Public notice of auction of Rome Township land tracts
Athens County court sale scheduled for August 11 at 7:00 AM lists multiple tracts in Rome Township including sections 24 and 14 with 20 to 41.57 acres each. The order bars coal rights and reserves surface and oil gas easements. appraised value $2 055.00 with cash terms.
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Wid
John Grosvenor
Grosvenor
Mid Town
Range
H. Hibbard
Frank J. Beasley
Ogg
L. Stephens
Marietta
Ohio
Rome
Athens
Towit
Hadley Tabler
Jesse Tabler, Jr
William Skinner
Ont Hall
William Gahagan
A. L. Cole
Sarah J. Flowers
Arship
Ginns
Dongent
Kilvest
Milnate
Nelda
Athens County
Ork
Mes
Williams
Pomeroy Debates Debt Reduction and Future Plans
Mayor M C Hartley outlined that Pomeroy’s bonded debt dropped from 152000 in 1936 to about 60300 by year end with a 40000 floating utility debt. He proposed a pay as you go program, street repairs, taxi service oversight, and a five year path to zero debt, while noting upcoming talks in Columbus on bond matters.
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Pomeroy
Chamber of Commerce
M. C Hartley
Hartley
Clark Alvin Norris
Columbus
Sax
Salamaua
Lae
New Guinea
Nassau Bay
Clark Norris
Council
Clair Karr
R. L. Jacobs
W. A. Smith
Oo and Smith Named To Committee
POMEROY W V Compton chosen temporary chairman of the Ohio W Va Tri County Industrial Association at Point Pleasant. W A Smith, president of the Chamber of Commerce, to represent the Pom eroy group in a permanent organization next week. Chamber luncheon at Martin Hotel. Major Cedric Clark guest. Reports on Washington trip by Smith and Edgar Ervin. flood lights for upper parking lot and lights for honor roll board approved. Fifteen dollars donated to Boy Scouts drive. Experimental Farm tour at Carpenter announced for Tuesday July 27 with meeting at Court House 5 30 PM. R L Jacobs named to a chamber committee to study needed taxi cab licenses for O D T.
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Pomeroy
W. M. Compton
Tri-County Industrial Association
Point Pleasant
W. A. Smith
Chamber of Commerce
Washington
Tri-County Association
Martin Hotel
Cedric Clark
Chamber
Mr. Smith
Edgar Ervin
Middleport
Boy Scouts of America
Carpenter
Court House
R. L. Jacobs
Rites Planned for W H Jacobs in Ryger Church
W H Jacobs 72 prominent Ryger resident died suddenly from thrombosis. He represented the Baptist Church at a Tennessee convention last week and returned Saturday. Survived by wife Zella Boice two grandchildren and one great grandchild. Funeral Thursday at 2 pm Old Rgger Church with Rev Melvin Dunn officiating. Burial Gravel Hill. Daughter Mrs Charles Thomas preceded him in death.
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Cheshire
W. H
Willie) Jacobs
Ryger
Jacobs
The
Baptist Church
Tennessee
Zella Boice
Rgger
Melvin Dunn
Gravel Hill
Charles Thomas
Corrine Manley Celebrates Eleventh Birthday at Home
Middleport residents share personal notices as Corrine Manley becomes an age eleven party guest list includes JoAnn Osborne Julie Ann Mitch Betty Dempskey Josephine Smith Kay Van Cooney Mona Lee Osler Sara Goodman Marcella and Clara Faye Gafney. Ice cream cake and pop served. Other items note Leona Eblen in Mason City, Jim Hartinger’s government engineering work, and various local comings and goings.
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Corrine Manley
Second Ave
Corrine
JoAnn Osborne
Julie Ann Mitch
Betty Dempskey
Josephine Smith
Kay van Cooney
Mona Lee Osler
Sara Goodman
Marcella
Clara Faye Gafney
Leona Eblen
Mason City
Fannie Harris
Jim Hartinger
Virginia
Pennsylvania
Meigs County
Clarksburg
Bill Walters
Evans Store
Jack
Columbus
William Foley
Charles Asa Bradbury
U. S. Naval Reserves
Millersburg
Willis Aleshire
U. S. Army
Aleshire
Kathryn Payne
Athens
Charles Payne
Eulah Fontus
Cleveland
Rosie Hawkins
Isabelle Bates
S. Second Ave
Emmett Shuler
Shuler
Air Corps
Massachusetts
Methodist Vested Choir Has Picnic
The Asbury Methodist Vested Choir held its annual picnic in Road Side Park on Thursday evening. Attendees included Bernice Stowe Ann Weese Betty Capehart Margaret Holmes Pauline Holmes Grace Winebrenner Virginia McBride and Ambrose Flanagan with Rev Lawrence Schmitt and Katherine. Plans were made to fund hymn books and the choir will meet bi weekly on the first and third Tuesdays at 8 pm to study Methodist rituals doctrine and history. Reverend Schmitt will outline the course of study. There is one accidental death for every five minutes in the year per the U S Census Bureau.
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Syracuse
Asbury Methodist
Road Side Park
Bernice Stowe
Ann Weese
Betty Capehart
Margaret
Pauline Holmes
Grace Winebrenner
Virginia McBride
Ambrose Flanagan
Lawrence Schmitt
Katherine
Methodist Church
Schmitt
Real Estate Transfers in Meinhart Office Pomeroy and Areas
A series of property transfers listed from recorder George Meinhart includes Ohio Standard Telephone Company parcels in Pomeroy, Elva Oliver to Dana and Bertha Oliver in Pomeroy, Buckeye Savings loan to Hazel Van Cooney in Middleport, and multiple transfers across Middleport Olive Letart Salem Rutland Orange and Pomeroy.
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Pomeroy
George Meinhart
Ohio Standard Telephone Company
Eva D. Oliver
Dana M
Bertha E. Oliver
Buckeye Savings & Loan Company
Hazel van Cooney
Middleport
W. L
Susan Willock
Sherman Stephens
L. L
Lena Keller
T. C. Stanley
Olive
Charles
Ellen Sayre
Marion
Laura Ours
Letart
Nellie Tracy
Executrix
Etta H. McKnight
Wiley C. White
Salem
John. Harry
Ralph Swank
Addie Baker
Effie Shumway
Bessie Bahr
Franklin Norris
Church Class Picnic At Masonic Temple Grounds
About 25 members of the J. O. O. F. Class of the United Methodist Church attended a picnic supper on the Masonic Temple grounds. A short business meeting followed led by president Mrs. C. E. Blakeslee with guest Mrs. Howard Jackson.
Rebecca Association cancels picnic and July meeting
The Rebecca Association announces abandonment of plans for a picnic at Lena Bartels’s home in Minersville and states there will be no July meeting of the association this week.
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Pomeroy
Lena Bartels
Minersville
Rebecca Association
Legionnaires Hear Details Of Boys' State
Vernon Lee Weber described the 10 day Buckeye Boys State trip at a Drew Webster Post meeting in Delaware Ohio. The gathering of 35 Legionnaires heard reports from Ernest Lallance and delegates to the State Legion Conference in Cincinnati. A silent tribute remembered Lt Maurice Thornton, a Navy pilot and son of Pat Thornton, whose body was returning to Ohio for funeral.
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Sons of the Legion
Local notices from Pomeroy and area reflect wartime life
Mrs. Wyllis McMurray and newborn John Wyllis return home from St Joseph Hospital on Cave Street. Ralph Stalder funeral held in Chauncey with family guests. Cpl Robert J Ruth returns to Camp Edwards Mass after visiting Thora Ruth. Rita Gainer Bulkley improves at her parents in Alvin Texas. Miss Mary Bess Kent sick at home after work stint in Gallipolis. Everett A Tracy transferred to O'Reilly General Hospital Springfield Mo. Mrs Howard Kress and son visit Portsmouth. Mrs Kate Wehe Abersole returns from Pittsburgh visit. Erwin Chamberlain and Harriet Merrick Russell guests of Mrs. Erwin Chamberlain's sister.
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Thora L. Ruth
J. H. Eastman
Eugene Bulkley
Rita Gainer
Alvin
Texas
Jesse Gainer
Mary Bess Kent
Gallipolis
U. S
Portsmouth
Kate Wehe Abersole
Pittsburgh
Eva Simms
Erwin Chamberlain
Columbus
Harriet Merrick Russell
A E Russell Rites Held Sunday at Church of Christ
Services were held Sunday afternoon for A E Russell 75 at the Church of Christ where he served as elder. Numerous floral tributes and attendees marked the funeral with eight daughters and families following pallbearers. Interment was at Riverview Cemetery with a quartet and minister Rev James Redman officiating. Out of town mourners listed include George Gilmore family Lancaster Alfred Gilmore Oklahoma City and others.
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Middleport
A. FE. Russell
Church of Christ
Oscar Roush
Homer Rice
Charles Watburn
George Meinhart
Dave Farmer
William Theobald
Pearl Graves
Thomas Longstaff
Edward French
Walter Forquer
C. H. Church
David Caret
Richard Horden
W. M. Reynolds
Mr. Russell
James Redman
Herman Haddox
Charles Walburn
Mr. Redman
David Farmer
Riverview
George Gilmore
Lancaster
Alfred Gilmore
U. S. Army
Oklahoma City
William Russell
Corning
E. D Stuyvesant
Lubbock
Texas
Carl Brannan
Clarksburg
W. Va
William Chaffin
Zanesville
Herbert Powell
Letart Falls
James Miller
Salina
Kas
Theodore Grueser
Minersville
Elmer Grueser
Pleasant
Bradford Maag
Service Men From Meigs District In World War II
Multiple locals report service member status updates and relocations. Pfc Roland Durst of Pomeroy suffers a broken finger from Tunisia and broken ribs after a rock fall near a bombed ledge. Cpl Penrod Bolan transfers to the California desert describing extreme heat. Pvt Donald Mullen rises to corporal at Albuquerque. Durst twins Willard and Willis reunite at Camp Hood. Cpl Robert Darst moves to Ephrata as B-17 specialist. Roush cadets begin basic in Miami and pre flight at Iowa. Ohlinger promoted to corporal at Patterson Field. Pearl Yeager writes from Brazil and Easter pictures arrive. Lightfoot moves to Camp Phillips. Hill returns to Great Lakes for assignment. Simpson graduates from Midland Radio School as corporal.
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Pomeroy
Roland Durst
Ed Durst
Tunisia
Durst
Young People Return From Lancaster Camp
United Methodist Youth Fellowship members and two guests from Middleport return from a week at Lancaster Camp Grounds. Chaperons include Ruth Tompkins Verlie Conway and Ruth Ebersbach. Senior and Junior participants listed with relatives attending.
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Pomeroy
United Methodist Youth Fellowship
Middleport Youth Fellowship
Lancaster
Ruth Tompkins
Verlie Conway
Ruth Ebersbach
Mary Kay Vaughan
Mary Grim
Lois Ann Neutzling
Betsy Ebersbach
Ruth Nease
Patricia McElhinney
Virginia Lu Schaaf
Frank Vaughan
Dwight Cobb
Billy Zahl
Stanley Nease
Wilbur Russell
Tommy Cobb
Sammy Ebersbach
Don Ebersbach
Betty Tedrow
Margaret Jean Bryant
Ann Smith
Mary Hill
Oma Jean Zahl
Joan Conway
Joan Gilmore
Cythinia Ann Tompkins
Tommy
Larry Ebersbach
Ralph Gilmore
Lily Grimm
Vernon Nease
Eddie Smith
Raymond Ebersbach
Meigs County Men Leave For Induction Center
Forty six men from Meigs County departed this morning for the induction center in Clarksburg per Meigs County Selective Service Board No. 1. A second group will leave Thursday and a complete list of those going in this call will be published.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Clarksburg
Selective Selective Service Board No
Loan Funds Available to Meigs County Farmers
Vaughn B. Crites FSA Supervisor announces funds are available to qualified farmers in Meigs County for fall seeding livestock and equipment needs. Applications filed at the Pomroy local office above Hartley and Bennett Shoe Store Pom eroy Ohio with quicker processing due to war effort. Bauxite ore was found near Rome Georgia in 1887.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Vaughn B. Crites
FSA
Hartley and Bennett Shoe
Ohio
Company Pays Tribute To Lineman Charles Howard
Middleport officials and out of town colleagues gathered at First Presbyterian Church for funeral services of Charles Howard instantly killed Friday morning repairing a high voltage line at Bailey Run. Masonic rites were held at the residence, pallbearers named, with many relatives and friends traveling from across Ohio and Pennsylvania. Interment followed at West Union Street Cemetery in Athens.
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Middleport
Columbus & Southern Ohio Electric Company
Charles Howard
Bailey Run
First Presbyterian Church
Ho le Carr
Front St
Elmer Reed
J. B. Downing
J. H. Grate
Hereman Lohse
A. A. Dillard
Major Cedric Clark Awaits Assignment
Major Cedric Clark, who graduated Saturday with the eleventh class of the Judge Advocate General School at Ann Arbor, Mich, is on a 10 day furlough with his family at the Clark home on 5S. Third Ave. He, a World War I lieutenant, completed the course with flying colors and his class was noted for many officers with foreign service in World War I. After furlough he will proceed to an embarkation point to await assignment.
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Middleport
Cedric Clark
Judge Advocate General School
Ann Arbor
Mich
Clark
Third Ave
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SSS
Athens Messenger
Pomeroy Council
Sme
Aleutian Islands
Australia
Caroline Islands
Malolo
Marshall
Truk Ponape
Coral Sea
Miles
SD Allied Bose
Jop Bose
Air Bose
Huon Gulf
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Gilbert IS
Solomon Islands
New Hebrides
New Caledonia
Smith
W. H. Jacobs
U. S. Census Bureau
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Ella F. Tuttle
Wv. C. Tuttle
Orange
David N. Scott
Wanitta Scott
Dolph Hysell
Rutland
Henry Seyfried
George Daniels
Bertha Seyfried
A. W
Mae Tuttle
Lewis Tuttle
Pomeroy Personals
A. E. Russell
NEA
Duce
Benito Mussolini
Mihail Antonescu
Berlin
Stockholm
Sweden
U.S
Meigs
Margaret Bolan
Cpl
Penrod Bolan
Ft. Riley
Nev
California Desert
Donald FE. Mullen
Charles Mullen
Air Depot
Albuquerque
N. M
F. D. Roosevelt
Willard Durst
Willis Durst
George Durst
Camp Hood
Robert Darst
David Darst
Gravel Hill Middleport
Salt Lake City
Ephrata
Robert Ivan Roush
Arthur E. Roush
Reserve Air Corps
Miami
Fila
Walter Ketter
New York
Glens Falls
Charles Roush
Lee Roush
Ohio State University
University of Iowa
David Ohlinger
Corporal Ohlinger
Patterson Field
Russell Allen
Ruby Annice Yeager
Pvt
Pearl Yeaguer
Brazil
Francis Lightfoot
Camp Phillips
Paul Hill
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
E. J. Hill
James E. Simpson
George Simpson
Racine
Midland Radio School
Kansas City
Colegroves
Middleport, Ohio
Lancaster Camp
Pribute
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Ernest Howard
Lawrence Neigemeir
Ray Neigemeir
Lida Atwood
William Weatherby
Fairfield
Mildred Haines
Royal Neighbors
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Lida Stnneart
Francis Staneart
Beaver Falls
Jon Howard
Guysville
Ernest Baker
Gerald Howard
Columebus
St. Joseph
Today & Wed
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Clancy
Harold Peary
Jane Darwell
Nancy Gates
Thurston Hall
Bendvue
Bing Crosby
Rochester
Bol Hope
Dorothy Lamour
Betty Hutton
Dick Powell
My Guy
America
R. B. White
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
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