Middleport Council Passes Taxi Insurance Law
Middleport council meets to regulate property and personal liability insurance for taxi owners and to block license transfers until new coverage is secured. They also appoint officials, review fines, and consider a flood road dumping site at $50 per acre with up to 8 acres.
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Middleport
Middleport Council
Council
Safety Cab Company
B. & L. Taxi Company
B. and L. Company
John Zerkle
H. J. Russell
David Durst
Miller
Zerkle
Houdashelt
Burton-Middleport
Burton
Eureka
C. O. Fisher
D. C. Miller
Musser Rites Held Monday Afternoon
Funeral services were held Monday for J. Harley Musser a longtime Meigs County teacher and former Rock Springs school administrator who died Saturday from injuries after a horse kick. He served as a Grange deputy for over a decade and was honored by area schools with a large floral piece. The Harrisonville Presbyterian Church hosted the service with Masonic rites and a lineup of prominent county Grangers as pallbearers.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
J. Harley Musser
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Athens
Musser
Rock Springs
Grange
Harrisonville-Rutland
Harrisonville Presbyterian Church
Ralph Kuether
Pomeroy Federated Church
Earl Starkey
Fred Googlein
Virgil Atkins
Guy Mutchler
Walter Halliday
Theodore Reed
Meigs County service men report Navy boat training and camp postings
Albert Dodson Jr. enrolled in the U S Navy and trains at Great Lakes Naval Station. William K Shorty Beaver, formerly of American Express, is at Camp Wolters Texas and seeks letters from friends. Howard W Landin has been moved from India to China by plane. Morris Neutzling returns to Camp Pickett after visiting family. A second class petty officer arrived overseas, and Surgical Technician Alston Tracy furloughs at home. Staff Sgt. Hugh H. Roush returns to base after furlough with his parents.
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Albert Dodson, Jr
Meigs County
E. A. Baker
Beech St
Middleport
Simon Newland
Pine Grove
Howard W. Newland
Next Pence
Harry Hh
The
Hidden Lakes
George Hobstetter
Eighth Army Air Force
England
Red Cross
States
Harold Hite
566Th
Aero Club
American Red Cross
London
Rainbow Club
Rainbow
Lawrence Bradford
Germany
Geneva
Switzerland
Women's Civic Club To Meet Tonight
The Women's Civic Club of Pomeroy will gather Thursday at 7 30 pm at the Hotel Martin. Frank Johnston Red Cross chairman for Pomeroy Village will speak about the drive. Attendance urged for all interested.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County Red Cross Supports Soldiers Worldwide
Meigs County Red Cross praises by soldiers in England and Germany plus local activity. Notes include emergency leave help, Aero Club facilities, club presence in London, and POW letters. January blood donations and February to June updates show 216 cases, 415 pints, 576 kit bags, and a call for continued support by all residents.
Membership Drive by Mail for Meigs County Women
The Meigs County Federation of Republican Women will renew memberships and recruit by mail due to transportation limits and scattered members. President Mrs. E R Lama urges each member to renew and add five new members. County quota is 239 with dues set at ten cents annually.
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Middleport
Meigs County Federation of Republican Women
E. R. Lama
Meigs Federation
Red Cross Worker Volunteers To Be Announced In Pomeroy
Pomeroy Chamber of Commerce met at the Martin Hotel to release a partial list of solicitors for the Red Cross War Fund Drive in the business district. Tomorrow night the list will be completed and Thursday evening the Women’s Civic Club will hear further announcements.
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Pomeroy
Pomeroy Chamber of Commerce
Martin Hotel
Frank Johnston
Pomeroy War Fund
American Red Cross
Women's Civic Club
Johnston
Two Middleport Boys Sent to State School
Clarence Taylor Pomeroy and Roger Wells, both in their teens, were taken to the Boys Industrial School in Lancaster Monday morning under Judge Earl Titus and Juvenile Officer Oval Diddle. They are residents of Middleport and were committed after a run of misdemeanors. Several other local youths remain jailed in Meigs County awaiting Juvenile Court hearings with possible transfer to the Boys Industrial School.
Rummel Honored At Soldier Rally Bucyrus
Envoy Glenna Rummel was honored for appearing on the Salvation Army Soldier Rally program in Bucyrus. She was the only Corps officer on the program held to mark the fifth anniversary of the building’s dedication and spoke on the subject Soul Saving.
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Pomeroy
Glenna Rummel
Salvation Army
Bucyrus
Rummel
Envoy Rummel
55 Year Old Church Destroyed by Blaze
A fire that smoldered nearly 24 hours, started from a defective furnace flue, destroyed the 55 year old Methodist Church in Lisbon. Fire Chief J F Steele said the faulty flue was the probable cause after churchgoers smelled smoke during Sunday morning service.
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Lisbon
Yestery
J. F. Steele
Meigs County Court Notes transfers and marriages
Transfers recorded include Luther Caldwell and Virgie Caldwell to Dallas Lightfoot and May Lightfoot in Salisbury 3.42 acres. Willie Retta Lamb to Bessie Waugh and Laura Waugh lot 62 Middleport. Blanche Easterday and Reid Easterday to Asa Hoskins 110 acres. Harold Chase and Onida Chase to Cecil and Mabel Smith lots 109 and 110 Middleport. Garfield Adams and Clara Adams to Ben and Marcella Eblin 21 3 4 in Salisbury. Robert Cundiff and Hazel Cundiff to Lena Wells 1 acre Salisbury. Emily G. Barnes to Charles Walburn Mbel Walburn and Marcella Walburn lot 28 Middleport. Marriage licenses include Ellsworth Rife 21 Gallipolis and Mary Cox 23 Rutland. Carl C. Miller 35 Langsville and Maxine Folan 27 Charles City?. Phyliss Diles 23 Middleport and Oliver Pickens 22 Racine. Donald Downey 21 Parkersburg and Marjorie Rogers 21 Pomeroy. Olivier Pickens 22 Racine and Mabel Sayre 21 Racine. Donald Downey listed once more with Jacqueline Grow?
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Luther Caldwell
Virgie Caldwell
Dallas
Garfield Adams
Clara Adams
Ben Eblin
Marcella Eblin
Salisbury
Robert Cundiff
Hazel Cundiff
Lena Wells
Emily G. Barnes
Charles Walburn
Mbel Walburn
Marcella Walburn
Middleport
Ellsworth Rife
Gallipolis
Mary Cox
Rutland
Carl C. Miller
Langsville
Maxine Folan
Charles Jiiden
Columbus
Phyliss Diles
Donald Smith
Parkersburg
Marjorie Rogers
Olivier Pickens
Racine
Mabel Sayre
Pomeroy Area People Gather For Social and Travel Notes
Local residents share weekend visits as Mr. and Mrs. Joe Faught host Wellston dinner guests. Travelers include Mrs. Everett Tracy and son Als ton to Columbus and Henry Reibel from Huntington VA. Pvt Norman Spencer returns to Camp Butner after furlough. Dale Hysell on 12 day leave from Great Lakes. Cora Lawhead funeral held at Ewing's. families visit at Holzer Hospital and Gilmore Cemetery.
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Joe Faught
Wellston
Pearl Hysell
Mulberry Ave
Everett Tracy
Alston
Columbus
Henry Reibel
Veteran's Hospital
Huntington
W. Va
Norman Spencer
Camp Butner
N. C
Pomeroy
T-C
Dale William Hysell
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Bradbury
Olan Genheimer
Holter Hospital
Charles Barnett
Eugene Deavers
Logan
New Lexington
Edith Holter
Pleasant
H. R. Holter
Forest Run
Berthram (Petro) Smith
Adam Scholl
Monkey Run
Pandora Strickland
Spencer-Wehrung Grocery
Chester Road
Herman Niemeyer Jr
Holzer Hospital
Margaret Harden
Mabel Dearien
West Virginia
Jake Mardenbach
Sue Lehen
E. Sec. St
Clarence Curtis
Ewing's
Cora Lawhead
Ewing’s
Gilmore Cemetery
E. W. Harper
Lewis Harper
Lindsey Locke
Rutland
Syracuse Lodge Meeting Thursday Urgently Asked Members
The Guiding Star Council D of A Lodge in Syracuse requests all members attend the meeting on Thursday night March 2 at 7 30. After the business session, refreshments will honor February birthday members.
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Syracuse
Guiding Star Council
A. Lodge
Family Night Vocal Program At Heath Church
Middleport Woman's Music Club invites members and friends to a Family Night program at Heath Methodist Church this evening at 8 30 p m with a mixed chorus and family group numbers. The event is part of Week of Dedication services and starts half an hour later than usual. Mrs Helen Simpson Idle of Kent arrives to help during her mother Mrs Mayme Simpson Hartenbach's illness in Racine.
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Middleport
Woman’s Music Club
Heath Methodist Church
Helen Simpson Idle
Kent
Mayme Simpson Hartenbach
Racine
Thle
James Simpson
Community Personal News Highlights Across local Families
The period note lists numerous absences and visits including Kenneth C. Fee leaving for military duty at Ft. Thomas Kentucky. It mentions Ed Topliff undergoing an appendectomy in Charleston and family ties among the Fee, Turner, Wolfe, and Chick families. Additional items note military furloughs, travel between Charleston Bidwell Columbus and Xenia, and local friend and relative gatherings.
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Joe Turner
Kenneth C. Fee
Ft. Thomas
Everett Fee
Hartford
Guy Fee
Bidwell
William Woodyard
Mary Turner
Pomeroy
Everett
Guy
Kenneth Fee
Turner
Family Night at Pomeroy Church Focuses on Teaching Methods
A well attended United Methodist Church gathering featured Theo Smith as lay speaker with the theme Teacher and Methods of Teaching. The evening included Bible quiz and hymn singing followed by a fellowship supper.
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Pomeroy
United Methodist Church
Theo Smith
Cecil H. Jones
Logan
Meigs draft lists suppressed by state order
Meigs County Selective Service Board No 1 was ordered to keep secret the list of men sent for pre induction exams. Four groups left over the weekend with 34 tested at Clarksburg, 17 passed, another group sailed for service. Navy departure noted on Saturday.
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Pomeroy
Logan
Gallipolis
Messeger
Meigs County
Clarksburg
Army
U.S. Navy
Penetro salve promotes cold relief in seasonal ads
An old fashioned winter promotion touts Penetro salve with two uses. It claims Warmin vapors soothe a congested nose and throat while stimulating circulation where applied. The ad notes 25c and 35c double supply.
Bailey Rites To Be Held Wednesday
Funeral services for Mrs. Helen Jenkins Bailey age 73 who died at the home of her daughter in Athens will be held Wednesday at two o'clock at the Rawlings-Coats Funeral Home. Interment will be in Middleport Hill Cemetery. She was born in Middleport and lived there most of her life. Survived by daughter Mrs. Carlos Thomas a grandson Ronald Thomas a brother Harry Jenkins of Kenton and cousin Mrs. Grace Van Duyn French. Kangaroos never stop growing during their lifetime.
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Middleport
Helen Jenkins Bailey
Carlos Thomas
Abra Bailey
Athens
Rawlings-Coats
Middleport Hill
Bailey
Henry Jenkins
Thomas
Ronald Thomas
Harry Jenkins
Kenton
Grace van Duyn French
S. Second Ave
Darst Family Visits In Ohio Before Furlough Ends
Charles E. Darst seaman first class from Lawrence Kansas spent a brief furlough with his wife in Delaware Ohio then traveled to Columbus where he was joined by his brother William C Darst aviation machinist mate third class U S N R Port Columbus They visited their parents and grandparents before returning to Columbus with their mother Charles then headed to Lawrence Kansas and will be transferred to California Mrs Darst went back to Pomeroy after visiting Mr and Mrs William Murray
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Pomeroy
Charles E. Darst
Lawrence
Kansas
Delaware
Ohio
Columbus
William C. Darst
U.S.N.R
Port Columbus
Bernice C. Darst
Claude Darst
Charles
California
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Athens Messencerates
Rome
Anzio-Nettuno
Stockholm
Sweden
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Dakota
Okla
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Miles
Oenn
Atlantic Ocean
Gulf of Mexico
Europe
Meigs
Women’s Civic Club
Meigs County Red Cross
Hobstetter
Jessie Ohlinger
North Africa
Navy
South Pacific
Constance Shields
P. E. Stanley
Red Cross War Fund
Soldier Rally
Pomeroy Personals
Middleport Social Notes
Amateur Gardeners Club
Walter Burns Harris
Ed Topliff
Badger Construction Company
Charleston
Topliff
Albert Wolfe
Ronald Keith
Harry Wolfe
Ft. Bliss
Delbert Rice
John Blazer
Charles Chick
Robert Wood
Xenia
L. M. Switzer
Cadet
Thomas Chick
Mississippi
Fred Schroath
Clifford Ervin
Robert Tompkins
Ohio State University
E. R. Tompkins
Helen Beeson
William Ford
New York Central Railroad
Lewis Koehler, Jr
Lewis Koehler
Rutland St
Bernard Wysong
Edith Elder
Cpl
Virgil Collins
Memphis
Tenn
John Kauff
Maxine Darst
Cash Darst
Owen Fink
Gallia County
George McGhee
Connie Lee Koehler
Floyd Koehler
Nell Walker
C. E. Shumaker
Aldine
Iris Winbrenner
Robert Winebrenner
Florence Bush
Francis Bush
Baby
Bush
New Jersey
Seaman William Ward
Mayme Covert Boster
Covert Baking Company
Pomeroy Church
Tibet
That
DR. Edwards Raaitts
Colegroves
Middleport, Ohio
Bob Haymes
Janis Carter
Paul Kelly
Army and Navy
Yankees
Lou Gehrig
Gary Cooper
Teresa Wright
Fox Movietone
Bendvue
Red Skelton
Eleanor Powell
Tommy Dorsey's Orchestra
Tex Ritter
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