Smith to Lead Meigs County War Fund Drive in October
W A Smith superintendent and Meigs County commerce leader will head the National War Fund drive in October. The campaign unites 16 agencies including USO and Seamen’s Service to reduce donor confusion and speed relief for soldiers, refugees, and civilians. The effort relies on local cooperation to boost morale, aid refugees, and hasten victory with fewer casualties.
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Athens Messenger
Smith
Meigs County National War Fund
W. A. Smith
Pomeroy
Meigs County
Red Cross
National War Fund
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Pomeroy Group Leaders Meet on Soil Plan
Supervisors of the reorganized Soil Conservation group met at the County Agricultural office in Pomeroy Tuesday evening. They reviewed the first three months of the program with chairmen and visitors including G L Michael Harold Pickering Emery Bell C N Jones Ralph Bar and county agricultural agent C E Blakeslee.
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Ogram
Old Carnahan
Harley Musser
E. Humphrey
W. F. Hawley
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C. N. Jones
Ralph Bar
C. E. Blakeslee
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Blackstone Transfer Moves Hutchinson Manager to Cincinnati
Mrs. Roy Lansty reports Franklin Blackstone former Nunn Bush store manager in Hutchinson will transfer to Cincinnati for a similar position. He will relocate with his family this month and is a Middleport High School graduate active in fiscal circles.
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Middleport
Roy Lansty
Franklin Blackstone
Hutchinson
Cincinaa
Blackstone
Cincinnati
Middleport Fe School
Fisical
Service Men of Meigs District News From Home Front
Reports from Meigs County relatives bring news of service members overseas and at home. Highlights include Cpl Mar von Stuckey’s safe arrival abroad, PFC Grass promoted at Ft Lawton, Paul Haptonstall as corporal at Langley Field, Lawrence Parfitt’s naval training and furlough, Pvt Lawrence Boyd’s rifle skills and singing talent, and Pvt Kenneth R. Story arriving at Casablanca on March 6.
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Meigs County
Uncle Sam
Messenger
Lawrence Parfitt
Great Lakes
Union Ave
Meigs Title Office Busy Despite Small Size
The Meigs County Common Pleas Court title office led by deputy clerk Virginia Brown issued 197 titles in July, 20 more than June, with total receipts of $22 and 40 cents. County share was $160.95 and state $62.45.
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Meigs County Common Pleas Court
Virginia Brown
World War II Soldier Kenneth Story Still with British 8th Army
Private Kenneth Story, son of Mr. and Mrs. F. E. L. Story, has traveled across North Africa ending in a total wreck of battles near Bizerte. He witnessed German and Italian prisoners and Italian captives cheerfully building prison enclosures. He served in the 30th Infantry as a support for the British 8th Army and remained close to the front until North Africa ended. his parents hope he remains with the British force and invite correspondence through them.
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North Africa
Bizerte
Story
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8Th Army
Kenneth
Pvt. Story
Engagements and social notes in Middleport town
The Middleport Social Notes record Dorothy Sauer engagement to Claude Durgee with August 28 wedding plans and a dinner party of seven guests. Betty Snyder and Clifford Fry announce their upcoming marriage for August 29, followed by many local visits, relocations, and movements among residents, including visits to Columbus and Chillicothe, and personnel changes at local schools and businesses.
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State Teachers College
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University of Illinois
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Clifford Wayne Fry
Galton
Edward Snyder
Miss Snyder
Galion North Electric Manufacturing Company
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Galion
Galion National Vault Company
Service Woman Visits Relatives in Pomroy
Miss Frances Ihle a specialist third class in the WAVEs at Hunter's College New York is visiting her brother Clarence Ihle and family in Pomroy Second Ave. An evening family dinner honors the guest before she goes to Tennessee to visit friends then return to New York. Her sister Lieut Ruth J Thle is a WAC stationed in Des Moines Iowa.
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James Ball
Great Lakes
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S. Third Ave
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Ohio State University
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Gravel Hill
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Kolver Hospital
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D. B. Hussey
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Gay Livingston
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County Board Approves Bills At Regular Meigs Meeting
Meigs County commissioners meet at the courthouse where Vic Eiselstein and Dan Hartinger vote to add 21.50 to the Probate Judge's expense and grant a refund to Edison Hobstetter estate administrator for an overpayment. About 5,640 in bills including office supplies sheriff expenses and gravel were approved.
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Muskingum River Gravel Company
Don Jenkins Recalled as Medical Corps Lieutenant in Huntington
Don Jenkins former advertising manager of the Pomeroy Daily Tribune is identified as a lieutenant in the Medical Corps stationed in Huntington. He attended a Rotary Club meeting there where Middleport Rotary president Mr Brown was present.
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Pomeroy Daily Tribune
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Victory Club Plans Red Cross Donation and Games Party
Syracuse Victory Club met in the hall on Tuesday and approved donating 5 to the Red Cross kit bag project. They also voted to sponsor a public games party in two weeks. Two weeks earlier the group donated 5 for cigarets candy and chewing gum for selectees leaving Meigs County.
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Red Cross
Meigs County
Infant son named Bruce Gregard Freeman
The infant son of Lt and Mrs M E Freeman Yolanda Dilgard was born July 28 in Sedalia Missouri hospital. He is named Bruce Gregard. The father is a flight physician at the Sedalia army air field near Warrensburg Missouri. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Boyd Dilgard.
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M. E. Freeman
Yolanda Dilgard
Sedalia, Mo
Bruce Gregard
Boyd Dilgard
Freeman
Sedalia Army Air Field
Warrensburg
Army Air Corps mobilizes ground support and transport
The Army Air Corps requires 15 to 25 ground crew per fighting pilot and more than twenty ground vehicles per pursuit or bomber. It maintains 25 types of specially developed motor transport equipment to handle the job.
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