Middleport Hikes Teacher Pay Nine Percent for Next Year
Middleport board of education votes a ten percent salary increase for teachers next year aided by additional state wartime funds. New hire Carl Biddle to teach science and math at the high school. Earl Knight reappointed as high school principal. Ruth Taylor named secretary to the superintendent. custodians Hubbard Bowers and Lewis to return. Library Board vacancy filled by Harry Barnes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Middleport Board of Education
Carl Biddle
Chester
Ohio University
Athens
Rio Grande College
Ohio State University
Biddle
Chester High School
Brookdaleigh School
Earl Knight
Ruth Taylor
Harold Hubbard
Howard Bowers
George Lewis
R. E. McKay
Middleport Library Board
Harry R. Barnes
Doan's Pills Promised Relief for Tired Kidneys
A reading of the ad claims Doan's Pills have helped tired kidneys and sleepless nights for over 40 years. It asserts kidney waste is purified and relief follows, urging readers to consult a doctor and purchase Doan's for improved health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pethenen
Plato
Doan
Pomeroy Social Notes Highlight Community Events
Pomeroy Chapter Order of Eastern Star meeting at the Masonic Temple with installation of Mrs. Jean Hart. Picnic plans set for August 3 on Temple grounds. The Episcopal Church group hosted a Betty Story WACS theater party at Temple Theater with Blue & Grey refreshment stop. Numerous local residents and visitors share meals, furloughs, and family gatherings across Chauncey, Dayton, Columbus, and New Haven. a premature baby born to Mr. and Mrs. William Anderson at Holzer Hospital died at birth. mother improving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Order of Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
Helen H. Nease
Jean Hart
Dayton Ashworth
Willard Ashworth
Chester Knight
Matlack
Henry Ewing
Betty Story
WACS
Episcopal Church
Temple Theater
Blue & Grey
Miss Story
Ohio University
Athens
Tuppers Plains
Martha Elizabeth Roedel
Carla Clark
June Sayre
Claire Titus
Rosemary Ward
Peggy Story
Charles Baird
Service View of Meigs County Soldiers On Long, Crowded Travel
Meigs County readers note crowded trains and buses as servicemen endure long trips home. Cpl Tracy Goodwin from Camp Beale Calif spent 26 hours with his ill Cincinnati wife and mother Mrs Norma Goodwin. Other locals listed include staff Sgt Orris Roush, Cpls Duane Davis Ralph Bennett and Eugene Newlan, and privates Bertram Grueser James Roush Roy Arms Lewis Von Cousins with furloughs or assignments across Meridian Pensacola Camp Lee and Panama Canal Zone.
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Cpl
Tracy Goodwin
Camp Beale
Calif
Cincinnati
Norma Goodwin
Gila Bend
Ariz
Orris A. Roush
Arthur E. Roush
Leah Davis
Pomeroy
Meridian
Miss
Ralph L. Bennett
Lera Bennett
Laurel Cliff
Billy H. Roush
Los Angeles
L. R. Roush
James C. Roush
Roy Arms
Wash Arms
Syracuse
Lewis von Cousins
U. S. Army
Camp Lee Va
Lucy Cousins
Eugene Harvey Newlan
Pensacola
Fla
Della Ann Ord
Newhaven
S. P. Newlan
Middleport Social Notes Highlights Local Visits and News
Middleport social notes cover a July 5 dinner honoring Cpl Arthur Gilmore at the Gilmore home with 17 present. Other items include a family dinner for Pvt Barney Manley on furlough, a visit exchange with L C Davis family, and news of Goldie Rice and Preston Tucker’s marriage in Gallipolis. It ends with local mentions and a note on lizard tail regeneration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Arthur Gilmore
Camp Claiborne
Minnie Gilmore
Gilmore
Mary
Esther Gilmore
George Childs
Carl Ebbersbach
Bradbury
Join Gilmore
Syracuse
Emmett Manley
Pvt
Barney” Manley
Camp Polk
Goldie Rice
Silver Run
Preston Tucker
Gallipolis
Hayes leaves hospital after leg graft and cast
Gilbert Hayes, who had a bone graft in his leg, is discharged from Mt. Carmel Hospital in Columbus and returned home on Locust Street. His leg is in a cast and two years have passed since an accident in the Columbus NYCAR shops incapacitated him. His wife, Mrs. Hayes, has been in hospital during his hospitalization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Gilbert Hayes
Mt. Carmel Hospital
Columbus
Locust St
Hayes
Casto family returns home after funeral in Huntington
Mr and Mrs Clarence Casto return to Carnegie after attending the funeral of Edna Casto Ward of Huntington daughter of Sherman Casto. Norma Jean French has been sent home to Lincoln St after major surgery at Holzer Hospital two weeks ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Clarence Casto
Carnegie, Pa
Casto
Edna Casto Ward
Huntington
Sherman Casto
Middleport
Norma Jean French
M. L. French
Holzer Hospital
Lincoln St
Toothpaste Tubes as Bomber Solder Supply Hint
A wartime claim suggests that sixty collapsible toothpaste or shaving cream tubes could provide enough solder for a medium sized bomber or tank. The assertion appears in a brief wartime briefing and notes the unconventional source.
Reading Club Members Are Advancing at Pomeroy Library
Pomeroy Public Library Reading Club members advance in promotions by reading and reporting books. Ten books by Marian Jean Davis, seven by Rhea Ann Myers, four by Virginia Ruth Wickline, and others achieve ranks from lieutenant to corporal. Story hour for preschoolers resumes with Mrs. Harry Smith. invitations extended by librarian Miss Ruth Baldwin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Pomeroy Public
Harry Smith
Eddy
David Boney
Bobby Roberts
Ralph
Fritzer Kuether
Joey
Sue Smith
Martha Jane Erfurth
Sharon Ihle
Carol Anne Strauss
Ruth Baldwin
No Special Stamps for Collectors Worldwide
Britain Eire and the Chinese post office are among few nations that have never issued special collector sets to boost revenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
Eire
Chinese Post Office
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Covert Pants
Cae
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Bob Hope
England
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Hitchin
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Pomeroy Social Notes
Story
Woodrow Campbell
Ft. Barrancas, Fla
William Campbell
Peacock Ave
Pfe. Field Campbell
Greenwood Armory
Joe Stanley
Bill
Floyd
Dayton
Cpl. Stanley
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Norman Neutzling
Richard Neutzling
Neutzling
Dorothy Winebrenner
Louise Winebrenner
Charles Burdette
Chester Scout Cabin
Pomeroy Personals
Lewis Winters
Chauncey
Jacob Ebersbach
Ed. Winters
Mason City
Winters
Ebersbach
Thomas Turnbull
New Haven
James Clatworthy
Wilma Roush
Bertha Wetzel
Genevieve Lorry
Mt. Vernon
D. W. Wetzel
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Howard Ebersbach
Betty Burnside
Jon Bill
Stanley
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Harry Sadler
Wheeling
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Harold Ebersbach
Emmett Blackburn
Ruth Pratt
Canton
Julia Archer
Pratt
C. J. Ebersbach
Florence Leifheit
Herbert Nesselroad
Bertha Huffman
George Nesselroad
Laurel
Meigs County
Colegroves
Middleport, Ohio
Middleport Social Notes
L. C. Davis
L. Crary Davis Jr
Davis
William Davis
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MERT
World Wide Guild of the First Baptist Church
Douglas McHaffie
Mississippi
Maxine Warren
Margaret Boice
Jimmy Whitlock
Kent
Chauncey Vance
Effie Lockett
Harry Russell
Charles Price
Childen
W. Va
Lewis Bumgarner
Ruby Byers
Howard Byers
R. E. Snyder
Oak Hill
Lester Bowers
Betty
Springfield
John Thomas
Indian Lake
Rathburn's Department Store
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FLOOR
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Pomeroy, Ohio
Reading Club
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D, S. Farmer
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Mary Martin
Dick Powell
Rudy Vallee
Betty Hutton
Eddie Bracken
Mabel Paige
Temple Middleport Today & Fri
Loretta Young
Brian Aherne
Bendyue
Meroy
Ken
Maynars
Prairie Chicken
Timmy Rogers
Soap Beery, Jr
Daredevils of the
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Kay Nidridge
Hitler, Beast of
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North Carolina
California
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Greth
Pummanda
Woodbury's
Great Seal Dental Cream
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