Middleport Schools Closed This Week Amid Health Ban
Middleport boards suspend public meetings through Meigs County Health confirmed influenza concerns. Elementary and junior high holiday program cancel, basketball game vs Logan Chief tains postponed, PTA program tickets honored later. Homebound weather keeps residents indoors as churches adjust services.
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Middleport
Middleport Board of Education
Meigs County Health
PTA
Middleport Yellow Jackets
Logan Chieftains
L. W. McComas
Pomeroy
Meigs County
W. E. Ellis
Eagles’ Club
Plan Officer Election for Meigs League
Meigs Chapter Izaak Walton League plans its December meeting at IOOF Hall in Pomeroy on Wednesday night December 19 at 8 oclock. Judge Roy Gillilan and Ben Dial of Wellston will be guests. Officers for 1946 will be elected and dues for next year accepted. 107 dues paid. Qyster stew to be served after the business hour. Minstrel committee meeting at 7 p.m. at the Mare. Members listed and minstrel directed by Ethan Harper.
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Pomeroy
Roy Gillilan
Ben Dial
Wellston
Meigs
Izaak Walton League
IOOF
Qyster
Clay Bryan
Mninstrel
Mra
Edward Foster
B. C
Tuckerman
Charles:Walburn
Lewis *Sauer
Floyd Koeller
Paul Smart
Herman Hoppes
Dayton Ashworth
Frank Will
Ethan Harper
Ed Condon
Plan Funeral Rites for Mrs Eastman
Tentative funeral plans for Mrs Lucinda Heilmann 86 who died at her daughter Mrs Roy Eastman Rocksprings Sunday are set pending the condition of a son in law husband of Mrs Anna Daugherty Columbus. The service will be at Ewing Funeral Home Tuesday at two with Rev Albert Bitters of the Paitea Methodist Church officiating. Surviving are three daughters Mrs Eastman Mrs Earl Holter Minersville and Mrs Daugherty Columbus.
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Pomerox
Lucinda Heilmann
Roy Eastman
Anna Daugherty
Ewing Funeral Home
Albert Bitters
Paitea Methodist Church
Heilmann
John H. Heilmann
Eastman
Earl Holter
Minersville
Daugherty
Columbus
Pomeroy Baby Named For Marine's Buddy
Mrs William Ebersbach and infant son Robert Bradford returned home from Holzer Hospital at 830 East Main Street. The baby born December 11 at 11 am is the first son for the Ebersbachs and was named after a Marine buddy who pledged to name their sons after one another.
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Pomeroy
William Ebersbach
Robert Bradford
Holzer Hospital
E. Main St
Ebersbachs
Marine Ebersbach
Bowel Cleaning Power Pot ERB HELP Medicine Ad
A man reports drastic health changes after taking ERB HELP for three days. He claims his body cleansed of filth, headaches ended, facial eruptions dried, and rheumatic knee pain vanished. The ad touts 12 herbs cleansing bowels and aiding stomach liver and kidneys, with sales at Athens Pharmacy and Betts Cut Rate in Nelsonville.
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Errhelp
Athens Pharmacy
Nelsonville
Betts
Dr Mang and Wife Find Plumbing Frozen Here
POMEROY Dr and Mrs E F Maag returned from a two month vacation in Sarasota Florida. They found winter weather and frozen pipes at their Lincoln Street home in Middleport. Dr Maag dug out a water meter buried under coal in the basement. He noted the South was never like this and joked with friends.
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Pomeroy
E. F. Maag
Sarasota
Fla
Lincoln St
Middleport
Lewis Named Grid Coach at Wash. and Lee
Art Lewis, a Middleport High School standout and former All American at Ohio University, is named head football coach at Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia, as the school resumes the sport next fall. He has coached at Ohio Wesleyan and served as a line coach at Wash. and Lee before the war, played pro with the New York Giants and Cleveland Rams, and is married with two children.
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Middleport
Art
Lewis
Middleport High School
Yellow ‘Jackets
Washington and Lee University
Lexington
Ohio University
Athens
Ohio Wesleyan University
Delaware
New York Giants
Cleveland Rams
Washington, and Lee
George Lewis
Custer St
Pomeroy Social Notes Christmas Parties and Falls in Personal News
PomeroyShakespeare Club marked its fiftieth federated anniversary with a Christmas party at Mrs. Jacob Elverfelds home featuring a tree carols and gift exchanges for members and children. Mrs. A H Rosenbaum presented a commemorative cake. Trinity Lutheran Ladies Aid hosted a holiday gathering at Mrs. A H Rosenbaum's Lincoln Hill home with a corsage for the longtime president and a budget discussion for 1946. Auxiliary and Legion activities followed with a toy gift exchange and a hospital donation. Local notices include property purchases by Alien Hartley and William Morgan, travel plans of Effie Warren, and various visits and health updates among Pomeroy residents.
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Pomeroy
Shakespeare Club
Jacob Elverfeld
Elberfeld
A. H. Rosenbaum
C. E. Blakeslee
Emma Waterman
Eva Simms
Ladies Aid
Trinity Lutheran Church
Lincoln Hill
Jacob Eberfeld
Aid
Theodore Lehew
Helen Mees
Vivian
Charlotte Mees
William Downie
Alfred Elberfeld
P. E. Stanley
Ladies
Drew Webster Post American Legion
Legion Hall
Frances’ Beards
Dayton ‘Will
Veterans Hospital
Pomeroy Personals
Hartley
William Morgan
Urfion Ave
Mr. Morgan
Kaspar
Laurel St
Effie Warren
Reedsville
Cora Bi Roberts
Columbus
Mr.' S
B. J. Williamson
Kentworth Road
Ann Flynn
Birmingham
Mich
W. A. Morgan
E. J. Mercer
Walled Lake
Midwalter
J. A. Smith
William Baxter
Veteran's Hospital, Huntington
Eunice Hill
Holtern Hospital School of Nursing
Middleport Volunteer Fire Company Elects Officers for 1946
George Hoeflich, a veteran member, was elected president of the Middleport Volunteer Fire Company for 1946 at the annual meeting. Wayne Gibbons became vice president, James Daniels secretary, C. P. Bradbury treasurer, with Brad Hudson as fire chief and B. F. Parmelee as assistant chief. New lieutenants include Hoeflich, Wilbur Ashley, Everett Bachner, and John Vroman as first aid chief, Wayne Gibbons as assistant, and Wilbur Ashley as captain. Committees were named, and Norman Wayland, Horton Brown, and Frank Vroman will join the village council on January 1.
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Middleport
George Hoeflich
Middleport Volunteer Fire Company
Wayne Gibbons
James Daniels
C. P. Bradbury
Brad Hudson
B. F. Parmelee
Wilbur Ashley
Everett Bachner
John Vroman
Robert McElhinney
Sidney Russell
B. F. Parmeélee
Norman 'Wayland
Horton Brown
Frank Vroman
Middleport Village
Two Divorces Granted By Meigs County Court
Meigs County Common Pleas Court granted two divorces. Lucy Gregg sued for divorce from John Walter Gregg. they have two daughters. Lonnie Hughes, Army, filed for divorce from Mary Jane Rupe Hughes, with prior dismissal noted. Dorothy Smith facing divorce from Lawrence Smith. earlier dismissal occurred. Harold Lemley divorced Amanda Lemley for extreme cruelty and neglect. Flossie Daniels granted divorce from Emmett Daniels for wilful absence. he left with 12 children, whereabouts unknown. Custody of nine minor children awarded to the plaintiff.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County Common Fricas Court
Lucy Gregg
John Walter Gregg
Greggs
Lonnie Hughes
U. S. Army
Mary Jane Rupe Hughes
Lawrence Smith
Dorothy Smith
Entertain Veterans With Open House at Martin Hotel
Pom ery holding open house for returned service men Wallace and Dora Ebersbach hosted a Yuletide gathering at the Martin Hotel Saturday night. The dining room featured red and green decor and Santa Clauses on motorcycles as table decorations. Music and dancing followed with refreshments, inviting guests and former friends including Chet Hinddox Joel Ohlliger Ted Wildermuth Paul Smith Ervin Eubanks Victor Hannahs Renzo Menchini Don Stivers George Keh rer Jim Kehrer Bill Clark Bill Lewis George Hochstetter Bob Haggerty Peggy Robson Jackie Maag Hazel Bowen Marian Krautter Jean Thomas Mrs Kathleen Bailey and others.
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Paul Smith
Ervin Eubanks
Victor Hannahs
Renzo Menchini
Don Stivers
George Kehrer
Jim Kehrer
Bill Clark
Bill Lewis
George Hochstetter
Bob Haggerty
Peggy Robson
Jackie Maag
Hazel Bowen
Marian Krautter
Jean Thomas
Kathleen Bailey
Irs
Wallace Ebersoach
R. A. Miller
Middleport Social Notes and Birth Announcements
Middleport community notes detail a Christmas party hosted by Mrs James Murray with gifts prizes and carols plus a Friendly Pals drawing. Birth of a son to Mr and Mrs Richard Hemminway announced from Delaware Hospital. Local residents, travels, military discharges, and visits listed in middleport personals.
Pt Pleasant Personal Notes From Holiday Gatherings
Pt Pleasant society items report Patricia Ingraham returning from Stephens College to spend holidays with family in Chillicothe. Blanche Bartlett and grandson Skipper Bartlett visit Charleston relatives. Gail Faires, J D Fraser, Bertha Filson and James McComb trio travel to Parkersburg. Josephine and Gertrude Howard return home after Weston visit. Williams family ill but improved. W C Bowie and two sons visiting Hite parents. Russell Stone ill on Viand Street.
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F. W. Ingraham
Patricia Ingraham
Chillicothe
Stephens College
Columbia
Blanche M. Bartlett
Skipper” Bartlett
Charleston
S. A. Simmons
Gail Faires
J. D. Fraser
Bertha. Filson
James E. McComb
Parkersburg
Josephine
Gerr
Trude Howard
Weston J
William A. Williams
Williams
W. C. Bowie
Capt
Grover C. Hite
Russell Stone
Viand St
Former Gallipolis Resident Dies
Mrs. Rose Coyle O'Brien, once living in Gallipolis, died Thursday evening at her son Paul O'Brien’s home in Columbus. Her husband John O'Brien, long-time storekeeper at the State Institute, died in 1944. Surviving are her son, a recently discharged U. S. Army member, and a grandson Bobby. She was reared in Wellston and will be buried in Catholic Cemetery there after a Columbus requiem mass.
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Gallipolis
Rose Coyle O’brien
Paul O’brien
W. Schreyer Place
Columbus
John O'Brien
State Institute
U. S. Army
Bobby
O'Brien
Wellston
Returned Veteran Purchases Restaurant in Gallipolis
Harvey Brown Jr returned from overseas service to take over the Diner Restaurant from W T Swain in Gallipolis. He assumed management Monday morning with help from his wife Eulah Miller of Patriot. Brown served as a cook with Army outfits for 30 months and is the son of Harvey Brown Sr whose in charge of city fire department headquarters while Frank Wood is on leave due to ill health.
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Gallipolis
Harvey Brown, Jr
W. T. Swain
Brown
Eulah Miller
Patriot
Harvey Brown
Frank Wood
Half of Gallia Soldiers Are Reported Discharged
Gallia County continues to wind down World War II service with about 950 men released since war end. A Saturday Selective Board list adds 60 names discharged before December 13, led by Paul Scott, Thomas Kelton, Alva Swisher, James Davis, Charles Huber, and others.
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Gallia
Gallipolis
Selective Board
Paul Scott
Thomas Kelton
Alva Swisher
James Davis
Charles Huber
Charles Swain
Wayne Brown
Benjamin Wyatt
Charles Gilfillen
Eyman Drummond
Cecil Berry
Norman Sprouse
Paul Randolph
Wilbur Pyes
Elmer Carpenter
Delmar Russell
Leslie Evans
Marion Rife
Clyde Stephens
Sylvan Gardner
John Trotter
Edwin Bunce
Niles McDaniels
Homer
McMillen
Wendell Brubaker
Kenneth Black
Carroll Swanson
Russell Edwards
Lewis Stover
Clarence Thompson
Otis Spiers
James Vornholt
Virgil Halley
Garret Campbell
Harry Langdon
Harold Watters
William Porter
Paul Smith
Irwin Viars
John Cox
Vinton Rankin
Arnold Deckard
Gaston Johnson
Roscoe Fife
Harvey Brown
August Rutt
Clarence Myers
Clarence Shaffer
Olmer Lane
Robert North
Albert Wagner
Marion Rupe
Lloyd Bar
Gallipolis Social Notes and Local Events
Gallipolis updates cover social happenings at university and town. Robert Morgan, from the University of Kentucky Dental College, will be best man for William Jackson of Columbus Georgia, with Morgan visiting for the holidays. Club gatherings include a bridge night at Lafayette Hotel and a Progressive Bible Class Christmas party at Grace Methodist Church with potluck, carols, and a fundraiser for the Gallia County Children's Home. Also noted are veterans returning home, local business reopenings, and personnel moves in Louisville and Oakland California.
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Gallipolis
Robert Morgan
Dental College
University Kentucky
Louis Ville
William Jackson
Columbus
Bob
John Morgan
Edgemont Drive
Bridge Club
William P. Cherrington
Lafayette Hotel
Elsie McCall
Charlotte Cornwell
Grace Methodist Church
Elise Sullivan
Barbara Cardwell
Jennie Mae Sutter
Miles Epling
H. A. Cardwell
Gallia County
Grange Installs New Officers
GALLIPOLIS The Springfield Grange met last week and installed officers for the coming year. They are: Master Mrs. Marguerite Hineman Overseer T.K. Bell Lecturer Mrs. Goldie Ward Secretary W.G. Birch Treasurer Mrs. T. K. Bell Steward Ray Groves Assistant Steward Charles Reynolds Assistant Lady Steward Mrs. Clarabelle Bradley Chaplain Mrs. Margaret Moore Gatekeeper Stephen Sisson Flora Mrs. Keith Pomona Mrs. Hal Schwartzwalder Ceres Mrs. V. G. Birch
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Gallipolis
Springfield Grange
Marguerite Hineman
T.K. Bell
Goldie Ward
W.G. Birch
T. K. Bell
Ray Groves
Charles Reynolds
Clarabelle Bradley
Margaret Moore
Stephen Sisson
Flora
Keith
Pomona
Hal
Gallia Exceeds Quota in Victory Loan Drive
Gallia County exceeded its Victory Loan quota on the drive ending Saturday with $469,499.50 raised against a $464,000 target. E bonds fell short, with $71,259.50 sold of a $180,000 quota while other quotas were met.
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Gallipolis
J. F. “Tommy” Tomka
Gallia County
Long Lost Ring Recovered in Store Amid Black Diamonds
In Gallipolis Mrs. Mina Matheny of Columbus lost a diamond cameo ring in the G C Murphy store rest room last August. Foster Champer found the ring while shoveling coal Friday and notified store manager Luther Dayton, who sent news to Mrs. Matheny. The bas relief cameo features a woman’s face with a small diamond necklace.
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Gallipolis
Mina Matheny
Columbus
G. C. Murphy and Company
Foster Champer
Luther C. Dayton
Matheny
Kathryn Dale Weds Cpl. Krisinski in Charleston
Kathryn Mae Dale daughter of Mr and Mrs Cecil Dale married Cpl R Krisinski of Dowagiac Michigan on October 20 in Charleston South Carolina where the groom is stationed. The bride attended Gallia Academy High School Ohio State University and worked for the Franklin County Rationing Board after moving to Columbus. The groom formerly at Lockbourne Air Base expects discharge January 1.
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Gallipolis
Cecil Dale
Kathryn Mae
Kate
Cpl. R. Krisinski
Dowagiac
Mich
Charleston
D. C
Miss Dale
Gallia Academy High School
Columbus
North Okley Avenue
Ohio State University
Franklin County Rationing Board
Cpl
Hrizinski
Lockbourne Air Base
Honor Visitors Dine Before Revival Services
Mr. and Mrs. Woodrow North and Mrs. Odna Montgomery hosted a six o'clock dinner Friday night in honor of Rev. and Mrs. Charles McClennahan of Idaho, visiting to conduct revival services at the Church of God. Eight guests attended, then proceeded to the meeting house on Upper Second Avenue for the evening services.
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Gallipolis
Woodrow North
Odna
Montgomery
Charles McClennahan
Idaho
Church of God
Upper Second Avenue
Ererre
Mankins Move Home to Middletown Apartment
Mr and Mrs Thomas Mankin and their son have moved to the Ewing apartment in Middletown. He recently received an honorable discharge from the U S Army and is a staff photographer with the Sentinel. They had been residing in Pomeroy since returning here.
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George Simmons
Simmons
Emmett Shuler
Army Air Corps
Howard Shuler
Old
Vkgger
Robert Hardest
Mankins
Pomeroy
Thomas Mankin
Ewing
Middleport
Mankin
U. S. Army
The
Sentinel
Military Retirement From 20 to 30 Years Plan
A service member outlines retirement options after twenty years to reach retirement at half pay and then three quarters after thirty years. The years already served in active military or naval service count toward the retirement time, and additional reenlistment is favorable.
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Athens Messenger
Middleport Education Board
Meigs League
Pomeroy Baby
Marine
Dr. Mang
Wash
Lee
Pomeroy Social Notes
John Fish
Akron
Fishers
William Fisher
Henry Roush
Racine
Meigs County Court
Tohoenty
Middleport Social Notes
James Murray
Grant St
Mattie Ginther
Murray
Elizabeth Kirby
Frances Smith
R. 5
White
Richard Hemminway
Jane Stansbury
Delaware Hospital
Wilmington
Del
Hemminways
Garen Stansbury
J. T. Hemminway
Pelham Manor
N.Y
Hemminway
William Stansbury
Peter Heme Minway
Eva Faris
H. M. Cross
Miss Faris
B. E. Talbott
Florinel Talbott
Talbott
Rochester
Minn
Neela Clapp Welte
Marion and
Clumbus
Marion
Mr. Smart
Nellie Smart
Phyllis Smart
Capital University
Miss Smart
Edward G. Conde
Toledo
Max Sanborns
Ashland
da Reuben Beck
Beck
Wanda Byers
Marvin Stewart
US Navy
South Pacific
Rome
Stewart
Megan
Judy Cluff
Roger
Charlene Dillard
Don Moore
Don Duffy
Jedine
Robert Stephenson
Roberta Howell
Karen
Nancy
Ilittle
Carolyn Wells
Florida
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