Corwin Wounded in Manila War Department Telegram Says
Captain Richard W. Corwin age 33 son of Mr and Mrs EB Corwin of 44 Columbia Ave slight wound in action at Manila February 18 telegram from War Department to wife Ruth Corwin overseas almost three years with 37th Division in the Philippines and Guadalcanal Stump reported missing in action in Germany December 16 is a prisoner of war in Germany Letters received from him by his parents and wife Corporal Floyd Stump age 26 of Carndale infantryman in service two years is a prisoner of war in Germany
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard W. Corwin
EB Corwin
Columbia Ave
Manila
War Department
Ruth Corwin
Sta
Corwin
Philippines
Guadalcanal
New
Floyd, Stump
Carndale
Germany
Charles Stump
Sarah Polley Stump
Stump
Ott Conner sets promptness record at McBee Co
Ott Conner, a 69 year old utility man at The McBee Co, has the best punctuality record after being late only once by two minutes. He recently marked 20 years of service, recalling a three year-ago incident when he reached his post two minutes late. He vows not to repeat the delay. He lives at 10 Coss St.
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Athens
Ott Conner
The
McBee Co
Conner
Mner
Coss St
Ration Roundup for Meats and Gasoline Specials
AP reports on ration details for meats and fats with various stamps valid through set dates. Book and blue stamps cover through spring and early summer. gas coupons 14 A and 15 A set to align dates. shoes and fuel oil notes included. period validity outlines for remaining heating season.
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Associated Press
Sucar
OPA
OU Girl Ranks First In State Competition
Miss Joyce White of Parkersburg representing Ohio University won first place in the Interpre tative Reading Contest at Wittenberg College on Saturday with eight Ohio colleges represented. Miss Carol Brosmer of Cleveland placed third in the same day's Oratory Contest among eight contestants. both were coached by Prof. L C Staats. A legal notice follows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joyce White
Parkersburg
W. Va
Ohio University
Ohio Intercollegiate Oratorical Association
Wittenberg Hoge
Ohio Loges
Carol Brosmer
Cleveland
Miss White
Miss Brosmer
L. C. Staats
G W Erskine Dies Saturday at 83 in The Plains
The Rev George W Erskine 83 retired Nazarene minister died suddenly Saturday evening at his home in The Plains He was native of Ross County and spent most of his life there He had lived in Logan 15 years before moving to The Plains last September He pastored Nazarene churches in Hocking Vinton and Ross Counties He leaves brother Walter J Erskine Chillicothe two sisters Mrs Michael Barrett Galion and Mrs William Galbreath Mayslick Ky and several nieces and nephews His wife Ella Snyder Erskine died last August Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 2 PM in Concord Methodist Church Route 50 east of Chillicothe Burial will follow in the adjoining cemetery Friends may call at Dowler and Ferguson Funeral Home until Tuesday noon
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Erskine
Nazarene
the Plains
Ross County
Logan
Hocking
Vinton
Ross Counties
Erskine
Walter J. Erskine
Chillicothe
Michael Barrett
Galion
William Galbreath
Mayslick
Ella Snyder Erskine
Concord Methodist Church
Dowler and Ferguson Funeral Home
Farm Film Meeting At Coalville To Feature New Practices
The Carthage Troy Vocational Agriculture Department in Coalville sponsors a meeting with Adis Chalmers Manufacturing Co on Thursday night March 22 at 8 p.m. in the high school auditorium. Mr Wetzel will supervise as motion pictures show new farm practices postwar planning in farm machinery and contour and terrace farming. Everyone is invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carthage-Troy Vocational Agriculture Department
Coalville
Adis
Chalmers Manufacturing Co
Wetzel
Seed Oats Treatment Advised by Thomas
Thomas C. RK of the Ohio Experiment Station urges treating oats just before seeding. He notes losses from smut may reach 10 to 100 times the treatment cost, which is about five cents per acre. The ceresan method is recommended though treated oats are unsafe for livestock feed. only seed oats should be treated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
RK. C. Thomas
Ohio
Clapper Williams Speak At Legion's Celebration
About 100 Legionnaires and spouses attended K. T. Crossen Post No. 21's anniversary at the Legion Home in Paris marking 26 years since World War I era organization. Notables included TT Rossiter Williams and Mrs Williams, Homer Clapper and Mrs Clapper, Mrs George Lear and her husband, and Mrs Tillie Denney.
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Eighth District
K. T. Crossen
Legion Home
Legion
Paris
TT Rossiter Williams
Williams
Oak Hill
Homer Clapper
Sth
Auxiliary
Tillie Denney
Gallipolis
Rossiter Williams
Byron Wolfe
Clapper
Red Cross Offers Help to Local Homes Hit by Flood
Red Cross disaster case worker Mrs. Irma Smith joins Athens relief effort to aid families with flood losses. Dr. Blaine R. Goldsberry says aid covers food clothing furnishings and home repairs, based on need, not as wholesale insurance. Eligible families should register at Athens Red Cross office 78 East State Street or in Nelsonville with Mrs. J. H. McKiddie.
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Red Cross
Irma Smith
Alexandria
Athens
Blaine R. Goldsberry
Muulage
Athens County
Woodland
Stella Aves
Richland Ave
Myers
Jackson Sts
Nelsonville
Goldsverry
American National Red Cross
E. State St. Orl
J. H. McKiddie
Washington St
Purple Heart Awarded to Soldier as Shrapnel Fragments Returned
Mrs. Noel Lowry and Mildred Scurlock of Athens Route 2 receive the Purple Heart awarded to her husband. He has returned to active duty. Mr. and Mrs. David Scurlock report their son Richard is in Germany and has been promoted to assistant squad leader and sergeant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noel Lowry
Mildred Scurlock
Athens
David Scurlock
Richard
Germany
Blanche Green
N. Shaffer St
William M. Green
First Army
Local Critics Attend State Meeting in Columbus
The spring conference of the Ohio Unit of Supervisors of Student Teaching was held at the Deshler-Wallick Hotel in Columbus. Dean W. E. Armstrong of Ohio Wesleyan University and Terry Wickham led talks, followed by panels with Dr. Edith Beecher and Miss Irene Hand from Ohio University discussing certification improvements. Local supervising critics Agnes Eisen Helen Evans Mary Ward Ed Felt Mary Flanagan Anna Gochnauer Ebba Wahlstrom Irene Elliott Hand R. W. Emmert and Dr. Beechel attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio Unit of Supervisors of
Deshler-Wallick
Columbus
W. E. Armstrong
Ohio Wesleyan University
Terry Wickham
Ohio Superintendents’ Coordinating Committee
Edith Beecher
Irene Hand
Ohio University
Agnes Eisen
Helen Evans
Mary Ward
Felt
Mary Flanagan
Anna Gochnauer
Ebba Wahl:strom
Irene Elliott
Hand
R. W. Emmert
I | Beechel
Spray Advised For Peach Leaf Curl In Ohio
Ohio farmers should spray for peach leaf curl before buds swell says H F Winter of the Ohio Experiment Station. Disease has not been serious recently due to weather conditions, but spraying is cheap insurance. Recommend six and one fourth gallons of liquid lime sulfur in water per 100 gallons, or Bordeaux mix of six pounds copper sulfate and eight pounds spray lime per 100 gallons. Broraom Addroce Sunday.
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Ohio
H. F. Winter
Winters
Public Forum address confusion in Sunday Messenger
The contribution by Carl Harris published in The Sunday Messenger cited 450 Richland Ave as the contributor’s address, which is the home of Jerome Fenske and not the commentator’s actual address. The note clarifies the mismatch without naming additional details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Public Forum
Carl Harris
Sunday Messenger
Richland Ave
Jerome Fenske
Athens City Girl Scout Leaders Observe 33rd Birthday
Athens Girl Scout leaders met at headquarters on Wednesday to mark the 33rd anniversary of scouting in America. Reports covered council, leaders, and troop committees, with plans for Camp Rotan and Day Camp in June and July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens City
Girl Scout Organization
Girl Scout
America
James Householder
Gurl
J. R. Vance
Paul Fontaine
Rotan
Fontain
Athens
A. L. Hamilton
Clark Dailey
D. B. Green
Esther Dunham
Emmett Shipman
Brownie
Shipman
Miss Dunham
Dunham
Red Cross
Polly Johnson
John Liet
Alma May Marshall
A L. Ham- Coolville
Jon
William Young
Iam H. Marshall
Junior Cooks Have St Patrick's Day Party
Junior Cooks celebrate St Patrick's Day with 31 members ages nine to sixteen, seven former members, and ten guests at the Gas Company. Under Miss Betty Newton they prepared Irish punch and green iced cupcakes, received certificates, and planned future meetings. Guests and Scouts attended. notes praise the instructor and the girls enthusiasm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gas Company
Betty Newton
Home Service
Miss Newton
Mary Anne Hellebrandt
Janice Cunningham
Harold Cuningham
Helen Edgar
Margaret Algeo
Delma Bahr
Barbara Barrows
Virgene Buck
Barbara Chesser
Peggy Ann Copeland
Janice Cunningheam
Shirley Gibbons
Alma Jean Gloeckner
Mary Anna
Jan Tullis
Carol Smiley
Mary Sickels
Charline Woblin
Patty Pitzer
Jane Roseberry
Joanne Sylvester
Marilyn Vickrey
Sue Stalder
Joyce Ann Mills
Theresa Josten
Betty Jo Whitlatch
Carol Sue Beaty
Marjorie Sheskey
Tommie Lou Southerton
Stout to Speak on Pasture Improvement at Meeting
Clyde Stout, a vocational agriculture instructor at Coolville and Tuppers Plains, will speak on pasture improvement at the soil and water conservation meeting set for March 21 at 8 p.m. at Mechanicsburg School, per Ross Wright, county extension agent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde Stout
Coolville
Tuppers Plains
Mechanicsburg
Ross Wright
Not Apply to AAA for Tractor Gasoline Says AAA Chief
Irvin A. Wolfe AAA Chairman states no local AAA office applications needed for non highway and tractor gas this year. Farmers should apply directly to county OPA offices. Upon request, AAA will provide a record of past operations to help secure gas for the 1945 farm plan.
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AAA
Irvin A. Wolfe
OPA
488 Enroll as Members At Athens Youth Center
Membership at the Athens Youth Center now totals 488 announced by Deanue McPherson student chairman of the Membership Committee. Any Athens youngster aged 10 to 18 who has not enrolled may join by registering at the center and paying the 1 annual membership fee.
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Athens Youth Center
Deanue McPherson
Athens
Program at Lottridge To Aid War Fund Drive
An entertainment will be given at the Lottridge School Building Friday night March 23 to raise funds for the Red Cross War Fund Drive in Carthage Township. Refreshments will be provided by community members. Temperatures reached 77 in Athens Sunday with a low of 33 overnight and 0.24 inches of rain recorded last night.
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Lottridge
Red Cross
Carthage Township
Athens
Rocking chair at Ath ens grocery sparks town quiz
A local Ath ens riddle centers on a big old-fashioned red rocking chair in a neighborhood grocery store. The chair, set between the window and counter, invites shoppers to rest and rock. It’s become a homey symbol as families, mothers, and old customers pass through, weather and umbrellas in view, bonding over the town’s store lore. Mrs. David Scurlock is ill with a heart ailment at her Route Two home.
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Athens
M.B R
David Scurlock
Vore Ridge
Route Two
Campus Concert Showcases Music Magic and Songs
The all campus band concert featured "Three Blind Mice" as background for acts at the Latin Quarter style setting and included Magician Donald Fritz impressing Memorial Auditorium with stage poise. The Women's Glee Club performed "The Man I Love" and "Summertime" while other band numbers ranged from "National Emblem" to "Parade of the Wooden Soldiers" and "Charlotte Harbor Stomp" as the drive for funds reached $2,500.
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Carol Feldherk
New York
C. W. Janssen
Donald Fritz
Memorial Auditorium
Mary Weimer
Louise Goerke
Vera Shapiro
Howard Hall
Court Street
Athena Boys
Patty Denton
Chi Omega
George Gershwin
Women’s Glee Club
Margaret Benedict
Miss Denton
Charlie Is
My Darling
Glee Club
Charlotte Harbor
Thick Denner
Delta Tau Delta
Constance Janssen
Loys Haines
Mary Jane McKinley
Ruth Finkle
Robert Bower
Eileen Price
Irma E. Voigt
Red Cross
Club Calendar And Veteran Groups Meet On Monday
W E A review meets Monday at 7 30 pm at OOF Hall with M and H Circle led by Mrs E D Cooley 75 W State St Margaret Frost hostess. Athens County United Spanish War Veterans Camp 78 and Auxiliary 64 meet Monday 7 30 pm at Legion Home auxiliary members bring a pie. Kappa Phi Alumnae meet Monday 6 30 pm with Mrs E Benz 38 Fairview Ave Genevieve Apgar discusses Best Sellers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W.E. A. Review
Oof Hall
Oomm and
H Circle
E. D. Cooley
W. State St
Margaret Frost
Athens County
Townsend Couple Welcome Daughter Kerry Townsend
Mr and Mrs Leo Townsend of Hollywood California announce the birth of their daughter Kerry on Sunday March 15 1945 at Cedars of Lebanon Hospital Hollywood. Kerry is the first grandchild of Mr and Mrs J B Swanson of Athens and Col and Mrs William Townsend of Fairbanks Minnesota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo Townsend
Pauline Swanson
Hallywood
Calif
Cedars of Lebanon Hospital
Hollywood
Kerry
J. B. Swanson
Athens
William 4. Townsend
Fairbanks, Minn
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Oklo
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Philip
Vee Roy
G. W. Erskine
Thomas
the Security Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Street Athets
Legion’s
Don Fritz
Frank L. Harvey
Wolfe
C. J. Ailstock
Clera Goodrich
G. E
Granalucoo
Set. Mull Dunfee
A. W. Dunfee
Came Atterbury
Ind
Cpl
Willis Foster Hawk
Kangman, Army Air Field
Clair Parsons
Corpus Christi
Tex
Clyde E. Parsons
Amesville
Capc News
Athens Co. Savings and Loan Co
Lostro Building
Athens, Ohio
Berry Hotel Bldg
R. FE
Emak
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
F. P. Blancett
Sonotone OF
Zanesville
1St Trust
Zanesville, Ohio
Vienna
Boge
Florida Oranges
Rome
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