Veterans pensions in Athens County total 174 thousand dollars
A county report shows Athens County veterans received 174 285.60 in yearly federal compensations and pensions with 60 682.30 in retroactive back pay. The year ending Oct 31 saw 350 compensation claims filed, 260 allowed, 74 pending, 16 disallowed, and 10 432.20 monthly payments. Non service pensions and widow’s funds are itemized along with back pay totals. The county office processed 1 607 letters, 1 205 mails, 1 195 notarizations, and interviews for 4 215 people, with 75 hospitalizations arranged.
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Athens County
Ernest McGraner
McGraner
Veteran's Service Office
Court House
Muscle-Rub Delivers Fast Pain Relief Say Rheumatic User
A man recovering from rheumatic pains buys Muscle-Rub after seeing an ad. Within three days his pain subsides and he returns to work. He urges others to try Muscle-Rub and notes a money back guarantee at Quick's Cut Rate and Athens Pharmacy.
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Mr. Jordan
Athens
Norito
Doctor's Swamp Root Claim for Kidney Relief
An advertisement promises a quick fix for nighttime kidney trouble with Dr Elmer's Swamp Root. It claims it flushes kidneys and relieves urinary distress and backaches, urging immediate purchase and a refund if no improvement.
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Dr. Elmer
Marriages Hit New Low In October License Requests
A new law in marriage license applications saw only 11 couples request licenses in October, well below last year’s 25. Among applicants three were unemployed, including two truck drivers, two laborers, a medical technician and a woman minister. Of 22 people, 13 were aged 20 to 30, with ages 16 to 72 and eight minors.
Utility Firm Athens Woman Named in Suit
Plaintiffs Mollie Gardner Lenore Hampton and Madeline Porter sue the Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co and Mrs Mary Carolyn Lahugh in Common Pleas Court to quiet title on about six acres of Athens Township land. They seek injunction damages for power lines and void deeds claiming sole ownership of Farm Lots 68 and 69.
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Mary Carolyn Lahugh
Athens
Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co
Athens Township
Common Pleas Court
Mollie Gardner
Lenore Hampton
Madeline Porter
Electric Company
Armistice Day Observance Planned on OU Campus
K T Crossen Post 21 American Legion will conduct the 29th Armistice Day service on the Ohio University campus with Prof James R Patrick headlining. The county courthouse banks and welfare office will close. a wreath is placed at the Soldiers and Sailors Monument and a Pershing Rifles firing squad participates.
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Athens IN Messenger
Athens
Ohio
Legion
K. T. Crossen Post 21
American Legion
Dewey M. Goddard
Ohio University
James R. Patrick
Court House
W. W. State St
Veterans Administration Office
President St
Bureau of Unemployment Service
N. Court St
Patrick
John T. Cox
Soldiers and Sailors
Pershing Rifles
Ohio University Rotc Corps
Goddard
Athens Retail Merchants Association
K. T. Crossen Post
Frank L. Harvey
C. J. Ailstock
Byron A. Wolfe
James P. Cumley
Monument
The
Legion Post
Hotel Berry
Legion Home
Washington
Congress Streets
Real Estate Transfers In Athens and Surrounding Townships
A sequence of property transfers across Athens County includes Harold and Eula Hawk and others conveying two tracts in Trimble Township to Darewood and Geneva Jewell. Wade E. Smith to Richard C. and Monna L. Bolin at Insiat 2276. and multiple parcels sold or reserved in Troy Nelsonville Trimble Canaan and Glouster. Notable deeds cover 0.34 acre in Trimble and 135.6 acres in Canaan with various reservations.
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Harold
Eula A. Hawk
Guy
Gladys Hawk
Lela McClellan
W. C. McClellan
Darewood
Geneva Jewell
Glouster
Trimble Township
Wade E. Smith
Richard C
Monna L. Bolin
Athens
Helen J
Clifton V. Kim
Robert Barnhart
Troy Township
William F. Powell
Helen May
Herschel M. Stage
Mary J. Powell Hume
Alma B. Powell Lehman
Denver
Rosa Millican
Nelsonville
Inlet
Outlet
Joseph L. Shepard
M. D
Clara D. Shepard
Sampson County
North Carolina
Roy, Jr
Helen E. Kohlhausen
Coolville
Ralph
Mildred Kirkendall
John Kollister
Dover Township
Hilma
John Y. Johnson
Cuyahoga County
Max L
Lucille Hemsley
Trimble
Mildred Marshall
William Marshall
Canaan Township
George
Mary E. Downing
Walter
Elsie M. Faine
Ernest E
Dorothy McClain
George W
Milda H. McClain
Cecil D
Etta A. McClain
David E. McClain
Orval
Ethel Edwards
Lawrence County
Lola
Billy Zimmer
Mable Richards
Grace Holzschuh
Columbus
Bert
Susie Robison
Athens County
Jesse E. Townsend
Richard Baughman
Albany
John W
Florence Maxwell
Cleona Jo
Clarence J. Snow
Lodi
Maude Lowry
Mary L. Russell
Two Fined in Court of Athens Mayor
Mayor Ray Rider, 36, of 383 W State St pleaded guilty to assault and battery and was fined 10 dollars plus costs. Orpha Rast, 49, of 20 S Shafer St paid five dollars and costs after pleading guilty to a police charge of intoxication.
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Ray Rider
W. State St
Mary Rider
Orpha Rast
S. Shafer St
Rites Set for Pfe Durfee First Returned War Victim
Funeral set for Pfe. William P. Durfee 25 Amesville, killed March 16 1945 in Germany. Body arrived noon with escort T 5 Dennis Bunton. Survived by mother Edith Durfee sister Mary Parsons Warren and brother Robert Durfee Mansfield. Services at Federal Valley Church Amesville with American Legion graveside rites at Amesville Cemetery.
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Athens County
William P. Durfee
Amesville
Mannermiver
Germany
Pfe. Durfee
New York
Dennis Bunton
Federal Valley
Alva Shifflet
Kk. T. Crossen Post 21
American Legion
Jagers Funeral
Prince of Peace Local Winners Announced
Winners of the Prince of Peace Declamation contests are Albert Gubitz Jacqueline Deem and Joan Vance. They spoke at the Church of the Good Shepherd First Presbyterian and First Methodist Churches respectively.
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Prince of Peace
Albert Gubitz
Church of the Good Shepherd
Jacqueline Deem
First Presbyterian Church
Joan Vance
First Methodist Church
Margaret Scott
Lawrence Wamsley
Anne Rowles
Charles Frank
Jane Windisch
Constance Herbert
John Spikas
ROTC Review Set for Wednesday at Ohio University Stadium
More than 800 Ohio University ROTC cadets and cadet officers will present the annual military review at the Ohio University Stadium Wednesday at 4 15 p m. Walter S Gamertsfelder and Col William H Speidel will review the regiment with the 120 piece marching band led by Daniel Martino and Paul Miller. Cadet officers will be named for National Honor Society of Scabbard and Blade membership.
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Ohio University Rotc
Ohio University Stadium
Walter S. Gamertsfelder
College of Arts and Sciences
William H. Speidel
Ohio University
Daniel Martino
Paul Miller
National Honor Society of Scabbard and Blade
Births and hospital notices from Shelterings Arms Hospital
Births list Mr and Mrs Milton Roush of Athens welcome a son and Mr and Mrs Ellis Skinner of Glouster welcome a son. Admitted include Vashti Nichols of Glouster for major surgery and Mrs Mildred Chapman of Guysville for major surgery. Dismissals name several Athens Glouster and Millfield residents.
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Milton Roush
Athens
Ellis Skinner
Glouster
Vashti Nichols
Mildred Chapman
Guysville
Route 682 Resurfacing Planned in Southern Ohio
Supt. Harry Richards announced that Route 682 from Beaumont to Route 56 at White's Mill will be resurfaced by the Southern Ohio Quarries Co. He also stated Route 329 from Guysville to Stewart has been completed.
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Beaumont
White's Mill
Southern Ohio Quarries Co
Harry Richards
Guysville
Stewart
Car Overturns On New Paving Near Canaanville
A Cleveland driver escaped injury when his car overturned on freshly paved Route 50 near Canaanville. Dave Gold 43 driver of the sedan was badly damaged after a crash with Grove Halbert 64 of Athens Route 3 who had turned left in front. Halbert was cited for unsafe operation. Other local notices include fines for Inal Mahon 25, Newburyson? and Elmer W. Elliott 23 for unsafe operation with no operator's license for Gene Morman.
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Cleveland
Canaanville
State Highway Patrol
Dave Gold
Grove Halbert
Athens
Halbert
Gold
Franz Woodworth
Murray City
Floyd Luff
Inal Mahon
Buchtel
Nelsonville
Oral Daugherty
Elmer W. Elliott
New Marshfield
Gene Morman
Local OU Band Draws From Athens Area Students
Twelve Athens area students at Ohio University are members of the 120 piece Bobcat marching band. Led by Daniel L. Martino the all male group performs at all home games and often joins on road trips. Members include Hawk and Carpenter trombones Foster Brown sax Eddie Brown cornet Williams drums Nye trombone Nye and Brown trumpets Gabriel baritone Dunfee cornet Bar rows trombone Brannon saxophone Vaughn flute.
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Athens Area
Ohio University
Bobcat
Daniel L. Martino
Athens
Robert Gordon Hawk
Alfred Carpenter
Henry Foster Brown
Eddie Brown
Joe Orvall Williams
Chauncey
Carlos Eugene Nye
Ralph Brown
the Plains
Ralph A. Gabriel
Rome Canaan
Goffroy Dunfee
Robert Carrol Barrows
Crooksville
Robert William Brannon
Nelsonville
Lewis W. Vaughn
Mercury Dips to New Low of 27
A weekend drop sent the thermometer to 27 degrees for the season's lowest reading. Saturday night reached 29 with a Sunday high of 50. By 16 a.m. Monday the temperature was 46, reported by Mrs C N France, a weather observer.
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Mercury
Mra. C. N
France
Weather Observer
State Grand Master Honored at IOOF Banquet
More than a hundred Odd Fellows and their ladies attended a banquet at First Christian Church to honor State Grand Master Olin Swartzmiller. Four candidates received the initiatory degree, with brief talks by Mr. and Mrs. Swartzmiller, H. M. Bennett of the Grand Encampment, and W. E. Jones of the Grand Lodge. IOOF members from Jackson Syracuse Belpre and Parkersburg lodges were guests.
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Olin Swartzmiller
Odd Fellows Lodge
First Christian Church
Swartzmiller
H. M. Bennett
W. E. Jones
Grand Lodge
IOOF
Jackson
Syracuse
Belpre
Parkersburg
Automobile growth in the United States from 1900 to 1942
The count of cars rose from about 8 000 in 1900 to about 33 000 000 in 1942, reflecting rapid expansion of automotive use and industry over four decades.
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United States
Road Ditching Advances in Athens County Under New Method
County Engineer John W. Dowler explains in Public Works Magazine how a new ditching method and equipment, including the Athey loader, sped up restoration of 850 miles of roads neglected during wartime. He notes 150 ditching days yearly and a goal of 100 miles finished in the current year.
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Athens County
John W. Dowler
Public Works Magazine
Mr Dowler
Dowler
Allis-Chalmers
Athey
Thurl Bud McLane dies in Columbus at 43
Thurl Bud McLane, 43, died unexpectedly Saturday in Columbus where he worked as a welder for Ohio Fuel Gas Co. for 18 years. He is survived by his mother Leah McLane and two sisters Doris Davis and Phyllis Johnson. Funeral services are Tuesday at 1:30 p.m. at Arbauh funeral home in Tuppers Plains with burial in Christian Church cemetery.
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Coolville
Thurl
Bud) McLane
Columbus
Ohio Fuel Gas Co
Leah McLane
Chester
Doris Davis
Tuppers Plains
Phyllis Johnson
Cincinnati
Arbaugh Funeral Home
Christian Church
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Robert Jordan, Colon
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Robert Jordan
Colon
Mich
Mill St
Harry Simmons
Sydney J. Browne
Athens County Savings & Loan CO
Masonic Temple
H. G. Householder
DIXIE
el Ee
Ieee
E. Clyse
Dan Bartlett
Meat M Sr
Kenneth B. Adams
Church OF Christ
Stimson Ave
Athens Bottling Works, Inc
Chauncey, Ohie
Pfe
Durfee
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Earl Briggs
William Scholl
Wilson Carr
Mary Gilinan
Mildred Gift
Adrienne Craig
Edith McDaniel
Millfield
Louella Driggs
Cutler
Betty Day
Thelma Dawson
Robert Littler
James Hook
W. C. Vickers
Paul Duncan
Corning
St. Joseph
St. Joseph Aspirin
H. K. Sheets
Francis Ott
First Wesleyan
Medical Service Department
AMI16 Mutual Benefit Health & Accident Association
E. Broad St
Columbus, Ohio
Real Estate Home Loan Headquarters
the Security Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Court Street
C. R. Kinison
Highland Ave
Athens, Ohio
Philco
Swift
Leach's Grocery
North Lancaster
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