Athens Youth With RCAF Reported Missing Again
Flying Officer Vance Everett Cross of the Royal Canadian Air Forces is reported missing after air operations overseas. This is the second notice in ten weeks to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. O. E. Cross, of 112 University Terrace. Cross, a reconnaissance flyer, previously bailed out over India and returned to base after a seven day trek through jungle and waterways. He graduated from Athens High School in 1938 and attended Ohio University before enlisting in 1941.
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O. E. Cross
University Terrace
Vance Everett Cross
Royal Canaa Air Forces
RCAF
Cross
Vance
Ane
India
Virgil Cross
Vance Cross
Athens High School
Ohio University
Dealers Get Notice About Gas Coupons
On April 1, several gasoline coupon types become invalid for transfer to consumers. Dealers must stop accepting B, B-1, C, C-1, T without 2nd quarter designation, E, and R coupons issued on specified OPA forms. R-530B and R-531B are unaffected. Acknowledgments of delivery on Form OPA R-544 revised January 30, 1942 also changed. Dealers have until April 10 to dispose of invalid coupons, while distributors must deposit them by April 20.
Obituary of Sarah M Carsey of Union and Meigs County
Mrs Sarah M Carsey 76 died Monday noon at her sister Mrs Raymond Carsey home in Union after years of illness. Born in Meigs County she lived mostly in Athens County and belonged to Union Methodist Church. Survived by son Joseph L Carsey Columbus two sisters Mrs Raymond Carsey and Mrs John Withers Union and four brothers Milton Cooper Portinton William Cooper Athens and Charles and John Cooper Union. Husband Samuel A Carsey and one sister preceded her in death. Funeral Thursday at 1 pm Union Methodist Church conducted by Rev Fred Fields burial New Marshfield. Friends may call at Raymond Carsey home.
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Sarah M. Carsey
Raymond Carsey
Union
Meigs County
Athens County
Union Methodist Church
Carsey
Joseph L. Carsey
Columbus
John Withers
Milton Cooper
Portinton
William Cooper
Athens
Charles
John Cooper
Samuel A. Carsey
Fred Fields
New Marshfield
Flying Officer Cross Reported Missing Again
For the second time in 10 weeks, Flying Officer Cross, son of Mr. and Mrs. O. E. Cross of 112 University Terrace, has been reported missing. The alert came from the Royal Canadian Air Force.
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Cross
O. E. Cross
University Terrace
Royal Canadian Air Force
Aiming to Paint Rising Sun On Front Line Gun at Bougainville
Pfc Homer M Bolin of the 190th Par sons Ave Columbus formerly of Athens is on Bougainville seeking red and yellow paint to decorate his anti tank gun with a Rising Sun emblem after helping neutralize a Japanese field gun. He earned the bronze battle star for action and is an assistant gunner on the front line. Other local service notes report transfers promotions and injuries among the Withem Smith Sedwick Armbuster Sanborn Scott Frost Wilsey and Leighty families with units in Italy Hawaii Alaska Florida and California.
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Americal
Bougainville
Homer M. Bolin
Parsons Ave
Columbus
Athens
Bolin
Fiji Islands
Guadalcanal
Fiji
Captain Urges More Men For Athens Ohio State Guard
Captain John Newcomb urged Athens community members over 38 to join and sustain the Athens company of the Ohio State Guard. He said the unit is dangerously under strength with 36 members, down from 59, due to the draft and turnover, and called for elder civic support to maintain a home defense presence.
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Athens
Ohio State Guard
John Newcomb
Newcomb
Naval Radio Technician School Seeks Recruits
Navy Recruiting Station Athens announces eligibility for men aged 17 to 50 with one year of high school to take the qualifying test for Radio Technician School. Enlistees start as seamen first class then attend a nine month course on radio and electronic repair with petty officer pay. Eligibility via regular or voluntary enlistment paths. contact the recruiting office at the Post Office. Revival services at Pearl Chapel run 7:30 nightly through Sunday with speakers each evening and a gospel quartet Thursday.
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Ed Shields
Navy
Athens
Navy Radio Technician School
Shields
Naval Service
Rotary Speaker Stresses Obligations to Veterans
Dr. Harold Ehrensperger, editor of Motive Magazine, told the Athens Rotary Club that colleges and campus communities must support returning veterans. He described veterans as eager to return home, find value in community life, and gain education and opportunity, while adapting to a broader world view. He urged institutions to provide a shared American life vision aligned with wartime commitments.
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Harold Ehrensperger
Motive Magazine
Athens Rotary Club
Northwestern University
Ehrensperger
Church of God to Dedicate Honor Roll Service
The First Church of God in Hocking Street will hold a 9:30 a m Sunday dedication to honor men in the armed services on the church roll. The ceremony committee is finalizing arrangements and lists include Carl Davis Harold Chadwick Glenice Lenigar and others among the names on the Honor Roll. The note about Indo China children appears as an unrelated fragment.
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First Church of God
Hocking St
AWOL Explained in Army Vernacular and Significance
The article explains AWOL as Absent Without Leave and notes the Army pronunciation AYWALL. It warns that soldiers use the term to describe a comrade missing without permission, not as an insult or to imply weakness.
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Aywall
Olowp
Help Needed In Plowing Victory Garden Plots
Athens County extension agent Ross Wright urges volunteers with a team or tractor to plow victory garden plots. He calls garden preparation a bottleneck in the program and asks for immediate assistance.
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Ross Wright
Athens County
Victory Garden Committee
Haydenville Social Notes from March News
Haydenville social items report many funeral attendees for Pearl Downhour at daughter’s home, with relatives from Columbus Crooksville Logan and Carbon Hill. Honors son Larry’s tenth birthday with friends. Local visits include Dale Primmer in town, Ralph Taylor visiting, and families sharing updates on relatives overseas and missing in action.
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Haydenville
Pearl Downhour
Daugher
Noah Spencer
W. E. Ewing
Sterling
Gorge Brill
Herman Hoy
Arthur Mitchell
William Briley
Wayne Johnson
Maude Sweazy
Columbus
Everett Spencer
Lancaster
John Bridgewater
Athens
Gusta Dicken
Kathryn Mooney
Crooksville
Ray Brown
James Miller
Frank Allen
Guy Dilts
Charles Briley
Logan
Jack Lanning
Rex
Shirley
New Pittsburg
James Newman
Edward Wolfe
Robert Eddy
Hammil
Lillian Bland
Dale Primmer
Cleveland
Walter Primmer
Ralph Taylor
Herbert Campbell
Nelsonville
Gerald Vollmer
Ronald Campbell
Taylor
Texas
U. S. Army
C. S. Moore
James Decker
Lincoln Swaim
Robert Smith
Carbon Hill
Jacob Ginther
Gertrude
Frank Ginther
Middleport
W. E. Bancroft
Vaughn
Westerville
Ralph Campbel
H. Eugene McCandlish
McCandlish
France
C. S. Matheny
Paul Matheny
Ten Tons of Tin Sought For Athens Drive
Athens authorities urge every household to place tin in front of homes next Monday for a city collection led by Mayor Franz Woodworth. The effort aims to fill a railroad freight car with five additional tons after previous drives stored in the Ray Glo building.
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Athens
Franz Woodworth
Ray-Glo
Candidate for Governor Will Be in Athens
An open house by local Republican leaders in Hotel Berry will host James G. Stewart of Cincinnati, the Republican nominee candidate for governor. Stewart arrives Athens late Wednesday night and departs Thursday morning at 11 30 after speaking in Gallipolis. A second endorsed candidate will visit Athens briefly Saturday morning, staying at Hotel Berry, arriving by train at 9 30 and leaving at 11 06 for Columbus.
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Berry
Ayor
James G. Stewart
Cincinnati
Stewart
Gallipolis
Athens
Athens County
Republican Executive Committee
Columbus
Corn Planting Based Now on Soil Capacity
Athens County extension agent Ross Wright explains that corn planting should match soil yielding capacity. He notes historical rules no longer apply and provides stalk-per-hill guidelines for different soil yields, plus findings that larger ears do not guarantee higher yields and optimal kernel spacing for drilled rows.
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Ross Wright
Athens County
Mr. Wright
G. H. Springfield
Agronomy Department
Ohio
Wright
Lange Honored By Boy Scouts
Boy Scout Troop 50 at the Presbyterian Church meeting honored Scoutmaster L W Lange with a military shaving kit as he prepares for likely military service. The troop elected James Patrick scribe Bob Parry quartermaster Ben Paynter librarian Curtis Janssen bugler and Frank Dilley chaplain. Ben Paynter also reported on four scout work phases metal work handicraft bird study and farm and home planning.
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Presbyterian Church
L. W. Lange
Lange
James Patrick
Bob Parry
Ben Paynter
Curtis Janssen
Frank Dilley
Troop 50
Board of Review
San Cura Ointment and Soap Claim Skin Relief
Advertises San Cura Ointment and San Cura Soap as relief for various skin irritations. Claims antiseptic ointment cools and soothes and recommends washing affected areas with soap before applying ointment. Prices listed: ointment 35¢ and 60c, soap 25c.
All Contracts Approved for Lime Program in Athens County
Irvin A. Wolfe announced that all contracts for the 1944 Food Fights For Freedom lime program have been approved to supply 6,500 tons of limestone initially. Farmers may buy lime privately and receive 2.40 dollars per ton for applying it, with the committee aiming to fill orders but not guaranteeing delivery.
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Athens County
Irvin A. Wolfe
Athens County Aaa
County Aaa
Wolfe
Five Added Today To 100 Per Cent List In Athens
Additions to the 100 Per Cent List in the Red Cross War Fund Drive include C. Bean's Market Prudential Insurance Co. Athens Ice & Storage Co. Luster Fought & Co. Spot Restaurant.
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Athens
Red Cross
C. (. Bean's Market Prudential Insurance Co
Athens Ice & Storage Co
Luster Fought & Co
Spot
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Sarah Carsey
Edwards
William Withem
Glouster
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William F. Withem
Italy
Glennis Karns
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Grosvenor St
Pvt
Lester E. D. Smith
Madison, Wis
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Army
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Camp Atterbury
Ind
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Amesville
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Alaska
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G. C. Armbuster
Stuttgart Army Air Field
Ark
Department of Training
Thomas C. Sanborn
Chester Sanborn
Oak St
Pfc
Sanborn
Camp Gruber
Oklo
Rose Scott
Leonard Cecil Scott
England
Leonard Frost
North Carolina
Gloria Leighty
Betty Frost
W. Union St
Edward F. Wilsey, Jr
E. F. Wilsey
New Marshfield Road
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Calif
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Esther Staats
Agatha Hart
Virginia Larimer
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Carol Ashcraft
Josephine Almashy
Jessie
Harry Rose
Betty White
Virginia Bean
Lloyd Dilinger
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Ray Kincade
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Thor Olson
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Chicago
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Lapa
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David Timms Leonard Burgess
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Indo-China
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Colleen Carter
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Eloise
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Dorothy
Ruth Lehman
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Graham Swaim
Judy
Jack Clouston
Jackie Skiver
Donald Turner
Chubb
Elmer Brumbaugh
Portage County
C. H. Calhoon
A. R. Schwartz
State Bureau of Juvenile Research
E. S. Sherron
Ohio Probation Association
Scout
Cers
Boy
Eon Ara As
Waravan
Cotter
Thor
the City Loan and Guaranty Company
Fred Sanders
S. Court St
Wednesday
Victory Club
Spencer Irene Tracy Dunne
Joe
Seorge Parr
Ulergy Ser
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Henry Wilcoxon
Harry Corey
Olympe Bradna
Porter Hall
Nant Weicher
Joseph Schildkraut
Be Cummings
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