Captain Edmund Etaw of Co G 166th Rag Assigned Fort GA
Edmund Etaw son of Mr and Mrs Francis Etaw 206 West Union Street is named captain of Co G 166th Regiment now stationed at Fort Gordon Georgia Captain Etaw left on October 1 as first head of Co F New Lexington The Etaws note he has long served in the Ohio National Guard and his wife resided in Gulfport Mississippi while he was at Camp Shelby
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Francis Etaw
Union St
Edmund Etaw
Co. G
Fort , Ga
Captain Etaw
Co. F
New Lexington
Lancaster
Ohio National Guard
Gulfport, Miss
Camp Shelby
Navy shortens enlistment terms for selected classes
The Ninth Naval District announces from Washington that enlistment lengths for classes V-2 V-3 and V-6 are reduced from six to four years. Recruits 17 and older join the Naval Reserve and may be called to active duty. Training leads to specialty schools with posting at the Athens Naval Recruiting Station during business hours.
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Ninth Naval District
Washington
E Lashmett
Athens
Naval Reserve
Athens City School Teachers Face 5 Percent Salary Cut
The Athens City Board of Education announced that contracts for next year provide a five percent salary reduction for all teachers except those in the lowest brackets if funds are insufficient. The district also cites $18,000 in tax delinquencies and delays in adding improvements to the tax duplicate, constraining operating funds.
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Sane
Athens City
Board of Education
Ourd
County Budget Commission
Athens
Choo
Btminous Coat Commission
Athens In ‘Board of Education
Jeants
Salary Adjustments Pinpointed For 1941-42 Athens Schools
The Athens Board outlines salary scale changes from 1931-32 through 1942 including a 20 percent cut for eight months of 1932-33 and a 16 percent drop for 1932-33, with later restorations. It warns deficits from 1939-41 and cites enrollments, tax delinquencies, coal costs, and mandated levies as factors, proposing a three-pronged plan to balance the budget: economy, securing levies within limits, and personnel reductions.
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Sfound
Taveag
Criics
Clementary
Nonceritica
County Legionnaires To Meet Here Tonight
There will be a joint meeting of the Americas Legion Athens County at the Legion rooms on South Court Street tonight at 7 30. Post commanders of the Nelsonville and Glouster posts will be present and all Athens County Legion members are urged to attend to discuss an important county posts matter.
Court St Fountain Upgraded With New Health Acknowledgment
Athens area officials announce installation of a new two-seat drinking fountain on Court Street approved by the Athens City Council and the County Health Department. The project replaces older bundler fountains removed in January and follows prior installs in Glouster Jacksonville area schools and businesses.
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Athens City
County Health Department
Bart Davidson
Court St
Health Department
Glouster
Jacksonville
Two Athens Teachers Go On Military Leave For Service
The Athens City Schools announce that two teachers Raymond Oliver and Raymond Pfleger will take leaves of absence for military service. Oliver joins the U S Army Air Corps while Pfleger is called into the selective service. The staff list covers junior and senior high and elementary teachers including Lindy Moore Eva Lamon Mayme Johnston Irene Hand Anne Pickering Ethel Woolf Mary Connette Ruth Giesen C L Wood and others.
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Louis Hammerle
Eugene Cottle
James B. McQuown
Robert Essex
P. S. Wamsley
Wayne T. Matthews
Mildred Murphy
Ola Kuenali
Louisa Steele
Eyims
Donna Wells
Lucy McBride
Sllen Shannon
Margaret Chadwick
Elizaeth Warren
Georgia Allen
Betty Rauswald
Ethel Reese
Pinball Machines Targeted By Athens Officials
Athens officials after county meetings with the county ministerial association ordered removal of all illegal devices by May 10. Pinball machines operating with no free games remained, with some venues allegedly paying scores in nickels instead of free games.
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Athens
Athens County Ministerial Association
Mrs Hartley Dies Sunday at 75 in Athens
Mrs. Austin Hartley aged 75 died Sunday morning at 8 45 at 391 Richland Ave following months of illness. Born in Athens County she lived here all her life and was the last of her family. Survived by husband and four stepchildren Herbert Hartley Cleveland Peat Hartley Athens Route 2 Donald Hartley Marion Til and Ada Jenkin Mineral. Funeral Tuesday at two in Nazarene Church with Rev Floyd Hondell officiating. Burial in W State St Cemetery. Friends may call at home anytime.
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Austin Hartley
Richland Ave
Athens County
Amily
Floyd Hondell
Nazarene Church
Hartley
W. State St
Bartlett Saturday hospital releases and local injuries
Nathan Burgess aged 88 died at the hospital after an explosion injury. Elwood and Gaynor Burgess admitted after finger injuries from a meat grinder. Several local residents including Mrs Max Peden and Kassel Smith were released from Sheltering Arms Hospital. William Lengyel and Thomas Lange underwent surgeries and emergency procedures at local facilities.
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Eeeney
Church St Ridenour
Central Ave
Philip Faine
Stewart St
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Max Peden
Avon Place
Kassel Smith
Albany
Nathan Burgess
Bartlett
Jack Bradley
Glouster
Elwood
Gaynor
Burgess
Gladys
Lindley Hall
Ohio
Erie
Friends Meeting House
Chesterhill
William Lengyel
Alex Lengyel
Thomas Lange
Laurence Lange
Second St
ROTC Pershing Rifles Win Second at Drill Meet
Ohio University Pershing Rifles of Company F-1 placed second at the Fifth Corps Area drill meet in Cincinnati. The Kentucky team won, with Ohio State, Dayton, Akron, Cincinnati and Western Reserve also competing. Cadet officers accompanied the squad to a Cincinnati banquet and overnight stay.
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Ohio University
Pershing Rife
Fifth Corps
Cincinnati
University “of Kentucky
Pomibie
Sut
Rovert
Nye
Milton
Altend
Charles E. Fair
Pershing Rifles
University of Cincinnati
Sinton
John Durst
Robert R. Zeigler
Donald Blank
Mary Baird Dies Sunday at Home in Athens
Mary Baird of 1 May Ave died Sunday after a long illness. Surviving are two daughters Mrs Sennard Syracuse New York and Mrs H B Johnson Chicago, one son Sam Finner of Athens Route 3, four grandchildren, and several relatives. She was active in the Athens First Methodist Church and will be laid to rest at Union Cemetery after services conducted by Rev John W Danforth. Friends may call at the Bald residence Tuesday or Wednesday.
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Wales
Baird
Jarnie Sennard
Syracuse
N.Y l
H. B. Johnson
Chicago
Ims
Hs Bar Coley
Carre Laren
Kibet
Sam Finner
Athens
Blanche
Delle
Fterveld
Daryl
Bains
Ceannanville
Balst
Resis
Lacy
Pinter
Sire Bard Wa
Athena First Methouet
Churche West
John W. Danfora
Loyal Daughters Club Plans Entertainment
The Loyal Daughters Club held its second meeting of the season by a camp fire on Friday evening. Members answered roll call with the 4-H pledge and discussed a bake sale for June 7 and a program featuring radio entertainers. The group toasted marshmallows after games and songs. Next meeting is at Phyllis Carpenter's home May 16 at 6 p.m. Potluck supper planned with Charlene Nicholson and Dorothy Ann Williams on the program committee and Catherine Frost and Bonnie Sams as recreational leaders.
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Loyal du Club
Phyllis Carpenter
Charlene "Nicholson
Dorothy Ann Williams
Catherine Frost
Bonnie Sams
Mountain Meadow by John Buchan review
A Buchan novel follows Sir Eaware Leithen a dying London lawyer turned hunter of a missing New York banker. The trek spans London, New York, Quebec and Arctic wilderness revealing Northland spell and a quest for Nirvana amid eerie silent snows.
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Mountain Meadow
John Buchan
Boston
Houghton Mifflin Company
Eaware Leithen
London Lawy
Leithen
London
Francis “Galliard
New York
New’ York
Quebec
Arctic
Cire
Army Navy contracts include plant facilities
In Columbus first quarter liquor sales totaled 1405 dollars and rose toward a record. Government contracts for additional plant facilities comprised a large portion of the activity while officials noted total awards around 54 070 dollars. Mayor Harry Williams of Athens, age 32, pleaded guilty to intoxication and was fined 50 dollars plus costs after a Sunday arrest on West State Street.
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Columbus
Monopoly
Jacapret B. Taylor
Govex Iayor
Harry Williams
Athens
Cliff Cornell
W. State St
Howard Mills
NYA to Refinish Athens School Floors and Walls
The Athens NYA will repair and refinish 106000 square feet of school floors walls and bleachers with 30 youths. The project runs June 16 and is funded by the Athens Board of Education and NYA providing $700 in materials and labor.
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Athens
NYA
Wesley Mille
Athens Nya
Tilford Jewell
Athens Board of Education
Er Materialn
Oxley
Hunter High School
Ted Cross Tomary
AHS Students Lead in State Scholarships and Honors
Athens High School students excel in the state Scholarship Tests with four placers and 13 honorable mentions. Bill Hammerle won first in Algebra 9. Martha Ca Vey led Latin 10. Jauvanta Young placed third in Algebra 9. others earning honorable mentions include Henry Miller and Howard Wilsey among many more.
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Athens High School
Bill Hammerle
Martha Ca ‘Vey
Jauvanta Young
Howard Wilsey
Henry Miller
Bill White
Homer Caskey
Robert King
Bruce Hudson
Julian McQuiston
Jack Stoke Ann Dilley
Herman G. James, Jr
Frank Allen
Frances Noble
Elizabeth Kolenich
Mary Margaret Graham
County Council Meeting Closes Year at Mechanicsburg School
Bryan leads Theamens County Council on education holds final meeting of the year at Mechanicsburg Township School with a potluck supper. Miss Mable Olson chairs the committee and Dr. W T Bryan delivers an informal survey of Hawaii schools from kindergarten to university teacher training programs.
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Theamens County Council
Childhood Education
Meshanicsburg Township
Mable Olson
W. T. Bryan
Hawaii
First National Monument Devils Tower Established 1906
The First United States national monument Devils Tower in northeastern Wyoming was designated in 1906 as an exposed volcanic cone set apart for preservation and public use.
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First National Monument
United States National Monument
Devil's "Tower
Wyoming
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