Henry Zenner Class Initiation Planned by Athens Elks
The Athens Lodge of Elks plans a May 16, 1944 initiation for a class named the Henry Zenner Class in memory of Henry Zenner co founder of The McBee Co and charter Elks member. Ten McBee Co associates sponsor the class with a lodge resolution endorsing the event and listing organizing committee members. The class will include applicants connected with The McBee Co and other friends and associates.
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Athens Lodge of Elks
Henry Zenner
McBee Co
Lodge of Elks
Lodge
A. B. Roe
Roger Connor
Nelson Welk
Charles Jordan
Woody West
John Manning
George Merchant
Ray Hinton
Cecil Williams
Paul Tribe
Horace D. Palmer
Harvey G. Householder
B. T. Grover
R. W. Finsterwald
Charles L. Jordan
Roy C. Shirley
Allied Fliers Return to Attack Across Europe in 1944 Campaign
British and American air forces pressed raids across German targets from the English coast and occupied territories. The day saw about 1 000 heavy bombers and escorts raid German airfields coastal defenses and rail yards. April losses were 359 bombers and 144 fighters with over 800 enemy planes shot down in air combat and 500 destroyed on the ground.
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U. S. Army Air Forces
RAF
English
Germany
James H. Doolittle
U. S
Eighth Air Force
United States
Doolittle
Motor Corps Serving At Red Cross Center
Miss Haze Roach is nutrition chairman in charge of the canteen at the Blood Donor Service Center in Athens this week. Mrs. B. F. Cutler is chairman of the Motor Corps with listed members. Perry Russell of Albany and William Miller of W. Washington St were fined $5 and costs by Mayor Franz Woodworth for intoxication.
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Red Cross Center
Haze Roach
Athens
B. F. Cutler
Motor Corps
Carl Bowman
George Clark
W. A. Comer
Dorothy K. Dent
Alton Hope
Edna Kasler
Seth Lewis
Ollie Shouse
Elizabeth Simpkins
R. J. Studer
Charles Tribe
D. R. Zenner
Perry Russell
Albany
William Miller
W. Washington St
Franz Woodworth
Ohio U alumni noted for wartime service promotions
Major James V Galloway son of Mr and Mrs R C Galloway of Glouster is promoted from captain to major after overseas service since 1942. He trained at Ohio University and served as aide de camp to General Patton. Other Ohio U alumni mentioned include Gene A Jones promoted to captain in England and Private Leo B MacBride released from hospital in Italy.
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James V. Galloway
R. C. Galloway
Glouster
George S. Patton
Ohio University
Phi Kappa Tau
Pershing Rifles
Galloway
69Th Armored
Fort Knox
Fort Benning
Camp Young
Calif
Patton
Washington
General Patton
North Africa
Sicily
Gene A. Jones
Spencer
W. Va
Ninth Air Force
England
Izaak Walton League To Meet on Tuesday
Athens Chapter of the Izaak Walton League will meet Tuesday night at the cabin in Waterloo Township. Lunch will be served at 6 30 and the business meeting will be held at 7 30. Members are to take the lunch.
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Athens
Izaak Walton League
Waterloo Township
Open Conference on Industry Regulation in Cleveland
Members of the National Council of Industrial Government Relations Associations gather in Cleveland for their first two day conference on federal regulation of private industry. The council with local units in 17 cities will discuss priorities materials procurement price control taxes renegotiation contract termination and post war planning.
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Cleveland
National Council of Industrial Government Relations Associations
National Council
102-Year-Old Woman Catherine Myers Dies in Ohio
TIFFIN Mrs. Catherine Myers aged 102 died at her home Saturday. She is survived by six children 23 grandchildren 56 great-grandchildren and eight great-great-grandchildren reflecting a long family line.
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Tiffin
Catherine Myers
Festival to Open Tales of Hoffman at Cleveland Spring Fest
Metropolitan Opera Company opens its 19th annual Cleveland spring festival with Tales of Hoffmann in Cleveland tonight. A separate Athens High School Stadium event is set for May 8 at 7 15 p m as CAPC plans mobilization. In Medina a fatal automobile train collision killed three people near the crossing last Saturday night.
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Athens High School
Cleveland
Metropolitan Opera Company
Medina
Here
America
Courtney
Dale Tittle Held Captive in Germany
Pvt. Dale Tittle son of Mr and Mrs Ray Tittle of Beaumont was reported missing in action in Italy and is now a prisoner of war in German captivity The mother received a handwritten card dated Feb 17 stating he is healthy and that he will be moved to another camp where letters can be sent His family was notified by the War Department on March 13 that he was missing since Jan 30.
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Bernard Tom
Fred Lee Tom
U. S
England
Churchill
Eisenhower
Cpl
Hobart M. Darst
Ray Darst
Third St
Middleport
Army Air Field
Casper
Wyo
Pvt
Dale Tittle
Ray Tittle
Beaumont
Italy
Gilbert Courtney
Chauncey
America
Brown Promotes Tax Levy for Athens Youth Center
In Athens Rev Dr E A Brown urges a 0.5 mill tax to fund a social center for high school students and a full time recreation director with staff to run gymnasiums and a city youth program. He backs a curfew and public school religious education funded by churches.
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Athens
E. A. Brown
First Methodist Church
Athens County
Brown
Carl Nessley
Cuca
Ohio
Nelsonville
William Martell George
E. C. Kenney
First Wesleyan Methodist Church
Three Autos Damaged In Accidents Reported
Three automobiles were damaged in separate accidents early Sunday authorities said. William D. Mason 24 Shawnee in the Navy fell asleep at the wheel on Route 215 four miles north of Murray City about 230 a m his car struck a culvert edge. Mason and passenger Waldine Spitzer 22 New Straitsville suffered minor head injuries. Louis A. Weed 47 Huntington W Va and Philip Norris 18 Shawnee each drove on Route 75 north of Shawnee about 1 a m their left sides severely damaged.
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William D. Mason
Shawnee
Murray City
Mason
Waldine Spitzer
New Straitsville
Louis A. Weed
Huntington
W. Va
Phillip Norris
Death of Huntington diagnostician after surgery
Mr and Mrs O F E Cullums learn their son in law Dr P D Hayman of Huntington W Va has died at St Marys Hospital Richmond Va after an operation. He left a wife Mary Louise Cullums and three children P D Jr 12 Lois Ann 9 and Patricia 1. Funeral plans set for Huntington Wednesday.
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O. FE. Cullums
P. D. Hayman
Huntington
W. Va
St. Marys Hospital
Richmond
Hayman
Mary Louise Cullums
Park Hills
Local Girls Graduate From Nursing School
Miss Dorothy Bateman of Nelsonville and Miss Joan Watts of Cleveland Heights, formerly of Athens, graduate tonight from Christ Hospital School of Nursing in Cincinnati. Bateman is a U S cadet nurse daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert Bateman and plans to join the Army Nurse Corps. Watts is daughter of Mr and Mrs C A Watts and attended Athens High School.
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Dorothy Bateman
Nelsonville
Joan Watts
Cleveland Heights
Athens
Christ Hospital School of Nursing
Cincinnati
Miss Bateman
Robert Bateman
Lyle Ave
Nelsonville High School
U. S
U. S. Army Nurse Corps
Miss Watts
C. A. Watts
San Bernadino
Calif
Athens High School
Man Free of a Decade-Long Stomach Block After Herbal Aid
A man relieved after ten years of a bricklike sensation in the stomach. He cites undigested food, weakness, headaches, and gas. After taking ERB-HELP, the symptom vanished by the next day and bowels, gas, and headaches improved. The ad claims 12 herbs cleansing bowels and aiding liver and kidneys. Athens Pharmacy at 7 N Court St promotes ERB HELP.
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Athens Pharmacy
N. Court St
Marine Bomber Pilots Build Hidden Officers Club
A group of Marine torpedo bomber pilots at Green Island, led by Major A. C. Robertson, converted seven wooden huts into a private officers club atop a 90-foot cliff. The facility includes sun porches, a refrigerator, bamboo bar, and tropical furnishings. Pilots use rope laundry lines and homemade deck chairs, with limited fresh water and rainwater collection for daily needs.
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Green Island
A. C. Robertson
Coronado
Cal
Rabaul
Breader Inn
State Patrol Arrests Three on Route 33
Three drivers arrested by state highway patrolmen Saturday night pleaded guilty in mayors' courts and were fined. Frank Dudgeon 51 Carpenter Route 33 north of Athens charged with unsafe operation fined 25 dollars plus costs. Harley Saylor 33 The Plains Route 33 south of Nelsonville charged with permitting an unlicensed operator to drive fined 5 dollars plus costs. Scott Folmer 48 Pomeroy Route 33 north of Pomeroy charged with being in physical control while under the influence fined 50 dollars plus costs.
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Frank Dudgeon
Carpenter
Athens
Franz Woodworth
Harley C. Saylor
the Plains
Nelsonville
Woodworth
Scott Folmer
Pomeroy
C. O. Fisher
Middleport
Two Men Fined for Shooting Fish in Federal Creek
George Smith and Webb Cole of Broadwell were found guilty of shooting fish in Federal Creek Saturday night. They were fined $50 and costs each by Magistrate J. W. Bailey. State Game Protector C. H. Moore made the arrests.
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Federal Creek
George Smith
Webb Cole
Broadwell
J. W. Bailey
C. H. Moore
Athens Heat Reaches 81 Yesterday with 47 Overnight Dip
Weather notes show yesterday’s high in Athens at 81 degrees and an overnight low of 47. At noon today the temperature stood at 75 degrees.
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Athens
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