Pom eroy Minstrel Delights Local Audience
The Pomeroy Recreation Commission presents Lotsadoin directed by Ed and Mercedes Condon. The two act musical minstrel features a large local cast with Bob Stivers and several soloists, backed by an amateur orchestra. Awards were handed out during intermission by the Pomeroy Retail Association.
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Pomeroy
Pomeroy Vicinity
Pomeroy Junior High School
Mildred Shirkey
Eleanor Wessa
Freda Smith
Maxine Ebersbach
Rachael Elberfeld
Ruth Huber
Mary Elizabeth Anderson
Bob Stivers
Mr. Gotalot
George
Lewis Stanley
Randy Parsons
Charles Ricketts
Mississippi
Ben Philson
Bill Ebersbach
My Uncle
Charles Walburn
Tiny Jon Schaaf, Jr
America
American Legion
Cariny
Legion
The
Ohio
Entre
Bill Stewart
Willis Aleshire
Chloe
Dayton Strickland
Susie
Ed Condon
Nona Roberts
Betty Hoffner
Shirley Hysell
Pandora Strickland
Marjorie Swatzel
Margaret Stanley
Edith Bowen
Margaret Anne Strauss
Freda Marie Parker
Janet Turner
Geraldine Gainor
Randall Parsons
Pauline Holmes
Orvil Chambers
Mercedes F. Condon
R. G. Webster
Fred Rosenbaum
Claire Karr
Pagent Teachers Association
Frank Johnson
Pomeroy Retail Association
Record of Holiday Charity Is Sought
A clearing house at the Red Cross office in Pomeroy will log Christmas basket distributions to prevent duplication. Rev Ralph Kuether announces Mrs L J Heiner will record reports from groups, urging notices of planned donations to avoid multiple gifts to the same families.
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Pomeroy
Red Cross
Ralph Kuether
L. J. Heiner
The
Pomeroy Council Ends Year With Major 1940 Issues
Pomeroy councilmen, in the last 1940 meeting, considered Meigs Water Co purchase street lighting sewer regulations and next year finances. Mayor Hartley outlined 1941 tax division improving town finances. budget subject to state tax commission approval. Council began street lighting study and approved Health Department sewage plan conditions. State Highway snow removal ordinance received first reading.
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Pomeroy
Meigs Water Company
M. D. Hartley
County Budget Commission
State Tax Commission
L. G. Merrill
Parkersburg
State Department of Health
Health Department
State Highway Department
Gifts for Wards of County Are Sought
Meigs County Children’s Home seeks Christmas gifts from the public. Donations may be left at Massar’s Grocery on Second Street or mailed to the Home. A school room program is planned for Friday December 20 at 7 30 p m directed by Mrs Virginia Egner.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Massar’s
Second St
Virginia Egner
Ohio
WPA
Order of Eastern Star
Gallipolis
Avon Jones
Gas Well Drilled On Nelson Farm Near Beech Grove Church
A gas well was drilled on the Virgil Nelson farm in Rutland Township by Fleming and Bowman. The well showed an open flow of 200000 feet and struck gas in the Maxburg Sand. Drilling continues in Meigs County with new production areas found periodically.
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Pomeroy
Fleming
Bowman
Virgil Nelson
Beech Grove Church
Rutland Township
Maxburg
Meigs County
Racine Banker Speaks Before School Group
Racine High Commercial Club met at the school auditorium with 19 members. Gomer Lewis of First National Bank spoke on Banking. Paul Beegle led the business session while Addie Wolfe and Marcia Curtis headed program and entertainment committees. A play titled The Tragedy of Bargain Day was performed. Refreshments followed.
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Racine
Racine High Commercial Club
Gomer Lewis
First National Bank
Paul Beegle
Addie Wolfe
Marcia Curtis
New Security Office Opened In Pomeroy
The Farm Security Administration opens a new office in Pomeroy in rooms above Hartley Bennet Shoe Store on Main Street. Vaughan B. Crites supervises rural rehabilitation. Miss Enid Swarner remains in Athens and Meigs Counties. John Bailey serves as office secretary. Loans for low income farmers are available for livestock equipment and seeds.
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Pomeroy
Farm Security Administration
Hartley & Bennet
Main St
Agricultural Extension Office
Vaughan B. Crites
Enid Swarner
Home Management Superrvisor
Athens
Meigs
John Baily
Recruiting Station Spends Day in Meigs
A mobile recruiting station operated in the Fifth Corps area visited Pomeroy on Main Street led by Sgt. Henderson A Gregg and four sergeants. Colonel S G Talbott announced the unit covers areas without a sub station and recruits eligible men aged 18 to 35 for three year Regular Army enlistment, independent of local Selective Service boards.
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Pomeroy
Fifth Corps
Main St
Lynn
Henderson A. Gregg
S. G. Talbott
Adjutant General
Selective Service System
Regular Army
Stanley Thomas Shows Slight Improvement
Stanley Thomas, 18, son of Mrs. Edith Thomas, is seriously ill at home on Mill Street. Franklin Barnes, also seriously ill, shows slight improvement. Donnaelan Reichman, ill for weeks, will stay home from school through the holiday. she is Donna Jean Reichman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Reichman.
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Middleport
Stanley Thomas
Edith Thomas
Mill St
Franklin Barnes
Roy Barnes
Third Ave
Donnaelan Reichman
Donna Jean
William Reichman
Plan Community Party At Recreation Center
A Christmas party and play for the entire community are planned at the Antiquity Recreation Center on Monday December 23. Supervisor Rossland Stobart announces games and entertainment with refreshments and Santa Claus for children.
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Pomeroy
Antiquity Recreation Center
Rossland Stobart
Santa Claus
Local Marriage Licenses Issued In Probate Court
Licensed to marry POMEROY Lloyd Dowler 21 of New Marshfield and Eileen Lester of New Marshfield. A license was issued Saturday to Harold Capehart 22 of Syracuse and Marjorie Knopp 19 of Rutland.
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Pomeroy
Lloyd Dowler
New Marshfield
Eileen Lester
Harold Capehart
Syracuse
Marjorie Knopp
Rutland
Officials To Meet For Pomeroy December Township Trustees
The County Association of Township Trustees will hold a meeting at the Courthouse Friday evening at 7 30 according to president Gilbert Weeks. The gathering aims to discuss association matters and local township issues.
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Pomeroy
County Association of Township Trustees
Gilbert Weeks
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