Athens County Faces Hazardous Roads as Snow Falls
Athens County endures heavy snow and freezing temperatures dropping to 15 degrees. Two more inches added to nine day total of 11 inches. Roads remain treacherous as five snowplows and 14 cinder trucks clear main highways while schools close and milk delivery slows.
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Coc Wan
Athens Messenger
Athens County
N. France
Richland Ave
Ralph Douglas
Woodlawn
Leonora Jewell
Downe Incton
Jewell
Athens
Waterloo
Harry Richards
Harry Dust
AHS Girls Redecorate Room and Renovate Kitchen
Athens High School junior and senior home economics students redesigned a former storage room into a bright decorative space with green and yellow drapes, painted furniture, and a rose bedspread. They also renovated the community kitchen, refinished tabletops and sewing machines, and sanded and varnished equipment in the school’s home economics department.
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Athens High School
Holidays Begin Christmas Vacation for Ohio University Students
University students in Ohio start Christmas break after Wednesday classes. Many plan to leave by train or bus late today. Classes resume Wednesday January 2. Athens City Schools also begin tomorrow at 4 p.m with return set for January 2. County schools may stay in session Friday then return January 2, but snow and bad roads threaten openings all week.
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Ohio” University
Athens
Athens County
Central students present Christmas program with carols
The Athens County school auditorium hosted a morning Christmas program. Richard Nellis announced the event while Charles Atkinson presented The Christmas Star. Students from all grades performed carols and readings including O Come All Ye Faithful and Silent Night. Irvin A. Wolfe announced fertilizer in storage and urged farmers to contact the AAA Office before stock runs out.
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Concal
Ight School
Richard Nellis
Charles Atkinson
Ellen Tullis
Shirley Cunningham
Sabra Dunlap
Kleen “Glancy
Caroline Herth
Bethlehem
Irvin A. Wolfe
Athens County
AAA
Air Medal Honors Local Army Air Forces Sgt Clemons
Medal awarded for meritorious achievement while flying unarmed aircraft over enemy territory. Includes biographical notes on Sgt Cloyd Clemons of Glouster and family, plus other veterans and service details from the region.
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United States
European Theater OF Operatons
Tech
Cloyd Clemons
Glouster
Clemons
James S. Clemons
Hill St
Alice Coretta
Postal Notes Offer Way To Mail Money
Postmaster General Walker announced a contract for 100 million Postal Notes and plans to place them in 1575 First Class Post Offices by about January 1. The notes will be usable at any U S post office and come in eighteen stamp denominations with eleven note denominations up to ten dollars. Simplified sale and accounting aim for a uniform fee of six cents, not replacing conventional money orders.
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Walker
United States
Ackley Downs 2 Nazi Planes Downed in Aerial Action
In a Paris dispatch Lt. John W. Ackley of Athens and C. Clair Cullinan of Marion were credited with downing two Nazi planes during a large air encounter. The expeditionary force headquarters reported eight planes involved with two shot down.
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Normnus
Sted. Expeditionary Force
Paris
John W. Ackley
Athens
C. Clair T.cullinan
Marion
Jack and Heintz to Cleveland War Bond Bonuses
Jack and Heintz Inc. precision airplane equipment makers will pay about 600000 dollars in War Bonds as Christmas bonuses. President William S. Jack said each associate would receive one $90 E bond for every month of service with the company during 1944.
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Cleveland
Jack Nd Heintz, Inc
William S. Jack
Election notice changing polling site in Kens County
The Athens Town Apt community committeemen election is moved to the Athens County Office at 7 PM Friday evening Dec 42. The previous venue at Mechan lcsburg School is canceled and all members are urged to attend at the new location.
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Irvin A. Wolfe
Kens County
AAA
Athens
Athens County
Lcsburg
Ration Roundup in 1945 Stamp Validity Notes
The AP reports ration details covering processed foods sugar gasoline and fuel stamps with validity dates through December 1945. It lists book stamps A through SS and other coupon series, noting which become valid or continue to be honored.
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Associated Press
Rugged Outfit Symbolizes New Marine Division Heritage
A field formed division carries a rugged insignia. It blends elements from the 22nd Marine Regiment the First Marine Brigade and the Fourth Marine Regiment. The 22nd conquered Eniwetok the First Brigade fought on Guam and the Raiders battalions served across the Pacific.
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6Th Marine Division
Nelurles
22Nd Maine Regiment
Eniwetok
Guam
Fourth Marine Regiment
Pacific
USMC
Shrapnel Wounds J. W. Harkless in Germany Fight
Jesse W. Harkless of New Plymouth was wounded by shrapnel near Geilenkirchen on November 27 and evacuated by train to Paris then by plane to a hospital in England. His wife Leola Wilson lived in Akron. He reports good care in an American hospital. another Harkless son serves in the Army Medical Corps in the Pacific.
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Allied Headquarters
Italy
Orville Householder
Violet W. Household
Akron
George Householder
Jacksonville
Pei Sular
General Contraction Engineering Company
Sardinia
Rome
Quenton Spencer
Kirtley
E. M. Baughman
Albany
Seaman Baughman
Great Lakes
Jesse W. Harkless
James Harkless
New Plymouth
Germany
Harkless
Geilenkirchen
Paris
England
Leola Wilson
Army Medical Corps
Pacific
Navy
Athens City Council Finalizes 1944 Budget and 1945 Plan
The Athens council concluded its 1944 session with budget transfers and debate on the 1945 budget to be considered at the west meeting. A streetlight request for East Mulberry Street went to the Lighting Committee. Isaac Hudnall, 21, of North Kinley Avenue pled guilty to a charge of intoxication before Mayor Franz Woodward. fined $5 and costs.
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Athens
Ion
E. Mulberry St
Isaae Hudnall
N. Kinley Ave
Franz Woodwortd
Public Cooperation Urged to Curb Price Rise
Henry Richardson of the Columbus OPA Office urged public help to prevent inflation this week to Athene Rotarians. He praised local OPA workers and warned only public action can curb soaring costs. He cited food price emphasis, noted differences in clothing sectors, and urged full production to balance supply and demand amid ongoing wartime conversions.
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OFA
Henry Richardson
Columbus
OPA
Athene
Deioes
United States
Priland
Richardson
Europe
Athens Council
Royal and Select Masters
S. Court St
E.R. Jacoby
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Helm Pennell
Lina Race
Eloise Robertson
Ta Mae Secoy
Ta Simmons
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Starkey Margaret Strauss
Alice Vercoes
Lois Williams
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AHS
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Kerr Hardware Co
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Bert Carpenter
Athdins
Route 3
Army Signal Corps
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Bremerton
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Mearthur
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Marine Corps
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McArthur
Southwest Pacific Theater
Nimitz
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William A. Schoen Ian
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Trimble
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James E. Pettit
France
Edith Bartlett
Union St
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Enior
Athens’ Grange
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