Band Wagon operetta dress rehearsal at Pomeroy Junior High
Rehearsals wrap up for The Band Wagon to be staged this evening at eight o clock in the Pomeroy Junior High Auditorium. Cast includes Calvin Will Danny Rosenbaum Richard Gress Paul Augustine Robert Burkett Paul Huber and others with a large chorus and dance grup. Legal notice announces Ella Martin's divorce petition against Charles Martin in Athens County Court. Hearing set on or after June 1 1942.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Rosenbaum
William Warner
Jack Matson
Richard Karr
Earl Teaford
Cecil Spencer
Robert Thornton
Calvin ‘Will
Richard Weaver
Virginia Church
Annette Seyfried
Martha Myers
Ruth Anna Bauer
Claire Titus
Gertrude Meyer
Charles Martin
Ella Martin
Common Pleas Court
Athens County
Ohio
A. B. Wells
Otw
First Baptist Church Clears All Its Debt
Members of the First Baptist Church in Middleport celebrate paying the last bill and lifting the church from debt at the annual business meeting on Wednesday evening. Officers elected include clerk Mrs. David Durst Jr and treasurer Miss Florinel Talbott, with trustees and committees named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
First Baptist Church
David Durst, Jr
Florinel Talbott
James Murray
Will Haptonstall
Maxine Bennett
T. A. May
Paul Smart
Harold Chase
George H. Baker
Willis Anthony
Dale Mourning
L. D. Diles
Mora Leonard
Harry Houdashelt
Sewing Machine Clinic Held at Kerrs Run
A sewing machine clinic was held Tuesday and Wednesday at the Kerrs Run Recreation Center under the supervision of Miss Geneva Humphreys home extension agent Miss Enid Swarner home rehabilitation agent C E Blakeslee county agriculture agent and Mrs Ada Morris housekeeping aid Twenty one machines were used Those interested in other clinics are to contact Miss Geneva Humphreys at the Home Extension Office in the courthouse.
Evans Store Adopts New Walk in Refrigerator
Evans Store installs a walk in type refrigerator in the meat department as part of business improvements. Monroe Chase of Point Pleasant oversees the project, Norman Foss becomes meat department manager succeeding Everett Bachner who works in defense in Point Pleasant. Sheldon Park serves as local manager.
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Middleport
Evans Store
Monroe Chase
Point Pleasant
Norman Foss
Everett Bachner
Sheldon Park
Corning High School Play Promises April 24 at 8
Rehearsals wrap up for Corning High School Senior Class Play June in January directed by Stephen Benedict. Band from Corning to state contest in Columbus April 25 after winning district in Athens. Community notices include a Legion auxiliary card party April 28 and club meetings at the Craig home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corning
Corning High School
Stephen Benedict
Chester Lehman
Columbus
Athens
Sherwood Rebekah Lodge Postpones Birthday Meeting May 1
The Sherwood Rebekah Lodge birthday party, moved from the usual last Friday schedule due to the senior class play, is set for May 1. A farewell handkerchief shower will honor Mrs. Elizabeth Grey. Marie Altier, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Nick Altier, was taken to Good Samaritan Hospital in Zanesville after a Blower am incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Grigsby
John Grigsby
Good Samaritan Hospital
Zanesville
Blower
Sherwood Rebekah Lodge
Elizabeth Grey
Marie Altier
Nick Altier
Blower Am
First Aid Pictures Shown By Defense Council
Motion pictures showing first aid work used by armed forces were shown at the high school for civilian defense council activities. Mayor C O Fisher and council members assisted registrants for civilian defense work as more than 300 volunteers are needed locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Civilian Defense Council
C. O. Fisher
The
Defense Council
Badger Co Employees To Have Tennis Court
H. G. Deegans, superintendent at the West Virginia Ordnance Works igloos project, has overseen conditioning of a tennis court behind the Grant Street home. The court will be opened to E. B. Badger and Sons Company employees residing in the locality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
H. G. Deegans
West Virginia Ordnance Works
Garen Stansbury
Grant St
E. B. Badger and Sons Company
Naming Rules for Navy Vessels and Franklin Birth Date
The article explains US warship naming conventions with battleships named for states cruisers for cities destroyers for famous men submarines for fish and mine sweepers for birds. It notes Benjamin Franklin born January 27, 1706.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Benjamin Franklin
Social notes from Pomeroy club events and local moves
Pomeroy social items note a bridge club gathering at Vale Street with three tables and prizes to Mrs. C L Johnston and Mrs. W A Smith. Honored guests include Mrs Delbert Bruch and her daughter Mildred hosting a shower for Mr and Mrs Bernest Bruch with about fifty neighbors attending. Other items list local residents’ recent activities and movements between Pomeroy and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manning Webster
Robert Jacobs
Kimble Hite
Delbert Bruch
Mildred
Bernest Bruch
Winter Car Crashes Rise Across U.S. By Region
In winter traffic fatalities climb nationwide with a 40 percent increase in the northern half and a 20 percent rise in the southern half of the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Worthwhile Church Class Plans Cookie Sale
Middleport notes show the Worthwhile Class of First Presbyterian hosting a Wednesday meeting at Mrs. Richard Chambers home with 15 members. A cookie sale was set for May 16 and a committee was named including Mrs. Charles Bing and Jean Lama. Also covered are Young Teen Age Club activities at Jean McMaster home and other church group gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Craig
Hazel Edwards
Martha Benedict
Lorena Spence
Helen Bruns
Beulah Craig
Josephine Hermey
Jean Wilson
Thelma Frasure
Edna Dunlap
North Valley St
Middleport
Richard Chambers
First Presbyterian Church
Fred Healy
Branch Fleming
Frank L. Knopp
Charles Bing
Jean Lama
Alice Sanborn
Jean McMaster
N. Second Ave
C. EF. Smith
R. H. Rawlings
Pomeroy
Firemen Erect Flag Pole on Pomeroy Parking Lot
Pomeroy Firemen completed the installation of a metal flag pole on the upper parking lot on Wednesday. The pole stands at 15 feet, with a portion repurposed from the Lincoln Hill air mail station. A similar pole was set up at Central School. A V Howell chaired the committee handling the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Lincoln Hill
Central School
A. V. Howell
Junior High School Honor Roll Announced
POMEROY honor roll lists sixth period recipients by grade. Ninth graders include Ruth Nease and 22 others. eighth graders feature Shirley Clement and 10 names. seventh graders list Patricia Karr and 10 peers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Ruth Nease
Carol Leibrand
Jack Rosenbaum
Elnora Barnitz
Jane Clifford
Ruth Harbrecht
Evelyn Grueser
Agnes Bentz
Mary Osborne
John Thomas
Betty Moore
Earline King
Mildred Teaford
Gerald Michael
Virginia Gibbs
Charles White
Margaret Haning
Mary Grimm
Louise Gilmore
Edward Duckler
Eunice Hill
Patty Watson
Paul Little
Nina Taylor
Shirley Clement
Doris Gaffney
Howard Mullen
Mary K. Foster
Robert Morris
Rosalie Parfitt
Eleanor Smith
Dorothy Duckler
Norman Rousey
Nancy Gilmore
Helen Hysell
Patricia Karr
Evelyn Feiger
Norman Stivers
Billie Jean Barnitz
Betty Tedrow
Dick Rosenbaum
Horton Thomas
Charlene Smith
Wilma Neutzling
Charles Baird
Virginia Durst
Billy Mayer
Pomeroy to Pick New Council Member Monday Night
Selection of a new Pomeroy Council member may be made Monday night to fill the vacancy from Robert Warner's resignation. Warner now serves as an auditor with Wright Field in Dayton. The Warner Ihle Insurance Agency continues under Miss Vida Ihle.
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Pomeroy
Robert Warner
Warner
Wright Field
Dayton
Air Corps
Warner-Ihle Insurance Agency
Vida Ihle
Services announced for Baptist and other churches
At First Baptist Middleport the Church School hour will include officer elections for the year beginning May 1 followed by the lesson. Mary Rose Seines leads the Senior BYPU group and Margaret Houdasheit directs the June fors at 6 30 p m. Worship Sunday at 10 15 a m features Rev Ralph Zandel on The Pastor s Confession. A baptismal service is planned with Cheshire church participation. Regular services also at First Presbyterian and Church of Christ with Rev H A Rothrock describing An Imperative Need and Taking Risks For God. Mt Moriah Church pastor Rev B R SmithPreaches Is It Worth While To Be Saved and The Marks of a Christian.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
First Baptist Church
Mary Rose Seines
BYPU
Margaret Houdasheit
Ralph Zandel
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Beaco
F. J. Beasley CO
U. S. Army
Australia
Kerrs Run
Corning Social Notes
Ladies Auxiliary
American Legion
Auxiliary
Legion Hall
Esta Haskins
Giouster
George Phillis, Jr
Carol McLain
Bill Dunlap
Annabel Lanfrank
Charles Lanfrank
F. T. Taylor
Glouster
Josie Reich
Duffy
Drakes
Annabel
Post
Everett Dunlap
Emmett Love
Virgil Davis
Ray Latta
G. D. Phillis
James Priest
Congo
Dick Priest
Richard, Jr
Jeanette Donahue
Corning Personals
Mae Rodgers
A. C. Shankwiler
Doris
Lowell Carver
Gary
Charles Feneken
Toledo
George Fenneken
Wesley Stallsmith
East Hill
Lance Hodgson
Daught
Carolyn
Violet Walters
Robina Stoyle
Charles
Jessie Schlingerman
Osteopathic Hospital
Marietta
Kelley’s GrOcery
Gulf Service Fresh Meats — Produce — Groceries
First Aid
Mechem
Rores
Nelsonville
Badger Co
U. S
Vic Joyce
Pomeroy Social Notes
Bridge Club
Debhert Chase
Harrisonville Rd
D. W. Ashworth
J. L. Fauber
Pomeroy Personals
William Rinehart
Finsterwald
West Virginia
F. Tompkins
H. E. Boney
Kroger
Charleston
Alva Hite
W. Main St
White Cross Hospital
Will Hood
Robert Thompson
Hinton
W. Va
Charles Nease
Wehe Terrace
Robert Haslam
W. A. Compton
Baltimore
Middleport Social Notes
Peggy Lewis
Mary Baker
Doris Barker
Freda Gaye Durst
Martha Seines
Maxine Thomas
Jerry Pullin
Church Circle
Circle No. 1
Heath Methodist Church
R. A. Miller
Harry Featherstone
H. A. Rothrock
Walter Hayes
H. FE. Cook
James Stevens
Grand International Auxiliary
B. of
Stevens
Rice
George Wittmer
William Michl
Roy Lansbury
A. J. Beaver
M. J. McCarty
Robert Smith
Mont Howell
Lee Roush
George Hackett
William Garber
Robert Harris
Walter Harris
Smith
Sewing
Jolly Bunch Sewing Club
Noah Haskins
Palmer St
Perry Mitch
Larry Lee
William Britton
John Seines
James Weber
Lawrence Milhoan
Orin Smith
Verdie Burk
Rauch’'s Bakery
Baptist Church
Colonial Plan
Colonial Finance CO
Berry Hotel
Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co
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