Sacrifice Meal Demonstrates Foreign Shortages
In Pomeroy Federated Church Compassion Day a 500 calorie meal replaced the usual Sunday feast to show starving populations abroad. The menu included slaw boiled potato a sliver of bread beans butter and milk prepared by Mrs Ralph Kuether and church youth. The sermon urged Americans to share food, curb power, and follow Christ amid war-torn nations.
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Pomeroy
Federated Church of
Ralph Kuether
Ralph Kueether
Joyce Fischer
Bill Neutzling
John W. Blaettar
Norma Jean Scholl
Kuether
Atlantic City Assembly
Poland
Czechoslovakia
France
Germany
United States
Christ
Pomeroy Personal Notes Highlight Local Moves
Pomeroy residents announce travels and relocations including John W. Kline and his family visiting Manchunk and Columbus for music study, Pfc Edward Cuckler on 15 day furlough, Charles Faulkner Sr visiting son in Pomeroy, and Aaron Kelton relocating from Weirton with family. Rev L M Mohrhoff attends Ohio District Convention with Albert Reuter as lay delegate among 250 clergy and 250 lay delegates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Kline
Pomeroy
Tommy
Manchunk
Columbus
Kline
Graduate School of Music
Ohio State University
Edward Cuckler
Freda Cuckler
Mulberry Ave
Agnes Grimm
Donna Karr
Spring Ave
Charles Faulkner, Sr
New Britain
Conn
Charles Faulkner
E. Main St
Glenroy Ewing
Lincoln Hall
Cincinnati
Caroline Probst
Marvin A. Roberts
Syracuse
Old Reliable Coffee Co
Frances
Philip
Ohio
Aaron Kelton
Weirton
West Virginia
Kelton
Davis Family Visits Greenfield With Hulls During Reunion
Mr and Mrs T H Davis return from Greenfield where they joined Lt Gen and Mrs John E Hull Lucille Davis and were guests of Miss Mildred Ohlinger. Hull famed wartime commander and aide to Roosevelt and Truman planned five addresses at alumni events and local club meetings during Memorial Day weekend in Greenfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
T. H. Davis
Greenfield
John E. Hull
Lucille Davis
Washington, D. C
Davises
Mildred Ohlinger
Margaret Rife
General Hull
George Marshall
Dawes Named Marietta College Trustee in Cincinnati Listing
Beeman Gates Dawes Jr a Cincinnati insurance broker was elected to the Board of Trustees of Marietta College on Saturday. His appointment adds a new governance member to the college leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marietta
Beeman Gates Dawes, Jr
Cincinnati
Marietta College
Twilight Softball Schedule For Week In Pomeroy
The Twilight Softball League releases week schedule for June 3. Pomeroy Minors meet Second Ward on Monday, Cheshire plays Chester Tuesday, Middleport faces Blue and Grey Wednesday, Karrs Run meets Duckworth’s Service Station Thursday, and Parkersburg Rig and Reel vs Meigs All Stars Friday.
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Pomeroy — the
Paul Clifford
Pomeroy Minors
Second Ward
Cheshire
Chester
Middleport
Blue and Grey
Duckworth
Parkersburg Rig and Reel
Meigs All Stars
Honor Rolls Announced At Schools
POMEROY The sixth six week scholastic honor roll at Pomeroy Senior High School lists 38 students with a B average or better, including 27 girls and 11 boys across seniors juniors and sophomores. Junior and Senior High posts show more girls than boys on the honor lists.
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Pomeroy
Pomeroy Senior High School
J. E. White
Richard Ash
Edgar Atkins
Milton Davis
Ralph Michael
Howard Mullen
Carolyn Baer
Hazel Bolinger
June Canaday
Dorothy Duckler
Mary Diddle
Jeannine Evans
Gloria Fischer
Mary K Foster
Nancy Gilmore
Rosalie Parfitt
Eleanor Smith
Dorothea Wogan
Horace Abbott
Charles Baird
Richard Rosenbaum
Alfred Sapp
Billie Barnitz
Evelyn Cook
Mary Curtis
Virginia Durst
Lavonne Feiger
Freda Grueser
Betty Heilman
Jolene Jacobs
Patty Karr
Ann Smith
June Anree
Joseph Foster
William Knight
Dorothy Bolinger
Margaret Jean Bryant
Betty Custer
Carol Evans
Pomeroy Junior High School
C. S. Gibbs
Edward Ball
Don Betzing
Vernal Blackwood
George Dallas
Lawrence Eblin
Ann Foster
Jo Ann Gilmore
Patricia Jesse
Dorothy Leonard
Patricia Meier
Nora Mae Michael
William Nease
Barbara Phillips
Helen Renshaw
Bennett Rice
Joan Riggs
Patsy Shields
Eugene Thomas
William Tubbs
Robert Barnitz
Dorothy Beards
John Blaetmar
Polly Dill
Donald Ebersbach
Bonnie Eichi
Middleport Family Reunion At Allensworth Home
A Middleport reunion gathered at Mrs. Harvey Allensworth’s Cheshire home over the weekend, the first since service members Raymond Charles and Marion Allensworth were away for three years. Attendees included Raleigh and Bertha Flowers, Ted and Bob Flowers, Dale Allensworth and family, John Harvey, and Viola McCullough with son Stephen among others. The Allensworth home has long ties to Middleport, though Mrs. Allensworth recently moved to Cheshire after the property sale. The Jumbus Philharmonic Orchestra was noted to play first violin, with plans for graduate study at the State University mentioned in context.
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Middleport
Harvey Allensworth
Cheshire
Raymond
Charles
Marion
Raleigh Flowers
Bertha Allensworth
Ted Flowers
Bob Flowers
Akron
Dale Allensworth
Robert Allensworth
John Harvey
Raymond Allensworth
Charles Allensworth
Marion Allensworth
Viola McCullough
Stephen
Edgar Allensworth
Allensworth
Jumbus Philharmonic Orchestra
The
State University
Girl Scouts Hold Hike and Cook-Out Meeting
Fifteen members of Pomeroy Troop No. 1 Girl Scouts, led by Mrs Robert Roberts, hiked in Lasley pasture off Union Avenue and held a cook-out. Several scouts passed fire building and trail sign tests as the leader announced the next meeting on Thursday at 3:30 p.m. at Federated Church.
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Pomeroy
Pomeroy Troop No. 1
Robert Roberts
Lasley Pasture
Union Avenue
Roberts
Federated Church
Willock Honored For Atomic Bomb Work
Scott Willock, of Waynesboro Virginia, received a certificate of merit from the United States government for his role in the atomic bomb program. He was assigned to a plant in New Jersey and is a Middleport High School graduate. Framed by a weekend visit from his parents Mr and Mrs EF C Willock and sister Frances Willock of Columbus.
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Middleport
Scott Willock
Waynesboro
EF. C. Willock
Beech St
Frances Willock
Columbus
United States
New Jersey
Scott
Middleport High School
Didius Julianus Buys Roman Empire Auctions Rule
In 193 A D Didius Julianus won the bid to seize the Roman Empire and ruled for several months until the army revolted and executed him.
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Didius Julianus
Memorial Day Visit Among Ohio Families
Mr. and Mrs. W. J. O'Brien and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Pomeroy with Mrs. Lena Pomeroy traveled from Columbus to Pt Pleasant for Memorial Day. Mrs Lena Pomeroy visited Huntington to see friends and a cemetery while the O'Briens and Mr. and Mrs. Pomeroy returned to Middleport for a visit. Mr O'Brien was a former master mechanic at the New York Central Railroad shops in Hobson.
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W. J. O'Brien
Charles Pomeroy
Lena Pomeroy
Columbus
Pt Pleasant
Middleport
Huntington
O’briens
Navy Veteran Roy Evans Honored with Honorable Discharge
Roy Evans, after two years and two days in the Navy, received an honorable discharge and has returned home. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Jack Evans and served at Iwo Jima and Guam earning two bronze stars and other decorations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Evans
Jack Evans
Iwo Jima
Guam
Mr and Mrs Kline Visit Mount Pleasant Before Winter Return
Mr. and Mrs. John Kline left Friday for Mount Pleasant Pennsylvania to visit relatives before returning to Columbus for the winter. He has been instrumental music instructor at Pomeroy High School and resides in the Swift apartment on North Second Avenue. He has been accepted for the Co-
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Kline
Mount Pleasant
Columbus
Mr. Kline
Swift
N. Second Ave
Pomeroy High School
Perfect Attendance Noted At Pomeroy Schools
Pomeroy grade school reports show Mila Jane Stark and Lois Ann Campbell with six and five years of perfect attendance. Twenty six pupils across Pomeroy schools achieved perfect attendance in 1945 46 with Central Elementary and Sugar Run also listing day perfects.
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Pomeroy
Emma Seitz
Sugar Run
Mila Jane Stark
Lois Ann Campbell
W. A. Smith
Central
Defendant Accused of Theft Faces $5000 Judgment
Clifford Eads sues Ed Molden for $5000 in Justice Percy L. People’s court alleging Eads stole a red heifer valued at about $50 on April 13. Molden obtained a warrant. Eads was jailed briefly and bailed. Eads was acquitted at trial on May 3.
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Eads
Local residents listed after Memorial Day visits and treatments
Mrs. Bonnie Miller returns from Holzer Hospital with Mrs. Pencil Taylor serving in her place at the Home Restaurant. Akro n guests include Mr. and Mrs. Joe Stanford and son Jimmy and Mrs. Joe Lavely and daughter Susan visiting the Sans borns in Akron. Mrs. O B Stout and daughter Barbara visit C P and Mrs. Dutton in Fremont. Mrs. Faye Root Richards and Peggy visit Columbus. Gene Grate Cashier to undergo operation at Winter Cross Hospital Columbus, with mother Mrs. J H Grate accompanying. Mrs. W G Davis improves from pleurisy pneumonia. Memorial Day visits spread among families in Cincinnati Mason County Letart and Charleston areas. Floyd Frazier taken to Holzer Hospital for a broken leg. Francis Bush and sons return from Charleston area. Bush resumes work in Cleveland. Harry Featherstone ill at home. Homer Jones hosts guests including Mrs. Charles Lucas and Rodney Lucas from Columbus.
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Bonnie Miller
Holzer Hospital
Pencil Taylor
Joe Stanford
Jimmy
Joe Lavely
Susan
Akron
Max Sanborn
Stanford
O. B. Stout
Fremont
Barbara Stout
Ohio University
Athens
C. P. Dutton
Faye Root Richards
Peggy
Columbus
Hez Root
Gene Grate
Citizens National Bank
Winte Cross Hospital
J. H. Grate
W. G. Davis
Tom Mills
Paul Lynch
Cincinnati
George Tewksbury
Mona Marie
Aberdeen
George Matthew Tewksbury
A L. Biggs
Charleston
McMillan Hospital
Billa Lewis
Mason County
James Harley
Zanesville
Letart
Maggie Pickens
Henry Jenkinson
Emma Webster
Ira
Edward Foster
Floyd Frazier
Rawlings-Coats
Francis Bush
Roger
David
Bush
Cleveland
Harry Featherstone
Third St
Homer Jones
Charles Lucas
Rodney
P M Nine Edges Racine In 1-0 Pitchers Duel
In a brisk 1-0 game at Racine the P and M nine beat Racine on a single run in the eighth. Charles Searles fanned nine for P and M while Bernard Guinther struck out six for Racine. Manley scored the deciding run as Kal Hindy rejoined the P and M lineup for a return at Pythian Park.
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Racine
Charles “Fats
Searles
Pythian Park
Middleport
Kal Hindy
Fred Crow Jr
Ohio State Fame
Ed Demoskey
Patients Get Bouquets at Holzer Hospital
The Men's Class of the Federated Church remembered patients confined to Holzer Hospital on Sunday June 2. Theodore Ebersbach Clarence Massar Nettie Wisecarver Mrs Ithamer Neal of Middleport and Mrs Dorothy Erb Rea of Minersville received bouquets presented by W A Smith.
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Pomeroy
Federated Church
Holzer Hospital
Theodore Ebersbach
Clarence Massar
Nettie Wisecarver
Ithamer Neal
Middleport
Dorothy Erb Rea
Minersville
W. A. Smith
Indianapolis Race Trip Honors Local News Carrier
Middleport notes memorial day carrier Myron Duffield led local Dispatch carriers on a Spirit of St. Louis trip to Indianapolis for the auto race. His photo appeared in a Columbus paper and he received the trip as a salesmanship award for distinguished work.
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Middleport
Indianapolis
Myron Duffield
Columbus
Lena Carr Dies at 79 in Tuppers Plains
Lena Carr 79 died at her Tuppers Plains home early Sunday morning. Funeral services are set for Wednesday at 2 p m at the Church of Christ with Rev. Frost presiding. She leaves five sisters Etta Swindler Alice Carr Nelia Carr Dinnie Woode and Sadie Alcinder. Burial will be in a nearby cemetery. Arbaugh Funeral Home will host calling hours until the service.
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Tuppers Plains
Lena Carr
Church of Christ
Frost
Etta Swindler
Alice Carr
Nelia Carr
Dinnie Woode
Albany
Sadie Alcinder
Eric
Arbaugh
Marriage Licenses Issued in Meigs County Court List
Meigs County Probate Court issued several marriage licenses including Charles R. Manuel 26 Racine Route 2 and Evelyn Snyder 17 near Racine, Lester Fellore 24 Pliny West Virginia and Juanita Martin 21 Middleport, Robert R. Adkins 23 Ridgeway West Virginia and Gertrude Halstead 21 Pomeroy, Arthur Ward 23 Nelsonville and Dorothy Keating 21 Middleport, Paul E. Culver 27 The Plains and Nalda E. Slater 21 Pomeroy, Baker Searles 34 Rutland and Freda Bunion 27 Rutland, William Alexander 35 Northup Ohio and Thelma Lienhart 22 Middleport.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Charles R. Manuel
Racine
Evelyn Snyder
Lester Fellore
Pliny
W. Va
Juanita Martin
Middleport
Robert R. Adkins
Ridgeway
Gertrude Halstead
Arthur Ward
Nelsonville
Dorothy Keating
Paul E. Culver
the Plains
Nalda E. Slater
Baker Searles
Rutland
Freda Bunion
William Alexander
Northup
Omo
Thelma Lienhart
Social Guests Visit Long Bottom and Athens Friends
Mr Charles Gephart and daughter Miss Jean from Columbus spent Thursday with Mrs Effie Warren in Reedsville. Miss Maxine Guthrie of Alfred accompanied them. Friday Mr and Mrs Harry Jacoby of Athens attended the funeral of Mrs Emma Hannum at Long Bottom.
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Long Bottom
Charles Gephart
Jean
Columbus
Maxine Guthrie
Alfred
Effie Warren
Reedsville
Harry Jacoby
Athens
Emma Hannum
Streams Rise Flood Talk In Meigs County
Meigs County reported overflowing creeks and streams after 24 hours of rain causing impassable roads. Flooding hit bottom lands and garden plots, hurting farmers relying on river bottom acreage. Officials awaited river reports from Parkersburg and Huntington, with Charles McMaster designated to handle updates for the chamber.
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Middleport
Meigs County
Wheeling
Pomeroy
Parkersburg
Huntington
Charles McMaster
Smith Clothing Co
Middleport Chamber of Commerce
Mine Worker Injured In Neutzling Coal Mine
POMEROY Theo Neutzling suffered an injury at the Neutzling Coal Co. mine and was transported to Holzer Hospital Gallipolis by the Ewing ambulance Sunday hour.
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Pomeroy
Theo. Neutzling
Neutzling Coal Co
Holzer Hospital
Gallipolis
Ewing
Visitor Ira Foster of Parkersburg visits Letart
Ira Foster of Parkersburg spent Friday with Mr and Mrs Charles Gilkey on Harrisonville Road after formerly working at the OHE Gallipolis. He attended the Memorial Day ceremony at Letart Thursday and was the guest of his son Edward Foster.
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Pomeroy
Ira Foster
Parkersburg
Charles Gilkey
Harrisonville Road
OHE
Gallipolis
Mr. Foster
Letart
Edward Foster
Meigs County Society Meeting Publicized in Columbus
Tom F Lew Sr of Columbus distributes leaflets for the Meigs County Society of Columbus. the annual meeting Friday at the Southern Hotel at 6 30 p m features a sales program by Barbara Root Robert Connell and the Old Tyme Quartet with Charles Reuter responding and Raymond Bell giving the invocation.
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Middleport
Tom F. Lewis
Columbus
Pomeroy Memorial Day
Meigs County Society of Columbus
Helen Bryant Allis
Pearl Nelson Ogdin
Etnice Probst Lloyd
Southern Hotel
Grace Guild Meet At McQuigg Home
Grace Episcopal Church group will gather Wednesday evening at the home of Mrs. George McQuigg with assistance from Mrs. J Roedel and Mrs. Manning Webster as hostesses.
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Pomeroy — Grace Guild
Grace Episcopal Church
George McQuigg
J. ©. Roedel
Manning Webster
NORITO Promises Fast Relief for Pain Sufferers
Advert reads relief claims for pains from neuralgia and other ailments. It promises quick results and customer satisfaction with a money back guarantee and urges readers to obtain NORITO for immediate effect.
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Snorito
Capea
Norito
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