Nelsonville Soldier John Courtney Reported Killed in France
Pvt John Courtney of Nelsonville reported killed in action in France on Sept 21 War Department notified Mrs Violet Courtney his wife and mother Mrs Laura Courtney of Watkins I and three children survive. He enlisted Dec 3 1943, trained at Camp Croft, shipped overseas in July, served in infantry and formerly drove a taxicab in Nelsonville.
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Nelsonville
Violet Courtney
Big City
War Department
John Courtney
France
Courtney
Violet Patton
Laura Courtney
Watkins &I
Emma Dailey
Charles
William
Edward
Chauncey
Camp Croft
D. C
Wear
Infantry
Bible School Workers Conference at First Christian Church
The Bible School Workers Conference of the First Christian Church will be held Thursday October 3. Departmental meetings begin at 7 30 p m followed by a combined meeting of all departments at 8 o'clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bible School Workers Conference
The
First Christian Church
Driver Pearl Stanley Fined for Unsafe Vehicle Operation
Pearl Stanley aged 23 was fined 10 dollars plus costs by Mayor Franz Woodsworth after pleading guilty to unsafe operation of a motor vehicle. She was arrested Monday by city police.
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Pearl Stanley
Franz Woodsworth
Stanley
Title Office Fees Collected in September Reported
Fees collected in Athens County motor vehicle title offices in September totaled $232.50. Clerk Alberta Grones announced that $140.75 stayed with the county and $91.75 went to the state. Transactions included 180 titles issued plus various motor vehicles, used cars, and title notations or cancellations.
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Athens
Alberta Grones
Services Held For Native of Athens County
Lewis William Bennett 34 of Hancock County near Findlay died last Friday in Findlay Hospital from a kidney ailment. Born July 3, 1810 in Athens County he moved to Hancock County in 1926. Survived by wife Helen Walker Bennett and four children Gordia Charles Harry and Linda Lou. four sisters and six brothers. funeral Sunday at United Brethren Church Findlay.
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Lewis William Bennett
Hancock County
Findlay
Findlay Hospital
Athens County
Harry Bennett
Athens
Stewart's
Helen Walker Bennett
Gordia
Charles
Harry
Linda Lou
Audrey Wilson
Aviva Altman
Charles Mullen
Floyd
Warren Bennett
Eliza Bennett
Ashland
Rolland Bennett
England
Basil Bennett
Camp Atterbury
Ind
Allen Bennett
Italy
Stack Grocery and Meat Market Reopens After Remodel
Charles Stack reopens his grocery and meat market on Saturday in the remodeled Stack building on West Union Street after a 17 month closure. A stairway removal widened the store by four feet and ceiling reinforcements allowed removal of two center posts. The shop is redecorated with a new freezing unit. Miss Julia Kozma is cashier and W A Edieman is butcher.
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Charles Stack
Stack
W. Union St
Julia Kozma
W. A. Edieman
Health quiz on digestion and Carter's Liver Pills
An old health ad claims digestion relies on a digestive juice Nature must produce. It promotes Carter's Little Liver Pills to increase the juice flow quickly and relieve headachy irritable feelings, urging readers to buy at drugstores and noting prices.
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Nature
Carter
Chauncey Soldier Fishes Texas Catfish Big Catch Story
Sgt Robert Dale Warner an aerial engineer on B 25 bombers at Will Rogers Field Oklahoma City and his Texas rancher wife Wilma Faulkner are featured with two oversized catfish 88 and 45 pounds from the Navasota River near the Faulkner ranch A neighbor later caught a 112 pound fish making Warner vow to return when hostilities end with Chauncey connections noted to his schooling and family links.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Dale Warner
Will Rogers Field
Oklahoma City
Wilma Jean Faulkner
Texas
Warner
Chauncey
Muskingum River
Sergeant Varner
Navasota
Faulkner Ranch
Varner
Faulkners
Harry Tipton
the Plains
Roger Boling
Enlistments Reopened In U S Coast Guard
The U S Coast Guard reopened enlistments on Oct 1 for 17 year old white boys as Apprentice Seamen. Requirements include 17 years old American citizen eighth grade completion and birth certificate. Training begins at Manhattan Beach Brooklyn and assignments follow to combat Coast Guard duties. Apply at Coast Guard Recruiting Sub-1 Station Columbus Ohio for details.
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U. S. Coast Guard
Manhattan Beach
Brooklyn
New York
Coast Guard
U.S. Coast Guard
Cid
Columbus
Ohio
A and P Marks 85th Anniversary Nationwide
Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company celebrates eighty five years in food distribution. Established 1859 in New York City, A P emphasizes wartime service including price control compliance, rationing programs, aiding federal surplus moves, salvage drives, and preventing spoilage in perishables. Local observance announced by F M McGeough notes impact on consumers producers and farmers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company
A&p
New York City
F. M. McGeough
Bradbury Social Notes Highlight Local Visits and Meetings
Social notes from Bradbury record visits by James Russell and Marvin Russell with Bart Riggs of Crooksville, Carol Ebersbach on furlough, and gatherings at the Adult Bible Class with Mrs. Mattie Gilmore. Moves include George Hall relocating to Rutland, Verna Hysel visiting W M Russell, and Robert Collins visiting from Beech Grove. The Presbyterian session is set to meet at 7 30 tonight.
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James Russell
Marvin Russell
Hobart Riggs
Crooksville
Dana Russell
Mattie Gilmore
Willard Ebersbach
Camp Mc
Clellen
Ala
Carl Ebersbach
George Hall
Rutland
Verna Hysel
W. M.russell
Corning
Robert Collins
Beech Grove
Lyle Chapman
Clarence Might
John Sisson
Fire permits required for open burning in October and November
Fire permits must be secured in October and November in Athens and adjoining counties before any open burning outside towns. Free permits available from local forest fire wardens per John A. Bastian of Chillicothe. The Division of Forestry provides wardens lists, drought raises risk, and observers urge extreme caution with fire.
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Athens
John A. Bastian
Chillicothe
Ohio
Bastian
Ohio Division of Forestry
Water St
Civil Service Tests Set for Oct 26 Across Ohio
The Ohio State Civil Service Commission schedules exams on Thursday October 26 in Cincinnati Cleveland Columbus and Toledo for roles including assistant seed analyst assistant pathologist chemist grade 1 engineer examiner field naturalist parole officer psychologist grade IV Ohio residents may apply with closing applications due Tuesday October 17.
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Ohio State Civil Service Commission
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Columbus
Toledo
Ohio
State Civil Service Commission
To Inspect Grange Animal Inspection of Athens Grange
Athens records show a Grange inspection set for Thursday evening October 5 per State Deputy Everett Carbaugh. The notice urges all members to attend. In a separate case, Harry Mitchell, 55, 34 S High St Athens, pleaded guilty to intoxication before Mayor Franz Woodworth Monday night and was fined five dollars and costs.
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Anfmal
Athens Grange
Everett Carbaugh
Harry Mitchell
S. High St
Athens
Franz Woodworth
Long Bottom Pair Meet at Liberator Base in England
In England two Long Bottom youths, Staff Sergeant Harris B. Frank and Private Glenn Coleman, met by chance at a Liberator base mess hall while Frank was on a special mission nearby. The World War II note highlights Tony Frank’s B 24 unit receiving a commendation from Lt. Gen. Doo Little for the Berlin mission. Also featured are profiles of Charles A. Kircher of Athens, Ohio, Air Medal recipient and diesel repair standout, and other service members including Johnson of Nelsonville, Van Meter of Clifton, Cumley of Athens, and Burt of Sandusky, with a roundup of promotions and transfers across the Eighth Air Force and RAF contingents.
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England
Long Bottom
Harris BE. Frank
Glenn Coleman
Frank
Coleman
James H. Doo- Little
Eighth Air Force
Berlin
Naz Europe
Eighth Ai Force
Frank P. Bostrom
Bangor
Maine
Johnson
Edwin Johnson
Nelsonville
Army Air Forces
Curtiss Wright Aircraft Corporation
Local Hero Returns From Pacific Campaign
Pte. Joseph C. Smart infantryman has just completed 15 months overseas in the Pacific and visits his parents, Mr and Mrs Clarence Smart of Nelsonville Route 2. Ensign George William Shivley aged 23 of Buchtel will graduate October 12 from the Naval Reserve Officers Indoctrination School at Tucson as part of the 23rd battalion of the Battleship of the Desert after 60 days training in seamanship navigation ordnance and communication. Shivley, an electrical engineer at Wright Field Dayton before joining the Navy, earned a BSEE from Ohio University in January 1943. He is the son of Mr and Mrs George C Shivley of Buchtel.
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Joseph C. Smart
Infantry
Man
Clarence Smart
Nelsonville
George William Schiv ‘Ley
Buchtel
Naval Reserve
Tucson
Ariz
George C. Shivley, Buchtel
Navy
Revival in Progress at Graham Chapel Athens Clergy Lead Evening Services
Rev Evan Edwards of Athens conducts a revival at Graham chapel with services beginning at 7 30 each evening and featuring special music from invited performers.
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Evan Edwards
Athens
Graham Chapel
Ohio University Offers Civilian Aviation Courses
Ohio University announces a civilian flight training program expanding from wartime cadet training. It includes courses in Elementary Aviation for teachers, Aircraft Engines, Radio, Meteorology, Navigation, and Aeronautical Engineering, with evening ground classes possible. A meeting is set for Thursday Oct 5 1944 at 7 30 pm in room 410 Super Hall to discuss enrollment and organization.
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Ohio University
Army
Navy
Super Hall
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Pvt
Cap
Serore
N. Court St
Athens National Bank
Member
Federal Reserve System
Chauncey Boy
Mrs. Warner
Bradbury
Bradbury — Bible School
Presbyterian Church
Berry Hotel Bldg
R. E. McCammon
Mgr
Finance Corporatio
the Security Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Court Street
Charles A. Kircher
USNR
California
Coronado
Calif
Bluejacket Kircher
Athens High
Naval Training Center
San Diego
Naval Repair Base
Kircher
Charles P. Kircher
Second St
East Ocean Blvd
Long Beach
William D. van Meter
Clifton
W. Va
Serveart van Meter
Dorothy van Meter
Chiron
Point Pleasant
Harry van Meter
James W. Cumley
James P. Cumley
N. Congress St
AAF ‘Training Command
Truax Field
Madison
Wise
Aaf
Cumley
RAF
James Burt
Janie Beckley
Thas
San Francisco
Burt
South Pacific
Marshall Islands
William T. Sharp
Lawson Field
U. S. Army Air Force
I Troop Carrier Command
Vance E. Brinker
Racine
Eighth Fighter Command
Brinker
Route 1
Rabine
Camp Hood
Tex
Leo C. Dickerson
Edward W. Dickerson
New Plymouth
Wallie E. Johnson
Saul Johnson
Welsonville
Boyden R. Kollister
Mary J. Kollister
William E. Leonard
Guy T. Leonard
Logan
Paul A.prittts
Edward Pritts
John W. Johnson
St. Joseph
Beth
RUGBY
Rugby Knitting Fills, Inc
Beckley's Toe Men's Store
Keystone Custodian Funds
Bonps
Roy E. Hawk & Co
Investment Securities Cline
Armed Services
Naine Mananeel
Ford
Eye
Ford Protective Service
Says &. A, Wren
Columbia, South Carolina
Willow Run
Mice
Mespery
Besa Bolt
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