Pomeroy Federated Church names Rev. Robert Hegnauer new pastor
The Federated Church of Pomeroy elected Rev. Robert Hegnauer of Canton Ohio to fill the pastorate after a Sunday morning trial sermon. He will move into the parsonage December 17 and occupy the pulpit December 22. Hegnauer previously served in Canton area churches and as Army chaplain. He has three children and emphasizes Boy Scout character building.
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Pomeroy
Robert Hegnauer
Canton
Ohio
Federated Church
W. A. Smith
Hegnauer
Richard
Martha Ann
David
Pomeroy Bend
Ralph Kuether
la Crosse
Wis
Melvin Beck
Southeastern Ohio Synod
Evangelical and Reformed Church
Standwood Church
Erma B. Smith
N. B. Weed
Neva Seyfried
Ben Neutzling
Patsy Shields
Robertsville
Paris
Hawaii
Japan
Boy Scout Organization
Julius Smith
Erma
Norman Klees
Local Social Notes From Gallipolis and Surrounding Areas
Miss Reva Murray of Gallipolis celebrated as a priest of her parents Mr and Mrs Anthony Murray. Mr and Mrs Floyd Welker of Williamsport visited relatives in Gallipolis and nearby households. Various relatives, guests and ill health updates appear including Ellwood Smith and Doris Smith visiting Columbus relatives. Verne Shoemaker deer hunts in Pennsylvania while Deane Hayes works in Columbus and Paul Hayes moves to Gallipolis for employment. David Boyer and Bobby Robinson families share illness and guests.
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Lowell Glassburn
George Smith
Emmet Welker
Ellwood Smith
Columbus
Doris
Verne Shoemaker
Pennsylvania
Paul D. Hayes
Gallipolis
Deane Hayes
David Boyer
Clarence Boyer
Bobby Robinson
Bradford
Fremont Farm Worker Killed After Wagon Fall
Urban Ziebold, 58, was fatally injured Friday when he fell from a farm wagon. Authorities reported the accident occurred on his rural property and are investigating the cause.
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Fremont
Urban Ziebold
Erie Sun to Merge With Dispatch Herald in Erie
Erie officials announce the Erie Sun will be combined with the Erie Dispatch Herald, creating a unified morning newspaper for the city of Erie, Pennsylvania. The merger aims to streamline operations and expand readership.
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Erie
Erie Sun
Erie Dispatch-Herald
Pomeroy Social Notes Recap of Legion Auxiliary Meeting
Rhoda Hackett presided over the American Legion Auxiliary meeting as vice president in the absence of the president. Two new members joined, Christmas party plans were set for December 17 with a potluck dinner and 50 cent gifts, and funds were sent to Chillicothe Veterans Hospital. A Christmas Seals donation to Meigs County Tuberculosis Association was approved, and refreshments followed at a local pharmacy.
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Pomeroy
Rhoda Hackett
Middleport
American Legion Auxiliary
Drew Webster
Dayton Will
Macel Smith
Lawrence Smith
Rutland
Veterans’ Hospital
Chillicothe
Meigs County Tuberculosis Association
Mesdames
Hazel Clark
Gladys Hayman
Lois Bradford
Dorothy Sayre
Rachel McBride
Gladys Riggs
Wyaconda Council plans school lunch and Christmas dinner
Wyaconda Council 18 of Syracuse announced a lunch for school children on Tuesday following a Nov 26 meeting at the hall. The annual Christmas dinner and gift exchange is set for Dec 10 at Thelma Custer's home. After the Nov 26 meeting a potluck lunch served to Emma Duckworth Thelma Custer Virginia Quillen Mina Devol Ada Slack Alberta Hubbard Artie Grindley Emma Cook Maggie Diddle Marie Donovan Mary Hubbard.
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Wyaconda Council 18
Syracuse
Thelma Custer
Emma Duckworth
Virginia Quillen
Mina Devol
Ada Slack
Alberta Hubbard
Artie Grindley
Emma Cook
Maggie Diddle
Marie Donovan
Mary Hubbard
Thanksgiving Dinner and Family Reunion Hosted by Elberfelds
Mr and Mrs Jacob B Elberfeld hosted a large Thanksgiving gathering at Mulberry Ave Pomeroy. Attendees included numerous Elberfeld relatives with families from Wes terville Oxford Logan Marietta Ironton Chillicothe Parkersburg and Middleport plus other family members.
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Jacob B. Elberfeld
Mulberry Ave
Pomeroy
Jacob Elberfeld
Jacob III
Sara Ann
Margaret Jo
Westerville
Ohio
Alfred Elberfeld
William Anderson
Bill
Richard Elberfeld
Oxford
Earl el
Jeffrey
Chillicothe
Robert Elberfeld
Allen and
Stevie
Parkersburg
W. Va
William Downie
Emma Mees
R. B. Laughead
Middleport
Thanksgiving visits span Akron to Pomeroy with alumni dance
Mr and Mrs Ellis Smith and daughters of Akron spent Thanksgiving with Herman Werry in Pleasant Ridge and with Hugh Custer in Athens and Lonnie Custer. They joined relatives in Zanesville and returned to Pomeroy for the Alumni Dance at Pomeroy High School Gym. Misses Wilma and Elnora Barnitz attend Ohio State.
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Ellis Smith
Akron
Herman Werry
Pleasant Ridge
Hugh Custer
Athens
Lonnie Custer
Zanesville
Pomeroy
Pomeroy High School
Wilma
Elnora Barnitz
Ohio State
Ill father of ex MHS star watches Middleport game
George Lewis custodian of Central School in Middleport has been seriously ill. He was taken to the school building to view the Thanksgiving football game between Middleport and Pomeroy. He is father of Arthur Lewis All American and coach at Washington & Lee University and Harold Toughy Lewis and Goat Lewis former MHS football stars.
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George Lewis
Central School
Pomeroy
Arthur Lewis
Washington & Lee University
Harold
Toughy) Lewis
Lewis
MHS
Fred Schroath
Clarksburg
Ann
Fred Mees
Columbus
James Faulkner
Otho Karr
Rochelle
Ill
Joe Karr
Clarence Root
Cambridge
Cora Root
Mary Root
John
Tom Snider
Charles Snider
Seaman
Sanborn
Miami University
Oxford
Ruth Taylor
F. & R. Lazarus Co
Leonard Taylor
Roy Roush
Letart
Leon Jordan
S. Third Ave
Wisconsin
James Harley
Zanesville
Paul Jones
Harley
John Harley
Pittsburgh
Athens
Margaret Davis
Francis Bush
Dayton
William Cheatham
Ft. Knox
Paul Smith
Susie
Gene Abry
South Charleston
Ohio
Calvin Simpson
Gladie Lu Felden
Racine
Curtis Wood
Belvoir
E. M. Wood
Charles Wood
Pomeroy-Middleport
M. H. Fowler
Robert Bishoff
Gallipolis
Ancil McKinney
Marion Allensworth
Marjorie
Mary Miller
Marty Seines
Helen Beeson
Mont West
Santi Barsotti
Nitro
Leland Crans
Mary Hurt
Beech St
R. L. Hamilton
Chesapeake
M. G. Brown
Rutland St
Jean Stuart
Grant St
Charleston
Rose Hackett
George Hackett
Barbara Hackett
Susan Allensworth
Ohio State University
Miss Allensworth
Edgar Allensworth
Harvey Allensworth
Mumps Victims Reported in Local Area
Miss Roberta Howell Grant St and Freddie Lewis named as latest mumps victims in Middleport. Locust Street church in Pomeroy postpones indefinitely the fellowship dinner scheduled for Thursday.
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Middleport
Roberta Howell
Grant St
Freddie Lewis
Locust St
Pomeroy
St. Paul Lutheran Church
Ohio to Let Contract for Athens Hockingport Road Improvements
State Highway Department of Ohio invites sealed proposals for grading drainage paving and a 14 ft by 44 ft concrete slab bridge on State Route 50 in Athens County part of Sections B and C of the Athens Hockingport Road. Bid $9,800 certified check. Plans on file. bids due December 10 1946.
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State OF Ohio Department OF Highways
Columbus
Ohio
State Highway Director of
Athens County
Athens-Hockingport
Canaan Township
United States Employment Service
Howard H. Sands
North Court Street
Athens
Department of Industrial Relations
State Highway Department
General Code of
Department of Highways
Perry T. Ford
Roof Collapse Injures Man At Chester
Duston Fuller of Chester was injured Friday noon when the roof he was tearing down collapsed on him at a two story building near the old Chester Mill. He suffered injuries to his left shoulder and chest and was taken to Holzer Hospital by Ewing ambulance after fellow-workers and passers-by helped extricate him. The stairs had been torn out, so rescuers backed a large covered truck to transfer him down.
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Pomeroy
Duston Fuller
Chester
Ewing
Mr. Fuller
Holzer Hospital
Fritz Buck
Eastern Star To Install Officers at Dinner
POMEROY Lodge 186 of the Order of Eastern Star will hold a 6 p.m. potluck dinner Tuesday at the Masonic Temple banquet hall. Officers will be installed at the regular lodge meeting in the lodge hall after the dinner.
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Eastern Star
Pomeroy
Pomeroy Lodge
Order of Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
Marriage Licenses Posted in Meigs Probate Court
Recent Meigs Probate Court records list multiple marriage licenses. Couples include J M Jacobs and Betty Jacobs of Pom eroy, Edward Wells and Mildred Neutzling, Roy Curtis and Nora Haggy, and others from Pomeroy Stockport and surrounding towns.
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Meigs
J. M. Jacobs
Big Prairie
Ohio
Betty Jacobs
Edward Wells
Mildred Neutzling
Roy Curtis
Nora Haggy
Clarence Blosser
Portland
Winnie Gibbs
James D. Martin
Stockport
Wilma Blend
Mason B. Dyer
Dahlonega
Francis A. Adams
Victor W. Weekley
Athens
Beatrice H. Gaston
Middleport
Roy Self
New Lexington
Nancy Downs
Ladd Haynes
Charleston
W. Va
Ethel Berry
Alfred
Downington
Alberta Brickles
Ralph K. Potts
Marietta
Helen Pritt
Thanksgiving Gatherings Across Middleport Area
Many residents and relatives traveled or stayed local for Thanksgiving. Names include Fred Schroath and Ann Schroath visiting in Middleport, with extended family in Clarksburg Rochelle Cambridge and Columbus. Several military and university connections noted, plus local news of gatherings, visits, and weekend travels.
Real Estate Transfers in Meigs County
Deeds recorded in Meigs County show transfers in Salisbury Salisbury Olive and Sutton Townships. Parties include Eskew to Parfitt and Zerkle. Queen to Smith and Chafin. Nelson to Bacon. Carman to Russell. Vineyard to Osborn. Carpenter to Hill. Diddle and others in Sutton Township.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County Recorder's
John W. Eskew
Celia A. Parfitt
Raymond Zerkle
Salisbury Township
Boyd L. Queen
Louise Queen
Arthur
Alice Smith
William W. Chafin
Madeline Chafin
Dolores R. Nelson
John C
Mary E. Bacon
Cora Soulsby Carman
Moses C
Garnet H. Russell
Florence Vineyard
Lindley Osborn
Olive Township
Wilson R. Carpenter
Bernice C. Carpenter
Albert D. Hill
Ora E. Hill
Letart
George W. Diddle
William
Chessie
Herchel
Perry
Fannie B. Diddle
Maude Tucker
Essie Walton
Sutton Township
Chessie M
Perry Diddle
Grace Guild Meeting Postponed After Death in Family
The Grace Guild of Grace Episcopal Church postponed its Wednesday night meeting at Mrs. Theodore Ebersbach's home due to the death of Mrs. Sophia Fisher, Ebersbach’s sister-in-law.
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Pomeroy
Grace Guild of
Grace Episcopal Church
Theodore Ebersbach
Sophia Fisher
Ebersbach
Meigs Woman Addie Thompson Dies at Home
Mrs. Addie Thompson 79 of Middleport died at home Saturday evening. She is survived by daughter Mrs. Iva Rusk and grandson Harold Rusk of New Concord, a granddaughter Mrs. Eloise Cas singer of Elizabeth New Jersey, five great grandchildren and one great great grandchild. Funeral at Christian Church Middleport Tuesday 2 p.m. Burial Cheshire Cemetery. Calling hours at Ewing funeral home.
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Middleport
Addie Thompson
Iva Rusk
Harold Rusk
New Concord
Eloise Cassinger
Elizabeth
N. J
Christian Church
Cheshire
Ewing
Sophia Fisher 79 Dies at Home in Pomeroy
Mrs. Sophia Ebersbach Fisher died at her Lincoln Hill home in Pomeroy aged 79. Born April 1867, she was the daughter of Martin and Sophia Ebersbach and widow of Leonard Fisher who died in 1925. Survived by a brother Theodore Ebersbach and many nieces and nephews. funeral at her home Tuesday at 2:30 PM with Beech Grove Cemetery interment.
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Sophia Ebersbach Fisher
Lincoln Hill
Fisher
Secon
Martin
Sophia Wildermuth Ebersbach
Leonard Fisher
Methodist Church
Federated Church
Sophie
Fred
George
William Albert
Charles
Edward Ebersbach
Katharine Schaefer
Helen Kuhns
Theodore Ebersbach
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