Jury Draws 65 Athens County Residents for Service
Athens County residents are drawn for grand and petit juries for the Common Pleas Court October term. The lists name 15 grand jurors and 50 petit jurors, with panels to report on October 1 and October 8, including numerous addresses and named residents across Athens, Coolville, Chauncey, and Nelsonville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens County
Athens Messenger
Common Pleas Court
Alberta Grones
J. Harvey Copeland
Stewart Ek Bare
Lenore Kittie
Lancaster
Marie Toung
Athens
Haze Schilling
Won Davis
Frost Sara
Helen Gillespie
Millfield
Lawrence Dixon
Buchtal
D. K Carr
Bread
Clouser
Daugharty
Coolvill
Atwood Grim
Merle Weeds
Mineral
Alma Seel
Emma Golden
Coolvilie
Fred Carpenter
Consreas James McCullim
Chauncey
Charles Roberts
Bite Glasier
Amesville
Hallie Gordon
Coolville
Addie Balderson
Stewart
C. Vickers
Harry Corwin
Buchtel
Alvin Cline
Albany Jars
Amnands Colburt
Paul Burson
Caroline Dow
Robert Bobo
Piorance Pidcock
New Mi Beute
Lara Cross
Union
Bam Jeffert
Mary Wiliams
Floyd F. Barrows
Colum Welsonville
William Isedbetter
Athi G Houster
Lira McCaskey
Jacksonvil
Albert Birge
Ethel Frost
Stewart Walter ‘Totman
Wiliam Duiry
Glousie Harold Lawrence
Jones
Grosvenor
James Covert
Buchel
Marty Tanbory
W. F. Kampl
Elmwood
High St
Giouster Lute Williams
Ralph Chase
Austin Ball
Walnut
Nelsonville
Captain Zixgafoos
Albany
Lewis Moore
Thirteen Athens County men called for military duty
Thirteen Athens County men reported for induction at Fort Hayes Columbus after leaving by bus. Walter Lewis Patterson led the group from 145 Hastings Road. Names listed include McAtoos Hudnall Yates Conway Zenner Frazee Davis Moore Sherman Kensey Parsons Cavey Darnell Griffith Williams Hyson Williams, with Patterson and Williams transferred from Board No 1 at Pomeroy.
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Athens County
Selective Service Board No. 1
Columbus
Fort Hayes
Walter Lewis Patterson
Hastings Road
J. Crossen
American Legion
Gideon Society
Falmadge Dewitt McAtoos, Jr
Gious
Gregory Shepard Zenner
Utah Place
James Leo Frazee
Chauncey
Frederck Davis Moore
Glouster
Michael Sherman Kensey
James William Parsons
Athens
William Lee Cavey
James Robert Darnell
Mil St
Jesse Evan Griffith
Garfield Ave
Hastings ‘Road
Thomas Hyson Williams
Pomeroy
Biddle clarifies dependency discharge rules for servicemen
Miss Ellen Biddle of the Athens County Red Cross outlines official guidance on dependency discharges. She explains communications from families, required affidavits, and the Red Cross role, clarifying that only the serviceman submits applications and that Red Cross reports are not recommendations.
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Red Cross
Ellen Biddle
Home Service Division
The
Athens i
County
Biddle
Red Cross Chapter
Red Cross m
American Red Cross
Four men released from service Tuesday at Indiantown Gap
Four men discharged from military service on Tuesday at the Separation Center Indiantown Gap Pa were Pfe Wilber W Gilliland Coolville T 5 William N Conner 345 W Second St Logan TS Edward F Dailey Radcliff and T 3 Earl J McGrew Cutler Route 1 Names list a few of the released personnel and their hometowns The report also notes that Major General Louis B Hershey says 1767000 of the 4800000 men rejected for military service were due to mental ailments.
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Separation Center
Indiantown Gap
Pfe. Wilber W. Gilliland
Coolville
William N. Conner
Second St
Logan
Edward F. Dailey
Radcliff
Earl J. McGrew
Cutler
Route 1
Washington
Louis B. Hershey
Selective Service
Paul Graham Expected Home After Five Years in Army
Letter from Austria describes Paul H. Graham of a Rainbow Division unit returning from five years in the Army. He joined around December 1944, earned 74 points, now nearing release as combat in the Bulge and later campaigns are recalled. A lanky, wide grin bearer may soon appear reading readers.
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Pfe. E. G. Kasang
Niedernsill
Austria
Paw H. Graham
Paul H. Graham
Rainbow Division
242 Inf. Regt
Servicemen Return and Overseas Service Highlights
Pvt Car Erwin returns to San Antonio hospital after a 75 day convalescent leave with wife Mary Mills and three sons. He joined July 3 1944, served with the 35th Infantry Division, spent time on Guam. Fagan served over 20 years in the Navy, wife and son John Michael in La Jolla. His son Lieut Walter F Fagan is home on 30 day leave after more than three years in General Hodges armored forces. Ray Brandenburg discharged at Indiantown Gap after four years five months, 29 months overseas, earned seven stars and Good Conduct Medal. James T Hooper medically discharged after 14 months in European Theater, Bronze Star, European-African-Middle Eastern Service Medal, Purple Heart. Paul Eugene LaFollotte aboard USS Wedderburn destroyer in Pacific, among first into Tokyo Bay. Clinton E Hawk wrote from Calcutta, India. Ernest D Sams to Camp Shelby with 95th Victory Division, 14 months in Europe. Lt Frederick Adolph Swearingen USNR awarded Gold Star in lieu of third Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal and multiple Gold Stars for 35 strikes near Iwo Jima Okinawa Kyushu. Lt jg Swearingen, son of Mr. and Mrs. L C Swearingen Coolville, a Ohio University graduate.
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Erwin
San Antonio
Tex
Mary Mills
Baker Settlement
Army
35Th Infantry Division
Fagan
Guam
John Michael
la Jolla
Eit
Camp Grant
Fort Ord
Calif
James T. Hooper
Lower Plains
France
Florence Smith Hooper
Fred Hooper
Shade
Frederick Adolph Swearingen
USNR
Coolville
U.S. Naval Auxiliary Air Station
Los Alamitos
Long Beach
Iwo Dima
Okinawa
Kyushu
Jg) Swearingen
L. C. Sweargen
Ohio University
Navy
Coast Guard
John M. Seckinger
Delmar Niggermeyer
Coast Guard Separation Center
Inj
Francisco
John Shust
Martha L. Cominsky
Plains
Niggemeyer
Clell G
Leck
Inger
Jacksonville
Leather Basin
Pacific
North
Africal
Great Lakes
Paul F. Dye
Italy
Charles
R. Dye
Atterbury
Naval Air Transport Service
Patuxent River
Levering
England
North Atlantic
Grosvenor St
Nelsonville
Battle of Biscay
Nelson- Wise High School
Norfolk
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Ohio Buckeye drive promotes state virtues aboard Quincy
Clarence Fuller Jr. of Guysville, a Navy veteran, helped launch an Ohio Development and Publicity Commission drive in Columbus to promote Ohio on a world platform aboard the USS Quincy in Tokyo Bay. The campaign features literature highlighting farming, industry, and resources, with ten thousand invitations mailed to former Buckeyes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Fuller
Eleanor
Stewart
Ohio
Guysville
Columbus
Uss
Ohio Development
Quincy
Tokyo Bay
Dana O. Taber
Executive Secret Age
Japan
Theling
Fuller
Navy
Earth
Cherbourg
France
Third Fleet
Admiral Halsey
Fred A. Cornell
New York Shipbuilding Co
Fragmentary Local Names List From Athens Route 3 Area
A partial OCR listing names and addresses appears for locations on Athens Route 3. Entries include Rob Calvert Edith Hardy Melen Hei Richard Linscott Amy Kimes Harry Young Carl Oakley and others with scattered street references. The text is incomplete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weldo Posive
Athens
Rob Calvert
Guysville
Edith Hardy
Poplar
Melen- Hei
Richard Linscott
Cheunecy
Amy Kimes
Meighis
Harry Young
Walsut
Balsonville
Carl Oakley
GT Oak
Nelsonville
Five Divorces Filed in Athens Court
Five suits for divorce were filed in Athens County Common Pleas Court. Mary Louise Davis accuses Clarence Edward Davis of abandonment since Sept. 2, 1942, after their 1939 marriage in Logan with two daughters. Florence McColley charges Charles McColley with extreme cruelty. they wed in 1937. Bernard Porter says his wife Wyone Porter will not live with him after his three years in service. Faye U. Holsington charges Alonzo Holsington with gross neglect and desertion. their three children include one in the Athens County Children’s Home. Sadie McDaniels states Charles McDaniels has not lived with or supported her since 1916. They married in 1914 in Athens. their children are now adults.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
County Common Pleas Court
Mary Louise Davis
Clarence Edward Daivis
Logan
Florence McColley
Charles McColley
Albany
Bernard
Porter
Wyone
S. Porter
Covington
Alaska
Europe
Faye U. Holsington
Alonzo Holsington
Cleveland
Clarksburg
Athens County
Sadie McDaniels
Charlies McDaniels
Millfield
Celebrate Thirtieth Wedding Anniversary
Nelsonville notes celebrate the thirtieth wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Pollock of Akron with a potluck dinner. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. James Pollock of Carbondale and numerous local residents from Barberton Athens Nelsonville and Carbondale.
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Nelsonville
Henry Pollock
Akron
James Pollock
Carbondale
Pete
Frisby
Barberton
Frank Betts
Athens
Arion Pollock
Howard Goheen
Gary
Marie Featherston
Howard Featherston
Phyllis Frank
Weekend Services Announced at New Pittsburgh Holiness Church
Rev. Ethel Schaar and Rev. Mabel Martin from Nebraska will conduct services September 21 to 23 with special singing each evening. Visiting guests include Rev. John Wilson and family and Mrs. Chesly Weeks and son.
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New Pittsburgh
Ethel Schaar
Mabel Martin
Sand Hills
Nebraska
John Wilson
Dayton
Emma Martin
Chesly Weeks
Cincinnati
Thomas Lanning
Wears Overalls To Call Upon Ladies Fraud
Mrs Ruth Brovan 30 testified before Superior Judge Edwin A Robson that she tried to stop her husband Herbert 34 from going with another woman by cutting off one leg of his six pairs of house shoes on September 9. She later learned the plan failed as he kept his date and wore overalls.
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Chicago
Ruth Brovan
Edwin A. Robson
Herbert
Oman
Andy Botkin’s Garden Cafe Becomes Home Front Morale Hub
From where I sit Joe Marsh portrays tavern keeper Andy Botkin at the Garden Cafe collecting war mail from service members. He displays helmets flags photos and mementos as letters from home sick privates and recollections from colonels arrive. Botkin runs a one man morale mission promoting wholesome relaxation and moderation at his spotless tavern.
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Andy Botkin
Garden Cafe
Andy
Main Street
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Clarence Earl Hudnall
Fire Yates
the Plains
Robert Dean Conway
Glouster Ae
Home Service Department
Paul
Hgt
Ray Brandenberg
Iroute 2
Paul Eugene LaFolltte
Wedderburn
Yokosuka Naval Base
Lafollette
U. S. Navy
Pfe
Clinton E. Hawk
Hazel Hawk
Frost
Calcutta
India
Guy V. Hawk
Ernest D. Sams
D. G. Sams
McKinley Ave
Camp Shelby
Miss
95Th “Victory
Sergeant Sams
Buckeyes
Samuel Moore
Sylvester Moore
Berlin
Gladys McClain
Mont Howson
Pvt
Mont —. Howson
Ft. Riley
Kans
Ft. Ord
Ft. McClellan
Ala
Frank Howson
New Marshfield
XV Corps
Hamburg
Germany
Nancy
Cecil D. McClain
Route 4
Quick's
New Pittsburg Briefs
James H. Wilson
Security Bank
Lydia B_ Pinkham
Pinkham
Lydia Proham
McCammon
Berry Hotel
Lev
St Joseph
Worupe
Adrestiver
Joe Marsh
United States
Foundetsen
N. Court St
Pierce
G. M. D. Bromo Seltzer Phillips
Konkler
Allcott
Konkler’s
Norwich
Quat
Gerber’s
Clapp
Lucky Tiger
Kreml
Drene
Glover's
Woodbury Shampoo
Boyer Shampoo
Kolor Bak
Goldman's
Pamaa
Colusa
Howard Camp
Cohen Drug
Lux
Camry
Colgate
Grove
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