Middleport High Teams Defeated Tuesday Night
Pomeroy social notes recount the Womhyans Civic Club meeting for 1945 with committees named, an upcoming game night with prizes, a navy nurse en route to Philadelphia after commissioning, and local births and birthdays. The column mentions Mildred Russell's family, a birthday party for James Sisson, a funeral notice, and community updates including a return from Ravenna and a convalescent soldier.
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Athens Messenger
Middleport High
Pomeroy Wellston and Jackson Are Winners
Middleport and Pomeroy fell to Wellston and Jackson in Tuesday night basketball. Wellston topped Middleport 44 to 25 as Pope led with 15 points and Ginther, Fultz, Smart each added seven. Middleport’s Koehler and Rupert scored early buckets. In Jackson, the Ironmen defeated Pomeroy 55 to 28 with a strong loose-ball game and steady scoring from their lineup.
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Middleport
Pomeroy
Wellston Golden Rockets
Jackson Ironmen
Jackson
Middleport-Wellston
Pomerfoy Jackson
Yellow Jackets
Pope
Golden Rockets
Ginther
Fultz
Smart
Jackets
Rupert
Wellston
Koehler
Rockets
Harrisonville
Jackson-Pomeroy
Purple Panthers
Ironmen
Panthers
Sure Face
Hackett
Bailey Wellston
Ger Pope
Massie
Hutchinson Tasa Rupert
Thompson
Littler
Boyd and
Stewart
Meigs Service Men Reunion and Local Basketball Scores
Meigs County service men report surprise reunions in Aleutians and England as Marec Sax ton and Bus McMaster recover from illness and share Christmas hospital moments. Local basketball results feature Middleport Wellston 24 44, Pomeroy Jackson 28 55, with box scores and officials noted for a SEC League night.
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Audulefurs
Meigs County
Marec Leland Saxton
Willard
Bus) McMaster
U. S. Army
Aleutians
Anil McKinney
Chester
Denver Rice
Death of William Guinther Jr in Texas Noted in Minersville Family
Mrs Velma Grueser and Ed Borham received word of the accidental death of their nephew William Guinther Jr in Texas while at his work. He was the eldest son of the late William Guinther Sr and Hannah Janet Borham Guinther of Smithers West Virginia. Born in Minersville about 55 years ago, he moved with his parents to West Virginia as a child and later lived in Middleport before going to Texas.
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Minersville
Velma Grueser
Ed Borham
William Guinther
Texas
Guinther
Sony
Willam Guinther
Hannah Janet Borham
Smithers
W. Va
West Virginia
S .With
Middleport
Franklin Bailey
Miller
Mansfield
Homer Jones
Columbus
Charles Lucas
HM. Cross
Esther Casto
Gallipolis
Jack Welsh
Welsh
St Mary's Hospital
Huntington
Mabel’ McCormick
St. Albans
C. H. Wise
D. S
Hysell
T. A. May
Elmer Dent
Charleston
Willams
Paul Gordon
Parkersburg
David Durst, Jr
Billy
Athens
Audrey” Weaver
Beautician
Pat
Everett Bachner
Germany
Cpl
Ben Batey
South Pacific
Helen
Middleport DAV Officers Installed in 1945 Social Notes
Officers of Middleport D A V were installed Monday at the L O O F Hall. New officers include Della Stahl as president and Zana Baxter as senior vice president. Refreshments followed the meeting and a social for Jan. 22 was announced. A surprise shower honored Mrs Harold Lohse with a layette display and pink and blue decorations.
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Jane Howell
Daughters of Union Veterans
John Duerr
Nellie Ketter
Wickham
Della Stahl
Zana Baxter
Winona Cook
Belle Danels
Ruth Duerr
Clara Zier
Lula Googlein
Jean Hart
Bertha Chase
Elizabeth Campbell
Caddie Wickham
Pearl Reynolds
Simms
Ethel Tedrow
Bertha Radford
Elsie Hart
Mabel Wolfe
Minnie J. Neutzling
Suuerum
Wallace Bradford
Harold Lohse
Bradford
Frankin Bailey
Agnes ‘Theosald
Geneva Burton
Survivor of Pacific Battle Visits Family in New Haven
James Ball, a Gambier Bay survivor rescued after the October 24 Samar Island battle, returns to New Haven on a 31 day furlough. He visits sister-in-law Mrs Ray Barker and his eight month old daughter, recounting the perilous days afloat after the ship was torpedoed and abandoned. Ball and fellow sailors endured three days in the sea before rescue.
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Gambier Bay
Leyte
Ball
Middleport Flier Wins Air Medal
Sergeant Charles R Hewart, 21, awarded the Air Medal for meritorious aerial combat with the 303rd Bombardment Group. Also notes Sgt Stewart, engineer on a B 17 Flying Fortress, on 10 daylight bombing missions over Nazi Europe. Son of Mr and Mrs Rome Stewart of Cheshire, formerly Brownell Ave Middleport.
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Middleport
Charles R. Hewart
Air Medal
Stewart
Europe
Rome
Cheshire
Brownell Ave
Marvin
South Pacific
Norman
North Ireland
Meigs County Churchwomen hear on World Day of Prayer plans
Executive board of the Meigs County Council of Churchwomen met at the Baptist Church in Pomeroy with Mrs H L Carr presiding. Nominating committee includes Mrs HA Rothrock, Mrs Louis Reibel, Mrs Floyd Carson. World Day of Prayer set for Lent Feb 16 and a county meeting in March with Miss Dorothea Wolcott as speaker. Troop Scouts of America meeting at Federated Church after school. pins awarded for painting. Scout laws explained by Scouts. Attendees include Jean Zan Ann Foster Frankie Wippel Jamita Bolin Mary Bolin Patsy Shields Jo-Ann Gilmore Patsy Shields Joan Conway Barbara Phillips.
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Rumen — Munday
Meigs County
Posiero
Scouts of America
Federated Church
Jean Zan
Ann Foster
Frankie Wippel
Jamita Bolin
Mary Bolin
Peggy Dailey
Jo-Ann Gilmore
Patsy Shields
Joan Conway
Barbara Phillips
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Pomeroy ‘Social Notes
Martin Hotel
U.S. Navy
Philadelphia
Ene Sign Russell
Pomjeroy High School
St. Joseph’s Hospital School of Nursing
Agnes Russell and
Theron Russell
Ralph Sisson
Butternut Ave
James Sisson
James
George” Beards
Ravenna
Suimer Neal
Marion” Radford
Raymond
Margaret Thomas
Kate
Metse Say
Marilyn Elaine
Belgium
Sean
Lester Buckley
GETS
Beckley
Maxine Russell
John Buckley
Gc.d.c
Richard West
Holzer Hospital
Laurel Cliff
Rollin K. Hawk
Sampson
N. Y
Dayton
C. 3. Hawk
Will Wolfe
Pearl St
New York Central Railroad
Graham Sta
Joseph Rapitin
Toewie
Joseph
Pomeroy Wellston and
Stark's Pharmacy
Pomeroy, Ohio
Meigs
Middleport Dav
Wuxi
R. ©. Fowler
Ontario
Canada
Gerber Post
Max Sanborn
Sanborn
Pomeroy Women’s Civy Club
Middleport Flier
Juryurt
George Reynolds
Cuyahoga Falls
George Werner
Sam Halterman
Leona Eblin
Beecher Kessinger
Arlen Hughes
South Carolina
Charles Beech
Vine St
Gabardine
Radionil
Calor Rerphone
Cora
Woodrow Wilson
Pomeroy Bend
Priday
Wwmi and Watburn
Frank Sinatra
Doores Mereuy
Adolphe Menjou
Grant Eugene Pallette
Bendvue Pomeroy
Andy
Matt Aline
Nadine Mon
Orville
Miller Wohl
Sonny Tatts
Olivia DeHavit
Orrer
FELT
Gordon
Gale
AML
Ana van
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