War Loan Drive Faces Weather Delays in Athens County
The Sixth War Loan Drive struggles as snow hampers solicitors and families, with Athens County reaching 65 percent of its $761,000 quota and total purchases at $494,747.14. Troy Township tops at 108 percent, while many districts trail under 50 percent as the drive ends next Saturday. Chairman Herman Humphrey urges all households to contribute.
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Herman Humphrey
Athens County
Troy
Lee Township
Carthage
Athens Township
Trimble
Nelsonville
York
Athens
Humphrey
Alexander
Ames
Athens Two
Berneee Ee
Canaan
Dover
Lee En
Odi
Rome
Troy A
Waterloo
Athens City
Bates WSCS Postponed Due to Weather
Bad weather forces Bates WSCS meeting to be postponed from Thursday night at the home of Mr and Mrs Si Allen until next week.
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Bates Wscs
Si Allen
Ohio University graduate to captain in 12th AAF Marauder unit
Harold T. Gorham of Peach Ridge Athens Ohio has been promoted to captain and serves as group photographic officer with the 12th AAF Marauder bomber base in Corsica. Brig. Gen. Webster recently commended his combat photo work and reconnaissance, noting his five B 17 missions and Bronze Star. Gorham, commissioned 1943 after leaving North African Photo Reconnaissance Wing Labs, studied at Ohio University in 1938 and is brother of Rex Gorham and Mrs. Margaret Carmichael wife of Capt. D P Carmichael.
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12Th Aaf
Corsica
Harold T. Gorham
C. E Gorham
Peach Ridge
Athens
Gorham
Robert M. Webster
Ohio University
Rex Gorham
Margaret Carmichael
D. P. Carmichael
Post Office To Be Open For Full Day Saturday
The Athens Post Office will be open Saturday after noon December 16 and December 23 with two mail deliveries on each day. Lt. Col. E. W. Chester, 48, of Columbus, former Camp Breckinridge commander and prisoner of war camp chief, died yesterday.
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Athens
Francis Frebault
Columbus
E. W. Chester
Camp Breckinridge
Grandma’s Mutton Suet Idea Becomes Penetro Cold Reliever
A historic ad describes a grandmother’s home remedy using mutton suet for chest colds and coughs. It then promotes Penetro, a modern salve claiming triple action relief through skin absorption, counter irritation, and vapor inhalation.
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Grandma
Musgrave purchases Cline Pharmacy Co. at 15 S Court St
Walter E. Musgrave buys The Cline Pharmacy Co. from Minnie H. Cline and John and Mrs. Newcomb. Musgrave, tied to the firm since 1911 and manager since 1941, takes over a business started in 1896 by J Halliday Cline. The 1916 formation included George E. Whipple, who led from 1934 to 1941.
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Cline Pharmacy Co
S. Court St
Walter E. Musgrave
Minnie H. Cline
John Newcomb
Musgrave
Cline’s Pharmacy
J. Halliday Cline
Cline
Inspection Tonight For Ohio State Guard Unit In Athens
The Athens Armory hosts a Bat talion inspection by Lieut. Col. R French from Zanesville as a preliminary to the regimental review next Wednesday under Col. Earl Brannon. Captain W D Witham says more men are needed to reach authorized strength. Public invitations extend to townspeople and eligible men aged 18 to 64 to enlist.
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Ohio State Guard
R. French
Zanesville
Earl Brannon
W. D. Witham
Athens
Witham
D. R. Carmichael
Brannon
State Guard
Hazing ban urged for all colleges by NIC
National Interfraternity Conference officials push for a total prohibition on hazing including paddling. Prof George Starr Lasher spoke at Ohio University about a resolution adopted at the NIC meeting in New York. Local campuses would enforce the ban through administrative officers.
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National Interfraternity Conference
George Starr Lasher
Ohio University Interfraternity Council
Lasher
New York
NIC
W. H. Fenzel
Wartime Letters From Ohio Soldiers Reach England Italy and Germany
Glouster and Athens area families report sons in England Italy and Germany with Signal Medical Infantry and Air Transport units. News covers Calway receiving Oak Leaf Clusters and 78th Group missions, furloughs at Nebraska and Camp Butner, and Thanksgiving messages from Europe and France.
Milk Shortage Hits Athens County After Snowstorm
A severe snowstorm paralyzed roads across Athens County hampering milk deliveries. Farmers could not reach distributors as lines and poles broke, leaving many families without milk. Telephone service faltered with 33 poles down and widespread outages. Some rural areas and mines remained idle while road crews planned gradual reopening as temperatures rose.
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Athens
Farmore
Waanhad Tha Aitu Halat
Telephone Company
Dr. Jones
Carbondale
No. 6
Kimberly
Hocking
Coonville
No. 9
Athens County
State Highway Department
Harry Richards
Pfe Williams Wounded in Action in Germany
Mrs. Lora Williams of Athens reports her son Pfe. Carl C. Williams was slightly wounded in action in Germany on November 25 and is now in a hospital there. He served with the Fifth Army.
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Harry V. Moore
Lower Plains
Melvin S. Moore
Paris
Moore
Lora Williams
Fern St
Athens
Pfe
Carl C. Williams
Germany
Williams
Fifth Army
Jeep Sponsored by East Side School Purchase
Students of the East Side School have sold $1,340.02 in War Stamps and Bonds. They sponsored the purchase of an Army jeep with $1,165 and will begin on another. A sponsorship panel with the school name and address will be placed inside the jeep. The State War Finance Office in Cleveland will handle the purchase and presentation.
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East Side
State War Finance Office
Cleveland
Military policeman and Pauline Steinmetz wed in Miami Beach
Sergeant Love, serving on trains as a military policeman, married Miss Pauline Steinmetz on November 20 in Miami Beach, Florida. She is living in Columbus. Sgt Love is the son of Mrs. Ray Love of Athens Route 4.
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Pauline Steinmetz
Miami Beach
Fla
Columbus
Sergeant Love
Ray Love
Athens
None Faster None Surer None Better Ad Claim
An advertisement touts Joseph Aspirin as the largest selling pain reliever with claims of purity and value. It pitches a 100 tablet large family size for 35e, urging customers to choose Ady branded aspirin over competitors.
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T. Joseph Aspirin
Demand &T. Joseph Aspirin
$953 Is Received for New Church at Kilvert
David E. Tabler and church treasurer report the Kilvert Church of God fund for a new building has reached $953 of a $1,400 goal. Donations include $13.40 from Coolville and $12.50 from Amesville as officers express gratitude.
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David E. Tabler
Church of God At
Kilvert
Church of God
Coolville
Amesville
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Keystone Custodian Funds
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Home Telephone Co
Albany
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the Plains
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Here
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Jeep
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the Security Bank
Athens National Bank
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