Route 33 Relocation Nears Finish in Athens
The Route 33 relocation near Athens is in final stages with paving at both ends and the connection to Route 50 to be completed. State Resident Engineer Charles Evans says rain could delay completion, with full opening expected by the end of August on the $442,244 project begun in 1941 involving 2.7 miles of new roadway.
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Athens Messenger
Athens
Charles Evans
Eastiana
Second
N. Lancaster Sts
Berm
Evans
Sugar Creek
Second St
Mock Trial Conducted at Athens Grange Meeting
A mock trial was held at the Athens County Grange meeting last night. Judge W A Finney presided with prosecutors George Ford and Homer Gaul, defense counsel J W Bailey, and bailiff Raymond Webb. The six jurors were Everett Carbaugh Dorothy Frank Hattie Webb Agnes Terrill Mr. Morrison and Charles Atkinson. Witnesses included George Snyder Frank Gilham Harry Jacoby Tom Porter and Carl Ferguson. The jury found Miss Alice Shannon guilty in one minute and twenty seconds and the sentence will be announced next meeting. Watermelon refreshments followed.
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Athens County Grange
the Grange
Alice Shannon
George Ford
W. A. Finney
Homer Gaul
J. W. Bailey
Baliff
Raymond Webb
Finney
Miss Shannon
Picnic at Union Church Sunday
Judge O F Rowland will speak at Union Church services starting at 9 30 a m Sunday School. A picnic on the church lawn by the Reds will follow the contest between Reds and Blues. The newly appointed pastor will speak in the afternoon.
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O. F. Rowland
Union Church
Athens Heatwave Persists With 90 Degree Day
Hot weather continued in Athens with yesterday's high reaching 90 and a low of 65. By noon today the temperature had climbed to 88 as the heat persisted.
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Athens
Upham to Speak at Ohio U Graduation
Dr. A H Upham president of Miami University will be commencement speaker for Ohio University summer session graduates in Memorial Auditorium at 2 p m Friday July 31. About 134 students have applied for degrees with 126 expected to receive bachelor or three year diplomas. eight more will gain three year diplomas. Chaplain Dr Edwin Arthur Brown of First Methodist Church will lead the service.
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A. H. Upham
Miami University
Ohio University
Memorial Auditorium
Thomas C. McCracken
McOm SA
Uracken
Wiin
Edwin Arthur Brown
First Methodist Church
Dean McCracken
Laurence W. Lange
Irma E. Voigt
W. S. Gamertsfelder
Brown Celebrates His 80th Birthday
Charlie Brown, longtime Athens resident, celebrated his 80th birthday on Tuesday at his Mound Street home. Since his wife Belle Brown’s death years ago he has remained at home, his health good though he cannot walk to the business district as he once did.
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Charlie Brown
Athens
Belle Brown
Mr. Brown
Mound St
Old Settlers Reunion Committee Meets in Jacksonville
The Jacksonville Old Settlers Reunion organizers will hold a committee meeting Tuesday evening at 7 30 in City Hall. Acting chairman Fred Purdiss said plans for the Sept 5 6 and 7 gathering are discussed and an earlier announcement of Monday was in error.
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Jacksonville
Fred Purdiss
Linscott Seeks Partition Of Ames And Morgan County Lands
Mrs. Nora M. Linscott files in Common Pleas Court seeking partition of four Ames Township plots and one Morgan County plot or sale of the property and division of proceeds. She claims a one ninth share in the inherited estate left by her father to her and eight other heirs.
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Ames Township
Morgan County
Common Pleas Court
Nora M. Linscott
Judgment Granted In Common Pleas Court
The People's Bank Co of Nelsonville obtained a judgment for 144.25 plus six percent interest from July 13 1942 against R O Watkins who confessed judgment on a note signed December 31 1941.
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Common Pleas
People’s Bank Co
Nelsonville
R. O. Watkins
Watkins
Emergency Medical Service Division Meeting Announced
A meeting of the Emergency Medical Service Division of the Civilian Defense Corps will be held Monday night at 7 o clock in Hotel Berry. Doctors nurses aides stretcher bearers and Red Cross Motor Corps Drivers Corps and Ambulance Corps members are to attend as announced by Dr Blaine R Goldsberry.
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Emergency Medical Service Division
Civilian Defense Corps
Hotel Berry
Blaine R. Goldsberry
Red Cross Motor Corps
Drivers Corps
Fierce Graduates From Air Corps Technical School
Pvt. Darrel Fierce son of Mr and Mrs Carl Fierce Glouster Ohio today completed a 19 week Air Corps Technical School course at Keesler Field Mississippi He becomes an airplane mechanic on the line assigned to Army Air Forces units for maintenance and servicing of planes The curriculum covered fundamentals structures hydraulics propellers instruments engines electrical and fuel systems and engine operation
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Keesler Field
Darrel Fierce
Carl Fierce
Rt. 4
Glouster
Air Corps Technical School
Fierce
Army Air Forces
Uncle Sam
May Reported Record Employment Month
The National Industrial Conference Board said May set a record for employed persons at 55,322,000, up from 53,416,000 in April and 51,801,000 in May 1941, due to war industry expansion and seasonal agricultural growth.
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New York
National Industrial Conference Board
United States Bombers Raid Hankow and Nanchang Airfield
A U.S. bomber attack on Hankow, the Japanese inland base on the Hanktze river, yielded very satisfactory results, according to a Stilwell headquarters communique. Fighters escorted the raid on Hankow and another on the Nanchang airdrome dated July 3.
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Hankow
Hanktze River
Joseph W. Stilwell
Nanchang
New England 4-H Club Holds Picnic Meeting
The New England 4-H Club met Thursday July 16 from 11 30 to 12 30 for a picnic. Afterward members went horseback riding. Projects were reported progressing satisfactorily. Joan Wood and Peggy Copeland were assigned to plan entertainment for the next meeting.
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New England
Joan Wood
Peggy Copeland
4-H Toppers Club Meets At Gillian Home
The 4-H Toppers Club, led by Melba Morrison and Martyn Henderson, reviewed members sewing projects at Carol Gillian's home on Tuesday evening July 14. The next meeting is set for Tuesday evening July 21 at Evelyn Hughes’s home.
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Carol Gillian
Melba Morrison
Martyn Henderson
Evelyn Hughes
Two Rivermen Killed and Robbed in Charleston
Police opened an inquiry as detectives probed the deaths of two Hatfield Campbell Creek Coal Co. rivermen Harry Stevens and John Arthur found on an embankment in a fashionable Charleston neighborhood. Each man had drawn over 100 dollars the night before but no cash was found. Authorities consider poisoning with knockout drops, robbery, and relocation to the grassy area as a possible sequence.
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Charleston
W. Va
Harry Louis Stevens
Gallipolis
John Leon Arthur
Marmet
Hatfield Campbell Creek Coal Co
Edgar C. Bourne
Justice of the Peace
Supreme Court
Common Pleas Courts
Ohio
Treasury
Grones
Betty Fuller
Mary Jo Chappalear
Common Pleas
Woman Seeks State Insurance Fund After Worker’s Death
Verna Dearing, widow of W. J. Dearing, petitions Common Pleas Court after an Industrial Commission ruling denied her participation in state insurance funds. She says his fatal injuries from a Feb 14, 1938 accident at New York Coal Co. caused his death on April 9, 1941 and that the commission later found the death not the result of the injury.
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Industrial Commission of Ohio
Common Pleas Court
Verna Dearing
New York Coal Co
Dearing
Industrial Commission
Baptist Church Invites All To Patriotic Rally
The Mt. Zion Baptist Church in Athens hosts the second patriotic meeting Sunday at 8 p.m. Columbus attorney Charles Warfield, Ohio University 1923 graduate, will speak. Sponsors aim to boost War Bond sales, salvage drives, and civilian war efforts, seeking to form a citywide volunteer group.
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Mt. Zion Baptist Church
Athens
Charles Warfield
Columbus
Ohio University
Jacksonville Charge Schedule Announced
The Rev. Charles F. Palmer announced the Jacksonville Charge calendar with service times for Jacksonville Church School at 9:00 a.m. and evening programs, Trimble services at 9:30 a.m. and 7:30 p.m., Millfield and Chauncey morning worship and church school at 9:30 and 10:30 a.m., and The Plains events at 9:30 a.m. with prayer services on Sunday and Thursday at 7:30 p.m.
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Charles F. Palmer
Jacksonville
The
Methodist Church
Trimble
Millfield
Chauncey
the Plains—Church
Local births and post op updates from Sheltering Arms Hospital
Mr and Mrs L D Nelson Jr of Cuyahoga Falls formerly of The Plains announce the birth of a daughter Thursday at Sheltering Arms Hospital. Jennie Rodehaver of The Plains underwent major surgery today at the hospital. Several individuals were released today including Blanche Lovesey New Marshfield Helen Estep Carpenter Eliza Bolin Athens Route 4 and Florence Schoonover with infant son Chauncey. A tonisil clinic at the hospital saw Roy Metcalf 9 Guyasville Richard Bean 7 Guysville Blaine Smith 15 Pratts Fork Richard Liggett 8 Athens Route 3 Duane Llewellyn 9 New Marshfield Route 1 Bob Bailey 8 Athens Route 2 Shirley Ann McDonald 6 Betty McDonald 5 of 24 S Shafer St Jerry Higgins 7 Athens Route 3 undergo tonsillectomies.
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L. D. Nelson, Jr
Cuyahoga Falls
the Plains
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Jennie Rodehaver
Blanche Lovesey
New Marshfield
Helen Estep
Carpenter
Eliza Bolin
Athens
Roy Metcalf
Guysville
Richard Bean
Blaine Smith
Pratts Fork
Richard Liggett
Duane Llewellyn
Bob Bailey
Shirley Ann McDonald
Betty McDonald
S. Shafer St
Jerry Higgins
Lathrop Local Plans Flag Raising Sunday Afternoon
Amesville area union members of United Mine Workers Local 2190 will hold a flag raising at Black Diamond Coal Co in Lathrop on Sunday July 19 at 2 o clock. Speakers include a union district official a coal company official and a local official.
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Amesville
United Mine Workers
Black Diamond Coal Co
Lathrop
AHS Students Present Plays at Athens High School
An Athens High School assembly featured two accordion solos and two plays directed by W. M. Bryant. Cast included Kenneth Wilcox as Chief Powhatan and Pocahontas, Paula Fields, Dan nie Morrison, Albert Vickers, Billy Driscoll, Barbara Malpas, Doris Burke, Imogene Laughlin, and others. The nine and ten o'clock English class performed Common Play, with Eddie Brown as judge and a deputy cast listing various named roles.
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Athens High School
W. M. Bryant
Bob Sprague
Tesora Mio
Deanue McPherson
Mary Ellen Chadwick
Mason
Wendell Whitacre
Steve
Loren Warner
Ned Cameron
Bobby Rivers
Kroger Stores Begin Sales of War Bonds
Kroger stores start selling War Bonds after approval from the U S Treasury. Albert H Morill, Kroger president, announced Amer ica Heroes Day. An initial $1 million in bonds will be sold through Kroger outlets with cash or war stamps accepted. Customers fill forms in stores and bonds are issued within a week.
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Kroger
Albert H. Morrill
Kroger Grocery and Baking Co
U. S. Treasury Department
State Guard Drills Before Summer Camp
The State Guard held a short drill at the Athens Armory last night as they prepare to leave for summer camp Sunday morning. Men were assigned to squads and issued more equipment during the session.
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State Guard
Athens
Camp Hocking
Camp
Zaleski
CCC
Vinton County
Contributions to USO Fund Grow in Athens County Drive
Forty nine more contributions to the USO Fund in the Athens County drive to raise 8400 were reported by drive chairman Frank Harvey. A campaign workers and war mothers meeting is set for 8 PM at the American Legion post home. New donors include Isaac F E Ash Athens Flooring Co Frank L Harvey Bernice Kelley Carl Tom Don C Peden Constance G Leete H E Benz and many others.
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USO
Athens County
Frank Harvey
Drive
K. T. Crossen
Five Enlisted In Navy Here From Athens County
Four Athens County youths and one West Virginia native were enlisted this week at the Athens naval recruiting office and sent to Great Lakes for basic training. G. J. Cain announced the total of 189 men enlisted at Athens since Pearl Harbor. Carl Bryan Johnson Jr. of the Athens County Children's Home and a Athens High School graduate joined the regular navy. Others in the group are Curtis Malcolm Bradford Willis David Smith Walter James Lang and Ervin Roy Thomas.
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Athens County
West Virginia
Athens
Cincinnati
G. J. Cain
Pearl Harbor
Carl Bryan Johnson, Jr
Navy
Athens High School
Naval Reserve
Curtis Malcolm Bradford
Otto Bradford
Racine
Willis David Smith
James William Smith
Union Furnace
Walter James Lang
Deanville
Ervin Roy Thomas
Oo Thomas Thornton
Leon
W. A
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Harry Burns
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E. B. Smith
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T. R. Biddle
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Richard Hudson
Carl's Lunch
Athens Truck & Implement Co
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Emma Grim
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
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Tire & Accessory CO
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Kay Sanborn
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