Athens County War Ration Book Registration Totals
About 42 000 Athens County residents registered for war ration books during a four day sugar registration at 46 schools. 39 858 received complete books or books with stamps detached. City registration reached 9 606 with 8 987 books issued. Local ration boards may control future issuing. Continuous registration available for those not yet issued.
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Athens Messenger
Athens
Ohio
Athens County
Leonard Prater
Harper C. Pendry
Athens City
The
University Elementary Training School
West Side School
East Side School
Central School
Ohio University
Prater
Washington
Navy Accepts Smith Manda For Enlistment
The enlistment of two Athens area men into the United States Naval forces was reported by recruiting officer E. S. Lashmett. Bert Smith 42 of 558 Berlin Ave Logan joined the Construction Regiment and Joseph Paul Manda 23 son of Mr and Mrs George Manda The Plains also enlisted. They were accepted for service in Cincinnati and will receive basic training at Great Lakes Illinois or Norfolk Virginia before deployment to the Construction Regiment.
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Athens Area
United States Naval Forces
E. S. Lashmett
Bert Smith
Berlin Ave
Logan
Joseph Paul Manda
George Manda
the Plains
Smith
Jerry Nixon
Manda
the Plains High School
McBee Co
Athens
Cincinnati
Great Lakes
Ill
Norfolk
Dean Voigt Addresses Publicity Convention
Ohio University Dean of Women Irma E. Voigt spoke at a Friday session of the American College Publicity Association national convention in Columbus. Voigt was chosen by the Silver Anniversary Committee to address public relations in women's colleges across the nation.
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Ohio University
Irma E. Voigt
American College Publicity Association
Columbus
Dean Voigt
Association
Enlow Announces New Daughter at Sheltering Arms
At Sheltering Arms Mr and Mrs Arthur Enlow of Albany are the parents of a daughter born today. Several individuals were discharged from Sheltering Arms Hospital including Ernest Smith Millfield Route 1 Clarence Whitlatch Jacksonville Mrs Octa Van Meter Pratts Fork Route 1 and Mrs Mary Golden Guysville Route 3. Mrs Florence Brown Athens Route 3 was released Thursday night.
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Arthur Enlow
Albany
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Ernest Smith
Millfield
Clarence Whitlatch
Jacksonville
Octa van Meter
Pratts Fork
Mary Golden
Guysville
Florence Brown
Athens
Albany Grange Plans 9 O'clock Meeting With Degrees
The Albany Grange will meet Saturday night at 9 o'clock. The third and fourth degrees will be given. Sandwiches and pie will be served.
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Albany Grange
Athens County War Savings Drives Notice Monthly Bond Quota
Uncle Sam requests Athens County residents to buy 73800 in War Savings Stamps and Bonds each month. A house to house canvass urges every person to sign a pledge card indicating the amount they will regularly buy. Signing is a pledge to try but not an obligation to purchase.
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Sam
Athens County
Athens County War Savings Committee
Miners Pledge War Savings Campaign In Athens County
County chairman Tred W. Weber announced a War Savings pledge drive among Athens County miners. H. T. Rainey of the United Mine Workers leads the effort, inviting every miner to sign a pledge card and disclose past and planned purchases as part of a nationwide canvass.
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Athens County
Tred W. Weber
H. T. Rainey
United Mine Workers
Men Must Work or Fight To Win War, Gebel States
Col. C. W. Gebel, state director of Selective Service, says registrants with dependents face induction unless engaged in essential war work. He urges voluntary transfer from non essential to essential civilian activities to free men for service while preserving family welfare.
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Gebel
Col
C. W. Gebel
Selective Service
A¢driane Massadiss Dinu
Alocos Vounlyy Dhvoaru Avno. I
Gobel
Elect Donald Johnson President of 4-H Club
The Boys 4-H Club at Clarks Chapel Church elected Donald Johnson as president with Gilbert Bartlett as vice president and Roscoe Fresh as secretary. Charles Bartlett was named treasurer, Weldon Koker the news reporter, and Vernon Walls the recreation leader. The group, ages 10 to 15, will meet May 14 to decide a name enroll cards and plan projects.
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Carl Phillips
Clarks Chapel Church
Donald Johnson
Gilbert Bartlett
Roscoe Fresh
Charles Bartlett
Weldon Koker
Vernon Walls
New Plymouth Social and Personal Notes
New Plymouth brief items list funeral attendance and visits by local residents. Clinton Webb funeral at Logan. families travel for illness and ministerial meetings. soldiers on furlough from Baton Rouge visit friends. Local gatherings include missionary convention in McArthur and health board conference in McArthur.
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New Plymouth
Earle Heinlein
Clinton Webb
Logan
Stanley Miller
Newark
Stanley
J. M. Stewart
Milton Bay
Geanie
Bob
Allie Bay
Josephine
John Heinlein
Baton Rouge
Jackie McCoy Sends Cable From Australia Post
Mr and Mrs I J McCoy Route 2 Frost receive a cablegram from their son Jackie Jr in an army medical unit reporting he has arrived safely in Australia and that he likes the people and country. He enlisted last October. Two other sons Hershel and Leslie also serve in the United States forces.
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I. J. McCoy
Route 2
Frost
Jackie, Jr
Australia
Hershel
Leslie
United States
Wheat Plans For 43 Crop Are Explained
County AAA Chairman Frank Pugh says 1943 wheat allotments apply to farms with no wheat harvested in 1940 41 or 42. Farmers who plan to plant after three idle years must request a 1943 allotment by June 1. No 1943 payment but no deduction from other AAA payments. Quotas set by county committees and notices sent when determined.
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County Aaa
Frank Pugh
Mitchell To Preach At Church in Logan
Logan notices announce Sunday School at 9 30 a m at First Christian Church Iron Street with evening service at 7 30 led by Rev Melvin E Mitchell of Athens. The brief item confirms church schedule and speaker.
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Mitchell
Logan
First Christian Church
Iron St
Melvin E. Mitchell
Athens
Asbury Church Schedule Published For Sunday Services
Services at the Asbury Methodist Church near Guysville begin with Sunday School at 10.00 and preaching at 11.00 led by Pastor Rev. Melvin E. Mitchell.
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Asbury Methodist Church
Guysville
Melvin E. Mitchell
Bashan Notes Show Local Visits and Court Action
Bashan social notes list visits by Mr. and Mrs. Milford Cole and others from Columbus Charleston Parkersburg and Syracuse plus family calls. A paternity complaint was filed in Common Pleas Court against Joseph Krannitz and he is held in Nelsonville City Jail.
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Pau Orr
Roy Wolfe
Fred Wolfe
A. D. Tuttle
Roland Torrence
Richard Harris
Syracuse
Clint Orr Andson
Jack Sorden
Bernard Smalley
J. C. McKay
Common Pleas Court
Joseph Krannitz
Nelsonville
Union district man released after cash bond for drunkenness
Tom Harmon of Union district was arrested Wednesday evening by Officers Morrison and Redman on a drunkenness charge. He was released on a cash bond of 12 dollars.
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Point Pleasant
Tom Harmon
Union District
Morrison and
Redman
Youthful Check Forger On Probation for 3 Years
Robert S. Weegar a 19 year old Ohio University student pleaded guilty to forging two checks for 200 and 15 in Athens. He was placed on probation for three years by Judge O F Rowland with conditions including beneficial occupation abstinence from liquor and monthly reports. Proceeds of 215 were repaid by his father. Other cases involved Charles Henry Breeze Jr pleading guilty to drunk driving and John Thomas Stevens fined for similar charges.
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Robert S. Weegar
Ohio University
Common Pleas
O. F. Row
Land
Rowland
Ohio State Reformatory
Weegar
Athens
Cleveland
Fred Burdiss
Charles Henry Breeze, Jr
Nelsonville
Mansfield Reformatory
John Thomas Stevens
Jacksonville
Logan Elm Seedling Planted by Pupils
Fourth grade students at West Side School planted a Logan Elm seedling linked to Lord Dunmore’s War 1774 in Ohio. They sealed a memory jar with notes, heard a history briefing by Patricia Wolfe, and helped shovel in the dirt alongside William Wolfe and janitor Oliver Dahl. The seedling is part of 1500 such trees distributed by the Ohio Department of Agriculture in Wooster for school plantings this year.
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Lord Dunmore
Ohio
Daniel Boone
West Side
Logan
Cornstalk
Patricia Wolfe
William Wolfe
Oliver Dahl
State Department of Agriculture
Wooster
Bowling Association To Meet on Wednesday Dinner May 13
The Athens Bowling Association will hold its annual dinner at Westfall's Restaurant on May 13 at 7 p.m. Members should obtain tickets from C. FE. Thomas at Sportland Recreation by next Tuesday.
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Athens Bowling Association
Westfall's
C. FE. Thomas
Sportland Recreation
Mother's Day Exercises Prominent At Athens Aerie
Roger Connor will be principal speaker at the Mother's Day exercises of the Athens Aerie Fraternal Order of Eagles Sunday night at 8 o'clock. The public is invited. C J Ailstock notes Eagles support for families of war service members with a $1,500,000 patriotic fund aiding bereaved families and providing free medical and home facilities to servicemen's families.
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Roger Connor
Athens Aerie
Order of Eagles
C. J. Ailstock
The
Aerie
Fines Levied by Mayor Woodworth in Local Intoxication Pleas
Six residents including George R. Dunn and O. Ashcraft were fined $5 and costs each after pleading guilty to intoxication charges. James Vernon Carl Williams and Ralph W. Nice also faced $10 and costs each for similar offenses.
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George R. Dunn
Athens
O. Ashcraft
Zanesville
Ralph W. Nice
Guysville
Robert Brown
Franz Woodworth
James Vernon
W. Washington Sr
Carl Williams
Strouds Run
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