Middleport Chamber Starts 1945 Membership Drive
The Middleport Chamber of Commerce begins its 1945 membership drive with a meeting at Rock Springs Grange Hall Monday evening. Officers and home economic committee members urge attendance. a noon lunch is planned and members are asked to bring food and table service. The drive aims to renew memberships as the local chamber, organized a year ago with 130 members, seeks to support “Jobs for Our Boys To Come.”
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Meigs County
Rock- Springs
Middlefuri
Middleport
Comemder of Commerce
J. H. Grate
Ips
Paul Smart
Cerman
Chamber of Commerce
Carter's Lite Liver Pills Promised Quick Digestion Aid
A vintage advertisement asserts that poor digestion causes headaches and fatigue. It claims Nature requires two pints of digestive juice and promotes Carter's Lite Liver Pills to restore digestion and improve mood, urging quick relief and better health without relying on others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Artista
Community park project gains support from chamber leaders
The Chamber of Commerce backs park improvements including a riding pool swings and slides. The group funds upgrades this spring providing a forest room parking lot and equipment totaling $250,00. Officers listed include J. H. Grate president LE Cook vice president Gene Irate secretary and R. L. Coats treasurer with a slate of directors. The Onlo West Virginia Tri County Industrial Association conducts a natural resources survey across Meigs Gallia and Mason Counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. of C
Gene Irate
R. L. Coats
J. H. Grate
Chai Nan
Brown
HE. Cook
Downing
Eagar Ervin
C. Tisher
D. S. Harold
T. A. May
March of Dimes Drive Receives Wide Support in Ohio
Meigs County chairman George Meinhart reports favorable remarks from Mrs. C. E. Walters of Middleport. She recalls prompt help from the Infantile Paralysis organization during her ill child’s case. The aid included operation and brace, enabling near normal walking and urging community contribution.
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George Meinhart
Meigs County
National Foundation For
Plan Warner Rites For Cora Warner Widow
The late Mrs. Cora Warner died Monday night. Funeral at Ewing Chapel Thursday at 2 pm with Rev. Charles Baird officiating. Burial at Pine Grove Cemetery. Friends may call at Ewing Funeral Home. Also: Grace Episcopal Church hosts Family Night Thursday Jan 25 at 6 30 pm with covered dish fellowship and brief program and choir rehearsal at 8.
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Pomeroy
Cora Warner
Ewing Chapel
Charles Baird
Grace Episcopal Church
Pine Grove Cemetery
Middlefurl
Sean Seuioist Church
Middleport Social Notes Highlight Firemen Meeting Hostesses
Advillary of the Volunteer Firemen’s Association met at the hall Monday night with Mrs Sidney Russell presiding. Reports and donations to Meigs Chapter of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis were read, followed by refreshments at the Home Restaurant. Bobby Ashley, nine, honored at a birthday party on S Second Ave hosted by his mother Mrs Wilburn Ashley. Fifteen children attended with games, ice cream, cake and gifts.
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Muvuueruns
Robert McElhinney
Dwight Frost
C. H. Wise, Jr
Sidney Russell
Meigs
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
Ernest McGraner
Athens
Lady
Bobby Ashley
S. Second Ave
Wilburn Ashey
Ashley
Bobby
John Mason
J. A. Young
Syracuse
Columbus
Girl Scouts of Ameri
Matoes
Ruby McKendry
Columed
Clarabus
Wilbur Ashley
Wanda Potts
Betty Grueser
Franfamily
Ces Spencer
Betty Hawley
Marilyn Mr
Frank Hysell
Aeets Pomeroy
PTA
Richard ‘Campbell
Womeros — Wut
Homer M. Braley
Associa
Sen
Ton
Jackie Maynard Braley
Jackie
D. W. Miller
Paul Carper
John ‘Tubbs
Betty Jo. Persinger
Peggy Persinger
Tommy Persinger
Billy Persinger
Martene Brown
Gaynell Thom
Irs
Helen Johnson
Bill Tubbs
Vivian Stumphrey
Miami Beach
Fla
Sgt
C. E. Humphrey
Humphrey
Madison, Wis
Alpha Smith
Grant
Silver Ridge
Bert Smith
Donna Jean Ruth
Parkers ‘Burg
J S. Boring
H.W. Larkins
Long Bottom
J. E. Torrence
L. Rose
Morning Star
C. W. Bucks
Ehub
Gladys Williams
Mabel Hetzer
Anna M. Randolph
Kate L. Kibble
Jane Howell
Daughters of Union Veterans
William Baxter
Lillian Stieff
Peat Reynolds
Middleport
Nellie Ketter
Pomeroy Delicious
Birth Announcements and Local Society Notes
Lt. Richard Thayer and wife announce a daughter Candace born Jan 13. Local social items list hospital visits, recoveries, and family news. paratrooper visits, scout meetings, PTA, and garden club activities. Includes marriage licenses and community notices from Meigs County with names such as Thayers, Abbott, Hetteseimer, Brumley, and Kibble.
Racine Social and Personal Notices Chronicle
Racine brief notes list social calls and visits among residents. Families visit relatives in Huntington and Columbus, with other gatherings in Racine, Chester, and Pomroy. Military movements include Capt. Eaton’s return home and Sgt. Simpson’s furlough, plus family dinners and birthdays across several households.
Point Rock Personal Notes on Local Visits and Activities
INTRO: Many residents from Point Rock and nearby towns visited relatives and attended events this past week. Notable mentions include Dena Hoff man and family visiting George Radekin, Henry Bobo and wife visiting his parents, and groups from Point Pleasant and Wilkesville traveling for business and family occasions. A home demonstration on clothing was led by Geneva Nolan with several attendees, and a potluck dinner followed. A historical line notes Holland's prewar urban population share.
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Rock
Dena Hoffman
Larry
Merle Hoffman
George Radekin
Henry Bobo
Norfolk
Dayton
Jarret Bobo
C.C. Canode
Francis Land
Walter ‘Canode
Jane
Athens
Charles Roberts
Point Pleasant
Geneva. Nolan
Middleport
Laurel Grange Hall
Mae Dwight
Maude Holcomb
Jan Pickett
Lizzie ‘Canode
Vesta Canode
Vanetia Radekin
Avanel
Estella Radekin
Guy ‘Roberts
Gilbert
Even Morris
Mattie Morris
Holland
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Athens Messenger
Middleport Chamber of Commerce
Meigs Grange
Milli
Adionic
Plan Warner Rites
Mackinaws
Middleport Social Notes
Clark Field
Luzon
13Th AF
Saddleport Personals
Pearl Reynolds
Mary K. Hetteseimer Gallagher
William Hetteseimer
Holzer Hospital
Harley Devoland
Louis Seyfried
Wills Anthony
St. Joseph Hospital
Sr. Smart
Theospital
Frank Abbott
Witcher
W. Va
B. F. Reeber
Quincey
Wv. Va
Harold Woody
Tari Ann
Maramont W.va
George McGhee
Rutland
Rutland High ‘School
Queen Bee
Ada’ Mae Harrison
Weenovanne
Dee. 3
Buzz
Bobby Denison
Jimmie Snowden
Norman Hysell
Lady. Moon
Darlene Wolf
Patterson
Baby. Bee
Alberta
ETO
Snowden
Bruin
Gene Musser
Engi- Woof
Paul Shoemaker
Woofneers
Co .Woof
Russell Carson
John P. Kibble
And
Isa Fry
Santinan
Marjorie Menter
Wind
Barbara
112Th Eng
Burnley
St. Laurent-Sur Mer
Eloise Connolly
Ward Wadnenhaw
Connolly
Butler
Nction
Italy
Robert Barton
Ernest Barton
Camp Meade
Camp. Robinson
Ark
Maryland
Martha Marks
Camp Monmouth
N. J
Arlie R. Marks
Rusk
Suv Leruns — Laver
Seumene Jennings
Giel
Federated Church
Mary Bolin
Juanita Olin
Joan Conway
Ann Foster
Frankie Wipple
Peggy Dally
Jo ‘Ann Gilmore
Patsy” Shields
Bar ‘Bara Phillips
Kin Islub
Theo. Lehew
Ladies Missionary Society of
First Baptist Church
Butternut "Ave
England
Yomeroy
Meigs “County
William Franklin Harris
Phyllis Eileen Joseph
Minersville
Bernard Alexander
Portland
Sahel Foley
William Bell
St. Albans
W.ma
Herman
Chauncey
Arella Johnson
Cheshire
Racine
Huntington
Thereon Johnson
R. D
Johnson
Fred Philson
Ben Philson
John Rush
Charles Hayman
Lois Cecil
Mary
Emma Jane Jiiden
Otis McClintock
Great Lakes Mh
Chester
Linley Hart
Ella Watson
Pomroy
Ralph Nel
Morris Hardin
Syrs Use
Jan Neigler
Santa Ana
Califor
Hazel Cleland
Henry Cleland
Henry
South Pacific
Battle Creek
Michigan
Point Rock Personals
Reedsville
Pomeroy Social Notes
America
THE
March OF Dimes
Middleport Dept. Store
Ohio
Darling
Omeroy Bend
Thea Meigs Temple
Bendvue
Jack Carson
Jane Wyman
Shorts News Today
Duldier
Triple Bill Rustler
Fuzzy Knight
Hagar Kennedy
Stark’'S
Paeauly
Stor
Val and Square
New
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