Athens recruits bolster Navy and Army Air Corps
In Athens 14 volunteers applied for Navy enlistment with four accepted and two aiming for Cadet Air Corps. Recruits include Clyde Bridgeport freshman, Elmer Guseman electrician’s mate, and Baker second class Carmichael. Ohio University cadets Justin Cook and Elliot enlisted. Richard Brooks accepted for Army Air Corps training at Patterson Field.
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Athens Naval Recruiting Station
E. S. Lashmett
Cadet Air Corps
Naval Reserve
Set. C. H. Fair
Athens
United States Army Air Corps
Richard F. Brooks
Ohio University
Steubenville
Mine accident victim admitted to Irving Arms Hospital
At Sheltering Arms Earl Lowry age 27 of New Marshfield was admitted today for treatment of head and face injuries from a mine accident at Carbondale Coal Co Mine. Miss Ann Stamper, a student from Eaton, was admitted Thursday for emergency appendectomy. Released today were Mrs. Roland Jones, 41 Grosvenor St., George Cain USN Athens Route, and Lester Barnette New Marshfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Lowry
New Marshfield
Irving Arms Hospital
Carbondale Coal Co
Ann Stamper
Eaton
Roland Jones
Grosvenor St
George Cain
USN
Athens
Lester Barnette
Fifty-Five Named as Athene Junior High Honor Pupils
Fifty five students at Athene Junior High School are listed on the honor roll for the second six weeks with B average or better. Seventh grade honorees include Barbara Algeo Laura Jean Anderson Avis Bahr Henry Brown Tom Dowler and others. Eighth grade honors feature Robert Ayers Dorothy Bean Mary Blaker Dick Clippin ger Bernard Cooley Beverly Davis Lenora Graham and more. Ninth grade students on the honor roll are Glennis Barringer Don Bingman John Casey Cleora Coopers Marilyn Covert Barbara Elkins James Haning and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Barbara Algeo
Laura Jean Anderson
Avis Bahr
Henry Brown
Tom Dowler
David Evans
Don Ferguson
Hubert Frebault
Carolyn Herbert
Marjorie McConkey
John Nye
Jo Ann Paterna
Ben Paynter
Linda Pedigo
Benny Roberts
Shirley Rose
Wanda Watson
Spencer White
Kenneth Wilcox
Glennis Barringer
Don Bingman
John Caskey
Cleora Coopers
Marilyn Covert
Barbara Elkins
James Haning
Wallace LaBaw
Nancy Leeka
Mary McCrum
John Pence
Dean Rotramel
Dick Shoemaker
Marjorie Smith
Kettles To Collect Fund for Christmas
Salvation Army kettle bells will ring tomorrow to raise funds for Christmas baskets for the needy in Athens County. Major Hinshaw notes many families still require aid this year despite improving employment. Last year 132 baskets were distributed and demand is expected to be similar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salvation Army
Major Hinshaw
Athens County
Hinshaw
Suitable for Charity staged at Senior High School
An assembly at the Senior High School featured the play Suitable for Charity under Miss Irene Hand. John Reed performed a clarinet solo during the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irene Hand
John Reed
Weather forecast for Athens weekend warms ahead
The weather bureau in Columbus predicts warmer days for the Athens area with occasional snow and rain. Yesterday’s high reached 34 and low 27, while noon temperature today was 36.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Weather Bureau
Columbus
Grange Plans Birthday Party at Athens Grange Hall
The Athens Grange announces a quarterly birthday party to honor members with Oct, Nov, or Dec birthdays. A pot luck dinner is set for 7 p.m. tomorrow at the Athens Grange Hall.
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Athens Grange
Athens Grange Hall
Boy's Leg Broken In School Ground Accident
Eight year old John Clark son of Willard and Mrs Clark fractured a leg in an accident yesterday at the West Side School playgrounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Clark
Willard Clark
West Side
Trustees Meet in Home of Clerk for Estate Notice
A meeting of Alexander Township Trustees will be held Saturday at 8 PM at Clerk Otho Castle’s home. The notice names executors administrators surviving spouses next of kin and creditors for estates plus filing inventories and appraisements for six deceased individuals with a hearing set for December 29 1941 at 9 AM.
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Alexander
Otho Castle
Achsah Porter
H. G. Gibson
Elizabeth Aumiller
Edith E. Totman
Lena
Dean
Anna Bolinger
Prizes Announced for Athens House Decoration Contest
The Athens Junior Chamber of Commerce and Retail Merchants Association sponsor a third annual Christmas house decoration contest. Prizes are defense savings stamps and judging favors originality within property limits. Judging occurs late before Christmas with all decorated homes eligible. Committee includes Carol Beaty Kenneth Beggs Paul Ferry Harold McClain and John Pickens.
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Athens
Pickens
Carol Beaty
Kenneth Beggs
Paul Ferry
Harold McClain
Panama City Tensions Reach Ohio University Students
Two Ohio University students from Panama City Panama fear war impact at home as families report Japanese shops shut down and spies detained. Gloria Parades a sophomore at Howard Hall worries she cannot return home next spring while Julio Sousa a freshman expects to be called to army service on his twenty first birthday.
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Ohio University
Panama Canal Zone
Gloria Parades
Howard Hall
Julio Sousa
FE. State St
Gloria
Panama City
Panama
Sousa
Chi Chi
Japan
Life in the U S Navy from Athens Student Letter
A letter from Joe J. Williams, now in radio school at San Diego, describes Navy life and training. He praises meals, recreation, and schooling, noting six nightly shows, weekly smokers, and a busy daily schedule from 5 30 a m to evening chow. He says the Navy offers education, pay while learning, and a first rate experience.
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Athens
Joe J. Williams
U. S. Naval Training Station
San Diego
Cal
Herman Williams
N. Court St
U. S. Navy
Navy
Grade School Christmas Program Set At Central School
Central Grade School will stage a Christmas program Monday at 7:30 p m in the Senior High School Auditorium. The event features dramatizations songs and readings with James Hooper reader and students in roles including Ellen Goddard Mary Nicky Parkis Joseph and others. Six grades join in songs under directors Miss Helen Moriarty and Miss Margaret Chadwick.
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James Hooper
Ellen Goddard
Mary
Nicky Parkis
Joseph
Jerry Jagers
Ernest Anderson
Robert McGrail
Kenneth Goodfellow
James Hoy
Edward Bruner
Jane Roseberry
Shirley Watkins
Suzanne Laughlin
Maryean Leahey
Annamae Crogan
Alice Newcomb
Helen Moriarty
Margaret Chadwick
ROTC Trains School Boys at Athens Senior High
Athens Senior High launches voluntary ROTC style training for boys with no arms or uniforms. Senior cadet officers from Ohio University will instruct basic military topics to prepare students for potential college ROTC or future military service. Classes meet twice weekly and focus on readiness rather than warfare.
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Athens
Ohio University
McClure Will Remain Here Indefinitely
James Warren McClure 22 son of Mr and Mrs J H McClure of 32 Grosvenor Street Athens has been stationed at the Athens Naval Recruiting Station for an indefinite period. He enlisted October 26 1941 after graduating Athens High School 192? and Ohio University 1940. He earned an MBA at Northwestern University and joined Armour Co advertising staff while there. He is the first local substation recruit to receive a second class yeoman rating. He was called to Cincinnati then ordered back to Athens to serve with the recruiting department.
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Biyce Trudeau
James O. Trudeau
Navy Air Corps
Corpus Christi
Texas
Advanced
Navy Flying School
Clyde
Bridgeport
Conn
Ohio University
Merrill Everett Kimble
Trewy Kimble
Cincinnati
Great Lakes
Elmer C. Guseman
W. State Street
Navy
Owen J. Carmichael
Carmichael
Baker
Naval
Albert Junior Cook
Glouster
Athens
Charles Marion Elliot
Marion M. Elliot
Town St. Glouster
Glouster High School
Rankin Brunton
United States Navy
Brunton
James Warren McClure
J. H. McClure
Grosvenor St
E. S. Lashmett
McClure
Northwestern University
Northwestern
Armour Co
Chauncey Man Leads First Red Cross Gift in County
Fred Ross Chauncey volunteered the first contribution to the Red Cross war fund in Athens County. He visited Red Cross headquarters in the Security Bank Building, said he learned of the need, noted his son’s service, and made a donation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Ross
Chauncey
Red Cross War Fund
Athens County
Red Cross
Security Bank
Alton Woodguard Pleads Guilty to DWI in Mayor’s Court
Alton Woodguard aged 29 of Ath ens Route 1 pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated before Mayor Cliff Cornell this morning. He was fined $100 plus costs after police arrested him last night on President St.
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Alton Woodguard
Athens Route 1
Cliff Cornell
President St
Important meeting on Red Cross War Relief Fund Committee
An important meeting is set for tonight at 7 o clock in Room 144 at Hotel Berry. It calls all those who have been called to serve on the Red Cross War Relief Fund Committee.
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Hotel Berry
Red Cross War Relief Fund Committee
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IDAY
Athens Messe Thens
OHTO
Army Air Corps
Patterson Field
Fairfield
Fair
Carnegie Hall
Tappines
Bell Telephone Laboratories
Fanley Audiphone CO
Cambridge, Ohio
Cline
South Court Street
Isaly
Dan Hershey
Isalys
MT. Air Beverages
Golden S
Pread
AHS
Grange Plans
Francis D. White
Gene
Ash
Dumbarton College For Women
Washington, D. C
University of New Mexico
University of Texas
THE
U. & Navs
By Warren McClurf
USNR
National Defense Program
U. S. Navy Recruiting Service
U. S S. Post Offices
Ohio
Campus Bobcats
the Mutual Home and Savings Association
Washington St
Athens, O
ROTC
Chauncey Man
Red Cross Committee
Carolyn Pico
Athens Board of Education
Pico
Athens City-County
Mlldred Colville
Dayton
Ralph W. Burdette
Cuardian
Charles Edward Burdette
Bank of Athens
Common Pleas
O. F. Rowland
Pisinoiff
Charles BE. Burdette
Kelley’s Grocery
Gulf Service Fresh Meats
E Groceries
P.m
Mr. Farmer
Lelenhone Bo
Deena
Swift's
Calif
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