Double Cross Charge Spars Athens County Republicans
Athens Democrats plan a May 5 6 30 dinner at Hotel Berry to rally for a strong county fight. C E Handley Democratic chair announces efforts to oppose Republican nominee potential by writing in Gray and fields calls for broad Democratic ticket, with oral Daugherty delivering the address.
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Athens Messenger
Athens
Athens County
C. E. Handley
Berry
Jdon Gray
Cut
Harry Mettler
Oral Daugherty
Daugherty
Ike
Gray
1Andley
Democratic Central
Handey
Handley
John Shumway Dies at His Home Near Keno
COOLVILLE. John Shumway, 81, died Wednesday at his home near Keno. Body at White Funeral Home as funeral arrangements are set. He leaves wife Bertha Lewis Shumway and six children Leland Akron Lester Fletcher General Hospital Cambridge Victor just returned from 20 months in Iceland Edna Westfall Akron Rubhal D Racine and aelyn Barringer Reedsville ten grandchildren one brother Alfred Syracuse and sister Vinnie Kibble Massillon.
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Coolville
John Shumway
Nenday
Keno
Mr. Shumway
Bertha Lewis Shumway
Leland
Akron
Lester
Fletcher General Hospital
Cambridge
Victor
Iceland
Edna Westfall
Rubhal D
Racine
Aelyn Barringer
Reedsville
Alfred
Syracuse
Vinnie Kibble
Massillon
Small Wounds Are Dangerous Ad for San-Cura Ointment
An advertising notice warns that even small wounds can invite infection. It promotes Antiseptic San-Cura Ointment as a soothing, healing aid and suggests San-Cura Soap for cleansing, with prices listed for the ointment and soap at drug stores.
Major Tells of Work With Army Airmen
Major Charles Woodworth explains the Army Air Corps redistribution center at Miami Beach Florida before the Athens Rotary Club. He notes fliers returning from Europe rest train and await reassignment while families join them at oceanfront hotels for recreation during their stay.
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Athens
Athens Rotary Club
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Ocean
Miami Beach Center
Poston Social And Personal Gathering At Four Course Dinner
Mrs. Joe Pierce and Mrs. Hoyt McMaster hosted a four course chicken dinner Sunday in honor of husbands who left Tuesday to enter the service. Attendees included the McMasters Shreves Heavener Ward Mulpas Koska Canter Bolin Blackford Pierce McMaster and others, with later visits and afternoon calls by Bolin Blackford and George Blackford.
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Charles Koska
Erma Canter
Pauline Bolin
James Blackford
Albert Shreves
Joe Pierce
Luster
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Judy
Hoyt McMaster
Ivan
Olive
Nancy
June Bolin
George Blackford
Nor
Detroit
Charles Shields
Norval South
Burt Carpenter
George Closter
Amesville
Floyd Edwards
H. J. Smith
Athens
W. H. Hunter
Eagles to Elect at Wednesday Meeting
Athens Lodge of the Fraternal Order of Eagles will elect officers at its meeting on Wednesday May 3 starting at 7 30 PM in the lodge hall. All members are urged to attend and refreshments will be served after the meeting.
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Metters Named Kiwanis Club Secretary And Assistant
Thomas H. Metters was appointed secretary of the Kiwanis Club to fill the vacancy left by Charles Reamer who is now in the Navy. Carl Sylvester was named assistant. Prof. C L Dow of Ohio University spoke on fronts and weather maps and their aviation uses. Guests included Lt Ellwood T Rees Earl Hooper and Larry White.
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Kiwanis Club
Charles Reamer
Navy
Carl Sylvester
C. L. Dow
Ohio University
Union Furnace Social Notes
Mrs. Dallas Worthman and son Bill visited her mother Mrs. Myrtle Rohrer in Columbus. Nellie Rose of Lancaster visited her father Charles Rose. The Clark and Cehrs families joined Mr. and Mrs. John Cehrs in Logan for dinner. Extensive visits followed among local families including Rheinscheid King Burrough and Hinnerman. Dwaine and Jerry Rose stayed with the McQuaides in Columbus. Dwaine returned to camp after a furlough.
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Dallas Worthman
Bill
Myrtle Rohrer
Columbus
Nellie Rose
Lancaster
Charles Rose
Charles Clark
Dwaine
Jerry
John Cehrs
Logan
Delbert Rheinscheid
Miller King
Harry McLaughlin
Mary
Reda
Norma
Cecil
Dan Jones
J. R. McGuire
Jane
W. W. King
Patty
Cecil Burrough
Shirley
Lewis Rheinscheld
A. J. Hinnerman
John Bumgardner
Ronnie
Charles Woods
Wilbur McDaniel
Wayne
Reno White
Nelsonville R.F.C
Arthur McQuaide
Omer Byers Killed in Action in Italy
Mr and Mrs Robert Jones of Fisher Station report the death of First Sgt Omer Samuel Byers. He was killed in action in Italy on March 4, 1944. Byers was a great nephew of the Joneses and a great grandson of Leroy Thomas of Albany.
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Fisher Station
Omer Samuel Byers
Don
S. Byers
Clyde, O
Italy
Sergeant Byers
Jones
Leroy Thomas
Albany
Ohio Firms Authorized to Make 192000 Irons
The War Production Board authorized two Mansfield manufacturers to produce 192000 electric irons this year, per the regional War Labor Board announcement.
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War Production Board
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Ensign Stretch Grothaus Killed in Pacific Plane Crash
Ensign Arend Stretch Grothaus, a 1939 Ohio University graduate and former basketball player, died in a Naval plane accident in the Pacific on March 13. Alumni secretary Clark Williams learned of his death after his family had been informed he was missing in action. Grothaus, commissioned in 1941, trained in Florida and belonged to Delta Tau Delta at Ohio University.
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Stretch) Grothaus
Ohio University
Pacific
Clark Williams
University
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Ek Uuln
Mou Hamilton
Ensign Grothaus
Navy
Florida
Delta Tau Delta
H. T. Phillips Appointed Health Commissioner
Appointment of Dr. H. T. Phillips of 143 Morris Ave as head of the Athens City County Health District was announced by Prof. Frank B. Gullum. Phillips succeeds Dr. B. B. Buckley who left to practice in Cleveland.
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H. T. Phillips
Morris Ave
Athens City-County
Frank B. Gullum
Health Board
Dr. Phillips
B. B. Buckley
Cleveland
Athens County
Frost Damage Reported In Orchards Countywide
Frost damage noted in apples cherries and plums across the county but enough fruit remains for a crop. Athens County extension agent Ross Wright cautions some farmers quit spraying after damage. Albany orchardist Earl Baughman stresses spraying the whole orchard annually to ensure next year’s yield.
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Ross Wright
Athens County
Wright
Earl Baughman
Albany
Baughman
Joseph Robinson Dies At Clarks Chapel Home
Joseph FE Robinson 82 died Monday at his Clarks Chapel area home after months of illness. He lived all his life on the farm where he passed. Survived by wife Mary, daughters Margaret Jones Dayton Martha Robinson and Josephine Robinson Columbus, brother Harry Robinson Athens Route 4, nephew William Robinson and niece Alice Robinson Route 4. Funeral Thursday at 1 30 p m Clarks Chapel Church, Rev E E Cole officiating. Burial in adjoining cemetery. Friends may call after Wednesday noon.
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Joseph FE. Robinson
Clarks Chapel
Robinson
Mary Robinson
Margaret Jones
Dayton
Martha Robinson
Marion
Josephine Robinson
Columbus
Harry Robinson
Athens
William Robinson
Alice Robinson
E. E. Cole
Legion Post to Initiate WWII Veterans Wednesday
The K. T. Crossen Post American Legion will hold its monthly meeting at the post home on Wednesday at 8 PM. All World War II affiliated veterans will be formally initiated, with refreshments served after the meeting.
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K. T. Crossen Post
American Legion
Dewey Laughlin Hurt Trucking Pipe Accident
Dewey Laughlin of 8 Wolfe Street suffered a fracture of the right elbow in an accident while hauling pipe at the Radford farm Fisher Station on Sunday. He was driving a tractor and trailer when a pipe slipped, one end stuck in mud and the other end fell, striking his elbow. He is hospitalized at Sheltering Arms Hospital.
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Wolfe St
Radford Farm
Fisher Station
Sheltering Arms Hospital
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Scout Troop 59 Plans Overnight Hike to Camp Durler
Scout Troop 59 set plans for an overnight hike to Camp Durler on May 13 and 14. David Evans was named hike committee chairman with Ned Cameron and Paul Vercoe as members. This marks the first overnight trip of the season and the meeting urged all interested scouts to attend next Monday for final arrangements. The troop library gained 100 books donated by Ed Cole and will be loaned through librarian Roger Gilkey to Athens Boy Scouts.
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David Evans
Ned Cameron
Paul Vercoe
Ed Cole
Athens
Roger Gilkey
William Munslow Dies In Steubenville
Athens friends report the death of William Earl Munslow of Steubenville from a cerebral hemorrhage suffered at work. He leaves a son Captain Ralph Munslow at the Anzio Beachhead and two Steubenville grandchildren, plus a daughter Mrs. James Finsterwald and her Pittsburgh family. Funeral services set for Thursday at 3 PM at the Munslow home 523 West Third Street Steubenville.
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Athens
William Earl Munslow
Steubenville
James Finsterwald
Finsterwald
Pittsburgh
Munslow
Third St
Mrs. Rosetta Whittington Dies at 86 in Wilkesville Area
Rosetta Whittington age 86 former Dyesville resident dies at her daughter Mrs Delbert Bosworth’s home near Wilkesville. She leaves four children including Mrs Bosworth Mrs Chauncey Long son James and Mrs Almira Davis. Funeral set for 1 30 Wednesday at Dexter Church.
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Wilkesville
Rosetta Whittington
Dyesville
Delbert Bosworth
Dexter Church
Will Lecture State Guard on Chemicals
The Ohio State Guard detachment will host a Thursday night demonstration and lecture on gas and chemical agents led by Capt. Edward A. Rosser of Company A Chillicothe. Lieut. Col. Walter H. French was appointed battalion commander of the Third Battalion covering Athens Marietta Gallipolis and Zanesville. New enlisted men announced include Stanley Nida Carl Wilson Thomas R. Bennett James W. Carsey Elmer P. Cubbison Orrin L. Hunsicker and Dale E. Thompson.
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Ohio State Guard
Edward A. Rosser
Chillicothe
Walter H. French
Zanesville
Athens
Marietta
Gallipolis
John Newcomb
Stanley Nida
Mound St
Carl Wilson
Sunnyside Drive
Thomas R. Bennett
E. State
James W. Carsey
Guysville
Elmer P. Cubbison
Chauncey
Orrin L. Hunsicker
Central Ave
Dale E. Thompson
Smith
Aspirin Deal Promises Faster Acting Pain Relief
An advertisement touts aspirin as faster acting and more dependable than genuine St. Joseph Aspirin, claiming it is the world’s largest seller at 10¢. It markets a 100 tablet bottle for 35¢, urging buyers not to pay more.
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St. Joseph
Unfavorable View Of Municipal Hospital Proposal In Athens
Athens city officials and private citizens reported against a municipally owned hospital after reviewing Ohio hospital financials. Most city hospitals fail to cover operating costs by five to fifteen thousand dollars yearly. State officials cautioned against the project due to possible political management and likely deficits. Council opposed further study and approved Avon Place surfacing bids and bond issuance to cover remaining improvement costs with installments for unpaid assessments.
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Athens
Ohio
A. N. Johnson
Avon Place
E. State St
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