Clarence QO Chapman Funeral Rites Monday at Former Home
Clarence QO Chapman 61 former Meigs County superintendent of schools died at his Rutland home Thursday. Funeral services begin Monday at 2 p.m. at his Chapman residence. Chapman born near Dexter October 13 1889. Survivors include widow Ethel Carnal two daughters and four grandchildren. He served as Rutland High principal and Meigs County schools superintendent 1932 to 1949 and helped consolidate one room schools. Burial in Miles Cemetery Rutland.
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Meigs County
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Dexter
Anna McGoon Chapman
Orton Riley Chapman
Wilkesville
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Salina
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Jed Webster, Jr
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Columbus
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Pittsburgh
Max McLaughin
Greenville
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Wilkesville Masons
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Miles
Country Club Opens Golf Season Sunday
Ches terhill Country Club will officially open its golf season this Sunday announced club president E. F. Inson Thursday evening. Committees were named by Robinson including fairway greens Nolan Swackhammer chairman Frank Johnston and R L Jacobs publicity Fred Crow Je chairman handicap committee Frank Johnston and tournament committee Peter Latch. A new membership plan targets forty new members with contact through Robinson or the membership committee Ted Reed Jr chairman Dale Dutton Peter Lalich and R L Jacobs. Golf lessons will be offered this year to beginners by Harmon O Brien Meigs County Probate Court judge.
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Ted Reed, Jr
Dale Dutton
Peter Lalich
R. L. Jacobs
Harmon O'Brien
Meigs County
Mumps Reported Among Adults and Children in town
Middleport reports multiple mumps and influenza cases among both adults and children. Names include Mrs. Calvin Simpson Lionel Boggs Georgie Ann Durst and several others with influenza. Jan Houck returns to school after illness. Bruce Bradford absent. Wilbur Ashley back to work after sinus infection. Suzanne Bradbury has eye infection.
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Calvin Simpson
Lionel Boggs
Georgie Ann Durst
George Durst
Bess Sanborn
C H. Wise, Jr
Charles Yost
James &. Simpson
Suzanne Bradbury
Jan Houck
Bruce Bradford
Wilbur Ashley
Pomeroy Friendly Circle Plans Family Night Event
Pomeroy social notes report the Friendly Circle meeting at Mrs Ruby Baer home with assisting hostesses Mrs Ida Fleming and Mrs Margaret Werner. Miss Elizabeth Fick presided and plans for a May 2 church Family Night with potluck, a film, and a discussion led by Mrs Geraldine Young on Our Church on the Highway. A free will offering was taken to buy Bibles for Japan, via the Women's Guild.
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Girl's Guild chicken social to fund May Day trip
Naomi Baptist Church in Pomeroy sponsors a Saturday evening chicken social with homemade ice cream. Proceeds fund the Girls Guild representation at the May Day meeting at Paint Creek Baptist Church in Gallipolis on May 6.
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Naomi Baptist Church
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Gallipolis
Local visitors and family guests visit area residents
Ersel Davis and his mother visited here Wednesday evening and Thursday. The Rev and Mrs Robert Hegnauer of Aberdeen Proving Grounds stayed from Wednesday until today with Mr and Mrs Glenroy Ewing. Miss Clara Koehler Mia Net tie Koehler and Mrs Ed Koehler returned from a visit with Charles Fisher and his daughter Virginia in Charleston West Virginia.
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Robert Hegnauer
Aberdeen Proving Grounds
Glenroy Ewing
Clara Koehler
Mia
Nettie Koehler
Ed Koehler
Charles Fisher
Virginia
Charleston
WoVa
Children s Home Gets First Food Allotment
POMEROY The Meigs County Children s Home has received its first allotment of surplus food commodities delivered from Portsmouth by the Meigs County Highway Department. The goods will support nine county schools in the lunch program and the Children's Home, with distribution planned for today.
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Middleport Audience For MacArthur Address
Streets of Middleport were unusually deserted Thursday as residents stayed home to hear General Douglas MacArthur address Congress. Local schools made no formal observance but teachers allowed room reading and reported pupils listened with inspired attention.
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Junior Poultry Growers Urged To Enter Contest
Meigs County agriculture group invites youths under 21 connected with 4 H clubs FFA or individuals to join the Ohio Junior Chicken of Tomorrow contest entries must buy 100 straight run chicks hatch dates May 21–24 wing band and be inspected by the county agricultural agent closing date in May district dressing plant Nelsonville the week of Aug 5 will judge 15 birds and select district winners to state contest planners pledge prizes and a dinner up to 100 and plan another meeting in May to advance poultry work Meigs County extension office hosted the planning session where 13 production records were reviewed showing weights ages and margins with notes on feed cost and profitability risks amid talks of feed stocks and wartime style planning by extension economist Mervin G Smith who warned about future meat supplies and urged improved management conservation and potential new cultivation to boost output
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Nelsonville
Meier County
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Ohio State University
Smith
Church News of Pomeroy and Nearby
Local church listings outline Sunday school times worship and youth activities for Pomeroy area churches including First Baptist Federated churches United Methodist Church St Pauls Lutheran Church Church of Christ Naomi Baptist and other congregations with service times and planned events such as youth rallies Bible studies and vacation programs.
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M. R. Walter
Pomeroy
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Federated
Young Peoples Meeting
Federa
Harold F. Hess
Echoes of Synod
Portsmouth
Heath Methodist Church
Middleport
WSCS
Jackson
ST. Paul’s Lutheran
L. M Mohrhoff
Church OF Christ
Williiam Morgan
Christian Endeavor
Naomi Baptist
BYPU
Christian Science
Christ Jesus
Hobson Church OF Christ
TN Christian Union -H
Cart
Syracuse Nazarene
Clare St. John
Young People's Meeting
Circus Fire Crew Aids Cook After Thumb Injury
Mills Brothers Circus tent arrives at Pythian Park in Middleport. The cook house where laborers and performers were fed sustained a minor injury when a cook cut his thumb. Middleport Volunteer Fire Department responded with water and first aid.
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Mills Brothers Circus
Pythian Park
Final Circus Plans By Shrine Club In Pomeroy
Final plans for the Millis Brothers Circus were set by the Twin City Shrine Club at a Legion Hall steak dinner in Pomeroy. Reports on advance ticket sales were reviewed and next steps outlined.
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Twin City Shrine Club
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Pomeroy
Webb O Hall Dies Thursday In Gallipolis
Webb O Hall 65 retired Rutland farmer died at 6 am Thursday at Holzer Hospital Gallipolis after a short illness. Born Chester Aug 1 1885 son of Dr and Mrs Christopher Hall he married Carrie E Stowe Feb 22 1912. Survived by widow four children four grandchildren. Funeral Sunday 2 pm at Rutland Methodist Church with calling at Chase funeral home Rutland.
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Rutland
Holzer Hospital
Gallipolis
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Chester
Christopher Hall
Carrie E. Stowe
Davis Meat Co
Bradbury
Meigs County
Middleport Flood Three Years Ago Remembrance
Residents recalled the Ohio River flood three years ago on April 20 as water rose to 56.6 inches the day before, with 15 inches flooding Robinson's Cleaners. The recall notes significant downtown impact and boots-rough days for locals.
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Robinson's Cleaners
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