Pomeroy Schools Announce Opening Date And Times
The Pomeroy school year starts Sept. 4 with a pre-session for teachers and students. Labor Day is observed, and classes resume Sept. 8. New start times: high schools 8 45 a m elementary 9 a m. noon 12 15 p m for high, 12 0 p m for elementary with 1 15 p m or 1 00 p m reopens to 3 30 p m. Christmas vacation Dec 18 28. no New Year’s Day. Two teaching vacancies remain and new hires include Joan Huck Elma Smith and Alice Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
W. A. Smith
Board of Education
Joan Huck
Lowell
Elma Smith
Chester
Alice Smith
Hartford
W. Va
Smith
Milk Producers Association eyes local Jackson processing plant
A meeting of the Southern Ohio Milk Producers Association discussed plans to establish a farmer owned milk processing plant in Jackson within a year. C. S. Morris and C. E. Blakeslee outlined upcoming educational meetings in Meigs County to inform dairy farmers about the venture, with a projected August 18 session featuring Cr. G. Wright of Ohio State University.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cr. G. Wright
Agriculture Economics Department
Ohio State University
Meigs County
Janet Dillard Named Secretary in School Office
Middleport reports Janet Dillard, honor student and 1942 graduate, has been employed as secretary to Supt. of Schools L. W. McComas. Dillard has assisted in the office this summer after William Dules resigned to take a new job at WWVU.
Large attendance at Mrs. Anderson funeral in Middleport
Mrs. Ralph Anderson nee Mary Willock, daughter of a former Meigs County sheriff, was honored at a large funeral at Rawlings-Coats Funeral Home in Middleport. Many townspeople and out of town relatives attended. pallbearers included Theodore Reed and L. E. Saunders. interment followed at Middleport Hill Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Rawlings-Coats
Ralph Anderson
Pomeroy
L. E. Saunders
Columbus
C. M. Hennesy
A. R. Hecox
David Durst
Koch
Rutland Circuit
Chicago Pastor Speaks at Simpson Methodist
The Rev Henry Edward Rompel of Chicago will preach at Simpson Methodist Church in Pomeroy next Sunday. His sermon titled Godly Dynamic will start at 10 15 a m with Church School at 9 30 a m led by Theo Smith. A church board meeting follows and choir rehearsal is planned.
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Pomeroy
Henry Edward Rompel
Lamon Aven Methodist Church
Chicago
Till
Simpson Methodist Church
Nobel M. Rompel
Simpson Church
Theo Smith
Board of Religious and Missionary Education
Monnday
Leah Ann Crites
Bexley
Methodist
H. E. Rompel
Oats Yield Record Set at 72 Bushels Per Acre
William Cheatham, living south of Carpenter, reports a winter oats yield of 72 bushels per acre with 37 pounds per bushel at threshing. He invites neighboring counties to try to beat the Meigs County record, noting the crop followed soybeans last fall and performed exceedingly well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
William Cheatham
Carpenter
Pomeroy Community Notes From Local Social Roundup
Pomeroy Personal items record the Chestnut Ridge Stitchers meeting at Carolyn Holcomb home with nine members. next gathering planned at Dorothy Weyand’s on Aug 11. Various local residents visit relatives, attend Mary Anderson funeral, and a Navy enlistment is noted for Norman Gloeckner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chestnut Ridge
Carolyn Holcomb
Dorothy Weyand
Homer Showers
Toledo
John Bowen
Pomeroy-Athens Rd
Mary Anderson
Charles Dill
Texas
John Dill
Enterprise
Michael
Rutland
Vern Bolinger
Spring Ave
California
Newton Spencer
Logan
C._ F. Tompkins
E. Main St
Norman Gloeckner
Navy
Great Lakes
Ill
Union Ave
Jack Gloeckner
Earl Hartenbach
Great Bend
Eddie Wells
Ravenna
William Wells
Ball Run
Ernest Grimm
Letart Falls
Louis Roush
Hinton
W. Va
Howard Roush
Jersey City
N. J
Floyd Chapman
Robert Kleinschmidt
Jess Woods
Bert Grimm
Charles Alexander
Ralph Gaches
Grace Crow
Gladys Crow
al Pearson
Akron
Ohio
Time Card Report Incomplete Schedule Entry
Fragmentary time card data shows a morning timestamp 11 06 a m and a noted duration 0 38. The garbled text offers no clear names places or events to cite.
Outstanding Flower Show of Reedsville Garden Club
A standout flower show was held Wednesday evening at Stewart Hall Reedsville hosted by the Reedsville Garden Club. Exhibits included flowers wild plants herbs potted plants and handmade novelties with displays from the Junior Garden Club and Reedsville 4-H Clubs as well as a vegetables for victory basket and decorative scenes including a miniature bay pool rock garden and wedding tableau.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reedsville Garden Club
Stewart Hall
Reedsville
The
Middleport Personalities Recap Across North-Central Ohio
Middleport notes list William Garber at Camp Grow Illinois returning from furlough with Ruth Garber of Columbus. Other residents and visitors include Mrs. Tom Mills, Miss Jean Ebersbach, Mrs. Harley DeVol and Gladdy, Mrs. Mary Logan Smith and Paul, Orris Mae Jobes, Thelma Darlene, Paul Porter, and Mrs. H S Mourning visiting Charleston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Garber
Camp Grow, Ill
S. Second Ave
Ruth Garber
Columbus
Garbers
Tom Mills
Jean Ebersbach
Homer Rice
Chester
Chillicothe
Harley DeVol
Gladdy
Belle
W. Va
Mary Logan Smith
Paul
Ravenna
Albert Logan
Orris Mae Jobes
Thelma Darlene
Steelton
Paul Porter
McMaster Apts
H. S. Mourning
Charleston
Homer Kersey
Mountain State Hospital
Mont Howell
Brood Hatched by Black Widow Spider Displayed in Bank Jar
A Black Widow spider owned by the daughter of Charles Fasterday is shown in a closed glass jar after hatching a brood no larger than a pencil tip. It was first brought to Phil Meier's Shoe Shop and now sits in the Pomeroy National Bank. Mrs Osborne led a Gallipolis pool excursion with children including Joan, Virginia Lu, Sally Schaaf, Rosemary Fisher, and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Charles Fasterday
Noase Settlement
Phil Meier
Pomeroy National Bank
Gallipolis Middleport
R. L. Osborne
Gallipolis
Joan
Virginia Lu
Sally
Jon Schaaf
Rosemary
John Fisher
Kenney Sauer
Harry Featherstone
Charles Dow
Myers Funeral Held At Long Bottom
Mrs. Maggie Madeline Myers Johnson 62 of Long Bottom died Aug. 4 at her sister Dora Wiseman’s Parkersburg home. Wife of John Johnson since Aug. 15, 1900. leaves 18 grandchildren and five sisters plus two brothers. Funeral services were held Thursday at the Long Bottom M FE Church with Sand Hill Cemetery interment.
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Long Bottom
Maggie Madeline Myers Johnson
John Johnson
Dora Wiseman
Murdock Court
Parkersburg
Russell
Bridgeport
Car
East Liverpool
Linious
Gibsonburg
Alfred
Robert
Woodsville
Homer Connolly
Marshallville
Dayton McElroy
Waterville
Floyd Cochran
Dennie Myers
Sandyville
W. Va
Charley Myers
Steubenville
Lucy Stephens
Vernie Grady
Rosa Pringer
Arbuckle
Claire Myers
MFE
Sand Hill Cemetery
Department Store Beats TNT In 13 Inning Playoff
In MHS Stadium last night Middleport Department Store defeated TNT 6 to 1 in 13 innings. Department Store scored in the third on a walk theft and wild throw and blew open the game with four hits and five runs in the thirteenth after two outs. Lee Cargill fanned 23 for TNT. Don Manley allowed five hits and strong defense backed him up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
MHS Stadium
Middleport Department Store
TNT
Department Store
Lee Cargill
Don Manley
RH Hartinger
Ox. Ass
Loe
BOWE
Manley
Ellis
Wilt
Moser
Cargill
Johnson Sworn Special Officer After Offence Incident
Paul Johnson, an unofficial helper to local officers, was sworn in as a special officer after a cutting affray last night. With more workers in town, increased protection at night was urged. The local sugar board reported high demand for fall canning sugar as the peach crop began to move to market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Paul Johnson
Long Bottom Social Notes
Mrs Geneva Yates of Cleveland visits two weeks with her mother Mrs H C Swan. A stillborn child of Mr and Mrs Wilbur Bissell was buried in Sand Hill Cemetery. The mother is in St Josephs Hospital Parkersburg. Mrs FE Myers called to Caldwell for brother in law Cecil Ullman’s illness. Capt O E German of the steamer Betty vacationing at home. Jack Brooks underwent tonsil surgery at Parkersburg. William Connolly buys the Andrews home on Guyan and will move family there. Capt and Mrs E E German and Miss Mary Sheldon visit relatives in Point Pleasant. Mrs J B Shumaker returns from Beaver and Rochester PA. Mrs Charlotte Coleman visits sisters at Reedsville. Miss Mildred Hawley of MIddleton visits her father W F Hawley. FE L Clark and family visit Harrisonville. Mrs Ernestine Hayman and children visit parents Mr and Mrs Ernest Barton at Reedsville for Mrs Bartons birthday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva Yates
Cleveland
H. C. Swan
Wilbur Bissell
Sand Hill Cemetery
St. Josephs Hospital
Parkersburg
FE. Myers
Caldwell
Cecil Ullman
O. E. German
Betty
Jack
Brooks
William Connolly
Andrews Home
Guyan
E. E. German
Mary Sheldon
Point Pleasant
Ernestine Hayman
Ernest Barton
Reedsville
Mrs
War Worker Held in Jail At Middleport
Billy T. Smith of Point Pleasant, worker at Marietta Manufacturing, was jailed after alleged attack on Roy O. Wray Jr. in Middleport. Police, aided by former Mayor Robson and Paul Johnson, report Smith slashed at Wray and struck his head while resisting arrest. hearing set in municipal court tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Billy T. Smith
Marietta Manufacturing Co
Point Pleasant
Roy O. Wray Jr
Wray
Smith
Robson
Paul Johnson
Marietta
Birmingham
Ala
Wrays
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