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The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1945-06-25
GENE VOLLRATH
WINS BRONZE STAR

WITH THE 100TH DIVISION,
SEVENTH ARMY, Germany-In
ceremonies held since We Day, the
Tooth Division has made a total of
20 awards to Ohio men of reaction
during the divisions tough cam
paign in France, Alsace, and Ger
many.
Pfc. Gene Vollrath, son of MIR
and Mrs. A. c. Vollrath, lis S.
Chestnut ST., was one of the group,
4all of which received bronze stars.
Pfc. Vollrath is in the 399th In
fantry regiment.
The Century Division received
its first rest after seven months of
continuous front line fighting when
the unconditional surrender of
Germany was announced.
Its string of battles on the west
ern front includes the cracking of
Sthe German winter defensive line
in the lower Vosges Mountains
near Raon l'Etape, France, last
November; storming and captur-
ing the huge French fortress town
of Bitehe on the Maginot Line for
the first time that the citadel had
ever fallen to an attaching force
in its 200-year history; staving off
the assault of three German divi-
Sions-including the veteran 18th
, SIS Division ~ during the New
Years Eve NaZi counteroffenSiVe
on the Seventh Army front; as
Sisting in clearing the huge Saar-
land pocket between the u. S.
Third and Seventh Armies in
March, by racing 60 miles in two
days from ZWeibrucken to Lud-
Wigshaven on the Rhine; and cap
ture of the large German rail CEN
ter of Heilbronn after bitter nine
day battle-termed the most fa-
natical offered by the Germans
anywhere east of the Rhine.
Recognition of Ohio men fighting
in those actions came in the form
of Bronze Star Medals, awarded
for heroic achievement in action,
or for meritorius service.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1945-06-25

six year high schools, two for gym
nasiunls, two for shops, one for
vocational agriculture.
Fifty buses were required to
transport pupils to the schools.
Forty-seven tuition pupils were
sent to other districts, 13 pupils
were the children of foreign born
parents and IA were colored.
Personnel in the county schools
in addition to Supt. Baldwin and
the teachers included one secre-
tary for the county superintendent,
and 85 clerks and board members,
and IS executive heads in local
schools. Grade teachers were paid
an average of $1356, compared
with $1145 a year ago. High school
teachers got $1697 as against $1546
last year.
There were IA school libraries
with 5744 volumes for grade
schools, IT'S for junior high, 1896
for the high school. 800 books were
added this year at cost of $1567.-
05. Eleven teachers served as part
time librarians.
There were 216 pupils-114 boys
and 102 girlS-who were gradu-
ated from the eighth grade and 1876
pupils SO boys and 76 grils-who
graduated from high school.
Two hundred twenty-SeVen pu-
pills in grades 9 to II were employ
in war work or agriculture, and
were absent a total of $3.50 days
as result of this employment.
Figures for each school in the
county for the past two years
were as follows:
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1945-06-25

Sgt. Chester Baker is home. A
prisoner of the Germans since July
%, 1914, Sgt Baker was liberated
by the Russians April %, 1915.
Since that day he has been busy,
with the help of plenty of food and
several egg-nogs a day, putting on
weight. When he arrived home ear
ly this morning he looked tired,
happy and as healthy as ever.
His wife, the former Bernice
Rausch, and his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. John Baker have spent many
anxious months of waiting before
word came through that he was
liberated.
Sgt. Baker was one of 1877 en-
listed men and 13 officers who
were captured by SIS troops on a
hot July day a year ago. The COM
pany was separated from the rest
by a swamp and yet it never oc-
Cured to the boys that they would
be captured. A realization of their
plight came only when the big
German tanks nosed into the
clearing. Since they had only small
arms ammunition left, the group
surrendered to Hitler'S Elite men
and some German paratroopers.
Considering the type of men who
captured them they were treated
fairly decent, Sgt Baker said.
Many of the German troops
spoke better English than the
YankS and one under officer was
educated at Yale university. Some
men were stripped of all jewelry
etc, but Sgt. Baker was lucky. He
lost only his watch.
Not long after they arrived at
the camp the International Red
Cross contacted them and the boys
began to receive the life-giving
weekly parcels. Without these Red
Cross boxes, Sgt Baker said, the
prisoners would have come close to
starvation. Twice they were with
out them, once for six weeks and
another time for two weeks. Both
times, they lost weight rapidly and
became depressed. The Red Cross
was their link to home.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1945-06-25
70 FROM COUNTY
TAKEN SATURDAY

Nineteen Union county youth
were inducted into the Armed
forces, Saturday. They were sent
to Fort Hayes, Columbus, by Sc
lective Service Board No. l for
Union county. Those inducted
were:
Donald Herbert Vance, Marys-
vile Rt. /; Ralph Roscoe Trees,
w. First ave, Plain City; Dales-
ford Osbun Giles, Columbus; Les
ter Arthur Nicol, MarysVille Rt. 2;
Don Frank Hartman, MarySVille
Rt. /; Howard LaMOyne Bonner
jro Magnetic Springs;
Truman Edwin William Nicol,
Plain City Rt. /; Max Eugene Rob
inson, Marysville Rt. l; Carl Win
field Clements, Plain City Rt. 3;
James Arthur Young, 21612 N.
Court St, Marysville; Paden Eu-
gene Welsh, Redwood Rt. 2; Ger
aid Linford Bumgarner, Redwood
Rt. 2;
Jay Curtis Holloway, West
Mansfield Rt. l; Donavon J. Kram-
er, Plain City; Mark LaVerne
Mathys, Raymond; George Orville
Parish, Redwood Rt. 3; Carl Rich
ard Coleman, 226 S. Cherry St,
Marysville; Myron Howard Corn
well, Redwood Rt. 2; Dana Albert
Scheiderer, Marysville Rt. 2.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1945-06-25
PROBATE COURT
Iinnnceh IN We'd

John w. Drake. p, soldier, of
Redwood, son of Howard Drake,
and Katherine Dobbins, q, of
Redwood, daughter of William
Dobbins. The Rev. Edward Brew
ster was expected osolemnize the
marriage.
Archibald Law Lindsay, 25,
soldier, of Meadon, son of Robert
Mcmillan Lindsay, and Ruth Helen
Fox, q, of Redwood Rt. 3, daugh-
ter of Homer S. Fox. The Rev. Mr..
ster was expected to solemnize the
the marriage.
Willard Lloyd Hatcher, p, SOL
der, of Delaware Rt. 3, son of
Pearl Hatcher, and Virginia May
Parmenter, 20, Marysville Rt, 2,
daughter of Simeon B. Parmenter.
The Rev. John S. Vance was eX-
pected to solemniZe the marriage.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1945-06-25
MISS BROWN ADMITTED
INTO COLLEGE OF NURSING q

CINCINNATI, Ohio, June 25-
Miss Virginia Brown, Marysville,
completing her preclinical instruc-
ton, has been formally accepted
into the college of nursing and
health, University of Cincinnati,
campus officials announced here to-
day.
Miss Brown, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Clarence w. Brown, Gil w.
Fifth St, is 1914 graduate of Ma
rysville high school She is enlisted
in the United States Cadet Nurse
Corps, receiving her training at
federal expense.
Miss Brown, a freshman, was ad-
mitted into the college at the ira
ditional candlelighting services,
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1945-06-25
|Marysvi|Ie Zone
Is First in County
TO Top Quota
Union Itself Within z
Percent of Reaching Goal;
Seek to Buy B-29 Bomber

Marysvle Zone became the first Union county reach its
individual quota the War Drive when County Chair
Lloyd Wall announced collections the be III
OF the goal total Of $OO98 in bonds has been sold in
the Marysvle territory to date
The county has less than $4,000 go before meeting its
tai individual quota, Mr. Wall reported at the time.
Collections the close of business Saturday afternoon
tailed $5OI5S with the county "a percent OF meeting its
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1945-06-25
JOHN RITCHIE HOME,
SEES SON FOR FIRST TIME

Pfc. John Ritchie, of Taylor
township, arrived Sunday morning
to spend 67 days with his wife, the
former Fannabell Burkepile, and
children, Fay, Timothy, and Gary.
This is the first time he has seen
his youngest son, Gary. Pfc. Ritch-
ie is the son of Mrs. Josephine
Ritchie, Taylor township.
He was inducted into the SER
vice March 3, 1914 and went over
seas in September, 1914. Pfc. Ritch-
lie was taken prisoner by the Ger
man government, October 3, but
his family did not receive that
word until January.
At the expiration of his furlough
he will report to Miami Beach,
Fla.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1945-06-25
AVIATION COMP ANY
ENDS SIXTH YEAR
All-American Proposes
Pickup Route Here

All American Aviation, Inc,
which has proposed the establish
ment of Air Pickup Service to
this community was six years old
Saturday, May u.
The anniversary of the country's
unique airline which was establish
ed six years ago as an experiment
authorized by Congress in an eff
fort to find a practical way to eX-
tend air mail service to communit-
les off the main air transport sys-
tenn, was the occasion for the state
ment by Halsey r. Bailey, presi-
dent, in which ne reviewed the
company's progress, the adapta-
tion of the air mail pickup equip
ment for military purposes, and
disclosed some of the company's
plans for the future.
In six years, Mr.. Bailey said,
All American has grown from two
experimental routes 1,040 miles long
which served So communities to
system of five routes extending
1868 miles and serving 118 com
munities on schedules requiring
5,068 miles of flying every day.
Fly Million Miles
The Air Pickup planes in the
past year flew 1,296,472 revenue
miles making the siX-year total
5, 166, ,434 miles to which should be
added another million miles flown
by the company'S military cargo
planes before the service was ter
minated. During the year 7O,488
pick-ups and deliveries were made
for a grand total of 295, ,6O9. Mail
transported amounted to $4,000
pounds; air express 18l, 900 pounds.
The mail volume, Mr.. Bailey
said, represented an increase of
II per cent over the previous year.
Air express traffic was up II per
cent. This increase would have
been larger, Mr.. Bailey explained,
if growing mail loads had not pre-
cluded development of the traffic.
The Army Air Forces, in the
past year, have lifted the secrecy
of how the Air Pickup has been
used notably in Europe and Burma
in launching gliders, carrying
troops and supplies, in evacuating
battle casualties by gliders and in
retrieving gliders stranded in isol-
ated places, and in picking up
human beings. Except that they
are larger the military Air Pick
Up units are the same as used in
Air Pickup operations, Mr.. BaZ-
ley said.
Of All Americans future plans,
Mr.. Bailey said that the company
has on file with the Civil Aeron-
auticS Board applications which, if
granted, would create an integral
ed system of 90 Air Pickup routes
covering 20,064 miles and serving
1921 cities and towns in "a states
east of the Mississippi River, Ma
rysville is on this list of proposed
towns.
Present lines extend through six
states-Pennsylvania, West Vir-
ginia, Ohio, Kentucky, Delaware
and New York and the District of
| Columbia.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1945-06-25
S/SGT. YODER CALLS HOME,
EXPECTED HERE TODAY

Mrs. Monroe Yoder, w. Sixth
St, received a telephone call Sat
urday evening from her husband,
who had arrived in the United
States and was at Fort Dix, N. j.
He is expected to get home some
time today.
S/Sgt. Yoder has been overseas
almost two and one-half years. He
was with the supply and main
tenance ordnance of the Eighth
Air Force.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1945-06-25
e DEATHS
MRS. ETTIE McALLIsTER
In Union County

Funeral services were held at .
pm. today for Mrs. Elite May Nc
Allister, aged 80, who died at her
home on Redwood Rt. 2 at 3:45 p.
m. Friday, following an illness of
two days. A native of LeeSburg
township she was born May 81,
1865, and was the daughter of Je-
rome and Sarah Gardner Ritchie,
both deceased She was married
in Raymond to CasSius r. McAllis-
ter, who died in 1919. She was a
member of the Claiborne Meth
Odist church.
Surviving are a son, Floyd Nc
Allister, Marion; and two daugh-
ters, Mrs. Grant Baker, Redwood
Rt. 2; and Mrs. Clyde Ream, Je-
nera. Interment was made in the
Claibourne mausoleum in charge
of Marion Winter, funeral director
of Redwood.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1945-06-25
MRS. HENRIETTA GRAs

Mrs. Charles Clark, Chestnut St,
received word Friday afternoon, Of
the death of her mother, Mrs. Hen
rietta Gras, at her home i'm
Springfield.
Surviving besides Mrs. Clark,
whose husband is a rural mail car
rier in the Marysville POstoffice,
are another daughter, Mrs. c. T..
Smeltzer, Springfield; a son, Fred
erick Gras, Dayton; and three
grandchildren. One daughter, Miss
Bertha Gras, died last August.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1945-06-25
COURT NEWS
OF UNION COUNTY
RECORDERS OFFICE
Real Estate Transfers

Richard and Francilla owen to
Martin l.. and Florence Justice,
lots in Marysville, 81.
Marion f. Kirkland to Margaret
Ann Kirkland, lot in MarysVille, ST..
Harry S. Mulvaine TO J. E. Rob
ertson, lots in Essex, 81.
John c. and Elizabeth Nicol to
Arthur j. and Rachel Rausch, l4S.-
55 acres in Darby township, 81.
James M. Glasco and others to
Candy /. Reams, and others, lot in
MarysviIle, 81.
Ohio Defense Relocation Cor
poration to Marion William and
Thelma O. Ruhl, 1928 acres in
York township, S14,585.25.
Soldiers Discharge
Discharge of James c. Gault
from the Army has been filed for
recording by Recorder Lawrence
B. Rhoads.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1945-06-25
Different Slant on Europe
This Soldier Arrives There on We Day

at st. Louis university and Scott
Field, Illinois. He entered the
army two years ago, and was con-
tinued as a G.. l. instructor and
lecturer in radio code, radio oper-
ating procedure and security of
transmission at Scott Field, after
three months basic training at
Gulfport, Mississippi.
He was sent overseas only re-
Gently, the troop ship, S. S. Brazil,
reaching the shores of France We
Day.
Excerpts from three of Pfc.
Lights recent letters show some
of the thoughts, feelings and ex-
periences other than actual battle
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1945-06-25

Pfc. Leonard Uynn) E. Light,
radio operator with the U. S.
Army Air Corps, has written his
wife, Mary Scott Light, that he
expects to be based at the new
Communications Center, Frank
furt, Germany, where General
Eisenhower's new headquarters as
supreme Allied commander and
chief American representative of
the Allied group controlling the
Reich, are located.
Pfc. Light, a graduate of Ohio
State university, is a teacher of
elementary education by profess
sion and was civil service in
structor with the Army Air Forces
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1945-06-25
STRANGE OCCUPANT
OF HER SECRET ROOM

What odd conviction prompted
the elderly author-teacher to keep
her mothers body in her bedroom
for 33 years, as others previously
had done in the vain hope their
loved ones would return? Read
Strange Occupant of Her Secret
Room, in The American Weekly,
with this Sundays July u issue
of The Detroit Sunday Times. 1t
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1945-06-25
Prisoner Tells Experiences
Sgt. Chet Baker Arrives Home Today

had and urged him to do
the same. He would give the boys
tobacco and was very fair, Old
Slim had one peeve and that was
stragglers at ron call time. He real
ly disciplined those boys, but they
all grew to like him. When ever
the SIS Troops came for inspection,
Old Slim passed the word along
via friendly guards and the POWs
were ready. The SIS Troops even
pried up the bricks in each hut
to look for hidden trinkets, ham
merS, saws etc.
Some of the cities after bombing
raids were without water, lights
and fuel as was Leipzig. People
were issued communal breWS and
one loaf of black bread for eight
days. A British Sgt. Major who
was in hospital in Leipzig told
Sgt. Baker that the hospital was
without fuel and only had water
on the first floor. All ambulatory
cases went for their own water.
Cooking was done i'm the base
ment in the furnace, which doubled
as heating unit. Bubble was burn
ed for fuel as coal or wood were
never available.
Sgt. Baker, being a non-com-
missioned officer had no work de-
tail Days were all alike and seld-
ON day went by that our bomb
ers didn't fly overhead. The boys
would watch for them and cheer.
One day a BIZ on its way back
from dropping a bomb load over
Berlin, crashed and burned near
their compound. The nine crew
men bailed out and the pilot drop
ped within a 100 yards of them. He
was stunned and sent to a hos
pital. Sgt. Baker and the others
men gave him a wildly cheering
send-off.
The first thing the Russian sol
dierS did when they marched into
the camp was to liberate their own
soldiers. There had been 5000 Rus
slams there at one time, but many
had died from malnutrition. The
Russians do not have the Geneva
convention for treatment of war
prisoners and consequently were
not treated as well as the Ameri-
can and British were. The Russians
also have no Red Cross boxes to
count on as our soldiers have.
Secondly the barbed wire was
torn down and the Americans We're
told to shift for themselves. After
a German pocket had been wiped
out between their army and the
Americans, the 900 Yanks marched
down to meet their own men.
They were sent to La HaVre,
France to be built up, and embark
ed for Norfolk, Va, soon after. The
trip home was made via a cargo
boat which was packed to the
rails with 1900 liberated prisoners
of the Germans.
AS they steamed into the Norfolk
harbor two army bands were play
ing to welcome them and the Red
Cross had a canteen set up. Beau
tiful American girls were there to
distribute doughnuts and coffee.
Loud were the cheers for the band
but louder were the whistles for
the Red Cros girls. Many a man
on coming down the gang plank
stopped to pat and even kiss the
good old American soil.
Sgt. Baker will have 70 days at
home and he will report Sept. 10
to Miami. He has 76 points to-
ward a discharge. AS he recalled,
it will be five years Oct. Is, since
the boys of Company E left the
depot in Marysville to be gone a.
bout a year they were told. Sgt.
Baker was laughed at then when
he said, Wen be back in from
three to five years"
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1945-06-25

&54l 900 quota.
Milford Center zone has nearly
reached its goal, standing now at
81 percent with $104,3l1 collected
Redwood zone is third, with 58
percent of its quota and S105, 528
sold.
"E" Bond Sales 80 Percent
In e bond sales, that species of
government security most COM
monty sold to small investors and
on which much stress is being
placed by the Treasury Depart
ment, Union county is slightly un-
der 80 percent of its quota.
I'VE expect to meet our overall
individual quota by the end of
June" Mr.. Wall declared. we
have until July 6 to meet the goal
in +" bonds, and expect to do this,
too" he added.
M. L. RauSch is chairman of the
drive in the MarysVille Zone and
Dale Overly, in Marysville proper.
Although the achievement of the
zone in going over the top" is
highly commendable, effort to sell
more bonds will be continued.
Union County B-29 Seen
I'VE will put forth every effort
toward reaching a much higher fig
uTe, Mr.. Rausch stated. What we
have accomplished so far should
only spur us on toward a greater
record.
CContin ned IN mage 2 col IL
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of the overseas G.. /.
Written At Sea-

Written AT Sea-
April 1915. " Am sitting on
deck writing this while the waves
and white caps are beating it out
with the music coming over the
loud speaker. We have music and
activities afloat: a newspaper,
boxing matches, shows, movies,
radio, chapel every morning g.
flying fish, school of porpoises one
day-a lot of good reading. We
have a few duties but most of our
time can be spent profitably in
leisure. I've read w. Somerset
Continued on page 2. col. A.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1945-06-25
WEATHER
SUMMARY
POEMS IN ANTHOLOGY

Crown Publications of New York
City announced today the publica-
ton of a volume of contemporary
poems and lyrics, 'The Victory
Anthology of Verse;" which in
cludes the work of Martha Paden-
Parrish, 218 Locust ST, Marysville.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1945-06-25
LEGION MEETING

Regular meeting of Union post
No. 79 of the American Legion will
be held in the Memorial building in
Legion Park at 8 pm. today.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1945-06-25

RANDOLPH FIELD, Texas,
June 25-1st 1t. Jack A. Griffith,
son of Dr. d. r. Griffith, 233 Lo-
Gust ST., and husband of Mrs. Mary
ann Griffith, 514 w. 5th ST., has ar
rived at Randolph Field to enter an
AAF Training Command course
for B-29 Superfortress air crews.
Three-members of key Bog men,
commander, pilot and flight engi-
neer, fly together in transition
training here before they join
others of their crews and go into
action against Japan.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1945-06-25

News items about Union
COunty's boys In the armed SER
vices of the United States, for
publication In this column, are
nnvited by the journal. Contrt-
buttons should be mailed to the
Service Editor OF the Journal,
or telephone to Mrs. w. Y.
Behrens. Phone 4-2671.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1945-06-25

NARROW w. f. Rausch, S 2/c,
16 Bait, Bks. 164-S, U.S.N.R.C.,
Shoemaker, California.
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Change of Address: :

Donald d. Lee, S 2/c, Station
: hospital, Medical 3, Camp Perry,
' Williamsburg, Va.
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FIRST IN NEWS
FIRST IN ADVERTISING
RESPONSE.
CHE MOST WIDELY AND
THOROUGHLY Read
NEWSPAPER IN LINTOR
COUNTY
Evening star., 1945-06-06
Mrs. Haig Mdorsed
For OAR Leader

Mrs. Charles Carroll Haig, treas
urer general of the National Society
Daughters of the American Revolu-
ton last night was Endorsed by the
State Board of the District of Co.
lumbia Society. OAR, as candi-
date for president general to sue
ceed Mrs. Julius Young Talmadge
in 1947.
If elected, Mrs. Haig will be the
first president general from the
District of Columbia, although the
National Society, Daughters Of the
American Revolution, was organized
here in 1890 and has maintained
its national headquarters in Wash
ington since that time.
Mrs. Haie, a member and past
regent, Judge Lynn Chapter, D. C.
OAR, has served in many impor-
tant Offices in the Daughters of the
American Revolution. including
State regent and vice president gen.
eral of the District of Columbia !;
national chairman of Buildings and
Grounds Committee; national chair
man of the House Committee and
general chairman on arrangements
for the three Continental Congresses
which because of war restrictions
could not be held at national head
quarters in Washington. These
congresses were held in Chicago,
Cincinnati and New York.
She is Well-known musician
in Washington, and is serving as
soprano soloist at Christ Episcopal
Church, the oldest Episcopal Church
in Washington. She also has sung