Salvation Army drive in Athens tops goal with gifts
The Salvation Army in Athens reports total contributions of 3210.22 exceeded the 3200 goal for the drive. Cash gifts totaled 3200, pledges 180, with additional gifts expected as reports come in to Captain Forner at the Salvation Army office.
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Ners Peo
Athens
Salvation Army
W. Roberts
Margaret Forner
Ruth Blakeslee
Seaty Bank
Cators
Cap
Forner
W. Union St
Roberts
Isory Board
The
Salvation Corps
Pers
L. W. Roberts
John Woolley
Fred
Charles A. Ell
Gordon K. CC. Cornell
H.T. Phil- Irvin D. Quick
O. F
E. F. Sells
A. E. Whaley
G. Householder
H. D. Met
Gold Star From Mooseheart Honors Navy Survivor Birtcher
James Arthur Birtcher who spent part of his boyhood at Mooseheart and survived 42 days in a lifeboat after his Merchant Marine vessel was torpedoed was honored with a gold star placed beside his name on the Mooseheart service roll. His foster mother Mrs. Charles DeWees keeps a scrapbook with the star and letters from the Navy detailing his rescue and later furlough.
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James Arthur Birtcher
Charles DeWees
Deanoille
Birtcher
Mooseheart
Moose Lodge
Tilineis
W. J. Leinweber
Navy
DeWees
Birteher
Deanville
Nelsonville
Doris
South Atlantic
South Africa
Blrtcher
Merchant Marine
Birteber
Charles F. DeWees
Doanville
Westover Field
Mass
Walter
Chanute Field
Nelsonville High School
Fostoria
South America
West Point grants 514 cadets graduation wings to Air Force
Clifford C. Cornell Jr. joined 513 classmates at West Point in a record class of 514 cadets. The ceremony released 206 graduates with air force pilot wings, elevating the school’s past schedule by one year. Cornell, son of Mr and Mrs C C Cornell of 25 S Court St, earned the cadet rank of lieutenant in his first year and prepared at Ohio University and Fort Harrison before his appointment via Representative Thomas A Jenkins.
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United States Military Academy
West Point
N. Y
Clifford C. Cornell, Jr
C. C. Cornell
S. Court St
May Bond Sales at Woolworths Rally Total 6842
War bonds and stamps sales at Woolworths booth totaled 6842.15 during May. Nannie Allom Rebekah Lodge members Eva Van Dyke Lenore Sands Emma McLeod Muriel Pierce Lucy Pierce Catherine Henry Nora Seipel Wilda Dupler Flossie Wilson Anna Rose Bernice Dalton Ernestine Beatty Mayme Rice Nellie Horn Myrtle Carmichael Clara Tribe Anna Stauffer Marcia Green Veda Carpenter Laura Johnson Mable Cage Flora Murphy Edna Laflette served at the booth. Eastern Star takes over in June.
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Nannie Allom Rebekah Lodge
Woolworth’'s
Emma Bennett
Eastern Star
Rebekah Lodge
Booth
Eva van Dyke
Lenore Sands
Emma MclLeod
Muriel Pierce
Lucy Pierce
Catherine Henry
Nora Seipel
Wilda Dupler
Flossie Wilson
Anna Rose
Bernice Dalton
Ernestine Beatty
Mayme Rice
Nellie Horn
Myrtle Carmichael
Clara Tribe
Anna Stauffer
Marcia Green
Veda Carpenter
Laura Johnson
Mable Cage
Flora Murphy
Edna LaFollette
GOP Split on Personnel of Advisory Body
Washington Republicans argued over the 49 member Postwar advisory council named by National Chairman Harrison F Spangler to draft next year’s presidential platform. Some said the group is too heavy with conservatives and isolationists while others doubted a body of governors senators representatives and party officials could reach specific proposals. Officials expect a solid turnout at the first meeting in four to five weeks in the Midwest.
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Birtcher
Coud
Washington
Congressional
Harrison F. Spangler
Midwest
Adrial Welker Dies in Albany
Adrial Welker age 67 a retired school teacher died at his Albany home this morning after a heart ailment He was a native of Meigs County and held degrees from Rio Grande College and Ohio University He leaves his widow and a stepson Funeral services will be Friday at 3 p m in the Baptist Church at Rio Grande with burial in the local cemetery Athens Grange will host special guests at Thursday night meeting at the Grange Hall
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Adrial Welker
Albany
Welker
Meigs County
Rio Grande College
Ohio University
Baptist
Rio Grande
Athens Area Servicemen Report Frontline Updates
Dr and Mrs H T Houf learn their son First Lieutenant Emerson Houf has returned from Australia and is treated in a Oakland naval hospital for malaria. Four area men depart Fort Hayes for training camps while Ellis B Dew heads to Camp Roberts Calif. Hubert M Weatherby in North Africa sends a Mother's Day poem home. Stanley brothers and other locals report service stations and overseas movements. Cadet Homer Lincoln Brown moves toward wings at Pensacola. Ernest Ward likely overseas from Middleport and Wellston connections.
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H. T. Houf
Second St
Emerson Houf
Australia
Naval Hospital
Oakland
Calif
Houf
Athens
Fort Hayes
Columbus
Richard C. Claymore
Pearl St
Charles E. McPherson
Congress St
Camp Robinson
Ark
Norman Levine
Camp Wheeler
Earle A. Russell
Chester
Gadsen
Ala
Selah Weatherby
Dayton
Hubert M. Weatherby
North Africa
Hubert Weatherby
Naval Aviation
Homer Lincoln Brown
W. Union St
U. S. Naval Air Station
Pensacola
Fla
Ottumwa
Brown
Naval Reserve
Marine Corps Reserve
Selmer Ward
Middleport
Ernest S
Junior) Ward
A. H. Williams
Wellston
Charles Chalfan
Ernest Hayes
Wilkesville Lodge Inspected and Community News
Wilkesville Pythian Sisters inspection held May 21 led by Mrs. Alice Raines with Flossie Crawford of Logan and Margaret McHarg. James Wood of Wood Restaurant hospitalized at White Cross for pancreatic infection in serious but slightly improved condition. Local social notices list May 23 visitors from Grove City Columbus and nearby towns, plus May 24 commencement with diploma recipients and eighth grade promotions at Wilkesville Rural.
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Wilkesville
Pythian Sisters
Alice Raines
Flossie Crawford
Logan
Margaret McHarg
James Wood
Wood Restaurant
White Cross Hospital
J. E. Strong
Harold Bausch
Grove City
Paul Kunz
Columbus
Mary Helen McCormick
James McCormick
Warren McGrath
Lou Garrett
Bessie Wells
Harold Woodruff
Herley Wiseman
Methodist Ladies Aid Society
Pearl Brown
F. ©. Cobb
Howard Nunemaker
McArthur
Oreton
Cobb
Lissa Brown
Charleston
W. Va
Georgia Calvin
Barbara
Loree
Canal Winchester
Forrest Davis
Ardith
Vandalia
Dan Sayre
Sayre
Mary E. Steele
Armenia Unroe
Lucille Jackson
Gertrude Ring
Ruth Booth
Thomas McCumber
William Denney
Theodore Swisher
Clovis Strausbaugh
Wendell Chapman
Roger Phillips
Wilkesville Rural
Wendell R. Brown
James E. Cardwell
Thelma L. Carter
Ella C. Duffy
Joycelyn F. Farley
Georgia F. Faught
Charles E. Gar
Auto Traffic Decline Across Ohio Outside Cities
Ohio roads outside urban areas show a sharp drop in automobile traffic for the first four months of 1943 versus 1941. Director H G Sours says January down 24.6 percent, February 25.5, March 36.6, and April 41.3, based on marker counts on arterial highways and farm-to-market outlets.
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Ohio
H. G. Sours
Ohio Department of Highways
May Rainfall Totals Near Eight Inches in Athens
May rainfall in Athens totaled 7.88 inches, reported by weather observer Mrs. C. N. France. The previous day’s high reached 88 degrees and the low 61, with the current 1 pm reading at 84.
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Athens
C. N. France
Local Births and Medical Updates Reported
At Sheltering Arms Sgt and Mrs Herbert Dust of Glouster welcomed a daughter this morning. Frances Louise Locke of The Plains underwent a major operation while John Leviner of Uniontown underwent a minor operation. Louis Shields of Chauncey was discharged today. In Fremont a ten year old, Norman Bowersox, fell from a bridge and drowned in swollen Mud Creek near here yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Dust
Fairview Ave
Glouster
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Frances Louise Locke
the Plains
John Leviner
N. McKinley Ave
Louis Shields
Chauncey
Fremont
Norman Bowersox
Train fatally strikes Elyria brakeman in yards
A passenger train struck and killed William H. Claus ius, 22, of Elyria, a New York Central railroad brakeman, in the yards here yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria
William H. Clausius
New York Central Railroad
Keck Family Remains Near Hospitalized Matriarch
Mrs. Ed Keck lies in Holzer Hospital in serious condition. Her son and daughter-in-law from Newark stay near her mother Mrs. Bessie Wells while Lois Keck visits the hospital. Mrs. Blanche Davis visits A. L. DeVault family. Read as a local social note listing relatives and hospital care.
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Holzer Hospital
Clifford Keck
Newark
Bessie Wells
Keck
Lois Keck
Blanche Davis
A. L. DeVault
Kiwanis Club Learns About Work of WAAC
Athens Kiwanis Club hears Auxiliary Gertrude Mensch outline WAAC enlistment rules and open Athens office. WAAC numbers 65,000 troops, on 50 posts, aiding front lines. North Africa contingent arrived last winter to assume duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WAAC
Athens Kiwanis Club
Gertrude Mensch
Athens
Mensch
Additon
North Africa
St Joseph Aspirin Ad Claims Superior Value
Advertisement touts St Joseph Aspirin as superior to other brands. It markets the product as the world’s largest seller at 10 cents and urges demand for the brand over competitors.
Medicated coat using Mexiana to prevent bed chafing
Application of Mexiana to form a protective medicated layer between skin and bed clothes aims to soothe chafing. The product name references the former Mexican Heat Powder, suggesting a repurposing for skin protection in rest.
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B. F. Cutler
Omen
Ward
Ey Kasler
C. Jock
Carl Fern
Wad
J. B. Roberts
E. F. Ie
Charles A. Cornwell
Jameson
H. D. Palmer
Caning
John
J. Woolley
Advance Gifts
Harper C. Pendry
Irma Voigt
Ralph Elliott
C. H. Creed
Athens State Hospital
Birtcher’s
Tropics
Euchre
Clifford
Cornell, JR
Viking
Ri. Navy
Hospi
Riel
Les
Mau
SSS Tonic
So $T
S.s.s.co
TONIC
Ips
GOP
Men of Athens Grange
Grange
Grange Hall
State
Federal
the Security Bankeral Deposit Insurance Corpor
Ellis B. Dew
Fort Thomas
Field Artillery Replacement Training Center
Camp Roberts
Homer E. Stanley
University Terrace
Floyd E. Stanley
Stanley
Army
Luther E. Stanley
U. S. Navy
Wilkesville Lodge
Kiwanis Club
London
Alfred J. Court
Cheltenham Hospital
American Lutheran Church Today
Manietta
Bardin Bros
Ans
Aspirin
Pennsylvania
Holtzman
OR &m
Fholtz
Berry
Gallipolis
Colembos Reptere Chisk
East Main St
Colombus
E. Stanley Haller
East State ST
Heatamin
Athens Pharmacy
N. Court St
WRK
Nursola Athens Pharmac
Our Bank
Ruany
NSUR
Athens National Bank
Member
Federal Reserve System
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