Straitsville Personal and Social Notes
High school students sang carols for shut ins. Rob Roy Walters enjoys a furlough from the Army with his parents. Marvin Pierce moved from Cherrington Hospital to St. Francis Hospital in Columbus with wife Norma Davis. Several locals, including Mrs. Williams, Mrs. Blankenship, Mrs. Osborne, Mrs. Lantz, Babe and Bonnie Essex, and Mrs. Richards, are ill or recovering. Visitors include Mrs. Essex and Mr. Howe from Lexington, Ky.
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New Straitsville
Rob Roy Walters
Gs. Army
Ace Walters
Marvin Pierce
Cherrington Hospital
St. Francis Hospital
Columbus
Mills and Brown Ambulance
Norma Davis
Dave Williams
Joan
Dora Blankenship
Lancaster
Helen Strain
Ethel Osborne
Bristol School
Marguerite Lantz
Lantz
Logan
Babe
Bonnie Essex
Winfield Essex
Thelma Eberts
John Howe
Lexington
Claude Osborne
Robert F. Wilson
Estella
Nell Richards
Athens
Kate Hartman
Wally Holcombe
Birth of baby daughter to Lt and Mrs Charles Knauer
News notes from Radcliff report the birth of an eight and a half pound daughter to Lt Charles Knauer and Breta Eberts in Cleveland on Wednesday December 15. The father serves as a pilot in the air corps stationed in Australia.
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Radcliff
Charles Knauer
Breta Eberts
Cleveland
Air Corps
Australia
Jean Pierce
Jessie Jeffers
Ohio University
Harmon Foxx
Pomeroy
Eugene Hendren
Gallipolis
Frank Daily
Maggie Pierce
Orville Webb
Frank Cottrill
Ewington
E. N. Canode
Board of Education
Mound Hill
Oreton
Vinton Township
Cpl
Clyde Cooper
Camp Chaffee
Ark
Pvt
Ernest Pierce
Ft. Hayes
Camp Atterbury
Ind
Military look pattern 8569 offered for sizes 10 to 20
The Athens Messenger features pattern No. 8569 a tailored dress with buttons in a military inspired style. Sizes 12 and 20 available with 3 1 2 yards of 39 inch fabric. Send 15 cents plus 1 cent postage to The Athens Messenger pattern service in New York and ask for the fall Fashion guide priced at 25 cents.
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Athens Messenger
Sixth Ave
New York
N. Y
Fashion
North American Animal Horizontal Puzzle
A word puzzle with a grid of horizontal and vertical clues. Solving yields themed terms linked to animals and common words across American geography and culture.
Your Birthday Insights and Shifting Plans
The reading stresses quick, decisive action on new opportunities to expand and improve finances. It notes social and romantic elements, possible dramatic outcomes, and plans that may be rearranged. A birthday may prompt sharp thinking, swift events, and favorable financial and emotional developments.
Ferry Command Reaches 10000 Atlantic Crossings
London reports the Royal Air Force United States Ferry Command has crossed the Atlantic 10,000 times. The 10,000th crossing was by a Flying Fortress piloted by Lt. H. W. Monsky of the U S RAF, landing at a British airdrome on Christmas Eve after a nonstop flight of just over nine hours.
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London
Atlantic
RAF
U.S
RAF Transport Ferry Command
H. W. Monsky
U. S
Candy sales in 1941 reach 2.5 billion pounds in U.S.
In 1941 Americans bought about 2.5 billion pounds of candy valued at roughly 400 million dollars. The figure reflects nationwide consumer demand and a booming confectionery market during the wartime era.
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United States
Popcorn Hat and Bag Crochet Pattern by Anne Cabot
Crochet a bright scarlet beige green and brown popcorn set from leftover wools. Pattern No 5677 offers full instructions by mail with 10 cents and address to Anne Cabot The Athens Messenger New York. Also new Anne Cabot Album features a Gift Bazaar and free patterns for 15 cents.
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Anne Cabot
Athens Messenger
Seventh Avenue
New York
N. Y
Radio Highlights and NBC Programs List
A fragmented schedule listing radio highlights across NBC ABC and local stations. Entries include musical acts like the Jan Garber Band and Sonny Dunham Band, dramatic sketches from Chicago and Indianapolis, and talks with Conductor Russ Davids and H. Prentis, plus programs from St Louis Philadelphia and other markets.
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Inder
Russ Davids
H. Prentis
San St. Louis
NBC
Blue
Chicago
Sonny Dunham
WABC
Ray Heatherton B
Philadelphia
WARC
St. Louis
KSD
Lou Breese
Chez Jaree
Hiero
the Fields
ABC
California
Thomas Peluso Orchesta
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Sugar
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Major Hoople
Nou
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Jake
Winston Churchill
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Wuari
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Ferdinand
Nes, Sya
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Professor Tell
Boots
Willya
Everthing
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Roger
Colonel Brill
V. T. Hamlin
Genghig Khan
CE Whirlpool
Gadfry
Gall Service
Joe Palooka
Ham Fisher
Blondie
Chic Young
Red Ryder
Iarry
Maun
Fred Harman
Ferry Command
Mrs. Anne Cabot
Leery Field
Richard Arlen
Jan Garber
Toledo
Igor’ S
Indianapolis
National Radio Forum
Hive
William Gaxton
Rise Stevens
Johnny Morgan
Jay Blackton
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