Riflemen excel at Atterbury training with M 1 marks
Lt Earl Mathews commands the Athens unit at Camp Atterbury during Aug 15 29 camp drills emphasizing squad and individual tactics and weapon firing. Pfc John E Tate earned expert with the M 1 and led the regiment in high scores amid a governor s day five mile parade on Aug 22 for Gov Thomas Herbert. The Athens unit heads the 2nd Battalion of the 166th Infantry, part of the 37th Infantry Division, with next drill set for Sept 9.
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Camp Atterbury
Earl Mathews
Mathews
William B. Orr
Athens
John E. Tate
Thomas Herbert
Herbert K. Bumpass
John W. Moorhouse
Ellsworth Rife
Charles Mansfield
William Langston
Pfe
Robert L. Brumfield
Edward A. Dean
Langston
Hedenquist
Robert L. Huffman
Harold L. Glover
Kenneth Cleland
Lawrence Burton, Jr
Jackson R. Hudnell
James Abraham
Fort Benning
James C. Gates
Ellsworth C
Cambridge
Marietta
Lancaster
New Lexington
166Th Infantry Regiment
37Th Infantry Division
Labor Day Safety Advised for Heavier Travel
Athens area slows for Labor Day as banks courthouse and stores close. Earl L. Reeb of the Ohio Department of Highways urged cautious driving and extra stopping distance to cope with heavy weekend traffic and avoid accidents on intersections curves and hills.
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Athens
Court House
Ohio
Earl L. Reeb
State Department of Highways
Reeb
Mr. Reed
State Highway Department
Division of
Thomas J. Herbert
V E Day Ends School Term as Athens Kids Ready for Break
Athens County opens next week with over 12 000 city pupils and 4 000 county pupils returning. The Athens city system plans a Wednesday opening with a Tuesday teachers meeting. York opens this week with half day sessions at two county schools Raymond Lee reports a morning session on Tuesday New Marshfield schedules a 9 am teachers meeting Tuesday pupils attend afternoon session busses depart to reach 1 pm. Four new instructors join city staff and 17 in the county with openings at The Plains Rome Canaan Carthage Troy Waterloo Mechanicsburg and Shade.
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Athens
Harper C. Pendry
Glen Hanes
York
Raymond A. Lee
Mechanicsburg
New Marshfield
J. M. Guthrie
Plains
Rome-Canaan
Carthage-Troy
Waterloo
Shade
State Patrol Reports Two Arrests Including Defacing Road Markings
State Highway Patrol reported one arrest yesterday. Jack Bardell, 56, of 787 E Mitchell St Cincinnati, charged with defacing a wet center line on Route 50 west of McArthur Thursday afternoon, fined 10 dollars plus costs by Mayor John Crow. Thelbert Brookhart, 21, Athens Route 3, arrested yesterday for driving into the rear of another truck at US Route 30 and Route 50 Alternate, fined 5 dollars plus costs for insufficient brakes by Mayor W P Mickle.
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State Highway Patrol
Jack Bardell
E. Mitchell St
Cincinnati
McArthur
Bardell
John Crow
Thelbert Brookhart
Athens
W. P. Mickle
Manslaughter Charged In Ice-Pick Killing
Buck Allen Jester, 33, charged with first degree manslaughter in the ice pick killing of Hubbard Reese, 35, on a country road near Canton. Jester hospitalized with stab wounds.
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Canton
Buck Allen Jester
Hubbard Reese
Here
Jester
Albany School Start Times Adjusted for Fall
Albany schools will open Tuesday at 7:30 a.m. according to Superintendent D. F. Stone. After the first day, doors will open at 8 a.m. and classes begin at 8:30 a.m., Stone stated.
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Albany Schools
Albany
D. F. Stone
Ohio Benefits Decline Report Shows Large Drop
Ohio data show a total $66,628,892 decrease in unemployment benefits paid last year. The report outlines the decline across state programs and highlights the financial impact on claimants and the unemployment system.
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Ohio
Columbus
Draft Total Reaches 391 During County Registration
In Athens County three day draft registration items show 391 men registered with 148 in Athens and 243 in Amesville Nelsonville and Coolville. Among them 291 local veterans 33 local non vets married men and fathers 37 local single non vets 26 transient veterans and 4 transient non vets. The last 1924 birth cohort registers today with 1925 births to sign up Saturday and the remainder Tuesday as Labor Day interrupts.
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Athens County
Athens
Divorce Petition Filed In Common Pleas Court
Orville A. Williams files for divorce from Nora C. Williams in Common Pleas Court citing gross neglect. He states the defendant is at large and their marriage occurred August 23 1939 in Catlettsburg Kentucky.
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Common Pleas
Common Pleas Court
Orville A. Williams
Nora C. Williams
Catlettsburg
Two Escapees Captured Near Guysville in West Virginia
Harry Snyder age 26 and Clarence Hobbs age 25, who fled from a road gang at Moundsville Penitentiary, were found near Guysville by Athens County Sheriff Bateman and Deputy Joyce at 10 p.m. Thursday. They admitted hunger since Monday and had broken into a fishing camp owned by Bill Horton to obtain food. Snyder faced two prior terms for breaking and entering, Hobbs one term for a similar offense. Both are held for West Virginia authorities.
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Moundsville Penitentiary
West Virginia
Guysville
Athens County
George Bateman
Frank Joyce
Harry Snyder
Clarence Hobbs
Bateman
Bill Horton
New Straitsville
Snyder
Penitentiary
Hobbs
Washington County Fair Opens With Record Crowds Expected
Marietta Ohio countdown to four days of exhibits and races with cattle show harness purses raised to 2800 dollars. Parish Show features jersey breeders from Washington Meigs Athens and Morgan Counties. Five high school bands furnish entertainment. Admission remains 30 cents for Sunday and 50 cents on other days.
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Marietta
Ohio
Washington County
Washington
Meigs
Athens
Morgan
Waterford
Marietta High School
Belpre
Jimmy Lynch
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