Ration Rules Will Be Formulated In County Defense Plan
Meigs County commissioners township clerks and mayors planned a meeting at Pomeroy City Hall to form a county defense council and discuss rationing committee instructions from the Ohio State Department. Civilian defense efforts already include volunteer registrations in Pomeroy and Middleport and alarm signal coordination in Middleport.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Pomeroy City Hall
Pomeroy Tire Rationing Committee
Ohio State Defense Council
Middleport
County Defense Council
Pomeroy Chamber of Commerce Opens 1942 Meetings
The Pomeroy Chamber of Commerce will hold its first meeting of the year Monday night January 12 at Hotel Martin. President Ed H Con don announces a dinner followed by a business session to elect officers. No outside speaker is planned as substantial business will be transacted. A review of last year's activities and plans for 1942 will be discussed.
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Pomeroy
Bert Delay Dies At Flat Woods Home
Bert Delay, 62, died Saturday at the home of Mr and Mrs Fred Kesterson in Flat Woods. He leaves a daughter Ula Delay of New York and two sisters, Mrs Robert Burton of Toledo and Mrs Albert Fisher of Chester. Funeral services were set for two oclock this afternoon.
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Pomeroy
Bert Delay
Fred Kesterson
Flat Woods
Ula Delay
New York
Robert Burton
Toledo
Albert Fisher
Chester
Return of ROTC student to Ohio University
Robert Roth, a second year student at Ohio University Athens, returned from vacation with the Rev. Theodore Shoemaker, student pastor of First Methodist Church Athens, and other students. They attended the National Methodist Youth Conference at the University of Illinois Urbana.
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Middleport
Robert Rothrock
Ohio University
Athens
Theodore Shoemaker
First Methodist Church
National Methodist
University of Illinois, Urbana
No Aspirin Faster
St. Joseph Aspirin as sure as money can buy. Demand St. Joseph Aspirin the world's largest seller at 10c. Sold everywhere. Bigger savings in large sizes: 36 tablets for 20c and 100 tablets for 35c.
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St. Joseph
Last Day Vacation Snow Brings Joy to Students
Heavy snow during the final day of school vacation delighted middle school and high school students. Sleds skits and skates came from closets and basements as youths took to the hills for outdoor fun.
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Middleport
Snowy Roads Cause for Accidents
Snow covered streets and highways in Pomeroy and vicinity created dangerous driving conditions Saturday night and Sunday. Several minor accidents occurred with one fatality Martin Ohlinger. A Sunday morning collision at Sycamore and Main Streets involved Cleland Hines and Ernest Ward with passengers Ray Swan H. H. Ward Dale Kesterson. Both vehicles damaged, no injuries. A motorist reported seeing 13 wrecked cars between Columbus and Pomeroy.
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Pomeroy
Martin Ohlinger
Sycamore
Main Sts
Cleland Hines
Ernest Ward
Langsville
Ward
Ray Swan
H. H. Ward
Hines
Dale Kesterson
Columbus
Land Transfers In Meigs Area
Land transfers in Meigs County for the last week include Elva Holter and Marlin Young transferring parcels in Sutton to Etta Shain Wolfe. Transfers also list the Sissons and Riley family moving multiple parcels in Middleport and Letart townships to various buyers, plus John W. Call acquiring Lot 400 and 15 acres shifting to John Philson and Charley Rood respectively.
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George Donahue
W. W. Leonard
Martha Jane Trew
Middleport
Thomas F
Verna N. Hendrix
Mrs Heaton Hurt In Snow Fall On Locust Street
Mrs C L Heaton sustained a broken left leg above the ankle and a dislocated ankle after slipping on a snow covered Locust Street sidewalk Saturday night. Funeral services for Lena Johnson will be held Tuesday at 1 PM at Middleport. she died Sunday afternoon and is the mother of Mrs Miles E Nelson of near Salem Center.
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Pomeroy
C. L. Heaton
Middleport
Lena Johnson
Christmas Decorations Are Removed in Middleport
Middleport residents removed holidays decorations as war and recent events weighed on the community. The Middleport Garden Club did not judge homes this year and prize money will be donated to the American Red Cross. Notable displays included the Rawlings-Coats Home and Elmer Mattox House, with extensive colored lights, the Allman residence with Santa at the door, and a Bethlehem scene at the Garen Stansbury home. Churches featured blue star and blue-lit shrubbery at First Presbyterian and Peace on Earth messages at Heath Methodist.
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Middleport
Middleport Garden Club
American Red Cross
Rawlings- Coats
Elmer Mattox
High St
William Allman
Grant St
Santa Claus
Garen Stansbury
Walter Forquer
S. Third Ave
Presbyterian Church
Heath Methodist Church
Pomeroy Social Notes Highlight Local Club and Visit News
Pomeroy Social Notes report Shakespeare Club met at the home of Mrs. Pearl Hysell with a changed venue. Local residents Mrs. E. W. Schreiber and family, the Wickhams, Kingslands, Roberts family and others are noted visiting or returning from trips to Huntington, Columbus, Kentucky and Florida during the weekend.
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Shakespeare Club
Pearl Hysell
Mulberry Ave
C. E. Peoples
Butternut Ave
E. W. Schreiber
Huntington
W. Va
Lincoln Hill
Dale William Hysell
Janice Ruth
Columbus
Douglas Wickham
William Wickham
West Carlton
Middleport Social Notes Highlights Local Visits and Events
Middleport notes cover church youth fellowship activity at Heath Methodist Church followed by a chili supper. Members plan to lead morning worship and an Easter presentation. Garden Club meets with garden pictures as roll-call. several residents relocate or visit relatives in Columbus Athens Huntington and Charleston.
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Middleport
Herbert Chambers
Roy Lansbury
George Schaaf
Heath Methodist Church
Gordon Harris
Alfred Social And Personal Snippet Notes Local Names
Mrs Norwood Knight underwent major surgery at St Joseph Hospital with satisfactory condition reported. Colleagues and relatives including Dana Swartz Jewell Carr and Lola Knight visited hospitals and attended meetings in Columbus Parkersburg and Sandusky. Dick Swartz from Akron spent holidays with local family. Nancy Rosser from Athens visited Virgie May Swartz.
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Alfred
Norwood Knight
St. Joseph Hospital
Dana Swartz
Jewell Carr
Columbus
Plum Brook
Edith Betzing
Silver Ridge
Mabel Swartz
Glennie Shumway
Dick Swartz
Akron
Vere Swartz
Nancy Rosser
Athens
Virgie May Swartz
Fire damages home of Dr. Dew in Nelsonville area
A spot fire at the Grosvenor Street residence of Gerald Yates prompted a 1 am call to firefighters Friday. The Dew property suffered minor damage per Fire Chief Dana Windon.
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Nelsonville
Gerald Yates
Grosvenor St
C. G. Dew
Dana Windon
Aged Retired Baker Dies of Injuries
Aged former Middleport baker Mr Ohlinger died from injuries after a street crash when his car struck a pole as pavement was slick. Funeral services are set for Tuesday at 2 PM at Rawlings Coats Funeral Home with burial at Beech Grove Cemetery. He is survived by son Herman and daughter Alma. his wife Kate Kohl Ohlinger and son Ed preceded him in death. He built a large cement block bakery on N Second Ave and was a member of First Presbyterian Church and Fides Lodge Knights of Pythias.
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Ohlinger
Rawlings- Coats Funeral Home
Beech Grove Cemetery
Middleport
Herman
Sixth Ave
First Presbyterian Church
Fides Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Visitors in Grand Teton Park Report 1940 Arrival
Visitors to Grand Teton National Park Wyoming in 1940 totaled 103324 in 31500 private automobiles.
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Grand Teton National Park
Wyoming
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