County Achievement Program to be Held in Pomeroy High
The seventh annual Eleigs County Achievement program will be held in the Pomeroy High Auditorium Friday April 9 at 8 30 p m Music starts 8 15. Features include Gerald Hoffner songs the Star Spangled Banner a Nazi Germany talk by Mrs Henry Ebert of Columbus and a farm production in wartime segment plus exhibits and demonstrations by extension groups inviting county homemakers to attend.
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Pomeroy
Eigs County
Pomeroynior High
EWT
Home Council
Gerald Hoffner
America
Ms. Chase
Brian French
Reverend Scott
Tive Council
J. E. D. Hartger
Geeva Humphreys Nolan
Ictory Gardens
Rock Springs
My Chase
Ench
Nazi
Germany
Henry Ebert
Columbus
Earl Mora
Chester
J. Blakeslee
Pup
Ebert
Ohio State University
Heidelberg College
Vernon Weber Chosen For Boys State From Chester
Vernon Lee Weber of Chester was selected by the Drew Webster Post American Legion to attend Boys State at Columbus. The post covers two weeks of training and expenses. candidate must be a junior with grades above 90. Memorial Day plans were made and Meigs County Honor Roll dedication attended. Roy O. Smith joined the post as a WWII member. An oyster feed followed the meeting.
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Meigs County
Roy O. Smith
Baxter
Portland Goes Over Top for Red Cross War Fund
The POMEROY Portland district surpassed its $125 quota by raising $184.24 in the Red Cross War Fund Drive led by Mrs. Roy Smith. She praised contributors including Mrs. Ethel Swan Mrs. Iva F Carpenter Mrs. B F Price Mrs. Nona Long Mrs. Susie Gainer Mrs. Mabel Pickens Mr L R Glue sen camp and the Great Bend Grange.
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Pomeroy
Portland
Red Cross
Roy Smith
Smith
Ethel Swan
Iva F. Carpenter
B. F. Price
Nona Long
Susie Gainer
Mabel Pickens
L. R. Gluesencamp
Great Bend
Lavoptik Eye Relief Advertising Claim
Overworked eyes feel burning and tired from work dust or wind. Lavoptik promises relief or money back after 25 years of success with thousands praising it. Get Lavoptik today at all druggists.
First Presbyterian Women Plan Red Cross Talk in New Year
Middleport the Woman's Association of the First Presbyterian Church meets Thursday at 7 30 pm with guest speaker Mrs H L Hammond of Pomeroy discussing the blood plasma unit of the American Red Cross. Group 1 hosts with devotional by Mrs Charles Shoemaker.
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Middleport
Woman's Association
First Presbyterian Church
H. L. Hammond
Pomeroy
American Red Cross
Charles Shoemaker
Gravel Hill
Ralph Benning
H. L. Carr
Carr
Richard Gormly
Chappelle Talbott
Edith Sharp
Lennie
Camellian Club Hosts Supper at Miss Lu Felden Home
Members of the Camellian Club attended a supper hosted by Miss Gladys Lu Felden with Miss Barbara Meinhart and Miss Ann Miller assisting. After the meal they prepared favors for the Junior-Senior banquet and dance planned for this month. Mrs. Guy Reynolds attended as a guest.
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Camellian Club
Gladys Lu Felden
Barbara Meinhart
Ann Miller
Guy Reynolds
Initiation and Rummage Plans At Local Moose Chapter
Mrs. Kathryn Lubbe overseeing ritual work at the Women of the Moose meeting last night. Two new members, Rowena Vaughan and Ulah Matlack, were welcomed. Rummage sale planned for April 16 and 17, with members urged to contribute clothing and other items.
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Kathryn Lubbe
The
Women of the Moose
Rowena Vaughan
Ulah Matlack
Engagement and Dinner Event For Edith Pullin Sets May Wedding
Miss Edith Frances Pullin announced engagement to Henry Merton Killmar this week and hosted a small dinner at the Mary Jane Coffee Shoppe. Guests included Miss Dorothy Sauer Miss Helen Wood Miss Jane Stansbury Miss Melissa Hennesy and Miss Harriet Schumann with spring corsages. The wedding date is set for May.
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Edith Frances Pullin
Henry Merton Killmar
Mary Jane
Dorothy Sauer
Helen Wood
Jane Stansbury
Melissa Hennesy
Harriet Schumann
April Philathea Society Meeting With Potluck Supper
The Philathea Society of the Church of Christ will meet Thursday at 6 30 PM and share a potluck supper in the church dining room. Mrs Martha Hudson, recently in Columbus with her son Wilson after an operation for double mastoid, is seriously ill and Brad ford Hudson was called to her bedside. Hudsons live on North Third Avenue. Miss Easter Martin Ewing, who worked in Washington DC, visited her mother Mrs H O Ewing on North Third Avenue.
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The
Philathea
Society of the Church of Christ
Martha Hudson
Columbus
Wilson
Bradford Hudson
Hudsons
N. Third Ave
Payne Bound Over on Cutting Charge in Meigs County
Charles Payne was bound over to the Meigs County Grand Jury for cutting with intent to kill after a Monday night incident in a downtown beer parlor in MIddleport. Several others were arrested on intoxication and various offenses including disturbing the peace traffic violation and resisting arrest.
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Middleport
Charles Payne
Meigs County
C. C. Fisher
Payne
William Robson
Tom Jones
David Osler
Harry Pierce
Everett McDaniels
William Saunders
Ira Taylor
Bond Stamp Sales High in Schools In Middleport
War stamp sales across three buildings total $211.10 with Middleport High School led by Coach M. H. Fowler’s class at $57.75 and Mrs. Nan Moore’s room at $7.90. Central Building topped three buildings with $95.80, Kindergarten taught by Pearl Reynolds at $21.05, and Miss Flossie Frecker’s class at $19.05. Pearl Street Building headed by Leo Kennedy at $15.10, Alvira Jones’s room at $11.40, total $26.50.
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Middleport
M. H. Fowler
Nan Moore
Pearl Reynolds
Flossie
Pomeroy Soldier Harry Osborne Jr. in San Diego
Pvt. Harry Os borne Jr., who left March 23 for the Marines, is stationed in San Diego, California. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Osborne of Rose Hill.
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Pomeroy
Harry Osborne, Jr
Marines
San Diego
Calif
Harry Osborne
Rose Hill
Garden Club Plans Work In Middleport
The Middleport Garden Club elected officers for the coming year at a meeting hosted by Mrs. David Farmer. President Mrs. Tom Jones led the session on the victory garden project, and Mrs. J N Humphrey spoke on Wildflowers. Awards were given to Mrs. A A Dillard, with traveling prize to Mrs. Bart Rawlings. Guests included Mrs. Edward Tewksbury Sr and Mrs. Arthur Skinner.
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Middleport
Middleport Garden Club
David Farmer
J. B Downing
John Kincaid
William Juhling
Tom Jones
J. N. Humphrey
Jones
A. A. Dillard
Bart Rawlings
Edward Tewksbury, Sr
Arthur Skinner
Dan Farmer
Daughters of America Rally Held in Marietta
The sixteenth annual rally of the Daughters of America District 13 met Monday in Marietta with Pribble Wilson of Gallipolis in charge. Theodorius Council conducted ceremonies and gifts were presented to state and national officers. Local members receiving gifts included Lucille Hawkins Elizabeth Darst Mary Calvert and Lottie Cohen. The Theodorius Council will host the 1944 rally.
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Pomeroy
the Daughters of America
Marietta
Pribble Wilson
Gallipolis
Theodorius
Lottie Cohen
Caddie Wickham
Sentinel
Theodorius Council of
Elizabeth Campbell
Theria Hood
Lawrence Smith
Mary Calvert
Elizabeth Darst
Edith Ament
Doris Darst
Erna Jesse
Mabel Beards
Ethel Smith
Norma Chapman
Frances Smith
Sally
Lillie Lowe
Mabel Wolfe
Glenna Swatzel
Lucille Hawkins
Blanche Roller
Bertha McKenzie
Freda Smith
Opal Dailey
Genevieve Hoffner
Myrtle Long
Bertha Radford
Naomi Cook
Nettie Ketter
Della Stahl
Marie Hawk
Lilly Hawk
Eunice Will
Sister of Mrs Rhoda Ward Dies in Chicago
Mrs William Lewis of Pomeroy learns of the death of her sister Mrs Rhoda Smith Ward of Chicago Illinois. Burial was conducted in Chicago Illinois.
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Pomeroy
William Lewis
Rhoda Smith Ward
Chicago, Ill
Chicago
III
Seeks to Share in State Compensation
Fred Scott Jr. files suit in Meigs County Common Pleas against the Industrial Commission of Ohio seeking participation in the Workmen's Compensation Fund. He alleges Fred Scott Sr. died from injuries at Peacock Coal Co. in 1940 and that prior claims were denied.
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Pomeroy
Industrial Commission of Ohio
Meigs County Common Pleas
Fred Scott, Jr
Fred Scott
Peacock Coal Co
Workmen's Compensation Fund of Ohio
Workmen's Insurance Fund
Commission
Fred Scott, Sr
Workmen's Compensation Funds
Ohio
Common Pleas Court
Pleads Guilty in Cruelty Charge for Live Stock
Curtis Young of near Point Rock pleaded guilty in Justice of Peace P L Peoples court to cruelty to animals. He was fined 15 dollars and costs after Sheriff Ralph Walker arrested him. The claim alleged failure to provide proper food for his live stock.
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Pomeroy
Curtis Young
Court of Justice of Peace P. L. Peoples
Young
Point Rock
Ralph Walker
Henpecked Henry at Rutland High School
The Juniors of Rutland High School present a three act comedy Henpecked Henry on Thursday April date. Henry Hyde makes clumsy efforts to win back his wife after staying away longer than promised. The play lampoons marital strife with a ribbing, humorous twist as the worm turns.
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Rutland
Henry
Rutland High School
Henry Hyde
Funeral set for L. B. Johnson in Middleport
Funeral services for L. B. Johnson 54, who died after a long illness, will be Friday afternoon at his home with interment beside his wife at Cheshire Gravel Hill Cemetery. Survived by three sons Paul Harry Harold, one grandchild Paul Leslie Johnson, six brothers and one sister. Masonic services for NYCRR employee Johnson at the residence.
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Middleport
L. B. Johnson
Cheshire Gravel Hill
Mr. Johnson
George S
Victoria Johnson
Paul
Harry
Harold Johnson
Panama Canal Zone
Paul Leslie Johnson
Licensed To Marry In Meigs County
Meigs County Probate Court issued marriage licenses to Paul D. Nease 34 and Alice Smith 33 of Pomeroy. William Trowbridge 21 of Logan and Betty Justice 21 of Pomeroy, R J. John P. Flahavin 25 of Anderson Indiana and Goldie Mae Tippie 21 of Middleport Rt 1.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Paul D. Nease
Mason Co
W. Va
Alice Smith
Willaim Trowbridge
Logan
Betty Justice
R. J
John P. Flahavin
Anderson
Ind
Goldie Mae
Tip= pie
Middleport Rt. 1
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Washington, D. C
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