Middleport Volunteer Fire Company Elects Officers at City Hall
New officers presided at the Middleport Volunteer Fire Company meeting in City Hall. The session named standing committees on Purchasing By L A Wise Jr Sidney Russell Vroman and more. The group highlighted life saving work and rapid strides in equipment including grappling hooks. They recalled the June rescue of seven drown victims and two stillborns death, noting participation in Red Cross First Aid training. Members decorated rooms above City Hall and supported Christmas charity with Feeney-Bennett Post aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Volun Fire Company
George Hoeflick
Les Wise, Jr
Sidney Russell
Vroman
Wise
Robert McElhinney
William Bolin
Dwight Jt
Bradford Hudson
Flowers
Jes Lewis
David Jenkins
Char Rayburn
McElhinney
McKinley
B. F. Parmelee
Mpany
A. W. Hoover
Red Oss
Eek
Atristmas
Feeney-Bennett
Middleport People Share Equal Honors At Birthday Party
Mrs Edward Spencer and Anthony Goetz were honored by friends at Mrs Mary Ellen Fischer's birthday party. Guests included Dorothy Clarke Clara Gilkey Sadie Wolfe Esther Wolfe William Brickles John Goett Jr Mary Goett Edward Spencer Marvin Goett Gordon Wolfe Pearl Wolfe Harry Hazleton Anthony Goett and Mrs Fischer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Edward Spencer
Anthony Goetz
Mary Elen Fischer
Mary Goett
Fischher
Dorothy Clarke
Clara Gilkey
Sadie Wolfe
Esther Wolfe
William Brickles
John Goett, Jr
Marvin Goett
Gordon Wolfe
Pearl Wolfe
Harry Hazleton
Anthony Goett
Fischer
Mrs Autherson Hosts Bradbury Bible Class Gathering
Mrs T W Autherson, retiring president of the Ladies Bible Class at Bradbury Church of Christ, entertained the class at her home. Officers for 1940 were installed with Miss Rowena Autherson at the piano, and members received handkerchiefs during the social hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. W. Autherson
Ladies Bible
Bradbury Church of Christ
Rowena Autherson
Doyle Russell
Griff Russell
Martha Gilmore
Meda Gibbs
Hazel Russell
Helen Russell
Carrie Russell
Autherson
Chiquitti Club Holds Social Evening at Hamilton's Dairy
The Chiquitti Club met at Hamilton's Dairy on Wednesday night with Miss Lenora Bingham as hostess. A brief business session preceded a social evening with refreshments and dancing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chiquitti Club
Hamilton
Dairy
Lenora Bingham
Local Social and Health Notes From Johnstown Area
Community notices report visits and illnesses among residents. Gene Paul and family returned from holidays to Johnstown, Pa. Mrs Dow Vance hosts relatives in Pt. Pleasant and Pomeroy. A H Bradbury improves at home after Christmas illness. Mrs. Viola Allensworth McCoulough works at Trell's Grill in Pomeroy, with Esther B. Simpson in Middleport employed there. Harold E. Hubbard ill with throat infection. Charles Hern improves at Holzer Hospital after auto accident. may go home to Cheshire if condition warrants. George Tewksbury critical. Margaret Jones and Emma Welch remain seriously ill or in critical condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gene Paul
Trell’s Grill
Pomeroy
Esther B. Simpson
Middleport
The
Grill
Harold E. Hubbard
Citizens National Bank
Charles Hern
Holzer Hospital
Bert Hern
Cheshire
Young Hern
Ohio State
Otto Hoffman
Vine St
George Tewksbury
Margaret Jones
Emma Welch
Meigs County Winner to Speak at Marietta Event
Chester reports Jack M. Hawley the Meigs County winner will participate in the district Prince of Peace declamation contest on January 7 at 7 30 p m in the First Methodist Church Marietta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester
Jack M. Hawley
Meigs County
Marietta
Methodist Church To Hold Communion Morning Service
MIDDLEPORT Heath Methodist Church will hold Holy Communion during the morning worship at 10 15 o'clock announced by Rev H A Rothrock. Sermon titled The Cross Then and Now. Evening service theme Bargains. Miss Marjorie Miller to lead Epworth League. Rev L O Grant to conduct First Baptist services at regular time Sunday. First Presbyterian Winter Communion postponed to Jan 14 at 3 45 p m per Rev J D Ryan due to illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport — Heath Methodist Church
H. A. Rothrock
Marjorie Miller
Epworth League
L. O. Grant
Easley
S. D
Chester Area Honor Roll Is Announced
The December honor roll lists 90 pupils across Chester area schools with multiple names by grade from First through Eighth in Chester Reedsville Bashan Hazne Long Bottom and Long Bottom districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester Area
Chester
June Buckley
Franklin Smalley
Vernon Bahr
Joyce Fischer
Donna Well
Clarke Snider
Betty Mora
Nora Mae Riggs
Betty Gandee
Bonna Sue Beaver
Donna Wolfe
Jo-Ann Riggs
Lois Spencer
James Eiselstein
Earnest Young
Dorothy Holter
James Heaton
Roy Ervin
Kathleen Osborne
Harley Heilman
Donald Mora
Dale Kautz
Vernon Weber
Eileen Pigott
Virginia White
Charles Humphrey
Naomi Megee
Earl Dean
Russell Bailey
Myrtle Martin
Henry Bahr
Lois Reed
Ralph Sorden
William Meredith
Donald Pigott
Howard Parker
Hazel Heilman
Eileen Hayes
Louise Coleman
Earlene Humphrey
Earle Russell
Carol Morris
Gladys Pickens
Paul Kimes
Wilma White
Martha Mora
Guy Stalnaker
Reedsville
Audrey Barringer
Dorothy Shumway
Howard Buckley
Donna Jean Ruth
Mary Buckley
Grace Pickens
Martha Buckley
Betty Larkins
Florence Buckley
Maxine Pickens
Ellen Louise Sisson
Nina Petty
Bashan
Delores White
Lillian White
Marilyn Orr
Billy Orr
Pauline White
Leo Riebel
Howard Ervin
Donna Ruth White
Junior White
Donald Trussell Hazne
Lorraine McMurray
Alberta Fitch
Jackie Brooks
Donald Buchanan
Howard Larkins
Betty Conolly
Phyllis Lawrence
Lorena Pigott
Yellow Jacket Team Meets Rutland Tonight
MIDDLEPORT The Yellow Jackets basketball quintet will meet Rutland High School tonight at Rutland. Both teams were undefeated in their last games with Middleport beating Wellston 54 10 and Rutland beating West Alexandria. Norman Yeunger will play tonight and Charles Bradbury will be ready to play next week against Pomeroy Purple Panthers. It takes 50 to 100 years to produce a tree large enough for lumber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
The
Pomeroy Social Notes and Guild Meetings in 1940
Social notes from Pomeroy report a Wednesday evening gathering in honor of Mrs. Sarah Gibbs with a Moral Re-Armament talk by Miss Mary Virginia Reibel and a gift exchange. Senior Women's Guild meeting at the Federated Church featured devotions by Elizabeth Huber, a program by Mary Schaefer on Stewardship of Good Will, and new committees for the year. Several locals and guests traveled for holidays and nursing school entries, with a turkey dinner concluding activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah (Williamson) Gibbs
GUILD
Women's Guild
the Federated Church
Ralph Kuether
Louis Reibel
Elizabeth Huber
Reibel
Mary Schaefer
Mary Parker
Callie Kloes
Ruby Reibel
Christine Kuether
Lena Huber
Kuether
Agnes Reed
Theodore Reed
Cincinnati
Mulberry Ave
Harriet Ewing
Deer Park
Glenroy Ewing
Lincoln Hill
Maxine Ebersbach
Beth Arnold
Poplar Bluff
Holzer Hospital School For Nursing
Allen Chase
Washington, D. C
John Chase
Wehe Terrace
W. R. Halliday
Dexter
Gladys Enochs
Rodney
Wilmington
Carroll Halliday
Joan
J. E. Frost
Washington D. H
W. C. Halliday
Carpenter
Billy Perry
J O F Class to Meet at Mrs Smith Home
Regular meeting of the J O F Class of Simpson Methodist Church will be held Monday evening at the home of Mrs. Gertrude Smith assisted by Mrs Norman Foss. The new president Mrs Leverett Roush will conduct the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J.O.F
Simpson Methodist Church
Gertrude Smith
Norman Foss
Leverett Roush
Women’s Civil Club
Delmar Canaday
Sycamore St
Federated Church
Ruth Ihle
Warren
Vida Ihle
Lincoln Hill
Special Week Of Prayer To Start Monday
Plans for observing the annual Week of Prayer move forward in Pomeroy churches. Meetings run each night next week in the Baptist Church at 7 30 except Saturday with a theme on The Acknowledgment of the Lordship of Jesus Christ over the Whole of Life and daily hosts from Rev Bright Rev Kluesner and Rev Stark lead sessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Baptist Church
Jesus Christ
Christ
Rev
Bright
Kluesner
Kluebher
Stark
Exams Near for Middleport High Students
A quiet includes Middleport High School students preparing for mid year exams in two weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Middleport High School
Ice Chopping Scene Staged in Middleport
In Middleport the Purity Ice Cream and Bottling Co staged an ice chopping scene led by J. H. Grate showing ice used to refrigerate soft drinks in the Dairy Shop. Across the river at Clifton and Pomeroy, locals skated on the frozen river for the first time in years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Purity Ice Cream and Bottling Co
J. H
Jappy) Grate
West Virginia
Clifton
Pomeroy
Hendrix Son Enlists in Army Assigned to 84th Ordnance
Loren Hendrix, oldest son of Tom Hendrix of Bradbury, enlisted in the United States Army on December 11 and is stationed at Lacarne Ohio with the 84th Ordnance Company. He is employed by the Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co. and is slowly recovering from a leg injury sustained weeks earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Loren Hendrix
Tom Hendrix
United States Army
Lacarne
84Th Ordinance Company
Hendrix
Bradbury
Columbus & Southern Ohio Electric Co
Edward Healy Dies at Home in Middleport
Edward Healy age 64 died at his home on S Second Ave after an extended illness of heart ailment. A native of Vinton County, he moved to Middleport over 50 years ago and worked for Wertheimer Clothing and other stores in Zanesville Wheeling Marietta before opening his own shop. He was loved for his books and family time and is survived by siblings Mary Margaret Tom Patrick Michael and Mrs F G.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Edward Healy
S. Second Ave
Healy
Michael
Bridget Healy
Vinton County
Wertheimer
Zanesville
Wheeling
Marietta
Smith Clothing Co
Mary
Margaret
Tom
Patrick
Pomeroy
Chicago
F. G
Pomeroy Board without President After Death of Abe Massar
POMEROY One day after the organization meeting the Pomeroy Board of Education lacked a president due to the death on Wednesday of veteran member Abe Massar. Massar’s home hosted the meeting where he, as ranking member, was to become president. Herman Kuntz, now senior member, was elected vice president and likely to serve as president. Floyd F. Mees was named clerk. No action on filling the vacancy will be taken before the next regular meeting on the first Tuesday in February.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Pomeroy Board of Education
Abe Massar
Death notice for Joachim of Cedar Grove West Virginia
Joachim of Cedar Grove West Virginia, son of late parents, preceded in death by one brother John. Funeral plans pending arrival of relatives with tentative services Monday at Sacred Heart Catholic Church and interment in Sacred Heart Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joachim
Cedar Grove
W. Va
John
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Sacred Heart Cemetery
Construction of Game Boxes Started in Pomeroy
Recreation program leaders begin building game boxes for local groups or organizations to use. The effort aims to provide ready to play activities and supplies for community events and programs.
Lemon Juice Remedy for Rheumatic Pain Claim
An advertisement promotes RU-EX COMPOUND as a remedy for rheumatic pain. It suggests mixing a package with water and lemon juice for two daily doses, claiming relief within 48 hours and offering a money back guarantee if no improvement.
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Athens Messenger
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Iddleport
Ersenals
Meigs
Methodist Church
Yellow Jacket
Rutland
Pomeroy Social Notes
Pomeroy Social Briefs
Keke Avetier
Titei
SaaSay
Mhgall Peay
Otheeee
Wheaties
Breakfast of Champions
Sorem
California
Clover Farm
Glendale
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Foodland
Golden Bantam
Sey
Spork
Clover Hominy “Farm
Clover Apple Sauce Farm
Kansas
Wieners
Risn
Kwik Bake
B. Sack
Macaroni
Margarine Seans
Clover Farm Pint Bottle
Clover Farm Cleanser
Mae
Court
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