Easter Egg Hunt Draws Hundreds in Middleport
Hundreds of children aged two to twelve gathered at Roadside Park for the annual Easter egg hunt, hosted by the Midport Rotary Club with Mayor Fisher starting the event. Prize winners and donors included Ray Evans, Paul Easter, Bobby Morris, and many local businesses. Special guests included County Home children treated by Meigs Grocery and Purity Ice Cream.
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Middleport
Mid@report Rotary Club
Gene Grate
L. B. Higgins
L. W. McComas
C. O. Fisher
Ray Evans
Paul Easter
Bobby Morris
Delmar Hawley
Robert Holsinger
Pauline Kitchen
Dolores Kitchen
Billy Kitchen
John Vroman
James Singer
Jean Spears
Eddie Ash
Eugene Norris
Doris Dow
Donald Botts
Ralph Nichols
Billy Swisher
Gladys Devol
John Erwin
Lois Ann Chapman
Russell Shirk
James Shuler
Arthur McDaniel
Frank Triplett
Jimmy Joe Guinther
Larry Estep
Robert Allensworth
John Sisson
Mary Manley
Charles Wayland
Beatrice Snyder
Charles Tewksbury
Wanda Keller
Fremont Casto
Paddy Lambert
Bobby McDaniel
Gene Kincaid
Donna Jean Smith
Vernon Wince
John Kinzleman
Rosemary Fisher
Charles Morris
Donald Price
Junior Davidson
Carolyn Barker
Hazel Davidson
Jack Lee
Norman Wince
Carolyn Snyder
Charles Miller
John Little
Gene Walburn
Sonny Holter
Jennifer Sue Daniel
Patty Dodson
Ruth Pauley
Bill Brown
James Lee
Juanita Hawkins
Sharon Ihle
Lawrence Eblin
Ivor Young
Judith Spencer
Charles Armstrong
Woody Call
David Bush
Jack Edwards
Jeannette Barker
Willis Davis
Donald Lanning
Charles Heines
Cecil Smith
Lawrence McKinney
Rita Singer
Stephen Coats
Roxie Price
William Pooler
Virgil Windon
Rollin Morris
Sheila Stover
Dorothy Greenlee
James Hendricks
Bessie Glaze
Janet McKinney
Gerald Little
Kathryn Peterman
Eugene Thomas
Ronnie Snyder
Ronnie Walter
Davis Stover
Ida Lee Hartley
Larry Smith
John Blosser
Vestry Meeting Called at St Pauls Lutheran Church
An important vestry meeting of St Pauls Lutheran Church is announced for tonight at 8 o clock. Dr James W Schillinger president of the Ohio District of the American Lutheran Church will preside over the meeting.
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Pomeroy
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
James W. Schillinger
Ohio
American Lutheran Church
Pomeroy Social Notes Highlights Easter Weekend
An overflow crowd filled the Eagles dance Saturday as the town enjoyed Easter gatherings. Notables including Mrs. Ebersbach and Betsy visited Columbus for eye care, while local families hosted Easter guests from Huntington Athens and Mingo Junction. The Army bought 11 000 cotton items from camouflage to handkerchiefs.
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Pomeroy
United States Army
Meigs County Men in Service Report
F1 Howard Seidenable, at a navy school in Detroit, is on furlough with his wife and relatives. Pfc George W Russell of Pratts Kansas visits relatives in Meigs County including his sister Mrs George Werner of Middleport. Mrs Bertha Brickles learns of her husband Columbus Brickles safely arriving in North Africa. Mrs Clifford Cunningham notes her husband Corporal Cunningham is now in Italy.
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Howard Seidenable
Detroit
Pfc
Pratts
Kansas
Meigs County
George Werner
Middleport
Bertha Brickles
Columbus Brickles
North Africa
Clifford Cunningham
Corporal Cunningham
Italy
Norwood Easton
Fof
Point Pleasant
Heath Methodist Church
Margaret Clark
Mary
Susan Park
Nelsonville
Victor Will
Chester
Earl Knight
Mildred Ann Wise
Charleston
Howard Nolan
Ohio
Elberfeld's
Helen Renshaw
Lynn Farnham
Ray Farnham
George Lee Beards
George Beards
Beards
Harrisonville Road
Herman Mattox
Junior Musicians To Present Program At Federated Church
Pomeroy's Junior musicians present a program this evening at the Federated Church sponsored by the Pomeroy Choral Society. Young pianists will perform solo with private teachers assisting, along with vocal and instrumental ensembles directed by Walis Aleshire, Mrs Paul Nease, and Mrs Nobel Rompel. Program chairmen Mrs Patrick Lochary and Mrs Nease invite the public to attend the 8 o'clock recital.
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Pomeroy
Federated Church
Nease
Blowing Smoke On a Detail To Impress Officers
A drill scenario shows a noncom ordering privates to move crates, creating a tense display of authority. If an officer passes, the detail’s importance flips as the officer and colonel both blow smoke, undermining the NCO’s display of control.
Hull Seeks Unity as End Of War Nears
Former US Secretary of State Cordell Hull urges neutral nations to unite with the Allies as victory over Germany nears. He argues neutrality cannot aid Nazi aggression and calls for harmonized action among the United States Britain the Soviet Union China and the Commonwealth. Hull says stable Europe must emerge with democratically chosen governments after Nazi defeat and warns there will be no negotiated peace with Fascism.
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Hull
United Nations
Germany
Sweden
Ireland
Spain
Portugal
Turkey
Europe
British Commonwealth
Soviet Union
China
United States
America
European Advisory Commission
London
Council to Meet Pomeroy in Federated Church Session
The Federated Church Council will convene Wednesday at 7 30 pm announced by Pastor Rev Ralph Kuether. A noted utopian remark says every man could own an eight acre farm if global tillable land were shared evenly among all people.
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Pomeroy
Church Council of the Federated Church
Ralph Kuether
Easter Services Draw Large Crowds Across Two Towns
Ideal spring weather boosted Easter worship as churches in Bend and Middleport held sunrise to evening services. Baptisms and new member welcomes filled many altars while choirs and special musical features accompanied celebrations and pageantry.
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Pomeroy
Middleport
Tuppers Plains Group Sees Fund Drive and Easter Plans
Forest Rose Council and Daughters of America held a polluck supper and voted five dollars to the Red Cross. Members plan to attend a rally at Pome roy on April 17, next meeting April 11 at the K of P Hall. Mrs Velma Cassidy and son from Delaware visit relatives while Easter guests include Clara Barnett Washington Leta Springer Detroit Hazel Hoff man Columbus. A son was born to Mr and Mrs Paul Baker. Pvt Carl Matlack of Camp Mackall N C is on an eight day furlough. Senior play Aunt Susie Shoots the Works drew large crowds. proceeds reached eighty three dollars.
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Tuppers Plains
Forest
Rose Council
Daughters of America
Red Cross
Pomeroy
K. of P. Hall
Velma Cassidy
Delaware
Clara Barnett
Washington
Leta Springer
Detroit
Hazel
Helen Hoffman
Columbus
Camp Mackall
N. C
Susie
Baptism and social notes from Heath Methodist Church
Middleport social notes recount Easter baptism at Heath Methodist Church with Susan Dye Harris daughter of Robert Harris Jr and family visiting Columbus relatives. Narratives include christening of Christine Coats daughter of Robert Coats, and various guests from Athens, Columbus, Akron, and Nelsonville with family ties and Easter visits.
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Heath Methodist Church
Robert Harris
Frances Dye
Susan Dye
Earl Bougher
Wiletta Emmish
Nancy Ann
John Dixon, Jr
Nancy
John Dixon
Harrises
Boughers
Columbus
Dixons
Charleston
Richard Roller
Jane Ann Frazier
Christine Coats
Lois Ann Smith
Middleport
Susan Dye Harris
Clarence Schneider
Gordon Harris
Nicky
Robert Harris Sr
Harris
Tippy Dye
Pomeroy High School
Relieve chafing with Mexeana medicated coating
A medicated powder, Mexeana, forms a protective coat between skin and chafed bed clothes to soothe sores. The product acts as a soothing barrier for irritated areas and helps reduce discomfort from chafing.
Great Bend Grange Hosts Meeting With New Members
Great Bend Grange presided by Master Raymond Furbay meets with 18 members and four visitors including Herman Beards and George Meinhart. Roy Smith and Mrs Marie Lawrence elected to membership to receive first and second degrees next meeting. Racine and Ohio Valley Granges to meet April 19 in joint session. £5 to Red Cross War Fund. Easter Hat Parade judged by visiting members. awards for most comical and most beautiful hats. refreshments served.
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Great Bend
Raymond Furbay
Herman Beards
George Meinhart
Hemlock Grange
W. R. Scott
Rocksprings Grange
William Dailey
Letart Grange
Roy Smith
Marie Lawrence
Grange
Racine
Ohio Valley
War Fund
Red Cross
Dwight Hoback
Goldie Hoback
Waste Paper Drive Nets 50 Tons Across Meigs County
Meigs County Salvage Committee reports more than 50 tons of waste paper salvaged for shipment to a central Ohio mill to make cartons for overseas military supplies. Twenty schools and Boy Scouts collected by community drive. payments issued per school with a $150 balance donated to the Red Cross. A second car load is planned for April 12 to 14. residents urged to bundle, tie, and deliver to their nearest school.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County Salvage Committee
Ohio
Boy Scouts
Middleport
Rutland
Columbia
Syracuse
Racine
Rose Hill
Salem Center
Darwin
Spiller
Red Cross
To Elect Officers Nounced by Rev Tracy at First Baptist
The Rev Tracy of the First Baptist Church announces the annual business meeting and prayer service for Wednesday evening at 7 30 p.m. The election of church officers for the fiscal year starting May 1 will be held at the business session.
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Pomeroy
Tracy
First Baptist Church
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Eniwetok Atoll
U. S. Navy
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Pomeroy Social Notes
Pomeroy Personals
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Betsy
W.S.C.S
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Huntington
Julius Smith
Charles Peoples
Dorothy Peoples
Edwin Burns
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Harry Hicks
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Marion Maguire
Robert Dossett
Mingo Junction
Robert Hysell
George Joachim
Ft. Custer
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Joachim
Dan Bardin
Pepsi-Cola Company
Long Island City
N. Y
Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co
Grace Episcopal Church
Charles Ebersbach
Marguerite Durst
Ben Neutzling
Lois Ann
Kate
Ann Ebersbach
Harold Ebersbach
Ebersbach
Holy City
Nobel Rompel
Marshall Islands
Navy
Lavern L. Hamer
Jordan, Minn
Hamer
Middleport Social Notes
J. W. Bougher
Elmer Mattox
B. Stout
John Dixon Sr
John
Robert Tompkins
Ohio State University
E. R. Tompkins
Gene Wyatt
Audrey Fultz
Washington, D. C
Ben Fultz
Pearl St
Val Reynolds
Patricia Rupe
Akron
Charles Dudwig
Cuyahoga Falls
John F. Barker
Camp McCoy
Wis
Burne Barker
William K
Christen
Robert Coats
Second Ave
Christine
H. A. Rothrock
Ella Reichman
Calvin Reichman
Diane Reichman
Walter Hayes
B. H. Rawlings
Meigs
Bob Livingston
Ruth Terry
Wally Vernon
Dack Larue
The
John Garfield
Maureen O'Hara
Martha O'Driscoll
Walter Slezak
Bendvue
Double Bill
Tom Keene
Gun Man Bodie
Buck Jones
Tim McCoy
Nene
Beaco
F. J
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Jean Curran
Sperry Gyroscope Company
Jean
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