Meigs County Salvage Drive Aims to Boost War Materials
G E Carson chairs Meigs County salvage drive set to start August 24 to collect scrap iron and steel for national needs. The effort ties to a nationwide WPB plan with WPA cooperation and highway trucks donated to support increasing steel production for tanks ships and aircraft.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
George E. Carson
Donald M. Nelson
WPB
Axis
WPA
Carson
Recreation project opens in Pomeroy defense area
Project Now In Operation provides free entertainment for defense workers and families in the Pomeroy Ohio area. Father M Shields of Zanesville serves as district supervisor. Activities include games drama music and adult crafts with free children’s programs. Registration for adult crafts like chair caning weaving and rug making is Monday Aug 24 from 1 to 4 pm at the Federated Church recreation room. Mrs Mary J Kirkendall will receive registrations and craft displays will appear on Main Street.
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Pomeroy
War Service Section
Ohio
M. Shields
Zanesville
Federated Church
Mary J. Kirkendall
Main St
Middleport Girl Weds Harrisonville Soldier
Gertrude Grueser of Rock Springs married Corporal Richard A. Finlaw of Harrisonville Ohio in a Logan ceremony officiated by Rev Woodard. Both graduates of Pomeroy High School, Mrs Finlan works at Elberfelds. Finlan on 90 day furlough from Ft Jackson heading to aviation cadet training. couple to Indian Lake for wedding trip.
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Middleport
Frank X. Grueser
Rock Springs
Gertrude
Richard A. Finlaw
Elmer Finlaw
Harrisonville
Logan
Ohio
Woodard
Methodist Church
Finlan
Pomeroy High School
Elberfeld’s
Ft. Jackson
S. C
Indian Lake
Salisbury Rural Schools Gather Enrollment and Book Needs
Pomeroy report notes Salisbury Rural Schools will convene Monday August 24 from 9 to 10 a m to collect enrollment figures and book requirements for the 1942 43 school year. The meeting includes all teachers and all pupils.
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Pomeroy
Salisbury
Marilyn Sue Smith Improving After Auto Crash
Marilyn Sue Smith, severely injured when struck by a car ten days ago, is improving at the home of her parents Mr. and Mrs. Paul Smith on S. Second Ave.
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Middleport
Marilyn Sue Smith
Paul Smith
S. Second Ave
Ferry Nuckles Ill In West Virginia Hospital
Betty Nuckles returned from Montgomery W Va to visit her brother Ferry Nuckles who is seriously ill at Montgomery Memorial Hospital. Doctors report a blood infection has baffled specialists but his condition showed slight improvement yesterday. WPA workers assist with care as a county scrap drive begins to collect metal for war needs starting August 24 and continuing two months, urging households to contribute scrap and inform the USDA War Board.
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Middleport
Betty Nuckles
Montgomery
W. Va
Ferry Nuckles
Montgomery Memorial Hospital
Nuckles
Miss Nuckles
Frank Abbott
Milton Hamilton
WPA
Murdock
Pomeroy
Usda War Board
Edson E. Roush
Salem Club Holds Stock Judging Tour
The Salem Center Calf Sheep and Chicken Club held a judging tour on Aug 17 with members evaluating each other’s projects. Final member grades combine project scores with records, under club leader Thomas Porter of Rutland.
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Pomeroy
Salem Center
Thomas Porter
Rutland
Harrisonville Clover Club
Middleport Board hires teacher for high school
In a special meeting the Middleport Board of Education employed Miss Dorothy Hamm of Minersville as commercial teacher for Middleport High School. Hamm, a June graduate of Ohio University, is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Dana Hamm.
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Middleport
Ats
Middleport Board of Education
Dorothy Hamm
Minersville
Middleport High School
Hamm
Ohio University
Dana Hamm
Pomeroy Man Sues For 1000 Damages In Auto Collision
Marvin Tucker of Rutland seeks 1000 dollars in common pleas court against Richard Frazier of Middleport for injuries and property loss from a June 7 1942 auto collision on State Route 124 near the Avenue Bridge. Tucker and his wife and four children were in the car. He claims the other driver approached erratically and struck his standing vehicle causing medical bills and total loss of the automobile valued at 250 dollars.
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Pomeroy
Marvin Tucker
Rutland R. D
Common Pleas Court
Richard Frazier
Middleport
Avenue Bridge
Tucker
Size of School Enrollment Is Problematical
Local officials review future pupil numbers as population rises. The Pomeroy system can accommodate 500 more in elementary and high schools, says Supt. W. O. Smith. Parents of unregistered children are asked to register at Pomeroy Senior High on Monday August 24 or Tuesday August 25 between 1 and 4 pm.
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Pomeroy
W. O. Smith
Pomeroy Schools
Pomeroy Senior High School
Christmas Wedding Is Announced This Week
Ray S. Calvert and family announce the marriage of their daughter Dorothea Louise to Donald Edward McKenzie. The ceremony will be Thursday December 25 1941 at Grace Methodist Church Gallipolis Ohio with Rev W S Westerman officiating. Attendants were Esther Leifheit and Kathryn Duffy. The couple both graduated Pomeroy High School. The bride works at Ebberfelds Dept Store. The groom served at United Engineers Foundry Co Canton before enlisting in the US Army. He was in the inductees group leaving for Columbus. Daniel Riccio, formerly of S Third Ave, will live in the former Sullivan property on Seventh Ave. He works for General Defense Chemical Corporation Pt Pleasant. POMEROY—Brandeberry Reunion set for Sunday August 30 at Athens County Fair Grounds with a noon basket dinner. All relatives and friends invited.
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Middleport
Ray S. Calvert
East Main St
Dorothea Louise
Donald Edward McKenzie
Michael McKenzie
Grace Methodist Church
Gallipolis
Ohio
W. S. Westerman
Esther Leifheit
Kathryn Duffy
Daniel Riccio
Lee Featherstone
S. Third Ave
Sullivan
Seventh Ave
Riccio
General Defense Chemical Corporation
Pt. Pleasant
Pomeroy
Brandeberry
Athens County Fair
Milk Producers Endorse District Marketing Program
More than 40 milk producers met at Chester High School Tuesday night and endorsed the Southern Ohio milk marketing improvement program. Dr. G McBride of Ohio State University outlined cooperative plans for producers selling milk for manufacturing, cream, or fluid milk, noting Meigs County has about 930 farms with three or more cows and a majority selling butter fat. The nine county area in the proposed cooperative includes 2 015 farms producing 188 681 pounds of milk daily and 7 151 farms selling cream. A committee led by Ernest Bahr and others was named to plan next steps for Meigs County participation.
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Pomeroy
Chester High School
Ohio
Clifford S. Morris
Southern Ohio Milk Producers Association
Meigs County
G. McBride
Rural Economics Department
Ohio State University
McBride
C. E. Blakeslee
Southern Ohio
Cooperative Milk Producers Association
Ernest Bahr
Long Bottom
Porter Midkiff
Hemlock Grove
Hubert Shields
Tuppers Plains
Harold Carnahan
Racine
Dana Hoffman
Elmer Kautz
Giles Hysell
Minersville
C. T. Cole
C. S. Morris
Scouts Begin Campaign To Raise Funds In Meigs County
Meigs County groups in Middleport and Pomeroy launch a fundraising drive led by Emmett Shuler, Robert Coats, Harry Ohlinger, and Fred Rosenbaum to support Boy Scouts amid enlistments and defense plant work. Local scouts aided 30 nationwide projects last year and will aid civilian defense, with a call to donate to train more leaders. In a separate note, Mrs. Arthur Fich recuperates at home after Holzer Hospital operation.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Middleport
Emmett Shuler
Robert Coats
Harry Ohlinger
Fred Rosenbaum
Armed Services
United States
Boy Scouts of America
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