Athens County Snow Halts School and Drifts Hazard Roads
Heavy snowfall and freezing temperatures swept Athens County on Tuesday, with two inches more snow bringing nine day totals to 11 inches. Hazardous driving caused one minor accident on Richland Avenue as care was taken on icy roads. most schools closed except Athens and Waterloo Townships and The Plains. State and county crews, aided by snowplows and cinder trucks, worked overnight to clear main highways while farmers’ milk deliveries were slowed.
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Athens Messenger
Athens County
C. N. France
Richland Ave
Woodlawn
Ralph Douglas
F Pratts
Leonard Jewell
Downington
Jewell
Athens
Waterloo
Plains
State Highway Department
Harry Richards
Harry Dust
Holidays Begin for OU Students and Area Schools
Christmas break starts as Ohio University students finish Wednesday classes and plan travel by train or bus. Classes resume January 3. Athens City Schools begin vacation at 4 p.m. tomorrow with returns January 2. Athens County schools may stay in session through Friday but snowbound roads risk closures this week.
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Ohio University
Athens
Athens County
Carols Sung By Students At Central
The Christmas assembly at Central Grade School opened at 10 o'clock in the high school auditorium with students from all grades performing carols and the Christmas story The Christmas Star presented by Charles Atkinson and soloists Ellen Tullis Shirley Cunningham Sabra Dunlap and Eileen Glancy led the fourth grade songs The program included O Come All Ye Faithful Light Light Our Candle and other carols by different grades The full assembly sang Silent Night The Athens County AAA announced a fertilizer stock with one car in storage and urged farmers to contact the AAA Office before orders run out
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Cenral
Richard Nellis
Charles Atkinson
Ellen Tullis
Shirley Cunningham
Sabra Dunlap
Eileen Glancy
Caroline Hefti
Rheans of Records
Town of
Bethlehem
Irvin A. Wolfe
Athens County
AAA
Air Medal and war notices reach Ohio families
United States Troop Carrier Force Base Europe honors Tech Sgt Cloyd Clemons of Glouster for meritorious aerial achievement while serving as C-47 crew chief. Across the Atlantic area Pvt Orville Householder of Akron earns praise for building hospitals and relaying Allied radio, with a base unit operating in Italy. Other notes mention Quenton Spencer returning to duty in France after shrapnel wounds, Richard Baughman heading to radar school, Bert Carpenter finishing basic training, Gunnery Sgt Bruce Frye's long Marine career and numerous combat awards, and Pvt William Schoenian's promotion to corporal stationed in the Galapagos Islands. A Pens Panama Canal dispatch notes promotions and reflects on war duration.
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Cloyd Clemons
Glouster
Clemons
James S. Clemons
Hill St
Alice Loretta Clemons
Glouster High School
U.S
Lewis H. Brereton
First Allied Airborne Army
Hollanda
Allied Headquarters
Italy
Pvt
Orville Householder
Violet W. Householder
Akron
George Householder
Jacksonville
General Construction Engineering Company
Allied Force Headquarters
Ontht
Sardinia
Rome
Bruce W. Frye
USMC
Bremerton
Wash
P C. Frye
McArthur
Frye
Marine Corps
Iceland
Mimitz
Tarawa
Guadalcanal
Saipan
Vinian
Red Cross
Tts
Panama Canal Department
William A. Schoenlan
Clara M. Schoenian
Trimble, O
Sixth Air Force
Cpl. Schoenian
Panama
Galapagos Islands
Athens High girls redecorate room and renovate kitchen
Twenty girls in the junior and senior home economics class at Athens High School undertook a project this semester to convert a storage room into a rest room. They redecorated with green and yellow drapes, painted furniture, landed tables, renewed table tops with linoleum, and refinished sewing machines. Miss Ruth Giesen leads the department.
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Athens High School
Jane Alexander
Mildred Allen
Naomi Calvin
Betty Davis
Mary Ann Ellis
Bertine Ervin
Ruth Jean Evans
Helena Gaston
Harriette Jewell
Dolores Mohler
Evelyn Nicholson
Helen Pennell
Lina Race
Eloise Robertson
Ta Mae Secoy
da Simmons
Dora Mae Starkey
Margaret Strauss
Alice Verene
Lois William
Ruth Giesen
AHS
Postal Notes Offer Way To Mail Money
Postmaster General Walker announced a contract for 100 million Postal Notes and aims to have them at all 1575 First Class Post Offices by about Jan 1. The notes offer a safe economical way to send money by mail, with a 5 cent fee and 18 stamp denominations while 11 note denominations are planned.
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Walker
Postal Service
United States
Ackley Downs 2 Nazi Planes
SUPREME HEADQUARTERS ALLIED EXPEDITIONARY FORCE Paris AP reports a great aerial battle Sunday in which German losses reached 108 aircraft. Lieutenant John W Ackley of Athens Ohio and Clair T Cullinan of Clarion Ohio were each credited with downing one enemy plane.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Paris
John W. Ackley
Athens
O. Clair T. Cullinan
Clarion
Jack and Heintz To Give Four Millions
Four thousand seven hundred fifty five associates of Jack and Heintz Inc will get about 4.6 million in War Bonds as Christmas bonuses. President William Jack said each worker will receive a $50 E hand for every month of service in 1944.
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Cleveland
Jack and Heintz, Inc
William
Jack
Election site in township changed for Athens township
Athens County AAA announced today that the election of community committeemen for Athens Township will be held at the Athens County AAA Office 1444 S Court St at 7 o clock Friday evening Dec 22 instead of Mechanicsburg School. All members urged to attend.
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Irvin A. Wolfe
Athens County Aaa
Athens Township
Athens ‘County Aaa
S. Court St
Mechanicsburg
Athens County Senior 4-H Club Christmas Party
The Athens County Senior 4-H Club will hold a Christmas party at the Athens Grange Hall on Wednesday night December 20. A gift exchange, games, contests and songs are planned. The committee includes Joan Marquis chairwoman Dorothy West and Helen Ervin.
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Athens County
Athens Grange Hall
Joan Marquis
Dorothy West
Helen Ervin
Wife Seeks Divorce in Athens County Court
Pauline C. Bruce, 19, files for divorce from James Bruce, 19, via her father Carl Coe in Athens County Common Pleas Court citing gross neglect and extreme cruelty. They wed November 76 1943 in Athens and have a child. Nearby notes reference a Christmas program at Alexander Presbyterian Church and local wartime letters from area servicemen.
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Pauline C. Bruce
Carl Coe
James Bruce
Athens County
Common Pleas Court
Athens
Hay Child
Ihr Alexander Presbyterian Church
RATION ROUNDUP MEATS FATS AND OTHER COUPONS UPDATE
The Associated Press reports ration stamps and coupon validity rules. Indefinite validity remains for several meat, processed foods, and sugar stamps with expiration dates for a few others. Gasoline coupons A-13 expire December 21 while A-14 becomes valid for four gallons December 22. Supplemental B and C coupons now valid for five gallons each. fuel oil period coupons 1 2 3 and all period coupons 11 and 5 valid for ten gallons each.
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Associated Press
Bank
Rugged Outfit Symbolizes Marine Division Heritage
A rough fightin' man emblem marks the newer Marine Division formed in the field. The First Marine Brigade fought Gunnam and the Fourth Marine Regiment famed for Marine Raiders battalions. The note mentions NEA and Clements of the unit.
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Uni Marine Regiment
Eniwetok
Marine Brigade
Gunnam
Marine Reemient
OSM
Plato
NEA
Clements
Shrapnel Hits J. W. Harkless in German Action
J. W. Harkless was wounded by shrapnel near Geilenkirchen on November 27 while in Germany. He was transported to Paris then England for hospital care. His wife Leola Wilson, from Akron, has been informed. Another son serves in the Army Medical Corps in the Pacific, and a grandson is in the Navy.
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Quenton Spencer
Kirtley
Tressie Spencer
Sumner
France
England
Jesse W. Harkless
James Harkle
Plymouth
Germany
Harkless
Geilenkirchen
Paris
Leola Wilson
Akron
Tfarkress
James Harkinss
Army Medical Corps
Pacific
Stampson
Navy
Athens City Budget Discussion and Fined Man
Athens City Council last night debated transfers for year end operations and began review of the 1949 budget to be considered at the next meeting. A street fight on Mulberry Street was referred to the Lighting Committee for action. Isaac Murinall, 21, of N McKinley Ave pleaded guilty to intoxication before Mayor Franz Woodworth and was fined.
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Athens
F. Mulberry St
Council
Isaac Murinall
N. McKinley Ave
Franz Woodworth
Public Cooperation Urged To Halt Inflation Rise
Athens Rotarians heard Henry Richardson of the Columbus OPA urge public cooperation to prevent runaway inflation. He noted only about a quarter of Americans show interest in curbing prices and blamed rising living costs on poor public spending behavior. He cited cases of lavish purchases by workers and emphasized price control through disciplined consumption and enforcement.
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OPA
Henry Richardson
Columbus
Athens
Het
Richardson
United State
Columbus Weiner
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A. N. Johnson
Central
Kerr Hardware Co
Richard W. Baughman
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
E. M. Baughman
Albany
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Great Lakes
Bert E. Carpenter
Bert Carpenter
Route 3
Army Signal, Corps
Camp Crowder
Co. C
James E. Pettit
E. Bartlett
Union St
States
Ackley Downs
Jack and
Heintz
Ene
Pfr
Harold F. Lang
Selma B. Whiteman
Frost
Philippines
Leste
Lang
Manihe
J. W. Harkless
Regal
M. Dacony
OLA
Vicks VA
The
Nazarene
the Plains
Gallipo
Middleport
Syracuse
Nelsonville
Erie
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