Middleport social notes and local updates February 14 1945
Pomeroy Daughters of Union met at C C F Hall to plan ceremonies and honor birthdays with a Valentine exchange at a bi social meeting. Miss Patricia Brider chosen for Alpha Lambda Delta at Ohio University. several locals noted for hospital visits, military updates, and family events. WCTU to meet in Middleport with Lennie Sharp performing during social hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie Ketter
Pearl Reynolds
Jennie
Imeroy
Patricia Brider
Ahi
Chris Brider
Sen
Pha
Lambda Delta
Eshman
Ohio Univerty
Miss Brider
Pomeroy High School
Lindley Hall
J. S. Clark
Lanaster
WCTU
Middleport
W.C.T.U
L. E. Burford
N. Second Ave
Lennie Sharp
Second Show To Be Given This Evening
A standing room crowd filled the Middleport High School auditorium for the New Dixieland Minstrels presented by the Middleport Volunteer Firemen. The event featured local talent with H. H. Mees as premier, Alice Smith Nease directing, and a full cast of musicians, singers, and actors. The minstrel will be repeated tonight with doors at 8 15 p.m. Also, Middleport residents are urged to bundle waste paper for Thursday collection by schoolchildren, with routes starting at 9 a.m. and weather delaying only if needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances H. Kleen
Middleport
Middleport Volunteer Firemen
H. H
Pete) Mees
Alice Smith Nease
Lillian Lewis Stieff
James Lewis
Frank B. Will
Herman Hoppes
Oscar Patterson
Trell Schoenleb
Eddie Romine
Vera
Bill) Roush
R. C. Tuckerman
Charles Walburn, Jr
Lee Campbell
Charlene
Ann Price
Virginia Allensworth
Bonnie Dow
Patty Torrence
Mona Lee Osler
Kenneth Fry
Robert Saunders
Charles Miller
L. W. Comas
Middleport Social Notes highlights local gatherings and births
Middleport social notes record a family birthday dinner for the Hennesy household and guests including the Smiths and Puitzes, plus a buffet and midnight show outing for Miss Jerry Pullen. The Busy Bee Class of First Baptist plans a February meeting, and other items note the Lewis announces a daughter and multiple local visits, travel, and illnesses among residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pullen
Jerry Pullen
Founders Day Observed by Central School PTA
POMEROY Founders Day was celebrated by the Central School PTA with a program by first and second graders. Miss Genevieve Stobart, principal, recounted founders stories, Mrs. Clair Karr read a poem, and a candle lighting on a birthday cake marked the event. Donations supported the Infantile Paralysis Fund and the Founders Day Fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Central School
Parent-Teacher Association
Genevieve Stobart
Clair Karr
Dwight Parker
PTA
5-Sgt Swan Arrives From Overseas Duty
Mrs Marvin Swan reports her husband Staff Sgt Marvin Swan has returned to the United States from overseas duty after a two month hospital stay in England. He served three years in the Army with the 5th Airborne Division and is the son of Mr and Mrs Harry Swan of Fortland. His wife lived with her parents in Lincoln Hill and worked at the TNT laboratory in Point Pleasant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Leifheit
Dorothy
Orient
Emma Wenning
Dorthea Heither
Cincinnati
Alfred Gloeckner
Canton
Jacob Gloeckner
Ray Harper
Wetzgal St
Virgil Brown
Texas
Albert Brown
M.C
Peter’ [Smith
Cherry
Point
N.C
D. W. Morris
Rock
Clyde M. Morris
France
Middleport Personals
Richard Pickens
New York
Maggie Pickens
Gravel Hill
Mary K. Gallagher
Charleston
William Hetteseimer
I c
Clarence
Joe) Clark
Sharon Louise
Woman's Hospital
Detroit
Seaman Clark
Brooklyn
Royal Oaks
Mich
Clarence Clark
Herman Houston
George McGhee
Belle
W. Va
Florence Casebolt
Virginia Arnold
R. N
Huntington
Clifford Ervin
Roy Casto
Charles Meldan
Columbus
Henry Casto
John Mulford
New Marshfield
Casto
Griff Lewis
Charles Sauer
Youngstown
Ann Carter
Mason City
Sauer
Leonard van Meter
St. Joseph's Hospital
Charles Walburn
Leonard
Wallburn
George Tewksbury, Jr
Indiana
Stephen McCullough
Viola McCullough
K. C. Burton Lleft
East St. Louis
Pomeroy
Marvin Swan
States
Swan
England
Sergeant Swan
Sith Airborne Division
Thas
Army
Harry Swan
Fortland
Raymond Hood
Lincoln
Lt Johnson Cited for Heroic Naval Action
Photostatic copy of a citation for Lt. Louis E. Johnson USNR notes bravery as scout officer during amphibious invasion of France August 14 15 1944. The Bronze Star Medal is awarded for superior courage and devotion to duty reflecting credit on him and the naval service. Also Tech Ihle earns Bronze Star for meritorious actions November 16 1944 near Kalembourg aiding neutralization of German mortars with Patton's Third Army.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
France
Thas
Louis E. Johnson
Us.n.r
Johnson
Naval Service
Eighth Fleet
Charles Gerber
Pomeroy
Homer F. Ihle
Armored Field Artillery Battalion
Ihle
Kalembourg
Patton
Third Army
Return to Eglin Field Pomeroy SGT Charles Gil Thornston
Sgt. Charles Gil Pomeroy returns to Eglin Field Florida after a furlough with his parents Mr and Mrs J M Thornston and relatives He attended the motion picture Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo at the Meigs Theater and noted that several scenes were shot at Eglin Field
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eglin Field
Pomeroy
Charles Gilkey
Eglin Field, Proving Ground
Fla
Mrr
J. M
Pat
Thornston
Tokyo
Meigs Theater
Tere
Veteran Railroader Dies at Logan Home
Frank McBride a veteran railroad conductor on the old Hogback Valley and C and CO line died at his Logan home on Tuesday. He served the Pomeroy run for more than 25 years visiting Pomeroy businesses and chatting with friends until the Columbus train left for the afternoon. His wife was former Anna Meyer Scharf a former Pomeroy resident. Funeral services Thursday in Logan will be attended by relatives including Mrs. Lester Fauber and Mr and Mrs A L Locke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Frank McBride
Logan
Hocking Valley
Meigs County Red Cross War Fund Drive Quota Set
Dr. F E Stanley Meigs County chairman announces a 1945 Red Cross War Fund Drive quota of 15200 with campaign opening Feb 26. District chairmen are named and will meet Feb 19 at 8 pm in the Red Cross office in Pomeroy to organize and distribute materials and plan instructions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
F. E. Stanley
Meigs County
Red Cross
Stanley
Gas Victims Revived By First Aid Squad
Mr and Mrs Vaughan Crites and their children narrowly escaped death while visiting Mrs Crites parents Mr and Mrs Harry Briggs in Circleville They later suffered carbon monoxide exposure at the Briggs home The Circleville and Pomeroy families were revived by the fire department first aid squad using a new inhalator The injured man Mr Crites a former Pomeroy resident and U S Maritime Service veteran was hospitalized later but is reported recovering
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Vaughan Crites
Crites
Harry Briggs
Circleville
Paulding
Briggs
Fire Department
U. S. Maritime Service
Stanley Bobo Dies in Chillicothe Vet Hospital
Stanley Bobo a former employee of the Pomeroy Motor Sales Co died at the Chillicothe Veterans Hospital February 8 Interment was in the National Cemetery Chillicothe He leaves a son Billy of Clifton his father and a sister from Albany
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Stanley Bobo
Pomeroy Motor Sales Co
Chillicothe Veterans’ Hospital
National Cemetery
Chillicothe
Billy
Clifton
Albany
Carter's Little Liver Pills Aid Digestion Quickly
Poor digestion and headaches blamed on undigested food are linked to a shortfall in digestive juice. The ad claims Carter's Little Liver Pills increase this flow within about 30 minutes, helping you feel better and urging purchase at drugstores for 25 shillings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nature
Carter
Lt Rose Lee Assigned as Chief Surgical Nurse at Muskogee
Lt Rose Lee, daughter of Mr and Mrs Dale Lee of Racine and a Cincinnati Price Hospital graduate, has been promoted to first lieutenant and moved to Muskogee Oklahoma as chief surgical nurse in the U S Army Air Corps. Her husband and sons are noted as in service or due to enter service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Rose Lee
Drey Field
Fla
Muskogee
Okla
Lee
Dale Lee
Racine
Price Hospital
Cincinnati
U.S. Army Air Corps
Muskogee Base
Lees
Sgt
Richard ‘Lee
First Army
France
J. WW. Lee
Hazelton Is Promoted to Sergeant in Italy Service
Mrs. James Hazelton learns her son James Hazelton Jr has advanced from corporal to sergeant in the heavy artillery in Italy. He has served three years, spent two and a half years overseas, and has never received a furlough.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
James Hazelton
James Hazelton, Jr
Italy
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