Franchises Presented for Pomeroy Gas Deal
Frank Phillips of Ohio Fuel Gas Company outlined proposals for a new natural gas franchise in Pomeroy last night. The council discussed rates and free gas for municipal buildings, with no indication of immediate approval. Mayor Howell and council members will meet again to decide merits, while street issues and bus parking were referred to the street committee. Mrs Martha Hudson and sons traveled to Columbus after the death of Mrs Ed Casto, a recent visitor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio Fuel Gas Company
George Howell
Pomeroy-Mason
Middleport
Martha Hudson
Wilson
Brad
Columbus
Medicated powder marketed for skin rashes
Medicated powder marketed for home use claims to soothe simple rashes and itching by sprinkling on affected areas. The product emphasizes family use and provides quick relief with a medicated formula.
Washington's Birthday Holiday Observed Across Towns
The courthouse post office and banks closed for the federal holiday. In Middleport students enjoyed a one day spring vacation as schools join the observance while banks and post offices shut.
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Pomeroy
Middleport
Meigs County Courthouse Activities Highlights
Common Pleas Court grants a divorce suit with custody plea by Vernice Eastep against Harold Eastep. Property transfers record several parcels in Sutton, Orange and Salisbury Townships. Marriage licenses issued for multiple couples including Worden Bunthoff Kerwood Whiting Woodson Howard Michaluk Leland Barrows Hopkins Umpleby and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Kerwood
Ripsley
W. Va
Eileen Whiting
Middleport
Oscar Woodson
Wevaco
Ethel Howard
Dexter
Colored
Chester Michaluk
Coolville
Lillian Hanna
Pomeroy
Harry Leland
Huntington
Elizabeth Barrows
Argil Hopkins
Betty Umpleby
Racine
Pauline Thoma eighteenth birthday noted at Pomeroy party
POMEROY social notes report a group gathering at Mr and Mrs Ollie Thoma to celebrate Pauline Thoma eighteenth birthday with gifts and refreshments. Other items include births, hospital visits, club events and military updates from residents.
Baptists to Convene on Parsonage Matter at Pomeroy Church
The First Baptist Church at Pomeroy will hold a special business meeting Wednesday evening February 23 at 7 30 to discuss trustee recommendations on the parsonage problem. Pastor W Luther Tracy announced the planned discussion and official action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
First Baptist Church
Board of Trustees
W. Luther Tracy
Go to Southwest to Visit Relatives
Mr and Mrs John Dillard plan a Thursday trip to Arizona to visit their son Pvt John Dillard an Army Air Corps photographer and their son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs Branch Fleming now in the state for Mr Flemings health. Mrs Dillard also visits her sisters Mrs Celia Huber Hughes Albuquerque N M and Mrs Curtis Chandler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
John Dillard
Arizona
Pvt
Army Air Corps
Branch Fleming
Fleming
Dillard
Celia Huber Hughes
Albuquerque
N. A
Curtis
Chandler
William Nease Dies at 73 in Minnesota
Relatives here report the death of William Royce Nease age 73. He died Feb. 2 at the home of his daughter Mrs. Florence Reinhardt in Le Center Minnesota after living in Minneapolis about 50 years. He served in the Minneapolis Fire Department for nearly 35 years before retiring in 1936. He was born in Meigs County and had several local cousins.
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Pomeroy
William Royce Nease
William
Margaret Kolb Nease
Florence Reinhardt
le Center
Minn
Minneapolis
Sell Middleport Property to Martins
Mrs Fred Schreiner and daughter Miss Edith Schreiner have sold their property on S Second Ave and will move south. Mr and Mrs Gomer Martin, former Middleport residents now in Gallia County, have purchased the Schreiner property and will reside here again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Fred Schreiner
Edith Schreiner
S. Second Ave
Schreiner
Covert Baking Company
Gomer Martin
Gallia County
Woman's Club Gives Treats to Selectees
In Pomeroy Meigs County groups prepare to send men to the Army and Navy. The Woman's Civic Club under Mrs Mildred Stanley will hand out candy chewing gum and cigarettes to leaving service members as their buses depart. They urge continued contributions from individuals and organizations to support the fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Meigs County
Army
Woman's Civic Club
Mildred Stanley
Stanley
Postwar Fluorescent Lamps Introduced For Domestic Use
Two new lamp types released for postwar manufacture include a circular unit designed to fit floor and table lamp shades and a slender long tube measuring three quarters of an inch in diameter intended for display lighting.
Middleport PTA Presents Child Led Program at High School
The Middleport PTA staged a kindergarten and second grade program at the high school auditorium directed by Lois Cecil and teachers Hawley and Allensworth. The event included a one act play Teaching Parents, a President’s Message reading, a humorous piece Render Unto Caesar, and a Stamp Day vignette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Central School
Lois Cecil
James Hawley
Robert Allensworth
Guy Reynolds
Nan Moore
D. C. Miller
Ceasor
Virginia
Middleport Social Notes Highlights And Local News
Middleport notes capture a family dinner honoring Cpl Leroy Morarity and son-in-law Clifford Young, with several relatives from Morarity, Hawkins, Hyde and Thomas families attending. Navy recruit Lewis Price leaves for Great Lakes training, while Doris Covey hosts a dinner for GAHS colleagues in Zanesville. Local residents, illness, travels, and visitors populate a broad round of social events and personal notices.
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Middleport
Charles E. Morarity
Brownell
Cpl
Leroy
Pete) Morarity
S. Sat
Clifford E. Young
Arthur Morarity
Connie
Clifford Young
Marie Morarity
Harry Bolinger
Jo Morarity
Buddy
Morarity
Bolinger
New Guinea
NAVY
Lewis Price
U. S. Navy
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Robert Harris
Ed_ Price
Meigs County Men in Service Return From Pacific Duty
Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Logan of Pomeroy announce their son, Sgt. Carl F. Logan, has returned to the States from two years of active duty in the Pacific. He is recovering at Hoff General Hospital in California and will soon take a 30 day leave. Pvt. and Mrs. Howard Logan have been visiting family in Pomeroy and Gallipolis. he was stationed in Amarillo, Texas for four months. Mrs. Logan will not accompany him home. Natives of a South Pacific island use flying fox teeth as money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Curtis
Holzer Hospital
Annabel Lewis
Columbus
Paul Lewis
Helen Brigel
Mobile Blood Donor Unit
Loretta Franz
Harriet Ohlinger
Harry Ohlinger
Lincoln Hill
William Beckley
Athens
Harry Vance
Mulberry Ave
Ernest Bigley
Huntington
Cpl
Leo E. King
William A. King
Kingsbury
Camp Wallace
Texas
Camp Livingston
Charles A. Nelson
Seaman
Sampson
New York
Ed Oliver
W. P. Lynch
NYCRR
Lewis Bumgarner
Howard Byers
Mack Williams
Stansbury
Williams
South
Marjorie Diles
David Durst, Jr
Billy
Nelle Childs
George Childs
Calvin Reichman
Mary Logan
Leona Eblen
Ravenna
Homer Logan
Lora Miller
O. M. Hayward
Gallipolis
J. N. Humphrey
Humphrey
Cecil Grogan
Jackie
L. E. Burford
Ann Barker
Norma Lippi
Santi Barsotti
Robert Sharp
Lennie Sharp
Forrest Frazier
South Perry
Pomeroy
Wilbur Logan
Carl F. Logan
Pacific
Logan
Hoff General Hospital
California
Howard Logan
Dewey Jordan
Pvt
Amarillo
Forestry meeting report highlights from Columbus sessions
POMEROY Theodore Reed Edi son Hobstetter Ernest Duerr attended the State Forestry Association meeting in Columbus last week and reported the luncheon session to the Chamber of Commerce Monday noon. Dr George Lasher an executive committee member led discussion on the value of southeastern Ohio as a state owned lakes and forests site. The project looms as a key postwar planning measure. An executive committee meeting followed the program hour.
Red Cross Drive Planned in Middleport
Middleport Red Cross War Fund Drive organizers set sectional leaders to mobilize calls across wards and streets. Howard Ewing urged volunteers to attend a Wednesday 8 PM meeting at the firemen quarters in Middleport Town Hall with Dr. P. E. Stanley and associates to discuss cooperative efforts and quota efforts. Pomeroy Knights Templars and spouses plan a pot luck supper at the Masonic Temple Wednesday evening.
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Middleport
Howard Ewing
National Red Cross War Fund
Homer Cook
First Ward
Rosener Zeiher
Mill St
Locust
William Robson
Locust St
Gravel Hill
West
Wilbur Pierce
Bradbury
Ewing
Meigs County
P. E. Stanley
Pomeroy
Knight Templars
Masonic Temple
Lenten Services Begin At Lutheran Church
The Rev. Walter Lodt of St. Pauls Lutheran Church announces a series of Lenten services themed The Seven Last Words of Christ. Services start this Wednesday evening at 7 30 and continue through Lent with public invitation.
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THE
Athens Messenger
Pomeroy Council
Phillips
Common Pleas Court
Vernice Eastep
Harold Eastep
Sullivan G. Circle
Clara L. Circle
Douglas Circle
Sutton Township
Charles B. Hardway
Vida Koenig
Mae Vineyard
Orange Township
Evelyn Murray
Clarence Murray
Ben H. Bailey
Salisbury Township
James Worden
Mary Bunthoff
Cheshire
Bill
Sam Tucker
Baltimore & Ohio
America
Romeo J. Thibodeau
Portland
U. S. 7Th Army Air Force
Gilbert Islands
Tiem
Rurutake
Army Air Force
Nea
Pomeroy Social Notes
Hazel Holter
Grace Dunlavy
H. R. Holter
Forest Run
Wanda Tucker
Mason City
Clara Custer
Minersville
Susie Andres
Mac McCormick
Maud Criffith
Dayton, Ky
Daniel Griffith
Roseville
Jed Will
J. W. Will
Rocksprings
Gus Hendricks
H. H. Neimeyer, Jr
Billie Sue
H. H. Neimeyer
Neimeyer
Liberty Ave
Virginia James
Neimeyers
George William Neimeyer
Shakespeare Club
Harry Smith
Baptists
William Nease
Martins
Woman’s Club
Middleport Pta
Paul Smart
Sam
James Bowles
Ey Lee
Marilyn Miller
Ronnie Walburn
Linda Lu Helrich
Keith Little
John Vroman
Bettie McHaffie
Mary Carolyn Miller
Marilyn Sue Knight
Joe Rice
Barbara Swisher
Nancy Roller
Ronald Eichmiller
Eddie Kitchen
Kay Trittschuh
Sally Gilmore
Betty Ward
Paul Moore
Bobby Blazer
Ruby Dudding
Billy Roy Ward
Marcela Taylor
Ruth Ward
Jack Lloyd
Elizabeth Ann Sauer
Melissa Willis
Karl Vance
Jimmie VanCooney
Bob Dudding
Harry Farra
Danny Sanborn
Charlene Walburn
Joyce Swartz
Barbara Bowles
Jeanette Moore
Bonnie Keller
Larry Baker
Lawrence McKinney
Willard Miller
Jerry Beach
Harry Glaze
Rae Ann Mills
Kathryn Payne
Carl Taylor
PTA
Lera Knopp
Wanda Thomas
Dorothy Turner
Mary Lou Allensworth
Middleport Social Notes
John Hawlins, Jr
Warren Thomas
Bladen
John Hawkins
Fielding Hawkins
Dee
Corning
William Hyde
Otis Johnson
Doris Covey
Zanesville
Gallia Academy
Mary Jane
GAHS
Covey
Ann Bradbury
Sgt. Young
Congaree
Columbia
S. C
South Pacific
Frank Reynolds
Cambridge City
Ind
Reynolds
Indiana
Middleport Red Cross
Lutheran Church
Meigs
Margo Robert Ryan Charles Arnt
Carradine Amelita Ward
WED
Richard Quine
Noah Beery, Jr
Anne Gwynne
Moroni Olsen
Bendvue
Dr. Gillespie
Lionel Barrymore
Philip Dorn
Donna Reed
Messenger
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