Dexter-Elsworth Carpenter Dies After Six Months Illness
Dexter area obituary notes the death of Dexter-Elsworth Carpenter who passed away Saturday, December 16 after a six month illness. He served as a NYC Railroad section hand for 30 years and was brother to Emma Gotschall, Eva Sheppard, and Winneford Turner, former Dexter residents. Also mentioned is Mrs. Hansel Donald Clark of Pulaski Virginia visiting her husband in Ft. Benning Georgia with her 14 month old son, joined by Miss Ann Price of Rutland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dexter — Elsworth Carpenter
Dexter
NYC Railroad
Emma Gotschall
Eva Sheppard
Winneford Turner
Hansel Donald Clark
Juanita Gotschall
Pulaski
Ft. Benning
Ann Price
Rutland
First and Second Grades Give Program at PTA meeting
December PTA program at the high school auditorium featured Grades 1 and 2 under Miss Virgie Major Miss Mary Root Mrs Robert Allensworth Miss Bonnie Miles and Miss Loi Cecil. The Girls Glee Club opened with Christmas numbers. Grades 1 sang carols while Grades 2 presented a playlet Fifth Avenue Toy Shop with children portraying toys to Mr and Mrs Grown-up.
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Fifth Avenue Toy Shop
Ruth Ann Powell
Terry Gallagher
Freddy Lewis
Cecil
Paul Smart
G. C. Schaaf
P.T.A
Bonnie Miles
Lucille Smith
Smart
Girl's Glee Club
Middleport Christmas Parties Highlight Local Clubs
Middleport Class No 12 of Heath Methodist Church hosted the D C Miller home for a Christmas party with gifts, decorations and a program on Christmas symbols and customs led by Mrs O P Klein. The Middleport Garden Club gathered at Mrs M L French for another festive Christmas event with readings, a plant legends paper, and a Personalities game. Several members and guests, plus teachers from local schools, were listed as attendees and holiday plans for relatives noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Heath Methodist Church
D. C
O. P. Klein
H. A. Rothrock
Arthur Strauss
Lloyd
Dahlia Pauley
Charleston
M. L. French
Middleport Garden Club
A. A. Dillard
E. R. Tompkins
Edward French
Walter Harris
Allen Lowe
G. F E. Hauer
Frank Parmalee
Lenore Giles
Max Roller
E. F. Maag
John Duerr
Richard Hemmenway
John Kincaid
Clifford Ervin
Robert Harris
Walter Hayes
W. H. Juhling
J. H. Grate
Roy Lansbury
Pomeroy Couple Celebrates 60th Wedding Anniversary
Mr and Mrs William Ellsworth White of 530 East Main Newark celebrate sixty years of marriage with an open house at their daughter Mrs Harold F E Davis home. The Whites, well known in Meigs County, were wed December 17 1884 in the home of the bride parents Mr and Mrs Robert H land. 75 guests attended the ceremony officiated by Rev Allen J Morton with Miss Mattie Gilmore and J W Tracy in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
EF. A. Smith
Mary Martha
Alta Ann
William Ellsworth White
East Main St
Newark
Meigs County
Smith
White
George Joachim
Harold FE. Davis
James Dysart
Robert Hiland
Mattie Gilmore
J. W. Tracy
Allen J. Morton
England Legalized Bull and Bear Baiting Through 1835
A historical note records that bear baiting and bull baiting were legal in England up to the year 1835. The practice reflects earlier entertainment norms and legal tolerances that preceded reform movements.
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England
Carpenter Funeral Rites Held Tuesday
Ellsworth O Carpenter of Langsville died Sunday and was laid to rest Tuesday at Langsville Church with burial at Miles Cemetery. Survived by wife Dora four sons four daughters four sisters two brothers eleven grandchildren and one great grandchild. Pallbearers were N.Y.C.R.R. section Rutland employees. Relatives from Carpenter Mechanicsburg Chillicothe Columbus attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Langsville
Ellsworth O. Carpenter
Miles Cemetery
Bowen
Dora
Edgar
Columbus
Henry
Rutland
Perry
Lawrence
Glenn Cline
Carpenter
R. A. Rife
Marion Rife
Kathleen
John Sheppard
Robert Turner
Chillicothe
Charles Gotschall
S. A. Hutton
Dexter
Sherman
Springfield
Dane
N.Y.C.R.R
Max Hanning
Dale Stansbury
Dane Carpenter
Edgar Carpenter
Son Transferred From Camp Atterbury To Fort Knox
Mr and Mrs R Heilman report their son James has been transferred from Camp Atterbury Indiana to Fort Knox Kentucky Those wanting to write to Jim formerly a Purple Panther football player may contact his parents.
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Pomeroy
R. Heilman
James
Camp Atterbury
Ind
Fort Knox
Jim
Purple Panther
Fracture Treatment at Point Clinic
Two women were treated yesterday at the Point Clinic for fractures of their right wrists. Mrs. N. E. Deal of Fraziers Bottom and Miss Myrtle Matheny of Leon fell at their homes Monday. Mrs. Carl Dilcher, a surgical patient, was discharged Tuesday evening. A daughter, Frances May, was born Sunday to Mr. and Mrs. Harvey McGown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Clinic
N. E. Deal
Fraziers Bottom
Myrtle Matheny
Leon
Carl Dilcher
Frances May
Harvey McGown
Family Fat Saving Leads in American Survey
A recent survey by the American Fat Salvage Committee shows a small two member family saving the most fat due to monthly red ration points. The under twenty five housewife saves about half as much as the fifty year old senior in the same household.
Signaling search light guards ships against heavy seas
Ready for duty on U. S. war ships is a new signaling search light tough enough to withstand pounding ocean waves and the shock of big guns fired close by. A special glass ten times stronger than plate glass is used for the lens and withstands sudden temperature changes.
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U. S
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Athens Messenger
PTA
Dexter News
Ewings
Pomeroy, Ohio
Cornet
Merry Christmas
Hysell
D. S. Farmer
Mgr
ARMY
NAVY
FBI
Kalispell
Mont
J. F. Bolgiano
Army Air Force
Wright Field
Dayton
W. B. Standard
Army Intelligence Division
W. G. Bannister
Montana-Idaho
Ensign P. M. Jackson
Navy Intelligence
Middleport Social Notes
Mrs. French
Mary Williams
Blanche Ward
John Dixon, Jr
Nancy Dixon
Racine
Grace Anderson
Dorothy Hamm
Minersville
Southern Ohio Electric Co
Point Pleasant
Colegroves
Middleport, Ohio
G. O. Schmoll
Stork
Yours Truly
Rathburn's Dept. Store
South Court
Athens, C
Athens County
Candlewick
Bareley Rayons
Lace
Laden
Powers
California
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