Retailers in Meigs County urged to file ceiling prices
Meigs County retailers must file a complete list of ceiling prices for all cost of living items with the Rationing Board by July 1. Stores must display ceiling prices on all items and maintain private price records for government audits or public inspection. The restriction bases ceiling prices on the March 1942 levels.
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Pomeroy
Ineigs County
Rationing Board
Dld
Office of Price Administration
Arthouse
Council Discusses Parking and Defense Project Plans
A special city council meeting was held to address parking for workers, a proposed 40 cent bus rate to transport workers to West Virginia plants, and flood‑safe lot availability. Gov’t representatives may request information on Gallipolis Mid‑Ort Pomeroy project added to defense area. Public attendance expected at 8 PM Courthouse.
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C. O. Fisher
Ich
Central Point
Comnny
West Virginia
Gallipolis-Midort-Pomeroy
Mix‑up on furlough papers linked to Syracuse motorist
Corporal Reliford of Meigs County learned his furlough papers were at Chanute Field Illinois after a tangled sequence of misread signals. A Syracuse motorist, Houdashelt, gave Reliford a lift and kept the baggage by mistake, then left for the field with the luggage still in his car.
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Nea
Corp
John H. Beliford
Amp Gordon
Augusta
Arin Pomeroy
Felsonville
Chanute Field
Syracuse
Rellford
Innville
Meigs Miter
Reliford
Elma
Houdashelt
Houda T
Williams Family Returns to Middleport After Akron Boom
A. Williams and family moved to Akron seeking better work during lean times. They later returned to Middleport to discover their property value rose and a few hundred dollars in moving costs added to the gain. They now occupy the former Berg building on Third Ave.
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J. A. Williams
Oas
Akron
Williams
Reed
Wiliams Fly
Berg
Third Ave
Roberts Dies at Home in Racine
Mrs. Gertrude Rob, 66, died Sunday evening at home in Racine. She was wife of F. M. Roberts and mother to Clark of Miami, Florida. W. F. Roberts of Letart. Bertha Wolfe. Opal Sweeney. Cleve Roberts. Arthur Wilson of New Lexington. Charles Roberts of Clarington. Lara Meeker of Woodland. Funeral arrangements not listed.
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Mercy
Gertrude Robage
Racine
F. M. Roberts
Suriny
Clark
Miami
Fla
W. EF. Nmn
Letart
Bertha Wolfeeld
Opal Sweeney
Cleve
Arthur Wilson
Charles Roberts
Clarington
Lara Meeker
Woodland
Pomeroy Social Notes Highlights Local Visits and Gatherings
Sunday School class at Simpson Methodist Church met at Miss Carol Canady’s home with Mrs Blanche Roller in charge and Miss Ann Smith winning games. A large round of neighbors visited, with many trips listed to Wilkesville Columbus Dayton and Cincinnati. A Woman’s Christian Temperance Union potluck is planned for Lincoln Hill on June 23 at 6 o clock.
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Pomeroy
Simpson
Blanche Roller
Carol Canady
Sycamore
Roller
Rhea Ann Myers
Ann Smith
Mulberry Ave
Louisa Gregory
Wilkesville
Frank Enright
Columbus
Ernest Major
Edith Ragesdale
Agra
Kan
Harley Nelson
John
John Davis
Langsville
Ernest Nelson
Virgie Major
Middleport
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
C. E. W. Downie
Lincoln Hill
John Gallenstein
Edwin
Florence Owen
Ella Powers
Cincinnati
Ed Stark
Paul Dillard
Second St
Zaleski
Carl Mitch
Nye Ave
Arthur Roush
Callie Campbell
Roush
Susie Andrews
Enterprise
Mac McCormick
William McCormick
Connie
Maude Griffith
John Griffith Demoss
Dayton
John Demoss
Andrews Home
Marjorie Morrison
Boston
Carlotta Compton
W. Main St
Eldon Weeks
Harriett McIntosh
Vivian Peoples
J. L. Fauber
P. L. Peoples
Union Ave
Dick Brown
Marietta
Maggie Brown
Athens Rd
Huber Brown
Anna Brown
Athens Road
Thomas Bowen
Milton Houdashelt
Ed Arnold
Chanute Field
Showboat Majestic Draws Crowds in Pomeroy and Middleport
The showboat Majestic played Pomeroy and Middleport over the week end drawing large crowds. Land workers and residents viewed the calliope as a novelty while the versatile cast staged Ten Nights In a Barroom and vaudeville acts.
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Middleport
Majestic
Pomeroy
Miss Weed Injured Falling at Federated Church
Anna Weed of Middleport sustained a broken arm at the elbow after a fall Monday morning at the Federated Church while helping with Bible School work. She received initial care from a local physician before being transported to a hospital in Gallipolis.
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Pomeroy
Anna Weed
Middleport
Federated Church
Gallipolis
Beetle Traps Planned in Pomeroy Bend This Week
Ohio officials announce metal traps will be placed in Middleport and Pomeroy with U S Department of Agriculture cooperation to monitor Japanese beetle. Residents asked to allow 30 day trap placement in sunny locations away from host plants.
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Pomeroy Bend
Pomeroy
John W. Baringer
Ohio Department of Agriculture
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Entomolgy
Middleport
Harrisonville Man On Air Tonight
Harrisonville corporal Grafton Stout will sing with the glee club on a Columbia network broadcast from Patterson Field Fairfield. The program Cheers From the Camp airs June 23 from 9 30 to 10 30 p m.
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Harrisonville
Columbia
Patterson Field
Fairfield
Grafton Stout
Glee Club
Middleport Area Residents Share Weekend Activities
The Rev and Mrs Pamon of Atlanta spent the week end with Mr and Mrs David Durst Sr and Rev Redmon and Mrs Redmon were dinner guests of Mr and Mrs Pearl Graves. Meigs County draftees and local residents took weekend trips to Sandusky Marblehead and Indiana with many visiting relatives and colleagues.
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Pamon
Atlanta
David Durst
Redmon
Church of Christ
Pearl Graves
Sandusky
Henry Walsh
John Strickfadden
Pete Kramer
Jack Wisda
Meigs County
Ft. Hayes
E. L. Wood
Joan
Bracky
C. M. Wood
Lincoln St
Dorothy Sauer
J. B. Downing Insurance and Real Estate
Pete Mills
Akron
Max Sanborn
Blossom Valley Social And Personal Notes
Mrs Alcie Sprouse of Columbus visited relatives in Greenfield Chauncey and Wellston with other families. Maggie Wyatt Alice Ward and son visited Oiler Cardwell family. Minie Dorton is ill. Arthur Faught named son William Lewis. Father s day program at Uncle Joe s Chapel drew many. Bertha Cardwell Maggie Cardwell in Jackson. Jacob Roberts visited Wellston friends.
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Blossom Valley
Alcie Sprouse
Columbus
James Cardwell
Elbert
Fred Grate
John Taylor
Greenfield
Charles Chalfan
Chauncey
Ralph Canter
Wellston
Maggie Wyatt
Alice Ward
Langsville
Oiler
Cardwell
Minie Dorton
Fred Kessler
Barbersville
W. Va
Arthur Faught
William Lewis
Uncle Joe’s
Bertha Cardwell
Maggie Cardwell
Jackson
Jacob Roberts
First Night Softball Game Planned in Middleport
Handbills announce the first night softball games at the high school stadium under lights at 9 15 p m tonight part of the local Recreational Program profits go to financing the program The field is ready and more than enough teams signed up Early opponents are Middleport and the TNT two teams with recent meeting history Charles McMaster leads the event with ticket sales by McElhinney Hubbard and Hysell The Community Band conducts a 45 minute pre game program and holds a second rehearsal tonight at 7 in the high school band room before its public debut
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Middleport
Tve
T.N.T
Charles McMaster
Charles McElhinney
Harold Hubbard
P. A. Hysell
Gordon Harris
Ohio River News Notes on Marietta dredging and river traffic
The Marietta Manufacturing Co. at Point Pleasant has awarded a dredging contract for a large outfitting dock on the Ohio River. Monongahela Ohio Dredging Co. will remove 250000 cubic yards from the riverbed and Old Town Creek above Point Pleasant for a 1720 foot dock site with 27 foot elevated concrete decking and 15 foot depth. Ensign Sorenson warns river swimmers to obey navigation rules as Coast Guard patrols resume summer checks. The W C Talbot is back in towing service after yard repairs and Wheeler Steel barges return after bridge strike repairs near Steubenville. Tow boat John J. Kelly due July 15 with 320 hp engine. miles of unused pipe lines will be salvaged for iron. Other vessels visiting include Charles Norvell, Papoose, and Paul Blazer. Grose mentions el bow grease from 1785.
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Erpool
Marietta Manufacturing Co
Point Pleasant
W. Va
Ohio River
Monongahela Ohio Dredging Co
Ohio
Old Town
Marietta
Cairo
Memphis
J. C. Sorenson
U. S. Coast Guard
W. C. Talbot
Dravo
Wheeling Steel Corp
Steubenville
John J. Kelly
Webster Towing Co
Monongahela and Ohio Dredging Co
Monogahela River
Hildebrand
Tennis Court Is Made Available for Season
Middleport residents rally to prepare a public tennis court in the Recreation Program. The site near the Methodist Church on S Third Ave has been cleared and wired with a net installed. Weeds removed, soil smoothed, and more courts expected this summer, with Gordon Harris leading volunteers amid ball shortages.
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Middleport
S. Third Ave
Gordon Harris
Gas Station Owner Finds Spare Gas Empty
Middleport scene reports James Weber, Gravel Hill proprietor of the Pomeroy Sohio Service Station, ran out of gasoline in the Middleport residential district and discovered his emergency spare can was empty. In a separate note, Troop 40 Boy Scouts and leaders planned an outing to Gallipolis but found the pool closed.
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Middleport
James Weber
Gravel Hill
Pomeroy Sohio
Troop 40
Boy Scouts of America
Richard Chambers
Gordon Harris
Gallipolis
Meigs County 4-H Clubs Active in First Aid Program
Meigs County 4-H clubs met with seventeen members present as Miss Geneva Humphreys and Miss Nell Bing led first aid instruction. The Eagles Victory 4-H Club joined for a pledge and talk before receiving first aid coaching. Another meeting at Hysell Run saw nine members and a guest. A 1931 New York City fire toll reached 122 deaths including six firefighters.
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Pomeroy
A.I.D
Children’s Home
Geneva Humphreys
Nell Bing
Lucretia Genheimer
Meigs County
Bing
Eagles Victory
Richard Ash
C. E. Blakeslee
Dayton Russell
Hysell Run
New York City
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Cora Roberts
John Roberts
Grant Roberts
Ernest Woolfolk
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Carl Qualls
June Qualls
Tom Ruth
Eldon Clark
Hemlock Grove
Herman Wilson
Lester Wilson
Cole St
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Massar
Clover Farm
James Karr
Cleveland
Burt Karr
Minersville
Robert Wolfe
H. E. Boney
O. C. Walker
Vinton
Clifton Stout
N. C. Stout
James Goldsworthy
McArthur
Harvey Newland
New Orleans
S. P. Newland
Pine Grove
New Jersey
Ohio River News Notes
Federal River District
Charles Norvell
Papoose
Cape Girardeau
Paul Blazer
Kenova
Ashland
Grose
Colonial Finance CO
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