Sidney Spiegel Found Dead on Baltimore & Ohio Tracks
Sidney Spiegel 34 a five grade technician and Ohio University military staff member was found dead on Baltimore and Ohio tracks between Wolfe Street and University Terrace about 6 30 this morning. Chief J B Grogan said evidence suggested he was killed while walking after waking at 4 to 4 50. Spiegel recently married to Bessie Cheyfitz of Cleveland and lived at 1 Park Place. He had been at the university about 16 months and his Bronx home is given. his wife is a university graduate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney Spiegel
Ohio University
Baltimore & Ohio
Wolfe St
Univversity Terrace
J. B. Grogan
Spiegel
Bessie Cheyfitz
Cleveland
Park Place
Grogan
Bronx
Miss ‘Cheyfitz
SCOT FIRE EXTINGUISHED AT M. SHAFFER ST HOME
Fire department responded to a morning chimney fire at the home of Mrs. Fay Hamer 29 M Shafer Street. The blaze was extinguished quickly with no damage reported and no injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scot
Fay
Hamer
Shafer St
Norma Voris Death From Motorcycle Crash
Mrs Norma Voris aged 29 of Logan died at 2 45 am in Sheltering Arms Hospital Athens from injuries suffered Saturday when she and her husband were forced off Route 33 north of Logan. She is survived by her husband William and her foster parents Mr and Mrs 4 B Moore 303 Lincoln Ave Logan. Funeral arrangements had not been completed today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norma Voris
Logan
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Athens
Route 33
AHS Art Club Promotes School Spirit at Athens High
The Commercial Art Club of Athens High School enters its second year to boost school spirit and advertise panetings. Twelve members include Knoll Dupler as president and Barbara Algeo as publicity chair. They form committees with projects due by set dates, currently working on Fire Prevention Day. Their thermometer display shows football wins with a smiling face and losses with a frowning face, and all game scores are listed. Miss Ethel Woolf sponsors the club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Art Club of
Athens High School
Knoll Dupler
Barbara Algeo
Lois Hansen
Ann Channel
Joanne Walker
Esther Easterling
June Reeder
Michael Swyers
Frances Gibson
Jacquelyn Smith
Kathleen Mcc-Afee
Margaret Williams
Ethel Woolf
Finsterwald Rites Set for Thursday in Athens
Funeral services for Kathryn Elizabeth Finsterwald aged 21 who died Tuesday at White Cross Hospital Columbus will be held Thursday afternoon at two o'clock in the First Methodist Church Athens. Rev Harold Kellogg to officiate with burial in W Union Street Cemetery. Friends may call at 26 Hocking Street at any time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kathryn Elizabeth Finsterwald
White Cross Hospital
Columbus
Athens
Harold Kellogg
W. Union St
Hocking St
Six area men return from overseas service and more military notes
Six local men reported by Army Service Forces Headquarters at Fort Hayes Columbus have returned from overseas duty after long tours. Names include Pvt Charles A Rupe, Pvt Clyde E Davis, Frc Elias W Dunfee, Pfc Raymond Clark, Pfc Delbert Guess and Pfc Charles Sheridan with 29 to 30 months overseas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army Service Forces
Fort Hayes
Columbus
Charles A. Rupe
RFC
Nelsonville
Clyde E. Davis
RFD
Dexter
Elias W. Dunfee
Athens Route
Raymond Clark
Coolville
Delbert Guess
Mary -St. Athens
Charles
Sheridan
Athens Route 4
Camp Atterbury
Ind
Army notices and weather details from wartime Ohio area
The report notes Sergeant Orville King in Germany promoted from private to sergeant and updates on temperatures around Athens with a near freezing night. It lists names of 18yearold recruits at Great Lakes Naval Training Center and Army promotions including Major Baldy in Italy. Also mentions Fort Riley promotions and torpedoman training graduates from Great Lakes with further duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph A. Gabriel
Athens
U.S. Naval Training Center
Great Lakes
Kathryn King
Richland Ave
Orville King
Germany
Infantry
King
R. H. King
Albany
C. N. France
Mercury
Richard W. Baughman
Robert E. Cleland
Racine
Harry R. Johnson
Kenneth D. Russell
Pomeroy
U. S. Naval Training Center
Birthday furlough for Roger L Williams in Army service
Roger L Williams celebrated his nineteenth birthday on a nine day furlough spent with his parents, Louis and Mrs Williams of Athens Foote 14. He enlisted over a year ago and serves with the Army Air Corps Quartermaster Department at Norfolk Virginia. Lt James R Williams husband of Helen Williams of Athens Ohio recently finished an orientation course bridging stateside training to combat in France. He was a student at Ohio University before joining the Army Air Forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami Beach
Fla
James W. Rickey
Athens
Army Air Forces
Fifth Army
Italy
Vyaui A. Baldy
Rendville
894Th
Baldy
Ohio University
Palestine
Infantry School
Fort Benning
Army
Mary A. Baldy
Francis
Navy
Walker L. ). Worman
Hockingport
Great Lakes
Ill
Rte
Roger L. Williams
Louis Williams
Athens Foote
Army Air Corps Quartermaster Department
Norfolk
AIR Service Command
England
James R. Williams
Helen M. Williams
Washington St
France
America
Europe
Avon Place Payments Being Collected In Athens
Property owners in Avon Place East Athens have one more week to pay for street improvements. Few payments have been made in three weeks to City Treasurer J. S. Sherrard at Athens National Bank. Unpaid assessments will be certified to Athens County treasurer for collection with interest over ten years. Mary Davis and Emory Johnson were fined five dollars and costs each after pleading guilty to intoxication before Mayor Franz Woodworth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Avon Place
Athens
J. S. Sherrard
Athens National Bank
Athens County
Mary Davis
Millfield
Emory Johnson
Washington St
Franz Woodworth
Grange to Meet for Third and Fourth Degrees
Athens Grange will meet Thursday night at o'clock at the Grange Hall to confer third and fourth degrees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grange
Athens
Grange Hall
Wildes Retires After 35 Years With B and O
William D. Wildes of 139 Grosvenor Street retires as car inspector in the Athens yards of the Baltimore and Ohio. He began railroad work in 1901 with the Hocking Valley Railway and has spent most of his life in Athens County, living near Factory in youth and having the family home in Athens for years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William D. Wildes
Grosvenor St
Athens
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Mr. Wildes
Hocking Valley Railway
Athens County
Milk Groups Seek Federal Regulation of Sales
Four regional milk groups led by Athens Milk Sales Co seek a federal marketing order from the War Food Administration. The plan would cover markets in Ohio Kentucky West Virginia and accompanying counties and set Class 1 prices at 3.75 per hundred pounds with 3.5 percent butterfat content.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Fortr
WFA
Gallipolis
Ali
Athens County
Ashlland
Huntington
Parkersburg
W. Va
Marietta
Ironton
Ohio
Athens
Sciate
George Bernard Rites To Be Held Saturday
George Bernard age 64 farmer died at Guysville Sunday evening after a two year illness. Survived by wife Sara Paylor Bernard and six sons Harvey Miami sburg Arnold Coolville R D Vern with the Army in France Herman at home Jack Army in New York Robert Navy in California. two daughters Althea Whaley Barnsville Gertrude Morgan Akron. three brothers John Millersburg Clarence Jacksonville Lang Avron Giouster. one son Ernest preceded him in death. Funeral at home Saturday 2 pm Central War Time. Friends may call White Funeral Home Thursday evening then at residence. Burial Maplewood Cemetery near Glous jier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Bernard
Guysville
Sara Paylor Bernard
Harvey
Miamisburg
Arnold
Coolville
R.D
Vern
France
Herman
Jack
Army
New York
Robert
Navy
California
Althea Whaley
Barnsville
Gertrude Morgan
Akron
Land
Major operations at Sheltering Arms Hospital group
At Sheltering Arms Mrs Nellie G Noble 83 Grosvenor St Mrs Charlotte Souther ton 283 BE State St and Mrs Emma Bennett 15 Montrose Ave underwent major operations today Discharges scheduled for today include Mrs Mary Lazism an son Hooper St Mrs Lucy Steinmeyer and daughter New Marshfield Mrs Russell Hiles 44 Hudson Ave Mrs Harold Henry Amesville Mrs Edna Hoke Logan Route 4 and Mrs Shirley Street 235 W Franklin Nelsonville
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie G. Noble
Grosvenor St
Charlotte Southerton
BE. State St
Emma Bennett
Montrose Ave
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Mary Lazisman
Hooper St
Lucy Steinmeyer
New Marshfield
Russell’ Hiles
Hudson Ave
Harold Henry
Amesville
Edna Hoke
Logan
Shirley Street
W. Franklin
Nelsonville
Paroled Burglary Suspect From Athens County
Tanner Is Paroled Guy Tanner, sentenced to the Ohio Penitentiary from Athens County on a charge of burglary, has been granted a parole effective Nov. 22.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guy Tanner
Ohio Penitentiary
Athens County
Racine Chaplain Serves Fighting Men in Pacific
Racine Ohio native Chaplain Gilbert J. Spencer serves with a First Cavalry Division unit in the Southwest Pacific. He notes a 50 percent rise in Sunday service attendance among servicemen since entering combat and says religion grows from need rather than fear. He recalls bringing worship to troops 100 yards behind front lines and gaining broader religious tolerance through army service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southwest Pacific
Gilbert J. Spencer
Racine, O
First Cavalry Division
Spencer
Admiralty Islands
Fort Bliss
Texas
Chaplains’ School
Harvard University
Putnam Hall Open House Showcases Education Hall Tour
University Elementary School staff and student teachers hosted an open house for Dr. Marie Quick and Dr. Wilbur Yauch. Guests were guided through Putnam Hall starting at Dr Edith Beehehl’s office to health center outdoor kindergarten and art studio. The tour ended in the auditorium with marigold decorations and bittersweet centerpiece as refreshments of cider ginger cookies and tea were served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University
Marie Quick
Wilbur Yauch
Putnam Hall
Edith Beéeehel
Margaret Thompson
Dorothy O'Donnell
Janet Wilson
Clara DeLand
Athens Junior Army Collects Paper in City Drive
The Athens High School Junior Army began a paper collection drive with two hundred freshmen and sophomores canvassing neighborhoods in defined calls. In the afternoon trucks would haul the gathered paper to the Athens Junk Co. repository for central collection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens High School
Athens Junk Co
Masons Meet Tonight in Athens Council No. 15
Royal and Select Masters No. 15 convenes at 7:30 tonight at the Masonic Temple on South Court Street. Degree work will be conferred and visitors are welcome, announced by Eugene R. Jacoby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Be Prepared to Relieve Colds with St Joseph Aspirin
A vintage ad touts St Joseph Aspirin as the world’s largest seller for colds aches and sore throat. It promotes big 100 tablet bottles at 35 cents and 10 cent versions, claiming it can do more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Joseph
New England Mutual Life Insurance Company Compliance
The State of Ohio Superintendent of Insurance certifies that The New England Mutual Life Insurance Company of Massachusetts complies with Ohio law to transact mutual life insurance in the state for 1944. Financial figures show year end 1943 assets 627,712,149,725. admitted assets 593,627,078.69. surplus 34,035,571.14. income 105,220,120.44. expenditures 69,765,000. Subscription dated July 1, 1944, at Columbus, Ohio, by J. Roth Crabbe Superintendent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of Ohio
Ohio
NEW England Mutual Lipe Insurance Company
Rustin
Massachusetts
Piaa
Columbus
J. Roth Crabbe
Carter's Little Liver Pills Advertise Digestive Aid
A vintage advertisement promotes Carter's Little Liver Pills as a quick remedy for indigestion. It claims Nature needs two pints of digestive juice daily and that the pills boost flow within about 30 minutes, promising faster relief from headachy and irritable feelings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nature
Carter
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University Terrace
Rugby Knitting Mills, Inc
Beckley's the Men's Store
AHS Art Club
Finsterwald
of OU Military
Paul Willard
Frank Willard
Great Lakes Naval Training
Til
J. Spencer Dearth
Lieutenant Dearth
LE. Fairchild
Pfe
Raymond E. Fairchild
Herbert Shields
Moore General Hospital
Swanannoa
N. C
Delbert
Shields
Merchant Marine Corps
Nettie Shields
Roscoe Shields
Robert Shields
U. S. Army
Camp Hale
Cal
Sergeant Shields
South Pacific
Delbert Shields
Chief Shields
Cuam
Kate Guess
Alexander Poches
Poches
Anna Phillips
Jacksonville
T. Cpl. Waller Fooches
North Africa
Sicily
Camp
Elmer C. Finlaw
Harrisonville
Clarencec. Meek
Wilma 'Y Meek
Gerald E. Thomas
Virgie L. Thomas
Harold W. Thomas
Joseph N. Thomas
Fort Riley
Kans
Chester L. Riley
394Th Field Artillery
Corporal Riley
Camp Roberts
Calif
Madge Riley
Brown Age
George J. Evans
The
Engineers
DU. S
Thistle
Africa
Stark General Hospital
Charleston
S. C
Member
Federal Reserve System
McKee Drug Co
Keystone Custodian Funds
Praterkep
Roy
Hawk & Co
Investment Securities Cine
B and O
Wildes
Tanner
Pacific
Ave ¢ Finance Corporation
the Security Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
N. Court St
A&p
South America
Wild Amd
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