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Newspaper
The Dalton Gazette
Location
Dalton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1942
Page
1
In 1834 Indian Territory was established. The 1893 Rough Riders led by Teddy Roosevelt charged San Juan Hill. Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated in 1914. The Suster massacre occurred in 1876. First U.S. troops reached France in 1917. The Channel Islands saw activity in 1940. A Mormon founder was killed by a mob in an unspecified year.
Registration of young men aged 18 to 20 and six months will be held in Orrville Rittman and Dalton in three eastern Wayne County towns. Registration occurs Saturday June 27 from 12 noon to 6 p.m. and Tuesday June W from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. at Dalton town hall.
Tax books for Dalton and Sugar Creek township are at the First National Bank for collection of taxes now due. C. F. Buchwalter, cashier.
Local items note reunions in Rittman Park and Reedurban, Army transfers from Camp Robinson to Camp Haan, and a funeral in Akron. Draftees from Dalton and vicinity bound for U S Army, infant baptisms at a Methodist church, and regional visitations in Franklin Pa. Also a medical feature ad on hay fever remedies.
The film King of Kings will be shown at Dalton Presbyterian Church Sunday night June 28 at 8 p m. Admission is free with an offering taken. Warner stars in the reverent production praised for its authentic settings and dramatic silent dialogue drawn from Gospel quotations.
Pvt Raymond Lantzer of Camp Robinson Ark was a Dalton visitor last week. Born to Mr and Mrs Ralph White a daughter Saturday June 19 at their home. Mrs Victor Houghton and infant son Gary Eugene were brought home from Massillon city hospital in Stockham's ambulance. Levi Berg, Lee Amstutz and Miss Virginia Wenger of Orrville were dinner guests Sunday at Mrs Laura Amstutzs. Wesley Warnock stationed near Honolulu sent his mother and Mrs DeArment Bali dolls. George A Berg spoke on menswear at Rotary. Sam Martin Ressler Begert and Martin attended the wedding of Roger Kurzen and Jane Rees in Dover. Robert Goudy, navy recruit at Great Lakes, home on 36 hr furlough with wife and parents. Sunday guests of Ralph Tracy included Thurman Zook and twins Jerry and Larry, Mrs Jay Staley and twins Marilyn and Karolyn, Mrs Clara Steiner and daughter Alice, Charles Scott, and Leonard Tracy. Miss Mildred Santschi, Mary Hauenstein, Grace Amstutz and Anna Santschi returned from a motor trip to California visiting Grand Canyon, Painted Desert, Sequoia, Yosemite, Black Hills and Bad Lands. Fathers Day dinner at F E Gibson home included many neighbors from Massillon and North Lawrence.
Miss Dorothy Jean Scott, daughter of Mr and Mrs Carroll E Scott, has been accepted as a freshman in the arts course at Capital University Columbus Ohio. A Dalton High School graduate on May 21 she led her class in scholarship and received Capital University’s high school honor scholarship and key.
Mrs Laura B Slusser expresses gratitude to Class No 9 and others for flowers cards visits meals and gifts during illness.
East bound buses depart Dalton at 5:50 6:55 1:50 and 9:40. Buses follow the same route on return after shift changes. A 10 ride commuter ticket from Dalton to Massillon costs 1.40 and to Canton 2.35. Further details at Creyhound Station Scott Drug.
A band concert is listed for Saturday night at 8 30 with pieces including Men of Ohio Fillmore Overture Golden Crescent and a Miller solo. The program features Marshals, Serenade A Night in June and Gems of Stephen Foster, ending with The Star Spangled Banner under Director Prof Don Garver.
The Douglass family holds its annual reunion on July fourth at the Bonnie Brae pavilion about three miles south of Dalton on the Goudy farm. Ethel Hauenstein serves as secretary.
In Tokyo the crowds flock to buy War Bonds as American purchases reinforce morale. Advertisers urge 10 percent payments with every pay day, signaling continued public support amid ongoing conflict.
Second Lieut Robert E Slusser is home on a ten day furlough after receiving his commission. He will be stationed at Fort McClellan Alabama. He graduated from Officers Training School Fort Benning Georgia and arrived in Ohio by plane at Cleveland airport. His wife his sister Kate and Miss Mildred Haag met him at the airport and brought him to Dalton to the home of his parents the W P Slussers.
Harry H Hoover 63 a retired Akron mail carrier died Sunday from a heart attack. He lived in Akron 40 years and leaves wife Katherine three daughters Miss Ethel Hoover Mrs Esther Harlow of Akron and Mrs Wm Wright of Wabash Ind a son Charles Hoover of Keesler Field Miss and a sister Mrs Eva McAnaney of Canton Funeral services were held Wednesday.
PoKeberry S B and Emma Martin led Sunday visits with several families in Dalton including the Martins and Geisers. Emma Wenger and Joseph Ressler attended Emma’s funeral in Lima, Ohio. Mrs. Jay Buchwalter returned home from Massillon hospital in good spirits.
The Sub Chasers are the speedsters of the Navy alongside sixty mile per hour Mosquito Torpedo Boats. Light and fast they serve as the Fleet’s eyes on the water, displacing about 1,500 tons with a cost near 2.4 million dollars each.
Bedouins honor guests by spreading grease on meals, believing that more grease elevates the visitor's esteem. This custom links hospitality to generous servings of fat and ritualized serving practices during meals in desert camps.
The article suggests rotating at least two pairs of shoes to reduce perspiration wear and preserve leather, explaining it is economical and extends shoe life.
The message urges citizens to donate at least ten percent of income to war bonds or stamps every payday through banks post offices or payroll savings to fund fast sub chasers in response to enemy submarine activity. The appeal frames these purchases as a duty to support naval defense efforts and the war effort.
Official thermometer readings show the week of June 17 to 24 with highs of 87 on June 20 and 67 on June 23 and lows of 50 on June 24. Rain totaled 0.82 inches.
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