Ohio U Conservation Committee to Discuss Southern Ohio Problems
Southern and Southeastern Ohio will hear a dinner meeting agenda on January 11 at the University Grill. The Ohio University Committee on Conservation aims to inventory resources, identify immediate issues, and propose remedial measures in soil erosion water pollution and reforestation while stressing education and regional collaboration.
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Athens Messenger
Ohio U Committee On Conservation
Southern Ohio
Ohio University Committee On Conservation
Southern and
Southeastern Ohio
University Grill
B.T. Grover
Dass
A. H. Armbruster
C. L. Dow
Carl A. Frey
H. T. Gier
F. Bl .Gullum
C. E. McClure
Carl Ness Jey
G. C. Parks
W. S. Gamertsfelder
Committee On Conservation
Ohio University
Ohio
Dc. I. Dow
Dow
Row
Plan Travel Promotion Meeting in Postwar Ohio
The Ohio Development and Publicity Commission calls readers and groups to a January 15 meeting at the Virginia Hotel in Columbus to plan a postwar travel promotion. Prewar travel spending in Ohio exceeded 366 million dollars, ranking third before Pearl Harbor, and states nationwide are expanding their campaigns. The plan aims to prepare without hindering the war effort, aligning with federal programs.
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Ohio
Ohio Development and Publicity Commission
Virginia Hotel
Columbus
Pearl Harbor
U. S. Travel Bureau
Convention Bureau
Ed Harbarger 75 Dies At His Akron Home
Ed Harbarger 75 native of Athens county died at his Akron home on Jan 5 after retiring from work in Akron. Funeral services held there for him with his wife Cora Harbarger present. He leaves three sons Fred Frank and Dr A L and a daughter Mrs Florence Mason all of Akron two sisters Mrs Clarence Strawn Athens and Mrs Charles Kennard New Plymouth and four brothers James Harbarger Logan. A niece Mrs E J Shannon of Athens attended.
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Athens County
Ed Harbarger
Akron
Harbarger
Carbondale
Cora Harbarger
Fred
Frank
A. L
Florence Mason
Clarence
Strawn
Athens
Charles Kennard
New Plymouth
James Harbarger
Logan
Kennard
E. J. Shannon
Our Men in Service 5th AAF In Italy
Ohio veteran Myron L. Yaw 20 arrives in Italy to fly B 24 missions with the 5th Air Force. He and Major Merwin R. Chappel report Christmas week moves in Europe and hospital work in Germany. Also noted are furloughs, promotions, and service updates from family members across Ohio and nearby states.
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5Th Aaf
Italy
Myron L. Yaw
Otto Yaw
Morrislave
Athens
Yaw
15Th Air Force
Lyons
France
Salonika
Greece
Blechhammer
Ohio University
Air Forces
Harningen Field
Texas
Truck Accident Near Nelsonville Reports and War News
A truck sideswiped and landed in a ditch on Route 33 three miles north of Nelsonville, causing damage. the other driver fled. Meanwhile, multiple Athens County men receive promotions, assignments, and awards across Army Air Forces and Navy posts in Italy and the Pacific, including a Meritorious Service Award and Combat Infantryman Badges, with notes on family letters from Germany and local sentencing for intoxication.
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Lawrence Johnson
Millfield
Ernest E. Johnson
Germany
Robert Tay Johnson
Jor
Adams Sr
Aaron J. Wadesonville
Glouster
Old Millfield man befriends a stray hibernation-forgotten garter snake
Albany sidewalk find leads to a cardboard box home for an 18 inch garter snake kept by Millfield truck driver Thomas Blower of the State Highway Department. The article also notes military service details for several men, including Lt Swank and Cpl Helwig, with ties to Athens and Columbus, reflecting wartime community notices.
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Thomas Blower
Millfield
Blower
State Highway Department
Albany
Deductions Easier: Radical Income Tax Changes Explained
The article outlines three major tax shifts: a $500 per person exemption based on dependents, a broadened dependency test allowing full credit for close relatives and over-18 students, and elimination of the earned income credit. It notes added simplifications yet cautions about reduced medical credits and fewer deductible taxes, plus new blinds exemption and removal of installment payments.
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S. Burton Heath
NER
NEA Service
the Messenger
Athens Man Is Wounded In Italy December
Mrs Genevieve McDonald received word that her husband Pvt Stanley C McDonald was wounded in Italy on December 26. He is the son of Mrs Minnie Muller of Riverside Drive, serves in the Heavy Artillery, and has been overseas nine months.
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Calcuita
India
James R. Lambert
R. B. Lambert
Harrisonville
Lambert
R. R. Neyland
War Department
Genevieve McDonald
S. Shafer Sr
Stanley C. McDonald
Italy
Frivate McDonald
Minnie Muller
Riverside Drive
Mollie LeFever Dies at 71 in Athens
Mollie LeFever aged 71 died Monday night in Athens. She leaves a brother Manning of Glouster and a sister Mrs Ella Weaver of Alfred. Funeral services are set for Wednesday at two o'clock at the Alfred Methodist Church.
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Coolville
Mollie le Fever
Athens
Manning
Glouster
Ella Weaver
Alfred
Alfred Methodist Church
Gas Company Warns About New Shortage
The Ohio Fuel Gas Co. warns of a possible gas shortage as a cold wave nears, urging households to conserve gas for essential uses and prioritizing defense industry needs. District Manager Frank Phillips cites potential reductions in deliveries to commercial and nondefense plants if cold weather lasts. Several Columbus, Dayton, Toledo, and Cincinnati industries already cut gas use to preserve supplies for wartime production.
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Ohio
The
Gas Co
Frank Phillips
Ohio Fuel Gas Co
Columbus
Dayton
Toledo
Cincinnati
Athens Group Tops in Sales in War Bond Drive
The Athens distribution employees of The Ohio Fuel Gas Co. led the Columbus Group War Bond Sales Contest finishing 1944 in leadership. For the year ending Dec 31 total sales reached $493,200 with each distribution rep averaging $7,600. The company has long served as an authorized EY Bonds distributor since the War Bond program began.
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Athens
Ohio Fuel Gas Co
Columbus Group
Soldier Robert Foster Wounded in Germany
Mrs Louise Foster of 28 Wound Street reports a letter from her husband Sergeant Robert Foster stating he was wounded in the right foot while serving with the Army Engineers in Germany. He has been overseas since last October and is now convalescing in a hospital in France.
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Clyde E. Juniper
Ijr
South Pacific
Marine Forces
Pvt
Jack Juniper
France
Medical Department
Army
Robert Juniper
England
Grace Juniper
Oregon Ridge
B. A. Dodson
D. Hi Conroy
Seventh Army
Memphis
Tenn
Louise Kelley Foster
Sgt
Robert Foster
Germany
Foster
Army Engineers
Ohio University Returns to Former Two Semester Calendar
President W. S. Gamersfelder announced that starting with the 1945 summer session Ohio University will resume the two long semesters with an eight week and a three week summer term. The eight week summer session begins June 11 and the post-session starts August 6. The fall semester opens September 17.
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W. S. Gamersfelder
Ohio University
Snow and cold snap hit Athens with light snowfall
One half inch of snow covered Athens this morning as temperatures fell from yesterday’s high of 35 to a low of 24 last night. By noon, the mercury stood at 20 with the Hocking River receding, according to observer Mrs. C. N. France.
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Athens
C. N. France
Hocking
Death of Dr Law Gallagher in New York City
Mr and Mrs James A Farrell Richland Ave learned of the death in New York City of Dr Law Gallagher father of their son in law Lawrence Gallagher of Scarsdale NY He is survived by his wife Florence and two sons John in the Army and Lawrence W and two grandchildren Lawrence IV and Mary Sue Lawrence W Gallagher attended Ohio University His father was a dentist in New York City
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Eighth Air Force
England
Lawrence G. Helwig
Pearl W. Helwig
Athens High School
Ohio University
Curtiss Wright Corp
Columbus
Maydelle Hamilton
Eighth Air Force Service Command
Pic
William T. Losey
Harvey Losey
Glouster
Strategic Air Depot
New York Central Railroad Co
Losey
Armed Forces
Gallagher
New York City
James A. Farrell
Richland Ave
Law Gallagher
Lawrence Mr. Gallagher
Scarsdale
N. Y
Florence Gallagher
John
Lawrence W
Lawrence IV
Mary Sue
Lawrence W. Gallagher
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