Battery C Men Oppose Another Year of Training
Battery C soldiers at Camp Shelby voice opposition to a second year of federal service. They cite costs of living, urge a return home after one year, and quote peers arguing for release or extended reserve status, with the plea: Congress should decide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKinstry
United States
Richard Ashcraft
Fred Landis
Vern Story
Marshall
Robert Crow
National Guard
CORP
Almont Robinson
Herbert Riley
Andrew Cuba
Cook
Battery “C
Congress
Selective Service
Logan Youth Sent To Navy Training Center
Todd Shaw of Logan has been sent from Great Lakes Naval Training School to the Naval Trade School in Jacksonville Florida for advanced instruction. He enlisted at Athens Recruiting Station on April 2 and joined his brother William, who trained at Jacksonville and is now at Corpus Christi Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naval Training School
Great Lakes
Todd Shaw
Logan
Naval Trade School
Jacksonville
Fla
Shaw
Navy
Athens
Wiliam
William
Corpus Christi
Texas
Naval Air Station
Shaw Brothers
Neal Shaw
Walnut St
Plains Children To Give Program Tonight
The Plains children who attended the vacation school of religious education will present their program for parents and friends at 7 30 tonight at the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. The event marks three weeks of study with a quilt depicting the church history on display. Light refreshments will be served and the public is invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
The
Plains
Religio
Chauncey Man Fined After Athens Wreck
Chauncey Pincelli was fined $10 and costs in Mayor Cliff Cornell's court for unsafe operation after his car crashed into a parked vehicle on Mill Street. He was arrested yesterday following the wreck which damaged both cars, and he will pay for Shoupe’s repair costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mame Pincelli
Chauncey
Cliff Cornell
Mill St
Pincelli
Robert Shoupe
Shoupe
Grange Meets At Oak Grove For Program
York Grange held its regular meeting last Friday evening. They sponsored a cake baking contest with Anne Maccombs winning first and Marie Duskey taking second. Next meeting will be guest night and each member is to bring two friends. Oak Grove Sunday School closed its year July 15 with 2842 total attendance and the same average as the previous year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Grove
York Grange
Anne Maccombs
Marie Duskey
Oak Grove Sunday School
Springfield
June Bennett
Ralph Bennett
Mt., Vernon
Jack Hartman
John Clark
Jimmy
Bailey Run
Dan Gill
Audrey Hartman
Minnie Perry
Douglas Hartman
Waveline Hartman
Philo
John Hanning
Hod Smith
Guy
Beulah
Dolly McDade
Harland Cagg
Muskingum River
Paul Dalton
White Cross Hospital
Columbus
Homer Davis
Ohio Industrial Commission of Ohio
Edith Hartman
Betty
Donna Brown
Carbondale
Charles Gilpin
Local Hospital Reports Recoveries and Admissions in Athens
At Sheltering Arms Mrs. Irma Ervin in Athens Route 5 underwent major surgery this morning. Austin Cone of Athens Route 3 was admitted for medical observation last night. Mrs. Byron Danford Evelyn McKibben of Athens Route 2 and Mrs. James Zillas of 106 Mill Street were released today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irma Ervin
Athens
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Austin Cone
Byron Danford
N. Congress St
Evelyn McKibben
James Zillas
Mill St
Churchill Veteran Colonel Leads Ohio University ROTC Unit
Col James Madison Churchill, veteran of the War Department General Staff since 1939, becomes professor of military science and tactics in charge of Ohio University ROTC. Born 1880 in Las Vegas NM, he served in multiple regiments and with campaigns in the Philippines Panama and France, and is a son of retired Major General Beaumont Buck. He and Mrs Churchill have three children including Captain James Churchill Jr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Madison Churchill
War Department General Staff
Ohio University
Thomas McNeill
Las Vegas
New Mexico
Churchill
Washington, D. C
Regular Army
The
Infantes In
Mvmuumnguel VR Lesay Au
Philippine Islands
Panama
France
911Th Pioneer Infantry
Infantry School
Fort Benning
School of the Line
Fort Leavenworth
Kan
General Staff School
Army War College
War Department
Field Artillery School
Fort Sill
Okla
Command and General Staff School
Leavenworth
Beaumont B. Buck
San Antonio
Tex
Churchills
James Madison Churchill, Jr
West Point
Fort Dix
N. J
Pel
Gandee and Summers Guests in Cincinnati
D I Gandee manager of Summers and Son music store in Athens and Carl Summers head of the company traveled to Cincinnati as guests of Baldwin Piano Co. for an event honoring store and district managers who met sales quotas. They will return Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. I. Gandee
Summers & Son Music
Athens
Carl Summers. Jackson
Cincinnati
Baldwin Piano Co
Summers & Son
Mr. Gandee
Mr. Summers
197 Are Placed by Employment Service
The Athens office of the Ohio State Employment Service placed 197 persons in June. Hoover said 188 were placed in regular employment including 132 men and 56 women, with nine men in temporary help. The office has many competent job seekers and invites employers to call 507.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Ohio State Employment Service
T. N. Hoover, Jr
Hoover
Overnight Test for Athlete's Foot Germs Ad
Quick drying fungicide recommended for rapid effect. TEOL Solution 0c worth available at Quicks Cut Rate Drug Store with 90 percent alcohol to aid penetration. Buy now and feel it take hold. your 30c back tomorrow.
Seventy Men From Townships Face Army Exams
Seventy young men from Athens Dover and Trimble Townships will undergo medical exams July 30 to determine classification under the Selective Service Act. Eight physicians and one dentist will conduct 30 minute evaluations starting at 7 a.m. at the Athens Armory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Dover
Trimble Townships
H. W. Link
Athens County Selective Service Board No. 1
Link
Green Branch Social And Personal Notes Brief Local Gatherings
Soil conservation meeting at Bessie and Ira Robinson home with eleven guests. Canton workers Aubrey Nickoson and Guy Secoy visited here from Wednesday to Sunday. Mrs. Ernestine Reynolds visited Mrs. Aubrey Nickos on Wednesday. Guests included Loraine Robinson and Fred Hooper of Athens. Fortneys traveled to Vienna West Virginia to see Richard and manage family visits. Weekend visitors to the Pearsons included Shriver, Runion, Lewis Pearson, Myrtle Runion, and Oscar Findling from Huntington, Torch, Coolville, and nearby towns. John Snider of Clarksburg visited sister Lee Gaston. Omah Gaston visited briefly. Numerous Gaston family members and friends gathered for Sunday. Glen Gaston returned from Indiana after work with farm bureau insurance. Miss Bessie Robinson visited Harry Cokonougher in Athens Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessie
Ira Robinson
Aubrey Nickoson
Guy Secoy
Canton
Ernestine Reynolds
Aubrey Nickos
Loraine Robinson
Fred Hooper
Athens
Harter Fortney
Vienna
W. Va
Clarksburg
Lee Gaston
Omah Gaston
John Gaston
Francis Gaston
Harrisville
Clyde Hatfield
Weston
L. A. Townsend
Parkersburg
Charley Gaston
Akron
Carrie ‘Gainer
Tuppers Plains
John Archer
Ralph Allen
L. T. Runion
Harold
Oliver Davis
Glen Gaston
Indiana
Farm Bureau Insurance
Bessie Robinson
Harry Cokonougher
Central School Teacher Leads Swiss Themed Student Skit
Miss Helen Moriarty third grade teacher at Central School guides students in a Swiss study culminating in a singing and dancing skit with a student written speaking choir. Born in Zaleski she trained at Ohio University earning B S and M A degrees and has seven years teaching in Athens. She belongs to Kappa Delta Pi Alpha Kappa Delta and the Athens County Council for Childhood Education and lives with her mother at 140 W Union St.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Moriarty
Central School
Switzerland
Miss Moriarty
Zaleski
Athens
Ohio University
Kappa Delta Pi
Alpha Kappa Delta
Athens County Council For Childhood Education
Nimrod Huffman Dies at Home in Kansas Age 76
Death notice from Carneiro Kansas reports Nimrod Huffman age 76 died at his home. He was son of William and Nancy Sleigh Huffman. survived by sister Mrs Mary Roker and brother Parl Huffman. Family longtime area residents known for barn building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nimrod Huffman
Kansas
Athens
Carneiro
Kans
William
Nancy Sleigh Huffman
Mary Roker
Parl Huffman
Canaan Township
Huffmans
Weather swings in Athens as cold front moves in
Athens recorded a low of 60 after a 90 degree high yesterday. Noon readings reached 85 with forecast calls for thunder showers tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Vegetarian dog in Lumberton seeks breakfast in garden
John Lockey reports his dog Spot skips kitchen fare and eats several ripe tomatoes from the garden at sunrise. The odd habit highlights the pet’s independent breakfast preferences in Lumberton North Carolina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lumberton
N. C
John Lockey
Spot
Fifth Graders Plan Overnight Camp Ro Tan Visit
Fourteen fifth graders from Ohio University Elementary School will cook their own meals and stay overnight at Girl Scout Camp Ro Tan Friday night to Saturday morning, chaperoned by Miss Mary Ward and student teachers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio University
Rotan
Mary Ward
Lake Hope
Athens
Agnes Eisen
Three Wills Filed in Athens County Probate Court
Three wills were filed this week in the Athens County Probate Court. Martin L. Howard of York Township died July 1 leaving his children Arley Howard Nelsonville Route 2 Mrs Ralph Wolfe Nelsonville Route 2 Mrs Simon Parson Nelsonville Route 3 Mrs Jess Parsons Nelsonville Route 3 Mrs Ed. Edgar New Marshfield Route 1 and Mrs Thomas Middleton Edgerton Wis as beneficiaries with John P. Kelso Nelsonville named executor. David Herbert of Glouster who died November 3 1938 named his daughter Elizabeth Jennings Columbus executrix. Beneficiaries listed include Anna Pierce Columbus Mary Herbert Akron Elizabeth Jennings and grandchildren David H Max and Elizabeth L Lewis of Terre Haute Ind. M P Ohlinger Nelsonville died May 8 leaving his estate to widow Alice Ohlinger with son Robert W Ohlinger executor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens County
Martin L. Howard
York Township
Arley Howard
Nelsonville
Ralph Wolfe
Simon Parson
Jess Parsons
Ed. Edgar
New Marshfield
Thomas Middleton
Edgerton
Wis
John P. Kelso
David Herbert
Glouster
Elizabeth Jennings
Columbus
Anna Pierce
Mary Herbert
Akron
David H
Max
Elizabeth L. Lewis
Terre Haute
Ind
M. P. Ohlinger
Mother of Dr. Hoskins Dies at Virginia Home
Mrs. C. R. Hoskins, mother of Dr. C. R. Hoskins of Athens, died today at her Saluda Virginia home. Funeral services will be held there on Saturday. Dr. and Mrs. Hoskins and two children traveled to Saluda last Sunday after word of her serious illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. R. Hoskins
Athens
Saluda
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Camp
Shelby, Miss
Camp Shelby
Raymond H. McAfee
Ohio National Guard
Zemo
Baltimore & Ohio
Canning Savings
Mason
Navy Training Center
Plains Children
Grange
Ronald Pollen
Earl Carroll
Camp Haan
Riverside
Army
Ham D. Glassford, Jr
John D. Cone
Gandee
Employment Service
Mechem
Oxfords
Freeman
Green
Lamborn
Dr. Hoskins
Virginia
Nature
Doan
Fred R. Beasley
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