Meigs County GOP Leaders Plan May Primary Campaign
Meigs County Republican leaders met amid wartime gasoline shortages to plan the May primary. Chairman Oval Diddle urged petition filings. talks by Mrs. Earl Lama Mrs. J O Leonard and Mrs. Cora Bennett. Judge Ervin Titus Turner and others spoke on soldier and absentee votes. Next open meeting March 7 at Odd Fellows Hall with a state speaker to be announced. Delegates to the Republican National Convention were elected from Athens Meigs Gallia Jackson and Lawrence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Lama
J. O. Leonard
Cora Bennett
Edgar Ervin
Earl Titus
John Sauvage
Benjamin Turner
Diddle
Harvey
Herman Hoffner
Irving Karr
Odd Fellows Hall
Jackson
Cairmen
Athens
Meigs
Gallia
Lawrence
Henry Cherrington
Gallipolis
Gunder Funeral To Be Held in Pomeroy
Arthur Gunder 73 died recently at his home in St Louis Mo where he practiced law. His body will arrive Wednesday and be taken to the Ewing Funeral Home where friends may call. He is survived by two brothers one sister at home George Jes and Elizabeth and other relatives including John Genheimer Kathryn Me bs Frederick Los Angeles Mrs Mathew Blair Jal Mexico and Rudolph. Funeral services will be held today at 1 o clock at Ewing Funeral Chapel with Reverend Reuther in charge. Interment will be in Pine Grove Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Arthur Gunder
St. Louis
Ewingeral
George
Jes
Elizabeth
John Genheimer
Cleve
Ohio
Kathryn Mebs
Bethlehem
Alter Frederick
Los Angeles
Mathew Blair
Jal
Mexico
Rudolph
Ewing Funeral Chapel
Reuther
Pine Grove
Nazarene Church Evangelistic Series Planned in Middleport
Claude Lee an evangelist from Lisbon Ohio will lead a series of meetings at the Pearl Street Church of the Nazarene starting February 29 and continuing through March 12 Rev Lawrence W Fick pastor will preside and conduct a song service each evening at 730 oclock
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Claude Lee
Lisbon
Pearl Street
the Nazarene
Lawrence W. Fick
Rock Springs Soldier MIA Earl Brown
Sgt Earl Brown, formerly of Rock Springs, listed as missing in action since Jan 16 1944. Enlisted Nov 25 1942 in the Army Air Corps after training in Tucson. Sent to North Africa Nov 25 1943. A Pomeroy High School graduate, he worked in Cleveland at enlistment and never had a furlough. He is brother to Richard Brown of Rock Springs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Earl Brown
Rock Springs
Army Air Corps
Tuscon
Arizona
North Africa
Pomeroy High School
Sergeant Brown
Cleveland
Richard Brown
Pastors Plan Attendance Campaign in Middleport
Middleport ministers from four churches adopt Victory for Christ slogan planning United Attendance Campaign March 5 to May 6. Rev. H L Carr Rev Ralph Zundell Rev R C Burton and Rev H A Rothrock attend representing Presbyterian Baptist Christian and Methodist churches. The plan uses past attendance records to measure shared reach and will publish a Sunday reach figure alongside church membership enrollment and Middleport population estimates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Victory For Christ
H. L. Carr
Ralph Zundell
R. C. Burton
H. A. Rothrock
Roosevelt not on Illinois primary ballot
President Roosevelt will not have his name entered in the Illinois preferential primary on April 11. Democratic State Chairman Edward P. Allen announced the move, saying downstate leaders’ earlier vote to place his name without consent has been abandoned definitively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Ill
Roosevelt
Illinois
Edward P. Allen
Allen
Pomeroy PTA Plans Regular Meeting With District President
Mrs Clair Karr president of the Pomeroy PTA invites all members countywide to a 7 30 p m gathering at the Senior High Auditorium. Athens Southeast District President Mrs L C Staats will be an honored guest and speaker. The program includes a history by Mrs Thomas Young and presentation of the past president pin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Clair Karr
Te Senior High
L. C. Staats
Athens
Pomeroy P. T. A
Thomas Young
Lewis Price Honored on Seventeenth Birthday and Navy Enlistment
Middleport notes detail Lewis Price son of Ed and Mrs Price being honored on his 17th birthday with a home dinner and a birthday cake inscription. He enlisted in the U S Navy at Athens recruiting station and will leave for boat training next week. Additional social notes cover local club meetings and visits, including the Lewis Gerber Camp, Women's Association at First Presbyterian, and a birthday party for Ruby Annice and Russell Allen Yeanger.
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Middleport
Lewis Price
Ed Price
Second Ave
Lewis
John Patterson
Fern Hudson
McKeesport
Bob Hally
Tom Mulford
Cheshire
U. S. Navy
Athens
W. P. Ohlinger
Ruby Annice
Russell Allen Yeanger
Charleston
Elizabeth Ohlinger Yeanger
Russell Allen
Middleport Drive Sets Sales Record After War Loan
Middleport reports the Fourth War Loan Drive totals with a quota of 165000 and sales of 179898.50. Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Company leads with 33225.00, Martin and Roller 5175.00, H. J. Hysell 5018.75. Merchants exceeding goal include H. M. Cross Friendly Tavern Texaco Service Station Trading Post. Banner announcing the top seller will be placed at the business. Results of the school sale and banner room winner to be announced later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Company
Middleport
Columbus and
Southern Ohio Electric Company
Martin and Roller
H. J. Hysell
H. M. Cross
Friendly Tavern
Texaco
Veterans Aid for Soldiers Mustering-Out Pay Forms
Disabled Veterans chapter assists Ohio veterans in filling out mustering-out pay applications. Eligible veterans mail forms to State Finance Officer in Dayton with honorable discharge. pay scales range 100 to 300 dollars depending on service length and foreign service. Turner notes 1.3 million World War II discharges, many eligible for D A V and American Legion. Junior High pupils to canvass Pomeroy for magazine subscriptions with class treasuries linked to sales. campaign runs Feb 15 to Feb 21 with kickoff in the auditorium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Benjamin F. Turner
Disabled Veterans
Turner
Ohio
Mutual Home Building
Dayton
Meigs County
American Legion
Redwood trove reveals 2500 year old tree
In Dela Norte County California a redwood stood astride a fallen tree. The living tree aged at least 2500 years and remained sound enough for lumber when cut recently. Portable pipelines in light 20 foot sections moved fuel and water swiftly during the United Nations North African campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dela Norte
Calif
United Nations
Pomeroy Social Notes Highlights Guild Events and Guests
The Junior Woman's Guild hosted a joint program with the Senior Guild at the Federated Church. A devotional, a playlet Open the Doors for Christian Fellowship, and a sixSunday mission study class were announced. A Ben Franklin Store party honored Agnes Sutton, now Mrs. Herbert Dickson, with embroidered potholders and a lace tablecloth. Attendees and hosts from Mid dleport and nearby towns founded a Valentine atmosphere with heart motifs and rosebuds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Federated Church
Mary Cales
Christian Fellowship
Robert Roberts
Edith Bowen
Louis Reibel
Fred Reed
Harry Miller
Fred Bleattner
Robert Arnold
Willard Hines
William Morris
William Theobald
Thomas Rich
Ben Franklin
Agnes Sutton
Herbert Dickson
Athens
Morris Home
Middleport
Emma Grueser
John Turner
Emil Ball
Earl Stobart
Bertha Conde
Clifton Parents Receive Purple Heart Award
Mr and Mrs Charles Jeffers of Clifton Mason County West Virginia have received the Purple Heart decoration posthumously for their son Pvt Ray Jeffers who was killed in action in North Africa in December at age 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifton
Charles Jeffers
Mason County
W. Va
Pvt
Ray Jeffers
North Africa
War Department
Social notes from Middleport and Parkersburg area
Entries record visits and hostesses in Middleport Belpre and Parkersburg including Mrs Edgar Allensworth hosting, Ernest Bartels and Charleston visitors, sewing club plans, Mrs Tommy Tompkins trips, Cadet William Bowen transfer to Lewis ton Idaho, Capital University coeds visiting home of Dr FE Manag, dinner hosted by Mrs Clara Dilgard, George Conde visiting from Patterson Field, hospitalization of Dana Karr after ammonia bottle accident, and Edison Hubbard announcing birth of an 11 12 pound son born Feb 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar Allensworth
Middleport
Ernest Bartels
Charleston
William Matlack
Tommy Tompkins
Mr. Tompkins
Belpre
Parkersburg
Naval Aviation
William Bowen
Ohio Wesleyan University
Lewiston
Idaho
Jacqueline Maag
Capital University
FE. F. Manag
Lincoln St
Columbus
Maag
Miss Maag
Clara Dilgard
Minersville
George Conde
Patterson Field
Dayton
Dana Karr
Edison Hubbard
Hubbards
Central PTA Meeting Features School and Parent Talk
Central School P.T.A. held a Monday night gathering with Rev. Nobel Rompel of the United Methodist Church as speaker. Mrs. Wheeler Drake led the session and $5 was donated to the National Foundation of Infantile Paralysis. The program included plays by first and second grades and music by Joe Bolan Shirley Hysell Mary Louise Drake and Barbara Ann Wehrung.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Central School
Nobel Rompel
United Methodist Church
Wheeler Drake
National Foundation of Infantile Paralysis
Mrs Nora Thompson Dies in Bunker Hill
Funeral services for 68 year old Nora Thompson will be held Thursday at 2 30 PM at Finsterwald Funeral Home. She died Monday at the home of her daughter Mrs Dylvan Michaels in Bunker Hill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Nora Thompson
Dylvan Michaels
Bunker Hill
Finsterwald
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Melton
Mackinaws
Plains
New York
CRUE
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Italy
Middleport Social Notes
Lewis Gerber
United Spanish War Veterans
Max Sanborn
R. O. Fowler
Toronto
Canada
W. P. Wilburn
Women's Association
First Presbyterian Church
Farie Erlewine
Margaret Sauer
Claude Durgee
Alaska
Rodney Downing
Lillian Stieff
James Parcher
Viola Grueser
Jean McMaster
Cc. B. Smith
P. M. Club
Wallace Bradford
Brownell Ave
Harold Lohse
F. E. Martin
N.y.c.rr
George Anderson Sr
P. O
Kalad Hindy
Southwest Pacific
Maxine Graham
New Haven
Carolyn Barker
Ray Barker
Jessie Powell
Barker
A. H. Bradbury
C. D. Bradbury
Holzer Hospital
Ralph Benning
Ed. Romine
N. Second Ave
St. Francis Hospital
Hends
Wallace Laing
Naval Hospital
Annapolis
Young Laing
Harry Laing
Cpl
Dexter O. Erwin
A. E. Erwin
S. Third Ave
Point Pleasant
Corporal Erwin
L. D. McMaster
C. B. Smith
Miles Lesher
Charles Handley
Glouster
Gene Grate
Patriotic Group
Middleport Garden Club
C. O. Fisher
P. X
Coca-Cola Company
Coca-Cola Bottling Company
Coca-Cola
Pomeroy Social Notes
Pomeroy Personals
Minerva Pryor
Lancaster
Hilda Ohlinger McLain
Guy Boyd
Wellsburg
William Baxter
William Grueser
Floradel Russell
Warren
Central Pta
Pomeroy Bend
Stan Laurel
Oliver Hardy
Klondike
Middleport Thurs
FBI
Charles Coburn
Chapman
Ady
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Today & Thurs
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Hedy Lamarr
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