Cousin Was With Him As He Died on Iwo Jima
Cpl. Glen P. Bardin age 19 of Coolville was killed March 2 on Iwo Jima. A Marine with the 4th Division, he trained at Parris Island and New River before leaving the States in January 1944. He had fought on Roi Namur Saipan and Tinian, and was with cousin Cpl. Ben Bristol when he died. He leaves parents and a sister Leora.
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Glen P. Rardin
Ola H. Rardin
Coolville
Iwo Jima
U. S. Marine Corps
Bardin
Troy Township
Parris Island
New River
N. C
Oceanside
Calif
States
4Th Marine Division
Roi-Namur
Marshall Islands
Saipan
Tinian
Mariana Islands
Cpl
Ben Bristol
Parkersburg
W. Va
Corporal Bardin
Leora
Holzer Hospital
Gallipolis
Cigaret Sparks Fire At Union Hotel Room
Athens Fire Department rushed to the Union Hotel on Foster Place at seven this morning as a lit cigarette ignited a dresser. Firefighters used extinguishing agents and reported only slight damage. Fire Chief Clarence Parker confirmed the assessment.
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Athens
Union Hotel
Foster Place
Clarence Parker
Hepcats of Athens To o Well Square Dance
Square dancing returns to the Athens Youth Center this Friday at 8 30 with music by a four piece The McBee Co. Entertain ment Co chairmen Marilyn Todd and Eddie Brown lead. Members painted second story floors last week and a pingpong tourney starts Friday. donations of lamps are invited.
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Athens
McBee Co. Entertainment
Marilyn Todd
Eddie Brown
Jeanette Masilionis
Rabbit Show Set by Athens County Breeders Association
The Athens County Rabbit Breeders Association will host a public rabbit show on Saturday March 31 at 12 W Union St. Exhibits include New Zealand Whites Reds Chinchillas Checkered Giants Angoras and Flemish Giants. The event promotes rabbit meat production and fur use. Association members and junior participants from the Children’s Home will display and sell meat and breeding rabbits.
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Athens County
N. J. Baker
G. W. Beverage
Bill Beverage
Dow Addresses Presbyterians Men of Church Dinner
More than 60 members of the Presbyterian Church Men’s Group met in the church basement for the final dinner meeting of the season. Dr. C L Dow of Ohio University spoke on soil conservation while Jane Coldren and Marjory McClure sang three solos. Rev Jack Meister of Steubenville gave brief remarks on evangelism and a nominating committee was announced for next year. Group 4 of the Women’s Association served a rabbit dinner and an inspection of the new Youth Center followed.
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Presbyterian Church
C. L. Dow
Ohio University
Jane Coldren
Marjory McClure
Jack Meister
Steubenville
George W. Clark
C. O. Manse
Fred E. Lichs
Carl Radford
Tom Metters
Frank B. Dilley
Women’s Association
F. E. Goldsberry
Clark
Collision on East Mill Street Involves Potter and Daugherty
Mrs Elizabeth Potter of Guyaville Route 1 and George Daugherty of Carbondale had minor vehicle damage after Potter backed from the curb into Dougherty on East Mill Street Wednesday afternoon. Police Chief J B Grogan reported no serious injuries.
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E Ezzabeth Potter
Guyaville
Route 1
George Daugherty
Carbondale
East Mill St
J. B. Grogan
Seven Ministers to Lead Good Friday Services in Athens
Seven 20 minute services on Good Friday at the First Presbyterian Church will concentrate on the Seven Last Words of the Cross. Ministers include J B Maffett and E Kenney with organ music by Mrs William Ruston and Prof A B Kresge. Vocal solos by Eilene McDaniel Imogene Sayers Sara Lee Stewart and others. Retail stores and Red Cross office will close noon to 2 pm.
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First Presbyterian Church
Protestant Churches of
Athens
Red Cross
J. B. Maffett
E. Kenney
E. E. Cole
O. M. Awe
Frederick B. Atkinson
Cincinati
Episcopal Diocesan
D. B. Goff
Harold F. Kellogg
William Ruston
A. BR. Kresge
Eilene McDaniel
Imogene Sayers
Sara Lee Stewart
Glen Hanes
Robert Tompkins
Estelle Hogrefe
Pasture Turns Out as Cheapest Farm Feed, Says Stout
Clyde Stout, vocational agricultural teacher from Coolville, told Mechanicsburg School last night that pasture is the farm's cheapest feed. He urged lime, phosphate, and nitrogen fertilization, rotation, and mowing to improve pasture, noting many Athens County livestock already graze out. He warned against early grazing and stressed four inch height as ideal.
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Clyde Stout
Coolville
Mechanicsburg School
Stout
Athens County
Sudan
Two Trucks Damaged In Route 1 Collision
Police report a crash on Route 1 at Court land State Sts yesterday at about 2 30 PM involving a pickup driven by Floyd Burk of 111 Maplewood Drive and a truck driven by Earl Williams of Athens. Both vehicles sustained minor damage and no injuries were reported.
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Floyd Burk
Maplewood Drive
Earl Williams
Athens
Courtland State Sts
J. B. Grogan
McBee Gift drives charity and OPA sets new apparel rules
The McBee Co employees raised 792.53 for the Red Cross with dollar-for-dollar company matching totaling 1,585.06. Miss Josephine Garvin led the drive with union chairmen across departments. The Office of Price Administration issued new rules for retail prices on apparel, dry goods, and home furnishings, requiring three pricing charts per retailer and filing by April 20, with a local merchants committee assisting. A trade meeting is set for April 3 at Hotel Berry to explain the regulation and chart filing.
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Red Cross
McBee Co
McBee
Josephine Garvin
Hollie Stalder
George Rowan
Ernest Conkey
Stereotype
Hanson Martin
Leo Shields
E. C. Christy
D. R. Selby
Nell Rupe
Loretta Goodwin
Florence Niggemeyer
Ruth Elien Story
Andy” Jackson
Office of Price Administration
Athens
War Price and
OPA
William Mechem
G. Foster
Frank Baker
Harry Beckley
R. L. Miller
H. W. Cox
Athens County
Tel Berry
John Loder
Columbus
Kincade Reported Missing In Action Prisoner Return
Howard O Kincade formerly of Athens Route 4 is listed missing in action Jan 8 in Belgium. He writes that he was wounded in the left thigh and captured by Germans, later receiving care in a German hospital before being moved to an American hospital. He is a Rome High School graduate who joined the Army in Oct 1941 after two years in Panama. Canada is the world’s largest producer of asbestos.
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Howard O. Kincade
Athens
Army
Panama
Europe
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Union
Lydis E. Pinkham
Pinkham
Jimttry Pinkham
Isabel
Kylia E. Pisktan
Koater
Wat
Carpenter Howe. Co
Loring M. Connett
L. G. Connett
Fairview Ave
15Th Air Force
Connett
Ray L. Wiley
G. S. Wiley
Clyde
Moore Ve
Virgie L. Wade
Dutch East Indies
Fannie Peddycourt
Akron
the Messenger
Corporal Wade
Hollister High School
Lewis Slater
Glouster Route 4
Guysville
Sgt
John Slater
Philippines
Sergeant Slater
Hepcats of
Dow
Berry Hotel
Athens Pharmacy
N. Court St
Shackelton Inhaler
McBee Gift
Kincade
U. S. Hospital
Canada
St.Joseph
Joseph G
Ancestria
Joe Marsh
Bert
Bert Childer
United States Brewers Foundation
Court Street
Yokae Sae
Kotex
Co Wes
Mennens Baby Oil
Pablum
Johnson
Similac Baby Food
Mellins
Konklers
Nbog
Dr. LeGear
DR. Legears
Konklers Scour Cure
Lax
Carters
B. P. Elixir
Colgate Soaps
Mae
Mrs. Hagan's
Orchestra of Columbus
Eagles
Clark Gardner
Osage, Iowa
New Peas
Ohio
Norman Dean
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