County youths leave for Huntington to enter naval service
A list of Meigs County registrants departs for Huntington to enter the U S Navy. Names include Hupp, Webb, Hetzer, Hysell, Calvert, Reeves, and others from Middleport Pomeroy Long Bottom and nearby towns. Also noted is KY Pfc Perry W Gaff of the Army Air Force injured during training, now at Kellogg Army Hospital in Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enay
Athens Messenger
Athens
Ohi
Fergs County
Huntington
Hetzer
Lows Bottom
Fuge Atkina
Harrisonville
Willan
Hysell
Middleport
Harold Clark
Pomeroy
Adama
Long Bottom
Roy Ward
Cassel Evans
Power
West Ht
Foush
Jad Calvert
Brown
Carpenter
Gilmore
Davis
Franklin Rumfield
Cheshire
U. S
Powell
Diteber
Perry W. Gaff
U. S. Army Air Force
Kellogg Battle Creek
Mich
Texas
Abi- Texas
Hostor
Gaffney
Russell Gaffney
Baltimore
Doris
SGT Jack Sorden Receives Distinguished Flying Cross
Mr and Mrs Clarence Sorden Bashan announce their son Sgt Jack D Sorden has earned the Distinguished Flying Cross for missions into combat zones in New Guinea. A Ches High School graduate he entered the Army in 1942 and trained as an aerial engineer at Gulfport Field and Santa Catalina. His younger brother Cpl Ralph Sorden is at Fletcher General Hospital Fort Knox Kentucky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fletcher General Hospital
Hospi
Fort Knox
Roush Death Announced in Racine Home
Funeral services for M. Roush 80 died at his Racine home will be held in Lee Chapel with interment in Lee Cemetery. Survived by wife Emma and children Otis Dallas Fred Emma Moore Mary McCuir gh and brother E C Roush. Daughter Mae Featherceff preceded him in death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carmel
Lee Chapel
Lee Cemetery
Middleport Social Notes and Community Updates
Middleport reports a church program by Primary 2 Peon Departments and Jungle of First Presbyterian with music recitations and a play What Does Christmas Mean followed by caroling and a party at the manse. Riley Kloes celebrated his fifth birthday with games, prizes, and a pink blue cake, plus a birthday letter from uncle in Monterey Cal. Future Homemakers of America hosted a Saturday dancing party at the high school with 24 attendees and decoration committee members listed. Local personnel notes include travels, health updates, and military assignments, with several families visiting or staying in town and volunteers offering blood donations for a local hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
First Presbyterian Church
Don Kelly
Riley Kloes
Harlan Kloes
T. A. Riley
S. Second Ave
Riley
Shiela Stover
Saralyn Sue Smith
Jane Harris
Mary Scott
Christ Child
Young Riley
Bill Riley
4Th Army Hdgs
Monterey
Cal
Sharon Riley
Shelia Stover
Ruth Ann Powell
Iris VanCooney
Kay van Cooney
Yvonne Hackett
Charlene Dillard
Susie Russell
Barbara Coates
Johnny Talbott
Roscoe Wise
Roger Dilliard
Ernest and
Roy Garvis
Val Edgar Reynolds
Dickie Clark
Willard Miller
Bobby West
Homemakers of America
Grace Anderson
Virginia Jo Wise
Nona Mourning
Doris Werner
Joan Karr
Dorothy Scott
Local Stores Remain Open On Weeknight Christmas Push
Local stores stay open this week with evenings busy as shoppers fill shelves. Clear weather aids merchants as goods quickly disappear and crowds flock to buy gifts before Christmas.
Receives Word Regarding Son's Death
Mrs. William Wolfe of Middleport was informed by the government that her son Pvt. Howard Brus McCloud died in Algeria on November 24 after being wounded on August 1. He had returned to active duty and his clothing and possessions would be sent to his mother. The body could not be returned until after hostilities ceased.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
William Wolfe
S. Third Ave
Pvt
Howard
Brus) McCloud
Algeria
N. Africa
Attend Ordination Of Their Nephew
Mr and Mrs William Campbell attended the ordination of their nephew Reverend Edward Heffley of Columbus at St Josephs Cathedral with Bishop Hettinger in charge. Heffley will say his First Solemn Mass at St Aloysius Columbus on December 19 and a Solemn Mass at St Augustine New Straitsville on December 26 with Father Kellerman of New Straitsville preaching the first Mass and assisting on the 26th. Heffley formerly lived in New Straitaville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
William Campbell
Edward Heffley
Columbus
St. Joseph's Cathedral
Bishop Hettinger
Father Healey
St. Aloysius Church
St. Augustine's Church
New Straitsville
Father Kellerman
Healey
New Straitaville
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Rs Army
Huntingon
U. S. Navy
Franklin Reeves
Albany
Meigs County
Ur Roush
Racine
Middleport Social Notes
DaReuben Beck
George Reynolds
Cuyahoga Falls
Reynolds
Yvonne Graham
New York Central Railroad
Hobson Yards
Frank Lewis Knopp
Charleston
Starling McCullough
Akron
Elmer Russell
Ula Jones
University Hospital
Frank
Red) Hayes
Holzer Hospital
Middleport High School
Harold Johnson
Tennessee
Military Police
Naval Aviation
Charles 4Sa Bradbury
Wooster College
C. P. Bradbury
Whitman College
Walla Walla
Wash
Wooster
Toronto
Canada
George Millican
Faye Faulkner
Cleveland
James Faulkner
Homer Hartley
Sally Sauer
Brownell Ave
Charles Sauer
Oscar Walker
Jackson
Evans Market
Seaman Judson White
Hospital Corps
Great Lakes Training Station
John K. Smith
Warren
J. K. Smith
Sixth Ave
Charles Bing
Third Ave
Brazil
Florida
Ewing's Store
Nthens Phan
Court Street
Virginia Reel
Old South
Cologne
NYU
Sir Walter Raleigh
Prince Albert
Kentucky Club
Big Ben
Luckoff
U.S. War
Ray
Lorraine
Gore, California
Beautiful Mae
Mercer
William A. Morrell
Pomeroy Bend
Meigs
Monte Wooley
Gracie Fields
Laird Cregor
Middleport Thurs
Bataan
Robert Taylor
George Murphy Lloyd Noland
Hi Ya
Chum
Bendvue
Pomeroy Today & Thurs
Rockies
Betty Grable
John Payne
Carmen Miranda
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