Meigs County Rural Leaders Organize For War Effort
Sixty Meigs County rural leaders met in Pomeroy to form neighborhood groups under the Meigs County Agricultural Extension to spread war time information. Township leaders will be named then meet dates in June for Salisbury, Columbia, Rutland, Letart, Lebanon, Scipione, Bedford Orange, Olive, Rutland, Salisbury and Sutton townships.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Salisbury
Columbia
Rutland
Letart
Lebanon Township
Scipionee
Bedford
Orange
Juneer Township
Olive Township
Ford
Dean Blackwood
Ollie Thoma
Porter Midkiff
Pauline Thoma
Virgil King
Chester
Denver Holter
B. K. Smith
Elmer Kautz
George Parker
Lawrence Roush
Archie Tuttle
Gerald Starkey
Eileen Stansbury
Lebanon
Ruda Durst
Glenn West
Edna Paynter
Herbert Shields
Charles Sayre Olive
George Collins
Gusta Barnhart
Eer Parker
Garner C Griffin
Don Anderson
Tom Porter
George W — George Carson
Harley Mussalem
Vona Russell
Miles Nelson
Paul Barnes
Norman Heilman
Homer Rade Pearl M. Bunce
Theodore Naan
Virgil Atkins
Wendel Hooper
Gath Townsend
Frances Welch
Clint Gilkey
Joan Finlan
Sutton
Vernon Nease
Clifford Morris
Earl Cross
Isabelle Carnahan
Selma Neigier
Clyde Stout
Heath Church Plans Pageant for Children of Heath
The Heath M E Church Sunday School announces a pageant titled Who Bids? with participants from primary to senior classes and a Senior Girls Choir. Rehearsals begin this week under Mrs. Roy Barnes and assistants.
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Middleport
Heath M. E. Church
Roy Barnes
L. W. McComas
Nan Moore
P. Klein
Award Certificates To Ranking Students At Middleport High
Middleport High School honored students for academic excellence at year end with certificates bearing the orange M and a B average or better. Recipients include freshmen Susan Allensworth Mary Archer Mary Gomer and others, sophomores Bob Chambers Carla Clark Mary Lu Hartinger Pauline Herrmann, juniors Dorothy Jo Burnette Nan Fisher Jom Hartinger Miriam Kauff, Margaret Milhoan Patricia Sherman Ruth Taylor Rowena Warren, seniors Nellie Childs Janet Dillard Barbara Mesien Belle Lambert and Adalene Mary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Middleport High School
Susan Allensworth
Mary Archer
Mary Gomer
Mary Lou Kelly
Martha Oblinger
Mary Oblinger
Flora Jean Rickman
Phyllis Smart
Bob
Pomeroy Social Notes and church gathering details
Social notes from Pomeroy record the Fusionary Society meeting at Syracuse Presbyterian Church with host Eva Vargas, leader Hazel Clark, and papers by Elizabeth Duckworth and Eva Vargas. The column lists multiple travel visits, family guests, and local engagements across Columbus and Syracuse, including military moves and community events.
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Pomeroy
Eva Vargas
Syracuse Presbyterian Church
Mra
Hazel Clark
Margaret Winebrenner
Elizabeth Duckworth
West Indies
Speculation on Future Rent Levels in Meigs County
Meigs County joins the defense rent area triggering rallying talk on future rents in Middleport. Councilman D C Miller notes Middleport rents lag property values but adjustments may reflect this. Reports cite rent hikes up to 50 percent and a notable rise from 30 to 80 dollars.
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Middleport
Meigs County
D. C. Miller
Middleport Introduces New Police Heads and Traffic Crackdown
Middleport appoints Chief Fred DeWees and Night Officer L B Higgins two months ago and reports they are paying their own way. Last month fines and licenses totaled over 200 dollars and this month about 162 dollars. Traffic violations are the main issue as night lights and day and night patrols begin. Parking spaces to be marked and new ordinances drafted. DeWees vows strict enforcement, citing double parking and failure to stop at Stop signs as common errors.
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Middleport
Fred DeWees
L. B. Higgins
C. O. Fisher
DeWees
Dwight Ross Assigned to Maxwell Field
Dwight Ross son of Mr and Mrs Vern Ross of Columbus has enlisted in the United States Air and is now at Maxwell Field in Alabama He formerly resided here and has been employed in Columbus The Ross family now lives here A younger sister Betty Ross graduates from Junior High School this week Patterson Field Dayton hosted by Mr and Mrs Howard McIntosh Mrs Ethel Roberts Karr of Huntington W Va visited Syracuse and Pomeroy over the weekend Mr and Mrs Mac McCormick and Miss Maude Griffith of Dayton Ky were guests of Mrs Susie Andrews of Enterprise for the weekend.
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Jake Ebersbach
Charles Doss
George Gress
Dayton
Joseph B. Bryan
E W. Kingsland
Court St
Peekskill
Dale Wa. Hysell
Janice Ruth
Columbus
Homer Jacobs
Ed Hite
W. Main St
John Bachman
Betty
Barbara Scholl
Locust St
William Ohlinger
Joan of Columbus
Herman Scholl
Taylor
Mulberry Ave
Car
Weslaco
Texas
Mabel McIntosh
Gloria of Columbus
Howard Oe Mga
Gilbereeks
Nettle Wisecarver
Harry Keiser
Milton Hostottle
Rock Springs
James Lee
Kathryn Young
Charles Ray Hines
Willard Hines
Fisher Sr
Holzeree Gallipolis
John Franz
Brick St
Willis Wadsworth
Stockdale
Victor Harbrecht
Union Ave
Syracuse Presbyterian Church
Town Hall
Syracuse
Will White
Earl Nease
Walter Seneimer
Carl Davis
Second St
Hettie Williams
Scheider
Clarence Halbrecht
Cincinnati
Joe Raub
Ebenezer St
Anna Hamm
Weizgall St
Walter Hamm
Albert Smith
Huntington
W. Va
Ernest Bartels
Julius
Spring Ave
Ben Neutzling
Maple Place
Walter Southerland
Athens
Minnie Seyfried
Louise Smith
Louisville
Je Grueser
Evelyn
Helen Bolinger
Vern Bolinger
Spring
Edward MclIntosh
Middleport
Dwight Ross
Vern Ross
United States Air
Maxwell
Patterson Field
Howard McIntosh
Nye Ave
Ethel Roberts Karr
Pomeroy
Mac McCormick
Maude Griffith
Susie Andrews
Enterprise
Max Sanborn
Akron
White Cross Hospital
Sanborn
H. Stewart
Fifth Ave
A. A. Chappelle
George Sauer
Sarah Dobbs
E. O. Tewksbury
Victoria McCarley
Clarence
Indianapolis
Glee W. Stackhouse
Engaged Miss Polly Rothermund to Wed Mr Wilbur Baker
Middleport social notes report Miss Polly Rothermund daughter of Mr and Mrs Kari Rothermund finished her school year at Oak Harbor where she taught art and will spend weeks with her parents before marrying Wilbur Baker associated with Household Finance Grand Rapids Michigan The couple announced their engagement and upcoming marriage.
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Middleport
Polly Rothermund
Kari Rothermund
Oak Harbor
Wilbur Baker
Rothermund
Baker
Grand Rapids
Mich
Allens New Owners of Shiflet Property
A property swap in Middleport changes ownership on Sixth Ave to the Allen family who will move soon. The Bodkins purchase the Main St. house now occupied by the Allens, with ties to the Shifler property on Fisher St and prior residence on Fltringer property.
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Middleport
Frank Allens
Fred Shiflet
Sixth Ave
J. C. Fisher
Ray Bodkin
Main St
Allens
Mr. Shifler
Bodkins
Flickinger
Fisher St
Cemetery Lot Endowment Plan Gaining Attention
Beech Grove Cemetery trustees adopt a plan for perpetual lot care funded by endowments. Several $100 gifts have been placed with principal kept intact and interest used for upkeep. Will Lowrey of Pittsburg plans a $500 policy to benefit cemetery trust funds and flowers, with larger endowments anticipated to build a steady care income.
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Pomeroy
Beech Grove Cemetery
Will Lowrey
Pittsburg
Lowrey
Lightning Strike Sparks Barn Fire Near Saylor Farm
A stormy Tuesday night lightning strike hit a tree near the Saylor home on Breezy Heights, sparking a barn fire. Firefighters fought the blaze, with damage estimated as authorities investigated the cause.
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Saylor
Breezy Heights
Blaze Sparks at Farm Barn Quelled Before Spreading
Firefighters were called after wires sparked in a barn at a farm. The small blaze was quickly contained and did not spread to surrounding structures. No injuries or fatalities were reported.
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Athens Messenger
Ohio
Children of Heath Church Plan Pageant
Germany
Italy
U. S
Drottningholm
Jersey City
Pomeroy Social Notes
Pomeroy Personals
Meigs
Maxwell Field
Ech Sola and
U.S
Luckoff's
Nelsonville
Glouster
Cannon and Dundee
Middleport Social Notes
George Saunders
Sandusky
Saunders
August Metz
Rendville
O. W. Shelton
Mr. Shelton
Columbus Citizen
Harry Stover
108Th Infantry
Stover
Phode Lumber Mill
Jane Davis Stover
Curtie Jenkinson
Clinton Fisher
Jenkinson
Houston
Shiflet Property
Heerthern
Beck
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Beasley CO
Amesville
Stewart
Ag Somo
Sohio X
Pye Devel
Sohio
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