Two Athens County Soldiers Die on Okinawa in April
War Department telegrams notify parents of Pfc Edward F. Bolin and Pfc Robert Nikle Farmer killed in action or by wounds in April. Bolin, a Athens High School graduate, served since Oct 6, 1941 and went overseas in 1942. Farmer, with 39 months overseas, fought at Enietok Kwajalein and Saipan before Okinawa.
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THE
Athens Messenger
Edward Bolin
Robert Farmer
Okinawa
Athens County
War Department
Sam Bolin
N. McKinley Ave
Edward F. Bolin
Bertha Farmer
New Marshfield
Robert Nikle Farmer
Ees
S Bolins
Athens High School
Western Union Telegraph Co
Pfc
Bolin
Pacific
Charles
Athens
Frank
U. S
South Pacific
Dana
Akron
George
Amenville
Paul Barnes
Farmer
Pfe Bolm
Hawaii
Enietok
Kwajalein
Saipan
Earl Lown
Leroy
Kenneth
Fom
Kiwanis Hear Ohio Farm Co operatives Leader
L A Kauffman of Columbus spoke to Kiwanis Club members at Hotel Berry about farm co operatives. He said co operatives help farmers buy and sell on favorable terms and raise living standards. Maj Raymond A Lee was honored as Kiwanian of the Week with two potted plants.
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Kiwanians
L. A
Maj
Raymond A. Lee
A. R. Hope
L. A. Bear of Columbus
Seaman Carl Tom
Harold E. Wise
Expansion of Ohio U Summer Teacher Program Targets 8 Week Session
The Ohio University summer term opens June 11 for eight weeks with graduation exercises August 4. The College of Education plans three workshops including elementary education, conservation education in Southeastern Ohio, and extended school service for pre kindergarten to extended day programs. A child care center with nurses and consultants will operate, and university labs and activities will support student participation.
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Ohio University
Steachers
Armed Forces
College of Education
Ohio
Ohio Division of Forestry
Ohio University Conservation’ Committee
Paul B. Sears
Science Department
Oberlin College
8. H. Dilon
Hockings County
Wilbur A
Yauch
Department of Education
University
Rufus Putnam
Mechanicsburg
Athens
School of Dramatic Art and Speech
School of Music
Women’s Recreation Association
Sixth Graders Present East Side School Program
Sixth graders at East Side School will present an assembly in the auditorium tomorrow at 10 30 am. The program includes songs by the Sixth Grade Chorus Boys and Girls Choruses and the Sixth Grade Band selections. Certificates of perfect attendance will be awarded and the day ends with The Star Spangled Banner followed by picnics at the Lietwiler home and the school.
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East Side
Martina Josten
Europe
Jimmie Edwards
David Hamilton
Dwight Eisenhower
David Lewis
Franklin Roosevelt
Morvyth Kinney
San Francisco
Patty Kay Henry
Frances Paterna
Carole Smiley
Louisa Steele
Lietwiler
Roosevelt Drive
Banks To Aid Land Restoration Program Initiated
Banks and farmers across Athens, Vinton, Meigs and Gallia Counties met at the Bercy Hotel to launch a soil restoration financing program. The effort, sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, aims to rebuild depleted Ohio lands through proper fertilization lime, crop rotation and erosion control, with regional meetings led by Phil S. Eckert and Ray M. Gidney.
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Athens
Vinton
Meigs
Gallia
Bercy Hotel
Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
Fourth
Federal Reserve
Federal Reserve Bank
Ohio
Ray M. Gidney
James B. Anderson
D. BR. 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. Gy
Palmer
Bank of Athens
Ross Wright
Extension Service
Philip EB. Weller
Nelsonville
J. Dillon Cross J
Freeland S. Norris
Racine
Edison Hobs
Honor AHS seniors at class exercises
Athena High School honored seniors in a class day program with awards for scholarship perfect attendance and athletic achievement. Paul Farley won the Bennett Athletic Scholarship the first to receive it and a trophy will be displayed in the trophy case. Martha Ann Mauldin ranked first and cited for scholarships to Ohio University and Ohio State University.
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Athena High School
Martha Ann Mauldin
Ohio University
Ohio State
LaRoma Dee Gaver
Mildred Allen
Alma Bateman
Margaret Chapman
Bill Beckley
Betty Davis
Knoli Dupler
Ursula Green
Lois Hansen
Halen June White
Jerry Josten
Ann Channell
Marilyn Covert
Paul Farley
Dea Sue McPherson
Harietta Jewell
Marcela Martin
Dean Rotramel
Sue Rowland
Harold Shields
Dora Mae Starkey
June Schuler
Betty Pratt
Joan Campbell
Verna Coffman
Marguerite Bartlett
Harold Finsterwald
Mary Cruz
Marion Cruz
Scholastic A’s
Mary Daugherty
Dick Shoemaker
Richard Stone
Delmar Lee
LaeRoma Dee Gaver
Marilyn Todd
DAR
Gibbs Radford New Owners of Burnett Smith
The Burnett Smith Co will continue as the store name in N Court St with new owners Earl L Gibbs and Carl E Radford who began operation this week. Gibbs is a former Kroger clerk and manager who served as district manager for 17 years and after Army service worked in Curtiss Wright purchasing. Radford has 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
Gibbs
Kroger
Curtiss Wright
Columbus
Radford
the McBee Co
Ohio University President in Asheville for AAF Weather Wing talks
Dr. John C. Baker, president of Ohio University and noted personnel expert, visited Asheville for meetings with AAF Weather Wing officers. He discussed personnel programs and studies of the RAF Weather Service with Col. Whiteford C. Mauldin, Col. Theodore R. Gilenwaters, and Dr. Joseph Kaplan. The operations analysis section is the Air Forces’ first of its kind.
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Asheville
N. C
John C. ‘Baker
Ohio University
Theyr
Army Air Forces Weather Wing
RAF Weather Service
Baker
Harvard Business School
Ohio University At Athens
Whiteford C. Mauldin
Weather Wing
Theodore R.gilenwaters
Joseph Kaplan
University of California At Los Angeles
Ai Force
Kaplan
Air Forces
Elza Goodspeed Injured in Stairway Fall
Elza Goodspeed aged 86 a former Athens County resident sustained a head laceration and broken wrist in a fall at his Marion home He was hospitalized at City Hospital with condition listed as fair Known to friends as Dad Goodspeed
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Elza Goodspeed
Marion
Athens County
City Hospital
Mr. Goodspeed
Goodspeed
Ohio Senate Lauds Riley for West Point scholastic record
The Ohio Senate honored Cadet Dwight A. Riley of Athens with a rising vote resolution for achieving the highest scholastic standing in a class of 853 at West Point Military Academy. Riley, also first in general merit for three years, was a graduate of Athens High School and Ohio University class of 1942. A copy of the resolution was sent to Riley and his mother, Mrs. D. A. Riley.
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Columbus
UPI
Ohio Senate
Dwight A. Riley
Athens
West Point Military Academy
Senate
Stanley Mechem
H-Athens
Ohioan
Riley
Athens High School
Ohio University
D. A. Riley
Leonard Lowry Home Return From German Detention
Leonard Lowry, prisoner of the Germans for 27 months, arrived this morning at his mother Emma Lowry's home in Carbondale. Mayor Franz Woodworth and Chief J. B. Grogan will attend the FBI School for Police and Municipal Administrative Officers tomorrow in Columbus.
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Leonard Lowry
Emma Lowry
Carbondale
FBI
Franz Woodworth
J. B. Grogan
School For Police
Municipal Administratve
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Columbus
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Max Duncan
Don Finsterswald
Oliver L. Wood
B. Bannow
Dick Metler
Tad Grover
Bob Cable
Jim Went
Carl Wiscoy Xaw
Jim Breeze
Francis Frebault
Joe Kennedy
Dick Miller
Charles Gall
Lewis Moore
Ted Neutzling
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Rardin Bros. Lumber
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Comaene Tires
Mi Het Diet Dulin
Fred R. Beasley
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Pinkham
Hydra
NYAL
McKee Drug Co
Clarence B. Dillon
State St
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J. A. Turner
Albany, Ohio
Margaret Bowers
E. W. Edwards
Nelsonville, Ohio
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