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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1944
Page
5
With six days left in the Fourth War Loan Drive, county residents must buy bonds totaling 359221 to reach a 826000 county goal. So far 4492 investors have contributed 475779, per War Committee chair F H Sands. He urged local residents to act, noting sacrifices of soldiers and the stakes of shortages at home.
Athens County bond buyers are urged to attend a no charge premiere at Schine's Athena Theater next Tuesday February 15. Receipts for bonds purchased between February 9 and 15 grant admission to the exclusive show of The Lost Angel starring Margaret OBrien James Craig and Marsha Hunt, with one 8 o'clock performance.
The chairman urged solicitors to meet quotas and push for higher War Bond purchases. Each person should buy at least one extra 100 Series War Bond, with 200 300 or 400 options as able. He stressed reporting results promptly and repeating calls in missed or underparticipating territories to support soldiers.
Funeral services for Flora Blanche Tullis who died Sunday in Canon City Colorado will be held Thursday at 2 PM at Dowler and Ferguson Funeral Home. Rev Robert G Purrington will conduct the service and burial will follow in the West Union Street Cemetery. Friends may call after Thursday noon at the funeral home.
Mrs Ruth Cain Dunfee receives word from her husband John L Dunfee chief petty officer that he has arrived safely overseas. Warrant Officer Coffey youngest in the Marine Corps visits his parents on furlough after malaria recovery and expects to be stationed in San Diego. Pvt Luther Harold Mayles arrives in Italy. Oliver E Malone trains at Great Lakes with boat training and aptitude tests ahead. Corporal Ward arrives overseas stationed in North Africa.
Series explains handling of home workspace expenses for tax and lists non taxable income items to report separately. Covers depreciation rules for owned homes and rental portions, plus items like sickness awards, gifts, pensions, international income, and loan repayments. Includes guidance on what not to deduct.
One sixth of total annual expenses equals 147.50 for this room. If the room was kept available year round and vacant for lack of a roomer, the full 147.50 may be deducted from rental income, showing a deductible loss. If the room was used by the family when not rented, 36 52 or 147.50 can be charged off or 102 11, yielding a 41 89 profit. The same method applies to a room used as a home office or workshop by the wage earner.
Principal S. E. Gilmore announced the 67 students earning Honor Roll status at Athens Junior High. Seventh graders on the list include Flora Armbruster and Joe Baird among many others with B or higher averages. Eighth and ninth graders are also cited, listing students such as Annita Clark, Barbara Algeo, and Tom Dowler.
At Lockbourne Air Base 39 Air WAC job openings are available to women in the Fifth Service Command. Applicants may enlist at the Athens Post Office Building Recruit Office and be assigned to a station with a specific job. Openings include 25 clerk typists, two teletype operators, one draftsman, three instrument repair specialists, seven link train operators, and one photo laboratory technician.
The Alexander Township Board of Trustees will hold a meeting on Saturday February 12 at 1 p m at the Town house.
The renowned Metropolitan Opera soprano Marjorie Lawrence headlines in Memorial Hall Columbus on February 17. Critics hail her as a top artist and living symbol of courage after her battle with infantile paralysis and triumphant return to stage life.
Funeral services for Paul Ellsworth McKnight 20 months old son of Mr and Mrs Elba Mc Knight Carpenter RD will be held Thursday afternoon at two o clock EWT in the Temple Methodist Church near Albany with burial in the adjoining cemetery
The Dvorak typewriter keyboard concentrates 56 percent of work on the right hand versus 43 percent on conventional layouts, allowing skilled typists to reach about 180 words per minute.
Baker Lasley died at the home of Arthur Scott after a long illness. Mrs. Robert Healy of Toledo visited with Mrs. Nina Healy and Mrs. Veila Fargo. Rev. P. A. Casto of Ronceverte W Va is the guest of Rev. and Mrs. Julius Chandler. H. C. Eversole of Columbus spent the weekend at his home. Curt Swisher and Mr. Ned Eachus hosted Saturday evening. Ray Little and family moved here from Pt. Pleasant. Aaron Davis and family of Gallipolis were guests of F. W. Butcher. Will Casto visited E. O. Yeanger. Mrs. Noah Haskins of Middleport visited with Mr. and Mrs. George Mulford. Hollis Whitt and evening guests called on Lottie Roush.
Sergeant William E. Eller of Fort Smith Oklahoma parachuted to a wooded terrain landing but struck a concrete runway hidden by camouflage. He fractured his skull in the accident at Fort Benning Georgia while attempting a spot landing under camouflage.
Mrs. Lillian Michael Drake 91 of University Terrace died Tuesday night at Sheltering Arms Hospital from pneumonia complications. A former Goshen educator and Indiana city schools superintendent, she married Judge John S. Drake. Survived by nephews and nieces, funeral at the Worstell residence Friday at 3, flowers omitted. Interment in W. Union Street Cemetery.
The Athens area recorded a high of 47 yesterday and a low of 25. At noon today the temperature stood at 32 as residents faced a cool afternoon.
Minnie Reynolds of Athens Route 3 learns her daughter Mrs Goldie Sweatman 50 died in Willard New York after an 18 month illness. She had lived in New York 21 years. Survived by her mother, husband, three sisters Mrs Harry Powers Dryden NY Mrs Clarence Towne Willard NY Mrs Edward Relfe Seneca Falls NY and one brother John in the Pacific service. A brother Ralph died nine months ago.
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