Meigs County Red Cross Drives Surpass Quotas
Meigs County Red Cross War Fund totals show lancaster? total raised 10 819 32 against a district total of 8 900. District chairs include Lou iise G Kreinbihl Pomeroy and Robert Coats Middleport. Acknowledgments were given to Ohio Fuel Gas Co and Pomeroy Cement Block Co for support and to The Athens Messenger and The News Sentinel for publicity.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Edison Hobstetter
Enterprise
Elsdon Weeks
Louiise G. Kreinbihl
Middleport
Robert Coats
Racine
Gomer Lewis
Rutland
James Titus
Chester
Ada Morris
Harrisonville
Downington
Frank Gibson
Letart Falls
Herbert Shields
Syracuse
Community
Charles Hayes
Tuppers Plains
J. S. Davis
Long Bottom
E. L. Clark
Reedsville
Uey Kibble
Dexter
W. R. Amos
Carpenter
John L. Rawlings
Portland
Roy Smith
Laurel Cliff
Vernon Howell
Sumner Alfred
Delbert Gaul
Minersville
Walter Baer
Nease Settlement
Forest Run
Earl Scott
Bedford
Lucille Story
Rock Springs
Homer Radford
Meigs County Red Cross War Fund Committee
Ohio Fuel Gas Company
Pomeroy Cement Block Company
E. M. Johnson
Court House
Athens Messenger
News Sentinel Company
Racine Social And Personal Highlights
Racine society notes list local families visiting relatives and hosting guests weekend in Racine. Entries mention Marian Simpson from Cincinnati visiting with Simpson and Watson families, Beatrice McClintock in Parkersburg, and various relatives from Gallipolis, Rutland, Apple Grove, and Pittsburgh.
Freda Davis Weds Niemeyer in St Paul Lutheran Church
Miss Freda Davis of Pomeroy married Herman H. Niemeyer Jr at St Paul Lutheran Church with Rev W J officiating Thursday evening. Attendants included Mrs Junior Owens. The couple, long employed in local work, will reside at 10 Liberty.
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Imeroy
Freda Davis
R. Herman H. Niemeyer
St. Paul Luth
W. J
Junior Owens
Charless
Pomer
Hernemeyer
Pomeroys
Liberty
First Ward Men in U S Armed Service Listed
A. V. Howell with Miss Maxine Casto compiles the First Ward Pomeroy roster of service members. Each entry lists name age parents or guardians, birthplaces, branch, enlistment date, and current posting from Gulfport to Camp Shelby with family details and local addresses. The notice invites additions for omissions and previews a forthcoming Second Ward list.
Pomeroy Lifts Barbed Wire Sale Restriction
Local ration office announces the sale restriction on barbed wire has been lifted. Information was received by telegram Thursday.
Jitterbug Club Hosts Second Meeting in Middleport
The Jitterbug Club re organized last week and met again this week at Mrs. DaRuben Beck's home. New members Cressa Webb Roberta Howell and Julie Powell joined. Members pledged to do war work by making Red Cross bandages and sending a Round Robin letter and a carton of cigarettes to Pete Powell, the special service man named this week.
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Middleport
Clifford Cunningham
Betty Jo Roush
Bettie Becker
DaRuben Beck
Wanda Byers
Jean Roush
Cressa Webb
Roberta Howell
Julie Powell
Red Cross
Pete Powell
Julia Powell
Middleport Garden Club Meets At Mrs Farmer Home
The Middleport Garden Club will meet Monday evening at the home of Mrs. David Farmer on S Fifth Avenue. Mrs. J N Humphrey will present a paper on Wild flowers.
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Middleport Garden Club
David Farmer
S. Fifth Ave
J. N. Humphrey
Mrs Harris Hosts Contract Club Night at Garfield Home
Mrs Gordon Harris entertains contract club members at her Garfield Avenue home this evening with Mrs C P Bradbury as substitute player. Also announced is the regular Meigs Chapter Disabled Veterans and Auxiliary meeting at the Legion Hall on Tuesday evening.
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Gordon Harris
Garfield Ave
C. P. Bradbury
Meigs Chapter
Legion Hall
Local residents note visits and health updates
Mrs A W McKay and sister in law Miss Laurie McKay travel to Milan to visit Mr and Mrs Robert McKay and family and to Port Washington to see Mr and Mrs Glen Jarvis with Jean McKay. Cpl William Robson returns home on furlough. Several residents report illnesses and home visits including L B Brown and Beach Street families.
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A. W. McKay
Laurie McKay
Milan
Robert McKay
Port Washington
Glen Jarvis
Jean McKay
McKay
David Miller
Cleveland
Cpl
William Robson
M. H. Fowler
Columbus
C. A. Emmish
David Entsminger
Joe Laing
Mary Williams
Charleston
Harry Schoen
L. B. Brown
Ann Barker
Dayton
Ray Barker
William Diles
Mami University
Oxford
L. D. Diles
Beach St
Charles Capehart
Thomas Longstaff
Mr. Capehart
Fred Bush
Neela Clapp Welte
Army Deserter Taken Into Custody
Orville Hawley a U S Army deserter since March 19 was taken into custody by Chief of Police Walter E Wolfe. He had been stationed at Fort Lewis Washington and was returned to Fort Hayes Columbus and turned over to Army officials by Chief Wolfe and Deputy Sheriff Frank Clark.
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Pomeroy
Orville Hawley
U. S. Army
Walter E. Wolfe
Pvt. Hawley
Ft. Lewis
Wash
Ft. Hayes
Columbus
Army
Wolfe
Frank Clark
Middleport Churches Plan Week's Services and Activities
Local churches announce Sunday services with First Baptist Church offering Sunday School at 9 15 a m and morning worship at 10 15 a m observed Lord's Supper and an 7 30 p m evening service on The Sins Which Crucified Christ Heath Methodist Church led by Rev H A Rothrock hosts morning sermon Christ for Every Life with evening sermon Two Services and Their Reward Church of Christ and First Presbyterian hold regular services Rutland Church of Christ plans a service flag presentation Sunday afternoon guest speaker Rev James Redman and a note burning ceremony marking the basement note special observance
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Heath Methodist Church
H. A. Rothrock
Rutland Church of Christ
James ‘Redman
Church of Christ
News From Three Local Soldiers In World War II
Mr and Mrs Herman Hoffner of Lincoln Hill report their son Pvt Lawrence Hoffner has arrived safely overseas after enlisting in the Army Air Corps on September 28 1942 and being stationed at Alamogordo New Mexico. Cpl Lewis Long serving in North Africa has earned the rank of sergeant, per word to his mother Mrs Myrtle Long Athens Road. Pvt Robert K Jay left for Ft Knox Kentucky after a furlough with his parents Mr and Mrs Byron Jay.
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Pomeroy
the Messenger
Armed Service of the
United States
A. V. Howell
Ohio War History
Gulfport
Miss
Bishop
George
Timothy Oliver
Laura Legar Bishop
Army Air Force
Madison
Wisconsin
Brown
Eugene
Fred Scott
Grace Royster
Bessemer
Alabama
Army
Sgt
Mollie Brown
Dickson
Hubert
James Dickson
Albany
Engineer Department of
Tooele
Utah
Pvt
Meigs Couty
Marie
Montgomery
East Main Street
DeLay
Walter H
Elmer DeLay
Marcia DeLay
Columbus
Marines
Cogee
Quantico
A. Duerr
Mark George
Ernest P
Lydia Duerr
Quartermaster’s Corps
Camp Pickett
Duerr
Jean Duffy Duerr
Pete Duffy
Syracuse
Green
Hallie Edison
Myrtle Hicks
East
Navy
Akron
San Francisco
Leraine Swisher Hicks
Camp Sheridan
McCabe
Clarence Boyer
William
Florence McCabe
Great Lakes
Seaman
C McCabe
Anna Mae
Rea
Donald Edward
Ernest
Letitia Rea
Wheeling
W. Va
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis
Dorothy Erb Rea
Laurel Street
Rich
Thomas Lunn
Robert
Mary Rich
Camden
N. J
Foreign Service
Robert K. Jay
Ft. Knox
Byron Jay
Four Licenses Are Issued by Court
POMEROY Meigs County Probate Court issued marriage licenses to Thomas Compston 21 and June Newberry 21 of Middleport R 1 Dwight Brown 21 of Gallipolis Rt 2 and Marie Halbert 21 of Middleport Rt 1 Junior Jones 21 of Gallipolis and Wilma Warner 21 of Middleport Rt 1 Herman H Niemeyer Jr 24 of Pomeroy and Freda Agnes Davis 21 of Pomeroy.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Thomas Compston
Pomeroy R
June Newberry
Middleport R
Dwight Brown
Gallipolis Rt
Marie Halbert
Middleport
R. D
Junior Jones
Gallipolis
Wilma Warner
Middleport Rt
Herman H. Niemeyer, Jr
Freda
Agnus Davis
Mrs Ear Werner Returns Home After Appendectomy
Mrs Ear Werner of Leading Creek has been returned to her home following an appendectomy at Holzer Hospital Gallipolis.
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Middleport
Ear
Werner
Leading Creek
Holzer Hospital
Gallipolis
Appendicitis Hits Soldier Stationed in North Africa
Pvt. Charles E. Rif fle, husband of Mrs. Charles Riffle of Pomeroy, is hospitalized in North Africa with appendicitis. He had been stationed at Camp Wheeler, Georgia since his induction on November 9, 1942.
Bennett son to Texas A and M for Army Air Force training
Middleport reports Private War ren Bennett son of Mr and Mrs Charles Bennett Beech Sr has been sent to Texas A and M College for Army Air Force instruction. He will stay about five months and his brother serves in Africa.
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Middleport
Warren Bennett
Charles Bennett
Beech Sr
Texas A. & M. College
Army Air Force
Africa
Probate Court Rules In Four Pomeroy Cases
Probate Court handled four matters in Pomeroy. Raymond Justice sought $134 for damages to his son Donald after a collision with a car driven by Charles Evans and owned by Edward Evans. damages were paid and the suit dismissed. Edgar Ervin as administrator of Daisy Rife Scott’s estate sold property to Ralph and Della Norton for $750 and paid debts. Lora V. Reuter’s estate was not subject to inheritance tax. Della S. Fowler was named administratrix of Jeremiah Smith’s estate with bond of $1000, R. W. Finsterwald and Wm. E. Young as sureties.
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Lora V
Della S. Fowler
Jeremiah Smith
R. W. Finsterwald
Wm. E. Young
Middleport School Band Concert Rehearsal
Final rehearsal for the Middleport School Band Concert is set for Saturday afternoon at three o'clock under director Gordon K Harris. Seniors appearing in the concert include Mildred Ann Wise Kathryn Smith Norma Jean French Allan Rothrock Miriam Kauff Lois Ann Roush and Nanna Fisher.
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Middleport
Gordon K. Harris
Mildred Ann Wise
Kathryn Smith
Norma Jean French
Allan Rothrock
Miriam Kauff
Lois Ann Roush
Nana Fisher
Mrs Wise Funeral to Be Held Saturday in Bradford Church
Funeral services for Mrs Clarabell Wise. age 67, who died at her home on Bailey Run Wednesday, will be held at The Bradford Church Saturday afternoon. Interment will be at Bradford Cemetery. She is mother of Denver Wise who died when a bridge collapsed pinning him in Leading Creek. Survived by three sons Bert Cecil Floyd and two daughters Mrs Bertha Kennedy and Mrs Ida Snyder of Columbus. Body taken to Rawlings Coats Funeral Home and moved to Kennedy home for calling until services. She was preceded in death by husband Jacob Wise.
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Middleport
Clarabell Wise
Bailey Run
Bradford
Wise
Denver Wise
Dexter
Leading Creek
Bert
Cecil
Floyd
Bertha Kennedy
Ida Snyder
Columbus
Rawlings-Coats
Kennedy
Jacob Wise
Church Executive Bowler to Speak at Pomeroy First Baptist
Dr W H Bowler associate executive secretary and field representative for the Ohio Baptist Convention will preach at First Baptist Pomeroy on Sunday April 4 with morning and evening services The Memorial supper follows the morning service at 1030 am The evening service is at 730 pm Church school begins 930 am and the young peoples devotional service at 630 pm A prayer service is scheduled for Wednesday at 730 pm
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Pomeroy
W. H. Bowler
Ohio Baptist Convention
First Baptist Church
Ohio
Bowler
Northern Baptist Convention
Pomeroy Church of Christ Sets Sunday Schedule
The Pomeroy Church of Christ opens with Bible school at 9:30 a.m. then Lord's Supper. Rev. Robert W. Parker delivers the 10:30 a.m. sermon on Ordination of Elders and Deacons. Christian Endeavor meets at 6:30 p.m. with Ye Are the Salt of the Earth as evangelistic sermon at 7:50 p.m. Friday service at 7:30 includes choir practice. Public invited.
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Pomeroy
Is Epilepsy Inherited What Causes It
A promotional booklet from the Educational Division at 35 Fifth Ave New York offers opinions of famous doctors on epilepsy and its inheritance. Free copies available to readers who write for D-01 Adv. funding.
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Fifth Ave
New York
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Howard Miles
Herman Wolfe
Wilbur Theobald
Harold Weatherholt
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Nell Worean
Galipolis
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Aughter
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Guy Neigler
Mary
Neigler
Beatrice McClintock
Left Falls
Parkersburg
St. Joseph Hospital
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Howard Hnson
Eigler
Will Ihle
Robert Yost
Pittsburgh
Russelley
Emma Jiiden
Nm Watson
Rman Wolfe
Niemeyer
Britain
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Thomas, Jr
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Camp Shelby
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Camp Sutton
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Edward Raymond
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Estella Hecox Skinner
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Salem
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William Denzel
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Susie Venable
Craig Field
Selma
Ala
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Charles Marion
Charles W
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Macon
Grace Ann Ward
Indianola Avenue
James Thomas
Charles M. Ward
Dutch West Indies
Maxine Casto
Schwegman & Roedel
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America
Roosevelt
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Texas
Anchor Hocking Glass Corp
West 5Th Avenue
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