Our Fighting Forces Talk at Athens Junior High Program
Athens Junior High School students presented a program themed Our Fighting Forces with six members speaking on military divisions and service roles. Certificates were awarded to 105 students as W. B. Drake distributed awards. the program featured songs and solos by students and an invocation by Rev. Donaldson.
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Batin Ptv
Athens Messenger
Athens
OHTO
W. B. Drake
Board of Education
Janice Wiegin Firet
Enna
Frank Donaldson
Janet Ingerham
Bobo Hawk
Virgena Dabritz
Beverly Davis
Damozel
Athens High Commencement Program Processional
The program lists the commencement sequence with music by organist Allen R. Kresge and songs including My Mother Taught Me, The Wren, and a Processional March. Speakers include Superintendent Harper C. Pendry and Principal Oliver L. Wood. Diplomas, benediction, and recessional follow with student escorts and class names in attendance.
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Allen R. Kresge
Star Spangled Banner
Fred E. Landis
Dvorak
Franz Lois Dixon
Veda Shoemaker
Jo Ann Graham
Ann
Frank B. Gullum
Board of Education
Oliver L. Wood
4 H Club Organized in Thage Township Meeting
The 4 H Club was organized in Thage Township Tuesday night at the home of Norma and Hazel Bond. Officers elected include President Hazel Bond Secretary Treasurer Lila Martin Reporter Norma Bond and Micale is adviser. The next meeting will be eight at Miss Cale's home.
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Thage Township
Norma
Hazel Bond
Ses
Lila Martin
Norma Bond
Mi Cale
Reas
Miss Cale
Our Men in Service Update from Local Families
Local families report service updates for sons and husbands in the U S Army Air Forces Navy and Army. Pfc Raymond Augustine arrives in Africa as a surgical technician and trains at Camp Bowman and Lauringburg Max ton. James Carpenter finishes schooling at Great Lakes and is set for duty aboard a ship or shore station. Other relatives include Pvt Leonard McVay Pvt E A Tracy and Cpl Kenneth Stalder with postings at Camp Van Dorn Fort Benning San Marcos and Camp Butner. several Rogers men serve in the Medical Corps cook in Seattle and a salvage battalion clerk in Vancouver Washington.
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Coast Guard
New London
Army
Navy
WAVES
Reserve Corps
SPARS
Marine Corps
Raymond Dewey Augustine, Jr
Raymond D. Augustine
Poston
Africa
Medical Department
U. S. Army Air Forces
Camp Bowman
Lauringburg-Maxton Air Base
N. C
Natco
Haydenville
James E. Carpenter
Edward H. Carpenter
Racine
U. S. Navy
U. S. Naval Training Station
Great Lakes
Ill
School For Quartermasters
Cpl
Kenneth Stalder
Mila Stalder
Chauncey
Southwestern Texas State Teachers College
San Marcos
Army Air Forces
Ziemer Broadcast Open To Public At Athens High
Public invited to Athens High School Auditorium to hear Gregor Ziemer of WLW give a 15 minute news broadcast from 11 15 to 11 30 PM. Doors open 10 45 PM and close 11 05 PM with seating for families reserved and remaining seats open to all.
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Athens High School
Gregor Ziemer
WLW
Cincinnati
Harper Pendry
Ziemer
Ohio University Memorial Auditorium
Blame Lewis for Plan To Subsidize Foods
Washington meat packers urged abandoning a 10 percent rollback on meats butter and coffee arguing the move would push many small packers to the brink of failure. Wilbur La Roe Jr general counsel of the Independent Meat Packers Association blamed John L Lewis UMW president for influencing the administration to use the rollback to aid its labor policy.
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Washington
Senate Agriculture
Wilbur la Roe
Independent Meat Packers Association
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
ODT Plans Drive on Bogus Gas Coupons
Washington officials announce a government push against fake T ration gas coupons amid a ration cut from three to two percent in the East. The Office of Defense Transportation says new T stickers for taxis buses and trucks will be issued with a new, undisclosed marking to deter counterfeiters.
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Washington
Office of Defense Transportation
Eastern Seaboard
ODT
Father Blamed in Mushroom Poisoning Deaths
Coroner R. Gerber returns a murder and death by own action verdict in the arsenic poisoning deaths of William Santelmann 41 and his son 17. The father, a German immigrant to the United States in 1928 and an assistant foreman at a clothing firm, added the arsenic to the dried soup. The FBI has been watching the case but provided no comment.
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Cleveland
R. Gerber
William Santelmann
William, Jr
United States
Duesseldorf
Germany
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Gerber
Man Fined 300 for False Liquor Stock Inventory
Walter B. Mathews of Athens was fined 300 by Judge Mell G. Underwood in federal court yesterday for submitting a false inventory of liquor stock in his tavern last fall.
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Walter B. Mathews
Athens
Mell G. Underwood
Weatherbee Dies at Sheltering Arms Hospital
Charles Weatherbee aged 76 of Athens Route 4 died this morning at Sheltering Arms Hospital. He leaves six children Jennie Rodehaver The Plains Mary Howell Marietta Eva Love Osborn CO William Weatherbee Dayton and Allen and Lester both of Athens. One sister Margaret Pickering Athens also survives. Funeral arrangements pending and friends may call at the residence.
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Charles Weatherbee
Athens R.D
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Jennie Rodehaver
the Plains
Mary Howell
Marietta
Eva Love
Osborn, CO
McNutt Grants New Rights to Labor Unions
Washington The War Manpower Commission chief Paul V. McNutt gave labor unions the right to be consulted on hiring and discharge actions at steel plants under a 48-hour work week order. Officials said it was the first time the government conferred this right on unions despite steel industry opposition citing management prerogatives.
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Washington
Paul V. McNutt
War Manpower Commission
Revolution in Power Forecast by Engineer
M. W. Smith of Westinghouse Electric predicts postwar era will see a revolutionary power plant for planes and locomotives. He says the turbine using expanding gases could power a new transportation age, in Electric Light and Power magazine.
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Chicago
M. W. Smith
Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company
Electric Light and Power
Organize Athens County Civilian Defense Council Coordinator Named
Athens County Civilian Defense Council forms to oversee countywide defense work. An executive committee named acting chairman John T Hope Sheriff George Bateman and mayors Franz Woodworth Herman Ogg and others will appoint a coordinator at Friday night’s meeting to organize training across the county.
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Athens County Civilian Defense Council
Athens County
John T. Hope
George Bateman
Franz Woodworth
Athens
B. B Backley
Athens City
Herman Ogg
Nelsonville
E. M Daugherty
Ohio Youth Killed Under Truck Wheels
Everett Ross Brannon an 18 year old from Route 5 Bryan Ohio was killed yesterday in LaFollette Tennessee when he fell beneath a moving truck after slipping on a curve He had been riding on a 55 gallon barrel atop the vehicle and was struck by the wheels according to Highway Patrolman T D Seymour
Officers Elected by H.V. Livestock Club
Nine members attended the second Hocking Valley Livestock Club meeting at C A Klingenberg's Harmony Road home. Officers named were Bernardine Terrell president Billy Rose vice president Charles Klingenberg secretary Raymond Rhodehaver treasurer Doris Klingenberg news reporter Bernardine Klingenberg and Ralph Rhodehaver recreation directors Agnes Terrell serves as club adviser. The next meeting is scheduled for June 9 at Billy Rose's home.
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Hocking Valley Livestock Club
C. A
Evan Morgan Enters Curtiss-Wright Aircraft School
Evan Morgan travels to Columbus to begin a six week program at the Curtiss-Wright air mechanical school to qualify for work at the Curtiss-Wright plant.
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Glouster
Evan Morgan
Columbus
Curtiss-Wright Air-Mechanical School
Curtiss-Wright
Blood donors exceed quota on first day in Athens
The Athens Red Cross blood bank reports 164 donors on the first day of the drive, surpassing a 160 donor goal. Local unit workers receive commendation from Ohio Red Cross officials as the drive continues tomorrow as the last reporting day.
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Red Cross
Athens
Ohio Red Cross
A A Weisenbach Dies At Home Wednesday
Anthony A. Weisenbach aged 70 died at his home 127 Mill Street after a two month illness. Funeral services will be Saturday at 9:30 at St Pauls Church with burial in Mt Calvary Cemetery. Survivors include his wife Frances three daughters Mrs Ley Mrs Snide Mrs Marcinko four sons James George Sgt William and Walter and two brothers Frank and Jacob.
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Anthony A. Weisenbach
Mill St
St. Paul's Church
Mt. Calvary Cemetery
Holy Name Society
Frances
Charles Ley
Norfolk
Way
Amos Snide Crooksville
Joe Marcinko
Long Bottom
James H
George
Athens
William
U. S. Army
Tennessee
Walter A
S.P
Jacksonville Naval Air Station
Frank
Guysville R.D
Jacob
Columbus
Ames Bern Victory 4-H Club Meeting Notes
The Ames Bern Victory 4-H Club met May 31 and discussed current projects. The next meeting is scheduled for June 14.
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Ames-Bern Victory
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