Middleport Council Approves 350 for Decorations
The Middleport council voted to spend 350 for holiday decorations. Mayor Horton Brown named Harold Chase Norman Wayland and John Zerkle to plan and buy them. A Columbus Workhouse contract at one dollar a day was renewed and fines totaling 110.90 were approved.
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Middle Port
Middleport
John Zerkle
Norman Wayland
Harold Chase
Frank Vrorian
Horton Brown
Columbus
Lawrence Hartinger
Clinton Fisher
Brown
B&l Cabs
E. M. Burton
G. L
William Robson
Birth Announcements from Mason to Letart in November listings
The notice lists multiple birth announcements and names from Mason, Clifton, Letart, West Columbia, Middleport, Pt. Pleasant, and surrounding areas with dates in November. It records births of sons and daughters to families including Wilcoxen, Bumgardner, Goodnite, Bratton, Young, Powell, Wyant, and Faircloth among others.
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William Richard
Richard Wilcoxin
Pt. Pleasant
Kenneth Bumgardner
Letart
Angela Lynn
Hubert Goodnite
Michael Owen
Owen S. Bratton
Middleport
Everett Young
Jerry Gordon, Jr
Jerry Powell
New Haven
William F. Wyant
Point Pleasant
Wheatstone’s Concertina and Accordion Inventions Linked
The concertina was invented in 1829 by Sir Charles Wheatstone, the year the accordion is reputed to have been invented.
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Sir Charles Wheatstone
Middleport couple united in marriage at Pomeroy church
Evelyn Lemley of Middleport wed Max Hayes of Pine Grove at Federated Church Pomeroy with Rev. Robert Hegnauer officiating. Attendants included Mrs Ward and Miss Lemley. After a week in Pine Grove the couple will reside in Point Pleasant. Hayes is a Western Union lineman.
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Middleport
Evelyn Lemley
Max Hayes
Pine Grove
W. Va
Federated Church
Pomeroy
Robert Hegnauer
Val Ward
Mrs. Ward
Josephine Lemley
Gardner Family Returns From Thanksgiving Visit in New Jersey
Mr. and Mrs. H. K. Gardner and daughter Mary Evelyn of Vineland New Jersey returned home after spending Thanksgiving with their son-in-law and daughter Mr. and Mrs. Warren Bennett at Mrs. Bennett’s parents Beech Street and with Mr. Gardner’s brother and sister-in-law Mr. and Mrs. L. O. Gardner. Dinners were held at both homes. Miss Jean Bennett, employed in Athens, visited for the holiday. Warren Bennett and family now have an Athens apartment where he is finishing his senior year at Ohio University after serving in the Air Corps during the war.
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H. K. Gardner
Mary Evelyn
Vineland
N. J
Warren Bennett
Bennett
Charles Bennett
Beech Sr
Mr. Gardner
L. O. Gardner
Jean Bennett
Athens
Bennetts
Air Corps
Ohio University
Joy Clark
la Porte
Ind
Richard Palmer
Iris
Sarah
D. E. Miller
S. Third Ave
Miller
Floyd Barcus
Bonnie Jean
Billy
Columbus
Raymond Riggs
Zanesville
Charles
Millers
Yellow Jacket
Roy Roush
Rusty
Roush
P. J. Casanova
Casanova
Greg
Pittsburgh
Leo Quivey
Lula Mae Ashley
Martz Clinic
Pomeroy
Harold Sauer
Kent State College
George Sauer
Powell
Charleston
James Rairden
Arthur McCrory
Ruth Rairden
Sauers
Frank Idle
Piketon
John Talbott
Ripley
W. Va
A. A. Chappelle
Powell St
Charles Walburn
Charlene
Janet Frost
Rittman
William Phillips
Connie Sue
Don McMillin
Church of Christ
Akron
Lewis Koehler
Bryan Place
Lewis Koeh
John Lyons
Pennsylvania
O. L. Roush
Veterans' Hospital, Huntington
Pearl St
Wilbur Theobald
Almira Chittenden
Plain City
Delmar Chittenden
Toledo
Thanksgiving visit among Bryan family winds through Middleport game
Mrs James Harley of Zanesville and sister Mrs Kathryn Stockman of Kansas City Missouri arrived Monday to visit Lt Col and Mrs J D Bryan Hooker St The Harleys and Stockman flew from Missouri along with Mrs J N Humphrey and daughter Ruth Humphrey of Wheelersburg as Thanksgiving guests and they attended the Middleport Comer gy football game.
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James Harley
Zanesville
Kathryn Stockman
Kansas City
J. D. Bryan
Hooker St
Harley
Stockman
Missouri
J. N. Humphrey
Ruth Humphrey
Wheelersburg
Thanksgiving Dinner At Mary Jane Coffee Shop Noted Guests
A family dinner party at the Mary Jane Coffee Shop on Thanksgiving Day included Dr. J. B. Hodge and his relatives from Middleport and Syracuse. Guests listed were Mrs. Effin Flick Miss Mabel Hodge Mr. and Mrs. Irving Karr and Patricia a Western College student at Oxford.
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Mary Jane Coffee Shop
J. B. Hodge
Effin Flick
Mabel Hodge
Middleport
Irving Karr
Syracuse
Patricia
Western College
Oxford
Local family notes Thanksgiving visit and return trip
Mr and Mrs Cedric Clark returned Sunday from Lakewood where they spent Thanksgiving with Dr and Mrs William Hobart. They stopped in Wooster to visit Mrs Walden King and Ruth King. Mrs William Longwell Teresa King has returned to Cumberland Maine after her husband’s death.
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Cedric Clark
Lakewood
William Hobart
Wooster
Walden King
Ruth King
William Longwell
Teresa King
Cumberland
Wyatt Family Attends Shiveler Myers Wedding in Town
Mr and Mrs Gene Wyatt of Washington DC and Mrs James Askren and son Jimmy with their father Br F Fultz of Bellefontaine spent Thanksgiving here. They attended the Shiveler Myers wedding where Martha Jane Myers, the bride, is a niece of Mr Fultz and cousin of the Wyatts and Mrs Askren.
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Gene Wyatt
Audrey Fultz
Washington, D. C
James Askren
Dorothy Fultz
Jimmy
Br F. Fultz
Bellefontaine
Shiveler-Myers
Martha Jane Myers
Mr. Fultz
Wyatts
Askren
Thanksgiving guests visit in War saw and Columbus families
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Parsons return to Warsaw after visiting Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Parsons. Other guests include Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Edwards and daughter Beatrice Ann, and Mr. and Mrs. Norman Edwards with Susan and Ronald, of Columbus. They join a family dinner at Mrs. Phil Edwards' home.
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Ralph Parsons
Warsaw
J. E. Parsons
Virgil Edwards
Beatrice Ann
Norman Edwards
Susan
Ronald
Columbus
Edwards
Mr. Edwards
Phil Edwards
Surprise birthday party for Mrs Frank Knopp in Nitro
A surprise birthday party planned by daughter in law Mrs Frank Lewis Knopp of Nitro West Virginia was given for Mrs Frank Knopp Gravel Hill. Twenty one attended including the Knopp family from Nitro with guests Mrs Grant Wiley Athens Mrs Fern Ingram Nitro Mrs Vincent Dabo Pomeroy and others. Games were played and ice cream and birthday cake were served.
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Frank Lewis Knopp
Nitro
W.va
Frank Knopp
Gravel Hill
Knopp
Grant Wiley
Athens
L. R. Wiley
Fern Ingram
George Hackett
Vincent Dabo
Pomeroy
WSCS Afternoon Circle Meets at Mrs French Home
The Afternoon Circle of Heath Methodist Church meets at Mrs M L French’s home on Thursday afternoon December 4. Members will bring children's clothing and toys for the Ethel Harpst Home.
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WSCS
Heath Methodist Church
M. L. French
Ethel Harpst
Patricia Kennedy's Fifteenth Birthday Party Held at Beech Street
Patricia Kennedy celebrated her 15th birthday with a party at her parents home on Beech Street Friday evening. Guests included Charlene Williams Wilma Price and Grace McDonald.
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Patricia Kennedy
Leo Kennedy
Beech St
Charlene Williams
Wilma Price
Grace McDonald
Thanksgiving Visit Key Family Names Across Meigs Mason Counties
Spending Thanksgiving with relatives in Meigs and Mason Counties included Mrs. H. E. Thomas and Mr. and Mrs. Dan McNaughton of South Point. Also present were Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Wilson of Columbus, with Mrs. McNaughton and Mrs. Wilson identified as the former Ruth and Margaret Thomas.
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Meigs
Mason Counties
H. E. Thomas
Dan McNaughton
South Point
Theodore Wilson
Columbus
McNaughton
Thanksgiving Visitors Across Several Towns Mentioned
The notice lists numerous families visiting relatives for Thanksgiving across La Porte Indiana Zanesville Columbus Kent State area and nearby towns. It notes social visits, a football game appearance by Charles Miller, and a patient at Martz Clinic in Pomeroy.
Pfc. Walter Dunfee Funeral Honors At Rutland
Funeral services for Pfc. Walter Rex Dunfee, Rutland’s first World War dead to be returned, were held November 23 at the Christian Church. The American Legion Rutland Post No. 467 conducted full military rites with color guards and pallbearers. private Dunfee served from June 26, 1943, until his death on November 17, 1944, born January 25, 1925.
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Harold Bolin
John Miller
Allen Braley
Hubert Deem
Warren Black
Ewing Hutton
Dale Nicholson
Charles Schoppert
June Cremenes
Charles Barrett
Luther Smith
Robert Smith
Carrol Pickens
James Thomas
Dunfee
Vaughan Takes Pomeroy Post
Leo Vaughan 105 Union St. completes training with Logan Monument Co for a new memorial display near the bridge in Pomeroy. A Pomeroy High School graduate and former Meigs County veterans' service director, he is married with one child. The Pomeroy office will serve Southeastern Ohio and Northern West Virginia handling design and construction within the company.
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Pomeroy
Leo Vaughan
Union St
Logan Monument Company
Vaughan
Pomeroy High School
Veterans’ Service
Meigs County
Walter Vaughan
New Pomeroy
Ohio
West Virginia
George Shuler Services Held
George Shuler a World War I veteran died at age 29 from malaria and complications. A large funeral was held at Old Rger Baptist Church with Rev. Charles officiating. Service men served as pallbearers including Donald and Marvin Thomas Ralph Rife Paul Rife Junior Mulford and William Scott. Feeney Bennett Post No 128 American Legion led the military rites at the grave.
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Middleport
George Shuler
Old Rgger Baptist Church
Charles Pomeroy
Mr. Shuler
Pacific Theater of Operations
Donald
Marvin Thomas
Ralph Rife
Paul Rife
Junior Mulford
William Scott
Cheesebrew Attends Ohio Chamber Meeting in Columbus
Middleport representative Frank Cheesebrew attended the 54th annual Ohio Chamber of Commerce meeting in Columbus on November 19 and 20. He joined delegates from local chambers to discuss statewide business issues and economic initiatives.
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Cheesebrew
Ohio
Middleport
Frank Cheesebrew
Chamber of Commerce
Ohio Chamber * Commerce
Columbus
Meigs County Land Transfers Shifts Involving Pomeroy Salem and Letart
Meigs County transfers list numerous property deeds. John and Ruth Sanders deed parcels to William and Bertha Barrett in Salem. Several other parcels change hands in Letart Middleport and Pomeroy among Hill Vroman Brewington Ingels Smith Fugate Vale Baker Reibel Bacon Pauley Straile Moore and others.
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John Sanders
Ruth Sanders
William Barrett
Bertha Barrett
Salem
Clifford Hill
Pauline Hill
St. Clair
Pomeroy
Mary K. Williams
James EF. Brewington
Frances Brewington
Middleport
Don G. Vale
Arnetta O. Vale
Theodore H. Baker
Gwendolyn Baker
Walter Reibel
Ruby Reibel
John C. Bacon
Mary Bacon
Isaac C. Pauley
Alma May Pauley
Martin Straile
Flo Straile
Wilbur Moore
Iva Moore
Lucy Giles Dies at 85 in Rutland
POMEROY Lucy Giles 85 died at her Rutland home Tuesday morning. Widow of George Giles she leaves a son Blaine of Rutland and a daughter Mrs Ray Holt of Memphis Tenn. Funeral services at Finsterwald Rutland Thursday 2 p.m. Burial in Miles Cemetery. Body at funeral home until service.
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Pomeroy
Lucy Giles
Rutland
George Giles
Syracuse Methodist Church Bazaar and Lunch Sale
A holiday project by Syracuse Methodist Church women will be at the school house on Friday. Lunch at noon, bazaar and parcel post sale in the evening with a program at 7 30. Refreshments sold, free will offering at the door. Proceeds support the church building fund. About 226 pounds of paper are used annually per person in the U S.
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Syracuse
Martt Clinic Discharges and Admissions Report
Recent patients at the Martt Clinic include Mrs Bertha Jackson discharged from Rutland and Donna and Lela King admitted for tonsillectomy. Other notes list Mrs Laura Sayre with broken ribs after a fall in Syracuse, and several cases of pneumonia surgery and injuries among local residents. The Netherlands lost about two million bicycles during World War II and expects no complete replacements until 1950.
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Donna
Lela King
Chester
Laura Sayre
Syracus
Leo Quivey
Pomeroy
Guy Morris
Henry Beach
Bradbury
Charles Nelson
Langsville
Mary Louise Frazier
Cole Sty
Bert Webster
John Cowie
Minersville
Clarence Freeman
Mulbury Ave
Netherlands
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Phillips
Court St
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Capitol
RADIO
Harry A. Miller
Main & Sycamore Pomeroy
Henry Claudette
Tyrone Power
Mark OF Zorro
B. C
THUR
Mason—Mason Clinic
Charles Ingles
Mason
Robert Ingles
Marcus Williams
Dexter
Betty Hoschar
Clifton
Paul Stewart
West Columbia
George Dickerson
Jane Campbell
Homer Smith
Albert Faircloth
Racine
Esther Smith
Middleport Social Notes
Jean Custer
Emma Jane Buell
Bessie Glaze
Don Price
Red Yeanger
Robert Richards
Howard Robinson
Charles Tewksbury
JoAnn and
Harry Hildebrand
Huntington
the Kennedys
Weigs
Widdleport Personals
J. Hanson
Ervin
Front St
Lincoln Heights
Stephen Coats
Robert Coats
W. W. Hayes
H. A. Cole Lumber CO
Tuppers Plains
Coolville
Pfc
Pomeroy Post
Lucey Giles
Ewings
Cheryl Waller
Rand Shoes
RAND
Hartley & Bennett
LIFE
Saturday Evening Post
Esquire
Elberfelds
Your Xmas Shopping
Elberfeld
Meigs Women
United States
Martt Clinic
Bertha Jackson
Stove Headquarters
The
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Tatic Draft Control
Xmas Shopping
McMaster Hardware & Furniture Co
Middleport, Ohio
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