Hansen To Speak at Elks Annual Memorial Services
Ohio University figures perform at the Athens Elks Lodge Memorial Day program for lodge members who have died. Dr E A Hansen will give the address on Sunday December 1 at 2 pm in Cline Building. A student trio will sing with piano, and members lead the service with ritual and prayer.
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PACE
Athens Messenger
Athens
Ohio
Elks
E. A. Hansen
University College
Ohio University
Athens Elks Lodge
Cline
Alsa
Wv BaYoe Uitu
Dorothy McBride
Cleveland
Jean Crawford
Jennie Thomas
Canton
Lilian Bowles Robinson
C. C. Robinson
School of Music
America
John B. Cross
Hugh G. Jefferson
C. W. Roach
Edward Moran
Gordon Gray
Rolland Ruth
Homer Gaul
Charles H. Evans
Morrison Burns
F. A. Lavelle
David Johnson
Rudolph J. Isselstein
William Watkins
Ryler
A. M. Dunfee
Charles P. Kircher
Roy C. Shirley
Two Drivers Fined in Mayor Cornell's Court
A collision on Route 50 Alter Nate near Sugar Creek caused $350 damage Thursday afternoon. Harry A. Blackburn, 40, Columbus salesman, and Virgil Preston, 25, Chauncey, were fined by Mayor Cornell after state patrolmen. Blackburn pleaded guilty to unsafe operation and excessive speed. Preston to failure to signal. Each was fined $10 plus costs.
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Sugar Creek
Harry A. Blackburn
Columbus
Virgil Preston
Chauncey
Preston
Berry Hotel
Blackburn
Cornell
High School Classes Held For Soldiers At Camp Shelby
Camp Shelby Mississippi has begun high school classes for enlisted men to complete interrupted schooling. Seven former Ohio educators and an Episcopalian rector volunteer as instructors for courses accredited by the Ohio Director of Education. Courses now include English History and Typing with Physics Geometry and Civics to come in March. About 30 men are enrolled, with graduation planned in June for those completing credits.
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Camp Shelby
Miss
Ohio
Ohio Director of Education
166Th Infantry Regiment
D. R. Smith
Delaware
Frederick C. F. Randolph
St. John’s Church
Lancaster
Oliver H. Gibson
Powell
Elwood C. Carpenter
Rosedale
Madison County
Herbert L. Snapp
Dover Township
Union County
Eldon S. Wheeler
Robert Hicks
Worthington
Don Darling
Marion
Civil Service Tests Announced In Washington And Athens
The U S Civil Service Commission invites applications by Dec 31 for six positions with salaries from 1 260 to 2 300 a year. Post Office Athens provides full exam requirements and forms via J L C Kelley secretary of the Board of U S Civil Service Examiners.
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United States Civil Service Commission
Commission
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Washington, D. C
J. L. C. Kelley
Board of
U. S. Civil Service Examiners
Athens
This 13 Pounder Is Giant of All Turnips
W. E. Jeffers of Albany R D No 2 claims a 13 pound turnip this year, aiming to end the contest for record weight. The giant, said to be perfectly formed and colored, weighs two pounds more than the heaviest turnip reported for 1940.
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W. E. Jeffers
Albany
Jeffers
Altman and Sparks Fined for Route 7 Speeding
Samuel Altman age 35 of 72 Shannon Ave and Tony J. Sparks age 39 of Galesburg Illinois were arrested by the State Highway Patrol on Route 7 east of Gallipolis for excessive speeding with Sparks following Altman. They pleaded guilty before Municipal Judge Halliday and were fined 15 dollars plus costs. Altman also charged with failure to register a motor vehicle and fined an additional five dollars and
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Samuel Altman
Shannon Ave
Tony J. Sparks
Galesburg
Ill
State Highway Patrol
Gallipolis
Sparks
Altman
Halliday
Cincinnati Man Dies Before Dwi Court Appearance
Robert W. Schultz, 28, was found dead in bed less than an hour before his scheduled appearance for a driving while intoxicated charge. A police surgeon described the self-inflicted gunshot wound as personal safety related.
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Cincinnati
Robert W. Schultz
E. M. Craig
Norwood
Black Widow Spider Exhibited by Athens Girl
Shirley Jean Miller displayed a glass jar housing a black widow spider found by her mother in a celery stalk. Dr. W A Matheny of Ohio University confirmed the specimen as a deadly black widow.
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Messenger
Shirley Jean Miller
R. L. Miller
Athens
Shirley Jean
W. A. Matheny
Ohio University Museum
Relief Orders To Be Distributed Monday
Athens County direct relief orders will be distributed on Monday December 2 at the usual places. Dale Ziggaroos relief director announced the distribution covers the first half of December.
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Athens County
Dale Ziggaroos
Bachelors Club Plans Square Dance Saturday
The Bachelor’s Club of the First Presbyterian Church will hold a square dance Saturday night at the Athens Grange Hall. R R Starbuck will provide phonograph records and the Hillbilly Band will play. Members meet at the manse at 7 30 and travel to the hall. In charge are Miss Sarah Keyser Miss Margaret McCutcheon John Pickens Wesley Miller and Miss Alice Lagestrum.
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Bachelor’s Club
First Presbyterian Church
Athens Grange Hall
R. R. Starbuck
Westminster Foundation
Sarah Keyser
Margaret McCutcheon
John Pickens
Wesley Miller
Alice Lagestrum
Athens man struck by car suffers possible leg fracture
King, 50, of Athens, was hit on Route 33 three miles north of Canal Winchester while en route from Columbus. He suffered a possible leg fracture and head cut with body bruises. Cecil Diley, driver from Canal Winchester, conveyed him to a physician's office and he was later taken to Lancaster City Hospital, deputies said.
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Jack, King
Athens
Route 33
Canal Winchester
Cecil Diley
Lancaster City Hospital
Sheriff's Deputies
King
Columbus
Bashan Personal and Brief Social Notes
Bashan social notes report Bashan residents visiting relatives and events. Bashan Bernhard Smalley stayed with kin in Columbus. sister Mrs. Hilton Veney accompanied him home. Leo Eddy infant seriously ill with pneumonia. Clint Orr moved to Edwin Hayman farm. J L Parks and Eva attended Howard Wolfe funeral at Sutton M E Church. Mildred Powell visited Portland with ill mother. Delaware visitors Mr. and Mrs. Charles Torrence and daughter Evelyn for Mrs. Torrence's 89th birthday. Michigan visitors Mr. and Mrs. Herman Clark. Elmer Baum of Bremen visited relatives.
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Charles Torrence
Evelyn
Delaware
Windsor plans trip with Duchess to Miami next month
Nassau Bahamas report says the Duke of Windsor arranged to bring his American-born wife to Miami in the coming month. The weather item notes 390 inches of rain fell in Tamrack California in January 1911.
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U. S S
Nassau
Bahamas
Duke of Windsor
Miami
Tamarack
Calif
Seven Children Benefit From Community Chest Tonsil Clinic
Seven children from Athens Poston Millfield Coolville and Buchtel had tonsillectomies at Sheltering Arms Hospital in a clinic sponsored by the Child Health and Protection Committee. Doctors Morgan HoskIns Sprague and Hamilton led the operations with nurses assisting. The program funds care through Community Chest, with fees paid by the committee and partial costs from families.
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Athens
Poston
Millfield
Coolville
Buchtel
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Child Health and Protection Committee
T. H. Morgan
L. A. Hamilton
Community Chest
Athens City-County
C. R. Hoskins
E. H. Sprague
Dr. Hamilton
Four Million Phones Independently Owned
Dr. C L Jones notes that not all US telephones are Bell System owned. The 1941 Bell Almanac shows about 21.8 million telephones nationwide with 17.39 million or 80 percent owned by Bell. Over 4.34 million are owned by others but connect to Bell lines. about 70,000 are not connected. Almanac copies are available at Athens Home Telephone Co. for free.
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United States
The
Bell System
C. L. Jones
Athens Hama
Telephanaa
Vopeewee News
Jones
Athens Home Telephone Co
Bell
NYA Builds J-T Pipe Line To Jacksonville Trimble High
NYA youths are constructing a new water line at Jacksonville Trimble High School after the previous piping system was condemned by the State Board of Health. Wesley Miller said Dr B B Buckley helped initiate the project to protect student health, with approval sent from Zanesville by Tilford Jewell. The work includes painting and redecorating school rooms by NYA labor.
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Jacksonville-Trimble High School
NYA
State Board of Health
Wesley Miller
Miller
B. B. Buckley
Zanesville
Tilford Jewell
Local Hospital Treats Two Residents After Major Surgery
Admitted yesterday to Sheltering Arms Hospital were Elmer Golds berry of Glouster Route 1 and Emily Riffee of Guysville. Both underwent a major surgical operation this morning.
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Sheltering Arms Hospital
Elmer Goldsberry
Glouster
Emily Riffee
Guysville
Brought to Athens To Face Indictment
Lawrence Schwalbauch a Circleville stock dealer was brought to Athens by Deputy Evans and Magistrate Bennett to face an indictment for issuing a check without sufficient funds. He had failed to appear for a prior arraignment and was subsequently held by Pickaway County authorities after moving through Circleville and Virginia.
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Lawrence Schwalbauch
Circleville
Athens County
Athens
Evans
T. R. Bennett
Schwalbauch
Bennett
Virginia
Pickaway County
Charles Bayless
Bible School Boys To Lead Salvation Army Services
Emerson Dolaw and Paul Miller of God's Bible School Cincinnati will conduct services at the Salvation Army Hall in Athens Saturday night and Sunday morning. They will also assist in the street service Saturday night at the Courthouse. Miller, a chalk artist, will draw for services and for the Sunday School Sunday morning. Friday night Major W. W. Hinshaw will teach the Bible Study Class. Lieut. Howard Burr will preach Sunday night.
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Emerson Dolaw
Paul Miller
God's Bible School
Cincinnati
Salvation Army Hall
Athens
Miller
W. W. Hinshaw
Lieut
Howard Burr
Eugene O Neill Play Featured At Athena Theater
The Long Voyage Home based on four one act plays by Eugene O Neill is the current Athena Theater feature. John Ford directs and produced the film with a cast led by John Wayne Thomas Mitchell and Ian Hunter. The story follows stout hearted seamen aboard the S S Glencairn with calls in the Caribbean and American ports en route to England.
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Eugene O'Neill
John Ford
Athena Theater
John Wayne
Thomas Mitchell
Ian Hunter
Wilfrid Lawson
Barry Fitzgerald
Arthur Shields
Mildred Natwick
Carmen Morales
Ward Bond
John Qualen
J. M. Kerrigan
England
Caribbean
Athens Elks Charity Ball to Aid Needy Families
Annual Athens Elks Charity Ball will be held December 14 at the lodge hall in the Cline Building with Percy Lowry and his Columbus band. Proceeds support a lodge fund buying holiday food baskets for families in need, last year serving 83 families. Ticket sales chaired by Russell Maple with Harold Rose Rolland Ruth and Rudolph Isselstein handling outlets.
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Athens Elks
Lodge
Cline
Percy Lowry
Band of Columbus
Athens
Russell Maple
Harold Rose
Rolland Ruth
Rudolph Isselstein
Athens County Democrats file election expense account
The Athens County Democratic Executive Committee filed its election expense report with Hazel Coon as secretary. Total campaign expenditure for the November 5 election was $592.60, versus the Republican side reporting $4,531.66 received and $3,663.79 disbursed. Doctor A K Walker, an unsuccessful county commissioner candidate, also filed a personal account showing $5 received and $79.55 spent.
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Athens County
Democratic Executive Committee
Board of Elections Office
Hazel Coon
Republican Executive Committee
A. K. Walker
Bricker to be featured at Recorders’ 13th annual convention
Athens County Recorder Geor gia Kilpatrick announced the Ohio Recorders association 13th annual convention will meet at the Neil House in Columbus on December 4 and 5. Kilpatrick will introduce Gov. John W. Bricker as principal speaker with State Auditor Joseph T. Ferguson and other officials joining the program. The session highlights state government figures and the gathering of recorders.
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Athens County
Georgia Kilpatrick
Ohio Recorders’ Association
Neil House
Columbus
Pitfalls of Love and a Missing Marion
Madge and Dicky Gasham rush from Lee Harbor to New York to comfort Lillian Underwood as Marion Morton vanishes with two men after telephoning from the Ticer home. They weigh Marion's possible romance, Jack Bickett's fate, and who may be involved while tracing Marion’s steps and questioning Mrs. Ticer.
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Lillian
Madge
Dicky
Jack Bickett
Marion
Ticer
Katherine
Jack
Lee Harbor
Dicky Gasham
New York
Lillian Underwood
Marion Morton
Grahame
Ticer Farm
Charles Spencer
Secret Service
Mrs. Ticer
Spencer
Enroute
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Thomas FE. Gibson
Thomas E. Gibson
Knights Templar
Zemo
Time Cleaners
Blackmores
Woodbury's
Williams
Mennen
Palmolive
Colgate Kits
Goodyear
Mickle
W. Union St
Athens, O
Black Widow Spider
Bachelors’ Club
Bashan
J-T
Bible School
Salvation Army
Eugene O’neill
Anne van Meter
R. D
Smith Bros
Athens County Agricultural Society
C. L. Baker
LOGAN
I. R. Goldberg
Optometrist
Worstell Bidg
N. Court St
Zenner’s Dept
Bricker
Recorders’ Meeting
Adele Garrison
Katrina
Dad
Lil
Marion Shielding
Carolyn Brixton
the Mutual Home & Savings Association
E. Washington St
City Hall
Athens, Ohio
Ytav
Colonial
Colonial Plan
the Colonial Finance Co
Braunsweiger
Isaly’s
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