Donations Sought for Army Hospital Comforts
A Camp and Hospital Council forms in the Athens County Chapter of the American Red Cross as a unit of Fletcher General Hospital Cam bridge. Mrs. Dorothy K Kent chairs the unit with Mrs. Amy Cutler as vice chairwoman. The council meets to plan comfort and recreational items for wounded soldiers and will provide a donor list to clubs and organizations. Recognition will be given to all contributors.
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Athens County
American Red Cross
Fletcher General Hospital
Cambridge
Dorothy K. Kent
Amy Cutler
Dent
Cutler
War Department
Educators to Meet in Athens Next October
The Southeastern Ohio Education Association votes to hold its annual meeting in Athens next October. Delegates from 16 units, including Logan Nelsonville New Lexington Gallipolis Wellston Chauncey Dover Portsmouth New Boston Ironton Ohio University Jackson City and the Athens Scioto Vinton Pike and Jackson counties, attend. Ohio Education Association officials warn of teacher pay gaps and shortages while stressing improved qualifications and recruitment.
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Southeastern Ohio Education Association
Athens
Jackson
Ohio Education Association
Columbus
Walton B. Bliss
Bliss
Ohio
Armed Services
Way
Waverly
N. P. Blatt
New Lexington
Mallett
McConnelsville
George Carr
Logan
Edwin Higgins
Gallipolis
T. K. Owens
Nelsonville
Wellston
Chauncey-Dover
Portsmouth
New Boston
Ironton
Ohio University
Jackson City
Scioto
Vinton
Pike
Red Cross War Fund totals reach for Athens County drive
Donations to the Red Cross War Fund in Athens County total $34,466.20, led by campaign chairman D. E. Barr. Dover Township union groups contributed $1,150, each $2 per member, boosting Dover to $2,074.14 toward a $2,000 quota. Alexander Township surpassed its $500 target with $502, reported township chair Mrs. Wilbur Baughman.
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Red Cross War Fund
Athens County
D. E. Barr
Dover Township
United Mine Workers of America
United Mine Workers
Gilbert Courtney
Alexander Township
Wilbur Baughman
Athens County Poultrymen Told to Raise Egg Output in 1944
Government urges Athens County poultrymen to produce about 1,683,070 dozen eggs this year, a 1 percent rise from 1943, as part of the Food for Victory program. Secretary Leon Todd says housewives should use more eggs to support high production and warns against liquidating flocks due to price pressures.
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Athens County
National Poultry Defense Committee
Leon Todd
Todd
G D Scott Named Leader Before Induction
Nine men from Athens County Selective Service Board No 1 left for Fort Thomas Kentucky to be inducted into the Army. Leader George Dwight Scott Athens Route 4 traveled by bus to Columbus then Cincinnati and Fort Thomas with volunteers Paul R Kelly Edward Eugene Welch Donald Ray Duncan and others including Arnold Lionel Maxwell Lloyd Francis Wade Jerry A Farrell Clell Leroy Mingus and Raymond Richard Chaney. Robert R Hutchins of Dayton registered here and was transferred to a Dayton board for induction.
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Athens
Manufacture Ration Plans Are Changed
The Office of Price Administration directs transfer of industrial user registration and records from local boards to the district office at 68 E. Gay St Columbus. Quarterly allotments remain, but future calculations will be done by the district office. Industrial users include bakers candy manufacturers and school demonstrations using rationed commodities. July 1 allotments will be processed by the district office.
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Office of Price Administrator
E. Gay St
Columbus
Use Contact Poison To Kill Plant Lice
Green and black aphids alarm homeowners says Ross Wright Athens County extension agent. Aphids feed by sucking plant juices and attack shrubbery perennials and soon cabbage cucurbits cucumbers melons. Wright urges a contact insecticide nicotine sulfate spray or dust applied to insects when first noticed. A solution of 112 teaspoons of Black Leaf Forty per gallon of soapy water is recommended for effective control.
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Ross Wright
Athens County
Wright
Show Is On Tonight If Weather Is Right
Weather permitting the military review of the Civil Air Patrol Cadets and the Athens High School Band concert will be at the high school stadium tonight at 7 15. The show was postponed last night due to rain and if rain returns the program will be rescheduled for Friday night.
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Civil Air Patrol
Athens High School
Candidates Must File Expense Accounts by May 19
Athens County elections clerk David Johnson reminded candidates in the May 9 primaries that Friday May 19 is the deadline to file expense accounts. The law requires both winners and losers to file, and a certificate of nomination cannot be issued until expenditures are reported.
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David Johnson
Athens County Board of Elections
Johnson
Rome Canaan High School Seniors to Graduate in Gym
Rome Canaan High School seniors will receive diplomas Friday night May 19 at 8 45 in the gymnasium. James Garfield Stewart mayor of Cincinnati will deliver the commencement address. The high school orchestra will perform during exercises. Faculty includes Margaret Laverty Bernice Russell D P Barrows D C McIntorf Luella Clifton Esther K Staats W H Harkins. Glen Hanes county superintendent will present diplomas. A free hearing clinic for hard of hearing persons will be held Saturday Sunday May 20 21 at the Berry Hotel by R J Foster Maico Company.
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Rome-Canaan
James Garfield Stewart
Cincin
Nati
Margaret Laverty
Bernice Russell
D. P Barrows
D. C. McIntorf
Luella Clifton
Esther K. Staats
W. H. Harkins
Glen Hanes
Berry Hotel
R. J. Foster
Maico Company
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Army Hospital
Dennis Perkinson
Portsmouth Schools
Association
S. H. Dillon
Hocking County
Alfred Henry
Morgan County
Meat Department
Florida
Strictly Fresh
Lego
ATN
MI Choice
OLEO
Wheaties
Dumbo
Everfresh
Olema
G. D. Scott
Rome
America
Okeys
Clorox Chemical Co
Eer
Everfresh Coffee
Crisco
Ute
P. Har
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