Sigma Phi Gamma Hosts Party at Cottage Tea Room
Members attended a Monday night gathering at the Cottage Tea Room with a business meeting led by president Mrs. Douglas Spaulding. Brodge was played and prize winners were Mrs. Spaulding and Miss Dorothy Frank. Hostesses were Airs Ray Rose, Mrs. William Orr and Jane Quest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sigma Phi Gamma Sorority
Cottage Tea Room
Douglas Spaulding
Brodge
Spaulding
Dorothy Frank
Ray Rose
William Orr
Jane Quest
Farewell Party for Marianne Sarver at Maplewood Home
A farewell party was held for Marianne Sarver on Saturday night at Betty Thomas’s Maplewood home as she leaves Athens for Cincinnati. Guests included Mary Bisker Kathleen McAfee Dorothy Bean Ardath Hansen Dorothy Lasher Lenora Graham Janice Wiggin Beverly Davis and Lois Hansen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marianne Sarver
Betty Thomas
Maplewood
Miss Sarver
Athens
Cincinnati
Marianné Sarver
Mary Bisker
Kathleen McAfee
Dorothy Bean
Ardath Hansen
Dorothy Lasher
Lenora Graham
Janice Wiggin
Beverly Davis
Lois Hansen
Dt PERSONALS Mrs. Louis Tyroler Returns Home
Mrs. Louis Tyroler has returned to this city to live after eight months in Chicago with her daughter-in-law Linda Tyroler who earned a bachelor degree in political science at the University of Chicago. Capt Louis Tyroler oversees civic affairs in a German town as judge and mayor, with Sgt Robert Tyroler also serving there. Mrs Tyroler will stay in Athens to manage her husband’s law practice until his return. Also notes on visits by Mr and Mrs T H Littler of Columbus to his mother in Athens and Miss Maxine Bartlett visiting Springfield. The Alexander Women’s Association meets June 1 at 2:30 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Tyroler
Chicago
Robert Tyroler
Linda Joseph
University of Chicago
Ohio University
Germany
Tyroler
Athens
Piano Pupils Give Recital by Miss Nellie MacGowan
Pupils at 64 Mill St presented a May 24 piano recital at Miss MacGowan s home. A Parade of the Wooden Soldiers duet opened the program with Shirley Miller and J Lina Hess. John Dick Kelly, Junifor Muller, and others performed several numbers. Beethoven pieces closed the first half. Therese Lavelle was to appear but could not attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie MacGowan
Mill St
Paul Kelly Cullum
John Dick Kelly
Virginia Lou Willams
Havin
Patsy Rohrer
Elsie Driscoll
Nrina Hess
Bully Driscall
Jerry Josten
Therese Lavelle
Athens Memorial Day observance set with parade and services
Athens residents were urged to attend the Memorial Day events led by Herb Sutton. A 9 a.m. parade will form on College Street near Union and proceed via Court to Shafer and W State streets ending at the W State Street Cemetery. A 8:55 a.m. wreath-laying on the Ohio University campus precedes the procession. Prof. L C Staats will speak at the W Union Street Cemetery exercises. Veterans groups and local schools join in formation and a Mt Calvary Cemetery service follows with taps and a firing squad.
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Athens
Herb Sutton
Court St
L. C. Staats
W. Union St
Ohio University
College St
Union
State
W. State St
Shafer
Mt. Calvary Cemetery
American Legion Color Guard
Atheny High School
Ohio State Guard Company
Gale Star
Mothers of All Wars
Daughters of Union Veterans
iWomen's Relief Corps
American,Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Armed Services of the USA
The
Marine, Army, Navy Club
Girl Scouts
Byron A. Wolfe
Joe Maffett
Glen Hanes
America
Ohio State Guard
Onco
Sutton
Clyde Edmundson
C. J. Ailstock
American Legion
Nora Atkinson
Ernest McGraner
Clarence Parker
Wounded Pfc Docie Wounded in Action on Okinawa
Pfc. Docie, 25, son of Mr and Mrs Alex Docie of Glouster Route 1, was wounded April 20 in Okinawa and is in a naval hospital in the Marianas. In a letter to his parents he said he was getting along fine. This was his second wounding. He has 45 months service, 39 in the South Pacific, and has received several medals. He was a loader machinist before enlisting in October 1941.
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Docie
Alex Docie
Glouster
Okinawa
Mariannas
South Pacific
New Meaning Attached To Dairy Month
Dairy Month observed in June with plentiful dairy foods but this year faces rationing and limited ice cream. Sponsors urge careful use of butter cheese and milk amid shortages. Funeral services for Crozier information included with local church affiliations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Dairy Council
Crozier
Masonic Lodge
First Presbyterian Church
Findlay
Walls Crozier
Lyour
Carl Smith
Columbus
Dowler and Ferguson Funeral Home
Fred Luchs
Phurstay
W A Crozier Dies Monday in Athens
Walter A. Crozier aged 52 of Athens Cash Feed Store on North Court Street died Monday at Shelter ing Arms Hospital after three months of illness. Born in Findlay he served as division manager for Areafy Farms Milling Co based in Nashville. He owned the local feed store Veet Rina hae.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter A. Crozier
Athens
N. Court
N. Court St
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Mr. Crozier
Findlay
Areafy Farms Milling Co
Nashville, Tenn
Veet Rina Hae
Porter Dicken resigns as Athens County dog warden
Porter Dicken, Athens County dog warden for 20 years, submitted his resignation to the county commissioners. The board asked interested applicants to file at the Courthouse. OES to attend services for B. M. Covert at First Methodist Church Wednesday at 3 PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Porter Dicken
Athens County
Dicken
Ohio
Dicket
OES
Athens
Order of Eastern Star
B. M. Covert
First Methodist Church
Ohio Dairy Industry Rankings In World War Two Era
Ohio played a key role in wartime food supplies ranking highly in evaporated milk cottage cheese and ice cream production. In 1943 Ohio was 2nd in evaporated milk 3rd in cottage cheese 5th in ice cream and milk sherbet 8th in whole milk processing and distribution and 9th in butter production.
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Ohio
Mechanicsburg Class Night Ends With Valedictorian Speech
Mechanicsburg Junior High holds commencement tonight at 8 30 with Charlene Nicholson as valedictorian and Marilyn Tucker as salutatorian. Rev M T McDonald delivers the invocation. Glee Club presents a fiesta. Therese Lavelle speaks on Cui Bono and America songs performed by eight students. Lewis Hamilton gives the class poem while Harold Douglas presents the class history. Guy Morrison awards diplomas. Ninth grade includes a large list of students.
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Mechanicsburg
Charlene Nicholson
Marilyn Tucker
M. T. McDonald
Richland Ave. Methodist Church
Therese Lavelle
Cui Bono
America
Lewis Hamilton
Harold Dougglas
Guy Morrison
Board of Education
Vauna June Allen
Zion Church Re-Dedication Program Scheduled
The Zion Free Will Baptist Church at Lower Plains will host a re-dedication on Sunday June 3 with speakers Rev G Graham Rev N Herman and Mr Herman Humphrey addressing flags and service themes. Rev George Osler will give an address and Rev F Fields will deliver the invocation with songs from the audience and readings by Mrs Grace Burchfield. The Darst sisters will sing a duet and flag placement will be by Mrs Cynthia Dickens. A separate note reports approximately 1428 jars of sauerkraut to be destroyed today in Cleveland under federal order for adulteration and misbranding.
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Zion Free Will Baptisist
Lower Plains
G. [Graham
N. Herman
Hermean Humphrey
George Osler
F. Fields
Grace Burchfield
Cynthia Dickens
Darst Sisters
Memories of 22 Athens High School War Heroes
Athens High School honored 22 deceased WW II veterans in an assembly. President's Club members called each name and placed a red carnation for them. Dr. Clarence D. Samford spoke on freedom and democracy, contrasting dictatorships. Names listed include Powers, Houf, Speicer, Tom, Terrell, Oliver, Chappelear, Riggle, Ross, Roads, Williams, Davis, Sayre, Coen, Gordon, Schenz, Lewis, Swanson, Hess, Chute, Henderson, and Terrell. The program featured songs, prayers, and a violin solo as the band played Largo and American Patrol.
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Athens High School
Clarence D. Samford
Rodney Powers
Paul Houf
Lewis Speicer
Bernard Tom
Harold Terrell
Ray Oliver
Don Chappelear
Jack Riggle
Alan Ross
Watt Roads
James R. Williams
Robert Davis
Paul Sayre
Frederick Coen
Paul Gordon
Richard Schenz
Bill Lewis
Jack Swanson
Robert Hess
Robert Chute
Arthur Henderson
America
Knoll Dupler
Jo Ellen Young
Schubers
Handel and Herson
Handel
Meachem
Francis Frebault
Pastors Named for Ohio Methodist Churches in District Assignments
The Ohio Conference of the Methodist Church announces new pastoral appointments across districts. Notable leaders include F B Andrews in Albany Chillicothe District and John W Dan ford as superintendent in Dayton, with several parishes listed as to be supplied or led by designated pastors.
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Ohio Conference of the Methodist Church
Chillicothe
Albany
F. B. Andrews
Athens
Harold& Kellogg
Wesley Foundation
Don Allen
Central Ava
E. G. Roessner
Richland
M. T. McDonald
Bartlett
L.A. Buell
Carbondale
Coolville
W. C. Bennis
Glouster
Eugene Brown
Hamden
C. C. Lockwood
Haydenville
C. B. Lees
New Plymouth
Carroll Chesser
Chesterhill
Joseph Jetz
Guysville
Wayne Baxter
Jacksonville
Charles Caffrey
Logan
C. W. Swengel
Logan Circuit
Alva Shifflet
McArthur
Valentine Hannen
Nelsonville
W. M. George
Shade-Jerseyville
Earl Cowan
Dayton
Sergeant McGovern seeks Swinging the Ingots recording
Sgt. John D. McGovern, wounded in a plane crash and a Crile Hospital patient, wrote to Curtis Janssen at Ohio University requesting a copy of the band’s recording Swinging the Ingots. He offered to pay and recalled his OU days in 1940-41. The record is reportedly the band’s only recording.
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John D. McGovern
Crile Hospital
Cleveland
Curtis W. Janssen
Ohio University
Ohio U
O. U
Sgt
Sergeant McGovern
Jansen
Athens
New York City
Kate Smith
Major Lee Speaker at Rotary Club Meeting
Major Lee, professor of military science at Ohio University, spoke to the Athens Rotary Club about Memorial Day origins and the duty to defend freedoms. He noted Memorial Day began in the South after the Civil War and was proclaimed by General Logan in 1868 to decorate fallen soldiers.
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Iva Hawk
Mill St
Hattie Coon
State St
Columbus
Raymond Linj
Harrison Me
A. Lee
Athens Grath
Norfolk
Lee
Ohio University
South
Grand Army of the Republic
Logan
America
Club
Ralph Miller
Don Peden
C. H. Harris
W. H. Ripley
Walter, Musgrave
Fred M. McKay
Army nurses training at Fort Knox regional hospital
Fort Knox Ky reports that Phyllis D. Bryson of Glouster recently reported to Fort Knox and is now a member of the basic training class for Army nurses at the Regional Hospital. Lieutenant Bryson, daughter of Mrs Hannah Dyer and wife of John M Bryson now serving in the Navy, is a former registered nurse in Cleveland.
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Fort Knox
Phyllis D. Bryson
Glouster
Bryson
Hannah Dyer
jJonn M. Bryson
Navy
Cleveland
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T. H. Littler
Aes Littler
N. Congress Te
Maxine Bartlett
N. Lancaster St
Springfield
Roscoe Burdette
Darrell West
Ernest Burchfield
Tommie ‘Lou Wood
Linda
Newport
R. 1
E. A. Wood
Amesville
Pearl Burchfield
Alexander
Women's Association of
Alexander Presbyterian Church
W. H. Allen
Marine, Army and Navy Women's Club
Athens City Hall
City Hall
M.la.n
Chiefs
Ruth Smith
Chauncey
Pfo
Andy Docie
S. M.A
Castile
Pablum
Rzan
W. A. Crozier
Mechanicsburg School
Paul Jones
AHS
Hollywood
John Wayne
Los Angeles Musicians Association
Janssen
Musicians Association
670Th Army Air Forces Band
Major Lee
Rotary Club
Robert W. Hollingsworth
Court Street
Smeck Flying Service University
Atport
KERR
Tovay
Gallaher Dru
Clarence B. Dillon
Bert Pickett
R. D
Pomeroy, Ohio
J. A. Turner
Albany, Ohio
Margaret Bowers
E. W. Edwards
Nelsonville, Ohio
Rio Grande, Ohio
Cline Gerlach Vinton, Ohio
J. M. Sanner
Nelsonville, C
Vic Donahey
Carl Crispin
Stanley's Shoe Store
South Court St
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