Four-County Salvage Meet Set in Athens Friday Night
At Ohio University gymnasium in Athens Friday at 8 o’clock a four county salvage meeting will outline a continuous scrap metal program for Athens Meigs Gallia and Washington Counties. Delegates from the State Defense Council and the American Rolling Mills will attend to promote metal collection for weapons and war needs.
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Athens Messenger
Athens
Ohio
State Defense Council
Ohio University
Meigs
Gallia
Washington
Steel Division
Bureau of Industrial Conservation
O Ae
United Nations
Weible
Robert O. Weible
American Rolling Mills
Don C. Peden
J. R. Stratton
James Cumley
K. T. Crossen
American Legion
G. E. Mitchell
The
Bush to Speak at Jaycees Meeting in Athens
Gordon K. Bush president of the Athens County industrial development group will address the Athens Junior Chamber of Commerce Wednesday night at 8 in Hotel Berry. Jaycees aim to help strengthen the county's industrial position and back a federal aid bill for state and county industrial rehabilitation programs.
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Gordon K. Bush
New
Athens County Industrial Development Organization
Athens Junior Chamber of Commerce
Hotel Berry
J. M. Scriven
Jaycees
Scriven
Bush
F. E. Dowler
Congress
Seven Athens Men Enter Kiwanis Club in Banquet
Seven men joined the Athens Kiwanis Club at a Berry Hotel ceremony led by D. M. Goddard and F. J. Taylor. New members Hubert E. McCann H J Huffman S G Foster Harold E. Wise Maynard Senseman Frank W. Shackleton Leonard Prater brought total Kiwanis membership to 40.
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Athens Kiwanis Club
D. M. Goddard
F. J. Taylor
Berry Hotel
Hubert E. McCann
H. J. Huffman
S. G. Foster
Harold E. Wise
Maynard Senseman
Frank W. Shackleton
Leonard Prater
Kiwanis
Goddard
Athens Club
Taylor
E. P.cotton
Carl A. Frey
F. H. Sands
Charles Reamer
C S Doylan Dies in Bed at 49 Freight Clerk
Charles S Doylan Jr 49 a Baltimore and Ohio Railroad freight clerk was found dead in bed Monday at the home of Mrs Mae Woogerd 132 W Union St He served in WWI and was gassed obituary notes a heart ailment Coroner A L Pritchard ruled heart attack as the cause of death Funeral at the Doylan home Washington Court House Wednesday 9 30 AM He is survived by four brothers and a sister.
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Charles S. Doylan, Jr
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Mae Woogerd
W. Union St
Doylan
Railroad
Germany
A. L. Pritchard
Nelsonville
George Smith
Washington Court House
To Plant Shrubs in McDougal Cemetery
A meeting of persons interested in the upkeep and improvement of the McDougal Church grounds and cemetery will be held at the church Thursday afternoon at three o clock. Commercial fertilizer will be available at that time and all persons are urged to bring shrubs and flowers for planting.
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McDougal Church
Regular meeting of Athens Defense Corps set for tonight
The Drivers' Corps of the Athens Civilian Defense Corps will hold a regular meeting at 7 15 tonight in the Little Theater at Athens High School. H C Dorman, chief, announced.
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Drivers’ Corps
Athens Civilian Defense Corps
Athens High School
H. C. Dorman
Will Inspect Athens Lodge Annual Inspection Friday
Paramy thia Lodge No. 25 Free and Accepted Masons plans its annual inspection in the Master Mason Degree led by William O. Porter of Malta district deputy grand master of the 17th Masonic District serving Athens Morgan and Washington Counties. Dinner at 6 30 p.m. Tickets from officers or committee. Invited guests include Harry E. Schramm Marietta deputy grand master of the Grand Lodge of Ohio. Visiting members welcomed per Ural V. Westfall worshipful master.
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Paramythia Lodge No
William O. Porter
Malta
Athens
Morgan
Washington Counties
Harry E. Schramm
Marietta
Grand Lodge of Ohio
Ural V. Westfall
Car Demolished but Two Escape Injury
Two men escaped serious injury when their car skidded on Route 50 between Guysville and Coolville, rolled over and landed in a ditch after rainfall slickness. Robert H. Gordon, 19, of Alexander, Virginia, was uninjured and Warren Anderson, 28, of Washington, D. C., suffered minor lacerations on his right leg. Highway patrolmen cited slick roads after rain as the cause.
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Route 50
Guysville
Coolville
Robert H. Gordon
Alexander
Warren Anderson
Washington, D. C
Tax collections begin April 6 in Ath Enns County
Ath ens County Treasurer John H. Preston announced real estate tax collection for the first half of the year starts Monday April 6 and runs through May 10.
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Athens County
John H. Preston
Littler Divorce Case Grants Temporary Alimony
Mrs Hazel W Littler receives seven dollars weekly in temporary alimony for two minors while final settlement in her divorce from Hilbur Littler proceeds. The Common Pleas Court action alleges gross neglect of duty.
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Hazel W. Littler
Hilbur Littler
Common Pleas Court
Chicago hog prices hit 15 year highs
Hog prices in Chicago rose yesterday by 10 to 20 cents per hundredweight, reaching records unseen in the last fifteen years and signaling tightening supply.
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Chicago
Dinner at Buckeye Honors Local Sheet Metal Class
Nine Athens County men who attended L. C. Nye's sheet metal training at his W. Union St. shop received certificates at a Buckeye Cafeteria graduation. The program, part of federal defense education, outlined 10 to 12 week courses with 30 hours weekly and WPA stipends, and noted 60 percent have moved from WPA rolls to private employment.
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Buckeye
Athens County
L. C. Nye
W. Union St
Harper C. Pendry
Athens Schools
Mr. Nye
State Board For Vocational Education
Athens
WPA
Nye
Pendry
Edward P. Smith
Giouster
Orley Graham
James D. Brown
Jacksonville
William L. Coots
Congress St
Earl O. McBride
Charles A. Powell
Everett D. Haines
James Hunter
Albert Webo
Mary St
Albert Hunter
Carlos Hanning
John Vincent
Arthur McCoy
Emerson Wise
Waterloo High to Stage In Auld Scotland Musical
Waterloo High School will present an original musical comedy In Auld Scotland on Thursday at 8 pm in the school auditorium. The show aims to raise funds for music equipment and supplies and features sixty students in the cast under director Mrs. Orpin Dinsmoor with Mr. Adrian Collins as accompanist.
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Waterloo High School
Auld
Scotland
Not So Large in the Solar System
The earth, though vast and central to us, is only a tiny speck in the solar system. Inhabitants of Jupiter, Neptune, Pluto, Saturn, or Uranus would see it as nearly invisible.
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Solar System
Jupiter
Neptune
Pluto
Saturn
Uranus
Suits Filed Over Cleo-Cola Truck Crash Near Canaanville
Three suits totaling 25 962 20 seek damages from Cleo Cola Bottling Co for injuries to Mrs. Sybil Root and Mrs. Thelma Parsons after an eight foot angle iron pierced their legs in a Route 50 collision near Canaanville. A fourth suit covering funeral costs and estate for Ray E Root's death asks 1 296 24.
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Marguerite W. Moore
Perenne
Wilson Oil Co
General Township
Balence
Clerk's
Lance E
Bora
Cleo-Cola Bottling Co
Parkersburg
Common Pleas Court
Canaanville
Ray E. Root
Frost
Sybil Root
Thelma Parsons
Stewart
Root
Herusband
Women from 14 Counties to Study Food Canning
The Farm Security Administration and farm groups plan a food canning demonstration in Athens on Friday May 1 under Lester Bailey. Women from 14 Southeastern Ohio counties will attend to learn safe canning of all foods to boost home gardens and free produce for war needs. A preliminary April 6 meeting will train women in home economics to lead the campaign.
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Farm Security Agency
Smith Enters Army Service
Dr. Wilfred J. Smith of 15 Elmwood Place and Ohio University assistant professor of history has been commissioned a first lieutenant in the Army Air Corps and will report at Dayton on Friday. He and his wife and two children left for Ann Arbor for a brief visit. the family will return to Athens. Smith previously lived in China for 18 years and taught a university course in Chinese.
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Wilfred J. Smith
Elmwood Place
Ohio University
Army Air Corps
Dayton
Helwigs observe 63rd wedding anniversary in Pratts Fork
Mr and Mrs Frank E Helwig longtime Pratts Fork residents marked their 63rd anniversary at a Friday March 26 celebration. The pair married in March and live two miles east of Pratts Fork. Their son P W Helwig attended. daughter Mrs Anna Berry of Newcomerstown could not be present.
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Frank E. Helwig
Pratts Fork
Nar
Helwene
P. W. Helwig
May Ave
Anna Berry
Newcomerstown
Sams Son Transferred to MacDill Field Florida
Mrs Maude Sams of Athens learns Pvt Theodore J Sams has moved from Kessler Field Shelby Miss to MacDill Field Florida His new address is 92nd Bombardment Squadron casualty details not provided.
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Maude Sams
Mill St
Athens
Pvt
Theodore J. Sams
Kessler Field
Shelby
Miss
MacDill Field
Florida
Rotary Hears Johnny Jones At Athens Club
Johnny Jones of Columbus Dis patch, a famed Midwestern columnist and Ohio State graduate, spoke to the Athens Rotary Club. He reviewed the American scene, urged unity in the war effort, and championed physical education on campus and in war camps.
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Johnny Jones
Columbus Dispatch
Athens
Holy Week Services At Mt Zion Church Schedule
Mt Zion Baptist Church outlines a week of services led by Rev J T Crab l and leaders including Mrs Marie Jones Mrs Nelle Pettiford Mrs Maggie Perkins and others. Sermons cover themes from Today Thou Shalt Be With Me in Paradise to Woman Behold Thy Son Behold the Mother and The Thirst with multiple soloists and leaders noted.
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Mt. Zion Church
Mt. Zion Baptist Church
J. T. Crabl
Paradise
Marie Jones
Nelle Pettiford
Maggie Perkins
Fred Luchs
J. B. Tyler
Mary Louise Saunders
Edith Booker
Carl Bell
Herper Saunders
Katherine Barrett
Charlene Coursey
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Jon
Roatil Rt
Ida Ode
Lee Township
Ray
Kiwanis Club
C. S. Doylan
McDougal Cemetery
Eclipse Power Mower
Briggs and Stratton
Kerr
U. S. Army Signal Corps
Nea
Paranaque
Manila
Defense Corps
Canton
Waterloo High
Rosalina Marsh
Ada Kennedy
Adrian Collins
Orpim Dinsmoor
Kyril Snedden
Gene Loury
Frank Townsend
Wayne Johnson
Charles Robinson
Chester McKinley
Bobby Snedden
Charles Mace
Leonard Gould
Robert MacFadden
Donald Gulley
Leland Davis
James Music
James Davidson
Dale Ely
Santford White
Bill Carter
Ivan Matheny
Carl Efaw
Dent Daily
Max Frank
Junior Sherman
Betty Armstrong
Bette Six
Catherine Wright
Inez Stumpf
Janice Dunlap
Betty Saylor
Delma Carsey
June Dinsmore
Mary Ratbenbach
Keturah Dowler
Ethel Addis
Helen Dicken
Emma Jo Brewer
Blanche Stanley
Eileen Beveridge
Madonna Hull
Mildred Pidcock
Eileen Loury
Donna Corrill
Elizabeth Carsey
Frances Mills
Vera White
Margaret Rice
Mary Lou Hawk
Elnora Pidcock
Donna Stanley
Catherine Pickett
Verna Pickett
Idene Ely
Gertrude Lovsey
Mary Andrews
Ruth Hought
Monna Lee Jackson
Esther McVay
Anna Mae Gulley
Norma Jackson
Esther Jackson
Jean Stone
Rayo
LeRoy
N.Y
Smith
Helwigs
Sams
Colonial Plan Loan Service
Rotary
A&p
Lake Erie
Zemo
Rexall Drug Store
the Cline Pharmacy
Athens, Ohio
Ree Drugs Dade
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