Pomeroy Council Moves To Buy Cruiser And Approve 1946 Budget
The Pomeroy Village Council approved a 1946 appropriation totaling 30 959 00 sworn in by Judge Edgar Ervin Meigs County Court of Common Pleas. The budget lists funds for General Safety Cemetery Motor Vehicle Gasoline Tax and Bond Retirement with anticipated revenue about 335 038. New officers sworn in include Mayor George Howell Clerk Alvin Norris Treasurer Ralph Spencer and councilmen Harry Schwab Harry Canterbury Claire Karr Elbert Robinson. Delinquent taxes discussed with emphasis on 26 000 owed to village and schools. A Charter Oak tipple inspection update was given by Fred Crow Jr with state agency involvement and insurer statements. Crossings on Main St discussed with recommended remedies. A resolution to purchase a new cruiser was presented.
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Pomeroy
Edgar Ervin
Meigs County
Norris
Ervin
George Howell
Alvin Norris
Ralph Spencer
Harry Schwab
Harry Canterbury
Claire Karr
Elbert Robinson
Charter Oak Tipple
Fred Crow, Jr
Department of Industrial Relations
Department of Engineers
E. Main St
Council
Marion French
Middleport
Tipple
Industrial Relations Department
Main St
Penetro salve touted as modern cold relief remedy
An old fashioned grandma method is revived with Penetro a salve based on mutton suet and five active ingredients. The ad claims three action ways including pain relief congestion and inhaled vapors to loosen phlegm and ease coughing. It urges readers to use Penetro for faster relief and better rest.
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Pioneer
Pomeroy Trio Wins Release From U S Army Honorably Discharged
Three Pomeroy boys Leo B. Crew Norman Spencer and William F Warner have returned from overseas service after 21 months and received honorable discharges from the U S Army. The village solicitor was asked to study the franchise of the Ohio Fuel Gas Co regarding laying new lines and customer cost sharing. William A Smith president of the Pomeroy Chamber of Commerce attended and invited officials to a Community Planning Banquet at the Legion Hall on Monday night January 14.
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Pomeroy
U. S. Army
Leo B. Crew
Norman Spencer
William F. Warner
Ohio Fuel Gas Company
Gas Company
Meigs Water Company
William A. Smith
Pomeroy Chamber of Council
Legion Hall
Plan Banquet In Pomeroy
Final plans for the Community Planning Banquet were announced by the Pomeroy Chamber of Commerce at the Martin Hotel. Mayor George Howell and village officials will attend along with the mayor of Middleport, Harry W. Craig, and county commissioners. The event at the American Legion Hall is set for Monday at 6 30 pm with an all meeting to follow. A nominating committee was elected and annual officer elections will occur at the first February meeting.
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Pomeroy
Pomeroy Chamber of Commerce
George Howell
Middleport
Harry W. Craig
Martin Hotel
American Legion Hall
Chamber of Commerce
Middleport to Host Athens Bulldogs Tonight at Gym
The Middleport Yellow Jackets welcome the Athens Bulldogs, 1945 champions, to Middleport High School gym this evening. A large crowd is expected as the preliminary game starts at 7 with the varsity following.
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Middleport
Middleport High School
Yellow Jackets
Athens Bulldogs
Licensed to Marry in Meigs County
Meigs County Probate Court issued marriage licenses on January 4 to numerous couples from Meigs and nearby towns. Names include Robert Dunfee and Georgia Dial of Middleport, Ritchie Smart and June Bodimer of Rutland, John Lee Thorn and Frances Carmichael of Middleport, plus many others such as Chester Daugharthy, Elaine Darling, Larra Walker, Kenneth Chapman, and James Bickley among several pairs.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Robert Dunfee
Proctorsville
Georgiana Dial
Middleport
Ritchie Smart
Huntington
June Bodimer
Rutland
John Lee Thorn
Parkersburg
Frances Carmichael
Julius Schmoll
Helen Spires
Chester Daugharthy
Roseville
Mich
Elaine Darling
Larra L. Walker
Faye Spears
Kenneth Chapman
Belpre
Tey Frederick
Ernest van Inwagen
Freda Mae Beach
Wiliam C. Cain
Elmwood
W. Va
Sarah A. Wheeler
Kenneth Elliott
New Marshfield
Ethel Pickett
James Bickley
Glouster
Mona Snyder
William Breeze
Athens
Dorothy Darnell
William Stansbury Promoted to Captain
William P. Stansbury has been promoted to captain in the U S Army after ranking as director of reconditioning at Ft Sheridan. He and his staff received the Meritorious Service Award for rehabilitation and reconditioning of wounded soldiers. His wife Mrs Stansbury and two officer assistants accompany him on leave from Ft Sheridan. The Stansburys will visit relatives in Grant Street Cap t and later Mrs Stansbury’s parents in Miami.
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Middleport
William P. i Stansbury
United States Army
Ft Sheridan
Stansbury
Garen Stansbury
Grant St
Miami
Ila
Ac Ft. Sheridan
Ft. Sheridan Station Hospital
Army
United States
Church Board Plans Year and Dance at Eagles Club
GLOUSTER The Church of Christ board members will meet early this week to plan for the year. Elders include E. Pomeroy Eagles and family, K. Peugh, M. M. Bryson, W. Wallace, Ernest Jones, and Janchius who will host a square dance. Deacons listed are Dei tonight, with William Short Gladden, John Henshaw, C. Beaver and band. Attendance reports show Mrs. Ira Stansberry and DeLoris with 14 years of Sunday attendance, and Patrick Crawford, Helen Jane Crawford, Marilyn Gamweil attended every Sunday in 1945.
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Glouster
Church of Christ
E. Pomeroy
Eagies
K. Peugh
M. M. Bryson
W. W. Lies
Wallace
Ernest Jones
Hersquare
Eagles
Janchius
Dei
William (Short
Mar Gladden
John Henshaw
C. Beaver
A. Beal
Hugh Sweeney
Wilbur Imusic
I Balderson
Charles Swartz
Charles Eddy
C. E. Williams
Bible School
Ira Stansberry
DeLoris
Patrick
Helen Jane Crawford
Marilyn Gamweil
Middleport Council To Act on Suits
Mayor Harry W. Craig and Middleport Village Council members voted to hire attorneys to clear up Industrial Garment Company lawsuits, seeking early hearing in Meigs County Common Pleas Court. The factory, connected to Rosenthal interests, faced contract disputes and occupancy issues in the Flood Relief and Storage Building. Norman Wayland took oath of office. H. N. Swift spoke on a prospective new industry.
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Middleport
Harry W. Craig
Middleport Village
Frank Vroman
Horton Brown
Craig Davis
Main St
Henry Cherrington
Gallipolis
Industrial Garment Company
Meigs County Common Pleas Court
Rosenthal
Cleveland
Garment Company
Norman Wayland
New York Central Railroad
Craig
H. N. Swift
Pomeroy Personal Notes Highlight Local Students and Illness
Pomeroy Personal notes list Lois Ann Neutzling returning to Athens for Ohio University at the start of her first semester after a holiday visit with Kiwanis at Point Pleasant. Other locals include Frank Kapteina returning to Charleston, Rosemary Ward back to Columbus for OSU, and extended family gatherings over Christmas and New Year. Hospital updates mention E. O. Rhodes returning to St Joseph Hospital Parkersburg, and locally ill with pneumonia are Howard McIntosh and Fred Clark, both treated at area hospitals.
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Lois Ann Neutzling
Athens
Ohio University
Ben Neutzlling
Neutzling
Kiwanis Club
Point Pleasant
Frank Kapteina
Kapteina
Spring Ave
Charleston
Rosemary Ward
Columbus
Ohio State University
Charles Ward
E. Main St
W. C. Barnitz
Nicholas Kramer
Anna, Ohio
Wilma
Elnora Barnitz
Harry Young
Young
Soni
Charles
E. O. Rhodes
Minersville
St. Joseph Hospital
Parkersburg
Howard
Bobbie) McIntosh
Nye Ave
Holzer Hospital
Fred Clark
Rose Hill
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Middleport Firemen Turkey Dinner Is Set
Middleport volunteer firemen prepare the hall for their annual turkey dinner with a spotless kitchen clean windows and fresh draperies. The banquet is scheduled for Wednesday night at 7 p.m. with Mayor H W Craig council members and others invited.
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Middleport
H. W. Craig
Dexter Star Garden Club Meets for Gift Exchange
The Dexter Star Garden Club gathers at Dexter Church on Thursday for a gift exchange and a pot luck luncheon, inviting members to share in a pleasant community gathering.
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Dexter — Star Garden Club
Dexter Church
Wolf of Ripley Dies in Ewington Death Notice
EWINGSON A M Reed known as the Wolf of Ripley W V died at his sister Mrs L A Parsons of Upper Yankee Street Thursday January 3 at 11 o clock He leaves two sisters and one brother His wife had died previously The body was taken to Ripley for burial by J E Strong on Sunday
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Ewingson
A. M. (Reed
Wolf
Ripley
W. Va
L. A. Parsons
Upper Yankee St
J. E. Strong
Meigs County divorce suits filed in common pleas court
Doris Zerkle sues Paul Zerkle and Paul Withee sues Florence Withee in Meigs County Common Pleas Court, alleging dissolution of marriage. Filing records list the actions as divorce suits with the named spouses.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Roedel Reelected President of Pomeroy Board of Education
Roedel was re elected president for one year at the Pomeroy Board of Education organization meeting on Monday January 7. H H Kuntz was re selected vice president for one year and Irving Karr Jr re elected clerk treasurer for five years. Also serving are IR G Webster Dr P E Stanley and Dor D Schaefer. Regular meetings set for 7 30 p.m. on the first Tuesday monthly in the superintendent office.
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Pomeroy
J. GO. Roedel
Pomeroy Board of Education
H. H. Kuntz
Irving Karr, Jr
Tive
IR. G. Webster
P. E. Stanley
Dor D. Schaefer
Holiday Social Notes From Middleport Event Recap
Social notes describe a chili supper and card party at Miss Carla Clark’s home with school friends and holiday visitors. Entries list several locals including Virginia Lu Schaaf, Wanda Koehler, and Fern Welling among guests. other items note gatherings, birthdays, travels, and residents returning to Columbus or Camp Butner with brief updates on family and friends.
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Middleport
Carla Clark
S. Third Ave
Virginia Lu Schaaf
Wanda Koehler
Maxine Smith
Joe Bailey
Bob Meredith
Dick Koehler
John Kircher
John Fultz
Report of Meigs Clerk Is Filed
Meigs County Clerk's office report for December 1945 lists 142 titles and 33 notations plus 990 items, 13 memo titles and 35 cancellations. Revenue totals show 170.40 with 45.70 to the state and 124.70 retained by Meigs County.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Church of Christ Holds Election in Glouster
Delmar Gladden was re elected as superintendent of the Church of Christ Bible School Hugh Sweeney was elected assistant Edward Carpenter and Richard Jones were chosen secretaries They will appoint assistants Hugh Sweeney was elected financial secretary and EF By Peugh was chosen treasurer Marcella Jonas Brown continued as church pianist and Eileen Peugh elected Bible School pianist Assistants to the pianist will be chosen later.
Byers Names Glouster Basketball 46 Schedule
Supt Roy Byers releases Glouster basketball schedule for January to February with games against Rome l Jacksonville Trimble The Plains Hollister Shade Albany Glouster Ames Bern Troy New Marshfield Buchtel and three postponed games against Rome Waterloo and Buchtel set for later dates
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Glouster
Roy Byers
Rome l
Jacksonville-Trimble
J-T
the Plains
Hollister
J.T
Shade
J.-T
Albany
Ames-Bern
Troy
New Marshfield
Buchtel
Glouster Service Men Homeward on Leave Prayers and Plans
Mrs Sybil Kurtzman reports her son Foster iHarry landed in San Francisco and expects to return soon on leave after twenty months in the South Sea. W A Craft’s letter from grandson William Roberts describes Bon Homme Richard leaving San Francisco December 16 and arriving Samar December 27 amid 102 degree heat. He hopes for thirty day leave on return or ten days to visit Uncle and Aunt Al Craft. Steven J Banfield of the 11th Airborn Division returned December 21 after two years in Europe earning the Purple Heart and other honors with two combat jumps. Pfc F M Lintala left for Camp Pendleton after a 15 day furlough, his wife and children staying with her parents Charles Williams and wife while he serves in the paymaster’s office.
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Middleport
Phyllis Smart
Capital University
Paul Smart
Columbus
Walter Harris
Delmer E. Wogan
Camp Butner
N. C
Wogan
Henry L. Carr
Cleveland
Leland Saxton
Charleston
Cora Root
Alter Hospital
Gallipolis
Mary Root
Cecil Grogan
Jacqueline of Columbus
Taylor Grogan
Charles Wise
F. A. Shifler
G. C. Schaaf
Roy Lansbury
Richard Hayman
Schaaf
Kelly Grogan Andy
Chillicothe
William Reichman
Bill
Sybil Kurtzman
Foster iHarry
San Francisco
iSaturday
South ‘Sea
W. A. Craft
William Roberts
Samar
Philippines
al Craft
Steven J. Banfield
1St
Airborn Divison
Arthur Banfield
England
France
Germany
Belgium
Austria
Normandy
Holland
F. M. Lintala
Camp Pendelion
Calif
Lintala
Charles Williams
New Granddaughter Born at White Cross Hospital
Mrs. Clara Golding of this city visited Columbus to meet her new granddaughter born to Mr and Mrs Charles F Lechner Irene Golding. The baby was the first born at 12 32 a m January 1 in White Cross Hospital.
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Glouster
Clara Golding
Columbus
Charles F. Lechner
Irene Golding
White Cross Hospital
Glouster Personal Notices and Local Visits
Glouster and nearby residents report several family and social updates. U S Navy mate 2¢ rejoined the U S Washington in New York after a five day leave with parents Mr and Mrs Rice. Rita Rice returns to Mt St Joseph college in Cincinnati after Christmas break. Pvt Thomas Miller of Aberdeen Md and Pvt Richard Miler of Sheppard Field Texas visit family. Mrs E E Munden returns from Cincinnati after visiting relatives. Howard Wright of Tiny Tot Migr Co leaves for Chicago to attend the National Furniture Show. Mrs Thomas Brown returns home from Columbus after holidays with Attorney and Mrs L P Henderson and with Mr and Mrs Virgil Tucker.
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Gene Rice
U.S.S. Washington
New York
W. J. .Rice
Church of Christ
Richard Jones
Rita Rice
College of Mt
W. J. Rice
Thomas Miller
Aberdeen
Richard Miler
Sheppard Field
Texas
Pete Miller
Jacksonville
E. E. Munden
Cincinnati
Herb West
Robert
Bob) Emrick
Lawrenceville
Lit
Dora Emrick
T.D. Munden
Thomas Brown
Columbus
L. P. Henderson
Virgil Tucker
Club Meets Friday To Elect Officers
Mrs Arthur Wilson hosted the N T Club in Hollister on Friday January 4 with ten members present. Officers elected for the year were Mrs Bessie West president Mrs Mae Wilson vice president Mrs Sylvia Maxwell secretary and Mrs Anna Brunton treasurer. Birthday greetings were sent to Alvin and Erin Wilson in the Pacific. The next meeting is at Mrs Ola Eddy's home on the first Friday in February.
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Glouster
Arthur Wilson
N. T. Club
Hollister
Mike Thompson
Bessie West
Mae Wilson
Sylvia Maxwell
Anna Brunton
Alvin
Erin
Pacific
Mary Johnson
Ola Eddy
Snowden
Wilson
Glouster Garden Club to Meet at Mrs Evers Eddy Home
A Glouster Garden Club gathering is scheduled for Thursday at 7 PM. The meeting will be hosted by Mrs. Evers Eddy at her Broad Street residence.
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Glouster
Evers Eddy
Broad St
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