Condon Elected President of Pomeroy Chamber of Commerce
Ed H. Condon was elected president of the Pomeroy Chamber of Commerce for 1941 at a Tuesday night meeting at the American Legion Home. Officers include Dr. George Lasher as vice president and H. B. Pickett as secretary. Theodore Reed retired after presenting a year end report and recommendations for a broader program and possible full time secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Ed H. Condon
Pomeroy Chamber of Commerce
American Legion Home
George Lasher
H. B. Pickett
Legion Auxiliary
Theodore Reed
Wilma Roush
Treasury
Reed
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Cedric W. Clark
J. E. White
Dundas Social News Recaps Visits and Calls
In Dundas a busy social week included Mr. and Mrs. Dave Eberts visiting Mrs. Eberts’ parents Mr. and Mrs. Charles of Williamson West Virginia. Mrs. Cash Thompson and children Virginia Joanne and Mona Jean visited her mother Mrs. Harvey Stevens in McArthur Route. Miss Leona Puckett, earlier employed by Mrs. Hollis Remy, returned home. Clinton Circle met at Mrs. Summers’ Hamden home last Thursday. Robert Carr and Miss Dorothy Downard with Mrs. Roy Downard and their Mansfield relatives visited the Townsend grandparents. George Watson of the CCC Camp at Zaleski spent Sunday with his parents, and Amy Salts sought eye treatment in Athens last Saturday. George Woolweaver of Lancaster spent Tuesday with his parents locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dundas
Dave Eberts
Dorothy, Downard
Roy Downard
Mansfield
Allen Townsend
George Watson
CCC
Zaleski
Charles Watson
Amy Salts
Athens
George Woolweaver
Lancaster
Three Racine Men Enlist as Mechanics
Three Racine youths join Ivon Watson in air corps service as mechanics. Robert Shank from Apple Grove Beryl Ashley and Cris Roush enlisted in Columbus on Tuesday and will be sent to Kelly Field Texas. Watson has been transferred from Maxwell Field Montgomery Alabama with address Barracks T-288 H School Squadron Chanute Field Rantoul Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Racine
Ivon Watson
Air Corps
Robert Shank
Apple Grove
Beryl Ashley
Cris Roush
Columbus
Kelly Field
Texas
Young Watson
Maxwell Field
Montgomery
Ala
Chanute Field
Rantoul
Ill
Woman Succumbs After Short Illness
POMEROY Mrs. Della Roush 50 died Tuesday after a week's illness. She is survived by her son Homer, her father Dan Wolfe of Plants, sisters Mabel Norris Akron and Goldin Adams Greensbury, brothers Gordon Wolfe Letart and Eber Wolfe Antiquity. Funeral Thursday at 2 p.m. Letart Methodist Church with burial in Letart Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Della Roush
Letart
Homer
Dan Wolfe
Plants
Mabel Norris
Akron
Goldin Adams
Greensbury
Gordon Wolfe
Eber Wolfe
Antiquity
Letart Methodist Church
Burja
Miss Johnson to Meet Meigs Red Cross Leaders
Miss Alice Johnson, new field representative of the American Red Cross, will meet the Meigs County Chapter executive board this evening at I. B. Weed’s chapter office. The session will review the recent roll call and discuss the year’s planned activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Alice Johnson
American Red Cross
Meigs County
I. B. Weed
Mayme J. Heiner
Appointment of executors in Athens County estates
Hal H Rowland of Athens Ohio named executor of the estate of Charles Rowland deceased. Creditors must file claims within four months or be barred. Also Nell W Smith of Athens Ohio appointed administratrix of the estate of Lelia M Walker deceased. Creditors must file claims within four months or be barred. Dated January 11 1941 Francis D White Probate Judge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hal H. Rowland
Athens
Ohio
Charles ©. Rowland
Athens County
Francis D. White
Said County
Nell W. Smith
Lelia M. Walker
Said
Shakespeare Club Elects Pomeroy Officers for 1941
Election of officers was held at Mrs. Clarence Massar’s home on Butternut Avenue. Elected were Mrs. Louis Reibel president, Mrs. Howard Ebersbach first vice president, Mrs. M. D. Hartley second vice president, Mrs. Clifford Rhodes recording secretary, Mrs. Harry Ohlinger corresponding secretary, Mrs. Clarence Massar treasurer, Mrs. Harry Smith critic, with Mrs. M. D. Hartley Miss Lydia Ebersbach and Mrs. Arthur Rosenbaum on the executive committee. Mrs. Rhodes provided the discussion outline, and Mrs. Reibel read a short story by O. O. McIntyre. Next meeting will be in two weeks at Mrs. Harry Smith’s Lasley Street home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Shakespeare Club
Clarence Massar
Butternut Ave
Louis Reibel
Howard Ebersbach
M. D. Hartley
Clifford Rhodes
Harry Ohlinger
Harry Smith
Lydia Ebersbach
Arthur Rosenbaum
Rhodes
Reibel
O. O. McIntyre
Lasley St
Church boards plan organ fund and decorations
Simp son Methodist Church official board met Tuesday night at the church. Plans were set for an organ matching fund and for a fund matching four members' donations to buy and install a pipe organ. A sick visit committee was formed and decorating and greeting committees named. Lenten offering boxes authorized. Grace Episcopal Vestry met Monday with Patrick Lochary named Senior Warden and Cedric W Clark Junior Warden. other vestry members listed. Over 75 attended. Dioscosan Convention delegates appointed for April. parish reports given. a turkey dinner followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Simpson Methodist Church
John Chase
Jesse Brewster
Jed Webster
Grace Episcopal Church
Patrick Lochary
Cedric W. Clark
J. E. D. Hartinger
W. 7. B. Carleton
Theodore Reed
Charles Gibbs
Manning Webster
Trinity Church
Columbus
W. A. Compton
Farm Committee Meeting Reports on Extension Service
The Unified Farm Committee met Monday night in Pomeroy. County Agent C. E. Blakeslee gave a report detailing activities of the agricultural extension service and the home demonstration division.
Influenza subsides in Meigs County schools
Meigs County schools report far fewer influenza cases under School Superintendent C O Chapman. Rutland suffered most, but no public schools closed. Sacred Heart School parish was briefly closed due to illness among the Sisters who teach there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Meigs County
C. O. Chapman
Rutland
Sacred Heart School
Presbyterian Group Elects New Officers
In Syracuse the Star Class of the Presbyterian Church held its annual officer election in the church annex Monday night. New officers are Mrs. Elizabeth Lallance president, Miss Emma Duckworth vice president, Mayme Holmes secretary, and Mrs. Daisy Duckworth treasurer. Mrs. Florence Hardin, outgoing president, led the business session. Hazel Clark gave the devotional, and fourteen members plus one guest attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Syracuse
The
Presbyterian Church
Elizabeth Lallance
Emma Duckworth
Mayme Holmes
Daisy Duckworth
Florence Hardin
Hazel Clark
Vending Machine Stolen at Pomeroy Recovered
A cigarette vending machine was stolen Monday night from Roy Wright Service Station at Mulberry and Union in Pomeroy. It was found Tuesday morning on Union Avenue opened and ransacked. Two men arrested in Mason City for bread theft from Epple Grocery, and warrants issued in Ohio. Bob Sayre and Bill Freeman fined $5 each for intoxication and jailed after failure to pay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Roy Wright
Mulberry Ave
Union Ave
Mason City
Epple
Ohio
Bob Sayre
Bill Freeman
Squire P. L. Peoples
Church Night At Harrisonville Planned With Dinner
Harrisonville Presbyterian Church plans a Church Night on Thursday Jan 23 featuring a seven o clock potluck supper and an address by Miss Margaret Flory director of the Westminster Fellowship at Ohio University on The Family and the Church. Supper committee includes Mrs Mae Ball Mrs Myrtle Knopp and Mrs Stella Atkins. All residents are invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisonville
Racine Social And Personal Notes Highlight Local Visits
Mrs. Ira Beegle of Wheeling arrived from Columbus due to family illness and will stay at her Racine home. Local residents share visits with family in Akron, Zanesville, Pomeroy, Letart Falls, Parkersburg and Huntington as well as dances and funerals. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow is noted as “The Children’s Poet.”
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Racine
Ira Beegle
Wheeling
Columbus
John Sayre
Eber Neigler
Perry Murphy
Akron
Ralph Neigler
Carol
Forest
East Liverpool
Zanesville
Neigler
Warren Bright
Peter
Pomeroy
Walter R. McCarley
Gloria Schaefer
Eva Jane Simpson
Gene Beegle
Brooks
Jack Flesher
New Brighton
Flesher
Letart Falls
Ira Flesher
Huntington
Jake Holman
Sheridan
Bill
Harley Smith
Parkersburg
Fred Lewis
Middleport
William Stewart
Betty Jean
Jan
New Haven
Helen Strickland of
Joe Sherman
Teachers and Parents Hear Mrs Staats in Middleport
Mrs L C Staats of Athens spoke at the Southeast District PTA meeting in Middleport on child growth and independence. She urged letting children lead their own lives, illustrated by examples, and her talk was well received by those present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
L. C. Staats
Athens
Ohio
Staats
Lois Cecil
Paul Smart
Mary Root
H. A. Rothrock
Cecil
Phyllis Smart
Susan Allensworth
Delta Kappa Gamma Announces Program at Middleport High
Delta Kappa Gamma will sponsor a program at the Middleport High School Auditorium on Monday January 27 at 7 30 p m The principal speaker will be George M Pogue secretary of the Ohio State Teachers Retirement System Open to all teachers and the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy— Delta Kappa Gamma
National Honorary Society For Women Teachers
Middleport
George M. Pogue
Ohio State Teachers’ Retirement System
Woman's Music Club Hosts Quest Contest Notables
Active members gathered for a chorus rehearsal at Heath Methodist Church in Middleport. A guest concert is announced for next Tuesday featuring Ohio University musicians including violinist David Flannagan pianist New man Powell and soprano Miss Louise Rose. Mrs. R. C. Fowler of Richmond Indiana joined the chorus to spend her birthday with her parents Mr and Mrs A J Beaver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Woman's Music Club
Heath Methodist Church
Ohio University
David Flannagan
Newman Powell
Louise Rose
R.C. Fowler
Richmond
Ind
A. J. Beaver
Darst switches jobs to Coca Cola Bottling as representative
David Darst Jr resigns from the A and P Store and becomes a Coca Cola Bottling Company representative. He started last week succeeding Robert Blizzard who moved to Columbus for work. Allen Knopp succeeded Mr Darst at the A and P Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
David Darst, Jr
Coca Cola Bottling Company
Robert Blizzard
Columbus
Allen Knopp
Mr. Darst
Middleport Social Notes Highlights Church and Local Visits
Following a Presbyter ian Church meeting the Woman's Missionary Society met with Miss Anna Weed presiding. Readings by Miss Vivienne Middleton and Mrs. Edward Tewksbury. A letter from Mrs. W. T. Cook in Chairy ung Japan thanked the group for a Christmas box. Stork shower hosted by Mrs. Roxie Osler honored niece Mrs. Hershel Buckner with prizes to Mrs. Orville Milliron and Mrs. Henry Casto. Other items note Athens lodge visit and births, moves, and illnesses around town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Presbyterian Church
Woman's Missionary Society
Anna Weed
Lewis Sauer
Vivienne Middleton
Edward Tewksbury
W. T. Cook
Chairyung
Japan
Roxie Osler
Hershel Buckner
Orville Milliron
Henry Casto
George Lewis
George Casto
George Batey
Ben Batey
Julia Lewis
Annamae Batey
Venezuelan Praises Small Ohio Libraries
Middleport Ohio yesterday hosted a visit by A Noon state librarian from Columbus and Miss Hildamar Escalante of Venezuela. Escalante praised Ohio’s smaller libraries, calling them highly rated as she conducts inspections. Escalante is a librarian.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
A. T Noon
Columbus
Hildamar Escalante
Venezuela
Carnegie Library
Funeral delayed for Mrs Charles Williams
Delay services until arrival of her son Private Charles Williams from Fort Bliss Texas. Funeral set for Thursday at 3 PM at the Church of Christ with relatives including Charles Watson and Pearl Brown among those in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Charles Williams
Church of Christ
United States Army
Fort Bliss
el Paso
Tex
Williams
Mary Ball
Mabel Ball
Coalburg
W. Va
Allen Williams
Charles and
James Williams
Cabin Creek
Epidemic of Cold Symptoms Reported in Ad Copy
An advertising snippet touts 666 brand remedies for cold symptoms claiming relief on the first day. The text promotes 666 Liquid or Tablets with 666 Salve or Nose Drops as a general cure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Joseph
St. Jeomgh
Rapiat
Bury Stroke Victim In Hill Cemetery
Mrs. Cora Nelson aged 67 died Sunday at her brother in law and sister’s home in Locust Street. Funeral services were held yesterday afternoon and interment followed at Middleport Hill Cemetery. Death due to complications from a stroke. Survived by a daughter Mrs. Joseph Lindsey, a grandson, two brothers James and George Moore, and three sisters Mrs. Lewis Moore Mrs. Russell and Mrs. Mary McElhinney of Colorado Springs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Cora Nelson
Harvey Russell
Locust St
Middleport Hill Cemetery
Joseph Lindsey
James
George Moore
Lewis Moore
Russell
Mary McElhinney
Colorado Springs
Colo
Volunteers Leaving Feb 7 Are Selected
Twenty five of the 31 men set to depart February 7 for a year of army training have been definitively chosen. The volunteers include Eugene V. Fisher Pomeroy Ralph G. Martin Middleport Woodrow P. Campbell Pomeroy Wilbur L. Molden Rutland and others from Pomeroy Middleport Portland Letart Falls Grandville and Meigs County. Willaam H. McClain will leave from Grandville and be credited to Meigs County later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Selective Service Office
Eugene V. Fisher
Ralph G. Martin
Middleport
Woodrow P. Campbell
Wilbur L. Molden
Rutland
Philip E. Killinger
Joseph H. Hood
Ira W. Taylor
Eugene H. Newland
Minersville
Harry J. Jacobs
James L. Biggs
Conrad R. Bentz
Alfred
Robert L. Sayre
Thomas J. Mitchell
Paul J. Ward
Portland
Carl A. Young
Alfred L. Cornell
Bruno Pierotti
Charles
Death of Harry Morgan 69 in Corning Cerebral Hemorrhage
Mr and Mrs C P Gallagher were summoned to Corning by the death of Harry Morgan age 69 from a cerebral hemorrhage Funeral services will be held in Corning on Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
C. P. Gallagher
Corning
Harry Morgan
Dr Edwards Olive Tablets Marketed For Constipation Relief
An Ohio doctor promotes Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a vegetable remedy for constipation. The ad claims the tablets cleanse the bowels and aid liver bile flow to improve digestion of fatty foods and energy, priced at 15 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
F. M. Edwards
Dr. Edwards
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Elese
Athens Messenger
Condon
U. S
Roosevelt
Court of Freedom
White House
12Th Infantry
Ft. Meade
Miss Johnson
Meigs Red Cross
Meigs
Presbyterian Group
Colonial
Colonial Plan
France
Gapany
Berry Hotel
Bidg
Ture
O. Elocoons
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Mrs. Staats
Delta Kappa Gamma
To Hear Quest
Darst
New York
Middleport Social Notes
Athens Lodge
Charles Howard
Royal Neighbors
Elizabeth Caret
Eroy
Mrs. Rutherford
John Martin Mygatt, Jr
Mygatt
Kroger
William Wolfe
Dorothy Gardner
Charles Lupton
Gallipolis
Sharon Louise
Herman Haddox
S. Third Ave
Lupton
Juanita Haddox
John McKenzie
Eleanor Young
Harry Wolfe
Cincinnati
Pilchard
E. W. Kingsland
Court St
Frank Kanouse
Florida
Donald Mills
Kancuses
Joe French
Jennie French
Eber Lewis
Helen Earle French
James Stevens
Roy Barnes
San
Hill Cemetery
Ann Sheridan
Warner Bros
Fred Waring
Glenn Miller
Nesterfield
Liccert & Mress Tosacco Co
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