Pomeroy Choral Society Hosts Christmas Vesper Service
The Pomeroy Choral Society presented a Christmas vesper service at the Federated Church Sunday at four o'clock. Led by Mrs. Nolan Swackhammer, the program featured soloists, readings, and carols with organist Mrs. Ben Neutzling and pianist Mrs. Willard Ashworth. Highlights included Van Dyke's The Other Wise Man and a finale of Silent Night.
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Pomeroy
Pomearoy Choral Society
Federated Church
Nolan Swackhammer
Lucille Jividen
Mason City
Perry County
Ben Neutzling
Willard Ashworth
Neutzling
Robert Roberts
Edith Bowen
Jooming
Praetorius
Adam
Dligh
Josing
Paul Nease
Pearl Stanley
Marrite Meyer
van Dyke
W. Proffitt
Evelyn Foglesong
Ason City
Young Women Asked To Enter Classes Pomeroy
Meigs County Red Cross urges adult women to enroll in home nursing classes sponsored by the Red Cross. Mrs. Harry Ohlinger says classes begin January 1 if enough students enroll. Interested individuals may call 427X or 125X to sign up.
Seal Sale Is Creditable In District
A Meigs County Tuberculosis Association report shows the 37th annual Christmas Seal Sale nearing its goal with $650 turned in toward $800. Led by seal sale chairman Mrs. M. D. Hartley, the group supports national and state tuberculosis efforts and a bond program offering five dollar certificates. Local officers include Mrs. Edna K. Stewart, president, and Mrs. Hartley, with committee members Frieda Faehnie Lucille Smith Dr M D Hartinger George Parker M E Rathburn Lucy Kibble L J Heiner Avon Jones Paul Smart.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County Tuberculosis Association
M. D. Hartley
National Tuberculosis Association
Ohio Public Health Association
Edna K. Stewart
Reedsville
Harry Ohlinger
Meigs County
Red Cross
Meigs County Association
Hartley
Frieda Faehnie
Lucille Smith
M. D. Hartinger
George Parker
M. E. Rathburn
Lucy Kibble
L. J Heiner
Avon Jones
Paul Smart
Merchants Of Pomeroy Are Pleased
POMEROY merchants anticipate a complete sell out by Christmas as stocks are depleted and prices rise. Businessmen report a brisk holiday rush with goods moving fast and stockpiles being broken into before holiday sales. Postal workers note heavy mail and an early greeting card surge while service med’s packages rise.
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Pomeroy
John Buchanan Active in Logan High School Roles
Logan local relatives report John Buchanan son of Mrs Nora Diehl and Mr Sam Buchanan is active at Logan High School He serves as president of the senior class editor of the school paper and an officer in the Hi Y group The note reflects a general profile of his school activities and leadership roles.
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Pomeroy
John Buchanan
Sam Buchanan
Nora Diehl
Logan
Logan High School
Pomeroy Social Notes Christmas Guild Dinner
The Junior Women's Guild of the Federated Church held a Christmas potluck in the Primary room with red and green tapers, handmade yarn dolls, a lighted tree, ivy boughs, and carols. Edith Bowen led readings and program items while Mrs. Roberts announced year’s hostess leaders. Also noted were visits by local residents and guests at holiday events.
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Pomeroy
Fred Blaettner
William A. Smith
Robert Roberts
Minniver
Miss Bowen
Federated Church women hold annual potluck and carol event
Continuation of a yearslong pattern finds 22 women from the Federated Church hosting a potluck at the parsonage followed by carol singing. The group, part of tri monthly Meigs County Infirmary visits, delivers religious programs and birthday cards to residents. Rev Ralph Kuether shares a brief sermonette.
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Federated Church
Meigs County Infirmary
Ralph Kuether
Service Men of Meigs County News Update
Robert Craig of the U S Army stationed at Camp Shelby Miss is on furlough visiting his parents Mr and Mrs Harry Craig. William Anderson in basic training in the Army Air Corps is at Miami Beach Fla. Billy Bowen naval aviation cadet recently at Grosse Isle Mich visits relatives en route to Ohio Wesleyan Delaware for further training. Lloyd Jenkins reports their son Net h has arrived in Australia as a mechanic in the air force. The Jenkins family moved from Silver Run to the Ralph property near the Pomeroy Mason bridge.
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Athens
Ohio University Clinic
Donald Rosenbaum
Capital University
Columbus
A. H. Rosenbaum
Frankie Gaylord
Detroit
Meigs
Mason Counties
Federated Church
Nolan Swackhammer
Lucille Jiiden
Pat Lochary
E. W. Kingsland
Mary Jane Coffee
Robert Craig
U. S. Army
Camp Shelby, Miss
Mrs
Harry Craig
William Anderson
Army Air Corps
Miami Beach
Fla
Billy Bowen
Grosse Isle
Mich
Ohio Wesleyan
Delaware
Lloyd Jenkins
Australia
Air Force
Jenkins
Silver Run
Ralph
Pomeroy-Mason Bridge
M. G. Brown
Herman Hall
Parkersburg
Point Pleasant
Harry Russell
H. L. Mourning
Front St
Middleport Hill
H. A. Rothrock
Norman Foss
Ralph Stopp
Willis Aleshire
James Weber
George Hackett
Barbara Hackett
H. E. Cook
C. M. Hennesy
O. P. Klein
First Presbyterian Church
Nelson
Dale Edward
Albert
Leola Nelson
Rutland
Edward
Rosa Oliver
Navy
Braley
Allen Benjamin
John Henry Braley
Mable Braley
Vinton County
Army
Swick
Robert Gibson
Curtis Swick
Nellie Swick
Air Corps
Steiner
Hawaii
Wheeler Field
Hebredes Islands
New Caledonia
Napper
Marion
Elmer Napper
Ida Napper
Ft. Riley
Kaw
Camp Carson
Colo
Orville
Marion Napper
Pearl Harbor
Fort Bragg
N. C
Kennedy
Emmett Eugene
Charles
Bessie Kennedy
St. Petersburg
Army Air Force, Technical Training Command
Seymour Johnson Field
Buckingham Field
Emmett E. Kennedy
Jefferson Barracks
Tampa
McDill Field
Colorado State College Clinical School
Grueser
Nicholas Nye
Joseph Grueser
Dessie Grueser
Pomeroy
Navy Seabees
California
New Jersey
Women Barbers Grow in Ohio Shops
COLUMBUS Ohio reports about 40 women are working as barbers in the state. W C Robinson secretary of the State Board of Barber Examiners said the trend shows more women entering the trade and expects many more after victory.
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Ohio
W. C. Robinson
State Board of Barber Examiners
Notice of Hearing for Parole Case 9560
Parole hearing scheduled for Sidney Burton, prisoner at Ohio Penitentiary Columbus admitted from Athens County, convicted January 1945 of armed robbery? Unarmedly and serving 1 to 2 years. Hearing before Pardon and Parole Commission on or after February 1, 1944. Parole and Record Clerk J Bonzo.
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Sidney Burton
Ohio
Columbus
Athens County
Pardon and Parole Commission
Nape and Parole Commis
Middleport Social Notes
Jolly Bunch Sewing Club held its annual Christmas party at Mrs. W A Britton s Gravel Hill home with Yuletide decorations and wrapped gifts for exchanges. Eleven members and one guest joined carols and anecdotes before refreshments served by Mrs. Britton and Mrs. Orin Smith. Other items note open house by Mr. and Mrs. Richard Hemmenway ahead of a General Chemical Defense Corp dance and several holiday travel plans and church events in town.
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Middleport
Jolly Bunch Sewing Club
W. A. Britton
Gravel Hill
John Frazier
Britton
Orin Smith
Perry Mitch
Harley Devol
Herbert Fink
Lawrence Milhoan
Noah Haskins
Mont Miller
Doyle Miller
Edgar Allensworth
James Weber
Ferne Cheesebrew
John Seines
Richard Hemmenway
Employees Association
General Chemical Defense Corporation
Hemmenways
Pelham Manor
N. Y
New York
Rutland Soldiers in World War II Service Biographies
A Rutland village survey by A V Howell for the Ohio War History Commission lists Rutland residents and relatives in the Navy Army and Air Corps. It details birth dates enlistment dates units assignments stations ships and current status including overseas service and discharges. The long roster names Tillis Pickens Spires Bentley Covert Nelson Braley Swick Steiner Napper Standley Michael Myers Tillis Chapman Snider and Dunfee families with spouses and hometowns in Rutland Ohio and surrounding areas.
Aviation Cadet Has Christmas Early
MIDDLEPORT Christmas dinner and Yuletide observances were held at the C. P. Bradbury home as Naval Aviation Cadet Charles A. Bradbury, home on furlough from Wooster College, learned he passed his preparatory flight training and is eligible for his blues. He will be assigned to a naval preflight school. His father and Naval Aviation Cadet Charles Dick Roush joined the visit, two Middleport High School football teammates and classmates, for a brief reunion before Dick traveled on to Iowa.
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Middleport
C. P. Bradbury
Charles A. Bradbury
Wooster College
Wooster
Naval Aviation
Charles
Dick) Roush
Iowa
Middleport High School
Columbus
Middleport Stores Open In Evening
Middleport Chamber of Commerce announces that stores will stay open in the evenings this week. Holiday shoppers report heavy sales with scarce Christmas trees and strong demand for sturdy older toys. Civic committee notes progress on projects including Mill Street parking lot improvements free parking sign and a public rest room in the Bank Building.
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Middleport
Chamber of Commerce
Mill St
Stansbury Drug Company
Gay Livingston
Bank
Second Ave
Middleport High omits Joan Karr from honor roll list
Middleport High School acknowledges Joan Karr was unintentionally left off the second six weeks honor roll. Joan is a freshman and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Otho Karr.
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Middleport
Joan Karr
Middleport High School
Joan
Otho Karr
Service members from Rutland area listed for war duties
Walter Rex Dunfee, born Jan 25 1925 at Rutland, joined the Army June 26 1943 in Anti Aircraft Artillery and trains at Camp Wallace Texas. He served in Africa and was captured by Italians Dec 6 last year. He writes home under Red Cross care and spends a second Christmas as a prisoner of war. Others from Rutland village precinct not fully listed will be in a later report. inform Mrs Dorothy Tillis, committee member, with any information.
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Ser
Foreign Service
Pacific Area
Ndley
John Elbert
Jenn
Edna Maud Standley
Rutland
McClish
Perry County
Ohio
Navy
Athens
New York Harbor
California
North Africa
China
Southwest Pacific
Port
Seaman
Coast Artillery
Ft. Eustis
Camp McQuaide
Calif
Ft. Monroe
Ft. Funston
Myers
Paul Legrand
Leander Lambert
Louise Myers
Harrisonville
Rutland High School
Army
Pearl Harbor
Ft. Leonard Wood
Ft. Lawton
Wash
Aleutian Islands
Tillis
David
Leroy
Viola Tillis
Chillicothe
Camp Stoneman
Dorothy Irene Tillis
Ohio War History Commission
Rutland Village
Chapman, Austin
James Franklin
Goldie Chapman
Huntington
W. Va
San Diego
C. Snider
Robert Eugene
Eugine
Lucille Snider
C Snider
Great Lakes
Pacific Fleet
Dunfee
Fred Earl
Floyd Earl
Garnet Dunfee
Dexter
Pomeroy
Cavalry
Ft. Riley
Kan
Ft. Clark
Ft. McIntosh
Texas
Pacific
William Harold
Fred
Pvt
Camp Wolters
New York Central Railway
Robert
William Dunfee
Army Navy
Ft. Bragg
N. C
Ft. Knox
Ft. Dix
N. J
Africa
International Red Cross
Walter Rex
Camp Wallace
Dorothy ‘Tillis
Smokes Fund Raised by Human Fly Charmer in Middleport
MIDDLEPORT The Feeney-Bennett American Legion fund swelled Saturday from free will offerings at two performances by J Woods the human fly. He sealed the Middleport Drug Store building and balanced on the cornice edge with chi and he walked around pillars blindfolded. Post Commander Norman Waland thanked volunteers whose donations support overseas servicemen with cigarettes at low cost through a national manufacturer. Woods, known for scaling tall buildings, has toured the U S and appeared in Middleport after a stop in Pomeroy.
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Middleport
Feeney-Bennett American Legion
J Woods
Dep
Cid Balan
Norman Waland
ey-Bennett Post
Woods
United States
Pomeroy
Middleport High Athletes Take Test
The Yellow Jacket basketball team at Middleport faces a long break with a next game set at Wellston on January 7. Observers say the locals show potential despite two losses to Pomeroy and Athens, and fans hope a rough start leads to a strong finish.
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Middleport
Yellow Jacket
Wellston
Pomeroy
Athens
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Pomeroy Personals
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Herman Burt
Kathryn Duffy
J. Bonzo Parole and Record Clerk
Middleport Social Notes
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Arthur
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Michael
Kent
Kansas State College
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Barbara
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Carla Clark
By A. V. Howell
A. V. Howell
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Jonathan
Lee
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
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John Willard
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Carroll Oakley
T. M
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Kanawha County
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Ft. Belvoir
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Spires
Carol
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T. M.corrigan
New York City
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Camp Shelby
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George Dewey
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G. Hayes
Cesar Romero
Carole Landis
Aviation Cadet
Middleport High
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