Middleport Chamber to Elect 1945 Officers
J. H. Grate, prominent in church and civic work, will lead the Middleport Chamber of Commerce for 1945. He heads the Purity Ice Cream and Bottling Co. and has served on the Meigs County Selective Service Board and various local groups. Other officers include H. E. Cook as vice president and Gene Grate as secretary, with a slate of directors named. The retiring president Paul S. Smart summarized the group’s year, noting improvements to the community.
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Middleport
J. H. Grate
Purity Ice Cream and Bottling Company
Middleport Chamber of Commerce
Grate
Meigs County Selective Service Board
Meigs
American Red Cross
First Presbyterian Church
Masonic Lodge
Can't Keep Grandma in Her Chair
An elderly woman troubles with backache and fatigue is attributed to tired kidneys. The ad claims kidneys remove poisons from blood and urges use of Doan's Pills, noting their purported success for over 40 years and mass popularity.
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Nature
Dean
Doan
Funeral services planned for Mettie Ables 82 Syracuse
Mrs. Mettie Ables dies at Holzer Hospital age 82 of Syracuse. She is survived by a daughter Mrs Dan Rizer and three sons Dana Walter Frank plus 11 grandchildren and four great grandchildren. A sister Lillian McBride also survives. Community notes praise Civic Improvement Committee and housing volunteers. Highway project Middleport to Pomeroy Rutland approved. tri county brochures to attract industry. annual membership drive planned early next year.
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Pomeroy
Ewing
Mettie Ables
Syracuse
Holzer Hospital
Dan Rizer
Dana
Walter
Cleveland
Frank
Detroit
Lillian McBride
Chamber of Commerce
Citizens National Bank
Civic Improvement Committee
H. E. Cook
Smart
Gene Grate
L. B. Higgins
Housing Committee
Middleport
Pomeroy-Rutland
Middleport Chamber of Commerce
Highway Department
Tri-County Association
AAA Elections Set by Meigs County AAA Chairman
Edson E. Roush announces community committee elections in Meigs County to be held Friday night at 8 in multiple townships including Bedford Darwin Chester Columbia Lebanon Letart Olive Long Bottom Orange Rutland Salem Salisbury Scipio Sutton. Delegates elected will meet at the AAA Office in Pomeroy on December 16 to choose county committee men.
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Pomeroy
Edson E. Roush
Meigs County Aaa
Letart
Bedford
Darwin
Chester
Chester High
Columbia
Lebanon
Great Bend
Grange Hall
Olive Township
Long Bottom
Orange Township
Alfred Grange
Rutland
Rutland High School
Salem
Salem Center
Salisbury
AAA
Scipio
Harrisonville
Sutton Two
Racine High School
Christma Dinner Among Eastern Star Members At Middleport
Middleport notes cover the annual Christmas dinner hosted by Mrs. Sylvia Burford with a turkey three course meal. Officers elected for 1945 include Edith Russell president and Evelyn Lewis secretary treasurer. Attendees include Lyte Harris, Beulah Hayes, Grace French, and others at the gathering.
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Middleport
Order of Eastern Star
Sylvia Burford
Second Ave
Clifford Cunningham
William Robson, Jr
Evelyn Lewis
Edith Russell
Burford
Earl Knight
Mesdames Lyte Harris
Beulah Hayes
Grace French
Zella Cross
Helen Reynolds
Charleston
Ethel Miller
Naomi Roush
Cora Pullen
Alvira Jones
William Britton
Pomeroy Social Notes Christmas Party At Elberfeld Home
Trinity Lutheran Ladies Aid Society met at Mrs. Jacob B. Elberfelds Mulberry Avenue residence for a Christmas party. Pine decorations and a lighted tree set the scene as gifts were exchanged, carols sung, and refreshments served. Mrs Mildred M Stanley delivered a church finance report for 1944.
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Jacob B. Elberfeld
Trinity Lutheran Ladies Aid Society
Mulberry Ave
Mildred M. Stanley
Elberfeld
Christmas Parties Featured Across Middleport
Middleport reports festive Yuletide observances with multiple organizations hosting parties. P. M. Club members held a Christmas gathering at Mrs. Harold Lohse’s home, with co hosts Mrs. Franklin Bailey and Mrs. Wallace Bradford. Recent gifts supported by a Christmas box went to Richard Elberfeld in Italy, and January plans send a box to Pfc. William A. Gibbs in Quantico Virginia. Members enjoyed games, prizes, and holiday decor as officers and attendees included Sylvia Byers and Kate Wilson.
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Middleport
P. M. Club
Harold Lohse
Franklin Bailey
Wallace Bradford
Sylvia Byers
Richard Elberfeld
Italy
Pfc
William A. Gibbs
Quantico
Kate Wilson
Beth Pullen
Santa Claus
Mary E. Anderson
Pomeroy
Marjorie Stevens
Mina Swisher
Martha Anderson
Martha Chambers
Ruth Gross
Lenora Murray
Emma Jean Crooks
J. B. Downing
Otho Watts
Pythian Sisters
Woodman Hall
Althea Anderson
L. E. Burford
Viola McCullough
Pearl Reynolds
Robert McElhinney
Church of Christ
Frances Roush
Edward French
Pomeroy PTA Plans Christmas Party
The Central School PTA met to plan the annual Christmas party and treat for the students before holiday vacation. Mrs. Richard Campbell presides and announced that the War Bond would be awarded to Miss Elizabeth Seitz. A committee prepared candy sacks for the children.
Episcopal Auxiliary Meets at Reed Home
Grace Episcopal Church auxiliary gathered at Mrs. Theodore Reed’s Mulberry Avenue home. President Mrs. Patrick Lochary led discussions on diocese work, funding material consignments for the diocese supply department to make gowns for Cincinnati Children’s Hospital and bundles for the Philippines, plus a contribution to the Bishop’s Discretionary Fund.
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Pomeroy
Grace Episcopal Church
Theodore Reed
Mulberry Ave
Patrick Lochary
Children's Hospital
Cincinnati
Philippines
Lochary
George McQuigg
Merchants Ready for Christmas Rush Amid Storm Delays
Inclement weather and poor travel conditions slow holiday trade for merchants. Most stores stay open this Thursday and next, but hours vary for the week before Christmas. Some will stay open after supper all week, others from Wednesday onward. Stores with Messenger ads will publish their schedules.
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Messenger
Langsville Briefs Christmas Sale and Visits
Langsville notes report Mr and Mrs T M Pickens visiting relatives in Columbus from Tuesday to Thursday. Langsville Ladies Aid Society held a Christmas sale and gift exchange at the church on Wednesday. Clair Nelson and sons visited Frank Nelson and Edwin in Star Hall. Max Smith and children from Dexter were guests of Mrs Ray Nicholson.
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Langsville
T. M. Pickens
O. E. Pickens
Columbus
Langsville Ladies Aid Society
Clair Nelson and Sons
Frank Nelson
Edwin
Star Hall
Max Smith
Dexter
Ray Nicholson
Farm Group Meets At Pickens Home
Farm Bureau Advisory Council No 3 met at the home of Mr and Mrs Harry Pickens of Reedsville Thursday evening Reports were given by Mrs Henry Wippel on a Health Conference at Lancaster by G L Michael on the county budget by Samuel Michael on the youth conference at New Concord and by Harold Hilligas on the Meigs County Co op affairs He is manager Officers reelected president Henry Wippel vice president Harry Pickens secretary Mrs Wilbur Parker discussion leader C E Humphrey news reporter Mrs Harry Pickens
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Reedsville
Wilbur Parker
C. E. Humphrey
Harry Pickens
Community group notes next meeting for January fourth
The report lists attendees including Mrs Effie Warren and Miss Doris Barnett, with Mr Harold Hilligas present. The next meeting is scheduled at the home of Mr and Mrs Wippel on January 4.
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Harold Hilligas
Effie Warren
Doris Barnett
Wippel
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Athens Messenger
Paul S. Smart
C. of C
Colegroves Market
Middleport, Ohio
America
Warriors
Clare Booth Luce
George S. Patton, Jr
U.S. Third Army
Middleport Social Notes
A. R. Hecox
Joe Hecox
Toledo
Hecox
Robert Arthur
S. Third Ave
Robert Mutchler
James Titus
Sewickley
Titus
Jimmy
U. S. Navy
Newport News
Homer Glaze
Lois Cecil
Gay Livingston
Pittsburgh
Roscoe Fowler
Gravenhurst
Ont
Canada
John Zerkle
Zerkle
Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Company
Pomeroy Social Notes
AID Society
Charles Ward
Huntington
Harry Brunker
Marietta
Phillips
Clifford Dunkle
Millfield
Ashworth Watch and Jewelry
Second St
New York
William Matlack
Herman Hoffner
Roy Tracy
Rocksprings Grange
USMC
Charles Gibbs
Gladys Crooks Hayman
Pomeroy Pta
Dr. Kohl
Martin & Roller Drug Store
Ohio
Ewings
Pomeroy, Ohio
Cory Coffee Maker
Pickens
Episcopal Auxiliary
Reed Home
Langsville Briefs
Howard Bolin
Avice Roush
Warren Pickens
J. E. D. Hartinger
Henry Wippel
Elmer Kautz
G. L. Michael
Rathburn
Rutland, Ohio
Armstrong Quaker
Congoleum
Hysell
Athens
Nelsonville
Pt. Pleasant
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