Athens County War Loan Drive Opens Today
Athens County launches the Fourth War Loan with a $1,352,000 county quota under F. H. Sands. Individual subscriptions total $826,000 with separate town and township goals. Nelsonville and Athens City plan drives led by Frank Smith and L McClure respectively. Over 400 volunteers prepare to canvass cities and townships to urge purchases of Series E F G and U S Treasury securities as part of the campaign to raise fourteen billion dollars in four weeks.
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Athens Messenger
Athens
Ohio
Athens County
Oughly
F. H. Sands
War Finance Committee
Nelsonville
Frank Smith
Philip Weller
Yh Parks
Athens City
L McClure
Rotary
Don C. Peden
Woman's Club
Miss Nor
City Teachers Group
H. C. Pendry
Kiss
Dewey Goddard
Vicerman
McBee Co
U. S
Treasury
U.S. Treasury
U. S. Treasury
Keep Those Birds Inside Keep Those Birds Inside
Athens County extension agent Ross Wright urges flock owners to confine laying hens during extreme cold. He notes arctic birds can withstand cold, but hens laid eggs require feed and warmth and should be housed from Oct. 1 to April.
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Athens County
Ross Wright
Guernsey Breeders Meet in Athens County
Guernsey cattle breeders in Athens County will meet Wednesday at 8 pm in the Civil Service Room of the Athens Courthouse. Ross Wright extension agent announces the event with OSA dairy specialist Ivan McKellip and H E Denlinger of the Ohio Guernsey Cattle Club leading the discussion. The open meeting welcomes breeders and suggests bringing wives and 4 H Club age children to emphasize dairying as a family affair.
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Athens County
Civil Service Room
Athens
Ross Wright
Ivan McKellip
OSA
H. E. Denlinger
Ohio Guernsey Cattle Club
Local servicemen promotions and assignments listed
Sgt. Carl Lowery, 25 from Gloucestershire area, promoted to staff sergeant and leading a Sixth Army firing battery in the Southwest Pacific. Pvt. Charles Leland Wheaton, 23, heads to St Cloud for five months of Army Air Forces instruction to become pilot navigator or bombardier. Robert D. Johnson, 18, at Allegheny College preparing to join the Aviation Cadets. Harold Leeman Glover joins Great Lakes Navy. brothers in Army in India and England. Ernest Campbell receives captain’s commission on Christmas Day with the 37th Division in the Southwest Pacific. Capt Robert M. French attends infantry officers course at Ft Benning. formerly Ohio University ROTC.
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Carl Lowery
Leonard Lowery
Glouster
Sixth Army
Southwest Pacific
Lowery
Charles Leland Wheaton
Fred S. Wheaton
Northwood Drive
St. Cloud State Teachers College
St. Cloud
Minn
Army Air Force
Army Air Forces
Robert D. Johnson
University Terrace
Allegheny College
Meadville
Army Air Forces Flying Training Command
Guy Glover
Walker St
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Harold Leeman Glover
Navy
Glovers
Army
Richard V. Glover
India
Gerald M. Glover
England
Jessie Hall
N. Shafer St
Ernest Campbell
Captain Campbell
Robert M. French
Mary J. French
Indianapolis
Ind
Athens
Infantry School
Ft. Benning
French
Ohio University
Hog Producers Aim to Break Even Amid Feed Costs
Hog producers face tight margins as feed prices rise and hog prices for 200 lb hogs trail lighter weights. Ross Wright advises careful hog care to break even, noting tankage and high protein concentrates are scarce. He suggests heavier hogs need less protein and emphasizes parasite control.
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Ross Wright
Wright
Waves Recruiting Visit Planned in Athens
Ensign Courtney will tour the Athens Navy Recruiting Station in the Post Office building tomorrow and Thursday to interview girls with questions about the Waves. Chief Ed Shields says the trip helps inquirers and applicants talk personally with a Waves recruiting officer. If unable to visit, girls may phone to arrange an evening appointment.
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Courtney
Athens Navy
Ed Shields
Athens Nav
Shields
Work Stoppage Ends At Ironton Shipyard
District W. D. Mackay of the CIO United Steelworkers announced production will resume at the Mount Vernon Bridge Company's Ironton ship yard pending mediation of grievances by the U S Conciliation Service and the War Production Board. About 600 men who had stayed away since last Thursday over the dismissal of a welder agreed last night to end the stoppage.
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Ironton
Mount Vernon Bridge Company
Ironton Shipyard
W. D. Mackay
CIO
United Steelworkers
U. S. Conciliation Service
War Production Board
Mackey
Athens Cemetery stockholders set annual meeting at Hotel Berry
Stockholders of Athens Cemetery will meet tomorrow after noon at 1 o’clock in the Hotel Berry to conduct annual business. Cameos have a long history from stone to lava to shell, noting evolving materials in their manufacture.
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Athens Cemetery
Berry
Ohio University Sets Two Eight-Week Summer Terms
Ohio University announces a two eight week summer session starting June 5 under President Gamertsfelder. Commencement for first term graduates on July 28. Second term begins July 31 with classes Aug 1 and ends Sept 22. A tentative three week session may run July 31 to Aug 18 if demand. Fall term begins Sept 25 with freshman activities Sept 28. Beginning students may start any semester.
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Ohio University
W. S. Gamertsfelder
Matlack Dies In Air Battle In World War II
Kenneth Raymond Matlack 23 son of Velma Matlack of Tuppers Plains was killed in action January 5 while serving as an Army Air Corps gunner in England. He enlisted November 1942 and had been in England since November 1, 1943. He graduated Olive Orange High School in 1938. his father Howard Matlack died in 1928.
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Kenneth Raymond Matlack
Velma Matlack
Tuppers Plains
Army Air Corps
England
War Department
Matlack
Olive Orange High School
Howard Matlack
Profit Control Fight Dims Senate War Profits Bill
Senate debate on a 2.2756 billion revenues bill slowed as minor amendments and a dispute over war profits policy persisted. Finance Chairman George of Georgia met with administration officials to ease opposition to proposals narrowing Army and Navy re inspection of contracts to curb excessive profits. The prior day Maybank of South Carolina failed to pass an amendment abolishing a ten cent per pound tax and a $600 annual license on colored oleomargarine.
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Washington
Senate
George
D-Ga
Finance Committee
Administration
Army
Navy
Maybank
D-Sc
Sheriff's Daughter Stymies Jail Break Amid Fog
Lancaster report says Sheriff Dudley Crider credited his 12-year-old daughter Jean with preventing two Fairfield County jail inmates from escaping. A third inmate reportedly escaped through a back window as fog shrouded the scene, while the sheriff was alone in the jail office.
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Lancaster
Dudley Crider
Jean
Fairfield County
Crider
City to Seek New Car for Police and Pipe
Athens City Council authorized bids for a new automobile for the police department and 2600 feet of 4 inch cast iron pipe for water line extensions on West Union Street. Mayor Franz Woodworth and Service Director A N Johnson also renew the poor relief contract with Athens County Board of Commissioners for 1944.
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City Service
A. N. Johnson
Athens City Council
Union St
Franz Woodworth
Athens County Board of Commissioners
Woodworth
City Service Department
McDonald Boy Dies After Short Illness
Bill Edgar McDonald aged three died Saturday afternoon after a few hours illness. His mother Mrs. McDonald hospitalized at Sheltering Arms after giving birth to a baby boy Saturday. The family includes husband in the Army at Ft. Sill and siblings Juanita Luella and Jerry Clayton. Grandparents Mrs Minnie Miller and Mr and Mrs Arthur Riley. Funeral services set for Wednesday at 10 at Dowler and Ferguson Funeral Home.
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Bill Edgar McDonald
Stanley McDonald
Minnie Miller
Arthur Riley
Athens
O. M. Awe
Dowler and Ferguson Funeral Home
Birth Announcement Linda Kay Fields
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Fields announce the birth of a daughter Linda Kay on Saturday January 15 at Sheltering Arms Hospital. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Joe Chiki Poston and the Rev. and Mrs. Fred Fields State Street.
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Howard Fields
N. Lancaster St
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Linda Kay
Joe Chiki
Poston
Fred Fields
W State St
Is Hospital Forgotten in Athens Charity Campaign
Citizens question neglect of the Athens Hospital as a voluntary mail drive yields only $132.50 to Mrs. Fuller at Ohio Fuel Gas Co. The Community Welfare Association notes the shortfall against prior annual charity giving of about $1,300 and fears for a Hospital Fund without active campaigning.
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Athens
Fuller
Ohio Fuel Gas Co
Community Welfare Association
Son Missing in War Report Confirmed by War Department
Mr. Dess D. Chappelear receives War Department letter confirming his son Cpl. D. D. Chappelear has been reported missing in the North American Area since January 6. The note explains missing status does not imply closure and that efforts continue to determine his whereabouts or status.
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Dess Donald Chappelear, Sr
N. Shafer St
War Department
Cpl. D. D. Chappelear, Jr
North American
Rotary Hears of Tests Made by Psychologists
Dr. A C Anderson and Dr. J R Gentry of Ohio University spoke at the Athens Rotary Club about ESP tests. They cited above chance results in transfer of mental images from experiments at multiple universities in the U S and Europe. They warned results are not conclusive but urged open minded consideration.
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A. c. Anderson
J. R. Gentry
Ohio University
Athens Rotary Club
Anderson
Ohio U
Dr. Gentry
Patriotic Showpremiere Draws Audience at Mechanicsburg School
Audience cheers as Ohio University official Deen Hansen presents Victory on Parade a two part War Bond show at Mechanicsburg School The Big Show featured Pfc Foster Humphrey wounded paratrooper interviewed and urged support for the Fourth War Loan.
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America
Deen FE. A. Hansen
Ohio University
Mechanicsburg School
Dr. Hansen
Foster Humphrey
Flushing
Frank E Moore Funeral Services Set for Wednesday
Funeral services for Frank E Moore, who died Sunday, will be held Wednesday at 2 30 PM at Hollister United Brethren Church with Rev John M Molnar officiating. Burial will be at Hollister. Friends may call at Dowler and Ferguson Funeral Home at any time.
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Frank E. Moore
Hollister
Mohawk Medicine 12 Oz Bottle Ad at Gem Pharmacy
A retail ad promotes Mohawk Medicine 12 Oz bottle for 49 cents. It claims relief for constipation and lists related symptoms such as gas pains belching and bloating. Caution to use as directed and a recommendation to try Mohawk Diuretic Pills for 49 cents at Gem Pharmacy.
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Gem
Schedule of Victory on Parade showings and chairmen
The remaining performances of Victory on Parade will start at 8 p.m. in high school auditoriums. January dates feature chairmen F. L. Thomas, Chauncey, Max Wilson, Rev. Miles E. Hoon, Frank G. Smith, PP. G. Chapman, Herman Humphrey, Ray Bobo, Hall H. Chapman, M. M. Bryson.
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Lexander
James Whaley
Irman
Mes
F. L
Thomas
Ita
Ithens
Willa Tippie
Herman Humphrey
Fern
F. L. Thomas
Lanaan
Marvella Crawi
Quota
Larthage
Emmett Swisher
jover—Max Wilson
e—Howard Stanley
I — Ray Bobo
Ome
P. G. Chapman
Imble—M. M. Bryson
Jnterloo
Miles E. Hoon
Rman
Edgar L. Koehler
R. Sands
Fourth War Loan Drive
Chauncey
Max Wilson
New Marshfield
Miles FE. Hoon
Nelsonville
Frank G. Smith
Stewart
G. Chapman
the Plains
Shade
Ray Bobo
Coolville
Hall H. Chapman
Glouster
M. M. Bryson
Blackface quartet opens Athens show with national anthem
Roger Connor leads a minstrel program featuring D. H. Sams and B. A. Wolfe in a satiny minstrel act. The troupe performs songs including Ma, He's Making Eyes At Me and I Ain't Got Nobody while Marilyn Todd, Athens High School junior, dances Tops in Taps with Vir- at the piano throughout.
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Roger Connor
D. H
Jonsey) Sams
Ndman B. A
Explosive Permits Issued by Mrs Grones
Mrs Grones clerk of courts issued explosive licenses last month to the F H Gifford Co Amesville and Smith Coal Co Nelsonville vendors and to C FE Wolfe New Marshfield Athens State Hospital Lee Jenkins Stewart Route 1 Joe Biffle Nelsonville and Chester Seaman Nelsonville purchasers. She reminded licensees that licenses are valid one year from the date shown and do not renew by calendar year.
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Alberta Grones
F. H. Gifford Co
Amesville
Smith Coal Co
Nelsonville
C. FE. Wolfe
New Marshfield
Athens State Hospital
Lee Jenkins
Stewart
Joe Biffle
Chester Seaman
Nelsonvile
Grones
Time extended for sales tax returns period 1943
The semi annual sales tax return for July 1 to December 31 1943 ST-10 Form 2 43 is extended from January 31 to February 29 Wayne Wingett a sales tax examiner said returns postmarked or filed by February 29 will be honored without penalty
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Wayne Wingett
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