OEA Leaders Call for 38 Percent School Grant Increase
Leaders of the Ohio Education Association report a need for a 38 percent rise in Ohio School Foundation Program grants due to rising costs, while the state program remains unchanged. The discussion, held in Logan and Jackson, cites current foundation levels and proposed increases for elementary and high school funding, plus workforce shortages and emergency certificates.
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Athens Messenger
OEA
Ohio School Foundation
Ohio Education Association
Masonic Hall
Logan
Athens
Hocking Perry
Fairfield
Meigs
Jackson
Ohio
W. B. Bliss
The
DEA
Association
Board of Education
Deputies Aid in Making Tax Returns in Territory
Two deputy collectors from the Columbus IRS office will assist taxpayers with income tax returns. Duty locations include Logan Courthouse from Feb. 5 to Feb. 3, Nelsonville City Hall on Feb. 9 and 10, Pomeroy Courthouse Feb. 12 to Feb. 17, and Middleport City Hall Feb. 15 to Feb. 17.
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Columbus
Internal Revenue Service
Logan
Nelsonville
City Hall
Pomeroy
Middleport
Central Church Plans $800 Crusade Potluck Speech
Members and friends of Central Methodist Church have over-subscribed an $800 Crusade for Christ assessment. A meeting is set for Friday at 6 PM at the church for a potluck supper. Dr. Harry Bright of Lancaster will speak after a service in song.
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Central Methodist Church
Crusade For Christ
Harry Bright
Lancaster
Coldest night prompts postponement of Boy Scout hike
Three Below Zero Athens records one of the winter’s coldest nights as the thermometer dipped to three degrees below zero. Mrs. C. N. France reports Wednesday’s high at 20 degrees and 11 degrees at noon today. Troop 55 hikes to Camp Dupler were postponed due to severe cold. a new date will be set at Monday’s troop meeting at the Presbyterian Church Scout rooms.
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Athens
C. N. France
Camp Dupler
Herschel T. Gier
Presbyterian Church
You Are Privileged To Take Tax Table Figure To Save Some Money
Reader guidance on using the 1944 tax table, credits and deductions, and choices between standard table figures and computing own credits. Examples show exemptions, special rules for husband and wife, and how to apply credits, with emphasis on charitable deductions up to 15 percent of itemized amounts and listing major organizations involved.
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Phi
Beta Kappa
Kappa Mu Epsilon
Sigma Delta Chi
Phi Delta Kapuse
Sam
Red Cross
Salvation Army
Volunteers of America
Knights of Columbus
National War Fund
United Service Organizations
S.P.C.C
S.p.ca
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
United Spanish War Veterans
Elcs
Masons
Two Divorces Granted in Athens County Court
Judge Oliver F. Rowland granted two divorces in the Athens County Common Pleas Court. William E. North was divorced from Anna Stanley North and given custody of their two children. The couple wed November 6, 1936, at St Marys, West Virginia. Grace E. Yates was divorced from Walker P. Yates. they married in January 1919 and have a married daughter.
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Athens County Common Pleas Court
Oliver F. Rowland
Wiliam E. North
Anna Stanley North
St. Marys
W. Va
Grace E. Yates
Walker P.yates
Servicemen News From Athens Area Military Honors and Promotions
Mr. and Mrs. Guy V. Hawk announce their son Pvt. Clin ton Hawk earned the Truck Driver's Medal and was promoted to private first class. he is stationed at the Army Air Base in Great Bend Kansas. His brothers Cpl. Clifton Hawk MP in France and Pvt. Robert Hawk tail gunner in Corsica serve overseas. Mrs. Jeane McQuaid received news from Pvt. Eldon McQuaid who met Pvt Walter Coakley in Italy at the same camp. Pvt. Paul E. Beverage, prisoner of war in Germany since September, sent a postcard home and two cards saying he hopes to be home soon and is in good health. Mrs. Mary E. Beverage reports similar notes from New Marshfield. Harley Leroy Brown of Pomeroy was commissioned second lieutenant January 26 at Fort Benning after officer candidate training. Lt. Brown is the son of Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Brown of Piketon. Sgt. Harold W. Hite, Pom eroy, graduated from the Army Air Forces Central Instructors School in Laredo Texas and is now qualified as an instructor at one of the nation’s seven aerial gunnery schools.
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Guy V. Hawk
Athens
Pvt
Clinton Hawk
Pfc
Hawk
Army Air Base
Great Bend
Kans
Cpl
Clifton Hawk
France
Robert Hawk
Corsica
Jeane McQuaid
Rachiel
Eldon McQuaid
Walter Coakley
Italy
McQuaid
William McQuaid
Private Coakley
W. H. Coakley
Paul E. Beverage
Germany
Fred Beverage
Mary E. Beverage
New Marshfield
Harley Leroy Brown
Pomeroy
Fort Benning
Lieutenant Brown
W. F. Brown
Piketon
Set
Harold W. Hite
Alva L. Hite
Army Air Forces Central Instructors School
Laredo Army Air Field
Laredo
Tex
AAF Training Command
Lloyd Shingler Rites Held Friday
Funeral services for Lloyd Shingler who died Monday at Barberton will be held Friday at Mineral Mission Church at one o clock. The Rev Ave of Nelsonville will conduct the service. Interment will be in New Marshfield Cemetery. Shingler had been in ill health for a year.
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Lloyd Shingler
New Marshfield
Barberton
Mineral Mission Church
Ave
Nelsonville
Shingler
Dick De La Haye Hughes Band Award Established at OU
Ohio University establishes the Dick De La Haye Hughes Band Award, a $1,000 memorial fund. The annual $60 prize honors a junior band member for musicianship, leadership and band citizenship, with seniors eligible if no junior is worthy. The award will be chosen by the bandmaster, the dean of Fine Arts, and the School of Music director.
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Dick de la Haye Hughes
Ohio University
M. D. Hughes
Strathmore Blvd
W. S. Gamertsfelder
Ohio University Band
College of Fine Arts
School of Music
Fuel Gas Emergency Warns of Ohio Shortage
District manager Frank W. Phillips announces a state wide fuel gas emergency as curtailment rises. He urges turning off hot water heaters lowering home heating to 65 degrees and avoiding gas use in unused house sections while coal users should switch away from gas heating.
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Ohio
Frank W. Phillips
Ohio Fuel Gas Co
Mr. Phillips
Army
WPB Board
Arthur Smith
Glouster
Rhode Island
You Can’t Buy Aspirin The Way It Once Was
Ad claims genuine St Joseph Aspirin is faster and more dependable than other brands. It touts clinical judgment and quality plus economy. It highlights the 100 tablet bottle priced at 35 cents and urges asking for genuine St Joseph Aspirin.
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St. Joseph
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