Pin Up Photos Give GIs Moral Boost Across Fronts
New York model agency pin ups are praised by soldiers from the Aleutians to Anzio for lifting morale. Letters describe photos as real American girls who keep fighting, with one man in New Guinea calling a pin up his Dream Girl and others voting a photo Miss Beachhead of 1944.
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Lee Benn
New York
Aleutians
Staten Island
Walter Thornton
New Guinea
Italy
Beachhead
Anzio
Miss Mary Mahalic Weds Lt Sias In New York Ceremony
In the Church of the Transfiguration New York Miss Mary Josephine Mahalic daughter of Mr and Mrs Joseph E Mahalic 427 St Ann's Ave NYC married Lt Charles R Sias MC USN son of Dr and Mrs Azariah B Sias of Athens The Rev Randolph Ray officiated The bride wore light blue crepe with beaded blouse and peplum and white Yuccas for a corsage The couple will travel to Ohio Georgia and Florida before heading to San Francisco for Lt Sias new Pacific base hospital assignment
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New York
Mary Josephine Mahalic
Joseph E. Mahalic
St. Ann’s Ave
New York City
Charles R. Sias
M. C
Azariah B. Sias
Athens
Atkakoe
Nair
Randolph Ray
Stanley Taylor
Angeline Rescigno
John W. Meister
Old Third Presbyterian Church
Steubenville
St. Sias
Ohio University
Arthur Cray
Edward McAndrews
McAndrews
May Sobol
Ficers
U. S. Navy
W. J. Chiapella
U.S.N.R
F. S. Svelnis
D. L. Riddle
A. R. Chirillo
W. H. Hall, Jr
M.C. U.S.N
J. E. Jenkins
A. B. Sias
Sias
Commodore
Ohio
Georgia
Florida
San Francisco
Calif
Pacific
Guardians Named for Lyons Estate in Meigs County
Judge Fred Everetts Jr. names Lindsey Lyons and Edison Hobstetter co guardians for the Lyons estate after ruling John E. Lyons mentally incompetent. Bond set at 20000. Trial motion by the defendant overruled. Case draws wide county interest amid Lyons coal holdings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
John E. Lyons
Fred Everetts, Jr
Jackson County
Meigs County Court House
Everetts
Leroy Lyons
Leroy
Lindsey Lyons
Edison Hobstetter
Lyons
Richard Larrimer
Paul McNamara
Crarg Davis
Middleport
Robert Switzer
Meigs County
Court of Appeals
Dallas Dupre Outlines Highway Landscape Plans at Garden Club
Dallas Dupre, landscape architect for the Georgia State Department of Public Highways, spoke to the Athens Garden Club with assistant McCormick of Marietta. He described site surveys, planting plans, and bidding as roads are improved, plus new Memorial Roadside Parks to be well located, marked, and cared for. He noted Route 33 into Athens as the first project and urged local groups to help locate suitable ground for memorials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas Dupre
Columbus
State Department of Public Highways
Athens Garden Club
T. R. Biddle
McCormick
Marietta
Dupre
Highway Department
Athens
State Office
Indianapolis
Biddle
Valencia
Gordon Gray
Isabel
Kathleen Simonton Weds Harry F. Love in Chauncey Ceremony
Kathleen Simonton and Harry Franklin Love were married Sunday at the County Home in Chauncey. The ceremony featured a two piece brown crepe wedding dress, a three tier cake, and a reception with family and friends from Albany Nelsonville Chauncey and Montgomery West Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey
Kathleen
Willard Simonton
Harry Franklin Love
Harry G. Love
Albany
Christine ©. Brown
Green Cathedral
Hahn
Ruth Woody
Nelsonville
Carl Starkey
Albany High School
Wil
Lord Simonton
Samuel Starkey
Genevieve Smathers
Charles Barron
Chester Reeves
Jimmy
Daniel Woody
Etta Conway
Montgomery
W. Va
Mabel Hughes
Pauline Daugherty
Rey
Gilbert Courtney
Charles S. Bradfield
Christine Brown
Ann
National speaker presses Equal Rights Amendment at Athens dinner
Marie S. Schaffter of the National Federation tells Athens Club guests that ERA faces slim odds without wartime action. She argues equal pay and hours require shared responsibilities, cites Boyd Act limits and 26 states restricting married women’s work, and notes national support for ERA. MISS EDITH MILLER hosted and led dinner as toastmistress with remarks from local and visiting members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Business Women
Marie S. Schaffter
National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs
Athens Club
Hotel Berry
Additiin
Schaffter
Boyd
Ohio
State
Edith Miller
Ethel Maude Young
Margaret Carter
Gallipolis
Grace Gerard
Athens Aauw
Thelma Hope
Willa van Dyke
Thelma Robinson
Lord Is
Shepherd
William Ruston
Robinson
Luella Clifton
Rowena G. Sprout
Ohio Federation
Theresa Heiser
Ethel Beekman
Alice Brewer
Ena Rasp
Club Calendar and Community Service Tonight
The WEDNESDAY PEO meets Miss Mary Blayney at 71 Sunnyside Drive. Pythian Sisters convene at IOOF Hall N Court St. A Community Thanksgiving Service is at 7 30 p m in the high school auditorium with the mixed chorus directed by K E Witzler and Rev Harold F Kellogg as speaker. Floyd Wolfe chairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PEO
Mary Blayney
Sunnyside Drive
Pythian Sisters
IOOF
N. Court St
K. E. Witzler
Harold F. Kellogg
First Methodist Church
Floyd Wolfe
Daily Letter Is The Real Duty Of a War Wife
A soldier overseas mocks the excuse of tired wives who skip daily letters. He argues husbands expect daily correspondence and wives should save an hour daily to write one. The piece urges wives to meet this duty to prevent resentment at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lea
Sayre Study Circle Met At Mrs D B Green Home
Sayre Study Circle met with host Mrs D B Green at 5 Arden Place on Tuesday afternoon. Glen Hames led a program on the steppes of Russia detailing regional habits. Mrs John R Sprague presided as president. Plans for a Christmas party at Mrs R D Williams home on December 5 were completed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sayre
D. B. Green
Arden Place
Glen Hames
John R. Sprague
R. D. Williams
Chauncey Personal News Briefs
Chauncey residents share health and family updates. Mrs Zimmie Smith of Wonderland Ohio is seriously ill at home. Mrs Grace Carr visits Chauncey from Columbus. Mrs Mabel Smith recovers at Millfield home. Mrs Thomas Oliver visits Athens with daughter Evelyn Burt. Beulah Robinson returns to Jacobs Avenue home from Converse Street apartment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey
Luther Cruikshank
Zimmie Smith
Wonderland
Grace Carr
Columbus
Hattie Karns
Ellis Ave
Mabel Smith
Millfield
Thomas Oliver
Athens
Evelyn Burt
Beulah Robinson
Jacobs Ave
Converse St
Robinson
Thanksgiving visits and local sales noted in region
Mrs Charles McNamee spends today and tomorrow with Mrs Alice Ritchie of Tuppers Plains and will attend the sale of Frank P Shirkey with Mr McNamee as auctioneer. Clark Jiiden was moved to St Josephs Hospital Saturday by Ewing ambulance after a weeklong illness. The Rev and Mrs Paul Frisch return to Cincinnati after visiting Judge and Mrs E R Titus Lincoln Hill. Judge Edgar Ervin and Mrs Ervin spend Thanksgiving with daughters in Dayton. Mrs James Church and daughter Mrs Virginia Crew leave for Huntington to visit relatives for Thanksgiving. Mrs Helen Boster spends Thanksgiving with sister Miss Mary Williamson employed by U S Rubber in New York City. Lt and Mrs George Powell and Irene Ebersbach join them there for Thanksgiving.
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Miss Williamson
Boster
W. A. Burns
Patricia
Mt. Vernon
Adam Ebersbach
Paul J. Drugan
Columbus
Charles Holt
Rutland
David H. Davidson
Florence
Don
Wynne
Harry
Mary Davidson
Pvt
Davidson
Fort McClellan
Ala
Camp Mead
Max Smith
Dexter
Smith
Estel Arrowood
McCassey
Elwood Spencer
Huntington
Ray Nicholson
Charles McNamee
Alice Ritchie
Tuppers Plains
Frank P. Shirkey
McNamee
Clark Jiiden
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Ewing
Paul Frisch
Elizabeth Titus
Cincinnati
E. R. Titus
Lincoln Hill
Edgar Ervin
Ervin
Dayton
James Church
Virginia Crew
Helen Boster
Mary Williamson
U. S. Rubber Company
New York City
George Powell
Irene Ebersbach
Cheshire Area Social Notes Highlight Local Visits
Pvt. Claire Spires visits furlough with parents, while Cpl. Doyle Shuler from Boca Raton Field meets friends. Gallipolis families and Columbus couples share Sunday and weekend visits with local residents across Cheshire and Bulaville, including the Yeangers and Daileys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheshire
Claire Spires
Lewis Spires
Cpl
Doyle Shuler
Boca Raton Field
Fla
Fred Mack
Thomas Ragan
Hollis Whitt
Gallipolis
Lottie Roush
John Dailey
Columbus
J. G. Johnson
Audrey Thaxston
Huntington
Ethel Rife
Clifford Harrison
Jim Grover
Clive Morehead
George Yeanger
Jeannette Yeanger
James Henry
Aaron Davis
F. W. Butcher
E. O. Yeanger
Lottie Blazer
Bulaville
Point Rock Social Notes and Family Visits
Miss Dorothy Morrison visited her parents Mr and Mrs A D Morrison last week. Mrs Lena Knapp spent weekend with son in Albany. Mrs Joe Wolfenbarger visited son Mark Shaffer and family in Ewington. Wesley Cottrill made a business trip to Point Pleasant West Virginia. Mr and Mrs J A Turner of Albany visited son and Everett Holcomb. Miss Dorothy Gillogly returned from Sheltering Arms Hospital. Miss Emogene Strausbaugh and Ernest of Ames Iowa visited uncle and aunt John and Mrs Radekin. Miss Mina Curry hosted Sunday School and birthday party for her mother Eliza Georges 95th birthday. Mrs Neva Molden and daughter Lynn Ann Rutland visited to help with cattle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Rock
Dorothy Morrison
Pomeroy
A. D. Morrison
Lena Knapp
John Dearth
Albany
Joe Wolfenbarger
Ewington
Mark Shaffer
Wesley Cottrill
Point Pleasant
W. Va
J. A. Turner
W. R. Holcomb
Everett
Dorothy Gillogly
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Emogene Strausbaugh
Ernest
Ames
Iowa
John Radekin
Mina Curry
Eliza Georges
Neva Molden
Emma M. Whittington
Lynn Ann
Rutland
Morris
Willing Workers Guild Meets at First Baptist Church
The Middleport Willing Workers Guild of the First Baptist Church met with Miss Margaret Ella Hysell as hostess. Miss Ferre Badgely presided as president and plans were made to send White Cross gifts to Tule Lake Cal. The group recently earned a National World Wide Guild charter. Refreshments followed at Purity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Willing Workers Guild
The
First Baptist Church
Margaret Ella Hysell
Thanksgiving readings mark First Presbyterian gathering
Miss Anna Weed led two Thanksgiving readings during the Woman's Association meeting at Mrs. Rodney Downing's Grant Street home. Plans for the December 8 Christmas bazaar were discussed. dessert was served by Mrs. Downing during social hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Weed
Richard Gormley
Woman’s Association
First Presbyterian Church
Rodney Downing
Grant St
Downing
Son of local man wounded in Germany action
Mrs. E M Des Weese received a War Department telegram stating Staff Sergeant Robert Levi Goodall was slightly wounded in Germany on October 8. This marks a second reported wound. Miss Betty Mulford, daughter of Mr and Mrs Otto Mulford, recently visited Goodall’s mother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
E. M. Desweese
War Department
Robert Levi Goodall
Germany
Betty Mulford
Otto Mulford
Goodall
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Rita Daigle
Lois Taylor
Viola Erickson
Virginia Kavanagh
Pomeroy Social Notes
Blanche Roller
Elizabeth Campbell
Addie Grueser
Susie Griffith
Kentucky
Magnolia Lodge
Odd Fellows Hall
Lyons Estate
Miss Laura Bailey
Kathleen Simonton
Harry F. Love
Mae B. Love
Athens Ice & Storage Co
Soft Water Dept
Senate
McKee
Nyalyptus
Hartman
Ruth Millett
Pomeroy Personals
Point Rock Personals
Gallaher
Court St
Middleport Social Notes
Judson White
New Orleans
Dennis Gallagher
Air Corps
Manuel Stupeck
Michigan City
Langsville
Robert Allensworth
Allensworth
Ralph Frecker
Walter Russell
Harley Devol
Donovan Allen
Buffalo
N. Y
Esther Bradbury Allen
James Arnold
Rio Grande
Frank Allen
Columus
Lydia E. Pinkham
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