Victory in Europe edition signals postwar reconversion plans
Washington expects limited civilian goods within six months and a return to prewar production in a year as the War Production Board outlines phased easing of wartime controls after V E Day. Rationing, manpower, and price measures will gradually relax while light curbs and curfews are lifted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens Messenger
Washington
War Agency
Europe
Office of War Mobilization and
War Production Board
WPE
WPB
Japan
APB
Amesville Birthday Gatherings and Local News Notes
A list of birthday celebrations and gatherings at homes of Blanche Boudinot and T. J. White with Fern Anile also honored. Birth announcement for Linda Sue, daughter of Oren Wolfe. Fireman 2¢ William Butcher on nine day leave visits school. Funeral in Columbus for Patricia Johnson, daughter of Maxine Jago Johnson. Families move into Bank Building apartment from Marietta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amesville
Blanche Boudinot
Roy Ziegler
Norma Jean
Jewett Parmiter
Mary Parmiter
Howard Kelrns
Clifford Boudinot
Don Marquis
Wyatt McDaniel
Pauline McDaniel
Homer Gerken
Judith Ann
Anna Smith
Dorothy Sedwick
Jackie
Gilbert Boudinot
Jennie Boyd
Dorothy
Poston
Ruth Mosier
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 Anile
Oren Wolfe
Ruth McGrew
Linda Sue
William Butcher
Ralph Wolfe
Hattie Inman
William Jago
Patricia Johnson
Maxine Jago Johnson
Ethel, Rake
Betty Lou
Jack
Bank Building
Marietta
Stewart WSCS Meets In May With Ten Members Attending
Stewart WSCS held its regular meeting on Thursday evening May 3 with ten members present. Stew art residents welcomed Sgt. Leonard Congreve home on a 30 day furlough from overseas service. Local moves include the J arvises purchasing a home and others visiting relatives and friends in Athens, Pennsville, and Stewart as residents share short stays and social visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stewart
Stewart Wscs
Leonard Congreve
William Copeland
Chicago
J. H. Copeland
Ralph Colburn
Hartt
Athens
Perry Challant
Elzie Challant
Leslie Petty
Everett Parsons
Akron
Alex Parsons
Arthur French
Wade Jarvis
Jarvis
M. J. Charlton
Church St
Clarence Petty
Bethany Ridge
Pete Parsons
Nellie
Narl Hartley
Pennsville
Mary Roberts
Silas Kisington
Cosette Jarvis
Syracuse WSCS Meet Reviews Home Life Topic
Mrs. Alice Cap ehart hosted the Syracuse W S C S at Asbury Methodist Church. Miss Marcia Karr spoke on The Sanctity of the Christian Home and Mrs. Irving Karr Jr closed with At the Door of the Home. Mrs. C B Weese led a brief business session and a June fellowship tea was planned. Delegates reported to the Spring District Conference in Jackson. Local social time featured a salad course. Also noted: marriage of Kenneth Durst and Miss Marg et Weaver. Captain Franklin Rizer reassigned to Wright Field. Mrs. Pearl McBride returned to teaching. Pauline’s marriage in Washington, D C. and other community items.
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Syracuse
Alice Capehart
W.S.C.S
C. B. Weese
Jackson
Capehart
Betty
Kenneth Durst
Margaret Weaver
Darst
Navy
Dan Rizer
Franklin Rizer
Santa Ana
Calif. i
Murray City Social Notes
Murray City social column reports Albert Jones's induction at Camp Atterbury Indiana. Visitors include Miss Effie Jonas and Harry Dgonas in Nelsonville, and Mr. and Mrs. Adam Hoye from Ashland visiting New Lexington relatives. Other locals travel to Columbus Newark Cincinnati for visits and Mason Club social. several families spending days with kin in Columbus and Cincinnati.
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Murray City
Leonard Phillips
Albert Jones
Camp Atterbury
Ind
Clayton Worthington
Jance
Jean Craft
Aves Ann Thompson
Nelsonville
Effie Jonas
Harry
Dgonas
Morris Duplex
Carl Carsner
New Lexington
Adam Hoye
Ashland
Park Cook
Columbus
Pearl Williams
Mason Club
Paul Cupp
Julia Ann
Newark
Oscar Hillyer
Joe Sabo
Joey
Cincinnati
War awards to Tob Gy Gottke and family names
War awards awarded to Booby Gottke after time spent with parents Mr and Mrs Port Gottke of Columbus. Mr and Mrs Howard Bush visit relatives in Logan. Tremain notified home in Columbus after husband First Sgt Kenneth Tremain receives infantryman combat badge and two gold stars on ETO ribbon. Mr and Mrs Sandy Abajxpertnfantryman cited. General Patton's Third Army referenced with Mrs Joe Emma Tippie and Warren Darby family in ETO area. Betty Hogan noted as business visitor in Nelsonville with Becky Craft and Dean Spencer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Booby Gottke
Port Gottke
Columbus
Howard Bush
Logan
John Abahazie
Nelsonville
Esther
Tolm
Tremain
Sgt
Kenneth
Sandy Aba
Warren Darby
ETO
Orient
Patton
Third Army
Joe - Emma Tppie
Betty Hogan
Thursax
Becky Craft
Dean Spencer
Sunday Creek Valley Celebrates Surrender
In Glouster the unofficial surrender of the German army in Europe triggered cheers. Local business houses flew flags, Mine 1255 closed for the day at noon, Greens Run, J T High and elementary schools and Hollister dismissed. Glouster schools stayed in session until the day’s end. The public awaited the Big Three’s official joint surrender announcement set for Tuesday at 9:00 a.m.
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Glouster
Europe
Sunday Creek
Greens Run
J-T
Hollister
Expensive tarts in James I era dinner by John Hay
John Hay Earl of Carlisle hosted a costly dinner featuring 850 tarts valued at about ten pounds each. The pastries were described as ambergrease with musk and pear like fragrances, indicating lavish royal spending and ornate confections.
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John Hay
Earl of
Carlisle
James I
Coolville Personal Mention in Local News
Coolville notes show Mrs Mary Hick man of Amarillo Texas traveling to Columbus for her daughter in St Francis Hospital. Cadet Nurse Madelyn Morrison plans three months training in Washington DC then St Elizabeth Navy Hospital then Camden Clark. War stamps sales at Coolville School reach 61.60 with Mrs Malones room leading. Local society members attend Eastern Star in Middleport and WSCS meeting planned at Mrs Bierce home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coolville
Mary Hickman
Amarillo
Tex
Nancy Davis
Columbus
James Spencer
St. Francis Hospital
Sophronia Summerfield
Mae King
Athens
Madelyn Morrison
Alfred Morrison
Fleming
Belle Morrison
Miss Morrison
Children's Hospital
Washington, D.C
St. Elizabeth Navy Psychiatric Hospital
Camden-Clark Hospital
Parkersburg
W.B. King
Middleport
C. A. Sampson
East Middlebury
Nellie Carleton
Ensign Eleanor Cooley
West Newton
Mass
Walter King
Harry Summerfield
Eastern Star
Middle
Port
Social Notes From Orbiston and Nearby Towns
Social notes list guests and movements from Orbiston and surrounding areas. Names include Mrs Dorothy Sayre and daughters Racine Betty Banfield Columbus Clifford Banfield and Margaret Wright. Also mention Mr and Mrs Mike Bartee visiting the O Rourkes, recovering illness of Mrs Walter McManaway, funeral attendance by Aihe Nida for nephew Millard Campbell, and birthdays, moves, and service induction for Clyde L Sorrell.
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Orbiston
Clorence Banfield
Virginia Banfield
Dorothy Sayre
Racine
Betty Banfield
Columbus
Clifford H. Banfield
Seamanic
New York City
Margaret Wright
Buchtel
Mike Bartee
the Plains
William O'Rourke
Walter McManaway
Aihe Nida
Millard Campbell
U. B
Murray City
Harry Powell
Ciicle Hill
Fred ‘Conger
Eugene Glancy
Fred Kirkendall
Pete Nida
Zack Wade
William O’rourke
Clarence O'Rourke
Muntay City
Kate Poling
Clyde L. Sorrell
Louisiana
Steven Sorrell
Entertain Friends at Courtney Home Friday
Mrs. Chauncey Isabel Courtney and Mrs. Mac Wright hosted a gathering at the Courtney home High Street Friday evening in honor of Mrs. William Keasey. Guests included former classmates and teachers, with gifts placed under a pink and blue umbrella. A dessert buffet featured spring flowers and pink blue decor, and Mrs. Wright poured coffee as the group shared reminiscences.
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Chauncey
Isabel Courtney
Mac
Wright
Courtney
High St
William Keasey
Nellie Agin
John Heffken
Margaret Jackson
Juanita Jones
Lewis Kottgan
Edward Mingus
Lois Ann Shafer
Keasey
Parisians Celebrate Victory Near V E Day
Parisians marched in Paris by the thousands after headlines and radio reports signaled Germany’s surrender. Civilians and Allied troops sang, celebrated, and poured into streets despite no formal V E Day sirens, marking end of hostilities in Europe.
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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 cuts diplomatic ties with Germany and that all official and semi official German property in Spain must be handed to Spanish authorities before 1 p m Wednesday with the exchange soon to be completed.
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Spain
Madrid
Jose Felix Lequerica
Fritz von Bibba
Naomi Bible Class Meets at The Plains Methodist Church
Mrs Grant Mich ael will host the Naomi Bible Class at her home in The Plains and then host an evening meeting at 7 p m for members for monthly business and social gathering at The Plains Methodist Church.
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Chauncey
Grant Michael
the Plains
Naomi
The
Plains Methodist Church
Mrs Cynthia Karns Hospitalized For Observation
Mrs Cynthia Karns wife of Alva Karns of Mill Street left Monday for Osteopathic Hospital Marietta for observation and pang treatment preparatory to major surgery.
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Chauncey
Cynthia Karns
Alva Karns
Mill St
Osteopathic Hospital
Marietta
Where do we go from here
A front line report from Germany captures GIs reacting to news that Europe’s war is over. Soldiers like Lt. Tom Patterson and PFC George Russo weigh celebration against uncertainty about postwar plans and the Pacific still to fight. They wonder where they go next and when they can return home.
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Kenneth L. Dixon
Ninth Army
Germany
Europe
Times Square
Tom Patterson
Haskell
Texas
Tom
Omaha Beach
George Russo
Brooklyn
Broadway
Jersey City Pier
Jersey City
PFC
Anthony L. Bosco
Bronx
Geraman
Pacific Pier
Set
Robert Selm
Cincinnati
Normandy Beaches
Corp
Jacob P. Wachtel
New York City
Japan
Paul Hirt
Newark
N. J
Pacific
James Barclay
Athens
Tenn
Youth Meet Draws About 125 At Chauncey Church Event
The Athens County Youth Meet gathered roughly 125 attendees Sunday at the Church of Christ in Chauncey. Richard Stalder chaired the youth class, with Jean MeCharg as meeting chair and Donne Selber, Ralph Brown, Junior Courtney, Thelma Brookins, and Richard Stalder among those speaking or participating. Rev. Fred Luchs of Athens delivered the sermon. Christine Brown played piano. After the service, refreshments were served at the parish house by Mrs. Jennie Jackson and helpers Jannette Blackford and Thelma Jean Brookins. Invitation extended to meet at Nelsonville Church of Christ on the first Sunday in June, with the June gathering the last until September.
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Chauncey
Athens County
Church of Christ
Richard Stalder
Jean MecHarg
Donne Selber
Ralph Brown
Courtney
Thelma Brookins
Fred Luchs
Athens
Christine Brown
Glaze Thompson
Jennie Jackson
Margaret Jackson
Lois Ann Shafer
Jannette Blackford
Thelma Jean Brookins
Nelsonville Church of Christ
Albany News Notes Highlight Local Visits and Meetings
Albany residents hosted guests from Nelsonville Athens and Columbus over the weekend. The Carrie Hall of Albany Grange meets May 10 at Mrs. H. M. Stinson’s home and the Albany Community Gardens Club gathers May 11 with Mrs. Frank Radcliffe. Cpl. Robert Brown returns home on leave from India after 27 months there with his family in Newark.
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Albany
H. P. Munn
Emma Beard
Nelsonville
Ralph Burdette
Ka! Burdette
Julia Cunningham
Athens
E. H. Lasch
C. D. Dailey
Columbus
Albany Land
Bess Ross
Willard Michaels
Carrie Hall
Albany Grange
H. M. Stinson
Albany Community Gardens Club
Frank Radcliffe
Homer Friendenmaker
Newark
Food and Shelter for Millions Postwar Aid Plan
London reports that after Europe’s collapse the Allies must feed clothe and house millions of displaced people. The UN Relief and Rehabilitation Administration will oversee mass return migration and peacetime readjustment as demobilization and reconversion begin.
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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
Ching
Roosevelt
Chauncey Infant Dies After Brief Illness
Chauncey five month old John Reed Jr died Monday after a brief illness. Funeral services are set for Wednesday at 2 PM in Morristown Holiness Church with burial in Hilltop Cemetery. The father serves in the U. S. Army in Germany. Survivors include the parents two brothers Robert and grandparents Napoleon and Mrs Bulloch of near Chauncey and Mr and Mrs John Reed of Columbus.
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Chauncey
John Reed
Stout Funeral Home
Morristown
Napoleon Bulloch
Near
John’ Reed
Columbus
Former Buchtel Miner Killed by Train
John Campbell, 51, a miner from Irvington West Virginia and former Buchtel resident, was killed by a train on Monday. He was the son of the late Edward and Sara Campbell of Buchtel and is survived by two sisters and two sons, Harry and Tony. Harry was wounded and discharged from the service, and Tony is in a New Guinea hospital.
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Buchtel
John Campbell
Irvington
W.a
Edward and
Sara Campbell
James Hott
Ada Young
Columbus
Harry
Tony
New Guinea
Visits Son in Hospital at Great Lakes TL
Chauncey Ervin Channell and his son William and Donna Baughman from The Plains spent the weekend at Great Lakes TL visiting Channell's son Dale Channel in the Naval Hospital. He has been ill with rheumatic fever but his condition has improved enough to be around the hospital.
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Chauncey
Ervin Channell
William
Donna Baughman
the Plains
Great Lakes
Dale Channel
Naval Hospital
Chauncey Personal Notes Highlight Weekend Visits
Edith Cochran Jo Ann Thompson and Mrs Luella Preston of Chauncey spent a weekend in Dayton visiting Daisy Syx family and Mrs Clark Preston and son Bobby. They were joined by Mr and Mrs William Lindley of Columbus who were in Chauncey Monday evening visiting Mr and Mrs A Preston. Bobby stayed for a longer visit with his grandparents.
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Chauncey
Edith Cochran
Jo Ann Thompson
Luella Preston
Dayton
Daisy Syx
Clark Preston
Bobby
William Lindley
Columbus
Chauncey Pundey
A. Preston
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Amy Handley
McCulloch
Clara Showers
Toledo
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C. C. Ander
Anne Adams
Parkersson
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Winebrenner
Ohtoans
20Th Bomber Command
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