Athens soldier seriously wounded in action in France
Robert J. Cooley, 71, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Cooley of Athens Route 4, reported wounded seriously in France on Sept. 20. He served in a tank battalion since Jan. 4, 1943, and went overseas Feb. 1. A brother, Bernard Cooley, recently home on furlough, is believed en route back to the Hawaiian Islands.
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Ropert J. Cooley
Clarence Cooley
Athens
France
War Department
Cooley
Athens High School
Lawhead Press
Bernard Cooley
Hawaiian Islands
OU To Train Workers for Aid for Aged
Ohio University launched a training experiment for the Division of Aid for the Aged. Fifteen students local workers and district supervisors participated in case work training, with ten southeastern Ohio counties represented. Due to success, advanced and elementary courses will resume with registrations today and classes starting soon. Loretta Cusick of the Department of Sociology will instruct.
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Ohio University
Division of Aid For
Ohio
Division of Aid For the Aged
Ellis Hall
Division of Aid For the
Loretta Cusick
Department of Sociology
Veterans Honor Roll: Air War Heroes Mentioned in Ohio
Sergeant James H. Smith earned the Air Medal with four oak leaf clusters after 50 combat missions over Nazi Europe aboard a B 24 Liberator. Flight Officer William W. Jackson received the Air Medal for meritorious aerial flights in the European Theater. Paratrooper trainee Richard M. Holsington earned Wings and Boots after training and four weeks of jump school. Lieutenant Ennert A. Deem promoted to first lieutenant at Fort Benning. Marine Private George F Beveridge returns to Camp Lejeune after furlough and training.
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15Th Aaf
Italy
James H. Smith
Glenna St. Clair
Shade
Ohio
J. C. Smith
Hemlock Grove
Nazi Europe
Austria
Germany
France
Balkan
Smith
Steyr
Hitler
Shade High School
Army
Laredo
Tex
Mary Jackson
Athens
William W. Jackson
F.C. Jackson
Nijmeen
Holland
Jackson
Iia
Fan Air
Richard M. Holsington
C. L. Holsington
Columbus
Unite States Army
Ennert A
Deem
Fort Benning
William Deem
Rutland
Ka Een
Fort Hayes
Fort Knox
Fort Custer
Mich
United States
George F. Beveridge
Camp Lejane
New River
N.C
George W. Beveridge
New Marshfield
Beveridge
Telephone
Camp LeJune
Cherry Point
N. C
Shafer Rites Set At 3 Sunday At Home
Edward E. Shafer long active in Nelsonville and Athens business circles will be laid to rest Sunday at 3 PM. Services for the deceased will be conducted by Rev Wm M George at the Myers Street home with burial in Greenlawn Mausoleum. He leaves a wife Lydia Warehime Shafer a daughter Hazel Katzenbach a grandson John Edward Katzenbach four brothers Clinton Donald Cecil Ed and three sisters Eva Silcott Louise and Mable Shafer. He previously operated a dairy farm and later managed Stedman Wholesale Grocery in Athens with his brother.
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Coe Hollow
Clinton D. Shafer
Nelsonville
Stedman Wholesale Grocery
Athens
C. D. Shafer
Athens House
Ed Shafer
Masonic Fraternity
Lydia Warehime Shafer
Hazel Katzenbach
John Edward Katzenbach
Clinton D
Donald H
Cecil
Shafer
Dow 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 opens with a hike and wiener roast this evening. Students meet at the church at 7 30 p m. Fellowship Retreat on Saturday at 1 p m to plan the semester's activities. Supper at 5 p m Sunday. Vespers at 6 p m with Dr Houf speaking and Miss Cary Brown leading worship. Phi Chi Delta pledges new members at 7 30 a m Sunday in the church auditorium, followed by breakfast at the Women’s Faculty Club.
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Westminster Forndation
Houf
Miss Cary
Brown
Phi Chi Delta
Presbyterian
Vinton Brothers Reunited Overseas After Long Separation
Max Hartsook of the Signal Corps located his younger brother Homer in the Seabees after months and miles apart. Max has served twenty months in the Army while Homer joined the Navy last March, bringing the brothers within about thirty miles of each other.
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Vinton Brothers
Vinton
Max Hartsook
Signal Corps
Homer
Seabees
Max
Army
Navy
promotion of Virgil M. Davis to lieutenant colonel
Athens County celebrates Virgil Max Davis being promoted to lieutenant colonel in the USMC at 27. A OU Civil Engineering and ROTC graduate, he served from San Diego to Pearl Harbor, fought in Bougainville and Guam, later earning a major then lieutenant colonel before returning to Washington. Athens churches sponsor Monday classes for six weeks starting Oct 16 with local professors and ministers leading topics.
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Ave
Virgil Max Davis
USMCR
Athens County
Davis
Ohio University
ROTC
Marines
San Diego
Calif
Hawaiian Islands
Pearl Harbor
United States
Margaret Pancake
Ironton
San’ Diego
New Zealand
Solomon Islands
Bougainville
Guam
Mra
Washington, D.C
Nathan Sutton Dies At Home In Stewart Ohio
Mr Nathan A Sutton age 62 died at his home in Stewart after a 10 month illness born in Athens County and lived here. He is survived by his wife Elsie two daughters Sylvia Zimmerman Stewart and Clara Bowers Coolville Route 3 one son Rollie a brother Mark Sutton Chauncey and a sister Jane George Thornville Funeral services will be Sunday at 2 pm at Haga Ridge Church with burial in the adjoining cemetery Friends may call Dowler and Ferguson Home Saturday evening and at the Stewart residence Sunday 12 30 to 1 30 pm
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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
Mary Shaulis Funeral Will Be at Marshfield
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Shaulis age 83 who died at her son Everett Smiths home Clinton Ohio will be held Saturday at two o clock in the Hoodlet Funeral Home New Marshfield conducted by Rev Myron McDonald of the New Marshfield Methodist Church She was a member of the Methodist Church Her husband Frank Shaulis and one daughter preceded her in death She leaves two sons Ray Smith of Lancaster and Everett Smith eight grandchildren sixteen great grandchildren and several step children Burial will be in Marshfield Cemetery Friends may miss at the funeral home anytime.
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Mary Shaulis
Everett Smith
Clinton
Hoodlet
New Marshfield
Myron McDonald
Shaulis
Methodist Church
Frank Shaulis
Plan Church Social at First Methodist Church
A social will be held in the basement of the First Methodist Church next Friday evening October 13 at 7 30 oclock. All church members are invited to attend with no age restrictions. The Local Church group sponsors the event.
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First’ Methodist
Chur
Rodney Power Memorial Service Slated for Sunday
Memorial services for Pvt Rodney D Power tail gunner on a Liberator killed Sept 12 in the Central Pacific will be held Sunday at 2 p.m. in the First Christian Church. He is the son of Mr and Mrs John Power of 207 W Union S.
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Rodney Power
Rodney D. Power
Central Pacific
First Christian Church
Power
John Power
W. Union S
Killed in France Charles Brown Son of Mrs Orley Brown
Private First Class Charles Brown of Jacksonville was killed in action in France on August 25 He would have turned 21 in October He served 23 months after enlisting at 18 He was wounded in Sicily on July 11 1943 and returned to Ashford General Hospital West Virginia in September 1943 He went back overseas in April after a February return He is survived by his mother two sisters a stepfather a half sister and half brother plus a grandmother His father a World War I veteran died in 1923.
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Orley
Jacksonville
Charles Brown
Tiow
France
Brown
Ha Fng
Sicily
Ashford General Hospital
W. Va
Phyllis Brown Cheuvrant
Adena
Beatrice Brown Bernard
Hope
Orley Vore
Jo Ann Vore
Charles Cox
Glouster
Messenger Carriers on Weekly Honor Roll
Athens Messenger Carriers earn a place on the weekly honor roll for satisfactory service. Honored are Ronald Ridenour four weeks, Billy Driscoll nine, Bob Nida none listed, Sonny Westfall four, Tom Dowler nine, Paul Vercoe five, Al Gubitz ten, Don Carr five, Donald Douglas three, Dave Algeo three, Merrill Thomas one, Keith Henry three, Roger Gilkey one, Lynn Samford one.
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Athens
Ronald Ridenour
Billy Driscoll
Bob Nida
Sonny Westfall
Tom Dowler
Paul Vercoe
al Gubitz
Don ‘Carr
Donald Douglas
Dave Algeo
Merrill Thomas
Keith Henry
Roger Gilkey
Lynn Samford
Five Qualify To Serve in Armed Forces
Five men from Athens County, assessed by Selective Service Board No. 1 after pre induction physicals at Fort Hayes on Monday, have been classified as qualified for general military service. The five are Freddie Irves Ber ard of Glouster, Paul Edward Meade of Glouster, Kenneth Eugene Russell of Chauncey, Charles Abraham of 130 W Union St Athens, and Stomer Davis Jr. of Columbus.
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Athens County Selective Service Board No. 1
Fort Hayes
Freddie Irves Berard
Glouster
Paul Edward Meade
Kenneth Eugene Russell
Chauncey
Charles Abraham
W. Union St
Athens
Stomer Davis, Jr
Columbu
DAV Flower Sale Backed by DAV Fringes
Disabled American Veterans set to host a flower sale organized by C. A. Parker and the DAV chapter chairman. Athen High School girls will run the sale to aid veterans statewide, with proceeds supporting hospitalization and service-related needs for veterans. Flowers produced by disabled veterans in Chillicothe and Dayton hospitals aid purchase of lacking toilet articles.
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Conin
Disabled American Veterans
C. A. Parker
Franz Woodworth
Athen High School
Parker
Chil- Ticathe
Dayton
Edna Way Among Artists at PAFA Exhibition
Edna Way of Athens is listed among artists from the state who have shown work in the 42nd Annual Water Color and Print Exhibition of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia. The exhibit runs at the Academy from October 29 to December, in collaboration with the Philadelphia Water Color Society.
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Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Philadelphia
The
Academy
Chile
Edna Way
Athens
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F. L. Shoemaker
Harold Kellogg
Douglas MacNaughton
Mary Ward
Maffett
Fred Luchs
A. C. Anderson
International Council of Religious Education
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Max Davis
Nathan Sutton
Marshfield
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Beaco
F. J. Beasley CO
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John Qualen
Hora McNally
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