Inductions At Athens County Selective Service Headquarters
Athens County Selective Service lists 15 men inducted or examined for service. Navy selections include Gayle Johnson Melvin Grubb Loren An Trimble and others. Army inductees include Edward Hallam Earnest Mureal Donald Clif and many more from Athens Glouster Zanesville Columbus and Newark areas. Inductees reported for final examination and active duty duties at various locations.
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Athens
Dover Townships
Athens County
Serppard No
Clarksburg
W. Va
Navy
Gayle Johnson
Ath
Melvin Cecil Grubb
Yanlin Ave
Loren Edgar An- Trimble
William Harvey
Raphael Oliver
Glouster
Norman Bricker
Champre Everett Smith
Black
Lewis Williams
Glous
Edward Hallam
Earnest Mureal
Zanesville
Donald Clif
Stewart St
Ear- Milven Conant
Steve Anthony Scerba
Youngs
William Isaac Carle
Clyde
Theodore
Chauncey
Grange Discusses Health Program at Lodi Meeting
Mrs. Wingett led a discussion on the second series of Extension work titled Family on the Safe of Health. Miss Elizabeth Car of Ohio State University had led the previous county leaders meeting. Twenty five adults and six children attended the Lodi gathering with refreshments served.
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Lodi
Be Careful About Fire During Holiday Preparations
Fire Marshal Harry Dalton warns Athens residents to remove wrapping materials like excelsior and boxes from homes and stores daily. Do not pile them in cellars or behind shops where a cigarette could ignite them. decorating streamers near lights are unlawful unless 18 inches below fixtures, a risk in crowded halls.
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Harry Dalton
Athens
Dalton
Agginst
Eye Clinic Planned Here at Athens High School
A diagnostic eye clinic will be held in the Little Theater at Athens High School on Wednesday December 15 starting at 9 a.m under the Ohio Commission for the Blind. Doctors will be present and teachers statewide have conducted pre clinic vision screenings for pupils.
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Athens High School
Little Theater
Ohio Commission For the Blind
Commission
Athens County
Mildred Hayes
State Commission
University
Athens
Sale of Land In Athens County Increases
County recorder Claudis Chappel reports farming land sales rose about 30 percent in November. The county office recorded 117 deeds 31 mortgages and 20 miscellaneous instruments with 111 chattel mortgages filed and 40 real estate mortgages 19 leases and 120 chattel mortgages cancelled.
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Athens County
Claudis Chappel
Roberts seeks divorce in Athens County court
Doster E Roberts files for divorce from Katherine G Roberts in Athens County Common Pleas Court. Married March 31 1940 in New Lexington no children. He served in armed forces since March 1943 citing gross neglect of duty. Wife, 19, resides with her mother in Zanesville.
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Doster E. Roberts
Athens County Common Pleas Court
Katherine G. Roberts
New Lexington
Roberts
Zanesville
Carnival Employee Fatally Struck Near Chauncey
Reginald Gabrel Cartier a 50 year old Millfield man working with the Howard Brothers Carnival was killed when struck by a car on State Route 13 north of Chauncey. Driver Donald Ray Lanning 18 said he did not see Cartier until it was too late. Coroner A L Pritchard ruled accidental death from a cerebral hemorrhage due to skull fracture. Cartier walked from Chauncey toward Millfield when the incident occurred. Lanning swerved to avoid him, stopped at the scene, and later reported to Sheriff Bateman in Athens. No charges were filed. Cartier’s body was taken to Dowler and Ferguson Funeral Home. Funeral plans not yet made and relatives unlocated.
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Reginald Gabrel Cartier
Millfield
Chauncey
Donald Ray Lanning
New Pittsburg Hollow
Murray City
George Bateman
Cartier
A. L. Pritchard
Ray Howard
Howard Brothers Carnival
Mr. Howard
Lanning
Aldine Wemmer
Bateman
Dowler and Ferguson Funeral Home
Athens Girl Leads OU To Debate Title
Ohio University women debate team finished as co champions of Ohio in the Women’s Intercollegiate Debate Tournament at Capital University Columbus. They won eight of 12 debates with Ohio Wesleyan and Heidelberg College also claiming eight. Ruth Ann Grover captained the squad.
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Ohio University
Ohio
Capital University
Columbus
Ohio Wesleyan University
Heidelberg College
Athens
Ruth Ann Grover
Brandon T. Grover
Doris Morgan
Dayton
Catherine Morris
Lowell
Marilynn Emsley
Cleveland
L. C. Staats
Honor Roll List At The Plains High School
Twenty seven students across grades seven to twelve are named on The Plains High School honor roll for the second six weeks. Recipients include David Miller and Lois Kail in grade seven, Jerry Baughman and Barbara Humphrey in grade eight, Caryol Ann Bean and Wilma McHarg in grade nine, Jo Baughman and Betty Lou Sands in grade ten, Donna Baughman and June Miller in grade eleven, and Vada Bricker and Chlorous Burton in grade twelve.
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the Plains High School
David Miller
Lois Kail
Mary Mason
Marian Richardson
Jerry Baughman
Barbara Humphrey
Caryol Ann Bean
Wilma McHarg
Mary Ellen Thompson
Charles Hughes
Roger Johnson
Ralph Kail
Dale Wharton
Jo Baughman
Betty Lou Sands
Joe Kennedy
David Winefordner
Donna Baughman
June Miller
Paul Batchelder
Robert Evans
Ralph Gabriel
Vada Bricker
Chlorous Burton
Betty Hill
Georgia Michael
Paul Kail
10 Tons in Scrap Pile In Alexander Township
The Sunday salvage drive in Alexander Township yielded more than 10 tons of scrap metal with nine truck loads collected. W. H. Wakefield of Athens County announced plans for a similar effort in Canaan Township next Sunday and urged residents to start gathering salvage now. Residents with uncollected scrap were asked to call Wakefield.
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Alexander Township
W. H. Wakefield
Athens County
Canaan Township
Alexander
Wakefield
Gamertsfelder Addresses OSU Alumni in Athens County
Dr. W. S. Gamertsfelder, Ohio University president, spoke on the post war period and reconstruction at the Oh State University Athens County alumni meeting in the Student Center. Forty-one attended as Miss Jennie Sue Rousey sang and Neil Thomas screened football film. Mrs. H. L. Dunlap led the business session which elected Dr. Don Clippinger as president and a slate of officers for the coming year.
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W. S. Gamertsfelder
Ohio University
Oh State University
Athens County
Jennie Sue Rousey
Neil ‘Thomas
H. L. Dunlap
Don Clippinger
Blanch Moorehead
Wilson Smith
Edith Miller
J. F. Dixon
Pauline Fierce
L. P. Eblin
Youth Fails in Effort To Take Cash Register
Sunday night about 9 30 two young men stopped their car in front of the Telephone Building on W Washington St One entered the lobby found it vacant but behind a screen operators were at work They tried to lift a heavy cash register causing the machine bell to ring The pair fled the scene in their car.
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Telephone Building
W. Washington St
Republican gubernatorial candidate Payne taps tax repeal
Springfield and Alfred E. Payne, a local manufacturer, declared his candidacy for the Republican nomination. He outlined a platform calling for the repeal of state retail taxes.
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Springfield
Alfred E. Payne
Ex-Publisher Charles C. Chappelear Dies at 83
Funeral rites will be held at Newark for Charles C. Chappelear 83 former Circleville attorney publisher and state senator who died here in Columbus.
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Columbus
Newark
Charles C. Chappelear
Circleville
County Fair Finances in Best Condition in Years
The Athens County Agriculture Society reports a strong 1943 financial position for the County Fair with a $1,008.29 year end balance and $1,500 forthcoming from state and county. The Auditing Committee nominated Bruce Chapman Franz Woodworth and Wayne Wingett to oversee plans for a Junior Fair Building as officers and several board members were reelected. The 1943 receipts totaled $9,598 plus a $487.08 start balance, while expenditures were $9,077.43 leaving $1,008.29.
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Athens County Agriculture Society
Bruce Chapman
Franz Woodworth
Wayne Wingett
Messenger
Mium
L. C. Baker
Fair Board
Howard Cline
Earl Johnson
Conrad Mulligan
J. Howard Cline
F. I. Caldwell
Lewis Jandes
G. F. Pincelli
Fred Williams
O. D. Hooper
Athens Grange
Grange
Coma Semsonars
John Hope
Raybo
Charles Bolin
Ross Wright
Ralph Elliott
Glen Hanes
David Eblin Dies at Residence in Pomeroy
David J. Eblin, 70, died at his home in Pomeroy this morning. Friends may call at Ewing Funeral Home until the funeral Wednesday at 2:30 PM at Highland Church. He is survived by daughter Nellie Edwards of Columbus and five brothers, with his wife and two sisters having preceded him in death.
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Pomeroy
David J. Eblin
Ewing Funeral Home
Highland Church
Eblin
Nellie Edwards
Columbus
Charles
Thomas
Steven
Mahlon
Walter
Fostoria
Nora Stace
Millfield
Steven Goett
Christmas Seals Sale Totals 1800 in Athens County
Lawrence Worstell, treasurer of the Athens County Tuberculosis and Health Association, reported receipts from Christmas Seals sales totaling 1800 to date. The campaign goal is 3000, and Worstell urged donors who received seals by mail to send in their contributions promptly.
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Athens County
Lawrence Worstell
Young Driver Involved In Route 682 Wreck Near Beaumont
Donald Irwin Stauffer aged 19 of Athens Route 2 escaped serious injury after his car left the road and overturned at a turn on Route 682 near Beaumont. He suffered slight cuts and bruises as state patrolmen described the damaged vehicle.
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Donald Irwin Stauffer
Athens
Beaumont
Speeder Fined $25 After State Patrol Stop
Franklin Conrad aged 25 of Columbus was fined $25 and costs after arrest by state patrolmen and arraignment before Mayor Franz Woodworth on excessive speeding charges. Athens County Senior 4 H Club to hold Christmas party Wednesday at 8 p.m. at Keith Scott home. members bring a 10 cent grab bag gift.
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Franklin Conrad
Columbus
Franz Woodworth
Athens County
Keith Scott
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