McCracken Urges Public Backing for School Funds Bill
Ohio University dean McCracken told Athens Rotarians that war time teaching shortages and shrinking salaries threaten education. He urged Senate Bill No. 39 to raise Foundation Fund grants about 33 percent and add three million dollars annually to ease rising operating costs.
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Ohio
Athens
Yeaterday
T. C. McCracken
Ohio University College of Education
United States
Dean McCracken
Deen McCracken
Ban Use of Gas in All Amusement Places
A War Production Board directive bans fuel gas at all amusement venues through 6 p.m. tomorrow February 21. City officials note the order, issued by Edward Falch of the Office of War Utilities in Washington, covers Ohio for a critical gas shortage. The prohibition includes theaters bowling alleys night clubs and bars, with officials urged to report violators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franz Lee
War Production Board
Columbus
Ediward Falch
Office of War Utilities
Washington
Ohio
WPB
Schlereth and Son Are Safe
Word from two sources in Columbus reports the rescue of Howard L. Schlereth and his 8-year-old son Hewitt from a Japanese internment camp after the 37th Division entered Manila. Lions Lt. Col. Guthrie and Lt. Col. Windom corresponded families about visiting the Schlereths in Manila. Earlier word also spoke of Mrs. Schlereth and her 5-year-old daughter Linda’s rescue.
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Columbus
Howard L. Schiereth
Hewitt
Andrew J. Schiereth
S. Terrace Ave
George P. Guthrie
Oxford Rd
Loren Windom
Reynoldsburg
Schlereth
Manila
Col. Guthrie
Standard Oil Co
Islands
Guy H. Hewitt
Kenworth Ra
Linda
Basketball Tournament Opens In Athens County
Colorful first round scene at Athens as six schools compete in the Class B High School Tournament. Fans fill the gym, cheerleaders perform between games, and bands provide atmosphere. Teams include The Plains, Waterloo, Albany Shade, Rome, Ames Bern, and Hollister, with players and recruits showcased. The event continues tonight as the second round begins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Ellen Lynch
Athens County
Plains
Waterloo
Betty Deeter
Jamita McDonald
Esther Jackson
Madonna Hull
Grace Dicken
Donna West
Rgoters
Albany
Ruth Russell
Jean Bratton
Mary Wilson
Neacil Burson
Pauline Nigzemeyer
Norma Williams
Rome
Phyliss McDaniel
Kathleen Hartley
Buchtel-York
Nellie Woolley
Julia White
Ames Bern
Henry Jeddeloh
James Weisenbach
Train Crash Injures Athens Driver at Grosvenor Crossing
Everett Hanes 42 of Athens Route 2 sustained serious injuries when his pickup was struck by an eastbound Baltimore & Ohio freight train at Grosvenor Crossing about 7 30 this morning. He was taken to Sheltering Arme Hospital with multiple fractures and head injuries. The crossing flasher lights were operating, a switch engine on a spur may have misled him. Railroad worker J F Race saw the accident. The truck was demolished.
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Everett Hanes
Athens
Grosvenor Crossing
Hoernen
Sheltering Arme Hospital
Hanet
Ath °Lens
Hanes
J. F. Race
Tower St
Prisoner of War Scott Confirmed Missing in Action
Pfe. Leonard Cecil Scott, 25, husband of Mrs. Rose Scott of Fern Street, reported missing since November 24, is a prisoner of the Germans. A Jan. 24 letter from him, the first update since a War Department telegram on December 9, confirms his status. Scott is son of Clyde and Mrs. Scott of Union Street. his wife and two year old daughter Anita live with Mrs. Scott’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Casey.
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Pfe
Leonard Cecil Scott
Rose Scott
Fern St
Scott
W. Union St
Anita
Robert Carsey
Christian Church Dinner Wednesday for Week of Compassion
Friends and members of the First Christian Church are invited to a Fellowship Dinner at 6 o clock Wednesday to mark the Week of Compassion. Nationwide church meetings aim to raise funds for war relief. Prof. M T Vermillion is chairman with a musical program including Marianne Sarver Lyndall Woolley Virgena Dabritz Betty Davis Kathryn Hox Dy W G Birt and Rev Joe Maffett. Weather report notes 26 high and 18 low in Ath Phillips yesterday. attendees asked to bring a covered dish and table service.
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First Christian Church
Compassion
United States
M. T. Vermillion
Marianne Sarver
Lyndall Woolley
Virgena Dabritz
Betty Davis
Kathryn Hawk
W. G. Birt
Joe
B. Maffett
H. T
Ath Phillips
Mercury
Prayer Band F to Meet at Chapman Home
The Graham Chapel Prayer Band will meet at the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Chapman Thursday evening with Mrs. Chapman as leader.
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Graham Chapel
C. B. Chapman
Information Is Wanted About Solomon Johnson
Athens County Red Cross seeks Solomon W. Johnson per War Department for missing information. listing of service members includes Ralph H. Johnson and multiple locals with transfers, promotions, and awards across camps, ships, and theaters in World War II.
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Solomon Johnson
Athens County
Red Cross
War Department
Solomon W. Johnson
Ralph H. Johnson
Ralph Johnson
Frost
Donald Bennett
Heria
Donnie
Pic
Donald Bent
Army East Indies
Pfc
Bennett
Masons Meet Wednesday In Athens Temple
Athens Council No 15 Royal and Select Masters will hold its monthly meeting Wednesday at 7 30 PM in the Masonic Temple on South Court Street. Master E R Jacoby announced the event.
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Athens
Masonic Temple
S. Court St
E. R. Jacoby
State Officer to Speak at East Side P T A
East Side P T A invites members of Athens area associations to a Founders Day program featuring Mrs Charles Sullivan general secretary of the Ohio Congress of Parents and Teachers. The 2 45 pm program in East Side School auditorium includes a social hour with cake and coffee. East Side PTA president is Mrs Glen Hanes. program chairman is Jana Mrs John W Dewler.
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Charles Sullivan
Ohio Congress of Parents and Teachers
East Side Parent Teacher Association
East Side
Athens
Glen Hanes
P TA. Jana
John W. Dewler
One Hundred at Albany World Prayer Service
More than a hundred church women and several students attended the World Day of Prayer service on February 16 at Albany Methodist Church. Mrs. J. O. Cottle chaired the program for the eighth consecutive year with a noon covered dish luncheon preceded by organ and piano selections by Mrs. Tom Spurlock. the afternoon, led by Miss Blanche Brown, featured a World Day of Prayer origin account, singing by Hattie Webb, a duet by Mrs. Wingett and Dailey, and a trio by Webb, Dorney, and Lax, with a candle lighting ceremony as ferns and plants decorated the altar.
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Albany
Methodist Church
J. O. Cottle
Tom Spurlock
Blanche Brown
Cottle
Hattie Webb
Guy Wingett
Eldon Dailey
Marie Dorney
Bess Lax
Brave Men by Ernie Pyle A Soldier Life Portrait
Columnist Ernie Pyle’s book Brave Men chronicles daily life of ordinary soldiers in Tunisia Sicily Italy and Normandy. It blends vivid anecdotes of rations baths and battles with personal details of soldiers families and hopes, offering intimate war front insight.
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Ernie Pyle
Ernie
Tunisia
Sicily
Italy
Normandy
Sergeant Muncy
Pyle
LST
Naples
Phoenix
Arizona
M.B.R
Half Dead People Come Back To Life
Advertising copy touts PRU-LAX a laxative claiming to restore energy and relief from constipation. It promises gentle, thorough relief and urges readers to use tonight with a money back guarantee, directed from Athens Pharmacy in Court Athens Ohio.
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Pru-Lax
Athens
SN. Court Athens
Caldwell
Social and Personal News From Elmwood Area
Mrs. Thomas N Hoover returns from visits to Youngstown and Morgan Town with news of her son Thomas N Hoover Jr being promoted to lieutenant junior grade and on sea duty with the U S Navy. Other guests include AMM 3c Jo Ann Tompkins and Lois Lundquist WAVES stationed at Atlantic City.
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Thomas N. Hoover
Elmwood
Youngstown
Morgan‘town
W. Va
Benjamin Franklin IV
Ben
Tommy
Hoover
Thomas N. Hoover, Jr
United States Navy
States Bureau of Unemployment Compensation
Robert FP. Tompkins
Ena Wueata
AMM
Jo Ann Tompkins
Lois Lundquist
WAVES
U. S. Naval Air Station
Atlantic City
N. J
Tompkins
William, R. Mann
Marjorie Tompkins
Barbara
Elyria
Valentine Dinner of Athena Delphian Club Held at Mills Home
The Athena Delphian Club held its annual Valentine dinner Tuesday at Mrs. G E Mills home Maplewood Drive. Tables featured white carnations and candy. Hostesses Mrs Neil Thomas Mrs Webb Walker and Mrs John R Sprague assisted. After dinner members exchanged poems and Mrs Lee Roach reviewed Anything Can Happen by George Papashvily.
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Athena
Delphian Club
G. E. Mills
Athena Delphian Club
Maplewood Drive
Neil Thomas
Webb Walker
John R. Sprague
Lee Roach
George Papashvily
Club Calendar Shows February Tuesday Events and Talks
The Tuesday calendar lists events at the Church of the Good Shepherd a 7:30 p.m. reception with visiting clergy Diocesan Missionary F B Atkinson and Rev Philip Stelmmetz of Montrose Pa. Also included are the Feb 20 Tuesday Club meeting at Elmwood with Mr C D Hopkins on Some Aspects of Industrial Reconversion and a 7:30 dinner, the American Legion Auxiliary meeting at 8 p.m. on East Side with Mrs C E B Dupler and Mrs Charles Goodrich hosting Major Raymond A Lee as guest speaker, East Side PTA 8 30 p.m. at the school auditorium with Mrs L C Staats guest speaker and a Service Council group meeting at First Christian Church 7 30 p.m. with Mrs William Williams.
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Church of the Good Shepherd
F. B. Atkinsson
Philip Stelmmetz
Montrose
American Legion Auxiliary
the Legion
C. Eb, Dupler
Charles Goodrich
A. L. White
F. A. Lavelle
Raymond A. Lee I
P.T.A
L. C. Staats
Service Council
First Christian Church
William Lwilliams
Grosvenor St
Woman Finds Relief After Meals With ERB HELP
An Athens woman reports hours of spitting up a strong acid liquid after meals but now eats normally with no gas or spitting. She credits ERB-HELP containing 12 herbs and recommends Athens Pharmacy for this new medicine.
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pAthens
Athens
Pharmacy
Mitchell David Leaves for Camp Swift Texas
Private First Class Mitchell David departed Sunday night for Camp Swift Texas after a two day furlough with his aunt Mrs Lillie Joseph and sister Julia David at 42 S Congress St He has served months with infantry in the Aleutian Islands and has three brothers in the European theater of war
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Mitchell David
Pic
Camp Swift
Texas
Lillie Joseph
Julia David
S. Congress St
David
Aleutian Islands
Cpl
David David
Louis David
Donnie David
Joseph
Julie
Birth of Joyce Alfreda Thompson at Minneseazh Hospital Pratt KS
Cpl and Mrs Alfred Thompson announce the birth of a daughter at Minneseazh Hospital Pratt Kansas. Joyce Alfreda weighs six pounds twelve ounces. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs John R Thompson Carpenter Route Two and Mr and Mrs Baker of Pratt. Mrs W W Totman Athens Route Three visited Roy McClanahan family. Carol Rose accompanied her grandmother home for a week.
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Alfred Thompson
Minneseazh Hospital
Pratt
Kansas
Theaby
Joyce Alfreda
John R. Thompson
Carpenter
Route Two
Baker
Pratt, ‘An
W. W. Totman
Athens
Route Three
Roy McClanahan
Joe
Carol Rose
Tommy
Pinex Inhaled Syrup Remedy For Fast Relief
A promotional ad outlines making a concentrated Pinex based syrup at home with sugar solution and liquid additives. It claims quick relief for throat and bronchial irritation, with easy preparation requiring no cooking and a refund guarantee if not satisfied. It mentions using corn syrup honey or Phlegm for smoother syrup and to aid breathing.
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McCracken
Murphey & Son
Worntell Blag
Athans, O
Travel
Logan
Everett Hanes Hurt
Christian Church
LSM
Sir William W. Figley
USNR
Charles F. Macklin, Jr
Amphibious
Little Creek
Figley
Thomas W. Figley
Republic Ave
Glouster
Edward Oskey, Jr
Bonnie J. Oskey
Tacksonville
Camp Atterbury
Ind
Camp J. T.robinson
Ark
Robert M. Gamwell
Main St
Robert Russell
Spring St
Richard F. Ivers
Morgan
Robert D. Channell
the Plains
U. S. Naval Training, Center
Great Lakes
Ill
Richard A. Finlan
Elmer C. Finlan
Harrisonville
Tonopah Army Air Field
Nevada
Finlan
Pomeroy
Tonopah’ Field
Charles C. Russell
Janet Russell
New Marshfiel
RAF
Training Command Radio School
Sioux Falls Army Air Field
Sioux Fall, D
Ftc
George A. Auer
Cora Auer
Trimble
France
Auer
Aver
Jacksonville-Trimble High School
Toledo
Germany
Calcutta
India
James R. Lambert
R. B. Lambert
Garnet Lambert
Gallipolis
Army
Lambert
Armed Forces
Cline
Mary Stalder
Camp Mackall
N.C
H. G. Stalder
N. College St
Stalder
Donald Lowden
Louise Lowden
Jacksonville
Fla
Miss Lowden
Ensign W. Don Green
Carol McClure
Wauseon
Marjorie McClure
Ohio University
Memorial Auditorium
George Starr Lasher
Parkersburg
Women's Club
Edith Humphreys
Parkersburg High School
Ensign
Franklyn Lauden
Norfolk
Ensign Lauden
Atlantic
Pacific
Fred M. McKay
Elmwood Place
Donald Mauck
2Olumbus High School
Ohio Wesleyan University
Stanley R. Mauck
Helen McKay
Snunsohr
Niu
Samoline
Pocahontas Lodge
Povshontas Lodge
Senna Ae Tae An
Axtra
Dy Personal Loan Services
OPA
Stanleys
Shoe Store
South Court St
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