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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Oct 31, 1940

Page

5

Democrats Rally in Glouster Torchlight Parade

Glouster hosts a large Democratic rally with a torchlight parade and an effigy of Judas L Lewis. Walter Smathers leads the procession with the Glouster High School Band as candidates and banners are paraded through Main Street.

Athens Messenger Athens Rally Ree Liligy Judas L. Lewis High St Marek Glouster Sunday Creek Valley Judas” L. Lewis Moose Hall Ilsiah Veeyn Munurecus Roosevelt Wallace Davey Walter Smathers Buchtel Uncle Sam Lois McGrew Dorothy Lindeman Stewart Lottridge Nelsonville John Kelso A. K. Walker Annavee Nanna Chris Skinner Otho Castle Harry West Willkie Walter Yount Judas Lewis George Thompson, Jr John L Thomas Williams Alfred Brown Jacksonville Brown Trimble Congress Thomas A. Jenkins Franklin D. Roosevelt Kelso Jenkins John L. Lewis CIO

Speakers Announced for SOEA Section Meetings Friday

The three men pictured are among the speakers for the sectional meetings of the SOEA here Friday afternoon. Mr. Fichter of Miami University will address the secondary school principals on Youth in a Democracy. Dr. Berry of Ohio State University will speak to the special education group on Some Things We Can Do to Help the Unadjusted Child. Dr. Wertz of Ohio State will address the vocational agriculture section on Can Our Economic System Withstand Hitlerism.

SOEA Fichter Miami University Dr. Berry Ohio State University Dr. Wertz Ohio State

Axis Powers Headed For Defeat Says Ohio Speaker

Edward B. Hitchcock told an Ohio University convocation that air raids and blackouts cannot halt civilization and that Axis powers are doomed. He predicted Hitler’s fate similar to Napoleon, called the current struggle a planetary social revolution, and urged a postwar peace structure led by great minds. He cited the British will to win and warned of stalemate between Hitler and Stalin, urging America’s readiness to join the war and help establish lasting world peace.

Edward B. Hitchcock Ohio University Memorial Auditorium Hitler Napoleon Richard Linke Sigma Delta’ Chi Hitchcock England Stalin Europe America Democratic Union

Navy reexamination day at Athens recruiting office

W H Byers announces a Cincinnati recruiting doctor will visit the Athens Post Office Building on Saturday November 2 from 9 am to 1 pm to reexamine men previously rejected for physical disabilities. First time applicants should attend at the same time. The Pony Express lasted 16 months and founders lost 100000 dollars.

W. H. Byers Athens Cincinnati Byers Pony Express

Athens Host To Teachers

Dr. Durant will speak on A Blueprint for a Better America at the Friday morning general session. James M. Turner will discuss Proposed Legislation for Continuing Contracts for Teachers. A Portsmouth East High School Band performance will follow lunch and balloting occurs 2 to 4 p.m. at Memorial Auditorium.

Dr. Durant James M. Turner McConnelsville Ohio Education Association Portsmouth East High School J. Richard Farmer First Presbyterian Church Memorial Auditorium T. K. Owens Jackson C. F. Mallett Morgan County G. E. Carr J. E. Way Pike County Anna Belle Harper Portsmouth John A. Miller Ironton Bert Leach Jessie Lortz Amesville M. A. White Middleport R. L. Morton Ohio University E. O. McCowen Scioto County O. E. Hearing Perry County Reading Circle Frank Appel E. B. Webb Rio Grande E. R. Hayes Chester Albert Shy Beaver S. H. Dillon Logan B. T. Grover Oliver Wood E. A. Hansen Margaret Cronin Dorothy Seabaugh Ruth Melvin Wellston

Charles Weisenbach Dies at Columbus

Charles Weisenbach aged 76 died in St. Anthony's Hospital Columbus after a long illness. Survived by sister Christina Weisenbach and brothers Jacob Anthony Frank. Funeral mass was held at St. Pauls Church. Burial planned at St. Johns Cemetery Saturday at 10. Friends may call Jagers Funeral Home.

Charles Weisenbach St. Anthony’s Hospital Columbus Christina Weisenbach Maple St Athens Jacob Anthony Frank Athens R. D St. Paul’s Catholic Church All Souls St. John's Cemetery Lodi Township Jagers Funeral

Goddard Rites Friday in Bartlett

Henrietta Goddard died at her Bartlett home Wednesday. Funeral services will be held Friday afternoon at 2 oclock at the Bartlett Methodist Church.

Henrietta Goddard Bartlett Bartlett Methodist Church

Joe Louis Blasts FDR On Lynching Law Support

Joe Louis, the heavyweight champion, criticized President Roosevelt for not enacting a federal anti lynching law. He urged Black voters to back Willkie, arguing he will achieve what the President has not.

ST. Louis Joe Louis Roosevelt Willkie

Clinic Opens For Disabled Children At Athens Church

Crippled children from Athens County are examined at First Methodist Church by Dr Judson Wilson an orthopedic surgeon from Columbus. Sponsored by the Athens Rotary Club the clinic is run by the Athens City County Health Department. Public nurses report inoculating about 800 children this fall against diphtheria and will resume this week through November 25 with December vaccination plans for county children.

Athens County First Methodist Church Judson Wilson Columbus Athens

Honor Roll at Junior High School Announced

The honor roll for Athens Junior High School for the first six weeks lists seventh grade students including Mary E Blaker Dick Clippinger Bernard Cooley Carolyn Conroy Virgene Dabritz Marilyn Day Beverly Davis Wendell Drake Billy Edleman Marjorie Emrich Lenora Graham Dick Grekila Jane Grover Ardath Hanson Robert Hart Sally Hawk ins Marjorie Dee Henry Janet Ingerham Donald James Pat Kassing Carl Larch Dorothy Lasher Kathleen McAfee John Milar Robert Pierre William Puckey June Reeder Dick Sands Mary Ann Sarver Julian Snyder Betty Thomas Jimmy Westfall Mary Alice Yoho. Eighth Grade students include Glennis Barringer Gretchen Barstow Don Bingman James Bryan John Caskey Cleora Coopers Marilyn Covert Samuel Davis Francis Frebault Ursula Green Norma Guseman James Haning Kathryn Hess Wallace La Baw Delmar Lee Mary Nash John Pence Dean Rotramel Sue

Athens Junior High School Mary E. Blaker Dick Clippinger Bernard Cooley Carolyn Conroy Virgene Dabritz Marilyn Day Beverly Davis Wendell Drake Billy Edleman Marjorie Emrich Lenora Graham Dick Grekila Jane Grover Ardath Hanson Robert Hart Sally Hawkins Marjorie Dee Henry Janet Ingerham Donald James Pat Kassing Carl Larch Dorothy Lasher Kathleen McAfee John Milar Robert Pierre William Puckey June Reeder Dick Sands Mary Ann Sarver Julian Snyder Betty Thomas Jimmy Westfall Mary Alice Yoho Glennis Barringer Gretchen Barstow Don Bingman James Bryan John Caskey Cleora Coopers Marilyn Covert Samuel Davis Francis Frebault Ursula Green Norma Guseman James Haning Kathryn Hess Wallace la Baw Delmar Lee Mary Nash John Pence Dean Rotramel Sue

Keep Cars at Home Athens Urges Traffic Relief

Mayor Cliff Cornell urged Athens residents to keep cars at home and asked wholesale houses and firms to finish deliveries early Friday to reduce traffic. He welcomed Southeastern Ohio Education Association visitors and urged minimal car use to ease congestion during the visit.

Cliff Cornell Athens Southeastern Ohio Education Association

Ninth Grade Students Named in Rowland District List

Rowland announces ninth grade roster including Frank Allen Donna Ayers Gretchen Baughn Tom Bryan Pat Connor Jean Dow Jean Emrich Pearl Gilkey Bill Hammerle Anna Maxwell Frances Noble Edwin Powell Jack Stokes Arthur Yoho Jauvanta Young alongside June Schuler Dick Shoe maker and Marjorie Smith as noted individuals.

Willkie and Smith To Be on Radio Tonight

Wendell L. Willkie will speak from 8 50 to 9 o clock tonight over the CBS from Camden New Jersey Ath ens County Republican headquarters announced today Alfred E Smith will speak over the Colonial network from Boston under the auspices of Democrats for Willkie

Wendell L. Willkie CBS Camden N. J Athens County Alfred E. Smith Boston Willkie

Republicans To Rally At Lathrop Saturday

A Republican meeting at Lathrop in the church building Saturday November 2 at 7 30 p m will be addressed by Attorney David D White a colored speaker from the State Speakers Bureau.

Lathrop David D. White State

Navy Pharmacist Mate Assists At Athens Recruiting Station

To Assist Byers L. H. Mathis, pharmacist mate second class, U S Navy, has been temporarily assigned as assistant to W H Byers, petty officer in charge of the Naval recruiting station at the Athens Post Office. Mathis came from the USS Astoria at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. He is a native of Rochester New York, from where he joined the Navy in 1934.

L. H. Mathis U. S. Navy W. H. Byers Athens Post Office Mathis Astoria Pearl Harbor Hawaii Rochester New York Navy

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