barracks gear. Applications for membership may be submitted to Captain Woodworth at 18 S Court St or at Athens Armory on Tuesday evenings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Ohio State Guard
Charles L. Woodworth
W. S. Bird
Adjutant General of
Ohio
Bird
Harry N. Potts
Ohio State Arsenal
Columbus
Athens Company
Woodworth
S. Court St
Athens Armory
Nancy Linscott Dies At Hooper Ridge Home
Mrs Nancy Loretta Linscott aged 79 widow of George W Linscott died Tuesday at the home of her son Homer Linscott in Ames Township Hooper Ridge Church will hold funeral Friday at 1 PM with burial at Wallace Funeral Home Glouster She leaves a son two step children two sisters and two brothers from Ames Township and nearby locales Funeral in charge of W D Robinson Athens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glouster
Nancy Loretta Linscott
George W. Linscott
Homer Linscott
Hooper Ridge
W. D. Robinson
Athens
Wallace Funeral
Linscott
Hooper Ridge Church
Ames Township
Homer
George Anderson
Carl Linscott
Columbus
Angie Henderson
Osborne, O
Roscoe Henderson
Globe, Ariz
Charles Koons
Westerville
Frank Koons
Springfield
Churches of Athens County Meeting at First Christian Church
Churches of Athens County will gather at the First Christian Church in Athens Ohio on Thursday evening December II at 7 30 p m in the Higley Class Room for a community meeting about church activities and cooperation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Higley
Silent Night play staged by Athens Junior High cast
A ninth grade student Gretchen Barstow wrote the two part play Silent Night to be presented Sunday at 4 p m in the Athens High School auditorium by the Girls Glee Club and Dramatics Club. The two act tale follows Franz Gruber s hymn writing with a shadow vision in the nativity scene. Marilyn Covert Janet Ingerham and Beverly Davis are soloists with three trios and a cast led by Marjorie Smith as Mary Tom Dowler as Joseph and Janice Wiggin as an angel in the nativity sequence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gretchen Barstow
Athens
Girls’ Glee Club
Franz Gruber
Glee Club
Marilyn Covert
Janet Ingerham
Beverly Davis
Pat Pestil
Dorothy Bean
Jackie Mathews
Donna Lee Poling
Jo Ann Campbell
Marjorie Smith
Mary the Mother
Tom Dowler
Joseph
Janice Wiggin
Delmar Lee
Bob Cable
Francis Frebault
John Luman
Merrill Rieggle
Hubert Frebault
James Hanning
Lyle Wade Injured in Powhatan Mine Accident
Lyle Wade age 22 of Canaanville was reported in serious condition at Marietta Hospital after a mine accident at Powhatan last Friday. He was crushed between a mine motor and the wall, with both hips crushed and internal injuries. An operation was performed Saturday. Wade formerly worked at the Chauncey Mine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyle Wade
James Wade
Canaanville
Marietta Hospital
Powhatan
Wade
Chauncey
Ohio University Student Lieutenant Dies in Georgia Plane Crash
Second Lieut. John Pershing Robbins, 23, of Jackson, an Ohio University football end and Delta Tau Delta member, died after an army observation plane crashed into the surf at Skidway Island off Georgia. He had earned a private pilot rating in 1940 and served with the nineteenth Bombardment Squadron in Savannah.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Pershing Robbins
Jackson
Ohio University
Skidway Island
Georgia
Robbins
Delta Tau Delta
Athens
Army Air Corps
Savannah
Herbert A. Robbins
Health of English Good, Hudson Says Health of English Good
Dr. N Paul Hudson of Ohio State University spoke to the Athens County Medical Society at Hotel Berry on war health efforts in England. He described civilian action, public shelters, hospital vulnerabilities, and public education on safety and first aid amid air raid dangers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hudson
England
N. Paul Hudson
Department of Bacteriology
College of Medicine
Ohio State University
Athens County Medical Society
Hotel Berry
Athens County Medical Society elects new officers in 1943
At the annual session Dr. Byron Danford became president and Dr. L A Hamilton was chosen president elect for 1943. Dr R Hoskins was re elected secretary. Dr L D Robinson served as president last year. Dr Hudson spoke on civilian health aiding military success and noted Britain’s health and typhoid control despite bombing. He cited four million more acres cultivated and emphasis on cereals with reduced livestock and broader food distribution amid wartime shortages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens County Medical Society
Byron Danford
L. A. Hamilton
Athens
R. Hoskins
L. D. Robinson
Guysville
London
Hudson
Local Hospital Admissions and Discharges
At Sheltering Arms Mrs. Maxine Markins of Harrisonville was admitted for a major surgical operation. Releas ed today were Mrs. Maggie Runion of the Courthouse and Melvin Sickels age 9 of New Marshfield. Ernest Minear of Millfield Route 1 was released Tuesday and Albert Collins of Glouster was released Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maxine Markins
Harrisonville
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Maggie Runnion
Melvin Sickels
Ray Sickels
New Marshfield
Ernest Minear
Millfield
Albert Collins
Glouster
Position Lost By Bradfield
The ten day appeal period to the Athens Civil Service Commission by Leslie Bradfield, dismissed from the city police force, expired today with no appeal filed. He automatically loses any chance to retain his position. Bradfield was suspended by Police Chief Joseph B. Grogan and dismissed by Service Safety Director Bart Davidson. The Civil Service Commission will notify within ten days of an examination to fill the vacancy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens Civil Service Commission
Leslie Bradfield
Bradfield
City Hall
Joseph B. Grogan
Bart Davidson
Civil Service Commission
CAA Outlines Reinstatement For Pilots With Suspended Certificates
Civil Aeronautics Administration issues bulletin detailing how pilots may regain certificates. Reinstatement for contract workers and defense-related fliers requires unquestionable U S loyalty and citizenship. Some may gain special air access after full reviews and authority recommendations. Ohio plan targets 1340 grounded private planes housed at 62 of 129 airports under guard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Army
Navy
C.A.A
Anne
APV
D. H. Connolly
Civil Aeronautics
Washington
Farle E. Johnson
FR. C. Hutton
Port Columbus
America
U. S
Adjt
Bird
Don Power
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Release of Marie Bartlett From Nelsonville Jail
Marie Bartlett of Jackson Street Nelsonville was released from the Nelsonville City Jail this week by order of Common Pleas Judge F Rowland after serving two weeks of a 30 day sentence for selling liquor without a license. The release followed a doctor's recommendation that further confinement would endanger her health. She was sentenced November 24.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie Bartlett
Jackson St
Nelsonville
Order of Common Pleas
F. Rowland
Rowland
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Athens Messenger
Valers Way
OU Class
Crawford
Optometric Service
Court Athens
Joey Bardin
Toledo
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
California
Miami
Fla
New Orleans
State Guard
Nancy Linscott
Men of
The
Churches of
Athens County
AHS
Spain
John Robbins
E H. Hudson
Rockefeller Foundation
Danford President
Athens Pharmacy
N. Court St
Heatamin
CAA
Colonial
Colonial Plan
Ely
Newlp al Blight Steel
General Motors
Oldsmobile
Olds
Fou
Nye Chevrolet
Nelsonville, Ohio
Athens, Ohio
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