Pomeroy Chamber Chooses New Executive Committee
Ed H. Condon elected president leads the Pomeroy Chamber of Commerce as the executive committee is formed for the 1941 program. Officers include Condon Lasher Pickett Hartley Jacobs Atkins Cheseldine with one vacancy. Pickett heads the membership drive starting next week. Edison Hobhstetter remains head of the industrial committee.
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Pomeroy
Pomeroy Chamber of Commerce
Hotel Martin
Ed H. Condon
Condon
George Lasher
Bert Pickett
Allen Hartley
R. L. Jacobs
William O. Atkins
R. M. Cheseldine
Pickett
Edison Hobhstetter
Military Burial for World War Veteran Houdashelt
Funeral services for Charles Houdashelt will be held Saturday at 2 PM at the Minersville Methodist Church with Reverend Taylor in charge. He died Thursday of a heart attack. The body lies in state at Ewing Funeral Home until the service. Burial will follow in Minersville Cemetery with a military funeral for the World War veteran.
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Pomeroy
Charles Houdashelt
Minersville Methodist Church
Taylor
Ewing Funeral Home
Houdashelt
Minersville Cemetery
Expanded Red Cross Services Discussed
Miss Alice M. Johnson new field representative spoke at the Meigs County Red Cross executive board meeting. Volunteers inspected sweaters and dresses for war refugees. organizers ask helpers to contact Mrs. R. W. Finsterwald. Miss Wilma Roush reported over $1,000 raised and more than 3,500 children enrolled in Meigs County Junior Red Cross.
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Red Cross
Meigs County
Jackets Meet Strong Racine In Scrimmage Saturday
Middleport Yellow Jackets, underdogs, face Racine Purple Tornadoes at Racine gym. In a recent scrimmage against the Alumni, MHS Varsity fell 36 44 as tall Bill Walters led scoring. coach notes team improvement. Girls basketball intramurals set for next week with captains chosen and color schemes per class.
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Middleport
Middleport Yellow Jackets
Racine Purple Tornadoes
Racine Gymnasium
MHS
Tall Bill (Bucky) Walters
Barbara Stout
Carla Clark
Patricia Sherman
Rosie Hackett
Barbara Hackett
Louise Winebrenner
Doris Bailey
Jean Bennett
Mrs. Stanbery Dies Thursday
Mrs. Stanbery, longtime director of the Pomeroy National Bank and the oldest active bank director in the United States, died Thursday at her home. She was a Grace Episcopal Church member with a sharp memory of postwar national events and connections to many leading statesmen and jurists.
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Stanbery
Pomeroy National Bank
United States
Grace Episcopal Church
Philemon Beecher Stanbery
Margart Hart
Meigs County
Athens
Henry Stanbery
Andrew Johnson
Johnson
Middleport Bride Glenn Jarvis wed in January
Pictured is Mrs. Glenn Jarvis formerly Miss Jean McKay. The couple married Saturday January 18 at her mother Mrs A W McKay’s home on S Third Street. Mrs Jarvis teaches English and Science at Shelby High School and is Ohio University graduate active in Alpha Gamma Delta. Mr Jarvis attended OSU and is completing agricultural studies.
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Middleport
Glenn Jarvis
A. W. McKay
S. Third St
Jarvis
Jean McKay
Shelby
Ohio University
Athens
Alpha Gamma Delta
Glee Club
Ywca Cabinet
Agricultural College
Ohio State University
Middleport Social Notes Highlight Local Club Activities
Local representatives will attend the Women's Society of Christian Institute meeting in Portsmouth on February 5. Ohio Council of Pastors and Ohio Council of Church Women plan Columbus meetings January 27 to 30 with tea at the Governor's Mansion. Washington Birthday dinner plans and a February 10 monthly meeting are noted. Yehudi Club adopts a permanent name for the group with Marjorie Michi hosting. Margaret Milhoan elected secretary treasurer. Members rehearse for district Eastern Star work to be presented February 6 at Pomeroy. Additional notes include travels of McCarty and Dillard families, Peggy Robson visiting Columbus, Judson White out with a neck carbuncle, Mrs. Martha Smith visiting, and Mrs. Miller recovering from a sprained ankle.
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Middleport
Women’s Society of Christian Institute
Portsmouth
Women's Society of Christian Service
Heath Methodist Church
Ohio Council of Pastors
Ohio Council of Church Women
Columbus
Governor's
Washington
Yehudi Club
Marjorie Michi
Mildred Ann Wise
Norma Jean French
Margaret Belle Milhoan
Patricia Sherman
Rosie Hackett
Martha Howell
Elizabeth Moore
Kate Smith
Florence Clark
Nan Fisher
Mary Rose Seines
Evangeline Chapter
OES
Eastern Star
Pomeroy
M. J. McCarty
Charleston
McMillan Hospital
A. A. Dillard
Dorothy Caldwell
Charleston General Hospital
Miss Caldwell
Huntington
John Longstaff
Corning
Burns Barker
John Wesley Longstaff
Peggy Robson
Martha Robson
Austin School of Beauty Culture
Martha
Judson White
Roush Shoe Store
Martha Smith
Hemlock Grove
H. E. Rice
Rutland St
R. A. Miller
S. Third Ave
Reorganization Effected for Rathburn Country Club
Rathburn Country Club held a reorganization meeting at Hotel Martin and renamed the organization the Rathburn Golf Club. Officers from 1940 were re elected. Dr. Raymond Boice is president, C O Chapman vice president, and Frank Johnston secretary treasurer. The club, one year old, aims to grow beyond 100 members in 1941 and plans a yearly green replacement program beginning with a new green replacing the one in poor condition. The playing season is set to open March 1, weather permitting.
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Pomeroy
Rathburn Country Club
Hotel Martin
Rathburn Golf Club
Raymond Boice
C. O. Chapman
Frank Johnston
Benefit Show Set for Polio Drive in Middleport
Date for the LotSadoin benefit show to raise funds for the infantile paralysis drive has been set for Wednesday February 5 at 8 15 p m in the Middleport High School Auditorium. The drive plans were approved at a Meigs County Infantile Paralysis Fund meeting led by Dr George Schaaf. Ed H Condon directs the revised Lotsadoin musical comedy with many former cast members returning and new local participants.
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Pomeroy
Middleport High School
Meigs County Infantile Paralysis Fund
George Schaaf
Ed H. Condon
Middleport
Go Sign Given To Water System Plan
Syracuse council approves moving ahead with building a village water system funded by revenue bonds. Portsmouth engineer Henry K. Martin estimated the project cost at 40 000 to 50 000 dollars. The plan had been dormant for months before the decision.
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Syracuse
Henry K. Martin
Portsmouth
Substitute Teachers Busy Amid Flu Epidemic
Mrs. Orin Smith fills in at Bradbury School for Edgar Young who is ill. County substitute teacher Mrs. Smith has been kept busy during the influenza outbreak. County music teacher Mrs. Will is back teaching at Bradbury schools after more than a week ill.
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Middleport
Orin Smith
Bradbury
Edgar Young
Smith
Willis Aleshire
Pomeroy Junior High Names Third Period Honor Roll
POMEROY Honor roll students for the third six weeks include 17 of 89 ninth graders: Danny Rosenbaum Rose M Nease Willis Giles Patricia Brider Betty Jacobs Esta Ackley Mary McCallum Ruth Brickles Mary Couch Jack Lewis Phyllis Brown Harold Blackston Chester Bell Willie Carr Margaret Holmes Doris Leifheit Cheryl Parker. Eighth graders with 48 pupils include six honorees: Elnora Barnitz Agnes Bentz Patricia Bennett Elaine Young Jack Rosenbaum Betty Moore. Seventh grade with 41 pupils sees seven on honor roll: Doris Gaffney Shirley Clement Howard Mullen Hazel Bolinger Robert Morris Mary K. Foster Rosalie Parfitt.
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Pomeroy
Pomeroy Junior High School
W. R. Farnham
Danny Rosenbaum
Rose M. Nease
Willis Giles
Patricia Brider
Betty Jacobs
Esta Ackley
Mary McCallum
Ruth Brickles
Mary Couch
Jack Lewis
Phyllis Brown
Harold Blackston
Chester Bell
Willie Carr
Margaret Holmes
Doris Leif
Parish Youth Pageant Highlights Stranded Missionary
Thirty youths from the Parish Youth Fellowship of Greens Run Taylor Ridge Millfield Chauncey and Trimble presented a pageant titled Stranded Missionary at the Bradford Church of Christ last night. They were guests of Rev J P Miller Bradbury and were chaperoned by Mrs Ida Hill Millfield Mrs Christine Brown Chauncey and Rev Gilbert Courtney.
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Middleport
Parish Youth Fellowship
Greens Run
Taylor Ridge
Millfield
Chauncey and
Trimble
Bradford Church of Christ
J. P. Miller
Bradbury
Ida Hill
Christine Brown
Chauncey
Gilbert Courtney
Pomeroy Church Bible School and Worship Service
Pomeroy Bible School will be held at 9:30 a.m. Sunday at the Pomeroy Church of Christ. The 10:30 worship service features a sermon by Rev. B. H. Morris on Why I Believe the Bible is the Word of God.
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Pomeroy
Pomeroy Church of Christ
B. H. Morris
Guest Night Concert Postponed by Club
Middleport Miss Vesta McCoy president of the Woman's Music Club announces the indefinite postponement of the Guest Night Concert scheduled for Tuesday evening due to violinist David Flanagan’s illness with influenza.
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Middleport
Vesta McCoy
Woman's Music Club
David Flanagan
Man Promised Arrival After Telephone Message
A note mentions a man receiving a telephone message from his mother in Syracuse and planning to appear here later.
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Syracuse
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