Thanksgiving Dinner Aboard Navy Ship in Southwest Pacific
John P. Buck and Paul Wilson, both serving in the Navy, mark a December Thanksgiving aboard their vessel in the Southwest Pacific. The crew shares a full menu and a mimeographed home letter urging prayers and support, noting grueling duties, constant readiness, and hopes for an end to the war with Tokyo in sight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John P. Buck
Bert Buck
the Garden
Paul Wilson
Elizabeth Fri Wilson
van Vorhes
Southwest Pacific
Mercury Drops to 17 Degrees Amid Friday Freeze
The report notes a Friday low of 17 degrees with Friday’s high reaching 36 and Saturday’s high at 32. Temperatures indicate a chilly spell continuing into the weekend.
Our Men In Service Compiled Update From Readers
Cpl Jack B Engh recuperating in a San Diego Marine hospital after a final overseas predeployment checkup. Other squadron members sailed overseas last Sunday. Seaman first class Donald E May returns from sea duty aboard a merchant vessel. Cpl Leo Foreman stationed in England reports travel and improved leadership. Ensigns Doak Gaskins and James R Ogg commissioned at Northwestern University Naval Training School. Pfe Jack Coon stationed in the Pacific recounts a reunion with Ohio friends. Cpl William C Ogdin joins armored school at Fort Knox. Seaman 2nd class Arthur R Cassey completes boat training at Great Lakes and serves in the Pacific fleet. Cpl Hawley Lee Sprague serves in Puerto Rico since before Pearl Harbor. Pvt William H Anderson and Pvt Lawson L Seyfried transfer for basic training at Miami Beach.
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Jack B. Engh
Marine Corps
San Diego
Calif
Norman Engh
University Terrace
Naval Training School For Midshipmen
Northwestern University
Evanston, Ill
Francis Doak Gaskins
Georgia Stout
Morris Ave
James Raymond Ogg
George S. Ogg
Stewart
USNR
Arthur R. Cassey
Great Lakes
Ill
Pacific Fleet
Athens
Grace Hunkerford
W. Union
Cpl
Hawley Lee Sprague
Hunkerford
U. S. Army
Puerto Rico
Corporal Sprague
Pearl Harbor
Stack's Market
Don't Forget The Hospital Appeal Issued In Athens
The Athens County Welfare Association trustees issued a urgent appeal for funds to cover charity cases at Sheltering Arms Hospital after Community Chest campaigns ended. Contributions designated to the Hospital Fund can be sent to Fred McKay at the Columbus & Southern Ohio Electric offices or to Mrs. J. A. Fuller at the Ohio Fuel Gas offices in Athens.
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Athens County Welfare Association
Community Chest
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Fred McKay
Columbus & Southern Ohio Electric Co
J. A. Fuller
Ohio Fuel Gas Co
Athens
Icy Pavements Cause Two City Accidents
Icey streets in Athens led to two minor crashes Friday afternoon reports Police Chief J B Grogan. Louis Williams age 67 Athens Route 4 hit a Bethel grocery delivery truck at Washington Street outside City Hall with slight damage and no injuries. Harold Shields age 16 of 97 S Shafer Street lost control at Lancaster and Carpenter Streets and struck Pearl Henry age 39 of Chauncey. Elizabeth Simmers a passenger suffered a bruised forehead.
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Athens
J. B. Grogan
Washington St
Louis Williams
Bethel's Grocery
Charles Nichols
Washington
Lancaster and
Carpenter Sts
Harold Shields
S. Shafer St
Carpenter St
Pearl Henry
Chauncey
Elizabeth Simmers
Henry
Stores Close at Noon Thursdays This Month
Athens Retail Merchants Association says stores will close Thursday afternoons in January February and in June July August. Association officers elected include S. G. Foster as president for 1944, with W. H. Logan as vice president L. H. Smith treasurer and John Bolin secretary. Luncheon meetings set for the first Tuesday of each month.
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Athens Retail Merchants Association
Berry
Lancheon
S. G. Foster
W. H. Logan
L. H. Smith
John Bolin
Jack Browning Dies in Veterans Hospital Dayton
Jack Browning age 55 died in Veterans Hospital Dayton Thursday evening after 15 years of confinement. He was the son of the late Mr and Mrs Charlies Browning of Carthage. Survived by N E Mills Athens Mrs Jessie Warren Miss Grace Warren Ralph Ladd Athens R D and Cecil Wade Richardson Coolville. Friends may call at Jagers Funeral home. Services at Carthage Cemetery Monday at 10 30 AM.
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Jack Browning
Veterans Hospital
Dayton
Charlies Browning
Carthage
N. E. Mills
Athens
Jessie Warren
Grace Warren
Ralph Ladd
R.D
Cecil
Wade Richardson
Coolville
Jagers Funeral Home
Carthage Cemetery
James Yeager Dies at Mason City Saturday
James S. Yeager age 85 died at his Mason City home Saturday. He leaves his wife a daughter Stella Sommer ville of Akron and a son William E. Yeager of Middleport. Funeral services set for Monday at 2 PM with burial in Lone Oak Cemetery Pt Pleasant.
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Mason City
W. Va
James S. Yeager
Stella Sommerville
Akron
William E. Yeager
Middleport
Lone Oak Cemetery
Pt. Pleasant
Diamond Rings Missing From Home At Athens House
Mrs. W. E. Landis reports a purse with three diamond rings valued at 500 dollars nine dollars in cash and ration books missing from her hall table Friday night. Police investigate the unexplained disappearance.
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W. E. Landis
Pearl St
Luchs To Talk About Experiences at Camp
At 11 a m in the Presbyterian Church the Rev Fred E Luchs will relate his Fort Benning Ga experiences from the first three weeks of December during morning service.
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Presbyterian Church
Fred E. Luchs
Fort Benning
Sentenced for Vagrancy in Huntington
William McOwen twenty one year old Huntington West Virginia was arrested Wednesday by city police and fined five dollars plus costs and sentenced to twenty days in the County Jail by Mayor Franz Woodworth for vagrancy.
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William McOwen
Huntington
W. Va
Franz Woodworth
Grand Chapter Officers To Be Mason Guests
Athens Chapter No. 39 Royal Arch Masons will hold its annual inspection Friday at 7 30 p.m. Edward M. Selby Grand Priest of Ohio will be the honor guest, joined by other Grand Chapter officers. Oliver H. Ormiston will inspect. A dinner precedes the event for ticketed attendees. Local visiting companions are welcome per J Louis Winner.
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Athens
Royal Arch Masons
Grand Chapter
Ohio
Edward M. Selby
Martins Ferry
Selby
Oliver H. Ormiston
Bartlett
J. Louis Winner
Minersville Driver Arrested After NYE Ditch Incident
Hanson Ray Holter, 51, of Minersville, was fined $20 and costs by Mayor George Howell of Pomeroy after state patrol arrested him on Route 7 northeast of Pomeroy for not having a car under physical control while intoxicated. The New Year’s Eve incident saw his car back into a ditch while trying to turn around.
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Hanson Ray Holter
Minersville
George Howell
Pomeroy
Holter
Royal Arch Masons To Meet on Monday
Athens Chapter No. 39 Royal Arch Masons will hold a monthly meeting at the Masonic Temple Monday at 7 30 p m The Mark and Past Masters Degree will be conferred on a class of candidates Visitors are welcome and all members are urged to attend, announced by J Louis Winner high priest.
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Athens
Royal Arch Masons
Masonic Temple
J. Louis Winner
Martin Will Address Ministers of County
Dr. O. W. Martin of Ohio University will address the Athens County Ministerial Association Monday at 11 in the First Methodist Church. His topic is What Preachers Should Know About Modern Social Movements.
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O. W. Martin
Ohio University
Athens County Ministerial Association
First Methodist Church
Christmas Visits and Health Updates Across Millfield and Chauncey
Mr and Mrs B W Simpkins and son Norman of Dayton visiting Mrs Simpkins mother Mrs Helen Gillespie and other Millfield relatives over the holidays. Mrs Hazel Perry recovering at home in Chauncey. Walter Slisher released from Miami Valley Hospital to spend Christmas Day with family before returning for slow recovery. Walter is son of Mr and Mrs George Slisher and Mrs Thomas Buckley who is ill in Lexington Ave and improving. Mr and Mrs Frank Truszka of Modoc hosted a Christmas turkey dinner with Andrew Guy and family, Dallas Farrow of Port Clinton, and Geneis Yonkoski and daughters of Modoc.
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Chauncey
B W. Simpkins
Norman
Dayton
Millfield
Walter
George Slisher
Thomas Buckley
Lexington Ave
Frank Truszka
Modoc
Andrew Guy
Andrew Jr
Emma
Bailey Run
Dallas Farrow
Port Clinton
Ohio
Geneis Yonkoski
Honor Servicemen Service in Chauncey Church
A service honoring servicemen and their families will be held Sunday at 7 p.m. at the Church of Christ in Chauncey. Letters from in service boys will be read, with special music and a sermon by Pastor Gilbert Courtney. Service members on furlough are invited to attend.
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Chauncey
Church of Christ, Chauncey
Gilbert Courtney
First baby of the year born at Sheltering Arms Hospital
Sheltering Arms Pie and Mrs. Weston Potter of 39 First St. are parents of a son born Saturday at Sheltering Arms Hospital, the first baby born in the hospital in the new year. Thomas Bailes of 2 Columbia Ave. was admitted Thursday for medical treatment. Mrs. Kathryn Enlow of Athens Route 1 was admitted Thursday and dismissed Friday. Mrs. Cora Campbell of 55 Lorene Ave. was admitted Thursday and dismissed Saturday. Mrs. Anna Phillips of Jacksonville underwent an emergency major operation Friday. Mrs. Anna L. Bardin of Athens Route 1 and Mrs. Dessie Fields of Children's Home were admitted Friday for medical treatment.
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Weston Potter
First St
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Thomas Bailes
Columbia Ave
Kathryn Enlow
Athens
Cora Campbell
Lorene Ave
Anna Phillips
Jacksonville
Anna L. Bardin
Dessie Fields
Children's Home
Chauncey City Council Plans Monday Reorganization
Chauncey Mayor W D Hines called a 6 30 p m meeting at the city building to reorganize the council and set annual appropriations. Three incumbents Joe Cline John Smart and William Leffler were re elected with new members Arthur J Smith Walter Kovaleski and Frank Ferrer. City treasurer Minnie Palmer and clerk Jack McCafferty named. Hines to begin his ninth term as mayor. The Board of Public Affairs will meet Tuesday at the same time to reorganize.
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Chauncey
W. D. Hines
Chauncey City
Joe Cline
John Smart
William Leffler
Arthur J. Smith
Walter Kovaleski
Frank Ferrer
Minnie Palmer
Jack McCafferty
William D. Hines
Chauncey Board of Public Affairs
Max Wilson
Roy Pendergrass
Floyd Nye
Dyar Mitchell Rites Held at Chillicothe
Funeral services for Dyar Mitchell age 55 a Chauncey resident were held in Chillicothe with burial there. He died Thursday at his home from heart trouble and influenza. He worked as an attendant at the Veterans Hospital in Chillicothe and had earlier lived in The Plains. He was active in Nazarene and Holiness Churches. He is survived by his wife Dorothy three sons Arthur Lee William and David of Chillicothe his mother Mrs Clara Mitchell a brother Arthur and sisters Aleatha Crabtree and Virgie Pritchard of Columbus.
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Chauncey
Dyar Mitchell
Chillicothe
Veterans Hospital
Mitchell
Plains
Dyar
Chauncey-Dover Schools Report Junior Red Cross Donations
Supt Wayne T Matthews lists Chauncey Dover Schools contributions totaling 32.19 dollars from Chauncey Elementary Frances Howard and multiple students and grades plus Chauncey-Dover High School and East Millfield donors Joan Hartley etc. The report covers individual gifts from Grade 1 through Grade 8 and marks the overall sum.
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Chauncey
Wayne T. Matthews
Chauncey-Dover
Red Cross
Frances Howard
Ruth Hartley
Analee Vore
Goldie Corwin
Evelyn Simras
Floyd Oper
Freda Beckler
Shirley Thomas
Pauline Bowe
Erma Roberts
Chauncey-Dover High School
West Millfield
Jessie Radford
Louise Nagle
May Howard
East Millfield
Helen Sanders
Alice Shannon
Florence Howard
Whistles Bells Greet New Year in Chauncey Dover
Chauncey Dover district marked New Year with quiet customs. Business houses closed, theaters and dances operated, and several private parties occurred in homes and churches. Out of town visitors joined family gatherings, but the day was described as just another day.
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Chauncey
Chauncey-Dover
Chauncey couple receives letter from overseas soldier
Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Ferry of Chauncey received a U S mail letter from Pvt Woodrow Witham also of Chauncey who is serving in Britain. He has been gone several months.
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Chauncey
Cecil Ferry
Pvt
Woodrow Witham
Brittan
City Loan promotes quick repay for up to $1000 loans
City Loan and Guaranty Company offers loans to $1000 with terms up to 12 months. Manager Fred Sanders invites readers in Athens Ohio to use the service for shopping bills and emergencies and repay within a few months.
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City Loan
City Loan and Guaranty Company
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