Pomeroy and Middleport Schools Prep for Opening
Middleport prepares for the September 3 school start with staff changes led by Superintendent M W McComas. Teachers gather Tuesday, students return Wednesday as facilities receive NYA-funded repairs, new lighting, redecorated halls, and upgraded athletic facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
L. W. McComas
Leo Kennedy
Pearl St
M. W. McComas
McComas
M. W. Essex
East Liverpool
Charles Bing
Elizabeth Ann Newman
Thelma Morenart
Ernest Knight
Harrisonville
Phyllis Diles
Charles Pickens
Baltimore
NYA
Racine Personal and Brief Social Notes
Mayoral move to Columbus for G Clyde Wolfe noted at Ohio State Fair job. Visits from Robert Salser Syracuse and family, Roger Wolfe from Utah sharing time with Ashton Sayre. Kenneth Cleland leaves for Centralia teaching job and junior high coach. Pauline Decker returns home to school. Vada Caldwell travels with Hall family to Athens Springfield and Dayton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Racine
G. Clyde Wolfe
Columbus
Robert Salser
Syracuse
Salser
Jefferson Ferguson
Carmelete
Huntington
Ben Salser
R. D. Roger Wolfe
Utah
Ashton Sayre
Mr. Wolfe
CCC
Vernal
Kenneth Cleland
Centralia
Cleland
Centralia High School
Pauline Decker
Vada Caldwell
Athens
Springfield
Dayton
Hamm Hall
Joe
Opal Bahil
Hall
Margaret Romine
Charles Lewis Visits Relatives on Vacation
Charles Lewis of Canton enters a vacation with his mother Mrs Evelyn Lewis and grandmother Mrs Elizabeth Maupin in Middleport. Lewis recently graduated from Ohio University and works at The Canton Repository, where he has advanced from junior reporting to a city desk role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Charles Lewis
Canton Repository
Evelyn Lewis
Elizabeth Maupin
S. Second Ave
Lewis
Canton
Ohio University
City Desk
Brush-Moore
Roy Moore
Will Mich
Van Wert Leader To Speak at Pomeroy
Lieut Howard Burr director of the Salvation Army Corps in Van Wert will return to Pomeroy Thursday night to lead a service at the Salvation Army Building. He will be joined by Lieut Dortha Tindell Marion and formerly served with Major and Mrs W W Hinshaw in Athens and Pomeroy. The Young Peoples Group will conduct the service which starts at 7 30 p m and features a varied program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Howard Burr
Salvation Army Corps
van Wert
Salvation Army
Burr
Dortha Tindell
Marion
Athens
W. W. Hinshaw
Young Peoples Group
Ice Cream Social Planned by Middleport Band Boosters
Mrs. C. O. Fisher, chairman, asks donors to bring materials to her home by Friday noon for a Band Boosters ice cream social on the high school campus. Twenty gallons of ice cream and homemade cakes will be sold as a money making project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
C. O. Fisher
Boosters
Bundles for Britain Unit Greenlights Winter Efforts
With cooler weather the local Bundles for Britain unit plans extra activity. Mrs J B Downing president announces Friday meeting at headquarters next to Fisher Market to arrange a tea at Mrs R H Rawlings home in Pomeroy. Workers to begin sewing next week and Mrs Downing urges participation.
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Bundles
Britain
J.B. Downing
Fisher Market
R. H. Rawlings
Pomeroy
Social notes from area residents and visitors
Mrs. Frank Super formerly Mrs Albert Schwartz guest of Mrs A W McKay. Mr and Mrs Frank Snyder Henn esy and relative visitors with the Stewarts and Rome Stewart. Cheshire accepted for U S Navy service at Great Lakes. Frank L Knopp of Buffalo visiting his parents in Seventh Ave. Mrs Shirley Mills and son Bobby to Columbus for Ohio State Fair. Reunion planned at Dr and Mrs Henry Nelson's home in Detroit with Elizabeth Jones. Middleport visitors joined by Mrs Robert Jones in Greenfield. Miss Sara Jones of New York City to attend reunion in Detroit.
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Frank Super
Albert Schwartz
A. W. McKay
Frank Snyder
Hennesy
Snyder
Charleston
C. M. Hennesy
Marion Stewart
Rome Stewart
Cheshire
U. S. Navy
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Stewarts
Brownell Ave
Frank L. Knopp
Buffalo
Frank Knopp
Seventh Ave
Shirley Mills
Bobby
Columbus
Mills
Emmett Blackburn
Henry Nelson
Elizabeth Jones
Detroit
Middleport
T. H. Davis
J. E. Hull
Birmingham
Ala
Greenfield
Robert Jones
Sara Jones
New York City
Probate notice to sell estate property in Athens Ohio
Harry M. Tribe as administrator of Martha Blakeway deceased sues to sell Inlet No 431 Camp Wool Addition Athens Ohio to pay debts. Defendants must answer by October 4 1941 or judgment by default. Attorneys Jonesonos Erskine.
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Harry M. Tribe
Elvira Patterson
Wichita
Kansas
Rosetta R. Wray
Oklahoma
James Cameron
Illinois
Lawrence Blakeway
Eliza Jane Day Blakeway
Martha Blakeway
George Tribe
Sara Ann
Athens County
Ohio
Camp Wool
Athens
Lizzie Johnston
Ellen Kelley
Ry Jonesones
Erskine iRy
JO . Hig
Pomeroy Schools Set to Open September 5
Pomeroy students return to classes Friday September 5 with 8 15 opening and a get ready day for schedules textbooks and assignments. A teacher meeting is planned for Thursday September 4 at 1 00 in the Senior High School building.
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Pomeroy
Many Attend Church Meeting at Rutland
Rutland reports an all day Pentecostal church meeting and basket dinner at the Rutland church on Sunday September 24 largely attended. Visitors came from Huntington Columbus Logan W Va Athens and nearby towns. Rev C A Bolen led the gathering with Rev R A Chapman and others in attendance.
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Rutland
Pentecostal
R. A. Chapman
Ivan Searles
Huntington
Lawrence Graham
Marvin Graham
Thomas Holmes
Columbus
Thompson
Jewel Lambert
Logan
W. Va
Mason
C. A. Bolen
Mrs. Luster Martin
Watson Leaves for Service in Panama
Ivan Watson son of Mr and Mrs Owen Watson of Racine left Sunday evening for Panama to serve two years as a mechanic in the air corps. He is joined by Private Lester Hayes who also heads to Panama. They will sail from Brooklyn New York. Several Racine students in the Air Corps Technical School at Chanute Field visited over the weekend with their parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Ivan Watson
Owen Watson
Racine
Panama
Air Corps
Parkersburg
Lester Hayes
Brooklyn
N. Y
Young Watson
Ralph Shain
Spencer Hayman
Cris Roush
Robert Shank
Air Corps ‘Technical School
Chanute Field
Rantoul, Ill
Polly Parrot Recovered After Nine Days AWOL
Polly Parrot, owned by Mr and Mrs Charles McNickels of Racine, returned home after nine days of liberty. She was sighted and finally captured by Ted Hilldore with loud squawks noted. Reported phrases from Polly about apple seeds remain unverified.
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Racine
Polly
Charles Mc. Nickels
Luther Dickey
Ted Hilldore
Hilldare
Directors lay plan for Meigs County fair in October
Directors of the Meigs County Agricultural Society outline a smaller start for the 1940 fair in Middleport on October 2 and 3, noting limited time and funds. They expect growth in year two and say this year will still surpass the original 1851 fair in size and impact.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County Agricultural Society
Middleport
New Agricultural Society
Phillip Jones
Meigs County
W. B. Horton
Heath Methodist Men Redecorate Church
Middleport church volunteers from the Heath Methodist Church redecorate the interior. Men refinished the Sunday School room floors and repair and clean the furnace and window frames. WSCS members fund the project as painters finish work. House cleaning has continued for weeks with woodwork washing and rug runners scrubbed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Heath Methodist Church
WSCS
Longest Non-Stop Rail Run Between Salt Lake City and Caliente
The longest uninterrupted passenger service in the United States runs 324.5 miles from Salt Lake City Utah to Caliente Nevada. The record highlights a nonstop route showcasing distance and endurance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Salt Lake City
Utah
Caliente
Nev
NYA Quarters In Middleport Commended
Inspectors praise the NYA workshop in the former Park Street School in Middleport for large bright rooms and good facilities. Workers under Clarence Heaton produce items including library book cases, park benches, and sewing room projects supervised by Mrs. D C Miller. New electric time clock to start Sept. 15 and three farm shops completed for vocational training in Rutland Racine and Tuppers Plains.
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Middleport
NYA
Park Street
Pomeroy
Columbus
New Park
Pomeroy Courthouse
Masonic Temple
Clarence Heaton
Pomeroy Nya
D. C. Miller
George Morris
Meigs County
Gilbert Hayes Injured at New York Central Shops
Mrs. E W Decker reports Gilbert Hayes sustained a severe leg fracture after his right leg was caught in a shaft at the New York Central Railroad Shops in Columbus where he works. He is hospitalized at Mt Carmel Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Racine
Gilbert Hayes
New York Central Railroad
Columbus
Inlaw
E. W. Decker
Mt. Carmel Hospital
Pomeroy School Staff Announced for 1941-42
Pomeroy Public Schools list the 1941-42 teachers by building. Senior High School: J E White principal Asa Hoskins Forrest Creason W A Drake Ethel Gar jland Mrs Margaret Chapman Marion Ebersbach Edith Bowen C L Johnson Charles Gibbs. Junior High School W R Farn ham principal James Clark Charles Gibbs C L Johnson Gladys Crooks Jean Russell Wills Aleshire Aaron Zahl Clarabelle Murray. Central School Ralph Spencer principal Fred Rice Mrs Helen Nease Harriett McIntosh Anna Vaughan Marcella Reibel. Sugar Run School Emma Seitz principal Robert Roberts Mrs Verlie Conway Minerva Pryor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
J. E. White
Asa Hoskins
Forrest Creason
W. A. Drake
Ethel Garjland
Margaret Chapman
Marion Ebersbach
Edith Bowen
C. L. Johnson
Charles Gibbs
W. R. Farnham
James Clark
Gladys Crooks
Jean Russell
Wills Ale
Pomeroy Court Fines Driver and Four Offenders
Robert M. Smith was fined $10 and costs in the Pomeroy mayor’s court after arrest by State Patrolman J M Kratzer for reckless driving. Ambrose Gibbs Arthur Ebersbach Charles Snyder and Richard Coe each paid $5 for crossing double yellow lines in Pomeroy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Robert M. Smith
J. M. Kratzer
Ambrose Gibbs
Arthur Ebersbach
Charles Snyder
Richard Coe
Meigs County Play Day Weekwith Multiple Events
Play Day observed across Meigs County with centers in Pomeroy Racine Portland Downington Minersville Kerrs Run featuring picnics moonlight beach party bonfire games contests and wiener roasts. Portland plans Old Timers vs Junior League baseball contests. Kerrs Run Friday includes planning contests races and field events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Racine
Horse Cave
Portland
Downington
Minersville
Kerrs Rmong
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Athens Messenger
Drum Major
Bill Hubbard
Jack Abbott
MHS
Abbott
Hubbard
Bill
Bruce Bingham
Gordon Harris
Middleport Social Notes
Legah
State Department of Education
Watson
Polly Parrot
Heath Methodist
H. J. Hysell Furniture Company
D. S. Farmer, Prop
LIK
Eo Leaeerie
N. Court St
Athens, O
Rathburns Department Store
Rutland, Ohio
Meigs Clothing Co
MEIGS
Dr Ccapeyers
Clothcraft
Stylemart
Hart, Schaeffner & Marx
Botany
Cooper’s
Jockey
Horton
van van Heusen
Pioneer
Arrow
E. Main St
Pomeroy, Ohio
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