Athens County men qualify for service in pre induction tests
Eleven Athens County men from Selective Service Board No. 1 were certified fit for Army or Navy service in pre induction exams at Fort Hayes Columbus. Navy picks were William Edmund Nicholas Jacksonville and Iles Edward Hanley Cleveland. Army general service qualifiers include Harley Rogers Coshocton Richard Bolin Athens Route 4 Roy Johnson Athens N May Ave Athens lly Ervin Gwinn Athens Route 5 Orland Hesson Willis Carpenter St 33 E St Willis Foster Hawk Athens Route 3 Frederick Stansberry Glouster and Robert Cominsky Jacksonville. Army limited service qualifier Damon Bentley Millfield Route 1. A Sunday Messenger correction notes mis spelling for Harry Hale Glouster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens County
Selective Service Board No. 1
Fort Hayes
Columus
Board
Navy
William Edmund Nicholas
Jacksonville
Iles Edward Hanley
Cleveland
Army
Harley Clinton Rogers
Coshocton
Richard Charles Bolin
Athens
Roy Paul Johnson
May Ave
Lly Ervin Gwinn
Orland Gillespie Hesson
Carpenter St
Willis Foster Hawk
Frederick Marvin Stansberry
Glouster
Robert
Lee Cominsky
Damon Roger Bentley
Millfield
Harry E. Hale
Hale
Fort Thomas
Military family notes from Amesville and nearby towns
War era updates report promotions and transfers for Corporal Biddle in Central Africa and Corporal Scott at Clovis New Mexico while Sgt Rose moves to Ft Monmouth. Others include Navy and Marine trainees in Madison Wisconsin and Great Lakes Illinois along with wounded or furloughed servicemen and family messages from Amesville Athens and Pleasanton.
West Point Graduate Receives Army Air Corps Wings
Second Lieutenant Peugh earned his commission and pilot wings after graduating yesterday from the United States Military Academy at West Point. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. E. K. Peugh of Gloucester and a 1938 Gloucester High School alumnus. Peugh enlisted in the Army Air Corps in September 1939 and entered West Point in 1941 via Army appointment, serving as a company lieutenant during his cadet career.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard E. Parsons
Clyde Parsons
Amesville
Parsons
Blacksburg
Chapel Hill
N. C
Ames-Bern High School
Clair Parsons
Long Island
Peugh
Army Air Corps
United States Military Academy
West Point
E. K. Peugh
Glouster
Glouster High School
Army
Military Academy
99 Sign for AHS Classes Begins Summer Session
Athens High School starts an eight week summer term to July 28 with 99 students enrolled and more expected. Thirteen courses serve grades seven through twelve taught by a team including Miss Anne Pickering and Principal O L Wood among others. Classes run 8 a m to 12 30 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens High School
O. L. Wood
Anne Pickering
C. D. Samford
E. G. Cliffton
Children Enrolling for Putnam Summer Term
Registration day at Ohio University Elementary Training School opened for the summer session through July 28. Principal Dr Edith Beecher termed enrollment “over the top” with grades exceeding the 25 per room quota. Classes run 8 30 a m to noon and registration continues as enrolled pupils remain to be counted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio University Elementary Training School
Edith Beecher
German three engine plane shot down over Switzerland
A Swiss radio broadcast reports a German three engine aircraft was shot down over Swiss territory by Swiss fighters. The incident highlights tense wartime air operations and raises questions about airspace sovereignty in the Alpine region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Switzerland
Farm Work Ready for Athens County Youths
County extension agent Ross Wright announces high school graduates and undergraduates are available to help during peak farm labor. Contact the Athens Extension Office at the Athens Post Office, phone 998. Mary Kathryn Bowman of Stoutsville named war food assistant, attached to the Extension Office staff, to oversee food and fibre production and work with 4 H clubs this summer. She earns a BS in Home Economics from Ohio University in July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens County
Ross Wright
Athens
Mary Kathryn Bowman
Stoutsville
Wright
Miss Bowman
Bowman
Ohio University
Scouts Pass Second Class Tests in Joint Meeting
The Boy Scout Board of Review met at the Presbyterian Church to test for second class ratings. Lindley Jones and Charles Krouskopf of Troop 56 Athens and Harley Ayler of Troop 70 Albany passed. A court of honor will present pins in June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boy Scout Board of Review
Presbyterian Church
George M. Fee
Lindley Jones
Charles Krouskopf
Athens
Harley Ayler
Albany
Court of Honor
Francis White
Fee
Hemlock Grove Woman Honored at Shower
A stork shower was held Monday evening at the home of Mrs. Frank Clark to honor Mrs. Frank Clark. Attendees included Pauline St Clair and many neighbors from Hemlock Grove and Silver Ridge, with gifts placed in a large baskett as the guest of honor opened them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hemlock Grove
Frank Clark
Pauline St. Clair
Bert Smith
Macel Smith
Charley Chaffey
Silver Ridge
Emmett Hawk
Leota Hawk
Ernest Cullums
Terry
Jewell Story
Carol Story
Sam Curtis
Dorsel Smith
Don Betzing
William Killingre
George Heines
Standford Stockton
Porter Midkiff
Regimental inspection planned for Co I Second Ohio Infantry
Regimental inspection of Co I Second Ohio Infantry State Guard will be held in Athens at the Armory Thursday night June 8. Members are to report between 6 30 and 6 45 p m. The inspection by Col Earl W Brannon will cover all personnel and equipment with drills in platoons squads and extended order and instruction for new recruits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Co. I
Second Ohio Infantry
State Guard
Athens
John F. Newcomb
Newcomb
Earl W. Brannon
Columbus
Warren H. French
Zanesville
Brannon
Bike Club Plan Ride to Walton League Grounds
East Side School Bicycle Club members and guests meet at the Fairground gate Thursday at 12 30 p m for a ride to Izaak Walton League grounds. Riders not carrying lunch should leave it at police headquarters by 9 30 a m to be sent to camp. The club returns to Athens at 5 30 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Side School Bicycle Club
Fairground
Izaak Walton League
Athens
Bolton named to 1944 GOP women advisory committee
Rep Frances Bolton of Cleveland was named to a special women advisory committee for the 1944 presidential campaign. The announcement came yesterday from Harrison E. Spangler GOP national chairman.
No Milk Run Guiding Glider Lift Over Nazi-held France
Aboard a glider tow plane during the Allied landing behind enemy lines in Nazi-occupied France, Lt. Col. John Neale leads a group through heavy anti-aircraft fire and machine-gun fire. The narrator recalls first combat, near-miss shells, and a crew chief joking after securing a loaded tommy gun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allied Expeditionary Air Force
France
John Neale
Shawnee
Okla
Cherbourg
Missing in Action Hero Herbert Morrison Reported
Mrs. Lola Morrison of Athens Route 5 was informed by the War Department that her son Second Lieutenant Herbert K. Morrison is missing in action over Austria since May 24. He served as co pilot on a B 24 and went overseas in January after training at Texas camps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Biddle
Marianna Linscott
Amesville
Central Africa
the Messenger
Athens
Biddle
Air Transport Command
Ruby McKnight
Coolville
Clarence R. McKnight
USNR
Camp Endicott
R. L Seaman McKnight
Great Lakes
Sally McKnight
Lola N. Morrison
War Department
Herbert K. Morrison
Austria
Morrison
Shade High School
CCC
Norfolk
Four 4-H Clubs Elect Officers and Plan Projects
The Poston girls 4-H Club elected Hallie Brookhart as president and chose "Happy Hustlers" as their name with a June 8 meeting at Mrs. Flossie Davis’s home. Loyal Sons 4-H, Albany 4-H, and Coolville’s Toppers and Amesville Sewing Club all named new officers and set summer projects, including clothing and sewing. Virginia Hufford advised Oakdale’s Jolly Stickers. next Oakdale meeting at the swimming hole planned. plus war-time troop notes from Norfolk and San Diego.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poston Girls
Hallie Brookhart
Genevieve Mitchell
June Evener
Edith Radabaugh
Florence Brookhart
Flossie Davis
Ross Wright
Albany
Wright
Donald van Dyke
Billy Munn
William Elliott
Owen McVey
Ralph Beatty
Toppers Club of
Coolville
Carol Gillilan
Dotty Brandeberry
Jeanette Henderson
Juanita Yeater
Evelyn Hughes
Loutta Washburn
Carol Gilli
Oakdale
Mary Lou Frazier
Betty Jane Losey
Mary M. Losey
Margaret Stires
Sue Ann Harry
Twila Rankin
Phyllis Rankin
Virginia Hufford
Oakdale Swimming Hole
Temperature Falls Dramatically Across Athens Area
The thermometer plunged to 51 degrees last night in Athens, down 25 degrees from yesterday’s high of 76. Cooler conditions persisted in surrounding states with noon readings around 69 degrees today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Also Mentioned on This Page
Athens Messenger
Ohio
Vassily
Rte
Tanger
McHurray
Hamar Im
Overman
Dekker
Tarawa
Courtesy of
Athena Now & Thur
Edmund Gwenn
Ged
TOBHS
GEO, Coulouris
Faye Emerson
Dona Drake
Tim
Irene Ryan Extra
Bing Crosby
Jack Carson
Cary Grant
Dennis Morgan
Rank Sinatra
SAT
MID
SUN - Mon
Betty Grable
George R. Rose
Camp _ Shelby
Miss
Ft. Monmouth
N. J
Naval Training School
Radio
Wisconsin University
Madison
Wis
Charles Sprague Stack
Charles Ellsworth Stack
S. Congress St
Kyle Scott Smith
John W. Smith
Roswell
New Mexico
Lieutenant Smith
Lincoln
Nebr
John ©. Hanning
Pleasanton
Pfe. Kermit I. Hanning
Army Aid Field
Clovis
N. M
William A. Scott
Corporal Scott
F. E. Scott
E. State St
Louisea Scott
William E. Peugh
Hun
Bigamist
Denver
Colo
Dixie Rose Morris Gettel Edgar Sims Dickerson Smith Lane
Walton
By Howard Cowan
French
Dennis Halpeska
Rehief
Victoria
Texas
Keystone Custodian Funds
Roy E. Hawk & Co
Investment Securities
Cline
Leadway Coffee
C. D. Shafer Co
Nelsonville
Herbert Morrison
Ais
Air Corps
Loyal Sons 4-H Club
John Sheridan
Vernon Walls
Donald Johnson
Hubert Koker
Roscoe Frost
Weldon Koker
Amesville 4-H Sewing Club
Pauline Flemings
Jeraldine Hamilton
Leona Zarley
Wanda Hines
Patty McKinley
Peggy Ashcraft
Mr. Farmer
E. Stanley Haller
East State St
E. A. Person
Mons
Paul Person
Lydia E. Pinkham
Nkham
the Security Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Court Street
Athens, Ohio
Bardin Bros
America
Coca-Cola Company
Parkersburg
Coca-Cola Bottling Company
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!