Christmas Vesper Services Set at Heath and Pomeroy Churches
Christmas vesper programs unfold this Sunday at Heath Methodist Church with the Woman's Club presenting a cantata Childe Jesus and carols led by Hennesy and club chorus. In Pomeroy, Mrs. Chester Lee Sharp and Mrs. John T. McLain will headline an evening concert with organ and piano pieces by Mrs. McLain and Mrs. Nease, with proceeds to feed a world.
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Woman's Club
Heath Methodist Church
C. M. Hennesy
Heath Church
Childe Jesus
Ody Clokey
Willis
John Lambert
Dale Dutton
Pomeroy
Pomeroy Bend
Ted
Chester Lee Sharp
John T. McLain
Law
Paul Nease
Alice
McLain
Addite
Memo
Change of Residence for local residents
Mr and Mrs Fife sold Mill Street property to Mr and Mrs Mourning who move to Davis Apartment. Mr and Mrs Mourning relocate from Front Street to their newly built home on Front Street.
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Port
Fife
Mill St
Har- Mourning
Front St
Davis
Mourning
Elementary School Operetta Tonight at High School Auditorium
Middleport students have sold many tickets for the operetta Suzan na's Christmas Auction to be staged tonight in the High School Auditorium. The PTA sponsors the only pay program of the year and Miss Lois Cecil, public school music supervisor, directs with grade teachers assisting.
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Middleport
PTA
Suzanna
Lois Cecil
Out-of-town mourners attend John Davis funeral
Relatives and friends travelled from Shawnee Ohio to attend John Davis funeral at Ewing's Funeral Home on Monday. Also listed are Dayton visitors and Athens residents visiting relatives in the area.
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John Davis
Ewing’s Funeral Home
Herbert Davis
Edward Hopkins
Dora Woodard
Phil Davis
Shawnee
Ohio
George Conde
Mechanic St
Dayton
George Conde, Jr
Andrew Martin
D. W. Ashworth
Chester Knight
Fred Crow
Tom Crow
Herman Kuntz
Athens
Greta Price
Detroit
Mrs Livingston Leaving Meigs County for Columbus Photo Studio Owner
Mrs Gay Livingston, the sole woman photographer in Meigs County, has closed her Second Ave studio and will leave soon from the LaSalle Hotel for Columbus to visit her sister Mrs D B Hussey. Her son serves with U S forces in England.
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Middleport
Gay Livingston
LaSalle Hotel
Second Ave
Columbus
D. B. Hussey
Livingston
Meigs County
United States
England
Churches Plan Advent Services in Pomeroy Area
Local churches announce Advent and Christmas services. Trinity Lutheran at 106 Butternut Street begins 6:15 pm Sunday with a 7:00 pm sermon by Rev. Rosenberg on Art Thou He That Should Come. First Baptist marks Universal Bible Sunday with a 10:30 am worship and 7:30 pm sermon, plus a 9:30 am church school. United Methodist schedules 9:15 am school, 10:30 am service, and youth activities. Grace Episcopal lists 10:30 am morning service and a 11:15 pm Christmas Eve observancePhi. Christian Science holds 10:45 am service with Wednesday 7:30 pm gathering. Charles Ayers will preach at Grace Church next Sunday.
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Pomeroy
Church of the Lutheran Hour
Trinity Lutheran Church
Butternut Street
Hilmar Th. Rosenberg
First Baptist Church
W. Luther Tracy
American Bible Society
Mildred Kapteina
Margaret D. Tracy
United Methodist Church
Theo Smmth
Christ
Methodist Youth Fellowship
WSCS
Grace Episcopal Church
Charles Ayers
Grace Church
Episcopal Church
Ironton
Christian Science Church
Mulberry Ave
Racine Baptist Church Vesper Service Imitates Circles
Racine Baptists held a vesper service titled Widening Circles of Fellowship with the sermon Sacrificial Living and Giving. A special offering for the World Emergency of the Northern Baptist Convention totaled 147.67 dollars. The service closed with a circle of lighted candles symbolizing fellowship.
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Racine
High School Room Tops Stamp Sales in Middleport Week
In Middleport schools the highest stamp sales were in High School Miss Parks room at 388.20 for Seniors. Central Building Miss Jones room 35 for Seventh Grade. Pearl Street Building Miss Majors room 20. Total 649.15.
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Middleport
Miss Park
Central
Pearl Street
Miss Major
Christmas party notes from Middleport social clubs
In Middleport, multiple church groups held holiday gatherings. Loyal Pals, Ladies Bible Class, and Busy Bee Class met at local homes for Christmas programs, gift exchanges, and charitable acts. Birthday dinner at Mary Jane Coffee Shoppe honored Miss Mary Martha Roller and relatives with theatre plans afterward.
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Middleport
Church of Christ
Guy Reynolds
Elizabeth Allman
Frances Roush
Cecil Bolin
J. Stewart
Edward French
Meigs County
Ladies Bible Class
First Baptist Church
Electa Hysell
Daisy Jasper
Frank Ginther
Ralph Zandel
Lou Moore
Raymond Saxton
James Murray
Jasper
Charles Bennett
Larry Gardner
Downing Roush
Shirley Mills
W. Theobald
W. F. Tracy
Mary Martha Roller
Mary Jane
Miss Roller
Clat Jones
Margaret Holmes
Local War News Notes Service Members From Our Area
Meigs serviceman Lomax Ginn from Great Lakes has transferred to Memphis Tennessee to attend school. Robert Durst, bomber crew chief, celebrated a November birthday in Ephrata Washington, son of Mr and Mrs David Durst Sr of Middleport. Lawrence Bradford, Lt, prisoner at German camp Oflag 64, reported via YMCA Geneva secretary. Roscoe Franklin Rinehart arrived in California after Guadalcanal malaria ordeals and will be hospitalized in San Diego. Rinehart enlisted at 17 and serves 33 months, two years overseas. son of Clarissa Fowler Columbus and Frank Rinehart Pomeroy. Robert Harrah, Marine base San Diego, promoted to Private First Class and to visit family in Middleport. Curtis Jenkinson returned to Quonset Point Rhode Island with wife and daughter Korena Kay. Leo Phillips Jr., Camp Hulen Texas medical detachment, advanced to Staff Sergeant. son of Leo Phillips Columbus. Elbert Buck Smith, furloughed from Camp Butner North Carolina, son of Mrs. E B Smith. mother ill for weeks.
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Lomax Ginn
U.S.N
Great Lakes Naval Training Center
Memphis
Tenn
Robert Durst
Ephrata
Wash
David Durst
Middleport
William Bradford
Fof
Lawrence Bradford
Young Men's Christian Association
Y.M.C.A
Geneva
Bradford
Pfc
Roscoe Franklin Rinehart
Guadalcanal
California
San Diego
Clarissa Fowler
Columbus
Frank Rinehart
Pomeroy
Margaret Rinehart
Dan Fowler
Robert Harrah
Marine Base
Cal
Max Harrah
Curtis Jenkinson
Quonset Point
R. L
Korena Kay
John Phillips
Leo Phillips, Jr
Camp Hulen
Texas
Leo
Chunk) Phillips
Elbert
Buck) Smith
Camp Butner
N. C
E. B. Smith
Mr. Smith
George McGhee
Belle
Walter Harris
W. B. Harris
Huntington
Florence Bush
Athens
Will Drury
Vesta McCoy
C. B. Forrest
Mont Howell
Frank McCoy
Howell
G. T. Drake, Jr
W. P. Wilburn
William P. Stansbury
Camp Grant
Garen Stansbury
Stansbury
Beaver
Gera H. Horn
E. B. Badger Co
McBride
Ft. Knox
Val Hysell
Bradbury
William Stewart
Jacksonville
Fla
Gale Miller
Kathleen Brown
Parkersburg
Melissa Logan
Kay Abbott
Rice
Norfolk
G.M
Ross Pullen
Harold Roush
Jackie
Delbert Rice
Judson White
Great Lakes
Community notices from Belle Huntington and beyond
Local society items recount visits and stays of residents and relatives across Belle Huntington Athens Columbus and Parkersburg including Lt Stansbury Beav er and Ft Knox patient Gera Horn and influenza illnesses. The brief notes 1941 Quebec commercial fishermen catch totals 24553 seals and 73 porpoises.
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Quebec Province
Canada
Human Fly to Perform for Legion in Two Shows
Johnny J. Woods known as the human fly will perform at the Martin Hotel Saturday afternoon and evening at 3 50 and 7 30 for the American Legion Smoke Fund. He balances on chairs atop the building and rides a bicycle around the hotel, with police roping off the area and volunteer firefighters providing spotlight and support. A free will offering will aid soldiers' cigaret fund.
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Pomeroy
Drew Webster Post
American Legion
Johnny J. Woods
Legion
Woods
United States
Martin Hotel
Union
Mexico City
Canada
Gallipolis
Ernest Lallance
Walter Wolfe
Mary Virginia Croushore to Wed Sgt John Klein
Mary Virginia Croushore daughter of Mrs Margaret Croushore of Columbus is engaged to Sgt John Klein son of Mr and Mrs John Klein of Reading Pa The couple plan to marry later with no date set Miss Croushore a Mt Carmel School of Nursing graduate is an industrial nurse with Julien Kokenge Co Klein formerly worked at Middletown air depot and is now in the U S Army Air Force in the South Pacific
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Middleport
Margaret Croushore
State St
Columbus
Mary Virginia
John Klein
Reading
Miss Croushore
Mt. Carmel School of Nursing
Julien & Kokenge Co
Catherine Burns
Walter Harris
Rising Sun Aeronautic School
Philadelphia
Klein
Middletown
U.S. Army Air Force
South Pacific
Recent Real Estate Transfers in Meigs County
Meigs County records show transfers in Meigs with multiple parcels including 103.50 acres in Orange Two from Emma Pearmon to Carl Find ling and 54 100 acres in Salisbury Two from Nellie Lee and Felix Lee to James H. Lee. Also listed are parcels in Scipio Two and Pomeroy village and a marriage license for William B. Yarborough and Elizabeth Anne Newman.
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John PD. Ginther
Tennyfor Young
Pomeroy Village
Emma P. Collins
Cay Hawks
Josephine Hawk
Orange
Meigs County
William B. Yarborough
Middleport
Elizabeth Anne Newman
Pomeroy
Pimples Vanish Overnight with Kleerex Remedy
A claim touts Kleerex as a safe medicated liquid that dries pimples overnight. Users report clear complexions and reduced embarrassment after nightly application with a money back guarantee and risk free purchase.
Moose Lodge Honors Inductee at Party
William Anderson Pomeroy was honored Saturday night by Moose Club members as he leaves Sunday for service in the U S Army Air Corps. He received a gift from Moose members and another from the Dick Wiley orchestra, whose saxophonist he has been for Moose dances over the past year.
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Edith Ament
Mary Calvert
Erna Jesse
Elizabeth Durst
Elizabeth Campbell
Lottie Cohen
Pomeroy
William Anderson
U.S. Army Air Corps
Moose Club
Moose
Dick Wiley
Middleport Services Are Announced
At the First Presbyterian Church services begin at 10:30 with Rev. H L Carr on Love and Its Supremacy, followed by Rev B R Smith of Mt Moriah Church speaking on Gods Unspeakable Gift. Evening topics include The Triumph of Life and Why Go to Church. Bible School 9:15. Communion 10:15. Baptismal service after morning worship.
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Middleport
First Presbyterian Church
H. L. Carr
B. R. Smith
Mt. Moriah
Pomeroy War Stamp Sale Announces School Totals
Pomeroy announces a War Stamp sale across local schools on December 8. Central Elementary raises 100.25 dollars, Junior High 73.75, Sugar Run 63.15, Senior High 52.95, with a combined total of 291.10 dollars for the event and a grand total of 5,840.70 dollars including prior purchases.
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Pomeroy
Pomeroy Schools
Sugar Run
Rites Set Sunday for Ephriam Dalrymple
Funeral services for Ephraim Dalrymple 69 to be held Sunday at 2 PM at Rawlings Coats Funeral Home following his death found at home on Wednesday. Burial arrangements to follow locally.
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Middleport
Ephraim
Eph) Dalrymple
Rawlings-Coats
Scarlet fever outbreak reported in Middleport
Public health advisory notes scarlet fever confirmed in Middleport along with multiple influenza cases. Officials urge residents to seek care for fever sore throat rash and to report illnesses to local clinics.
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Middleport
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