Middleport Council Tracks Cemetery Site Purchase
Middleport village council discusses buying a local site for a cemetery as trustees seek space and higher lot prices. Action includes approving police and fire chiefs, funding watchman talks, and addressing a flooding relief and recreation center plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. A. Mill C. M. Hennesy
H. N. Swift
Chamber of Erce
Miller
Darst
Ugene Silva
Recrean
Silva
D. C. Miller
Irman
Richard Ford
Wer
Middleport
Guy Car
John le
Rutland St
Dave Darst
L. B. Higgins
Pomeroy Personal News Highlights Local Visits and Illnesses
Pomeroy personal column notes Frank and Joe Bolan visiting relatives in Cleveland, and New Year dinners hosted by Mrs. Amanda Baer and Mrs. Stella Watkins. Many residents, including Dana Brown and Arthur Price, are ill with flu. Estella Holter broke her hip, and Miss Amy Kingsland’s vacation extended due to Jackson area influenza.
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Frank
Joe Bolan
Fred Zsarnay
Cleveland
Amanda Baer
Stella Watkins
Dana Baer
Carolyn
Virginia
Eugene Deavers
Logan
Jimmy Hayman
Dayton
Hayes Roush
Minersville
Theodore Maag
Victor Brown
Roland Wolfe
Frank Will
Faye
Betty
Dana Brown
Arthur Price
Seaman
John Scott
Mary Jane
Forest Run
Scott
C. H. Lehew
Steubenville
Sue Lehew
Jacob Hartenbach
Harley Swisher
New York
N. Y
Red Anchor
East Main St
Estella Holter
Racine
Holzer Hospital
Ewing
Harry Vance
Mulberry Ave
Amy Kingsland
Jackson High School
E. W. Kingsland
Jackson
Rockets Move Game After Influenza Closures
Due to influenza outbreaks at Wells ton and Jackson schools, the Wellston Golden Rockets and Middleport Yellow Jackets basketball game will be moved to Meigs Court. The preliminary game starts at 7 30 p m with the main game at 8 30 p m Friday night through the Wells ton site.
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Middleport
Wellston
Jackson
Wellston Golden Rockets
Middleport Yellow Jackets
Second service of Universal Week of Prayer at First Presbyterian
The Universal Week of Prayer continues with the second service at the First Presbyterian Church tonight at 7 30 p m Rev H L Carr delivered the evening message and Rev H A Rothrock conducted the service William Theobald served as lay representative and spoke on Prayer Life
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Middleport
First Presbyterian Church
H. L. Carr
H. A. Rothrock
William Theobald
Soldier Seeks Bank Amid Tennessee Maneuvers
In Lebanon Tennessee during a Second Army maneuver, a touring soldier sought shelter at a tourist home saying Washington crowds his nights. He joked about sleeping in a bathtub if no beds are available as the 21 county area swells on weekends.
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Second
Tennessee
Lebanon
Tenn
Washington
Mothers Issue Paper For Boys in Service
Mothers of Hot Springs county publish a monthly newspaper for service members. The four page paper contains four columns and carries home county news exclusively for boys currently in the armed services.
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Thermopolis
Wyo
Hot Springs County
Armed Services
Home County
Middleport Garden Club Hosts Winter Meeting
Mrs. Lawrence Milhoan hosted the Middleport Garden Club with seventeen members and one guest, Miss Anna Weed. Papers included notes on new perennials. awards were given for traveling prize and flower ribbons. refreshments followed. Several local residents and service members are noted visiting, traveling, or on leave, with many holiday movements and family gatherings mentioned.
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Middleport
Lawrence Milhoan
Middleport Garden Club
N. Fourth Ave
Anna Weed
A. W. McKay
A. A. Dillard
Louis Sauer
Rodney Downing
Edward French
J. H. Grate
Milhoan
War Heroes Speak in Meigs County Meeting
Pomeroy War Bond Committee plans a January 11 meeting at 8 p.m. at the Courthouse in Pomeroy. Two war heroes will speak: Staff Sergeant Elroy J. Meredith of Minersville and Johnny Decker of Cincinnati. The event promotes the Fourth War Loan Drive with a $205000 quota. The public is invited.
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Pomeroy
Johnny Decker
Marine Corps
Solomon Islands
Meredith
United States Army Air Corps
Dayton
Jefferson Barracks
St. Louis
Army
Las Vegas
Nevada
Pocatello
Idaho
Caspar
Wyoming
Kiel
Germany
London
Mitchel Field
New York
R. H. Meredith
Cincinnati
United States Marine Corps
Pearl Harbor
Johnny
Parris Island
Quantico
Virginia
Australia
Samoa
Tulagi
United States
Bataan
Local Youths Enter Military Training In Florida and Charleston
The former Phyllis McDaniel and her parents Mr. and Mrs St Bennett of Pomeroy announce that Pvt William Anderson and Pvt Lawson Seyfried of the Air Corps have been transferred from Ft Benjamin Harrison to Miami Beach Florida for their basic training. Lyston Pullen traveled to Charleston on Monday to take the Naval Air Corps entrance examination. He is a senior in high school and the son of Mr and Mrs Ross Pullen.
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Meigs
W. P. Wilburn
S.g
J. L. Schlinsky
Lieutenant Schlinsky
U. S. Submarine School
New London
Conn
Schlinsky
Thomas
W. Va
Huntington
Pearl Harbor
Ramon Crowell
Cincinnati
Mary B. Laughead
Fordham
New York
R. B. Laughead
Alfred Elberfeld
Rebecca
Paul Leonard
Jimmy Hood
Milton Hood
T. Sgt
Loren Phillips
Sara Jane Fisher
Alex Phillips
Gallipolis
Clifford Cunningham
Ruth Pickens
Columbus
Jessie Sherwood
Stella Hoffman
Maude Russell
E. M
Leland Saxton
Guadalcanal
Raymond Saxton
Camp Park
Calif
Willis Anthony
Maxine Mankin
Pyt
Ralph Bennett
Texas
Phyllis McDaniel
St Bennett
Pomeroy
William Anderson
Lawson Seyfried
Air Corps
Ft. Benjamin Harrison
Miami Beach
Fla
Lyston Pullen
Charleston
Naval Air Corps
Ross Pullen
Why God Permits War A Mystic Discovery Promised Free Tale
An Englishman Edwin J. Dingle recounts a thirty year journey to Tibet and a mystic’s guidance that led to health wealth and recognition. He offers readers a free 9,000 word treatise via the Institute of Mentalphysics in Los Angeles to learn the Power of Knowledge and its worldly benefits.
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Forbidden
Tibet
Edwin J. Dingle
England
Far East
Dingle
Airedale Tony Celebrates Sixteenth Birthday
Tony the Airedale belonging to Mr and Mrs Ross Jones of Mulberry Ave celebrated his sixteenth birthday on New Year’s Day. Born at the Art Klues home he has lived with the Jones since he was about a year old. He is deaf and stiff with age but still ambulatory. Last summer he was struck by a car but survived.
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Pomeroy
Tony
Ross Jones
Mulberry Ave
Art Klues
Jones
Frank Hayes Dies Monday In Hospital
MIDDLEPORT 15 year old Frank Hayes known as Red died Monday morning after a month long illness from a rare blood disease. He was a sophomore and planned to play football this fall. The Hayes family has two prior tragedies with sons.
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Middleport
Frank Hayes
Former Meigs Countian Honored for Service
A. V. Wadsworth of Westcott Valve Co. East St. Louis received an Army Navy E award from Captain Logan McKee as part of a ceremony planned by his son Lyle Wadsworth and son-in-law H L Johnson. The program honored 24 employees in uniform. Johnsons family details noted. 1949 Petrified Forest visits cited.
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Syracuse
A. V. Wadsworth
Westcott Valve Co
East St. Louis
Lyle Wadsworth
H. L. Johnson
Great Lakes
Henry
van Johnson
Margaret Wadsworth
Ellen Grace
H. L
Pomeroy Council Installs New City Officials
Oath of office administered to council members and clerk by Common Pleas Judge Edgar Ervin at the first meeting of the year. Mayor Howell swears in Treasurer Jacob Zeiher. James Fugate and Rev. Walter Lodt are new council members. Budget approvals include 35 000 dollars for the year and property purchase plans for Second Ward Fire Company quarters.
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Middleport
Vilage
Fisher
Middle
C. O. Fisher
Id Derst, Sr
H. M. Cross
D. Miller
H. J. Russell
Harry Dashelt
John Zerkle
Gene Grate
K. C. P. Bradbury
B. Higgins
Vroman
Hudson
Fredlins
Houdart
Miller
Zerkle
Pomeroy
Common Pleas
Edgar Ervin
George Howell
Jacob Zeiher
James Fugate
Walter Lodt
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Elbert Robinson
Clair Karr
Harry Canterbury
Frank Chapman
Howell
Alvin Norris
John Love
Second Ward
Red Cross Announces Home Nursing Course
Mrs J C Roedel of the Red Cross Home Nursing Service says a meeting to organize classes will be at the Meigs County Chapter Rooms Pomeroy 116 12 E Main St on Wednesday Jan 5 at 7 30 pm. Those interested should attend or send their name to the Red Cross office. Middleport class at the public library and Pomeroy at Finsterwald Funeral Home on Butternut St.
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Pomeroy
J. C. Roedel
Home Nursing Service of the Red Cross
Meigs County
E. Main St
Red Cross
Middleport
Public
Finsterwald
Butternut St
Mrs Hysell 84 Helps Needy With Her Sewing
Midd leport residents honor Electa Hysell 84 who, crippled by arthritis, sews and renovates garments for needy children and adults from Ches hire Rutland and Pomeroy. She aids in housework, teaches at First Baptist Church, collects church sales tax receipts, and lives independently with good health.
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Middleport
Electa Hysell
Lord Hysell
Hysell St
Cheshire
Rutland
Pomeroy
First Baptist Church
Roedel Re elected School Board President in Pomeroy
J O Roedel was re elected president of the Pomeroy village board of education at the superintendent office on Monday January 2. H H Kuntz was re elected vice president and Irving Karr Jr was re elected clerk. New members J O Roedel and R G Webster sworn in along with Dor D Schaefer and Dr P E Stanley to fill unexpired terms of Willard Ashworth and Irving Karr Jr who moved out of the village. W A Smith announced the development.
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Pomeroy
Pomeroy Village
Try This Old Home Mixed Cough Relief Surprising
An old fashioned home remedy claims to ease coughs from colds. Make a syrup by dissolving sugar and water, add Pinex, then bottle to yield a pint of cough syrup. It supposedly loosens phlegm, soothes irritation, eases soreness, and improves breathing with a money back guarantee.
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