Ray Johnson Replaces Walter Whaley in Athens Draft Call
The Athens County Draft Board announces 14 men tentatively slated to leave on Friday as the eighth call, with James Ray Johnson replacing Walter Lawrence Whaley in the fourth call. A ninth call is anticipated Friday but the board cannot supply the one colored draftee due to a shortage of colored registrants. further changes may occur as brood tests return. Nine men are scheduled to depart March 31 under the tenth call.
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Athens
Athens County
Draft Board No. 1
James Ray Johnson
Walter Lawrence Whaley
Glouster
John Maurice Welch
the Plains
Fred Parker Kempton
William Edward Dean
James Everett Grimm
Jacksonville
William Henry Noble
Paul Eugene Addington
Trimble
Delbert Hawk
Chauncey
Russell James Nicholson Dean
Kenneth Glenn Maxwell
William Robert Miller
Glouster Nya
Ralph Hook
John Michael Lucas
Robert Edward McCutcheon
NYA
Harry Allen Hope
Is This Our War Topic To Be Discussed At Town Hall
Students and townspeople will vote on Is This Our War at a Town Hall Meeting at 7 30 tonight in Music Hall Auditorium. Audience members will ballot and share opinions on the issue. Speakers include Don Bolt, Dr A Sellen Roberts, Dr R B Eckles, and Dr F L Shoemaker will moderate.
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Music Hall
Don Bolt
A. Sellen Roberts
Kent State University
R. B. Eckles
Ohio University
Fred Smith Named District Engineer in Ohio Division Ten
Fred C. Smith of Marietta has been appointed traffic and safety engineer for the Ohio Department of Highways in Division Ten. The division includes Monroe Noble Morgan Hocking Vinton Washington Athens Meigs and Gallia counties. Smith, well known in highway engineering in Division Ten, was a former county engineer at McConnellville with headquarters at Marietta highway offices.
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Fred C. Smith
Marietta
Ohio Department of Highways
Monroe
Noble
Morgan
Hocking
Vinton
Washington
Athens
Meigs
Gallia
Smith
Division Ten
McConnellville
Athens Native Dies At Columbus Home
Charles L. Barnes, 79, of 235 S. Washington Ave., retired trucking firm owner, died at his Columbus home yesterday. Born in Athens, he had lived in Columbus since youth. Survived by sister Miss Nellie Barnes and brother Richard Barnes, both of Detroit. Funeral arrangements not completed.
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Charles L. Barnes
S. Washington Ave
Columbus
Athens
Nellie Barnes
Richard Barnes
Detroit
Mich
Ohio Cadet Willard Smith Jr Advances Toward Army Air Wing
Willard Smith Jr a 24th Flying Cadet from Ohio progresses toward second lieutenant status after graduation at Randolph Field Texas and upcoming training at Brooks and Kelly Fields. He is a graduate of Athens High School and Ohio University Commerce College and son of Mr and Mrs Willard Smith Sr of Athens.
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United States Army Air Corps
Willard Smith
Ohio
Randolph Field
Texas
West Point
Smith
Kelly
Randolph
Army
Air Corps
Ohio University College of Commerce
McBee Co
Athens
Mrs. Emily J. Riffee Dies at 76 in Guysville
Emily J. Riffee died Tuesday evening at 7 at her Guysville home after about six months of illness. She would have turned 76 that day. A West Virginia native, she moved to Ohio 30 years ago and lived in Guysville since 1928 after moving from Athens. She was a member of Guysville Methodist Church. Survived by three brothers George Robinson W Union West Virginia Robert Robinson Ellenboro West Virginia and Henry Robinson Manington Virginia. Funeral services will be Thursday at 2 pm at the family home officiated by Rev. R. C. Greene with burial in West Union Street Cemetery Athens. Friends may call anytime.
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Emily J. Riffee
Guysville
Riffee
West Virginia
Ohio
Athens
Temperature Rises as Athens Matches Weather Forecast
Athens records a warm day with temperatures reaching 32 degrees at noon after a 30 degree high yesterday and a 12 degree low last night. Sunny conditions persist as winds ease.
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Athens
Woman Is Jailed For Abandoning Infant In Chauncey
Chauncey sheriff officers arrested Mrs. Bessie Botts last Friday and she was arraigned before Juvenile Judge Francis D. White on a charge of abandoning her infant daughter. She was sentenced to 30 days in Nelsonville City Jail. Earnest Stone, 20, of 347 West State Street, pleaded not guilty to unsafe operation before Mayor Cliff Cornell and was released on a $300 bond after his father paid the old fine and costs to avoid jail time.
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Bessie Botts
Chauncey
Francis D. White
Nelsonville
Charles Bayless
Earnest Stone
State St
Cliff Cornell
William Stone
Five Ratings Open To Music Festival Entrants
Contestants in the Southeastern Ohio Competitive Music Festival at Athens High School may win one of five ratings superior excellent very good fair or below average. Three judges decide scores with certificates for superior or excellent. Participants span Athens Nelsonville Gallipolis Pomeroy Murray City Union Furnace Haydenville The Plains Carbon Hill and Wilkesville with vocal and instrumental solos trios quartets bands and choruses entered.
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Athens
Bill Edleman
Merrill Thomas
Jim Farley
David Potter
Jessie Pergrin
Nelsonville
Gallipolis
Elinor Doepping
Dan Bachus
Tom Dale
Robert France
Dean Davis
Jo Wells
Elaine Lear
Pomeroy
Danny Rosenbaum
Robert Ginn
Jack Rosenbaum
Charles Stanley
Charles Welch
Rosemary Coleman
Jane
Murray City
Jack McGuire
Union Furnace
Dan Robinette
Haydenville
Richard Snowden
Buchtel
Ralph Gabriel
the Plains
de Spencer
Dale Wharton
Jane Shelton
Carbon Hill
Wilkesville
New Straitsville
Shawnee
Two Hamden Youths Enlist in U S Navy
Recruiting Officer F S Lashmett announced that Dennis Lamarra Sprague 17 and Merrell Porter Gibson 18, both of Hamden, have enlisted in the U S Naval forces. Lashmett drove them to Cincinnati for final physicals before their six week training at Great Lakes Illinois. There are 11 Athens sector men in preliminary training at Great Lakes.
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F. S. Lashmett
Dennis Lamarra Sprague
Merrell Porter Gibson
U. S. Naval Forces
Sprague
Raymond E. Sprague
Gibson
Chancy P. Gibson
Hamden
Lashmett
Cincinnati
Great Lakes
Ill
Athens
Driver Fined for Reckless Driving in Sugar Creek
Earl C. Moody of Sugar Creek was arrested Tuesday evening on Courtney Hill Route 33 by Deputy Sheriff B. C. Day. He appeared before Magistrate T. R. Bennett and pleaded guilty, receiving a $10 fine plus costs.
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Earl C. Moody
Sugar Creek
Courtney Hill
B. C. Day
T. R. Bennett
Athens County AAA Schedule For March 26 Meeting
Frank Pugh announces an all day Athens County AAA program meeting on Wednesday March 26. It will be held in the Chil Children’s Home school building. Dean D Deeds of the Ohio State Agricultural Conservation Committee will speak in the afternoon on Marketing Quotas. The afternoon session is open to the public. the morning session is for committee members only.
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Athens County Aaa
Frank Pugh
Dean D. Deeds
Ohio State Agricultural Conservation Comittee
Deeds
Pugh
Forestry Class At Hockingport Held At Community Center
The second weekly forestry class met in Hockingport at the Community Center supervised by Dudley W. Gilmore U. S. Forest Service ranger of Athens. Plans were made for a community forest project on an eight acre lot in Hockingport. Gilmore discussed a proposed NYA craft timber project for home production.
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Hockingport
Dudley W. Gilmore
U. S. Forest Service Ranger of
Athens
Gilmore
NYA
Crop Loan Official To Visit City Friday
County Extension Agent Ross Wright announced that Clarence Fealty field supervisor for the emergency crop and feed loan program will be at the extension office Friday morning at 9 o clock. Persons desiring to apply for loans and others interested in the program are asked to be at the office in the Post Office Building at that hour.
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Ross Wright
Clarence Fealty
Logan man fined for failure to stop at stop sign
Gene Glaspell age 24 of Route 1 Logan was fined five dollars and costs by Mayor W E Collins in McArthur yesterday for failing to stop at a stop sign. State highway patrol officers arrested him at the junction of Routes 56 and 75.
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Gene Glaspell
Logan
W. E. Collins
McArthur
Carter's Little Liver Pills Ad Parody
An old advertisement fragment promotes Carter's Little Liver Pills claiming the liver should pour bile daily to prevent spoilage of food in the bowels. It urges readers to “wake up your liver bile” and buy the pills to aid digestion and relieve gas and sour feelings.
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Carter
Metzger Arrested for Unsafe Car Operation on Route 50
State patrolmen yesterday arrested Philip H. Metzger 22 Ohio University student on Route 50 north of Athens for unsafe operation of a car. Mayor Cliff Cornell fined Metzger 10 dollars and costs.
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Philip H. Metzger
Ohio University
Athens
Cliff Cornell
Metzer
Balloon Fish Puffs Up to Surface as Defense
A porcupine fish swells like a balloon when attacked, drawing in air to act as a life preserver and drive it to the surface.
Woman Hitch-Hiker Fined by Magistrate
Mrs. Elizabeth Hawkins of Cincinnati pleaded guilty to intoxication before Magistrate T. R. Bennett. She was fined $5 after being taken into custody by Athens State Hospital authorities on Richland Avenue in front of the institution and later contacting Sheriff Charles Bayless. She said she had been hitch-hiking home from Pennsylvania.
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Elizabeth Hawkins
Cincinnati
Charles Bayless
Athens State Hospital
T. R. Bennett
Bayless
Foundation Plans New Lexington Program With Noted Speakers
L. L. Lewis of the Industrial Commission and Richard Canter of the Brotherhood of Operating Potters will speak at a meeting sponsored by the Ohio Coal Foundation in New Lexington City Hall Friday night March 21 at 7 30. All interested persons are invited to attend, foundation officers announced.
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L. L. Lewis
The
Industrial Commission
Richard Canter
Brotherhood of Operating Potters
Ohio Coal Foundation
New Lexington City Hall
8.8.8 Tonic Ad Promises Health Boosts
An old advertisement touts 8.8.8 Tonic as a remedy for run-down health and weak digestion. It claims to improve blood quality and appetite, urging readers to ask their druggist for the two sizes and promising savings on the large bottle.
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Ake
Tanic
Scott Use of Apple Pie Order in 1813 Writings
The phrase apple pie order appears in Scott era prose dating to 1813, illustrating early use of the term to describe neatness or orderly arrangement in his writings.
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Scott
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Court St
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Peihal
Dioi
Wearwell
S.A.E
Caromel
Foundation
New Lexington
S.S.S
Fun OF Electric
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Kelvinator
Ford & Young Electrical Appliances
N. Court St
Schine
Athena
Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Company
Clover Farm
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Kerr Hardware Company
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