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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jun 08, 1945

Page

17

Winters Sees Great Progress and Prosperity Century Speech

Dr. Carl 8 Winters, pastor of Oak Park Illinois, told Athens High School graduates that the coming century offers vast progress and prosperity but must be built on character and reverence for God. He outlined four steps: win the war, keep ideals, build a new world, and establish a peaceful international order. He urged realism about war damage and urged education and churches to foster ideas and ideals for life.

Carl 8. Winters First Baptist Church of Oak Park Iil Athens High School Winters Hamburg Harper C. Pendry Willam B. Drake Board of Education Oliver L. Wood Velvety Eddie Brown Marilyn Covert Fred EB. Luché

Veterans News From War Front and Homes

Veterans discharged from Camp Atterbury and Army hospitals, with mentions of Floyd Hammond and Sgt. Thomas Crowe. Combat Infantryman’s Badge awarded to Worley Cole. James North graduates radio school. Seaman North in Atlantic. Allied Headquarters Italy notes Paul Stith completing Rome coaching course. Private Billy Mayles wounded near Mendex, Germany and awarded Purple Heart. Robert Mattox, fire controlman, aboard a battleship off Okinawa views invasion from shore. David Glenn, Sgt., returns to U.S. after Pacific service with Presidential Citation and Asiatic Pacific Ribbon.

Floyd E. Hammond Richland Ave Athens Thomas Crowe Shawnee Army Atterbury Camp Atterbury Ind 136Th General Hospital England Billy Mayles Jenny Mayles United States Army Mendex Germany Mayle Gank Aield Einglund Mayles U. S Okinawa Robert A. Mattox Nan Mulberry Ave Pomeroy

First Lieutenant Allen Killed in Action in Germany

First Lieutenant Allen son of Mr and Mrs Boyd Allen The Plains was killed in action March 31 in Germany. He served in mine clearing duty with the 364th Engineers First Army entering service Navy in 1943 and had been overseas since July 1944. He earned three Bronze Stars and a Hodgescommendation. He attended Albany schools and Belfry Ky high school. A brother Baytte in the Navy at Newberry College will be released in July to enter West Point. He leaves two other brothers Roy and Fred and four sisters.

Allen Boyd Allen the Plains Germany 364Th Engineers First Army Navy Fort Belvoir Hodges Albany Belfry Baytte Newberry College South Carolina West Point Roy Fred Pritchard Ala Curtis Harvey Long Beach Cali Gwendolyn Allen Truiie Meeks Williamson W. Va Eulah Derry

DAV Group to Install New Officers Tonight

Conrath Bean Chapter No 37 Disabled American Veterans meets at 7 30 tonight in the Armory club room to install new officers for the coming year with Albert L Daniels Greenfield state senator as installing officer. Refreshments follow.

DAV Conrath Bean Albert L. Daniels Greenfield

Fees Collected By Clerk Of Courts May Report

May totals in the automobile title department reached $260.75 with Alberta Grones noting $181.25 to the county treasury and $79.50 to the state. Titles were issued for a 1942 passenger car, a 1942 truck, four 1945 trucks, a motorbike, two motorcycles, a motorscooter, a house trailer, 31 used trucks, and 152 used cars. There were 101 liens noted and 111 liens cancelled.

Clerk of Courts Automobile Title Department Alberta Grones

Athens High Scholarship Awards Made

Athens High announces scholarship recipients across sophomores and juniors including Tom Dowler Jo Ellen Young Kathleen McAfee Julian Snyder Carolyn Hubert Barbara Algeo Ray Kellogg Robert Pierre Sallie Hawking Dorothy Lasher plus sophomores on honor roll Donna Jean Buck Jo Ann Paterna Martha Tolliver Linda Pedigo Cloris Rice Martha Snedden Ei leen Walls Clarice Weekley Laura Jean Anderson and Thea Parestides. Sophomores with perfect attendance include Mary Barnhart Tom Dowler Paul Taylor Ralph Keil Nancy Smith Avis Bohr Bill Driscoll Dan Watkins Martha Snedden Clarice Weekley John Calentine Henry Brown. Junior honor roll names include Jerry Cavanaugh Lenora Graham Janet Ingerham Kathleen McAfee Marianne Sarver Betty Thomas Dorothy Bean Mary Blaker John Good Ardath Hansen Sallie Hawkins Carl Seaman Beverley Davis Dee Henry Julian Snyder Janice Wiggins Martha Jo Wise Robert Hart Dorothy Lasher Frank Mansfield Betty Montgomery and Robert Pierre. Juniors with perfect attendance feature John Good Carl Seaman Jim Westfall Dorothy Bean Mary Blaker Ardath Hansen Charles Ashworth Elis Marie Shafer and Bernard Cooley.

Athens High Oliver L. Wood Tom Dowler Jo Ellen Young Kathleen McAfee Julian Snyder Carolyn Hubert Barbara Algeo Ray Kellogg Robert Pierre Sallie Hawking Dorothy Lasher Donna Jean Buck Jo Ann Paterna Martha Tolliver Linda Pedigo Cloris Rice Martha Snedden Eileen Walls Clarice Weekley Laura Jean Anderson Joe Ellen Young Ellen Nichols Wanda Watson Thea Parestides Mary Barnhart Paul Taylor Ralph Keil Nancy Smith Avis Bohr Bill Driscoll Dan Watkins John Calentine Henry Brown Jerry Cavanaugh Lenora Graham Janet Ingerham Marianne Sarver Betty Thomas Dorothy Bean Mary Blaker John Good Ardath Hansen Sallie Hawkins Carl Seaman Beverley Davis Dee Henry Janice Wiggins

7th Loan Workers List by Towns Athens Bern Canaan Carthage

A historical roster lists local leaders and members for the seventh loan workers across towns including Athens Bern and Canaan with names such as Mrs Gertrude Cash Mrs Myrtle Hendler Miss Eula Ashton Mr Leo Frost Mrs Eva Marquis and others. The entry shows chairmen and several committee members per town with partial titles.

Athens, Bern, Canaan Athens Gertrude Cash Myrtle Hendler Eula Ashton Louie Brown Anna Maxwell Leo Frost Lee Cox Lucille Scott Lillian Cooley Esther Goldsber Helen Ervin C. H. Creed Margaret Dunce Bern Charman M. Jerns Eva Marquis Forrest Russell Myron Kenny Freda van Dyke Lee Glass Arthur Thompson Canaan Ele Crawford Herbert Hoskingen Beatrice Theisen Agnes Terrill Clifford Love Autmer Ackley Howard Starlin T. M. Crawford Carthage Frank Chapman W. A. Barntull E. W. Swisher D, H. Robinson Ernest Taylor Isadore Montle

Ration Roundup and Promotions Highlight War Effort

The Associated Press lists validity dates for meat, fats, processed foods, sugar, shoes, gasoline, and fuel oil stamps under Book Four and Three, with stamps expiring through August 31. Also noted is the promotion of Kermit I. Hanning of Athens Route 5 from sergeant to staff sergeant, serving with the 337th Wolverine Infantry Regiment of the 85th Custer Division.

Associated Press OPA Hanning Fifth Army Italy Kermit i, Hanning Maze Hanning Athens Wolverine 85Th Custer

Bertha Bobo Dies Friday in Greenfield

Miss Bertha May Bobo age 60 former Athens resident died Friday morning at a brother Harry E Bobo's home in Greenfield after long illness She was born in Canaan Ohio and educated at Athens High School and Ohio University She taught at Hooper Ridge and later worked as bookkeeper for Home Furnish Co for 20 years She belonged to First Christian Church and Rebekah Lodge now resided in Greenfield for six years Survived by brothers Harry E Bobo Greenfield H C Bobo Athens and sisters Mrs Margaret Sheldon and Mrs Mary Holdcroft Athens Funeral services Sunday at 4 00 p m at Dowler and Ferguson Funeral Home Athens burial in West State Street Cemetery Friends may call after Saturday noon

Bertha May Bobo Athens Harry E. Bobo Greenfield Miss Bobo Canaanwile Athens ‘High School Ohio University Hooper Ridge The Home Furnish Co Home Furnishing Co First Christian Church Rebekah Lodge H. C. Bobo Margaret Sheldon Mary Holdcroft Dowler and Ferguson W. State St

Lona Murray Completes Navy Induction Course at Great Lakes

Ensign Lona Blanche Murray daughter of Eddie Ross Murray of Coolville Route 4 has completed the Indoctrination Course at United States Naval Hospital Great Lakes. The program covered Navy regulations clerical procedures ethics dietetics and medical tours. Murray trained as a nurse at Camden-Clark Memorial Hospital Parkersburg WV after schooling at Huckleberry Grade School and Troy High School.

Lona Blanche Murray Eddie Ross Murray Coolville United States Naval Hospital Great Lakes Navy Naval Hospital Ensign Murray Camden-Clark Memorial Hospital Parkersburg W. Va Huckleberry Troy High School

Pimples Vanish Overnight With Kiaeres Hatari Liquid

A claim from Athens Pharmacy Tennessee promotes Kiaeres Hatari medicated liquid promising rapid clearing of pimples. Advert reads that first application convinces or money back, and mentions a program to join users no longer embarrassed by blemishes.

Kiaeres

University School to Open Monday for Summer Term

The University Elementary School will open Monday June 11 and run through Friday August 3 with classes from 8:30 a.m. The program includes music dramatics arts science reading swimming and occasional camping trips. A $1.50 linen fee applies in kindergarten and tuition details are listed with staff names and a bus schedule showing pickups from Children’s Home Elmwood and other stops.

University

Peach Crop in South Will Be Best in Years

A forecast of 25 million bushels for the southern states, 50 percent above 1944, with Georgia and South Carolina leading. Northern and eastern states suffered freeze damage, while Georgia alone may ship 11 000 carloads. The 1945 crop may surpass 1941 and exceed the 10 year average by 65 percent.

Georgia South Carolina Kroger Grocery and Baking Co Kroger

Roessner To Preach at Central Church Sunday

The Rev Elmer G Roessner new pastor of Central Ave Methodist Church will preach at 10 30 Sunday morning on The Christian s Attitude Toward the Gospel and at 8 p m on Three Traits of Christian Character He has served in the Ohio Conference at Grace Hamilton Auburn and Hartwell churches Athens County Field Trial Association to meet at Hotel Berry tonight at 6.

Elmer G. Roessner Central Ave. Methodist Church Roessler Ohio Grace Hamilton Hamilton Auburn Church Cincinnati Hartwell Church Berry Athens County Field Trial Association Hotel Berry

Metcalf Assigned to Third District Court

Verner E Metcaiff, presiding judge of the Fourth District Court of Appeals, is assigned by the Ohio chief justice to hold court with the Third District in Allen, Hardin and Logan Counties starting June 12. He will sit with Judge Walter S. Jackson and Judge Charles A. Guernsey, replacing Judge Mid deton of Boellefontaine. Demand St. Joseph Aspirin 19e 100 tablets for 3c.

Verner E Metcaiff Fourth District Court of Appeals Ohio Allen Hardin Logan Metcalf Middeton Boellefontaine Walter S. Jackson Lama Charles A. Guernsey Fostoria

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