New Army Selective Service Examinations Introduced
Athens County boards begin one examination system for registrants with U S Army doctors in Parkersburg. Sixty six men and transfers travel Wednesday. no appeal if found physically fit. Includes 1A final nominees and transfers. replaces former Ft Hayes exams. Deferral considered for students based on course load and proximity to semester end.
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Athens County
U. S. Army
Parkersburg
Selective Service
Lncal
Athens
Ft. Hayes
Columbus
Athens County Selective Board No. 1
Dover
Trimble
Athens County Board No. 1
Bowman Car Damaged By Fire From Cigaret
Fire believed caused by a lighted cigarette damages Dr. C. M. Bowman automobile at 32 S. Congress St. Sunday morning $300 damage. Car driven to fire station. firemen extinguished blaze. Also a Sunday morning kitchen fire at 11 15 at 92 Grosvenor St. due to bacon grease igniting curtain and blind. about $5 damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. M. Bowman
S. Congress St
Eva Mae Richenberg dies in Columbus after long illness
Funeral services for Eva Mae Richenberg 46 of 267 Tibet Road widow of Walter Richenberg will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Shaw-Davis funeral home with burial in Athens. Short services at W Union Street Cemetery in Athens between 1 30 and 2 p.m. Survived by husband daughter Alice, father Charles Wilson of Athens and brothers Harry of Cleveland and Charles H Wilson of Newport News Virginia.
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Columbus
Eva Mae Richenberg
Tibet Rd
Walter Richenberg
Shaw- Davis
Athens
W. Union St
Richenberg
Alice Richenberg
Charles B. Wilson
Harry
Cleveland
Charles H. Wilson
Newport News
Auxiliary to meet at Episcopal Church group
Auxiliary of the Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd will meet Tuesday at 2 30 p m with Mrs Amelia Hockenberry Elm wood Place
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Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd
Amelia Hockenberry
Elmwood Place
Skywriting Over Athens at Stewart Airport Meet
Mechanized toy airplanes provided a lively display at the West Virginia State Model Airplane Meet held at Stewart Airport in Parkersburg. Athens pilots flew Beechcraft to the event while small gas and rubber band models climbed hundreds of feet and then glided down, some landing in fields or the Ohio River.
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West Virginia
Stewart
Parkersburg
Athens
Beechcraft
Ohio River
Athens Community Chest Campaign Progress Report
The Athens Community Chest total reached 7184.24 dollars as leaders plan a final clean up drive. Chairman Frank Phillips and captains Cliff Cornell and Earl Beckley report many solicitors still must report to headquarters or their captains. Additional firms join the 100 percent contributors with at least one dollar per employee, and a list of individuals and firms with 25 dollars or more is updated.
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Athens
Frank Phillips
Cliff Cornell
Earl Beckley
Funeral for Mrs. Julia Ann Bolinger Set for Tuesday
Funeral services for 71 year old Mrs Julia Ann Bolinger will be held Tuesday at 2 PM at 99 Grosevenor St the home of her daughter Mrs Naomi Slaughter. Rev John W Danford will lead the rites with interment in West Union Street Cemetery. Mrs Bolinger a native of Canan Township lived in Athens County most of her life and is survived by a son four grandchildren two sisters and two brothers.
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Julia Ann Bolinger
Fred Slaughter
Athens County
William Bolinger
Hocking
Morgan Counties
Athens
Hannah ‘Neil
Columbus
Naomi Slaughter
F. C. Bolinger
Natalie Slaughter
Howard
Russell
Marjorie Bolinger
Lillian Eckels
Dunedin
Fla
Maude Metcalf
Elizabeth Myers
Frank Thornton
George Thornton
Nelsonville
Boy in Wheelchair Dies After Truck Collision
Harold Covey aged 17 of Rockland died from injuries after a truck struck his motor wheelchair Saturday night. He had graduated high school last year and was known in the community as a musician. His father died in a car accident four years ago. His mother is a daughter of Mrs. Mary Darst.
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Harold Covey
Ada Covey
Rockland
Guy Archer
Stewart St
Mary Darst
Pomeroy
Arthur R. England dies at 31 in Columbus
Arthur R. England, 31, formerly of Pickerington and Athens, died Saturday in Columbus. He is survived by his mother Alma England a brother Floyd England and a sister Dorothy Eubank of Columbus. Funeral services will be Tuesday at 2 PM at Pickerington United Brethren Church. Burial in Violet Cemetery. Friends may call at J. E. Grimes Funeral Home in Pickerington.
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Arthur R. England
Pickerington
Athens
Columbus
Alma England
Floyd England
Dorothy Eubank
Deputy Sheriff Returns Man for Probate Court Non Support
Deputy Sheriff B C Day brought Ernest Glass from Charleston West Virginia to Athens for non support charges in Probate Court. The article notes Bath England mineral springs pour 500000 gallons of medicated water daily.
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B. C. Day
Ernest Glass
Athens
Charleston
W. Va
Bath
England
Grogan Urges Notice Of Home Absences For Halloween
Chief Police Joseph Grogan asked families planning to leave the city this week to notify the police so officers on regular patrols can watch unoccupied homes to prevent Halloween damage. He stressed it is a service to monitor houses during absences, especially for winter travelers to Florida or other destinations.
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Joseph Grogan
Police Department
Grogan
Florida
Lehman To Be In Court Here
Charles H. Lehman 26 Logan Route 3 was to be arraigned in Athens County Common Pleas Court this afternoon for failure to stop after an accident. Prosecutor Harry Mettler filed the information based on state highway patrol evidence. Lehman was arrested Saturday after patrolmen showed he drove the car that struck and fatally injured Mrs. Fanny Sparks 31 of Haydenville on Route 33 near Nelsonville.
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Charles H. Lehman
Logan
Athens County
Hunted on One Charge Pays Fine on Another
City police arrested Charles S. Rinehart for non support and intoxication. He pleaded guilty to the drunk charge and was fined five dollars and costs by Mayor Cliff Cornell, then jailed to await Franklin County officers.
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Charles S. Rinehart
W. Union St
Franklin County
Cliff Cornell
Springfield
Alden McGee
State Patrol
Hollister
Williams
Gloustes
Eli Ruler Ray Mitchell to Inspect Athens Elks Lodge
Ray Mitchell of Newark deputy grand exalted ruler of the Ohio South Central District will inspect Athens Elks Lodge. He has long been active in Ohio Elkdom and is a past exalted ruler of Newark Lodge and a trustee. a former president of the Ohio Elks Past Exalted Rulers Association. Athens lodge will initiate a class of candidates Tuesday night.
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Ray Mitchell
Newark
Ohio South-Central
Athens Elks Lodge
Mitchell
Ohio
Newark Lodge
Ohio Elks
Athens Lodge
Two Are Stationed At Field in Panama
Orville Elliott of Albany and William Cheatham of 68 W Carpenter St are in the United States Army Air Corps and stationed at Fort Robbe Howard Field in Panama. Both are Chanute Field graduates in Air Mechanics. Elliott previously joined the Navy in 1940 and reached Panama on Oct 16 1941. Alden McGee of Springfield fined $5 for parking without lights on a highway.
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Orville Elliott
H. L Gilson
Albany
William Cheatham
Oscar Cheatham
W. Carpenter St
United States Army Air Corps
Panama
Fort Robbe- Howard Field
Elliott
Army Air Corps
Chanute Field
Rantoul
Ill
Services Navy
Hess Still Strong for Navy Despite Foot Injury
Harry A. Hess, recruited Aug 26 into the Naval Reserve, is at Great Lakes Illinois hospital after a foot injury. He writes of life at the training station praising medical care, meals, and recreation while outlining his desire to pursue radio or medical corps training. He notes the value of Navy service for travel, learning a trade, and advancing in life. He is son of Prof and Mrs John A Hess of 45 Grosvenor St.
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Harry A. Hess
Naval Reserve
Great Lakes
Hess
John A. Hess
Grosvenor St
Lashmett
Naval Station
Athens
Navy
Medical Corps
Russian Refugee to Speak at Athens Church Tonight
Alexander Varonaeff, a Russian refugee pictured in The Messenger last week, will speak at Athens Pilgrim Holiness Church at Congress and Washington Streets tonight at 7 30. His messages and Russia condition photos are of great interest and the public is invited.
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Alexander Varonaeff
Athens Pilgrim Holiness Church
Congress and
Washington Sts
Mr. Varonieff
Russia
Olive Tablets Promise Bile Flow For Digestive Help
An advertisement touts Dr Edwards Olive Tableta as a vegetable remedy to stimulate liver bile secretion and improve digestion. It claims relief from constipation and sluggish liver, noting benefits to digestion of fatty foods and intestinal tone. Available in 15¢ 30¢ and 60¢ sizes at drugstores.
Death in Blackfort Claims 24 Year Old Ernie Watson
Relatives report the death of Ernie Watson aged 24 at his Blackfort home on Saturday. He was brother to Mrs. Lucille Strickland and Mrs. Martha Jewett. Funeral services are set for Tuesday at Blackfort Church. Mrs. E A Hostettle has sold property in Athens and moved to Wilmington Delaware to live with daughter Garnet Bolt.
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Ernie Watson
Blackfort
Watson
Lucille Strickland
W. State St
Martha Jewett
First St
Blackfort Church
Delaware
E. A. Hostettle
E. Mill St
Athens
Garnet Bolt
Wilmington
Del
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