Phi Delta Theta to observe 75th anniversary in Athens
Ohio University Phi Delta Theta chapter to celebrate its diamond anniversary with a 5:30 p.m. banquet at Hotel Berry on Sunday March 26. Alumni from Athens and nearby cities, about 60 members in service, will gather with 17 chapter members led by President David Goldsberry to review the fraternity's history at Ohio University.
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Athens Messenger
Athens
Ohio
PACE
Phi Delta Theta
Ohio University
Hotel Berry
Miami University
Ohio University Group
Miami
Ohio Gamma
W. Mulberry St
David Goldsberry
Charles W. Reamer
Harry Beckley
J. M. Higgins
A. A. Atkinson
Frank Super
Charles O’blenness
Dr. Higgins
Orhestiey Link
Earl Beckley
Dwight Rutherford
C. H. Harris
Richard Eddy Receives Croix de Guerre in Italy
Captain Richard W. Eddy of Athens Ohio is awarded the Croix de Guerre by General Alphons Juin for valiant service with a French attached chemical mortar battalion in the Fifth Army. Eddy, son of Mr and Mrs Charles I Eddy, led forward reconnaissance missions in Italy after earlier service in North Africa and Sicily.
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Fifth Army
Italy
Richard W. Eddy
Athens
Alphons Juin
Eddy
Juin
Captain Eddy
Charles I. Eddy
E. State St
Ohio University
The
Carbide Chemical Co
Charleston
W. Va
North Africa
Sicily
Roderick Eddy
United States Naval Academy
Annapolis
Southwest Pacific
William J. Eddy
Port Columbus
Plan To Start Cub Scouting In Athens
George M. Fee, district scout commissioner, announced plans to start Cub Scouting for boys aged 9 to 12 in Athens. Parents must attend the first meeting, cards signed by parents should be returned to Mr. Fee at the City Loan Office, 6 S Court St, as soon as possible.
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Athens
George M. Fee
Mr. Fee
City Loan Office
S. Court St
100 Percent List Grows in Athens Red Cross Drive
The Athens Red Cross War Fund drive adds ten more names to the 100 per cent list including local businesses and officials such as Athens Diner Athens Lumber Co Charles C Millikan Mutual Home and Savings Associa County Clerk of Courts Office Engineers Office and Field.
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Athens
Red Cross
Athens Diner
Athens Lumber Co
Charles C. Millikan Mutual Home and Savings Associa
County Clerk of Courts
Engineers Office
Athens A Tyes
Dr. R. J. Maid Haney Oi Lae
J. D. Haskins
Missing Private Tittle Reported From Italy
Private Tittle age 19 son of Mr and Mrs Ray Tittle Beaumont is missing in action in Italy since Jan 30. He trained at Camp Shelby six months before going overseas and joined the 1st Ranger Battalion after landing in North Africa in late October. His mother received three letters saying everything was fine and that he would come out on top.
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Tittle
Ray Tittle
Beaumont
Italy
Camp Shelby
North Africa
1St
Ranger Battalion
Postal Rates Change Sunday
New postal rates take effect March 26 announced by Athens postmaster Francis P Frebault. First class mail remains 3 cents per ounce, air mail 8 cents per ounce, and armed forces air mail 6 cents per half ounce. Fourth class parcel post rises 3 percent, minimum 1 cent, with higher fees for money orders COD registered and insured mail.
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Francis P. Frebault
Athens
United States
C.O.D
Only 9 Days For New Tags
Cylan W. Wallace urges motorists to obtain the 1944 auto license plate by March 31. No extensions. driving with old plates on April 1 risks arrest. One plate to display on the rear. Write new plate number on gas ration book cover for inspection. War salvage drive invites turning in old plates to salvage centers.
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Cylan W. Wallace
Bureau of Motor Vehicles
Wallace
War Price and Rationing Board
Motion Pictures Shown At Meeting of Kiwanis
At the Athens Kiwanis Club meeting in Hotel Berry a Sinclair Oil Co. produced film was shown in three parts on war time farming the life story of corn and those cais sons go rolling along. Banks of Banks Ice Cream Co. was introduced as a new Kiwanis member.
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Sinclair Oil Co
Athens Kiwanis Club
Hotel Berry
George Smith
Keene
Sinclair Company
Banks of Banks’ Ice Cream Co
Kiwanis
Dairymen Meeting Set in Marshfield Friday Evening
New Marshfield and nearby farmers will gather in Marshfield at 7 30 p m Friday March 24 in the Agriculture Room Ross Wright Athens County extension agent announced today. The event was moved from last Monday due to the storm.
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New Marshfield
Ross Wright
Athens County
Marines Letter From New Straitsville Man Details Island Ride
Mrs. Ethel Blankenship of New Straitsville received a letter from her son Tim in the Marine Corps on the Marshall Islands. He describes sea travel from San Diego and seasickness in a battle tractor named Carol Elaine, praises the 4th Division’s landings, and notes souvenirs and no packages leaving the islands. References to family members and other service updates follow.
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Ethel Blankenship
New Straitsville
Tim
Marine Corps
Marshall Islands
San Diego
Carol Elaine
Blankenship
Stephen F Blankenship
Barberton
New Straitsville High School
Elaine
Sam Nixon
Mrs. Eulalie Webb Dies in Pensacola After Long Illness
Eulalie Hutchinson Webb of Pensacola Florida formerly of Columbus died Monday after a long illness. She was the wife of Dr. C C Webb railroad surgeon and mother of Mrs Carol Poll of Norfolk Virginia and Joyce Webb a Vanderbilt student. Burial and funeral arrangements will follow.
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Eulalie Hutchinson Webb
Pensacola
Fla
Columbus
C. C. Webb
Webb
S. D. Webb
Albany
Ohio Civil Service Commission
Delaware
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, Tenn
Coolville Youth Wounded in Action in Hawaii
Mr and Mrs A W Dunfee Coolville Route 2 received a War Department telegram confirming son Pfc Mull Dunfee was wounded in action on Feb 21. He arrived in Hawaii on Mar 6 1942 and his brother Pfc Grant Dunfee serves in the Army at Camp Hale Colorado.
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A. W. Dunfee
Coolville
War Department
Pfc
Mull Dunfee
Dunfee
Hawaii
Grant Dunfee
Army
Camp Hale
Colo
Sergeant Anderson Confirmed Prisoner of Nazis
Sgt. William H. Anderson son of Mr and Mrs Pearl Anderson Trimble is a prisoner of the Germans per a War Department telegram via the International Red Cross. He had been missing in action over Germany since February 4 and served as assistant radio man and gunner on a Flying Fortress. a letter of information is expected.
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William H. Anderson
Pearl Anderson
Trimble
War Department
International Red Cross
Anderson
Germany
Air Training for Youths 15 and Up Endorsed by Roosevelt
President Roosevelt endorses pre flight aviation training for youths 15 and over and praises the Civil Air Patrol League. The letter to Thomas H. Beck notes the program's aim to foster aviation interest for national health and security during and after the war. Henry Kaiser, Edwin Armstrong, and other leaders are named as league directors.
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President Roosevelt
Thomas H. Beck
Crowell-Collier Publishing Co
Civil Air Patrol League
Roosevelt
Civil Air Patrol
Beck
League
Henry Kaiser
Edwin H. Armstrong
Alan Means
Girl Scouts
Frank A. Tichenor
Aero Digest
J. P. Morgan and Company, Inc
CAP League
America
H. H. Arnold
U. S. Army Air Forces
Charity Dutton Dies at Athens Home
Charity L. Dutton 78 died at her home 32 E Carpenter St Tuesday evening after years of illness. Born Amesville she spent much of life at Chester Hill and lived in Athens 24 years. She leaves daughter Ethel Torrey Cleveland a niece Mary Curry and three Porter brothers. Funeral Friday 1:30 p.m. at Dowler Ferguson Funeral Home with burial at Chesterhill. No flowers.
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Charity L. (Chatt) Dutton
E. Carpenter St
Amesville
Chesterhill
Athens
Dutton
Ethel Torrey
Cleveland
Mary Curry
Orla Porter Columbus
Harry Porter
the Plains
Frank Porter
John R
Mary Clancey Porter
B. F. Dutton
Ohio
Washington County
Nellie
Dowler and Ferguson Funeral
E. A. Brown
First Methodist Church
Wright Heads Garden Group in Athens County
Ross Wright ex extension agent was chosen chair man of the Athens County Victory Garden Committee with Miss Enid Swarner elected secretary. The group met in the Court house and discussed promoting Victory Gardens this summer with plans to aid gardeners. other members include Glen Hanes T. M. Wolfe Wayne Wingett Irvin A. Wolfe Mrs Lee Reach and Carl Nessley.
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Ross Wright
Athens County
Athens County Victory Garden
Enid Swarner
FSA
Commissioners
Victory Gardens
Wright
Glen Hanes
T. M. Wolfe
Wayne Wingett
Athens County Farm Bureau
Irvin A. Wolfe
AAA
Lee Reach
Carl Nessley
A-11 Gas Coupons Extend Validity and Coverage
The Athens War Price and Rationing Board announced new terms for A-11 coupons. Each coupon remains worth three gallons, now valid for three months instead of two, while A-12 coupons start on June 22.
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Athens
Red Cross Praised by Pvt. Rardin in North Africa Letter
Pvt Raymond Rardin Jr in the Medical Corps reports the Red Cross as the place where soldiers write letters eat ice cream and relax in North Africa He mentions African oranges enjoying meals and life there and sending home pieces of African money.
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Red Cross
Pvt
Raymond Rardin, Jr
North Africa
Pvt. Rardin
McBee Doubled Donations To War Fund At McBee Plant
On Red Cross Day March 17 McBee employees doubled their annual fund drive with dollar for dollar company matching. Union groups contributed from treasury funds and the total raised reached 2218.10 for the Athens County Red Cross chapter. Don Barr praised the plant’s patriotic effort as the finest example he had seen.
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McBee
War Fund
St. Patrick’s
Sons of Erin
Red Cross
McBee Co
Metal Workers’ Union No. 1
D. R Zenner
Binder Workers’ Union
A. B Ree
Mc Bee
Athens County
Chapter of
Don Barr
Marriage License Granted in Athens County Pro bate Court
Wilford Robert Pyle 25 of Millfield in the Army and Margaret Ida Klinebriel 21 of Nelsonville a shoe factory worker were granted a marriage license in the Athens County Probate Court.
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Athens County
Wilford Robert Pyle
Millfield
Margaret Ida Klinebriel
Nelsonville
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Marshfield
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Court St
Ares ‘Service
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Set
Francis Queen
England
Victor C
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Tex
Hattie
G. E. Wright
Gererude Welling
Carl Welling
New Guinea
Clyde Beverage
Franklin Ave
Frank Reed Beverage
Wilbur Wilcox
Pfe
Woodrow Wilcox
Army Engineers
Rutland High School
Orley Vore
Charles R. Brown
Camp McCoy
Wis
Brown
Samuel McClellan
Pfe. McClellan
Camp Atterbury
Ind
George H. Perry
Fort Thomas
Camp Barkley
Texas
Freda Perry
Richland Ave
Donald Dean Tolliver
Palmer St
Naval Training School
Naval Air Technical Training Center
Navy Pier
Chicago
Ill
Tolliver
Charlies R. Alkire
F. R. Alkire
Harrisonville
Seymour Johnson Field
N. C
Army Air Forces Training Command
Sergeant Anderson
Charity Dutton
E. Stanley Haller
East State St
Wright Heads Garden Group
Rardin
Beaco
F. J
Beasley CO
DOVE
New Orleans
Berry Hotel
Cumany
Nursola
Oman
Athens Pharmacy
N. Court St
Foxholes
U. S
Coca-Cola
Uncle Sam
U. S. Army
Parkersburg CO
A-Cola Bottling Company
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