Sixth call inducts 18 men from Athens area for Fort Hayes
Eighteen men from Athens County Draft Board No. 1 depart Fort Hayes on Monday in the sixth call, five volunteering. Names and ages span Millfield to Chauncey with jobs from coal mining to truck driving. The seventh call yields no local entrants, while the eighth on March 21 lists 14 men and the ninth on March 20 has one colored applicant.
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Athens County
Fort Hayes
Columbus
Board No. 1
Willard Chester Border
Millfield
John Edward Kavalchick
the Plains
Donald Zimmer
Glouster
Fred Wilson Hunter
Athens
Julius Charles Coleman
Trimble
Frank Arthur Love
Charles William Draper
Woodrow Witham
Chauncey
Rolland Berdell Carr
Logan
Warren William Parker
Clyde Madison Sellars
John Sabo
Ernest Lawrence Meeks
Jacksonville
Albert James Smith
Hollie Cleo Thomas
George Ernest Joachim
James Ray Johnson
Greenhouse
Paul Henry Graam
Dorothy Parmiter
Ohio Offers Free Trees for Wildlife Conservation Units
The Ohio Division of Conservation and Natural Resources announced free distribution of food and cover trees for wildlife habitat. Landowners and sportsmen can obtain units containing 125 red pine or 125 Scotch pine plus 42 shrubs of seven species with planting instructions. One unit covers about a quarter acre and aids soil, game food, and stream silt reduction.
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Ohio Division of Conservation and Natural Resources
County Conservation Division
Churches announce services across three congregations
Union Methodist Church schedules 9 30 morning service with 10 30 Sunday School. New Marshfield Church holds 9 30 Sunday School and 10 30 morning worship. Richland Ave Methodist starts with 9 30 Sunday School and 7 30 evening sermon by Rev J H Baughn on Under New Management. Easter Pageant rehearsals begin for the Richland Ave Progressive Class directed by Rev Baughn with Miss Villa Tippie. cast meets Sunday at 2 p.m.
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Union Methodist Church
New Marshfield Church
Richland Ave
Baughn
Villa Tippie
Say Rastus Who Was That Lady Follies At Athens High
The Athens High School Auditorium hosts Funny Bone Follies next Tuesday and Wednesday nights March 11 and 12. Ed Condon Pomeroy wrote the show featuring Harold Junod Athens fire chief Roger Connor D H Sams Byron A Wolfe Chuck Drollinger and John Pickens with others. Sponsored by the Junior Chamber of Commerce and Federated Women's Clubs tickets sold at local stores.
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Rastus
Athens
Ed Condon
Pomeroy
Harold Junod
Roger Connor
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Federated Women’s Clubs
Fifty six Legionnaires sign for voluntary service in defense
Fifty six members of K. T. Crossen Post of the American Legion registered for voluntary service ready to cooperate with local state and national governments. Athens and surrounding towns are represented by numerous names with 20 of the group also signing with the Ohio State Employment Service.
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K. T. Crossen Post
American Legion
James P. Cumley
Legionnaire
Clyde Walton
Carl D. Smith
Millfield
G. F. Chesser
Guysville
Joseph Dukeman
Luke Hardy
the Plains
Ernest Cole
Samuel C. Russell
Homer Barnhart
Coolville
Branch Beatty
Shade
Herbert J. Wise
Frank H. Palmer
Clarence E. Mullins
Chauncey
Hugh D. Stephenson
John Vess
Roy B. Parsons
Harry R. van Dyke
Stewart
Floyd Richards
Torch
Clarence W. Sutton
Winchester
Jeff Norman
Hockingport
Ohio State Employment Service
Dinner Meeting of Athens County Former Sheriffs
The Athens County Former Sheriffs Association met at 265 E State St hosted by Mr. and Mrs. P. H. McKinley. Guests included John Finsterwald Frank Lowry Mrs Charles Stratton Mr and Mrs Charles Bayless Mr and Mrs William Williams and Mr and Mrs Wayne Wingett. The group dined on chicken then played cards with Mr Finsterwald winning honors.
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Athens County
Sheriffs’ Association
P. H. McKinley
E. State St
John Finsterwald
Frank Lowry
Charles Stratton
Charles Bayless
William Williams
Wayne Wingett
Finsterwald
Monkeys on Gibraltar Stand Protected by British Government
Gibraltar hosts its last wild monkeys, descendants of early European dwellers, under official protection from the British government. The colonies remain a noted feature of the terrain and local culture.
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Gibraltar
Europe
Initiation Planned At Athens Grange Meeting
Seventy members and guests attended the Athens Grange meeting with plans for an initiation ceremony set for March 20. Guests from Albany Grange included Mr. and Mrs. O. D. Hooper and others. Miss Alice Shannon gave a reading with Mrs. Della Shaw, and Miss Jeanette Porter sang. The Athens County Pomona Grange will meet at Jerseyville on March 13.
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Athens Grange
O. D. Hooper
Leo Hooper
George Carpenter
James Whaley
Joseph Burdette
Albany Grange
Alice Shannon
Della Shaw
Jeanette Porter
Nora Frank
Athens County Pomona Grange
Jerseyville
Magic Cupboard Dramatized by Pupils at Assembly
Pupils at University Elementary School staged and explained the Magic Cupboard during an afternoon assembly in the school auditorium. Each grade presented a short play or discussion about refilling the cupboard which provides fruit juices for afternoon lunches at two cents a week with tickets for one to four weeks.
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University Elementary
Langsville Youth Enlisted as Navy Recruit
Kenneth Durwood Darst aged 18 was enlisted in the United States Navy. Local officer E. S. Lashmett announced the first enlistment from Langsville this month. Darst will spend seven weeks at Great Lakes before possible assignment to a naval school or the U S Fleet.
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Kenneth Durwood Darst
United States Navy
E. S. Lashmett
Darst
Cyrus P. Darst
Langsville
Naval Training Station
Great Lakes
Ill
U. S
Beechel to Speak at Ashtabula Teachers Meet
Dr Edith Beechel principal of the University Elementary School departs for Jefferson to address the Ashtabula County Teachers Association on Saturday March 9 about Teaching in the Modern Elementary School.
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Edith Beechel
University
Jefferson
Ashtabula County Teachers Association
March
Scouting Committee To Convene At Athens High
The Hock Hocking District Scouting Committee meets at 7 30 pm at Athens High School for a seminar style session. Roy L Dupler district chairman notes only one in six scout age boys in Athens County are reached and aims to broaden access to every boy in the district.
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Hock-Hocking
Athens High School
Roy L. Dupler
Athens County
Dupler
Weather notes from Athens show winter chill
By noon Friday Athens recorded 32 degrees with an inch of snow on the ground. The prior day reached a high of 40 degrees and the low last night was 29 degrees.
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Athens
Schlingerman Dies Thursday at 38 in Columbus
CORNING Albert Schlingerman 38, New York Central Railroad employee and chief clerk to the supervisor of track, died Thursday at 5 30 p m in White Cross Hospital Columbus after a cerebral hemorrhage. He had been in the hospital since Feb 24. He was born in Corning a son of Mr and Mrs August Schlingerman and lived there all his life. He leaves his wife Melinda three sisters Mrs Louise Wemmer Mrs Lena Fenneken and Miss Margaret Schlingerman and a brother William all of Corning. Funeral services Sunday at 2 p m in United Brethren Church Rev A C Shonkwiler officiating. Burial in Millertown Cemetery. Friends may call at the home of Mr and Mrs August Schlingerman Saturday and Sunday.
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Corning
Albert Schlingerman
New York Central Railroad
White Cross Hospital
Columbus
Schlingerman
August Schlingerman
New York Central Athletic Association
Melinda
Louise Wemmer
Lena Fenneken
Margaret Schlingerman
William
United Brethren Church
A. C. Shonkwiler
Millertown
Sheltering Arms Births and Recoveries Report
At Sheltering Arms Hospital Mr. and Mrs. Hilbert Quivey of Pratts Fork welcomed a son today. Mrs. Freda Weatherby of 98 State Street underwent major surgery today. Mrs. Hazel Baker of 6 Palmer Street and Mrs. Lucille Wood and infant daughter of Carbondale were released today.
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Hilbert Quivey
Pratts Fork
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Freda Weatherby
State St
Hazel Baker
Palmer St
Lucille Wood
Carbondale
Cromley Undergoes Major Operation at Henry Ford Hospital
Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit reports 69 year old Harry F. Cromley of 69 N Congress St underwent a successful major operation on Tuesday. Friends may write to him at Room 409 in the hospital. A separate line notes quartz as one of the most difficult metals to melt.
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Harry F. Cromley
Congress St
Henry Ford Hospital
Detroit
Mich
Mr. Cromley
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