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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1945
Page
18
Flood damage reports from the L. R. Wiley home note progress on a navy contract nearing completion at the Garment Factory. A large summer suit order for aviators has been received, signaling active production despite the flood situation.
County Treasurer Lee Archer announced on Wednesday that tax books for certain townships are now open. More than $1,500 was collected, with many property owners paying for the full year.
Middleport social column notes dinners for Marion Rife funeral attendees from Greenfield and local families. It also lists church class meeting hosts, and various residents visiting relatives or returning from illness, with names and towns such as Camp Atterbury, Ravenna, Point Pleasant, and Chillicothe.
Meigs County records honor Sgt Leonard Wood Pfc David Davidson and Staff Sgt Manning Seyfried among three new gold stars for February action in Europe. Corporal Donald Lisle is reported injured. Details cover birth, service, overseas moves, and survivor families.
MIDDLEPORT The Ninth Air Force's 406th Fighter Bomber group, including SSgt Clifford E Young, earned the Presidential Unit Citation for destroying a large enemy convoy between Chabeauroux and Issoudun during France's German retreat on Sept 7. The Thunderbolt unit, based early in France and first rocket-equipped in Europe, pursued the fleeing convoy, leaving a 20 mile stretch of road littered with more than 475 wrecked vehicles. The citation notes the unit also helped repel the German attempt on Bastogne. Young, son of Mr and Mrs E C Young of Pomeroy, has a long wartime record, with service in the Panama Canal Zone, Angel Island, Hawaii, Guadalcanal, and Australia, and a V-mail Christmas greeting to his father reached home in January. The piece also covers families of Sgt Seyfried and Cpl Lisle, noting wartime injuries and Purple Heart awards.
Social notes from Pomeroy recount visits to the Hayes home after the death of Jane Greer, plus hospital and military news. Gladys Grueser seeks major surgery at St Joseph's Hospital in Parkersburg, twins announced to Douglas and Linda Hood of Toledo, and sergeant promotions for Doris Shumway Gilmore's husband in Texas. Several locals return to work after flood-related vacation, and relatives of overseas service members share movements from New Guinea to the Philippines and to Fort Meade.
Evelina Signoretto of Biella Italy reportedly slept brunette and woke with blonde hair attributing the strange transformation to fumes from a charcoal burner. The incident sparked local curiosity and prompted medical and scientific inquiries.
Funeral services for Earl Red Mankin veteran salesman for the Pomeroy Motor Company were largely attended at the Rawlings-Coats Funeral Home. Colleagues from the Motor Company attended in a body and Drew Webster Post American Legion was represented. Out-of-town relatives came from Middleport and Pomeroy, including Floyd Zickau nephew of Huntington and Charles Lowe Rochester New York brother-in-law.
Nathan Herkowich, the navy inspector at the Company Industrial Garment who succeeded Francis O'Shea, has returned to his lodgings at Mrs. Hez Root after a stay.
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