Pomeroy High School Junior Band to Give Spring Recital
Members of the Pomeroy High School Junior Band under Willis Jershire will perform Sunday at 3 o'clock in the Junior High School auditorium. The public is invited with no admission charge. The program includes America the Beautiful Broadway March On the Way March and various instrumental solos and piano duets by band members and guests.
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Iason
Marine
Woods
Shirley Ann Beagle
Barbara Annehrung
William Smith
The
Patricia Karr
Bennett Rice
Martha Jancarr
Patricia Gress
Albert Ruschel
Afton
Carleton Ross
Donald Ross
Jean Lee
Merlyn Ross
Second Lieutenant Dwight Ross Visits Before Pilot Training
Dwight Ross, a Second Lieutenant in flight training in Florida, stopped in Middleport with his mother Mrs Vern Ross and sister Mrs John Cotter en route to New York for further piloting training in a member aircraft. Relatives report Pete Sisson, a former Columbus Southern Ohio Electric worker and SeaBee, is stricken with spinal meningitis and awaiting return to the U S for convalescence after serving near Guadalcanal.
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Middleport
Dwight Ross
Flora
York
Vern Rose
John Cotter
Evelyn Ross
Coumbus
Ross
Racine
Columbus
Ernest
Pete) Sisson
Columbusouthern Ohio Electric Company
U. S. Navy
United States
Guadalcanal
Sisson
Ava Zo Williams
Drive For Games And Cards For Army Boys
The Junior Red Cross in Pomeroy sponsors a drive to collect games and playing cards for servicemen. Citizens are asked to donate and leave items at the Red Cross Office on Main Street.
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Pomeroy
Army
Navy
Red Cross
Main St
Pomeroy Social Notes Highlights Local Auxiliary Meeting
The Pomeroy Ladies Auxiliary of Drew Webster Post of the American Legion met at the Legion Hall on Terrace Street with thirty members present. Three new members Mrs Ruth Kiesling Mrs Delpha Hayman and Mrs Caroline Miller of Letart joined. Spring conference set for May 2 in McArthur at 9 45 a m. Prize box donated by Mrs Rena Eiselstein awarded to Mrs Caroline Miller. Local hostesses listed for May meeting. Various members noted for travel and visits to Columbus Cave Street and Long Bottom and regional conference in Zanesville.
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Pomeroy—Ladies Auxiliary
Drew Webster Post
American Legion
Legion Hall
Terrace St
Ruth Kiesling
Delpha Hayman
Caroline Miller
Letart
McArthur
Legion Home
Rena Eiselstein
Dey Hysell
Louise Kreinbihl
Ruth Thornton
Mary Whipple
Bertha Radford
Genevieve Daniels
Fern Gilmore
Leona Smith
Elizabeth Huber
Cora Warner
Jeanie Hite
Ruby Erb
Winona Cook
Ethel Tedrow
Leona Myers
Licensed To Marry In Meigs County
Meigs County Probate Court issued marriage licenses to James Devault 18 from Leon West Virginia and Virginia Jones 18 of Pomeroy R D 1 Ernie Thompson 21 and Wanda Wallace 21 both of Pomeroy
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
James Devault
Leon
W. Va
Virginia Jones
R.D
Ernie Thompson
Gallipolis
Wanda Wallace
Middleport Social Notes and Local News Highlights
Middleport Literary Club notes feature reviews of Wild Is the River and Frenchmen’s Creek. A Peter Harrison Brown birth is reported for Tuckahoe, N Y. Walter Roush and siblings honored at a Great Lakes Naval Training Station sendoff. Army induction news, visitor Easter travel, and local family updates fill the page with community notices.
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Middleport
D. C. Miller
Laura McKay
Meigs Man in Honor Guard for President
Private Gene Rice of Camp Gruber Oklahoma was chosen from his battery to form part of a 63 member honor guard for President Franklin D Roosevelt. The president praised the show after reviewing troops and noted enjoying a hearty chili con carne supper with 208 enlisted men and officers.
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Middleport
Gene Rice
Camp Gruber
Okla
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Rice
Edna Sayre
Antiquity
Cora Bennett
S. Third Ave
White House
Carmen Becomes Army’s Youngest Master Sergeant
Pomeroy boy William Carman, 19, has been named the Army’s youngest master sergeant. He enlisted last March, trained at Patterson Field as a radio operator on a bomber, and went to North Africa in November. On furlough he visited Palestine for five days. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Harry Carman of Wetzgall Street.
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Pomeroy
United States
William Carman
Harry Carman
Wetzgall St
Carman
Army
Patterson Field
North Africa
Palestine
Women’s Society to Meet Friday at Mrs. Cook’s Home
The afternoon circle of the Women's Society of Christian Service will gather Friday at 2 PM at the home of Mrs. H. E. Cook for a regular meeting.
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Middleport
Women's Society of Christian Service
H. E. Cook
Pomeroy Surpasses Bond Drive Goal Amid County Push
Meigs County topped its $968,009 target by over 100000 while Pomeroy exceeded its $400,000 town goal. By Wednesday afternoon Pomeroy had sold bonds totaling $500671.75, announced by Edison Hobstetter, with drives continuing until April 30.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Edison Hobstetter
Easter church services and local social notes in Portland
Special Easter services at the Methodist Church featured Easter songs by the Young People’s choir and baptism of several children including William Gene McKelvey Melvin Louis Roush Mary Lou McLeod and John Henderson. The column also lists military transfers arrivals furloughs births and visits among local residents and families.
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Portland
Methodist Church
William Gene McKelvey
William McKelvey
Melvin Louis Roush
Harold Roush
Mary Lou McLeod
Cecil McLeod
John Henderson
Ralph Henderson
Fred E. Ritchie
Camp Campbell
Coast Artillery
Washington, D. C
Donald Price
Bowman's Field
Louisville
Ira Price
Allie
Dorothy
Dan Murphy
California
Charles Cecil
William Middleswart
Newport News
Oscar Middleswart
Daniel Cecil
Holzer Hospital
Gloria Rebecca
Charles Ward
Ira Blosser
Norma Lee
Kessel Hospital
Ripley
Wilkie Larson
Milo Rhodes
Spiller
Ralph Rhodes
Beaver Falls
Fred Ritchie
D. H. Lee
Henry Deen
Parkersburg
Ed Deem
East Liverpool
A. M. Deem
von FE. Adams
James Jividen
Shelby
Allie Price
Jividen
Clyde Johnson
New Martinsville
C. E. Johnson
Reliance
Campaign Drives Attendance for Middleport Churches
Four Middleport congregations report gains in Sunday School and morning services in the Victory for Christ Campaign. Baptist 40 percent Sunday School and 22 percent church attendance. Church of Christ 108 percent Sunday School and 83 percent church. Methodist 61 percent Sunday School and 148 percent church. Presbyterian 73 percent Sunday School and 170 percent church. Campaign runs through May.
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Middleport
Baptist
Church of Christ
Methodist
Presbyterian
Pioneer Senior 4 H Club Elects Officers at Reedsville
The Pioneer Senior 4 H Club met at the Reedsville Schoolhouse with ten members and two visitors. Miss Lucy Kibble leads the group as president Maxine Pickens, vice president Ruth Williams, secretary treasurer Ellen Louise Sisson, recreation Mary Lou Sisson, song Doris Barnett, and Frances Miller as news reporter. Guest speaker Mrs A C Stewart spoke on Americanism.
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Pomeroy
Reedsville
Lucy Kibble
Maxine Pickens
Ruth Williams
Ellen Louise Sisson
Mary Lou Sisson
Doris Barnett
Frances Miller
A. C. Stewart
OU Artists To Exhibit Work In Pomeroy
A public exhibit of prints and carvings is set for the Farish House of Grace Episcopal Church in Pomeroy on Sunday afternoon and evening. Featured will be Miss Edna Way and John Rood from Athens, showing water colors and carvings. organizers include Grace Church’s Church Women’s Guild.
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Pomeroy
Pomeroy Bend
Farish House
Grace Episcopal
Church Women’s Guild of Grace Church
Miss Way
Mr. Rood
National Association of Women Artists
Ohio Water Color Society
Western Arts Association
Columbus Arts League
American Association of University Women
United States
Ohio
Vermont
John Rood
Passedont
New York
Passedont Gallery
Meigs County Service Men Reported in Brief
Cpl Harold Jones returns to Patterson Field Dayton after a visit with parents Mr and Mrs Roy Jones of Minersville. Lucille Oeffler of Boston MA with the WAACs promoted to corporal and former Pomeroy teacher. Sgt Ralph Carmen son of Mr and Mrs Harry Carmen graduates Harlingen gunnery school and earns his wings. Mrs O B Quisenberry reports her son Lt Joe F Quisenberry has arrived safely overseas at an unknown destination.
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O. B
Quisenberry
Columbus
Clara Kautz
George Tewksbury
Mona Marie
George Enzenauer
Cave St
E. J. Lavender
Newbury, Mich
C. E. Blakeslee
Howard Jackson
Lincoln Hill
Linnie Lewis
Long Bottom
Akron
Parkersburg
Phyllis Buckley
Reedsville
Pomeroy
Della Windsor
Mac McCormick
John Griffith Demoss
William Griffith
Dayton, Ky
Susie Andrews
Enterprise
Victor Stewart
St. Albans
W. Va
Roy Jones
Minersville
Dorothy Jones
Ralph Kuether
Louis Reibel
Robert Roberts
Roy Mayer
Zanesville
Federated Church
William Diles
United States Army
Miami
L. D. Diles
Beech St
Austin Russell
Ft. Wayne
Ind
Railroad Division
U. S. Army
Fred Russell
Veera Russell
Russells
Mr. Russell
Harold Dailey
Jean Meier
San Francisco
Dailey
William Russell
Clifton
Herman Haddox
Charles Lupton
Gallipolis
John McKenzie
Canton
Chauncey Vance
Vivian
Jimmy Whitlock
Della Mae Vance
Kent
Jimmy
Fred Whitlock
Palmer St
Harold Jones
Patterson Field
Dayton
Lucille Oeffler
Boston
Mass
WAACS
Harlingen
Texas
O. B. Quisenberry
Joe F. Quisenberry
Christmas Box Reaches Son Weeks After Sent
Mrs. Paul French of 8S Second Ave Middleport received a cable from her son Warrant Officer Stephen Cope in Africa sending belated birthday wishes. A second cable noted he had just received her Christmas box five and a half months late. The Smiths also sent a box reaching Cope months earlier from the same base where Captain Joseph Dumble Pryan, a distant cousin and former Middleport resident, is stationed and in daily contact.
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Middleport
Paul French
Second Ave
Stephen Cope
Afica
C. F. Smiths
Cope
Joseph Dumble Pryan
Meigs Boys To Box In Pt Pleasant May Fourth
Local fans show strong interest in amateur boxing at Pt Pleasant on May 4. Scheduled boxers include Jimmy Hartinger at 150 pounds and Sam Walters at 128 pounds, both MHS athletes, with J J Canterbury and Harley Devol also listed.
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Middleport
Pt. Pleasant
Jimmy Hartinger
Sam Walters
M.H.S
J. J. Canterbury
Harley Devol
Quota in War Drive Passed In Middleport
Middleport exceeded its April quota of 200000 for the Second War Bond Drive. Total local sales reached 225757 50, reported by Paul S Smart chairman. Additional sales through New York Central Railway General Chemical Defense Corp and Marietta Manufacturing are credited to buyers county.
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Middleport
United States
Paul S. Smart
Japan
Smart
New York Central Railway
General Chemical Defense Corporation
Marietta Manufacturing Company
Former Syracuse Resident Walter Mainwaring Dies
Walter Mainwaring aged 55 formerly of Syracuse died Sunday night at his Pittsburgh home from pneumonia. He served as secretary to the president of Carnegie Steel Company and is survived by his wife and two children. He was a son of the late Thomas and Mrs. Mainwaring lifelong Syracuse residents.
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Pomeroy
Walter Mainwaring
Syracuse
Pittsburgh
Carnegie Steel Company
Mainwaring
Thomas Mainwaring
May Day Festival Presented Friday at Central School
POMEROY May Day Festival will be presented Friday evening at 8 o'clock by children of the Central School at the Pomeroy Junior High School Auditorium. The program is under the direction of Mrs. Alice Smith Nease and all the teachers. Pupils from all classes will participate with singing dancing and recitations. Costumes were provided by Central P T A and Sugar Run P T A.
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Pomeroy
Central School
Alice Smith Nease
Central P T.A
Sugar Run
P.T.A
Civic government plan used in many US cities and counties
The manager plan of civic government is implemented in 425 cities and six counties across the United States, reflecting broad adoption of this administrative approach.
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United States
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