Large Crowd Attends Village Spelling Teast in Middleport
A Monday jamboree on N Second Ave drew a big crowd. Charles McMaster hosted a spelling match with P S Mills assisting. Contestants included Jack Kelly Maggie Pickens Marion Allensworth Fred Hoffman and Naomi Millioan. The jackpot asked who was F D Roosevelt s first vice president. Awards went to several locals and a pet parade was announced for Kiddies Recreation Night next Monday.
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Middleport
N. Second Ave
Charles McMaster
McMaster
P. S. Mills
Jack Kelly
Maggie Pickens
Marion Allensworth
Fred Hoffman
Naomi Millioan
F. D. Roosevelt
Bobby T. West
James Brewington
Frances Bowen
Leon Mills
Midleport
Air Strip Site Held Satisfactory Near Pomery Flatwoods
A Pomeroy Ohio aviation survey team reported the proposed Meigs County airport near Flatwoods could support a class two air strip of 3000 feet. Chief engineer Spence Randall and H C Card urged early action, outlined funding options, and noted 1946 saw 153 new strips in Ohio.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Flatwoods
Randall
Ohio Aviation Board
Ohio
Middleport
H. C. Card
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Card
CAA
United States
Meigs Air Strip
C of C
Randall and
John Richmond
B. Will
J. E. D. Haringer
Cacao
Middleport celebration and tied nuptials at local farms
In Mason County a Rosemary Fisher birthday picnic at C O Fisher farm featured games horse riding and a farm tour including the site of Robert Fisher's cabin. A separate wedding graced Syracuse as Miss Freda Koster wed Mr Charles Searles with attendants, shower held later for the newlyweds in Racine and Syracuse churches.
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Middleport
Rosemary Fisher
C. O. Fisher
Mason County
Sawmall
Robert Fisher
Sally
Rosemary
Robert
John
Tommy
A. A. Dillard
W. B. Moore
Bill Harold
Emhyr Moore
O. P. Klein
George Taylor
Katherine Bachtel
Iris Palmer
Jo- Ann Wood
Hazel Hawkins
Virginia Lu
Sally Schaaf
Robert Clark
la Porte
Ind
Harry Featherstone
Fishers
F. O. Koster
Syracuse
Freda Koster
Koster
Charles Searles
Hod Searles
Gerald M. Koster
Pataskia
Meigs County Land Transfers Reported
A list of land transfers in Meigs County includes multiple parcels traded among individuals and couples. Transfers cover Lebanon Rutland and Bedford townships with acreages from 1.23 to 1775 acres including Middleport Pomeroy Martinsville and Salisbury Township involving buyers such as Wickline Kirby Murray Arnold Cluff Sauer and Bailey and sellers like Holman Beagle Gomer Gatewood and Ohlinger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peal B. Wickline
Lewis Wickline
Lucretia Holman
Katie Beegle
Adam B. Wickline
Lebanon Township
L. M. Boice
Olivia Boice
Etria Peal Kirby
Rutland Township
Ed Gomer
Dana Gatewood
Middleport
Buckeye Savings and Loan
J. W. Young
Pomeroy
Vana E
Violet Millhone
William H
Maxine D. Chapman
Martinsville
J. W. Arbaugh
Martha Smith
Louis M. Murray
Laura Bradbury
Ruth B. Arnold
Frederick M. Cluff
Louise Cluff
Rodney
Mae Sauer
Rosa Ohlinger
Rosa Day
Clare F. Rawlings
Raymond R. Cotterell
J. R. Cotteril
Scipio
Jane S. Gilkey
Ernest A
Helena F. Baker
Bedford Township
J. B. Hayes
Lucy F. Hayes
Robert O. Bailey
Chester Township
James A. Curtis
Rosa Curtis
Rhoday M
Hosmer
JL. Roush
Salisbury Township
Marriage Licenses Issued by Meigs Court in Two Days
Meigs Probate Court issued several marriage licenses last Thursday and Friday. Couples listed include Kenneth R. Brown and Margaret Strasser, Basil F. Jarrell and June Oxley, Arnold Keenan and Opaline Chapman, Ray Barton and Betty Saunders, Robert M. Brown and Lillie Hughes, Clarence Pickens and Hazel Gatson, Ernest Powell and Iva Hoffman, Charles Howell and Barbara Morgan, Raymond Cotterill and Letha Whittington, Charles Greten and Gloria Markett.
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Pomeroy
Meigs Probate Court
Kenneth R. Brown
Marietta
Margaret Strasser
Basil F. Jarrell
Charleston
W. Va
June Oxley
Racine
Arnold Keenan
Huntington
Opaline Frances Chapman
Middleport
Ray Barton
Cleveland
Betty Saunders
Robert M. Brown
Lillie Marie Hughes
Clarence Pickens
Appice Grove
Ohio
Hazel Gastor
Apple Grove
Ernest Powell
Long Bottom
Iva Hoffman
Charles Howell
Columbus
Barbara Morgan
Rutland
Raymond Cotterill
Harrisonville
Letha Whittington
Carpenter
Charles Greten
Zanesville
Gloria Markett
Hospital notes list July 14 surgeries and discharges
Ernest Hawley of Middleport underwent a tonsillectomy on July 14. Anna James of Pomeroy Route 1 had a surgery on July 14. Thomas Jones of Robertsburg, W Va, listed as medical patient. Discharged Mr Jones of Robertsburg, W Va. Add: hospital notes record.
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Ernest Hawley
Middleport
Anna James
Pomeroy
Pins Awarded at First Presbyterian Church School
Approximately fifty attendance pins were presented to Church School members of First Presbyterian Church on Sunday morning. Ten pins honored those who had not missed a Sunday in five years.
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Middleport
Church School
First Presbyterian Church
Social Guests and Travel Visit Notes
Local social notes record numerous weekend and extended visits. Families including the Stace, Walburn, Smith, Cluff, Weber, Nie woehner, Nobles, Ward, Coats, Hartley, Schreiner, Reynolds, Erwin, Stover, Kincaid, Gail, Johnson, Gardner, Yeager, Murray and Ward relations stay with relatives or travel to Columbus, Cleveland, Dayton, Virginia, Kentucky, or various home towns for leisure and family gatherings.
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Peter Stace
Addison
Otis Lewis
Lewis
Stace
Charles Walburn
Bowling Green
Randall Smith
Noblesville
Ind
F. M. Cluff
James Weber
Gravel Hill
Edward Niewoehner
Dayton
Melvin Paulin
Weber
James Nobles
Beaumont
Texas
William Ward
New Haven
Conn
Gus Ward
Robert Coats
Columbus
Cleveland
Gerald Hartley
Fostoria
Ed Mankin
Marion Allensworth
Sarah FE. Schreiner
Charleston
George Reynolds
Cuyahoga Falls
Maxine Brown
Paul Gregg
Waverly
A. E. Erwin
Howard Stover
Chillicothe
Clifford Kincaid
Seventh Ave
William Gail
Charlene
Claire, Mich
Albert Johnson
Patty
Carol
Surry
W.va
Clarence Gardner
Clarence, Jr
Newport
Mary Lou Deegan
Juanita Conditt
Charles Gardner
Brendt
James A. Yeager
Shady Cove
W. E. Yeager
Miss Deegan
Miss Conditt
William Yeager
James Murray
Grant St
Randolph Ward
Ravenswood
Wards
Virginia
Kentucky
Darylene
Flora Lee Floto
Carolyn Bryaney
Murray Home
Spaatz Calls For Military Preparedness
General Carl Spaatz urged continued military preparedness to help secure world peace. On Army Air Forces Day August 1 1947 he cited the Air Forces birth in 1907 and noted WWII strength of over 2.4 million and 375 000 current personnel needing public support for an enduring defense.
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Carl Spaatz
Army Air Forces
Spaatz
Army Air Force
Signal Corps
Air Force
France
Europe
Japan
United States
Probate Court Issued Papers For Six Meigs County Residents
Meigs County Probate Court issued orders to Frank A. Marcinko 26 Beckley West Virginia Nancy Fumarola 26 Racineville Lethea Whittington 21 Carpenter Charles Greten 23 Zanesville and Gloria Market 24 Middleport on Saturday.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Frank A. Marcinko
Beckley
W.va
Nancy Fumarola
Racine
Raymond Cotterill
Harrisonville
Lethea Whittington
Carpenter
Charles Greten
Zanesville
Gloria
Daughter Visits Home for Weekend in Middleport
Miss Mary Virginia Haggerty visits her parents Mr and Mrs E Haggerty on Front Street in Middleport for the weekend. She is employed in Columbus. The Hagerty son James, at Camp Minnehaha WV this summer as a camp counselor, recently celebrated his 17th birthday with a group cake.
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Middleport
E. Haggerty
Front St
Mary Virginia Haggerty
Columbus
Haggertys
James
Camp Minnehaha
W.va
Ice Cream Social Invited by Texas Kitchen Club
The Texas Kitchen Club invites pupils to an ice cream social at the home of Raymond Pullins this evening, announced by Dorothy Pullins.
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Texas Kitchen Club
Raymond Pullins
Dorothy Pullins
New Band to Play at Teen Age Dance In Pomeroy
A new dance band from Pomeroy and Middleport will perform at the Teen Age Dance sponsored by the Pomeroy Junior-Senior PTA at Senior High School Wednesday evening. The intermission floor show is led by Frank Vaughan. Dancing runs 8:30 to 11:30 p.m. Mrs. C. G. Baird announced.
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Pomeroy
Middleport
Frank Vaughan
C. G. Baird
Hite Compiling Meigs Vet List
Harold Hite, commander of the Meigs VFW post, has started a mailing list of Meigs veterans with honorable discharges. He began July 9 and aims to finish by Thursday, noting a Sept 1 deadline for terminal leave pay applications and urging timely recording.
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Hite
Meigs
Pomeroy
Harold Hite
Meigs Vfw Post
George Meinhart
Homegrown Berries Reach Markets in Local Trade
Middleport residents see homegrown blackberries on market stalls as pickers canvass housewives similar to pre war times. One seller reports earning 5.25 dollars on Monday from berries picked in nearby hills.
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Middleport
Chief Ray McClure Concludes Car Check
Local patrol chief Ray McClure completed a Sunday car safety check in Middleport. A report was sent to the State Highway Patrol, which will continue automobile safety inspections throughout July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray McClure
Middleport
State Highway Patrol
Marrying Justice Weds POMEROY-Earl Moore and Evelyn Hartman
Known as the marrying justice in Southeastern Ohio, Earl Moore proposed and wed Miss Evelyn Hartman on July 11 at the office of Justice Percy L. Peoples in Pom eroy. The ceremony followed his own counsel and tradition of the marrying justice.
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Pomeroy
Earl Moore
Ohio
Evelyn Hartman
Percy L. Peoples
Rotary Names Omitted From Local Club Roster
MIDDLEPORT The Sun Day Messenger miss ed the names of Harry Barnes and Allen Jenkinson from the Rotary Club list. The sequence of past presidents includes J. H. Grate, T. A. May, O. B. Stout, M. W. Essex, D. C. Miler, Cedric W. Clark, E. R. Tompkins, G. C. Schaaf, Robert Coats, Wesley Green, Paul Smart, Emmett Shuler, Morgan Baehler, Allen Jenkinson, M. G. Brown, C. E. Blakeslee, R. C. Tuckerman, Edgar Ervin.
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Middleport
Harry Barnes
Rotary and Public Information
Allen Jenkinson
Sunday Messenger
J. H. Grate
T. A. May
O. B. Stout
M. W. Essex
D. C. Miler
Cedric W. Clark
E. R. Tom
Royal Neighbors Meet Rescheduled to July 24 in Middleport Park
The Royal Neighbors will meet July 24 at 5 30 p.m. at Middleport Roadside Park instead of July 25 as previously announced due to an error reported by Mrs. Blanche Roller.
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Pomeroy
Middleport
Blanche Roller
Explosion Victim's Condition Improves in Langsville Cabin
Hospital authorities report Everett Roush of Langsville is considerably improved after a Sunday gas explosion in his one room cabin. Dr Martz said he received oxygen and blood plasma following the blaze.
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Pomeroy— Martt Hospital
Everett Roush
Langsville
Martz
Roush
Turner Named To Committee
Benjamin F. Turner of Meigs County is named a member of the commission to study Labor Regulatory Legislation by Ohio Speaker C. William O'Neill. Turner, a rural legislator and former president of Local 398 Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, has long served on the BRT Grievance Committee.
VFW Meeting Nights Shift to First and Third Thursdays
Post Commander Harold Hite announced VEW meetings now fall on the first and third Thursdays. The next gathering is July 17, with the change effective this week.
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Pomeroy
VFW
Harold Hite
Man Bitten Entering Car Near Beacon Service Station
W Va man Leon ard Oldacker reported by a Pomeroy physician to have been severely bitten by a dog after attempting to enter a passing motorist’s car near Beacon Service Station in Pomeroy. Health officials monitor the dog for rabies symptoms. driver and dog owner unnamed.
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Pomeroy
W. Vaman
Leonard Oldacker
Beacon
Oldacker
Meigs County
Lucretia Genheimer
Middleport Recreation Center Directors Meet Tonight
Directors and trustees of the Middleport Community Recreation Center will meet tonight at 8 p.m. at the home of Mrs. Russell Mills on Fourth Avenue.
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Middleport
Russell Mills
Fourth Ave
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Donald Barry
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Edward Arnold
Robert Hutton
Ann Harding
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Buffalo Springs
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