Youths From Meigs Join Navy Enlisted Parade
A group of high school youths from Meigs including Greenbrier Military School alumni and several varsity players left for the Columbus reception center. Dor Ebersbach acted as corporal. Omar Russell Bill Hamm and Bill Mayes were on the MHS team, while Herbert Glaze and Richard Paul Gress led school bands. Bob Hamm from Pomeroy joined the Navy Friday, famed for his trusted kicking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Columbus
Dor Ebersbach
Edgar Ebersbach
Greenbrier Military School
Omar Russell
Bill Hamm
Bill Mayes
MHS
Yellow Jacket
Herbert Glaze
Richard Paul Gress
Pomeroy High
Floyd Hoback Jr
Racine
R.H.S
U. S. Navy
Bob Hamm
Gtor Pomeroy
Purple Panthers
We Have Just Begun to Fight Anniversary Reflections
A reflective piece compares World War I Armistice and present war effort. It notes America’s 1918 at 19 months and five days of conflict, current global fronts, troop totals, naval losses, and prisoner outcomes with focus on Pershing maps and division counts. It highlights ongoing sacrifice and resilience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tunisia
Navy
Marine Corps
France
Pearl Harbor
Pershing
Japan
Turner Makes Report on Legislature
Representative Benjamin F. Turner of Meigs County surveyed House membership after the 95th General Assembly. He lists occupations and party counts, notes four Republicans died in office and two married, and cites 224 bills enacted by 111 Republicans and 25 Democrats. Also brief item about Mrs Hershel Wares being taken to St Joseph Hospital, Parkersburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
House of Representatives
Benjamin F. Turner
Meigs County
New York Central Railroad
95Th General Assembly
Unty
Cvil
Turner
Middleport
Hershel Wares
Harrisonville
St. Joseph Hospital
Parkersburg
Rawlings-Coats
Meat Slaughterers in Northern Ohio Halted
The Office of Price Administration suspended 10 Northern Ohio slaughterers for failing to surrender ration points and other meat disposal violations. Notable individuals include Dominic Redman of Lorain and Howard E. Long of Barberton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Ohio
Dominic Redman
Lorain
Howard E. Long
Barberton
Pomeroy Social Notes Honor Guest Visits Amid Storm
Vergil Hayes of Ft. Benjamin Harrison medical department was an honor guest at informal gatherings in Pomeroy. A reunion and picnic were held at the Nease home with family and Columbus relatives. While visiting, the Nease residence was struck by lightning during a severe afternoon storm. Mrs Karsh fainted but no serious injuries occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Vergil Hayes
Medical Department
Benjamin Harrison
Carson Hayes
Vernon Nease
Nease Settlement
Henry Feiger
Esther Karsh
Columbus
Charles Hal i
Sun Cay
Russell Roush
Mildred
Neases
Mr and Mrs Lee Rudisell Celebrate 21st Anniversary
Mr and Mrs Lee Rudisell quietly observed their 21st wedding anniversary with a dinner at the Rivervue Restaurant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Rudisell
Rivervue
Fourth of July Week End Visits Across Local Area
E J Franz and daughter Loretta Franz a nurse at Holzer Hospital spent the Fourth of July weekend with Mr and Mrs Joseph Siemer of Corning. Many relatives and friends from Kentucky Ohio and nearby towns were visitors or campers including the Zwilling family Arnold Colmer Ward Biggs Randolph Hess and others moving between Corning Pomeroy Middleport and Columbus for family gatherings work or vacations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. J. Franz
Loretta Franz
Holzer Hospital
Joseph Siemer
Corning
William Zwilling
Paducah
Polly
Gus Fields
Andrew Zwilling
James Arnold
Ashland
Middleport
Pomeroy
Orion Colmer
Ernest Ward
Cheshire
Covert’s
Ralph Biggs
Pratt
Linder Randolph
Alfred
Omer Hess
Flora
Rittman
Ohio
Bobby Couch
Newport
Martha Clifton
Columbus
Ray Clifton
James Mitchell
Della Mitchell
Monkey Run
Mary Kindle
Chillicothe
Fanny Kindle
Joseph Harry Kennedy
John Stace
Isabell Thomas
Pearl Hysell
Annabelle Lewis
Paul Lewis
Vivian Mees
Floyd Mees
Earl Hartenbach
Great Bend
Herbert Chambers
Middeleport
Marriage of Miss Marie Morarity to Cpl. Clifford E. Young
Announcement of Miss Marie Morarity and Cpl. Clifford E. Young wedding at Federated Church Pomeroy on Sunday July 4. Bride from Middleport works at Reynolds Dairy Shop. groom a former Davis Ice employee returning to Key Field Meridian Miss. A July 4 social at Sheriff Beards home and Legion Spanish American War Veterans Auxiliary meeting follow, with several local guests and routines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Marie Morarity
Charles Morarity
Brownell Ave
Clifford E. Young
Earl Young
West Main St
Pomeroy
Federated Church
Ralph Reuther
Dorothy
Middleport High School
Reynolds’ Dairy Shop
Cpl
Young
Pomeroy High School
Davis Ice & Produce Co
Cpl. Young
Key Field
Meridian
Miss
Will Besserer
Lettie Besserer
Charleston
Co. F. Besserer
George Wittmer
Front St
George Beards
American Legion
Legion Hall
Lillian Steiff
Cora Bennett
Buckeye
Fred Klein
Feeney-Bennett Post
America
Service Men of Meigs County Visit Home Front
Meigs County serves as a brief homecoming for multiple service members. Pfc Harry Leon Coleman of Cleveland returns for a fur lough to see his mother and sister. Cpl Bill Davis of San Antonio visits family in Pomeroy with friend Miss Lucy Icenower. Ancil McKinney of Great Lakes Naval Training School visits Chicago and Middleport. Donald Mills, Naval Air Cadet, spends weekend with Ohio State University ties in Middleport. Private Jack Miller of Camp Phillips takes a 15 day furlough home, meeting friend Herbert Glaze. Cpl Dexter Erwin’s furlough ends with illness delaying return to New Jersey. Pvt Emmett Randall Manley of Camp Polk visits two‑month‑old Randy Sue in Middleport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Leon Coleman
Military Police
Hdicts
Cleveland
John R. Coleman
Long Bottom
Betty Coleman
Garnet Reynolds
Pomeroy
Bill Davis
San Antonio
Tex
Lucy Icenower
Mason City
Ancil McKinney
Great Lakes
Herbert Glaze
Meigs County
Cpl
Dexter Erwin
Middleport
A. E. Erwin
New Jersey
Emmett Randall Manley
Camp Polk
Randy Sue
Manley
Middleport Council Meets Monday Night
Middleport council met for the July session with all members present except President David Miller and H. M. Cross serving in Columbus. Committees reported about 8000 dollars in funds, the mayor’s 102.89 dollars was accepted, street improvements preliminaries begun, and street department truck repairs noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Miller
H. M. Cross
Columbus
Real estate transfers in Meigs County continue
Transfers recorded by Meigs County recorder George Meinhart show multiple property parcels changing hands. Names include Arnold, Howery, Rose, Edwards, Wippel, Daniels, Pullins, Brooks, War rer, Cundiff, Arbaugh, Abbott, Foster, Van Cooney, Warner, Miles, Hoscher, and others across Salisbury, Lebannon, Chester, Olive, Orange, Middleport, Racine, and Scipio. The list notes parcels and acreage with section references amid a closing remark on the hammerhead shark as a contrasting note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
George Meinhart
Meigs County
Carl D. Arnold
Alice Arnold
Salisbury
B. A. Howery
Shirley
Clara E. Howery
Carpenter
Columbia
Herbert FE
Mabel V. Rose
Co. L
Ruby Orr
Chester
Lowell
Bertha Edwards
I T. Edwards
Lebannon
Victor and
Elizabeth Wippel
George
Gertrude Sauer
J. T. Edwards
Arthur
Norman Edwards
George P. Daniels
Robert Pullins
Mildred
George Bissell
Olive
Dorothy Brooks
Josie McCullough
Dana
Elmer
Molly
Mary Brookman
Dora Rose
Eber
Elsie Warrer
Chester Charles Cundiff
Dora Cundiff
Ethel
J. W. Arbaugh
Jacob
Gertrude Zumbach
Martin
Minnie Abbott
Orange
Hobart
Inez George
Tra B. Foster
Antonia Foster
Sutton Hazel van Cooney
Pearl and
Mary van Cooney
Middleport
Jerry
Florence Warner
Robert S. Blackwood
Scipio Sybil
Howard Miles
Albert
Iva Allen
Racine
Myrtle
Mary
Harvey Hoscher
C. H. Chapman, Jr
Sutton
Veteran Recovering in Ohio Home After Illness
Lawrence Taylor, a World War I veteran and patient at Dayton Hospital, has been ill at his Middleport home for six months and is improving very slowly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Lawrence Taylor
Dayton Hospital
Severe Storm Impacts Meigs County Areas
Severe electrical rain and wind storm hits Meigs County Monday with major damage in Minersville Hysell Run Wolfpen Syracuse and Nease Settlement. One house lifted off its foundation another roof ripped and several trees stripped. Water torrents fall in Middleport Pomeroy area but storm less severe than weeks ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Meigs County
Minersville
Hysell Run
Wolfpen
Syracuse
Nease Settlement
Middleport
Stewart Sisters Leave College for New York
Miss Margaret Isabel Stewart, Wooster College graduate, has entered the Katharine Gibbs School in New York. Her sister, Miss Dorothy Nelle Stewart, Ohio State University attendee, is employed as assistant dietitian at Christ Hospital in Cincinnati. They are daughters of Attorney and Mrs. H. Stewart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Margaret Isabel Stewart
Wooster College
Katherine Gibbs School
New York
Dorothy Nelle Stewart
Ohio State University
Christ Hospital
Cincinnati
H. Stewart
S. Fourth Ave
ZEMO Promoted For Itching Skin Relief
A medicated liquid called ZEMO claims to soothe itching from ringworm eczema athlete s foot and related blemishes. Advertisements tout 30 years of success and over 25 million packages sold with trials at 85 cents 60 cents and 1.00.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zemo
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Athens Messenger
Athens
Meigs
Brest
WAAC
Trua Field
Wis
Camp McCoy
Holmen
The
Army
Marines
Coast Guard
Pomeroy Social Notes
Pomeroy Personals
Middleport Social Notes
Davis Middleton
Marilyn
Dayton
Thomas Middleton
Buddy Devol
Big Bear
Patricia Devol
Harlan Devol
Rita Armbruster
Zanesville
William Robson
Peggy
Ben Ervin
Miss Robson
Charles Ruble
Logan
Jack Sayre
Roy Sayre
Julia Murphy
Richard Brown
Findlay
C. L., Wood
Sulanuga
Ala
E. M. Wood
Bill Wood
Wayne McElhinney
Dana Lambert
Eugene Farley
PACE
Middleport Council
Bolourt
Ruhr
Huls
Germany
Pomona Grange
Rieck Springs Fairgrounds
Stewart
Colegroves
Middleport, Ohio
Today & Wed
Gloria Jean
Ian Hunter
Donald O'Connor, Frieda Inescort
Temple Middleport
Pittsburgh
Marlene Dietrich
John Wayne
Randolph Scott
Frank Craven
Bendvue
Pomeroy Wed
THURS
Hitler
Beast of
Berlin
Alan Ladd
Steffi Dunn
Bill
Fast Express
B&o Railroad
B&o
White
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
U.S
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