Pomeroy School Board Hopes To Hire Football Coach
Pomeroy High School faces a coach vacancy as downtown candidates discuss the hire. Superintendent W A Smith says rumors of a pulled football season are unfounded, with home games likely at Middleport field. Bonded plans for stadium and facilities stalled by war labor shortages remain unresolved.
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THE
Athens Messenger
Athens
Pomeroy
Pome High School
Forrest Creason
Greenfield
W. A. Smith
Panther
Middleport Field
Russell
Meigs County 4-H Club Notes on Dressmaking and First Aid Kits
The Keno Stitchers met at the Keno Grange Hall with eleven members present. Leaders Mrs. Josephine Ritchie and Miss Hazel Milhoan attended. Members may enter county achievement program with dresses made. At Long Bottom Junior Aid, Gaynell Clark hosted with Mrs. Clark and Mrs. Lucy Cowdery present. First aid kit projects were judged, consisting of oral questions on first aid followed by a test.
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Keno
Keno Grange Hall
Josephine Ritchie
Hazel Milhoan
Long Bottom
Gaynell Clark
Clark
Lucy Cowdery
Racine Area Couples Visit and Local Social Notes
Racine and surrounding residents are listed visiting relatives and hosting guests from California Maine Detroit and Kansas. The column notes trips porch gatherings a picnic in Syracuse a move to New York for Austin Haifleigh and furloughs of Spence Hayman plus gatherings with the Wolfe Clark Spencer families and local neighbors.
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Racine
Ralph Shain
Baker Field
California
Roy Smith
Charlie Shain
Joseph Rich
Topeka
Kansas
Maine
Rich
Kate Wolfe
Clara Clark
Detroit
Michigan
Floyd Wolfe
Athens
Road Side Park
Syracuse
Pearle Martin
Austin Haifleigh
Jake Gaul
Racine- Pomeroy Road
New York
Heifleigh
Morris Hardin
Billie
Bobbie
Ralph Neigler
Roscoe Hardin
Ravenna
Spence Hayman
Howard Johnson
Preaches at Services Across Churches in Middleport
The Rev. E. S. Higginbotham of Ravenswood WV preached at the First Baptist Church in Middleport on Sunday morning and evening and also spoke at the Cheshire charge. He stood in for Rev. Ralph Zandel who attended the Rio Grande Association and the Central Association at Gallipolis as a member of the state evangelism committee.
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Middleport
E. S. Higginbotham
Ravenswood
W. Va
First Baptist Church
Evenng
Cheshire
Ralph Zandel
Rio Grande Association
Central Association
Gallipolis
Pomeroy Social Notes Birthday Party for Earl Jr
Mrs. Earl Denny Sr hosted a Sunday surprise birthday for son Earl Jr marking his seventeenth birthday with gifts and a cake centerpiece. Guests included Norman Spencer and many local friends. Several other residents and relatives were noted visiting or traveling, with plans of military induction for Frederick Weisheit and various weekend trips to Columbus, Indianapolis, and Chicago.
Middleport Social Notes Highlight Navy Enlistments and Visits
Middleport honors two young men, Orval Ohlinger and Clarence Mulford Jr., who enlisted in the Navy at a dam party. The piece lists numerous local visits, family gatherings, and trips by residents to Columbus, Zanesville, Huntington, and other towns, with attendees including Barbara Stout of Athens and John F. Hamilton.
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Middleport
Compton's
Orval Ohlinger
O. T. Ohlinger
Clarence Mulford
C. P. Dutton
A. V. Wood
Vashti Flesher
Wheeling
M. G. Brown
Chesapeake and
Huntington
Orion Flesher
R. L. Hamilton
W. T. Moore
Huntington Herald Advertiser
Browns
Wood
Nelsonville
John Wood James Arnold
Zanesville
George M
Chillicothe
Howard Kitchen Jr
Dolores Kitchen
H. H. Kitchen
N. Second Ave
Pat Jordan
Cleveland
Jack Wisda
Wisdas
Ann Russell
Martha Harmon
Malcolm Kennedy
George Hall
Buckeye Lake
Griff Russell
Columbus
Virginia Russell
Vesta McCoy
Fremont
John Frazier
Bluefield
Hold Family Reunion at Fairgrounds
The Miller-Barton families held their annual reunion at Rock Springs fairgrounds in Middleport with I. E. Miller of Grant Street in charge. Officers elected include L. F. Miller of Athens as president and R. B. Carson of Middleport as vice president. many members serving in the U. S. Armed Forces were specially noted.
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Middleport
Miller-Barton
Rocksprings Fairgrounds
Lewis Webb
Robert Miller
Carl Miller
Ray Barton
Kenneth Entsminger
Melville Gill
Floyd Kennedy
James Burris
Frank Howard
James Simms
Vera Miles
Cora Colwell
Everett Coldwell
Vinton
Dale Miller
Rio Grande
Emma Johnson
Marjorie Burris
B. L. Durst
Cora Seebold
Kate Miller
Iva Ward
Merle Ward
Margaret Butcher
Columbus
Ralph Russell
J. F. Miller
Schuyler Hill
Jennie Miller
Akron
Ora McClain
Marguerite McClain
Laurence McClain
Ethel Steele
Alice Hooper
Janet Green
Loren Miller
Huntington
L. R. Riggleman
Dexter
Clair Nelson
Carroll
Norma Lisle
Mildred
Syracuse
Lamp Russell
Cora D. Webb
Anna Mae Ward
Pomeroy
David Entsminger
Cecil Bolin
Joe
Lee McComas
Edward Lee
I. E. Miller
Marjorie
R. B. Carson
Robert Martin Carson
Eugene Miller
John Ward
William
Carolyn Kay Ward
Carl L. Grueser
Rocksyrings
Oren Stansbury
Richard and
Lew Arden
Mary Ann Rupe
Mary Price
Bertha Johnson
A. T. Barton
Rutland
John Miller
F. A. Miller
von A. Miller
Alice Miller
Ethel Miller
Daisy Miller
H. E. Miller
Anna Miller
Langsville
Wayne Johnson
Gallipolis
Lillie Gebhardt
K. H. Butler
Paul Edward Butler
Bladen
Ohio
Nate Braley
Ashland
Second Lieutenant Appointment In U S Army Medical Corps
Charles Mullen Pomeroy son of Mr and Mrs Charles Mullen Mulberry Ave has received notice of temporary appointment and commission as a second lieutenant in the medical corps U S Army Fort Hayes Columbus Ohio The medical student is at Philadelphia Pa attending medical school
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Pomeroy
Charles Mullen
Mulberry Ave
Medical Corps
U. S. Army
Fort Hayes
Columbus
Mullen
Philadelphia
Jersey calf awarded at Ohio State in club contest
David Nease of Nease Settlement received a registered Jersey bull calf from a letter contest by the American Jersey Cattle Club. Twelve other calves were awarded to Ohio boys the same day at OSU following last May contest.
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Pomeroy
David Nease
Nease Settlement
Ohio State University
American Jersey Cattle Club
Ohio Boys
Funeral services for Russell Buck in Zanesville mine
Russell Buck aged 25 was killed by a fall of slate in the Jones Motor Mine at Zanesville Friday night. Funeral services were held at Bradford Church this afternoon. He leaves a wife two children and his parents Mr and Mrs Charles Buck Bailey Run plus a number of brothers and sisters.
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Middleport
Russell Buck
Jones Motor
Zanesville
Bradford
Charles Buck
Bailey Run
Meigs County Real Estate Transfers Report
Meigs County records list transfers in Chester Syracuse Olive Salisbury Salem and Middleport townships. Transactions include J C and Mary McKay to Raymond and Ada Evans 20 acres. J J and Leona Roush to Glenn and Rachel Cundiff. Kermin and Josie Bailey to Ray and Ora Vineyard. Edward H Reuter administrator Stella Starkey to James E Tracy. James and Mennie Hansher to Virgin Fife. Harvey and Bertha Russell to Raymond and Myrtle Fife. Thelma and Harry Garnes to Wesley and Faye McAllister. King heirs to Estella Ely. Cordelia Murphy administratrix F B Murphy to Rodney Downing. Downing to Herbert and Florence Knight. Farmers Bank to Charles and Jennie Snider. Some jellyfish weigh as much as a horse.
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J. C
Mary McKay
Chester Township
Raymond E
Ada L. Evans
John J
Leona B. Roush
Syracuse
Glenn I
Rachel Cundiff
Kermin
Josie Bailey
Olive Township
Ray
Ora Vineyard
Edward H. Reuter
Stella Starkey
Pomeroy
James E. Tracy
James
Mennie Hansher
Middleport
Virgin Fife
Harvey
Bertha Russell
Salisbury Township
Raymond
Myrtle Fife
Thelma
Harry Garnes
Salem Township
Wesley F
Faye M. McAllister
Mary D
Thomas V
Earl L
Ida E
Wayne
Hilda King
Estella
Middeport
Herbert and
Florence Knight
Farmers Bank and Savings Co
Charles E
Jennie Snider
Ferry Nuckles Dies After Nine Weeks Illness
Ferry Nuckles aged 23 died at Montgomery Memorial Hospital after a nine week coma illness diagnosed as a bloodstream infection. He was the son of the late Ferry Nuckles and Ada Hamilton, survived by wife Faye Abbott, sister Betty Nuckles, grandmother Mrs. Nuckles of Huntington, and other relatives. Funeral arrangements by Rawlings Coats Funeral Home.
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Middleport
Ferry Nuckles
Montgomery Memorial Hospital
Ada Hamilton
Betty Nuckles
Milton Hamilton
Middleport High School
Faye Abbott
Frank Abbott
W.W.O.W
Nuckles
Huntington
West Virginia
Robert Rawlings
Rawlings-Coats
Jake Zeiher Loses Money on Corn Patch
In Pomeroy, Jake Zeiher the village clerk notes gardening is healthful but unprofitable. He grows a large corn patch near Long Bottom, invites friends to harvest, then hires a taxi to deliver corn free of charge. Net returns tally minus 11 cents a dozen.
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Pomeroy
Jake Zeiher
Long Bottom
Jake
Hold Frank Buffington On Bad Check Charge
Frank Buffington was arrested Saturday in Marietta by Constable Ross Evans to answer to a bad check charge brought by Roy Betz ing. Verny Frazier, claiming involvement in a Saturday night fight near the Kel Roy Night Club, was also arrested and is held at the county jail awaiting a hearing.
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Pomeroy
Frank Buffington
Roy Betzing
Marietta
Ross Evans
Verny Frazier
Ronald Grindley
Cars Collide at Main and Court Corner
Cars driven by Walter Miller and Buckley collided Sunday night at Main and Court Streets in Pomeroy Buckley and Miss Rita Gainor were in the car Buckley’s party escaped with minor injuries Gainor broke a windshield with her head but was not seriously hurt Webster Schaefer Henry Dennis on and Hazhill Dennison were jailed Saturday after a midnight auto crash near Salem Center Mrs Steele widow of Ed Steele injured when she fell through a basement door at Gravel Hill recovering slowly
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Pomeroy
Walter Miller
Russell Buckley
Racine
Main and
Court Sts
Rita Gainor
Buckley
Miller
Webster Schaefer
Henry Dennison
Hazhill Dennison
Salem Center
Middleport
Steele
Ed Steele
Gravel Hill
Lemley Suffers Break in Bicycle Accident
MIDDLEPORT Anderson Lemley nephew of Mr and Mrs Allen Lemley of S Second Ave sustained a broken collar bone bruises and shock when thrown from his bicycle near Bailey Run. The wheels are said to have locked. He was thrown twenty feet into a pile of red dog. Young Lemley a former Ath en Messenger paper boy saved to buy the bike and graduated from the eighth grade this spring.
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Middleport
Anderson Lemley
Allen Lemley
S. Second Ave
Bailey Run
Lemley
Athens Messenger
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U. S. Rubber Co
Sidney Cadwell
Tire Division
Meigs Co
Pomeroy Social Notes
Jesse Brewster
E. Second St
Floyd Weisheit
Frederick
Tiffin
Clara Smith
Weisheit
Smith
Brewster
J. R. Jolly
Badger Co
Alberta Shumaker
M. D. Hartley
Joel
Lincoln Hill
Robert Roberts
Union Ave
Martha Ruth
Jack Parrish
Clint Spence
Wallace
Boyd Dilgard
Minersville
E. H. Priode
Leona
Walter Scheider
Carl Davis
W. Second St
J. S. Hartenbach
E. Main St
Harry Ohlinger
Dor Schaefer
Chicago
Red Anchor Dept
Tobe Martin
Toledo
Carey Hysell
Harrisonville Rd
Middleport Social Notes
W.V.O.W
C. H. Wise
Charlies Bing
Third Ave
Althea Anderson
Max Sanborn
Kenneth Boster
Barbara Covert
Carroll Meadows
Roscoe Meadows
John Dixon
Charleston
Fred German
German
Lula Mason
Pt. Pleasant
Lewis Koehler
Crooksville
Norma Koehler
Marilyn Maxwell
Beaco
F. J
Beasley CO
Meigs County Real Estate
Meigs County
Ilness
Mrs. Steele
Nurito
AIR Force
Army
Navy
Marines
Coast Guard
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