To Be First as World Power After War Bolt Tells AHS Class
Don Bolt spoke at Athens High School commencement predicting the United States will be the leading world power after WWII, with Russia second and Britain third, arguing for national soil loyalty, character, and a practical peace. He cited Rome metaphors, urged victory and a better world, and addressed the four freedoms amid global hardship.
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Athens Messenger
Athens
Bolt
AHS
Don Bolt
Athens High School
United States
Russia
British Empire
Britain
Rome
Great Britain
Kentucky
Tennessee
Detroit
Mr. Bolt
France
Dana
Stalingrad
India
Tropics
Clokey
Patricia Connor
Novellette
John Trupp
Floyd R. Gale
Naval training honor man leads boot leave at Great Lakes
Joseph J. Stone 37 of Murray City graduated from recruit training as honor man at the U S Naval Training Center and will take boot leave with his wife. Other notes list Pvt Leonard Love transferred to Camp Croft and Pvt Ruben Weiss sending roses from Sicily, plus multiple Athens County service moves, promotions, and a May Great Lakes ore record with 12114211 gross tons loaded.
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Great Lakes
Ill
Joseph J. Stone
Murray City
U. S. Naval Training Center
Stone
Bluejackets
Hospital Corps
Navy
Ohio University
Leonard Love
Mary Lee Love
North St
Glouster
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Ind
Camp Croft
S. C
Cleveland
Lake Superior Iron Ore Association
Remembered by Mrs Ross Fife on Mother's Day
Mrs. Ross Fife received flowers from her son Pfc Roscoe Fife on Mother's Day. He is stationed in England.
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Pearl Coon
The
Plains
Pvt
Lorenzo Coon
South Pacific
Lon Cheshire
Ross Fife
Pfc
Roscoe Fife
England
Bruce Matthews Leases East State St. Service Station
Bruce Matthews has leased the service station at 132 East State Street at Morris Avenue head and opened it as Bruce Matthews Service Station. He rents from C. B. Nye and will sell Pure Oil Co. products. Matthews, a former Ohio University student, was honorably discharged from the Army after a year’s service. his brother Bill Matthews assists. The station operates daily 7 a.m. to midnight and had been idle for the past year.
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Bruce Matthews
E. State St
Morris Ave
C. B. Nye
Pure Oil Co
Matthews
Ohio University
Bill Matthews
Ration Roundup: Food and Fuel Stamp Details
Summary of wartime ration rules listing Blue Meat Dairy and Sugar stamps in Book 4, canning sugar deadlines, shoes and airplane stamps, gasoline allocations, license number on coupons, and Ohio liquor ration notes. Includes values, validity windows, and special applications for Spare Stamp No. 37.
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Ohio
Civil Service Tests Set For June 30 And July 1
Examinations for clerks stenographers and typists will be held Friday June 30 and Saturday July 1 across Cincinnati Cleveland Columbus and Toledo. Clerk grades I II III pay 70 to 165 monthly July 1 stenographer grades I II III pay 80 to 140 monthly and typist grades I II pay 75 to 115 monthly. Bulletin and applications available via county auditor or State Civil Service Commission Columbus.
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Cincinnati
Cleveland
Columbus
Toledo
State Civil Service Commission
Fourteen Messenger Carriers Earn Honor Roll Notice
Fourteen messenger carriers in Athens earned honor roll placements last week for satisfactory customer service. Names listed include Lynn Sanford Billy Driscoll Robert Nids Danny Morrison Roger Gilkey Tom Dowler Merrill Thomas Charlies Quest Paul Vercoe Ben Paynter Al Gubits Jr Danny Watkins Sammy Carpenter Don Cain John Hatcher.
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Athens
Lynn Sanford
Billy Driscoll
Robert Nids
Danny Morrison
Roger Gilkey
Tom Dowler
Merrill Thomas
Charlies Quest
Paul Vercoe
Ben Paynter
al Gubits, Jr
Danny Watkins
Sammy Carpenter
Don Cain
John Hatcher
Marion Depot Seeks 200 Civilian Workers
Representatives of the storage depot at Marion Ohio will interview applicants at the U S Employment Service office in Athens on Monday and Tuesday June 5 and 6. They seek 200 additional civilian workers including skilled mechanics crane operators and unskilled laborers. Housing is available for men without families.
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Marion
VU. S. Employment Service Office
Athens
Army
Saturday Designated as Company I Day in Athens
Mayor Franz Woodworth proclaims Saturday June 3 as Company I Day in Athens to honor the local Ohio State Guard unit. The weekend includes a bivouac at Wilson Park near US Route 50, with 50 men and 10 vacancies, training at Camp Light July 29 for a week, and an Armory assembly and departure details for the bivouac.
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Franz Woodworth
Company I
Ohio State Guard
Wilson Park
Athens
Camp Light
Zaleski
Armory
Charles L. Woodworth
Woodworth
United States Army
Craig D. Slagle
Gallipolis
George H. Perry
Army
Co I Day Proclaimed in Athens by Mayor Woodworth
Mayor Franz Woodworth proclaims June 3 as Co I Day in Athens to honor Co I 2nd Infantry and the Ohio State Guard for wartime service and local defense. Agnes Cooney of Athens Route 3 is recovering after a chain tied to a cow caused a fall injuring shoulder ankle and knee.
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Franz Woodworth
Ohio State Guard
Co. I
2Nd Inf
Athens
Ohio State Guard and Co. I
Agnes Cooney
Training Completed by Jacksonville Nurse Lt Zalupski
Lieutenant Sophia B. Zalupski, NAC, daughter of Mr and Mrs Michael Zalupski of Jacksonville, has graduated from the Basic Training Center for Army Nurses at Camp Rucker Alabama. The four week course supplemented her civilian nursing with Army hospital methods and field care. She is a Mt. Carmel Hospital School of Nursing graduate and enlisted April 15 1943.
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Sophia B. Zalupski
NAC
Michael Zalupski
Jacksonville
Camp Rucker
Ala
Zalupski
Mt. Carmel Hospital School of Nursing
Columbus
Army Nurse Corps
Revival to Start at Success Church of Christ
A two week gospel meeting to begin Sunday June 4 at Success Church of Christ in Tuppers Plains. Evangelist Ed ward White of Bellaire will lead the revival.
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Tuppers Plains
Success Church of Christ
Edward White
Bellaire
Regulations removal frees War Housing for essential workers in Ohio towns
In Piqua Sidney and Troy Ohio occupancy limits on War Housing were lifted today enabling essential incoming workers to be housed there. Local officials announced the action aims to support wartime labor needs.
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Chicago
Piqua, Sidney
Troy
Certificate of Compliance for American Fire Insurance Company
The State of Ohio Superintendent of Insurance certifies that American Fire Insurance Company based in Galveston Texas complied with Ohio laws and is authorized for the current year to transact insurance business. For the year ended December 31, 1942, assets totaled 560,799.18. liabilities 154,198.39. net assets 406,600.79. paid-up capital 200,000.00. surplus 206,600.79. income 172,505.08. expenditures 187,304.80. Dated July 1, 1948, Columbus Ohio.
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State of Ohio
Columbus
Ohio
J. Roth Crabbe
Ins. of
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Coolville
Ruben Weiss
Sicily
Pfc. Weiss
Quartermaster Corps
William M. McQuaid
Irene Teal McQuaid
Poular St
Logan
Marine Corps Base
San Diego
Calif
James W. Cumley
James P. Cumley
Congress St
AAF Training Command
Truax Field
Wis
James C. Gates
National Guard
Slidell Rifle Range
New Orleans
Cpl
George D. Burson
R. H. Burson
Pratts Fork
Second Air Force
Gowen Field
Idaho
Herschel Kirkendall
Millfield
Dale Kirkendall
Italy
Jack Riggle
Sam Riggle
Camp Shelby
Miss
Infantry
Fort McClellan
Asa Riggle
Chester Riggle
Athens County
Fort Thomas
Lloyd F. Wade
Chauncey
Infantry Rtc
Camp Robinson
Ark
Paul R. Kelly
Army Air Forces
Sheppard Field
Tex
Donald E. White
Norfolk, Va
Reno White
Nelsonville
Betty Dowler
the Plains
Paul Dowler
New Guinea
Corporal Dowler
Fort George G. Meade
Dow Jer
Earl Thompson
John Harvey South
Army Air Base
Romulus
Mich
Cen
Vacenaee
Athens Home Telephone. Co
East State St
Paramount
Cross Bros
W. Union St
John Newcomb
Newcomb
Ray Carmichael
W. D. Witham
James Romine
Carmichael
Carl Wilson
Witham
Douglas Hall
John PF
Wilbur
David K
Hal
Douglas M
Gura
Joseph W
Littler
James H
Romine
James F
Barron
Clyde R
John F
Dean
Edward A. Dupier
Knoll F
Tompkins
Robert P
Wilson
Carl B
Ayers
Eugene E
Biddison
Elmer M
Breese
James, Gibson
Gerald G. Carsey
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Cline
Joe
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Elmer P
Davis
Jack B
Doty
Donald L
Edleman
William A
Pinsterwald
Elmer W
Gilkey
Paul W
Guthrie
Forrest M
Hunsicker
Orrin L
Hutchins
Floyd G
Jewell
James D
Mullins
Billy K
Nida
Stanley
Patterson
Everett R
Pyles
Eerl W
Richey
Allen L
Shamel
Roy F
Shellman
Robert L
James R
Thompson
Dale E
Edwin EF
Wilbur D
Wolf
James EF
Mrs. Cooney
Akes
Berry Hotel
Just
Carpenter Howe. Co
Pure Oil Distributor
DIAL
the Mutual Home and Savings Association
Washington St
City Hall
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