McCracken urges support for bill to boost Ohio school funds
Dean T C McCracken of Ohio University College of Education spoke to Athens Rotarians about Ohio schools losing thousands of teachers during the war and the need for more funding. He urged support for Senate Bill No 38 to raise Foundation Fund grants about 33 percent, noting rising operating costs and salaries, plus an additional three million dollars annually to relieve the crisis in education.
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Ohio
Athens
T. C. McCracks
Ohio University College of Education
H. Wn
Dean McCracken
Ban on Gas in All Amusement Venues Ordered
An emergency directive from the War Production Board bans fuel gas use in all amusement venues through 6 p.m. Wednesday February 21 due to a critical gas shortage. The order, effective since 6 p.m. last night, covers motion picture houses bowling alleys night clubs and bars across Ohio. Mayor Franz Woodworth received the directive via Edward Faich director of the Office of War Utilities in Washington. City officials are to report violators.
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Franz Woodworth
War Production Board
Columbus
Edward Faich
Office of War Utilities
Washington
Ohio
WPB
Schlereth and Son Are Safe From Manila Camp
Two sources report Howard L. Schlereth and his eight year old son Hewitt have been rescued from a Japanese internment camp in Manila. They are relatives of Bath residents Andrew J. Schlereth. Letters to families mention visits to the Schlereth home after the 37th Division entered the city. The elder Schlereth served as Manila representative for Standard Oil Co. prior to the attack.
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Columbus
Howard L. Schlereth
Hewitt
Andrew J. Schlereth
S. Terrace Ave
Bath
George P. Guthrie
Oxford Rd
Loren
Windom
Reynoldsburg
Schlereth
Manila
Col. Guthrie
Standard Oil Co
Islands
Guy H. Hewitt
Kenworth‘ Rd
Linda
Information Sought on Solomon W Johnson
The Athens County Red Cross seeks help from the War Department to locate Solomon W Johnson brother of Ralph H Johnson. Ralph, 43, born in Frost, is listed as a service man. Anyone with information, call the Red Cross at 651. Masons Meet Wednesday at Masonic Temple.
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Athens County
Red Cross
War Department
Solomon W. Johnson
Ralph H. Johnson
Ralph Johnson
Frost
Solomon Johnson
Basketballs in the Air as Athens Tournament Opens
The Athens County Class B High School Tournament opened with a near six hundred strong crowd at Athens High School gym. Six teams showed color and cheerleaders as readers watched Plains, Waterloo, Shade Albany, Rome and Ames Bern compete. fans filled stands amid bells, music, and lively pupil-court performances. Tonight the second round continues with more school pride and tournament excitement.
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Mary Ellen Lynch
Athens
Athens High School
Plains
Waterloo
Betty Deeter
Jamita McDonald
Esther Jackson
Madonna Hull
Grace Dicken
Donna West
Rooters
Albany
Ruth Russell
Jean Bratton
Mary Wilson
Neacil Burson
Pauline Niggemeyer
Norma Williams
Molly Moore
Shade
Molly
Ames-Bern
Virginia Morehead
Donna Kuhns
Dorothy Meseher
Rome
Train Crushes Truck Injuring Everett Hanes at Crossing
Everett Hanes aged 42 of Athens Route 2 was seriously injured when his pickup was struck by an eastbound Baltimore & Ohio freight train at Grosvenor Crossing around 7:30 this morning. He was taken to Sheltering Arms Hospital with multiple fractures and head injuries as flashing lights allegedly operated by a switch engine on a spur line.
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Everett Hanes
Athens
Baltimore & Ohio
Grosvenor Crossing
Hanes
Sheltering Arms Hospital
E& Switch
J. F. Race
Prisoner PFC Scott Reported Missing Since November
Pfc Leonard Cecil Scott 25, husband of Rose Scott of 21 Fern St, is listed as a German prisoner reported missing since November 24. Mrs Scott received a prison camp letter dated January 24, the first since the War Department telegram of December 9. He is the son of Clyde Scott of West Union Street. His wife and their two year old daughter Anita live with Mrs Carsey and her husband.
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Leonard Cecil Scott
Rose Scott
Fern St
Anita
Our Men in Service Amid War News From The Front
Mrs Donald Bennett and son Donnie received a box of souvenirs upon completing a 26 week course. Donald Bennett will be fully trained as a member of a Dutch East Indies bomber crew. Included were sticks and shell bracelets. Bennett has two years service and a year overseas. William W Figley USNR was honored by Capt Charles F Macklin Jr for outstanding deck division service aboard an LSM. Figley, son of Mr and Mrs Thomas W Figley of Gloucester, is noted for his leadership. Others include Pvt Edward Oskey Jr moving from Camp Atterbury to Camp Robinson Ark. Robert M Gamwell age 18, Robert Russell age 17, Richard F Ivers age 17, and Robert D Channell age 18 from Gloucester receiving Naval indoctrination at Great Lakes. Lt Richard A Finlaw, 26, son of Mr and Mrs Elmer C Finlaw Harrisonville Route 1, promoted to first lieutenant at Tonopah Army Air Field Nevada. wears Air Medal with three clusters. Cpl Charles C Bussell assigned to AAF Trammar Command Radiobn at Sioux Falls Army Air Field. Pte George A Auer, Trimble, awarded Silver Star for gallantry in France on Aug 1 1944. he dragged from flames to suppress explosions under heavy fire. Aver graduated Jacksonville Trimble High School in 1940 and worked in Toledo before enlisting December 1942. overseas February 1944. now in Germany. Calcutta India Sgt James R Lambert, son of BB Lambert Harrisonville Ohio and husband of Garnet Lambert Gallipolis, manages maintenance for Army office building in Calcutta. overseas nearly two years.
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Donald Bennett
Donnie
Richard A. Finlaw
Elmer C. Finlaw
Harrisonville
Tonopah Army Air Field
Nevada
Lieut
Finlaw
Pomeroy
Tonopah Field
George A. Auer
Cera Auer
Trimble
France
Aver
Auer
Jacksonville-Trimble High School
Toledo
Germany
Calcutta
India
James R. Lambert
BB. Lambert
Ohio
Garnet Lambert
Gallipolis
Aulding
Army
United States
Lambert
East Side P.T.A. to Host State Officer Founders Day
A state officer from the Ohio Congress of Parents and Teachers will speak at East Side P.T.A. Founders Day observance on Wednesday at the East Side School auditorium. Mrs. Charles Sullivan, general secretary, will discuss A Tribute to Our Founders. The meeting starts at 2 45 p m with cake and coffee to follow social hour. Mrs. Glen Hanes is president and Mrs. John W Dowler is program chairman.
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Charles Sullivan
Ohio Congress of Parents and Teachers
East Side Parent Teacher Association
East Side
Athens
Glen Hanes
P.T.A
John W. Dowler
One Hundred at Albany World Prayer Service
More than one hundred church women and students attended the World Day for Prayer service at Albany Methodist Church. Mrs. J. C. Cottle chaired the program for the eighth year. a noon luncheon preceded by organ and piano selections. Miss Bitoni Brown led the afternoon program with origin of World Day of Prayer. performances by Mrs. Hattie Webb and others. candle-lighting ceremony with fern decor.
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Albany
Methodist Church
J. C. Cottle
Tom Spurlock
Bitoni ‘Brown
Brave Men by Ernie Pyle reviewed for insight into soldiers lives
A column highlights Ernie Pyle's Brave Men detailing daily life of soldiers from Tunisia to D-Day. It notes vivid anecdotes of gIs and gIs, rations, battles, and personal stories including wives and families, aiming to illuminate the human side of war.
Half Dead People Come Back To Life
An advertisement extols PRU-LAX laxative, claiming it helps energy, digestion, and constipation. It promotes feeling revitalized and urges readers to ask for PRU-LAX at Athens Pharmacy in Athens Obie, with money back if unsatisfied.
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Jas
Athens
N. Court St
Social and Personal News From Ohio University District
Social and Personal items note Mrs. Thomas N Hoover returning from visits in Youngstown and Morgantown where she stayed with Prof and Mrs Benjamin Franklin IV and sons. Their son Lt. Thomas N Hoover Jr. has a Navy sea assignment after a unemployment bureau post. Additional entries cover WAVES stationed in Atlantic City, family visits in Elyria and Camp Mackall staff, and Ohio University graduation recital for Miss Marjorie McClure. Events include Lt. Hoover’s promotion, marriages planned in Jacksonville, and Parkersburg visit by Prof. George Lasher.
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Thomas N. Hoover
Elmwood
Youngstown
Morgantown
W. Va
Benjamin Franklin IV
Ben
Tommy
Hoover
Thomas N.hoover, Jr
United States Navy
State Bureau of Unemployment Compensation
Annual Valentine Dinner of Athena Delphian Club
The Athena Delphian Club held its annual Valentine dinner Tuesday evening at Mrs. G. E. Mills home on Maplewood Drive. Tea and white carnations decorated tables. hostesses were Mrs. Neil Thomas, Mrs. Webb Walker, and Mrs. John R. Sprague. After dinner, original Valentine palms were exchanged. Mrs. Lee Roach reviewed the book Pen by George Papashvily.
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Athena Delphian Club
G. E. Mills
Maplewood Drive
Neil Thomas
Webb Walker
John R. Sprague
Lee Roach
George Papashvily
Club Calendar Tuesday Short Service and meetings
Church of the Good Shepherd hosts a 7 30 p m service and reception for visiting clergy Diocesan Missionary F B Atkin son and Rev Philip Steinmetz from Montrose Pa Also Tuesday 20 Feb inter club talk by C D Hopkins Some Aspects of Industrial Reconversion dinner at 730 p m American Legion Auxiliary meets 8 p m with Defense and Americanism program by Mrs C E Dupler and Mrs Charles Goodrich Major Raymond A Lee guest speaker members bring sales tax stamps roll call patriotic slogan East Side PTA 836 p m guest speaker Mrs L C Staats Group One Service Council First Christian Church Tuesday 730 p m Mitchell Day leaves Pfe Mitchell David left for Camp Swift Texas after 21 day furlough at aunt Lillie Joseph and sister Julia David 42S Congress St Private First Class David served 20 months in Aleutian Islands with three brothers in European theater they were raised by aunt Mrs Joseph Pocahontas Lodge meets Wednesday 730 p m officers to attend business meeting
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Church of the Good Shepherd
F. B. Atkinson
Philip Steinmetz
Montrose
American Legion Auxiliary
Legion Home
C. E. Dupler
Charles Goodrich
A. L. White
F. A. Lavelle
Raymond A. Lee
Mitchell Day
Pfe
Mitchell David
Camp Swift
Texas
Lillie Joseph
Julia David
Congress St
David
Aleutian Islands
Cpl
David David
Louis David
Dannie David
Joseph
Telia
Woman’s diet cure ends years of spitting up acid
An Athens woman long troubled by acid spitting after meals reports relief after taking ERB-HELP a herbal remedy advertised by Ideas Pharmacy. She claims meals now digest well with no gas bloating or choking sensations.
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Athens
Thompson couple welcome daughter Joven Alfreda at Pratt
Cpl and Mrs Alfred Thompson announce the birth of a daughter at Minneseah Hospital Pratt Kansas weighing six pounds twelve ounces named Joven Alfreda Grandparents are Mr and Mrs John R Thompson Carpenter Route Two and Mr and Mrs Baker Pratt Kan Mrs W Totman Athens Route Three returned home after a week with son-in-law and daughter Mr and Mrs Roy McClanahan and children Joe Carol Rose and Tommy Carol Rose accompanied home by grandmother for another week’s visit
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Alfred Thompson
Minneseah Hospital
Pratt
Kansas
Joven Alfreda
John R. Thompson
Carpenter
Route Two
Baker
Kan
Totman
Athens
Route Three
Roy McClanahan
Joe
Carol Rose
Tommy
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Court St
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Christian Church
First Christian Church
Compassion
M. T. Vermillion
Marianne Sarver
Lyndall Woolley
Virgena Da|britz
Betty Davis
Kathryn Hawk
W. G. Burt
Joe B. Maffett
H. T. Phillips
Graham Chapel
C. B. Chapman
Everett Hanes Hurt
Pfc
Scott
LSM
Sir William W. Fig ‘Ley
USNR
Charles F. Macklin, Jr
Little Creek
Figley
Thomas W. Figley
Republic Ave
Glouster
Edward Oskey, Jr
Bonnie J. Oskey
Jacksonville
Camp Atterbury
Ind
Camp J. T. Robinson
Ark
Robert M. Gamwell
Main St
Robert Russell
Spring St
Richard F. Ivers
Morgan
Fof Glouster
Robert D. Channell
the Plains
U. S. Naval Training Center
Great Lakes
Charles C. Bussell
Janet Russell
New Marshfield
AAF
Trammar Command
Sioux Falls Army Air Field
Sioux Falls
S. C
Ernie Pyle
Ernie
Tunisia
Sicily
Italy
Normandy
Pyle
LST
Naples
Phoenix
Arizona
M.br
Boe
Robert P. Tompkins
AMM
Jo Ann Tompkins
Lois Lundquist
The
WAVES
U. S. Naval Air Station
Atlantic City
N. J
Tompkins
Willan R. Mann
Marjorie Tompkins
Barbara
Elyria
Mary Stalder
N. College St
Stalder
Camp Mackall
N. G. Er
H. G. Stalder
Donald Lowden
Louise Lowden
Fla
Miss Lowden
Ensign W. Dow Green
Lowden
S. High St
Florida
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
Ohio Wesleyan University
Stanley R. Mauck
Helen McKay
Armed Forces
E. S. Smith
C. D. Hopkins
T.A
iMrs. L. C. Staats
Service Council
William Williams
Grosvenor St
Pocahontas Lodge
Hanson Shi
MUS Ctt A
Samoline
Harmlese
Kerr's
Dr. Caldwell
Meer
By Personal Loan Services
OPA
Stanley's Shoe Store
South Court St
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