Linscott Dies At Amesville Sunday At 78
Mrs. M Lucy Linscott, widow of Bert Linscott, aged 78, died near Amesville Sunday at 2 40 p m after weeks of declining health. Funeral at Wilson Chapel Wednesday at 1 30 p m, Rev. Les Henderson presiding. Burial Sand Rock Cemetery. Survived by two daughters, Mrs Fred Vernon and Louise Linscott, and one grandson Kenneth Vernon. Also a member of Amesville Methodist Church and Grange. Lodge meets Wednesday 7 30 p m Red Man's Hall with potluck for March birthdays and weddings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucy Moore Linscott
Bert Linscott
Amesville
Wilson Chapel
Les Henderson
Sand Rock
Linscott
George H
Elizabeth Henry Moore
Esville
OPA Rules On Coupons and Tractor Ration Needs
The OPA outlines coupon endorsement for gasoline ration books with front cover license numbers and valid coupons. District investigators review ration books at stations. losses require notarized statements for replacements. AAA will determine farm tractor gas needs for 12 months, with 60 percent of yearly ration issued for six months starting April 1944 to cover peak season.
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OPA
AAA Department
AAA
Carbon Hill Club Meets and Home Events
Carbon Hill Mrs Howard Wiseman entertained the Thursday club at her home with members present including Mrs Edgar Stedwill Mrs Robert Hardy Mrs Joe Blosser Mrs Charles Courtney Mrs John Dehnen Mrs Don Dawley and Mrs Clarence Lehman Betty Johnson and Evelyn Levens assisted with refreshments Next meeting will be at Mrs Robert Hardy Mrs Lawrence Jones visited Mrs Lawrence Blair of Logan over Sunday Mr and Mrs John Huffman and son plus Mrs Lee Shepard of Detroit spent the weekend with Mr and Mrs Howard Bateman Mr and Mrs Leslie Horn were Bremen business visitors Charles Downs and Springfield announce the birth of a 12 pound son Charles Grant Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Grant Horn Joe Blosser moving to Floyd Parry property Doris Clark of Columbus visiting her parents Walter Ritchason completed boat training at Great Lakes and returned home for furlough with his wife and children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbon Hill
Howard Wiseman
Edgar Stedwill
Robert Hardy
Joe Blosser
Charles Courtney
John Dehnen
Don Dawley
Clarence Lehman
Betty Johnson
Evelyn Levens
Lawrence Jones
Lawrence Blair
Logan
John Huffman
Lee Shepard
Detroit
Howard Bateman
Leslie Horn
Bremen
Charles Downs
Springfield
Charles Grant
Grant Horn
Floyd Parry
Doris Clark
Columbus
Lee Clark
Maria Smith
Walter Ritchason
Great Lakes
Wakefield Seeks One of Two Republican Commissioner Nods
Candidate Mr Wakefield born and raised in Alexander Township is son of Mr and Mrs George Wakefield Hebbardsville He runs a Richland Ave garage for 22 years and chairs the Athens County Salvage Committee He is a member of the Athens County Republican Executive and Central Committees He married Margaret McGucken an Ohio University graduate who taught in county schools They have three children Betty Bob and Jim with service in the Navy Army and local fire departments
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Wakefield
Athens County
Alexander Township
George Wakefield
Hebbardsville
Richland Ave
Margaret McGucken
Athens
Ohio University
Betty
Bob
Naval Engineers
South Pacific
Jim
Meigs County Men In Service and Red Cross Praise
Private Gene Rice reports a five day rest at a Red Cross Center with stage and screen shows and no shell fire. Alfred Elberfelds’ son Richard advances to Sergeant in India while Dick enjoyed The Messenger. Willace Amberger earns Good Conduct Medal. Charles Morton arrives in North Africa awaiting letters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Red Cross
Gene Rice
Middleport
Rice
Marie Rice
Cora Bennett
Red Cross
Alfred Elberfeld
Richard
Dick) Elberfeld
India
Elberfelds
Messenger
Elberfeld
Pomeroy
Willace W. Amberger
Patterson Field
Ohio
Racine
Minersville
Amberger
Charles Morton
Cpl
North Africa
Corporal Morton
Chesterhill News Briefs Highlights Local Moves and Events
Chesterhill notes show residents shifting addresses and caring for ill relatives. Cpl La Due Davis returns from Jamaica and marries Charma Mills. postmaster Hettie Woodward attends their wedding reception in Zanesville. Other items include Bee t Bethesda Hospital surgery, local moves to farms and rental houses, and Howard Harris selling two white faced yearlings for 224 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillie Fitch
Crooksville
Dessie Rowland
Bethesda Hospital
Zanesville
Hazel Ashcraft
Dayton
Ray Coler
Great Lakes Training Center
Otto Addis
Stockport
Buelah Fawcett
Hettie Woodward
Nonna Marshall
LaDue Davis
Woodward
Cpl
la Due Davis
Jamaica
States
Charma Mills
Puerto Rico
Mr. Davis
Tech
Sgt
Calvin Davis
Edwin Davis
South Pacific
Howard Sweet
Frank Elliott
Route 2
Howard Harris
Tabor Ridge
Our Men on Service Bougainville and Other War News
Pvt Dwight Antle son of A F Antle Ath en s Ohio among first U S troops to land on Bougainville Beachhead he aided ammunition off boats as dive bombers attacked unloading. Harold Efaw son in General Clark Army at Anzio hospital then back with his company. Cpl Robert A Juniper arrived safely in British Isles blackouts and damp weather noted. James F Huddy Nelsonville gradu ated from Great Lakes recruit training honor man on boot leave. Second Lieut Bob F Yaw Athens Ohio graduated Bombardment Pilots Training at Carlsbad New Mexico Army Air Field to train bombardier cadets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarksburg
City Ministerial Association
Arenee Frank Collins
New Marsh
Paul Wilson Hartley
Athens Rt
Donald Edward Fink
Chestnut St
Nelsonville
Alvin Ray Blake
Bougainville
Dwight Antle
A. F. Antle
State St
Athens
Bougainville Island
British Solomons
Antle
New Zealand
Fiji
Guadalcanal
Munda
New Georgia
U. S. Engineers
Muskingum Conservancy
Zanesville
Leland Electric Company
Dayton
L. H
Grace Juniper
Oregon Ridge
Cpl
Robert A. Juniper
British Isles
James F. Huddy
U. S. Naval Training Station
Great Lakes
Til
Huddy
Bluejackets
Navy
Fred R. Beasley Ford Sales
Bob F. Yaw
Otto V. Yaw
Morris Ave
Carlsbad
New Mexico
Army Air Field
Army Air Forces Training Command
Yaw
Carlsbad Field
Ohio University
Mary Hughes Dies at 82 with Funeral Tuesday
Mary Hughes age eighty two died Sunday morning. Funeral services will be a requiem high mass Tuesday at nine o clock in St Pauls Church conducted by Rev Father William G Dowd. Burial follows at New Lexington. Friends may call at Jagers Funeral Home with rosary Monday at seven thirty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Hughes
James Hughes
William G. Dowd
St. Paul's Church
New Lexington
Jagers Funeral
WAC Allows Enlistees To Choose Post And Job
The War Department authorizes a plan letting women enlistees in the WAC select their initial post and job within the Fifth Service Command. Eligible fields include medical, personnel relations, drafting, radio repair, clerical, stenography, and more with about 200 medical vacancies. Lt. Elizabeth R. Chase will visit the local Army Recruiting Office early next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claire Dutcher
War Department
WAC
Fifth Service Command
Elizabeth R. Chase
Chillicothe
Army
CAPC News Mobilization at Athens High School
CAPC announces a Wednesday mobilization at 7 30 p m in room 206 Athens High School Two new subjects will be presented Cadets may wear uniforms
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Athens High School
Social Notes Honor Perry Sergeant on Fifteen Day Furlough
Lottridge notes a Sunday dinner at John Archer home honoring Sgt and Mrs Clarence M Warner on furlough from Perry Florida. Attendees include Rev and Mrs John Morgan and children, Archer family, Warner and Gainer kin, and others from Athens Parkersburg and Marion. Additional visits noted: hospital patient Mrs C E Woode, and several weekend guests at Ira Robinson and related households.
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Lottridge
John Archer
Sergeant
Clarence M. Warner
Perry
Fla
John Morgan
John Jr
Helen
Robert
Tuppers Plains
R. M. Allen
Eleanor
Otis Wade
Mary Alice
Wilbur Warner
Marlene
Albert Warner
Eloise
Alfred
Carrie Gainer
Bertha Allen
Glenn Gaston
Athens
Omah Gaston
Naomi Archer
Warner
John Westfall
Marion
C. E. Woode
Dutch Ridge
St. Joseph Hospital
Parkersburg
Fred Warner
Ronald
Russell Snears
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Haydenville Social Briefs
Miss Leota Hu dined with Mrs. Tate Shrader at six. Corporal Ralph Bond on furlough from Jefferson Barracks visits his parents George and Mrs. Bond. Carl Bond leaves for Fort Thomas Kentucky to join the U S Army. Roy Crothers sails for Great Lakes Illinois for boat training. A church sympathy collection was given to him at services. Mrs. Marion Cahill and children return to Lancaster after visiting her parents. Mrs. Lewis Feeback and children from Longstreth visit the Mills family. Mrs. Hal Phelps and son Tony of Logan visit relatives. Howard St. Clair spends Sunday in Portsmouth. J C Martin leaves for Canton to seek work and plans to move his family there soon. Mrs. Henry Ohlinger and Nellie and Louise Ohlinger visit Logan with Mrs. Kate Fisher.
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Haydenville
Leota Hu
Tate Shrader
Ralph Bond
Jefferson Barracks
Missiouri
George Bond
Carl Bond
U. S. Army
Fort Thomas
Kentucky
Roy Crothers
Navy
Great Lakes
Illinois
Frank Allen
Marion Cahill
Lancaster
Walter Lehman
Lewis Feeback
Longstreth
Raymond Mills
Hal Phelps
Tony
Logan
A. E. Campbell
Howard St. Clair
Portsmouth
J. C. Martin
Canton
Henry Ohlinger
Nellie
Louise Ohlinger
Kate Fisher
K License Plates Sale Set for Wednesday in Athens
David Johnson deputy registrar of motor vehicles in Athens said the K series license plates will go on sale here Wednesday. He urged all holders with reserved K numbers to call for them Wednesday morning at his office 19 W Carpenter St.
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David Johnson
Restrictions Placed on Use of R Coupons
Washington announces nationwide restrictions on off highway R gasoline ration coupons effective April 1. Five gallon R coupons may be exchanged only at bulk plants or sites with storage tanks, with an exception for stations where 50 percent of business is bulk transfers. Non highway users must use FE coupons at other stations. Regular automobile rations remain unchanged.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Condition of Farmer Is Reported Serious
Kenneth Farmer age 30 of Athens Route 2 was in an automobile crash on West Union Street Saturday evening. He is listed in serious condition at Sheltering Arms Hospital where his wife also remains hospitalized. Jack Brammer of Athens Route 2 and Mrs Addie Hashman of Canton were injured and later released from the hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Farmer
Athens
W. Union St
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Jack Brammer
Addie Hashman
Canton
City fines three for intoxication and tres pass
Mayor Franz Woodworth fined and jailed three residents this morning. Frank Howell 28 Athens Route 4 received 30 days in jail and $10 fine plus costs for intoxication. Harold Jewett 32 133 W Washington St was fined $10 and costs for trespassing. William Lonas 7 Columbus was fined $5 and costs for intoxication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Howell
Athens
Harold Jewett
Washington St
William Lonas
Columbus
Franz Woodworth
Plan Network of Airports To Link Many Ohio Cities
Ohio Bureau of Aeronautics recommends a postwar system linking small cities to metro areas with four airport classes. Class 4 cities would host runways over 4,500 feet including Columbus Cincinnati Cleveland Dayton and Toledo among others. Nine Class 4 cities currently receive airline service and more routes are proposed with several terminals already filed in Washington.
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Ohio
Columbus
Ohio Bureau of Aeronautics
Bureau
Athens
Bryan-Defiance
Chillicothe
Elyria-Lorain
Findlay
Gallipolis
Ashtabula - Con
Springfield
Wilmington
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Toledo
Youngstown-Warren
Dayton
Zanesville
Mansfield
Akron-Canton
Hamilton-Middletown
Lima
Marion
Newark
Portsmouth
Steubenville
Washington
21 Win Places On Honor Roll At Mechanicsburg
Twenty one pupils of the Junior High grades are named on the honor roll for the fourth period. Principal E R ONeill notes A grades for Betty Hixenbaugh Barbara Hope Hubert Koker and Eileen Walls. Seventh eighth and ninth graders listed include Betty Hixenbaugh Marjorie Hoo Barbara Hope Roger Sapp Norma Jean Walls Harold Douglas Lewis Hamilton William Langston Therese Lavelle Irene Maxwell Charlene Nicholson Marjorie Pugh Norma Sams Marilyn Tucker Bill Brandeberry Donald Johnson Weldon Koker Martha Snedden Michael Swyers and Eileen Walls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mechanicsburg
E. R. O'Neill
Betty Hixenbaugh
Barbara Hope
Hubert Koker
Eileen Walls
Marjorie Hoo
Roger Sapp
Norma Jean Walls
Harold Douglas
Lewis
Wright to Attend Chillicothe Conference
Ross Wright an Athens County extension agent will attend a regional extension conference in Chillicothe with agents from 14 southern Ohio counties. Topics include 4-H nutrition, planning the levy program to aid the war effort, and the farm labor situation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ross Wright
Athens County
Ohio
Chillicothe
Navy Enlistment Messages From Athens Office
Clarence Edward Mitchell Mc Arthur and Oren Lloyd Wright Jr of Pomeroy enlist in the Navy per Chief Ed Shields of the Athens Navy Recruiting Office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Edward Mitchell
McArthur
Oren Lloyd Wright, Jr
Pomeroy
Navy
Ed Shields
Athens Navy Recruiting Office
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Athens Messenger
Chi
Athens County No. 2
Selective Service Board No. 2
Cobus
Local Board
Peasea A . Ee
Board 2
Charles A. Colbert
Ira Roosevelt Harris
William Lorn Mayle
James Botton Nichols
Kenneth M. K. Hayward Kennedy
Akron
Ary Linscott
LODGE
Pocahontas Lodge
Red Man's Hall
Nia
Ginger Brei
New Orleans
Ration Board
War Food Administration
Washington, D. C
Carbon Hill Club
the Security Bank
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
W. H. Wakefield
Meigs County
Chesterhill News
Eisenhower
England
Sir Arthur Tedder
Ike
Capc News
Lottridge Social Notes
Haydenville Social Briefs
Sound Investment
Athens Co. Savings and Loan Co
Lostro Building
Athens, Ohio
St Joseph
Wonio
Norito
Shoe Repair
W. Union
Athens Pharmacy
N. Court St
Choice Center
Keystone Milk
Florida
Mulkey
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