Limited Goods Return Planned After V E Day
Federal agencies brace for reconversion and rationing shifts after victory in Europe. The Office of War Mobilization, WPB, and other bodies outline gradual easing of controls, with durable goods and appliances hitting markets within months and full peacetime production within a year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ictory
Europe
Athens
Washington
War Agency
Office of War Mobilization and
War Production Board
WPB
Amesville Birthday and Family News Notes
Amesville social notes recount a surprise birthday party for Mrs. Blanche Boudinot with many relatives and friends attending. The column also covers a birthday tribute for Mrs. T. J. White, birth of Linda Sue to Mrs. Ruth McGrew, a nine day leave visit by Fireman 2-c Whuiliam Butcher, a Columbus funeral for Patricia Johnson, and moves of Ethel Rake family into the Bank Building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amesville
Blanche Boudinot
Roy Ziegler
Norma Jean
Jewett Parmiter
Mary Parmiter
Howard Keirns
Clifford Boudinot
Dow Marquis
Wyatt McDaniel
Pauline McDaniel
Homer Gerken
Judith Ann
Anna Smith
Dorothy Sedwick
Jackie
Gilbert
Boudinot
Jennie Boyd
Dorothy, Poston
Ruth Mosjer
Athens
Lara Hanson
John Mathews
Elihu Starling
Dick Sullivan
Curt
Herb Holter
Kay
Columbus
Albert Carpenter
Jean
Bert Carpenter
Wilbur Carpenter
T. J. White
White
Fern Antie
Oren Wolfe
Ruth McGrew
Linda Sue
C Whuiliam Butcher
Ralph Wolfe
Hattie Inman
William Jago
Patricia Johnson
Maxine Jago Johnson
Ethel Rake
Betty Louw
Jack
Bank
Marietta
Murray City Social Notes Sees Local Residents Visiting
Murray City notes list residents and visitors including Albert Jones at Camp Atterbury Indiana. Janice Worthington and Jean Craft visiting Belsonville. Effie Jonas and waxy Jonas in Nelsonville. Mrs Morris Duplex with Carsner in New Lexington. Adam Hoye in Ashland. Park Cook in Columbus. Pearl Williams returning from Columbus. Julia Ann Cupp and Oscar Hillyer with Newark relatives. Sabo and grandson Joey in Cincinnati. Bobby Gottke back from Columbus parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murray City
Leonard Phillips
Albert Jones
Camp Atterbury
Ind
Clayton Worthington
Janice
Jean, Craft
Aves
Ann Thompson
Belsonville
Effie Jonas
Waxy Jonas
Nelsonville
Morris Duplex
Carl Carsner
New Lexington
Adam Hoye
Ashland
Park Cook
Columbus
Pearl Williams
Paul Cupp
Ang
Julia Ann
Newark
Oscar Hillyer
Joe Sabo
Joey
Cincinnati
Bobby Gottke
Mrs
Port Gotike
Columbie
Wins War Awards Visit to Nelsonville Shifts News
Mr. and Mrs. Huard Bush visit relatives in Logan while meeting Mr. and Mrs. John Abahazie and Esther Nelsonwick. The report notes ETO ribbons attached to Orient units and Army ties, with guests including Mrs. Emma Tepie and Warren Darby. Betty Hogan visits Nelsonville during a busy period highlighting wartime duties and local social life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huard Bush
Logan
John Abahazie
Orient
News Notes of Stewart of Stewart
Stewart WSCS members meet with ten in attendance. Several locals arrive home or visit relatives, including Sgt Leonard Congreve on furlough from overseas. Residents relocate homes, visit kin, and welcome guests such as Corporal Charles Wade Ogg and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stewart
Stewart Wscs
Sgt
Leonard Congreve
William Copeland
Chicago
J. Hopeland
Ralph Colburn
Hartt
Athens
Perry Chalfant
Elze Chalfant
Leslie Petty
Everett Parsons
Akron
Alex Parsons
Arthur French
Wade Jarvis
Jarvis
M. J. Charlton
Church St
Clarence Petty
Bethany Ridge
Pete Parsons
Nelie
Young Orators Appear At Mason Club Meet
Betty Ann McCulloch won first place for her oration before the Kiwanis Club. Betty Lou Bell and Folty Ann Filson tied for second. judges Dr. John Kirk C. C. Anderson and F. W. Ingraham announced the result at week’s end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Betty Ann McCulloch
Kiwanis Club
Betty Lou Bell
Folty Ann Filson
Betwen
Sunday Creek Valley Celebrates Surrender
GLOUSTER The unofficial surrender of the German army in Europe caused excitement in Sunday Creek Valley. Businesses unfurled flags. Mine 255 closed at noon. Greens Run J T High and elementary schools dismissed. Glouster schools stayed in session. people awaited the Big Three heads announcement set for 9:00 a m Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glouster
Europe
Sunday Creek
Greens Run
J-T
Hollister
Syracuse WSCS Meeting Notes and Local News
Mrs Alice Cape hart hosts the W S C S at her Asbury Methodist home with reviews of The Indian in American Life and The Sanctity of the Christian Home. Delegates report from Spring District Conference in Jackson. Kenneth Durst and Miss Margaret Weaver wed. Navy service and travel details for several families appear among notices and social items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Syracuse
Alice Capehart
W.S.C.S
Asbury Methodist Church
Charles Neuman
Marcia Karr
Irving Karr
C. B. Weese
Jackson
Tapehart
Betty
Kenneth Durst
Margaret Weaver
Darst
Navy
Dan Rizer
Franklin Rizer
Santa Ana
Calif
Pauline
Helen Underhill
Columbus
Leame
N. J
Marela Karr
Amy Handley
Clera Showers
Toledo
Iere
John Bowen
Jennie Sue Rousey
Athens
Margaret Neuman
William Adams
Anne Adams
Parkersburg
COOLVILLE AREA HAPPENINGS AND VISITS
Mary Hickman of Amarillo visits her mother Mrs. Nancy Davis and travels to Columbus for her daughter’s illness. Cadet Nurse Madelyn Morrison plans three months training at Children’s Hospital Washington and then St Elizabeth Navy Psychiatric Hospital before returning to Parkersburg. War Stamps sales at Coalville School reach 61.60 with top room totals. church group and local social visits noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coolville
Mary Hickman
Amarillo
Tex
Nancy Davis
Columbus
James Spencer
St Francis Hospital
Sophronia Summerfield
Mae King
White Shrine
Athens
Madelyn Morrison
Alfred Morrison
Fleming
Nellie Carleton
Bebe Morrison
Eleanor Cooley
West Newton
Mass
Walter King
Harry Summerfield
Eastern Star
Middleport
Coalville
Malone
Social notes from Orbiston and nearby towns
Social notes report visits by Clarence Banfield and Virginia Banfield, Betty Banfield, and others from Racine Columbus and New York City. Mrs Dorothy Sayre and family guest the Banfields. Allie Nida attends nephew Millard Campbell's funeral. Fred Sickendall and Pete Nida move residents. Kate Poling turns 87. Clyde L. Sorrell in Louisiana military service. updates on recovering ill like Mrs McManaway and Eugene Ginney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Millard Campbell
U. B
Murray City
Harry Powell
Circle Hill
Fred Conger
Eugene Ginney
Fred Sickendall
Buchtel
Pete Nida
Zack Wade
William O'Rourke
Entertain Friends at Courtney Home Friday
Chauncey Miss Isabel Courtney and Mrs. Mac B Wright entertained a group of friends at the Courtney home High St Friday evening honoring Mrs William KReasey The honor guest received many mufts beneath a pink blue umbrella with stork guards. Guests included former classmates and teachers and the evening featured dessert buffet and a centerpiece of spring flowers and lighted tapers. Mrs Wright poured at the coffee urn. attendees listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey
Isabel Courtney
Mac B. Wright
Courtney
High St
William Kreasey
Wright
Nellie Agin
John Heffken
Margaret Jackson
Juanita Jones
Lewis Kottgan
Edward Mingus
Lois Anne Shafer
Keasey
Pauline Agin
Bertha Sridgeman
Tom Dew
Dorothy Daugherty
Dick Blair
Jo Ann Williamson
Ted Thompson
Florence Henry
Parisians Celebrate Victory Early in Streets
Parisians paraded in the streets by the thousands singing beneath fireworks as civilians and Allied troops celebrated what headlines and radios indicated as Germany's surrender, ending hostilities even before official V E Day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Germany
Spain Demands German Property Transfer by Wednesday
Madrid reports Foreign Minister Jose Felix Lequerica told German Charge d Affaires Fritz Von Bibba that Spain no longer recognizes formal relations with Germany and demands that all official and semi-official German property in Spain be transferred to Spanish authorities before 1 p.m. Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spain
Madrid
Jose Felix Lequerica
Fritz von Bibba
Naomi Bible Class Social Meets at The Plains Church
Mrs Grant Mich ael will host the Naomi Bible Class at The Plains Methodist Church Wednesday at 8 PM for their monthly business and social meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey
Grant Michael
the Plains
Naomi
Plains Methodist l Church
Karns wife enters hospital for observation in Marietta
Mrs Cynthia Karns wife of Alva Karns of Mill Street Jeffersonton enters Osteopathic Hospital Marietta Monday for observation and treatment preparatory to major surgery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey
Cynthia ‘Karns
Alva Karns
Mill St
Jeff
Marietta
End of War News Leaves GIs Reflective in Brooklyn
Soldiers across Brooklyn absorb Japan’s surrender with mixed thoughts. Some hope for quick homecoming while others fear the future and a longer fight in the Pacific. Veterans recall Omaha Beach and question what comes next as celebrations feel distant. Local men across the Ninth Army and others speak of uncertainty and resolve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth L. Dixon
George Rusao
Ninth Army
Brooklyn
Germany
Pacific
Broadway
Jersey City Pier
Jersey City
Anthony L. Bosco
Bronx
GerjMan
Pacific Pier
Robert Selm
Cincinnati, O
Normandy Beaches
Corp
Jacon P. Wachtel
New York City
Japan
Pfc
Paul Hirt
Newark
N. J
James Barclay
Athens
Tenn
Youth Meet Draws 125 At Chauncey Church Event
About 125 people attended the Athens County Youth Meet at the Church of Christ in Chauncey Sunday night. Richard Stalder organized the worship program with Jean McHarg as chairman and participants including Donna Selber Ralph Brown Junior Courtney Thelma Brookins and Richard Stalder. Rev Fred Lucha of Athens delivered the sermon with Christine Brown at the piano. Afterward Rev Glaze Thompson led games at the high school gym and a reception followed at the parish house hosted by Mrs Jennie Jackson and helpers. The group was invited to meet at the Nelsonville Church of Christ on the first Sunday in June, the last gathering until September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey
Athens County
Church of Christ
Richard Stalder
Jean McHarg
Donna J Selber
Ralph Brown
Junior
Courtney
Thelma Brookins
Fred Lucha
Athens
Christine Brown
Glaze Thompson
Jennie Jackson
Margaret Jackson
Lois Ann Shafer
Jannette Blackford
Thelma Jean Brookins
Nelson-ville Church of Christ
Albany News Notes List Local Visits and Club Meetings
Albany residents hosted and visited relatives over the weekend. Emma Beard of Nelsonville, Ralph Burdette and family, Kate Burdette, Julia Cunningham and children visited Albany. O D Dailey of Columbus spent days in Albany. Bess Ross stayed in Columbus visiting her son in law and daughter. Carrie Hall of the Albany Grange plans a May 10 meeting at Mrs. H. Me fe5tingon. The Albany Community Garden Club meets May 11 at Mrs. Frank Radcliffe’s house. Homer Friendenmaker and family were Newark weekend guests. Robert Brown returned home from India after 27 months on leave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
H. P. Munn
Emma Beard
Nelsonville
Ralph Burdette
Kate Burdette
Julia Cunningham
Athens
E. H. Lasch
O. D. Dailey
Columbus
Bess Ross
Me Willard Michaels
Janny
Tae Carrie Hall
Albany Grange
H. Me Fe
Albany Community Garden Club
Frank Radcliffe
Homer Friendenmaker
Newark
Friendenmaker
R. L. Brown
Cpl
Robert Brown
India
Food Shelter for Millions Must Be Provided by Allies
Britain and the United States commit to feeding clothing and housing millions in liberated Europe after Nazi collapse. The UN Relief and Rehabilitation Administration will supervise mass migration of freed prisoners of war hostages labor battalions and exiles. Ally forces will also manage peacetime demobilization reconversion and readjustment as Japan remains a focal future challenge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Europe
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
International Mercy Organization
Britain
United States
Japan
France
Holland
Far East
Pacific
Normandy
Pearl Harbor
Singapore
Bataan
China
Roosevelt
Toy
Chauncey Infant John Reed Jr Dies After Brief Illness
John Reed Jr., five months old, son of Mr and Mrs Reed of Chauncey, died after a short illness. Funeral services will be Wednesday at 2 pm in Morristown Holiness Church with burial at Hilltop Cemetery. The father serves in the U S Army in Germany. Surviving are the parents three brothers and grandparents Napoleon Bulloch and Mrs Bulloch of near Chauncey and Mr and Mrs John Reed of Columbus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey
John Reed
Stout Funeral Home
Morristown
Napoleon Bulloch
Near
Columbus
Former Buchtel Miner Killed by Train
John Campbell 51 a miner from Irvington Ohio formerly of Buchtel was killed by a train Monday. He was the son of the late Edward and Sara Campbell of Buchtel and is survived by two sisters Mrs James Hott of Buchtel and Mrs Ada Young of Columbus and two sons Harry wounded in service and Tony in a hospital in New Guinea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buchtel
John Campbell
Irvington
W.a
Edward and
Sara Campbell
James Hott
Ada Young
Columbus
Harry
Tony
New Guinea
Chauncey Visits Son in Naval Hospital
Chauncey area residents Chauncey Ervin Channell and son William with Donna Baughman of The Plains spent the weekend at Great Lakes Illinois visiting Dale Channel in the Naval Hospital. He has been ill with rheumatic fever but is improved and able to be around the hospital. Edith Cochran Jo Ann Thompson and Luella Preston spent the weekend in Dayton visiting Mrs Daisy Syx and family. Bobby Preston stayed a week with his grandparents in Chauncey Sunday evening attendance by Mr and Mrs A L Preston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey
Ervin Channell
William
Donna Baughman
the Plains
Great Lakes
Dale Channel
Naval Hospital
Edith Cochran
Jo Ann Thompson
Luella Preston
Dayton
Daisy Syx
Clark Preston
Bobby
William Lindley
Columbus
A. L. Preston
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Eee
Amesville News
Murray City Social Notes
Earl Hartley
Pennsville
Mary Roberts
Silas Hoisington
Cosette Jarvis
Corporal
Charles Wade Ogg
George Ogg
Addie Balderson
Wednesay
Mason Club
Sunday Creek Valley
WSCS
Charles Winebrenner
Winebrenner
Samuel Winebrenner
J. C. Hallam
Don
Margaret Houdashelt
20Th Bomber Command
Icoolville
Orbiston
Franklin Ave
Minneapolis
Minnesota
Roughboys
Times Square
Tom Patterson
Haskell
Texas
Tom
Omaha Beach
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Jappgp
Pinkham
Lydia E. Piakhan
Tn Georious Technieolar
Ray Miliond
Ruth Hussay
Donald Crisg
Cornaita
Otis Skinani Sci Ar Reese
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