Civil Service Agent To Visit Athens And .roy
Arthur B. Coby of the U S Civil Service Commission will be at the U S Employment Service Office in Athens on Thursday February 24 and at the USES office in .roy on Friday February 25 to test applicants for Pearl Harbor skilled trades jobs and Veterans Administration clerical posts in Washington He noted VA positions pay up to 1752 a year and transportation is provided along with housing options with private families.
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Arthur B. Coby
United States Civil Service Commission
U. S. Employment Service Office
Athens
USES
Roy
Pearl Harbor
Theeterans Administration
Washington
Coby
Veterans Administration
Housewives Asked to Observe Ceiling Prices Campaign
A Home Front Pledge Campaign will open in Athens to urge residents to pay no more than legal prices and to surrender ration stamps for any rationed goods. Junior Army volunteers will deliver pledges and price lists, with Scouts collecting signatures, as officials enforce the Economic Price Control Act of 1942 and publicize price limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Leonard Prater
Athens War Price and Rationing Board
Army of Athens High School
Boy Scouts
Girl Scouts
Army
Prater
War Price and Rationing Board
Congress
Dwight Rutherford
John W. Bolin
Athens Retail Merchants Association
Arthur D. Kasler
Vivian Roberts
Ohio University
Ross Wright
Charlotte Peck
Mrs. Roach Tops State Test In Athens County Examinations
Mrs. Clarence Roach of 25 Richland Ave led the state civil service test for case workers held at Hotel Berry on December 9 in Athens County. Miss Kay Sanborn, overseas with the Red Cross, also ranked first in the city on the case work supervisor exam. John Dalton of Grand Park Boulevard placed second in the county for the supervisor exam. Notices were sent to those who passed 17 exams across Public Welfare County Service Public Aid and Agriculture departments. The tests lasted an entire morning and included both oral and written portions.
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Athens County
Berry
Clarence Roach
Richland Ave
Public Assistance
Kay Sanborn
Red Cross
John Dalton
Grand Park Boulevard
Public Assistance Office
Department of Public Welfare
Department of Agriculture
Lewis W Sayre Dies Wednesday at Racine
Lewis W. Sayre 79 died at his Racine home. Funeral services set for Saturday at 2 PM at Antiquity Baptist Church with burial in Plants Cemetery. Survived by wife Anna B. Sayre, daughters Ara Morris and Esther Hayes, three sons Edgar Fred Raymond, three sisters Lottie Wolfe Mollie Pickens Elva Brundige. Sons William and Carl died in drownings decades ago.
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Pomeroy
Lewis W. Sayre
Racine
Antiquity Baptist Church
Plants
Sayre
Anna B. Sayre
Ara Morris
Esther Hayes
Kananga
Edgar
Fred
Raymond
Zanesville
Lottie Wolfe
Mollie Pickens
New Brighton
Elva Brundige
Norton
William
Carl
Noted McConnelsville merchant C Ed Gilpen dies in Zanesville
C Ed Gilpen age 71 of McConnelsville died yesterday in a Zanesville hospital after years as a general store operator. He served as a notary for Ohio Fuel Gas Co. Survived by his wife a stepdaughter Mrs Harrison Hoon Chesterhill a stepson C W McElfresh Somerset Wis and two cousins Fred and Arthur Hart Beverly. Funeral Thursday at 1 30 pm at the home with burial in Chesterhill Cemetery.
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Iesterhill
C. Ed Gil
McConnelsville
Athens
Ohio Fuel Gas Co
Zanesville
Harrison Hoon
Chesterhill
C. W. McElfresh
Somerset
Wis
Fred
Arthur Hart
Beverly
Chesterhill Cemetery
Birth and death of infant Gilbert in Springfield
A son born to Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Gilbert at City Hospital Springfield died nine hours after birth. Burial took place in Springfield on Feb. 10. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Gilbert of Coolville and Mrs. Minnie Erlewine of Grant Street Middleport.
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C. R. Gilbert
City Hospital
Springfield
Coolville
Minnie Erlewine
Grant St
Middleport
Jury Awards Perry 18325 From Ball in Ohio Court
A jury in Athens County Common Pleas Court returned 18325 to Mont Perry of The Plains in a suit against Everett Ball owner of a Plains cheer place. Perry claimed Ball struck him with a blackjack on Armistice Day 1941 causing a brain tumor and paralysis. Ball denied the assault. The verdict allocated 13325 compensatory and 5000 punitive damages after about two hours of deliberation.
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Athans County Common Pleas Court
Mont Perry
Plains
Everett Ball
the Plains
Oespee Perry
Ball
Perry
White Cross Hospital
Columbus
George Woods
Lower Plains
County Organizes 12 District School Boards in 1944 Athens System
Glen Hanes reports completion of the county school board organization for 1944. Officers and members for each district are listed, naming presidents, vice presidents, clerks, and board members across Albany Ames Athens Rural Carthage Troy Jacksonville Trimble Luhrig The Plains Rome Canaan Shade Consolidated Trimble Rural Waterloo Consolidated York Rural and more.
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Athens County
Glen Hanes
A. K. Walker
F. E. Phillips
L. L. Moore
W. H. Wakefield
Paul McVay
Hanes
Albany
George C. Bean
William Munn
Helen Whaley
D. L. McVey
Virgil Stanley
George Scott
Ames-Bern
Homer C. Linscott
Frank Elliott
E. L. Keirns
Ada Phillips
Arthur Gilchrist
Elza Linscott
Athens
Guy Morrison
Homer Gall
Eleanor Laziman
J. A. Walsh
P. A. Langston
G. R. Shafer
Carthage-Troy
R.C .Boggs
F. R. Owens
Edgar Dixon
Hall Chapman
Roger Clark
Jacksonville - Trimble
A. L. Morrison
B. B. Buckley
Pearl Christman
Fern Johnson
Henry Exenhamper
William Hanley
Luhrig
Glenroy Cook
Vern Riley
Cr. J. McCullough
Hollis Hudnall
Edgar Wilson
the Plains
John McAllister
M. O. Bryan
C. J. McCullough
L. D. Nelson
J. H. Kennedy
Walter Wharton
Rome-Canaan
Charles McBee
Claude V. Barnes
C. D. Arnold
Carl W. Hayes
Fred Dorr
Evan Linton
Shade Consolidated
F. S. Pierce
W. W. Harris
D. B. Dougan
Lenore Williams
C. H. Bobo
Waldo Woodyard
Trimble Rural
Dallas Christman
Robert To
Edward Phelps
Ray Roberts
John Mingus
Herbert Dew
Waterloo Consolidated
Robert Jackson
Hurley Pidcock
Leonard Prater
William Brown
David Stephenson
R. D
Cora Lawhead Dies at Home in Minersville
Mrs. Cora Lawhead age about 80 died yesterday at her home in Minersville. Friends may call at Ewing Funeral Home. arrangements will be announced later pending arrival of relatives.
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Pomeroy
Cora Lawhead
Minersville
Ewing
Ohio Claims Strongest Savings and Loan State
Columbus Ohioans have higher per capita deposits in federal savings and loan banks than residents of any state. James Twohy, governor of the Federal Home Loan Bank System, called Ohio the strongest savings and loan state and said Buckeye financial institutions comprised one sixth of all savings and loan assets in the nation.
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Columbus
Red Cross At His Side
North Pacific letter from Lieut. (jg) N. R. DeCesare praises Athens County Red Cross for warm sweater and home front support. He thanks donors and expresses belief in shared effort to secure rights and freedoms worldwide.
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Athens County
American Red Cross
N. R. DeCesare
North Pacific
Thorugh
Transfers of Funds Approved by Council
Athens council approves transfers to police and fire departments and to the Locust Heights city park. Mrs. H M Woods asks aid for Mrs. Ernest McGraner distributing magazines and cards to soldiers on troop trains. council to investigate if funds can be used for this purpose.
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Athens
Locust Heights
H. M. Woods
Ernest McGraner
Masons Plan Friday Meeting to Confer Master Mason Degree
Paramathia Lodge No. 25 F and A M holds a special Friday evening gathering at 7 o'clock to confer the Master Mason degree on two candidates. Visitors are welcome and a good attendance is desired, announced Worshipful Master Ernest E. Hart.
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Paramathia Lodge No. 25
Ernest E. Hart
Ath ens County Basketball Tourney Draws 900 Fans
Peggy Smith reports the second session at Athens High Gym drew about 900 fans to watch eight county teams. The crowd varied in reaction with some players cheering and others disappointed after the games.
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Athens County
Athens High Gymnasium
Seabees toil in New Guinea amid tough conditions
Families report loved ones in service across the war front. In New Guinea a Seabee describes brutal heat rain and mud but vows to push through. Others in India and at Fort Meade advance ranks and send updates home. Cheer squads and local standings mark a busy tournament night with nine hundred fans.
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O. D. Pincelli
G. F. Pincelli
Albany
New Guinea
104Th Naval Construction Battalion
Army WAC recruitment ad invites women to join war effort
The notice promotes women joining the Army's Women’s Army Corps with 239 job types from flight plotting to jeep driving. It urges visiting a U.S. Army Recruiting Station or writing to The Adjutant General in Washington 25 D C for full details. Women must have employer release or U S Employment Service clearance.
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Women’s Army Corps
Tory
WAC
U.S. Army
Adjutant General
Washington
D. C
U.S. Employment Service
Also Mentioned on This Page
Athens Messenger
Ohio
Civil Service
America
Arthur Rhoads
Homer Baird
R. D. Williams
Seth Lewis
Treva Black
Hazel Roach
Thelma Farrel
Chauncey
Dorothy Stalder
Thomas Clark
Amesville
Margaret C. Cook
Stewart
Marion E. Walden
L A. Person
Torch
Grace Gerard
Athens National Bank
Member
Federal Reserve System
Ed Gilpen
Zanesville Hospital
Gilbert
Grover C. Sutton
Nelsonville
Hal H. Rowland
George W. Christmann
Logan
Louis M. Day
Chillicothe
Savings and Loan
Ohio State Guard
O. S. G. Armory
Red_ Cross
Peggy Smith
D. C. Snow
Guysville
Pfc
Harold Snow
U. S. Signal Corps
India
North Africa
Herschel Kirkendall
Millfield Route 1
Dale Kirkendall
Corporal Kirkendall
Fort George G. Meade, Md
George Bateman
Navy
Set
Richard Bateman
Army Air Force
Bateman
Australia
Robert W. McAfee
Sheppard Field
Wichita Falls
Tex
Montrose Ave
Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co
Texas
Jacksonville Trimble
Hollister
Mary Geary
Elizabeth Murray
Glenn Hanning
J-T
Orange and Black
Corleen Moody
Velma Fade
Lavan Sarina
Waterloo
Mary Ann Ellis
Ruth Russell
Grace Dickens
Frieda Collins
Rome
Betty White
Eleanore Fuller
Norma Root
Megaginia Morehead
Donna Lee Kuhns
Dorothy Mescher
Shade
Neacil Burson
Mary Wilson
Mary Carter
Carring Hugh Mega
Norma McAllister
Donna Baugheman
Imexsana
E. Stanley Haller
East State St
the Security Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Nithly SS
Lydia E. Pinkham
St. Joseph
Q Finance Corporation
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