Men of Athens County go to Clarksburg for final service checks
Sixty one men from Athens County Selective Service Board No 1 covering Athens Dover and Trimble Townships left at 8 a m for Clarksburg West Virginia for final examination before possible induction into any armed service. Leader Irvin Bechtel and assistant Carl Radford led two special buses. Some will return to Athens soon while others may be detained longer for active duty processing.
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Marcy
Eeeers Attens
Athens, Ohto
Athens County No. 1
Clarksburg
WLL
Athens County Selective Service Board No. 1
Athens
Dover
Trimble Townships
W. Va
Irvin Bechtel
Carl Radford
Mhe
War Fund Total Reached 17 189 In Athens County
Red Cross Star Fund contributions in Athens County totalled 17 189.54 dollars today, campaign chairman Roy Hawk reports. The goal is 18 000 dollars. He urged workers to complete assignments and those not yet solicited to mail gifts to Red Cross Headquarters on E State Street or deliver them. Clean-up reports were urged before Saturday.
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Red Cross Star Fund
Athens County
Roy Hawk
Two Fined by Mayors Court On Intoxication Charges
John Rhoades aged 49 of 5 Riverside Drive and William M Lyons aged 73 of Albany were fined $5 and costs each after arraignment before Mayor Franz Woodworth today on intoxication charges.
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John Rhoades
Riverside Drive
William M. Lyons
Albany
Franz Woodworth
Albany youth promoted to sergeant at Camp Carson
Mr and Mrs William West of Albany announce their son Darrell L West has been promoted to sergeant with Co I 354th Infantry at Camp Carson Colorado He completed baking and cooking school on March 1 as first cook and is a graduate of Albany High School.
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William West
Albany
Darrell L. West
Sergeant West
Co. I
354Th Infantry
Camp Carson
Colo
Albany High School
Pvt
George S. Love
Cliford Love
Athens
Fort Bliss
Tex
New York
Nolan Love
Col
Willard C. Reeder
W. F. Reeder
Hocking St
Camp Lee
Corporal Reeder
Ohio Food Market
Athens High School
Andrew Dunfee
Coolville
Route 2
Mull Dunfee
Hawaii
Bricker Urges Cancer Awareness in Ohio April Month
Gov Bricker proclaims Cancer Control Month and urges widespread education on early diagnosis and treatment. The Ohio Division of the Women’s Field Army of the American Society for the Control of Cancer leads an statewide campaign to teach symptoms and enlist support.
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John W Bricker
Ohio
Women’s Field Army
The
American Society For the Control of Cancer
Bricker
Marriage License Issued in Athens Probate Court
Pat Joseph Casanova a 24 year old student of Cleveland and Coradell Seines a 22 year old nurse of Athens were issued a marriage license in Athens Probate Court.
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Athens
Pat Joseph Casanova
Cleveland
Coradell Seines
Evangelist D E Heath Leads Weeknight Revival at Free Methodist Church
The revival meeting continues each night this week and next at the Free Methodist Church with evangelist D E Heath leading the services. The note also defines true fruits of strawberries as the tiny specks embedded in the surface commonly called seeds.
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Free Methodist Church
D. E. Heath
Seven Athens County men join Navy training at Great Lakes
Seven Athens County residents swear into the U S Navy and begin 12 weeks at Great Lakes Illinois. The recruits include Andy Kastely Robert Dishong Herman Johnson Franklin Talbert Basil Mantle Frank M Chapman and Walter Chalfant. Other local services and letters from family are noted along with promotions and transfers of several relatives in the Navy and Army.
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Athens County
Navy
U. S. Naval Training Station
Great Lakes
Ill
Andy Kastely
Route 1
Millfield
Robert W. Dishong
George C. Dishong
Lathrop
Herman Johnson
Auden D. Johnson
Torch
Franklin D. Talbert
Essie Talbert
Jacksonville
Basil S. Mantle
John S. Mantle
Guysville
Frank M. Chapman
Amelia F. Chapman
Walter C. Chalfant
Garrett H. Chalfant
Frost
Hemlock Grove Socials and Local Visits Highlight Week
Social notes from Hemlock Grove list Pvt. Ernest Cullums on furlough with wife and son at Camp Blanding Florida and Dayton Will visiting relatives. Neighbors, guests, and family gatherings are noted across several households including Clark, Midkiff, Reeder, Story and Hawk, with multiple Sunday and weekday calls. The item closes with a note on a historic nugget and a historic term origin.
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Hemlock Grove
Ernest Cullums
Camp Blanding
Fla
Dayton Will
Val Well
Eldon Clark
Porter Midkiff
J. J. Will
R. V. Heilman
Bunker Hill
Ziba Midkiff
Grant Roberts
Tom Ruth
Point Pleasant
Bunker = Hill
Darsel Smith
Richard Reeder
Don Aten
Garnett Aten
West Virginia
Terry
Robert Leifheit
Burlingham
Search Began For Richland Ave Man Hoisington
Ralph Hoisington age 30 of Pichland Ave disappeared from home last Saturday morning. A note found at the house warned he would not be back. He drove a 1930 convertible with license X 392 Q. He is six feet tall, 160 pounds, dark brown eyes, black hair, wearing overalls and a blue shirt. Sheriff Bateman asks anyone with information to contact him.
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Ralph Hoisington
Pichland Ave
George Bateman
Hoisington
Bateman
Murray City Personal and Social Notes
Murray City residents share weekend visits from relatives and friends including Harold Hartman stationed in Hawaii. Local families welcome guests from Columbus, Dayton, Utica, Barberton, Lan caster, Springfield, Glouster, and Akron while noting returns home and travel to nearby towns for family events.
Athens Presbyterians Hold Lenten Evening Meetings
Two Lenten devotional meetings are set for Athens Presbyterian members tonight at 8. Miss Margaret Flory will review The Robe at 123 N Lancaster St, and Miss Anna Pearl McVay will speak at 50 Morris Ave. Cars will depart the church at 7 50 for rides. The church session meets Thursday at 7. Jack Fulton, son of Mr and Mrs Oscar Fulton, visiting before heading to Miami Florida for officers candidate school, is described as a staff sergeant, not master.
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Presbyterian Church In
Athens
W. A. Palmer
N. Lancaster St
Margaret Flory
Lloyd Douglass
D. Morrison
Morris Ave
Anna Pearl McVay
Jack Fulton
Oscar Fulton
Miami
Fla
Local residents visit kin across the region
Ark spent Saturday with the Hellyers in Nelsonville. Mrs. Frazee of Nelsonville visited her niece Effie Jonas on Sunday. Jean Kraft returned home after a few days with Columbus relatives. Mr. and Mrs. George Archer of Columbus are spending a few days at their home here.
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Murray City
Ben Hartman
Harold
Hawaii
Edward Hayes
Juanita
Millard Hayes
Willoughby
Dick Smith
Columbus
Joe Heliyer
Ebray Shott
William Cooper
Elmer Evans
Dwight Spencer
Arthur Wilson
Dayton
Francis Schumacher
Rita Jo
Utica
Mich
William Koon
Elmer Spencer
Nellie Spencer
Mary Lou Koon
Lancaster
Leila Rose Williams
Springfield
Frank Williams
Albert Storer
Barberton
Akron
William Neel
Ruth Ann
William Walters
Melvina
Phyllis Jean Jonas
New Straiteville
Harry Jonas
Lawrence McClelland
Glouster
John Shelton
Gearld Robinson
Flint
Lawrence Short
Logan
Grace Donoghue
Effie Jonas
Athens
Mary Campbell
Port Gattka
Paul Cupp
New
Ark
Oscar Hellyer
Ida Frazee
Nelsonville
Jean Kraft
George Archer
Pimples Vanish Overnight With Kleerex Claim
An advertisement touts Kleerex as a safe medicated liquid that dries pimples by the next morning. It promises a money back guarantee if the first application does not convince, and offers a 47 cent bottle for sale at 7 N Court St.
Athens Defense Corps Leader Urges Mass Meeting
Defense Corps Commander Harold Wise requests division heads gather volunteers for a high school auditorium meeting this Thursday at 7 30 p m to review past activities and outline future corps policy. He praises local volunteers as well trained and urges full attendance.
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Harold FE. Wise
Athens Defense Corps
Defense Corps
High School Auditorum
Margaret Nelson Participates in Defiance School Study
Miss Margaret V. Nelson, fourth grade teacher at University Elementary, served as guest consultant for the Workshop-Type Field Project March 24 26 at Brickell Elementary Defiance. Project sponsored by the Defiance City Board of Education with State Education officials aims to steer future elementary programs. Consultants observe teachers rooms discuss issues with teachers and end day with meetings. Participating schools include Defiance Brickell Spencer Slocum and the new schools in Defiance.
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Margaret V. Nelson
University
Brickell
Defiance
Defiance City
Spencer, Brickell
Slocum
University Students Involved In Route 56 Car Crash
Ohio University students Wanderlich and Gunther were injured when a light coupe rolled over about three times Tuesday on Route 56 east of North Y. They were taken to Shelter Arms Hospital. Wanderlich suffered superficial injuries and was released, while Gunther had shock and scalp lacerations and was resting easily. Both are residents of 1 Pearl St Athens.
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Cohering
Robert Davis Gunther
Pearl St
Athens
North Y
Thinelanderer
Statioway
Sasanel
Mqulilgel Mnu LD Paenowper
Vin Wanderlich
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Wanderlich
Gunther
Ohio University
Athens K of C Observes 61st Anniversary Communion
Athens K of C and the Holy Name Society of St Pauls parish held a corporate communion at the 8 oclock Mass on Sunday March 28 to honor 61 years of the order. Prof Ralph F Beckett of Ohio University spoke on the groups stability and charitable works while a church basement breakfast followed.
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Athens Council Knights of Columbus
Order
Holy Name Society of St. Paul’s
Ralph F. Beckett
Ohio University
K. of C
Beckert
Agnes Padden
Katherine Swartz
Elizabeth Gallagher
Anna Marie Davis
War Department Seeks Relatives of Tech Sgt Roy Garfield
Red Cross officers in Athens reported the War Department asked them to locate relatives of Tech. Sgt. Roy Garfield who was discharged from the U.S. Army at Mitchell Field to join the Chinese-American Volunteer Group. Anyone with knowledge contact the Red Cross office in Athens at 651.
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Red Cross
Athens
War Department
Tech
Roy Garfield
Garfield
U.S. Army
Mitchell Field
Sells Elected Chairman of Athens County Board No. 1
E. F. Sells was chosen chairman of the Athens County Selective Service Board No. 1 at a Monday night meeting. Other members named are C. C. Cornell, Dr. A. B. Sias, J. P. Cumley, and C. F. Danford. Dr. Sias was appointed to replace Dr. H. T. Houf who resigned.
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E. F. Sells
Athens County Selective Service Board No. 1
C. C. Cornell
A. B Sias
J. P. Cumley
Cc. F. Danford
Dr. Sias
H. T. Houf
Spring Weather Arrives in Athens for March Close
Athens records real spring warmth as noon temperature hits 65 degrees. Yesterday’s high reached 78 and last night’s low fell to 40.
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Athens
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