Last Rites Set for Pfc Carl Douglas in Kentucky Church
Last rites for Pfc. Carl Douglas 17 of Athens will be Thursday at 2 p.m. at Alexander Presbyterian Church Hebbardsville. He died Aug. 19 1950 in Korea earning Bronze and Silver Stars and a posthumous Purple Heart. Survived by parents two sisters and grandfather. Military rites by K T Crossen Post American Legion. funeral home arrangements set.
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Carl Douglas
Athens
Korea
Alexander Presbyterian Church
Hebbardsville
Douglas
Everett Douglas
Pfc
Hamnan
Kum Yang River
Chungamni
Pfe
Athens High School
Army
Fort Knox
Okinawa
Athena
W. State St
Charles
W. Tinkham
Mansfield
Anita
H. E. Douglas
Darwin
D. H. Goff
K. T. Crossen
American Legion
Dowler-Ferguson- Hughes
Koehler Named Principal At Carthage Troy School
E L Koehler of Amesville was named executive head of Carthage Troy Schools by the township board. He succeeds O R Kiracofe who resigned to take a principal post at Amity School in Knox County. Koehler has 27 years teaching experience and will live in Amesville with his wife and two sons.
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E. L. Koehler
Amesville
Carthage-Troy
Township Board of Education
Koehler
O. R. Kiracofe
Amity School
Knox
Carthage- Troy
Ralph Henry
W. R. Byers
Jacksonville-Trimble
Byers
Gerald O. Bibbee
Rockland School
Washington County
Dollie Enevoldsen
Guysville
Mary Amende
Athens Route 1
Hockingport
Freda Winters
S. Court St
Coolville
Lottridge
Stacey Phillips
Athens
Coolville High School
Buchtel-York
Hollister
Glouster
Chester High School
Rio Grande College
Ohio University
Olin
Hubert
Ames-Bern
Ohio University Dean Named to Army Guidance Unit
Dr Leona Wise Felsted dean of women at Ohio University since 1949 has been named to a six member committee by the Department of the Army and the Allied Powers for establishing counseling and guidance institutes for Japanese universities. She will join Dr Wesley Lloyd of Brigham Young University to direct the institute group arriving in Tokyo around August 1.
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Leona Wise Felsted
Ohio University
Department of the Army
Supreme Command Allied Powers
Wesley Lloyd
Brigham Young University
Provo
Utah
Tokyo
Ministry of Education
American Council On Education
Doctor Felsted
Kyoto
Furuka
Felsted
Irma E. Voigt
Ohio State University
Ohio Wesleyan
Illinois Wesleyan University
AWOL Soldier Eludes Police In East End
Athens police and Ohio University students searched the East Side for Glen Denny 18 and Jack Denny 21 both Army deserters. Police scoured hills near the Children's Home and Hocking River as the pair remained at large and FBI sought Jack for lengthy AWOL status.
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East End
Athens
Ohio University
East Side
Joseph B. Grogan
Hocking River
Home St
Lincoln St
Glen Denny
Children’s Home
Grogan
Denny
Jack Denny
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Glenn Denny
Denny Boys
Veterans Apartments
Grogran
FBI
Rain Eases Athens Heat With Morning Cooling
Rain helped reduce the heat in Athens today after a stretch of sweltering days. By 9 a.m. the temperature was 71 degrees, easing from Sunday's 96 degree high and Monday's 88 degree peak.
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Athens
Bound to Jury for Non-Support in Toledo Case
Charles W. McGill 28 of Toledo Route 2 is bound over to the grand jury on a $1000 bond for charges of non support pressed by wife Betty McGill of 20 Brown Ave in Mayor Mickle's court. He pleaded guilty and remained in county jail for failing to post bond.
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Charles W. McGill
Toledo
Betty McGill
Brown Ave
W. P. Mickle
McGill
Paramythia Lodge 25 Meets Tuesday at Masonic Temple
Paramythia Lodge 25 F and AM will meet Tuesday at 7 30 p m in the Masonic Temple. The report comes from Ellis South worshipful master.
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Paramythia Lodge
F&am
Masonic Temple
Ellis South
Woman Tries To Take Life In Millfield Home
Mrs Elizabeth James 37 of Millfield reportedly shot herself in the right breast with a 32 caliber revolver Monday night at home. She was taken to Sheltering Arms hospital in fair condition. Despondent over her mother's death, she lives with her husband Paul James and five children from a previous marriage.
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Elizabeth James
Millfield
George Bateman
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Divorce Petition Seeks Custody and Property in Mayles Case
Kathryn Simonson Mayles petitions for divorce from Luther Harold Mayles in Common Pleas Court. The filing seeks custody of a minor child and possession of real estate and household goods. The couple married November 20 1946.
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Common Pleas Court
Kathryn Simonson Mayles
Luther Harold Mayles
Car Hits Infant at Gas Station in Columbus Tragedy
A 10 month old baby, William Henry Bedsole, was crushed to death when he crawled into the path of a departing car at a Columbus service station. The driver, Sam B Hudson, 20, struck the infant as he left the station operated by the child's parents, Mr and Mrs H L Bedsole.
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Columbus
William Henry Bedsole
Sam B. Hudson
H. L. Bedsole
Petain to Have Simple Burial in Port Joinville
Henri Philippe Petain, once a World War I hero and later head of Vichy France, is to be buried simply in Port Joinville on Iles d Yeu. A gravestone bearing only his name will mark the grave as his funeral takes place away from Verdun where he once led French troops.
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Ile D’yeu
France
Henri Philippe Petain
Verdun
Stone-Valley
Port Joinville
Richard Schloss Fined for Unsafe Vehicle Operation
Richard Schloss aged 28 of 70 Hudson Avenue was fined ten dollars and costs with five dollars suspended in Mayor W P Mickles court on Monday for unsafe operation of a motor vehicle.
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Richard Schloss
Hudson Ave
W. P. Mickle
Master Mason degree to be conferred by Albany Lodge 723
Albany Lodge 723 F and AM plans a Master Mason degree at its meeting Thursday at 8 p.m. Howard M Stanley, master, announced the event.
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Albany Lodge
F&am
Howard M. Stanley
Graham's Chapel prayer band meets at Elswicks Thursday
The Graham's Chapel prayer band will gather Thursday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Elswick with Miss Dorothea Webb as its leader.
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Graham's Chapel
Fred Elswick
Dorothea Webb
Pioneer Dean Family Home Opposite Athens High School
The 50 W State St residence opposite the high school belonged to John Nicholson Dean, first of the Dean family in Athens County, who lived there nearly six decades. The Deans arrived in 1815 from Bristol County Massachusetts and spread through Amesville and Athens, contributing brickwork for Ohio University's Central Building in 1816 and 1837. Members included Nathan Dean, Gulliver Dean, and Lieut John Nicholson Dean Jr. with descendants notable in farming, law, and the theatre, shaping local history and the streetscape around Athens.
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State St
Athens
Dean
Athens County
John Nicholson Dean
Union Depot
Dean Ave
W. Washington St
Deans
Bristol County
Mass
Nathan Dean
Amesville
William
John
Gulliver
William Dean
Armitage
Hiram Armitage
Gulliver Dean
Fanny Dean
William Courtney
Courtney
Dean Armitage
Peach Ridge
Northwood Addittions
Dewey Goddard
Ebenezer Foster
Maria Brown
Brown
Maria Foster
Hull Foster
Gulliver, William
John N. Dean
Old Central
Ohio University
John Dean
Ohio
Massachusetts
James Leonard
America
Jonathan
England
Nathan W Dean
Nathan W. Dean
New England
Nathan S. Dean
Marietta
Owens
Ames
Mary Cutler
Ephriam Cutler
Mary
John B. ‘Brown
George Gould
Beta Theta Pi
Congress
Columbus
New York City
David Belasco
Louise Dewitt
William E. Dean
House of Representatives
Washington
Frank C. Dean
Minnie Dean
Washington D. C
Washington High School
Athens National Guard Camp Atterbury Training Schedule
The Athens Ohio National Guard Company will depart for Camp Atterbury Indiana for a two week training period starting August 11 with an advance detail on August 8 under Capt Brill of Cambridge. The program includes individual and small unit tactics, battalion field problems, communications integration, and a regimental parade on August 19. A total of 40 enlisted men and 11 officers comprise the contingent. Enlistments are open to eligible men before August 1 to avoid delays. The Monday meeting featured map reading camouflage and tactical instruction by Cpl Delmar Lee followed by refreshments.
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Athens
Ohio National Guard
Atterbury
Ind
James M. Abraham
Brill
Cambridge
Abraham
Camp Atterbury
Cpl
Delmar Lee
Lee
Mrs Ada M Cowen Shade Postmaster Dies
Ada Mabel Quivey Cowen 61 longtime Shade postmaster died Monday after six months illness at her Shade home. She served 17 years as postmaster and was wife of Rev Earl Cowen pastor of Jerseyville Methodist Church. Born Meigs County she lived much of life in Athens County and belonged to Jerseyville Methodist Church WSCS Eastern Star and Lodi Grange. Survived by husband two daughters a son mother two sisters three brothers and three grandchildren. funeral Thursday 10:30 am Burlingham Church burial nearby. calling hours at Dowler Ferguson Hughes funeral home after noon Wednesday.
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Ada Mabel Quivey Cowen
Shade
Harrisonville
Eastern Star
Lodi Grange
Ilos Cowen
Dayton
How- Greene
Haines City
Fla
Junius Clark
Dublin
Ind
Eva Quivey
Pomeroy
Clara Thomas
Jesse Jones
Wilbur Quivey
Portland
Ore
Darrell Quivey
Columbus
Earl Quivey
Charleston
W. Va
Nathan Quivey
John Snedden
Burlingham Church
Dowler-Ferguson-Hughes
Powers Rites Wednesday
Alfred Hazel Griffin Powers daughter of Mr and Mrs Curtis Griffin formerly of Alfred died Sunday morning at White Cross Hospital Columbus. She leaves a son Charles of Columbus two brothers John Griffin of Columbus and Garner Griffin of Alfred and a sister Dorothy of Columbus. Funeral services will be conducted in Columbus Wednesday at 10 30 am and burial will be in Coolville Cemetery at 2 pm.
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Alfred
Hazel Griffin Powers
Curtis Griffin
White Cross Hospital
Columbus
Charles
John Griffin
Garner Griffin
Dorothy
Coolville Cemetery
Births and admissions at Shelterin g Arms Hospital notes
Birth announcements list Mr and Mrs Emerson Peters McArthur a daughter and Mr and Mrs John Downs Trimble a son. Admissions include Elizabeth Jones Millfield Evela Shafer Athens John Risch Athens Helen Dais Pomeroy Lee Vogelsang Millfield Joseph Stewart Jr Athens. Dismissals include Carol Lynn McCombs Columbus Mrs Talmadge McAfooes Glouster and daughter and Mrs Jack Howard Millfield and son. Mrs Pearl Leffler Glouster.
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Emerson Peters
McArthur
John Downs
Trimble
Elizabeth Jones
Millfield
Evela Shafer
Athens
John Risch
Helen Dais
Pomeroy
Lee Vogelsang
Joseph Stewart, Jr
Carol Lynn McCombs
Columbus
Talmadge McAfooes
Glouster
Jack Howard
Pearl Leffler
Marriage Licenses Listed for Glouster and Athens Areas
Marriage licenses listed include Alex Brunton 63 and Marie Bartels 46 of Glouster. Lawrence W Skinner Jr 19 and Marion L Hillyer 18 of Lawrence W Bean 21 and Marjorie J Hooper 20 of Athens. Richard L Evans 19 of Chesapeake and Helen P Rohrer 20 of Athens. William D Withem Jr 23 of Glouster and Anna M Lawrence 20 of Sharpsburg.
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Alex Brunton
Marie Bartels
Glouster
Lawrence W. Skinner Jr
Marion L. Hillyer
Athens
Lawrence W. Bean
Marjorie J. Hooper
Richard L. Evans
Chesapeake
Helen P. Rohrer
William D. Withem, Jr
Anna M. Lawrence
Sharpsburg
County Schools Represented At Meetings
Mrs Emma Cade clerk of The Plains board of education and Dale Scott instructor in vocational agriculture at Albany High School will represent Athens County at two Columbus meetings for Ohio county schools. Scott will secure the county share of surplus school supplies set aside by the state, distribution planned at the Ballette Warehouse. Mrs Cade attends the session at the State Office Building about interpretation of recent educational legislation passed by the General Assembly, in place of County Superintendent George Christman who is on vacation.
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Emma Cade
Plains Board of Education
Dale Scott
Albany High School
Athens County
Columbus
Ohio
Scott
Ballette
Cade
Ohio General Assembly
George Christman
Enjoy Your Messenger On Your Vacation
Vacation readers can take The Messenger along for a week or two. Arrange delivery to any location, keep up with home town news and comics, and pay the regular rate upon return.
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the Messenger
Messenger
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Paulson
Cornwell
Court St
Briggs & Stratton
Logan
Coleman
G. H. Martin & Son
Richland Ave
Dean Felsted
Frank N. Jones
University
John C. Baker
White House
Fearn
N. Court Athens
Petain
HIGH
Pioneer
C. H. Harris
Athens National Guard Company
Ett & oAl
Technicolor
Coolville Camp Meeting
J. R. Parker
Wilmore, Ky
Freeland Norris
Racine, Ohio
Moore Sisters
Crooksville, Ohio
R. E
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Mgr
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FE. Bickert
Mer
Nelsonville
George Appleman
W. Columbus
Oeane VE al A3 Corp
Culligan
Mere
Calligan
Athens Ice & Storage Co
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