Humphrey Named To Direct County Fifth War Loan Campaign
Herman W. Humphrey superintendent of schools at The Plains is named campaign director of Athens County War Finance Committee for the Fifth War Loan. Drive runs June 12 to July 8 with an Athens quota of 1 603 000. Meetings of township and city sales groups will be held soon to back fighting men in the bond drive. Lieutenant Nedra Smith an Army nurse and Sgt Roy W Smith are mentioned as local service members with relatives in the county.
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THE
Athens Messf
Humphrey
Frying Egg
Herman W. Humphrey
the Plains
Athens County War Finance Committee
Fred H. Sands
Sands
Athens
Athens County
Ohio
Mr. Humphrey
Nedra Smith
J. D. Smith
Logan
Anzio
Smith
Roy W. Smith
Camp Campbell
Ralph Boss
Nelsonville
Carbondale Coal Co
Carbondale
Carbondale Girl Hurt In Collision Of Cars
Betty Lou Barber age 17 of Carbondale sustained minor injuries in a two car crash at the junction of Routes 278 and 56 Sunday about 2 PM. The cars driven by Miss Barber and Russell Stone 29 of Nelsonville collided causing slight damage, state patrolmen reported.
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Betty Lou Barber
Carbondale
Miss Barber
Russell Stone
Nelsonville
Masonic Club Plans Summer Picnic and Dance
All officers and members of the Athens Masonic Club are asked to attend a special meeting at 7 30 p m in the club rooms on Tuesday June 6 to complete plans for the upcoming summer picnic and dance.
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Athens Masonic Club
Enlist in Navy at Athens as WAVES recruitment expands
A. H. McDonald reports strong first-month operation in Athens with Monday interviews by spence Kine and Gil Rice for Navy and WAVES. Thirteen local men from Athens Glouster Union Furnace Chauncey Pomeroy and others are in active training, with weekly Monday postings at the Athens Post Office from 10 am to 8 pm.
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Athens
A. H. McDonald
Spence Kine
Gil Rice
Navy
WAVES
Howard R. English
Pearl E. Gilkey
William J. Kinnison
Francis C. Robinson
John E. Conley
Logan
Donald E. Bickley
William E. Brunton
Robert F. Thompson
Glouster
Kenneth R. Holdren
Union Furnace
Clyde R. Barron
New Marsfield
Kenneth C. Simmers
Chauncey
John Landis Morgan
Tuppers Plains
Edgar D. Blrtcher
Pomeroy
McDonald
California To Get Goldstein
Los Angeles police plan to send an officer to Athens to take custody of Robert Goldstein a 27 year old Chicago man known as the singing prisoner. He is held at the Athens County Jail on traffic charges and is wanted in Los Angeles on burglary and grand larceny charges. He previously escaped after being returned from Chicago.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Athens
Robert Goldstein
Chicago
Athens County
Goldstein
California
Allen Pleads Innocent To Charge of Larceny
James Allen of Columbus pleaded innocent before Mayor Franz Woodworth to a grand larceny charge filed by Walter Maccombs former Athens County commissioner. Allen was bound over to the grand jury and released on $200 bond. Maccombs accused Allen of taking mine track and steel valued at $175.
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James Allen
Columbus
Franz Woodworth
Walter Maccombs
Athens County
Allen
Maccombs
George Bateman
Glouster Man Arrested for Non Support Charged
Alfred Murphy of Glouster was arrested by Sheriff George Bateman on a non support charge filed by his mother in law Naomi Adams. He pleaded innocent before Mayor Franz Woodworth and was held to the grand jury with bond set at $200.
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Alfred Murphy
Glouster
Naomi Adams
George Bateman
Franz Woodworth
Murphy
Love’s Fair Horizon and the Secret Attic Escape
Madge Graham escorts her nephew Roderick through a hidden tunnel to the attic chamber where Major Hugh Grantland shelters Lee Chow. The confrontation and loyalty dynamics with Junior, Hugh, and Chow unfold as Madge prepares to depart at dawn and carry briefings in her memory.
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Madge Graham
Sag Harbor
Hugh Grantland
Madie
Grantland
Lee Chow
Roderick
Madge
Junior
Jun
Hugh
Audrey Fulton Weds in June Ceremony at New Lexington
Audrey L. Fulton daughter of Mr and Mrs J P Fulton of Athens Ohio married Charles A Donnelly son of J A Donnelly and the late Mrs Donnelly in a single ring ceremony at the Methodist Parsonage New Lexington on Thursday June 1 at 3 pm The Rev H H Wilbur officiated Attendants included Mayor and Mrs W C Mercer of Crooksville The couple will reside at 561 Mill St New Lexington after a short wedding trip Mr Donnelly works as a sales tax examiner for the State Department of Taxation in Perry and Hocking Counties.
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Methodist Parsonage
New Lexington
Audrey L. Fulton
J. P. Fulton
Oak St
Charles A. Donnelly
J. A. Donnelly
Donnelly
H .H. Wilbur
W. C. Mercer
Crooksville
Mercer
Donnally
State Department of Taxation
Perry
Hocking
Mill St
Sayer Couple Mark 14th Wedding Anniversary
Mr and Mrs Allen Sayre were honored at a surprise party for their fourteenth anniversary at their country home. Ten couples attended and played bridge with Mrs Frank Elliott winning high for the ladies and Mr Glen Potter high for the men.
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Allen Sayre
Bridge
Frank Elliott
Glen Potter
Fred Wilson
W. L. Heston
Don Goddard
Neil Williams
Homer Eckard
Elza Linscott
Walter Sayer
Lee Glass
Seaman Whitlatch returns to Great Lakes after furlough
William C. Whitlatch seaman second class has finished boat training and returns to the Great Lakes Naval Training Station after a twelve day furlough with his wife at Fisher Station. He attended a picnic dinner with his parents and was guest of honor at a chicken dinner with his wife’s parents in New Marshfield. He traveled with his wife Dolores and sisters Fern Hawk and Esther Whitlatch to Columbus.
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William C. Whitlatch
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Fisher Station
Seaman Whitlatch
Harve Whitlatch
New Marshfield
Jack Cupit
Martha. Buchtel
Columbus
Dolores Whitlatch
Fern Hawk
Esther Whitlatch
Calendar of Club Events and Meetings
Wesleyan Service Guild meets Monday June 5 at 7 30 at 32 Franklin Ave host Miss Delle Finsterwald film Mgono Africa Esther Class of Christian Church meets Monday at 8 with Mrs R D Graham 74 May Ave W E A review Monday 7 30 in 10 0 Hall Friendship Class Richland Avenue Methodist Church meets Monday evening at Wilma Pierre home Martzolff Class meets Thursday 8 at First Methodist Raymond Stutz shows gardens of Athens Class dinner at Mrs H T Houf 17 Second St Thursday 6 p m Daughters of the Union Veterans meet Thursday June 8 at 7 30 at American Legion Home May and June birthdays observed Past Matrons Auxiliary of Athens Chapter O E S rehearsal 7 30 U C D Club picnic 6 at C Mantz garden 218 W Washington St Martzolff Sunday School Class meets Thursday 8 p m Bid a Wee Club meets Thursday 1 p m Harley Parker 117 F Union St Friday Circle One First Methodist Church 2 University Terrace Friday worship service and program Ministering to all Americans O E S Chapter potluck dinner 6 followed by initiation for Mildred Giesecke Annual picnic June 15 Easler cabin Richland Ave Standard Bearers First Methodist skating party Rollercade 8 30 p m chaperons Miss Bernice Kayser Miss Sue Blair Tickets at door
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Wesleyan Service Guild
Delle Finsterwald
Franklin Ave
Africa
Esther
The
Christian Church
R. D. Graham
May Ave
C. R. Cline
W.E.A. Review
F. Hall
First Methodist Church
Ardilla Shuster
L. J. Brown
University Tersity Terrace
A. R. Harmon
P. O. Mumma
Ooe
Athens
Mildred Giesecke
Easler
Richland Ave
Bernice Kayser
Sue Blair
Fifteen Believed Drowned In Olga Capsizing
A motor launch Olga carrying Sunday excursionists capsized off Port Stanley Ontario on Lake Erie. Fifteen people are believed drowned, while thirteen were rescued. Authorities search for missing passengers as survivors recount the disaster.
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Port Stanley
Ont
Lake Erie
Olga
Klan Disbands Nationwide, Atlanta Journal Reports
The Knights of the Ku Klux Klan have disbanded as a national organization, according to a report in the Atlanta Journal. Legal and organizational changes were announced, ending the hooded group's nationwide activities.
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KLAN
Atlanta
Knights of the
Ku Klux Klan
The
Atlanta Journal
Miss Kirkendall to Wed Soldier in South Carolina
Mrs. Jessie Kirkendall announces the marriage of her daughter Alberta Jean Kirkendall to Cpl. James Boyd son of Mrs. Jennie Boyd Route Three. The wedding occurred May 27 at Bennettsville SC. Cpl. Boyd is stationed at Camp Mackall NC and Alberta is a 1944 Athens High School graduate.
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Jessie Kirkendall
Alberta Jean Kirkendall
James Boyd
Jennie Boyd
Bennettsville
South Carolina
Boyd
Athens High School
Camp Mackall
North Carolina
Cpl
Liberty Pageant at East Side Sixth Grade Graduation
Under Miss Myrta Ashworth the class presented Liberty Pageant at graduation exercises on Thursday June 1. A large audience watched cast members including Uncle Sam Liberty Miss Sharon Oldfield and many roles with the Boy and Girl Scouts also on stage representing patriotic wartime organizations.
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East Side
Myrta Ashworth
Uncle Sam
Lewis Oadis
Miss Liberty
Sharon Oldfield
Robert Slater
Jerry Altman
Virgil Rutter
Bobby Risley
Billy Wolfe
Delma Bahr
Nona Jean Green
Ruth Ann Allen
Ruth Bannon
East
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Italy
Mt. Vesuvius
Helen R. Mumford
Atlanta, Ga
Masonic Club
Drakes
Dr. Fue
Aaa Raa Dueaibee
Dr. LeGear
Squibb
Novaxis
N. Court St
the Security Bank
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Love's Fair Horizon
Pitfalls of Love
Adele Garrison
Ian
Unior
Dicky
Audrey Fulton
Mrs. Allen Sayer
Seaman W. C. Whitlatch
Magmie Welch
Fairport Harbor
Nice's Park
Margaret Whaley
Martha Knowlton
Gaynelle Welch
Emogene Noble
Ruth Yeager
Cora Mae Yeager
Olive West
Catherine Andrews
Alice Whaley
Terry
Eleanor Welch
Dayton
John R. Goodfellow
U. S. Marines
San Diego
Mary Goodfellow
Pratt St. Pat
Goodfellow
Marine Corps Base
Margaret Donaldson
Washington, D. C
A. E. Donaldson
Albany
Central Avenue Methodist Church
Minear Chapter
OFS
Minear
O.E.S
Masonic Temple
Guysville
Raymond Welch
Charles Henry Stone
Barbara Jean Roush
Captain Stone
Christ Episcopal Church
Point Pleasant
Captain
Richland Avenue Methodist Church
Wilma Pierre
Martzolff
Raymond ‘Stutz
H. T. Houf
Second St
Thurs
Daughters of the Union Veterans
American Legion
O. E
Harley Parker
F. Union St
Lowe
Carpenter Howe. Co
Athens Co. Savings and Loan Co
Lostro Building
Athens, Ohio
Lydia FE
Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Miss Kirkendal
Norito
R. E. McCammon
Berry Hotel
Finance Corporatio
Evans Bread
Blies
Gaves
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