Air Wardens to be Organized After Traffic Test
POMEROY alert tested eight minute halt to traffic as civilians and auxiliary police coordinated signals. Officials, including State Patrolman D M Dewalt and Henry Ewing, plan next week to organize wardens and run separate tests before a full blackout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Civilian Defense Organization
D. M. Dewalt
State Patrol Auxiliary
Henry Ewing
Ail Wardens
W. F. Lodt
Auxiliary Police
Walter Wolfe
Monkey Run
Middleport Women Plan Fall Activity Calendar
Local club women and DAR members map fall activities with meetings at homes of Mrs. C M Hennessy and Mrs. O H Stewart. Officers and committee members are named as planning centers for year long programs including World Events study and book reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
C. M. Hennesy
Jonathan Meigs
Harry Feiger
Bess Sanborn
Charles Baird
Hennesy
Woman's Association
O. H. Stewart
J. N. Humphrey
Charles Bing
Vivienne Middleton
Charles Shumaker
Farie Erlewine
Edgar Ervin
Stewart
H. L. Carr
Middleport Literary Club
G. C. Schaaf
Mee. Co
W. Clark
Homer Cook
Schaaf
R. E. McKay
Vesta McCoy
James Titus
C. P. Dutton
D. B. Hartinger
Australia
Matton
Truck Rescued After Long Dive at Kerr's Run
A Parkersburg Big & Reef Company truck tipped over while dumping dirt at Kerr's Run Beacon Service Station. The driver escaped injury and the heavy vehicle was hoisted back to the road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Parkersburg Big & Reef Company
Beacon
Kerr's Run
Pomeroy Social Notes Highlights Local Gatherings
A series of social happenings in Pomeroy includes a surprise shower for Mrs. Thomas Rich at Miss Jeanette Youngs home on West Main, a birth announcement for Sandra Sue Potts, bridge club prizes at Mrs. Fred Rosenbaums, and Legion auxiliary activities. Community members, visits, and plans for future events are listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Morris
Agnes Theobald
Ula Church
Virginia Baer
Kathleen Boyd
Jeannette Young
Edith Holter
Bertha Conde
Dorothy Curtis
Elizabeth Davis
Ruth Drakos
Esther Daniels
Diana
Helen Norris
Eugene
Elaine Young
Thomas Young
Thomas Potts
Teresa Gibbs
E. Main St
Sandra Sue
Harry Potts
Syracuse
Meda Gibbs
Bradbury
Mary Ann Potts
Fred Rosenbaum
Spring Ave
Elsie Hart
Raymond Ebersbach
Ladies Auxiliary
Drew Webster Post
The
American Legion
Legion Hall
Terrace St
Ralph Gilmore
Thomas Clark
Gas Company Sells War Bonds Through Employee Drive
Ohio Fuel Gas Company launches a summer bond sale campaign with every employee acting as a bond salesman. Bonds can be delivered to homes and office purchases are handled personally. Emmett Shuler cites Morgenthau as authorizing the sale. window displays by Robert Hagerty promote patriotic themes. Meigs County War Bond Committee chair Theodore Reed praises Meigs County’s credit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Ohio Fuel Gas Co
Ohio Fuel Gas Company
Emmett Shuler
Meigs County
Henry Morgenthau
United States
Robert Haggerty
Theodore Reed
Meigs County War Bond Committee
Church School Plans Picnic at Simpson Methodist
The Simpson Methodist Church will combine worship and Church School on Sunday at 9 15 am led by Pastor Rompel. Youth reports come from the Lancaster Camp Ground program and girls will sing At Worship and Evening Prayer. After services the annual church school picnic at the fair grounds features basket lunches and activities planned by Theo Smith. all members and friends invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Simpson Methodist Church
Rompel
Methodist Youth Fellowship Institute
Lancaster Camp Ground
Theo Smith
Aged Pomeroy Citizen David Canterbury Dies
David Canterbury age 3, lifelong Pomeroy resident, died at home in Kerrs Run after months of illness. Father of Harry Canterbury, village council member, he is survived by four other sons Jim Pontiac Michigan Charles Detroit Clarence and William. Also survived by two brothers Phil Minneapolis and Charles Wisconsin and sister Mrs Joe Stewart Detroit with grandchildren and great grandchildren. Wife and two daughters predeceased him. He was a Pomeroy Baptist Church member and funeral arrangements are expected today.
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Pomeroy
David Canterbury
Kerrs Run
Canterbury
Harry Canterbury
Jim
Charles
Pontiac
Mich
Clarence
William
Detroit
Phil
Minneapolis
Wisconsin
Joe Stewart
Pomeroy Baptist Church
Stolen Automobile Foiled By Escape Near Meigs County
POMEROY and MIDDLEPORT reports describe a highwayman stopping a motorist near the Meigs Vinton line, forcing the driver from his car. The robber fled after crashing the vehicle by a ditch and was not captured. Nearby a 4 year old girl sustained a hand cut requiring two stitches from a fall at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Meigs
Vinton
Cummings
Middleport
Jean Searles
James Searles
Rabid Fox Bites Railroad Worker Near Meigs Siding
Kelton Phillips, a railroad employee, grabbed a fox at Meigs Siding. The animal bit his hand and died days later from rabies, prompting health officials to warn of possible local cases. Two Rutland dogs also showed rabies symptoms. Separately, the U.S. exported 193,849 pounds of peppermint oil in early 1940.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Kelton Phillips
Meigs Siding
Phillips
W. S. Ellis
Rutland
United
Dale Holter Dies at Home in Middleport
Dale Holter age 39 died this morning at his Second Street home after a long illness. He had been treated at a Parkersburg hospital in recent months and spent 12 years with Standard Oil Co. Surviving are his wife two children Paul 10 and Betty 16 his parents Mr and Mrs Charles Holter of Nease Settlement and a brother Orin of Racine. Funeral arrangements are being made today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Dale Holter
Second St
Parkersburg
Standard Oil Co
Holter
Paul
Betty
Charles Holter
Nease Settlement
Orin
Racine
Pomeroy suit filed to partition real estate
Hazel A. Davis files suit in common pleas court seeking partition of real estate on behalf of Dwight Brown Blanche Brown Wayland Brown a minor and Vernon Lee Archer as treasurer of Meigs County
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Common Pleas Court
Hazel A. Davis
Dwight Brown
Blanche Brown
Wayland Brown
Vernon Lee Archer
Meigs County
Nutrition Class Attracts Twice Last Week's Attendance
In MIDDLEPORT the Red Cross Nutrition Class drew more than fifty women this week, double last week's turnout. Miss Eleanor Cumberland, the nutritionist, leads the session held in the offices of the Ohio Fuel Gas Company and will study the canteen course. all community women are welcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Red Cross
Ohio Fuel Gas Company
Eleanor Cumberland
Ira Taylor Receives Honorable Discharge
Ira Taylor son of Clyde Taylor of Front Street has received an honorable discharge from the United States Army. He served since the first draft and was stationed at Camp Shelby and in New Orleans where guard duty led to his discharge due to asthma. He is now at his father's home on Front Street in Middleport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Ira Taylor
Clyde Taylor
Front St
United States Army
Camp Shelby
New Orleans
Taylor
Injured at Work in Planing Mill Accident
Middleport resident Rickard suffered painful injuries to two fingers on his left hand after the ends were cut off in the Phode Lumber Company planing mill where he works as a mill man on Third Ave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Stanley —_ Rickard
S. Third Ave
Hand
Phode Lumber Company
Mr. Rickard
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Middleport Social Notes
Harry Stewart
June
Beth
Barbara Ruth
Karl Rothermund
Marietta
Columbus
N. Y
Robert Lee Hall
United States Navy
Norfolk
William Ervin
Broadway
Ervin
Gatewood
C. 0. MacIntyre
Grace Methodist Church
Ethel Grimes Reese
Carolyn Jane
Charleston
Mont Howell
N. Third
Middleport News
Pomeroy Social Notes
Kingsbury
W. A. King
Shade Valley Boys
Vernon Blake
Far Dean
Pomeroy Personals
Tillie
Arthur Fick
Lincoln Hill
Holzer Hospital
Nelson Torrence
Reedsville
Okey German
Long Bottom
Helen Cardwell
Mulberry Ave
Everett Cardwel
Wanda Leibrand
Ernest Nelson
Minersville
Theodore Maag
George Funk
John Funk
City Hospital
Richard Maier
Toledo
Maier
John Smith
Eleanor Smight
Pomeroy Rodidin
Hysell Furniture Co
D. S, Farmer
Mgr
Middleport, Ohlo
Rathburn's Dept. Store
Rutland, Ohio
Borden's
Morton
del Haven
Iss
Libby
Ima
Nan
Mother’s ( Oats
Sunkist
Lemons
Nola
del Har Bartlett Pears
California
Ohio
Bor
Ole
Leadway Syrup
Golden Inn
de Haven
Griffin
National Biscuit CO
RITZ
Felber
Weiners
Ello
Story Buy
Waireo
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