Pomeroy and Middleport Schedule Friday Night Basketball
Pomeroy hosts Jackson at the Jun High Gym Friday at 8 30 PM in a Southeast League clash. Both teams seek a win after recent losses and turnover changes, with Howard Knight leading the Panthers and a likely lineup featuring Rosenbaum Ash Schwab Lewis Mowery Hysell Conde Kew Klees.
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Omeroy
Jun- High
Jackson
Panthers
Howard Knight
Bachtel
Might
Meigenty
Chester
Rosenbaum Ash
Schwabatter
Stanley
Lewis
Rds
Mowery
Hysell
Conde
Kew
Klees
Middleport
Prayer services end Saturday in Pomeroy district
The Pomeroy Council of Churches sponsors a week of prayer services at the Federated Church. Each night a different minister leads with special music. The theme is Power of God and the events are well attended by residents of the Pomeroy Bend area.
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Omeroy
Pomeroy Council of Churches
Federated Church
Pome- Bend
Power of God
Diles Jividen Engagement Promises March Wedding
Middleport reports engagement of Phyllis Lucille Diles to Charles Jividen. Phyllis, a Wheaton College graduate and former teacher, will wed in March. Details note Jividen as Racine native, Ohio State medical student, in ASTP. Also covered are club elections, local illness updates, and community notices.
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Middleport
L. D. Diles
Beech St
Phyllis Lucille
Charles Jividen
Clark Jividen
Racine
Miss Diles
Middeport High School
Wheaton College
Wheaton
Ill
General Chemical Defense Corporation
Point Pleasant
Ohio State University
Columbus
Jividen
Racine High School
Ohio University
Athens
College of Medicine
ASTP
Mr. Jiiden
Here
Local Residents Return From Trips and Moves Highlight Community Happenings
Mrs. Harvey Allensworth and daughter Mrs. Starling McCullough and son Stephen return from a three month Akron stay. Ruth Ann Turley leaves after visiting several days. Mr. and Mrs. Max Sanborn return from Akron due to their son G. H. Berry’s illness. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Winebrenner relocate to the Lippe home on Front Street. Max Tannerhill of Zanesville will supervise the meat department.
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Harvey Allensworth
Starling McCullough
Stephen
Akron
Ruth Ann Turley
Dunbar
Max Sanborn
G. H. Berry
Robert Winebrenner
Lippe
Front St
Ed French
Max Tannerhill
Zanesville
Funeral Rites Held For Young Student Frank Hayes
Middleport mourns 15 year old Frank Hayes a sophomore football player at MHS with a funeral service led by Rev. Richard Burton. pallbearers from the football squad carried the casket to the hearse and mourners filled the Rawlings Coats Funeral Home. Interment followed at Middleport Cemetery with out of town visitors listed.
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Middleport
Frank Hayes
Rawlings- Coats
Fred Klein
Lionel Boggs
Bill Wood
Leonard van Meter
Harley Devol
Alfred Scarberry
MHS
Red
Charles Quivey
Joe Bailey
Richard Koehler
Jimmy Hawley
Jimmy Ashley
Harry Surface
Charles Neal
Martin Carson
Buddy French
Richard Burton
Church of Christ
Middleport Cemetery
Maniss
G. W. Riddle
Wesley Copen
Harold B. Wright died in Huntington of pneumonia
Harold B. Wright former lockmaster of Racine No. 24 died at his Huntington home Tuesday evening from pneumonia according to word received by friends.
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Pomeroy
Harold B. Wright
Racine No. 24
Huntington
Steppes Offer Lone Walk Amid Distant Tree Scarcity
A traveler notes vast Russian steppes where walking long distances reveals few trees. The barren landscape emphasizes solitude and the openness of the terrain.
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Russian Steppes
Special Vote Ordered for Tax Levy in Meigs County
Meigs County Clerk Albert Gloeckner announced a special election set for January 11 in Sutton Letart and Lebanon Townships to reconsider the Southern Rural School tax levy. Nine precincts will vote with polls open 6:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. The levy now asks for three mills for two years, with costs borne by the subdivision.
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Pomeroy
Meigs
Gloeckner
Blue Lake Briefs Report Local Visits and Illness
Blue Lake notes include Mrs. Charles Cochran of Portsmouth visiting. Miss Phyllis Wooten with Mrs. Gordon Wooten at Bidwell. Lola Clark and Eva Clark relatives in Columbus. Frank James of Berlin Center visiting. Mr. George Clark of the penitentiary guesting. several local families hosting relatives. One death reported, Mrs. Molly Kemp, mother of Myroe Hazlett, died at Winfield, W. Va. Prayer meetings noted this week. Virgil Northup farm sale announced.
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Blue Lake
Charles Cochran
Portsmouth
Elizabeth Harrison
John Jenkins
Columbus
Dewey Gay
Phyllis Wooten
Gordon Wooten
Bidwell
L. D. Clark
Frankie James
Berlin Center
James
George Clark
Virginia Clark
Eva Clark
David Craig
Akron
Grace Caldwell
Elizabeth Kemper
O. R. Sheets
Ray Grover
J. W. Hartsook
Covington
Charles White
Harry Clark
Jennings Cremeens
Earl Cremeens
E. Z Coffey
Myroe Hazlett
Molly Kemp
Winfield
W. Va
Ohio Apex Co
Nitro
James Hazlett
Nina Dorton
Hazlett
Mildred Layne
Huntington
Charles Layne
R. P. McCarley
Virgil Northup
Former officer becomes guard at shipyard after city layoff
Otis Nobles, a former city policeman who was separated from service in an economy move, has found employment as a guard at the shipyard in Point Pleasant.
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Shipyard
Point Pleasant
Otis Nobles
Mrs Agnes Soles Dies At Washington D H
Funeral services for Mrs Agnes Soles age 70 who died at her daughter’s Washington D H home were held in Wilkesville. She was active in Heath Methodist Church and DAR and Eastern Star. Survived by two daughters Mrs Allen White and Mrs Irene Boyd and several grandchildren. Attending from here were Mrs J H Grate Mrs Robert Washington Mrs Tom Mills and others.
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Middleport
Agnes Soles
Allen White
Washington, D. H
Wilkesville
Soles
Elmer
Irene Boyd
Youngstown
J. H. Grate
Robert Washington
Tom Mills
Lillian Stieff
Zella Cross
Racine Social And Personal Highlights
Racine residents feature in a roundup of local events and visits. George McClintock Jr. fractured his left arm at Racine Grade School and was moved to Holter Hospital then home to his parents on Vine Street. Postmistress Stella Holter injured her hip after a fall on ice and is hospitalized. Others include Mrs Elza Walton of New Brighton visiting relatives, Mr and Mrs Arthur Banks relocating from Whitesburg, and Marion Simpson visiting family in Cincinnati. War stamp sales in Racine Schools totaled 178.30 with flu in pupils canceling a Coolville basketball game on Jan 4.
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Racine
George McClintock Jr
Holter Hospital
Vine Street
Stella Holter
Elza Walton
New Brighton
Carlos
Holzer Hospital
Arthur Banks
Biffie
Cincinnati
George Simpson
Howard Johnson
Great Lakes Training Station
Ensign Grace Salser
J.C
Philadelphia
Ben Salser
Fred Sayre
Dayton
Sayre
Wright Field
Maude Young
Great Bend
Howard Miles
Owen Watson
Joe Ebersbach
Meigs County Courthouse Activities Summary
Courthouse news from Meigs County covers October 1943 court term wrap, January 1944 opening, and disposition of most pending cases. Probate updates include final accounts and asset distribution orders. Marriage licenses issued for Waide Gorby and Mina Sinclair and John Elias with Irene Massar. Property transfers list multiple parcels in Letart Pomeroy and Middleport to various buyers.
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Pomeroy—Court House
Meigs County
Common Pleas Court
Probate Court
Addie E. Maguire
Middleport Board of Education Reelects Officers
Incumbents L. D. Diles as president Frank R White as vice president and Paul S. Smart as clerk were reelected at the January meeting Also discussed were repairs needed at the high school Central and Pearl St Schools and routine bills were paid Superintendent L W McComas was authorized to purchase educational supplies and equipment The meeting followed the Superintendent's Dinner honoring newly elected members Marcus Chambers and Frank White
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Middleport
Middleport Board of Education
L. D. Diles
Frank R White
Pauls. Smart
Central
Pearl St
L. W. McComas
Marcus Chambers
Frank White
Civil Service Exam For Local Rationing Board Clerk
A civil service exam will be held Tuesday evening January eleventh at the Senior High School for the position of clerk on the local rationing board. Applicants must pass a written test. The appointment lasts for the war and not over six months afterward. Minimum age is 16. Applications available at the Pomeroy Post Office.
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Pomeroy
Recovering From Service Injuries In Middleport
Bill Pumphrey of Dayton, who visits the Ham iltons Hundleys and Bowmans, is a Walter Reed Hospital patient slowly recovering from serious injuries received on maneuvers. Mrs. Juanita Handley Munford of Washington DC visited him and reports he is in good spirits. His brother convalesces from illness in Tucson Arizona.
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Middleport
Bill Pumphrey
Dayton
Hamiltons
Hundleys
Bowmans
Walter Reed Hospital
Juanita Handley Munford
Washington, D. C
Tuscon, Ariz
Doan’s Pills Offer Kidney Relief For Backache Sufferers
Doan’s Pills advertised as a remedy for tired kidneys claim to remove excess waste from blood and ease backache swelling and headaches. The ad emphasizes kidney function as a cause of nagging pains and urges readers to consult a druggist for Doan’s.
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Anita
Doan
Clancy
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