Students Buy Defense Stamps In Pomeroy Drive
Ohio students from Pomeroy Junior High to Sugar Run elementary joined a defense stamp drive. Over two weeks the sale reached 206 dollars 15 cents with January 20 receipts of 82 dollars 25 cents and January 27 totaling 123 dollars 90 cents across Senior High 44.65 Junior High 32.80 Central Elementary 30.30 Sugar Run 16.15.
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Pomeroy
Ohio University
Pomeroy Junior High
Central Elementary
Sugar Run
Middleport Social Notes Highlights Local Club Activities
The Junior High School Young Teen Age Club met in Miss Jean McMaster’s room and elected officers Mary Evelyn Baker president Dorothy Gosney vice president Jean Werner secretary Juanita Snyder treasurer Maxine Snyder program assistant A talk by Dorothy Childs titled Model For Young Men was presented Forty two guests attended a miscellaneous shower for Mr Reed and Hazel Gafney at Middleport Hill with gifts for the new home Contract Club was hosted by Miss Frances Pullin at her S Third Ave home with a Mary Jane Coffee Shoppe dessert course Guests included Miss Helen Wood and Mrs Gordon Harris Also a small dinner at the Mary Jane Coffee Shoppe for Mrs Kathryn Kircher Elsie McCall Mrs Charles Barnett and Mrs Mary Virginia O'Brien of Gallipolis.
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Middleport
Jean McMaster
Mary Evelyn Baker
Dorothy Gosney
Jean Werner
Juanita Snyder
Maxine Snyder
Dorothy Childs
Ancill Manley
Peggy Lewis
Jerry Pullin
Freda Gaye Dar
Robert Reed
Hazel Gafney
Frances Pullin
S. Third Ave
Mary Jane
Helen Wood
Gordon Harris
Kathryn Kircher
Elsie McCall
Charles Barnett
Mary Virginia O'Brien
Gallipolis
Asa Hoskins Speaks At Legion Meeting
Asa Hoskins of Pomeroy High School Faculty and Drew Webster Post spoke at the Fee ney Bennett Post meeting in Ton Hall. He discussed civilian defense and a program of defense topics for future meetings with plans to involve the public.
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Middleport
Asa Hoskins
Pomeroy High School
Drew Webster Post
American Legion
Feeney-Bennett Post
Leton Hall
Post
Hoskins
Daisy Bagley Rites Held at Hamden
Daisy Bagley 63 died in a Columbus hospital. She was born March 17 1878 in Petrea Jackson County. Survived by sons Harry Neil and Paul Miller Bagley, granddaughters Jean and Alice Bagley, sister Effie Channell, husband Harry Bagley and son Glendon Bagley preceded her. Funeral Friday at 1 30 pm at home officiated by Rev J G Deeds. Burial Hamden Cemetery.
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Hamden
Daisy Bagley
Columbus
Jackson
Effie Channell
Petrea
Bagley
Methodist Church
Order of Eastern Star
J G. Deeds
Aushylvania
Hamden Cemetery
City Will Prepare Work Prospectus
Pomeroy officials in response to a nationwide NRPB project agree to prepare a public works prospectus. The plan aims to outline needed community improvements that could begin under public auspices on short notice to counter postwar unemployment. Officials note financing as the key hurdle.
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Pomeroy
National Resources Planning Board
Pomeroy Legion Auxiliary Hosts Meeting and Plans
The Ladies Auxiliary of the American Legion met Tuesday evening in Pomeroy. District conference is set for March 7 in Columbus. Committees named include Americanism Ada Warner national defense Zana Withrow Community service Anna Ebersbach Legislative Carrie Neutzling. The child welfare fund raised 17 dollars for twelve children. Books and magazines may be left at Pomeroy Library for soldiers. February hostesses listed: Mrs Henry Whipple Ada Morris Chloe Baily Oma Osborne S F E Warner Virgie Marcinillo Iva Buckley.
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Pomeroy
The
American Legion
Columbus
Americanism
Ada Warner
National Defense
Zana Withrow
Anna Ebersbach
Carrie Neutzling
Pomeroy Library
Virginia Ramsey
Henry Whipple
Ada Morris
Chloe Baily
Oma Osborne
S. FE. Warner
Virgie Marcinllo
Iva Buckley
Bridge party at Mrs Skinner's on E Main St and guest visit notes
Mrs Arthur Skinner hosted two-table bridge with guests Mrs Robert Rawlings and Miss Lucille Dutton of Middleport. Prizes went to Miss Dutton and Miss Marguerite Meyer. Recurring notices report local visits, moves, illnesses, hospitalizations, and family travel across Columbus, Cleveland, Athens, Quantico, and Norfolk with several updates on residents and relatives.
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Arthur Skinner
E. Main St
Robert Rawlings
Lucille Dutton
Middleport
Marguerite Meyer
President's Birthday Ball at Middleport Legion Hall
Middleport IAill is ready for the President's Birthday Ball tonight at the Legion Hall. Round and square dancing will be on the program with music by Tyler's orchestra. Net proceeds will go to Dr. George Schaaf, Meigs County infantile paralysis campaign chairman.
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Middleport—Aill
Middleport Legion Hall
Tyler
George Schaaf
Meigs County Infantile Paralysis
Old Resident Adolph Faehnle Dies in Middleport
Middleport residents note the death of Adolph Faehnle 63 after a paralytic stroke on Monday. Funeral arrangements set for nine o clock Saturday at Sacred Heart Church Pomeroy with Rev. Father Edwin Dunn. Survived by brother Albert and sisters Elizabeth and Lula Neutzling. long tied to Faehne blacksmith shop closed after 73 years.
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Middleport
Adolph Faehnle
Sacred Heart Church
Pomeroy
Edwin Dunn
Fahnle
Faehnle
Mill and
Fifth Sts
Albert Faehnle
Faehnie
Albert Faehnie
S. Third Ave
Blue Lake Social Notes: Local Happenings and Illnesses
Margarette Marie Hughes is ill with chicken pox. Mrs. Mary Brucker spent two weeks in Gallipolis for Pasteur treatment. Evelyn Francis is the name of the newborn daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Orin R. Sheets. Delmar Archer is on furlough from the navy. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Cargo of Chillicothe visited Mr. and Mrs. Charles Cargo. Mr. and Mrs. Adam Brucker and son visited Newark. R. Herman Lewis of Cheshire preached at Elizabeth Chapel. Rev. W. Z. Coffey of Gallipolis held meetings at Macedonia chapel. Vernon Harrison works in Houston, Texas.
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Blue Lake
Margarette Marie
Helen Hughes
Mary Brucker
Gallipolis
Orin R. Sheets
Evelyn Francis
Kennard Everette
Everette Saunders
Delmar Archer
Navy
Edward Cargo
Chillicothe
Charles Cargo
Adam Brucker and Son
Everette Brucker
Newark
R.&. Herman Lewis
Cheshire
Elizabeth Chapel
W. Z. Coffey
Macedonia Chapel
Vernon Harrison
Houston
Texas
Portland Social Notes Return of Weekend Visitors
Earl Wilford spent Sunday in Marietta with his mother Mrs Belle Wilford. Mary Jo Swan of Columbus visited her parents Harry and Mrs Swan. Harry Deem Junior Wilford and Gay Fields sang on WPAR radio in Parkersburg Friday. Mr and Mrs Robert McKelvey and Apple Grove spent Sunday with W G McKelvey and family. Howard and Henry Deem of East Liverpool spent the weekend here with relatives. Claude Price of Pittsburgh visited his mother Anna Price. Mrs Hall of Ravenswood visited her son Bill Hall and family recently. Ira Blosser of East Liverpool spent the weekend here with his wife and children. John Larson left on the steamer American to work aboard. Mr and Mrs Wilkie Larson spent Sunday with her ill mother Mary C Davis.
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Portland
Earl Wilford
Marietta
Belle Wilford
Mary Jo Swan
Columbus
Harry Swan
Harry Deem
Junior Wilford
Gay Fields
WPAR
Parkersburg
Robert McKelvey
Apple Grove
W. G. McKelvey
Howard
Henry Deem
East Liverpool
GAS-Additives Cut Fuel Use By Plane On Transatlantic Run
The use of tetraethyl lead in gasoline reduced fuel consumption on a trans-Atlantic flight by up to 250 gallons, signaling efficiency gains in early aviation fuel practices.
Ordnance Worker Is Sent To New Field
Middleport reports the first new population group for the forthcoming West Virginia Ordnance Company project in Mason County. Carl Rothermund and his wife left the apartment of Mrs. H L Ward after two weeks. Rothermund, head of road construction for Badger Company of Boston, oversaw preliminary work on the TNT plant and has been reassigned.
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Middleport
West Virginia Ordnance Company
Mason County
Carl Rothermund
H. L. Ward
N. Second Ave
Rothermund
Badger Company
Boston
Pomeroy Library Installs Telephone for Renewals
Pomeroy Library Board ordered the installation of a telephone at the public library enabling borrowers to renew books by phone. December 1941 circulation reached 3,169 with 217 books added, 17 new members, and attendance of 1,247.
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Pomeroy
Registering For Defense Is Urged In Middleport
Middleport urges civilian defense registration as work hours misperceived. Dan Price, chair of the local defense committee, says the program fits emergencies only and warns residents not to fear loss of all spare time. The defense office in city hall is open 9 am to 4 pm and will extend to 7 am to 10 pm as staff builds.
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Middleport
Dan Price
Local Defense Committee
Mr. Price
Officers of 22 Lodges At Masonic School
Twenty two lodges were represented at a school of instruction at the Masonic Hall in Middleport. Attendees included Master Masons from Meigs Gallia Lawrence Jackson Athens Marietta and Wellston districts. Lectures were led by Lewis Stewart Harry E Schramm and H E Stanley. Refreshments were provided by Evangeline Chapter Eastern Star and a social hour followed.
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Middleport
Masonic Hall
Meigs
Gallia
Lawrence
Jackson
Athens
Marietta
Wellston
Lewis Stewart
Ironton
Harry E. Schramm
H. E. Stanley
Evangeline Chapter
Eastern Star
Yellow Jackets Prep For Logan Tilt After Scrimmage Win
Former stars Bill Walter Bob Lohse and Lewis Sauer led the Yellow Jackets in a scrimmage win over MHS Varsity. The team eyes Friday night’s tilt against the Logan Chiefs at Logan in a readying effort.
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Middleport
Bill Walter
Bob Lohse
Lewis Sauer
Yellow Jackets
MHS
Jackets
Logan Chieftains
Logan
Will Confer With Council
POMEROY Raymond Hal brecht and Frank Will newly appointed as Commander of Civilian Defense and Chief of Voluntary Participation met with the Pomeroy Civilian Defense Council. They discussed their functions and plans to complete the defense organization. W A Drake was placed in charge of publicity and information.
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Pomeroy
Raymond Halbrecht
Frank Will
Wilmington
Del
Klein Describes Carbro Printing Method At Club
O P Klein explained the development and printing of a natural color print by the carbro method during the Meigs Photographic Club meeting at his home last night.
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Klein
Carbro
O. P. Klein
Meigs Photographic Club
Childs Named Vice Chairman in Local Civil Defense Group
Middleport announces the appointment of George Childs as vice chairman of the Eighth District Civil Defense Committee of the American Legion. Childs heads Meigs County Aid for the Aged and has served as former vice commander of the Bighin District and is a member of Feey ey Bennett Post.
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Middleport
George Childs
Eighth District
American Legion
Childs
Meigs County
Aid For
Bighin
Feeyey-Bennett Post
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Middleport Social Notes
Legion Meeting
NYA
Miami
the Heath Methodist Church
Requiee
Mornez
J. M. Hobbs
Lawrence Reed
Hobbs
Laura Wessa
Pomeroy Social Notes
Entertains Club
Pomeroy Personals
C. E. Blakeslee
S. S. Rich
Kroger
Joe Vadish
W. Main St
Bauer
Anne St
Marvin Keebaugh
Clive Keebaugh
Sumter
Ernest Quillen
Syracuse
Holzer Hospital
Philip Diamond
Cleveland
Milligan
C. E. Peoples
Butternut Ave
George Morris
C. B. Miller
Kenneth Roush
William Durst
E. Main
Charles Welch
James Hazelton
Wright St
Ray Leviner
Woodward Wanger Co
Gladys Gibson
James Greathouse
Marine Hospital
Quantico
Greathouse
Marines
Florida
Irving Wolfe
Mulberry Ave
Donald Leifheit
Charleston
W. Va
Norfolk
Blue Lake Social
Portland Social Notes
H. J. Hysell Furniture Company
D. S. Farmer, Prop
England
Tomat
del Haven
Libby
Libby’s Bartlett Pears
Spencer Youngberries
Little Crow
Ue En Ee
California
Sunkist
New York
Turnip Greens
Dawe
Swan Soap
National Biscuit Company
Nahiero
Leadway Bacon
Bologna
Frankfurters
Vational Brands
Masonic
Grads
Vale Ees
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