Middleport Firemen Host Annual Turkey Banquet
Middleport volunteers hosted their annual turkey banquet in the town hall with fifty firemen and guests including officials. George Hoeflich opened remarks as new president. Horton Brown and Frank Vraman pledged support to the fire company and town. Members and veterans thanked the Ladies Auxiliary for Christmas boxes. awards were given in a games finale. Elizabeth Moore visits West Point cadet James Hartinger returns home for holidays.
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Middleport
Heniy Hennessy
Tom Mills
Wilma Price
Polly Karr
Sara Goodwin
Airs
Juanita Price Johnson
George Hoeflich
Volunteer Fire Company
Emmett Shuler
David Jenkins
Paul Swisher
Charles Murray
Robert McElhinny
Hoeflich
Umr
West Point Middleport
Elizabeth Moore
West Point
N. Y
James Hartinger
Columbus
Hartinger
Military Academy
Williams No2 Coal Mine Praised for Safety Record
Federal inspectors praised the Williams No.2 Coal Mine owned by Elbert Williams Coal Co for safety. Opened January 1945 the mine employs 26 men and yields about 150 tons daily with four disabling injuries in its first nine months of operation.
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Pomeroy
Williams No.2
Elbert Williams Coal Co
Expert Warns Of Crisis in Poultry Trade
Ohio State expert D. D. Moyer warns Meigs County broiler producers to raise efficiency amid a possible 50 percent 1946 production cut due to a looming poultry surplus. He cites U.S. 1945 output at 206 million broilers and urges reorganization of the Broiler Producers Association to establish an efficient marketing program and avoid cycles of surplus and shortage. The meeting list includes Dean Chapman Fred Marshall H C Carson Orville Carman and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
D. D. Moyer
Ohio State University
Meigs County
Mr. Moyer
Ohio
United States
Broiler Producers Association
H. E. Starkey
Dean Chapman
Fred Marshall
H. C. Carson
Orville Carman
Ricy Piggott
Willard Pigott
Harold Carnahan
W. A. McKelvey
John. Sisson
William Grueser
T. ¥ King
Mr. Phillips
Mrs. Walter
Reibel
Wiloughes E Clifford Atkins
Dan Rizer
J. L. Spencer
Harry Smith
Whitney Ingraham
C. =. Blakeslee
Polio Fund To Be Raised In Meigs County
The Meigs Chapter of the National Infantile Paralysis Foundation will start its 1946 campaign led by C. E. Blakeslee. Funds are needed as Meigs funds are exhausted for two years of treatments. Donations to the Campaign Chairman or Paul Smart, Middleport, support local polio victims through the March of Dimes effort. Half of all receipts stay in Meigs County for treatment costs.
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Pomeroy
Meigs
National Infantile Paralysis Foundation
Gan
C. E. Blakeslee
Meigs County
National
Foundation For
Two Divorces Granted in Meigs County
Meigs County Common Pleas Court granted two divorces this week, with judges citing extreme cruelty and gross neglect. Plaintiffs include Anna Bryan Stith versus Eugene Smith and John M. Curry versus Phyllis Curry, while other filings include Lenora Jenkins vs Fred Jenkins, Cassa Rose vs Maida Rose, Delbert Ours vs Violet Ours, and William Jacobs vs Margaret Jacobs.
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William Jacobs
Margaret Jacobs
Fire Hazard Inspections Begin In Middleport
Frank Vro man and Norman Wayland on the fire committee with Mayor H W Craig led a building safety check in the village. Accompanied by Brad Hudson the fire chief they surveyed First Ward for fire hazards and plan to extend checks to all wards. Lyston Pullen USN attended the Rose Bowl stake in California New Year’s Day as a former MHS Yellow Jacket football player.
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Mil. Leport
Frank Vroman
Horton Brown
Norman Wayland
H. W. Craig
Brad Hudson
Dir. Vraman
Middleport
Lyston Pullen
USN
California
Tyston
Ross Pullen
MHS
Yellow Jacket
Navy
Funeral Services Planned for Emma F Hopkins
Funeral services for Emma F Hopkins a Racine resident who died at Athens State Hospital will be held Friday at two oclock at the Baptist Church Racine with burial at Letart Cemetery The Rev T T Shelton will officiate Friends may call at Ewing Funeral Home until Friday noon
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Pomeroy
Emma F. Hopkins
Racine
Athens State Hospital
The
Baptist Church
Letart Cemetery
T. T. Shelton
Ewing Funeral
Prayer Week Congregations Hear Speakers
The Week of Prayer services at the Church of Christ in Middleport feature Rev. Ralph Kuether as guest speaker and Paul Smart as lay speaker with Mrs. C. M. Hennesy and Mrs. C. P. Klein providing music. Tonight Rev. H A Rothrock will speak with Edward French as lay speaker and music by the Church of Christ. Friday closes with Rev. H L Carr and soloist Ben Philson.
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Middleport
Ralph Kuether
Church of Christ
First Baptist
Jesbyterian
Heath
Paul Smart
C. M. Hennesy
C. P. Klein
Heath Church
H. A. Rothrocks
Edward French
H. L. Carr
First Presbyterian Church
Ben Philson
Middleport Social Notes Briefs and Marital News
Marriage announced of Virgil Glaze a sergeant in the US Army to Miss Emma Jean Knapp in Pomeroy with Justice Percy Peoples officiating. Evangeline Club Eastern Star hosts gathered with prizes and refreshments. New Year watch party hosted by Miss Palmer for 21 friends. P M Club meeting set for Friday at Mrs Betty Hobstetter home. Christmas dinner celebrated at the Darst home with Sgt Paul Davis honored guest. Local personals include Lt Col Curtis Wood visiting from the Pacific then to North Carolina, and various local families visiting or returning home from trips and illness.
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Middleport
Virgil Glaze
United States Army
Emma Jean Knapp
Pomeroy
Justice of the Peace
Percy Peoples
Glaze
Second Ave
Ris Palmer
Richard Palmer
David Darst
Sgt
Paul Davis
Davis
Dorothy Darst
Davises
Billy
Robert Darst
Curtis Wood
Pacific Area
A. W. McKay
Laurie McKay
Edison Wessa
Columbus
Willis Graeser
H. L. Nelson
Gallipolis
R. B. Laughead
Ete Mills
Akron
Probate Court Lists Licenses to Wed
Meigs County Probate Court issued marriage licenses featuring numerous couples. Names include M L Henson 27 Hurricane W Va and Marcelle Adkins 22 Middleport among others.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
M. L. Henson
Hurricane
W. Va
Marcelle Adkins
Middleport
Robe Jarvis
Cutler
Ohio
Etta Syover
Virgil Glaze
Emogene Knapp
Robert A. Warnock
Chesapeake
Posty Lou Price
James H. Lewis
Kavieng
Nora Wolfe
Letart
Clare Gilmore
Freda Farley
Cheshire
Pomroy drives used clothing fund urged
Mary Goodwin leads Meigs County campaign urging county residents to donate used clothing for suffering Europeans. Volunteers with donated garments should contact Miss Goodwin for collection. Virginia Seysier has resigned as instructor at Camden Clark Memorial Hospital to join Dr. E B Holmes in Parkersburg as a registered nurse.
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Pomeroy
Mary Goodwin
Second Ave
Meigs County
Miss Goodwin
Virginia Seysiried
Camden Clark Memorial Hospital
Parkersburg
E. B. Holmes
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Athens Pharmacy
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Williams Coal Mine
Jose
Dean
KOTEX
GEN Franklin Store
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Chase & Baker
Aeast St. Middleport
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Schmoll
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Middleport, Ohio
Middleport Dept. Store
Prayer Week
Middleport Social Notes
Evangeline Club of the Order of Eastern Star
Evelyn Lewis
Edith Schreiner
Lillian Stieff
M. L. French
Sirs
Betty Hobstetter
Rathburn's Dept
Rutland, Ohio
Aim
Vogue Shoe Shop
East Main Street
Pomeroy, Ohio
Pickens
Pickens Paint & Hardware
Windsor
Nulea
Valcar
N. Court
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Tohn Wayne Anthony
Quim Beulah Bondi
Philip Ahn Ducky Louie
Hidden Eye
Edward Arnold
Rancia Rafferty
Seeing Eye Dog
Triple Bill
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