Troop 55 Scouts showcase activity program for Kiwanis
Members of Green Bar Patrol Troop 55 presented a scouting activity program for Athens Kiwanis at Hotel Berry during National Boy Scout Week. Leaders demonstrated knot tying first aid signalling and staged stunts and games before discussing ranks and the troop’s four patrols.
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Athens Messenger
Kiwanis
Green Bar Patrol
Troop 55
Boy Scouts
Athens Kiwanis Club
Hotel Berry
Carl Sylvester
Cnnsit
Herschell T. Gier
Ben Paynter
Charles Frank
Bob Perry
Jessie McGrath
Jim Hooper
Jim Patrick
Curtis Janssen
Athens
Frank Dilley
John Gibbs
Paynter
Tamer
Dick McKinstry
Janssen
Patrick
Diley
Jerry Evans
Robert Perry
Ray Sheppard
Sam Carpenter
Philip Nye
Ted Frey
Presbyterian Church
Harold Kellogg
First Methodist Church
Harold Wise
C. B. Nye
George Clark
Gas Station Demolished By Explosion
The Chief Logan filling station at South Mulberry and Front Sts was destroyed by an explosion and fire shortly before noon. Otto Bartman, a station employee for Ford, Hack, was seriously burned and sent to a hospital. Pat Hurley and Mrs. Oragan were on site but uninjured. Origin of the blast unknown. flames razed the one story frame building within minutes.
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Togan
Logan
Graoeery
South Mulberry
Front Sts
Otto Bartman
Ford
Waterloo Man Ends His Life With Revolver
Kenneth Newtun aged 28 shot himself at his Carbondale home after a period of failing health. Coroner J H Elias ruled death from a self inflicted wound. Surviving are his wife Ruth three sons Kenneth Jerry and Leonard his parents Mr and Mrs Webb Newlun of Carbondale and a brother Pearl of Massouerne. Funeral 1:30 Friday at Asbury Church with interment nearby. Friends may call at the Newlun home after Wednesday evening.
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Nelsonville
Kenneth Newtun
Carbondale
J. H. Elias
Glouster
Ruth
Kenneth
Jerry
Leonard
Webb Newlun
Pearl
Massouerne
Asbury Church
Newlun
Archie O. Darst Dies At Albany At 62
Archie O Darst a 62 year old poultry raiser died yesterday afternoon at his Albany home after a four year heart ailment He was born in Cheshire Gallia County served as family officer at Bays Industrial School Lanaster and ran a poultry plant along Route 160 in Gallia County He lived in Marysville and Meigs County before moving to Albany October 6 1925 Survived by his wife Gertrude M Darst and several cousins Funeral services will be held at the Albany residence Thursday at noon slow time conducted by Rev Thomas Smith and burial in Gravel Hill Cemetery Cheshire Friends may call after Wednesday noon
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Archie O. Darst
Albany
Mr. Darst
Cheshire
Gallia County
Bays Industrial School
Lancaster
Marysville
Meigs County
Edward A Lynch Dies in California at 78
Edward A. Lynch, 78, former superintendent of mines at Sugar Creek and Jacksonville, died February 10 at his son’s home in Tulare, California. He had lived in California for over 30 years and was the uncle of Anthony Padden and H. Gallagher of Athens.
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Edward A. Lynch
Sugar Creek
Jacksonville
Tulare
Calif
Lynch
California
Anthony Padden
H. Gallagher
Athens
Mrs Campbell Rites To Be Held Wednesday
Funeral services for Mrs Ernest Campbell, who died Sunday evening, will be held Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock in the Jagers Funeral Home. The Rev Gerald Pickey will conduct the service. Burial will be at Union. Friends may call at the funeral home at any time.
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Ernest.Campbell
Tung
Jagers Funeral
Gerald Pickey
Union
Athens Debates Neon Sign Rules Under Brown Out Plan
Mayor Franz J. Woodworth states night time brown out regulations allow limited neon signs inside or outside businesses in Athens. The announcement clarifies signage policy during the curfew like energy saving measure.
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Athens
Franz J. Woodworth
PRU-LAX Advertisement Promises New Spring in Step
A vintage health ad touts PRU-LAX as a remedy for constipation and low energy. It claims users feel revived, with improved mood and activity, urging caution and proper use. The note signs as Athens Pharmacy in Athens Ohio.
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Pru-Lax
Athens
Court
Ohio
Athens Band Will Play For Nelsonville Dance
A public dance at the Elks Club in Nelsonville Friday night February 16, organized by Tri Psi Sorority to raise funds for Fletcher General Hospital Cambridge. Harold Shields and his Athens band will provide music with Don Bingman Mary McKinley Gary Ripley Don Rex Farrow Harold Shields on sax, Eddie Brown Ned Cameron trumpet Marge McConnville piano and Joe Walburn drums.
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Elks Club
Nelsonville
Tri Psi
Fletcher General Hospital
Cambridge
Harold Shields
Orchestra of
Athens
Don Bingman
Mary McKinley
Gary Ripley
Don Rex Farrow
Eddie Brown
Ned Cameron
Marge McConnville
Joe Walburn
Divorce Granted to Marjorie Matthews in Athens County Court
Judge Oliver F Rowland grants Marjorie Matthews a divorce from Wayne Matthews in Athens County Common Pleas Court with custody awarded for their two children. Weather notes show 55 degree high and 38 low in Athens with 0.24 inches rainfall. Murray City lists include Joe Stone Jr Bill Thie, Quinn, Leonard Spenser, Bill Dix. ordinance takes effect after legal waiting period. Prayer Band meets Thursday at the Lauer home led by Mildred Carter.
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Marjorie Matthews
Wayne Matthews
Oliver F. Rowland
Athens County Common Pleas Court
Murray City
Messenger Tartiers
Joe Stone
Bill Thie
Quinn
Leonard Spenser
Bill
Graham Chape
Henry Lauer
Mildred Carter
Boy Tips Nazi Plot
George Foss 26 of W Mulberry St related a German 16 year old prisoner who spilled a plot by a German major and seven lieutenants to seize a US ship and sail to Spain while en route from Gibraltar. Foss says the tip saved trouble though the prisoners were fit fighters who would fight again if given chance. He has moved from Pomeroy to Athens to work in The McBee Co machine shop.
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George Foss
W. Mulberry St
Foss
United ‘States
North Africa
Gibraltar
Jad
Spain
Pomeroy
Athens
The
McBee Co
Local Service Men Return Letters From Frontline Duty
Lieut Joe Bobo son of Ray and Mrs Bobo Athens Route 5 spent days home while en route from Camp Starkeley Texas to John M England General Hospital Atlantic City New Jersey his new station. Mrs Lewis Marsh of Jacksonville received a watch from her husband Sergeant Lewis Marsh taken from a German officer in France. He states he sent a German helmet. Mrs Marsh had also received the Purple Heart. Mrs Harvey Chalfan of Chauncey received a box of German souvenirs from Private Chalfan including a German helmet cap belt buckle bayonet insignias and more. She also has a coin board made by her husband with coins from several countries. Private Chalfan has served nearly three years and overseas 18 months. Pvt Eugene B Davis is in Italy per wife Virgene Davis of 14 N Lancaster St who says he visited Naples. He joined last April and left for overseas in January. Mrs Anna Wade of Gloucester reports a letter from son Pvt Aaron J Wade in Germany saying he is fine and has received an Infantry Badge. Mrs Theo Heines of Hemlock Grove says her husband a petty officer in the Navy is commended for meritorious work beyond the line at sea. He was home with family Jan 30 and 31. Pic Howard Lee France, son of Flossie Fern France 16 House St Athens, reported to Keesler Field Biloxi Miss from Army Ground Forces awaiting reassignment. Pfe William H Sharp age 24 son of Herbert and Mrs Sharp 36 Brown Ave Athens returned from service outside the continental United States and is now at the Army Redistrib Station in Miami Beach Fla awaiting next assignment. Sharp, formerly at Stedman Packing Co, served 33 months as rifleman in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater.
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Joe Bobo
Ray Bobo
Athens
Camp Starkeley
Tex
John M. England General Hospital
Atlantic City
N. J
Lewis Marsh
Jacksonville
France
Marsh
Harvey Chalfan
Chauncey
Chalfan
Pvt
Eugene B. Davis
Haly
Virgene Davis
N. Lancaster St
Naples
Private Davis
Field Artillery
Theo Heines
Hemlock Grove
Pic
Howard Lee France
Flossie Fern France
House St
Keesler Field
Biloxi
Miss
Army Ground Forces
AAF Training Command
Pfe
William H. Sharp
Herbert Sharp
Brown Ave
United States
Army Ground and Service Forces Redistribution Station
Miami Beach
Fla
Sharp
Stedman Packing Co
Infant McInturf Dies in Columbus Hospital
Gary McInturf infant son of Mr and Mrs D C McInturf died Monday afternoon at Children’s Hospital Columbus after a two month illness. Funeral services set for Thursday at one o'clock in Stewart Methodist Church with burial in Pennsville.
Johnson Brewer Rites Set in Ashland Kentucky
Funeral services for Johnson Brewer, 52, who died by hanging, will be held in Ashland Kentucky, home of his brother Edward Brewer. The brother arrived in Athens and arranged for the body to be taken to Ashland for burial.
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Johnson Brewer
Ashland
Edward Brewer
Athens
Three Fined and Jail Sentence in Minor Offense Case
Emmett E. Taylor 20 of Mineral and Virgil Gilkey 28 of Athens Route 3 were fined five dollars and costs each Monday by Mayor Franz Woodworth for intoxication. Orpha Rast 46 of 20 S Shafer SL was fined five dollars and costs and sentenced to 103 days in jail for trespassing.
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Emmett E. Taylor
Mineral
Virgil Gilkey
Athens
Franz Woodworth
Orpha Rast
S. Shafer SL
Sentenrei
You May Deduct Business Expense From Gross Salary in Tax Return
Ninth of sixteen authoritati ve, easy to follow articles guiding the taxpayer on income tax returns. It details miscellaneous deductions including alimony or separation allowances, mortgage interest and real estate taxes on cooperative residence, a $500 extra exemption for a blind person, and rental of a safe deposit box. It explains capital losses, Schedule D, and how to claim unrecoverable credits or loans, with guidance on reporting and timing. The piece then outlines unreimbursed travel expenses, business use of a personal car, depreciation, and home office deductions, noting how to allocate expenses between business and personal use and how to compute totals for line items on Form 1040.
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S. Burton Heath
Internal Revenue Bureau
John Doe
Feir
Electrici
jMannec
Wounded He's Back on Duty
Pfc Howard Hanning son of Mr and Mrs Stacy Hanning of Sharpsburg was slightly wounded in action in Germany in a letter to his sister Mrs Harold Henry he says he is well and back in action His wife and son have received the Purple Heart and the Good Conduct Medal from him along with some German money and stamps Pvt Herbert Hanning brother is at Camp Wheeler Ga and John Hanning another brother has a medical discharge and lives in Painesville
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Howard Hanning
Stacy Hanning
Sharpsburg
Germany
Harold Henry
Pvt
Herbert Hanning
Howard
Camp Wheeler
John Hanning
Painesville
University To Offer Honors Work Program
Ohio University will begin a special Honors Work Program next academic year for juniors and seniors with at least a B average. The program aims to give superior students freedom to study their chosen fields.
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Ohio University
Red Cross Honors Letters and Amesville Prayer Service
Students may register for three to eight hours of honors work as part of an academic path. The Athens County Red Cross Honors Work Committee lists members and seeks letters describing Red Cross service from various groups. Families are asked to send copies or originals to the Red Cross in Athens. World Day of Prayer service planned at Amesville Presbyterian Church on Feb 15 at 7:39 pm.
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Athens County Red Cross
Monors
A. T. Vo
Chier
L. P
K. H. Krauskopf
Vivianers
Roberts
A. B. Sias
Red
L. C. Staats. Cross
Red Cross
E. State St
Amesville
Amesville Presbyterian Church
Baker Speaks On Future of U S Business
Dr. John C. Baker president of Ohio University spoke to the Athens Rotary Club on long-range planning for U S business amid new global ideas. He warned of a postwar moral tax period and urged business leaders, professionals, and educators to study trends. He expressed optimism about future commerce and urged continued Athens Ohio University cooperation to help the community grow as a progressive unit.
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John C. Baker
Ohio University
Athens Rotary Club
America
Baker
Athens
Fulton Reveals Latest Letter Fraud Targeting Churches
Os car Fulton of Athens Credit Bureau warns of a new scam in which a hospital patient on the west coast asks churches to send funds to buy a Bible for his invalid wife. The ruse, traced by the Associated Credit Bureaus of America, involved 200 churches and produced numerous checks before hospital authorities uncovered the deception. The only true fact is that the couple died in the hospital.
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Oscar Fulton
Athens Credit Bureau
Associated Credit Bureaus of America
Hoger Organization
Credit Bureau
Credit Begau
Coast City
Lloyd Knowlton Dies Funeral Set for Thursday
ALBANY Lloyd Knowlton age 62 died at his home Monday evening Funeral services will be held Thursday morning at ten at Webharris ville Church with burial in Stebbardsville Cemetery Friends may call at the home at any time He was a member of the Airline Church and the Modern Woodmen Lodge and leaves his wife Vera a brother Oscar Knowlton near Albany and a sister Mrs W Nichols The Plains He was born in Lee Township lived there until two years ago farming in that community Recently he has been employed at the Athens State Hospital
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Albany
Lloyd Knowlton
Webharrisville Church
Stebbardsvile
Knowlton
Airline
Woodmen Lodge
Vera
Oscar Knowlton
W. Nichols
Plains
Lee Township
Athens State Hospital
Covert Returns From Visit With His Son
Dr. B. M. Covert of 118 WN. Congress St. returned Saturday from Denver where he visited Lt. Robert B. Covert at Randolph Field. The lieutenant completed the first B-29 training course at Amarillo and is well along in the advanced course. Upon completion he will be qualified for pilot, co pilot and flight engineer duties. He is also the first pilot of a B-37.
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B. M. Covert
Congress St
Denver
Colo
Robert B. Covert
Lawry Field
Covert
Amarillo
Tex
Athens approves new Youth Recreation Center board
At a brief Athens City Council session a new Athens City Recreation Board was created and its members named Sarate Wise Mrs. W. H. Herbert George Merchant John Bolin and Frank B Gullum were confirmed. Donations totaling 305.23 were turned in to the City Treasurer and Auditor, and funds were authorized for immediate use.
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Athens City Council
W. State St
Franz Woodsworth
Athens City Recreation Board
Sarate Wise
W. H. Herbert
George Merchant
John Bolin
Frank B. Gullum
Harold Wise
J. §. Sherrard
Robert P. Tompkins
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Main St. Logan
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Waterloo
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Johnson Brewer Rites
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