First Chest Returns Reported Good In City Drive
Indications that the Community Chest thermometer will show an upward trend in the drive for $10,000 were revealed by preliminary reports of solicitors this morning. Downtown solicitors including James Cumiey James Scrffven Irwin Quick Don Barstow and others pledged large contributions before week’s end. Boy Scouts under Joe Stratton distributed placards and seven bill boards carry appeal messages to keep the drive in public view.
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Community Chest Ofice
Messenger
Ing
James Cumiey
James Scrffven
Irwin Quick
Don Barstow
Carl Ferguson
Merrill Kerr
Francis Lavelle
H. C. Dorman
C. B. Nye
Clarence Kelch
Boy Scouts
Scout
Joe Stratton
Athens Junior High Assembly Show Capped by Music
The Athens Junior High School program featured Wallace LaBaw presiding Don Bingman led the assembly in the Lord's Prayer Jackie Burgett played Mozart Minuet Ingerham Butler and Mathews duet sang Autumn Twilight and Sleep Little One Sleep an accordion solo Fairy Boat Serenade by Charles Wise Principal Sherman Gilmore closed with remarks on conduct and school spirit Also reported a fatal Vermilion car crash that killed Mae Griggs mother of nine.
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Athens
Wallace LaBaw
Don Bingman
Jackie Burgett
Mozart
Janet Ingerham
Beverly Davis
Pat Kassing
Jacquelyn Mathews
Athens Names Joseph B Grogan as Police Chief
Joseph B. Grogan arrived from Columbus to become Athens new police chief. He will live temporarily on East State Street with his family to join the force, study ordinances, and plan reforms. Grogan previously led patrol radio operations and now aims to improve missing property files and arrest records while building public goodwill.
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Joseph B. Grogan
Athens
Columbus
E. State St
Grogan
State Highway Patrol
Ohio
Bond Sales At Athens Post Office Rise In Q3
A total of 10,387 in U S Defense Bonds were sold at the Athens Post Office during July August and September, per postmaster Francis Frebault Defense Savings Stamps sales totaled 429 in the same period. Bond sales rose by more than 1000 from 3037 in August to 4762 in September. Stamp sales nearly doubled in September to 205 from 111 in August.
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U. S. Defense
Athens
Francis Frebault
Defense
Frebault
Logs Put on Roads by Halloween Pranksters
Sheriff Bayless warned that serious Halloween pranks will face prosecution. Logs placed across country roads and painted headlights endanger lives and property. Parents may be held responsible for their children actions.
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Charles W. Bayless
Bayless
Ohio Baptist Convention Condemns All Gambling
Marietta report says the Ohio Baptist Convention condemns bingo and similar games as fundraisers for charities and asks law enforcement to curb all gambling. Delegates urge members to focus more on anti liquor education for all ages.
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Marietta
Ohio Baptist Convention
Weather notes from Mrs France on cold night and mild day
Last night dropped to 41 degrees reported by Mrs C N France the observer. Today Thursday's high reached 66 yet by noon the thermometer stood at 61 with light rain late this morning.
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C. N. France
Bulldogs To Break Leash At Athens pep rally
Athens High School hosts a morning pep rally to ready the Bulldogs for the game against Logan Chieftains. Eldon Musgrave MC introduces members while Pat Connor and Bob Sprague perform piano and accordion solos.
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Athens High School
Bulldogs
Logan Chieftains
Eldon Musgrave
Pat Connor
Bob Sprague
Sylvia Schuler
Harry Lackey
Virginia Stansbury
Doa McKinstry
Claudine Steppe
Bettie Henderson
Joanne Leben
Sons of the Black and Red
Floyd Prince
Three Athens youths enlist for six months in CCC Camp Nelson
Dale Ziggaroos, enlistment agent, reports three Athens area youths join the Civilian Conservation Corps at Camp Nelson for six months. The enrollees are Albert Lee Burley 17 Nelsonville Charles Joe Paulk 20 Doanville and Benjamin Ross Wolfe 18 Doanville. A new registration is set for Tuesday Oct 21 at the relief office to meet the CCC examining doctor during Ziggaroos regular trip to Camp Nelson.
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Athens
Civilian Conservation Corps
Camp Nelson
Dale Ziggaroos
Albert Lee Burley
Nelsonville
Charles Joe Paulk
Doanville
Benjamin Ross Wolfe
Ziggaroos
CCC
Steel Executives Paid 7.24 Million as 2.93 Billion Sales Reported
The Works Progress Administration released figures showing officers and directors of the 10 largest steel producers received 7,240,000 dollars last year while their companies posted 2,930,000,000 dollars in sales. The list includes United States Steel, American Rolling Mill, Bethlehem Steel, Crucible Steel, Inland Steel, Republic Steel, Wheeling Steel, Youngstown Sheet and Tube, Jones & Laughlin, and National Steel.
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Washington
Securities Commission
Works Project Administration
United States Steel Corp
American Rolling Mill Company
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Crucible Steel Company of America
Inland Steel Company
Republic Steel Corporation
Wheeling Steel Corporation
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company
Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation
National Steel Corporation
Births and medical updates from Sheltering Arms area
Four children born at Sheltering Arms Hospital in the last two days. Parents listed include Mr. and Mrs. Robert Greider in Athens, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Singer of Glouster, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Jarvis of Trimble, and Mr. and Mrs. David Jackson of Walker Sr. Also noted are admissions, emergency appendectomies, and major operations for several individuals, with cautions on pending releases and staff illness.
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Sheltering Arms Hospital
Robert Greider
Church St
Clyde Singer
Morgan St
Glouster
Charles Jarvis
Trimble
David Jackson
Walker Sr
Buelah LeFevre
Main St
Joan Malavazos
Portsmouth
Fred Russell
Red Card Race Seen By Crabtree At Athens Club Banquet
Estel Crabtree Nelsonville Cardinal outfielder told 78 Athens Country Club members the 1949 National League race could be a two team affair between Cincinnati and St. Louis with better hitting. He praised Cincinnati pitching and doubted Brooklyn as a top contender.
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Cincinnati
St. Louis
Brooklyn
Estel Crabtree
Nelsonville
Cardinal
Athens Country Club
Ffi
Crabtree
Robin Gardner
RB. T. Grover
Hocking Valley
Reds
Grover
Columbus
Billy Southworth
Greiders Welcome Daughter Born at Sheltering Arms Hospital
Mr and Mrs Robert L Greider 1 2 Church Street announce the birth of a daughter at Sheltering Arms Hospital on a Wednesday noon. The infant weighed seven pounds two ounces. The father is a state highway patrolman.
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Robert L. Greider
Church St
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Greider
Western Hearing Aids Co. Cambridge Listing
Western Hearing Aids Co located at 807 N 7th St Cambridge Ohio offers local hearing aid services. Contact information not provided in the readable text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Hearing Aids Co
N. 7Th St
Cambridge, O
Arrange Funeral for New Marshfield Infant
New Marshfield infant Lawrence David Hunter died at ten o clock Friday morning at the family home. Survived by parents Blaine and Mrs Hunter and two sisters Dixie Lee and Linda Joyce. Grandparents Norman Saylor Clark Hunter and great grandmother Ella Saylor. Burial set for Saturday at 1 a m in New Marshfield Cemetery. One seventh of the earths land surface is covered by Russia.
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New Marshfield
Lawrence David
Blaine Hunter
Hunter
Dixie Lee
Linda Joyce
Norman Saylor
Clark
Ella Saylor
New Marshfield Cemetery
Russia
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Rally
Post Office
Mee
A. E F. Whaley
Fort Beckley
T. R. Biddle
Biddle
E. W. Chubb
T. R. Biddie
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Darrel Selby
George Rutkoskie
Rutkoskie
D. H. Sams
Bers
Clarence Laughlin
Sams
Fred McKay
Les Coon
B. T. Grover
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Bob Nelson
Joe Seipel
Boris Woofley
John Newcomb
Gene Coon
G. E Mitchell
A. F. Whaley
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