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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jan 11, 1944

Page

10

Blood Donor Drive Planned for Logan and Hocking County

Logan and Hocking County launch the sixth Red Cross blood donors campaign seeking about 340 volunteers. The Franklin County mobile unit will staff Logan Junior High School January 31 and February 1 with Mrs. R. B. Perkins chairing the effort and a full local committee guiding enrollment publicity and recruitment.

Athens Messenger Athens Oht Jay Red Cross Logan Hocking County R. B. Perkins Franklin County Red Cross Perkins Logan Junior High School Barton Hall Harry Thomas Dallas Kinser Frank Brown Lester V. Risch

Feed Dealers to Handle Hocking County Soybean Meal

Feed dealers in Hocking County will distribute the county portion of soybean oil meal set aside by the War Food Administration. A certificate of purchase from the local AAA office is required, with eligibility based on livestock type and quantity. Price is about 55 dollars per ton at Logan car door, 58 dollars at the dealer’s warehouse. Dairy, poultry, hogs, and feeder cattle receive priority. The first car load is expected soon but supply remains limited.

Logan Hocking County AAA War Food Administration

OPA Executive Speaks at Logan Rotary Meeting

David M. Harrison district price executive from the Columbus Office of Price Administration was the guest speaker at the Logan Rotary Club meeting at the White House. He outlined OPA organization and clarified price administration issues. Clarence Blosser introduced him.

Logan David M. Harrison Columbus Office of Price Administration Logan Rotary Club White House Harrison Clarence Blosser

Dillon Will Speak At PTA Meeting

Logan Benton Township PTA will hold a regular meeting Friday evening January 14 at South Bloomingville School. County Superintendent S. H. Dillon will be the main speaker on the program which will include singing a play Scripture reading and drill. Refreshments will be served.

Hocking County Health Department December Activities

Hocking County health department December counts show 60 personal conferences 186 distributed bulletins and leaflets 22 000 diphtheria antitoxin units 137 Wassermans draftees and navy recruits 129 ninth grade pupils examined 105 defects found 10 corrected plus 24 athletes examined and 24 field visits to food handling establishments dairy farms and milk plants.

Logan Hocking County Ht. G. Southard Wassermans

Bread Making Demonstrations Scheduled This Week

Three yeast bread meetings are planned this week led by Miss Helen Evans county home demonstration agent. Demonstrations will be at Mrs. Charles Clark Union Furnace Wednesday, Mrs. Herman Blum Enterprise, and Mrs. Fred Graham Green Township. Women from the communities are invited to attend.

Funeral Rites Held for Clint A. Dupler in Logan

Funeral services were conducted Tuesday at Rockbridge U B Church for Clint A. Dupler 66 a ties inspector for a lumber company who died Saturday at his home near Enterprise. Rev Evan D Jones and Rev Carl Wilson officiated the service and burial followed in Fairview Cemetery.

Notice to taxpayers rates of taxation in Athens County 1948

John H. Preston treasurer warns Athens County Ohio taxpayers of the 1948 tax levies. County rate set at 3.20 mills for general county fund with funds for charity and aid programs. Local levies listed separately. Taxes unpaid after collection incur ten percent penalty. Payable at treasurer’s office or by mail with last tax receipt.

Athens County John H. Preston Ohio General County County Home Fund Children’s Home Fund Mdigent Soldier's Fund Blind Fund Hoon

Leaders in Bond Drive Announced in Logan Ohio

Earl Elberfeld, chair man of the Hocking County War Finance Committee, announced the names of 20 persons to serve on the special solicitation committee for the Fourth War Loan Drive opening January 18. Forest E. Weinrich will chair. members include James L. Young, Lew Riggs, Henry Dag ue, Robert Keynes, William Clapp, Dr. C. F. Shonk, Eber Mowery, Lester V. Risch, Walter Leonard, Ed Davis, Miss Merlin Whitcraft, Art Gasser, John Connor, Ross Adcock, D. E. Harsh, Carl Harsh, R. B. Perkins, Marvin Kuhn, and C. W. Johnston. The committee meets Tuesday night at the Victory Center to plan the county campaign. Community planning sessions are being arranged across Hocking County.

Health Work For 1943 Is Reported

Logan reports a comprehensive county health program for 1943 led by Dr. H G Southard. The review highlights sanitation, disease control, maternity and child welfare, nutrition, and vital statistics with food handler inspections, dairy tests, dog quarantine for rabies, school lunches, and immunizations and vaccinations for children. It notes preschool clinics, nurse inspections in grades, and examinations of athletes and referred pupils. The emergency maternity and infant care program and venereal disease follow up for draftees and civilians added materially to department work.

Boards of Health Health Department

Young Slayer Given Chance To Start A New Life

Leonard Marcus fifteen pleaded guilty to the slaying of his step grandmother. Bronx judge Lester W Patterson urged him to forget the past and start anew. Marcus sent to Jewish Board of Guardians' Home Hawthorne NY while charged with first degree murder but pled guilty to second degree murder.

New York Leonard Marcus Bronx Lester W. Patterson Jewish Board of Guardians Hawthorne N. Y Patterson Marcus Jennie Flicker Navy Sylvester Ryan

Auto Workers Seek Master Wage Plan Nationwide

CHICAGO F. J. Thomas, president of the United Automobile Workers, said the CIO union would push a nationwide wage agreement based on equal pay for equal work. The plan would cover about 1,400,000 workers, with an estimated 95 percent potentially included.

Chicago F. J. Thomas United Automobile Workers CIO UAW

Communists To Drop Appellation of Party

New York dispatch reports the Communist Party's national committee moves to remove the word party from its name. Earl Browder, general secretary, proposes naming the organization as a Communist association for political education to reflect its postwar stance within the two party system.

New York Communist Party National Committee America Earl Browder Communist Association For Political Education

Funeral for Mrs Clara J Leibing Held in Lancaster

Funeral services were held Monday in Lancaster for Mrs Clara J Leibing 73 widow of William Leibing who died Friday at her home. Survivors include two sisters Mrs Mary Goss and Mrs Lida Hensley both of Hocking County.

Logan Social Notes Saturday Club Hosts and Guest Speaker

Members and guests gathered at Mrs. D. A. Rannells home for a 2 PM Saturday meeting. Genevieve Poston reviewed Louisa May Alcott biography by Katherine Anthony, followed by Mrs. Walter Brehm’s informal Washington life talk. A short business session preceded a buffet, with many local ladies in attendance.

Poston Hester Lee White M. H. Cherrington Carl Harsh Warren Bright G. C. Hengst John Wellman Emma Wellman Ed Godfrey E. O. Pettit Harry Stevenson Carrie V. Durr J. W. Woodard C. O. Allen Anna Cole Franklin Kerr Richard Lavey Russell Berlin H. E. White

Faked Sickness Pamphlet Circulates Among German Forces

A secretly circulated pamphlet teaching how to fake illnesses has spread within the German army. The pamphlet disrupts fighting capacity and triggers an intensive SS investigation reported by a source with Nazi contacts. German authorities are conducting searches and seizures to locate copies.

Stockholm

Logan Church Custodian Becomes Court House Janitor

Frank Lanning, formerly custodian at the Logan Church of the Nazarene, started his duties as janitor for the second and third floors of the courthouse on Monday, succeeding Charles Higgins who resigned.

Logan Frank Lanning Logan Church of the Nazarene Charles Higgins

Lodge Meets Logan I O O F Semi Monthly Meeting

Mineral Encampment I O O F held its regular semi monthly meeting at the lodge hall Monday night. Routine affairs were considered during the brief business session.

Logan

Obsequies Planned for Mrs Willard Newman

Services will be held Monday evening with the Order of Eastern Star announcing rites Tuesday afternoon. Members will meet at the Masonic Temple at 7 30 p m and proceed to the Newman home at 255 Fast Street for the ritualistic service conducted by organization officers.

Willard Newman Order of Eastern Star Masonic Temple Newman Home Fast Street

Leata Hutchinson Engaged to Leslie Reinshell in Haydenville Union Furnace

Announcement of the engagement of Miss Leata Hutchinson daughter of Mr and Mrs Hutchinson Haydenville to Mr Leslie A Reinshell son of Mr and Mrs Oscar Reinshell Union Furnace. Hutchinson is Logan High School graduate and bookkeeper at Luckoff s in Logan. Reinshell is Union Furnace High School graduate and works for his father. No wedding date set.

Leata Hutchinson Robert Hutchinson Haydenville Leslie A. Reinshell Oscar Reinshell Union Furnace Miss Hutchinson Logan High School Luckoff Logan Reinshell Union Furnace High School

Private Ellen Rowley on furlough at home in Georgia

Private Ellen Rowley is spending a furlough at her home before returning to oe thorpe Georgia where she is stationed with a WAC unit. Aviation Cadet Verle Dollison visits Logan with his parents while en route from Las Vegas to Hondo.

Ellen Rowley Carey Oethorpe Georgia WAC Verle Dollison Logan Paul Dollison Dollison Las Vegas Nevada Hondo Texas William King Cherrington Hospital John 8. Little New Jersey William Hutchison George J. Janick South Dakota L. M. Hutchison R. B. Perkin Midland Place Anna Per- Aans Rena Wiant Urbana Daughters of Dorcas Circle United Brethren Church H. V Thrush N. Mulberry Street Clifford Ties Logan Squaw Club

Albany Social and Personal Highlights Explore Local Visiting Guests

Albany notices show Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Brown with son Clyde visiting Homer Fridenmaker family and grandchildren Rachael and Charles. Pic. Roger Van Dyke returns from a five day furlough to Newark area. Mrs Van Dyke visits Nelsonville Rural then returns home. Frank Bobo Wade Jeffers and Clifton Pearman visit Charles Brown. Pearl Jewell announce birth of a son on New Year’s Day. Margaret Hunter moves to Point Pleasant with family. Albany Community Garden Club plans Jan 14 meeting at Mrs. Howard Stanley. Wednesday Club hosts January gathering at Mrs. A. D. Cline with a study of Germany and refreshments for 15 members.

Albany R. L. Brown Clyde Newark Homer Fridenmaker Rachael Charles Pic Roger van Dyke Madison Wis Arthur van Dyke Catherine VanDyke VanDyke H. M. Stintson Nelsonville Rural Frank Bobo Wade Jeffers Dayton James Stack Clifton Pearman Earl White Athens Charles Brown Florence Pearl Jewell Margaret Hunter Point Pleasant

Soil Conservation District Approved for Hocking County

James R. gm county extension agent announced that the Ohio Soil Conservation Committee has approved the petition from a Hig County delegation for a soil conservation district. A referendum election will be necessary before the county becomes a legal district. dates will be announced through the extension office.

Logan James R. Gm Ohio Soil Conservation Committee Hig County

Ted Groff Wins Boxing Honor at Amarillo Army Field

Pfc. Ted Groff of Carl W. Groff, a 19 year old middleweight, has won the middleweight bonus championship at Amarillo Army Air Field Texas. He went through the base competition undefeated during his service. His prior plans aimed at a professional career before enlisting.

Logan Pfc Ted Grof Carl W. Groff Third Air Amarillo Army Air Field Texas Gat Vice Texas Air Base

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