Armistice Day observance at Athens honors veterans
Hundreds of Athens residents Ohio University students and children gathered in Memorial Auditorium for Armistice Day. The event featured the Ohio University Band under Prof Curtis W Janssen and a speech by Roger Connor of The McBee Co. The ceremony included taps a pledge of allegiance and a color guard from the Pershing Rifles unit. The program proceeded indoors due to rain and no parade.
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Athens
Manasseh Cutler Hall
Ohio University
Ohio University Band
Curtis W. Janssen
God Bless America
Cliff Cornell
E. T. Crossen Post
American Legion
Cornell
Roger Connor
The
McBee Co
Connor
America
Robert Hofstetter
United States of America
Republic
Pershing
University Rotc
Charles H. Fair
Wallace Metzer
George Glass
Tony Franzolino
Robert Reed
Pershing Rifles
Trudy Kissner
Patricia Post
Louise Belden
Lucille Ormsby
Doctor's Olive Tablets Aid Liver Bile and Relief
Advertising copy promotes Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a vegetable aid to stimulate bile flow and digestion. It claims relief from constipation and sluggish bile with a call to buy a box for 15 30 or 60 cents at drugstores.
C J Dry Book Recognized by American Library Association
Claud J. Dry, messenger employee and aerial photography expert, was honored as his book Aerial Photos How to Make and Sell Them named among 25 standard reference works in the United States and England for aeronautic training in national defense.
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Claud J. Dry
American Library Association
America
United States
England
Mr. Dry
Ohio University reports record 3497 enrollment for 1940 41
Registrar Frank B. Dilley announces a university enroll ment of 3 497 for the first semester of 1940 41 an all time high surpassing last year by 109. Out of state students total 660 with New York leading. The freshman class tops 1209 occupants. sexes split 2044 men and 1453 women.
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Ohio
Ohio University
Frank B. Dilley
Auglaize
Defiance
Henry
Cuyahoga
Athens County
Mahoning County
New York
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
England
Panama
Argentina
Hawaii
Ports
Zanesville
University College
College of Education
Arts and Sciences
Commerce
Applied Science
College of Fine Arts
Patrol Warns Against Dangerous Coal Loads
Stanley P. Molden a Columbus trucker was arrested Sunday night on Route 33 south of Logan for cribbing coal above the sideboards of his truck. He was arraigned before Mayor Kinser of Logan and fined 10 dollars and costs. Patrolmen warned truckers against cribbing loads high stating it dangers public safety and arrests will continue.
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Stanley P. Molden
Columbus
Route
Logan
Molden
Kinser
Red Cross services emphasized in Athens defense drive
This Athens Community Chest feature profiles Red Cross activities aimed at preventing accidents, aiding emergencies, veteran claims, and liaison with families. It notes field directors at posts, recruitment drives, and training in home hygiene, nutrition, first aid, life saving, and disaster relief.
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Athens County
Red Cross
Millfield
Nursing Service
Army
Navy
Will Confer Degrees At Meeting Of Masons
Athens Chapter No 39 Royal Arch Masons to confer Mark and Past Master Degrees on a class of candidates Wednesday at 7 30 p m The officers of St Bernard Chapter No 156 Nelsonville will assist High Priest William B Drake invites companions from other chapters to attend Refreshments will be served after the meeting
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Athens
Royal Arch Masons
St. Bernard
Nelsonville
William B. Drake
Drake
Evangelistic Services at The Plains Methodist Church
Rev. Stanley Jeffrey leads daily 7 30 PM services at The Plains Methodist Church with topics including Spiritual Decay Fundamental Religion Man's Magic and Gods Law What Is Modernism and The Need of Certainty Special music by Marie Afeshire. Tropics telegraph lines face termite damage to poles cables and insulation.
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The
Plains Methodist Church
Stanley Jeffrey
Marie Afeshire
Car Demolished After Jumping Guard Rail
James O. Taylor of Columbus drove through a guard rail at the north end of Chauncey Sunday noon. The car was demolished. Taylor was arrested by state patrolmen for unsafe operation, arraigned in Nelsonville, and fined $10 and costs. The patrolmen cited smooth tires and a slippery road.
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James O. Taylor
Columbus
Chauncey
Taylor
Justice of Peace
Nelsonville
Aged Elector Kasler Votes at Amesville in 1868 Memory
W. W. Kasler of Trimble Ridge, aged 91, voted at the Amesville precinct in the election Tuesday. He first voted 72 years ago for Ulysses S. Grant, who was elected president in 1868. A lifelong Amesville area resident, he has rarely traveled beyond Columbus and lives with his daughter Vera White, with sons Guy and Clyde nearby.
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W. W. Kasler
Trimble Ridge
Athens County
Amesville
Kasler
Ulysses S. Grant
Columbus
Vera White
Guy and
Clyde Kasler
Grange to Elect Officers at Canaanville Meeting
Canaan Grange plans a Tuesday night election of officers at Canaanville with a large attendance expected. Members and visitors are invited to attend the session as organized.
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Canaan
Canaanville
Soybean Boom Elevates Rural Economy
About 57 million bushels of soybeans are produced annually and provide work for 50 000 people. Twenty five years ago the soybean was virtually unknown.
Athens Chest drive begins with seven agencies listed
The Athens Community Chest campaign opens with Armistice Day as a significant start. Donors will receive a card naming seven agencies Red Cross Child Health and Protection Committee Hospitalization Fund Girl Scouts Boy Scouts Salvation Army and Ohio University YWCA and may designate funds to one or more. The goal is 12550 with budgets approved by the Community Welfare Association trustees. Officers include F M McKay president F E Sells vice president Miss Elsie Druggan secretary F D Forsyth treasurer and assistants. Trustees: Foster B Cornwell E Paul Cotton Dr E A Hansen Mrs Thor Olson Harper C Pendry.
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Athens
Red Cross
Congress
Athens City
Athens County Red Cross Chapter
Community Chest
H. W. Roach
Child Health and Protection Committee
Hospitalization Fund
Girl Scouts
Boy Scouts
Salvation Army
Ohio University Y.W.C.A
the Community Welfare Association, Inc
F. M. McKay
FE. F. Sells
Elsie Druggan
F. D. Forsyth
J. A. Fuller
Foster B. Cornwell
E. Paul Cotton
E. A. Hansen
Thor Olson
Harper C. Pendry
Valley Airmail Service To Start Tuesday In 22 Cities
All American Aviation will inaugurate direct non stop airmail service Tuesday in 22 towns across Ohio Kentucky West Virginia and Pennsylvania. The Ohio Valley line with terminals at Pittsburgh and Huntington W V is the fourth of five routes approved by the Civil Aeronautics Authority. Regular service runs twice daily except Sundays and holidays with mail sacks lifted by grappling hook at landing fields.
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Wilmington
Del
All American Aviation
Ohio
Kentucky
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Ohio Valley
Pittsburgh
Huntington
W. Va
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Weirton
Willsburg
Wheeling
Moundsville
New Martinsville
Sistersville
Stewart Man Fined For Intoxication Charge
Willis Davis of Stewart was fined $5 and costs today by Mayor Cliff Cornell after a Saturday arrest on West Union Street. Police Captain Charles Maple and Officer Joseph McBride arrested him.
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Stewart
Willis Davis
Cliff Cornell
Davis
W. Union St
Charles Maple
Joseph McBride
Rollo Brown Shares Threefold Recipe for Living
Rollo Walter Brown, born in Southeastern Ohio, spoke at Ohio University’s Memorial Auditorium to a convocation audience about a threefold recipe for living. He urged seeing with understanding, doing with purpose, and remembering all we do, insisting college is the beginning not the end of life. Sponsored by the Ohio University Quill Club, the talk was led by Frank Cech.
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Ohio
Rollo Walter Brown
Ohio University
Memorial Auditorium
Euvouvin MA
Haas
Mr. Brown
Brown
Don Cossack Chorus member urges enlistment at Memorial Auditorium
Alexis Stooppenkoff of the United States Army and Navy Union urged current and former service members to join the union. He noted the group includes active and formerly discharged personnel and urged those interested to write to the Atlantic City headquarters for details. Stooppenkoff, a former Imperial Russian Army captain and ex first sergeant of the coast artillery, spoke amid a Don Cossack Chorus performance.
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Alexis Stoppenkoff
Don Cossack Chorus
Memorial Auditorium
United States Army and Navy Union
Army and Navy Union
National Guard
Ohio
William C. Krueger
Cleveland
Stoopenkoff
Tennessee Ave
Atlantic City
N. J
Coast Artillery
New York
T F Kale 70 Dies Monday in Columbus
Tunstall Francis Kale age 70 died this morning at his home in Columbus after a yearlong illness. He will be moved to Athens Tuesday for services. Survived by two daughters and three grandchildren. Requiem high mass set for Wednesday at St. Pauls Church. Wife Geneva Logan preceded him in death.
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Tunstall
Francis Kale
Columbus
E. Frambes Ave
Athens
Dowler and Ferguson Funeral Home
Kale
Zaleski
John and
Mary Black Kale
Charles Breinig
St. Paul's Catholic Church
William G. Dowd
Earl Wedemeyer
Vivian Wise
Geneva Logan
Harvey Walsh Dies At Home After Short Illness
Harvey James Walsh aged 69 died Sunday morning at 12 15 at his home 8 Mound Street after a brief illness. He retired four years ago after 14 years with the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad freight office in Athens. He is survived by wife and relatives Chris Lomax Mrs Margaret Reynolds of Athens and Ira Morgan of Detroit. Funeral services set for Mt Zion Baptist Church Tuesday at 2 30 with burial in W Union Street Cemetery. Friends may call at the home.
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Harvey James Walsh
Mound St
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Athens
Chris Lomax
Margaret Reynolds
Ira Morgan
Detroit
Mt. Zion Baptist Church
W. Union St
Stephen Powell Dies At Home In Sandusky
Stephen Powell age 74 longtime Athens County resident died Sunday morning at his home in Sandusky where he had lived 17 years. Survived by wife daughter Mrs Joseph Link Sandusky three sons Miley Ironton Clyde Bucyrus John Athens sister Mrs Catherine Coon The Plains brother James Steubenville. Services Tuesday at Pilgrim Holiness Church Athens at 3 p.m. conducted by Rev H E Osborn burial at Canaanville. Friends may call at the John Powell home 132 W Washington St Tuesday after noon from 1 p.m. until services.
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Stephen Powell
Athens County
Sanedusky
Powell
Joseph Link
Sandusky
Miley
Ironton
Clyde
Bucyrus
John
Athens
Catherine Coon
the Plains
James
Steubenville
Pilgrim Holiness Church
H. E. Osborn
Canaanville
John Powell
Washington St
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Harvey Walsh
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