Meigs County Spring Scrap Iron Drive poised for Flag Day end
Reports from Meigs County show scrap iron flowing in for a spring rally to be completed on Flag Day June 14. Twelve townships prepare collection sites with Roy Herman Norman Heilman Sadie McElhinny Ho Radford and 4-H clubs leading canvassing and pickup efforts ahead of the Monday target.
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Aepay
Athens Messenger
Athens
Ohio
Keigs County
Weroy
Meigs County
Ry Township
Roy Herman
Middleport
Norman Heilman
Salisbury Township
Sadie McElhinny
Ho Radford
Service Men Raise Flag at Letart
Letart Falls holds home-coming and honor roll ceremony with an American flag raise by two servicemen on furlough PFC Dale Hill and Robert Shank, wings recipient. Salvage drive details outline township coordination for scrap iron collection and depot locations, with George Carson and Harold Hilligas leading the Meigs County Salvage Committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Letart Falls
Dale Hill
Letart Township
Robert Shank
Salem Township
Roy Smith
Lebanon Township
Harry Guthrie
Orange
Avery Nelson
Bedford Township
W. F. Hawley
Olive Township
Marcus Roush
Rutland
H. E. Shields
Letart
Frank Gibson
Scipio
Vernon Nease
Sutton
Pomeroy
Main Street
Ebersbach
Farm Bureau
George Carson
Harold Hilligas
Meigs County Salvage Committee
Service Men of Meigs County Area Update
Meigs County servicemen are reported in training, transfer, and promotions. Petty Officer 3rd Class Thomas Hennessy completes Naval Aviation training in Norman Oklahoma and will be stationed in Norfolk Virginia. Other updates include promotions for First Lieutenant Albert J. Franz in Alaska and transfers for Pfc Robert Harbrecht to Sioux Falls South Dakota, plus local furloughs and arrivals for Cecil Hartinger and Ted Wildermuth. A dog bite incident in Middleport injures young Hartinger but is not deemed rabid.
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Thomas Hennessy
Mulberry Ave
Pomeroy
Naval Aviation Technical Training Center
Norman
Okla
Hennessy
Norfolk
A. V. Howell
Pomeroy Precinct
Salisbury Township
Ohio War History Commission
Edna Howell
R.F.D. Carman
Clifford Irvis
Clyde
Myrtle Carman
Army
Pvt
Carman
General Hospital
New Orleans
la Diehl
Raymond A
John
Nina Miller
Madison Ave
Columbus
Diehl
Fort Bliss
Texas
Charles Henry
Lew
Georgia Diehl
Navy
Athens
Ohio
Great Lakes
Ill Hawk
George Delbert
Wesley V
Ida Hawk
Medical Corps
Station
Camp Edwards
North Falmouth
Mass
Heilman
Harold Norman
Norman Otto
Helen Eva Heilman
Pvt. Heilman
Camp Beale
Calif
Eleanor Riggs Heilman
Ronnie Harold
Pomeroy. Hill
Charles Francis
C. E
Belle Hill
Dexter, O
Ordnance Co
Virginia
Daytona Beach
Fla
Hill
Charles Francis Hill
WAAC
Hysell
Lyle William
Carey
Eva Hysell
Harrisonville Road
Ravenna
Army War College
Washington
D. C
Jeffers
Charles Howard
Viola Jeffers
Hartford
W. Va
Sgt
Fort Benning
Karman
Cecil Edward
Henry Carman
T. H
Coast Artillery
Hawaii
Leifheit
Frank Rathburn
Victor
Lillian Leifheit
Los Angeles
San Pedro
Shirley Leifheit
Walter William
Frank
Barbara Leifheit
Air Corps
Pascagoula
Miss
Sheppard Field
Parker
Thomas Jene
Pearl F
Bertha M. Parker
Cpl. Parker
Coast Guard Artillery
Camp Stewart
Riffle
Charles Edward
John and
Della Riffle
Toronto
Camp Wheeler
North Africa
Roberts
Delwon Brown
Maston
Esta
West Columbia
Air Group
Russell
Jed Lee
Howard
Bertha Russell
Corp
Fort Columbia
Wash
Pearl Wade Russell
Chinook
Schaefer
Norman Wyatt
Edna Schafer
Cavalry
Fort Riley
Kansas
Edward, Jr
Edward
Maud Schaefer
Kerns
Utah
Snyder
Harry, Jr
Harry
Garnet Stiles Snyder
Camp Campbell
Field Artillery
Stahl
Bert Stahl
Luella Stahl
Field Atillery Battalion
Camp Shelby
Miss. Tracy
Melvin Emmet
Emmet
Eva Tracy
Tracy
Shreveport
Merlin Howard
Emmett
Kaw
Warner
George Herman
Herman
Amber Warren
Pvt. Warner
Camp Lee
Wise
Arthur Frederick
Arthur H
Hazel Ellen Wise
Cpl. Wise
Ordnance Department
Atlanta
Jackson
Wells
Edward William
William
Lena Wells
Pfc
Atlanta Ordnance Motor Base
Dow Field
Bangor
Maine
Ordnance Corps
Wagner
William, Jr
Minnie Wagner
Camp Gruber
Young
James Franklin
James William Young
Mason City
Bessie Marie Young
Rutland Road
Pvt. Young
Seattle
Thornton
Rose Dorothy
James Maurice
Ruth Thornton
Nurse Corps of
Ensign Thornton
U. S. Naval Hospital
Newport
R. I. Thornton
Maurice John
Ensign Rose Thornton
Air Corps of the Navy
Grosse Island
Mich
Red
Pacific
Pearl Harbor
Charles Maurice
Maurice
Pat
Army Air Corps
Army Air Force Proving Grounds
Eglin
Fila
Smith
Robert Henry
Thomas Jefferson
Stella Bills Smith
Hunter College
the Bronx
New York City
Williamson
George Earl
Lafe Williamson
Georgia Moore Williamson
Marines
Parris Island
Everett Alston Tracy
Everett John
Nellie Halliday Tracy
Ohio University
Medical Department of the Army
Camp Robinson
Ark
Walker
Lewis Franklin
Lewis
Amelia Walker
Forest Run
Fort Lewis
Eloise Bo
Mae Hoover Moore
South Pacific Islands
Snider
Charles Raymond
Jane Stowe
Camp Barkley
Eblin
Stephen
Thomas Eblin
Jones
Richard Valentine
Durnord Austen
Claude Jones
Bolin
Carl Lloyd
Joseph Humphrey
Myrtle Romine Bolin
Meigs Service Men by A V Howell
A compiled list from Pomeroy precinct Salisbury Township honors local men and women in the armed forces with birth dates enlistment locations and current assignments across Army Navy Marine Corps Coast Guard and WAVES notes on families and addresses accompany many entries.
Names missing from Pomeroy Precinct report sought
Four small children live in Pittsburgh. Cox Hilbert to be published later. Mowrey Clarence also to be published later. Anyone knowing of a name missed from Pomeroy Precinct Salisbury Township please report the omission to Mrs. Edna Howell Pomeroy R F D or to A V Howell Box 333 Pomeroy Ohio.
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Pittsburgh
Cox
Hilbert
Mowrey
Clarence
Pomeroy Precinct
Salisbury Township
Edna Howell
Pomeroy
R.F.D
A. V. Howell
Box 333
Ohio
Farm Machinery Program Expanded for 1940 Level
Senator Lucas read a War Production Board update from Donald M. Nelson detailing a substantially increased farm machinery program. It allocates about 300000 tons of carbon steel and related materials for farm equipment for the quarter starting July 1, aiming to reach roughly 80 percent of the 1940 production level. The note accompanies the Gettysburg reference noting eleven generals killed or fatally wounded.
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Washington
Senate
Lucas
Ill
Donald M. Nelson
War Production Board
Vacation Bible School In Progress in Middleport
The Union Daily Vacation Bible School is under way with 170 enrolled and about 160 attending daily. Rev Henry L Carr reports progress as activities include devotional periods in the high school auditorium, flag salutes, and rotating classes until 10 30. Girls craft raffia baskets while boys carve soap under leaders James Redman and Paul Tsittsehuh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Henry L. Carr
Union Daily Vacation Bible School
James Redman
Church of Christ
Richard Gormly
Paul Tsittsehuh
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George Peimer
Charley Reed
Carl Kautz
Nd Terrence
Joe Marks
Mora
Gerald Grate
L. B. Thomp
Salem Town
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Today & Fri
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Chester Morris
Jean Parker
Evelyn Brent
TODAY
Julia
Ann Southern
Melvyn Douglas
Lee Bowman
Bendvue
Triple Bill
Smilin’ Jack
Meigs Theater
Cpl
Carl C. Miller
Camp Wolters
Floyd Miller
Langsville
Albert J. Franz
E. J. Franz
81St Field Artillery
Franz
U. S. Army
Alaska
Robert Harbrecht
Raymond Harbrecht
Miami Beach
Sioux Falls
S. C
Norman C. Biggs
J. A. Biggs
Bertie
Elizabeth
Detroit, Mich
Ralph Biggs
Pratts Fork
Allen Knopp
Park St
Carl Calloway
Calloway
Royal Canadian Air Force
Knapp
Coolville
Ted Wildermuth
Jefferson Barracks
Charles Wildermuth
Second St
William R
Dick) Davis
Military Reservation
Robert Davis
Rose Hill
T. S. Will
Reservation
David Hartinger
Meigs Service
N. Court Street
Miles Nervine
Ib. S.M. A
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Pont Watt Arsenate
London Purple
Sloj
Liniment
Sal Fayne
Stanback
Auten Alls
Eno
LeGear's Poultry Tonic
LeGear's Hog Tonic
LeGear's Stock Powders
EPSOM
Nelson
Vacation Bible School
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U. S
Iluckoff
U.S
Winnie Mae
Happy Home
Sally Ann
Batiste
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