Driver Dies On Sept. 21 In Nelsonville War Casualty
Nelsonville reports Pvt John Courtney killed in action in France on Sept 21. He enlisted Dec 3, 1943, trained at Camp Croft and sailed overseas in July. Survived by wife Violet Patton Courtney, three children, mother Mrs Laura Courtney, and brothers Charles William Edward and Emma Dailey steps in.
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Nelsonville
Violet Courtney
War Department
John Courtney
France
Courtney
Violet Patton
Laura Courtney
Watkins St
Emma Dailey
Charles
William
Edward
Chauncey
Camp Croft
D. C
Conference Thursday at First Christian Church Bible School workers meeting
The Bible School Workers Conference of the First Christian Church will be held Thursday October 5 with departmental meetings at 7 30 p m followed by a combined meeting of all departments at 8 o'clock.
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Bible School Workers Conference of
The
First Christian Church
Driver Fined for Unsafe Operation in Carbondale
Pearl Stanley aged 9 of Carbon dale was fined 10 dollars and costs by Mayor Franz Woodworth on Monday night after pleading guilty to unsafe operation of a motor vehicle. Stanley was arrested Monday by city police.
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Pearl Stanley
Carbondale
Franz Woodworth
Stanley
Title Office Receipts Show September Totals
Athens County motor vehicle title office reports September collections of 232.50 with 140.75 to county and 391.75 to the state. The month includes 180 titles issued and various vehicle transactions such as motorcycles, trucks, passenger cars, used vehicles, liens, and cancellations, per Clerk Alberta Grones.
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Athens County
Alberta Grones
Services Held For Native of Athens County
Lewis William Bennett 34, of Hancock County near Findlay, a native of Athens County, died last Friday in Findlay Hospital from a kidney ailment. A machinist at Stewart's Machine Shop, he moved to Hancock in 1926. Survived by wife Helen Walker Bennett and four children Gordia 7, Charles 4, Haery 4, Linda Lou 1. four sisters and six brothers, plus sons in England and Camp Atterbury Indiana. Funeral services were held Sunday at the United Brethren Church in 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
An Haery
Linda Lou
Audrey Wison
Aviva Altman
Charles Mullen
Floyd
Warren Bennett
Eliza Bennett
Ashland
Rolland Bennett
England
Basil Bennett
Camp Atterbury
Ind
Allen Bennett
Italy
Bonnie
United Brethren Church
Stack Grocery and Meat Market Reopened in New Stack Building
Charles Stack reopened his grocery and meat market Saturday in the remodeled Stack building on West Union Street after a 17 month closure. A removed stairway widened the store four feet and ceiling reinforcements allowed removal of two center posts. The shop now features a new freezing unit, with Miss Julia Kozma as cashier and W. A. Edleman as butcher.
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Charles Stack
Stack
W. Union St
Julia Kozma
W. A. Edleman
Carter's Little Liver Pills Digestive Aid Ad
An old advertisement addresses indigestion symptoms and proposes Carter's Little Liver Pills to boost digestive juice flow. It claims relief within 30 minutes and urges using the product rather than artificial aids, noting pricing of two sizes and availability at drugstores.
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Nature
Carter
Chauncey Boy Finds Catfish Come Big Down Texas Way
This fish story centers on Set Robert Dale Varner an aerial engineer at Will Rogers Field Oklahoma City his wife Wilma Jean Faulkner and two oversized catfish caught on a Navasota River bend near the Faulkner ranch The catch included a 38 pounder and a 45 pounder with a neighbor later hauling a 71 pounder Varner plans a return for more despite the travel and family ties to Chauncey and The Plains.
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Robert Dale Warner
Will Rogers Field
Oklahoma City
Wilma Jean Faulkner
Texas
Varner
Chauncey
Muskingum River
Sergeant Varner
Navasota
Faulkner Ranch
Faulkners
Harry Lipton
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 to serve as Apprentice Seamen. Requirements include 17 years old, American citizenship, eighth grade education, and a birth certificate. Training at Manhattan Beach Brooklyn precedes assignment to destroyer escorts LSTs and other Coast Guard duties. Applicants may contact Coast Guard Recruiting Sub Station Columbus Ohio for more information.
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U. S. Coast Guard
Manhattan Beach
Brooklyn
New York
Coast Guard
U.S. Coast Guard
Columbus
Ohio
A P Celebrates 85 Years In Food Distribution
The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company marks eighty five years in the field of food distribution with national observances this week. Founded in 1859 in New York City, A P emphasizes its wartime role through price control support, cooperates with federal agencies to move surpluses, and promotes salvage drives for fats metals containers and paper and vigilant distribution of perishables.
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Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company
A&p
New York City
F. M. MacGeough
Bradbury Richie School Social Notes and Local Visits
Social notes list Bradbury Richie School attendance on Sunday Oct 1 and visitors including Mr and Mrs James Russell Mr and Mrs Marvin Russell and Hobart Riggs of Crooksville Mr and Mrs Dana Russell Willard Ebersbach on furlough from Camp Mc Cleven Ala Mr and Mrs Carl Ebersbach Mrs Verna Hysell visiting Rutland Mrs Lyle Chapman guest Robert Collins Beech Grove at daughter Mrs Lyle Chapman Mrs Clarence Might Rutland visiting Mr and Mrs John Sisson session to meet tonight at 7 30 at the Presbyterian Church
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James Russell
Marvin Russell
Hobart
W. M. ‘Russell
Corning
Robert Collins
Beech Grove
Lyle Chapman
Clarence Might
Rutland
iMr
John Sisson
Fire Permits Required for Open Burning in Ohio Areas
October and November permits must be secured before kindling fires outside towns in Athens and adjoining counties. Free permits available from local forest fire wardens. list of wardens provided by Ohio Division of Forestry in Chillicothe. Drought and manpower shortages raise fire control concerns, urging extreme caution.
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Athens
John A. Bastian
Chillicothe
Ohio
Bastian
Ohio Division of Forestry
Water St
OUR MEN IN SERVICE AN EIGHTH AIR FORCE LIBERATOR STATION
In England two Long Bottom, Ohio, youths Harris E. Frank and Glenn Coleman meet at a Liberator base mess hall while Frank on detached service and Coleman in line for rations. Frank, an instrument specialist with a B 24 group, helped earn the group a Doollie commendation for their first Berlin mission the longest initial assault in European Theater history. Charles Kircher of Athens Ohio, diesel repair and maintenance star at Amphibious Training Base Coronado, ranked top in his class at Landing Craft School and first in diesel at San Diego Naval Repair Base. He is son of Charles P Kircher of Athens. Mrs Janie Beckley Burt’s husband James Burt, SoM 2-c USN, has reported to his ship in San Francisco after a 12 day leave spent here. Betty Officer Burt had spent seven months at sea in the South Pacific, participating in invasions of the Marshalls and Marianas. He expects to return to sea soon.
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England
Long Bottom
Harris E. Frank
Glenn Coleman
Frank
Coleman
James H. Doolillie
Eighth Air Force
Berlin
Charles A. Kircher
USNR
Athens
Ohio
California
Navy
Amphibious
Coronado
Calif
Kircher
Ohio Unversity
Naval Training Center
San Diego
Naval Repair Base
Charles P. Kircher
Second St
East Ocean Blvd
Long Beach
James Burt
Janie Beckley
Som 2-c
U. S&s Nrl
San Francisco
Betty
Burt
South Pacific
Marshall Islands
William D. van Meter
Clifton
W. Va
Eighth
Dorothy van Meter
George William Shirley
Buchtel
Naval Reserve
Tucson
Ariz
George C. Shiviey
Buchiel
Civil Service Tests Set For October 26 in Ohio
Ohio Civil Service Commission announced exams on October 26 in Cincinnati Cleveland Columbus and Toledo for posts across state departments. Applications due October 17. blanks available at county auditors or by mail to Columbus. Qualified Ohio residents only.
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William T. Sharp
Nelsonville
Lawson Field
U.S. Army Air Force
1 Troop Carrier Command
Sharp
Ohio State Civil Service
Veterans Administration
Chillicothe
Ohio
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Columbus
Toledo
State Civil Service Commission
Grange Annual Inspection Set for Athens Meeting
Athens Grange will hold its annual inspection at the regular meeting Thursday evening October 5, per State Deputy Everett Carbaugh. All members are urged to attend. Harry Mitchell aged 55 of 34 S Eligh St Athens pleaded guilty to intoxication before Mayor Franz Woodworth and was fined five dollars plus costs.
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Athens Grange
Everett Carbaugh
Harry Mitchell
S. l Eligh St
Athens
Franz Woodworth
Private Brinker Helps Eighth Fighter Group Reach 450 Victories
Private First Class Vance E. Brinker of Racine serves in an Eighth Fighter Command P51 Mustang group in England that surpassed 450 victories over Nazi planes becoming the third American fighter group in the European Theater to reach the mark. Brinker, formerly of Route 1, Racine, was inducted in February 1942. Five Messenger area men from Camp Atterbury Indiana transferred to Camp Hood Texas for basic training: Leo C. Dickerson, Vallie Johnson, Royden Kollister, William Leonard, and Paul Pritts. John W. Johnson of Nelsonville, age 24, received the second Oak Leaf Cluster overseas.
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Vance E. Brinker
Racine
Eighth Fighter Command
England
Brinker
Route 1
Camp Atterbury
Ind
Camp Hood
Tex
Leo C. Dickerson
Edward W. Dickerson
New Plymouth
Vallie EB. Johnson
Saul Johnson
Nelsonville
Royden R. Kollister
Mary I. Kollister
Chauncey
William E. Leonard
Guy
Leonard
Logan
Paul A. Prutts
Edward Pritts
Eighth Air Force
John W. Johnson
Ohio University Offers Civilian Aviation Courses
Ohio University plans a civilian aviation training program expanding from wartime cadet work. Courses cover Elementary Aviation for teachers, Aircraft Engines, Radio Fundamentals, Meteorology, Navigation, Aeronautical Engineering topics, plus private ground and flying instruction. Meeting set for Thursday Oct 5 1944 at 7 30 pm in room 410 Super Hall to gather interest and organize evening ground classes.
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Ohio University
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James P. Cumley
N. Congress St
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Clarence Smart
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