Meigs County Goes Far Over Sixth War Loan Quota
Meigs County exceeded its Sixth War Loan target of 712 000 by 58 362 50 with total sales of 245 670 50 in E bonds and 468 270 50 in individual bonds. Districts listed show Pomeroy leading with 220 190 00 in sales from a 180 000 00 quota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Meigs County
Theodore Reed
Reed Seid
Reed
Middleport
Bedford
Chester
Columbia T
Lebanon
Letart
Olive
Orange
Rutland
Salem
Salisbury
Scipio
Sutton
Charles Frazier Sentenced to Ohio State Penitentiary
Charles Frazier aged 22 was sent to the Ohio State Penitentiary by Judge Edgar Ervin for one to 15 years on a burglary charge. He had been jailed in Meigs County after intoxication arrest and facing an automobile theft charge in Percy People’s court. He previously served parole in Mansfield and asked to be sent to the penitentiary rather than Mansfield for parole violation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Charles
Tody) Frazier
Ohio State Penitentiary
Edgar Ervin
Paul Johnson
Meigs County
Justice of the Peace
Percy People’s Court
Mansfield
Ervin
Urge Attendance At Basketball Games
Middleport officials and fans urge town residents to attend the Yellow Jackets versus Wellston Golden Rockets basketball game at the gym. A reserves clash starts at 7 p m and the varsity at 8, with Pope named as a principal threat for the Golden Rockets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Yellow Jackets
Wellston Golden Rockets
Syracuse WSCS Meeting and Yearend Reports
The Syracuse WSCS of Asbury Methodist Church met at the home of new president Mrs. C B Weese with all members present. Retiring president Miss Marcia Karr announced an installation for new officers on Sunday January 7 at the church. The group discussed a new study book The Lords Prayer for 1945 and celebrated a successful year with all financial goals met.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Syracuse
W.s.cs
Asbury Methodist Church
C. B. Weese
Marcia Karr
Charles Neuman
Frank Capehart
A. M Roberts
Irving Karr
A. M. Roberts
W. F. Bartels
Holzer Hospital
Gallipolis
Matilda Bentz
George Bentz
Parkersburg
Will Bentz
John Bentz
Sullivan Sayre
Antiquity
Selma Price Deyo
Huntington
Robert Pickens
Wick
Bentz
New Brighton
Ralph Reese
St. Mary’s Hospital
Emma Bentz
Vance Morris
Watertown
Ohio
Emmett Bartels
New Haven
Ray Cowie
Dog Tags Available in Meigs County
Meigs County dog warden Woodrow Wilson announces licenses on sale at the Auditor’s office in the Court House. Owners who do not purchase tags after January 20 will be prosecuted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Woodrow Wilson
Meigs County
Court House
Petty Funeral Held At Long Bottom
Mrs. Olevia Petty aged 85 died at her son Williams home in Columbus on Sunday after a long illness. She leaves numerous children and relatives in Columbus, Long Bottom and East Liverpool. Funeral services were held at the Christian Church with Rev. Roy Bush in charge. Burial was beside her husband in Sand Hill Cemetery. A Garden Club meeting followed in Middleport with discussions on projects and a review of Cure It With a Garden. Seventeen members attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Bottom
Olevia Petty
William
Columbus
Henry
Howard
Mark
Carrie Coleman
Viola McAfee
Florence Wallace
Bertha Barnes
East Liverpool
Jane Petty
Mary Weils Jak Long Bottom
John Boring
Reedsville
The
Christian Church
Roy Bush
Sand Hill Cemetery
Garden Club
Middleport
Middleport Garden Club
J. Hu Grate
A. A. Dillard
Lewis Sauer
Ray Sherman
Leonard Robbins
R. C. Meadows
Helen Terry
Haptonstall Funeral Held at First Baptist Church
William Haptonstall is laid to rest in a Sunday service at the First Baptist Church in Middleport. Deacon L D Diles spoke, church officials served as pallbearers, and the Busy Bee class attended en masse. Out of town mourners included Mrs Leland Johnson, Rev Earl Snyder and wife, Columbus, Mr and Mrs Harry Haptonstall, Mrs B F Snowden, Mrs Envin of St Albans W Va, Mrs Thomas Anderson and son Dexter. Sgt Paul Haptonstall, his son, will report to Langley Field Va. Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
First Baptist Church
William Haptonstall
Paul S. Smart
L. D. Diles
H. M. Cross
Dale Mourning
Harry Houdashelt
Clarence Clark
Busy Bee
Haptonstail
Haptonstall
Leland Johnson
Earl Snyder
Columbus
Harry Haptonstall
B. F. Snowden
Envin
St Albans
W. Va
Thomas Anderson
Dexter
Paul Haptonstall
Will Reuser
Langley Field
Saturay
Carpenter Soldier Missing in Action Nelson Sailed Overseas in 1944
Pvt. Wendell L. Nelson of Carpenter, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Nelson, has been missing in action in Germany since December 19 after earlier reporting being wounded in France on October 2. He graduated Columbia High School in 1942 and worked for New York Central Railroad at induction in March 1943. His training covered Camps Wallace Ft. Bliss Ontario Haan Mooroe Carson. He was sent overseas about August 15 1944.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carpenter
E. M. Nelson
War Department
Pvt
Wendell L. Nelson
Germany
France
Nelson
Columbia High School
New York Central Railroad
Wallace
Ft. Bliss
Tex
Ontario
Haan
Muroe
Calif
Carson
Colo
Pomeroy Social Notes and Local Gatherings
Pomeroy Garden Club members share New Year wishes at Mrs. Harry Feiger’s home with Mrs. Charles Baird assisting. Reports cover “Penny for Patriots” for the Women’s Civic Club, Hawaiian Flowers talk by E H R Titus, and a paper on Plant Lice by R L Jacobs. Community events include Federated Council hosts, birthday dinner for Mrs Eva Hendrix, and district Easter Star school attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Frank Titus
The
Seabees
Hawaii
Guam
R. L. Jacobs
Hospital Returns and Assistance in Rawlings-Coats Area
Leave Hospital middlepory Mrs Richard Gormley and infant son Richard David have been returned from Holzer Hospital to their home on Grant St in the Rawlings-Coats area. Her mother Mrs Kenneth Sullen of Hollingsworth New Jersey is here to assist in care of her daughter and grandson. Mrs Dale Winebrenner has been returned to her home from Holzer Hospital where she has been a patient.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middlepory
Richard Gormley
Richard David
Holzer Hospital
Grant St
Rawlings-Coats Y Ambulance
Kennneth Sullen
Hollingsworth
N. J
Dale Winebrenner
Middlefport
Mary Schaaf
Oter
Everett Bachner
Edison Wessa
Columbus
Wessa
Gene Schaaf
Fred Schaaf
U.S. Army
Charles Worthington
Franklin
Robert Richards
Hez Root
S. Second Ave
Wiliam Britton
Paula Jean
Second Ave
Davis Apts
Jon N. Third Ave
Owen Fink
Gallia County
Gallia County. Mrs. Fink's Brother, Marshall Boggs
Camp Dorn
Edith Klein
New York City
Hulda Klein
M. G. Brown
Mrs. Brown
Grant Hospital
Basilian
Captain Dwight Ross Returns to U S Based at Lockbourne
Middleport reports Captain Dwight Ross, former Meigs Countian, completed missions over Germany and is reassigned to Lockbourne Air Base. He is the son of Mrs. Verne Ross of Columbus and the late Mr. Ross, with his younger sister Betty Ross recently recovering from a tonsillectomy at Mt. Carmel Hospital and sent home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Dwight Ross
Meigs
Germany
United States
Lockbourne Air Base
Verne Ross
Columbus
Mr. Ross
Betty Ross
Mt. Carmel Hospital
Married Couples Licensed This Week In Ohio Area
Marriage licenses issued include Thomas S. Christian and Gladys McCartney in Cheshire Route 1, John Chase and Wilma Pierre in Middleport, Basil Ennis and Wilda Higginbotham in Chester Route 1, and Samuel Gregg and Lena Melton in Middleport. Evangeline Chapter Eastern Star held a school of instruction at Nelsonville with W M Mrs Harry Houdashelt Miss Maxine Mankin Mrs Zella Cross and Mrs Le an Kennedy. Roberta Mindling of Beverly led the session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Order of Easter Stars
Lester Hart
W.M
Pomeroy
Homer Carleton
Maud Grueser
Ada Haskins
Edith Bowe
Nelsonville
Ohio
Roberta Mindling
State of the Presiding
Thomas S. Christian
Athalia
Gladys McCartney
Cheshire Rt
John Chase
Athens
Wilma Pierre
Middleport
Basil Ennis
Rodney
Wilda Gay Higginbotham
Chester Rt
Samuel Gregg
Lena
Melton
Nelsonville Middleport
Evangeline Chapter
Order of Eastern Star
Harry Houdashelt
W. M
Maxine
Mankin
Zélla Cross
Lean Kennedy
Beverly
Worthy
Install New Officers of Church Group at Heath Methodist
The Women’s Society of Christian Service at Heath Methodist Church installed officers last night under a backdrop of a lit brass cross and tapers. Miss Bess Sanborn became president with a full slate including vice president Miss Grace Anderson and several secretaries and committee chairs. They approved pledges and budgets for missionary and local church budgets, and invited contributions for a Boston medical dispensary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Woman's Society of Christian Service
Heath Methodist Church
H. A. Rothrock
C. M. Hennesy
Glen Lambert
Grace Anderson
Dorothy Hamm
Bess Sanborn
M. L French
Lawreace Mi'*oan
O. P. Klein
John Zerkle
Roy Stansbury
Malcolm Roller
Nan Moore
Robert Harris
Clifford Ervin
C. A. Emmish
David Entsminger
Miss Sanborn
Anderson
Hamm
Crusade For Christ
Robert Harms
Hull St
Boston
Moore
Ethel Harpst
Wight
Mrs. Entsminger
Middleport Social Notes Spotlight Local Clubs and Meetings
The Middleport social notes list tonight meetings for the Woman's Music Club at Heath Methodist Church with a 7:30 p.m. business meeting led by Mrs. Lewis Sauer and a 3 p.m. chorus session under Mrs. Nolan Swackhammer. Also planned are gatherings of the P. M. Club, Amateur Gardener's Club, White Rose Lodge, Royal Neighbors, and Philathea Women of the Church, with details on hosts, locations, and program plans. A Meigs County trustee meeting is set for Saturday at the Meigs County Court House to prepare for a Columbus conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Heath Methodist Church
Lewis Sauer
Nolan Swackhammer
P. M. Club
Alfred Elberfeld
Lincoln Hili
Swatch
William Anderson
Gardener's Club
Robert Rawlings
S. Third Ave
Bruce Lloyd J
Howard Ewing
White Rose Lodge
Mesdames
Ross Pullen
Otho Waits
C. P. Gallagher
Royal Neighbors
Philathea Women of the
Church of Christ
William Hetleseimer
First Baptist Church
Pomlaoy
Meigs County
Court House
Columbus
Gilbert Weeks
Coast Guard First to Contact Enemy in World War I
In World War I the Coast Guard became the first force to engage the enemy, seizing Greenland radio installations from the Nazis months before Pearl Harbor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coast Guard
Greenland
Also Mentioned on This Page
Athens Messenger
Charles Frazier
Estil Arrowood
Norma Nicholson
Max Smith
Arrowood
Estill D. Arrowood
U.S
Pacific Area
Elwood Kennan
Herb Folden
C. Kennan
Millard Grimm
Langsville
Carrie Smith
Worma Gillogly
Albany
Springfield
Ella Nelson
Blanche Davis
William Horne
Earl Nelson
Wendell Lee Nelson
J. H. Williams
Rawlings Coats
F. A. Shifler
Richard Horden
Walte
H. J. Russell
M. J. McCarty
WSCS
U. S
Pomeroy Social Notes
Eva Hendrix
Lewis Triplett
And
Triplett
Frank
Dattenter
Dorothy Hendrix
William Matlack
Dayton Ashworth
Virgil Will
New Guinea
P. E. Stanley
Bernard Schwarzel
William Keith Kincaid
Lew Diehl
Charles Diehl
U. S. Navy
California
Kin Klub
Charles Ebersbach
Willard Ebersbach
Richard Vaughan
Harold Ebersbach
Theo Lehew
Twilight Garden Club
Charles Ward
E. Main St
Clara Zier
Minerva Pryor
Ning
James Titus
Pomeroy Council of Church’ Women
United Methodist Church
Fred Reed
E. Stanley Jones
Harry Davis
Mariam Jean
Don
Canton
James Pearson
Portsmouth
Lockbourne
Pomeroy Bend
Gail Russell
Diana Tynn
Charles Ruggles
Dorothy Gish
Temple Middleport
Paul Lucas
Henry Aldrich
Ben Dyue
OLD Farm Hour
Andy
Milt Aline
Nadine Orville Q. Miller
Closednessay
Middleport Social Notes
Orville
Vesta McCoy
Laura McKay
Jack Welsh
St. Mary's Hospital, Huntington
H. E. Cook
Walter Hayes
Robert Coats
Chales McilhAbney
John Kinscaid
Gallaher
ComePany
Colegroves Market
Middleport, Ohio
Quality Meats
Mrs. Homemaker
Uncle Sam
War Production Board
Pepa S Eee
Iain Ee As
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