Drowning at Pomeroy Claims 16 Year Old Joe Carnahan
A 16 year old boy from the Fourth Ward drowned Monday afternoon in the Ohio River at Pomeroy on the West Virginia side near the Pomeroy Mason Bridge. Four younger companions watched as Carnahan, unable to swim, entered water to neck depth and vanished after stepping into a hole. Richard Schwab, 12, attempted a rescue but was pulled under. he and the others sought help and the body was recovered after about 45 minutes. Funeral arrangements are in progress.
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Pomeroy
Ohio River
Joe Carnahan
Fourth Ward
West Virginia
Pomeroy-Mason
Carnahan
Schwab
Land
Ohio
Middleport
Oscar Wince
Middleport Social Notes Highlight Local Birthdays and Events
The column records birthdays and gatherings in Middleport including Rodney Sauer visiting family in S Second Ave and Delbert Russell with his wife at Camp Lee Va. Virginia Russell visits Columbus. Griff Russell's family celebration. Frank and Mary Lathey hosts. a marriage of Marvel Schmoll to Virgil Shannon with a brief honeymoon. Girl Scouts event honoring Mrs. Reynolds at Roadside Park. George Daniels returns to Columbus after visiting sisters C A Poindexter and Anna Trimble.
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Middleport
Rodney Sauer
Curtiss-Wright Plint
Columbus
Lewis Sauer
S. Second Ave
Delbert Russell
Griff Russell
Lieutenant Russell
X-Ray
Camp Lee
Russells
Virginia Russell
Sue Ellen Knopp
Frank Knopp
Seventh Ave
Knopp
Frank L. Knopp
George Daniels
C. A. Poindexter
Anna Trimble
Poindexter
Man Arrested After Chase Through Middleport Yard Area
John Yesencheck 29 was arrested after a pursuit that started near Chauncey Werner’s home in Hobson and ended in the Hobson yards. He faces breaking and entering and resisting an officer charges with bonds set at 1000 and 100 respectively and was bound over to the Meigs County grand jury.
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Middleport
Chauncey Werner
Hobson
Hobson Yards
John Yesencheck
Meigs County
Fred DeWees
Chocuncey Werner
DeWees
Gatewood Station
Henry Joachim
Joachim
Joe Wilson
John Kincaid
Columbus
Pomeroy Personals A Weekend of Travel and Visits Across States
Pomeroy Personals lists weekend visits with relatives in Syracuse and Columbus. Guests include Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Roberts Sandusky and others from Cincinnati Huntington Dayton and Mulberry Avenue. Several residents report employment changes visits with family and soldiers stationed overseas.
Family dinner hosts Will Daniels clan and guests
Sister entertained with a family dinner joining Mr and Mrs Will Daniels and daughter Phyllis of Five Points. Daniels and his sisters later visited Mr and Mrs Walter Owens in Hockingport. Mrs Owens suffered an ankle injury, an X ray showed a double fracture and a cast was applied. She is cared for at her sister Miss Rosamonde Dillard’s home.
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Will Daniels
Phyllis
Five Points
Daniels
Walter Owens
Hockingport
1 H Clubs Spending Week at Keystone Camp
Sixteen Meigs County 4 H Club members travel from Pomeroy for a week at Keystone Camp near Jackson. The annual trip involves 4 H Clubs from several counties with C E Blakeslee and Miss Geneva Humphreys accompanying as extension agents.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Keystone
Jackson
Odessa Wolfe
Mary Ellen Hayman
Jean Lee
Adele Norris
Ramona Allen
Etta Mae Shields
Mildred Norris
Betty Dean
Donald Ross
Merlyn Ross
Jimmy Smith
Dawn Dye
Eloise Nelson
Wanda
Milliron Family Updates From Nelsonville to Miami Beach
Private Milliron formerly of Nelsonville now resides in Miami Beach Florida. Mrs Milliron and her infant child stay with her parents Mr and Mrs David Oiler during his absence. Mrs Osler is recovering after injuring her foot by stepping on a nail.
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Middleport
Orville Milliron
Nelsonville
Miami Beach
Fla
Milliron
David Oiler
Osler
Wittmer Omitted From Bennett Pallbearers List
Middleport notes George Wittmer was left off the pallbearers list for the funeral of Hattie Maud Bennett held Sunday afternoon.
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Middleport
George Wittmer
Hattie Maud Bennett
Checks Auto Stamps Middleport Stop Town Patrol
Chief of Police Fred DeWees conducted a survey of automobile stamps yesterday stopping motorists as they drove through the town.
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Middleport
Fred DeWees
Farm Women Meet At Andrews Home
REEDSVILLE Olive Farm Women's Club met at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Francis Andrews in July. Mrs. Victor Wipple presided over a brief business session with plans for the annual picnic on Aug. 16 at Pryor Cawdeny Beach cottages, hosted by Miss Minerva Pryor. Program committee: Mrs. Carl D. Buckley, Mrs. C. E. Myers, Mrs. Francis Andrews. Refreshments were served by the hostess and her daughter Ellen. RETURN TO OFFICE POMEROY Herb Riggs, after illness, returned to duty at the county commissioners office. Highest tide in the world occurs at the Bay of Fundy, Canada, rising 53 feet.
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Reedsville
Olive Farm
Vacancies Reported as Meigs Schools Prepare
Meigs county schools report at least 22 teachers from the 1941-42 roster will not return for the new term. Five high school and six elementary vacancies exist. resignations must be filed by August 1. Some men may be replaced by women as staffing stabilizes amid pending army calls.
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Kathryn Lemley
Silver Run
Orville Chambers
John Andrews
Meigs County Clubs Report Activities
Eleven Alfred 4 H Victory Workers met at Mrs. Guthrie's Alfred home then practiced for a stage production with refreshments afterward. The Pioneer Senior 4 H Club held a meeting at Reedsville school hall with ten members and six visitors and a practice session for the play Comical Country Cousins to be presented at Stewart Hall on August 12. A health check of members was conducted by Dr. Ellis and Miss Nell Bing.
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Stewart Hall
Dr. Ellis
Nell Bing
Anna June Hood Dies at Holzer Hospital
Mrs. Anna June Hood aged 18 died shortly before noon Monday in Holzer Hospital Gallipolis. She was the daughter of Dean Brinker Racine R D. She is survived by her husband Wilbur Hood her parents one sister and one brother. Funeral arrangements are being completed today at Mt. Carmel Church with burial in Mt. Carmel Cemetery.
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Pomeroy
Anna June Hood
Holzer Hospital
Gallipolis
Dean Brinker
Racine R. D
Wilbur Hood
Mt. Carmel Church
Mt. Carmel
Middleport Council rents flood relief building to motor company
At a special meeting the village renting No 2 flood relief and storage building to Pomeroy Motor Company for auto and truck storage at 100 dollars a month with two months paid in advance. After two months the village may give 10 days notice to vacate for industrial use. Funds go to a separate maintenance fund with surplus used to complete work. The site of the former Middleport Garment Factory building will be beautified with shrubbery by the company.
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Middleport
Middleport Council
Pomeroy Motor Company
Spparate
Middleport Garment Factory
Everett McDaniel to Serve 60 Day Workhouse Sentence
Local officials took Everett Smoke McDaniel to the workhouse to begin a 60 day sentence after his arrest on intoxication and disturbing the peace charges. He was fined 25 dollars plus costs. The article notes that in 1900 Italy used about 10 000 cannons to fire at clouds to prevent hail damage to crops.
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Middleport
Everett
Smoke) McDaniel
McDaniel
Italy
Reunion of Disabled Veterans in Steubenville
Mr and Mrs Dale Mourning Mr and Mrs Gordon Wolfe Benjamin F Turner and Edward H Reuter of Meigs County attended the annual reunion of the Disabled American Veterans in Steubenville over Friday Saturday and Sunday. The organization is shortened to Disabled American Veterans.
National convention canceled and district convention dispensed
On Sunday Mr Turner the department radio chairman broadcast for a short period. The national convention was cancelled and the district convention was dispensed with for the duration.
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Turner
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Lester Lathey
Charles Brooks
Bertha Neimeyer
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Pomeroy Personals
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Mac McCormick
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Maude Griffith
Dayton
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Enterprise
William Scholl
Cincinnati
Barbara Scholl
Herman Scholl
Locust St
Eileen Welker
Laurel St
Evans Grocery
Second St
Norman Klees
Mary Massar
Mulberry Ave
W. Va
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Paul Green
Paulette
Lester Hart
Charles Nesselroad
Athens Road
Elizabeth Lyman
E. B. Taylor
E. W. Schreiber
Lincoln Hill
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William Durst
Main St
Jimmy Roger
Pleasant
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Margaret
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Patterson Field
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Fred Guth
Lena
Katie Guth
Denver Kapple
Fred Healy
St. Joseph Hospital
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Henry Reibel
Pleasant Ridge
Nora Harris
Minersville
Howard Bradford
Dale Gilkey
Charles Gilkey
Harrisonville Road
Viola
Keystone Camp
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Andrews
Herb Riggs
Bedford Township
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