Army Duty Group From Athens Left For Fort Hayes Final Tests
Nineteen Athens County men reported for active service heading to Fort Hayes Columbus for induction and testing while thirty others departed to Clarksburg West Virginia for final examinations. Acting Corporal Harry Lackey led the group with cigars and gifts from local veterans and community groups. The 19 inductees include James William Wakefield Gaylord Albertworth Glenn Wade Paul Murray Joseph Antornetta Harry Lackey James Henry Seiber Harold Ralph Wadley and others. The 30 for final examinations will likely join some branch of the military upon completion and may return home for a week.
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Athens County
Selective Service
Fort Hayes
Columbus
Clarksburg
W. Va
Army
Ark Central
Harry Yey
Agnes Padden
le- Auxiliary
Gideons
Ernational
Christian Combat Men’s Association
Chicago
Ill
James William Wakefield
Wand Ave
Gaylord Albertworth
Glenn Waders
Ohio Ave
Paul Murrayan
Sunnyside Drive
Joseph Antornetta
Harry Lackey
Lloyd James Henry Seiber
Chaun- Harold
Ralph Wadley
Cleve
James William Handa
1St St. Glouster
William Woghn Kasler
Athens
Airit Seiber, Jr
Chauncey
Wert Morgan Garrett
Wood- Ave
Harry Russell, Jr
Mill
Joseph Nogrady
Millfield
Ute
William Ambrose
Francis Joh Abdella
Russell Te Johnson
William Vid White
Grosvenor St
Donald Harvey
Curtis McPeak
Ixsburg
Abandonment Petition for Lancaster Street Presented
Athens City Council discussed abandoning the section of Lancaster Street formerly U S Route 33 located west of Mrs H L Atkinson’s property. The council approved advertising the petition and adopted resolutions to hire a lifeguard cashier attendants for the city pool and staff at the waterworks plant with monthly salaries, plus budget increases for pool incidental expenses. The service director was praised for cemetery upkeep on W State Street and promises further summer work at the burial ground.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster St
H. L. Atkinson
Athens City
A. N. Johnson
Johnson
Council
W. State Street
Service
Youths Admit Stealing Rope from Cody Drilling Co
Duane Welsh and George Smith both of Carthage Township are held for arraignment on grand and petty larceny charges. They confessed to stealing 300 feet of rope valued at $50, which they cut and hid, and officers recovered all the rope. They also confessed to stealing 40 to 50 gallons of gasoline from George Tedrow last winter, a petty larceny charge was filed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duane Welsh
George Smith
Carthage Township
F. L. Woodworth
Athens
George Bateman
Frank Joyce
Cody Drilling Co
Bateman
George Tedrow
Memorial services and social visits in Hemlock Grove
Hemlock Grove notes memorial services were well attended on Sunday. Many families including Welker Midkiffs, Folk of Columbus, Betzing of Sandusky, Heilman and Sargent households shared visits with local residents. Various relatives visited and stayed with kin in West Virginia and Cherry Ridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Sargent
Carol Sargent
J. J. Will
Bunker Hill
Porter Midkiff
Mrs. Hunt
West Virginia
Nina Taylor
Vada Paulsen
Ziba Midkiff
Frank Clark
Bert Smith
Cherry Ridge
Art Artherton
Silas Taylor
Kenneth Romine
Sheriff Returns Two Men to Face Non-Support Charges
Returned by Sheriff Donald Brady and deputies to Athens to face non support charges before Probate Judge Francis D. White. The men are Donald Brady of Dayton and Robert Rose formerly of Nelsonville now in Logan.
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Donald Brady
Dayton
Robert Rose
Nelsonville
Logan
Athens
George Bateman
Francis D. White
City Health Officer Calls Women to Apply as Rat Exterminators
San Francisco health official Dr J C Geiger seeks six new rat exterminators and invites women to apply, challenging comic strip stereotypes and expanding city pest control staffing.
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San Francisco
J. C Geiger
Columbus Board Votes $10 Monthly Raise for Six Months
The Columbus Board of Education approves a ten dollar per month pay increase for all school system employees for a six month period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Columbus Board of Education
Farmer Killed by Horse in Powhatan Incident
Everett Brunner, 56, a Powhatan farmer, was killed instantly last night when kicked by a horse. The tragedy occurred on his property and authorities are investigating the accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bellaire
Everett Brunner
Powhatan
Our Men in Service List Of Local Military Inductions And Posts
The report lists residents and relatives from Athens and surrounding areas who entered the Army Air Forces and Navy in recent weeks. It notes train ing at Yale University Ohio University and several technical schools, with ranks from private to lieutenant and details on postings in North Africa Hawaii and ongoing flight and maintenance roles. It also mentionsInductions at Ft Hayes Camp Stewart Ft Bliss and Camp John T Knight and notes hospital and promotion updates for several local service members.
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Eugene V. Byard
Mary Byard
Franklin Ave
Army Air Forces Technical School
Yale University
Army Air Forces Technical Training Command
Thomas B. Davis
Benson Davis
Stewart
Miami Beach
Fla
Camp Laurel
Miss
Army Air Forces
Davis
John B. Davis
Marines
Southwest Pacific
Messenger
Army
Ft. Hayes
Columbus
Camp Stewart
Russell R. Bailey
Long Bottom
Donald W. Chapman
Dexter
Leo B. Crew
Syracuse
Gilbert C. Hart
Racine
James B. Thomas
Rutland
Norman R. Spencer
William F. Warner
Pomeroy
Bruce H. Long
Athens
el Paso
Tex
Lester White and Family Face Auto Tragedy in Michigan
Word comes from Athens that Lester D. White and two of their three children were killed instantly in an Adrian Michigan collision last Saturday. Mrs White and the remaining child are seriously injured in Adrian hospital. Funeral services for Mr White will be held at Belpre St Ann's Thursday at 9 am with burial in Little Hocking Cemetery. Mrs White is daughter of Chauncey Overmeyer of Belpre. She attended Ohio University and earned a two year elementary education diploma in 1922. Mr White worked for International Harvester Co in Adrian.
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A. H
Jack) Rhoads
Mill St
Ohio University
Navy
Naval Aviation
Chapel Hill
N.C
University of North Carolina
Mary Louise Rhoads
Athens
Lester D. White
Irene Overmyer
Adrian
Mich
Belpre St. Ann's Church
Father Schultz
Little Hocking Cemetery
White
Chauncey Overmeyer
Belpre
International Harvester Co
Kozma Family's Six Sons Serve in World War II
The Kozma family of Millfield, Ohio, has six sons in uniform. Sigmond Kozma Jr. is 30 in the Army heavy division at Camp Cook California. Bert 29 in Army Air Forces at Gulfport Mississippi. Alex 27 a Navy seaman at an unknown location. Julius 26 in Army Air Forces MP at Chico California. Calmon 25 in a light armored division at Camp Chaffee Arkansas. Carl 22 in coast artillery at Santa Monica California. Sigmond Sr. formerly worked at Mine No. 6 Millfield. all sons enlisted via Selective Service except Alex who joined the Navy.
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Ark
Carl
Coast Artillery
Santa Monica
Calif
Sigmond, Jr
Alex
Navy
Bert
Gulfport
Millfield
Sigmond Kozma, Sr
Army Seeks Civilian Commissioned Officers in Transportation
The Transportation Corps seeks qualified men to receive commissions from civil life in motor transportation industrial traffic management highway traffic engineering and water transportation. Applicants up to age 55 may apply with younger outstanding candidates. Write to Columbus Officer Procurement District 733 Huntington National Bank Building Columbus Ohio. Letters reviewed by a board and qualified applicants receive formal blanks. Also a note on a Girls 4-H Club meeting in Stewart on Thursday June 10 at 1 30 pm in the high school home economics room with Miss Bernice Russell and advisors Norma McCune and Alice Coyle.
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The
Transportation Corps of the
United States Army
Columbus
Huntington National Bank
Stewart
EWT
Bernice Russell
Norma McCune
Alice Coyle
Methodist Ministers Relocated Across Ohio Conference
One hundred fifty four Methodist ministers move to new pastorates in Ohio effective immediately after the annual Ohio Methodist Conference. The 1944 meeting was scheduled for June at the Columbus Broad Street Church with numerous assignments listed by district including Chillicothe Portsmouth Zanesville and Marietta parts.
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Columbus
Columbus Broad Street
Chillicothe
Albany
T. B. Smith
Athens Wesley Foundation
Douglas MacNaughton
Circleville
C. E. Swearingen
Guysville
H. H. McPherson
Jerseyville
Shade
Earl Cowan
Portsmouth
Chesapeake
Tom Taylor
Pomeroy
United
N. Rompel
McBee Rated As Essential By War Manpower Commission
Mr. A. B. Roe, president of The McBee Co., received a letter from the War Manpower Commission stating the firm is classified as an essential industry. The designation applies because over half of the company's production supports armed forces or Allied services and stems from the unique products and proven wartime aid it provides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. B. Roe
McBee Co
War Manpower Commission
Fr B Dilley Reports On Rotary Convention
Dr Frank B Dilley spoke before the Athens Rotary Club at Hotel Berry about Rotary International's war time convention in St Louis. He noted membership increases despite wartime conditions and said every Western Hemisphere nation is now represented.
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Rotary International
St. Louis
Frank B. Dilley
Athens Rotary Club
Hotel Berry
Dilley
Athens Club
International Organization
Western Hemisphere
Rotary
Poston Named Head of Gravely Accounting Dept
Mr. Poston of Charleston West Virginia son of Mr Albert G Poston Athens Rotte 3 has been appointed head of the accounting department of the Gravely Motor Plow and Cultivator Co of Dun bar West Virginia. He previously headed the accounting department at Capital City Commercial College Charleston for five years and served registrar for three.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poston
Charleston
W. Va
Albert G. Poston
Athens Rotte 3
Gravely Motor Plow and Cultivator Co
Dunbar
Capital City Commercial College
Ohio University College of Commerce
Aged Man Found Hurt Along Route 56 Near Carbondale
James Bryan, 73, was found lying along State Route 56 one fourth mile west of Carbondale with multiple bruises. He was taken to Sheltering Arms Hospital via Pearl Ely and later moved to the hospital. Bryan cannot recall how he was hurt and Sheriff Bateman will question him again. Local births and a minor operation are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Bryan
Shettering Arms Hospital
Carbondale
Tom Newlan
Newlan
Bryan
Pearl Ely
New Marshfield
Ely
George Bateman
Bateman
City Playgrounds Opened for Softball Leagues
Athens City Playgrounds at the high school stadium are open weekdays from 1 to 5 PM and 6 to 8 PM under supervision of Mr. Sherman Gilmore, JHS principal. A four‑team softball league exists and organizers seek more teams from plants and businesses to join. Thursday afternoons are for Girl Scouts and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens City
Sherman Gilmore
Gilmore
Navy Seabees Interview for Tradesmen in Athens
Lieutenant Joseph Zanser of the USNR will interview men aged 18 to 50 with construction or skilled trade experience at the U S Navy Recruiting Station Athens on Wednesday June 9 from 10 30 am to 2 30 pm. Bring three letters of recommendation on letterhead detailing work done. Interviews do not obligate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Zanser
USNR
U.S Navy
Athens
Zanser
Seabees
Zunser
Us&s. Navy
Recnuting
New money service offers $300 on approval
A new money service provides $300 on approval to try out bargains. You can take cash now to secure deals or return it in 16 days at no cost. No outlay either way. S. Court Sh. 548, Athens, O.
Farm in Panama Canal Zone Grows Four Leaf Clovers
A Panama Canal Zone farm dedicates its acreage to cultivating four leaf clovers as a unique agricultural endeavor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panama Canal Zone
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Love Brothers
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Carpenter Howe. Co
Hemlock Grove
Robert A. Skinner
Front St
Glouster
Stewart Technical School
New York City
Harold Harkins
T. Harkins
Amesville
U.S. Naval Reserve Midshipmen's School
Notre Dame
South Bend
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Camp Lee
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Orland M. Coursey
Army Air Base
Waycross
J. E. Coursey
N. Shafer St
Thomas W. Cruikshank
Luther Cruikshank
Seymour Johnson Field
Cruikshank
Steel Improvement and Forge Co
Cleveland
Chauncey- Dover High School
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Summit Station
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Field Artillery
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Saylor
Boudinot
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Floyd W. Misner
Harry Misner
Kimberly
New Orleans Army Air Base
Air Service Command
Misner
William V. Gordon, Jr
Salt Lake City
Utah
Pfe
Emmitt
Dick) McDonald
Camp van Dorn
H. L. McDonald
the Plains
Glen Mingus
Athens R, D. 3
Camp Patrick Henry
John M. Gears
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Morris Dupler
Jobs
Fila
Mabel Smith
Margaret Tippett Kern
William Smith
Drew Field
Tampa
Smith
Pacific
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Great Lakes Naval Station
C. E. Sanders
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Montrose Ave
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Clearwater Fla
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Pfc
Alva W. Everett
North Africa
Lester White
van Crusnen
Kozma
Kozmas
Championship Service
Sigmond Kozma
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Ueden
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Ohio
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Arnold Maxwell
Howard Romine
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Elizabeth Russ
Fred Sanders
Mer
Citryy Loan and Guaranty Company
Wieners, Per
Pepsi-Cola Company
Long Island City, W. Y
Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co
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