Road Fund Sale Setup by Pomeroy Officials in 1943
Pomeroy Meigs County Commissioners held a special session with President Eisles and Charles Walburn. Minutes note approval of a $10 payment for Soldiers Relief Committee attendance, a $10 decoration grant for the courthouse basement, and a plan to sell forfeited lands at public sale to cover taxes and penalties. Additional actions include reallocating funds for a judge’s salary due to enlistment and a $30,000 rise in supplementary funds for old bills. The next meeting scheduled for July 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fislestein
Commission S A
Common Pleas
Cedric Clark
U. S. Army
Court House
Stores Have Slow Day As District Swelters
Pomeroy residents sweltered on one of the hottest days of the year and a popular drug store reported one of the slowest days of the season. Young people and elders cooled off in the Ohio River at the levees in Pomeroy and Middleport, while officials called for a quiet weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Ohio
Middleport
Record Cold Snap Sets World Low From Java Balloon
A sounding balloon launched from Java near the equator reported the lowest air temperature ever recorded at 133 degrees below zero. The extreme reading marks a historic cold anomaly observed during balloon observations near the island.
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Java
Equator
Meigs County Real Estate Transfers Highlight Local Deals
County records show multiple property transfers including Jane Williams to Alexander Williams in Pom eroy and 1 acre parcels in Sutton. Transfers cover 4 acre tracts in Bedford, 4 acre in Middleport, 92.5 acre in Salem, and 29 acre in Scipio with various affidavits and certificates of transfer and corrections for Mees and Adams in Salisbury.
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Pomeroy
George Meinhart
Jane Williams
Alexander Williams
Albert
Carrie Rhodes
Ernest
Annie Rhodes
Sutton
Gerald Morris
Norma May Morris
Melvin C
Amenda Morris
Bedford
Alvadore
Grace Hull
Nora Haggy
Middleport
B. Swank
Addie Baker
Soffie Shumway
Bessie Bahr
John
Harry
Ralph Swank
Olive
Estella Wilkinson
Marie
Arvilla Beach
Thomas H
William L. Wilkinson
Arvilla
Charles Beach
Mildred
William L
Rama Wilkinson
Marie Beach
Bradbury
Cecil A
Frances Root
Jessie E. Lansbury
May Bye Weise
Janey Wood
Gertrude Wood
Chloe Bailey
Selah Morah
Marion Wood
Syracuse
Charles P. Gloeckner
Frances Gloeckner
James Grate
Cora Grate
Gerald
Hazel Grate
Salem
Alpha L. Douglas
Clint E. Douglas
Scipio
Reinhelt C. Mees
Vivian Mees
Garfield Adams
Salisbury
Many 4-H Clubs Report Work Activities in Meigs County
Meigs County 4-H clubs report June meetings with a focus on gardening methods demonstrations, project work, and planned activities. Clubs include Victory Food, Hoyttown Stitchers, Happy Helpers, Wolfpen Victory Canners, 4-H Chatter Box Flatwoods, Long Bottom Sewers, Pine Grove Chatter Box, Harrisonville Thread and Needle, Rock Springs First Aid, and Green Valley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meigs County
Pomeroy
Victory Food Club
Laura Lenz
Hoyttown Stitchers
Grange Hall
Happy Helpers
Donna Wells
Fern Jeffers
Wolfpen Victory
Ida Mae John Son
Garnet Henderson
Flatwoods
Nora Mae
Joan Biggs
Mary Beards
Long Bottom Victory Sewers
Mary Bell -Owdery
Joan Hawley
Pine Grove
Bernice Young
Hilda Cook
Harrisonville
Harrisonville Thread and Needle Club
Bertha Douglas
Harriet Jewell
Rock Springs
First Aid Club
William Grueser
Green Valley
Goldie Biggs
P.m
Salisbury Soldiers of Silver Run Precinct in World War II
A. V. Howell lists in service members from Silver Run precinct Salisbury Township for the Ohio War History Commission. The roster names draftees and volunteers with birthdates enlistment locations units and current postings, inviting additions from readers.
Burt to Enter V-12 Program at Ohio Wesleyan
Marvin Burt Class of 1943 from Pomeroy High School and Varsity football player will leave July 1 for Ohio Wesleyan University Delaware to begin training under the V-12 program. He has passed examinations for the U S Naval Air Corps and will be a naval cadet. He is son of Mr and Mrs John Burt and popular with Pomeroy and Middleport crowds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Marvin Burt
Pomeroy High School
Ohio Wesleyan University
Delaware
U. S. Naval Air Corps
Young Burt
Pomeroy and
Middleport High School
John Burt
Earns Merit Badges To Become Life Scout
Kennilworth Nease, 14, son of Mrs. Helen Nease, earned four merit badges in cooking, marksmanship, physical development and stamp collecting at the 1943 Boy Scouts board of review. He now has 20 badges and belongs to the Pomeroy troop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Kennilworth Nease
Helen Nease
Board of Review
Boy Scouts of America
Kennilworth
Meigs District Service Men Transfer Details
Carl B Jennings now at Fitzsimmons General Hospital Denver Colorado to study X Ray work for three months He is promoted to corporal and his parents Mr and Mrs Peter Jennings of Pomeroy report the move Cpl William Robson from Wake Forest Army Finance School to Randolph Field Texas son of Mr and Mrs William Robson of Middleport Sgt Paul Cunningham back at Ft Belvoir Virginia after a furlough with his Middleport parents
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Gera
Lena Noble
Army
California
Infantry
Hawaii
South Pacific
Butcher
Willis Samuel
Worley
Dorothy Mae Butcher
Navy
Great Lakes
Illinois
Brooklyn
N. Y
Farley
Horace
Walter Farley
Cora Farley
Cheshire
R.F.D
Camp Livingston
Deloris
Silver Run
Grogan
Lawrence Arthur
Lawrence Grogan
Addie Grogan Frazier
Field Artillery
Camp Bladen
Fla
Agnes Searls Grogan
Ohio
Pearl Frazier
Potts
Denver
Clarence and
Chine Potts
Cpl. Potts
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Ind
Anna Thompson Potts
Indiana
Lonnie William
Lon Farley
Loma May Wines
Gallipolis
Pacific Area
Wilbur Wines
Little
Paul Campbell
James Berlin
Eva Leona Little
Pat Little
Tyndal Field
Panama City
Fla McDaniel
Arthur
Mel
Neva McDaniel
Set
McDaniel
Fort Brage
N.C
Sgt. McDaniel
Roy Herman
Hobson
Salisbury Township
Martha Gilmore
A. V. Howell
Box 333
Pomeroy
Carl B. Jennings
Kearns Field
Utah
Fitzsimmons General Hospital
Colo
Peter Jennings
Cpl
William Robson
Army Finance School
Wake Forrest
Randolph Field
Texas
Middleport
Paul Cunningham
Ft. Belvoir
L. L. Cunningham
Pomeroy Personal News Highlights Local Visits and Travel
Second Lieutenant Charles Mullen on vacation with wife Miss Phyllis Dillard and parents. Several residents—Miss Alice Davis, Miss Kathleen Boyd, Miss Maxine Russell, Miss Joan Buffington—enjoy vacations or visits to Cleveland Green Bay, Parkersburg, and relatives. Families relocate or travel for work and study with numerous short external trips and hospital checks noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Mullen
Philadelphia
Phyllis Dillard
Middleport
Alice Davis
Meigs County
Cleveland
Kathleen Boyd
Pt. Pleasant
Dorothy Morrison
Robert Jacobs
Green Bay
Wis
Maxine Russell
St. Joseph's Hospital
Parkersburg
Agnes Russell
Joan Buffington
Anna Lee Warner
Ed. Foster
Charles Brunner
Cuyahoga Falls
Ellen Couch
Stark's
George Conde
Dayton
George Conde Jr
Conde
Parkersburg Hospital
John Davis
New York City
George Anderson
Crary Davis, Jr
Jon
Buffalo
N. Y
L. Crary Davis
W. A. Giles
Bridgeport
Gc.d.c
Wayne Swisher
Esther Louise Hoyt
Ohio University
Athens
James Harley
Zanesville
Pearl Reynolds
Locust St
Ruth Drake
Herman Mattox
Charleston
Elmer Mattox
Ward Pauley
Florence Mackin
Nitro
John Curtis
Meigs County Fair Schedule Rumored for 1945
Meigs County residents question Meigs County Fair being held at Pythian Park in Middleport with a Columbus paper listing a 1945 fair for September 15 to 17. Officials could not be reached Sunday to confirm the announcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Pythian Park
Columbus
Ohio
Middleport Social Notes Highlights of June 1886 Anniversary
Local social page recalls a 57 year wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Chappelle of Powell Street at Addison with a family dinner hosted by grandchildren, and mentions Denny Cunningham's first birthday celebrated by kin in Broad Way Syracuse. PFC Clifford Cunningham recently moved from Louisiana to Yuma, Arizona, expected on furlough for the occasion.
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Middleport
Alfred Loucks
Addison
A. A. Chappelle
Powell St
Fred Healy
Louise Talbott
S. Second Ave
John Talbott
Talbott
Joan of
Ripley
Chappelle Talbott
Susanne
John Wallace
Chappelles
Denny Cunningham
PFC
Clifford Cunningham
Cunningham
Martha Robson
Jean Robson
Syracuse
William Robson
Broadway
Miss Robson
Reed's
Pomeroy
Ralph Robson
Jean
Eleanor
Steve Robson
Dorothy
Wanda Mae
William Winebrenner
Ruth Pickens
Robson
L. J. Cunningham
Denny
W. N. Clark
Maggie Pickens
L. L. Cunningham
Pfc Cunningham
Louisiana
Yuma
Ariz
Grass Announces Birth of Thurman Charles
Mr and Mrs Walter Grass announce the birth of a son Thurman Charles Friday at the home of Mrs Grass mother Mrs Morgan Carsey Grandparents are Mr Carsey and the late Morgan Carsey Mrs Georgie Grass of Rutland and Walter Grass of Michigan
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Walter Grass
Glenna Carsey
Thurman Charles
Romine Taken To Holzer Hospital For Observation
E. E. Romine a New York Civilian Revenue Regulation employee was transported to Holzer Hospital for observation and an operation scheduled for today authorities report.
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E. E. Romine
NYCRR
Holzer Hospital
Loyal Order of Moose installs new Pomeroy Middleport members
Carl Weiss, Supreme Moose Auditor, attended the Sunday ceremony as 15 new members joined the Pomeroy Middleport Chapter No 875. Rollin Neutzling serves as governor, with J B Eisenberger of the Pittsburgh Supreme Lodge aiding a continuing membership drive tied to returning service members.
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Carl Weiss
Supreme Moose
Middleport
The
Loyal Order of Moose
Moosehart
Pomeroy-Middleport
Weiss
Rollin Neutzling
Pomeroy
J. B. Eisenberger
Supreme Lodge
Pittsburgh
Licensed To Marry In Meigs County
Meigs County Probate Court issued marriage licenses to Baxter Conly and Stella Wolfe both of New Plymouth and Ruth Hall of Middleport with partners George Johnston of Pt Pleasant and others including Reese Motley Jackson Rosalie Dahl Pomeroy Rt 1 Arthur Eads Pt Pleasant Madeline McConihay Middle Estle Racer Scott Depot and Iva Bill Pomeroy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Johnston
Pt Pleasant
Ruth Hall
Middleport
Reese Motley
Jackson
Rosalie Dahl
Pomeroy
Radio Burns Out In Middleport Fire Call
Early Sunday around 7 oclock the Middleport Volunteer Firemen answered a call to Mrs Lily Childs home on Railroad Street. A radio had burned out filling the house with smoke but caused no damage beyond the destroyed radio. Mrs Childs, aged owner, was frightened but the home and contents had burned two months earlier.
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Middleport
Lily Childs
Railroad St
Pvt Edward Sargent And Wife Visit Here
Pvt Edward Sargent and Frances Elberfeld visit her parents Mr and Mrs Albert Elberfeld in Pomeroy while Sargent remains stationed at Aberdeen Proving Grounds Maryland Mrs Sargent has stayed with his Arlington New Jersey family Richard Elberfeld of the American Field Service furloughed from New York returned home Friday
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homer Curtis
U. S. Marine
Parris Island
S. C
Clarence Curtis
Pomeroy
O. M. Hayward
Gallipolis
L. E. Dickey
Racine
Mae Morrison
Columbus
Mina Morrison
R. D
John McKim
Martha Skirvin
Pomeroy —Pvt
Edward Sargent
Frances Elberfeld
Albert Elberfeld
Sargent
Aberdeen Proving Grounds
Arlington, NJ
Richard Elberfeld
American Field Service
Alfred Elberfeld
New York
Chief of Police Takes Vacation
Chief of Police L. B. Higgins is on vacation from duties. He travels with Mrs. Higgins and daughter Patricia and stays with Mrs. Higgins' father Bert Humphrey and his family. Mr Humphrey is slowly improving from a serious illness.
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Middleport
L. B. Higgins
Arthurs Birth of Daughter at Holzer Hospital
Mr and Mrs Dennis Arthurs announce the birth of a daughter at Holzer Hospital Sunday morning. Mr Arthurs is employed at the Pomeroy Motor Company.
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Pomeroy
Dennis Arthurs
Holzer Hospital
Mr. Arthurs
The
Pomeroy Motor Company
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Athens Messenger
Athens, OH
Mei ‘Igs S County Board
Dixie
Cypress Gardens
Meigs County Real Estate
Pomeroy Bend
Meigs
WED
Triple Bill
Don Winslow
E Coast Guard
North Africa
AIR Force
Temple Middleport
James Cagney
Joan Leslie
Walter Houston
Frances Langford
Pomeroy Bendvue
Capistrano
Gene Autry
Smiley Burnett
Simone Simon
Dennis O'Keefe
By A.V. Howell
Ohio War History Commission
Marie Frazier
Fort Wayne
Frazier
Gilmore
Yeanger
Pearl von
Mate Yeanger
Ruby Cohen Yeanger
Army Air Force
W. Va
Miami
Lena Marie Yeauger
Clay Ave
W. V
Ruby
Russell Yeauger
Yeauger
Norman
Mote
Ruby Yeauger
Pfe. Yeauger
Base
San Bernardino
Calif
Viola Yeanger
Priode
Walter E
William
Shirley Priode
R. F
Elizabeth Amanda Martin
Elmwood
Winfield
Martin
Camp Roberts
Sheets
Charles Arnold
William Sherman
Bertha May Sheets
Camp Gordon Johnson
Larry Kendall
Bertha Sheets
Charles
Gordon Johnson
Jenkins
Kenneth
Lloyd
Elizabeth Jenkins
Air Corps
Pfe
Pacific
Mulford
Fred Everett
John B
Grace Mulford
Grant Ave
Benwood
Pvt
Coast Artillery Battalion
Bettie
New Marshfield
Paul Bennett
Southwest
Los Angeles
John Charles
Coast Artillery
Foreign Service
Ellis
Stanley Alfred
Archie
Ina Ellis
Cpl. Ellis
Ratliff
William Thomas
Thomas
Mirl Ratliff
Camp Shelby
Miss
Texas City
Juanita
Galveston
Noble
Marcus Gora
Gora
West Columbia
Point Pleasant
Atlantic Area
Homer Marshall
Ohio Wesleyan
Life Scout
Cincinnati
Glenna Rummel
Pomeroy Salvation Army
Glendale Camp
S.S. Vsessviatsky
Astronomical Institute of Moscow
Jupiter
Meigs District
Pomeroy Personals
Bou Doir
Marines
Coast Guard
Middleport Social Notes
Imexsana
Beaco
F. J
Beasley CO
Pahl Godad
America
A&p
A&p Super Markets
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