100 Workers To Solicit Homes In Athens War Loan Drive
Athens launches the Seventh Star Loan Drive with 100 workers organized into five teams including Business and Professional Women actors Rotary Kiwanis and Independents to solicit homes through June. Ohio University Library Group led by Miss Anne DcKeating and other groups conduct spot solicitations. kickoff film planned by Fred Wilms of Schine's Athena Theater to boost bond purchases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
D. M. Goddard
Rotary
Kiwanis
Ohio University Library Group
Anne DcKeating
McBee Co
Jo Garvin
Weele
American Legion Auxiliary
Mr. Goddard
GAVE LIFE Captain Hess Killed in Action in Germany
Captain Hess aged 23, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Hess of Lancaster Pennsylvania and former Athens resident, was killed in action in Germany on April 19. An Ohio University alumnus, he served overseas since March 1944 and held the Silver Star Bronze Star with Oak Leaf Cluster Infantry Badge and Purple Heart after being wounded January 15. He was grandson of the late Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Beasley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hess
R. C. Hess
Lancaster
Athens
Germany
Ohio University
F. J. Beasley
Youth Caught In Stolen Car Arrested In Route 33 Incident
Youth 18 year old William Davis Canale of Athens Route 2 was jailed after admitting auto thefts in Athens and Albany. He was arrested on Route 33 north of Athens while driving Mrs. Adda Maccombs car stolen Friday night. Canale also confessed to stealing two other autos last Monday night. cars were recovered. He pleaded guilty before Mayor Franz Woodworth, held to the grand jury, and remanded to county jail when bond set at $1,000 was not posted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
William Davis Canale
Canale
Franz Woodworth
Adda Maccombs
Carpenter St
Athens City
Albany
Plains Road
Grosvenor Crossing
Max Cox Wins State FFA Speaking Contest at Ohio State
McArthur High School senior and all state basketball player Max Cox won the State FFA public speaking contest held at Ohio State University defeating finalists from 12 districts. Cox advances to the North Central Regional contest in Chicago at a later date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Max Cox
Dale Tittle Is Liberated From German Captivity
Pvt. Dale Tittle a 20 year old prisoner of the Germans for 25 months has been liberated and will return to the United States soon. War Department notified his parents Mr and Mrs Ray Tittle of Beaumont. He entered service three years ago and went overseas in October 1943. He was captured January 30 1944 while with the First Rangers Battalion in Italy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pvt
Dale Tittle
United States
War Department
Ray Tittle
Beaumont
Tittles
Rangers
Italy
Wounded in France Sergeant Klaus in Army Hospital
Mrs. Elizabeth Klaus of 142 West Union Street has learned her husband, T Sergeant Rudolph Klaus, is wounded and hospitalized in France. He served three years in the Army and has been overseas seven months with the U S Ninth Army as a platoon sergeant of an armored infantry reconnaissance platoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rudie Klaus
Elizabeth B. Klaus
Union St
Rudolph
Rudie) Klaus
France
Klaus
U. S. Ninth Army
May Smith Funeral To Be Held Tuesday
Miss May Smith aged 84 died Saturday at her home 28 Hudson Ave after a two year illness. Born in Athens County she was the last of her immediate family and survived by four nephews. Funeral services Tuesday at 10 in Dowler and Ferguson Funeral Home conducted by Rev. Fred Luchs with burial at Canaanville Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home anytime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss May Smith
Hudson Ave
Athens County
William and
Ruth Smith
Miss Smith
Herbert Sutton
Athens
Leslie Sutton
Birdshome
Canada
Fred Sutton
Fr .Lauderdale
Fla
William Smith
Hume
Dowler and Ferguson
Fred Luchs
Canaanville
Plains Youth Held for Automobile Theft
James Yates aged 17 from The Plains was arrested by state highway patrol on Route 33 north of Athens while hitchhiking. He is committed to county jail and turned over to Athens city police for prosecution. Yates had been at Boys Industrial School Lancaster for auto theft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Yates
the Plains
Athens
Buick Co
Yates
Boys Industrial School
Lancaster
Pa‘troknen
Three Fined Five Dollars Each In Woodworths Court
Three men pleaded guilty before Mayor Franz L Woodworth to intoxication charges and were fined five dollars plus costs. The men were Carlos Sams aged 48 of 34 Stella Ave James Brandeberry aged 44 of Coalville Route 2 and Dean Maxwell aged 45 of Athens Route 4. Sams also received one day in jail for disturbing the peace on Sunday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franz L.woodworth
Carlos Sams
Stella Ave
James Brandeberry
Coalville
Dean Maxwell
Athens
Sams
Reception Honors 350 at St Pauls Church anniversary
More than 350 attended the reception at St Pauls Catholic Church commemorating the 50th anniversary of the cornerstone laying on May 13, 1895. The event, preceded by benediction, was hosted by Catholic Ladies of Columbia Altar and Rosary Society and the Knights of Columbus. Notables from the 1895 ceremony were welcomed by master of ceremonies J B Grogan, with a program of vocal solos readings dances and magic acts. Fathers Murphy Soltis Zaleski Sugh rue Galler l in i Eyerina served as visiting priests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St Pauls Catholic Church
Catholic Ladies of Columbia
Altar and Rosary Society
Knights of Columbus
J. B. Grogan
Edward Sheridan
Arthur Walsh
Elizabeth Rowan
Anna Walsh
Rose Sheridan
James Josten
Peter L.fagan
Mary Mulligan
Margaret Hearn
John Lovener
Tom Lavelle
Old County Down
Agnes Padden
Helen Cavanaugh
R. F. Beckett
Mary el
Jen Overholt
Helen Flavion
Dolly
Martina
Patricia Josten
Frank Harvey
Reading
Jukes Family
Joyce White
Nellie McGowan
Marie Cavanaugh
Peter Clark
Herron Calls From Boston
Pfc. Merritt W. Herron, captured by Germans December 16 and liberated on Easter Sunday, arrived in Boston and telephoned his wife from there. He was captured at St Witch on the German Belgian border while with the 106th Infantry Division and was sent to Bad Orb Prison Camp. He hopes to be home soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merritt W. Herron
Boston
Mass
Hazel Herron
Hudson Ave
Herron
St. Witch
106Th Infantry
Bad Orb
Perry Riley Dies of Heart Attack at 51 in Cleveland
Perry Riley age 51 youngest son of the late Sheriff M M Riley of Carthage Township Athens County died Sunday morning in Cleveland after a heart attack. He served as a lieutenant in World War I, graduated Ohio University in 1916, later worked in Cleveland in the insurance business. Surviving are his wife and son James a brother Fred of Newark N J and a sister Mrs E A Cave Madison Wisconsin. His death marks the third family death in a year. He was a Delta Tau Delta member and played varsity football at the university.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perry Riley
M. M. Riley
Carthage Township
Athens County
Cleveland
Mr. Riley
Air Force
Ohio University
James
Fred
Newark
N. J
E. A. Cave
Madison
Wis
Ethel Riley
Washington
Cydnor
Hebbardsville
Riley
Delta Tau Delta Fraternity
Alban Riley
Ethel Sams Dies at Home Saturday Night
Mrs. Ethel Lucille Sams of Pleasanton Road died Saturday night at home. Survived by husband John W. Sams and infant daughter Juanita, plus her parents Mr. and Mrs. Jess King. Funeral at Clarks Chapel Church Tuesday at two. Call Woolley Chapel until Tuesday noon. Scout Troop 56 hosts a bean supper Wednesday at 5 40 p.m. for parents and guests bring table service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethel Lucille Sams
John W. Sams
Pleasanton Road
Juanita
iMr
Jess King
Clarks Chapel
Will H. Woolley
First Methodist Church
Brilliant recital by Kinney and Apitesch at Ohio Univ
Mr Gordon Kinney violoncellist and Miss Gladys Apitesch pianist, both Ohio University School of Music faculty, gave the final season recital in Memorial Auditorium. The program ranged from Beethoven to Shostakovich with a fresh Shostakovich sonata and Beethoven variations, topped by a Brueh Kol Nidrei set and a colorful end by Grandados, Ravel, and Van Goens. Encores included a Prokofieff Gavotte arrangement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kinney
Gladys Apitesch
Paul M. Bal
Gordon Kinney
Ohio University School of Music
Memorial Auditorium
Beethoven
Shostakovitch
Mr. Kinney
Miss Apitzsch
Dmitri Shostakovitch
Athens
Miss Aptitsch
Mozart
Brueh
Granados
Ravel
van Goens
Gavotte
Prokofieff
School of Music of
Ohio University
Amere Club Meeting At The Cottage Tea House
Amere Club gathered Thursday afternoon at the Cottage Tea House hosted by Mrs. Joe Walburn. Thirteen members and two guests attended with spring flower decorations and a dessert course. Notables included Mrs. Sam C. Warren and Mrs. Richard Fought, recently returned from six months in Florida.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amere Club
Amere Needle Club
Cottage Tea House
Joe Walburn
Sam C. Warren
Richard Fought
Florida
Charles Marquis
Plains Road
Annual Dinner of Athens Colony of New England Women
The Athens Colony of New England Women held its annual dinner at 35 Franklin Ave hosted by Misses Dele and Blanche Finsterwald. Bad weather canceled the planned outdoor picnic. two guests attended along with club members. In the business meeting, reports highlighted war work and social betterment, including donations toward three overseas ambulances, hospital napkins, and support for Kurn Hattin Homes for orphans. The group resumes meetings in October.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens Colony
New England
Dele
Blanche Finsterwald
Franklin Ave
Clement
H. F. Cromley
Frank W. Cone
Athens
Fletcher Army Hospital
Cambridge
Kurn Hattin Homes, Inc
Events Club Annual Spring Dinner at Cottage Tea House
The Current Events Club held its annual spring dinner Thursday evening at the Cottage Tea House. Tables featured spring flowers in blue and white. After dinner, Mrs. J. F. Dixon introduced Mrs. Fred Luchs who spoke on Current Happenings in the World Today, followed by a general discussion. Hostesses were Mrs. J. F. Dixon, Mrs. D. B. Green, Mrs. C. R. Kinison, Mrs. Anna White, Mrs. Embree B R. Rose, Mrs. H. H. Roseberry, Mrs. William Williams and Mrs. Karl Witzler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Current Events Club
Cottage Tea House
J. F. Dixon
Fred Luchs
D. B. Green
C. R. Kinison
Anna White
Embree
R. Rose
H. H. Roseberry
William Williams
Karl Witzler
Personal notices from Athens area social page
Mr and Mrs Robert S Wood of Zanesville with their son and Mr Thomas Wood of Leroy visited at their Canaan Road home. Frances Evans of 23 W State St spent Mother's Day in Jackson with her mother Sallie Finney. Pvt James Hoisington son of Mr and Mrs Henry Hoisington Athens Route 2 on 13 day furlough after training at Camp Hood Texas will be sent to Camp Howze Texas. Seaman Robert H Burton has returned to Naval Air Base Minneapolis after 11 day leave with his parents Mr and Mrs Henry Burton and daughters Athens. Mrs Elza Lynch Chicago and Miss Ida Burton Lawrenceville also were guests at the Burton home along with Frances Tedrow of Columbus, Mrs Josie Scott and Mr and Mrs Elmer Rodehaver and children Irene Gene Billie Ellen Athens, and Mr and Mrs Herman Whan and children Bonnie Lewis and Donna Route Four Athens were dinner guests recently of Mr and Mrs Emmett Whan and children Dorothy Shirley Sheila Route Four Athens. A stork shower was given Thursday at the home of Mrs Lena Blackford 80 Grosvenor St for Mrs Vivian McNutt. Guests were Nazarene Church members including Mrs Goff pastor’s wife, Mrs Kelly, Mrs Jackson, Mrs Mansfield, Mrs Carl Cox, Mrs Herbert Blackford and Mrs Agnes Drain Carbondale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wee
James Hoisington
Henry Woisington
Athens
Camp Hood
Tex
Camp Howze
Yoan
Robert H. Burton
Naval Air Base
Minneapolis
Minn
Henry Burton
Elza Lynch
Chicago
Iil
Ida Burton
Lawrenceville
Ill
Burton
Vouing
Frances Tedrow
Columbus
Josie Scott
Elmer Rodehaver
Irene
Gene
Billie
Ellen
Herman Whan
Bonnie
Lewis
Donna
Route Four
Emmett Whan
Dorothy
Shirley
Sheila
Lena Blackford
Grosvenor St
Vivian McNutt
The
Nazarene Church
Goff
Kelly
Jackson
Mansfield
Carl Cox
Herbert Blackford
Fall of Athens
Agnes ‘Drain
Carbondale
Club Calendar Highlights from Athens Church Groups
A busy schedule of meetings and events for Athens clubs and churches is announced. The Women's Association of the Presbyterian Church meets Tuesday at 7 30 p m at the church with Mrs Fred Luchs speaking on World Order. Legion Auxiliary plans Poppy Day programs Tuesday at 8 p m. East Side PITAL hosts a children's speech talk by Miss Elizabeth Andersch at 2 45 p m Wednesday. East Side Summer Round-up gathers at 2 15 p m Wednesday in the East Side First Grade room for PTA timing. Parahontas Lodge meets Wednesday at 8 p m. anniversaries observed. WSCS of Central Ave Methodist and various First Christian Church groups schedule meetings and donor drives, with transportation coordinated. May 24 Sunset Garden Club meeting postponed. Mothers Day greetings noted for Calvin family. Nellie Kenney learns of relative’s recovery after operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women’s Association of the Presbyterian Church
Fred Luchs
World Order
S. FE. Gilmore
East Side
PTA
Parahontas Lodge
Also Mentioned on This Page
Herman Humphrey
Ohio’ University
Staney’s Shoe
S. Court St
W. State St
Mias
Micanor
Dorothy Brumparnet Hatch
Virginia Tammet
Ethel Beekman
Geraldine Hepa
Ann Mumma
Tn Reeder
Lucile Duttee
Bel
Mdry
Cacchalr
A, S. Ty
Gubltt
Jd. van Nostrand
Clarence Belch
Major R. A Lea Irvin Quick
Willams
Ross Wright
Glen Foster
Carl Frey
Norman Dean
Harold Wise
W. A. Lowman
Herbert Cox
D. M. Downard
BL. Petersen J. J
Harold Kelloge
BR. G
B. Burns
Helen Hamilton
John Dee
Earl McGonkey
G. Houck
Elsie Druggan
C. T. Tlawe
Pearl Buck
C. A. Parker
Nan Barnhart
Ruth Baughin
Paul Timark
Margaret Murer
Ernest Horn Buss Slaughter
John Deem
George Clark
James Jost
Margaret Hughes
Margaret Thompson
Floyd Wolfe
James Patt
William Mickle
Marian Beckler
Woolworths
Nellie Agin
Isons Conant
Cleo Crabtree
Cisrice Cunningham
Margaret Dickens Evelyn Genhelmer
Dihan Gum Arduth Hart
Eileen Easler
Rachel Love
Doria Moore
Wims Richey
Marguerite Root Ether Rowland
Mary Helen Byee
Thelma Sucks
Dorothy Thompee
Virginia
Thompsr
Velma Tubbs
Elma ‘Tucker
Henry Barnes
the McBee Cojhairman
Miss
L. Miller
Je Garvin
Coed Shepard
Robert G. Hess, JR
E. Pinkham
Lydia E Penbhamis
the Security Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Court Street
Ohto
May Smith
Plains
Woodworth’s
St. Paul’s
Ethel Sams
Aiwava
Athens Co. Savings and Loan Co
Lostro Bulking
Athens, Ohlo
Ooo Son
NAVY
Wits
Forest Meighen
Congress St
Akron
William
Great Lakes
Firestone Tire and Rubber Company
Carl Clifford
Newport
Naval Base
Curtis and
Kemmey
E. State St
New
Robert S. Wood
Zanesville
Thomas Wood
Leroy
Canaan Road
Farmers’ Mutual Insurance Company
Frances Evans
State St
Sallie Finney
Berry Hotel
McCammon
Mar
Wesday
Legion Home
Frank L. Harvey
Charles Bayless
Daniel Pierce
Abram Williams
Thomas Rosser
PITAL
Elizabeth Andersch
Joan Kelly
Court St
Woman's Council
First Christian Church
W. W. Totman
Midred Robinson
Woman’s Council of the First Christian Church
J. A. Wharton
Sunset Garden Club
Noo
Wes
WSCS
Central Ave. Methodist Church
Child Conservation League
Stanley Howdy
Shell
Lancaster St
Grange Hall
Priscilla Needle Club
Cottage ‘Yea
Grant Gilkey
First Methodist Church Women’s
Shuster
Evenine
O. G. Houck
Eliott
Welk
R.A. Foster
Woodard
McCaskill
L. A. Hamilton
Woorls
Carl Roberts
Grosvenory
H. M Woods
Circle Six
Dowler
J. C. “Blackburn
Sunnyside
Franklin H. Calvin
Frank Calvin
S. Lancaster Sr
W. FP. Schuler
Momis
Mary Ann Calvin
Morrix
Nellie Kenney
Richland Ave
C. A. Kenney
New Brighton
Little Beaver Valley General Hospital
Howard Camp
Athens Pharmacy
Howard Gamp
Burt
N. Court Streat
Meier's
Aa Eee Lee, Tae
Ke A
Meier's Wine Cellars
Wwe
Siverton and
Samgusey
OMG
Wimbyardn Isle ST. George
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