Missing Gl Veteran of World War II
Corbett Yeater Jr a 24 year old corporal from Carthage Troy High School class of 1944 is listed by the Defense Department as missing in action on the Korean front. A World War II veteran he spent two years after graduation in naval and military service before joining the Army in 1949. He served in Tokyo for two years and was assigned to the First Cavalry Division which has seen action in Korea. He notified his mother in July of his transfer to Korea and was listed missing on August 20. He has brothers Billy and Artie and a sister Mrs Juanita Johnson of Frost.
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Corbett Yeater, Jr
Fort Knox
Yeater
Tokyo
First Cavalry Division
Korea
Billy
Artie
Juanita Johnson
Frost
FASTEETH Denture Powder Keeps Plates Firm and Odor Free
FASTEETH helps secure denture plates for comfortable eating talking and laughing with less fear of slippage. The alkaline powder has no gummy taste or nausea and also reduces denture odor. Available at drug stores.
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Fasteeth
Local Gun Collector Houses 300 Rare Weapons in Athens
Clyde Mansfield Sr. preserves a 200 year span of firearms at 83 E Mulberry St Athens sharing items from matchlocks to World War II guns. The collection originated with his father in the 1880s and includes a brass pirate blunderbuss a knuckle duster revolver and a unique cap and ball rifle.
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Athens
Clyde Mansfield
E. Mulberry St
Mansfield
Midget Motors Corporation
James Mansfield
Ohio
Black Hand Society
Vet Of Pearl Harbor And Coral Sea Dies In Long Island Naval Hospital
Gallipolis Ferry native and Pearl Harbor survivor Chief Petty Officer Sandy Lewis Gardner, 33, died Wednesday at a Long Island naval hospital after treatment for war injuries. Born May 9, 1917, he enlisted 1940 and saw action at Pearl Harbor and the Coral Sea. He is survived by his mother, siblings, and several relatives. Funeral arrangements to be set by cousin Claude Miller.
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Te Aries Messenger Athensohio Vet
Pearl Harbor
Coral Sea
Long Island Naval Hospital
Point Pleasant
Sandy Lewis Gardner
Gallipolis
Naval Hospital
Long Island
Navy
Gardner
U. S. Naval Hospital
St. Albans
Mr. Gardner
Gallipolis Ferry
Bessie Anne Walters Gardner
Eugene
Ex-Resident's Services Set In Zanesville
Funeral services for Clyde C. Cranmer 65 of Zanesville will be Friday afternoon. He died Tuesday at University Hospital Columbus. Former Athens resident leaves wife Dorothy Kirkendall two daughters Carol Jean Nancy Cranmer two sons Harrison and Robert of Columbus three sisters and three brothers. Burial at the Cranmer estate Crestview in Zanesville.
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Clyde C. Cranmer
Zanesville
University Hospital, Columbus
Cranmer
Athens
Dorothy Kirkendall
Carol Jean
Nancy Cranmer
Harrison
Robert
Columbus
Lucy Harvey
Lillian Finsterwald
Cledythe Smiley
Claude
Edward
Nelsonville
Louis
Portsmouth
Cranmer Estate
Crestview
Sharpsburg Native Dies in Amarillo After Surgery
Nancy Winner Hickman 31 of Amarillo Texas died Wednesday after major surgery. Born in Sharpsburg she lived mainly in Athens County before moving with her family to Portland Oregon and then to Amarillo in January 1950. Survived by husband Gordon three sons Don Ernest Gage Donald and Dwayne Hickman mother Hattie Winner Athens three brothers Theodore Thomas Victor Winner Hilton Village Va two sisters Gene McElroy Minersville and Esther Wright Pomeroy. Funeral services tentatively set for Friday in Amarillo.
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Nancy Winner Hickman
Amarillo
Texas
Athens
Victor Winner
Hilton Village
Gene McElroy
Minersville
Esther Wright
Pomeroy
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N. Court St
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Collector
Dave Miller
France
Italy
Germany
Japan
Spain
Russia
James Smithson
Marks Mill
Ark
Tyler
Tex
Ora Jane Northup
Ruth Harper
Alice Matthews
Rosalie Nibert
Rebecca Smith
Irene Doolittle
Wilmington
S.C
Claude Miller
Sharpsburg
Donaldson Motors
Albany, C
General Electric
Columbus & Southern Ohio Electric Company
Ast
Hudepohl
America
Pico Wholesale
Glouster, Ohio
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Hudepohl Brewing Company
Cincinnati
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