Local WWII flyers home to Athens from Europe
Two Athens men with the Army Air Forces return from overseas. Captain Cliff Cornell, son of local residents, arrives after ten months with the Eighth Air Force in England and will take a 21 day en route leave to Miami. Major John M. Jones, son of Elmwood Piet residents, returns from Italy and will be on a month’s leave. At the McBee Company, Nelson S. Welk returns to work after a heart attack, continuing a long career with 61 patents to his credit shaping McBee products.
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THE
Athens Messenger
Cornell
Jones
Local
Edison
McBee Co
Athens
Europe
Army Air Forces
Cliff Cornell
John M. Jones
Roger J. Jones
Elmwood Piet
Army al i
Italy
C. C. Cornell
Joy Cornell Oflumbus
Eighth Air Force
England
Miami
Fla
Nelson S. Welk
McCool Typewriter Co
McBee
C. F P. McBee
Welk
United States
Canada
Mexico
Lois Dishon Appointed As Physical Therapist
The War Department announces the appointment of Lois Isobel Dishon of Athens as a physical therapist in the Medical Department of the Army with the rank of second lieutenant. She trained at Balings General Hospital Fort Benjamin Harrison Ind and will be assigned to duty with Army hospitals in the United States or overseas treating war wounded.
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Lois Dishon
Washington, D. C
War Department
Lois Isobel Dishon
Uclid Drive
Athens
Medical Department
Army
Balings General Hospital
Ft. Benjamin Harrison
Ind
CAPC Meeting Tuesday at Uni High School
CAPC News announces a meeting on Tuesday January 80 at 7 80 p m at Uni High School. The group will discuss important plans and seek uniforms if possible.
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CAPC
Urgent call for 1945 Athens County farm census enumerators
An urgent appeal by C E Drumheller seeks volunteers to fill vacancies in Athens County for the 1945 Census of Agriculture. The field work must finish by March to meet national totals. Training will be held February 5 to 7, and enumerators will be paid during the school. Interested residents should contact the district census HQ at the Courthouse or leave a name with the county extension agent in the Post Office Building.
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Athens County
C. E. Drumheller
Bureau of the Census
Department of Commerce
Drumheller
Portsmouth
Ross ‘Wright
Athens
J. C. Capt
War Food Administration
Department of Agriculture
Laura Mitchell Dies At Home Here Sunday
Laura Mitchell aged 78 died Sunday morning at 12 Palmer Street after years of illness. Born in Albany she lived in Athens 24 years and was a member of Albany Baptist Church and Athens Martzolff Class. Survived by daughter Ethel Bennett Nelsonville son Harry Mitchell Athens six grandchildren four great grandchildren and several siblings. Funeral services Wednesday at two from Dowler and Ferguson Funeral Home conducted by Rev. William George with calling after Tuesday noon.
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Laura Mitchell
Palmer St
Albany
Athens
Baptist Church
Martzolff
First Methodist Church
Mitchell
Ethel Bennett
Nelsonville
Harry Mitchell
C D, Shafer
Clara Moore
John Galentin
Columbus
J L Jack
Dowler and Ferguson Funeral
William George
Methodist Church of
Board of Education Organized for Year 1945
The Athens County Board of Education organized for 1945 with Dr A Walker of Buchtel as president and Paul McVay of Albany as vice president. Other members are Lewis Moore Stewart W H Wakefield and F E Phillips. The board meets the second Friday of each month.
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Athens County Board of Education
Dr. A . Walker
Buchtel
Paul McVay
Albany
Lewis Moore
Stewart
W. H. Wakefield
Athens
Snow Blanket Fells Over Athens With Three Inch Depths
Three and one half inches of snow covered Athens over the weekend amid colder weather. The high yesterday reached 34 degrees and the low 18. By late morning today the temperature had risen only half a degree. The Hocking River rose to 3.30 feet.
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Athens
Hocking
Van Anda Dies. longtime editor of Times is remembered
New York AP report details the death of Carl V. Van Anda, 80, retired managing editor of the New York Times. Born December 2, 1864 in George Town Ohio, he led the Times from 1904 to 1925 and retired in 1932. He earned an honorary Doctor of Laws from Ohio University in 1920 and won the first Pulitzer Gold Medal in 1918. He survived by his son Paul Van Anda and had previously been married twice.
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NEW York
Carl V. van Anda
The
New York Times
Ohio University
Athens
van Anda
Blanche van Anda
Hotel
Fairfax
the Times
Pulitzer
Times
George Itown
Phi Delta Theta
Ohio
Cleveland Herald
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Cleveland Evening Argus
Baltimore Sun
New York Sun
van Ande
Harriet L. Tupper
Blanche van Ande
Louise Shipman Crane
Frankfort
Paul van Anda
Curtail Gas Delivery To Some Industries
The Ohio Fuel Gas Co. will curtail gas deliveries to nonessential and some war industries to preserve supply for domestic and commercial customers. If cold weather persists, it may force temporary shutdowns at critical industries and lead to lay offs, said Frank W. Phillips, district manager.
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Ohio Fuel Gas Co
Frank W. Phillips
Phillips
Bills Sent to 30 000 For Unforgiven Tax
Harry F. Busey, collector of internal revenue, announced that bills are being sent to about 30 000 taxpayers in the Columbus District who postponed part of the unforgiven tax shown on their 1943 returns. Payments are due by March 15, 1945.
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Harry F. Busey
Internal Revenue
Columbus
Busey
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Soil and water conservation training course opens
The first meeting for a soil and water conservation training course will be held at Mechanicsburg School on Wednesday night at 7 30 slow time. Ross Wright county extension agent says the program is aided by the food production war training program with local rural agencies cooperating. Instructors include E R Stout D C McIntorf C W Shaver W D Scott John Siipher and Ross Wright. Ralph Barker soil conservationist will assist with field work. Attendees will choose topics for discussion and the five subsequent Wednesday sessions will cover contours terracing strip cropping diversion ditches sod waterways drainage systems farm ponds reforestation and pasture improvement and other practices.
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Mechanicsburg
Ross Wright
E. Stout
Collville
D. C. McIntorf
Stewart
C. W. Shaver
Albany
W. D. Scott
New Marshfield
John Siipher
Ohio State University
Ralph Barker
Wright
Three Vehicle Accidents Reported by Patrol
Three accidents in separate incidents were logged by state highway patrol. Kenneth Hawk, 37, of 134 Grosvenor St, skidded on a slippery road near Morrison Brown Hill Sunday about 5 am, overturned in a ditch with no injuries. Homer D. Clapper, 52, of Lancaster, struck a state highway maintainer on Route 15 five miles south of Logan Sunday evening. the maintainer, driven by Lawrence Wolfe, 35, Nelsonville Route 2, suffered front end damage. Fred Gray, 51, of Bucchtel, and Joe Downs, 42, of Columbus, collided Sunday night about 10 on Route 21 in Buchtel. both autos damaged, no injuries.
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Kenneth Hawk
Grosvenor St
Morrison- Brown Hill
Homer D. Clapper
Lancaster
Logan
Lawrence Wolfe
Nelsonville
Fred Gray
Bucchtel
Joe Downs
Columbus
Buchtel
Mrs Williams Rites Will Be Held Tuesday
Funeral services for Mrs Charles A Williams age 72 who died Saturday at Mt. Carmel Hospital Columbus will be held Tuesday afternoon at two at Bartlett Methodist Church. The body will lie in state from one until the service. Burial will be in Bartlett Cemetery.
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Charles A. Williams
Mt. Carmel Hospital
Columbus
Bartlett Methodist Church
George Timberlake
C. B. Lees
Bartlett, Cemetery
Driver Fined for DUI in Athens County Court
Samuel Woltz age 52 of Rockbridge Route 1 was arrested by state highway patrol on Route 33 north of Nelsonville for driving under the influence. He pled guilty before Judge O F Rowland in Athens County Common Pleas Court, received a $50 fine plus costs, and had his driving privileges suspended for six months.
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Samuel Woltz
Rockbridge
Nelsonville
O. F Rowland
Athens County
Past Matrons Club Initiates Grace Walker at Dinner
Mrs Grace Walker was inducted as a member of the Past Matrons' Club of the Order of Eastern Star during a Thursday night dinner at the Masonic Temple banquet room. The event honored her with officer roll call while the club president Mrs Westfall led the business session and guests included numerous named attendees.
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Grace Walker
Order of Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
Walker
Florence Atkinson
Irene Olsson
Nellie Earich
Leah Featherston
Alma Hudson
Sarah Westfall
Emma Palmer
Adda Glazier
Ruth Funk
Ella Miller
Ida Wise
Emma Drake
Lethe McClain Easler
Emma Battin
Rea Carpenter
Julia, Cable
Mae Huffman
Flossie Kiltan
Westfall
Anything Can Happen excerpt and a Grange notice
A reviewer recalls a funny scene from Anything Can Happen by Giorgi the Georgian about dough rising on a crowded streetcar, then shifts to a note that Athens Grange will meet Thursday at 8 p.m. The piece blends literary anecdote with a local civic notice.
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George Papashviloy
Giorgi
George
America
Athens Grange
Athens activity calendar reports club meetings and notices
Club Calendar lists Womans Music Club meeting Monday at 730 with Mrs. Foster at 220 East String State. Athens Shrine No 6 holds Tuesday meeting Feb 6 with a covered dish dinner at 6 and five initiations. Mothers Study Group meets Tuesday 730 with Mrs Kern. Chi Griege Alumnae meet Tuesday 8 at Chapter House 105 College St. Pocahontas Lodge meets Wednesday 730 with all officers to attend. Lydia Lash Evans Club annual meeting Thursday 730 with Mrs Houck. program on Home Safety with Mrs Rigo. 500 Second collection of used kitchen fats Thursday morning 8 am led by Sept Pendry. Mr and Mrs George Halbirt announce daughter Marsha Joyce born Jan 20 at White Cross Hospital Columbus weights seven pounds 11 ounces. grandparents Grove Halbirt Route Three Athens and Amos Hixson Wonderland Addition Columbus. Mrs Richard White, daughter of Cheatham family of Columbus, arrives in Riverhead Long Island to join husband Sgt Richard C White. note mentions Shaker Society formed in 1787.
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West Side School
Jack Kern
Central Ave
Chi Griege
College 51
Lydia Lash Evans Club
C. G. Houck
Eliott St
Dorothy Rigo
Gas Company
Athens Public Schools
Pendry
George Halbirt
Maude Ellen Hixson
Gahanna
White Cross Hospital
Columbus
Marsha Joyce
Grove Halbirt
Route Three
Athens
Amos Hixson
Wonderland
Halbirts
Athens County
Georgia Ellen
Barbara Kay
Richard White
Oscar Cheatham
Long Island
N. Y
Richard C White
White
E Main St
Riverhead
S I
New York
United States
War Wives Enroll in Stenography Course at Ohio University
Wartime women living alone take courses in commerce, piano, cookery, sewing, and bridge. A refresher stenography class at Ohio University, taught by Mrs. Lila Marquis, meets Thursdays at 6:30 pm in Ewing Hall, third floor. Ten students needed. neighbors urged to join next week. Also notes on soldiers abroad and letters home, including Lt. Walter Fagan and Lt. John Owen Fagan, with family updates.
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Ohio University
Lila Marquis
QO. U. School of Commerce
Ewing Hall
Personal notices from the Duncan household circle
Charles R. Duncan, fireman second class, stationed at a naval electrical school in St Louis, has returned after a mid term furlough with his parents Mr and Mrs C D Duncan. Miss Jane Finsterwald returned from Toledo after visiting Fi Beta Phi and Pi Beta Phi representatives. Pfc Donna M Duncan and wife Mary Duncan visited Fort Belvoir relatives and White’s Mill parents. The Duncans hosted Olivier Roush and family from New Haven West Virginia, who were joined by their son in law and daughter Pic and Mrs Duncan.
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Charles R. Duncan
Naval Electrical School
St Louis
Mrs
C. D. Duncan
Jane Finsterwald
Toledo
Fi Beta Phi
Toledo University
Finsterwald l
Pi Beta Phi
Donna M Duncan
Fort Belvoir
Mary Duncan
Columbus
C. D. Dunecan
White's Mill
Olivier Roush
New Haven
W. Va
Pic
Duncan
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Pat Sullivan
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Woo Wen
Popeye
Way Collins Reteluke
Marilyn Maxwell
William Lundigan
Alen
Board of Education
the Security Bank
Deposit Insurance Corporation
Sedezal
Court Street
Ross Wight
Rollo Loeffler
Ames Township
Athens Co. Savings and Loan Co
Lostra Building
Athens, Ohio
Womans
Harry Foster
E. State
Athens Shrine No. 6
Pocahontas Lodge
Berry Hotel
Finance Corporatio
Pacific
Roberta
John Fagan
Walter Fagan
Lloyd Snyder
McArthur
Belgium
Fagan
Germany
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U.S. Navy
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Goceeh Cate Quartet
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