Expert To Address Civic Meeting on Fire Prevention
Athens hosts a noon luncheon on Oct 19 at Hotel Berry with Emmett T. Cox of the Fire Prevention Department Western Actuarial Bureau as speaker. Twenty five inspectors from underwriting associations will visit Athens to inspect public buildings and schools, with Boy Scouts guiding them.
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Athens Messenger
Athens
Hotel Berry
Emmett T. Cox
Western Actuarial Bureau
Chicago
Tha Ansalkar
Rotary
Kiwanis
Fred C. Sanders
City Loan Co
Athens Retail Merchants Asociation
Cox
Capital Stock
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Act
Sullivan, Ind
Indiana
Indians Inspection Bureau
U. S. Office of the Civilian Defense
Quotas Set for War Fund Drive in Athens County
The National War Fund drive opens next Monday in Athens County with a $25,570 quota to meet by October 30. 16 townships and cities must reach specified amounts led by the City of Athens with $10,995 and City of Nelsonville with $3,000.
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National War Fund
Athens County
O. G. Houck
Alexander
Ames
City of Athens
Athens Township
Bern
Canaan
Carthage
Dover
Lee
Lodi
City
Nelsonville
Rome
Trimble
Glouster
Jacksonville
Troy
Waterloo
York
Granville Stewart
Smith St
Athens
Auy
USO
Millfield
C. F. Rowland
Howard W. Brown
Parkersburg
W. Va
M. J. Belt & Son
Armstrong
Athens High School Junior Army organizes paper drive
The Junior Army of Athens High School plans a citywide paper collection on Wednesday October 18. H C Pensky superintendent asks all families to gather all paper types and bundle them. Homes will be visited and papers placed on front porches for afternoon pickup by trucks supplied by W H Wakefield county salvage chairman.
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AHS Army
Army of Athens High School
Athens
H. C. Pensky
Central Points
W. H. Wakefield
County Salvage
Fourteen Messenger Carriers Win Honor Roll Places
Fourteen Athens Messenger carriers earn spots on this week's Honor Roll for giving satisfactory advice to all customers. Names and consecutive weeks: Ronald Ridenour 5, Billy Driscoll 6, Bob Nida 4, Sonny Westfall 5, Tom Dowler 10, Paul Vercoe 6, Al Gubitz 11, Don Carr 6, Donald Douglas 7, Dave Algeo 4, Merrill Thomas 2, Keith Henry 4, Roger Gilkey 23, Lynn Samford 2.
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Athens
Ronald Ridenour
Billy Driscoll
Bob Nida
Sonny Westfall
Tom Dowler
Paul Vercoe
al Gubitz
Don Carr
Donald Douglas
Dave Algeo
Merrill Thomas
Keith Henry
Roger Gilkey
Lynn Samford
War letters and service news from the 36th Engineers and others
A letter from a 36th Engineers officer praises Corporal Guess of the 36th Engineers serving in France, recounting Sicily Salerno Anzio and France and praising French people's sincerity. The bulletin also notes the death of Private Weiss in France from wounds Aug 30 and lists his family and school background. Additional items report Athens and Ohio University graduates in Navy and Coast Guard service, promotions and leaves, including Hess in the Navy and Pincelli with Seabees, plus Agnone’s Palau invasion participation and McKibben’s chief petty officer promotion in the South Pacific.
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Howard Guess
Hudson Ave
36Th Engineers
Corporal Guess
France
Sicily
Salerno
Anzio
Italy
Christmas Gift Boxes Sent to Mew Overseas
New Marshfield church members donated funds to send 27 Christmas boxes overseas to church members. Twenty five more boxes will go to camp members in the United States. Mrs Isabel Riggle and Mrs Ardith Lewellyn chaired the effort with help from the Ladies Class and Young Peoples Class securing addresses and preparing the gifts.
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New Marshfield
Gayly Bratton Funeral Planned For Sunday
Gayly Bratton age 75 died Wednesday in Sheltering Arms Hospital after a year and a half illness. Survived by wife Druzila and three sisters Meda Lytle Anderson Indiana Lola Hess Amy Vale Columbus, Charles Webb brother in law. Funeral at two Sunday afternoon at Carpenter residence. Burial Castor Cemetery Point Rock.
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Carpenter
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Druzila Bratton
Meda Lytle
Anderson
Ind
Lola Hess
Amy Vale
Columbus
Charles Webb
Athens
Castor
Point Rock
Lackey Hunts Equipment For GI Games in Italy
In 1944 Italy, Capt Harold Grant and Sgt Harry Lackey of the 15th Air Force organize football amid efforts to start games for GI troops. Grant, a former college football star and pro baseball player, built bases leagues. Lackey, Ohio U. basketball alum and Athens High coach, helps form group teams. They face equipment shortages but expect footballs to soon fly on Italian hills.
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18Th Aaf
Italy
States
Harold Grant
St. Louis
Harry Lackey
Athens
15Th Air Force
Lackey
Pigiskin
Mary
Elks Send Gift Boxes To 54 Men in Service
Athens Lodge of Elks sent Christmas gift boxes today to 54 members in service. A six page bulletin carried greetings and lodge activities. In addition to the 54 in service, 14 others have served and been discharged. The report notes more than $3,000 raised for war work and over $9,000 in War Bonds. Membership up 60 percent in two years. Plans include a Sunday visit by South Central District reps and a dinner at Athens Country Club with wives and guests. John E. Kircher is exalted ruler.
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Athens
Ben Dickens
Carlos Cameron
Gerald Kyle
Francis Laveile
Frank
Sheldon
Clarence Flowers
John McElroy
Jodge
USO
Red Cross
Elks National War Fund
Athens Lodge
South Central
Ohio
Athens Country Club
Country Club
John E. Kircher
Missionary Will Speak At Church Here Monday
Brigadier John Sully, Salvation Army missionary, will visit Athens to speak at the Methodist Church at 2 30 Monday afternoon. She and her husband have spent 16 years in West Africa and recently aided American airmen stationed in Accra.
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John Sully
Salvation Army
Athens
West Africa
William Thompson Killed in Action in France
Pfc. William Barnard Thompson, 25, was killed in action in France on September 22, as reported by a War Department telegram to his wife Ellen Terrell of Harmony Road. A native of Amesville, he was a 1940 Ohio University graduate and former Buick and Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric employee. He married Terrell July 25, 1941, entered service October 1, 1943, trained at Camp Blanding, and served with a heavy artillery unit in Anzio, Italy, and Southern France. He leaves his wife and father, Willard E. Thompson, with his mother dead in May.
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William Barnard Thompson
France
War Department
Ellen Terrell
Harmony Road
Ames
Ohio University
Commerce
Buick Co
Athens
Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co
Gallipolis
Thompson
Miss Terrell
Camp Blanding
Fila
Anzio
Italy
Willard E. Thompson
Amesville
Thomas Gibson Elected Grand Standard Bearer in Ohio Knights Templar
Thomas Gibson of Athens was elected eminent grand standard bearer of the Grand Commandery Knights Templar of Ohio at the close of the 102nd conclave held Wednesday in the Masonic Temple Columbus.
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Thomas E. Gibson
Athens
Knights Templar of
Ohio
Masonic Temple
Columbus
St. Joseph Aspirin Tops Quality Assurance Claim
Assurance of quality and purity highlights St. Joseph Aspirin as the world's largest seller. The ad urges buyers to demand St Joseph Aspirin, emphasizing reliability and popularity.
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St. Joseph
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