Fire Repaired Pomeroy Church Reopens After Improvements
Sanctuary of First Baptist Church in Pomeroy reopened after winter fire damage. Celotex ceiling modern lighting and partition completed. organ and pews destroyed cannot be replaced under wartime restrictions. Special Children's Day observed with a hymns-based pageant featuring roles for Mary Joseph shepherds and various Sunday School groups.
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Pomeroy
First Baptist Church
J. Edgar Park
Jesus
Caryl Cook
Lydia Hysell
Mary
Billy Sherdan
Joseph
Margaret Ann Eysell
Peggy Persinger
Shirley Wippel
Norman
Vernon Wince
Brian Simpson
Ann Foster
Margaret Ann Hyseli
Norman Wince
Shirley Hunnieil
Marlyne Brown
Jesus the
Baptist Pastor Resigns From First Baptist Church
The Rev. W Luther Tracy announced to the congregation his resignation, effective July 10, to pursue work in another field. He has served over two years, earned friends in and out of the parish, and been active in Boy Scout work and civic welfare activities.
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Pomeroy
W Luther Tracy
First Baptist Church
Mans
Circus Comes to Pomeroy Tuesday Entertainment
The Pomeroy Volunteer Fire Company announces a combined circus and rodeo coming Tuesday at the Pomeros Junio Fizh grounds. Featured acts include Mrs Tom Mia and her company of cowgirls, Glad Gilhem and jungle bred acts, Adroit Delbasq and his dancing horse Fate, with clowns trapeze and animal acts filling the program. Two performances are planned with afternoon and evening shows.
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Pomeroy
Tom Mia
Msg Glad
Gilhem
Adoiit Delbasq
Fate
Junio Fizh
Coal Rules Must Be Followed in Meigs
Meigs coal dealers and producers selling coal to consumers must contact the War Price and Rationing Board with their price information. Youths aged 10 to 16 planning to take part in the Singing spree during Youth Caravan Week are urged to register early. A junior choir will rehearse Tuesday night June 12 at 7 30 at First Presbyterian Church for an interdenominational service on Sunday June 24 at 6. Mrs Delmas Hildebrand leads the group.
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Pomeroy
Middleport
First Presbyterian Church
The
Presbyterian Church
Delmas Hildebrand
Pomeroy Social Notes Highlights Bridal Shower and Local Birthdays
A traditional white wedding gown shower for Mrs. Charles Faulkner was hosted by Miss Martha Roedel with guest Mary Maritha Smith assisting. The evening featured nuptial games, silver theme decor, and refreshments. Other items note birthday celebrations for John Parfitt Sr and visits by local residents and travelers, with several families visiting relatives in nearby cities.
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Pomeroy
Charles Faulkner
Ernestine Rea
Martha Elizabeth Roedel
Mary Maritha Smith
Ernest Rea
Mary
Margaret McCallum
Ann Grueser
Dorothy Hartenbach
Betsy Ebersbach
Charlotte
Vivian Mees
Peggy Story
Martha Myers
Margaret Stanley
Harlan Wehrung
Don Rea
John Parfitt
Union Ave
Wiliam Baker
Pearl Spencer
Earl Hartenbach
Ed Parfitt
Donna
Rosalie
Lon Custer
Mary Batzel
Flora Goett
Betty Lu Custer
Middleport Social Notes and Local Engagements
Middleport items note Eastern Star activities with 75 members at Gallipolis chapter meeting hosted by Mrs. Houdashelt and Mrs. Britton. Other notices cover church group plans, engagements, student and veteran updates, family visits, travels, and local social happenings in Pomeroy and Middleport areas.
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Middleport
Evangeline
Order of Eastern Star
Gallipolis
Harry Houdashelt
W.M
William Britton
Temple
H. M. Cross
Lillian Stieff
R.O. Fowler
Stieff
Sally McCormick
Leaves Hospital After Week of Observation
Carl Moore, former Mt Carmel Hospital patient in Columbus, returned home via Finsterwald ambulance Thursday afternoon. He was accompanied by his wife and Mrs Verne Davis, with Mrs Moore spending the week in Columbus. Meigs leader Pomeroy A V Hose, chairman of the Chis var History Commission, notes Elxin Diehl, son of Mr and Mrs Stephen Diehl, has been liberated from a German prison camp and is back with his unit. The Diehls received word from the war department regarding their son.
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John Weeks
Charles Stanley
Albert Burkhart
New Albany
Ind
Charles
John
R. J. Goodman
Jimmy
Tom Googlein
Columbus
Alexandria
Goodman
Virginia Gengtein
Donald E. M. McKenzie
McKenzie
Seattle
Wash
McKenie
Mary Calvert
Calvert
Red Anchor Department
Kate Starkey
Shawnee
James Starkey
Lorain Sterrett
J. A. Biggs
Wyillis Hill
Almenda Whipple
Laurel Street
Pomeroy
Thomas Young
W. Main St
Jeannette Maria
Salvador Michael Nobile
N. Nobile
Columbia
Miss Young
Pomeroy High School
Watts Hospital School of Nursing
Dunham
Nobile
Columbia High School
Marine Corps
Saipan
Muss Rhyllis Smart
Mary Martha Roller
Sam Hamer
Corzopolis
E. R. Tompkins
Mazie Wise
Marietta Mfg
A. V. Chittenden
Plain City
Wilbur Theobald
Margaret Jean Rise
Patricia McElhinney
Greenfield
Miss McElhinney
Mix
Lemoyne Osborne
Winchester
Osborne
Max Lambert
Chillicothe
George M Tewksbury
Mona Marie
Pomfroy
Sgt
William Wyatt
Tennessee
Stanley Richard
Jack Cowie
Massillon
L. E Burford
Frank
Frankie) Gress
Wayne King
Edgewater Beach
Chicago
Gress
Frank Cress
Gresses
Middleport
Paul Bases
Frankie
Charleston
Homer Adams
Lower Middlepast
Grave Hill
Bassie
Meigs County
Seclind Ave
Chef Adams
William Stalnaker
Ed Chapman
Interocation
C. C. Fisher
Pearl H. Rusk
Carl Moore
Mt Carmel Hospital
Finsterwald
Verne Davis
Moore
A. V. Hose
Meigs
Ours
Chisvar
Elaine
Youngs
Slaughter
Manlyn
Denver
Colorado
Pythian Sisters to entertain District Deputy in Middleport
Visiting Parents Middleport sets date for District Convention in Nelsonville on Thursday June 14. Robert Stewart, wounded in foreign service, returns home to Battle Creek MI for assistance with his parents Rome and Mrs. Stewart and relatives and friends.
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Middleport
Meigs Temple
Pythian Sisters
Robert Stewart
Battle Creek, Mich
Rome Stewart
Young Singers Plan Youth Caravan Week in Middleport
Middleport hosting June 24 to 30 Youth Caravan Week led by Presbyterian Westminster Fellowship unit. Four young travelers from Westerville join Rev H L Carr for interdenominational services, Singspirational events led by Mrs Delmas Hildebrand, and daily children activities. The caravan group will speak at local chamber luncheon and Rotary dinner while visiting five communities before returning to Westerville for a report.
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Middleport
H L. Carr
First Presbyterian Church
Westminster Fellowship
Delmas Hildebrand
Pomeroy Chamber of Commerce
Rotary Club
Women’s Association of the Church
Christian Fellowship
Middle- Port
Westerville
Fullerton's Roundup and Service Notes From World War II Era
New York reports describe a 10 10 Kazena game between Battery C 955th Field Artillery and Letiny Athletic Club at Pilsen with US players including Ed Ambrewicz Charles Petrona Arthur Tellelis George Balling Ernest Welch and others. Chandler scouts Harvard for Centre College in 1923 and Pryde fuels a Connecticut golf hall of fame. Dee Moore hurls for Fleet Marine team in Hawaii but is pulled after a one run shot. Victor Dyrgall breaks a 3000 meters Icelandic record as a guest participant.
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Hugh Fullerton
New York
Hazena
Kelly
G.L
Battery C
955Th Field Artillery Battalion
Letiny Athletic Club
Pilsen
Czzechoslovakis
Kazena
Jim Lindsey
San Angelo
N. J
Tony Schiro
New Orleans
Ken Mueller
Milwakes
Louis de Palma
Erie
Happy Chandler
Harvard
Centre College
Praying Colonels
Crimson
Charlie Moran
Moran
Robert D. Pryde
Connecticut Golf Association
New Haven
U. S. Golf Association
Yankees End Boo Ferriss Win Streak in First Game
Yankee pitcher Hank Borowy beat Boo Ferriss 3-2 as the Red Sox rookie ended an eight game win streak. New York moved a half game ahead of the Tigers, who split with the White Sox, while Dizzy Trout won for Detroit. Pirates swept two from St Louis to seize second in the NL. Braves and Cubs won to stay in contention amid rain delays.
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Joe Reichler
Ferriss
Dave
Boo) Ferriss
Boston Red Sox
New York Yankees
Ram
Hank Borowy
Yankee
Detroit Tigers
White Sox
Atley Donald
Yankees
Johnny Whitehead
Dizzy Trout
Tigers
Hal Newhouser
Paul Richards
Sox
Tiger
Pittsburgh
Pirates
St. Louis Cardinals
New York Giants
Bucs
Babe Dahlgren
Jimmy Russell
Braves
Mort Cooper
Jim Tobin
Giants
Brooklyn
Phillies
Chicago Cubs
Cincinnati
Cubs
Bill Nicholson
Jim Bagby
Cleveland
St. Louis
Browns
Weldon West
Standings snapshot from early baseball season shows varied results
Standings across leagues list teams such as Boston, New York, Brooklyn, Philadelphia, Chicago, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, St. Louis, Detroit, Cleveland, and Toledo with scores and noted rain delays. Several doubleheaders and shortened innings are recorded, including 10 inning and 11 inning references.
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Aewa
Boston
New York
Brooklyn
Philadelphia
National Club
L. Pet
Pittsburgh
St. Louis
Chicago
Cincinnati
York
Detroit
Cleveland
Washington
Pet
Louisville
Indianapolis
Milwaukee
Toledo
Columbus
Kansas City
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Field Events Still Strong at NI A A Track Meet
Navy won the meet with 62 points, capturing the championship east for the first time. Illinois followed with 57.75, Michigan 53.75, and Missouri 42. Ed Quirk of Missouri set a 53 feet 0.75 inch shot put mark, while Norm Wasser of NYU led with 49 feet 1 inch. Ralph Tyler of Ohio State posted 23 feet 4 inches in the broad jump.
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Milwaukee
National Collegiate Athletic Association
Navy
Illinois
Michigan
Missouri
Ed Quirk
Norm Wasser
New York University
Ralph Tyler
Ohio
Henry Aihara
Ilinois
Miller Wins Golf Tourney at Athens Country Club
H. E. Chick Miller led 24 Athens Country Club players through heavy rain and a soggy course in the medal play handicap event. He posted 43 41 for an 84 gross and 70 net, with Jim Van Nostrand second at 92 19 73, Don Barstow third 85 11 74, and Norman Dean 83 9 74.
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H. E
Chick” Miller
Athens Country Club
Miller
Jim van Nostrand
Don Barstow
Norman Dean
Nelson Totals 268 in Victory at Canadian PGA
Byron Nelson from Toledo dominated the Islasmere Club Canadian PGA event, finishing 268 for 72 holes to set a new tournament record 20 under par. Jag McSpaden placed second with 278, earning $1,000, as Nelson heads to Philadelphia for the $17,500 Inquirer Invitation.
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Montreal
Byron Nelson
Toledo
Philadelphia
Philadelphia Inquirer
Nelson
Islasmere Club
Canada
Jag McSpaden
Sanford
Crown City Briefs Honor Roles and Local Losses
Mr and Mrs Rolland Rose and family travel for funeral services after the death of Mrs Roses father Mr Marietta from severe burns suffered Sunday night. funeral held Wednesday afternoon. Sam H Plumer column Life From the Sidelines in the Seaman i c Colin Brown completes 18 months Pacific service.
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Crown City
Rolland Rose
Sam H. Plumer
Plumer
Notable Yankees Tigers Braves Pirates Offense Rally Report
Yesterday's major league notes highlight Hershel Martin driving in two for the Yankees and making a spectacular catch. Roy Callenbine scored all Detroit runs in a 3-2 win over the White Sox. Jim Bagby earned the Indians win, Jim Tobin aided the Braves with a homer in a 3-1 nightcap, and Babe Dahlgren with Jim Russell fueled Pirates splits including a 6-2 opener and 4-1 nightcap.
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Hershel Martin
Yankees
Dave Ferriss
Hank Borowy
Ferriss
Roy Callenbine
Tigers
Detroit
White
Sox
Jim Bagby
Indians
Browns
Jim Tobin
Braves
Giants
Colonels Gain Lead In AA Standings Amid Tight Race
The American Association race tightens as Louisville leads by a half game over Indianapolis with Milwaukee and St Paul in pursuit. Louisville swept Kansas City in a doubleheader while Indianapolis dropped two to Milwaukee, and Toledo edged Minneapolis in a split doubleheader. Milwa ukee and Louisville schedule further games as the Brewers chase the top spot.
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Associated Press
American Association
Louisville
Milwaukee
Brewers
St. Paul's Saints
Columbus
Kansas City
Indianapolis
Indians
Toledo
Minneapolis
League Leaders In Baseball Stats From The Season
Holmes of Boston tops batting with .386 and 73 hits while Lombardi of New York leads runs batted in with 40 and Lombardi also has 13 home runs. Cooper of Boston leads pitching with 50 wins. Stirnweiss of New York dominates runs and hits with top counts.
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Holmes
Boston
Lombardi
New York
Olmo
Brooklyn
Barrett
Pittsburgh
Cooper
Cuccinetto
Chiago
Stirnweiss
Etten
Stephens
St. Luis
Case
Washneton
Borovs
Ferriss
Hoop Jr Faces Payot in Preakness Field at Pimlico
Hoop Jr fresh from the Kentucky Derby triumph travels to Pimlico for the 55th Preakness Stakes next Saturday. Payot is seen as main rival among 10 others as Derby connections from Louisville and trainers prepare for a likely $66,000 to $70,000 winner’s purse.
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Baltimore
Hoop, Jr
Pimlico
Payot
Baunt
Land
Bymeabond Wifl
California
Brooklyn Dodgers Officials Charged In Spectator Assault
Leo Durocher and Joseph Moore, a police officer, were to be arraigned on felonious assault charges for allegedly beating John Christian after he heckled Durocher during a Brooklyn Dodgers tie with Philadelphia. Christian was hospitalized with a fractured jaw.
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New York
Leo Durocher
Brooklyn Dodgers
Joseph Moore
Ebbets Field
John Christian
Brooklyn
Philadelphia
Christian
United States
Dodger
Durocher
Moore
Kings County Hospital
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