Armistice Day Ceremony Monday Set as Holiday at Athens
Athens to observe its first peacetime Armistice Day since 1941 with a campus ceremony at Ohio University. Banks and Courthouse offices close Monday with state liquor stores also shut. The one act play and three act comedy vpheaid will be staged by students, and university offices including unemployment and post offices close for the holiday. The ceremony at 11 a.m. features President John C. Baker, a wreath on the Civil War monument, and Taps by Curtis Janssen.
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Athens
Ohio University
Sele
Novi County
Court House
Bev
Pinay
Teddy
Ben Roberts
Sue
Linda Pedigo
Bureau of Unemployment Compensation
United States
Emler
Cora
Theodore
Orl Service Board
Naester
Adie
Margaret Williams
Laurie
Jack
Don Ferguson
Mary
Ann Paterna
S Herbert
Tom
Lawler
Granny
Pag Sigre
Emma Lee McCuneman
A. A. Nellis
American Legiion
John C. Baker
Curtis W. Janssen
Legionnaires
Jean W. S. Gamertsfelder
OU College of Arts and Sciences
Dr. Baker
Mr. Janssen
Oscar Fulton
K. T. Crossen Post
American Legion
Discharged veterans listed with addresses across Ohio towns
A roster of discharged soldiers and marines is shown with names ranks and home addresses including Athens Canian Road New Straitsville Middleport Hamden Oak Hill Logan McArthur Sharpsburg Cheshire Jacksonville Albany Buchtel Pomeroy Racine Cutler and other communities. The list includes ranks from Pvt to Sgt with street numbers and Route designations.
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Athens
Wade Smith
Canian Road
Richard F. Hutchgon
Pratt St
Lawrence W. Graves
Curran Dmive
Donald M. Nester
Currier St
Millard E. Barnett
Richland Ave
S.-Set
Ralph A. Benedum
New Straitsville
Pic
Jack Colvin
Fitchard C. Spencer
Middleport
William H. Mc
Oak Hill
Daniel L. Tanl ‘Ry
R. O. Brisker
Edward G. Delaney
Elton W. Lambert
James BE. Johnson
Charles L. Delaney
McArthur
Lester Butte
Sharpsburg
J. E. Slonage
Gerald H. Driggs
Cheshire
Clair Spires
Jacksonville
Robert Noon
Albany
Lasch J. Douglas
Buchtel
James E. Pettit
Murray City
Charles Grinstead
Bidwell
Gerald R. McFarland
Chesterhill
Ray K. Ellis
Racine
Charles W. Bush
Cutler
William E. Kennedy
Edward L. Kasmussen
Pomeroy
Roy M Reuter
Mulberry Ave
Glewster
Fred T. Ban
New Marshfield
Donald M. Peck
Robert H. Dowler
Nelsonville
Robert M- Bul- Tock
Chestnut State
Joseph Parish
Chestnut St
Civil Service hearing opens on Harris suspension
Testimony in a Civil Service Commission hearing in Dominion Pleas Court focused on Mrs. Nanny Harris, 5 N. McKinley Ave, suspended as a field representative for the state Division of Aid for the Aged. She allegedly failed to file monthly reports and itineraries and to train staff, with discrepancies in travel records. Harris has led field work in Athens, Hocking, Meigs, Gallia and Vinton counties since 1941 amid a broader Columbus purge report.
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Nanny Harris
N. McKinley Ave
State Division of Aid For
Civil Service Commission
Dominon Pleas Court
Harris
Wetter
Pkenit Rannrte
War Fund Drive Subscriptions Reported Across Athens County
Athens County War Fund drive results released show city totals of 4324.47 with leaders listing names and amounts from CLO Club to University Women and Rotary Club. Township totals reach 3843.94 including Eldon Bolen Alexander and Wayne Wingett Lodi among many others. final note remarks on Virginia western reach.
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Athens County
T Cam
Athens City
Helen Cavanaugh
CLO Club
Mary Conett
Alberta Grones
Greenwell
Salva
Roger Jones
Pree Church
Edith Miller
Grah Christian Church
R. E. Coughlin
Aplacopa Church
R. YL. Miller
Rotary Club
Normal ‘Bean
Kiwanis Club
Edlagher
Ben Dickens
Ellis
C. J. Ailatock
VFTW
Peaseholder
University Menerans
G. George Ashworth
Don Barstow
Fick
Francis Lévelle
Eldon Bolen
Alexander
T. E. Clark
Ames
Fred Wids
Villa Tipple
Athena
Howard Gifford
Bern
M Bessie
Johnston
Dover
Chief Nurse of Europe Capt. Stone's World War II Legacy
Capt. Marie J. Stone, an Athens Ohio native, rose to be called the Chief Nurse of Europe after organizing an emergency hospital in Huntington during the 1937-38 Ohio River floods. She served with SHAEF as a nursing consultant, aided Buchenwald survivors, and worked across Allied fronts as a pioneer in public health nursing in occupied Germany.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Ohio
Marie J. Stone
ANC
Athens
Europe
Huntington
W. Va
Stone
SHAEF
Buchenwald
Occupied
U. S
England
Paris
Seine
AMG Public Health Office
Capt. Stone
Hoelzer Hospital
Gallipolis
Ohio University
Columbia
Holzer Hospital
Plains Honor Pupils Listed At The Plains High School
The Plains High School honor roll for the first six weeks includes pupils from grades 7 to 12. Notables include Jack McDonald Wanda Lovesey David Miller Barbera Humphrey and David Winefordner among others. Enrollment rises with 232 students in the lower six grades and 170 in the upper six, totaling 402, up 47 from last year. The Presbyterian Church Session meets at 7 30 pm tonight at the church.
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the Plains High School
Jack McDonald
Wanda Lovesey
Robert McGee
Arlene McClain
Donna ‘Thompson
Richard McAllister
Mary Hardy
Ellen Clark
Betty Bryan
Pearl
Phillips
David Miller
Mary Mason
Marion Richardson
Roy Allen
Barbera Humphrey
Jerry Baughman
David Winefordner
Clare Christian
Charles McDonald
Walter
Sheltering Arms Hospital Notes Admits and Dismissals
Admission list includes Don Schoonever Chauncey Herbert Davis Chesterhill Lloyd Bentley Athens Lois Thompson Athens and others with medical fractures and surgeries. Dismissals include Holly Hawk, Mona Kyle, Ann Clark and several from Athens. Weather notes report yesterday’s high 74 and low 42. Fall Festival set for November 14 at Olive Orange High School in Tuppers Plains with beauty contest games and refreshments.
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Don Schoonever
Chauncey
Herbert Davis
Chesterhill
Lloyd Bentley
Athens
Lois Thompson
Lille North
James Johnson
Annabell Simmons
Ameslville
Hattie Blackburn
Lena Clark
Carbondale
Fay Huff
Mary Russell
Glouster
William Smith
Nelsonville
Robert Mullet
jAthens
Edgar Slater
Wendell Bridge
Frank Shay
Mass Dorothy Mae Parks
Golda Gillogly
Olive Orange High School
Tuppers Plains
County Service Officer Opens In Temporary Quarters
The County Veterans' Service Officer office has opened in the basement of the Courthouse in the room used by the county commissioners. Earnest McGraner announced the temporary arrangement and said the office will move soon to permanent quarters on the second floor at the south end of the building.
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County Veterans’ Service Officer
Earnest McGraner
McGraner
City Ballots Light as All Municipal Races Unopposed
County Board of Elections tabulated light voting in a quiet city election in Athens. All municipal ticket candidates were Republicans led by Mayor Franz Woodworth and Council President Oscar Fulton, with no opposition. Unopposed city board of education members awaited official results. one arrest for intoxication noted. Official results across city and townships not expected for at least a day.
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County Board of Elections
Franz Woodworth
Oscar Fulton
City Board of Education
Athens
15 Men Enlist For Army Duty in Ohio Posts
Captain Harold H. Birch announced 15 Ohioans enlistment for three years in the Army at the Athens Recruiting Station. Names include Donald Riey, Charles McGull, Warren Wicks, Eldon Van Meter, Dick Britton, Samuel Ward, James Gabin, Carl Hendricks, Wilbur Lightfritz, Lee Britton, Thomas Miller, Fredrick Schall, Roy Hamilton, Robert Vineyard, and William Agabrite. Enlistment for 18 months included Roy Hamilton, Robert Vineyard, and William Agabrite, with November 21 as the reenlistment deadline for those discharged after May 12, 1945.
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Harold H. Birch
Athens
Donald Riey
Florence
S. C
Carl Hendricks
Marietta
Wilbur Lightfritz
Lee Britton
Air Corps
Thomas Miller
Trimble
Ordnance
Fredrick Schall
Cleveland Air Corps
Roy Hamilton
Robert Vineyard
Reedsville
William Agabrite
Birch
Automobiles Damaged In Route 50 Collision
Automobiles driven by Mervin H. Mitchell 49 Albany and Lewis Poe 55 Dayton were damaged slightly when they collided yesterday on Route 50 about half a mile west of Albany at a county road intersection, the State Highway Patrol reported.
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Mervin H. Mitchell
Albany
Lewis Poe
Dayton
State Highway Patrol
Amesville man pleads guilty to intoxication charge
George Roberts of Amesville was arraigned before Mayor Franz Woodworth this morning on an intoxication charge. He pleaded guilty and was fined $5 plus costs.
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George Roberts
Amesville
Franz Woodworth
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