Don't Pay More Than Ceiling Price War Board Advises
The Athens County War Price and Rationing Board reports ceilings are enforced and refunds totaling 341 have been obtained this month from merchants who sold above selling prices. The board outlines procedures, warnings, and the right to sue or claim refunds, urging citizens to report violations. In a separate item, Edward Parson found his son Guy Parson dead from a shotgun blast at the family home after a recent visit from Baltimore. 25 War Bonds valued at 25 each and a 50 bond were found on his person.
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Athens Messenger
Athens County Board
Parson
Self
Coopeetieater Alt Steen Corny Oroge Fe Eoebetieg
MRT
Ima Ccs Nee Ee
Cara Settia Bayers
John W. Bolin
Ein Wat Atone
Sheen
Ross Wright
E. R. Procter
Dee
OPA
Jfcone
Posite Preaon
Phone Price Board
War Price and Rationing Board
N. Court ‘St
Onel
Frost
Edward Parson
Guy Parson
George Bateman
Baltimore
Bateman
Little Hocking
Parkersburg
Nazarene Church Plans Christmas Program at Hockingport
The Church of the Nazarene at Hockingport announces a Christmas cantata by the NYPS group during a program Sunday evening at 7 30. The service follows Sunday School at 9 20 and 10 30 worship. Rev W C Dennis will lead with burial in Stewart Cemetery.
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Church of the Nazarene
Win
Colville
Anna Kenparton
Reynard Baily
Blockingport
D.H. Gott
Donnie Selby
Jeanette
Dame Dewey
Clarice Leasure
Mary Annden-Clark Hospital
Parkershurs Ahart
Bethel Jackson
W. Va
Cherry Munn
Willard Russell
Bally
Coolie
Dewey
Donald ‘Milligan
Rose
Alien Russell
Ley
Joan Leasure
Char Radnor
Esther John
Charlotte Lohse
Marystone
Yonkers
N.Y
Sist Selby
Sharon Rose Close
Esther Glass
Chesterhil
Tuntor
EWT
Hockingport
Luke
Bethlehem
Laura Lee Dies Friday At Home of Daughter
Mrs. Laura Ie Lee of Racine died Friday at her daughter Mrs J E Stansbury’s home on Richland Ave. She is survived by two daughters and two sons including Dale L Lee Ralph E Lee and W Lee. Funeral arrangements are in charge of Finsterwald Funeral Home and will be held at Epiphany Episcopal Church with a service and Holy Communion.
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Laura Ie Lee
Racine
Nelsonville
J. E. Stansbury
Richland Ave
J. R
Epiphany Episcopal
Charen Thompson
Pam
Ralph E. ‘Lee
W. Lee
Finsterwald
Pomeroy
Dleted
F.B. Atkinson
Service Men To Share in McBee Bonus
McBee Co, a local accounting equipment maker, announces a bonus for 10 employees with at least one year of service, excluding executives and sales staff. Military service adds credit, and discharged service members will receive money orders mailed to them. A. B. Roe, a resident, emphasizes gratitude for service and sacrifice.
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Honus Cweeks Nave
Meee Co
A. B. Roe
McBee
Ree
Athens High School Chorus Sings Christmas Carols
The AHS Mixed Chorus led by Mr. Kaci Witzler performed a Christmas program at the Athens High School assembly. Carol selections included Come All Ye Faithful, Joy to the World, It Came Upon a Midnight Clear, Ave Maria, Hark the Herald Angels Sing and Carol of the Bells. A woodwind ensemble accompanied the performances as students sang in French and the audience joined in It Came Upon a Midnight Clear. Bev erly Davis and Denise Me Phorson provided organ and piano accompaniments with a benediction offered by Carl Wiseman.
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Athens High School Assembly
Kaci Witzler
Dean Rotramel
Bob Langston
Hansel and Grevel
Bartha Jo. Kinsel
Paul Farley
Don Bingman
Ursula Green
Sue Row
Henry Brown
Herald Angels
Ann Channel
Beverly "Davis
France
Grace Tressel
Carl Wiseman
Marianne Sarver
den Sue Me~ Phorson
Death of B. Bert Wilson Prominent Athens Tin Worker
Bert Wilson aged 76 died Thursday night at 320 West Union Street. He ran eight tin shops on West Washington Street for years and was a well known Athens figure. Funeral services set for Sunday at Jagers Funeral Home at two PM led by Rev Jerald Pickey. Burial will follow in West Union Street Cemetery. Friends may call after Saturday noon.
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Bert) Wilson
W. Union St
Stolen car recovered near Pattonville in Hocking County
Nelsonville report says Melvin Ward of Nelsonville Rt. 2 had his automobile stolen from a local parking place Monday night. The vehicle was recovered Thursday near Pattonville on the Greendale Red in Hocking County.
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Nelsonville
Melvin Ward
Nelsonville Rt. 2
Pattonville
Greendale
Hocking County
Plane Upsets In Deep Snow At Ohio University Airfield
A small plane named Good News 111 flipped in deep snow at Ohio University airport after landing on a Thursday afternoon. Pilot Gordon Bush and passenger P. F. Good were uninjured. The crash followed a Cleveland Akron business trip and a narrow strip plowed after a heavy snowstorm. Field crews from Columbus & Southern Ohio Electric Co assisted by volunteers stabilized the wreck and prepared for extensive rebuilding.
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Slane
Good News
Ohio University
Gordon Bush
F. Good
Cleveland
Akron
Columbus & Southern Ohio Electric Co
Christmas Vesper Services Set At First Presbyterian Church
Christmas vesper services arranged by Cless Class will be at First Presbyterian Church on Sunday December 24 at 3 30 pm. The Junior Choir and other choirs will perform carols and readings including Away in a Manger and He Shall Feed His Flock. A crash in Kansas killed five crew members and injured others. prayer will be offered by local members.
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First Presbyterian Church
Virginia Segale
Charles Sherman, Jr
Vie
George Clark
Dier
Tompkins
Sherman
Chrisamas
Margaret Benedict
Army Air Corps Hospital
Alice Maccombs
Hattie Low Grones
Snake Found Thawed After Snow Thaw at Fairgrounds
Kay Thompson of 297 W Union St found a two foot garter snake frozen in the snow while picking up a riding whip at the Fairgrounds. He carried the snake home in a coffee jar and hid it in a worn place. About three hours later the snake thawed and moved, leaving Thompson unsure what to do next.
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Kay Tompson
Thompson
W. Union St
Mary B Nelson Dies at Home After Illness
Mary Beetham Nelson aged 15 widow of Alex Nelson died Thursday evening at 6 30 at 21 Elmwood Place after an 18 day illness. Born near Newcastle Durham England she came to the U S at 13 and married Alex Nelson in Gloucester in 1889. She leaves five children Mrs George Rasp Col Donald T Nelson Niagara Falls NY Berford B Nelson and Capt Andrew C Nelson and two daughters. Funeral at First Methodist Church Sunday at 2 with Rev Harold F Kelley. burial in W Union St Cemetery. Friends may call after Saturday noon.
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Mary Beetham
Nelson
Alex. Nelson
Elmwood Place
Newcastle
Durham
England
Ales Nelson
Glouster
Athens
Methodist Church
Tuesday
Artand Thimble
Beetham
George Rasp
Donald 'T. Nelson
U.S .Army
Washington, D.C
Clarence J. Herrig
Niagara Falls
N.Y
Berford B. Nelson
New York City
U.S. Army
Reno
Nev
First Methodist’ Church
Harold F. Kelley
W. Union St
Severe Cold Grips Athens After Snowfall
A bitter winter day in Athens saw the thermometer plunge to 13 below, with a high near 42. Snow totals reached two inches since dawn as Mrs CN France, the weather observer, reports the coldest stretch of the season amid drifting conditions.
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Athens
Cn' France
Amenvilte
Brother of Mrs Wise Airs HT Wise Dies in Wellsville
Brother of Mrs Wise Airs HT Wise of Franklin Avenue Athens died Thursday at his Wellsville home. Survived by his wife eight sons and six daughters. Kenneth Nelson eldest son is an Ohio University graduate. Two sons are in service one overseas and one in the United States. Mrs Wise and son Harold Wise will travel to Wellsville for the funeral Sunday.
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Wise
Franklin Ave
Athens
Wellsville
Kenneth Nelson
Ohio University
Song Service Planned At Christian Church
The combined junior and senior choirs of First Christian Church will present vesper songs Sunday at 4 pm. Carol singing, solos by Mrs. King Betz and others, a quartet and group numbers will feature the program. Pvt. Betty Elizabeth Miranda of Glouster has reported for duty at Wright Field in Dayton, the Air Forces engineering and supply center.
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The
First Christian Church
King Betz
Larry Heron
Eileen McDaniel
Beverly Davis
Lyndall Wooley
Sharon Oldfield
Clara Davis
Mary Ann Sarver
Helen Sarver
Dayton
Betty Elizabeth Miranda, Glouster
Air’ Technical Service Command
Wright Field
Air Forces
Mrs Virgil McKinley Rites Held Saturday Afternoon
Funeral services for Mrs. Virgil McKinley who died Sunday in California will be held Saturday afternoon at two o'clock in the Jagers Funeral Home. The Rev Jerald R Pickey will conduct the ceremony at St. Cemetery.
Christmas Program at Central Ave Methodist Church
A Christmas program at Central Ave Methodist Church will be held Sunday December 24 at 7 30 PM. The choir directed by G W Pierce will sing and the children's portion is led by Mrs Elery T Rice Mrs Allen Weatherby will be the reader.
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Central Church
Central Ave. Methodist Church
G.W. Pierce
Elery. T. Rice
Allen’ Weatherby
Dearest Little One Diary From a Solomon Islands Sailor
Woodrow Blum a third class petty officer in the Navy stationed in the Solomons writes a Christmas note to his 18 month old daughter Patricia Ann missing eight months of contact. He expresses love and hopes for peace on earth while describing duty and the conflict that keeps him from home. He signs Your Daddy with Christmas blessings.
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Woodrow Blum
Navy
Solomon Islands
Patricia Ann
Little
Family Christmas observance guide distributed in Athens schools
An eight page booklet Keeping Christmas in the Home was distributed in Athens and Mechanicsburg schools this week. Sponsored by Athens churches and PTA groups it offers a program of Scripture readings carols and a story One Star. It notes the first Christmas card by Joseph Cundall and origins of community trees in Italy and Spain. It lists twelve observance ideas including cheer baskets for the sick reading stories and caroling to shut ins.
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Athens
Athens Pta
Eek
Joseph Cundall
London
Italy
Spain
France
Germany
Mechanicsburg
W H Phelps Wounded in Action in France
Pvt William H Phelps age 23 was wounded in action in France on November 14 per a War Department telegram to his wife Mrs Martha Cooper Phelps Albany Route 3. He is son of Mr William Phelps Athens RD and attended Albany High School. He entered service in May 1943 and went overseas last April. a brother Pie Glen Ro Phelps serves in Holland.
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William H. Phelps
Francon
War Department
Martha Cooper Phelps
Albany
Phelps
William Phelps
Athens RD
Albany’ High School
Dens
Pie
Glen Ro Phelps
Holland
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