Winters Sees Next Century as Greatest in Progress
Dr. Carl B Winters spoke at Athens High School graduation on Today’s Youth and Tomorrow’s World urging balance of character and faith, winning the war, enduring ideals, and building a peaceful new world through education. He warned cynicism risks World War III and stressed schools and churches must shape ideas for life. The ceremony featured diplomas, musical numbers, and invocations by Rev. Fred E Luche.
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THE
Athens Messenger
Carl 8. Winters
First Baptist Church of
Oak Park
Athens High School
Dr. Winters
Hamburg
Winters
Harper
C. Pendry
William B. Drake
Board of Education
Oliver L. Wood
Velvety
Eddie Brown
Marilyn Covert
Fred _E. Luche
DAV Group To Install New Officers Tonight
All members are urged to attend the meeting of Conrath-Bean Chapter No. 37 Disabled American Veterans at 7:30 in their club room at the Armory. Albert L. Daniels state senator from Greenfield department adjutant will install the new officers for the coming year. Refreshments will be served after the meeting.
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DAV
Conrath-Bean
Albert L. Daniels
Greenfield
Clerk of Courts reports May automobile titles fees
Fees collected in the automobile title department during May totaled 260.75 dollars. Of that amount 181.25 went to the county treasury and 79.50 to the state. Titles issued included one 1942 passenger car, one 1942 truck, four 1945 trucks, one motorbike, two motorcycles, one motorscooter, one house trailer, 31 used trucks, and 152 used cars. There were 101 lien notations and 111 liens cancelled.
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Clerk of Courts
Automobile Title Department
Alberta Grones
County
Treasury
Army air center discharge payroll and war honors listed
Names and hometowns of soldiers discharged or decorated in WWII era reports. Floyd Hammond Crowe Worley Cole and Mayles receive awards. Zora Morrison notes a Mother's Day telegram. Paul Smith completes coaching course in Rome. Robert Mattox aboard USS battleship near Okinawa. Sgt David Glenn returns to the United States after Pacific service with citations and ribbons.
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Floyd E. Hammond
Richland Ave
Athens
Thomas Crowe
Shawnee
Army
Atterbury
Camp Atterbury
Ind
Athens High Scholarship Awards Made
Oliver L Wood, principal, announced the Athens High scholarship winners and honor roll honorees for the year. The scholarship team includes Tom Dowler Jo Ellen Young Kathleen McAfee Julian Snyder Carolyn Hubert Barbara Alges Ray Kellogg Robert Pierre Sallie Hawkins Dorothy Lasher. Sophomore honor roll lists Donna Jean Buck Jo Ann Paterna Martha Tolliver Carolyn Hubert Linda Pedigo Cloris Rice Martha Snedden Eileen Walls Clarice Weekley Laura Jean Anderson Tom Dowler Jo Ellen Young Ellen Nichols Wanda Watson Thea Parestides. Sophomore perfect attendance names Mary Barnhart Tom Dowler Paul Taylor Ralph Kail Nancy Smith Avis Bohr Bill Driscoll Dan Watkins Martha Snedden Clarice Weekley John Calentine Henry Brown. Junior honor roll features Jerry Cavanaugh Lenora Graham Janet Ingerman Kathleen McAfee Marianne Sarvett 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 Robert Pierre. Juniors with perfect attendance include John Good Carl Seaman Jim Westfall Dorothy Bean Mary Blaker Ardath Hansen Charles Ashworth Ellis Marie Shafer Bernard Cooley.
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Athens High
Oliver L. Wood
Tom Dowler
Jo Ellen Young
Kathleen McAfee
Julian Snyder
Carolyn Hubert
Barbara Alges
Ray Kellogg
Robert Pierre
Sallie Hawkins
Dorothy Lasher
Donna Jean Buck
Jo Ann Paterna
Martha Tolliver
Linda Pedigo
Cloris Rice
Martha Snedden
Eileen Walls
Clarice Weekley
Laura Jean Anderson
Ellen Nichols
Wanda Watson
Thea Parestides
Mary Barnhart
Paul Taylor
Ralph Kail
Nancy Smith
Avis Bohr
Bill Driscoll
Dan Watkins
John Calentine
Henry Brown
Jerry Cavanaugh
Lenora Graham
Janet Ingerham
Marianne Sarvett
Betty Thomas
Dorothy Bean
Mary Blaker
John Good
Ardath Hansen
Martha Jo Wise
Robert Hart
Frank Mansfield
Betty Montgomery
Robert’ Pierre
Carl Seaman
Jim Westfall
Charles Ashworth
Ellis Marie Shafer
Bernard Cooley
7th War Loan Workers in Athens and surrounding townships
Workers in the 7th War Loan drive are listed by township chairs and volunteers in Athens Bern Canaan and Carthage. Athens chairmen include Mrs Gertrude Cash and several named helpers. Bern chairmen include Mrs Howard Rierns and others. Canaan chaired by Mrs Mar ella Crawford with several assistants. Carthage chaired by Mrs Frank Chapman and others.
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Athens
Bern
Canaon
Carthage
Villa
Freda van Dyke
Lee Glass
Arthur Thompson
Canaan
Marella Crawford
Herbert Hoskinson
Beatrice Theisen
Agnes ‘Terrill
Chfford Love
Autmer Ackley
Howard Starlin
T. M. Crawford
Rank, Chapman
W. A. Barnhill
E.W. Swisher
D. H. Robinson
Ernest Taylor
Isadore Montie
RATION ROUNDUP AND PROMOTION IN THE FIFTH ARMY
Ration details update stamps for meats fats processed foods sugar shoes and fuel oil with validity through late summer and early fall. Kermit L Hanning of Athens Route 5 promoted from sergeant to staff sergeant. now a squad leader with the 337th Wolverine Infantry Regiment in the 85th Custer Division.
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OPA
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 while serving in mine releasing duty with the 364th Engineers First Army. He entered service November 23 1943 was commissioned at Fort Belvoir and had been overseas since July 1944. He held three Bronze Stars and a commendation from General Hodges. He attended Albany school and Belfry Kentucky high school. A brother Boyde is in the Navy at Newberry College South Carolina and will be released for the Navy in July to accept West Point appointment. He leaves two brothers Roy and Fred and four sisters Mrs Curtis Harvey Gwendolyn Allen Mrs Trulie Meeks Mrs Eulah Derry.
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Pritchard
Ala
Curtis Harvey
Long Beach
Calif
Gwendolyn Allen
Trulie! Meeks
Williamson
W. Va
Eulah Derry
Bertha Bobo Dies After Long Illness in Greenfield
Bertha May Bobo, 60, a former Athens resident, died this morning at a brother Harry E. Bobo’s home in Greenfield after a long illness. Born in Canannsville, she graduated from Athens High School and attended Ohio University. She taught at Hooper Ridge for two years, worked 20 years as bookkeeper for Home Furnish Co., and later served as bookkeeper for the same firm. A member of First Christian Church and the Rebekah Lodge, she lived in Greenfield the last six years. She leaves brothers Harry E. Babo of Greenfield and H. C. Babo of Athens, and sisters Mrs. Margaret Sheldon and Mrs. Mary Holdcroft of Athens. Funeral at 4 p.m. Sunday at Dowler and Ferguson Funeral Home in Athens with burial in West State Street Cemetery. Friends may call after Saturday noon.
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Athens
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First Christian Church
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Mary Holdcroft
Dowler and Ferguson Funeral
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Lona Murray Completes Indoctrination Course at Great Lakes
Ensign Lona Blanche Murray daughter of Mr Eddie Ross Murray Coolville Route 4 has completed the indoctrination course at the United States Naval Hospital Great Lakes Illinois. The course covered Navy regulations clerical procedures military ethics dietetics laboratory work rehabilitation and tours of hospital departments. Murray trained as a nurse at Camden Clark Memorial Hospital Parkersburg West Virginia after schooling at Huckleberry Grade School and Troy High School.
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Eddie Ross Murray
Coolville
United States Naval Hospital
Great Lakes
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Naval Hospital
Ensign Murray
Camden-Clark Memorial Hospital
Parkersburg
W. Va
Huckleberry
Troy High School
Pimples Disappear Overnight Ad Claims
An ad from Athens Pharmacy II promotes Kleerex a medicated product that supposedly dries up pimples overnight. It claims quick, visible clearing and offers a money back guarantee with a friendly customer testimonial tone.
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Athens Pharmacy II
University School to Open on Monday
Ee raewee Elementary School will open Monday June 5 in session until Friday Aug 3 with hours 8 30 am to noon daily There is no tuition kindergarten lunch 1 50 Children register in same grades as current year Applications considered in order received Staff list and bus schedule included
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Ee ‘Raewee
University
Peach Crop in South Seen Best in Years
A record peach crop of 25 million bushels, about 50 percent above 1944, is forecast for 10 southern states. Georgia and South Carolina expect record crops, while northern and eastern states faced freeze damage. Georgia alone may ship 11,000 carloads as forecasts exceed the 1941 peak and average profits rise 65 percent over the decade.
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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 lead the 10 30 a m service on The Christian's Attitude Toward the Gospel and the 8 p m service on Three Traits of Christian Character Sunday He has served multiple Ohio Conference churches including Grace Hamilton Hamilton Ohio Auburn Cincinnati Hartwell Cincinnati in recent years.
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Elmer G. Roessner
Central Ave. Methodist Church
Roessener
Ohio Conference
Grace Hamilton
Hamilton
Auburn Church
Cincinnati
Hartwell Church
Athens County Field Trial Meet Tonight at Berry Hotel
Members of the Athens County Field Trial Association are urged to attend an important meeting tonight at 6 o clock in the Berry Hotel. The notice emphasizes the gathering as a key organizational event for members and attendees.
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Berry
Athens County:Field Trial Association
Metcalf Assigned to Third District Court in Ohio
Presiding judge Verner E. Metcalf of the Fourth District Court of Appeals is assigned by Ohio's chief justice to hold court with the Third District in Allen Hardin and Logan Counties starting the week of June 11. He will replace Judge Middleton of Bellefontaine who is ill and will sit with Judge Walter S. Jackson of Lima and Judge Charles A. Guernsey of Fostoria.
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Verner E. Metcalf
Fourth District
Fof Appeals
Appellate Courts of
Ohio
Allen
Hardin
Logan
Metcalf
Middleton
Bellefontaine
Walter S. Jackson
Lima
Charles A. Guernsey
Fostoria
St Joseph Aspirin Promoted as Best Value
An advertisement touts St Joseph Aspirin as faster and better than competing products. It markets the drug as the world’s largest seller at 10c per tablet, 100 tablets for 35c, urging readers not to pay more and to demand St Joseph Aspirin.
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St. Joseph
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