Home for Vets Civic Center Discussed
POMEROY Meigs County residents gathered at the Court House to discuss a proposed memorial for veterans of all wars and to plan a veterans home and community center. A permanent memorial committee was formed with William Ebersbach of the Veterans of Foreign Wars as president and a county-wide contact group named. The mayor, A V Howell, and others will convene Thursday night at the mayor's office to organize further and schedule an additional public meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Howell
Grandma style relief for children's colds advertises Penetro
Mothers report relief for coughing sore chests and stuffed noses using Penetro. The ad touts a warming external plaster and medicated vapors inside a base with mutton suet, claiming safe convenient relief for cold symptoms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralief
Licenses for Dogs Are Now on Sale in Pomeroy
The 1946 dog licenses are now due and on sale at the auditor's office. After January 20 a penalty will be charged. Residents who moved to the county from out of state must purchase their license by January 20, 1946. Woodrow Wilson is dog warden.
Churches To Observe Week Of Prayer Pomeroy Midaleport
The Week of Prayer will be observed by churches of Pomeroy and Midaleport from Jan 6 to Jan 12. Services in Pomeroy Church of Christ begin 7:30 pm each night with different speakers from local churches. Middleport Church of Christ hosts nightly meetings starting at 7 pm with lay leaders and special music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Midaleport
Grace Episcopal Church
Ralph Bitters
United Methodist Church
T T Shelton
First Baptist Church
Mr Walther
Church of Christ
Middleport Church of Christ
Spi
Service Men of Middleport Return Home From Service
Middleport residents Charles Murray has received his discharge from the US Army at Camp Atterbury Ind and is home. Walter Smith, a paratrooper with overseas service, has received his honorable discharge and will enter Ohio State University this week. Austin Bowen has been discharged after foreign service and is visiting Crooksville with Mrs Bowen and relatives. Earl Wines, after 18 months in Germany, has returned to his home in Middleport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Charles Murray
Camp Atterbury
Ind
Honoluhu
Walter Smith
Ohio State University
Austin Bowen
Bowen
Crooksville
Earl Wines
Germany
Pomeroy
Walham Ebersbach
Mulberry Ave
Orville Rader
Carol of Columbus
E . Willock
Ebersbach
Rader
Woillock
Col Norman Spencer
New Jersey
Truman Russell
Dale Hysell
Berkley
Cal
Hysell
US Nas
California
Theodore
Ted) Reed
Camp Blanding Fla
Burlough
Theodore Reed
Mulberry
Charles Baird
Den
Earl Lutt
Ted
Sugar Grove
Lancaster
Gerald Hoffner
Cincinnati Conservatory of Music
Albert Hoffner
Paul Frisch
Cincinnat
E R Titus
Wateman White
Kent
C C Reed
Lois
Willie Fredker
Donna
Sharon
Ross Cleland
Larry
Jerry
Vernon
Luther Vinson
Vinsons
Corilda Vinson
Near Carpenter
Columbus
Vinson
Carpenter
Meigs County Gains From 96th General Assembly Benefits
Representative Turner reports Meigs County receives higher state legislative benefits than ever before. The summary lists town allocations from general revenue bills for Pomeroy Middleport Racine Rutland Syracuse and others, plus gasoline distribution figures for 1945 and 1946, HB 477 flood damages aid, sales tax distribution increases, and a post war road program grant potential.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Benjamin F Turner
Meigs County
96Th General Assembly
Turner
Middleport
Racine
Rutland
Syracuse
Ohio Bier
Shade Aver State Forest
Connector
Alo
Services in Pomeroy Are Announced
Announcement lists worship services for Sunday January 6 by Christan Science Society Mulberry Ave Grace Episcopal Trinity Lutheran Pomeroy Le Circuit Carmel Enterprise Morning Star United Methodist and Meigs County Youth Fellowship with times and topics including Epiphany Light of Gods Love and Learn True Wisdom of the Wise Men, plus choir and vestry activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trinity Lutheran
Hilmar Th Rosenberg
Pomeroy LE
LA Carmichael
Enterprise
Carmel
United Methodist
WSCS
Council of Church Women
Meigs County Youth Fellowship
Chester
Emght
Double wedding marks Lancaster summer institute event
In Pomeroy the Lancaster summer institute hosts a double wedding for young Methodist Youth. Participants Ward B McGinnis Peggy Johnston Daryl Steinbrecher Betts Sewards, all aged 21, from Kenova and Pom eroy RD, celebrate with dinner and a social evening at the United Methodist church office. Moon formation note and ship store article also mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster Summer Institute
Pommeroy
Office of the Justice of the
United Methodist Church
Percy L
Daryl Steinbrecher
Pomeroy Seaman Begins Return to United States
Eldon Walburn, port director unit of the Fifth Army Corps, now stationed at Sasebo, Japan, is on the first leg of his journey home. His wife, Mrs Eldon Walburn of Main Street, reports he wrote that he was having his first meal aboard the ship home. Also present at the table was Paul Kloes, son of Art Kloes of Pomeroy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Eldon Walburn
Fifth Army Corps
Sasebo
Japan
Main St
States
Paul Kloes
Art Kloes
Pomeroy Social Notes Entertas With Party At Mulberry Avenue
Pomeroy Social Notes record a holiday party held Friday December 28 at the home of Mr and Mrs William L Strauss Mulberry Ave with Opal Howell Ida Foxx and Jeannine Parker hosting. Army Navy and Maritime Service guests include Pfc Earl Booner Denny Richard Karr MoMM 3-c US Navy Charles McGuire Columbus and Ernest Harris. Additional attendees listed with family ties and relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Opal Howell
Ida Foxx
Jeannine Parker
William L Strauss
Mulberry Ave
Pomeroy
Pfe
Gerald E “Ichaels
TS Clair E Hysell
Pte
Earl “Booner” Denny
Army
Richard Karr
Momm
Navy
Charles McGuire
Columbus
Ernest Harris
Maritime Service
Charles Casto Ray Howell
Floyd Stanley
Dayton
William Bowers
Akron
Robert Russell
Paul Jacobs
Betty Ratliff
Solene Jacobs
Eloise Foxx
Cedric Parker
Joe Paul Kimes
Middleport School Produces Operetta and One-Act Play
Middleport schools stage Hansel and Gretel arranged from Humperdinck with Miss Lois Cecil praised by townspeople. An entertaining one-act play A Greene Christmas directed by Mrs Nan Moore and Supt W McComas followed, presented by the parent teacher association with grades five through eight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Lois Cefil
Hansel and Gretel
Berta Elsmith
Igh
Greene
Nan Moore
Supt . W. McComas
Parent-Teacher Association
Hansel and
Gretel
Hansel
Jon Schaaf
Nola Knopp
James Roller
Janet Frost
Donna McDonald
Cookie
Marjorie Thomas
Charlene Dillard
Laura Jane Seines
Bobby Byer
Dana Waiburn
Billy Taylor
Ron‘me Walters
Betty Ackley
Evelyn Burney
Frances Chase
Roger Dillard
Myron Duffield
la Ervin
Nancy Fink
Frances Fisher
Maxine Frazier
Vidlena Johns
Wanda Keller
John Littie
Emmagene Manley
Lowell Price
Catherine Peterman
Glenda Rollins
Clara Taylor
Dick Walters
Roscoe Wise
Charlene Williams
Julia Archer
Middleport Social Notes Residents host and travel updates
Middleport social column lists guests at Mrs Mae Young of Portland home and Diles family holiday dinner. Includes visits from Jolanda Roush, Alfred Lee Roush, and others en route to Washington C j, with notes on Ruby Hayman and Miss Helen Beeson. Military and relocation plans feature Lt Léroy Roush, Jeff Holder, and Betty Jane Nuckies moving to Texas after property sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Mae Young
Portland
Lee Roush
Family
Washington C
Alfred Lee Roush
Jolanda Roush
Pyr
William Bolin
Leroy Brown
Andicamp Atterbury
Charles Roush
Famus Imas
Léroy, Roush
Ruby Hayman
Oper
Marcus
Lullian Stietf ‘Chambers
Helen Beeson
Jeff Holder
United States Army
Teaas
Holder
Betty Jane Nuckies
Montgomery
Wva
Milton Hamilton
Texas
South Carolina
Hollders
Baker and Diles families host New Year gatherings
New Year events featured Mr and Mrs Edison Baker entertaining relatives at Front Street home. The Diles family holiday dinners included all children except Bill in Japan, with Rev James Hundley attending. Florence Bush hosted a Christmas Eve dinner for her sons and families, including Fred Bush and Lois Diles. Middleport area notices list Henry Beach and family hosting New Year guests along with servicemembers Ernest and Edgar Van Inwagen, Lt Pat McBride, and others visiting from Oberlin College for holiday time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bakers
Edison Baker
Front St
L D Diles
Bill Diles
Japan
Diles
James Hundley
Pie
Charles Jiiden
Phyllis Diles
Columbus
Marjorie Diles
Athens
Fred Bush
Dayton
Florence Bush
Lois Diles
Tody
Sharon
St Francis Bush
Bush
Roger
Daud
Middleport
Henry Beach
Bradburs
Ernest van Inwagen
Okinawa
Edgar van Inwagen
Pat McBride
South Pacific
McNeal
Denver Nelson
Linda
Guy Bing
Mars Liz Hartinger
Lawrence Hartinger
Oberlin College
Ebersbach Family Returns from Norfolk Home Welcome
Sir Harold Ebersbach and family return to Butternut Avenue after 22 months of Navy service. Mrs Ebersbach and son Jimmie Lou hosted friends and relatives including Mr and Mrs C J Ebersbach and Mr and Mrs Emmett Blackburn. Joyce Ann Ebersbach attended a chicken dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Powmeroy
Harold Ebersbach
Jimmie Lou
Butternut Ave
Norfolk
Ebersbach
US Navy
C J Ebersbach
Emmetté Blackburn
Joyce Ann Ebersbach
Distinguishing Mahogany Wood Figures Across Varieties
A description contrasts mahogany with temperate woods noting its diverse figures. It highlights plain stripes, elegant swirls, and crotches that distinguish rich, decorative grain patterns in high quality timber.
Declamation Winner Heads To Marietta Contest
Pomeroy Muiss June Canady daughter of Mr and Mrs Delmar Canady won the Meigs County Prince of Peace Declamation contest at Federated Church this fall She will enter the district contest at First Baptist Church Marietta January 13 announced by Rev Ralph Kuether Meigs County chairman Other counties Athens Belmont Guernsey Monroe Meigs Morgan Noble are represented The winner will receive a gold medal and may enter the state contest in Columbus for cash prizes and college scholarships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy—Muiss
June Canady
Delmar Canady
Meigs County
Prince of Peace
Federated Church
First Baptist Church
Marietta
Ralph Kuether
B. F. Lamb
Ohio Council of Churches
Columbus
Athens
Belmont
Guernsey
Monroe
Meigs
Morgan and Noble
Diles Heads Middleport School Board Meeting
At the board meeting L D Diles was elected president and Frank White vice president. Committees were named with Frank White and Robert Coats on Finance, and Robert Coats, Frank White, Marcus Chambers on Building and Grounds. Lt Col Cedric W. Clark joined the Library Board. The board set monthly meetings for the first Monday. Grace Anderson Furbee resigned as home economics teacher. Kathleen Ervin of Jackson was hired to replace her. Ervin is a graduate of Ohio State University. Earlier, members and wives dined together. this was Robert Coats first meeting since succeeding Lewis Sauer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Board of Education
L D Diles
Frank White
Robert Coats
Paul Small
Marcus Chambers
Frank, White
Cedric W. Clark
Library Board
Grace Anderson Furbee
Kathleen Ervin
Jackson
Ohio
Furbee
Announce Services In Middleport Church
The MV Nazarene Church in Middleport announces Sunday services with Sunday school at 9:30 a.m. led by Superintendent Estella Walburn, worship at 10:30 a.m., and an evening service at 7 p.m. A Tuesday prayer meeting at 7 p.m. and a Thursday Missionary Society gathering at 7 p.m. are listed with all members urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
E E Cox
MV Nazarene Church
Estella Walburn
Missionary Society
Also Mentioned on This Page
Vets
Civic Center
A V Howell
Benjamin Turner
Edgar Ervin
Charles Walburn
Frank Clark
Campbell Harper
Lewis Manley Post
American Legion
Hassocks
Aod
McMaster
Moon
Tony
Athens Pharmacy
B& Court Bt
Pomeroy Social Notes
Wonmue Lue
Floyd Carnahan
Mason City
Wilbur Bissell
Long Bottom
Earnest Carnahan
Oscar Whinse
Minersville
Lewis Quullin
Harold Roush
Wm Carnahan
Fiona Bissell Bashan
Middleport School
Dorothy Grenlee
Norma Lewis
Joanna Little
Elmer Miller
Smiley Muller
Adrienne Mills
Drulie Mitch
Betty Rathburn
Richard Rawlings
Jean
June Smart
Audrey Staley
Jean Simmons
Mildred Whitlatch
Mary Williams
Aileen Bowies
Franklin Booth
Russell Caruthers
Bobby Casto
Pete Davis
Billy Dempskey
John Ervin
Shirley Evans
Katherine Flowers
Paul Johnson
Patty Jo Lambert
Vivian Little
Correne Manley
Marlene Calloway
Betty Worris
Ethel Nash
Diane Reichman
Val Edgar Reynolds
Rita Singer
Lois Smith
Susie Smith
Orville Stewart
Betty Willis
Juanita Whitlatch
A Greene
Grandma Greene
Sally Schaaf
Ah Sing
Glen Glaze
James Greene
Jim Sanborn
Julius Greene
Bob Davis
George Greene
Robert Richards
Mabel Greene
Carla Owen
Georgie
Jessie Greene
Paul Hoffman
Donna Russell
Kate Green
Emma
Jane Buell
Elizabeth Greene
Sara Palmer
Betty Greene
Ida Lee Hartley Hartley
Professor Phillips
James Lloyd
Jack Greene
Paul Holter
Thomas Taylor
Mrs Taylor
Patricia Kennedy
Ruth Taylor
Josephine Smith
Jeannette Barker
Jean Custer
Betty Dempshey
Bonnie Dow
Betty Lu Greenlee
Elia Rose Hoffman
Mary Jackson
Janice Lyman
Betty McDaniels
Middleport Social Notes
Middleport Book Store
Atlas Store
Glouster
Ay Meigs
South OF the Rio Grande
Duncan Renaldo Armidan
Boris Karloff
Elen Drew - Sun
Y Bend Theaters
Pecos
Rod Cameron
Robert Livingston
Ruth Terry
Black Arrow
Kenneth McDonald
SUN
Corporal Hargrove
Gene Autry
Smiley Burnette
Roger Pryor
Judy Clark
the Monster and
The
Middleport School Board
Chase & Baker
Locust St. Middleport
Becky
Liberty Theatre
Middleport, Ohio
Bill
Prairie Gunsmore
Wild Bill Elliott
Tex Ritter
Frank Albertson
Robert Armstrong
Black Whip
George Lewis
Linda Sterling
Ronald Colman
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr
Madeleine Carroll
David Niven
Raymond Massey
MR. Muggs
East Side
Marguerite Shoe Shop
Marguerite Meyer
the Pomeroy National Bank
Pomeroy, Ohio
United States
Edison Hobsterer
Mildred M. Stanley
Hart Stanbery
Eldon Weeks
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!