War Veterans to Appear in Athens County Bond Drive Show
Two wounded war veterans from Army hospitals in CamRidge and the Mediterranean Theater will take part in a one hour wartime bond drive show in Athens County communities. Organizing by Roger Connor with Red Cross support, the program features a minstrel quintet, Dr. E A Hansen speaker, Robbin Gardner at the piano, a blackface quartet, and specialty acts. Performances run Jan 17 Mechanicsburg, Jan 18 Amesville, Jan 19 Chauncey, Jan 20 New Marshfield, Jan 24 Nelsonville, Jan 26 The Plains with Amesville at 7 30 pm for the PTA meeting.
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Camridge
Athens Couny
Roger Connor
Red Cross
Pacific
Theediterranean Theater
E. A. Hansen
Ohio University
Robbin Gardner
Neshville
Darrel H
Jonsey
Sam
B. A
Wolfe
Mr. Connor
Harry Simmons
Mechanicsburg School
Amesville
Chauncey
New Marshfield
Nelsonville
He Plains
Coolville
Albany
Ames-Bern High School
PTA
Gas Coupon Violations Linked to Black Market Say Prater
Leonard Prater of the Athens War Price and Rationing Board warns that lax handling of gasoline ration coupons fuels black market activity and counterfeit schemes. He outlines strict endorsement rules, sheet usage, and penalties, urging dealers to verify registrations and report suspicious coupons to curb wartime shortages.
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Office of Price Administration
Leonard Prater
Athens War Price and
Tioning Board
Prater
Raton
CPA
Oma Schofield Dies At Home In Canton Ohio
Oma Schofield aged 70 died Friday night at the family home 211 West Union Street Canton. She is survived by husband John two daughters Bertha Brown Athens and Sylvia Linn Athens two sisters Zell Bean Pearl Love and Katherine Sommers and two brothers John and Martin Grimm. Funeral Monday at 2 PM at the family home conducted by Rev. E C Kenney with burial at New Marshfield. Friends may call after 3 PM Sunday.
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Oma Schofield
Union St
John
Bertha Brown
Barberton
Sylvia Linn
Athens
Zell Bean
Pearl Love
Athens R. D
Charles Hoffner
Katherine Sommers
Cleveland
Martin Grimm
Canton
Methodist Church Plans For Series Of Services
The First Methodist Church announces a Week of Prayer theme Religion in a Day of Judgment with nightly topics on Christianity's relation to the world crisis. Subjects include The Costs of the Peace and The Church's Obligation to the Jews, with services at 7 30 p m and music by city churches.
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First Methodist Church
Degree Conferral Readied at Para Mathia Lodge No 25
The Fellow Craft will be conferred at the Para mathia Lodge No. 25 F F A M meeting Tuesday at 7 30 p m Visiting Masons welcomed and members urged to attend announced by Ernest E Hart worshipful master.
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Paramathia Lodge
No. 25
Ernest E. Hart
Service Men Letters Highlight Christmas From Frontline Stations
Pvt Paul L Wogan writes home from a mobile hospital after Bougainville fighting saying he expects Christmas in the States next year. Other sons and relatives in the service send letters from South Pacific, Camp Barkley Texas, Fort McClellan Alabama, and more, describing health, duties, furloughs, and Christmas celebrations.
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Bougainville
Paul L. Wogan
Paul Wogan
Sharpsburg
Wogans
Gene
Nanne
Auananae
Arthur Gaston
Athens
Abilene
Tex
James Gaston
Fort McClellan
Ala
Families Welcomed at Sheltering Arms Hospital
Local notices report multiple births and admissions at Sheltering Arms Hospital last week. Newborn sons to Estel and Mrs Ward and Carl Coe and wife joined families, while adults including Dennis McManaway Laura Parker and Henry Showalter were admitted for emergencies or medical care. Also treated were Father Dowd and several others from Hebbardsville Millfield Stewart and Stockport areas.
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Estel Ward
Mill St
Jack Lax
Hebbardsville
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Laura Parker
Poplar Ave
Dennis McManaway
Millfield
William G. Dowd
St. Paul's Catholic Church
Joseph Hutchins
Stewart
Sandra VanMeter
Ohio Ave
John Williams Fractures Hip After Fall in Ohio
Athens County relatives learned that John M. Williams former Jacksonville school superintendent fell at his Cuyahoga Falls home on Friday and suffered a fractured hip. He was removed to a hospital with serious condition. his wife Mary Fulton Williams a local teacher is from Athens.
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Athens County
John M. Williams
Jacksonville
Cuyahoga Falls
Mary Fulton Williams
Athens
Funeral for Mrs. Martha Wilson in Somerset
Funeral services are set for Sunday at 10 a.m. at Thomas Funeral Home in Somerset for Mrs. Martha Wilson, widow of Thomas Wilson and mother of Bert of Somerset, Blanche Dupler of Newark, Belle White of Nelsonville, Annie Epley of Zanesville, John Wilson of Cincinnati, and Roy Wilson of New Lexington. Her daughter Mrs. Roy Hummel died in Logan last year. The Wilson family home has long stood in Perry County.
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Thomas Funeral Home
Somerset
Martha Wilson
Thomas Wilson
Dennis Wilson
Trace Run
Carbondale
Athens Police Report Shows 40 Percent Arrest Drop in 1943
Athens police activity in 1943 compared with 1942 shows a 40 percent drop in intoxication arrests and a 38 percent drop in total arrests, though juvenile arrests rose 32 percent. Chief J. B. Grogan noted no fatal traffic accidents and listed totals: 346 arrests, 389 investigations, 809 citations, 118 escorts, 346 warnings, and 58 accidents.
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Athens
J. B. Grogan
Mrs Eda Nolan Dies Funeral Set Sunday
Mrs Eda Nolan 76 dies at her Coolville home after weeks of illness. She was the widow of Strode Noland and survived by three brothers William Bingman Wesley Bingman both of Coolville and Strode Bingman of Marietta. A brother Abraham Bingman died last week. Funeral service Sunday at 10 a m in White Funeral Home with interment at Torch Cemetery.
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Coolville
Eda Noland
Strode Noland
William
Wesley Bingman
Strode Bingman
Marietta
Abraham Bingman
White Funeral
Torch Cemetery
Aspirin Ad Promotes St Joseph Brand Tablets
An advertisement touts St Joseph Aspirin as purer stronger or faster than genuine aspirin claiming it is the world’s largest seller at 10 cents and offering 36 tablets for 20 cents 100 tablets for 85 cents urging demand for the St Joseph brand.
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St. Joseph
Charles Williams Dies In Hospital in Reedsville
Charles Williams aged 83 longtime Meigs County resident died Friday afternoon in a Parkersburg hospital after an extended illness. Funeral at 2:30 Sunday in Reedsville Church of Christ with interment in Reedsville Cemetery. Survived by daughter Mrs J D Kibble of Parkersburg son Clarence of East Palestine four grandchildren and one great grandchild.
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Reedsville
Charles Williams
Meigs County
Parkersburg
Hollister PTA to Hear Ohio University Sociologist
Henry J. Jeddeloh professor of sociology at Ohio University will speak at the Hollister PTA meeting held at the schoolhouse Monday night at 7 15.
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Henry J. Jeddeloh
Ohio University
Knights Templar Plan Initiation on Thursday
Athens Commandery No. 15 will hold a special meeting Thursday at 7 30 pm to confer the Order of the Temple on a class of candidates. Visiting Sir Knights will be welcomed and all members urged to attend in full Templar attire, as stated by Commander Fred H Irving.
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Athens
Knights Templar
Order of the Temple
Templar
Fred H. Ervin
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the Allied Sales Co
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Methodist Church
Pvt
Joy W. Wogan
U. S. Marine Corps
San Diego
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Mary Bridge
South Pacific
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Murray City
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Palmer St
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Arizona
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Goldie Hook
Claire L. Newell
George Kenney
Fifth Air Force
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the Messenger
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Long Bottom
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Colorado Sprigs, Col
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Butner N. C
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Kansas
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Charleston
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Madge Bellamy
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George Murphy
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McKelvey's Orchestra
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Athens Cemetery Association
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Fred Sanders
Court St
Brandon
Kibler
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E. E. Byrne
Hocking St
Keller and Weltner Monument
Logan
Hollister
Rardin Bros
N. Court St
B. M. Covert, O. D
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