Counties in Mighty Seventh Bond Drive Ranked 74th in Ohio
Athens County ranks 74th of 88 counties in the Mighty Seventh War Loan drive, with 45 percent of the $1,016,000 quota raised. Nelsonville leads the county at 78 percent. Athens City is at 50 percent. The appeal urges intensified effort as June 30 closes the campaign, noting European victory but ongoing battles in the Pacific. Names: Herman Humphrey, Walter Mingus, Paul Dowler, Chris Corbin, Robert E. Cordray, Phyllis Holland, Lewis R. Barnes, Floyd Stanley, Dix L. Pickering. Locations: Athens County, Nelsonville, Athens, Hatfield, Columbus, Corning, Dayton. Events: war bond drive nearing end, solicitations, soldier furloughs and promotions.
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Athens Messenger
Athens County
Miohtwa
Federal Reserve Bank
Cleveland
Nelsonville
Athens City
Athens
Ames
Troy
Carthage
Sender
Lee
Canaan
Waterloo
Herman Humphrey
Humphrey
Europe
Japan
Phyllis Holland
Dayton
George A. Holland
U.S
Bunker Hill
States
Holland
Washington State
John Holland
Hatfield Township
Elizabeth Kennedy
Betty Hufford
Glouster
Brice Westfall
Columbus
Ste Robert
Indianapolis
Soldier returns home after four and a half months in German camp
S-Sgt. Eugene B. Snyder, freed after four and a half months in a German prison camp, was welcomed in Columbus by his wife Dorothy Gaskell Snyder and six month old son Joe Gene. The family then went to Glouster. After a 60 day fur lough he will report to Florida for reassignment. He bears the European Theater ribbon with two stars, the American Theater ribbon, the combat infantry badge, and a presidential citation.
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Eugene B. Snyder
States
Columbus
Dorothy Gaskalla Snyder
Joe Gene
Snyder
Glouster
Florida
Carter's Little Liver Pills Aid Digestion Quick
A vintage ad claims poor digestion and headaches stem from inadequate digestive juice. It touts Carter's Little Liver Pills as a fast way to boost digestion, promising relief in about 30 minutes and urging purchase at any drugstore for 25 cents.
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Nature
Carter
Adams Speaks On Bills for Veterans Aid
W K Adams, legislative representative, installs officers for Conrath Bean Chapter 37 Disabled American Veterans at a meeting. He discusses state and national bills aiding World War II veterans in vocational training, rehabilitation, and employment, urging veteran applicants and biannual cooperation to pass laws. Athens County officers praised for veterans and families' service. New officers named: Earnest McGraner commander, J Ailstock senior vice, C A Parker junior vice, Harry F Minney chaplain, Edison Gaston officer of the day, Daniel A Pierce adjutant treasurer, William C Fish sergeant at arms.
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Conrath-Bean
W. K. Adams
Adams
Glouster Man Fined After Truck Car Crash
Dan McKinley age 65 of Glouster was fined five dollars and costs by Mayor Grover Koons after state highway patrol arrested him for unsafe operation. McKinley’s truck on Route 13 in Trimble turned left in front of a car driven by Charles Lee age 52 of Glouster. Both vehicles were damaged.
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Dan McKinley
Glouster
Grover Koons
Trimble
McKinley
Charles Lee
Riley Gaskill Named Principal of School
Riley Gaskill a son of Pearl Gaskill of Akron formerly Athens has been appointed principal of Morton School in West Lafayette Indiana. He is an Ohio University graduate with a master’s from Ohio State University and has spent the past eight years in the Fostoria and Parma school systems.
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Riley Gaskill
Pearl Gaskill
Akron
Athens
Morton School
West Lafayette
Ind
Ohio University
Ohio State University
Gaskill
Fostoria
Parma
Gandee Child Drowns In Black River Near Lorain
Funeral services are set for Franklin Delano Gandee eight at Hoodlett Funeral Home Marshfield Thursday at 1 pm. The boy, son of Mr and Mrs George Gand ee, drowned Monday in Black River near their Lorain home. He leaves six siblings plus two half siblings and relatives including Lloyd overseas in the South Pacific.
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New Marshfield
Franklin Delano Gandee
George Gandee
Black River
Lorain
Hoodlett
Marshfield
George
Bobbie
Alice
Mary
Gladys
Lloyd
William
Donald
Ruth Kennison
Dayton
Elizabeth Ryan
Columbus
Enroll at AHS for Summer Work Session
Ninety students began Athens High Summer School Monday, with sessions 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Nine subjects are offered by four teachers including Miss Irene Hand and Mr. Carl Roberts. Principal C. L. Wood directs Algebra and Geometry, while Pearl Wamsley handles Junior Business Training and Botany. Ten students will graduate, and University Elementary principal Dr Edith Beecher reports 216 pupils enrolled with 22 student teachers in training.
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Athens High
Irene Hand
Carl Roberts
C. L. Wood
Pearl Wamsley
Edith Beecher
Luniversity Elementary
Doanville Boy Burned by Powder Stick Incident
Elbert Cunningham nine near nine year old of Doanville suffered serious burns to the lower body when a mine powder stick flared in his trousers pocket. He and another boy obtained the powder at a mine in Buchtel and carried it to Doanville, attempting to light it at the Deanville Community House. He was treated by a Nelsonville physician then moved to Sheltering Arms Hospital.
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Elbert Cunningham
Everett Cuningham
Doanville
Woon
Sheltering Arms
Cunningham
Buchtel
George Bateman
Deanville
Nelsonville
Athens youths enter Air Forces and club news
Two Athens boys left for Camp Atterbury Indiana to report to the Army Air Forces and then go to Keesler Field The Stitch and Chatter Club of Miss and 4 H clubs at Greens Run School and Spring Street organized new officers and planned meetings Darrie Fierce Juliann Kochis and others demonstrated projects Nine members attended the Sunbeam group at Guysville and the Rome Canaan High School Stewart Romettes held meetings Katharine Noderer, 91, a renowned 100 mile bicycle racer, died yesterday.
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Athens
Army Air Forces
Pete Yanity
J. B. Yanity
Morris Ave
Roy Yaw
O. V. Yaw
Camp Atterbury
Ind
Keesler Field
Raming
Trimble
Ohio University
Janet Barich
SS ‘Kay Heiser
Diana Ginnan
Bonnie Kay Heiser
1Dana 1Innan
Bonnie Arnold
Joanne Gooding
Ruth Grigsby
Veda Grandy
Betty Mullpas
Donna Morgan
Janet Earich
Vaughn Earich
Noble Brunton
Guiris
Greens Run School
Darrie Fierce
Juliann Kochis
Stewart Romettes
Rome- Canaan High School
Javis
Marlene Davis
Christine Russell
May Frost
Newtown sermon by Rev. Hook at Friday 8 o'clock
The Rev. Charles Hook of Nelsonville will preach at the New Town Holiness Mission on Friday evening at 8 o'clock fast time.
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Newtown
Charles Hook
Nelsonville
Wet Weather Delays Hay Cutting and Garden Growth
Unseasonably cool, wet conditions halt first hay cutting between May 25 and June 5, risking a shorter third cut and reduced winter feed. Corn, tomatoes, beans, and soybeans struggle to develop in cool soil, while onions, radishes, beets, peas, and cabbage show better progress. Yet overall local garden output remains lower than usual. still time remains to plant beans, beets, carrots, tomatoes, corn, cabbage, and peppers. Rainfall in June exceeds 4 inches with a record 1.48 inches in one day. the Hocking River rose to 15.26 feet and then receded to 12.90 feet.
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Ross Y Exitension
Wright
C. N. France
Hocking
Dr William W Richardson Dies Suddenly at Mercer
Athens relatives report the sudden death of Dr William W Richardson at Mercer Pennsylvania last Sunday. He was formerly of Athens and ran a Mercer sanitarium for years. He was an opponent of national repute and survived by his wife several children. A daughter Martha serves as secretary to Ex President Herbert Hoover. Three sisters survive, Mrs W G Neff, Miss Helen Richardson of Columbus and Mrs Edith Ingerham of Mercer.
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Athens
Mercer
Willian W. Richardson
A. B. Richardson
Athens State Hospital
Columbus
Massilton
St. Elizabeth
Federal Hospital For the
Washington
William W. Richardson
Martha
Herbert Hoover
W .G. Neff
Helen Richard
Edith Ingerham
Henderson in Hospital in Oakland Navy Center
Charles Herdeson, a 1-c enlistee and veteran of South Pacific and Asiatic campaigns, lies recuperating from combat fatigue in a naval hospital in Oakland, California. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Story Henderson of Athens Route 3.
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Harry K. Barnes
Athens
Lewis R. Barnes
Navy
Sampson
Henderson
Charles Herdeson
Naval
Oakland
Cal
Story Henderson
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Walter Mingus
Maxine Taylor
Corning
Hatfield
Frederick Mingus
Texas
Robert E. Cordray
Palau Islands
Pains
Paul Dowler
Chris Corbin
Garnet Corbin
Leyte
Clarence Mansfield
Don Montgomery
Chris
Sai
Ohio Packing Company
Ohio
Dowler
Corbin
Montgomery
Mansfield
Paul
Homer Stanley
Brown Ave
Sgt
Floyd Stanley
California
Pacific
Jurlough
James J. Simpkins
Woodward Ave
Dix L. Pickering
Ninth Army
Germany
England
London
Paris
Belgium
Veterans’ Aid
National Mattress CO
Jaynes Furniture Co
Athens, Ohio
Eyomr Corre
Ed Reed Ae
Gandee
AHS
Air Forces
Baker Settlement Stitchers
Mrs Pierce
Snedden
Otha Frost
Ruth McBride
Margaret Ashworth
Margaret Jeffers
Barbara Hope
Martha Snedden
Nellie Ashworth
Union Church
Spring St
Felix Clark
Sunbeam Group
Guysville
Ashtabula
William H Noderer
Roy E. Hawk & Co
Mike Ode Wie
Fred R. Beasley
the Security Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Court Street
Will H. Woolley
Washington St
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