Athens Men Leave for Wartime Service from County Areas
Groups of Athens County men drafted into service depart by train from Athens City Hall to the Wart Havoc reception center in Columbus. The list names dozens of inductees from Athens and nearby townships and communities with addresses in Glouster Chauncey Millfield The Plains and more, while Mrs Agnes Padden distributes cigarets and candy bars at departure.
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THE
Athens Messenger
Athens
Ohio
Athens County
Fort Hayes
Dover
Trimble Townships
Columbus
Wart Havoc
Athens City Hall
City Hall
Agnes Padden
K. T. Crossen Post American Legion Auxiliary
Community Service Seeks Aid for Candy and Cigarettes
Mrs. Agnes Padden of the Legion Auxiliary urges Athens organizations to donate candy and cigarettes for distribution to service men leaving for duty. Everett E. Barnhart led the group as acting corporal in charge. several named locals include Robley D. Blackford Chauncey and Paul Morton Hawk Athens, with many others listed as volunteers and soon to report for induction.
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Agnes Padden
The
Legion Auxiliary
Athens
Everett E. Barnhart
W. State St
William Leroyts, Jr
N. Congress St
Robly D. Blackford
Chauncey
Paul Morton Hawk
Woodland Ave
John Paul DeMolet, Jr
Race St
Fred Lionel Kempton
Jacksonville
Charles Dale Mills
Wade Wilson Burk
N. Court St
Hoyt Samuel Williams
Glouster
Ralph Eugene Dunfee
Elmer Foughty
Leo Robert Dennison
Thomas Hilber Littler
E. Mill St
Clyde Ralph Hayden
James Orlin McCoy
Trim
Dance at Athens Country Club Next Saturday Night
A juke box dance will be held at the Athens Country Club next Saturday night announced by social committee chairman H. C. Dorman. The event is free of charge and members should bring their homecoming guests.
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Athens Country Club
H. C. Dorman
Condition of Bateman Reported Unchanged
The condition of Athens County Sheriff George Bateman in Grant Hospital Columbus was reported unchanged. He had a restful night and was making a strong fight for recovery after being shot in the abdomen Saturday night by Alfred Wade 21 Buchtel who was killed by other officers.
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Athens County
George Bateman
Grant Hospital
Columbus
Bateman
Alfred Wade
Buchtel
Registration Days Set for Farm Trucks
Farmers and truckers hauling farm products may get help from the County Transportation Committee to fill out applications. National Farm Truck Registration Days are Oct 22–24 with locations at Albany High School Ames Bern High School Amesville Troy High School Coolville and the Athens AAA office. Certificates of War Necessity required after Nov 15 for all commercial vehicles.
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County Transportation Committee
Albany High School
Ames- Bern High School
Amesville
Troy High School
Coolville
AAA
S. Court St
Athens
Office of Defense Transportation
Athens County
Usda War Board
W. Frank Pugh
Plummer Lax
Glenn Scott
Conrad Mulligan
J. H. Kennedy
Farm Transportation Committees
Oxley Infant Dies��Funeral Thursday
Mary Nan Oxley aged one year ten months daughter of Mr and Mrs Aden Oxley Athens Route 5 died suddenly this morning. Survivors include parents three brothers Dorsel Harry and Bill and sisters Ruth and Cora Ann twin of Mary Nan. Funeral at Bates Church Thursday at 2 30 pm conducted by Rev E C Kenney burial Bates. Friends may call at Dowler and Ferguson Funeral Home after Wednesday noon.
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Mary Nan Oxley
Aden Oxley
Athens
Dorsel
Harry
Bill
Ruth
Cora Ann
Mary Nan
Bates Church
E. C. Kenney
Bates
Dowler and Ferguson Funeral
Trustees Decide If Athens Chest Drive Will Be Held
The Community Welfare Association trustees will decide whether to hold a Community Chest Drive in Athens this year after members voted at the annual meeting. They will seek community sentiment and consider factors affecting campaign success. If no drive occurs the group will remain intact for future Chest activities.
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Athens
Community Welfare Association
Theater of
Athens High School
Athens Council Hears Requests on Sidewalks Fence and Light
During a brief session, the street committee was asked to study Grosvenor St sidewalk needs and the finance committee to see if funds exist to paint the iron fence around West State Street cemetery. Curran Drive residents urged an electric light near West Side School for safety. Mayor Woodworth noted repairs at White's Mill dam and emphasized water protection by retaining more water behind the dam.
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Athens
Grosvenor St
West State Street
Curran Drive
West Side School
Franz Woodworth
City Service Department
White's Mill
Pomeroy Halloween Social Notes Highlight Neighborhood Festivities
POMEROY Halloween masquerade at Mrs. Harold Hammond home featured 35 attendees from Simpson Methodist Church J F F class. Prizes went to Mrs. Lindsey, Mrs. Evelyn Turner, and Mrs. Dorothy Radford for prettiest and funniest. Card games, contests, and a decorated luncheon followed. Community plans include next Sunday hymn singing and November gathering at Mrs. Elsie Smith’s residence with several helpers. Several local families travel or host visits across Texas and nearby towns, with service members noted.
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Wilson
Elsie Smith
Velma Rompel
Betty Ebersbach
Evelyn Locke
POMEROY PERSONAL SUNDAY VISITS AND FAMILY GATHERINGS
Mr and Mrs Norman Kloes Mrs Thomas Bowen Miss Naomi Johnson and Arthur Kloes attended a Clover Farm Store miniature convention and wartime convention in Athens at the Hotel Berry. Albert Ray Keeton visiting from Youngstown spent the weekend with his parents at Laurel Cliff.
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Pomeroy
Norman Kloes
Thomas Bowen
Naomi Johnson
Arthur Kloes
Athens
Clover Farm Store
Berry
Albert Ray Keeton
Youngstown
Ray Keeton
Laurel Cliff
Charles Sayre
Marion
Brick St
John Franz
Bartell Franz
Stockdale
Leo Wangler
Dayton
Rose Wangler
Mulberry Ave
Clara Zink
Cincinnati
Ralph Zink
Lowry Over Seas Returns for Pfe Leonard M Lowry
Emma Lowry of Carbondale has been notified that her son Pvt Leonard M Lowry has arrived overseas safely from Ft. Knox Ky. He left for overseas duty after duty at the army post. The report notes his arrival and stationing history. The message also mentions a taxi fine and revival meetings at Doanville Community Hall.
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Emma Lowry
Carbondale
Pfe
Leonard M. Lowry
Pvt Lowry
Ft. Knox
Urges Study of Trends in Kiwanis Talk
Businessmen were urged to study consumer trends in war time and post war shifts based on research by Oscar L. Fleckner executive secretary of the Ohio Association of Personal Finance Companies. He spoke to the Athens Kiwanis Club with members from Columbus and other local groups in attendance. A minute of silence honored Second Lieutenant Lawrence W. Hunter, a club member killed in an Army bomber crash in New Mexico.
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Oscar L. Fleckner
Ohio Association of Personal Finance Companies
Athens Kiwanis Club
Fleckner
Columbus Kiwanis Club
Fred C. Sanders
George Fee
City Loan and Guaranty Co
W. L. Murphy
Athens
Colonial Finance Co
Fred Williams
Schine’s Theaters
Bellefontaine Kiwanis Club
Athens Club
Lawrence W. Hunter
New Mexico
Tells Club How Speech Faults Are Corrected
Lyman M. Partridge of Ohio University outlines speech correction as essential in schools and post war society. He notes it is a growing field with low rehabilitation cost versus deaf and blind services, citing over one million children needing correction in 1930. Col J M Churchill presents an American flag to the Athens Rotary Club Boy Scout troop. seven scouts attend.
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Athens Rotary Club
Lyman M. Partridge
Department of Dramatic Arts
Ohio University
Partridge
Col. J. M. Churchill
ROTC
Dealers in Fuel Oil Sign Registration Dates
Registration of dealers and suppliers of fuel oil and kerosene postponed to October 27 and 28. Signing will be at local War Price and Rationing Boards, covering filling stations and retail stores. Consumer registration to follow later, likely in schools across districts, with details to be announced.
Priorities Instruction Open Meeting Planned in Columbus
War Production Board district office informs Athens Chamber of Commerce secretary C. M. Gill that a priorities instruction meeting for Class 1 manufacturers will be held at the Seneca Hotel in Columbus on Wednesday night October 21 at 7 30. The new form for the first quarter of 1943 must be filed by October 25. All interested in priorities are welcome.
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Seneca Hotel
Columbus
C. M. Gill
Athens Chamber of Commerce
War Production Board
Gill
Plains Youth Among Guadalcanal Defenders
Corporal Bart Keeton of The Plains serves with the Marines defending Guadalcanal in the Solomons. A sister's letter dated Sept 24 reports Marines sleeping on captured Japanese mattresses and daily bombing attacks near his position.
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Bart Keeton
the Plains
Guadalcanal Island
Solomons
Walter McDonald
The
Plains
Hospital discharge for Henderson Wootten and Wootten group
Arthur Henderson E State Sr and Mrs Betty Wootten of 11 Ring Street are discharged from Sheltering Arms Hospital after treatment.
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Arthur Henderson
E. State Sr
Betty Wootten
Ring St
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Nelsonville Men Sent to Fort Benjamin Harrison
Fifty five men from Athens County Board No 2 reported for training after being sworn in two weeks earlier in Columbus. A large crowd saw off the contingent as the group departed from Nelsonville for Fort Benjamin Harrison Indiana.
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Nelsonville
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Athens County
Columbus
Ind
Meigs County Farms Transportation Committee Members Named
Harold Clanahan Emory Powell Edward O Brien Avery Nelson Reed Jeffers Walter Miller and Harold Hilligas named to Meigs County Farms Transportation Committee with Herbert E Shields as chairman. Truck owners may contact members evenings or Farm Bureau Miller Garage or AAA office during the week to get help with war necessity forms.
Clerks Set Special Meeting of Glouster Union
A Glouster Retail Clerks Union special meeting is planned for Wednesday at 7 30 p.m. in the Odd Fellow Hall. Attendees are urged to attend as business of great importance will be discussed.
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Glouster
Glouster Retail Clerks Union
Odd Fellow Hall
Rules Governing Taxi Operators Under War Order 20
The Office of Defense Transportation issues Order 20 restricting taxi use to transporting passengers and belongings. Violations may result in denial of rationed rubber. drivers must file compliance statements with local War Price and Rationing Boards. emergencies exempted.
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Office of Defense Transportation
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