Veterans organize for postwar care in Meigs County
Meigs County Meigs Chapter of the American Veterans and Ladies Auxiliary discussed postwar plans for wounded and disabled veterans. Edward H. Reuter announced an upcoming meeting inviting veterans and citizens to join. Benjamin F. Turner urged permanent offices in Pomeroy and funded veteran services with local and state support.
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Serice
Meigs County
Edward H. Reuter
Benjamin F. Turner
Department of Ohio
Pomeroy
Turner
Spoon of Fat A Day Plan Lets Families Save Oils
Public health strategy urges every household to contribute fat salvaged for a year to prevent reserve stocks from dropping below safety levels. Target is 300 million pounds, equating to about one pound per month per family or at least one tablespoonful of used fat daily.
Aged Man Dies at Middleport Home
Ephraim Dalrymple aged 69 was found dead at his Middleport porch from a stroke of paralysis. He had been a semi invalid for years. Survived by four daughters Mrs Stanley Rickard Mrs Alma Hendrix Mrs Myrtle O'Dell Mrs Paul Keller and son Jack in the U S Armed Forces in Texas plus several grandchildren. Friends may call at Rawlings Coats Funeral Home. funeral services announced later.
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Middleport
Ephraim
Eph) Dalrymple
Stanley Rickard
Alma Hendrix
Columbus
Myrtle O'Dell
Paul Keller
Rutland
Jack
United States Armed Forces
Texas
Rawlings-Coats Funeral Home
Trial Run of New Bus Between New Haven and Pomeroy
Sixteen members of the Pomeroy Retail Merchants Association rode a new bus during a lunch hour trial from Stark's Drug Store. The bus, bought by a merchant company to boost West Virginia trade, will run regularly between New Haven and Pomeroy replacing an older vehicle. Passengers included Ed Stark Frank Will W A Smith R L Jacobs E L Robinson Alfred Elberfeld Norman Kloes Henry Ewing Glenroy Ewing Jed Webster Sr Ralph Graves A R Knight Dr E D Amsbury Allen Hartley William Atkins Ruel Finsterwald and others.
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Pomeroy
Pomeroy Retail Merchant's Association
Stark’s Drug Store
New Haven
West Virginia
Ed Stark
Frank Will
W. A. Smith
R. L. Jacobs
E. L. Robinson
Alfred Elberfeld
Norman Kloes
Henry Ewing
Glenroy Ewing
Jed Webster, Sr
Ralph Graves
A. R. Knight
Dr. E. D. Amsbury
Allen Hartley
William Atkins
Ruel Finsterwald
Deer hunt yields three deer in Preston County West Virginia
Langsville Hurley Nelson and others from Langsville Rue Tuckerman Middlport D M Parks Point Pleasant Ed Kell Hartford and Thomas Harris went to Preston County West Virginia to hunt deer and killed three deer weighing 530 pounds total.
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Langsville
Hurley Nelson
Rue Tuckerman
Middleport
Local Military Promotions and Arrivals
Word reaches Pomeroy of Cpl Richard Canter’s promotion to sergeant and Cpl Harry Bolinger transferring to the South Pacific. Sgt Earl D Harden, stationed at Tallahassee, Florida, returns on furlough to Syracuse. Delores T Van Dalsen cannot join. Chief Petty Officer Curtis Jenkinson and family visit Gravel Hill, with Jenkinson having advanced radio training and prior employment at Ebersbach Motor.
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Pomeroy
Richard Canter
New York
Harry Bolinger
South Pacific
Vern Bolinger
Naylor Run
Earl D. Harden
Air Corps
Tallahassee
Fla
Roscoe Harden
Syracuse
Delores T. van Dalsen
Curtis Jenkinson
Navy
The
Ebersbach Motor Company
Jenkinson
Dorothy Satterfield
Beautician
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Meigs
Goodby
Hoot Gibson
Los Angeles
St. Joseph
Hister
ATIO
Pittsburgh
Corey Coffee Makers
Glassbake
Pickens
Sohio
WLW
Cincinnati
Standard Oil CO
Ohio
Sluckoff
Woolrich
Coats
U.S. War
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