March of Dimes Drive Staged in Athens
Athens High School girls plan a public march to raise funds for infantile paralysis. Forty students will solicit dimes along Court Street and Washington, with a dime moving an inch as a measure of progress from the curb near Athens National Bank to Beck- Tex’s Store.
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Athens
Court St
Court and
W. Washington St
Athens National Bank
E. Union St
Beck- Tex
Don Barr
Short Cuts on Farm To Help in War Effort
wartime notes from Athens Ohio list service family members with promotions and deployments. Mrs Arfis Macomber and Pvt Donavin Macomber are cited among others with letters and photos from the front. Frc Stupski and Cpl Glenn Ragan report safe arrivals and duties in Medical Corps and England. Norman Engh, a former Messenger ad staffer, is noted as a sergeant in New Caledonia. Local farmer adviser De Lashmutt urges practical shortcuts to boost production and notes Australia’s scarce dairy and the need to protect southeastern Ohio soil and water.
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DeLashmutt
South Pacific
Australia
United States
Ohio
Buckley's Canadion Mixture Promises Quick Cough Relief
An Athens Pharmacy ad touts Buckley's Canadion Mixture as a triple acting remedy for bronchial coughs caused by colds. It claims instant soothing action through throat and bronchial tubes, easing phlegm and breathing with a bedtime dose and low cost.
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Buckley
Esoharus
Buck- Joy
Athens
Ady
Athens Girls Model For All Cotton Show at High School
Athens High School Home Economics classes presented an all cotton fashion show titled wartime living. The McCall Corporation and Cotton Textile Institute staged the event in the Little Theater with twelve girls from each of the four classes modeling size 14 handmade garments.
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Athens High School
McCall Corporation
Cotton- Textile Institute
Farmers Week program set for Columbus in three days
Farmers Week runs Jan 30 to Feb 1 in Columbus with discussions on postwar farm policy, European food situation, efficient labor use, farm water supply, soil building, sod crops, veteran reentry in Ohio agriculture, and changes in conservation agencies. Livestock and beekeepers associations meet. a 4 H recognition dinner honors long serving advisors, including Athens County’s Mrs. W G Munn.
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Columbus
Ohio
Beekeepers’ Associations
WG. Munn
Albany
Athens County
Two Women Injured In Track Car Crash
Residents of Pleasants West Virginia report two women injured in a early Friday crash near Camp Conley when a 1939 sedan collided with a state road commission truck. Mrs Bernard Morgan suffered cuts and possible serious injuries. Miss Julia Pearl Thomas sustained a back injury and a cut to the leg. Mrs Morgan was cited for attempting to pass with the road not clear. her husband paid the fine and costs.
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H. D Corner
Morgan
Instruction On Listing of Your Income From Every Source
A sixth article in a wage earner tax series explains reporting pensions rents and other income for Schedule A through E. It outlines lines for pension payments and deductions, depreciation for rental property, and how to total income for tax purposes. It notes the reader should use page 3 schedules and consider separating spouses’ incomes.
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Andhlumn
Cal
Spauban
Farm Machinery Repair Courses Offered in Area Schools
Farm machinery repair courses for adult farmers will be held in Carthage Troy High School Coolville and Olive Orange High School Tapers Plains under C EF Stout vocational agriculture supervision. First meeting at Tuppers Plains Monday Jan 29 at o'clock slow time, Coolville Feb 1 at 8 o'clock last time. Courses funded by Food Production War Training Program with offices in Columbus.
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Carthage-Troy
Coolvile
Olive- Orange
Tapers Plains
Stout
Tuppers Plains
Coolville
Food Production War Training Program
Columbus
Mechanicsburg School Honors Pupils On Honor Roll
Honor roll lists multiple students across seventh to ninth grade. Seventh grade names include Nellie Ashorth Pauline Bowles Rose Enen Brooke Donal Cain Kenneth Cone Johnny Gibbs Betty Glass Peggy Hood Joseph Lavelle Barbara Love Helen Sapp Ruth Wickline. Eighth grade lists Barbara Hope while ninth grade includes Robert Calentine Harold Douglas Lewis Hamilton Charlene Nicholseti Irene Maxwell Theresa Lavelle Norma Sams Marilyn Tucker Dorothy Williams. Straight A students are seventh grade Pogey Hood Barbara Lowe Ruth Wicking.
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Mechanicsburg School
Nellie Ashorth
Pauline Bowles
Rose Enen Brooke
Donal Cain
Kenneth Cone
Johnny Gibbs
Betty Glass
Peggy Hood
Joseph Lavelle
Barbara Love
Helen Sapp
Ruth Wickline
Eingath
Belle Iixenbaugh
Barbara Anne Howe
Shirley James
Patrica Laziman
Roger Sapp
Martha Yeager
Robert, Calentine
Harold Douglas
Lewis Hamilton
Charlene “Icholseti
Hattie Tippie Funeral Planned in Plains Church
Mrs. Hattie Tippie who died at Hocking Wednesday night will be buried Sunday afternoon at 2 in The Plains Methodist Church. Friends may call at Jagers Funeral Home until noon Saturday and afterward at the Tippie family home at Hocking.
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Hattie Tippie
Hocking
Plains Methodist Church
Jagers Funeral
Hockine
Draft Board Requests Walter Martin Address Confirmation
Athens County Selective Service Board No 1 at 241 25 Craft St seeks the present address of Walter Lee Martin as notices to 195 Grean St Columbus were returned. The board asks anyone knowing his current location to notify the board.
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Walter Martin
Craft St
Deuies
Walter Lee Martin
Grean St
Columbus
Juke Box Fund Supports Athens High School Dance
A post game dance at Athens High School, planned by the President's Club, uses proceeds from juke box profits to fund events for students, alumni, and guests. Chaperons include Principal L Wood and Miss Mary Connett. music by Bob Rice and his Marietta orchestra.
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Athens High School
President's Club
L. Wood
Mary Connett
Red Cross
Bob Rice
Marietta
Miss Connett
Ethel Woolf
Moss Ruth Geisen
Wood
Dean Rotrame
Roy Yaw
Francis Frebault
Max Duncan
Bill Beckley
Joan Campbell
Jerry Cavanaugh
Ann Channel
Wendell Drake
Dea Sue McPherson
Ted Neutyhiine
Ellen Nichols
Joan Paturna
Linda Pedigo
Sue Roland
Mrs Finsterwald Dies At Bexley On Friday
Mrs Effie Love Finsterwald died at about o clock this morning at the home of her son Herbert in Bexley where she had been taken a week ago She had been ill for several months Born in Athens County she spent her life here She leaves three sons Elmer Athens Herbert Rexley and David Canal Winchester two brothers Grover Lawn Athens and Adonious Love Athens four grandchildren and two great grandchildren Her husband Fred died ten years ago and a daughter Rinda also preceded her in death Funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon at 1 30 o clock in Clarks Chapel Church conducted by Rev Harold F Kellogg burial will be at Clarks Chapel Friends may call at the home of Elmer Finsterwald 26 Hocking St after Saturday noon
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Effie Love Finsterwald
Herbert
Bexley
Finsterwald
Athens County
Sie
Elmer
Athens
Rexley
David
Canal Winchester
Grover
Rinda
Clarks Chapel
Harold F Kellogg
Elmer Finsterwald
Hocking St
Flossie Bolin Dies Thursday in Columbus
Mrs Flossie Wise Bolin died at Grant Hospital Columbus at age 67 She was born in Athens daughter of John and Alice Wise widow of Edward F Bolin Survived by daughter Mrs F H Beckler son John W Bolin daughter Mrs Donald Barstow She was house mother of Chi Omega Sorority and later supervised Cooperative Dormitories at Ohio University Funeral at 9 S Congress St Saturday at two Friends may call Friday evening and Saturday
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Flossie Wise Bolin
Grant Hospital
Columbus
Ohio University
S. Congress St
Frank Segale Dies at Home
Frank Segale a former Baltimore and Ohio Railroad ticket agent aged 59 died this morning at his home 8N Lancaster St He leaves his wife Lian Segale a daughter Virginia and a brother John Segale of Cincinnati Funeral services will be Monday at 9 20 am at St Pauls Catholic Church Burial will be in W Union St Cemetery Friends may call at Jagere Funeral Home after Saturday noon Rosary will be recited at the funeral home Sunday at 7 720 p m
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Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Co
Frank Segale
Lancaster
Lian Segale
Virginia
John Segale
Cincinnati
Segale
Athens
W. Union St
Jagere
Ration Free Sale of Odd Lot Shoes in U K
Washington agency OPA announced a ration free sale of men’s and women’s shoes from February 19 to March 3. Officials estimate more than 9.5 million pairs will be sold during the two week ration holiday, about 3 percent of rationed stock.
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U.K
Washington
OPA
Killed Donald A Humphrey in War Dept Notice
Mr and Mrs John Humphrey Coolnile received a telegram from the War Department on December 14 saying their son Pfc Donald A Humphrey 24 was killed in action on November 5 1944 on Leyte Island. He served in an anti tank company of the infantry entering service September 15 1942 at Fort Hayes. He trained at Fort McClellan Alabama and Camp Butner North Carolina and went overseas March 1943 with stations in the Hawaiian Islands Australia and New Guinea leaving behind his parents five sisters and one brother all at home.
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Donald A. Humphrey
John Humphrey
Coolnile
War Department
Leyte Island
Infantry
Ft. Hayes
Ft. McClellan
Ala
Camp Butner
N.C
Salvation Army Maintenance Fund Meeting Tonight in Athens
A meeting of all workers in the Salvation Army Maintenance Fund Drive for 3300 dollars in Athens is called for tonight at 8 o'clock in the ballroom of Hotel Berry. Division majors captains and team workers are asked to report. Doughnuts and coffee will be served after the brief meeting.
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Salvation Army
Athens
Hotel Berry
Two Divorce Actions Filed in Court Here
Two petitions for divorce have been filed in Athens County Common Pleas Court. Helen M. Pickett charges gross neglect of duty in her suit against Edward Gerald Pickett, married September 26, 1940. Louis Sabo alleges gross neglect of duty in his petition against Marjorie Sabo, married August 1937 at Glouster, with four children.
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Athens County
Weather Summary From Athens Observes Light Snowfall
The Athens temperature reached 34 degrees yesterday with a low near 16. Today near noon, the thermometer rose to 21 as a light snowfall persisted, according to Mrs CN, France weather observer. One-eighth inch of snow reported in some areas.
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Athens
France
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Arfis Macomber
Radcliff
Northband
Pvt
Donavin Macomber
Innwood Drive
Belgium
Verna P. Wemmer
Glouster
Pfc
John W. Stuski
Johmay Bendervick
Millfield
New York
Frc
Stupski
Fort Knox
Cpl
Glenn Ragan
Leo Ragan
England
RAAF
Corporal Ragan
Mars
Thomas L. Murphy
Washington St
Corporal Murphy
Oahu Island
Hawaii
Norman Engh
the Messenger
Camp Stevens
New Caledonia
Southwest Pacific
Engh
Freda Perry
Richland Ave
George H. Perry
S Sgt. Perry
Army Medical Corps
96Th
Camp Swift
Texas
Harold I. Moody
West State St
398Th
General Service Engineer Regiment
Pic
Max. W. Wolf
Nelsonville
Army
Deshon General Hospital
Butler
Wolf
J. H. Wolf
Lenore Wolf
Osee Douglas
Harold D. Douglas
Merle Metcalf
Jabot
Ma Ok
Camp Hood Torliy
Navy
Smd
Urs Oyd Debeshmutt
Ethel Frost
Stewart
Don Metcalf
Cment
Ohio State
James
Frost
Pep
Ltenant
Ervice
Post Oil
Norfolk, Va
Royal
Masonic Temple
S. Court
Francis W. Shane
Gallipolis
E.R. Jacoby
William H. Oldfield, Jr
Oak St. Athens
Air Technical Service Command
Wright Field
Dayton
4141St
Jack Sanders
Fred Sanders
Trimble
APO
Chr
Ralph Sanders
Patton
Third Army
Donald
Pierce
Wy Stimson Ave
15Th Air Force Service Command
Italy
Amwuele Laubele Agenc
Great Lakes
Plains
Naval Air Technical Training Center
Norman
Dana Connett
Florida
Dana Connett, Jr
Armed Guard
U. S. Navy
Scotland
Russia
Bill Maxwell
Dana
Baltiimore
Efc. Williams
Fred Chappelear
A. M. Chappelear
Don Standly
John. Standly
Chappelear
Standly
John ©. Fulton
State St
Miami Air Technical Service
Clyde Merritt Dixon
Miami
Fla
Fulton
T. E. Dixon
Netherlands East
Indies
Patterson Field
Harvard
Dixon
James BR. Patrick
Ninth Service Command
Fort Douglas
Utah
Patrick
Paramount
Cross Bros
Union Sk
Howard Camp
N. Court Street
Burton Heath
Schedue
Totel
Eusen
Adstican
Athens County Selective Service
Abouts
Flossie Bolin
O. O. F. Hall
Athens, Ohio
St. Joseph Asprin
St. Joseph
Rabbit Waterer
Carpenter Howe. Co
Athens Home Telephone Co
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