Middleport workers surpass half way mark in war bond sale
Middleport workers drive to raise 165000 for war loan bonds amid schoolchildren participation. Gene Grate reports 48 local merchants selling bonds and several schools contributing about 2000 in a week as banners and recognition await top sellers. Justice court records show 43 civil cases filed in the day.
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Athens Messenger
Athens
Middleport
Middle Port
Gene Grate
Ioman
Mera Lette
Grate
Citizens National Bank
Poomercy
Justice of the Peace
Steve Martin
Man Struck and Killed on Highway Pedestrian
John James, 58, of Louisville was struck and killed by a moving vehicle while walking along a high speed highway shoulder. The crash details and exact location were reported by local authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pedestri
Anita
John James
Louisville
Father of Six Is Inducted in Meigs
Ross Edgar Stewart of Syracuse left for the Ft Hayes reception center with other Meigs County selectees. His family home, a mother and six children, is left fatherless. the eldest Stewart child is eleven.
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Meigs
Pomeroy
Ross Edgar Stewart
Syracuse
Ft Hayes
Meigs County
Stewart
Grangers of Meigs Plan Activities
Meigs County Grange officers and members met at Rocksprings Grange hall to discuss annual conference outcomes and future projects. They endorsed recruiting new members, war effort cooperation, 4 H and vocational reach, and a summer Field Day at the State Test Farm.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Rocksprings Grange Hall
H. E. Starkey
Harley Musser
Theodore Reed
C. E. Blakeslee
Rocksprings Grange
Star
Harrisonville
Rocksprings
Hemlock Grove
Chester
Racine
Ohio Valley
Olive
Columbia
Rose Hill Roll of Honor Announced
Rose Hill honors list students from Third through Eighth grades. Names include Dale Davis Virgil Windon Marilyn McIntosh Barbara Still Sue Ann Clark Louis Osborn Virginia Window Kathryn Landers Margaret Bruch Alva Clark Doris Dill Verna Osborne Patty Jesse Kathryn Dill Emma Lou Davis Coal Jean Stobart Phyllis Jean Weeks Jimmy Will
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Pomeroy
Rose Hill
Dale Davis
Virgil Windon
Marilyn McIntosh
Barbara Still
Sue Ann Clark
Louis Osborn
Virginia Window
Kathryn Landers
Margaret Bruch
Alva Clark
Doris Dill
Verna Osborne
Patty Jesse
Kathryn Dill
Fighth
Emma Lou Davis
Ooal Jean Stobart
Phyllis Jean Weeks
Jimmy Will
Willow basket voyage spawns famous trees along Thames
A willow basket sent from Smyrna to England led to weeping willows growing along the Thames. The trees trace their origin to that single basket and its journey across regions to England and North America.
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England
North America
Smyrna
Thames
Moore-McCormack Lines Indicted Over Seattle Lend Lease Rebates
Secret federal indictment in Seattle charges Moore McCormack Lines and three officers led by President Albert W Moore with conspiring to defraud the government. They allegedly obtained port rebates and delayed Lend-Lease shipments to Russia. Penalties include a possible $10 000 fine and two years in prison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moore- McCormack Lines, Inc
Albert W. Moore
Seattle
Wash
Russia
Air Service enlistment urged for teens at Pomeroy talk
Lt. L. W. Stoll of the Army Air Corps outlined the Air Corps Reserve and enlistment for 17 year olds before turning 18. Details covered recruitment steps, required documents, travel for exams, six weeks of basic training, and five months of college training credits toward postwar diplomas.
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Pomeroy
L. W. Stoll
Army Air Corps
Army Air Corps Reserve
Air Corps
Stoll
Pomeroy High School
J. E. White
Lieutenant Stoll
Federal Post Office
Athens
Ohio
Army Air Corp
Columbus
ASTP
Air Corps Reserve
Pomeroy Personal Notices and Local Meetings
Pomeroy residents are alerted to a County Council and PTA meeting at the Junior High School with representatives from Middleport and other areas expected. An American Legion auxiliary games party at Legion Hall opens at 8 PM with refreshments and prizes.
Mrs. Diles Expected To Recover Health
MIDDLEPORT the condition of Mrs L D Diles which has been critical is improved and although she will be hospitalized several weeks she is expected to recover. Mrs Diles a patient at McMillan Hospital Charleston is suffering from a leg infection. Her daughter Miss Phyllis Diles who is a secretary at Ohio State University was called here by her mother's serious illness.
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Middleport
L. D. Diles
Small Business Men of Ohio Asked To Attend Hearings
The Small Business Commission created to study and aid small firms will hold 14 Ohio meetings with dates set near Meigs County. Governor Bricker backs the program to report to the General Assembly by January 15, 1945 and to Congress regarding Federal impacts.
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Ohio
Benjamin F. Turner Pomeroy
Small Business Commission
Ninety-Fifth
General Assembly
John W. Bricker
Ohio House of Representatives
Ohio Senate
C. Stanley Mechem
Nelsonville
John B. Conklin
House of Representatives
Ohio General Assembly
Congress
Commission
Meigs County
Jackson
Marietta
Sauer Family Holds Birthday Supper for Sally
Mr and Mrs J J Sauer with daughters Jane Sally and Miss Edith Young visited Mr and Mrs Ernest Hartinger near Athens on Sunday. In the Sauer home a birthday supper was shared for Sally whose birth coincided with the peak of the 1937 flood water level.
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J. Sauer
Jane
Sally
Edith Young
Ernest Hartinger
Athens
Sauer
Miss Hamilton To Sing With Orchestra
Miss Dann Joan Hamilton, senior at Western College in Oxford, will perform with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra in its Feb. 4-5 concert in Cincinnati. Daughter of Mrs. Luther Roger, Columbus, and granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Longstaff, she is a Western Choir member conducted by Dr. Everett B. Helm. Helm will lead the choir and orchestra in the world premiere of his ballad Times of Men.
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Middleport
Dann Joan Hamilton
Western College
Oxford
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Cincinnati
Miss Hamilton
Luther Roger
Columbus
Thomas Longstaff
Sixth Ave
Western Choir
Everett B. Helm
Miss Devol Receives Air Service Command Training
Miss Patricia Devol a Middleport High School 1943 graduate and Office Training School Col umbus will train this summer at Patterson Field in Air Service Command. She will complete four weeks of extra typing then two weeks on the IBM key punch machine. She is employed at Big Bear Stores Columbus and is daughter of Mr and Mrs Harley Devol.
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Charles White
Charleston
Virgil Hayes
Indianapolis
Sgt
Ft. Benjamin Harrison
Hayes
Tri-Lustre
Robinson Interests
Willard Ashworth
Akron
Ralph Welker
Evangeline Chapter Order of Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
Carl Gilmore
Lillian Steiff
Ann Barker
Middleport Garment Factory
William Drill
A.S.T.P
Ohio University
Cleveland
Harley Devol
Patricia Devol
Ofice Training School
Air Service Command
Columbus
Leland Smith
Clifton
Walter Russell
Williams St
Middleport
Middleport High School
Office Training School
Patterson Field
Devol
Big Bear
Meigs County Starts Fund Drive for Infantile Paralysis
Campaign leaders Mrs. Herman Burt Mrs. R E Boice and the Rev Ralph Kuether organize a drive to back the National Infantile Paralysis Foundation. Funds in a few days exceed last year as tri chairmen lead outreach to churches lodges clubs and stores in Pomeroy and Middleport.
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Pomeroy
Herman Burt
R. E. Boice
Ralph Kuether
Meigs County
National Infantile Paralysis Foundation
Burt
Middleport
Cadet Donald Mills Wins Boxing Honors
Aviation Cadet Donald Mills of Kansas University at Olathe is named champion boxer of his team. He recently tried boxing for the first time as an aviation cadet and earned team honors, according to his parents Mr and Mrs Shirley Mills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Donald Mills
Kansas University At
Olathe
Shirley Mills
Donald
Vegetable Growers Meet at Letart Falls School
POMEROY Meigs County vegetable growers will hear the latest on production at Letart Falls school Thursday night February 3 at 8. Earl Tussing of Ohio State University will cover price outlook packaging problems and cultural issues. All growers invited.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Letart Falls
Earl Tussing
Ohio State University
Cadet Roush Sent To Arizona School
Cadet Robert I. Roush son of Mr and Mrs Arthur Roush Minersville transferred to Kingman Arizona for gunnery training He is a 1942 Pomeroy High School graduate and will serve as navigator upon graduation The Roush family has two other Air Corps sons Cris A Roush at Santa Ana California a pilot and Clifford Pat Roush in South America the past year
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Pomergoy
Robert I. Roush
Arthur Roush
Minersville
Kingman
Ariz
Roush
Pomeroy High School
Roushs
Air Corps
Cris A. Roush
Santa Ana
Calif
Clifford
Pat” Roush
South America
Penetro Penetrates Cold Aided by Mutton Suet Paste
Grandma knew a home remedy using mutton suet to relieve cold and cough and muscle aches. Mothers today rub on Penetro a base containing old reliable mutton suet. Relieves distress of colds and aches with a simple application. Available today in double and single supply.
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UL Sienamiu Semeneen
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Freida Kennedy
Ohio State Grange
Rose Hill Roll of Honor
Stetson Stylepark
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Floradel Russell
T. E. Errington
W. Main St
Robert J. Ruth
Atlanta
Ruth
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Ruth Thornton
St. Joseph's Hospital
Pat Thornton
William Yarborough
Betty Newman
Lincoln Hill
Donald Wolfe
Middleport Social Notes
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Fred Thomas
Hobson
Charles Young
Lawrence Frances
Howard van Meter
Paul Barnett
Derill Young
Fred Stewart
Bill
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Freddie Thomas
Dorothy
Virginia
Florence Taylor
Maxine Thomas
Milton DeLay
Bobby
John Thomas
Gravel Hill
G. W. Anderson
G. L. Anderson
J. Q. Rice
George L. Anderson
Chestnut St
A. R. McKinney
Ancil McKinney
U.S.N
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Pearl St
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Kananga
S. G. Giles
Kanawha City
George Martin
Spencer
Lawrence Walker
Annie Walker
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Rex Ingram
Bendvue
Maisie
Red Skelton
Ann Sothern
Leo Gorcey
Allan Jenkins
Letart
H. J. Hysell
Col. & Southern Ohio Electric Co
Miller
Holter's Restaurant
Rowley & Reed
G. O. Schmoll
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