Cooley Wounded in Action in France
Sgt Robert E Cooley 21 son of Mr and Mrs Clarence Cooley Athens Route 4 was seriously wounded in France Sept 20 according to War Department notice. He joined service Jan 4 1943, went overseas Feb 1 1944, served in a tank battalion, a 1940 Athens High School graduate, previously worked at Lawhead Press. His brother Sgt Bernard Cooley recently returned from Hawaii channel duty.
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Robert E. Cooley
Clarence. Cooley
Athens
France
War Department
Cooley
Athens High School
Lawhead Press
Bernard Cooley
Hawaiian Islands
Ohio and Allied Air Heroes Toasted for War Service
Sergeant James H. Smith of Shade Ohio has flown 50 combat missions over Nazi Europe as a B 24 armorer gunner. He names the Steyr Austria raid as most memorable amid a career that earned the Ayr Medal and campaign ribbons. Also noted are Flight Officer Wilam W. Jackson who won the Air Medal, and Paratrooper wings awarded to Richard M. Hoisington. Other local servicemen praised include Lt Hubert A Deem and Marine Private George F Beveridge as they advance or return from overseas.
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15Th Aaf
Italy
James H. Smith
Glenna St. Clair
Shade
Ohio
J. GO. Smith
Hemlock Grove
Nazi Europe
Austria
Germany
France
Balkan
Smith
Steyr
Shade High School
Laredo
Tex
Sergeant Smith
Mary Jackson
Athens
Wilam W. Jackson
F.O. Jackson
Nijmegen
Holland
U. S
Jackson
Fan
Richard M. Hoisington
C. L. Hoisington
Columbus
United States Army
OU To Train Workers for Aid for Aged
Ohio Universitys Department of Sociology ran an in service training project for Aid for the Aged staff. Fifteen local workers and supervisors from ten southeastern Ohio counties completed case work training. Beginning this fall an advanced course will be offered plus an elementary course starting Oct 7 with Mrs Loretta Cusik as instructor.
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Department of Sociology
Ohio University
Ohio
Division of Aid For the
Ellis Hall
Division of Aid For
Loretta Cusick
Shafer Rites Scheduled For Sunday At 3 PM
Edward E. Shafer, longtime dairy and wholesale grocery worker and Nelsonville Athens area businessman, will be buried in Greenlawn Mausoleum after funeral service Sunday at 3 from his Myers Street home. He leaves wife Lydia, daughter Hazel Katzenbach, grandson John Edward Katzenbach, brothers Clinton Donald Cecil, sister Eva Silcott and Louise and Mable Shafer. The service is led by Rev. Wm. M. George.
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Page One
Coe Hollow
Clinton D. Shafer
Nelsonville
Stedman Wholesale
Athens
C. D. Shafer
Athens House
Ed Shafer
Masonic Fraternity
Lydia Warehime Shafer
Hazel Katzenbach
John Edward Katzenbach
Clinton D
Donald H
Cecil S. Shafer
Don F. Shafer
Columbus
Eva Silcott
Worthington
Louise
Mable Shafer
Edward E. Shafer
Myers St
Wm. M. George
Methodist Church
Greenlawn
Westminster Week End Activities Announced
Westminster Foundation launches a weekend of events with a hike and wiener roast this evening at the church 7 30 p m. Saturday noon Fellowship Retreat to finalize semester plans. Sunday events include a five p m Fellowship Supper and six p m Vespers with Dr Bout as speaker and Miss Caryl Brown leading worship. Phi Chi Delia pledges new members at 7 30 a m Sunday with breakfast at the Women’s Faculty Club.
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Westminister Foundation
Bout
Caryl Brown
Phi Chi Delia
Presbyterian ‘Women’s Organization
Vinton Brothers Reunite After Separation Overseas
Cpl Max Hartsook of the Signal Corps located his younger brother Homer in the Seabees after months apart. They had been only 30 miles apart for a period. Max has served twenty months. Homer enlisted in the Navy last March.
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Vinton Brothers
Vinton
Cpl
Max Hartsook
Signal Corps
Homer
Seabees
Max
Army
Navy
Athens County native promoted to lieutenant colonel in USMCR
Virgil Max Davis, 27, of 35 Woodard Ave, Athens County, is promoted to lieutenant colonel in the United States Marine Corps Reserve. A Ohio University graduate, he served from San Diego to Pearl Harbor, New Zealand, and Bougainville, then participated in the Guam invasion before his latest promotion. His wife Margaret Pancake, an Ohio University graduate, remains in Washington, D. C., in government work.
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Virgil E. Davis
Woodard Ave
Virgil Max Davis
USMCR
Athens County
Davis
Ohio University
Marines
San Diego
Calif
Hawaiian Islands
Pearl Harbor
United States
Margaret Pancake
Ironton
States
Zealand
New Zealand
Solomon Islands
Bougainville
Guam
Washington, D. C
Mary Shaulis Funeral Service at Marshfield
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Shaulis aged 83 who died at her son Everett Smith in Clinton Ohio will be held Saturday at two o clock at Hoodlet Funeral Home New Marshfield conducted by Rev Myron McDonald of the New Marshfield Methodist Church She was a Methodist member Her husband Frank Shaulis and one daughter preceded her in death She leaves two sons Ray Smith Lancaster and Everett Smith 86 grandchildren 16 great grandchildren and several stepchildren Burial will be in Marshfield Cemetery Friends may call at the funeral home at any time
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Mary Shaulis
Everett Smith
Clinton
Hoodlet
New Marshfield
Myron McDonald
Pian Church Social At First Methodist
An old fashioned church social will be held in the basement of the First Methodist Church next Friday evening Oct 13 at 7 30 oclock. Everyone in the church family young and old is invited. The social is sponsored by the Local Church Activities Comittee.
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First Methodist
Churches to Offer Monday Classes in Religious Education
Athens churches sponsor a six week course under the International Council of Religious Education. Registrations open at the Union Printery on Oct 7. Lectures run Mondays from 7 15 to 9 25 pm starting Oct 16 with several speakers, followed by a 30 minute intermission. Credit awarded upon completion. M F Vermullion is committee chairman.
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Athens
International Council of Religious Education
Union Printery
H. T. Houf
F. L. Shoemaker
Harold Kellogs
Nathan Sutton Dies At Home In Stewart
Nathan A Sutton 62 died at his Stewart home after a 10 month illness. Born in Athens County he spent his life there. Survived by wife Elsie. daughters Sylvia Zimmerman Stewart and Clara Bowers Coolville Route 3. son Rollie at home. brother Mark Sutton Chauncey. sister Jane George Thornville. Funeral Sunday at 2 p.m. at Haga Ridge Church with burial nearby. Friends may call Dowler and Ferguson Home Saturday evening and Stewart residence Sunday 12 30 to 1 30 p.m.
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Nathan A. Sutton
Stewart
Athens County
Sutton
Elsie Sutton
Sylvia Zimmerman
Clara Bowers
Coolville
Rollie
Mark Sutton
Chauncey
Jane George
Thornville
Haga Ridge
Dowler and Ferguson
Rodney Power Memorial Service Set for Sunday
Memorial services for Pvt. Rodney D Power aged 34 tail gunner on a Liberator who died September 12 in an airplane crash in the Central Pacific area will be held at the First Christian Church on Sunday October 8 at 2 PM. He was a son of Mr and Mrs John Power of 207 West Union Street.
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Rodney Power
Rodney D. Power
Central Pacific
First Christian Church
Power
John Power
W. Union St
Son of Jacksonville Soldier Killed in France Aug 25
Pfc. Charles Brown, son of Mrs Orley Vore of Jacksonville, was killed in France on August 25 at age 20. Enlisted at 18, he served 23 months, was wounded in Sicily on July 1, 1943, treated at Ashford General Hospital, returned to service, and was sent overseas again in April. He was born in Jacksonville and attended local schools. He leaves his mother two sisters Phyllis Cheustant and Beatrice Bernard, his stepfather Orley Vore, a half sister and brother, and his paternal grandmother Mrs. Charles Cox. His father, WWI veteran, died in 1923.
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Orley Vore
Jacksonville
Charles Brown
France
Brown
Sicily
Ashford General Hospital
W.iVa
Phyllis Brown Cheustant
Adena
Beatrice Brown Bernard
Hopedale
Jo Ann Vore
Charles Cox
Glouster
14 Messenger Carriers On Weekly Honor Roll
Fourteen Messenger carriers in Athens are on the Honor Roll this week for delivering satisfactory service to all customers. The honorees and their consecutive perfect weeks include Tom Dowler 9, Al Gubitz 10, Merrill Thomas 1, Don Carr 5, Paul Vercoe 5, Sonny Westfall 4, Billy Driscoll 3, Bob Nida 3, Keith Henry 3, Roger Gilkey 1, Lynn Sam ford 1, and others with 3 or more weeks.
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Athens
Pare Fudenour
Billy Driscoll
Bob Nida
Sonny Westfall
Tom Dowler
Paul Vercoe
al Gubitz
Don Carr
Donald Douglas
Dave ‘Algeo
Merrill ‘Homas
Keith Henry
Roger Gilkey
Lynn Samford
Five Qualify To Serve in Armed Forces
Five men from Athens County Selective Service Board No 1 who underwent pre induction exams at Fort Laynes on Monday were reported as qualified for general military service. The five named are Freddie Irves Bernard of Glouster Paul Edward Meade of Glouster Kenneth Eugene Russell of Chauncey Charles Abraham of 120 W Union St Athens and Homer Davis Jr of Columbus.
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Athens County
Selective Service Board No. 1
Fort Tlayes
Freddie Irves Bernard
Glouster
Paul Edward
Meade
Kenneth Eugene Russell
Chauncey
Charles Abraham
W. Union St
Athens
Homer Davis, Jr
Columbus
DAV Flower Sale Hosted By Disabled Veterans Group
The Con rath-Bean Chapter of Disabled American Veterans rescheduled a flower sale, postponed by bad weather, with Athens High School girls assisting. Funds go to veterans in the county for hospital needs and service-related claims, with flowers made by disabled veterans in Chillicothe and Dayton helping them buy toiletries.
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Conrath-Bean
C. A. Parker
Franz Woodworth
Athens High School
Parker
Chillicothe
Dayton
Edna Way Invited To Show Work in Exhibit
Ten Ohio artists are invited to participate in the 42nd Annual Water Color and Print Exhibition at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia. The show runs from October 29 to December 8 in collaboration with the Philadelphia Water Color Club, with Edna Way of Athens among the invitees.
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Ohio
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Philadelphia
Academy
Philadelphia Water Color Club
Edna Way
Athens
The Yankee Doodle Song Origin Revealed
A surviving note explains that Yankee Doodle was adapted from an old Dutch harvest song. The revelation ties the American tune to European folk roots and notes cultural exchange in early colonial music.
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Athens Messenger
Pase
Canada
Celsis
Carpenter Howe. Co
Floyd Schreider
Columbia Ave
Pvt
Hubert A.,deem
Fort Benning
Deem
William Deem
Rutland
Fort Hayes
Fort Knox
Fort Custer
Mich
Aleutian Islands
George F. Beveridge
Camp Lejune
New River
N. C
George W. Beveridge
Beveridge
Cherry Point
C. TS
J. P. Atkinson
Ging Spear
Westminster
R. E. McCammon
Mgr
Berry Hotel
Marshfield
Pian Church Social
Londonderry
Howard Street
San Francisco
Catit
Paramount
Cross Bros
Union St
Nathan Sutton
Ats
Beaco
THE
F. J. Beasley CO
the Mutual Home and Savings Association
Washington St
City Hall
Athens, D
MGM Oerotexn
Fen
Brian Donlevy
Ann Richards
Walter Abel
John Qualen
Horace McNally
Herbert Dalmas
William Ludwig
King Vidor
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
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