Pomeroy Board Trims Terms Elects New Members
Dor Schaefer and Parl E Stanley were unanimously elected to fill the unexpired terms of Willard Ashworth and Irving Karr Jr at a special Pomeroy Board of Education meeting. Both resignations were due to moving from the district. New members are alumni of Pomeroy High School. The board also includes J O Roedel Herman Kuntz and R G Webster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Pomeroy Board of Education
Dor Schaefer
Parl E. Stanley
Willard Ashworth
Irving Karr, Jr
Ashworth
Karr
Schaefer
Stanley
Pomeroy High School
J. O. Roedel
Herman Kuntz
R. G. Webster
Ice Cream Weighs By Weight And Portioned Servings
The article notes that ice cream weighs from four to six pounds a gallon with dipped ice cream weighing more per quart than packed ice cream, indicating variance by serving style.
Local Pomeroy Notables Share Holidays and News
Pomeroy notices list Norman Gloeckner Sr and sons Norman Jr and Jimmy returning to service after Christmas leave. Others include deaths in Gallipolis prompting services, visits between families in Syracuse Middleport and Union Ave. Local residents report flu recoveries and relatives visiting from Patuxent River and Greensburg Indiana.
Military death notice for Pfc Billy Lewis in Italian front
Lewis Known Here Pfc Billy Lewis of Athens was killed in action December 10 on the Italian front. He was son of the late Eulah Spooner Lewis and a cousin of several local residents. Also noted is the birth of Lillian Frances to Mr and Mrs Dwight Kim of Blanchester on December 28, weighing 8 pounds 6 ounces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Billy Lewis
Athens
Eulah Spooner Lewis
Harold Hubbard
H. J. Russell
Fred Russell
Bradbury
Pomeroy
Lee Rudisill
Lillian Frances
Dwight Kim
Blanchester
Kim
Rudisill
American Express Company
Bar Association Rescinds Defense Rental Area Abolition
The Meigs County Bar Association adopts resolutions calling to revoke the Point Pleasant Gallipolis Defense Rental Area order. It cites reduced defense activity, a surplus of unoccupied housing, and the high cost of maintaining the Area Office, urging abolition immediately. Signed by A. D. Russell, President, and E. W. Peoples, Secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Pomeroy Bar Association
Defense Rental Agency
Gallipolis
Gallia
Meigs
Ohio
Jackson and
Mason
West Virginia
Point Pleasant
Point Pleasant-Gallipolis
Defense
County of
Meigs County Bar Association
Point Pleasant-Gallipolis Defense
A. D. Russell
E. W Peoples
Meigs Servicemen Visit Home on Furlough
POMEROY Bill Childs son of Mr. and Mrs. George Childs of Middleport has completed boat training at Great Lakes and is home on furlough with his parents. Gene Abry U S N stationed at Great Lakes Naval Training Station is guest of his parents in Middleport. Petty Officer 2 c Charles David son, previously aboard the Savannah that was bombed, is in Rutland on furlough with his parents after two years in foreign service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Bill Childs
George Childs
Second Ave
Middleport
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Gene Abry
Paul Smith
Charles Davidson
Savannah
Foreign Service
Rutland
Agnes Sutton Weds Cpl. Herbert Dixon In Quiet Pomeroy Ceremony
In a Wednesday afternoon ceremony at the Federated Church parsonage Rev. Ralph Reuther officiated. Agnes Sutton daughter of Mrs. George Grueser of Enterprise became the bride of Cpl. Herbert Dixon. The bride, a Pomeroy High School graduate, works at Ben Franklin Five and Ten. The groom is stationed in Mississippi. Hemlock Grove Grange sponsors a New Year's Eve Watch Party at the Grange Hall. all are invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Federated Church
Ralph Reuther
Agnes Sutton
George Grueser
Enterprise
Cpl
Herbert Dixon
Pomeroy High School
Ben Franklin
Mississippi
Hemlock Grove
Grange Hall
Birth Announcement for Stephanie Dawn Dye at Duke Hospital
Ensign William Henry Harrison Dye and Mrs. Dye announce the birth of a daughter on Thursday December 30 at Duke Hospital Durham North Carolina. The baby weighs 6 pounds 13 ounces and is named Stephanie Dawn. Mrs. Dye is former Mary Russell of Pittsburgh. Ensign Dye a noted Ohio State football player and instructor at Chapel Hill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Ensign
William Henry Harrison Dye
Tippy
Duke Hospital
Durham
N. C
Dyes
Stephanie Dawn
Two Middleport residents jailed after intoxication arrests
Mabel Motley Cum mings of Middleport and Delbert Motley were arrested for intoxication by Middleport and Pomeroy police respectively. They were both committed to the county jail.
Pharoahs Rode on Rubber Crude Chariots
Crude ancient Egyptian chariots used two inch solid rubber tires. Their rubber treatment formula remains unknown though some material survives in fair preservation.
Middleport Social Notes Dinner honors Pfc. Reinhart on furlough
A Mary Jane Coffee Shoppe party celebrated Pfc. Roscoe Reinhart visiting from overseas with his grandmother Mrs. Margaret Reinhart and relatives from Pomeroy. Guests included Roscoe Fowler of Toronto Frank Reinhart and E. J. Zuspan. The Roushes hosted two dinners with the McElhinneys and noted Lois Ann Roush’s birthday gifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Pfc
Roscoe Franklin Reinhart
United States
Foreign Service
Mary Jane
Margaret Reinhart
Pomeroy
Roscoe Fowler
Toronto
Canada
Frank Reinhart
Margaret Jean Allis
Gloria Conrad
Columbus
Conard
Pfc. Reinhart
Horace McElhinney
O. L. Roush
E. J. Zuspan
Roushes
McElhinneys
Pearl St
Roush
Lois Ann
Middleport Personal News Highlights Local Travel and Illness
Mrs Paul French leaves for Columbus for medical treatment. Miss Nan Fisher attends Sarah Jane Fisher and T Sgt Loren Phillips wedding then returns to Ohio University. Mr and Mrs Harry Gerren return from New York vacation. Helen Wood resigns Navy Yard job for extended vacation. Laura Handley returns to Glouster after Christmas with Mrs C B Smith. Elizabeth Haddad visits relatives in Lewis ton Mass. Jean McMaster visits grandparents in Middleport. Gordon Harris returns to Columbus after Christmas visit with relatives. Kermit Wiseman family ill with influenza.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Paul French
Columbus
Nan Fisher
Sarah Jane Fisher
Loren Phillips
Ohio University
Athens
Harry Gerren
Swift Apt
New York
Gerren
G.C.D.C
Helen Wood
Navy Yards
Laura Handley
Glouster
C. B. Smith
Elizabeth Haddad
Lewiston
Mass
Warren Lux
Mace Apt
Jean McMaster
Harry McMaster
Gordon Harris
Marriage Licenses Issued in Meigs County This Week
Two couples were issued marriage licenses in Meigs County this week. Herbert Dixon, 32, from Athens County, married Agnes Sutton, 25, of Pomeroy. Loren Thomas Phillips, 25, of Gallipolis, wed Sarah Jane Fisher, 20, of Middleport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Meigs County
Herbert Dixon
Athens County
Agnes Sutton
Loren Thomas Phillips
Gallipolis
Sarah Jane Fisher
Middleport
Pimples Vanish Overnight Advert for Kleerex Product
The ad touts Kleerex as a safe medicated liquid that dries pimples overnight. It promises quick results with a money back guarantee and urges buyers to join the “Kleerex Asters” no longer embarrassed by blemishes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kleerex Asters
Salvation Army Opens New Headquarters in Pomeroy
The Salvation Army has moved to the Lyons Property beside the Senior High School on FE Main St. A Watch Night Service runs 9 to 12 tonight at the new hall and Sunday School meets 2:30 p.m. There is no service at the hall Sunday night as churches join the Week of Prayer at The Federated Church starting 7:30 p.m. All Salvationists are urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Salvation Army
Condor St
Lyons
Main St
Federated Church
Power in Evil Hands sermon opens Week of Prayer
The Heath Methodist Church will host Rev. H. A. Rothrock Sunday at 10 30 a m with the theme Power in Evil Hands. Church School and Youth Fellowship meet at their regular times. First Baptist observes the Lord's Supper in the morning service as Rev. Ralph Zandel speaks on For Jesus Sake. Evening topic Will 1944 Be a Better Year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
H. A. Rothrock
Heath Methodist Church
First Baptist Church
Ralph Zandel
Pomeroy
United Methodist Church
Theo Smith
Vernon Nease
Methodist Youth Fellowship
Trinity Lutheran
Bible School
Jesus
100th Anniversary of Church To Be Observed
POMEROY On New Year s Day the St Paul Lutheran Church will observe its 100th birthday with 10 oclock services and an anniversary sermon by Rev Lodt The centennial celebration will be held later this year Sunday services and Sunday School begin at 9 30 and 10 30 with Rev Sodt delivering the sermon in Middleport twin daughters born to Pvt and Mrs Virgil Shannon in Columbus hospital named Carol and Cheryl weighing 5 12 and 6 pounds respectively Mrs Huggins in hospital Middleport Mrs William Huggins at Ohio Valley Hospital Steubenville will recuperate at home of daughter Mrs Marion Maguire Mongo Junction Florida s oldest living thing is The Senator a 3500 year old cypress near Orlando
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
St. Paul Lutheran Church of
Lodt
Sodt
Middleport
Pvt
Virgil Shannon
Columbus
Carol
Cheryl
Shannon
Marvel Schmoll
Huggins
William Huggins
Ohio Valley Hospital
Steubenville
Marion Maguire
Mongo Junction
Sunday worship services announced for multiple churches
POMEROY These entries outline Sunday schedules for UNITED METHODIST TRINITY LUTHERAN GRACE EPISCOPAL and ENTERPRISE U B. Activities include Sunday school times worship services and sermons with specific speakers Reverend Hilmar Rosenberg and Chas G Baird. Evening services prayer meetings and youth fellowship are noted.
Contest Planned at Church of Christ
At a Bible School meeting of the Church of Christ plans were made for a Sunday School contest starting this Sunday. Attendees are urged to begin on January 2 to be eligible for the Fifty Three Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church of Christ
Middleport
Bible School of the Church of Christ
Also Mentioned on This Page
Karl and
Aieien
Eniffly
Rathburn
Rutland, Ohio
THE
F. J
Beasley CO
By Robert D. Duncan
Man
Tokyo
Berlin
Set
Alex Phillips
A. R. Hecox
C. O. Fisher
Janet Hecox
Calvin Reichman
Sergeant Phillips
William Yarborough
Betty Newman
A. A. Dillard
Rosamond
Kathryn Dillard
Ft. Benjamin Harrison
Miss Fisher
Fisher Market
Ohio State University
Trinidad
John Fisher
Pleasant
Paul Dillard
A. R Hecox
A. W. McKay
Richard Hemmenway
Emmett Shuler
O. P. Klein
Catherine Hennesy
Joan Hamilton
STA Coo Rcs
Pomeroy Personals
Norman Gloeckner
Akron and Sons
Norman Gloeckner, Jr
Atlantic City
Jimmy Gloeckner
Zanesville
Union Ave
Norman Jr
A. M. Smith
Smith
Harold Clark
William Righthouse
Syracuse
Charles Haddox
Ernestine Rea
Earnest*Rea
E. Main St
John Scott
Forest Run
Don Rea
Patuxent River
Pennsylvania
Clyde P. Heaton
Greensburg
Ind
Rodney Gail Hysell
Gail Hysell
Jay Myers
Rhea Ann
Martha
Aaron Kelton
Holiday's Cove
W. Va
Frances Gibson
Lois Ann Neutzling
Claire Titus
Phyllis Brown
Athens Road
Shirley Clement
Rosemarie Nease
F. R. Clement
Huntington
Clements
Lewis
Pomeroy Social Notes
Poland
Rursk
Russia
U. S
Stalingrad
Kiev
Kansas City
Middleport Social Notes
Athens Pharmacy
N. Court St
New
Daugters
Florida
Orlando
Hilmar Th. Rosenberg
Grace Episcopal
Chas. G. Baird
Enterprise U. B
Christian Fndeavor
E.m
Arnold
Maria Arnold
Finsterwald
J. H. Arnold
George Arnold
Arthur Arnold
Hoyt Haning
Millersport
Liberty Theatre
Johnny Eager
Robin Taylor
Lana Turner
the Aleutians
Universal News Today
Blazing Guns
Ken Maynard
Hoot Gibson
Johnny Mack Brown
Raymond Hatton
Secret Service
Darkest
Africa
the Holzer Hospital School of Nursing
U. S. Nurses Cadet Corps
Miss Havel Richard, R. N
Holiver Hospital
the Man From
Down Under
Chas, Laughton Binnie Barnes
Donna Reed
Vriday
Triple Bill
Avenging Rider
Tim Holt
Chicago
Jinx Falkenberg
Joan Davis
Batman
Sun
Claudia
Benovue
Texas
Hopalong Cassidy
Bill Boyd
Gentleman At
Cesar Romero
Appy
Marguerite Meyer
Marguerite Shoe Shop
Luckoff
BE. Main Stre
Parkersburg
Coca-Cola
Bottling Company
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!