Meigs County War Bond Drive Leaders Speak at Chamber
On opening day of the Fifth War Loan Drive Meigs County leaders T T Reed and Edison Hobstetter spoke at the Chamber of Commerce luncheon in Pomeroy. Volunteers plan merchant and banker fund drives and collective advertising with a $1,000 bond purchase as a start toward the $217,000 Pomeroy quota, plus planned meetings and war bond screenings across the county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Meigs County
T. T. Reed
Edison Hobstetter
Chamber of Commerce
Martin Hotel
Women’s Civic Club
Carrie Nye
Allen Hartley
Frank Will
Rutland High School
Salem
Rutland Tros
Harrisonville High School
Columbia
Scipio
Farm Group Meets At Home In Sumner
Sumner Sumner-Farm Bureau Home Council met Thursday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Gaul of Sumner. Discussion was led by Mrs. Edna Morgan. Refreshments served to numerous members and guests. Next meeting set for June 27, 1944, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Bud Morgan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sumner
Farm Bureau Home Council
J. M. Gaul
Edna Morgan
Delbert Gaul
Donna
Rolland Beards
Jim
Mary
Raymond Pullins
Dorothy
Donald
J. M. Pullins
Rolland Eugene
Bud Morgan
G. L. Michael
Samuel
Wilbur Parker
Etta Will
Patty
Rowen
Ethel Windon
Virginia
Virgil Windon
Kanauga Pastor Is Retained in Ches hire Charge
Rev Julius Chandler remains as pastor in Kanauga beginning his fourth year at the local church. A surprise party by Mrs Byron Ward honored Mr Ward’s birthday with No Boss Club members invited. Several locals, relatives and service members are noted visiting, with mentions of furloughs and convalescence in Moore Hospital North Carolina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kanauga
Julius Chandler
Cheshire
Byron Ward
No Boss Club
Ward
W. M. Woodall
Jack Lee Woodall
Italy
States
Woodall
Oran
Casablanca
Sannowon
N. C
Moore Hospital
Jacob Hummerich
Columbus
C. G. Houck
Thomas Popp
Harbart Slack
Charleston
John Vickers
Ray Adams
Jack
Huntington
Elizabeth Adams
Adams
Ray
Harry
Panama Canal Zone
South America
Albert Spencer
Norfolk
Spencer
Milo Martin
Harry Martin
Wheeling
W. H. Comstock
Reliance
Elbin Gilbeaut
Donald
Waverly
Houck
Kate Wagner
Chelyea
Ella Wagner
Alma Andersen
Fred Wesser
Bucyrus Evangelist Conducting Revival Continues Week
Revival meetings at The Salvation Army Hall on E Main St Bucyrus proceed for another week. Evangelist Mable Johnston from Bucyrus preaches each evening except Tuesday when Cincinnati Headquarters Officers Envoy Glenna Rummel takes charge of services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Salvation Army Hall
E. Main St
Mable Johnston
Bucyrus
Miss Johnston
Cincinnati
Glenna Rummel
Real Estate Transfers in Meigs County Reported
Transfers filed with Meigs County Recorder list numerous parcels and assignees across Pomeroy Letart Rutland Salem Sutton Scipio Middleport Olive Reedsville and other townships. Notable transfers include Erline Wolfe Donald Wolfe Adele Sargent to Emma Sargeant 40 acres in Salem and parcels in Lebanon Chester and Rutland among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meigs County
Pomeroy
County
George Meinhart
Erline S. Wolfe
Donald C. Wolfe
Adele Sargent
Emma J. Sargeant
Letart
Norman D
Corabelle Russell
Albert
Jean Coates
Bertha Maley
William Braham
Salem
George Haley
Lawrence
Nellie Hysell
Rutland
Lester
Catherine Price
Elsie Roush
New Portland
Walter E. Lines
Carol Eugene
Fannie Sayre
Sutton
Sherman Stephens
John
Helen Will
Middleport
Lundy
Georgia Hammonds
Daulton
Laura Drake
H. C. Fisher
Winifred Tidwell
Lebanon
D. F
H. J
Susie Will
Allen EF
Goldie Dill
Chester
Clara Reeves Morris
Daisy Reeves Grimm
Jesse Reeves
Scipio
Clesta Tewksbury
Lewitt Reeves
Howard Reeves
Florence Dilcher
Charles Dilcher
Charles
Josephine Dilcher
Paul and
Elizabeth Keller
Lawrence A
Gladys Smith
Gentle
Beatrice Brown
Ira Beegle
Oval Diddle
Ernest
Myrtle McBride
Barthelmas
Kenneth Cowderey
Wintner Cowderey
Reedsville-Olive
Emma Prince
George Cowderey
L. Stansbury
Nellie Packard
Linn Parker
Katie L. Haskins
Howard
Ada Hoskins
Bedford
Oris
Rose Ginther
Lenville
Mabel Harman
Jean Zirkle
Raymond Zirkle
Meigs Boys Hold Reunion in Italy
Victor Hannas reports from Italy that former Meigs County boys stationed there, including Lt. Harry Craig Jr and his brother Bob, plus Renzo Menchini and Paul Smith, enjoyed a gabfest at the Naples camp. Photos show Hannas with Renzo and smiles all around.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Victor Hannas
Meigs County
Italy
Harry Craig, Jr
Harry Craig
Middleport
Naples
Renzo Menchini
Bob Craig
Craig
Robert Craig
Paul Smith
Mike Mullens
Vic
Vie
Rink
Renzo
Meigs Pioneer Society Plans Annual Meeting
The Meigs County Pioneer Society will hold its second executive board meeting at the home of President Mrs. FE W. Kingsland on Thursday at 2 o clock. Plans are underway for the annual August meeting and music for the program urging old time musicians to contact Mrs. Stieff or Mrs. Kingsland. Board members are urged to attend Thursday.
Miss Martha Myers Joins Cadet Nurse Corps at Holzer
Martha Myers daughter of Mr and Mrs Jay Myers has been accepted into the U S Cadet Nurse Corps at Holzer Hospital Gallipolis and will begin Pre clinical training July 5 She is not yet 18 and was an honor student at Pomeroy High School in the graduating class highly popular with classmates
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Martha Myers
Jay Myers
U. S
Holzer Hospital
Gallipolis
Myers
Pomeroy High School
Columbus
Middleport High School
John Wells
Toledo
Charles McElhinney
McElhinney
Ida Wells
Teresa Becker
Clifton
Grace Pratt
Ruth
Ravenna
Births and visits highlighted in Middleport social notes
Mr and Mrs Cecil Grogan announce the birth of a son Monday night at Mt. Carmel Hospital Columbus. Grandparents are C H Wise Sr and Mrs Taylor Grogan. Mrs Reed Taylor, former Hilda Wilson, ill at Norwalk Hospital after childbirth. Numerous local residents listed with travel visits moves and hospital stays. White Rose Lodge Auxiliary to meet Wednesday at Woodman’s Hall. Multiple personal notes from Ida Hartley George McGhee Owen Cantrell Frank Booth and others on travels illnesses and work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Cecil Grogan
Ruby Wise
Mt. Carmel Hospital
Columbus
C. H. Wise
Taylor Grogan
Reed ‘Taylor
Hilda Wilson
White Rose Lodge
B. of R. T
Woodman’'s
Walter Hayes
William Robson
Lawrence Walker
Tree Is Cut Down By Blind Resident
MIDDLEPORT An unusual feat has been accomplished by John Darnell totally blind and deaf resident of S Third Ave Middleport who has cut down a large tree in front of his home first sawing off all the large branches and recently has removed the stump He has saved the wood and will use it for firewood this winter Darnell who has been deprived of his hearing and sight for a number of years lives alone in his home on S Third Ave where he cares for himself and has a garden He does his own shopping uptown stopping at the street corners where he waves a red flag several times before he starts across.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
John Darnell
S. Third Ave
Darnell
New Yorker Suffer Ivy Poisoning After Rhubarb Pick
Mrs. Sam Durst wife of a U S Navy inspector, living in Pomeroy, picked rhubarb on a hill and returned with ivy poisoning. She is recovering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Sam Durst
New Yorker
U. S. Navy
Industrial Mfg
Durst
Pastors Attend Fellowship Days Across Ohio
The Rev. W. Luther Tracy of First Baptist Racine leaves Monday for the Three Fellowship Days of Ohio Pastors at Curtis Hall Denison University Granville. The conference themed Toward the Sunrising will include Dr. Morris executive secretary of the Ohio Baptist Convention leading a discussion on Conference Objectives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
W. Luther Tracy
First Baptist Church
Racine
Ohio
Curtis Hall
Denison University
Granville
Ohio Baptist Convention
Morris
Burlingham Farmer Returns Home From St. Francis Hospital
C. E. Williams of Bedford Township was discharged from St. Francis Hospital in Columbus and transported by ambulance to Burlingham Saturday. His daughter Effie Whitney of Manhattan Montana and his son C. P. Williams, a Cleveland teacher, accompanied him and will continue to assist on the farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Syracuse
C. E. Williams
Bedford Township
St. Francis Hospital
Columbus
Burlingham
Effie Whitney
Manhattan
Montana
C. P. Williams
Cleveland
Pomeroy Social Notes Highlights Local Gatherings
The Baptist Youth Fellowship planned activities and a contest party. Miss Eunice Hill hosted the T A K Club, with social time and refreshments. Various residents visited relatives, underwent medical plans, or joined family trips, including Major Boice on leave from Venezuela and others in town for weekend visits and hospital care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baptist Youth Fellowship
Helen Hysell
Dale E. O'Brien Promoted to Captain in Army
Mr and Mrs E W O'Brien of Pratts Fork announce their son First Lieutenant Dale E O'Brien has been promoted to captain. He joined the Army in 1942 at Baltimore and trained at Belvoir and Claiborne, served in England since July 6 1943, prior to service he worked for Wilson Freight and Forwarding Co of Cincinnati. He and his wife and six month old son live in Greensboro North Carolina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
E. W. O'Brien
Pratts Fork
Dale E. O'Brien
Baltimore
Belvoir
Claiborne
England
Wilson Freight and Forwarding Co
Cincinnati
Greensboro
N.C
Davis brothers connected by DeRidder and Italy postings
Gilbert Duane Davis, stationed at DeRidder Army Air Base Louisiana, has been hospitalized there for several weeks per word to his sister Mrs Thomas Young. Her family has moved to her mother's home. Another brother Corporal Hugh Davis is stationed in Italy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Gilbert Duane Davis
DeRidder Army Air Base
Thomas Young
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Athens
Ieune
Atheneigs
Chester High School
Orange
Olive
Racine High School
Bucyrus Evangelist
Cash
Alice Johnston
Alvin and
Myra Rife
Meigs Boys
Meigs Pioneer Society
Middleport Social Notes
Miss Klein
O. P. Klein
Edith Klein
New York City
Hulda Klein
M. G. Brown
Frank Fugate
Fugate
William Stoecker
Ida Lee Hartley
George McGhee
Marion
Woodrow Robinson
Bristol
Martha Jean
Owen Cantrell
Brownell Ave
Point Pleasant
Frank Booth
John E. Grigar
The
Atlantic Commission Co
A. & P. Tea Company
E. M. Wood
Plant City
Fla
Louise Forrest
Beech Hill
W. Va
Lawrence Bing
David Entsminger
New Jersey
Kenneth Entsminger
Kim
Guy Reynolds
St. Joseph's Hospital
Pomeroy Social Notes
Miss Hill
Pomeroy Personals
Lois Withrow
S. Charleston
Dorothy Jones
Kathryn Duffy
Ohio University Hospital
Mary Huber
Willis Durst
Willard Durst
Ft. Jackson
S. C
Howard Coates
Janell Frye
Stark Pharmacy
R. E F. Boice
Venezuela
Washington
Roy Wright
George
Dick Reuter
Joe May
Marjorie Hughes
Jackson
Golds
Roberta Jane
Pittsburgh
C. K. Nease
Florence Clark
Clarence Clark
Gordon Harris
Nicky
Robert Harris
C. M. Hennesy
C. M. Hennesy. Mr. Harris
Harris
Shirley Mills
Harold Ebersbach
North Carolina
Brother In Hospital
Capudine
Colegroves
Middleport, Ohio
Meigs
Dodge City
Albert Dekker
Claire Trevor Barry Sullivan
Henry Hall
Porter Hall
Arthur Huhl
Humphrey Bogart
Dead End Kids
Ginle Page
Tack
London
Bendvue
Pomeroy — Today
Sundown Kid
Don “Red
Barry
Ghost Town
LAW
Rough Riders
T'anes
Sohio
Pearl Harbor
United States
Standard Oil Company
Marietta
Pomeroy Cement Block Co
Pomeroy, Ohio
Gacoline
Was Depastme
Office of Censorship
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