Welfare Problems Serious, Reams Tells Athens Club
Frazier Reams, state welfare director, told the Athens Rotary Club that Ohio's welfare issues are grave. He cited overcrowding at Athens State Hospital, deplorable conditions in several institutions, and the need for a new penitentiary as 2000 idle men roam the current facility. Plans include expanding facilities at Mt Vernon and Marion barracks to house thousands of wards, plus receiving hospitals in Athens Columbus Toledo Cleveland and Youngstown to improve care and reduce prison crowding.
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Ohio State Welfare Department
Frazier Reams
Athens Rotary Club
Reams
Lucas County
Toledo
Athens Stata Haanitas
Reama
Cleveland
State Hospital
Welfare Department
Order of United American Mechanics
Tiftin
Mt. Vernon
Army
Marion
Athens
Columms
Youngstown
Ohio
Pledging Ceremonies End Rushing At Ohio U Sororities
Ohio University sororities ended Fall rushing with acceptance teas at chapter houses Sunday and formal pledging services Monday night. Pledges will be announced by the Dean of Women. Fi Beta Phi Alpha Gamma Delta and Alpha Delta Pi held teas and parties, with details of hosts, decorations, and ceremonies listing presidents, chairs, and guests. Enrollment figures show 1,912 students registered with 166 veterans listed.
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Ohio University
Fi Beta Phi
Pat Connor
Jo Ann Fox
Pi Phi
Joseph Trepp
Joan Galbreath
Norma Moran
Alpha Gamma Delta
Helen Dennison
Jane McDonald
Charlotte Exton
Alpha Delta PI
Rex van Akin
New York
Louise Schroeder
Pat Bates
Rush
Marilyn Emsley
Mattie Ohio
Veterans Affairs
F. B. Dilley
C B Cornwell Dies at 76 in Gallipolis Hospital
C B Cornwell aged 76 died early Tuesday at Holzer Hospital Gallipolis from a heart ailment after several weeks illness He came to Pleasant in 1926 to operate the Spencer Hotel Survived by two daughters Mrs Bessie Lowe Ft Pleasant and Mrs H P Hatch Wheeling a son Charles 3 Cornwell Jr with a combat engineers unit in Belgium He was cousin of West Virginia governor John J Cornwell and a former vice president of the Baltimore Ohio railroad Services set for 2 p m Thursday at Arnett Funeral Home officiated by Rev Frank T Cady
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ft, Pleasant
C. B. Cornwell
Holzer Hospital
Gallipolis
West Virginia
Cornwell
Spencer Hotel
Bessie Lowe
Ft Pleasant
H. P. Hatch Wheeling
Charles 3. Cornwell
Belgium
John J. Cornwell
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Arnett Funeral Home
Frank T. Cady
Francis Rites Arranged for New Straitsville Woman
Funeral services for Mrs. Het tie Francis of New Straitsville will be held at the Methodist Church there Wednesday at 2 p.m. Burial follows in New Straitsville. She died Monday morning at a sister’s home, Mrs. Jennie Jones, with two sisters and a brother surviving. Born in Pomeroy, she had lived in New Straitsville for years. her husband, Frank Francis, died years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hettie Francis
New Straitsville
Francis
Jennie Jones
Florence Blankenship
Charles Mh
Grosvenor St
Athens
Pomeroy
Office opens daily for driver permits this week
Betty Bers tow, deputy registrar of motor vehicles, announces daily hours from 8 a m to 8 p m at 5 Mil St for the sale of new drivers licenses. Drivers must present last year's license to obtain a new one and must have a new license by next Monday October 1.
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Betty Berstow
Contributions Reach $1634 In Chest Drive
The Athens Community Chest Drive has reached 1634, one tenth of its 12500 goal. Mrs Connle Dent Dauber, drive secretary, reported today. The Child Health and Protection Committee, funded by the drive, helps needy children with glasses, dental and tonsil adenoid operations and health foods. The committee has been in existence fifteen years and is chaired by five women who serve without pay. The coming year's budget is 1400, to be spent on health benefits for children as directed by physicians and teachers.
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Athens
Connle Dent Dauber
Dauber
Child Health and Protection Committee
T. M. Wolfe
Wolfe
Navy Offers Air Training for 17 and 18 Year Olds
The Navy seeks 17 and 18 year olds who have not yet received their induction notices for naval aviator training. Accepted recruits receive about one year of college education and one year of flight training, with commissioning as ensigns in the Naval Reserve. Applications are to be submitted to the Navy recruiter in the post office by Monday or mailed to the Office of Naval Officer Procurement Detroit 26, Mich.
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Navy
Naval Reserve
Navy Department
Office of Naval Officer Procurement
Washington Blvd
Detroit
Mich
IOOF Group Reorganizes in Athens County
The Athens County IOOF Fellows Association reorganized after disbanding due to the war and will meet at Coolville on Oct. 18 with Roger Connor of McBee Co. speaking. Officers elected at last Friday’s OOF hall session: H. M. Bennett president H. E. Jones vice president P. E. Droz secretary M. M. Bryson and D. E. Carr directors. Lodges from Athens Nelsonville New Marshfield Stewart Coolville Jacksonville Glouster and McArthur are represented.
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Athens
Glouster
Nelsonville
New Marshfield
Stewart, Coolville
Jacksonville
Glousters
McArthur
Former Athens Resident James W Robey Dies in Cleveland
James W. Robey, longtime Athens plumber, died at his Cleveland home on Monday. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 1 30 p m at West Union Street Cemetery, with Rev Joe Maffett presiding. He left Athens years ago for Cleveland, where his wife had died recently. Surviving are daughter Mrs Jesse Cronenburg and sons George W in Cleveland Otto in Chillicothe, with Charles having predeceased him.
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James W. Robey
Athens
Cleveland
West Union Street
Joe Maffett
Robey
Jesse Cronenburg
George W
Temperature Soars to 87 With 63 Degree Night Low
A 87 degree daytime high yielded a summerlike spell as residents endured heat. The night cooled to 63 degrees per weather observer Mra C N France, ending another warm spell.
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Mra C. N. France
Greek Sororities Host Busy Rush Week Socials
ATUML Lares WO 1001 U cIUER chronicles three days of sorority rush activities with Alpha Chi Omega and Alpha Xi Delta hosting parties and teas. Events include Ship Ahoy and White Paper Dinners, Heaven Party, train party decor, candlelit stairs, and a Greek letters burning on the back lawn. Phi Mu hosts a Black and Silver Tea with numerous officers listed and a Dixie Dinner at Hotel Berry.
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Dwight Rutherford
Pauline Grigg
Lou Shupe
Miss Shupe
Fostoria
James Householder
Chi Omega
Heaven
Alpha XI
Alpha Xi Delta
T. ©. McCracken
Clark Cleveland
Mary Jane Hitchcock
Hallie Dee Smith
Athens
Herbert Cox
Dorothy Dent
Robert Dauber
Budd Burk
Sarah Blower
Art Cornwell
Nelle Foster
Betty Cullums
Rush
FHI MO Dixie
Phi Mu
Marjorie Reese
Doris Brown
Gertrude Clark
L. C. Staats
L. P. Eblin
George Starcher
Rush Eliott
Edwin T. Miller
Cincinnati
AOON
Car
Fay
Am Tel
Tel
Anaconda Ail Refining
Ohio
Bendix Avalt
Curtiss-Wright
Douglas Aircraft
du Pont
Delta
Hotel Phi Mu
Seregh Nees
Livestock Market Reports and A Hawaiian Tea Event
The report summarizes cattle and hog prices from Pittsburgh Canton and Cincinnati markets with steers good to choice dry fed at 17 to 18 dollars, hogs steady across weights, and cows and bulls noted. It also notes navy plant work at Canton taking over gun mounts and parts. A separate note describes Alpha opening its pushing season with a Hawaiian Tea featuring guests, lei decorations, Hawaiian music, and a receiving line led by Miss Gloria Hull.
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Pittoburgh
NAVY
Washington
Naval Io
Canton
Westinghouse
Cincinnati
Alpha
Eis
Rush
Gloria Hull
Ohio University football coach discusses rebuilding squad
W. J. Trautwein, acting athletics director and football coach at Ohio University, told Kiwanis listeners at Berry Hotel about struggles from a summer of inactivity and the need to rebuild after eighty freshmen reported in September. He expects a determined freshmen squad to start each game this year. D. M. Downard was named Kiwanian of the Week, with John V. Webb as city editor guest. Annual Kiwanis officer election set for Monday, Oct. 1.
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W. J. Trautwein
Ohio University
Kiwanis Rye
Berry Hotel
Univer
Ohio
D. M. Downard
University Cleaners
Harold Wise
Club
John V. Webb
Messenger
Funeral Rites Held for Mrs Murn Laughlin of Chillicothe
Funeral services for Mrs Murn Laughlin former Ath ens resident were held at West Union street chapel with Rev Harold F Kellogg officiating. Out of town relatives included Miss Mabel Laughlin Miss Barbara Perry Mrs Harold Perry and daughters and several Laughlin relatives from Chillicothe and New Lexing ton plus Syracuse and Ark. A railroad accident recently claimed her husband and their son who served in the ETO is now in an English hospital with combat shock.
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Murn Laughlin
Athens
Chillicothe
West Union St
Harold F. Kellogg
Mabel Laughlin
Franks Laughlin
Harolds- Perry
Barbara Perry
Virginia Perry
Frank Perry
E. R. Miller
J. G. McKenzie
William Brandie
Charles Laughlin
Frank Mansfield
Fred McKinniss
Waldon Laughlin
Leora Hinton
Syracuse
N. Y
Donna McCalahan
Newark
Kenneth Leach
Zaleski
C. H. Bookman
Harry Koblenz
New Lexington
Laughlin
ETO
Germany
England
Personal notes from Hometown Marches and Visits
Mrs Walter R Davis and daughter Susan Jane visited Mr and Mrs W B Davis in Kinsman this weekend. Major Davis stationed in CBS Theater, family details noted. Also several Pensacola visitors to Mrs M Morrison and others, plus updates on Minton family and local hospital events. A change in Sew-So Sewing Circle hosting at 69 E Mulberry St announced for Thursday night.
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Walter R. Davis
Phyllis Logan
Susan Jane
W. B. Davis
Kinsman
Mrs. Davis Jave
CBS
Edwards Aids In Atom Study
Prof John B Edwards of Ohio University serves on the Committee on Applied Cyclotronics named by Sen Roscoe R Walcutt chairman of the Ohio Postwar Program Commission. The panel, including medicine and industry figures and Ohio scientists who aided the atomic bomb project, will keep Ohio updated on atomic energy developments with reports to the commission, which advises the Legislature.
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John B. Edwards
Ohio University
Ohio
Roscoe R. Walcutt
Commission
Walcutt
Ohio Sciences
Mrs L Moorhead Honored At Luncheon Hosts In Athens
Mrs Leigh Moorhead, Mrs Robert Matthews, and Mrs S Sprigg Jacob hosted a 24 guest luncheon Saturday at Hotel Berry. Mrs Moorhead visits her parents in Athens, plans to move with husband to Kansas City after October 1. Mr Moorhead is a former USNR lieutenant commander and TWA pilot now with Transcontinental and Western Air in Kansas City.
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Leigh Moorhead
Robert 5
Transcontinental and Western Air, Inc
Kansas City
Picnic Honors T-5 Ralph West
A Friday evening picnic at Nice's Park near Athens honored T-5 Ralph West returning from the European Theater of War. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. Edward West and daughter Olive, Rev. and Mrs. Drell H. Goff and Drell Jr, Mrs. David West and son Myron, Mr. and Mrs. Neil Welch and Virginia, Mr. and Mrs. Will Varian, Mrs. Ralph S. West, and T-5 Ralph Sr. West. Ride-a-Wee Club meets with Mrs. Lenna McClannahan Thursday at 1:30 p.m. Sew-So Sewing Club gathers Thursday at 7:30 p.m. with Mrs. Ray Barnhart.
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Nice’s Park
Athens
Ralph §. West
Edward West
Olive
Drell H. Goff
JSON
Drell, Jr
David West
Myron
Neil Welch
Virginia
Will Varian
Ralph S. West
T-5
Ralph Sr. West
Vo Oo
SEW
Sew-So Sewing Club
Ray Barnhart
E. Mulberry St
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Ohio U
Black Elkon & Munson Army
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Wolverine
Stanley's Shoe Store
South Court St
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Kerr Hardware CO
Joseph A i As
Aime
Sean Baller AT
Ioof Group
M. Morrison
Marietta Ave
Paul F. Morrison
Wiliam Lee Nichols
Carol Sue
Robert J. Morrison
Beverly Morgan
Pensacola
Florida
Charles M. Morrison
Keno
Meigs County
William Masterton
E. Carpenter Sr
Robert Littler
Columbus
Akron
Ray Harrold
Heber L. Minton
Barbara
Washington D.H
E. L. Minton
L. C. Baker
Gerald Stauffer
EB. S., Finsterwald
Edward A. Sprague
R. P. Imes
Edwards
Howard Cue
Kinke Athens Pharmacy
Bethi
James H. Wilson
Security Bank
L. Moorhead
Ralph West
Lenna McClannahan
Mill St
Fain
Lydia EB
Pinkham
Finkham
Dr. Caldwell
Caldwell
Dil Caldwell
Caldwells
Nancy ‘Ann
Logan
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