War bond drive planned for Pomeroy in April
Pomeroy outlines a 400000 war bond campaign with a 145000 remaining to meet the April end, house to house sales planned and bonds convertible from war stamps. Theodore Reed announces Orange Township leads Meigs County with a 1000 quota, Amond Follrod handles Orange sales, progress shown by local thermometer readings. Edison Hobstetter, Pomeroy chairman, explains district allocation and counting method.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Aldy
Meigs County
Theodore Reed
Aty
Orange
Amond Follrod
Banks
Court St
Edison Hobstetter
Lavoptik Boric Acid Eye Remedy Ad Promises Relief
An old advertisement touts Lavtik Lavoptik a boric acid mixture claimed to soothe tired inflamed itching or sticky eyelids. It markets a money back guarantee and notes “25 years success” with thousands praising the product at bug stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lavoptik
Music Club Chorus Sings Good Friday Services
The Woman's Music Club chorus will perform at the union Good Friday services at the Church of Christ in Middleport. Rehearsals were held last night and next Tuesday at Heath Methodist Church before another short practice at the Church of Christ.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Woman's Music Club
Church of Christ
the Heath Methodist Church
Church of ‘Christ
Pomeroy Bond Drive Names Neighborhood Workers and Promoters
The article lists the Pomeroy bond drive workers by district and names, with Theodore Reed as county chair directing efforts to meet a near one million dollar goal. It details roving volunteering groups and local leaders across multiple wards and streets to promote bond sales and explain the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore Reed
Meigs County
Pomeroy
Kerrs
Charles Ward
Stanley Jones
Margaret Chapman
Second Ward
Cherry
Sycamore St
Edith Ament
Spring Ave
Thelma McMurray
Albert Young
L. C. Karr
W. A. Drake
Evan Will
Evelyn Locke
West Main
Butternut
Monkey Run
R. V. Ebersbach
Albert Reuter
James Fugate
Harry Schwab
Lincoln Hill
Alma Rosenbaum
Tracy Whaley
Herman Hoffner
Dorothy Downie
Butternut Ave
Osborne
Lasley
Wettgall
Peacock Ave
Agnes Webster
Louise Kreinbihl
John Lietwiler
Lizzie Campbell
Elsie Hart
Harry Smith
Charles Cohen
Mulberry Ave
Fugate’s
Breezy Heights
Dey Hysell
R. E. Boice
Henry Ewing
William Anderson
Rollin Neutzling
Minerva Pryor
Union Ave
Wehe Terrace
Prospect Hill
Emil Ball
Eddie Smith
Albert Gloeckner
Lena Huber
Allen Hartley
Mulberry
Union
Edith Shain
Howard Ebersbach
T. A. Hennessy
Constance Shields
Eldon Will
H. E. Koehler
E. P. Duerr
Irving Karr, Jr
R. L. Jacobs
J. O. Roedel
Frank Fugate
Aten Shaiiu
Norman Kloes
Dor Schaefer
Alfred Elberfeld
John Hite
Harold Hilligas
Fredi Blaetmar
Frank Will
Charles Mullen
Howard Kress
Fred Rosenbaum
Arthur Rosenbaum
Mildred Stanley
Caddie Wickham
W. A Smith
FE. M. Johnson
Middleport High Plans Junior Senior Banquet
Middleport High School Junior Class prepares for the Junior-Senior banquet and dance set for Friday night April 16. Officers include Mary Lu Hartinger president Fred Klein vice president Mary Virginia Haggerty secretary Wanda Thomas treasurer and Mary Lou Allensworth executive member. Miss Patience Brandle adviser assists. A Parent Teacher Association committee will serve the banquet followed by a program and dancing with music by an Ohio University Athens orchestra.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Middleport High School
Mary Lu Hartinger
Fred Klein
Mary Virginia Haggerty
Wanda Thomas
Mary Lou Allensworth
Patience Brandle
Parent Teacherer Association
Ohio University
Athens
Pomeroy Social Notes Daughters of Union Veterans Meet
The Daughters of Union Veterans met at the I O O F hall with president Nellie Ketter in charge planning Memorial Day service speaker Rev W F Lodt from St Paul Lutheran Church. A $30 donation went to the Red Cross disaster unit and the defense package by Mabel Wolfe was awarded to Bertha Radford. Prizes were won by Minnie Neutzling Bertha Radford and Eloise White. The next meeting will be at Eloise White’s home on Second St. MEET THURSDAY Past Councilors of Theodorius Council of the Daughters of America meet at Allie Fisher’s home in Minersville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnie Neutzling
Bertha Radford
Eloise White
Second St
Pomeroy Personal Notes Highlight Local Visits and Moves
Mrs Zana Wheeler arrives after a two month Wheeling visit and stays with Bentz Wolfe on W Main St. Billy Bowen a Ohio University student visited family on Spring St. Carl R Johnson, now with E B Badger Construction in Toledo, was a Sunday visitor. George Kehrer visited Pomeroy. Earl O Wett, in payroll with E B Badger, transfers to Cleveland. Dr and Mrs Magg hosted a Long Bottom fish fry. Maxine Gibson from Gallipolis Clinic was in Middleport. Russell Pfeiffer of Ohio Power Co visited for the weekend. Margaret Lallance returned from Columbus after WAVES swearing in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Zana Wheeler
Wheeling
Bentz Wolfe
W. Main St
Billy Bowen
Ohio University
Columbus
Spring St
Carl R. Johnson
E. B. Badger Construction
Pt. Pleasant
Toledo
George Frederick Kehrer
Lancaster
Earl O. Wett
E. B. Badger Construction Co
Point Pleasant
Cleveland
E. F. Magg
Long Bottom
Maxine Gibson
Gallipolis
Middleport
Russell Pfeiffer
Ohio Power Co
Margaret Lallance
Racine Social And Personal Highlights
Mrs. Charles McKelvey leaves for Nebraska for two weeks with her husband. Middleport hosts a recital for Miss Booty Lee at the home of Mrs. Ray Heacock. Local visits include Ms Elsie Cross in Gallipolis and A B Cross at Pomeroy. Theiss family moves to Dorcas. Happy Hustler Class set to meet April 16 at Mrs. Owen Watson. Theobald siblings visit relatives in town. A V Chittenden visits with Mrs. Owen Watson. W B Cross notes business trip to Pomeroy. Frecker and son Wendall visit Miles Cross. Floyd Hoback returns to Beaver Pa. Neigler family time with Mrs. Veatrice McClintock ends at St. Joseph Hospital Parkersburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Racine
Charles McKelvey
Nebraska
Dale Lee
Hazel Cleland
George Simpson
Middleport
Lee
Booty Lee
Ray Heacock
Elsie Cross
Gallipolis
A. B. Cross
Pomeroy
Herman Theiss
Hayman
Fifth and Vine Sts
Dorcas
Racine Methodist Church
Owen Watson
William Theobald
Darylene
Theobald
Wilbur Theobald
A. V. Chittenden
Mary Jean
W. B. Cross
Herman Frecker
Pine Grove
Wendall
Rhode Island
Mr. Frecker
Miles Cross
Floyd Hoback
Floyd Jr
Beaver
Guy Neigler
Mary
Sixty Five Men Leave for Army Physical Examinations
Sixty five Meigs County men left Pomeroy for Clarksburg West Virginia to take Army physical examinations. The local Selective Service Board will announce those accepted for service upon receiving the list. Those passing will return tonight and depart for induction about a week later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Clarksburg
W. Va
Selective Service Board
Marriage of Miss June Valenteen and Monroe M. Greene in Allentown
Miss June Valenteen and Monroe M. Greene were wed at Muhlenberg Memorial Chapel Allentown on a Sunday morning. The bride wore white satin with a gardenias bouquet. Attendants included Jacqueline Valenteen and Miss Charlotte Sewell. Best man was Arthur Vaughn Tucker. The couple now reside in Middleport Ward Apartment N Second Ave. Greene is a chemist in the General Chemical Defense Corporation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
General Chemical Defense Corporation
June Valenteen
Monroe M. Greene
Muhlenberg
Thomas F. Valenteen
Allentown
Jacqueline Valenteen
Charlotte Sewell
Arthur Vaughn Tucker
North Carolina
Greene
T.N.T
Five Year Old Linda Helrich Feted At Rutland Street Party
Linda Lou Helrich turned five and was honored at a birthday party hosted by her grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Ebersbach on Rutland Street. Neighborhood friends Charles Wayland Dorothy Greenlee Patty Dodson Sheila Stover and cousin Petie Davis attended, sharing cake ice cream and games from 3 to 5 pm Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linda Lou Helrich
Clarence Ebersbach
Rutland St
Charles Wayland
Dorothy Greenlee
Patty Dodson
Sheila Stover
Petie Davis
Parsons Family Reunites at Hudson Ohio
Mrs. J. E. Parsons writes that she and Mr. Parsons spent winter with their son Ralph Parsons in Hudson Ohio. Guests included Sgt. Paul D. Parsons of Camp Maxey Texas and their daughter Sara of Chicago. The siblings had a rare reunion after years apart. Sgt Parsons, on a ten day furlough, visited Chicago where he joined his sister before they went to Hudson. He is reported in good health and enjoying U. S. Army life. The Parsons plan to return to Middleport in May.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. E. Parsons
Hudson
U. S. Army
Private John Dillard Furlough Visit in Williams Field
Pvt John Dillard from Williams Field Arizona returns on furlough to visit wife and parents Mr and Mrs John Dillard on Second Ave He is attached to the photography department at Williams Field and is a former member of the Meigs Photographic Society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Dillard
Williams Field
Ariz
S. Second Ave
Dillard
Meigs Photographic Society
Social Roundup Includes Guests From Ath ens and Beverly
Recent guests of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Sharp included Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Bailey and daughter from Ath ens, Rev. and Mrs. Howard Warner, Miss Nellie Johns of Beverly, John Skipton of Waterford, and Mrs. Frank Caldwell of Coolville at Monday dinner. M. J. McCarty visited Columbus to see Senator Tom W. Jones and Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker. Mrs. E. M. Wood plans a trip to Sylacauga Alabama to see Co. L. Wood and family. The Rosary service for the late Mrs. Edward Duffy was held at the Duffy home and funeral at Sacred Heart Church. Wilson Hudson, post operation in Columbus, to reside with sister Ed Casto, with their mother Martha Hudson improving from pneumonia. Roxie Price contracted chickenpox.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Sharp
E. M. Bailey
Athens
Howard Warner
Nellie Johns
Beverly
John Skipton
Waterford
Frank Caldwell
Coolville
M. J. McCarty
Columbus
Tom W. Jones
Ohio
Eddie Rickenbacker
E. M
Ed Casto
Martha Hudson
Roxie Price
Ed Price
Grace Episcopal Holy Week Services Planned
Grace Episcopal Church announces Holy Week services led by Rev. Charles G. Baird. Palm Sunday April 18 with 9 00 and 10 30 a m services. Maundy Thursday 7 30 p m Lenten service. Good Friday 2 15 p m service and meditation. Easter Eve Holy Baptism 4 p m. Easter Day 10 30 a m children service and Lenten offering 11 a m Festival Communion sermon. May 2 9 a m Communion United Thank Offering.
Licensed To Marry In Meigs County
Marriage licenses issued in Pomeroy probate court list Charles E. Roberts 21 of Wellston and Mary Marion Kirby 21 of Rutland. Lester Elkins 20 of Huntington West Virginia and Audrey Holley 18 of Middleport. William S. Kidd 22 of Marietta and Ada Wagner 21 of Pomeroy. Harold M. Campbell 21 of Hurricane West Virginia and Mary Ellen Stone 21 of Middleport. Delbert Smith 21 of Mansfield and Opal Searles 17 of New Straitsville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Charles E. Roberts
Wellston
Mary Marion Kirby
Rutland
Lester Elkins
Huntington
W. Va
Audrey Holley
Middleport
William S. Kidd
Marietta
Ada Wagner
Harold M. Campbell
Hurricane
Mary Ellen Stone
Delbert Smith
Mansfield
Opal Searles
New Straitsville
Service Men of Meigs County News Briefs
Meigs County notes Pvt Wm Smith visits his mother Mrs Fred Zwilling then leaves for Army camp in Texas City Texas. Mr and Mrs Jake Ebersbach host a Sunday dinner in his honor only immediate family present. Pvt Ernest Van Inwagen transferred from Camp Butner NC to San Francisco CA. Cyrus Snellbacker and daughter Sondra return to Middleport from Napoleon while he works for FE B Badger & Sons Construction in West Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Cyrus Snellbacker
Sondra
Napoleon
West Virginia
Snellbackers
Snellbacker
FE. B. Badger & Sons Construction Company
Mrs Curtis Dies at Her Racine Home
Mrs Henry Curtis age 77 wife of Racine undertaker died Tuesday morning at her home in Racine. She is survived by her husband a son Leo of Miami Florida and a brother Walter Donaldson of Columbus. Body to remain at Curtis home until funeral on Sunday afternoon with tentative 2 o clock time and location to be announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Henry Curtis
Racine
Leo
Miami
Fla
Walter Donaldson
Columbus
Curtis
Children To Be Guests Of Church of Christ
A special program at 9 15 a m Sunday at the Church of Christ will honor the Meigs County Children's Home children. Parishioners are asked to bring colored Easter eggs for the guests and to send eggs to Cleveland children as well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church of Christ
Middleport
Meigs County
Christian Home
iCieveland
Easter Egg Coloring by Heath Methodist Class 12
Middlepart Members of Class 12 of the Heath Methodist Church take orders for colored Easter eggs and will color them in the church basement the last of next week. Orders may be placed by calling 16 X or 166 Y.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heath Methodist Church
Court Action Filed Over Five Acre Bidwell Land
Alma Davis sues Nettie and John Ruschel in Gallia County Common Pleas Court to regain possession of a five acre tract at Bidwell. Attorneys for the plaintiff are Perry Bailes and R M Switzer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Alma Davis
Common Pleas Court
Nettie
John Ruschel
Bidwell
Gallia County
Perry Bailes
R. M. Switzer
Captain Shanks Relocates Post to Huntington
Captain and Mrs. Carroll Shanks leave Middleport with daughter Nancy, ending residence at the W. A. Giles home on Hudson Street. Mrs. Shanks and baby travel to Clarksburg for a visit while Captain Shanks is stationed temporarily in Huntington at WVOW Point Pleasant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Carroll Shanks
Nancy
W. A. Giles
Hudson St
Captain Shanks
WVOW
Point Pleasant
Nudge Your Lazy Liver Tonight with Olive Tablets
Advertisement extols Dr Edwards Olive Tablets to stir bile flow and improve intestinal action for constipation relief. Claims increased liver bile secretion and gentle bowel movements. Mentions prices 15¢ 30¢ 60¢ and availability at all drugstores.
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D. Shafer
Music Club
Pomeroy Cement Block CO
BE. Main St
PON
Attm
WAAC
John Hollars
Charlotte
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San Angelo, Tex
Bombardier
Pomeroy Social Notes
Theodorius
Middleport Social Notes
Grace Episcopal
Coca-Cola
Coca-Cola Company
Coca Cola Company
Parkersburg
Coca-Cola Bottling Company
Sohio
Standard Oil Company
Alec
Coop
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