Banker Urges Government To Cut Non-Defense Costs
John E. Wise president of the Ohio Bankers Association urged the public and bankers to support defense bonds and stamps and press for curtailment of non defense spending. He warned inflation and called for sound fiscal policies including higher taxes and price controls if needed. The Ohio meeting at Group Seven included other bankers and officials from Athens and Nelsonville counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zanesville
John E. Wise
Ohio Bankers Association
Wise
John McSweeney
Ohio
Defense Bond Campaign
T. T. Reed
Farmers Bank & Savings Co
Pomeroy
Athens
Belmont
Coshocton
Guernsey
Hocking
Meigs
Monroe
Morgan, Muskingum
Noble
Perry
Washington
Athens County
F. H. Sands
Bank of Athens
NBA
R. G. Palmer
Charles G. O’bleness
Security Savings Bank
Philip Weller
Citizens Central Bank
Nelsonville
John Wood
Ralph Parks
The
Peoples Banking Co
F. L. Thomas
First National Bank
Amesville
Catfish Found In Ground Amid Chauncey Water Drill
In Chauncey a new sewage and water project digs 10 foot ditches along Route 13. Water was struck and a sand pump used to drain a ditch morning. Five catfish three to four inches long surfaced in the pumped water. Theron Goodson keeps three of the fish at home as witnesses confirm they came from the ditch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey
Theron Goodson
Mr. Ripley
Isaac Williams Dies at 77 Former Teacher and Doctor
Isaac Williams age 77 of 13% W State St died early morning. He taught in Athens County schools and earlier practiced medicine after graduating Starling Medical School Cincinnati. He was a Mason and 1894 president of Athens County Teachers Institute. Survived by wife Maude Curfman and two children Charles and Lucille of San Jose CA. Funeral Sunday at 2 at Jagers Funeral Home with burial at Clarks Chapel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isaac Williams
W. State St
Athens County
Starling Medical School
Cincinnati
Athens County Teachers’ Institute
Williams
Maude Curfman
Charles
Lucille
San Jose
Calif
Lydia Cone Williams
Jagers
Clarks Chapel
Athens weather notes 62 at noon as temp drops
Mrs. C. N. France reports noon temperature at 62, thirteen degrees below yesterday. Thursday's high reached 80 with last night’s low at 50. Hocking River level fell to 2.66 feet. Forecast calls for fair and warmer conditions tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. N. France
Athens
Hocking
Fire Destroys Barn in Athens Area
Fire destroys Earl Baughman’s barn near Albany with over 40 tons of hay four young calves and other contents lost. Damage estimated at 2500 with firemen saving an adjoining silo and residence. Suspected spontaneous combustion in recent hay stack. Athens volunteers fought blaze with creek water supply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Baughman
Albany
Athens
Baughman
Charles Dalton
Roy Robinson
C. Parker
Clarence Colmer
Wingett Crowned Best Cake Baker in Athens County
Athens County selects Mrs Wayne Wingett as county winner in the grange cake contest. Winners included Mrs Olive Baughman and Mrs Myrtle Dixon. Wingett will represent the county at the state contest in Columbus in December. Ross Wright noted progress of the Nelsonville egg auction during Pomona Grange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne Wingett
Athens County
the Grange
Olive Baughman
Albany
Edith Jacoby
Athens
Reba Marshall
Rome
Janet Jones
Summit
Jane Maccombs
York
Myrtle Dixon
Troy
Wingett
Mra Baughman
Dixon
Columbus
Ross Wright
Pomona
Nelsonville
Melva Radcliffe
Leaders Gather for Athens Boy Scout Leadership Training Course
The first meeting of the Boy Scout Leadership Training Course at Athens High School drew a score of leaders commissar men and scouts from Nelsonville The Plains Gloucester and Athens. J R Stratton stated the seven week Thursday sessions will give a bird eye view of scouting. James P Troop outline and a 1941 Camporee film were shown with Troops 65 and 59 leading ceremonies. Largest delegation came from Athens Troop 54.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens High School
Nelsonville
the Plains
Glouster
Athens
J. R. Stratton
Stratton
J. P
Boy Scouts of America
Athens County
Camp Dupler
Raymond Atkins
Carl J. House
Roy Dupler
Ohio University
Laurence W. Lange
Beckley
Thief Drops Stolen Ring. Watches Still Missing
Mrs. Paul Antoiietto found her $250 engagement ring in the fold of draperies at a window the thief used to escape. Two gold watches belonging to Mrs. Helen Meister remain missing. Mrs. Meister, visiting Athens, is bound for San Francisco with her father, Harry Brown, and her daughter Yvonne Meister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Antoiietto
State St
Helen Meister
Antoinettes
Rice Is Assigned To Jacksonville School
Wesley H. Rice, son of Mrs. Della R. Beckler, 16 Brown Ave., after enlisting in the U S Naval Reserve on Aug 6 and completing training at Great Lakes Ill, passed a written exam and was accepted for the Aviation Machinist School in Jacksonville Fla. A Waterloo High School New Marshfield graduate class of 1941, Rice is on seven day leave with his mother and will depart for Florida early next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley H. Rice
Della R. Beckler
Brown Ave
United States Naval Reserve
Naval Station
Great Lakes
Ill
Jacksonville
Fla
Rice
Waterloo High School
New Marshfield
Florida
Three for One Shot Reported by Athens Resident
Ira Rathburn of Rock Riffle Road becomes the second Athens Countian to report a three for one shot while squirrel hunting. He saw a squirrel on a beech branch across a hollow from his home and fired from his doorway, witnessing three squirrels drop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ira Rathburn
Rock Riffle Road
Athens
Rathburn
Judge Grants Two Divorces for Neglect of Duty
Judge O F Rowland granted two divorces today on grounds of gross neglect of duty. Anna Catherine Haning was divorced from William Dow Haning and restored her maiden name Anna Catherine Sargent. Helen Swart was divorced from S Kendal Swart and restored her maiden name Helen Walker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. F. Rowland
Anna Catherine Haning
William Dow Haning
Anna Catherine Sargent
Helen Swart
S. Kendal Swart
Helen Walker
AAA Leaders Are Selected In Townships
Athens County community committee members who administer the AAA program in their areas were elected Wednesday for 12 districts. Delegates named Frank Pugh chairman for the fifth consecutive year, with Lee Glass as vice chairman and Roy Gilham as third member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens County
Frank Pugh
Lee Township
Fred Elliott
Blanch Cline
Sam Crossen
Troy
Fred Owens
E. Ross Murray
Harry Carlton
Bern
Howard Kierns
Jewett Parmiter
Lee D. Glass
Canaan
Grover Sutton
Fred Dorr
Lucy Sutton
Alexander
Edward Brooks
Orland Hooper
James Crossen
Waterloo
Waterloo-York
John Young
Charles Walker
Grover Young
Athens
Arthur Walsh
Vernon Shaw
Leo Hooper
Carthage
Harvey Person
Ira Robinson
Joshua Pitts
Lodi
Roy Wingett
W. Coke Lawson
Fred Blazier
Dover-Trimble
Guy White
Frank Werner
Edward Weiss
Ames
Irvin Wolfe
Glenn Potter
Don Linscott
Rome
George Marshall
Elmer Brandeberry
Edward Wyer
Pugh
Lee Glass
Roy Gilham
To Receive Bids on Mail Truck Contract
Bids will be received until Oct. 6 for the contract to truck mail between the Athens Post Office and the railroad depot and back. Postmaster Frances Fre Bauch Frebault announced the move of contractor Kenneth Linninger to Columbus for American Express. Details from Mr Frebault.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Frances Frebault
Kenneth Lininger
Columbus
American Express Co
Frebault
Hospital Release For Three Albany Residents Tonight
Mrs. Margaret Russell of Albany Mrs. Floyd Wolfe of 34 Central Ave and Virginia Wilson of 32 S College St will be released from Sheltering Arms Hospital this evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Russell
Albany
Floyd Wolfe
Central Ave
Virginia Wilson
S. College St
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Erroneous candidate listing and divorce notice issued
In The Messenger a misprint lists Carl Hayes of Stewart among township trustee candidates though he seeks Rome Canaan Board of Education. Also a divorce petition filed in Common Pleas Court Athens County Ohio by P Richard Bucher against Pearl J Bucher with last known Detroit residence, set for hearing after November 7 1941.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messenger
Carl Hayes
Stewart
Hayes
Rome-Canaan
Common Pleas Court
Athens County
Ohio
Pearl J. Bucher
Liberal Street
Detroit
Michigan
P. Richard Bucher
Court of Common Pleas
John W. Bolin
Plaintiff
Bulldogs Rally Boosts Athens Prep For Nelsonville Game
Athens High School students packed the stadium for a pep rally with marching band performances and cheers led by Betty Henderson Virginia Stansbury Claudine Steppe Joan Leben and Doa McKinstry. Speakers included H C Pendry F B Gullum and H C Bobo. The Bulldogs face Nelsonville tonight at eight on the Nelsonville field with local support planned on the sidelines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens High School
Nelsonville
Betty Henderson
Virginia Stansbury
Claudine Steppe
Joan Leben
Doa McKinstry
H. C. Pendry
F. B. Gullum
Board of Education
H. C. Bobo
Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co
Nelsonville-Athens
Welch Is Transferred To Philippine Islands
John Maurice Welch private first class son of Mr and Mrs Raymond D Welch The Plains recently transferred from Westover Field Mass to the Philippine Islands with an engineering division He left Saturday on the 8000 mile trip He has served six months and was formerly employed at Athens State Hospital He is a graduate of Rome High School class of 1937.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Maurice Welch
Raymond D. Welch
the Plains
Westover Field
Mass
Philippine Islands
Athens State Hospital
Rome High School
Evanses Lose Cognovit Note Judgment in Athens Court
The Welfare Finance Corporation obtained a judgment on a cognovit note today against Moses and Elizabeth Evans for 247.02 dollars in Athens County Common Pleas Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Welfare Finance Corporation, Inc
Moses
Elizabeth Evans
Athens County Common Pleas Court
Ohio University Leader Attends Chicago Jubilee
President Herman G. James will represent Ohio University at the Academic Festival marking the University of Chicago’s fiftieth anniversary. The events run September 27 through 29 in Chicago Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago, Ill
Herman G. James
Ohio University
University of Chicago
Medical Care Program To Be Radio Topic Nationwide
Lester W Bailey county supervisor for the Farm Security Administration said Columbia Broadcasting System will air a 30 minute program on the medical care program in Missouri. The coast to coast broadcast is set for Saturday Sept 27 at 11 am EST on WCKY Cincinnati WBNS Columbus WIR Detroit WPAR Parkersburg and other stations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lester W. Bailey
Farm Security Administration
Columbia Broadcasting System
Inissouri
WCKY
Cincinnati
WBNS
Columbus
WIR
Detroit
WPAR
Parkersburg
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Clyde C. Shively
State Industrial Bank
Combus
David M. Auch
J. Alfred Hall
Federal Forestry Service
Joseph Aspirin
Goodyear
Mickle
Tire and Access. CO
Union St
Athens, O
Blackmore
Jimmy Littler
Snyder's Orchestra
Athens Messenger
Score
Scout
Wheaton’s
Hdw. Co
S. Court St
Athens, Ohio
AAA
School Board
Connecticut
Welch
James
Chicago
Argus
Asi
the Mutual Home Fee and Savings Association
Washington St
ROYAL
Tilt Street
West Va
Isabella Brown
Irene White
Bettie Lee McCaskill
Chevrolet
Oldsmobile
NYE
N. Court St
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