War Bond and Stamp Drive Promised for Heroes Day
Athens Ohio promotes American Heroes Day on Friday July 17 with a one day campaign to sell War Bonds and Stamps. E F Sells leads the effort with booths in Court Street and sales through retail stores under the Retail Advisory Committee to the U S Treasury. Citizens are urged to honor hometown heroes by purchasing Bonds and Stamps for the war effort.
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Athens
Athens Messenger
Ohio
E. F. Sells
Sells
America
Merchants of America
United States Treasury
Court 8St
Court St
Alaska
Australia
England
Franz Woodworth
Ralph Miller
Woolworth
Lovisa Brooks Dies in Columbus at 84
Mrs. Lovisa Cline Brooks aged 84 died Tuesday at her son H. L. Brooks home in Columbus after months of illness. Survived by four children H. L. Brooks Pearl Cline William Cline and Mrs. William Darth. Funeral Thursday at 2 PM at Putnam Chapel in Vinton.
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Lovisa Cline Brooks
H. L. Brooks
Columbus
Pearl Cline
William Cline
Albany
William Darth
Union Ridge
Putnam Chapel
Vinton County
Beaumont man fined for assault in Athens County
Gale F. Showalter, 24, of Beau mont, was fined $35 and costs and sentenced to 30 days in the Athens County Jail after pleading guilty to assault and battery before Justice J. W. Bailey. He was arrested by Sheriff George Bateman and Deputy Frank Joyce on an affidavit signed by Lucille Glass.
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Gale F. Showalter
Beaumont
Athens County
Justice of Peace
J. W. Bailey
Showalter
George Bateman
Frank Joyce
Lucille Glass
Baltimore and Ohio Agent J B Vance Recovering in Athens
J B Vance, rail line agent for Baltimore and Ohio in Athens, is recovering at Sheltering Arms Hospital after a minor surgical operation. He was admitted Friday, July 9.
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J. B. Vance
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Athens
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Survivor Sues Estate for 15000 Over Fatal Route 50 Crash
Civil action filed in Athens County Common Pleas Court seeks 15000 from Edward Owens as administrator of Sherman Prayne estate for injuries suffered when Harris's car collided head on with Pruyne's car on August 26 1941 on Route 50 near Guysville. Harris suffered multiple injuries, vehicle loss, medical bills, and wage damages. Prayne and Pruyne involved. Prayne allegedly speeding and negligent.
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Athens County
Guysville
Sherman Pruyne
Los Angeles
Evelyn Pruyne
Harris
Prayne
Owens
Navy Seeks 500 Recruits in Cincinnati Area
Cincinnati crowds are expected for a 66 foot destroyer christening on American Heroes Day. The event aims to boost a ten day Navy enlistment drive from July 7 to 17, with radio coverage and national hook up possible. Recruiting officer Lieut. L. E. Oehring says progress is behind schedule and volunteers are key. Local enrollments from Athens will join the program.
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Cincinnati
Navy
Midwest
Citizen's Committee
L. E., Oehring
Navy Recruiting Office
Athens
Air Corps Soldiers Pick Raspberries at McChord Field
350 air corps soldiers from McChord Field packed lunches and worked long hours in Tacoma area raspberry fields to avert waste from labor shortages following Mayor Harry P. Cain's plea.
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Mcchord Field
Wash
Air Corps
Harry P. Cain
Tacoma
Defense Corps training alert and weekly schedule
Commander Harold Wise announces a practice alert for Defense Corps members tonight at 9 o clock with participants reporting to pre designated places after contact. Do not use official equipment or insignias. This week training sessions begin at 7 p.m. Wednesday fire training at Science Hall and Thursday general training at the Men's Gymnasium.
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Defense Corps
Harold KE. Wise
Wise
Ohio University President Attends National Conference in Baltimore
Dr. Herman G. James, president of Ohio University, travels to Baltimore for a 60 college and university presidents conference called by the American Council on Education. The gathering aims to craft a public statement on higher education’s war effort, focusing on manpower development and institutional cooperation for maximum trained personnel.
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Herman G. James
Ohio University
Baltimore
American Council of Education
Wiener Roast At Athens High School Grounds
About 30 boys and girls active at the Athens Recreation Center attended a wiener roast at the high school play grounds last night. Supervisor Harry Lackey led the event with assistance from Miss Eleanor Rizer and student teacher Robert Schminky.
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Athens Recreation Center
Harry Lackey
Recreation Center
Eleanor Rizer
Robert Schminky
90 OU students enlist Waldemar Hanson in Army Reserve
Ninety Ohio University students are entering the Army Enlisted Reserve Corps, with quotas by class year and plans for officer training after graduation. Waldemar Hanson, 22, a technician fifth class attached to an Army medical unit at Fort Knox, returns home from the army after being reported dead last March in Vincennes, Indiana. He learns his family had believed him dead, and he travels to Middletown to inform his parents he is alive.
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Army
Corps of Army
Ohio University
James M. Churchill
War Department
Air Force Reserve
Churchill
William B. Wolfe
Waldemar H. Hanson
Fort Knox
Athens
Middletown
Hanson
Roseville
William Hanson
Amesville
Waldemar
Zanesville
Vincennes
Ind
Silas Davis
Peach Ridge
Messenger
Athens changes stamp window age old buying habit
Athens replaces the 31 year old stamp window with a larger post office window to the right of the old one. The new design doubles width and depth, adds two clerks and scales, and provides more space for drawers and shelves. Some customers still seek the closed window and ask why stamps are not sold.
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Athens
Post Office
Lewis graduates from radio school at Scott Field
Pvt. Winfield A. Lewis of Converse Street Chauncey Ohio has graduated from the RAF radio university at Scott Field and will be assigned to duty with an Air Forces tactical unit. Col. Wolcott P. Hayes announced the Commencement diploma was earned alongside many radio operators and mechanics.
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Lewis
Scott Field School
Carr Smith Welcomes Son In Waldwick
Mr and Mrs George Carr Smith of Waldwick New Jersey announce the birth of a son. Mr Smith a 1936 Ohio University graduate and former varsity football player and Phi Kappa Tau member is now an industrial arts teacher in Waldwick. Mrs Smith is the former Violet Coffy.
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George Carr Smith
Waldwick
N. J
Smith
Ohio University
Phi Kappa Tau Fraternity
Violet Coffy
Chauncey Teachers Eligible for One Month's Pay
Chauncey Dover School District employees may receive a full month's pay on Thursday or Friday, per board clerk Hollis Stalder. Chauncey staff should call at the Stalder residence in Mill Street, while Millfield employees should call at Clarence Sanders's home.
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Chauncey
Chauncey-Dover
Hollis Stalder
Stalder
Mill St
Millfield
Clarence Sanders
B and O Official Dies Suddenly in Decatur
Fred J. Kahle aged 51, recently named superintendent of the Indianapolis division of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, died suddenly Tuesday morning in a Decatur hotel. Kahle had previously served as a trainmaster for the Ohio division with headquarters at Chillicothe and took the Indianapolis post earlier this month.
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Fred J. Kahle
Indianapolis
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Decatur
Ill
Athens
Mr. Kahle
Ohio
Chillicothe
Jacksonville Reunion Committees To Meet
A meeting of all committees planning the Jacksonville Old Settler's Reunion will be held Monday evening July 20 at 7:30 in Jacksonville City Hall. Acting chairman Fred Burdiss announced the gathering and invited all interested Jacksonville residents to attend.
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Jacksonville
Fred Burdiss
Burdiss
Admitted and Released at Sheltering Arms Hospital
At Sheltering Arms Hospital three patients were admitted today Miss Billa Smith 31 Morris Ave Miss Flora Russell Millfield and T J McDonald Glouster for medical treatment Rowland Bray Nelsonville Route 2 was admitted for minor surgery Released today Miss Violet Evans 20 Pratt?
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Sheltering Arms Hospital
Billa Smith
Morris Ave
Flora Russell
Millfield
T. J. McDonald
Glouster
Rowland Bray
Nelsonville
Violet Evans
Pratt i
Red Cross Not Soliciting Clothing in Athens County
Athens County Red Cross says no drive is sponsored by the organization. Miss Ellen Biddle reports a woman canvassing homes for clothing under the Red Cross pretense and warns the public that no solicitation is being conducted.
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RED Cross
Ellen Biddle
Athens County
Athens
Wesleyan Church To Host One Night Evangelistic Service
The Wesleyan Methodist Church announces a one night evangelistic service on Thursday July 16 at 8 o clock. A male quartet from Marion College Indiana will lead the meeting and the public is invited.
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Wesleyan Methodist Church
Marion College
Ind
Hawk Recovering After Operation At White Cross
Harold Hawk, 37 Lancaster St., of The McBee Co., is reported recovering slowly after an operation at White Cross Hospital Columbus a week ago. Write via Room 336. First American World War I troops arrived in France on May 10 1917.
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Hawk
Harold Hawk
Lancaster St
The
McBee Co
White Cross Hospital
Columbus
France
Help for Service Members to Cast Absentee Ballots in Ohio
Ohio primary set for August 11, with absentee ballots available at Athens County Board of Elections in the Courthouse. Men in military service and their relatives can secure postal ballot applications, complete them, and return by mail. affidavits require signatures and may be witnessed by any commissioned officer.
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Ohio
Athens County Board of Elections
Election Board
Oache
Election Board Ofice
Veterans of Foreign Wars Meeting and Delegates
Floyd Bolin Post of the Veterans of Foreign Wars will hold a meeting on Friday July 17 at 7 30 pm Delegates for the National Convention will be elected and degree work conducted.
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Floyd Bolin
The
Veterans of Foreign Wars
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