Six Athens Junior High Students Speak at Victory March
At promotion exercises in Athens High School auditorium six ninth grade students delivered talks on Our March to Victory. Certificates were awarded to 107 graduates by John W. Bolin. Speakers covered Pearl Harbor to Sicily, praising liberty, endurance, and Allied efforts in the war, with musical interludes and a final benediction by Rev. Joe B. Maffett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens Junior High School
John W. Bolin
Board of Education
Don Finsterwald
Pearl Harbor
Philippines
Barbara Algeo
Donna Jean Buck
The
Solomons
South
Cific
Rabaul
Guadalcanal
Truk
Thomas Dowler
Army
Navy
Central Pacific
Tarawa
Kwajalein
Jo Ann Paterna
Mediterranean
India
East
Churchill
North
Africa
Hubert Frebault
Sicily
Italy
Carolyn Herbert
Joe B. Maffett
Our Men in Service and Allied Training News
A roundup of Athens area service members: Richard Paynter sails for Navy basic and radio training at Great Lakes. Pvt. Orville King departs for Camp Shelby after Fort McClellan basics. Woodrow T. Barnes begins naval indoctrination at Great Lakes. David Grayson Cox completes Memphis training for aviation radioman rating. Gerald Driggs and James Driggs serve in Italy and at Fort Bragg. Harlingen AAF trains aerial gunners including Pfc Myron L. Yaw who earns wings, rank promotion, and instructor prospects. Pvt Carroll O. Rizer Jr. receives Good Conduct Medal at Camp Patrick Henry. Paul E. Dowler writes from New Guinea. Harry Keirns commissioned second lieutenant after Turner Field training. Ray E. Hinton stationed at RAF depot Utah and earlier Muroc. Clyde Marshall graduates basic engineering at Great Lakes. George A. Sheldon moved to Camp Stoneman from Ford Ord. Richard P. Osborne graduates Williams Field flying school and becomes second lieutenant. Kenneth A. Seyfried promoted to corporal at Cherry Point with Ninth Marine Aircraft Wing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harlingen Army Air Field
Texas
Army Air Forces
AAF Training Command
Pfc
Myron L. Yaw
O. V. Yaw
Morris Ave
Athens
Harlingen
America
Foreign Wars Veterans Will Meet Here Friday
Floyd Bolin Post Veterans of Foreign Wars will hold a meeting in the Armory on Friday, June 2, at 7 30 p m. Commander C A Parker urges all members to attend and welcomes veterans who served outside the United States to join. Refreshments will be served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd Bolin Post
Veterans of Foreign Wars
A. Parker
United States
Ohio officer injured after bail from Army plane over Malibu mountains
Second Lieut. David E. Brickles of Guysville is in a California hospital with a fractured arm and leg and partial foot loss after bailing from a disabled night fighter near Malibu. A fellow officer parachuted into the sea and survived. Brickles was rescued by Santa Monica residents. His father reports a narrow escape and says doctors anticipate months of hospital care before return to full health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David E. Brickles
R. C. Brickles
Guysville
California
Malibu Mountains
Los Angeles Times
Brickles
Santa Monica
John C. Cross
Washington, D. C
Veterans’ Facility Hospital
Sawtelle
Franklin Roscoe Brickles
Bougainville
Athens
Engineers Sought for Sea Duty With Merchant Marine
College engineers, machinists, and stationary engineers over 26 are invited to train for active duty in the U S Maritime Service. The Hoffman Island program offers two weeks class work and six weeks aboard a training ship, paying Chief Machinist Mate wages of 126 dollars monthly plus uniforms and subsistence. applications to local employment offices or Maritime Service recruiting stations in Cleveland and Cincinnati.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
United States Maritime Service
Engineering College of Marine, Mechanical
Hoffman Island
N. Y
Maritime Service
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Eighteen Students Named to Honor Roll at Athens Rural School
Eighteen pupils across seventh to ninth grades at the Athens Rural Mechanicsburg school earned honor roll honors for the final grading period. Straight A students include Eileen Walls Weldon Koker Martha Snedden Betty Hixenbach and Barbara Hope.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens Rural
Mechanicsburg
Elwin R. O'Neill
Betty Hixenbach
Marjorie Hooper
Barbara Hope
Hubert Koker
Patricia |Aziman
Roger Sapp
Norma Jean Walls
Marilyn Tucker
Marjorie Pugh
Jean Patrick
Lewis Hamilton
Harold Douglas
Theresa Lavelle
Eileen Walls
Michael Swyers
Weldon Koker
Donald Johnson
Martha Snedden
Feileen Walls
Observation Panels Installed on Tanks
The Libby-Owens-Ford Glass Co. reports laminated plate glass observation panels fitted to Allied tanks let commanders view action with hatch closed. These prismatic viewing blocks provide a full unobstructed circle but resist all high velocity projectiles except armor-piercing shells.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Libby-Owens-Ford Glass Co
Also Mentioned on This Page
Messenden
Ohto
Docom Atelier
Carpenter Howe. Co
Richard Paynter
Roy H. Paynter
Northwood Drive
Columbus
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Paynter
Ohio University
Great Lakes
Pvt
Orville King
Camp Shelby
Miss
Richland Ave
Dayton
King
Fort McClellan
Ala
Woodrow T. Barnes
DeEtta Barnes
Albany
U. S. Naval Training Center
David Grayson Cox
David H. Cox
Trimble Route 1
Naval Air Technical Training Center
Memphis
Blaine Driggs
Sharpsburg
Gerald Driggs
Driggs
Cpl
James Driggs
Camp Wheeler
L. E. Driggs
Fort Bragg
N. C
Carroll O. Rizer, Jr
Camp Patrick Henry
Newport News
Betty Dowler
Plains
Paul E. Dowler
New Guinea
Athens High School
F. J. Beasley Co
Kansas City
Frank Richey
Harry Austin Keirns
Dayton Keirns
Millfield
Route 1
Turner Field
Army Air Forces Pilot School
Army Air Forces Eastern Flying Training Center
Ray E. Hinton
RAF Overseas Replacement Depot
Kearns
Utah
Muroc
Calif
Great Lakes, IN
Clyde Marshall
Helen Marshall
Grosvenor St
Marie Sheldon
President St
George A. Sheldon
Ford Ord
Camp Stoneman
Richard P. Osborne
Dane Osborne
Army Air Forces Advanced
Williams Field
Chandler
Ariz
Army Air Corps
Kenneth A. Seyfried
C. C. Seyfried
Liberty Ave
Pomeroy
Marine Corps Air Station
Cherry Point
Seyfried
Ninth Marine Aircraft Wing
Birds-Eye
Pard
Crisco
Nestles
Ohio
Norman Dean Ee Ha
Athens Pharmacy
N. Court Street
Wrisley's Bath
Jergen
Woodbury's
Arrid Deodorant
Ener A
O Eyes
A. C.D
Wml
Pablum Now
Titem
Dr. Legear
Mennen
S.M. A. Baby Powder
Dr. Lee
Foreign Wars
David Brickles
Sema Sai Ine
FBI
Flynn
Rain” and
Memma Andage
W. Somerset Maugham
John Sutton
Binnie Barkes
Henry Stephenson
Philip Mdarivele
Mil Aither
East Side
Joan Jeaver Larue
Mary Gordon
Robert Walker
Robert Taylor
Lana Turner
Johnny Eager
Charlie Chan
Horror
Sidney Toler
Benson Fong Mantan Morel
Joan Woorsury
Ace of Rangers
Dave O'Brien
Jim Newill
Rit Tay
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!