Pomeroy Masquerade Ball Promises Large Crowd
Indications point to one of the largest crowds in years at the New Year s Eve Masquerade Ball sponsored by the Pomeroy Firemen s Association. The 47th annual event at Pomeroy Junior High School Auditorium runs 9 30 p m to 2 a m with Klein Kats providing music and prizes for masked and costumed entrants. Cash donations from local businesses and individuals support the prizes.
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Pomeroy
Pomeroy Firemen's Association
Pomeroy Junior High
Klein Kats
Pomeroy National Bank
Farmers Bank & Savings Co
Finsterwald Funeral Home
Ewing Funeral Home
Ohio Power Co
R. G. Webster
Insurance
Eagles Club
Kaspar Coal Co
Rocksprings Coal Co
Benjamin F. Turner
Tom W
Truman Russell Will I Get Army Discharge
Cpl. Truman Russell, who spent 20 months in Germany, has returned to the United States and landed in New York. He will be discharged at Indiantown Gap and is due to arrive home by week’s end. He spoke by telephone with his wife Elma Spencer and their daughter Anita Sue, age 27 months, whose greeting of Hello Daddy was heard.
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Pomeroy
Cpl
Truman Russell
Germany
United States
New York
Elma Spencer
Janita Sue
Indiantown Gap
Ind
New Plymouth News Notes and Local Happenings
Mrs Fern McGathey White and daughter Mary Alice from Columbus visit her sister Mrs Cecil Weede and family. Miss Frances Ann Fuller hosts a Christmas party at her home. Mrs Emma Weede cares for Mrs Eliza Cox who is seriously ill. William Gibbons attends his brother Inshaw’s funeral at Gallipolis. Mrs T L Smith of Love Point Md visits Harris families. Miss Annie Hawk learns of sister in law Mrs L Hawk’s death in Tacoma WA. Miss Mildred Harris of Columbus visits home. Mr and Mrs Earle Heinlein travel via Logan to Athens. Cloud Bardain of the Army on a 50 day furlough with his parents. They say It s true a Wisconsin bull tickled by a man behind a car calms and walks away.
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New Plymouth
Fern McGathey White
Mary Alice
Columbus
Cecil Weede
Frances Ann Fuller
Emma Weede
Eliza Cox
William Gibbons
Inshaw
Gallipolis
T. L. Smith
Shelley Harris
Love Point
Harris
Annie Hawk
L. Hawk
Tacoma
Wash
Mildred Harris
Harry Harris
Dale
U. S. Army
Clyde
Yadi
Aberdeen
Mad
Sylvia Harris
Rela
Earle Heinlein
Treadley Heinlein
Logan
Athens
Cloud Bardain
Army
Luther Bardain
Pomeroy Social Notes and Christmas Weddings
Mrs Dana Oliver is reported seriously ill and Mrs Delbert Bruch plus a granddaughter are improved. The article notes the marriage of Miss Evelyn Eben and Elza Gilmore Jr with a candlelit double ring ceremony in the Little Chapel of the Federated Church. Attendants were Mr and Mrs Roy Mayer. The bride wore Breton Blue crepe and pearls. groom served 37 months in the U S Army in the European Theater. Additional notices cover local visits, a broken wrist of Bertha Reibel, residents moving to Delaware, and a turkey dinner honoring discharged family members. The Junior Shakespeare Club held a Christmas party hosted by Nancy Gilmore.
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Pomeroy
Evelyn Eben
Mayer
Elza Gilmore
Sol Ja
Federated Church
Ralph jKuether
Roy Mayer
Albert J. Mayer
J. H. Arnold
Millersport
Herman Hoffner
United States Army
U. S. Air Corps
Patterson Field
Williamson's
Pure Oil 1 Company
Point Pleasant
Albert Mayer
Lincoln Heights
William McQuigg Returns to Pomeroy
Lt. William G. McQuigg Counter Intelligence Corps after 23 months overseas returns to the United States and visits his parents in Pomeroy with Mrs. McQuigg of Cleveland. He describes experiences with Nazis in Stuttgart Germany and meets his two year old daughter Bonnie Lynn for the first time.
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Pomeroy
William G. McQuigg
Germany
Stuttgart
United States
Bonnie Lynn
Meigs Court Notes Injunction Sought By Garment Co.
Walter A. Kramer and Industrial Garment Manufacturing Co. sue the Village of Middleport seeking an injunction to remain in buildings leased for 20 years. The amended petition was filed Wednesday in Meigs County Common Pleas Court.
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Middleport
Meigs County
Blue Lake News Notes from Blue Lake
Thomas Rose was injured in a mine accident at Calvin Roberts's site and taken to Holzer Hospital after a leg fracture and other injuries. Warren Sheets's car overturned on a slick road. James Gooldin suffered injuries in a Saturday crash. Elizabeth Chapel hosts a Christmas program Sunday at 7 PM. Schools close Friday for a weeklong holiday. Mercersville reopened after influenza closure. Dewey Gay and Naomi Queen are noted in Huntington and Chicago respectively. Gordon Wooten has returned from overseas and visits with the Wootens.
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Blue Lake
Thomas Rose
Calvin Roberts
Holzer Hospital
Warren Sheets
Rio Grande College
James Gooldin
Elizabeth Chapel
Mercersville
Dewey “Gay
Huntington
Naomi Queen
Chicago
Racine St
Gordon Wooten
R. Wooten
Bill to Buy Bank of England Is Approved
The British House of Commons approved nationalizing the Bank of England by 306 to 126 and sent the measure to the House of Lords. The bank will be publicly owned with a governor and 10 directors named by the king, while shareholders are to be compensated with government stocks at 3 percent interest. Nebuchadnezzar’s biblically referenced note appears as a non sequitur.
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Bank of England
London
Commons
House of Lords
Labor Party
Licensed to Marry In Meigs County
Meigs County Probate Court issued marriage licenses to Leon White and Mildred Kidder both of Hockingport. Ronald M. Dorsey of Henderson West Virginia and June Wolfe of Pomeroy. Hugh Barbee Shiffer of Point Pleasant and Mary Kathryn Young of Middleport. Nathan Boggs of Pomeroy and Betty Carls of Portland. Benson Elder of Columbus and Betty Ismer of Pomeroy. Jack D. Blankenship of Huntington and Harline Cantrell of Pomeroy.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Leon White
Mildred Kidder
Hockingport
Ronald M. Dorsey
Henderson
W. Va
June Wolfe
Hugh Barbee Shiffer
Point Pleasant
Mary Kathryn Young
Middleport
Nathan Boggs
Betty Carls
Portland
Benson Elder
Columbus
Betty Ismer
Jack D. Blankenship
Huntington
Harline Cantrell
Portland News Briefs Stretches of Military and Local Moves
Lt and Mrs W C Moser arrived from Arizona to furlough with his parents Mr and Mrs Harry Swan. Charles Hilton Momm2c discharged from the Navy with wife arrived home after visiting sister Mrs Louis Shafer in Vienna. Pvt Walter Walbrown of Parkersburg visiting Mrs Henry Walbrown. Carol Lamp home after Army service in Germany. E H Price ill and taken to St Josephs hospital Parkersburg. Darrell Perry discharged from Navy home after Philippines duty. Mr and Mrs Leland Siders moved to Youngstown for work. Earl Jewett ill.
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Portland
W. C. Moser
Arizona
Harry Swan
Charles Hilton
Navy
Louis Shafer
Vienna
Walter Walbrown
Parkersburg
Henry Walbrown
Carol Lamp
Germany
E. H. Price
St. Joseph's Hospital
Darrell, Perry
Philippines
Leland Siders
Youngstown
Earl Jewett
Laurel Cliff Social Notes
Laurel Cliff reports Mr. and Mrs Jenifford Jacobs of Columbus spent a week here with relatives. Lt Fern Dora Schaefer of Indiana visited her parents Mr and Mrs Norman Schaefer for one day. Mrs Helen Leifheit was taken to Holzer Hospital for treatment. Mr and Mrs Carl McKeeven and Doris Leifheit were called due to their mother’s illness. Wyatt Schaefer returned home after five months overseas. Mr and Mrs William Strauss and Mrs Faye Pratt moved from Hill property to Pomeroy. Charles Diehl returned home after 36 months overseas with honorable discharge.
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Laurel Cliff
Jenifford Jacobs
Columbus
Fern Dora Schaefer
Indiana
Norman Schaefer
Helen Leifheit
Holzer Hospital
Carl McKeeven
Betty Leifheit
Doris
Rere
Leifheit
Wyatt
Schaefer
William Strauss
Faye Pratt
Haye
Hill
Pomeroy
Charles Diehl
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Ray Wilson
Warner & Ihe
C. E. Blakeslee
Bing
Gribble
Leon L. Grueser
George Howell
Tom Crow
George Daniels
A. H. Joachim
Harry Barnes
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Burson Hardware
Frank Clark
George Meinhart
Kart Titus
Homer Hysell
Clyde Milhone
Thelma Wildermuth
Edgar Ervin
Evelyn Locke
Watson Press Shop
M. L. French Coal Co
Nathan Sisson
Carper Lunch
Meigs Equipment Co
Em Ymett Peoples
C. Q. Chapman
P. HK. Smith
Avery Roberts
Charles Goodwin
W. S. Ellis
Charles Mullen
Thrift Shop
Vie Eislestein
George Small
Wisconsin
Heaven
LMCS
Nelsonville
Jacqueline Benton
Santa Claus
Pomeroy Social Notes
Dana Oliver
Delbert Bruch
Enterprise
R.T. West
Raymond Hace
Robert Couch
Ft. Belvoir
Ellen Couch
Betty Couch
Ohio University
Bertha Reibel
Elberfeld’s
William Yarsorough
Hetty Newman
Lincoln Hill
General Chemical Company
Delaware
Yarborough
GCDC
P. J. Weber
B. A. Dodson
H. E. Betz
Diane
Long Bottom
Clarence Heaton
Bernice Durst
Darst
Claude Darst
Mr. Darst
Charles Darst
Ronnie
William Darst
Billy
W. F. Murray
Bobby
Marvin Darst
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Nancy Gilmore
Jane Ganaday
Jeannine Evans
Toll
Miss Canady
William McQuigg
Dickie
Dickie's
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Meigs Court
Stark's Pharmacy
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Nebuchadnezzar
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Lroner
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Spencer & Wehrung
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