Campaign ends with 20650 pounds of clothing collected
Prater and committee thank participants in Athens County drive that sorted packed and shipped clothing to war torn countries. Kiwanis members bus drivers and school staff aided hauling packing and transport with local officials and township chairmen contributing significantly to the 6000 pound local allotment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens County
United Nation
Leonard
Prater
Athens Kiwanis Club
Athens City
H.C. Pendry
Franz Woodworth
Fred Sands
Bulding
Ther
G. R. Shafer
Thomas B. Smith
Hazel Parrish
Helen Stright
Phillips and Staff Praised For 1944 Work
Mayor W D Hines of Chauncey was elected chairman of the Athens County Health District Advisory Council at the annual meeting. Clarence Wolfe was chosen secretary. The health commissioner Dr H Y Phillips reported the year’s work for 1944 and the group unanimously approved the report and praised the staff. A motion urged contacting Ohio’s U S senators and the district congressman to obtain government owned equipment to aid townships and municipalities in dredging streams and improving health conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. D. Hines
Chauncey
Athens County
Health Department
Clarence Wolfe
H. Y. Phillips
U.S
Ohio
McBee Co accounting class trains wartime workers
Twelve McBee Co employees partake in an advanced accounting course under Prof Ralph Beckett of Ohio University as part of the Engineering Science Management War Training Program. The program, funded with Office of Education support, runs through June 14 and totals 60 hours of classwork.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McBee Co
Ralph F. Beckett
Ohio University
United States Office of Education
McBee
Helen Cavanaugh
Dorothy Stump
F. West
Virginia Coleman
Helen Hull
Charles Finsterwald
Russell Slaughter
Emile Clayton
Edna Kasler
Marie Cummings
Dance Klingberg
R. H. Patterson
Congress
Wounded Sergeant Scurlock Wounded in Germany April 7
War Department informs Mr and Mrs David Scurlock of Athens Route 2 that their son Sergeant Scurlock was wounded in action in Germany on April 7. He is hospitalized in France after training at Camp Croft and overseas service since last November. He is a father of two children living with their mother Dorothy Jaynes at 125 Maumee Ave Toledo. formerly employed by Willys Overland Motors.
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Scurlock
Germany
War Department
David Scurlock
Athens
France
Camp Croft
Dorothy Jaynes
Maumee Ave
Toledo
Willys Overland Motors, Inc
WAVES Seek Recruits Here in Athens
Yeoman Bernice Devers will visit the Athens Navy Recruiting Sub Station at the Post Office Building next Monday May 23 to speak with women ages 20 to 36 about applying to join the WAVES. The visit accompanies a new bill expanding WAVES recruiting to 2000 per month. Devers, an early WAVES enlistee, will field questions on training duties and benefits of naval service.
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Yeoman
Bernice Devers
Athens Navy
Yeoman Devers
Miss Devers
Naval Service
Memorial Service for Lt Schenz Set for Sunday
Memorial services for Lt Walter Dix Schenz killed in action in Germany on April 15 will be held Sunday May 20 at 2 39 p m at the First Methodist Church Athens. He attended Athens schools graduating in 1942 and studied at Ohio University where he was ROTC member. He served in Camp Hood Texas and in Officer Candidate School. He reached France and Germany with the First Army 28th Infantry Division and later served in Belgium before joining the GFRS headquarters in Paris. He is survived by his parents Mr and Mrs G W Schenz and a sister Judith Ann.
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Walter ‘Dix Schenz
Germany
Schenz
Athens
Ohio University
ROTC
Camp Hood
Texas
Scotland
England
France
GFRS
Paris
Belonim
First Army
G. W Schenz
Judith Ann
Oxleys Get Word From Army About Their Son
Mr and Mrs Clinton Oxley of Albany report official Army medical word that their son Pfc Harold Oxley is making normal improvement after being wounded on the right side of the back by a shell fragment on April 12 in the Philippines.
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Clinton Oxley
Albany
Medical Department of the Army
Pfc
Harold Oxley
Philippines
Native Trees Discussed by James Seward
James R. Seward of the U S Forest Service spoke to the Athens Bird Club on identifying local trees by twigs leaves and bark. He covered over 30 species noting economic uses from white ash tool handles to tulip wood for plywood and flowering dogwood in artificial limbs. He warned against importing exotics and favoring native shade trees like hard maple while criticizing boxelder and soft maple for decorative use.
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James R. Seward
U 8. Forest Service
Athens
Seward
Mr. Seward
Rowena Sprout Named To Welfare Position
Miss Rowene G Sprout of Athens received a Civil Service appointment as district representative for social administration in the State Department of Public Welfare. The district covers Lawrence Jackson Scioto and Pike Counties with offices at Ellis Hall Ohio University. She served ten years with the Division of Aid for the Aged and six months prior supervised Athens County Public Assistance Agencies.
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Rowene G Sprout
Athens
State Department of Public Welfare
Lawrence
Jackson
Scioto
Pike
Ellis Hall
Ohio University
Sprout
Athens County
Seeks a Divorce From Man She Wed in 1897
Laura Baker files a divorce against Wesley Baker Poston alleging gross neglect of duty. The couple married July 4, 1897, at the Athens Hotel. The article notes Mr Cowan, 63, died at Sheltering Arms Hospital after a year of ill health. He formerly worked in a mine and ran a general store with brothers. survived by daughters, a sister, brothers, and grandchildren. Funeral planned with Rev. Warner, burial at Union Street Cemetery.
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Allons
Peg Court
Laura Baker
Wesley Baker
Poston
John Cowan
Athens Hotel
William Roberson
Clyde Snyder
Athens
Effie Cowan
Powhatan Pont
George
Springfield
Joe
Powhatan Point
Orville
Clarington
Jessie Cowan
Dowler and Ferguson Funeral Home
Howard E. Warner
Burpat
W. Union, St
Leaves Crash Scene Fined In Athens County Court
Warren H Wise 24 of McArthur Route 3 pleaded guilty to failure to stop after an accident. He was fined 50 dollars plus costs after being traced by state highway patrol following a sideswipe on Route 50 Alternate near Poston that injured Robert W Mijer 30 of Athens Route 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren H. Wise
McArthur
Athens County Common Pleas Court
Harold J. Rose
Wise
Robert W. Mi Jer
Athens
Aleternate
Poston
Two Men Fined After Patrol Arrests In Route Incidents
Houte Williams, 42, of Glouster, was fined five dollars and costs by Mayor Thomas Williams after pleading guilty to permitting an unlicensed driver to operate his car. He was arrested by state highway patrol on Route 13 while his 16 year old son drove. Charles E Millican, 36, of Athens Route 3, was fined five dollars and costs by Mayor Franz Woodworth after patrolmen on Route 33 north of Athens cited him for a car with defective brakes.
Cole Brothers Circus Offers Free Tickets With Bond Purchases
The Cole Brothers Circus will appear in Athens on May 22 with a complete troupe traveling by special train. Bond buyers at the Woolworth booth, run by Ralph Miller, receive a free reserved-seat ticket for the matinee or evening performance, in a program coordinating with the Seventh War Loan. The American Legion Auxiliary conducts the sales from the Bond Booth, a longtime participant in bond drives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cole Brothers
Athens
Woolworth Booth
Ralph Miller
American Legion Auxiliary
Woolworth's
Proposes Reopening Huntington Ironton Chesapeake Airport
A plan proposes Huntington West Virginia Ironton Ohio and Ashland Kentucky join in a cooperative effort to reestablish the Huntington Ironton Chesapeake Airport for airliner service. American Airlines suspended its stops last week citing hazardous landing conditions with over half loaded planes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
W. Va
Ironton
Ashland
Huntington-Ironton-Chesapeake
American Airlines, Inc
Responsibility Placed On Real Estate Brokers
The Columbus Omo Real Estate Association says brokers must refuse to encourage excessive prices and speculative inflated values. It favors lifting OPA rent controls when local conditions permit and urges local government units to assume control responsibilities.
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Columbus
Omo Real Estate Association
Man Helps Clean Home After Plant Shift
Lud Denny returns home early to find his wife cleaning and furniture moved. He joins in, and after finishing, she serves him a tray of cold beer and cheese blintzes. The anecdote emphasizes neighborly spirit and mutual respect as life eases with small acts of kindness.
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Lud Denny
Hher
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Granville
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K. of C. Hall
Green & White
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Martin Thompson
Merl Orla Ed
Torent Sargalien
Lowe Brothers
Carpenter Howe. Co
Richard
AKRON
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Oxleys
Army
James Seward
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Lydia Ie. Pinkham
Finkham
Berry Hotel
Everfresha Coffee
Joe Marsh
Cpe Maiak
United States Brewers
N. Court St
COTY
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Konkler
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Pablum
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Alka Seltzer
Hepatica
Burpee
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Quick's
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