Athens News Notes From Labor Day Weekend Visitors
Athens residents hosted and visited military and civilian personnel over Labor Day weekend. Ohio Farmer’s Insurance associate Mr Thomas A Wood from Leroy spent time in Athens with his parents, while Miss Helen Dorothy Ogg and Mrs Charles Ogg traveled to Aberdeen Maryland for a Proving Ground posting. Others included Miss Kathleen Orr from Dayton visiting her parents, Paul Lewis of Fort Meade with his wife Virginia Lewis, and Lt Gordon Gray from Washington D C staying with family. A Grocer-Consumer Anti-Inflation meeting is set for Hotel Berry with Kenneth Williams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas A. Wood
Ohio Farmer's Insurance Company
Leroy, O
Athens
R. 5. Wood
Canaan Road
Helen Dorothy Ogg
Charles Ogg
Aberdeen
Aberdeen Proving Ground
Captain Ogg
Bank of Athens
Miss Ogg
Betty Trasin
Harold Rose
Mrs. Trasin
New York City
Kathleen Orr
The
National Register Company
Dayton
R. C. Orr
Stewart St
Phyllis Bean
Orr
Paul Lewis
Combat Infantry Band
Ft. Meade
Virginia Lewis
Park Place
Grocer-Comtemer
Hotel Berry
Kenneth Williams
Columbus
Circle Two
Central Avenue Methodist Church
Lenore
Chappellear
First St
Harry W. McKinstry
Ohio University
Pi Beta Phi Sorority
F. and R. Lazarus
University of Wyoming
Washington University
St Louis
Ohio State University
Fletcher General Hospital
Cambridge
Barbara Dea McKinstry to Wed Robert Whittenberger
Announcement party reveals the engagement of Barbara Dea McKinstry to Robert Neil Whittenbberger of Peru Indiana. The couple's Sept 22 wedding date is shown on smart card door announcements as guests attend a 4 PM tea at North Woods home of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Worley McKinstry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Dea McKinstry
Robert Neil Whittenberger
Peru
Ind
Richard Worley McKinstry
North Woods
Robert Neil Whittenbberger
United States Army
Robert A. Whittenberger
Dea
Bob
Thomas R. Biddle
Erb-Help Ad Promises Stomach Relief in Athens
An Athens testimonial touts Erb-Help, claiming it eased gas and bloating after meals and reduced waistline size. The ad touts a formula of twelve herbs said to cleanse bowels, clear gas, and improve kidney function, with sales at Athens Pharmacy and Betts Cut Rate in Nelsonville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Nelsonville
Betts
G'sives
Zemo
Letter From Lt Reamer On Philippine Reactions To Japan Surrender
Lt Charles W Reamer formerly with The Messengers now serves in Manila and describes Philippine reactions to Japan's surrender. He recalls the August 10 harbor celebration aboard a ship, the moment the war ended, and the ensuing noise and relief. He notes potential duty reassignment and mentions his Athens home life with wife and two sons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles W
Chuck" Reamer
Messengers Advertising Department
U. S. Navy
Manila
Philippines
Japan
Russia
Washington
Combat Information Center
Athens
Reamer
John Collins
Charles William, III
Dorothy Robbins Weds Sgt Glen Perry at McArthur
Dorothy Robbins and Staff Sergeant Glen Perry wed in a McArthur Methodist church parsonage ceremony on August 25. Perry, son of Mr and Mrs Elias Perry near McArthur, is stationed at Camp Atterbury Ind after twenty six months overseas with General Patton Third Army. Mrs Perry, Albany High School 1944 graduate, remains with her parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernon Canny
Albany
Dorothy Robbins
Glen Perry
Elias Perry
Near McArthur
V. Hannen
First Methodist Church of McArthur
Perry
Camp Atterbury
Ind
United States
General
Club calendar shows local meetings this week
Athens Shrine No 6 opens fall meetings in IOOF Hall on Tuesday September 4 with a 6 pm covered dish dinner hosted by Millfield members. First Christian Church Women’s Class meets 7 30 pm at 44 N High St with Dr Burt for September. Wednesday sees Nannie Allom Rebekah Lodge 7 30 pm SOGOF Hall. WAC T U meets 6 30 pm at Christian Church with officer elections. Church of the Good Shepherd Woman’s Auxiliary meets 7 30 pm at Mrs R E Coughlin’s home Park Place. Minear Chapter Order of Eastern Star Guysville meets Sept 5 with refreshments after.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens Shrine No. 6
IOOF
Millfield
First Christian Church
D. W. Burt
N. High St
Nannie Allom
Wac.t.u
Christian Church
Roy Cline
Church of the Good Shepherd
R. E. Coughlin
Park Place
Minear
Order of Eastern Star
Guysville
Times Square Victory Celebration Viewed by Ohio University Professor
Professor George Starr Lasher of Ohio University visited New York City amid two day V J Day festivities. He toured Manhattan with his daughter Dorothy and met Mary Elizabeth Lasher, head of publicity for the American Newspaper Publishers Association. Lasher, a former OU student, observed radio and newspaper coverage, and interviewed notable World War II figures for Theta Chi magazine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Starr Lasher
Ohio University
New York City
Philadelphia
Washington
Michigan
Dorothy
Rena M. Lasher
Kalamazoo
Mich
New York
Lasher
Mary Elizabeth
Bureau of Advertising
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Chinatown
Times Square
Tom Slater
Mutual Broadcasting Company
Jesse Zausmer
O.U
Columbia Broadcasting System
CBS
David Stein
U. US
NEA
East
Magazine
of Theta Chi Fraternity
C. Ross Greening
Tokyo
James Doolittle
David Richardson
Yank
Serviceman’s Weekly
Merrills
Orient
Walter G. Rundle
United Press
China
Revel Moore
London
Stenographer Returns After Weekend at Home
Mrs Joan Campbell, a stenographer with the Army Air Forces Headquarters in the Pentagon Building Washington DC, came back Monday from a weekend visit with her mother Mrs Jessie Hall at 70 Nay Shafer Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joan Campbell
Army Air Forces Headquarters
Pentagon
Washington, D.C
Jessie Hall
Nay Shafer St
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William Trautwein, Jr
Navy Pier
Chicago
W. J. Trautwein
Marietta Ave
Jane Finsterwald
Sgt
Art Rateo
Ann Arbor
Gordon Gray
Mrs. Gray
Franklin Ave
Vu Vu
S Grant Ferguson
Illinois Institute of Technology
Carl Ferguson
Paul Brickman
Messenger
Ohio University Post
Jay
Francis A Clark
Mary Ann
Charleston
W.va
C. B. Nye
H. A. McCaskill
Pat Connor
Roger Connor
Utah Place
Mr. and His
Wilbur Imes
J. E. Budley
Akron
Roy M. Pierce
Shaker Heights
F. S. Baird
Norfolk and Western Railroad
Sally
Roanoke
E. S. Finsterwald
Set
Richard Imes
Baird
C. W. Fulton
Imes
R. P. Imes
Joan Woolley
Noel Ward
Indianapolis
Lael Moore
Dixie Foraker
Port
Lois Dixon
Ann Peden
Lenora Reeder
Marguerite Smith
Betty Brannan
Edinburg
Carolyn Hopkins
James Burt
Ann Matters
Betty Lee McCaskill
Mary Brown
Delta
Ohio
Rachel Lenhart
Patricia Lenhart
Huntington
W. Va
Joan Galbreath
James E. Todd
Patricia Paddock
Colummbus
Patricia Sherman
Middleport
Mary Ann Spencer
Lancaster
Isabel Brown
Sallie Link
Ruth Ann Grover
Joanna Armstrong
Martha Isbell Cottingham
Sylvia Shuler
Martha Ellen Walsh
Robert Bauer
Basil Rutter
Ood
Pauline Heft
C. E. Heft
Ohio Ave
Connie Koehler
Anna Mae Grogan
Tommie Lou Southerton
Charlotte Thompson
Joan Sylvester
Mona Sue Tryon
Virginia Lou Roberson
Anna Mae
Houx
Heft
Buster Brown
Moc
Oxford
Ness
Stanley's Shoe Store
South Court St
Quick's Cut Rate Drug Store
Pepsi-Cola Company
Long Teland City
N.Y
Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co
Logan
Icorn
Flakorn
Fey
Athens Pharmact
Ake
Rexall
Ae Ee
Dinah Shore
Eee
Columbia
Bronga
W. $. George
Lenners
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