Resignation of Kenneth Harris as music instructor noted
The Columbus area school board received a resignation by Kenneth Harris as music instructor at the art schools. Harris, a Middleport native, is reported to have accepted a teaching post in another city, with no definite assignment made yet. He is remembered for leading a 40 piece band and for notable work with the Boys and Girls classes, while remaining active in church, choir, and library circles.
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Harris
Ana
Middleport
Ohio State
O. S. U. Marchand
Th Methodist Church
Ry Club
Stark's Carnival at Pythian Park in Port July 26
Firemen sponsor a large carnival at Pythian Park Port July 26 called Stark's Carnival. It promises to be an excellent local attraction with family entertainment and community support.
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Iddleport
Middleport
Voleer Firemen
Dleport
Pythian Park
Stark
Pastor Salser leaves Syracuse Church for Piqua Ohio
The Rev. Robert Salser, pastor of the Church of the Nazarene in Syracuse for three years, will move to a new pastorate in Piqua, Ohio on July 19. The Syracuse church, organized June 1925 by Rev. C. T. Moore, now has about 40 members. A new church building was built and dedicated debt free, and Salser was given a $50 purse for his service.
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Salser
Red Cross Seeks Help for 432 Kit Bags
POMEROY Meigs County Chapter appeals for 432 Army kit bags for overseas duty members. Sewing volunteers urged. each bag costs $1 in contents. Requests donations from individuals and organizations and coordinated county-wide support through the Red Cross Office. Mrs. F. M. Clements chairs knitting and invites finished garments and yarn via Huntington contact.
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Pomeroy
Red Cross
Funeral services for 11 year old Louie Bunthoff
Drowned while swimming Monday at Laurel Cliff Louie Bunthoff 11 of Breezy Heights is to be laid to rest Thursday at 2 30 PM in Ewing Funeral Chapel Friends may visit his home until service time He is survived by his parents Frank and (Mrs) Bunthoff his sister Shirley and his grandparents Dana Howell of Laurel Cliff
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Ewing
Frank Bunthoff
Shirley
Dana Howell
Potluck Picnic Serves Members of Syracuse Garden Club
Syracuse Garden Club held a potluck dinner Monday at Syracuse Roadside Park with sixteen members and one guest Miss Jean Duckworth. Mrs. Pearl McBride and Mrs. C A Springer led the planning committee. after the meal members read poems on Our Flag and the August meeting place will be announced.
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Pearl McBride
C. A. Springer
Missionary Society Picnic and Birth Announcements in Middleport
The Missionary Society of the Church of Christ held its annual picnic at Roadside Park with 30 attendees including three guests Cpl L D Hartinger Boise Idaho former member Mrs Howard Williams and Mrs Molly Harrington. Lt Col and Mrs William Keith Kincaid announce the birth of a 9 lb son Thomas Rowe at Holzer Hospital on Tuesday July 13 with grandparents John Kincaid Sr and the late Rowe Brown. Lt Col Kincaid on furlough. Parents Mr and Mrs Wilson Hoyt announce the birth of a son James Horton Hoyt on July 7 at their Broadway home. They also have a daughter Leah Jane. Grandparents Floyd Rife and Jacob Betz.
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Thomas Rowe
Holzer Hospital
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Floyd Rife
Jacob Betz
Paul Dillard
Paul
Columbus
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Belle
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Iva Rusk
Grant St
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Lincoln St
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C. M. Hemmesy
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Gallipolis
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Wellston
Harry Russell
Pt. Pleasant
Mason City
Horton Brown
Joe Laing
Fred Klein
Cincinnati
Dallas Roush
Charleston
Earl Roush
Robert Harris
Pomeroy Personal Notes Highlight Local Visits and Milestones
Miss Maxine Russell, student nurse at St. Josephs Hospital in Parkersburg, spent the weekend with her mother and brother Charles Russell of Ft. Bragg. Visitors include Clarence and family in Bradford, and Delmar Canady family returning from a two week vacation. Veda Sinclair earned state licensure as cream tester and weighs 400 plus gallons tested for London Creamery.
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St. Joseph's Hospital
Parkersburg
Agnes Russell
Charles Russell
Ft. Bragg
N. C
Thomas Mankin
Mankin
Mildred Russell
Clarence Andrews
Bradford
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Leona Eskew
Dayton
Charles Withee
Delmar Canady
Neva Hinds Wilt
el Paso
Texas
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Mulberry Ave
Wilt
Middleport
C. W. Hinds
Middleport High School
Columbus
Maxine Matson
Lois Anderson
Xenia
Deming
N. M
Evelyn Wilson
F. Ray Wilson
J. W. Taylor
Mission Chapel
Ohio
Lorene Wilson
Matson
Pomeroy
William Darst
Port Columbus
Darst
Bernice Darst
Will Eichinger
Claude Darst
Veda Sinclair
Ohio States University
Second Ave
London
Picnic accident injures Janet Smith at Middleport Road Park
While enjoying a family picnic at Middleport Road Side Park, Janet Smith was injured when a large shell on a Meigs County Memorial display fell on her toe. Medical attention was required for the toe injury. Mrs Howard Williams, leaving for Columbus, was honored with a dinner theater party in Gallipolis and given a linen luncheon cloth as a parting gift.
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Howard Williams
Columbus
Gallipolis
Local residents listed for illness travel and visits
Howard Byers improving after a mild stroke at home on Broadway. Many relatives and friends visit or host from Toledo Columbus Belle West Virginia Boise Idaho and Alabama. Cpl Max Lambert L D Hartinger and others transfer, travel, or return home for living quarters and vacations.
Service Men of Meigs District Honor Local Soldiers
An eight to nine paragraph column in Pomeroy reports letters sent to Meigs County service members via V Mail from the Federated Church with help from local volunteers. It lists promotions and furloughs for several soldiers including Rodney Sauer, Paul Franklin, and Ralph Wippel, plus others from Pomeroy and surrounding areas serving at Chanute Field Camp Stewart Fort Benning and Shreveport.
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Uncle Sam's Boys
Federated Church
Frma Smith
Ruth Huber
Rose Marie Nease
Lorena Arnold
Ralph Reuther
Chenute
Rodney E. Sauer
Sheet Metal
Chennute
Department of Training
Chanute Field
Sauer
Lewis’ Sauer
Middleport
Meigs County 1-H Clubs Gather for Meetings and Furlough News
The report lists multiple Meigs County 1-H clubs meeting July 5 6 and 7 at various homes and halls with activities including lessons inspections welcomes new members and demonstrations. Military furloughs bring notes on Pvt Wesley Frye Cpl Harry Johnston and Pfc Lawrence Johnston returning or at home for brief periods.
Licensed To Marry In Meigs County
Marriage licenses issued to William R. Cable 21 Minersville and Madge Laffert 21, Pomeroy. Raymond Morgan 25 Acme Wva and Mary Bays 24 Pomeroy. Harley Bostic 50 Parkersburg and Mabel Thornburg 27 Pomeroy Rt. 2. Gary Phillips 41 Bladen and Dorothy Hoover 21 Pomeroy
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Madge Laffert
Minersville
Raymond Morgan
Acme
Wwa
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Harley Bostic
Parkersburg
Mabel Thornburg
Pomeroy Rt. 2
Gary Phillips
Bladen
Dorothy Hoover
Meigs Ex-Service Men to Hold County Convention
A Meigs County convention and meeting for all ex service men will be held tonight at the American Legion Hall in Middleport as announced by the Feeney Bennett Post. All service men are invited regardless of Post membership. In Pomeroy, Mrs. C J Ebersbach entertained her club Monday evening with ten members present and prizes awarded to Mrs. Giles Vaughan and Ebersbach.
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Middleport
Meigs County
American Legion Hall
Feeney-Bennett
Pomeroy
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Prospect Hill
Herb Giles
Richard Vaughan
Willard Ebersbach
Point Pleasant Mat by Us Assault Confession Plea
A man charged with assault confessed at arraignment before a local magistrate yesterday. He was fined $10 and costs.
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Point Pleasant
Mat Byus
Features of Program Are Announced
James Garfield Stewart mayor of Cincinnati has accepted invitation to speak to the Meigs County Pioneer Society at its 67th annual meeting on Thursday August 12. The program chair Mrs C E Peoples and the executive committee plan features including a reading of an original poem by J C Hallam of Syracuse and a hymn sing led by Mr Henderson. Mrs Lillian Steiff presides at the piano and Miss Eva Simms chairs arrangements for the noon luncheon served by Federated Church women.
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Eva Simms
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Carter's Little Liver Pills Offer Dual Liver and Intestine Relief
An ad touts Carter's Little Liver Pills as a two step remedy to headaches low spirits and digestive sluggishness. The first action increases bile flow during sleep for better digestion the second clears the intestinal tract addressing the root of fatigue. The ad claims a double action from a special formula and promotes a price of 25 cents.
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