Pomeroy Officials Pay Hikes Mark Budget and Sewage Plans
Pomeroy council approves a two year salary raise for mayor and other officials while passing a budget and two key ordinances. One raises the mayor’s salary from 600 to 800 and sets others’ pay at fixed amounts. the second bans garbage and rubbish disposal within village limits and outlines disposal procedures and permits. The panel also discusses sewer projects on E Main Street and at Sugar Run and notes favorable talks with highways director Perry Ford.
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Pomeroy
George Howell
Chamber of Commerce
Perry Ford
Department of Highways
Howell
Ford
Alvin Norris
Cor
Council Enacts Legislation Covering Garbage Disposal
Athens news reports a city council ordinance on waste disposal with details of local governance. The page also carries Pomeroy social notes detailing a marriage at the Little Chapel of the Federated Church and various visits and furloughs among residents, including military service updates and family news.
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THE
Athens Messenger
Meizi Star Davier Kanawha Wins Gravel Hill School Bid
Old school sale on Park Street proceeds with the highest bidder Davier Kanawha of Meizi Star securing the Gravel Hill school house. Bids opened by the Board of Education at noon Saturday. The dairy company expected to repay and convert the building into a local distributing center for the area.
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Middleport
Meizi
Davier Kanawha Dany
Gravel Hill
Park St
Edu ‘Cation
Dary Company
Pomeroy
Wiliam Hood
Toledo
Cr. Nease
Justice of the Peace
McCullough
Varian McCullough
Nathan P. Biggs
J .A. Biggs
Wylis Hil
Biggs
Dayton
Atterbury
Ind
Return of Service Men Fills Middleport Reunion
Middleport welcomes Sgt Enzo Barsotti Cpl Thomas Blaine and Cpl Lawrence Pete Morarity back from Germany on furloughs. Pvt Arthur Morarity also home from Fort Riley. Pete worked at Martin Roller Drug Store. Art at Rawlings Sons. Villagel ordinance cited fines. Second Ward Fire House supplies and doorway approved. Council members present.
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Middleport
Méigs County
Enzo Barsotti
Thomas Blaine
MBS
United States
Germany
Cpl
Lawrence
Pete) Morarity
Pvt
Arthur Morarity
Fort Riley
Kas
Pete
Martin & Roller Drug Store
Art
The
Rawlings & Sons
Second Ward
Meigs Youth Attend Meet At Lancaster Camp Ground
Pomeroy and Middleport youths joined 41 participants and six chaperones at the Lancaster Institute near Lancaster Camp Ground last week. Bittersweet Barracks housed 34 Pomeroy youths with prayers, classes, and recreation. Middleport group earned attendance, discipline awards, and showed strong leadership in student council selection and talent night.
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Pomeroy
Middleport
Lancaster Institute
Lancaster Camp Ground
C. F. Tompkins
Pomeroy Group
Albert Bitters
Harry Smith
Verlie Conway
Howard Ebersbach
Earl Bitters
Joan Coney
Tommy Larry
Sammy Ebersbach
Joan Gilmore
Jean Bryant
Ann Smith
June Whaley
Don Betzing
Don
Betsy Ebersbach
Bennett Rice
Barbara Phillips
Wilbur Russell
Dorothy Hartenbach
Virginia Crew
Adele Fowler
Billie Jean Barnitz
Frank
Kay Vaughan
Betty Tedrow
David Watson
Jerry Ward
William Tubbs
Guy Norris
George Wright
Ruth
Carl Nease
Ipe
Ohio River Bus
Rollin Walker
Ohio Wesleyan University
Marcelline Buell
Kitty Bachtel
Emma Jane
Jimmy Buell
Rosemary Fisher
Ida Lee Huartier
Patricia Kennedy
James Lloyd
Jo Ann Osborne
James Roller
Virginia Lu
Sally Schaaf
Mary Lou Smith
Virginia Lu Schaaf
Scott Westerman
Gallipolis
Malcolm Roller
Lemoyne Osborne
Eleanor Schaaf
Homer Radehaver
Ruth Radehaver
Division of Lands of Huns Started by Reds
Moscow radio reported a policy in the Russian occupied zone to break up land and decentralize German industry by parceling large estates to small farmers. The announcement framed the move as aimed at reordering agriculture and industry.
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Reds
London
Moscow Radio
45th Infantry Division Moves Toward Home Service
Paris reports the 45th Infantry Division is moving into the Reims assembly area as part of the U.S. Army’s trek homeward. The unit is expected to embark in August after an earlier alert for July shipment.
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Paris
Reims
Pearl Williams Weds Sgt Willis A Haning at Home Ceremony
Recent bride Pearl Williams of Charleston W Va marries Sgt Willis A Haning of Downington in a 8 p.m. June 28 ceremony at the bride parents home Rev C Graf Lowe officiates. Haning served four and a half years in the armed forces including overseas and recently received an honorable discharge. The couple will spend a short honeymoon at Great Lakes with relatives to visit after.
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L. H. Williams
Charleston
W.va
Miss Pearl Williams
Willis A. Haning
Downington
C. Graf Lowe
Hattie Haning
Real Estate Change Noted In County Deeds Summary
County records show weekly real estate changes. Deed transfers include Hazel and Ella Perry to Fred and Violet Jordan for 137 acres in Salem. Mona Beards to Isabelle Cozart for 80 acres in Lebanon. multiple parcels in Pomeroy and Tuppers Plains. Graum Sayre acquiring Lot 125 in Letart. Feoples to Thompson for 3 4 acre in Salisbury. and several other transfers among Smith, Dudgeon, Williams, Cozart, and Gumm entities in Racine Rutland Bedford and Chester areas.
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Pomeroy
County Recorder's Office
Hazel
Ella Perry
Fred
Violet Jordan
Salem
Mona Beards
Isabelle Cozart
Lebanon
Helen Rasp Meier
Philip Meier
Thomas
Winona Cook
Parcell Pomeroy
C. E
Emma Young
W. B
Emma Noyes
Tuppers Plains
H. T
Delma Dotson
H. Chapman
Sjr
Anna Chapman
Graum Sayre
Letart
Charles E
Ruth E. Feoples
Glenn
Georgia Thompson
Salisbury
Curtis N. Jones
Jessie E
Garden Club
Jones
Parcel
Chester
Canning Advice Highlights Sugar Shortage and Saccharin Use
Professor H D Brown of Ohio State University notes a sugar shortage, not fruit scarcity, limits home canning this year. Saccharin can sweeten fruit for home use without sugar at serving time, though commercial processors are barred from using it in fruit preserves. Southern peaches should reach Ohio markets by July 24, with the crop peaking Aug 10 to Sept 15. transparent apples come July 10–24, and armed forces buyers will take 60 percent of the 1945 commercial fruit pack.
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H. D. Brown
Department of Horticulture
Ohio State University
Brown
Ohio
Star Garden Club Holds Annual Picnic at Middleport Park
Star Garden Club of Dexter held its annual picnic Friday at Middleport Roadside Park followed by a business session led by President Mrs Elizabeth Stout. Officers elected include President Mrs Cora Buckley and vice presidents Mrs Dorothy Bolen and Mrs Neva Nicholson. Guests from Middleport and Athens attended. A later note invites Past Chiefs of the Pythian Sisters to a picnic at Crestnut Street home of Mrs Ehen Bowen at 6 o'clock Tuesday.
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Dexter— Star Garden Club
Dexter
Middlesport
Elizabeth Stout
Cora Buckley
Dorothy Bolen
Neva Nicholson
Alberta Smith
Sylvia Roms
Clara Phillips
Secret Stary
Milhone
Middleport Garden Club
Otho Watts
Middleport
Kate Stout
Athens
Pythian Sisters
Ehen Bowen
Crestnut St
State Highway Director Highlights Postwar Meigs County Plans
Meigs County to receive 50 000 to 100 000 for three years to repair and build highways if local plans align with state. Ford urged local groups to drive planning, cited flood-area aid and non compulsory support, and noted 1944 Federal Aid Bill pending wartime end. County engineer Hartinger and lawmakers attended as Meigs officials pledged cooperation.
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Pomeroy
Perry Ford
Department of Highways
Chamber of Commerce
Ohio
Ford
Martin Hotel
Meigs County
Congress
Truman
East Liverpool
Cincinnati
State Highway Patrol
J. E
Highway Department
Tilight Garden Club Picnic Celebrates Tenth Anniversary
The Tilight Garden Club held its annual picnic and marked its tenth anniversary at Mrs. Charles Ward's home on July 12. Twenty four members attended along with four guests from Middleport South Bend Ind and Minersville. Hostesses were Mrs T A May Mrs Max Sanborn and Mrs Jacob Har ten bach.
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Pomeroy
Tilight
H. B. Kress
Return From Gallia County Hospital
Mrs Larry Null and infant John Paul were discharged from Holzer Hospital to the Zuspan farm home. Sharon Null visited the Pickens before the hospital stay. Mrs George Casto was moved to Helzer Hospital for observation. Harry Miller, injured in a fall, returned home from White Cross Hospital in Langsville. All trips by Rawlings Coats ambulance.
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Middleport
Larry , Null
John Paul
J. B. Downing
Paul ‘Smart
Citizens’ ‘National Bank
Holzer Hospital
Zuspan
Null
Sharon
Sidney Pickens
Pickens
George Casto
Helzer Hospital
Harry Miller
Highway Department
White Cross Hospital
Langsville
Rawlings-Coats
Blanche Ballantine
Cincinnati
Anna Margaret Hayes Connelly
Roberta
Rochey Downing
Denison University
Granville
Merion
Katherine Gibbs
WAC
Walter Reed Hospital
Daisy Williams
Jordan
Harrisonville
Fler
Clark Williams
Maxine Searles
Andersland
Second Avye
Charles Swindler
Charlotte Perrin
Minnie Perrin
Thomas Perrin
Charlene Watburn
Fred Sebroath
Ann Schroath
George Hayes
Oklahoma
George Jr
Robert Darst
RAF
Camp Atterbury
Ind
David Darst
Bessie Grogan
New Jersey
Fisher Russel
Athens
Grogan
William Ranes
Poca
W. Va
Tommy
Indianapolis
Larry Null
Hern
G.C.D.C. i
California
Hawagi
Pearl Harbor
Phillips announce birth of daughter at Mason Clinic
Mr. and Mrs. William Phillips of Middleport announce the birth of a daughter Sunday at the Mason Clinic. Grandparents are County Commissioner Charles Walburn and Mrs. Walburn, and Mr. and Mrs. Pearl Phillips of Minersville. A stork shower was hosted at the Walburn home with Lois Ann Roush Mazie Wise Ann Kelly Esther Gilmore Jeanne Seines serving.
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Middleport
William Phillips
Marcella Walburn
Mason Clinic
Charles Walburn
S. Second Ave
Pearl Phillips
Minersville
Restrictions on sewing machine production lifted
Washington reports that wartime rules on domestic sewing machine output are removed by the War Production Board. The agency warns this will not rapidly boost supply to retailers, as materials must be available and prior prioritization ends. London rejoices as lights blaze through the night for the first time in six years, marking a dramatic capital moment.
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Washington
War Production Board
London
Leather Supplies Expanded for Civilian Goods
The War Production Board announced more leather will be available for civilian items including luggage footballs athletic equipment and furniture upholstery. It lifted three restrictions and relaxed a fourth while military and essential items retain first claim on all feather resources.
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Washington
War Production Board
Also Mentioned on This Page
Pomeroy Social Notes
Victor Harbrecht
Amor Sye
Clarence Harbrecht
Hamilton
Ruth Harbrecht
Columbus
Dorothy Harbrecht
Clarent Harbrecht
Vutor Harbrecht
Margaret. Bolan
Ohio Bell Telephone Company
Cleveland
Joe
Fred Zsarnay
Tu Tith Anim
Fenard Bolan
Florida
National School of Los Angeles
Michael
Sell Old School
C. P. Gallagher
Dennis Gallagher
U.S Air Force
Naples
Italy
Dana Hamm
Mit
Eraville RD
Dorothy
Samuel Michael
G. L. Michael
Miss Hamm
Pomeroy High
Grace Teacher
Middleport High
Grace Episcopal Church School
Nesday
Chester High School
Meigs
Lancaster
Peggy Ryan Leon
Errol
Andy Devine
Freddie Slack Orchestra
Paya Es Meigs Temple
Dames Cagney
Ann Sheridan
Pat O'Brien
al Pearce
Dale Evans
Willy Tren
Brad Taylor
William Frawiey
Jerome Cowan
Star Garden Club
Gallia ‘County’s
Middleport Social Notes
Patty Devol
Susan Allensworth
Frances Roush
Mary Gilmore
Nelle Childs
Rowena Warren
Kathy Graves
Janet Frost
Elaine Walburn
Janice
Pauline Zerkle
Colegroves Market
Middleport, Ohio
Quality Meats
Standard Oil Co
Sohio
Tanes
AIR Forces
Sohie
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