Athens County Veterans Group Starts Aid Program
The Athens County Veterans Coordinating Committee held its first meeting with 37 members at the American Legion hall. Plans, roster, and services under the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944 were outlined, including information, employment, education, loans, health, and housing help. Local agencies and universities were represented, and a nominating committee was formed for future officers. The group aims to assist armed services members, veterans, dependents, and survivors through referrals, counseling, and financial aid.
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Athens Messenger
Athens County Group
Athens County Veterans Coordinating Committee
K. T. Crossen
American Legion
John W. Bricker
Ralph H. Stone
Nantes
F. H. Sands
Bank of Athens
NBA
Philip Weller
First National Bank
Nelsonville
J. H. Schaad
Farm Security Administration
J. H. McClure
Athens National Bank
H. H. Sands
U. S. Employment Service
Athens
Veterans Coordinating Committees
Armed Services
Ohio University
the Legion and Auxiliary
Red Cross
Faryn Security Administration
War Manpower Commission
Soldiers Relief Commission
Farm Bureau
Kiwanis
Selective
Extension Service
United Spanish-American War Veterans
AAA
Veterans Administration
Ohio General Assembly
Veterans’ Service
J. E. Householder
C. J. Ailstock
John Wood
RAF Initaly
Harry Lackey
Athens High
Sergeant Lackey
Hill Field Utah job openings seek clerks and mechanics
Alfred E Stratford Industrial Safety Training Supervisor Ogden Air Technical Service Command Hill Field Utah will be in Willis BR Grant age 23 husband Athens Friday and Saturday to interview and appoint to U S Civil Service positions Lakes 12 Most immediate needs clerks clerk stenographers clerk typists aircraft service me chanic helpers junior warehousemen and mechanic learners Men and women may be selected and transportation provided to Hill Field Stratford will be at the United States Employment office in Athens
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Alfred E. Stratford
Ogden Air Technical Service
Comerie Hill Field
Utah
Willis BR
Hill Field
Stratford
United States Employment Office
Athens
State Expert Talks on Reforestation in Southeast Ohio
Ohio expert F. W. Dean tells at Mechanicsburg school that white oak elm and ash will not regrow on hill soils as topsoil has washed away. Natural reforestation, often slow, could reclaim native woods if livestock are fenced out, with sedge and sumac as early cover and Shortleaf pine promoted for later yields.
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Ohio
F. W. Dean
Ohio Experimentation Station
M Mechanicsburg
Dean
Waterloo State Forest Reserve
Hocking River Rises After Warm, Wet Day in Athens
The temperature reached the fifties in Athens with yesterday's high at 58 and a low of 49 last night. Rain measured 0.73 inches, lifting the Hocking River to 10.58 feet while noting Germany’s Oder and Rhine rivers flow through key industrial, mining, and farming regions.
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Athens
Hocking
Oder
Rhine
Germany
Marriage Symbols A Hat And Mug Define A Couple
The Cuppers, long settled and content after fifty years of Dee's honest work, cherish two prized possessions a beer mug and an 1890 Hiloradora hat. These items symbolize mutual respect in their marriage and reflect their differing views within a happy life together.
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Dee
New Policy on Ration Books Is Announced
Local War Price and Rationing Board announces a new policy for reissuing Book 3 and Book 4 war ration books. Effective today, all reissuance applications will be held for 30 days. Coupons will be torn out up to the issuance date, not the application date.
Brown-Out Rules Out Various Outdoor Electric Uses
War Production Board limits electricity use in public signage lighting and outdoor displays. Prohibitions include outdoor advertising, show window lighting, outdoor decorative lighting, marquee lighting above 60 watts, and high street lighting unless for safety or essential business. Directions allow disconnection and reconnection conditions by utility if violations occur.
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War Production Board
Franz Woodworth
WPS
Albany mayor pleads guilty to unlicensed operator charge
William Martin age 71 of Albany Route 2 pleaded guilty before Mayor Franz L Woodworth to permitting an unlicensed operator to drive his car. He was fined five dollars and costs.
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William Martin
Albany Route 2
Franz L. Woodworth
Finsterwald Named Secret Service Officer for 1945
E. S. Finsterwald appointed by acting prosecuting attorney Harold J. Rose as secret service officer for 1945. Judge O. F. Rowland fixes compensation at 125 dollars per month with a 1500 dollar cap for the year. Rowland also approves Finsterwald’s appointment as deputy sheriff by Sheriff George Bateman.
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E. S
Married Couple Fight Over Bottle Promotes PRU-LAX Medicine
An old advertisement promotes PRU-LAX Cascara and Senna as a gentle remedy for gasiness, dizziness, headaches, heartburn, indigestion, and constipation. It urges purchases at Athens Pharmacy and Revivals led by Rev Otto Miller, with events in Zaleski and Chillicothe around February 25.
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Pru-Lax
Zaleski
Pru Lax
Otto Miller
Chillicothe
Wounded Sons Linscott and McBride Reach France and Italy
Pvt. James Paul Linscott 21 of Trimble Route 1 was slightly wounded in France on Feb 2 per War Department telegram. He writes of a Paris hospital life with hot water and clean sheets. Pfc. Leo B. McBride of 454 Moore Ave was wounded Jan 25 with the Fifth Army in Italy, his mother receiving notice. this marks his second wound in five months.
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Chester Sanborn
Glouster Route 4
War Department
Pfc
Thomas ©. Sanborn
French Hospital
Seaborn
James Paul Linscott
Homer
Linscott
Trimble
France
Linscotts
Paris
Amés-Bern High School
Stella McBride
Moore Ave
Leo B. McBride
Fifth Army
Italy
McBride
Third Graders Bake Whole Wheat Bread in Class
University Elementary School third graders completed a two week project on making whole wheat bread. They bought wheat, cleaned it by hand, removed dirt and weed seeds, dried and ground it, mixed ingredients, baked the bread, and stored portions for samples and at home recipes for mothers.
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University
University Students Enroll in Home Nursing Classes
Red Cross home nursing classes opened at the Alpha Gamma Delta and Pi Beta Phi sorority houses for Ohio University students. Sessions run 7 to 10 each Wednesday for eight weeks. Participants learn home care, hospital bed making, and first aid. 24 hours of work earn a certificate.
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Red Cross
Alpha Gamma Delta
Pi Beta Phi
Ohio University
Albany Grange Plans February Lecture on Food Production
A program for 1945 on food production is planned by lecturer Mrs. Winifred Hooper for Albany Grange on Saturday night February 24 at 8 pm. County Extension Agent Ross Wright will be guest speaker. Members are asked to contribute questions on farming and gardening for the quiz box.
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Winifred Hooper
Albany Grange
Ross Wright
Funeral services for Samuel Hayes
Mrs. W. H. Worthman of Poplar Avenue travels to McArthur for the funeral of her uncle Samuel Hayes this afternoon. City Federation sale chairmen will convene at the City Building on Friday at 2:30 p.m. to organize the White Elephant event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Worthman
Poplar Ave
McArthur
Samuel Hayes
SALE
City Federation
White Elephant
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