Meigs Red Cross names Hobstetter again chairman
POMEROY Edison Hobstetter was reelected chairman of the Meigs Chapter American Red Cross at the annual meeting held after a chicken dinner at the Drew Webster Post American Legion Hall. Officers elected include H. Grate as vice chairman secretary Mrs L J Heiner and treasurer Mrs BR Finsterwald.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Edison Hobstetter
Meigs
American Red Cross
Drew Webster Post
American Legion
Eleanor Zaiher
H. L. Carr
William Bradford
L. W. McComas
H. O. Ewing
Frank Gibson
Wbr, Amos
Lucy Kibble
Edne J. Stewart
Mae Mors
Red Cross Meigs Chapter Reports 1945 Efforts and Honors
The Meigs County Red Cross annual meeting reviewed a year focused on service men and their homes. Reports highlighted blood donations reaching 1 183 pints and 563 donors, home nursing classes, POW aid, flood relief for 286 families, and an extensive disaster committee. Junior Red Cross enrolled 4 212 students with $160 90 collected. life in German prison camps was recounted by two veterans, underscoring aid received.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Hayes
James Titus
Carl Denison
L. J. Heiner
Leo Story
Delbert Gaul
J. S Davis
Thomas Sayre, Jr
Roy Smith
Agnes Price
Roscoe Hardin
Herbert Shields
Harry Allen
Land Norris
Henry Roush
Qwen Watson
William Reilley
H. ‘Grate
Norris
Klees
Stansbury Land
Charles Baird
Grace Episcopal Church
Hobstetter
Heiner
Red Cross
J. C. Roedel
Eleanor Zeiher
Meigs Countians
William Bradford
FP. L. Jacobs
Louis Heibel
Home Service Repo
Harry Ublinger
P. E. Stanley
Red Cross War Fund
Wilma Koush
Meigs County
Army Hospital
United States
J. Q. Roetiel
Lhe War Fund
Home Service
Edna Stewart
Ohlinger
Pomeroy
Robert Harbrech
8Th AA
England
Munich
Leset
Charles Reuter
15Th Aar
Italy
Budapest
Thei
Stalag Luft 4
Tneir
Ellen Biddle
Athens County
Meigs
Stewart
Dorothy Kirther
Ohio towns urged to expand police training
The Ohio State Marshals' Association urged more instruction for village police. Members backed a resolution calling for increased attendance at established police schools, including FBI programs, or for the association to run its own training schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Columbus
Ohio State Marshals’ Association
FBI
Navy Officer Held for Wholesale Thefts
A court martial charges Lt. Cmdr. Equen B. Meader of New York City with theft of weapons on a grand scale. He allegedly shipped 42 wooden cases from North Africa as personal belongings, transporting arms in bulk to New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Navy
Comm
Equen B. Meader
New York City
Meader
North Africa
Navy Lt John K Harley Earns Medical License
Lt. (j g) John K. Harley of South River Road Zanesville has passed the state medical exam and earned a medicine and surgery certificate. He is one of 277 graduates statewide and interned at Bainbridge Hospital in Maryland after Ohio State University. His wife is Mary Davis of Pomeroy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
J.g
John K. Harley
James Harley
South River Road
Zanesville
Middleport High School
Harley
Navy
Ohio State University
Bainbridge Hospital
Bainbridge
Mary Davis
Pomeroy
Rocksprings Grange Plans Friday Night Meeting
POMEROY The Rocksprings Grange will hold a regular meeting Friday evening August 10. A musical play by Federated Church ladies directed by Mrs Carrie Neutzling and a short play by five Rocksprings Grange men will be presented. Refreshments provided by Mr and Mrs Charles Karr Patty Karr and Mrs Margaret Allen. TALKS FROM ITALY MIDDLEPORT Lt Dennis Gallagher flight officer stationed in Italy spoke with his wife and small son by telephone last Friday. SCOUTS LN CAMP MIDDLEPORT Boy Scouts gathered at Camp Lazarus near Delaware for an outing. Participants include David Diles Paul Holter Jim Werner and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Rocksprings Grange
Ladies of
Federated Church
Carrie Neutzling
Rockisprings Grange
Charles Karr
Patty Karr
Margaret Allen
Italy
Dennis Gallagher
Middleport
Boy
Lazarus
Delaware
David Diles
Paul Holter
Jim Werner
Chester Youth Sacrificed in Pacific War
Lewis Norman Rockwell of Chester Township Meigs County has been listed as killed in action during the Saipan engagement with the Japanese. He was reported missing July 7, 1944, after his unit, the 105th Infantry, fought hard in the Southwest Pacific. His son of Joseph W. Rockwell and Alice May Rockwell, he enlisted October 6, 1943, after Pearl Harbor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. W. Howell
Meigs County
Ohio War History Commission
Pomeroy—Lewis N- Rockwell
Chester Township
Japan
Joseph Rockwell
Saipan Island
Lewis Norman Rockwell
Joseph William Rockwell
Allen Avenue
Columbus
Alice May Rockwell
Pomeroy
Pearl Harbor
Lewis
Camp Walters
Texas
105Th Infantry
Southwest Pacific
German POW Lt Lawrence Bradford Goes to Florida
Lt. Lawrence Bradford, a German prisoner of war on a 60 day furlough, has moved from Columbus to Florida for reassignment. He was accompanied by his wife who resided in Columbus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Lawrence Bradford
Columbus
Florida
Miss Waterman Remembered On 96th Birthday
Emma Waterman known as Auntie Waterman celebrated her 96th birthday in Meigs County. A local store sold most of its birthday cards to those remembering her. She received greetings gifts and flowers and was an honored guest at the Meigs County Pioneer Society. In Middleport a report from Chesapeake relatives said Orion Fischer is critically ill at his home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Emma Waterman
Meigs
Waterman
Meigs County
Chesapeake
M. G. Brown
Orion Fiesher
Real Estate Transfers in Meigs Area
Real estate transfers this week include Yada E and Earl King to Nellie Burford in Rutland Lot 3 and Garnet Snyder with Tzetta Stiles to Harry Snyder in Pomeroy. Transfers also list Lissa Nichols to Eldon Nichols and Ralph Nichols with Ww. B. Swisher in Middleport and Ella Knowles to Genevieve Farley and back to Robert Costs in Middleport. Emma Duckworth sells to Lina Detze in Syracuse Lot 1. Lawrence Hill and Carrie Hill sell to Harold Harford and Marguerite Harford in Salem parcels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
George Meinhart
Yada E
Earl King
Nellie Burford
Rutland
Garnet Snyder
Tzetta Stiles
Harry Snyder
Zaleri Fer
Lissa Nichols
Eldon
Clarence
Ralph Nichols
Ww. B. Swisher
Middleport
Frank Knowles
Ella Knowles
Genevieve Farley
Marriage Licenses Issued In Merge County Probate Court
Alva Mooney age 24 of Northup Transylvania Frye age 21 of Pomeroy received licenses. Densil Butcher 22 of Torch Edith Richardson 21 of Middleport also obtained licenses in the Merge County proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Merge County
Alva Mooney
Northup
Transylvania Frye
Densil. Butcher
Torch
Edith Richardson
Middleport
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the Bule
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WAC
Camp Lee
Spencer & Wehrung
Hysell Furniture Co
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Lowe, Bros
G. O. Schmoll
Colegroves Market
Rathburn’s Dept
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Billie Burke
Eugene Paulette
Ona Munson
Ruth Terry
Robert Livingston
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