Auxiliary Police Prepare for Traffic Test in Pomeroy Next Week
In Fomeroy 73 volunteers were tapped to serve as auxiliary police for Civilian Defense. They met to receive instructions for a traffic test next Wednesday between 7 and 9 30 pm, stopping traffic for 10 minutes to practice duties ahead of a trial blackout. After voting, Rev W F Sodt won the captaincy by a close margin with Ralph Graves as lieutenant and Ross Evans also named lieutenant.
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AGE Boc
Athens Messenger
Athens
Ohio
Pomeroy
Fomeroy
Auxiliary Police
W. F. Sodt
Ralph Graves
Graves
Ross Evans
Middleport Social Notes Update on Local Moves and Visits
Mr. and Mrs. H H Kitchen relocate to the apartment above Middleport Produce Company on N Second Ave. Their former home on Mrs Hollis Scott’s property was sold to Edison Bakers. Mrs Homer Grant travels to Washington DC after remodeling two homes. accompanied by daughters Katharine and Christine Grant and Mrs Cedric Clark to Athens before departing. Various local residents visit relatives, travel to Charleston, and recover from injuries or operations at Holzer Hospital. New workers start at General Chemical Defense Co Pt Pleasant with Catherine Hennesy and Leah Ann Crites as escorts. Leona Eblin returns from Ravenna for an indefinite stay with her parents.
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Middleport
H H. Kitchen
Front St
Middleport Produce Company
N. Second Ave
Hollis Scott
Pomeroy
Edison Baker
East
Homer Grant
Washington, D. C
Henry Albers
Athens
Katharine
Christine Grant
Cedric Clark
Washington
Paul Hoffman
Marian
Paul
Alan Fultz
Chicago
B. F. Fultz
Pearl St
C. A. Stillwagon
Jack
M Klingensmith
Elwood City
Emma Sisson
Fife
S. Third Ave
Mary Williams
Catherine Hennesy
Leah Ann Crites
Vaughn Crites
Leona Eblin
Ravenna
Beecher Kessinger
Beech St
Albert Logan
Robert Burkett
Mulberry Ave
Point Pleasant
Pvt
James Hazelton
Georgetown
S. C
Army
MecDill Field
Tampa
Fla
Wright
N. C. Stout
John
W. Main St
G. S. Merry
Roy Reuter
Freda Smith
Spencer-Wehrung Market
Arthur Ebersbach
Wetzgall St
Herman Cheathem
Columbus
Kansas Residents Visit Pomeroy After 30 Years
Mr and Mrs Ed Derry of Kansas are guests at the home of Mr and Mrs W L Stivers in Pomeroy on their first visit in thirty years. Derry once worked as a shoemaker in Kerrs Run and his wife is the daughter of Reverend Perkins former pastor of the U B Church at Enterprise.
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Pomeroy
Ed Derry
Kansas
W. L. Stivers
Derry
Kerr's Run
Perkins
U. B
Enterprise
Douglas Hosts Neighborhood Picnic in Harrisonville
Mr and Mrs Murl Douglas entertained with a big picnic in Harrisonville. Guests included H J Williams Dale Williams Howery Hull and family Mary Is Lin Commer Fred Emmer Margaret Glenn John Ella Douglas Lawrence Darwin Clarence Douglas Rockings Dale Barnhart Ronnie Huffman Helen Hellman Joan and Bertha Douglas among others.
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Harrisonville
Bud
Lawrence
Darwin
Clarence Douglas
Rock ‘Ings
Dale Barnhart
Ronnie
Bradbury
Walter Huffman
Daugh Helen
Chester
Hellman
Joaned
Peach Fork
Ess
Murl Dougand
Bertha
Pomeroy Social Notes and Community Updates
Theodorius Council of the Daughters of America installs new officers with Myrtle Long presiding. A large local lodge delegation will attend the Cleveland state session August 17-19. Funeral guests from multiple cities attended Edward Sutton's service. Local residents share news of marriages, transfers, and employment. State examiners arrive to inspect county records. Mrs. Charles Mayes converts a second floor into light housekeeping apartments for a defense family in Middleport.
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Edward Sutton
Harold Gassaway
Cleveland
Georgia Sutton
Columbus
Ernest Sutton
Leading Creek
Lawrence Boyd
Anna Nixon
Booker Johnson
Cincinnati
Mike and
Rude Kelly
Florence and Cecil Kelly
Dayton
Middleport
Charles Mayes
Grant St
Helmsman Jack Ubry Home on Furlough
Relatives of Helmsman Jack Ubry, youngest sailor on the U S S Os prey, welcomed his return after a brief absence. He completed submarine sound school at Key West Florida and graduated with the class, now a third class petty officer. His leave ends Tuesday of next week.
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Middleport
Jack Ubry
U.S.S
Osprey
Jack
Paul Smith
Ana Su Ubry
Submarine Sound School
Key West
Fla
Social Notes From Portland and Nearby Areas
Local society updates record visits and gatherings among Portland residents. Betty Hood visits in Pomeroy. McDade family travels between Biz Rapids and Hinton. several families host guests and return from vacations. The death of George Adams prompts funeral services. relatives from Cincinnati visit Eva Blosser’s family. Pittsburgh trips involve Claude Price, Lester Price, and Mrs Tony Williamson.
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Portland
Gilbert McDade
Betty
Bilile
van McDade
Gerald Ours
Linda Lou
Hinton
Biz Rapids
W. FE. McDade
Kananga
George Bush
Jane
Gallipolis
Betty Hood
Pomeroy
Harry Swan
Raymond Nolan
Parkersburg
Dora Blosser
Lawrence Blosser
Barberton
Eva Blosser
Eris Price
George Adams
Emlin Adams
Cincinnati
E. D. Nester
Grantsville
Claude Price
Lester Price
Pittsburgh
Earl Wilford
Byron Roush
Tony Williamson
Rail timetable fragment lists multiple passenger trains
A partial timetable shows several East and West bound trains with numbers and daily or Sunday exceptions. It includes Chesapeake and Ohio and New York Central South routes with times such as No 44 11:06 pm and No 2 National Limited 9:38 pm, plus North bound and other daily services.
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Diplomat
TH. Cenrenenmcaeererenett al bin
National Limited
Chesapeake & Ohio
NEW York Central South
Mintsiew Ode
Courses in First Aid Are Completed
Two Red Cross First Aid courses under Mrs. Harmon O'Brien completed in Middleport. Junior Standard First Aid students include Mary Gomer Dorothea Singer Mary Martha Roller Phyllis Smart Susan Allensworth Mary and Martha Ohlinger Charlotte Brown Wanda Koehler Mary Mourning. Fifteen hours of class work. The 20-hour course taught seven Amateur Gardeners Club matrons: Mrs. Carroll Swanson Mrs. Robert Rawlings Mrs. R. E. McKay Mrs. Robert Coats Mrs Edward Tewksbury Mrs. Roy Barnes and Mrs. F. M. Cluff.
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Middleport
Red Cross
Harmon O’brien
Mary Gomer
Dorthea Singer
Mary Martha Roller
Phyllis Smart
Susan Allensworth
Mary
Martha Ohlinger
Charlotte Brown
Wanda Koehler
Mary Mourning
Amateur Gardeners Club
Carroll Swanson
Robert Rawlings
R. E. McKay
Robert Coats
Edward Tewksbury
Roy Barnes
F. M. Cluff
33 Attend First Nutrition Class
Middleport reports 33 women attended the first Red Cross nutrition class at the Ohio Fuel Gas Office on Second Ave. Eleanor Cumberland led the session, with plans to extend to a longer canteen course requiring more participants. Next meeting is Wednesday at 3 PM. residents urged to register. Sponsored by the American Red Cross.
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Middleport
Red Cross
Ohio Fuel Gas Office
Second Ave
Eleanor Cumberland
Home Service
Gas Company
American Red Cross
Entsminger Enlists in Army Signal Corps at Port
Kenneth Entsminger, an electrical engineer at Cowellsville Pennsylvania, has enlisted in the Army Signal Corps. After visiting his parents Mr and Mrs David Entsminger he reported to Fort Monmouth New Jersey. A graduate of MHS and Ohio University he earned an engineering degree and has been commissioned a second lieutenant.
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Middleport
Kenneth Entsminger
Cowellsville
Signal Corps
Army
David Entsminger
Ft. Monmouth
N. J
Entsminger
MHS
Ohio University
Announce Judges for Meigs County Primary Election
Meigs County Election Board mailed notices naming presiding judges for the August 11 primary. The list includes party designations with Republicans dominating, covering Meigs towns from Pomeroy to Syracuse and surrounding precincts.
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Meigs County
Parsons Funeral Friday
Funeral services for the late George Parsons, prominent Mason County farmer, will be held Friday afternoon at 2 30 o clock at the residence at Kaylong. Among the local relatives are Mrs Ross Luellen Gravel Hill a daughter and Mrs Charles Barnett Pomeroy a granddaughter.
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Middleport
George Parsons
Mason County
Kaylong
Ross Luellen
Gravel Hill
Charles Barnett
Pomeroy
Soldier First To Cast Absentee Ballot at Meigs County
Edward Kaylor of Camp Sutton Monroe N C became the first to cast an absent voter ballot at the Meigs County Election Board Office. Eleanor Smith of Pittsburgh was first to file for a ballot, but her ballot had not yet been returned. By Wednesday afternoon only ten absent ballots had been cast.
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Pomeroy
Edward Kaylor
Camp Sutton
Monroe
N. C
Meigs County Election Board
Eleanor Smith
Pittsburgh
Sumner Road Surfacing Under WPA Project Soon
County Engineer Jed Hartinger said Sumner Road resurfacing, already rebuilt under a WPA project, will start in a few days. The road work is complete except for surfacing and WPA labor will be used on county road maintenance, beginning around mid August.
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Pomeroy
Sumner
Jed Hartinger
Therr
Loyal Women to Serve Cafeteria Supper at Church
The Loyal Women's Class of the Church of Christ will host a public cafeteria supper tonight from 6 to 8 PM at the church in Middleport officials announced. Proceeds support church activities.
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Middleport
Church of Christ
Rare Plant Blooms at Middleport Evening Garden
Mr and Mrs A R McKinney report 17 night blooming cereus blossoms in full bloom at their Middleport garden, highlighting a remarkable flowering event for their collection.
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Middleport
A. R. McKinney
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Tehran
Iran
Soviet Russia
Middleport Social Notes
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Pomeroy Social Notes
Rivervue
Hysell
Dayton Russell
Russell
Bessie Montgomery
Vada
Thomas Rich
Robert Rich
Camden
Pomeroy Methodist Church
Nobel Rompel
Ruth Drakos
Gardner Kenney
Boston
Mass
Rich
Ben Franklin
Hunt
Pomeroy Personals
C. E. Tilton
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Akron
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Finance Co
Berry Hotel
William M. Swartz
Alfred
Dana H. Cumings
Beadford East
Charles W. Radford
Chester North
Herbert V. Tucker
R. S. Turner
Columbia
Miles E. Nelson
Dexter
George B. Radekin
Dyesville
P. B. Wickline
Great River
Dana Everett Turner
Charles R. Lansbury
Langsville
Albert D. Hill
Letart
C. E. Ripley
Letart East
Cora Swan
Long Bottom
Griff Archer
Emma_ S. Wayland
Kathryn Wise
Middle
William W. Rupe
Rutland Village
Robert B. Carson
Rutland East
Lawrence L. Anderson
Rutland West
W. M. Cottrill
Salem
Earl Mason
Silver Run
William CC
Edwards
Syracuse Village
Ira Wolf
Syracuse
Coy Hawk
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Clover Farm Meat
Clover Farm
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Doz
Windsor
Er Farm
Glendale
Edgemont
Clover Farm Vacuum
Pkos
Little Clover Farm
Borden
Wenn
Clover Far Cigars
Clover Farm Stores
Florence
Hysell Furniture Co
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Middleport, Ohio
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