University Theater opens playshop with two one act plays
The University Theater in Ewing Auditorium presents two one act plays on Tuesday evening October 31 at 7 30. Trifles directed by Christopher Lane and Hands Across the Sea directed by Charles B Watts come from the dramatic arts department. Ohio University School of Music provides a program featuring Barbara Bogart Barbara Ramsey Joy Patterson and Henrietta Mehlman. The Wednesday Club meets with Mrs Thomas Smith of Albany on Wednesday November 1.
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The
University Theater
Ewing Auditorium
Trifles
Christopher Lane
Charles B. Watts
Dramatic Arts Department
Ohio University
School of Music
Barbara Bogart
Barbara Ramsey
Joy Patterson
Henrietta Mehlman
Ohio Packing Co Expands as It Hires 150 Workers
The Ohio Packing Co. began in the former Stedman Co. plant on West State Street last March and now employs 150 people with a payroll exceeding $300,000 annually. Manager Jack S. Sabel plans expansion within two months to push payroll over $500,000. The firm ships all products overseas to Army kitchens, supplying fresh beef and processed cuts, with six cars of beef boned daily for roasts steaks and other uses sent to embarkation points.
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Ohio Packing Co
Stedman Co
W. State St
Jack S. Sabel
Wrach
Athens
Jack Sabel
Chicago
Ill
Hamburg
Maurice Court
Joe Groveman
James Wichter
Army
Fifth Service Command
Wayne Leadbetter
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Elery T. Rice
Meat Division
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Cincinnati
Ohio Packing Co beef sent to overseas troops delights local man
Pfc. Frank W. Young of New Marshfield reports receiving frozen beef from the Ohio Packing Co Athens Ohio. The plant, backed by Athens County Industrial Association, has been restored with modern refrigeration and equipment. It aims to supply 60 percent of carcasses for overseas forces and expand after the war, employing 35 boners and planning further upgrades.
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Pfc
Frank W. Young
New Marshfield
Ohio Packing Co
Athens
Ohio
Stedman Packing Co
Pfc. Young
United States
Jack Sabel
Charles T. Sabel
Harry Rothman
Athens County Industrial Association
Huntington National Bank
Columbus
Sabel
Midwest
Urge Women To Report For Red Cross Duties
The Athens County Red Cross calls surgical dressing workers to report at headquarters to finish the current dressings quota. Miss Ellen Biddle cites lagging units and nonparticipants. Since the program began 555,000 dressings have been completed, eight cartons totaling 45,000 dressings shipped last week. Five cartons held 4 by 8 dressings and three held 4 by 4s. Currently material exists for 52,000 bandages with 30,000 two by two dressings newly received.
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Athens County
Red Cross
Ellen Biddle
Willie Frank Dies at Nelsonville on Saturday
Willie J. Frank age 67 died suddenly Saturday afternoon in Nelsonville of a heart attack. He leaves a son Nihle Frank of Fort Worth Texas and three daughters Mrs Forrest Martin Athens Route 4 Mrs Ethel Allen Athens Route 1 and Miss Mabelmae Frank Washington DC. Funeral services will be held at Stout Funeral Home Nelsonville Tuesday at 1 PM with burial at Chester. The casket will be opened at the cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home anytime.
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Willie J. Frank
Nelsonville
Nihle Frank
Fort Worth
Tex
Forrest Martin
Athens
Ethel Allen
Mabelmae Frank
Washington, D. C
Stout Funeral
Chester
Victim Dies After Route 216 Auto Crash Near New Straitsville
Sheridan Woodruff aged about 60 of New Straitsville died in Lancaster Hospital after being struck by an automobile on Route 216 just outside New Straitsville. Newark driver Paul Cupp did not see him until close aboard. Eyewitnesses and police report no reckless driving. Woodruff, employed at a local restaurant, is survived by two sons.
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Sheridan Woodruff
New Straitsville
Lancaster Hospital
Paul Cupp
Newark
Woodruff
W. J. Davis
State Highway Patrol
Lancaster
Cupp
Raymond Walker
Chauncey
Merline Christopher
Nelsonville
Davis
France
Akron
Five Arrested By Patrolmen
Five individuals faced charges after police stops and incidents on routes 7 33 and 13. Arthur S Largent of New Plymouth pleaded guilty to DUI with a 50 fine and 30 day license suspension. Roger E Van Dyke a 20 year old soldier of 29 Race St pleaded guilty to unsafe operation and paid five dollars. Harry Ohlinger 52 of Pome roy was fined five dollars for unsafe operation. An Athens boy had his driving rights suspended for a year after speeding on Route 33 before Juvenile Judge Francis White. William Scott 50 of Rendville and Arthur Harris Jr 15 of Corning collided on Route 13. Harris to face juvenile court in New Lexington.
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Arthur S. Largent
New Plymouth
Common
O. F. Rowland
Roger E. van Dyke
Race St
Franz Woodworth
Harry Ohlinger
Pomeroy
C. O. Fisher
Middleport
Athens
Francis White
William Scott
Rendville
Arthur Harris, Jr
Corning
Deadline Set for ASTRP Applications in Fifth Service
War Department policy changes require all U S Army recruiting stations in the Fifth Service Command to stop accepting college training applications under the Army Specialized Training Reserve Program after December 31. Pre induction age applicants must apply at Columbus or Cincinnati stations or Huntington W Va before midnight on the deadline.
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War Department
U. S. Army
Fifth Service Command
Army Specialized Training Reserve
ASTRP
Army
Columbus
Cincinnati
Huntington
W. Va
Guysville OES Plans Dinner and Meeting Wednesday
Minear Chapter No. 274 OES Guysville will meet Wednesday November 1 in the Masonic Temple. A potluck dinner at 6 30 p m precedes the meeting. Election of officers will be held. Brooms made under the Ohio Commission for the Blind program will be distributed.
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Minear
OES
Guysville
Masonic Temple
Ohio Commission For the Blind
Jenkins to Speak at Albany Republican Rally Tonight
Congressman Thomas A. Jenkins will be speaker at a Republican rally at Albany High School tonight at 8 o clock. County candidates will be presented with entertainment and refreshments.
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Jenkins
Albany
Thomas A. Jenkins
Albany High School
Driver fined for open exhaust car noise in The Plains
Henry Lovesy aged 18 pled guilty before Mayor Franz Woodworth to unlawfully operating an automobile with an open exhaust. Chief J B Grogan says the disturbance occurred at 1 am. Lovesy was fined $10 and costs.
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Henry Lovesy
the Plains
Franz Woodworth
J. B. Grogan
Lovesy
Church War-Time Fund Campaign Under Way in Athens
The Rev. Fred E. Luchs of Athens Presbyterian Church announced the War-Time Service Fund drive is progressing. The Athens Presbytery quota, covering 28 churches in the Ohio Synod, stands at 1 920.42 dollars.
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Fred E. Luchs
Athens Presbyterian Church
Athens Presbytery
Ohio Synod
Cadets and Senior CAP Hold Meeting at Local High School
CAPCadets and senior members will meet at the high school Tuesday night October 31 at 7 30. Ross Wright Athens County agricultural extension agent will attend the annual conference of extension workers at Ohio State University Columbus Tuesday through Friday. In normal times England starts about 50 000 000 heads of truce annually.
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CAP
Ross Wright
Athens County
Ohio State University
Columbus
England
How Well Are You Rural Health Expert Talks Here
Rural health specialist Miss Mildred Anderson of Ohio State University spoke at the Athens County Institutes on health issues. She cited census data showing 2 percent of Americans are sick daily and lamented low hospital births in Athens County, high rural death rates, and the need for communities to better use and secure health facilities.
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Ohio
Athens County
Chicago
A. R. Mangus
Miss Anderson
Selective Service
Mango Based Sandwich Spread Recipes From Local Homes
A community note shares two mango based sandwich spread recipes. Mrs. E W Cole of 111 N Lancaster St offers a mango onion vinegar blend with eggs, peppers, sugar, mustard and butter, cooked briefly then thickened with flour. Mrs. R M Van Dyke of 34 Race St presents a peppery mango spread with onions peppers butter sugar flour mustard vinegar and salt, simmered twenty minutes.
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E. W. Cole
N. Lancaster St
Mrs. Cole
R. M. van Dyke
Race St
Club Calendar Highlights A Week of Local Meetings
A Monday slate includes Women’s Music Club at Mrs. T R Biddle’s 29 Park Place at 7:30 p m and Nannie Allom Rebekah Lodge at the ICCF Hall. Potluck by Marine Army Navy Women’s Club at 7 N Congress St. Dinner and political program by Women’s Democratic Club at First Christian Church.
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Women's Music Club
T. R. Biddle
Park Place
Nannie Allom Rebekah Lodge
1.C.C.F. Hall
Marine, Army and Navy Women's Club
Paul Sands
N. Congress St
Women's Democratic Club
First Christian Church
DUV Members at District Meeting in Gallipolis
Ohio Daughters of Union Veterans Seventh District convened in Gallipolis on Oct 27 with Athens unit members led by Mrs. Sarah Seiple. Vida Carpenter elected district president. several Athens members chosen as officers. A memorial service honored Civil War soldiers and Hannah A Maxon. C U Camera Club met at Ohio University lab. discuss Paul Linwood Getting works.
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the Presbyterian Church
Pine St
Hannah A. Maxon
Gallipolis
Vida Carpenter
Athens
Blanche Dean
Laura Myers
Lena Starlin
Blanche McCune
Vira Beal
Sarah Seipel
Kate Shaver
Nora W. Atkinson
Jane Howell
Pomeroy
C. U. Camera Club
Ohio University Camera Club
Fine Arts
Paul Linwood
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Vicks VapoRub
Vaporus
the Security Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Court Street
Athens, Ohio
Willie Frank
Guysville Oes
Capc News
Presbyterian Church
Sayre
Grant Gilkey
Morris Ave
the Episcopal Church
F. P. Frebault
State St
W.C.T.U
Methodist Church
E. Paul Cotton
John Dowler
Lydia Lash Evans
Chief's Club
Garnet Enghe
University Terrace
Woman's Socity of Christian Service
First Methodist Church
Shuster
Maude Matthews
W. Mulberry St
Bryant
N. High St
Clippinger
Cecil Cooley
S. May Ave
Hill
R. P. Imes
Franklin Ave
Circle Five
Kerr
Circle Six
Dowler
George Hopkins
Elmwood Place
Youth Fellowship Booth
Chesterhill
Paul FE. Schramm
Cleveland
Minnie Hughes
John Rose
Mary Hughes
Warwes
Joseph Peavey
Harry Davis
Shouse Auto Service
State Street
DUV
Esta Allen
Richland Ave
New York City
Seaman
Arthur Allen
New York
Radio City
RCA
Benny Goodman
Roy Rogers
Horace Heidt
Les Brown
Hollywood
U. S
Shackelton
N. Court St
Sound Investment
Athens Co. Savings and Loan Co
Lostro Building
Dixie Maid
Swift
Evans Bread
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