Panthers sweep as Pomeroy nips Middleport in tight clash
Pomeroy edged Middleport 24 to 21 with a strong fourth quarter while Panther reserves won 16 to 7 to complete a sweep of the night’s bill. Boggs led the Jackets with eleven points, and Siewart briefly gave Middleport the first-quarter lead before Stanleys’ quick shots put the Panthers ahead. The Jackets next face Athens Bull at the local gym.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fritz Klein
Panthers
Pomerine Middleport
Panther
Siewart
Jackets
Boggs
Tyte
Aniey
Athens Bulls
F. T. O Oo
Fr. T. O
Timate
Baum
Gragibbonen
Season of Holiday Vacation Nearing for Local School
The last week of school before Christmas vacation begins today with dismissal next Wednesday afternoon, December 22. Classes resume January 3. The annual Freshman-Sophomore reception will be held December 22 at the high school with the Klein Kats providing dancing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Klein Kats
Schedule of Agricultural Meetings in Meigs County 1943
The Meigs County Agricultural Conservation Association lists Friday evening meetings on December 17 at 8 PM in multiple township sites including Bedford Darwin Chester Columbia Lebanon Great Bend Letart Give Long Bottom Orange Rutland Salem Salisbury Scipio Harrissville Sutton Racine and the AAA Office Pomeroy. Farmers must attend their township meeting to vote on ACP program education and 1943 officers. Edson E. Roush, Chairman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Meigs County Agricultural Conservation Association
P. M
Bedford Township
Darwin
Chester Township
Chester High School
Columbia Township
Columbia
Lebanon Township
Great Bend Grange Hall
Letart Township
Letart
Give Township
Long Bottom
Orange Township
Alfred Grange
Rutland Township
Rutland
Salem Township
Salem Center
Salisbury Township
AAA
Pomeroy, CO
Scipio Township
Harrissville
Sutton Township
Racine
Agricultural Conservation Assoc
Edson E. Roush
Tri-Lustre Cleaners Relocates Within City Limits
Tri-Lustre Dry Cleaners plans a move from the Dawson Building on N. Second Ave after seven years to the Park Building on Mill St formerly Grogan Meat Market. The redecorated room features new shelves and racks. The shop is run by Mrs. Margaret Slack with Mary Parker of Minersville newly employed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Tri-Lustre Dry Cleaners
Dawson Building
N. Second Ave
Park
Grogan Meat Market
Mill St
Tri-Lustre
Margaret Slack
Mary Parker
Minersville
Auxiliary Meeting of Spanish American War Group
The Auxiliary of the Spanish American War met at Mrs. C. F. Hawkins home with Mrs. W. P. Wilburn presiding. After a brief business session, eight members shared refreshments in keeping with the holiday season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
C. F. Hawkins
W. P. Wilburn
Middleport Society Notes At Heath Church Meeting
The Woman's Society of Christian Service held a meeting at Heath Methodist Church on the theme Need For Christian Literature with Mrs. Entsminger as announcer. Officers and members from several households participated in devotions, a business session, and Christmas carols followed by dessert. Seaman Judson White was honored with multiple dinner parties during his furlough with his wife and relatives in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
David Entsminger
Woman's Society of Christian Service
Heath Methodist Church
Entsminger
Noah Haskins
Robert Coats
L. W. McComas
M. L. French
Frieda Faehnie
Clifford Ervin
Roy Lansbury
Lee Featherstone
Grace Anderson
H. E. Cook
Cook
Seaman Judson White
Carl Gilmore
Hubert Taylor
Clarence Chase
Rutland
Seaman White
Dan White
Pomeoy
Jane Howell Tent Elects Officers At Christmas Meeting
Daughters of Union Veterans Jane Howell Tent met at the Hall with Mrs. Nellie Ketter presiding. Officers elected include Ruth Duerr as president and Della Stahl as Senior vice president. Guests from Legion Auxiliary welcomed, musical selections and readings followed with Christmas carols and a gift exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertha Chase
Amy Kingsland
Ketter
Elizabeth Young
Pomeroy Social Notes and Upcoming Virginia Wedding
Pomeroy Social Notes report the annual Christmas party at Mrs. Glenroy Ewing's home with a potluck luncheon and plans for a January meeting at United Methodist Church. The section also notes an upcoming wedding for Eleanor Louise Brown to Dr. Chauncey Shumaker in Richmond Virginia, along with multiple Pomeroy personals updating on local residents and military deployments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
WCTU
Glenroy Ewing
Rightenous
United Methodist Church
Virginia
R. M. Brown
Shenandoah
Eleanor Louise
Chauncey Shumaker
Alberta Shumaker
West Broad St. Methodist Church
Richmond
Hold Party at Church by Women’s Association
The annual Christmas party of the Woman's Association of the First Presbyterian Church was held last week with Mrs. O. H. Stewart in charge. Devotionals led by Mrs. R. M. Sherman, a reading of Lloyd Douglas's Home for Christmas by Mrs. L. J. Heiner, and songs by Mrs. Rodney Downing and Miss Lennie Sharp with accordion. Gifts exchanged and refreshments served by committee members. Yuletide decorations set the festive mood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Association of the First Presbyterian Church
O. H. Stewart
R. M. Sherman
Lloyd Douglas
L. J. Heiner
Rodney Downing
Lennie Sharp
E. O. Tewksbury, Sr
E. O. Tewksbury, Jr
Forrest Griffin
Alice Louise Lama
Local Notes On A Quick Visit And Illnesses
Miss Neva Walker visits during two week vacation from U S employment service in Washington D C. Mr and Mrs Paul French travel to White Sulphur Springs for Mrs French to receive treatment after months of illness. Mrs Wayland Covert and daughter Sandra recover from severe colds. Margaret and Madalyne Sauer teachers return home after visiting C J Sauer. Mrs Charles Wise Jr and others visit Athens while Edward Tewksbury Sr assists at Trading Post Exchange under Howard Ewing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neva Walker
U. S. Employment Service
Washington D. H
Paul French
White Sulphur Springs
Charles Wise, Jr
Charles McNamee
C. P. Bradbury
Eddie Kitchen
Athens
Edward Tewksbury, Sr
Trading Post Exchange
Howard Ewing
L. W. Taylor Dies in Middleport
Lawrence William Taylor aged 48 died after a lingering illness at his South Second Avenue home yesterday afternoon. He leaves his wife and six children Charles in Seattle, Clarence, Francis, Thomas, Elizabeth and Roger, and his father Charles Taylor plus a sister Mrs. Chas W. Cooper all of Middleport. A World War I veteran burial will be in Hill Cemetery with funeral arrangements to be announced. Friends may call at Rawlings Coats funeral home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Lawrence William Taylor
South Second Avenue
Charles
Navy
Seattle
Washington
Clarence
Francis
Thomas
Elizabeth
Roger
Charles Taylor
Chas. W. Cooper
Hill Cemetery
Syracuse Church Plans Christmas Program
Syracuse The public is cordially invited to attend a Christmas program at Syracuse Nazarene Church Sunday evening December 19 at 7 30. Mrs Cunningham will play Christmas carols before the program. Children will recite and sing. A round table discussion by four adults The Why of Christmas followed by a short play. Special music by the choir and others. Rev L B Snehlberger is pastor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Syracuse
Syracuse Nazarene
Busy Meigs County Recorder Office Records High Local Deeds
The Meigs County Recorder reports a busy period with around 200 dollars taken in during the first four days of December. Through eleven months, 960 deeds have been recorded, according to Recorder George Meinhart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Meigs County
Court House
George Meinhart
Private Hysell Returns From Furlough to San Bernardino
Private Charles M. Hysell reported back to duty at San Bernardino California after a 15 day furlough with his parents Mr and Mrs E A Hysell of Liberty Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Pomeroy
Charles M. Hysell
E. A. Hysell
Liberty Avenue
San Bernardino
California
New Air Corps Pilot Home on Furlough
Second Lieutenant Bob Dean, recently commissioned as a pilot in the U S Army Air Corps at Douglas Air Field Arizona, is on a short furlough at his mother Mrs Norma Deans home. A Chester High School graduate he worked in a California aircraft plant before enlisting and will depart Wednesday for Fresno California for his new assignment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester
Bob Dean
U. S. Army Air Corps
Douglas Air Field
Arizona
Norma Dean
Chester High School
Dean
California
Air Corps
Fresno
Pomeroy Glee Clubs Plan Christmas Concert at Junior High
POMEROY Mrs Alice au Nease vocal music supervisor announces the Pomeroy High Glee Clubs annual Christmas concert at 8 15 p m Thursday December 16 in the Junior High Auditorium Miss Edith Bowen and Miss Gladys Crooks oversee ticket sales Beulah Kesterson a senior will show shadow pictures themed to the numbers Lois Neutzling Patty Watson and Betty Couch lead the Girls Trio with three songs Boys and girls mix chorus perform three numbers senior high mixed chorus closes with three carols Lois Ann Neutzling and Alice Fischer accompany Harold Hysell Eugene Schwab and Eugene Conde stage crew Tickets in Senior Building Crooks unaffiliated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Alice Au Nease
Pomeroy High
Beulah Kesterson
Jeannette
Isabella
Lois Neutzling
Patty Watson
Betty Couch
N. Tate
Lehmann-Stickles
Bliss
Glee Club
Handel Grey
H. H. A. Beach
S. H. Beck
Boys’ Glee Club
Warren Stickles
Gannon Ram
Donelly Romberg
Longfellow-Calkin
Gruber-Fry
Lois Ann Neutzling
Alice Fischer
Harold Hysell
Eugene Schwab
Eugene Conde
Junior Hoffner
Former Pomeroy band leader in service promoted to corporal
William Warner, son of Mr. and Mrs. Herman Warner, who graduated from Pomeroy High School last spring and served as drum major, has been promoted to corporal. He is now on maneuvers at Camp Stewart in Georgia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Herman Warner
William Warner
Pomeroy High School
Camp Stewart
Middleport
Funeral for Lewis R. Northrop Held in Chauncey
Funeral services for Lewis R. Northrop 57 longtime Chauncey resident will be Thursday at 11 am in the Church of God Chauncey with Pastor Clarence Way officiating Burial will be in Greenlawn cemetery He died Sunday at his home in Zanesville and was brought to Chauncey to the home of his daughter Mrs Howard Pennell He leaves wife Mary Gillespie Northrop ten children ten grandchildren his father David Northrop Glouster two brothers and five sisters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey
Lewis R. Northrop
Church of God
Northrop
Kansas City
Kansas
Athens County
Mary Gillespie Northrop
Virgie Pennell
Ada Spurbeck
Athens
Paul
Pomeroy
Edith Gardner
Oklahoma City
L. L. Northrop
England
William Northrop
India
Betty
Margaret
Garnet
Clarence
David Northrop
Glouster
Plains Study Club Christmas Party
The Plains Study Club invites all members and their children to a Christmas party on Friday December 17 at 2 30 p m in the Plains Community room. Decorations include Mrs Juanita Buffington, Mrs Maude Michael, and Mrs Cynthia McDonald. entertainment by Mrs Dorothy Daugherty and Mrs Marie Seel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey
The
Plains Study Club
Plains Community Room
Juanita Buffington
Maude Michael
Cynthia McDonald
Dorothy Daugherty
Marie Seel
Family summons from Chauncey to Fort Leonard Wood area
Sister's illness brings Chauncey kin Lester Sho walter of Fort Leonard Wood Missouri Pearl Showalter Edwardsville Illinois and Elmer Showalter Detroit Michigan together. They are summoned for Mrs Margaret Schoonover wife of Wiford Schoonover at Sheltering Arms Hospital Athens. Mrs Schoonover is daughter of Charles Showalter Chauncey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey
Lester Showalter
Fort Leonard Wood
Missouri
Pearl Showalter
Edwardsville
Ill
Elmer Showalter
Detroit
Mich
Margaret Schoonover
Wiford Schoonover
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Athens
Schoonover
Charles Showalter
Chauncey Personal News and Local Updates
Lucy Ann Muzio wife ill for weeks at Millfield shows slight improvement. Patty Wallace of Millfield visited aunt Mrs William Pughline in Glouster from Friday to Sunday. Clarence E Sanders ill at home in Millfield. Irene Jackson of Columbus spent weekend with uncle and aunt Mr and Mrs Sam Tippett in Chauncey. Carroll Tippett Chauncey on a few days in Chicago on business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey
Lucy Ann Muzio
Lewis Muzio
Millfield
Patty Wallace
William Pughline
Glouster
Clarence E. Sanders
Irene Jackson
Columbus
Sam Tippett
Mils St. Carroll Tippett
Chicago
Marriage Announced between Hoskins and Burrows in Cheltenham
Corporal William Gene Hoskins, reared with Chauncey family, wed Miss Irene Burrows at Cheltenham Glas on October 11. Hoskins is stationed in England. Mr and Mrs Lewis received a portion of the wedding cake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey
Frank Lewis
William
Gene) Hoskins
Lewis
Irene Burrows
Cheltenham Glas
England
Revival Services Close At Chauncey M E Church
Revival services at Chauncey M E Church concluded after two weeks with Pastor Charles Palmer aided by evangelist Evan Edwards and song leader David Jackson. Attendance was strong and a weekly prayer meeting is slated for Wednesday at 7 pm per Thomas Buckley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey
Chauncey M. E
Charles Palmer
Evan Edwards
David Jackson
M. E
Thomas Buckley
Christmas Greeting Reaches Ward Family from Sicily Veteran
Mr and Mrs Marshall Ward of Chauncey received a Christmas letter from their nephew Archer Thomas who served in the Sicily invasion and crossed in April. He noted the first air mail greeting for relatives and said he could not buy cards with the Merry Christmas Happy New Year message.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shall Ward
Chauncey
Archer Thomas
Sicily
Services Held for Three Month Old Terry Wallace
Funeral services were held Tuesday in Millfield for Terry Wallace three months old, son of Mr and Mrs Laurence Wallace. Rev Gilbert Courtney of the Church of Christ officiated with burial at Hilltop Cemetery by W W Warren. The family also includes Cynthia Larry and Sharon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey
Terry
Laurence Wallace
Merle Brown
Millfield
Gilbert Courtney
Church of Christ
Buria
Hilltop
W. W. Warren
Cynthia
Larry
Sharon
County Officials In Meigs County Enjoy Venison From Sheriff
Court House officials and friends of Meigs County Sheriff Ralph Welker enjoyed venison from a deer he shot in the Portsmouth area game preserve. The buck weighed about 200 pounds. The hunting party included Dayton Will, C. H. Jewell of Albany, and Woodrow Wilson of Carpenter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy—Court House
Meigs County
Ralph Welker
Portsmouth Area
Dayton Will
C. H. Jewell
Albany
Woodrow Wilson
Carpenter
Two Servicemen Visit Chauncey on 19 Day Furloughs
CHAUNCEY Pfc Dale McNabb stationed at Drew Field Florida arrived in Chauncey on Tuesday for a 19 day furlough to visit his mother Mrs Agnes McNabb and family. Charles Paul Ley of Great Lakes Naval Station Illinois is in Chauncey on furlough to visit his parents Mr and Mrs John Ley and family. He expects to be transferred upon his return to Great Lakes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey
Dale McNabb
Drew Field
Florida
Agnes McNabb
Charles Paul Ley
Great Lakes Naval Station
John Ley
Great Lakes
Honor roll omission noted for Chauncey-Dover student
Dorothy Brown, a freshman at Chauncey Dover High School, was left off Sunday's honor roll list. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Carl Brown of Sand Ridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey
Dorothy Brown
Chauncey-Dover High School
Carl Brown
Sand Ridge
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Tri-Lustre Cleaners
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N. Court St
Middleport Social Notes
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Newark
Lemoyne Osborne
C. P. Gallagher
I. E. Miller
Jane Howell
Pomeroy Social Notes
Neta Williams
Carl Davis
Mildred Scharn
Walter Scheider
White Cross Hospital
Joe Ebersbach
Wetzall St
Holzer Hospital
Flarry Watson
Ebersbach
Harold (Peck) Russell
Camp Hood
Texas
Merlin Russell
Union Ave
Dave Darst
Cpl
Robert L. Darst
Wendover Field
Utah
L. W. Taylor
Recorder's Office
PNA
Meigs
Pomeroy Thurs
Frs
Joan Crawford
Fred MacMurray
Conrad Veidt
R. Owen
Harvest Melody
Bendvue
Pomeroy Today & Thurs
Gary Cooper
George Raft
Carey Robt
Cummings
Glee
Dover
Child Study Club
M. E. Church
Mr. and
Mrs. Mar
OPA
WPB
Wilson Bros
Beau Brummel
Superba
Wilson Buffer
Welker
Wilson’s Store
Chauncey, Ohio
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