Sixth Degree To Be Conferred Upon 243 Meigs Grangers
Pomona session Friday July 19 at Rocksprings initiates fourth degree members into fifth degree. State Sixth Degree team to arrive July 24 with an expected class of about 500 Meigs County members plus 500 visitors. Officials prepare for a large crowd in Pomeroy as Mayor George Howell and Chief Walter Wolfe coordinate crowd control. Funeral rites held for Charles Davidson in Middleport with interment at Burlingham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. E. Starkey
Pomeroy
Meigs County
George Howell
Walter E. Wolfe
Pomeroy Social Notes Highlight 60th Dye Anniversary
The Union Lend-A-Hand Circle hosted friends of Mr and Mrs Andrew Dye for their 60th wedding anniversary at the Dyes country home on July 1. Guests included daughters and grandchildren, with poems songs and a cake. 182 attendees enjoyed refreshments as the couple's long marriage was celebrated. The event aired on station WLW July 10 and the Dyes have two daughters Mary and Evels and two grandsons Charles Paynter and Ralph Jones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Union Lend- A-Hand
Harrisonville
Andrew Dye
Dye
John Paynt Manchard
Stadone Yreta AL “Mao
May Dye
Maa
Frances Dridesmaid
Dean
Hest
John
Ann Aikire
Dyes
Egragm
Essx
Saxton
Lee
Shbands
Benton Carl
Army Chase
Elden
Npralion
Chnt Gilkey
Ars
Dre
Watson
WLW
Martin Dye
Ohio Company
Mary
Evels
Charles Paynter
Ralph
Women Camp Bid Set for Tar Hollow Farm Event
District Farm Women's Camp planned for Tar Hollow Ross Hacking Park July 26 27 28 invites Pomeroy Meigs County farm women. Reservations with Mrs Geneva H Nolan by July 20. Camp runs noon Friday to supper Sunday with vesper campfire and mingling with other Southeastern Ohio farm women. Men join August 3 4 with lunch Saturday. Cost 14 for two days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Meigs County
Tar Hollow
Ross Hacking Park
Geneva H. Nolan
Ohio
C. E. Blakeslee
Warning Issued to Meigs Tomato Growers on Late Blight Control
POMEROY T M King extension plant pathologist issued a warning to Meigs County tomato growers that the only way to control late blight is by dusting or spraying at least weekly, or more with wet weather. He advised fixed copper dust or Bordeaux mixture at the nation of 88 100 eight pounds of hydrated lime and 100 gallons of water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
T. M. King
Meigs County
Murray City News Briefs
Murray City items note residents visiting relatives and returning home. People mentioned include James Smart, Mrs Ethel Cook, Gerald Bryan, Mr and Mrs Marion Shelton, Don Matthews, Mr and Mrs John Shelton, Mrs Joshu Matheny, Robert Anders and daughter Dian, Miss Ruth Alice Tignar, Edd McDonald, Mr and Mrs Carl Carsner, Mrs Grace Dupier, Mr Leonard Camphil, Capitola Harper, Jr and Harry Shaffer, Bea Hillyer, John Snyder and daughter, Wanda Evendale, Betty Sabo and children, Charles Van Duren, Clarence Cook, Charles Herbst, Claude Clendenen, and William Gosnville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Bryan
Marion Shelton
Barberton
Don Matthews
Salem
John Shelton
Cev
Howard Craft
Joshu Matheny
Toledo
Robert Anders
Dian
Columbus
Ruth Alice Tignar
Edd McDonald
Nelsonville
Carl Carsner
New Lexington
Grace Dupier
Carsner
Clarence Campbell
Zanesville
Leonard Camphil
Capitola Harper
Blanche Brooker, Jr
Harry Shaffer
Bea Hillyer
Canton
John Snyder
Wanda Evan le Dal
China
Betty Sabo
Charles van Duren
Clarence Cook
Charles Herbst
Claude Clendenen
William Gosnes
Harry Gosnvile
M Pearl Bucktel
Cheshire Triumphs 7 3 Over Mason Citymen In Extra Innings
Cheshire scored four in the final inning to beat Mason City 7 to 3 at Middleport football field. Pitcher Rupe allowed eight hits for Cheshire while Van Meter gave up 12 for Mason City. Cheshire hitters included Roush D Mantey Hendrix Martin and Rupe. Mason City’s J Gibbs Hall D Zerkle J Grimm also batted well. Friday night Gallipolis meets Letart Falls in the Feeney Bennett Post American Legion softball elimination tournament.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Cheshire
Mason City
Rupe
van Meter
West Virginians
Roush
D. Mantey
Hendrix
Martin
J. Gibbs
Hall
D. Zerkle
J. Grimm
Gallipolis
Letart Falls
Feeney-Bennett Post American Legion
Cecil Cook Regains Sight After Eye Injury
Cecil E. Cook of Race Street 62 was injured at the Shiflet building when struck by cement. He received focal treatment and has regained sight in his right eye.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Cecil E. Cook
Race St
Shiflet
German invention uses vapor to stop aircraft engines
A German developed gaseous vapor intended to disable aircraft engines in warfare. The material cites primitive cultures using items such as rock salt, feather bands, ax blades, shells, and sperm whale teeth as currency.
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Germany
P&M Club Beats Athens 6-3 In Tuesday Tilt
PEM rebounded from a 6-4 defeat at Athens VFW with a 6-3 win in Middleport. Reis allowed seven hits and two walks for Athens while Searles and Clatworthy led PEM hitters with two hits each. Manley and Walters handled mound duties for their teams as PEM next plays Portland at Pythian Park.
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Middleport
Pemis
Trem
Athens Vfw
Athens
Reis
Carl Searles
Clatworthy
Maniey
Pem
Ino
Mackett
Walters
P&m
Manley
Portland
Pythian Park
Homer Kennedy rites held in Cheshire Methodist Church
Funeral services for Homer Kennedy were held at the Cheshire Methodist Church with the Rev. Howard Warner presiding. The service included memorial music by Mrs. Lilian Stieff and a quartet, interment at Gravel Hill Cemetery, and among those attending were local lodge members and relatives from Langsville Bradbury Waterford and Toledo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Pythian Sister Lodge
Church of Christ
Homer Kennedy
Hobson
Cheshire
Charles Walburn
David Durst
Paul Davis
R. L. Burnett
George Grinjey
H. E. Daugherty
Wendell Bunce
Plower
Patricia Kennedy
Sara Palmer
Ida Lee Hartley
Janice Lyman
Eileen Blosser
Carla Owen
Rirs
Theodore Kennedy
Langsville
Irene Smith
Bradbury
Dayton Kennedy
Waterford
Elza Wiggins
Toledo
Middleport Youths Attend Conference
Jean Clark Marylon Knopp and Dorothy Chase spent ten days at Granville for the Baptist Youth Camp representing the First Baptist Church. Mr and Mrs Harold Chase with Frances and Ruth traveled with them and visited Columbus on the return trip. The girls were interviewed for a radio broadcast at the Palace Theater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Jean Clark
Marylon Knopp
Dorothy Chase
Granville
First Baptist Church
Harold Chase
Frances
Ruth
Columbus
Palace Theater
Residents Attend Killan Rites in Athens Church
Mr and Mrs W C Burson and Mr and Mrs Otho Murray attended the funeral of Mrs Flossie Burson Killan at the Christian Church in Athens on Tuesday. Killan was well known in Pomeroy as a former matron and past grand marshal of the Eastern Star Lodge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
W. C. Burson
Otho Murray
Flossie Burson Killan
Christian Church
Athens
Pomeroy Personal Notices Mixed Visits Across Michigan
Mr and Mrs William Reinhart and son Bob visited Mr and Mrs Peter Reinhart and daughter Gen of Mayfield Michigan for two weeks. They toured the Straits of Mackinac. Joann Arnold of Akron visited Mr and Mrs Lewis Walker of Minersville and Mr and Mrs Norman Terrell of Pomeroy. Mrs Elwood Bowers was Sunday dinner guest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman ‘Terretl
Norma Jean
Marisaret Sell
Betty Jo
Peggy Peter
Bernice Sheridan
James Walker
Beverly Hutton
Marteen Brown
Bobby Terrell
Lewis Walker
Joan Arnold
William Reinhart
Bob
Peter Reinhart
Gen
Mayfield
Mich
Straits of Mackinac
Joann Arnold
Akron
Minersville
Norman Terrell
Pomeroy
Elwood Bowers
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Athens Messenger
Meigs G Grangers
Pomona
Charles Davidson
Delaware
Burlingham
Pomeroy Social Notes
Mer
Lincoln Sell
Wolfe Fen
Franklin
Dale
Army Air Corps
Olin
Knapp
Miss Terrell
Bannay West
Helen West
Laurel St
Danny
Donald Vedrow
George Nesselroad
Homer Smith
Dicky Skiles
Jacket
Conrad Ohlinger
Paul
Lincoln Hill
Walter Miller
Raymond Elberfeld
Jimmy
Cambridge
L. M. Mohrhoff
Albert Recter
P. E. Stanley
Long Bottom
John Weed
Aliee Ann
Besse Weed
Frank B. Wilt
Put- In-Bay
W. R. Hill
Marcia Lee
Dayton
George Hochsetter
Jimmy Elverfeld
Paul Werry
Pleasant Ridge
DR. Kohl
Stark's Pharmacy
Dickie's
Sherwin-Williams
McMaster
Middleport, Ohio
House of the
Big Wind
Moffett Field
Caly
National Advisory Committee For Aeronautics
Meigs Tomato Growers
Murray City News
Murray City
James Smart
Ethel Cook
Detroit
Pontiac, Mich
Gerald Bryan
Jackson
Mason Citymen
Cecil Cook
Dutton Drug CO
Stansbury
H. Kennedy
Meigs
Phillips Sisters Style Shop
Court St. Pomeroy
H. J. Hysell
D. S. Farmer
Mgr
Pomeroy Personals
Lionel Travis
BROWN
2Nd St
Partners
Lum & Abner
Pamela Blake
Danny Duncan
Dick Elliott
Ruth Lee Teala Loring
John James
Subijec
Jack Haley
Rudy Vallee
Ozzie Nelson
Frances Langford
Art Linkletter
Helen Walker
The
Waypabonds
Triple Bill
Man Who
Leslie Brooks
George Macready
Santa FE Saddlemates
Sunset
Carson
Raiders OF
Ghost City
Lionel Atwill
Suntan
Taffeta
Middleport Dept. Store
Iddleport, Ohio
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