Athens war casualties and prisoner status report
War Department messages report Sgt. Arthur Edward Henderson and Sgt. R. Carson Boggs killed in action in Europe. Lieut. Robert A. Masterton wounded in the Iwo Jima invasion. Sgt. Richard Lockard, previously missing, is a prisoner of the Germans. Details include their hometowns, education, and family notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Henderson
Carson Boggs
Masterton
Dick Lockard
War Department
Arthur Edward Henderson
Athens
R. Carson Boggs, Jr
Bronze Star for Chester L. Lee Posthumous Award
Mr and Mrs Howart Lee Vere Ridge receive a Bronze Star Medal posthumously for their son Chester L Lee technician fifth grade killed November 3 in France. The citation notes heroic actions on October 14 near Frembontaine France where Lee continued mine sweeping under mortar fire, enabling tanks and tank destroyers to provide immediate support to attacking units.
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Howart Lee
Vere Ridge
Chester L. Lee
France
Frembontaime
Teennice Tian
Lee
iGrade
33 More Men Classified As Fit for Armed Forces
Nelsonville area boards announce 33 men from Athens County were classified fit for military service after Fort Hayes examinations on March 1, with 29 general and 4 limited. 23 registrants reported for induction, 14 to Army, 3 Navy, 5 Marines, 1 limited, 3 rejected. Inductees listed include Harvey Minerd, John Sheets, Arthur Wandard, Charles Hutchison, and many others. several double as missing in action or previously reported casualties in Germany.
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Nelsonville
Athens County
Selective Service Board
Fort Hayes
Columbus
Local Board 2
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Harvey William Minerd
Gursville
John Ancel Sheets
Goolvile
Ae Gurus Jeffers
Shade Rt
Hem Edward Ridge
Canal St
Nel
R. Carson Boggs, JR
Sone
Genel Ste Bae
Lions Victors In Tourney at Junior School
The intramural basketball tournament at Athens Junior High School concluded with the Lions taking first place after seven wins and two losses. The Hornets were second with six wins, three losses, followed by the Bears four and five and the Rockets one and eight. Lions players included captain Claude Westfall and Bill Strickland among others. Hornets listed Rupel Perkins and Danny Tolson. Bears featured Roger Pedigo and Ted Cunningham. Rockets boasted Bobby Jones and Ted Frey. Mr. Robert Essex was faculty advisor and manager of the intramural games. Letter awards will go to the winning Lions team and an honorary team will be chosen later.
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Athens Junior High School
Lions
Hornets
Bears
Rockets
Robert Essex
Claude Westfall
Bill Strickland
Tom Oldfield
James Patrick
Don Flowers
Norman Dupler
Billy Brown
Harry Lumah
Eldon Gaston
Charles Frank
Frederick Stehr
Frank Dilley
Rupel Perkins
Danny Tolson
Sam, Carpenter
Ronald Ridenour
Jack Glass
Gene Walker
Bobby Green
Charles Hoffman
Lawrence Wamsley
Bob Shouse
Roger Pedigo
Ted Cunningham
Don Shafer
Jack Rosser
Fred Fisher
Billy McKee
Jack
Tate
Bob Parry
George English
Dick McKinstry
Arthur Engleskind
Bobby Jones
Ted Frey
Bob Alexander
Joe Manning
Dewey Laughlin
Columbus
Adam Howen
Roger Carson
Junior Skinner
Jerry Evans
Dwight Leach
Russell Jery
Mansfield
Athens
Shields
Bob Armbruster
Ohio Pardon and Parole Commission
District Red Cross Campaign Names Zone Leaders
P. L. Peterson has been named District B leader of Zone 4 in Athens for the Red Cross War Fund Drive. Other Zone 4 workers include Mrs. Gordon Gray Ralph Woods and Mrs. Leland Stokes. Mrs. Floyd Schrider joins Zone 2 District R as an additional solicitor.
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From
Gas Factory Stomach Relief From ERB-HELP
A woman recalls her stomach once felt like a gas factory after meals with constant bloating headaches and constipation. She reports being free of stomach gas after taking ERB-HELP claiming meals now digest with no gas or bloat and headaches and constipation vanished. ERB-HELP contains 12 herbs and Athens Pharmacy promotes it.
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Athens
Dairy Feed Payments To Be Made Quarterly
Dairy feed payments will be issued quarterly for January February and March production starting in April. Farmers must present all sales evidence before applying. Payments set at 70 cents per hundred pounds for whole milk and 11 cents per pound for butter fat in cream and butter sales.
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Athens County
AAA
Saidrvin A. Wolfe
Announce Examinations For Federal Positions
The United States Civil Service Commission announces open competitive examinations for assistant air way traffic controller assistant airport traffic controller trainee traffic controller and trainees for meat inspector livestock inspector and virus serum inspector. Application forms are available at any post office.
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United States Civil Service ‘Commission
Bulldogs Are Rotary Guests at Athens Lunch Meeting
The Athens High School basketball team led by coach E B Bannon and principal Oliver Wood were guests of the Athens Rotary Club. Rotary president B T Grover praised athletics in education while Bannon lauded his Bulldogs for teamwork and described their 15–3 season. players Tad Grover Beckley Rotramel Cavannaugh Rousey Farley Kennedy Moore and Shoemaker were introduced.
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Athens
E. B. Bannon
Oliver Wood
Athens Rotary Club
B. T. Grover
Rotary
Bannon
Plains
Bulldogs
Bannow
Tad Grover
Beckley
Rotramel
Cavannaugh
Rousey, Farley, Kennedy
Moore
Shoemaker
City School Pupils Give 865.20 to Red Cross War Fund
Athens students from elementary, junior high and senior high contributed 865.20 to the American Red Cross War Fund Drive. The amount was voluntary and in addition to their regular Junior Red Cross enrollment, as announced by Sherman Gilmore, chairman of the city schools Red Cross committee.
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Athens City
Tax Help in Nelsonville by County Auditor Ralph Elliott
Athens County auditor Ralph Elliott will visit Nelsonville First National Bank during banking hours to assist residents in preparing personal tax returns. He will also stop in Glouster and Coolville. The final filing deadline is March 31.
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Ralph Elliott
Athens County
Nelsonville
First National Bank
Glouster
Coolville
Edna G Sanders trains as WAVE store keeper at Georgia College
At Georgia College Edna G Sanders daughter of Rhea Sanders Glouster studies at the Naval Training School for Women in Millergevile Ga the only WAVE store keeper program in the country Upon completion she will be assigned to a Naval shore station to handle supply and disbursement. The Soil and Water Conservation meeting at Mechanicsburg School moves to 8 pm March 14 with C D Bludaugh speaking on southeastern Ohio farm practices. The Isaac Walton League will meet tonight at 7 30 in the basement of the Athens County Courthouse.
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Georgia College
Edna G. Sanders
Rhea Sanders Glouster
U. S. Naval Training School
Georgia State College For Women
Millergevile
Mechanicsburg
D. Bludaugh
Ohio
Walton
Isaac Walton
Athens County
Men in Service Set Highlight Merit Roles and Reunions
Names and ranks of service members return from overseas or are home on leave. Clyde Bowman of the 538th Engineer Regiment visits his wife Shirley in Indianapolis on temporary furlough from Camp Atterbury. Tad Grover, son of B. T. Grover, is home on a nine day leave from Great Lakes Naval Training Station after boat training. Carol Burris, Pvt. Carol M. Burris, writes from Germany to his mother Mrs. George Carsey. Frank R. Russell, Sgt., back in the U.S. after 26 months in the Southwest Pacific, receives campaign ribbons and awaits reassignment at Miami Beach. Pvt. Russell Adams assigned to an engineering unit in Germany. William Robert Mulpas commissioned second lieutenant at Fort Benning after Officer Candidate Course. He entered the Army in 1943, previously held rank of sergeant.
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Athens High
Ergeant Henderson
Athens High School
Goodyear Aircraft Co
Camp Robinson
Ark
Omaha
Nebr
Henderson
Camp Bowie
Tex
Combat Engineers
Ninth Army
Wil
Moteff
Boggs
Germany
Julianné Boggs
War Department
Troy High School
Fire+stone Rubber Co
Akron
Julianne Pavich
Donna Grace
Carson Boggs
Guysville
Cpl
Leland Boggs
Boca Raton Field
Fla
William Masterton
E. Carpenter Sr
Robert A. Masterton
Masterton
Marine
Oceanside
Calif
Pacific
Clyde KR. Bowman
538Th Engineer Regiment
Shirley Bowman
N. Congress St
Camp Atterbury
Ind
Bowman
Mediterranean
Tad Grover
B. T. Grover
E. Slate St
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Frank R. Russell
W. Carpenter
Continental United States
Southwest Pacific
Army Ground and Service Forces Redistribution Station
Miami Beach
Pvt
Russell Adams
William H. Adams
the Plains
William Robert Mulpas
Dorothy Mulpas
Army
Infantry School
Ft. Benning
Take Applications for Feed and Crop Loans
Mr Clarence Fealty field supervisor for the Emergency Crop and Feed Loan Office says Athens County farmers may apply for loans to finance 1945 crops. Loans aim to boost food and war crop production with the Agricultural Defense Committee. Helen Mingus handles applications at the extension agent's office in the Athens Post Office Building. Loans target farmers lacking credit from other sources, at 4 percent interest and eligibility per loan regulations.
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Clarence Fealty
Emergency Crop and Feed Loan Office
Athens County
Agricultural Defense Committee
Helen Mingus
Athens Post Offee
Fatemers
Fealty
Tate
Boy Scouts of Troop 55 Win High Ratings
Troop 55 Scouts Frank Dilley Robert Parry and Raymond Sheppard earned first class ratings before a Presbyterian Church Board of Review. Major Raymond Lee of Ohio University examined them. Second class advances went to Jerry Evans Philip Nye Karl Conrad Richard Mckhinstry John Gibbs Jessie McGrath.
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Boy Scouts
Board of Review
Presbyterian Church
Frank Dilley
Robert Parry
Raymond Sheppard
Raymond 4. Lee
Ohio University
Jerry Evans
Philp Nye
Karl Conrad
Richard Mckhinstry
John Gibbs
Jessie McGrath
Police
Ij. B. Grogan
George Smith
James R. Patrucsk
John
Freda Poston Teaches In Fairfield County
Former Athens County teacher Freda Poston has been granted a school psychologist certificate by the Ohio Department of Education and is now working part time as Fairfield County school psychologist. This year she teaches a special class for retarded second and third graders in Bremen village schools while performing mental testing and clinical work for county schools. Poston taught in Athens County nine years and at Middletown three years. She resides on Athens Route 3 and earned a Master of Education from Ohio University in 1941.
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Freda Poston
Athens County
Ohio Department of Education
Fairfeld County
Bremen Wlage
R. M. Eyman
Miss Poston
Middletown
Athens
Ohio University
Two Cars Collide in Fog on West Union Street
In heavy fog, two cars driven by Charles U. Jones aged 70 of New Marshfield and Carroll Bean aged 48 of The Plains collided around 1 am Monday at West Union Street and High Street. Bean said fog prevented him from seeing the other car moving west on West Union. Police Chief J B Grogan reported only slight damage to both vehicles.
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Charles U. Jones
New Marshfield
Carroll Bean
the Plains
W. Union and
High Sts
Bean
Stones
West Union St
J. B. Grogan
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J. Ww. Henderson
State St
Wilma Skivers
Holland
Lockard
Belgium
106Th Infantry
Mildred Lockard
Guilford
Harry Lockard
Wellston
Sergeant Lockard
Union St
Hocking
Wester
Post Office
Michael Earle
Max Frederck Llewellyn
New Marsh
Ray King Lowry
Mineral
Warne Ervin Buck
Ford Jason Sampson
Stewart Rt
Phillip Devel Smith
Oak St
Nelraville
Walter Lawrence Hopstetter
Dave Story
Cee
Wayne Woodrow Hines
Amesville
Dix Powell
E. Washington St
Marion
Joseph Porter
Chestnut Sr
Eugene Ray Lowry
Carbondale
Charles
Melvin Hutchison
Deanville
Frederick Emanuel Lanning
Nelsonsite
Oruhe Rey Stover
Stewart
Melyn LeRobert Lanning
Mont Eawin Howson
Cabhondale- Swansey
Chestnut St
Leonard Wood Breeze
Amos Alfred Lathhart
Chester Woodrum
Earnest
Bernard Liften
Earl Kenneth Rutter
Poplar
Walter McGray
High St
Elmer Frederick Gulley
Garbondale
Rober
Willem Kapple
Wilbur Frances van Meter
Gene Irwin
Glouster Ht
Arthur Edward Gilbreath
Myers St
Roy Glenn, Jr
Terrace St
Lamited Service
Paul Chiwon Hetch
Frost
Gordon Randolph Hickman
Loyd Frenklin Washburn
Coalville
Henver Nelson Stump
Maine Corps
Edward Clarence Johnson
Adams J
Worley
Edward Baughman
Albany
Daniel Emerson Bobo
Athens Rt
George Wallace Misner
Goolville
Howard Barber
Lions Victors
Adam Bowen
Red Cross
Gov't. Smeck School
Smec Flying Service University Airport
Oliver
Oliver Chilled
Kerr Hardware Co
Norfolk
S. 1
Foster Hartley
Floyd Hartley
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Hartley
Kipling
Reni
Hauid Mitre
Gary Grant
Victor McLaglen
Uglas Fairbanks, Jr
Sam Jaffe
Edvarde Clanmeltl
Fern Fontaine
Cat
George Carsey
Elliott St
Carol M. Burris
Athens Pharmacy
N. Court St
Shackelton
Sinus Distresa
Seid
Star Va
Wales
Anne
Jackie Moran
Wanda McKay
Kelly
Thunderhead
Flicka
Boy Scouts of
Troop
Fairfield County
Joseph Q
Lydia Ei
Pinkham
Lydia Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkton
Our
Yb Sonnson
York Central
Ark Central
Ustjet
Flectmaan
Shams
Aris
Cantrals
Arid
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