Men from Athens Area Go to Clarksburg for Final Examinations
Fifty two men from Athens and Trimble Townships led by the Athens County Select Board No. 1 depart by bus for two weeks of final examinations for induction into the armed forces in Clarksburg West Virginia. Some may be held for further examination while others proceed to service. Paul Leo Ferry named assistant leader. Final exam results determine assignment to any service branch.
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Athens
Trimble Townships
Athens County Select Board No. 1
Clarksburg
W. Va
Baker
Seabees
Leabee Group
Paul Leo Ferry
Accepted
War Book III Mailed to Local People
Leonard Prater warns residents that War Book III is issued for local use and must be safeguarded. The book identifies owners and must remain in a secure, unaltered state to prevent loss or destruction at the Columbus office during the fall months under the Office of Price Administration.
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Columfront
Ely
Leonard Prater
Athens
Office of Price Act
Prater
Our Men in Service From The Messenger Area
Five local men are among 2000 Armored Force recruits from Fort Knox Kentucky completing 13 weeks of training. Leland B. Wilson Richard M Hoisington Homer M Bolin Dallas L Woods and John C Golden are assigned to the First Armored Group. Rhodes Cunningham McCall and Pierce receive aviation and Army Air Forces training and promotions, with Ohio Night at Fort Sill planned for July 23 and extensive civilian support. Roger Kittle Commissioned Cavalry lieutenant after OCS at Fort Riley. Fire destroys Gottlieb Bros plant in Golf Manor, Cincinnati.
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Messenger
Ort Knox
Leland B. Wilson
Harry L. Wilson
Franklin Ave
Richard M Hoisington
L. Hoisington
Athena
Columbus
Homer M. Bolin
Pauline Bolin
Athens
Dallas L. Woods
Walter Woods
Zaleski
John C. Golden
Coolville
First Armored Group
Roger R. Kittle
H. F. Kittle
South High St
Glouster
U. S. Cavalry
Cavalry Officer Candidate School
Fort Riley
Kans
British Food Defense Plans Shape War Time Diet
Long term planning started in 1936 with the Food Defense Plans Department, becoming the Ministry of Food after war began. It built large reserves, rationed prices, and coordinates regional needs via registering households, enabling steady supplies though fresh perishable goods remained scarce.
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London
Britain
Roosevelt
Ministry of Food
Board of Trade
Food Defense Plans Department
Food Defense Plans
Ministry of Foods
W. S. Morrison
Australia
Richland District Honors 75 on Honor Roll at Dedication
Seventy five names appear on the Richland Ave district honor roll as it was dedicated during a Monday evening program. Army members number 61, Navy nine, Marines two, Coast Guard two, with Judge O F Linland delivering the address and a community flag raised.
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Richland Ave
Army
Navy
Marines
Coast Guard
O. F. Linland
Minor injuries after river boat collision in Ohio
John Gondkovic a Xavier medical student from Mingo Junction Ohio suffered minor rib and back injuries when a suction from the Island Queen drew a 26 foot Ray Ann passenger boat into its paddle wheel on the Ohio River. He and four others were aboard and leaped to the Island Queen as the collision occurred. There was no prayer meeting at the Wesleyan church Wednesday night due to a tent meeting at the Fairgrounds.
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Cincinnati
John Gondkovic
Mingo Junction
Xavier University
Gondkovic
Ray-Ann
Sylvester J. Burns
Dayton Automobile Dealer
Burns
Ann
Paul Connair
Dayton
Joe O'Neill
Newark
Gondkoviec
Gondkovie
O'Neill
Bowline
Wesleyan Methodist Church
Fairgrounds
Ohio congressman Timothy Ansberry dies at 71
Washington reports former Ohio Fifth District representative Timothy T. Ansberry died yesterday from a heart condition following surgery. He served from 1907 to 1915 and was a prominent figure in Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Timothy T. Ansberry
Ohio
Deaths of Joseph B Correll and John M Blevens Reported
Joseph B Correll 77 father of Charles Correll known as Andy on Amos N Andy died in a Peoria hospital. John M Blevens 55 railway machinist was killed by lightning on his Kentucky farm near Portsmouth.
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Peoria, Ill
Joseph B Correll
Charles Correll
Andy
Amos 'N
Peoria
Portsmouth
John M Blevens
Kentucky
Miner injured by falling slate at Millfield Mine No 6
At Sheltering Arms Norman Richard of Glouster Route 1 was struck by falling slate and taken to Sheltering Arms Hospital for back and shoulder injuries. Mrs Ian Bean of Guysville Route 1 underwent major surgical operation yesterday. Mrs. Julia Ewing of Wellston was discharged from the hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman Richard
Glouster
Millfield
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Ian Bean
Guysville
Julia Ewing
Wellston
Albany man fined for intoxication by Mayor Woodworth
Everett Bolin, 52, of Albany, R. C., was fined $5 plus costs by Mayor Franz Woodworth on a charge of intoxication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everett Bolin
Albany
R. C
Franz Woodworth
Busy 1-H Club Meetings Across County
1-H clubs in Canaanville Amesville and New England held July meetings. Demonstrations included sewing buttonholes buttons and snaps while plans for outings and film at Chesterhill were discussed. Next meetings set for July 9 July 15 and a July date at Betty Ann Mace’s home.
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Busy Bee Club
Canaanville
Mary Esther Burch
Jessie Ann Crawford
Bernadine Klingenburg
Ruth Ann Miller
Canaanville School
Amesville 4-H Sewing Club
Jo Jago
Pauline Fleming
Chesterhill
Victory Workers 4-H Club of
New England
Wilma
June Morrison
Betty Loy Rake
Betty Ann Mace
Harriet Stephenson
Local Lumber Dealers Meet Tonight on Farm Lumber Prefs
Local lumber dealers are urged to attend an 8 o'clock meeting at the Agricultural Conservation Association offices 14 Court Street to discuss how farmer preference ratings for supplemental lumber will be handled. The session was previously announced for Monday night.
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Agricultural Conservation Association
S. Court St
Evelyn Sheldon Dies At Morris Ave Home
Mrs. Evelyn Sheldon died at 9:45 this morning at her Morris Avenue home after a years long illness. She was the daughter of Mrs. Ada Sheldon and the late Christopher C. Sheldon. Funeral arrangements were not set. John Fields, 18, of 165 Grosvenor Street, was fined five dollars and costs by Mayor Franz Woodworth for operating a taxi without a city chauffeur's license.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ida Evelyn Sheldon
Morris Ave
Ada Sheldon
Christopher C. Sheldon
John Fields
Grosvenor St
Franz Woodworth
Ellen McQuiston Dies Prompting Family Bereavement
Mr. Raymer McQuiston of 48 Mill Street, an Ohio University English professor, travels to Independence Kansas due to the death of his mother Mrs. Ellen McQuiston.
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Ellen McQuiston
Raymer McQuiston
Mill St
Ohio University
Independence
Kans
Response to Seabee Call Disappoints Athens Area
Local officials report weak public response to the Navy SEABEES enlistment effort in Athens. Lieut Joseph Zunser emphasizes qualified men ages 18 to 38 may volunteer, with older men eligible to enlist, highlighting the SEABEES motto We Build We Fight and listing past service in Guadalcanal, North Africa, Attu, and Casablanca to underscore the unit’s broad wartime roles.
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Athens
Joseph Zunser
EBT
Eevee
Navy
Bol Hope
Guadalcanal
North Africa
Attu Island
Pacific
Seabees
Golden Gate
New York
Rocky Mountains
Bike Races Postponed At Pairgrounds In Athens County
Police Chief J B Grogan announced that the blevele contests postponed due to soft track conditions will be held Thursday afternoon starting at 2 30. The Athens Police Department sponsors the event open to all Athens County riders men women boys and girls with certificates and prizes for winners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. BR. Grogan
Athens County
Athens Police Department
Legion Post Monthly Meeting Noted At 8 O'clock
The K T Crossen Post American Legion will hold its monthly meeting at the post home on Wednesday evening starting promptly at 8 o'clock. Adjutant A E McConkey urged good attendance.
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K. T Crossen’ Post
Amercan Lemon
Post
A. BE. McConkey
Baltimore and Chesapeake and Ohio Rail Schedule Fragments
Fragmentary schedule text shows daily train times for northbound and southbound service on the Baltimore and Ohio routes with notes on Sundays and numbers that resemble train numbers and times. It reads as garbled timing details and fare indicators rather than a complete timetable.
Vendors Must Make Reports Q in Sales Tax
Vendors must complete all sales tax reports for the period Jan 2 to June 30 1949 by July 3. Notarized signatures required. Assistance available from Examiner Luther C Brafford in Nelsonville Athens and Scandes with forms provided by the Department of Taxation in Columbus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noctary
Deepartment of Taxation
Department of Taxation
Luther C. Brafford
Nelsonville
Athens
Scandes
Department of ‘Taxation
Columbus
Nudge Your Lazy Liver Tonight
An old time medical ad promotes Dr Edwards' Olive Tablets to stimulate liver bile flow and intestinal movement. It claims constipation causes headaches and fatigue and urges readers to follow label directions with prices of 15¢ and 30¢. Drugstores carry the product.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwards
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Athenb
Athens Area
Clar ‘Ksburg
Sion
WEA
Fred Sanders
Mgr
the City Loan and Guaranty Company
S. Court
Athens, O
Ho Watt Rhodes
B. F. Rhodes
Congress St
Army Air Force
Tulsa
Okla
Pfe
John K. Cunningham
Army Air Forces Technical Command
Sioux Falls
S. C
Cunningham
Glouster High School
Eva Kientz
Summit St
Pvt
Frank McCall, Jr
Frank McCall
Fort Benjamin Harrison, Ind
Ralph F. Pierce
L. D. Pierce
Oak St
Keesler Field
Miss
Army Air Forces Technical Training Command
Fort Sill
USO
Lawton
Oklo
USC Club
4Th and B Sts
Gottleib Bros
Golf Manor
Johnson's Products
Johnson
Ison
Johnsons
Kerr Hardware Co
Tom Wolfner
Inet
British Isles
Ree Tailers
Scotland
Marine Corps
Allied Aviation Corporation
Richland
Jack Robinson
Robert FE. Root
R. M. Reading
Sanborn
John
Wake- Brooks
H. T. Col
Milford J. Dailey
C. S. Houseen Schaefer
Collins
D. G. Cunningham
Cecil Henett
Joan R. Tardara Cash
Richard Pen- Leland Duncan
C. H. Douglas
J.C. Nell
Oran E. Secoy
Douglas
William L. Farrell
R. E FE. Waad-Inez P.mills
U. S
Randall Ching
China
U.S
Ft. Leonnard Wood
Solon
Amesville
Veet
Evelyn Sheldon
St Joseph
Nd City, N.Y
Athens Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co
Henderson Field
Casablanca
Attu
Hell
Legion
Rgie
Baltimore & Omo
Dally
Chesapeake & Owo
Diplomat
National Limited
NEW York Central South
Beauty
Love Brothers Plax
Carpenter Hardware Co
USCS
Salerkraut
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