Good Holiday Shopping Bets in Pomeroy Area
Fullerton's Roundup reports merchants in Pomeroy and Bend area planning to end Thursday afternoon closures for the Christmas season. Holiday trading is brisk, with shelves expected to go bare before Christmas if sales continue. Shoppers travel from county areas to avoid rationing and due to favorable weather.
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Pomeroy
Ten Cent
the Bend
Minor Loop. Moguls Open Annual Meet
Buffalo AP baseball notables attend minor league convention seeking to craft a new major minor unity. With 26 leagues named, only 10 active, amending the major minor agreement includes doubling draft price and stronger territorial protections. Meetings set with leagues including Piedmont Ohio State Pony circuits and the AA in Milwaukee to decide: draft, territory, and code extension to Jan 12, 1946.
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Buffalo
K. M. Landis
Judge Landis
Landis
Pacific Coast
Olleague
American Association
Milwaukee
Honor Rolls Of Schools Announced
Forty-two students at Pomeroy Senior High and 28 at Junior High earned honor roll placement after the second six weeks, including seniors Edward Duckler Jack Rosenbaum John Thomas Charles White and others plus juniors and sophomores named. The list covers seven through ninth grades with multiple boys and girls across classes.
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Pomeroy
Edward Duckler
Jack Rosenbaum
John Thomas
Charles White
Elnora Barnitz
AgneseBatz
Jane Clifford
Mary Grimm
Ruth Harbrecht
Earline King
Carol Leibrand
Ruth Nease
Barbara Scholl
Rose Mary Ward
Patricia Watson
Elaine Young
Edgar Atkins
Roy Holter
John Isie
Howard Mullen
Robert Pickering
Junior Seyfried
Dorothy Duckler
Jeannine Evans
Betty Holsinger
Opal Howell
Betty Moore
Rosalie Parfitt
Cleaner Smith
Horace Abbott
Richard Rosenbaum
Horton Thomas
Billie Jean Barnitz
Evelyn Feiger
Freda Grueser
Dorothy Hartenbach
Bbtty Heilman
Patricia Karr
Winifred Jean Les
Wilma Neutzling
Dorothea Neutzling
Dorothea Reed
Charlene Smith
Bobby Barnitz
Dorothy Beards
Polly Dill
Bonnie Eichinger
Katherine Miller
Rhea Myers
William Neutzling
Joyce Phillips
Martyn Swatzel
Funeral To Be Held on Wednesday
Funeral services for Guy Lee age 38 who died in White Cross Hospital Columbus Sunday from injuries suffered Saturday when a cut of cars ran over him in the Pennsylvania Railroad yards will be held at Wesley Chapel at two o'clock Wednesday with burial in Gravel Hill Cemetery. Lee was a car inspector for the Pennsylvania Railroad and survived by his wife five children his father Robert Lee of Lettart W Va and a sister Mrs Joel Turner Middleport. The body was taken to Colemans Funeral Home in Bidwell.
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Middleport
Guy Lee
White Cross Hospital
Columbus
Pennsylvania Railroad
Wesley Chapel
Gravel Hill
Lee
Jefferson Ave
Robert Lee
Letart
W. Va
Joel Turner
Turner
Aaron Turner
Coleman
Bidweil
Pomeroy
Norman Foss
Pt. Pleasant
Ted Wildermuth
Bryan Field
Texas
Angela Whitner
St. Louis
Harlan Wehring
Craig
Ernestine Rea
Athens
Virgil Campbell
Everett Dailey
Louise
Peggy
Don
Dailey
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Parkersburg
James Walker
jCamp Meade, Md
Athens Road
Elmer Wickham
Gellipolis
Ernest Davis
Patsy Broyles
Lois Ann
Mary Elizabeth Chapman
Pythian Sisters
Elizabeth Campbell
Margaret Capehart
Pearl Wogan
Williams Store
Rollin Neutzling
Glasys Grueser
St. Joseph's Hospital
Ensign
Quin Hayes
Solomon, Md
Meigs County
Hayes
R. C. McBride
Parkersbureg
Paul Birtcher
Lem Birtcher
Malcolm Hartley
France
Margaret Quick
Stansbury Drug Co
Eileen Veney
Robert Gardner
Florida
Geneva Williamson
Larry Gardner
Robert Burkett
Ft. Belvoir
Robert Heslop
Helen Zeiher
Point Pleasant
Central School Honors List Reveals Forty-Two Honorees
Pomeroy central school announces honor roll with forty two students across grades I II IIb III IV V and VI. Notable names include Shirley Bowers Howard Cecil Jane Deck Mar garet Hawk Tommy Karr Bernice Nease Marylin Scott and John Foster.
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Pomeroy
Central School
Shirley Bowers
Howard Cecil
Joan Deck
Margaret Hawk
June Ann Joachim
Tommy Karr
Bernice Nease
Michael Ohlinger
Marylin Scott
Bilry Sheridan
Jane Spencer
Camille Wright
Charles Rich
Nancy Blaetmar
Marlene Brown
Shirley Hunnel
Janet H. Smith
Cynthia Tompkins
Betty Edwards
John WW. Feiger
Phyllis Hawley
Mary Jo Hawk
Kathryn Hood
Bernice Sheridan
Niel Hysell
Jo Ann Swatzel
Jo Ann Wildermuth
Ciara Will
Sally Bartels
Jerry Hawk
Edith Qualls
Carl June
Spence
Barbara Wehrung
John Foster
Harry Keig
Marlene Lathey
Sylvia Schwab
William Smith
Lynn Gold
Mary Margaret Williams
Shirley Hysell
Norma Jeen Scholl
Masons To Install Officers At Middleport Temple
Middleport Masons F and A M announce installation of officers tonight at 7 30 p m at the Masonic Temple Fred Russell W M invites all masons to attend Refreshments will follow the ritual work and ceremony
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Middleport
Middleport Masons
Masonic Temple
Fred Russell
W. M
Meigs County s boys see action at Leyte Harbor in war
Two Meigs County youths are reported in action at Leyte Harbor. Robert Wolfe Pharmacist's Mate 2c is "okay" per parents Chief of Police and Mrs J Walker Wolfe. Boatswain's Mate 1c Robert Flesher, nephew of Mrs M G Brown, Middleport, serves on a destroyer with action at Leyte and credit for sinking Jap vessels and planes.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Leyte Harbor
Robert Wolfe
J Walker Wolfe
Robert Flesher
M. G.brown
Middleport
Leyte
Middleport Social Notes and Personal News
Saturday social events include the wedding of Eva Tewksbury McElhinney to Wilfred Struble at St. Matthew Lutheran Logan. Christmas party plans for Amateur Gardeners Club and Jolly Bunch Sewing Club noted. Numerous Middleport personal items report travels, visits, illness, furloughs, and wartime updates for residents and visitors including Pullen, Johnson, Reichman, and Sisson families.
Aged Rutland Man Dies Late Monday
Rutland obituary for 77 year old Ruel C Forrest who died Monday afternoon at his Rutland home. Survived by wife, a son Gomer C Forrest of Middleport, a daughter Mrs May Herman of Minot North Dakota, three sisters Mrs Priscilla Benedict Mrs Mary Massingill of Texas and Mrs Myrtle McComas of Athens. Funeral services at Baptist Church Rutland with burial White Oak Cemetery. Time of services not announced with arrival of Mrs Herman.
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Rutland
Ruel C. Forrest
Gomer C. Forrest
Middleport
May Herman
Minot
N. D
Priscilla Benedict
Columbus
Mary Massingill
Texas
Myrtle McComas
Athens
Baptist Church
White Oak Cemetery
Heriman
Youths Assist in Forest Fire Fight Amid War Jobs
In Pomeroy high school, Floyd Loomis from the Ohio Division of Forestry described the Forest Fire Fighters Service to students. He demonstrated gear, issued application cards, and urged enlistment with identification for volunteers. Principal J B White and H B Tripp supported the effort.
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Pomeroy
Forest Fire Fighters Service of
Ohio
Floyd E. Loomis
Chillicothe
Ohio Division of Forestry
Pomeroy High School
H. B. Tripp
Hamden
Jackson County
O Loomis
Forest Fire Fighters Service
J. B. White
Pomeroy Social Notes and Personal Updates
Social notes from Pomeroy show a farewell party for a former employee at Miss Mary Grueser’s home, plus rehearsals for Middleport and Pomeroy music clubs and multiple local personal notices. Entries include visits by Norman Foss, Sgt. Ted Wildermuth with Angela Whitner, and various uncles, aunts, and friends visiting hospitals and homes. Added are holiday staffing notes for Welch’s Store and a department store in Middleport.
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Middlefort
Agnes Theobald
Welch's
Janet Annek
Marjorie Brooks
Department
Sinke Retains Bowling Lead in All Star Tournament
Chicago bowler Joe Sinke led three city peers in the all star match game event in Chicago with an 18 game total of 3677 to top the 24 game preliminaries. From 120 entrants across 20 states 48 will advance to the semi finals while Pvt Joe Wilman fell to seventh with an 18 game total of 3566.
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Chicago
Joe Sinke
Sinke
Joe Wilman
Fort Lewis
Wash
Dinner Guests Gather for Navy Event in Sharpsburg
A Sharpsburg crowd attended a dinner on Navy in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Warren Hanson before their trip to Arizona, with many families and friends from Sharpsburg and nearby towns listed as attendees. Additional notes mention Charles Hanson's 18th birthday celebration hosted by Roy Hanson, and visits by Clifford Tompson and others to Kenton and Amesville during Thanksgiving week.
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Sharpsburg
Navy
Warren Hanson
Arizona
Gail Smith
John Holdcroft
Diana Browers
Will Hanson
George Holdcroft
Roy Hanson
Charles
Fauna Burt
George Sheldon
Eller McCune
Goldie
Hazel McCune
Olery Oxley
Athens
Edith Canter
Ralph
Jennie Boyd
Dorothy
Ronald Boyd
Thomas Hanevl
Vint White
Barbara
Lara Hanson
Elihu Starlin
Charlies Calentine
Wave
Haze McCune
Ellen McCune
Cory Oxley
Waterford
Herman Headley
Clifford Tompson
Kenton
Mary Lewis
Fred Lawrence
Morris Tompsson
John Parsons
Katherine
Earnest Parson
Florida
Robert Tompson
Amesville
Sherman Reeves
Columbus
Hermon Heatly
Pomeroy Council Brief Meeting at City Hall
Pom eroy Council held a short session with all members present. Mayor George Howell reported $211.55 in finer land licenses, including $101.46 for garbage collection, and ordered bills paid. He asked residents to inform him about available furnished or unfurnished rooms and houses for rent.
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Pomeroy
George Howell
Howell
Term of Judge To Expire Jan 1 1947 Meigs County
Edgar Ervin took oath as Meigs County common pleas judge and will serve until January 1, 1947. Appointed by Governor Bricker on October 1, 1943 to the next general election, he was elected to serve the unexpired term but will complete only two years of a six year term ending January 1, 1967.
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Court E of Common Pleas
Meigs County
Ervin
Thanksgiving social notes from Coolville area
Local Thanksgiving guest list and social visits are reported. Names include Gibbs, Shafer, Frost, Davis, Gehring, Westfall, Aiken, Summerfield, Griffin, Walden, Brandberry, Henderson, Humphrey, Holler, Hart, Sweeney, Burd, Hoisington, Chevalier, Pratt, Hangar, Cecil, and Dill among Athens Bethel Racine Monica Pomeroy and Decatur residents. Several attendees traveled for family meals and Star Chapter events in Marietta Malta and Marietta areas.
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Coolville
J.A. Gibbs
Athens
Floyd Shafer
R. D
J. W. Frost
Frost
Nancy Davis
Bertha Barnes
Charles McKeen
E. M. Davis
Bethel Ridges
Columbus
Howard Parrish
M. C. Westfall
John Aiken
Harry Summerfield
Eastern Star
Marietta
Roy Griffin
Army
Danville
Millie Griffin
Julia Ann Walden
Ruth Brandberry
R. S. Henderson
Yvonne
Jeanette
Florence Humphrey
Roberta
Estella Holler
Racine
Malta
Order of Eastern Star
Forol Hart
Ed Sweeney
Guysville
Myrle Griffin
Richard Hangar
J Decatur
Frank
Clack Ireland
T. F. Cecil
Homer Dill
Pomeroy
Myrie Griffin
Orbiston Social Notes
Orbiston residents and relatives are listed with visits and callers. Mrs Cora Wilson of Murray City hosted, while George McManaway and Searles of Columbus made business calls in Ath ens. Several locals attended Mrs Mary Hayden’s funeral at Buchtel M E Church.
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Orbiston
Steve Sorrell
Cora Wilson
Murray City
Walter McManaway
Athens
Frank Searles
Columbus
Alice Glancy
Pearl Glancy
Helen Bookman
Grace Campbell
Elizabeth Roberts
P. A. Nida
Mary Hayden
Buchtel M. E
Pearl Nelson
New Straitsville
Grace Ayers
Kathryn Largent
Clarence Fuller
Logan
Charles McCall
Clarence McCall
Millard Pierce
Syracuse
Nelson Regains Form To Take Frisco Open Tourney
Byron Nelson won the San Francisco Open with a 281 total, defending his title ahead of Sgt. Jim Ferrier who shot 282. Ferrier wowed crowds by hitting a ball from a tree, as Nelson boosted his year’s war bond total to over 43,000 dollars.
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San Francisco
Byron Nelson
Jim Ferrier
Camp Roberts
Calif
Ferrier
Nelson
Harding Park
Birth of Larry Paul to Roy and Mrs Picker ing
Local birth announced for November 28 with Larry Paul named. Paternal grandparents listed as Mr and Mrs Charles Pickering.
Repair School Is Planned at Reedsville
A farm machinery repair school will start Wednesday evening December 6 at 7 30 with Wilbur Sprague as teacher. Twelve meetings will help farmers bring machinery to the Coleman garage for hands on repair work offered through Chester High School vocational agriculture.
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Reedsville
Wilbur Sprague
Vocational Agriculture Department
Chester High School
Coleman Garage
M. E. Montgomery
Bradenton
Fla
Oren Childers
Jerry
Montgomerys
Gertrude Gillespie
War Department
Pvt
Clifton Gillespie
Germany
Myra June Sisson
St. Joseph Hospital
Portsmouth
U. S. Navy Nurse Corps
L. S. Buckley
Woodsfield
David Wyal
Fay Miller
Akron
Herbert, Willams
Ethel Packard
Columbus
Ruth Moore
Marvin Petty
Maybell
Racine
Essie Congreve
E. Humphrey
Chicago
Humphrey
Dayton
R. E. Williams Yis
Detroit
Verne Escoe
Harrisonville
Toronto
Dan Merl
H. J
Tilt
Cleveland
Williame
Naomi Pickens
S. Charleston
Walter Brown
A. C. Stewart
A. B. Kibble
Gertrude Callaway
Alice Hetzer
Army Wins Grid Crown as Cadets Top Poll
New York AP report that Army tops the final AP poll to clinch the national collegiate football title, beating Notre Dame, Navy and Ohio State. Army led with 1,165 points, Navy fourth, Ohio State second, Randolph Field third, with Notre Dame ninth. Army notable as first unofficial national title and first elite finish in nine years of the poll.
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NEW York
Army
Notre Dame
Navy
Baltimore
Associated Press
Irish
Ohio State
Randolph Field
Gainbridge
Iowa
California
Michigan
Fourth
Air Force
Buckeyes
Parker Leads Opening Day Deer Bagging in Ohio Hunt
IC A Parker among first to bag deer as Ohio’s second deer season opens. Portsmouth shooters tally 24 bucks, seven more than last year, with James W. Stuber of the state conservation division reporting results. Other successful hunters include Jasper Rogers of Dayton and several Portsmouth residents. Season runs through Saturday from 8 am to 5 pm daily, restricted to Roosevelt game preserve and Shawnee Forest. Buckshot No 4 or larger or bow and barbless arrows required.
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Portsmouth
Ohio
James W. Stuber
State Division of Conservation and Natural Resources
Jasper Rogers
Dayton
John Engleman
Tiffin
R. H. Hopper
Chillicothe
Robert Coaley
Bryan
C. A. Parker
Athens
H. A. Watson
N. L. Mahaffey
Harold Hamilton
Don Snyder
Harl Wamsley
Otway
Carl Martin
Miamisburg
Martin
Weoods
Roosevelt Game Preserve
Shawnee State Forest
Horvath to Receive Heisman Trophy Tonight
Columbus Ohio Leslie Horvath versatile back led Ohio State Buckeyes to a perfect 1944 season and Big Ten title then will receive the Heisman at a New York banquet. Awarded by the New York Athletic Club based on a national writers and broadcasters poll. Bowling Green's John Tayak scores 17 as BGU opens season with 75 43 win over Lockbourne Air Base.
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Columbus
Leslie Horvath
Ohio State University
Buckeyes
New York
Parra
New York Athletic Club
Raling
BEE Gees
Bowling Green
John Tayak
Bowling Green University
Lockbourne Air Base
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Hugh Fullerton
Jimmy Johnston
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Phil Scott
Jimmy
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Archie Moore
Archie
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Johnny Conley
Sandy Sadler
Mentonelli
Lou Nova
Max Schmeling
Ernie White
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England
Ernie
Creighton
Essex
Elmer
Charles Hepler
Carlsbad
N. M
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Naval Academy
Windy Hoernschemeyer
I. U
George Sundheim
Don Betzing
Thomas Cobb
George Dallas
Jo Ann Gilmore
Walter Green
Barbara Phillips
Bennett Rice
Patsy Shields
Juanita Teaford
Omagene Zahl
Jean Bryant
Jean Custer
Carol Evans
Evelyn Fick
Iola Foxx
Ila Mae Hayes
Joe Foster
Ann Smith
June UN- Toe
Masons
Meigs
Nun
Pacific Area
Middleport Social Notes
A. L. Heyde
St. Matthew Lutheran Church
Eva Tewksbury McElhinney
Wilfred Struble
West Hunter St. Logan
Luther Heyde
Mildred Struble
The
Amateur Gardeners Club
Adam Ebersbach
Mulberry Ave
Frank Wilson
Ebersbachs
Jolly Bunch Sewing Club
James Weber
H. E. Bush
Harry Houdasheit
Ross Pullen
Leo Vaughan
Leo Kennedy
Zella Cross
OES
McConnelsville
Sharon Riley
Thomas Riley, Jr
S. Second Ave
W. P. Qhlinger
Charleston
Tommy Darst
NYCRR
Hobson
Harold Johnson
Goldie Geary
Chappelle Talbott
Noel Hysell
Vivian Allensworth
O. FP. Klein
M. G. Brown
Grant Hospital
Brown
Charmines Hotel
Klein
James Stevens
Ifred Sisson
Frank Braley
Robert Long
Fastoria
Miriam Kauff
Jane Owen
William Mayes
Rosanna Barker
Lima
Harold
Tag) Long
Ray Lyman
Janice
Gallipolis
James Pullen
India
Herold Johnson
Bill Reichman
William Reichman
Reichmans
Bill
MHS
Pomeroy Social Notes
Fomeroy
Federated Church
Nolan Swackhammer
Heath Methodist Church
Marjorie Milam
Atlanta
R. E
Nick” Carter
Orbiston Social Notes
Willie Goggin
White Plains
Sam Snead
Hot Springs
Harold McSpaden
Philadelphia
Ed Furgol
Utica
Chesterhill
Roy Pickering
Larry Paul
Charley Pickering
Louise Carr
Arthur
Redondo Beach
John
Murray Dean
Tulsa
Oklo
Karl Harris
Plantsville
Seabees
Pauline Daugherty
Memorial Hospital
H. A. Triplett
B. E. Workman
Zanesville
W. A. Howard Elliott
Union Hall
Pauline Harris
Dessie Rowland
Bobby
Lena Rowland
T. S. Niceswanger
Pennsylvania Drilling Company
Pittsburgh
Edgar Michener
Pennsville
Jean Carpenter
Black Diamond
Lathrop
Gail Harris
Edmund Lowe
Marjorie Rambeau
Dean Parker
Alan Dinehart
Song OF
Bernadette
Jennifer Jones
Chas
Bickford
Gilby's Cooper
Sig Ramean Lee ST
Bendyce Pomeroy
Timble
Jack Haley
Harriet Billiard
Lawless Valley
George O'Brien
Bucks
IC. A. Parker
Horvath
Colegroves Market
Middleport, Ohio
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