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Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jun 18, 1942

Page

2

Long Course Of Study Is Concluded At Pomeroy Legion

Twenty five American Legion members from Drew Webster and Feeney Bennett Posts received graduation certificates after completing a 1% week training to become Auxiliary State Patrolmen. A. L. Bouton of Cambridge announced the program and discussed the auxiliary patrols as part of the state system.

Pomeroy American Legion Drew Webster Post Feeney-Bennett Post Pomeroy Legion A. L. Bouton Cambridge Ohio Jes Ut Bouton Jon D H. Cole Gallipolis Gilbert Bush Patrol Auxiliary Gallia County Porter Foraythe Ae. Legion Auxiliary Patrol Auxiliary Police Legion #Patrol Hartley Frank Johnston Cole Auxiliary Patrol

Middleport Social Notes Highlight Local Weddings and Public Notices

Miss Josephine Kirkmeyer and Donald Lesher wed at St. Philomenas Denver on May 31. Lesher, a Denver attorney, and his family have Ohio ties. other items cover church class meeting, visits, local personals, illnesses, and births. A Wright brothers note mentions Kill Devil Hill’s drift since 1903.

Josephine Kirkmeyer J. G. Kirkmeyer Mr. Kirkmeyer Boulder Colo Donald Lesher Miles Lesher Ogden Utah C. B. Smith N. Second Ave St. Philomenas Church Denver Ann Mra P.S. Brady Hays Lesher Edith McMaster Washington St Ordnance Plant University of Colorado College of Journain Law School University of Oklahoma Sigma Chi United States Army Corpus Christi Tex Sandy Knoll North Carolina Kill Devil Hill

Laurel Cliff Home Defense Plans Made

Laurel Cliff neighborhood held a wartime emergency meeting to organize health care and notification duties. Leaders appointed to inform residents across districts while residents moved, hosted, or suffered minor changes in local households and church activities continued.

Laurel Cliff William Davis Lumbus Norman Schaefer Akley Chris Karr Pearl Jacobs Orville Allen Hugh Geisher Soveral Laurel Cliff School Mra Vernon Howell

Home Council Meeting Attendance Report

Nine present and council members from Meigs and Humphreys counties attended the annual home meeting. Roll call by counties shows Hocking five and Meigs eleven attendees among listed residents and groups from Rock Springs Hemlock Grove and Beech Grove.

Pomeroy Meigs County Humphreys Alice Roush Howard Bolin Rock Springs Story Helen Carpet Hemlock Grove Amy Chase Pauline Atkins Adrian

Unclear Local Football Score Notes Names in Fragments

Fragmentary sports lines show Gallia County 11 Seiote County 10 and Jackson County 2 with scattered names Kina Athens Mise Humphreys Mrs Ruth Bennington Hocking County Mise Clara Bette Motter Gallia County Mrs Paul Shaw Hocking County. The text is incomplete and lacks full context.

Gallia County Seiote County Jackson County Kina Athens Mise Humphreys Ruth Bennington Hocking County Mise Clara Bette Motter Paul Shaw Gra

Toadfish Inflation Size Noted Along North Carolina

The toadfish, able to inflate its size by puffing its body, is common along the coast of North Carolina.

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