Two Athens County Men Die on Okinawa in April
War Department telegrams report Pfc Edward F Bolin died of wounds on April 24 after entering service October 6 1941. Pfc Robert Nihle Farmer killed in action April 22 after 39 months overseas. stationed in Hawaii and later in Eniwetok Kwajalein and Saipan before Okinawa. Both left families and siblings.
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Edward Bolin
Robert Farmer
Okinawa
Athens County
War Department
Sam Bolin
N. McKinley Ave
Edward F. Bolin
Bertha Farmer
New Marshfield
Robert Nihle Farmer
Bolins
Athens High School
Western’ Union Telegraph Co
Army
Pfc
Bolin
Pacific
Charles
Athens
Frank
U.S
South Pacific
Dana
Akron
George
Amesville
Paul Barnes
Farmer
Pic
Hawaii
Eniwetok
Kwajalein
Saipan
Earl Lewis
Leroy
Kenneth
Kiwanis Learn About Farm Co operatives in Columbus
L A Kauffman of Columbus, secretary of the Ohio Council of Farm Cooperatives, spoke to Kiwanis members at Hotel Berry about the purpose and benefits of farm cooperatives. Maj. Raymond A. Lee received Kiwanian of the Week with a potted plant as guests Hope, Bear, and Tom attended, followed by a board meeting at President Wise's home.
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Kiwanians
L. A
Kaufffman
Columbus
Ohio Council of Farm Co-operatives
Ki-uanis Club
Hotel Berry
Kauffman
Maj
Raymond A. Lee
A. R. Hope
L. A. Bear of Columbus
Seaman Carl Tom
Harold E. Wise
Ohio U Expands Summer Teacher Program and Workshops
The eight week summer session at Ohio University begins June 11 with graduation on August 4 and a three week post session. The College of Education plans three workshops including elementary education, conservation education, and extended school service to train teachers for all day centers and extended day programs. A child care center with a nutritionist and nurse will support the program along with campus recreation and arts offerings.
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Ohio University
AUS Ull Aub. Fu
College of Education
Ohio
Ohio Division ‘of Forestry
Tthe
Ohio University Conservation Committee
Paul B. Sears
Science Department
Oberlin College
S. H. Dillon
Hecking County Schools
Wilbur A
Mauch
Department of Education
University
Rufus Putnam
Mechanicsburg
Athens
School of Dramatic Art and Speech
School of Music
Women's Recreation Association
Sixth Graders to Present East Side School Program
Sixth graders at East Side School will present an assembly tomorrow at 10 30 in the auditorium before moving to the Junior High. The program includes the Sixth Grade Chorus Boys and Girls Choruses and the Sixth Grade Band with talks on V E Day Moving Day in Europe B 29s Dwight Eisenhower Franklin Roosevelt and the San Francisco Conference.
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East Side
Martina Josten
Europe
Jimmie Edwards
David Hamilton
Dwight Eisenhower
David Lewis
Franklin Roosevelt
Honor AHS seniors at class exercises for scholarships and honors
Athens High School honored its senior class during Class Day exercises. Awards included a new athletic scholarship to Paul Farley, perfect attendance recognitions for Sue Rowland and Harold Finsterwald, Scholastic A honors for Martha Ann Mauldin and Ursula Green, and multiple certificates for athletics, drama, and DAR recognition.
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Athens High School
Yesterden Affamaan
Yey Aaecaueun
White
Bennett Co
Paul Farley
Martha Ann Mauldin
Ohio University
Ohio State
LaRoma Dee Gaver
Mildred Allen
Alma Bateman
Margaret Chapman
Bill Beckley
Betty Davis
Knoll Dupler
LaRotha Dee Gaver
Ursula
I Green
Lois Hansen
Helen June White
Jerry Josten
Ann Chan‘nell
Marilyn Covert
Dea Sue McPherson
Harietta Jewell
Marcella Martin
Dean Rotramel
Sue Rowland
Harold Shields
Dora Mae Starkey
June Schuler
Betty Pratt
Joan Campbell
Verna Coffman
Marguerite Bartlett
Harold Finsterwald
Mary Cruz
Ursula Green
Marion Cruz
Scholastic A's
Mary Daugherty
Dick Shoemaker
Richard Stone
Delmar Lee
Land
Marilyn Todd
DAR
Banks Initiate Soil Restoration Program Across Counties
Banks and farmers in Athens, Vinton, Meigs, and Gallia Counties gathered at the Berry Hotel to launch a soil restoration financing program. The effort, sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, aims to rejuvenate war-depleted lands through crop rotation, proper fertilizer and lime use, and erosion control, with regional meetings led by Fed official Phil S. Eckert and bank executives including Ray M. Gidney.
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Athens
Vinton
Meigs
Gallia
Berry Hotel
Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
Fourth
Federal Reserve
Federal Reserve Bank
Ohio
Ray M. Gidney
James B. Anderson
D. R. Dodd
Ohio State University
Henry N. Ott
Cincinnati
Floyd de Lashmutt
Mr. Eckert
George H.lasher
Theodore Reed
Farmers Bank & Savings Co
Pomeroy
Thomas M. Wolfe
James H. McClure
Athens National Bank
F. H. Gifford
First National Bank
Amesville
F. H. Sands
R. G. Palmer
Bank of Athens
Ross Wright
Extension Service
Philip B. Weller
Nelsonville
J. Dillon Cross
Freeland S. Norris
Racine
Edison Hobstetter
Pomeroy National Bank
Fred J. Reed
Soil Conservation Service
Gibbs Radford New Owners of Burnett Smith Co
The Burnett Smith Co. remains the name of the men’s apparel shop on North Court Street with new owners Earl L. Gibbs and Carl E. Radford who began operation today. Gibbs, a Kroger clerk turned manager and 17 year district manager, served six months in the Army in 1942 and later worked in purchasing at Curtiss Wright Columbus. Radford has spent the last four years in the ruling department at The McBee Co.
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Burnett-Smith Co
N. Court St
Earl L. Gibbs
Carl E. Radford
Mr.Gibbs
Kroger
Terriory
Curtiss Wright
Columbus
Radford
The
McBee Co
Baker Confers With AAF Leaders At Asheville
Dr. John C. Baker president of Ohio University and authority on personnel met with Army Air Forces Weather Wing officials in Asheville to discuss personnel programs and the RAF Weather Service. Participants included Col. Whiteford C Mauldin Col Theodore R Gillenwaters and Dr Joseph Kaplan. The Weather Wing acts as the administrative clearing house for the Air Forces Weather Service.
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Asheville
N. C
John C. Baker
Ohio University
Army Air Forces Weather Wing
RAF Weather Service
Baker
Harvard Business School
Ohio University At Athens
Whiteford C Mauldin
Theodore R Gillenwaters
Joseph Kaplan
University of California At Los Angeles
Air Forces’ M
Second Air Force
Kaplan
Air Forces
Elza Goodspeed Injured in Fall at Home
Elza Goodspeed aged 86, former Athens County resident, fell down a stairway at his Marion home breaking a wrist and sustaining a head laceration. He was taken to City Hospital where doctors report his condition as fair. Known to friends as Dad Goodspeed.
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Elza Goodspeed
Marion
Athens County
City Hospital
Mr. Goodspeed
Goodspeed
Ohio Senate Honors Cadet Dwight A. Riley at West Point
The Ohio Senate rose to honor Cadet Dwight A. Riley of Athens for achieving top scholastic standing and first in general merit in a class of 853 at West Point Military Academy. The resolution notes his Athens High School and Ohio University record and was sent to Riley and his mother.
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Columbus
Ohio Senate
Dwight A. Riley
Athens
West Point Military Academy
Senate
C. Stanley Mechem
Ohioan
Riley
Athens High School
Ohio University
D. A. Riley
Mayor and Police Leaders to Attend FBI School
Mayor Franz Woodworth and Police Chief J B Grogan will attend the FBI School for Police and Municipal Administrative Officers tomorrow in Columbus.
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FBI
Franz Woodworth
J. B. Grogan
School For Police and Municipal Administrative Officers
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Columbus
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