Nelsonville Boy Recalls Nazi Camp Horrors from Germany
Nelsonville family shares a letter from son Sergeant Lloyd Howard of General Patton’s Third Army in Germany. He describes witnessing Ohrdruf slave camp atrocities, the starvation and torture, and the shock of civilians forced to tour the site under guard. He recalls freeing enslaved prisoners and the chilling depravity encountered there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Howard Howard
Lloyd Howard
Patton
Third Army
Germany
Howard
Stars and Stripes
Ohrdruf
Hayden Sears
CCB Fourth Armed Division
War Loan Workers To Meet Tonight In Nelsonville
Nelsonville declares an important Seventh War Loan workers meeting at the high school tonight at 7 30. Team and ward captains and solicitors urged to attend, announced by Ralph Cook, chairman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Seventh War Loan
Ralph Cook
Mayor Fines Three for Intoxication Pleas in Nelsonville
Three arraignments on intoxication complaints were held in Mayor Niles Howe's court Sunday. Clifford Lines of Nelsonville Roy Bateman of Union Furnace and Arthur Lee Kennedy of Jackson all pleaded guilty and were fined five dollars with costs. Kennedy's fine and costs were suspended due to his crippled condition.
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Nelsonville
Niles Howe
Clifford Lines
Roy Bateman
Union Furnace
Arthur Lee Kennedy
Jackson
Kennedy
Miss Polly Johnson Wins Scout Post in Hammond Ind
Nelsonville graduate Miss Polly Johnson has been named field secretary for Girl Scouts effective June 1. Daughter of Mr and Mrs W. R. Johnson, she attended Nelsonville schools and will be stationed in Hammond Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Polly Johnson
Ohio University
Girl Scouts
Miss Johnson
W. Ro Johnson
Hammond
Ind
Central PTA Officers Installed for 1945-46
Nelsonville reports the Central PTA final meeting of the year installing 1945-46 officers led by Mrs C H Ruble. Officers include Mrs Yarry Kelley Jr as president and Mrs D W Codding as vice president. The program featured piano solos, recitations, first grade songs, a spring duet, and a film about the Star Spangled Banner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Central P.T.A
C. H. Ruble
Yarry Kelley, Jr
D. W. Codding
Albert Inman
Tom Sheppard
America
Florence Conk
Estella Reynold
Blanche Linton
Maureen Kelley
Old Virginia
Marlene
Neil Hoce
Sweet Briar
Marina Weller
Scotland
Bonnie
Shirley Byers
Patty Donahey
Joyce Fisher
Patty Raybould
Nelsonville Social Notes and Personal Items
Nelsonville social events include M C T Club meeting with Miss Sylvia Matheny hosting, gifts and contests, and a chicken dinner. Next meeting June 1 at Mrs. Foss’s home. Good Will Club met at Mrs Randall Steenrod’s with officers elected. Local notices cover marriages, service members, and visitors across Nelsonville, including Sgt Stright's marriage in Santa Ana and other residents' travels and military duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Sylvia Matheny
Poplar St
Emma Conner
Freda Heilyer
Ann Foss
Gladys Pierce
Mae Streets
Foss
Good Will Club
Randall Steenrod
Gertrude Ray
Charles Scott
Alma Ruscoe
Randall Steenrad
Frank Anderson
John Steenrod
Ella Linton
Steenrod
Charles
Pvt Norman Hall Arrives Home After WWII Captivity
Pvt Norman Hall, son of Mr and Mrs George Hall of Nelsonville, arrived home at 912 Walnut St Saturday with wife and two children. He was captured by the German army on December 21 during the Battle of the Bulge, held in a prison camp from Christmas Day, and liberated by the Russians before his return. He served with the 106th Infantry Division and had been listed missing in action before confirmation of captivity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Norman Hall
Walnnut St
George Hall
Hall
106Th
Oakdale Road Repair Considered by Glouster Council
Glouster council roll call heard a letter from county engineer Dowler noting Oakdale Road’s poor condition and proposing joint county village action for repair. Council invited Rev Yocke to memorial service May 27 at Holy Cross Church. Street work included tree trimming on Public Ave and trash hauls totaling funds and a May 29 completion target.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glouster
John W. Dowler
Oakdale
Glouster Corporation
Edwin E. Yocke
Holy Cross Church
Armed Services
C G. Lunsford
Jake Waldeck
Republic Y Ave
Waldeck
Shirley Northup
Hospitalization of Mrs Mae Dennis in Chauncey
Mrs Mae Dennis of Chauncey remains serious with heart trouble after being taken by Stouts Ambulance from Lexington Avenue to Sheltering Arms Hospital Friday. Daughters Florence Pans and Ella Sapp stay with her at the hospital. Pearl Frazier in Glouster reports a Mother's Day cable from son Merlan Frazier in Germany who has served two years and four months and spent two years overseas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ametyone Clowery Stright
Carbondale
Ted Set Olan Stright
Central Pacific
Marianas
Homor
Sergeant Stright
South
States
Broadway
Santa Ana
Chauncey
Mae Dennis
Lexington Ave
Stouts Ambulance
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Florence Pans
Ella Sapp
Glouster
Pearl Frazier
Pre- Merlan Frazier
Germany
Amesville Bond Drive Corps Named for War Effort
Amesville residents name solicitors for the Seventh War Bond drive including Mrs Slice Sedwick Mrs Nellie Moore Mrs Dorothy Sedwick and Miss Nellie Woolley. Township chair Jessie Loriz among listed leaders. Several students placed in Oma Scholarship Contest with top district honors for Vern Wolfe George Chapman and James Justice. Track meet results and local political meeting scheduled. no church services May 27. A A Antle’s son reported in France May 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amesville
Slice Sedwick
Nellie Moore
Dorothy Sedwick
Nellie Woolley
Ames Township
Rollo Loeffler
Clarence Henderson
Bert Kuhns
W. B Marlow
Warren Sayers
Julia White
Divella Jones
C. 0. Gibson
Jessie Loriz
Oma
Phistes
Vern Wolfe
American Tisters
Would Tistory
Mane Bryson
James Justice
Wayne Miler
Columbus Gade
A A Antle
France
Ampstville
Aignih
George Chapman
Toe Dean
Sra
Dick Sayres
Dean Kasler
Dick Pierce
Sid
Leonard Burns
Bil Bisson
Max Mallowell
Dash
Or and
Sayres
Jerry McKinley
Keith Hanson
Tomer Carentine
iO.d. Dash
Charles Jones
Bill Bisson
Roger Wolfe
Ferry [McKintey
Louis Mulpas
David Aniile
Lewis White
David Anile
Srd
Turier Webster
Galen Mesecher
Dirk Pierce
Pat
Leonard Buss
Don Stobart
Ball North
Run—tIst
Bill Bryson
Ted Wood
Great Lakes
E. A. Wood
Murray City School Notes Graduation and Community News
Murray City notes report completion of commencement events for Murray Lewis, Bessie Lovell, and others with diplomas awarded to 18 seniors including Martha Robinson. Valedictorian Miss Willa Joy Gears and salutatorian Miss Martha Robinson noted. Also mentions class night, sponsor, and family furloughs for Pvt Eugene Snyder. Local births, visits, and residents visiting Columbus, Cleveland, and nearby towns are listed along with church meeting notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murray City
Mary Bush
Clara James
Murray Lewis
Bessie Lovell
Isie Strum
City
Mary Ann James
Pearl Shuttle
Sworth
Blanche Johnson
Mary T. N. Hoover
Ohio University
Pott
Merle Martin
Della Hullyer
B. F. Eby
Nevada Quinn
Kate Anders
Martha
Sarah Wilson
Ethel Cook
Gald Robinson
Joy Gears
Mary Jo/Hoffman
Betty
Duro Giffin
Robert Meredith
Charles Bhy Willson
Collins
Eva K. Garner
Betty J. Hughes
Rodney Wilson
Averill Spencer
Raymond Huston
Eveen Koon
Mary Lou Koon
Eliza ‘Sapper
Marco Shyder
Nelle Spencer
James Alidhney
Jean Watson
Roberta Craft
Coast Guard
Jack Hillyer
William Wolfe
Willa Joy Gears
Martha Robinson
Mabel LeFever
Eugene Snyder
John Snyder
Snyder
Langley Field
Columbus
Wayne Huston
White Cross Hspital
Ed Rummel
Sand Run
Martha Huston
Willard Dixon
Judy
Cleveland
Rema Shumaker
Pentiac
Mich
Catherine Simon
Anna Simon
Dick Meredith
Loudensille
Matt Kilpatrick
Margaret
Deloris Chehney
Barberton
Clayton Worthington
Janice
Anes Anne Thompson
Dayton
Fred Wreht
Audrey Stratton
Nelsonville
W.S.C
Methodist Church
A. J. Barnhill
Barnhill
Mahola Johnson
Frances Matheney
Blanche Shelton
Effie Deval
May Crowning, Graduation Held Sunday at St Johns
Graduation exercises for 21 eighth graders at St Johns Parochial School were held in the church Sunday at 4 pm. Rev Fr John Eyerman presented diplomas as a seven member senior court of honor watched. Following the ceremony the annual May Crowning of the Blessed Virgin statue occurred with processions and crownings for Dorothy Geiger Catherine Kessler and attendants. Visiting priests Rev Fr John Soltis and Rev Fr Cormedus Gallagher spoke.
Methodist Graduates Honored at Logan Church
After the invocation and organ music, the Logan Methodist Church Men’s Chorus performed That Beautiful Land directed by L. P. Mooney. Rev. C. W. Swengel spoke on How God Speaks To Us as 20 church members were presented with Bibles by the pastor, including Luther Brimner, Mary Jo Brown, Ruth Collins, Eleanor Cole, Burdella Dilton, Patricia Green, and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eleanor Cole
Burdella Dilton
Patricia Green
Richard Hupp
Millfield Social Notes Highlight Local Visitors and Events
Millfield residents report upcoming Millfield Country Club meeting with Maxine Beudinot and Alice Carr in charge. Notices include Maggie Keirns ill at Hooper Ridge farm, Moody family attendance at David Evans funeral in Jacksonville, Corwin and kids visiting Columbus, Lucy James with Mattie Bixson in Morgantown, Tom Tracy and family visiting Mother's Day in Millfield, F Boudinots hosting a dinner, and Betty Boudinot recovering from surgery in Columbus. Weather notes mention Sunday Creek flooding damaging plowed land. N W James visiting Ruth Johnson in Albany.
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Millfield—Country Club
Maxine Beudinot
Alice Carr
Maggie Keirns
Hooper Ridge Farm
Joe Moody
Josephine
Theo ‘Moody
Moods
David Evans
Jacksonville
Marjory Corwin
Columbus
Lucy James
Mattie Bixson
Morgantown
W. Va
Tom Tracy
Dayton
Mother's den
Rebecca Crabtree
E. L. Crabtree
F. Boudinot
F. ‘K. Boudinot
Albert
Dust
Bonita Kay
Myrna Rae Boudinot
N. W. James
Albany
Ruth Johnson
Sunday Creek
Betty Boudinot
Deffenbaughs Have 195 Hogs for Market
Logan Ohio Deffenbaugh and Sons prepare 195 head of hogs for market. About 42 850 pounds dressed meat, with 60 head slaughtered in Logan and the rest bound for Portsmouth. Hogs are Hampshire Berkshire cross, praised by farmers as finest slaughter stock. Mayor Weltzer fines Homer Borles of Union Furnace 5 dollars and costs for intoxication after arrest by city police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
George Deffenbaugh and Sons
Portsmouth
Hampshire
Berkshire
Homer Borles
Union Furnace
Weltzer
Logan Graduates Hear Annual Sermon on Sunday
Logan High School held its bacculaureate service in the auditorium with the senior class in caps and gowns. Dr Herbert Burgstahler of Ohio Wesleyan University delivered the address on The New World Citizen and urged unity and world peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
OWA I
Logan High School
Clinton Swengel
America
Ward
Cecil Jones
Logan Senior High School
World Organization For Peace
King
Minnie Louise Bowen
T. E. Kinnison
Haydenville
Ruth Ann Norris
Miss Bowen
Hocking Pioneer Youth Interviewed on Radio
Hocking County Pioneer Youth were in Columbus Saturday to be interviewed on Station WOSI during the Ohio Farm and Home Hour discussing Pioneer Youth Work. They traveled accompanied by Mr. James Smoot and included Moss Dorothy Hartman Miss Harriet Guthrie Joe Iles and Kensly Krinn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Hocking County
Columbus
WOSI
Ohio Farm
James Smoot
Moss Dorothy Hartman
Harriet Guthrie
Joe Iles
Kensly Krinn
Rubber Specialist To Speak Before Kiwanis
LOGAN Wilbur Lanning as Kiwanis Club chairman schedules Bud Gimre of Akron to address the club Tuesday evening at the White House. Gimre, with years of rubber research, will discuss tire rulings and recent developments in rubber products.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Wilbur Lanning
Jocal Kiwanis Club
White House
Bud Gimre
Akron
Gunre
Local visits and family guests noted in Athens practice
Saturday athletic drills were held in Athens with visiting Miss Charlotta Schaal sister of Mrs. Skinner. Sunday guests at Mrs. Lehman's home included Mrs. George Lehman and daughter. Patricia Evans of Akron stayed with her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Jess Frasure, as Mrs. Evans and daughter Patricia visited North Street relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Clara Bellis
Columbus
Donwarner
Zanesville
Clarence Skinner
Jean Ann and
Keath
Ohio University
Athens
Charlotta Schaal
Skinner
Evan Smith
Service Men Leave for Short Visits in Local Area
Hocking service members and families are noted in Logan and New Plymouth as personnel from Norfolk and the South Pacific return on leave. Olive C. Mourey visits with relatives, Roscoe Mourey serves overseas, Ralph Fickle arrives from San Francisco for a 25 day leave, and Sgt. Phyllis Leonard attends a family dinner before heading to Camp Gruber. Frank Judy Jr arrives from Great Lakes for a two day visit. Local relatives in Logan host service members and their families during furloughs and leaves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence Fickle
Herbert Nunnelly
Columbus
Nunnelly
Joe Brooker
Camp Gruber
Oklo
Logan
Sir Frank Judy
Great Lakes
Frank Judy Sr
Mulberry St
Phyllis Leonard
James E. Brown
Railroad St
Cora Brown
Glen Brown
Mississippi
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Betts
Lowe Brothers
Central Pta
Nelsonville Social Notes
Rob Stalver
Magnetic Spies
Mr Staller
Herbert Leyshon
Philadelphia
Straler
Nelsony
Leyshons
Stalter
Margaret Freberg
C.E Washburn
Helen
William J Miller
Wheeling
Great Lakes Naval Tiaing Station
Straits Prisomer Anderson
Fther Anderson
Chestnut St
Army
Fort Hayes
Heeshern
Baste
Blanding
James H. Wilson
Citizens Bank
Bidg
Pvt
Oakdale Road
Bond Drive
Reichsmarshal
Hermann Goering
Augsburg
Methodist
Millfield
Deffenbaughs
Eleanor Durr
Miss Durr
Ann Clark
Ralph Poston
Albert Mallet
Minnie Moore
Ohio Federation of Women’s Clubs
Wilhelmine Deissie
Carlton Bright
Moore
Velva Brashares
Gibisonville
Hubert Bolin
Clark
Emma McLain
Naomi Goulding
Vern Robinette
Ben Ross
Bright
Russell Montgomery
Minnie McBroom
Ed Paul
John ‘Lee
C._ O. Allen
John Allen
C. D. Notestone
I Craig Adair
D. A. Rannells
Emerson Poston
Ralph, Poston
Alice Genevieve Foston
Arthur Miller
Deissele
Bartelle Hamilton
Iris Lowery
Florence Bort
Russel Berlin
Emma Westenhaver
Hester Lee White
Franklin Kerr
Richard Lavey
Neal Shaw
Rose Krishbaum
Bertha Oberle
Lew Reynolds
Hos‘tess
Les Amies
Dnung Hall
Mary Walker
John
C. W. Swengel
Walker
Robinette
Margaret Rush
Krishbaum
Robert Webb
Harry Mack
Ewald Schmitter
Grace Adcock
Swenge
Della Bishop
Charles Notestone
George Bright
Warren Bright
Stanley Baker
Hansel
George Lehman
Melvin Griffin
Arlie Brimner
George Wolfe
Sam Bright
Ed Miller
Willhelmine Deissle
Hazel
Ruth Armstrong
Anise Wardie
Marilyn Brimmer
Janice Sater
Red Cross
Edward Johnson
Joe Brown
Karen
Chester Lemon
Larry
Irvin Risch
Murray Phillips
Jeanette Karshner
Dan Rhemmscheid
Homer Allen
Lewis Skinner
Harold Klinger
Donald Johnson
Leslie
Paul Hansel
Fred Keller
Lawrence Courter
Miriam Schultz
Glendon Shriner
North Columbus
Lancaster
State
Zenners
Lowa Brothers
Lowe Brothers Palnts
Carpenter Howe. Co
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