Meigs Scrap Paper Drive To Be Held in February
Meigs County schools will lead a scrap paper drive February 14 15 and 16 with local officials coordinating. Families are urged to donate and prepare bundles for direct delivery to a freight car as rural pickups require a 500 pound minimum.
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Meigs
Pomeroy
Meigs County
George Carson
Harold Hilligas
Cochairman
Meigs County Salvage Committee
Co. O. Chapman
Lee McComas
Middleport
W. A. Smith
Carson and Hilligas
Agricultural Census Underway in Meigs County
Meigs County starts the 1945 agricultural census with trained enumerators under US Census Bureau supervision. Farmers should provide 1944 crop figures including yield value acres livestock tractors labor and farm tenure. Enumerators listed include Evelyn Bailey Garnet Williams Albert Bolen Everett Tracy and others. reports are confidential by law and sworn secrecy.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
United State Census Bureau
Evelyn Bailey
Portland
Garnet Williams
Rutland
Albert Bolen
Dexter
Everett Tracy
Charles Betzing
Long Bottom
Joseph Rex Bailey
Chester
Eula J. Wolfe
Racine
Grover C. Swearinger
Carpenter
Porter Midkiff
Hemlock Grove
Middleport Coach Rejected by Army Induction
Middleport High School coach Forest Bachiel, summoned to Huntington for induction, was rejected after a three day hold due to high blood pressure. He will continue teaching and coaching at Middleport High. Tuesday evening the Yellow Jackets host Gallia Academy. Blue Devils share first in SEC with Athens and Pomeroy. Game time 8 o'clock.
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Middleport
Forest Bachiel
Huntington
Middleport High School
Yellow Jackets
Gallia Academy High School
Blue Devils
Athens
Pomeroy
E.W.T
Meigs County Men in Service Involvement
News of Meigs County notes Pvt. George Frederick Jr stationed at Camp Robinson Ark with parents Mr and Mrs George Frederick Long Bottom. Pvt Burl Griffin of Geiger Field Wash on a seven day furlough with mother Mrs Lola Griffin and grandfather Wallace Baker Reedsville. Griffin to be assigned to overseas duty upon return to Geiger Field.
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Meigs County
George Frederick, Jr
Camp Robinson
Ark
George Frederick
Long Bottom
Bur! Griffin
Geiger Field
Wash
Lola Griffin
Wallace Baker
Reedsville
Griffin
Licensed To Marry In Meigs County
Meigs County Probate Court issued marriage licenses by Judge Earl Titus. Named couples include Bradford Massey 18 Gallipolis and Kathryn Beech 18 Pomeroy. Others listed are Pearl Freak 25 New England Opa Wright 19 Pomeroy G Howard Hein 33 Carpenter Alma Chase 26 Carpenter William Carr Montgomery W Va Anna Huddleston 55 Dexter Robert L Hash 66 Eno Margaret Ralph 65 Gallia County.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Earl Titus
Bradford Massey
Gallipolis
Kathryn Beech
Pearl Freak
New England
Opa Wright
G. Howard Hein
Carpenter
Alma Chase
William Carr
Montgomery
W. Va
Anna Huddleston
Dexter
Robert L. Hash
Eno
Margaret Ralph
Gallia County
Grandson’s LST call thrills Middleport widow
Mrs Minnie Neutzling heard her grandson William Neutzling aboard an LST passing Middleport on Wednesday night. His wife and children live in Mansfield. She had been confined indoors for weeks due to an illness before able to go out again.
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Middleport
Minnie Neutzling
William Neutzling
Mansfield
Neutzling
Ing
Aga
Panthers to Play Wellston Tuesday
Pomeroy Purple Panthers, tied atop the SEC with Athens and Gallipolis after beating Logan Friday, travel to Wellston Tuesday for the final first round game. The Panthers expect a hard contest to maintain their lead as the Golden Rockets beat Middleport 44-25 earlier in the month.
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Pomeroy
Pomeroy Purple Panthers
Athens
Gallipolis
Logan
Wellston
Panthers
Golden Rockets
Middleport
Middleport WCTU Social Notes Record January Meeting
Hostesses for the January WCTU meeting at Mrs L D Diles home on Beech Street were Mrs Diles Mrs Leo Childs Mrs Dana Hamilton and Mrs William Haptonstall. Twenty members attended Miss Margaret Sauer presided and Mrs R C Burton gave devotionals on A New Year’s Message. Motions approved include supplying Union Signal to Sunday School teachers publishing Frances Willard’s life securing the film It’s the Brain That Counts scheduling an executive meeting for hostesses and promoting Ohio Messenger reading.
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Middleport
WCTU
L. D. Diles
Beech St
Diles
Leo Childs
Dana Hamilton
William Haptonstall
Margaret Sauer
R. C. Burton
Union
Frances Willard
Ohio Messenger
H. L. Carr
H. J. Hysell
Hutchinson
Busy Bee Class Enjoys First Year Start Spaghetti Supper
A Busy Bee Class gathering at First Baptist Church welcomed 22 members for the year’s first meeting and installed new officers Mrs Charles Bennett Mrs Larry Gardner Mrs Homer Hysell Mrs George McGhee and Mrs Lettie Roush in charge. Donations approved to the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis and to Mrs Ernest Mc Graner Athens Magazine Lady. Piano duets by Miss Florine Tal bott and Mrs Harry Cross preceded supper in the church dining room. Other notes include births marriages injuries and local visits among area residents with several named families and service calls.
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Busy Bee
First Baptist Church
Charles Bennett
Larry Gardner
Homer Hysell
George McGhee
Lettie Roush
Bennett
National Foundation For
Ernest McGraner
Athens Magazine
Florine Talbott
Harry Cross
Pomeroy PTA Votes Donation To Infantile Paralysis Fund
Pomeroy Junior Senior High School PTA meeting approved a $10 donation to the Meigs County Infantile Paralysis Fund led by chairman George Meinhart. A games party was planned for a later announced date. Health Nurse Cheverinsky spoke on the infantile paralysis drive, and a color sound film The Danger Point was shown along with a film on alcohol’s brain damage. Mr. Charles Baird provided piano accompaniment for the song Faith of Our Fathers.
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Pomeroy
Parent-Teacher Association
Meigs County
George Meinhart
W. O. Barnitz
P.T.A
Thomas Young
Cheverinsky
Charles Baird
Benefit Game Set to Aid Infantile Paralysis Fund
In Middleport officials announce a benefit basketball game Friday night between Logan and Middleport high schools to raise funds for the Meigs Chapter of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis. Tickets support the county drive with proceeds staying locally, and middleport pupils will canvass in advance sales while regular prices apply.
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Middleport
Logan
Spt. L. W. McComas
Meigs Chapter
National Fundation For
McComas
Ohio
Meigs County
Pomer ny Social Notes: Local Marriages And Duty News
Announcement of the marriage of Mrs Thelma Ginther and Frank H Johnston at Mr Johnston's sister's home in Columbus with friends attending. A different couple, Miss Gertrude Goodnite of Hartford and Pfc Norman Rizer of Minersville, wed in Gallipolis on January 13. Also notes on family gatherings, service members abroad, local health updates, and community visits.
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Casci
W. Main St
Robert Casci
Cincinnati
Paul Casci
USS
New Orleans
Kathryn Boby
Columbus
Ida Casci
White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
Bruno Casci
Sandusky
Gertrude Goodnite
Hartford
Norman Rizer
Minersville
Gallipolis
Margaret Rizer
Charles Elliott
Rizer
Italy
Fletcher General Hospital
Mowrey Highlights Logan Athene Game Attendees
Milford Mowrey on graduation leave from Northwestern University attended the Logan Athene game with fellow PHS service members and alumni. His brother George Mowrey Jr. serves as a radio man in the Navy in the South Pacific.
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Pomeroy
PHS
Milford Mowrey
S. Jc
George Mowrey
Northwestern University
Mowreys
Navy
George Mowrey, Jr
South Pacific
Christy Rites Planned at Carleton Church
Funeral services for Joseph Marion Christy are set for two o'clock Tuesday at Carleton Church with burial in Carleton Cemetery. The Rev G H Martin of Athens will officiate, and friends may call at the Ewing Funeral Home until the service time.
Ohio Cagers Fall To Miami Redskins 42-40 Thriller
Ohio University hoops saw their four game win streak end as they lost 42-40 to Miami at home. Key injury sidelined top scorer Mark Wylie early, and the game featured 14 lead changes with neither squad building a solid advantage.
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Ohio University
Cincinnati
Bobcats
Miami
Redskins
Mark Wylie
Wylie
Ohio
Muldovan
Sayre
Mackey
Maroney
Gee
Polo Grounds boxing memories fuel look at great fights
Fullerton notes famed Polo Grounds bouts including the Jack Dempsey Luis Firpo 1923 melee where Dempsey knocked Wilde out in seven, plus Edile Brannick’s praise of Mickey Walker vs Harry Greb and Pancho Villa Jimmy Wilde flyweight title clash. Nat Fleischer crowns Villa Wilde as top Polo fight.
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Polo Grounds
Eugene Criqui
Johnny Kilbane
Johnny Dundee
Gene Tunney
Georges Carpentier
Mike Jacobs
Lou Ambers
Pedro Montanez
Barney Ross
Ceferino Garcia
Harry Jeffra
Sixto Escobar
Fred Apostoli
Marcel Thil
New York
Dizzy Dean
Carl Hubbell
Jack Dempsey
Luis Firpo
Dempsey
Jack
Edile Brannick
Giants
Mickey Walker
Harry Greb
Nat Fleischer
Pancho Villa
Jimmy Wilde
Jimmy
Patsy Haley
Wilde
W. O. McGeehan
Nelson
California
20 Games on Ohio College Cage Schedule This Week
Ohio State seeks revenge on Purdue while three of the four leaders in the Ohio Conference race spark this week’s 20 game slate. Wittenberg Akron Otterbein lead, with Akron and Otterbein unbeaten in conference play.
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Cage
Columbus
Ohio State
Michigan
Purdue
Bucks
Boilermakers
Iowa
Don Grate
Charley Haag
Haag
Grate
Wittenberg
Akron
Otterbein
Ohio
Kenyon
Muskingum
Oberlin
Woo
Mangrum Is Tucson Victor
Ray Mangrum a 34 year old Los Angeles golfer won the Tucson Open with rounds of 66 and 64 over the last 36 holes. His 72 hole score of 268 under par earned him 1000 dollars. Byron Nelson finished one shot behind in second after a costly out of bounds drive on the final hole. Jim Gauntt and Harold McSpaden finished tied for third and fourth with 271 and 272 respectively.
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Tucson
Ariz
Ray Mangrum
Los Angles
Miami
Byron Nelson
Tolledo
Mangrum
Jim Gauntt
Ardmore
Okla
Harold McSpaden
Sanford
Representative Turner in Pomeroy on dog fund bill
Representative Benjamin F. Turner announced in Pomeroy that House Bill No. 2, written by him, will be heard Tuesday. The measure shifts payment for mad dog and hydrophobia claims from the General Fund of the county to the Dogs and Kennel fund.
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Pomeroy
Benjamin F. Turner
Rutland Native Elected Columbus Savings Leader
Middleport Paul Bean credit manager of Buckeye State Building and Loan Co Columbus has been elected president of Columbus Chapter 125 American Savings and Loan League at its annual meeting. Bean, a former Citizens National Bank employee and nephew of late C F Rathburn, is son of Mrs Frank Bean and the late Frank Bean of Rutland.
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Middleport
Paul Bean
Buckeye State Building and Loan Co
Columbus
American Savings and Loan League
Mr. Bean
Citizens National Bank
C. F. Rathburn
Frank Bean
Rutland
Phunny Graphs Drawn by Local Junior Readers
In the Junior Readers section of the Columbus Sunday Dispatch two pictures appear under Phunny Graphs drawn by June Smart, age 10, of Middleport, and Eleanor Myers, age 12, Rutland.
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Middleport
Columbus Sunday Dispatch
June Smart
Eleanor Myers
Rutland
Elmer Yates Guests Visit Dayton Relatives
Elmer Yates of U S N and another Elmer Yates from Manchester recently left Manchester to visit Dayton relatives. They had been guests of sister Mrs H H Kitchen for several days and are now visiting sister Mrs Mamie Bowman.
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Pomeroy
Elmer Yates
U.S.N
Manchester
H. H. Kitchen
Dayton
Mamie Bowman
Man Claims Hidden Brick in Stomach for a Decade
A man says he suffered ten years with a sensation of a brick in his stomach caused by undigested food. After taking ERB-HELP, he reports relief as digestion normalized, gas subsided, and headaches ended. The ad promotes the herbal remedy, urging Athens Pharmacy as the source.
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Athens
Ady
McArthur Generals rout Zaleski in league clash
McArthur Varsity beat Zaleski High 63 to 36 in the league game Friday night. Max Cox led all scorers with 26 points, Joe Hayes added 15, and Wright had 11 as McArthur also took the reserves 28 to 21.
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McArthur
Generals
Varsity
Zaleski High
Zaleski
Max Cox
Joe Hayes
Wright
Relief for rheumatism with Norito promise
Thousands sufferers of rheumatism neuralgia sciatica and neuritis cheer Norito a quick acting formula that relieves muscular pains. The ad promises fast relief with an iron clad guarantee refunds if the first three doses fail to please. See your druggist today.
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Norito
Orito
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