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Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Apr 11, 1956

Page

16

U S Coaches Help Train West German Army Core

A 24 member American training team and four planning officers are shaping 1000 German soldiers who will form West Germany’s Streitkraefte. GTAG trains officers, NCOs, and enlisted from four companies plus police and service units, with indoctrination in nuclear, biological, and chemical defense and use of U S equipment. Commander Maj Ernst Schumacher reports the recruits are outstanding, with few World War I veterans.

Andernach U. S. Army West Germany S “Streitkraefte Army GTAG Germany Federal Republic U.S Ernst F. Schumach Jer Iey

Smith Rites Are Thursday

Funeral services for Mrs. Mary F. Smith 78 will be held at 2 p.m. at Fawcett-Stone funeral home in Chesterhill with Rev. Max Donahue officiating. Burial follows at Mt. Hermon Cemetery. She died Monday at her Chesterhill home after a life in the community. She was a Price who married Herschel Carpenter in 1901, then George Smith who survives. Surviving: four sons Earl Russell Virgil and Carlos Carpenter all of Chesterhill, a stepson Grover Carpenter of McConnelsville, five grandchildren five great grandchildren, a brother Earl Price of Columbus, and two sisters Anna Colling of Zanesville Route 3 and Zelma Barkhuret of Penns.

Chesterhill Mary F. Smith Fawcett - Stone Max Donahue Mt. Hermon George Smith Earl, Russell Virgil Carlos Carpenter Grover Carpenter McConnelsville Earl Price Columbus Land Anna Colling Zanesville Zelma Barkhuret Pennsvi

Poston Poston Hosts Guests from Akron Columbus and Athens

Local social notes list visits by Mr and Mrs Ervin Karns and Mrs Evans from Akron plus families from Columbus Zanesville and Athens. The Ladies Club met at the school with eight attendees and planned a potluck. A school building dance was sponsored by the Community Club and nearby residents visited Poston. The Euchre tournament between VEW and Red Men is set for 7:30 pm at Red Men Hall in Nelsonville.

Clyde Sedgwick Richard Matson Cris Zanesville Charles North Celan Billie Marilyn Patty Hixon Athens Dwight North F Malia George Ortt Oak Harbor Donald Ritchie Faye Brookhart Poston Henry Sprague Marietta Ethel McDaniel Osborne Falls Alonzo Hoisington Ash Bradbury Spen Don's Ink Jack Bruce Chauncey Hoyt McMasters Nelsonville VEW Red Men

Local visits highlight Nelsonville drum corps meeting

Zaleski residents hosted and visited relatives in Columbus Arcadia The Plains Wellston and Dayton while many family ties link the gatherings The Nelsonville VFW Drum and Bugle Corps will meet at 7 p m Thursday at the post home on Riverside Drive

Watt Summers Columbus James McKibben Harry Demman Howard Pansing Mirs Artie Turner Carl Trace Dayton Zaleski Turner Pansing Charles Trace Martin McKibben Anita the Plains McKibben Elder McKibben Vera Gayle Atkinson Carol Anne Bobby Tripp Robbie Ernest James Criss Toreh Arcadia Nelsonville VFW Riverside Drive

Cincinnati Livestock Market Sees Broad Range of Goods Auctioned

Auction notes heavy cattle and calves with prices, plus poultry, horses, farm equipment, and miscellaneous stock. Items include No 2 quality fryers, Hereford bull 18 months, 50 ewes with lambs, 5 saddle horses, a Farmall H tractor with implements, plows, mowers, disc harrows, grain drills, and a threshing outfit. Harold Goddard owned the goods. church sale marian unitl listed as organizer.

Cincinnati USDA Salatte Sters Elles U. S Ameo Ieam Farmall H Tractor

Public Auction Seturgay April 10 a.m. Copeland farm sale

Public auction set for April 10 at 10 a.m. two miles west of Guysville on the south riverbank at Copeland farm. Selling dairy cows, Jerseys, Herefords, sows, pigs, chickens, poultry equipment, furniture, appliances, and more. Copeland and Starkey owners. Harold Goddard, auctioneer. Lunch on grounds. Vehicles and extra items unlisted.

Seturgay Guysville Hampshire Farrow Yorkshire Westinghouse

Fragmentary Classified Snippet Shows Junk Phrases and Names

A garbled OCR fragment mentions items like kitchen neat and Supa STUFF, with fragmented phrases about money papers and a Tennant. Names such as Maplewood and Dist 3700 Jack appear amid disjoint terms, lacking coherent context or full sentences.

Rome Tennant

Auto parts and services directory fragment from 1900s ad page

A fragmented print classifieds listing auto parts stores, services, and contact numbers. Mentions Chevrolet parts, auto service, buck auto supply, roofing, and assorted repair providers with partial street references and phone hints. Entities include Willis, Gabriel, Sten Recaps, and White.

Sonar Sims Trater Parte Dannies Tra Sk Willys — Hair Pineup Gabriel Landie Galt TF Sten Toone

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