Fourth Suspects in Pomeroy Hold-Up Captured
Four armed robbers who held up Earl Holman at the Ebersbach Le Blon service station in Pomeroy are in custody. Robert Hartman, arrested in Duncan Falls by Zanesville police, faces armed robbery charges and may be sent to Meigs County. Alma Sheets, Chester Walker, and Wilber Corder confessed to involvement. the quartet had plans to hit Shenang Springs tavern and Kel-Roy club before targeting the service station. Police credit coordinated efforts by Pomeroy Chief Wolfe Meigs Sheriff Welker Zanesville police and state patrol for the rapid arrests and confessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Earl Holman
Ebersbach le
Blon
Walter E. Wolfe
Robert Hartman
Zanesville
Duncan Falls
Wolfe
Hartman
Ralph Welker
Welker
Alma Sheets
Detroit
Chester Walker
Wilber Corder
Chillicothe
Common Pleas Court
Ohio
Meigs County
Dana H. Peoples
Ebersbach
Alma
Sheets
Corder
Walker
Jackson
Shenang Springs
Route 7
Brown
Chef Wolfe
State Engis
State Highway Patrol
John Bryan
State Highway
Cora Bennett Appointed District Chairman in Auxiliary
Mrs. Cora Bennett, active in the local American Legion Auxiliary since its founding, was named district chairman of community service. She attended the state convention in Cleveland with Mrs. Sidney Pickens. Pickens’ daughter Miss Frances Pickens joined them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Cora Bennett
Ladies Auxiliary
The
American Legion
Cleve'" Land
Bennett
Feenrty-Bennett Post
Sidney, Pickens
Pickens
Frances Pickens
Cleveland
Judge Pomeroy-C Ella Hentee at Athens County Fair
Meigs County agricultural agent Blakeslee judged 4-H club work at the Junior Fair on Wednesday at the Athens County Fair in Pomeroy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blakeslee
Pomeroy — C. EL la Hentee
Meigs County
Athens County
Stork Shower Highlights Middleport Social Notes
Middleport society records a Sunday stork shower for Mrs James Simpson at her home with Racine attendees and local guests. Other items note reunions, travels, naval discharge for Jack Bachner, and community visits during a busy week of social events and family news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Mayme Simpson Hartenbach
James Simpson
Lillian Simpson
Ethel Johnson
Glenn Simpson
Edward Simpson
Chester Simpson
Vera Beegle
Racine
7. N. Humphrey
Ruth Humphrey
O. P. Klein
Kyger Social Notes and Visits Highlight Nearby News
The Kyger WSCS held a meeting at Mrs. Nora Tate’s home with scripture by Mrs. Jessie Kerns and attendees including Mrs. Hannah Harrison and several others. Visitors dropped by from Marion Finley Columbus and Cincinnati while others traveled to meet relatives. A notable note mentions private planes rising from 32 480 to over 60 000 in the U S from August 1945 to August 1946.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alonzo Grover
Buzz Roush
Vinton
David Carter
Columbus
Claude Johnson
Finley
Dave Gilmore
Tucson
Ariz
J. N. Ward
Bobby
Junior Ward
Cincinnat
Betty Barton
San Francisco
John Fields
Roy Fields
South Charleston
Harry Powell
Charles Tipton
G. G. Werner
Middleport
Earl Reed
Wailkesville
Flossie Dunn
Eugene Stevens
iPorter
United States
Returns to Detroit After Visit Here
Mrs. Carl Erickson former Irena Wright and their daughter Bonnie visited Mayor and Mrs. George Howell and Irenas father Roy Wright from Thursday to Monday. Mrs. Erickson will return to Detroit. Her husband is a WWJ Detroit radio announcer billed at Cunningham's New Ace, formerly WLW Cincinnati where Irena worked as a secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everett
Sandy) Childers
Canton
Minerva Childers
Guy Reynolds
Leona Barger
Charleston
Francis Bush
Dayton
Bush
Bart Rawlings
Selah Schenstricker
Marietta
John Seines
Columbus
Jack Bachner
Jane Ray Bachners
Willis Grueser
Chillicothe
Will Reynolds
Charles Handley
Glousster
Charles McMaster
Gerald Rupes
Patricia Ann
Barberton
Val Edgar Reynolds
John Vroman
Isons
Coumbus
Faye Hansel
Frank Brooks
Lancaster
C. P. Gallagher
Eugene Miller
Doyle Miller
Frank Bracelin
Inlaw
Val Reynolds
W. G. Davis
Mt. Clemens
Mich
Lynford Johnson
U.S.M.C
North Carolina
Reatha
Vivian’ McDonald
Logan
John R. Bolin
Pomeroy
Carl Erickson
Irena Wright
Bonnie
George Howell
Irena
Roy Wright
Erickson
Hame
Detroit
WWJ
Cunningham
WLW
Cincinnati
Harry Bradshaw
Stella Ebersbach
Laurel St
Trenton
Mass Ebersbach
Edward Gavan
A. del Grosso
Baltimore
Sue Lehen
Red Anchor
Florida
Martha Jane Myers
Holzer Hospital
Jay Myers
Mechanic St
Fred Mescher
Zoo
Meschers
Coney Island Park
Marriage License Issued In Meigs County to Begier and Morris
A marriage license was issued by the Meigs County Probate Court to James Edward Begier age 21 of Charleston West Virginia and Vada Lee Morris age 21 of Pomeroy for their upcoming nuptials in the county records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Meigs County
James Edward Begier
Charleston
W. Va
Vada Lee
Morris
Buck Rogers Wins Feature Midget Race at Meigs Fairgrounds
Buck Rogers of Charleston won the ten mile feature at Meigs Fairgrounds half mile track with car 0 in 12 minutes 46 seconds. Smoky Stover car 13 was second, Gene Comstock third, Earl Dickinson fourth, H. H. Johnson fifth. Car 10 wrecked, cars 3 and 101 retired. Local driver Kearns Roush in car 19 led until retirement on lap 13. Roush won the 3 minute 37 second semi final and the pole in time trials. Next race set for Sept 8 with dust control planned. Officials listed from Charleston and Athens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Meigs Fairgrounds
Buck Rogers
Charleston
Smoky Stover
Gene Comstock
Earl Dickinson
H. H. Johnson
Cottrel
Meigs
Kearns Roush
Roush
Harold Connor
Thomas Potts
Meigs Fairgrounds Track
H. W. Brown
Ray C. Gould
Athens
Oscar Bauer
Don Kelley
Clayton Clayworth
Flagman
Pappy Carroll
Ray O'Neil
Man Fined $25 Costs After Arrest by Patrol
Lester Barber of Pomeroy was arrested by the State Highway Patrol on a charge of permitting a minor to operate a motor vehicle without a license. He appeared before Justice L. B. Higgins, was fined $25 and costs, and released on payment of the fine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Lester Barber
State Highway Patrol
L. B. Higgins
Yellow Jacket Grid Season Opens Sept. 13
Middleport Yellow Jackets begin 1946 football schedule at Point Pleasant on September 13 facing the Big Blacks. They meet Wahama from Mason County the next Friday, September 20, then Gallipolis in the first SE Ohio League game on September 27 at down river town. The schedule lists games through November with a Thanksgiving classic versus Pomeroy on November 28.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Middleport Yellow Jackets
Big Blacks
Point Pleasant
Bachtel
Yellow Jackets
Wahama
Mason County
W. Va
Gallipolis
Jackets
Jackson
Ironmen
Nelsonville Greyhounds
Athens
Logan
Wellston
Chauncey
Pomeroy
Busy Bee Class Donates Fifty Dollars to Fund
In a Busy Bee Class meeting at First Baptist Church in Middleport the group raised fifty dollars for the organ fund. Hostesses Mrs. George Baker Mrs. Harry Houdashelt Mrs. Faye Welker Mrs. Del Fife assisted. Mrs. L. O. Gardner named Mrs. Charles Bennett and Mrs. Shirley Mills to a Baptist Association dinner committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Organ Fund
Busy Bee
First Baptist Church
George Baker
Harry Houdashelt
Faye Welker
del Fife
L. O. Gardner
Charles Bennett
Shirley Mills
Baptist Association
Fife
Mesdames Gardner
Seines
Bennett
Mills
Leonard
R. O O. Pullen
James Sauders
Will Haptonstall
C. H. Wise, Jr
Homer Hysell
Dana Hamilton
Jennie Allen
Beulah White
Charles White
Grace Lyman
Gladwin Werner
Downing
Roush
Harry Cross
Paul Smart
C. P. Bradbury
Flora Cooper
Three Are Arrested Placed in Meigs Jail
POMEROY The following persons were arrested and placed in the Meigs County Jail Saturday and Sunday R Abbott Middleport arrested Aug 25 on an intoxication charge Leonard McDaniels Hartford W Va arrested Aug 24 on an intoxication charge Helen Romine Meigs County arrested Aug 24 by Pomeroy police on an intoxication charge Only 42 circus elephants have been born on captivity in this country since the first was spotted in 1796
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Meigs County
R. Abbott
Middleport
Leonard McDaniels
Hartford
W. Va
Helen Romine
Pomeroy Social Notes Celebrate Joyce Ann Ebersbach Birthday
Social notes describe a Thursday party hosted by Mrs. Willard Ebersbach for Joyce Ann Ebersbach. Guests enjoyed games and a birthday cake with candles, with many children receiving toy balloons as favors and a refreshment table offering rice cream cones and cupcakes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willard Ebersbach
Joyce Ann
Jon
Tana
Charles Hamm
Johnny Kunzelman
Larry Hamm
Diane Watson
Carol Hamm
Meigs County Land Transfers and Birth Announcement
Deeds recorded by Meigs County Recorder list transfers including Osborne to Virginia Osborne, Spaulding to Fry, Hayes to Hayes, Hartley, Russel, Beegle and Diddle, Roush, Cline, Eskew to Smith, and Eskew to Smith in Rutland and Lebanon Townships. Also announces Earl Wines and wife expecting a son at Holzer Hospital weighing five pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
George Meinhart
Meigs County
Harry Osborne, Jr
Virginia Osborne
Syracuse
C. Alice
T. B. Spaulding
Albert
Lana Fry
Rutland Township
Flora
Claude O. Hayes
Pearl H. Hayes
Grace M. Hayes
Bedford
Township
Federal Housing Commission
Robert A
Eva L. Hartley
Worman
Hattie C. Russel
George F. Daniels
G. W. Keyse
Ira Beegle
Oval Diddle
Lebanon Township
Arthur Roush
Emma Roush
Fred Roush
Beulah Roush
Otis Roush
Dallas Roush
Russell Featheroff
Clar Featheroff
Wilma J. Featheroff
Sutton Township
Ira
Beegle
Russell
Ceva Cline
J. W. Eskew
Roxie Eskew
Samuel and
Lillie Smith
Middleporks
Earl Wines
Holzer Hospital
Wines
Veterans’ Hospital
Huntington
Chester Beats All Stars 11-3 in Pomeroy Bend Softball
Chester easily defeated the basement-dwelling All Stars 11 to 3 in Friday night league play. Stan Smalley pitched a two-hit game for Chester while Denny allowed seven hits for the All Stars. Chester scored in all innings except the second and fourth, tallying seven runs in the seventh with no hits. John L. Hawley, Richard Russell, Bill Joachim, and Wright produced key rallies, and a late infield sequence produced multiple runs. The Blue and Grey vs Monarchs game was rained out and then forfeited when Monarchs did not appear, per Commissioner Campbell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Chester
All Stars
Pomeroy Bend
Stan Smalley
Denny
John L. Hawley
D. [Hawley
Richard Russell l
Bill Joachim
R. Russell
Howell
Joachim
Wright
Wright Inas
Monarchs
Virg
Campbell
Dr. C. E. Rodriguez Moves to Middleport
Middleport reports Dr. C. E. Rodriguez joining Dr. R. E. Boice as assistant and moving his family into the Ewing apartment above Boice’s office. Born in Puerto Rico, he earned an A B from UC Berkeley and an M D from Boston University. A WWII 1st Lieutenant, he served in the medical corps in the United States, Africa and England. he and Mrs. Rodriguez have two daughters, Carol Ann and Elizabeth Catherine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
C. E. Rodriguez
R. E. Boice
Ewing
Rodriguez
Carol Ann
Elizabeth Catherine
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Athens Messenger
Yost
University of Michigan
Fielding H. Yost
Ann Arbor
Robert J. Brown
Andrew S. Baker
Michigan U. Athletic Department
Paul Goebel
J. Fred Lawton
Wolverine
Bennie G. Oosterbaan
Matt Mann
NEA Telephoto
By Hershberger
Madame
Icklefertuer Millinery
Middleport Social Notes
Branche Rnease
Akron
Nan Moore
Mildred Hawley
Everett Davis
Ruth Drake
Hallie
Nellie Zerkle
West Virginia
Howard Byers
LeSage
Anna Lee Rife
the Byers
Anna Lee
Ann Schroath
Clarksburg
Fred Schroath
Clifford Ervins
Nancy Reed
O. B. Stout
Fremont
Richard Hemmenway
Jane Stansbury
Claude Durgee
Dorothy Sauer
Boothwyn Heights
Dale Dutton
George Faris
Cedric Clark
Robert Coats
Charles Roush, Sr
O. L. Roush
Lois Ann
Roushes
Charles Roush
Carolyn
Charles
Moss Mae Rosh
Parkersburg
W. A Roush
Letart
New Haver ‘Union Camp Grounds
Edward Parsons
L. D. Diles
Florence Bush
Roger
David
Bill
David Diles
the Baptist Church
Granville
Harold Roush
David Darst, Jr
J. Q. Rice
Charles Pomeroy
Tar Hollow
Jean Smart
Ruth
Frances Chase
Bing Crosby
Bob
Ibendvue
Partners IN Time
Johnny Mack Brown
Preston Foster
Ann Rutherford
Alan Curtis
Truman
New England
Caribbean
Bermuda
Ralph Leatham
Hamilton
Yellow Jacket
Busy Bee Class
Pomeroy Social Notes
Pomeroy Personals
Turner Garfield
San Bonnet Sue
Dr. C. E. Rodriguez
Jcine
Good Samaritan
Bette
Devery
O. Dept
Williamson 9
Williamson Heater Company
Williamson
Uel
Joan HM
Ruehl, Ohio
G. H. Martin & Son
Richland Ave
Peter B. Kyne
Silver Devil
Rin Tin Tin, JR
THURS
Roo
Fei
Constance Tommy Dorsey
Moore and Orch
Las Vegas Nights
Devil's Island
Las Vegas
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