Middleport DAR Hearing Promotes Progress and Education
Mrs. Keith McClung outlined duty to community state and nation in a World of Progress talk for the Return Jonathan Meigs Chapter. She urged local history preservation museums arts support youth education and informed voting to foster peace and progress. Sixteen members attended a May rummage sale and fund plans for the WalSchmidt restoration project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Keith McClung
West Virginia Society
Daughters of the American Revolution
Jonathan Meigs
Dale Dutton
H. G. McMillen
McClung
Col
Charles Lewis
Mason County
America
P. Klein
Dey Hysell
Hysell
Walschmidt Fund
Walschmidt
First
Ohio
Cincinnati
DAR
Ruth Daniels
Army Nurse Corps
M. G. Brown
John Chase
E. W. Kingsland
George Lasher
Edward Stark
Edward Stark, Jr
Middleport Garden Club Members Attend Huntington Flower Show
A large Meigs County Garden Club group joined the weekend flower show in Huntington at the Woman's Club. Notables present included Mrs. Arthur Strauss, general chair of the upcoming Spring Flower Show at Heath Methodist Church on April 17 and 18, along with numerous Middleport and Rutland attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garden Club
Meigs County
Huntington
Woman's Club
Middleport
Arthur Strauss
Episcopal Teachers Meet in Grace Parish House
Southeast Ohio Episcopal church school teachers gathered at Grace Parish House with Rev. Sydney J. Browne presiding. Speakers included Rev. Jordon Liu from Chungking and Rev. Roland Polk Nelsonville on visual aids, plus Irene Scudds on summer programs. About thirty attendees from Gallipolis Nelsonville Marietta Athens and Pomeroy. Next meeting set for May 7 in Nelsonville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Episcopal Church
Fred Crow, Jr
Aaron Kelton
Esther Baird
Nelsonville
NORITO Promises Fast Rheumatism Pain Relief
Thousands of sufferers from rheumatism neuralgia sciatica and neuritis seek quick relief with NORITO. The ad promises fast muscular pain relief and a money back guarantee if the first three doses fail to relieve pain. Get NORITO from your druggist today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norito
George H. Osborn Dies at 71 in Racine
George H. Osborn, 71, died Saturday at his Racine home at 3 p.m. He was a Masonic lodge and Knights of Pythias member. Surviving are his wife Sonona, daughters Lena Holter and Hilda DeWolfe, six grandchildren and one great grandchild. Funeral 2 p.m. Tuesday at the residence with reverends Shelton and Smith. Burial Sand Hill Cemetery with Masonic lodge conduct. Friends may call anytime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
George H. Osborn
Racine
Masonic Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Sonona
Lena Holter
Hilda DeWolfe
Fultonham
Ohio
T. T. Shelton
Mr. Smith
Sand Hill Cemetery
Ground-breaking for veterans hospital overseen by local son-in-law
Ground-breaking ceremonies for a new veterans hospital in Pleasant Valley Altoona Pennsylvania were held March 27. Construction begins the following week. Paul, resident engineer for the Pittsburgh district Army Engineers Corps and Altoona native, will oversee the project. He represented Col. Falkner at the exercises and has 16 years in the service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Veterans
Pleasant Valley
Altoona
C. E. Vance
C. E Paul
Vaud Vance
Paul
Pittsburgh
Army Engineers Corps
Col
F. H. Falkner
Army Engineers
Altoona High School
University of Pittsburgh
Dravo Q Corp
Ohio River
Tionesta Creek
Johnstown
Army
Martinsburg
W. Va
S31st Air Corps
Shelby
Ohio
Punxsutawney
Mrs. Willa Lamb Plans Middleport Residence
Mrs. Willa Lamb widow of Thomas Lamb once a Middleport resident plans to move to Middleport after visiting Mrs. Albert Faehnie and her daughter Frieda. Her son Russell Lamb died suddenly three months ago in Indianapolis where he worked in insurance. Her daughter Grace Lamb had died years earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Willa Lamb
Albert Faehnie
Frieda
Easter Visits Tie Friends Across Mineral Albany Area
Mrs Blanche Ches ser and daughter Mary of Albany called on Mrs C V Hester. Mrs Sylvia Andrews spent Easter with her sister Mrs Arthur Lash of Jeffersonville Ind. Reba Rosser Athens CO visited her parents Mr and Mrs Frank MacDaniels at Easter and sang a solo at Good Friday services. Esther Jackson Athens spent Easter at her Mineral home. Excavation at Sam Scott residence on Mineral Albany road for basement furnace installation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blanche Chesser
Mary
Albany
C. V. Hester
Sylvia Andrews
Arthur Lash
Jeffersonville
Ind
Reba Rosser
Athens
Frank MacDaniels
Methodist Church
J. P. Emish
Mina D
Grace Brooks
Elsie Stephenson
Marietta
PTA
Sam Scott
Mineral-Albany
Surprise Birthday Dinner Honoring Sara Jane Fisher
A surprise birthday dinner was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. C Fisher on Friday night for their daughter Sara Jane Fisher. An arrangement of flowers, tapers, and the birthday cake adorned the table with guests including Ruby Hayman, Roberta Howell, Patricia Sherman, Norma Jean French, Jean Roush, Marjorie Michl, Jane Ann Fick, and Mrs. James Shields Daun Joan Hamilton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. ©. Fisher
Sara Jane Fisher
Ruby Hayman
Roberta Howell
Patricia Sherman
Norma Jean French
Jean Roush
Marjorie Michl
Jane Ann Fick
James Shields
Daun Joan Hamilton
Heath Methodist Church WSCS Meeting Tonight
The WSCS of Heath Methodist Church will meet at the church with Mrs. Noah Haskins presenting The Contribution of the Rural Community to Mankind. Miss Mary Root conducts devotionals The Whole Creation Is Our Lord's. Hostesses include Mrs. C. M. Hennesy Mrs. C Q Fisher Mrs. Lee Featherstone Mrs. R A Miller and Mrs O P Klein.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WSCS
Heath Methodist Church
Noah Haskins
Mary Root
Our Lord’s
C. M. Hennesy
C. QO. Fisher
Lee Featherstone
R. A. Miller
O. P. Klein
Marietta Area Notes Include Visits and Illness
Middleport residents report social calls, travel plans, and medical updates. Mrs. Juanita Fellore vacationing in town with sister Mrs. Stewart Hawkins II. Mrs. John Dillard recovering after strokes at Holzer Hospital. Stella Tracy ill with pneumonia. Bess Waugh improving from a three month illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Juanita Fellore
Detroit
Mich
Stewart Hawkins II
Second Ave
John Dillard
Holzer Hospital
Stella Louise Tracy
Bess Waugh
Marietta Shrine
C. H. Wise, Jr
S. Second Ave
E. J. Buffington
Point Pleasant
Betsy Mills Club
Owen Fink
Fink
Rowley & Reed
R. B. Laughead
Janet Dillard
Dayton
Stewart Hawkins
Methodist
Patriot
Ohio
Hawkins
Luther Boger
James Shields
Daun Joan Hamilton
N. M
Patricia McElhinney
Holzer Hospital School of Nursing
Gallipolis
Charles McElhinny
Harry Morris
Akron
Harold Hubbard
S. Fifth Ave
Flora Hubbard
Racine
Martin Abbott
Herman Gaffney
Herman
Columbus
Washington, D. C
Thomas Longstaff
Herman Ohlinger
Kathryn Dillard
Walter Owen
Little Hocking
C. W. Robertson
Mace
Don Penn
William Meyer
Edward Ashton
E. B. Badger Construction Co
Uniontown
J. D. Bryan
J. N. Humphrey
Columbus & Southern Ohio Electric Co
Pomeroy
William Yeager
Dann Joan Hamilton
Twilight Garden Club Elects New Officers in Pomeroy
The Twilight Garden Club met at Mrs. Louis Reibel's Union Ave home with 26 members and two guests. Ethel Garland was elected president, James Weber vice president, Dey Hysell secretary, Vida Ihle treasurer. spring blooms decorated the setting. Deserts served by Mrs. Reibel with aides Mrs. Max Sanborn and Mrs. George Meinhart. Next meeting set for Thursday May 13.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Twilight Garden Club
Louis Reibel
Union Ave
Ethel Garland
James Weber
Dey Hysell
Vida Ihle
Reibel
Max Sanborn
George Meinhart
Temperance Speaker Speaks at Heath Methodist Church
The Rev. Oscar King representing the Temperance League of Ohio spoke at Heath Methodist Church in Middleport on Sunday morning. He lectured on "The Beautiful Life" as a series of sermons. The vested choir performed "Lead Me, Lord" with solos by Ben Philson and Raymond Maxwell.
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Middleport
Oscar King
Temperance League of Ohio
Heath Methodist Church
Ben Philson
Raymond Maxwell
Methodist meeting attendees in Gallipolis district
The Portsmouth District meeting of the Methodist Church in Gallipolis Thursday included Rev. W. B. Moore Miss Bess Sanborn Mrs. H. E. Cook Mrs. Noah Haskins and Mrs. Herman Haddox of Heath Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Portsmouth
Methodist Church
Gallipolis
W. B. Moore
Bess Sanborn
H. E. Cook
Noah Haskins
Herman Haddox
Heath Church
Shawnee gets new fire engine from Detroit with crew
Three Shawnee firemen drove the new engine from Detroit and completed two and a half days of training there. New Straitsville reports $156.65 raised in the March of Dimes campaign, the highest so far.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shawnee
Detroit
Fire Department
New Straitsville
Perry County Insurance Board Elects New Officers
The Perry County Insurance Board elected officers including Lawrence Metzger of New Lexington as president H A Zol linger of Crooksville as vice president and Clarence Vernon of New Lexington as secretary treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perry County Insurance Board
Lawrence Metzger
New Lexington
H. A. Zollinger
Crooksville
Clarence Vernon
Perry County Easter Seal Drive Slow in Donations
Dr. H F Minshull, Perry County chairman, reported Easter Seal funds are arriving slowly with under 700 collected this year versus 1200 last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perry County
H. F. Minshull
Route 13 to be widened and resurfaced in Perry County
Route 13 from Moxahala to Rendville will be widened from 15 to 20 feet and resurfaced with asphaltic concrete with super elevated curves. Announcement made by F B Chappelear, division engineer. Marriage licenses issued for Headley-Driggs, Dumott-Williams, Preston-Wooding. Rev C J Carpenter named to officiate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perry County
Moxahala
Rendville
F. B. Chappelear
Bernard C. Headley
Potter
Roseville
Flora J. Driggs
Crooksville
Clarence Bernard Dumott
Miner
New Lexington
Suzanne Lee Williams
Cook
Wilford Nelson Preston
Corning
Roberta A. Wanda Wooding
C. J. Carpenter
Busy Bee Class Hosts Easter Meeting At Amesville Church
Visitors from Athens include Mr and Mrs Elmer Poston and Diana Hamilton. Mrs Potter presided over the junior group meeting on March 21 with devotional service. Arthur W Gilchrist planned to fly to Yanktown South Dakota to visit brother Ralph Gilchrist. games were played.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. J. White
Howard Starlin
Elmer Poston
Athens
Diana Hamilton
Shirley Potter
Busy Bee
Miss Potter
Arthur W. Gilchrist
Yanktown
S. D
Ralph Gilchrist
Supreme Court Rules on Japanese Currency Debt Payments
The Philippines Supreme Court ruled on Saturday that paying debts in Japanese military currency held during the occupation was legal. The decision addresses how obligations from the wartime period can be settled under postwar law and affects creditors and borrowers with such notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Philippines Supreme Court
World’s Largest Riots? Wary of Price Cuts Allegedly
The fragmented text hints at a sensational claim about the world’s largest riots or fairs and dietary pills, mentioning St Joseph, aspirin, and price comparisons. No clear names, dates, or places are readable to confirm specifics.
Pomeroy Prom Queen Crowned In South American Theme
POMEROY Anna Lee Warner was named Queen at the Pomeroy High School Junior-Senior Prom held in the Junior High gym with a South American ballroom decor. Kenneth Harris presented a orchid, bandleader Ted Wildermuth pinned it, and more than 100 girls in formals participated, with Martha Jane Karr as runner-up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Anna Lee Warner
Pomeroy High School
Kenneth Harris
Miss Warner
Ted Wildermuth
Martha Jane Karr
Harry Bennett
Roger Walker
Gerald Nummi
Prom
George Dallas
Jack Seeling
Barbara Phillips
Columbus
Jack Seelig
Rollin Daniels
John Hannell
William Hess
Queeny Southern
Zeda Paulin
Leo Smith
Jean Zah
Jo Ann Gilmore
Walter Green
Jean Harbrecht
Mary Hill
Patricia Jesse
Patricia Meier
Oscar Wince
Laurence Napper
William Nease
Paul Reibel
Cecil Taylor
Richard Young
Marvin King
Lawrence Eblin
Vernal Blackwood
Max Bowers
Roger Davis
Harry Bailey
Charles Yost
Edward Ball
Raymond Williams
Donald Betzing
Nora Michael
Albert Ruschel
James Russell
Norman Kloes
William Joachim
Wyllis Davis
Helen Renshaw
Ann Foster
Lucretia Cornell
Maxine Duckler
Peggy Dailey
Mary Ruth Fischer
Ruth Fox
Carmaleta McBride
Eugene Thomas
William Tubbs
Guy Morris
Howard Allen
Joan Wagner
Betty Hawley
Margaret Grimm
Frankie Wippel
Margaret Chapman
Helen Tussing
Dorothy Leonard
Joan Conway
Joan Riggs
June Opal Smith
Lois Smith
Juanita Teaford
Martha Terrell
Rita Schultheis
J. E. White
C. S. Gibbs
Docket of Listed Individuals and Ages in Mixed Local Trades
A long list of names with ages and occupations across several towns including Hunting ton Onedia Meadows Parkersburg Bradbury Rutland Pomeroy Eskdale West Virginia Nelson ville Brady Brookover Middleport Charleston Windy Racine names appear in pairs with ages from 17 to 44 reflecting a local register of workers such as press operator service station truck driver butcher lumberman and other trades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence J. Elkins
Huntington
Onedia E. Meadows
Middleport
Carlos D. Snyder
Parkersburg
Imogene Bowser
Bradbury
Ewing Hutton
Rutland
Minnie K. Coy
Fulton Lowe
Little Hocking
Nellie Kidder
Pomeroy
Charles Butta
Eskdale
W. Va
Carlos Challis
General Hospital Notes Admit and Births Panel
Lida Pearl Ash foot injury underwent surgery with H B Curd George Shields and Hubert Cornell involved. Births include a girl to Mrs John Lyons Jr and a boy to Mrs Helen Christine Postelwaite. additional births list Mrs Hershell Rose, Mrs Juanita Conde and daughter, Mrs Robert Roush and daughter, Mrs Eldon Morris and Glennis Taylor, Gene Hood, Carroll Durst, Henry Cline. Discharges include Harry Osborn after steel removal from arm and Bill Whitlock with laceration treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearl Ash
H. B. Curd
George Shields
Hubert Cornell
John Lyons, Jr
Helen Christine Postelwaite
Hershell Rose
Juanita Conde
Robert Roush
Eldon Morris
Glennis Taylor
Gene Hood
Carroll Durst
Henry Cline
Harry Osborn
Bill Whitlock
Columbus Rupture Clinic Advertises Free Consultation
Men women and children and babies also female troubles dropped stomach and other abdominal ptosis. No charge for consultation or examination at Athens Berry Hotel Saturday April 17 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Write for next trip to your locality Columbus Rupture Clinic 795 East Main St Columbus 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Berry
Columbus
East Main St
Hearing Set Today On Shooting Charge
Clarence Freeman of Mulberry Ave was arrested Saturday night on a warrant by his brother Homer. A mayor's court hearing on the shooting charge of intent to wound or kill was expected at 9 a.m. Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Clarence Freeman
Mulberry Ave
Homer
Funeral held for Mrs Schuyler Hill in Akron
Mrs. David Entsminger traveled to Akron Friday to attend the funeral services for her aunt Mrs. Schuyler Hill held Saturday. I. E. Miller is identified as a cousin in the report.
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Middleport
David Entsminger
Akron
Schuyler Hill
I. E. Miller
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Middleport Dar
Middleport Social Notes
Howard K. Ewing
Walter Crooks
Robert Coates
Earl Knight
William Grueser
James E. Simpson
Delbert Rice
M. L. French
E. S. Schaaf
Forest Bachtel
E. M. Wood
Walter B. Harris
Garen Stansbury
Arthur Stuart
Robert Rawlings
L. E. Reynolds
Frank White
O. BP. Klein
Paul Smart
James Titus
Episcopal Church School
F. J. Beasley Co
Athens and Stewart
George Osborn
Meigs
Gene Autry
Lynn Roberts
Sterling Holloway Also
Eddie Bracken
Priscilla Lane
Tom Conway
Allen Jenkins
Arthur Treacher
Russell Hicks
Bendvue
FEAR
IN the
Paul Kells Kay Scott
Johnny Mack Brown
WSOCS
John E. Brown, SR
John Brown University
Siloam Springs
Ark
Brown
Pomeroy Social Notes
Amesville
St.Joseph
John M. Richmond
Isaccident & Health
Harold Weaver, Jr
Mary Weaver
Harold E
Lena Elinore Weaver
Sutton
Lena FE
Weaver
Clifford
Ernest
Sarah E. Cheesman
Russell
Mary Jones
Salem
Conrad
Virginia Fisher
Ruth Smith
Etta Houk
W. Ross
Cora Houck
Dora Johnson
Hiram W. Amos
Marjorie Nagel
Ada Martin
Charles Amos
Grace Trimmer
Estella Plavacan
Aline Stoltze
Charles
George
Edward J
Vera
Lillian
Lowell
Ardis
Lorne
Gerald
Charles Strausbaugh
Florence
Bernice Knauss
William
Margaret Houk
Minnie Perry
Mary Ellen Baugus
Ruth M. Houck
Ida Martin
Estella
Robert Plavacan
Grace
Gerald Trimmer
Aline
William Stoltze
Rhoda Amos
George A. Perry
Acres
William Houck
G. W
Cora
Annia
Vern
Selah Strausbaugh
Margaret
Minnie L
Charles H. Perry
Helen
Hiram W
Erla Amos
Marjorie
John Nagel
Sylvia Amos
George Perry
Elsie Welch
Marion Alice Welch
Scipio
Paul A
Lottie E. Wallace
Truman P
Margaret M. Brewer
Stanford H. Denny
Olaf A
Alma G. Patterson
Bernard Coleman
State of Ohio
Olive
Dorothy M. Chevalier
J. B
Olive Torrence
Lassie
Virgil Justice
Shady
Sarah Tackett
Marie Beards
Grace Sayre
Iva
Calvin Orr
John W. Fisher
Letart
John W
Violet I. Fisher
Karl E. Grueser
General Hospital
Lida
Holtzzman
F. Holtzman
M. Advertising
Ric Lilaetin
Pomeroy, Ohio
Court and
Second St
Dr.Edwards
Dr. Edwards
Illiamson
Williamson
Eoatt Suive
Y. H. Martin & Son
Richland Ave
Athens, Ohio
ACE
ACE Parts
Fiectroluy
Chicete Wit
Amhemis
ACE Vacuum Stores
13Th ST
Cleveland
Oh!o
Electrolux
Plaid
Eda
Lima
OHTO
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