Meigs County Grocers Enlist in Fat Salvage Campaign
Meigs County grocers join a national salvage drive to collect waste kitchen fats for explosives. Residents are urged to save fats in clean containers, with five cents per pound paid by cooperating meat dealers and rendered at a small handling margin. Fats yield glycerine for anti tank shells and signal rockets.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County Grocers
Neval Salvage Section
War Production Board
Meigs
Edson E. Roush
Meigs County Salvage Committee
Vinton County Court Notes Highlights and Local Inductions
Vinton County Ration Board met July 20 and issued tire and tube allowances, new truck tires, and recaps for residents including John Crow and Ray Arnett. Thirty seven men plan Fort Hayes departure July 25 with Legion breakfast send off. additional intake details and war bond sales reported.
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McArthur
Vinton County Ration Board
John Crow
Ray Arnett
Charles O'Leary
Zaleski
Joseph Morgan
Hamden
Carl Beltz
RFD
Everett Turner
Earl Wm. Snyder
McArthur Rfd
Dora Dutcher
Raymond Sigler
New Plymouth
Russell Smith
Ray
Ray Eberts
W. H. McDaniels
Clyde West
Zaleski Rfd
Lola M. Gearing
Londonderry
Cecil Mace
Zareski
Claude M. Herrold McArthur
Delos W. Shepard
T. H. Ankrom
Nathan Allman
Lloyd Clary
Bloomingville
Columbus
Southern Ohio Electric
Frank White
Emmitt Eberts
Harold Hewitt
Creola
Vinton County
Clarence FE. Ebberts
FRD
Fort Hayes
American Legion and Ladies Auxiliary
Legion Hall
Middleport Personal Notices Include Deaths and Local Moves
Will Besserer of Charleston travels here after the death of Mrs. Hattie Bennett. Attending the funeral are Charles Armel Columbus. Mrs. Curtis Clark Prospect. Mrs. William B. Thomas and Lettie Besserer Massachusetts. Harold Hubbard recovered after illness. his son Bill ill at the Hubbard home. Norman Foss moves to Walnut Street apartment. the Misses Hallie and Nellie Zerkle relocate to Race Street. Mrs. Maggie Pickens learns her son Richard Pickens is in Houston navy school after enlisting months ago. Mrs. Fred Shauver recovers from a broken arm. Lola Jones and Carl Jones with two daughters of Columbus visit Frank Brumfield Bradbury. Corporal Brooks, husband of Mrs. Lester Brooks, earns rank. stationed at Ft. Bragg. Mrs. Edwin Hull returns to Washington D. C. after visiting with her ill father T. H. Davis, who is improving. Guests of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Mackin and Mr. and Mrs. Sherman Olsen include Raymond Balser and son of Akron. Mackin recently toured Youngstown before military service. Mrs. E. E. Romine and daughters attend a party in Charleston in honor of Mrs. Hattie Copen. Miss Clara Ervin of Cincinnati visits her parents Attorney Edgar Ervin and wife on Main Street. Jackson Country Club sees Dr. R. E. Boice, C. O. Chapman, and Wally Lawrence golfing. Warren Pickens of Dayton visits his mother Maggie Pickens. Warren in military service on two-week furlough. Mrs. Worley Howell visits relatives in Akron. Michael Kittle of Glouster stays with grandmother Mrs. Frank McCoy and son Hugh.
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Harold Hubbard
Bill
Hubbard
S. Fifth Ave
Norman Foss
Walnut St
Hallie
Nellie Zerkle
Race St
Fosses
Mr. Foss
Perry Mitch
Maggie Pickens
Richard Pickens
Houston
Texas
U. S. Navy
Fred Shauver
Broadway
Lola Jones
Carl Jones
Columbus
Frank Brumfield
Bradbury
Lester Brooks
Corporal Brooks
Ft. Bragg
N. C
Edwin Hull
Lucille Davis
T. H. Davis
Washington, D. C
Davis
Joe Mackin
Sherman Osen
Smith McMaster
Raymond Balser
Akron
Mackin
Youngstown
E. E. Romine
Etta
Betty
Charleston
Hattie Copen
Clara Ervin
Cincinnati
Edgar Ervin
Main St
Jackson Country Club
R. E. Boice
C. O. Chapman
Wally Lawrence
Warren Pickens
Dayton
Ruth. Warren
Barber Finds 33 Customers Drafted
POMEROY counts noses among his clientele and discovers 33 of his customers were drafted Tuesday. He notes calls have reduced other lines of his business but says the influx of new residents tied to nearby defense industries boosts overall activity.
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Pomeroy
POMEROY GAINES COOK TO FILL PULPIT SUNDAY
Gaines M. Cook general secretary of the Ohio Missionary Society will fill the pulpit at Pomeroy Christian Church Sunday morning. Bible School starts at 9 30 with the message by Mr Cook at 10 30 providing a full morning service.
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Pomeroy
Gaines M. Cook
The
Ohio Missionary Society
Pomeroy Christian Church
Mr. Cook
Pomeroy Social Notes Highlights Local Weddings and Visits
The week notes a Sunday morning wedding in Columbus where Miss Jane Priode wed Charles Swatzel with Rev. Harold Lancaster officiating. Bridesmaids, best man, and school and military ties are noted, along with multiple community visits, 4 H camp plans, and local residents traveling or relocating.
Primary Class to Participate in Heath Methodist Service
The Heath Methodist Church Primary Class will take part in the Sunday School opening service. Reverend Roth rock will speak on Religion That Works. At First Presbyterian Church Reverend H L Carr will discuss Green Pastures for the Soul. No evening services at Methodist or Presbyterian. Reverend Ralph Zandel announced texts for Sunday morning and evening.
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Middleport
Heath Methodist Church
Rothrock
First Presbyterian Church
H. L. Carr
Ralph Zandel
Seventy Meigs Men Accepted by Army
Official report to the Selective Service Office details 115 Meigs selectees sent to Columbus. Seventy were accepted, 20 slated for re-examination, and 25 rejected.
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Pomeroy
Columbus
Selective Service Office
Clark reunion set for Chester Pomeroy Boy Scout camp
Annual Clark reunion will be held Sunday August 2 at the Boy Scout camp in Chester. Ziba Clark serves as president and Frank Clark as secretary of the group.
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Chester Pomeroy
Chester
Ziba Clark
Frank Clark
Guards Win Softball Tilt From DuPonts
MIDDLEPORT defense workers cheered as the Guards of the General Chemical Defense Company defeated the Du Ponts 5 to 1. The game turned on a fifth inning homer by Clary after a slipping miscue in wet grass. Tuesday’s elimination series opener was announced by Charles McMaster with drawings to be held at City Hall Monday night.
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Middleport
General Chemical Defense Company
DuPonts
WVOW
Clary
Bill Diles
Charles McMaster
City Hall
Mrs. C. D. Henry Dies At Home In Amesville
Mrs. C. D. Henry mother of Mrs. Patrick Lochary of Lincoln Hill died Wednesday night at her Amesville home. Survived by husband and three sons Ralph of Cleveland Harry at home and Wilbur of Zanesville. Funeral services set for late this afternoon in Zanesville.
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Pomeroy
C. D. Henry
Patrick Lochary
Lincoln Hill
Amesville
Lochary
Henry
Mrs. Lochary
Ralph
Cleveland
Harry
Wilbur
Zanesville
Root promoted in Navy to pharmacist’s mate third class
Middleport news notes Clarence C. Root has passed his examinations and been promoted to pharmacist’s mate third class in the U S Navy. He is the son of Mrs. Cora Root and Harold Root and was formerly an assistant at Rawlings-Coats Funeral Home.
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Middleport
Clarence C. Root
U. S. Navy
Root
Cora Root
Harold Root
Rawlings-Coats Funeral Home
Service station links with NYCRR for railroad crew transport
A Pomeroy service station owner entered a contract with the New York Central Railroad to carry railroad crews to and from Hobson yards. The Safety Cab Company, cited as unable to secure tires, discontinued crew service to the yards on July 1.
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Middleport
Pomeroy
NYCRR
Hobson Yards
Safety Cab Company
Middleport Women Can Get Help Now
Local housewives say the WPA housekeepers aid project closed last week and many women found daily work. Demand from roomers boarders and defense families in Middleport has created jobs for domestic help and workers by the day.
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Middleport
Mrs. Hattie Mauck Bennett Rites Planned in Middleport
Funeral services for Mrs. Hattie Mauck Bennett 79 who died Thursday after coronary thrombosis will be at Rawlings-Coats Funeral Home Sunday at 2 p.m. She lived with relatives on S Third Ave since her husband William Bennett a former Hocking Valley conductor died 16 years ago. She was a member of Evangeline Chapter OES and is survived by sisters brothers in law a niece and several nephews and grand-nieces and nephews.
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Middleport
Hattie Mauck Bennett
S. Third Ave
Rawlings-Coats
Bennett
Daniel Mauck
Gallia County
William
Billy) Bennett
Old Hocking Valley Railroad
Allie Mauck
C. F. Besserer
Florrie Mauck Besserer
Besserer
Evangeline Chapter
O.E.S
Miss Mauck
Mr. Besserer
Curtis Clark
Prospect
Charess Armel
Columbus
Earl Mauck
Gallipolis
POMEROY Mourns Earl Doolittle Former Meigs County Resident
Earl Doolittle a former Meigs County man died Tuesday morning in Marion Ohio hospital His daughter Mrs Grace Dodson of Pomeroy was summoned to his bedside Sunday
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Pomeroy
Earl Doolittle
Meigs County
Marion, O
Grace Dodson
Runaway Steel Tank Floats into River Near Ferry Landing
A 24 by 10 foot steel tank toppled from a railroad flat car at Excelsior Salt plant. It rolled across Main Street into the river but floated upright due to its open end. Towboat Tex assisted, recovering barges while a tractor and winch hauled the tank to shore and loaded it onto a trailer.
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Main St
Tex
Son Writes Home After Silence From Private Carl Still
Mr and Mrs Frank Still of Rutland Street report relief after receiving a letter from their son Private Carl Still stating he is safe and well in Honolulu. They request friends to contact them for his current address.
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Middleport
Carl Still
Frank Still
Rutland St
Honolulu
Still
Local men suffer acid burn and hand cuts in incidents
Middleport reports two injuries from separate events. Harry Moe Guffin sustained severe acid burns, while Lonnie Hughes suffered cuts to fingers and hands while cubing meat at Colegrove Super Market.
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Middleport
Harry Moe Guffin
Lonnie Hughes
Colegrove
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Athens Messenger
Roush
Vinton County Court
County Recorder
Faye Pendleton
James Penderton
Vinton
Vinton Township
Delver M. Quick
Saginaw
Mich
Lizzie Littlejohn
Wellston
Clinton Township
Carl Littlejohn
Earnest Litter
Chatfield
W. F. Cline
Will Besserer
Hattie Bennett
Charles Armel
William B. Thomas
Iss Lettie Besserer
Massachusetts
Tweedie
Gabardines and Kids
Vogue Shoe Shop
E. Main St
Helen Zeiher
Pomeroy, Ohio
Barber
Auto
Pomeroy Social Notes
Honor Patty Burgess
Methodist Church
Jane Priode
Will Priode
Charles Swatzel
Fred Swatzer
Butternut Ave
Harold Lancaster
Evelyn Grueser
Michael Hackett
Middleport High School
Pomeroy Cement Block Co
Swatzel
Pomeroy High School
Army
Camp Shelby
Miss
Entertain Guild
Charles Baird
FE. R. Titus
Grace Guild
Episcopal Church
John Lietwiler
Carrie Nye
Theodore Ebersbach
A. R. Clifton
Red Cross
Children’s Hospital
Patty Burgess
Martha Roedel
43 Club
Virginia Church
Kay Vaughan
Ruth Anna Bauer
Jeannette Young
Addie Matson
Constance Seyfried
Peggy Story
Freda Marie Parker
Mary Grueser
Pomeroy Personals
Geneva Humphreys
C. E. Blakeslee
Jackson
Keystone Camp
John Franz
Brick St
Stockdale
Franz
Willis Wadsworth
Mayme Holmes
Syracuse
Parkersburg
Ross Hocking Camp
Alice Johnson
Huntington
W. Va
Mae Eubanks
John Justis
Minersville
Richard Justis
Hartford
Ashton Sayre
Patterson Field
Australia
Sayre
Air Corps
Frank Johnston
Junior Owens
Court Street Grill
Navy
Mrs. Bennett
Messenger
Messeger
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