Red Cross Drive Begins Meigs County Campaign
The 1950 Red Cross drive starts in Meigs County led by director E. J. Tracy of Pomeroy Route 1 with a $3598 goal. Area chairmen include Racine Donald Wolfe. Chester Township Della Windsor and F W Rice. Scipio Eddie Lou Howery. Columbia Eddie Lou Howery. Lebanon Hyatt Parsons. Reedsville Warren Pickens and Charles Humphrey. Enterprise Fred Clark and Virgil Brown. and others. Local volunteers will assist across residential districts under J H Grate and R W Finsterwald.
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Red Cross
Meigs
Middleport
Pomeroy
Racine
Donald Wolfe
Chester Township
Della Windsor
F. W. Rice
Scipio
Ernest Carr
Columbia
Eddie Lou Howery
Lebanon
Hyatt Parsons
Reedsville
Warren Pickens
Charles Humphrey
Enterprise
Fred Clark
Virgil Brown
Rocksprings
Rocksprings Grange
Tuppers Plains
C. G. Williams Grange
H. A. Cole
Minersville
Walter Baer
Laurel Cliff
E. J. Tracy
Rutland
Freda Wood
J. H. Grate
R. W. Finsterwald
Pomeroy Social Notes Marriage of Martha Jane Clifton and James Mendenhall
Mrs. A R Clifton announces the marriage of daughter Martha Jane Clifton to James A Mendenhall of West Palm Beach Florida. The ceremony occurred February 21 at the First Methodist Church chapel in West Palm Beach. Attendants were Arthur and Mrs Lancaster. Mrs Mendenhall, a Pomeroy High School graduate, has worked for Eastern Air Lines in Washington DC and West Palm Beach where they will reside. Mendenhall served as radar installation engineer at Wright Field and liaison for Army Air Forces and Signal Corps at Camp Evans New Jersey. He later advised the Iranian government in Teheran and now works with Palm Beach County Aviation Division. The social begins at 8 p.m. with dancing at 9 p.m. and is free to attendees. sponsored by Chester High School Junior class.
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Pomeroy
A. R. Clifton
Martha Jane
James A. Mendenhall
West Palm Beach
Fla
First Methodist Church
Arthur Lancaster
Mendenhall
Wright Field
Dayton
Army Air Forces and Signal Corps
Camp Evans
N.J
Teheran
Palm Beach
Happy Harvesters Class Meeting at Federated Church
Pomeroy reports the Happy Harvesters class of the Federated church will meet Friday evening in the church social rooms. Mrs. Elizabeth Huber is named class president.
Young Adult Class Change of Meeting Date
The Church of Christ Young Adult Class will meet Tuesday March 7 at the Lincoln Heights home of Mrs. Herbert Glaze instead of Friday as previously announced.
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Pomeroy
Church of Christ
Herbert Glaze
Lincoln Heights
Daughters of the Union Veterans Plan Heart Campaign Donation
In Pomeroy Tent 95 of the Daughters of the Union Veterans met at Mrs. Richard Campbell’s home with Ada Root presiding. Members voted to donate to the 1950 Heart Campaign. Games awarded prizes to Marie Custer Pearl Reynolds and Tom Goeglein. A dessert course followed for 14 members. A box social and square dance are planned Friday at Chester Grange Hall.
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Pomeroy
Daughters of the Union Veterans
Richard Campbell
E. Main St
Ada Root
Heart
Marie Custer
Pearl Reynolds
Tom Goeglein
Campbell
Edith Ament
Chester Grange Hall
Buck Run Buck Run vacation tales and local notes
Mr and Mrs Andy F Woltz of Lancaster returned from a five week vacation near Nashville Tennessee. Frank Edwards purchased a television set. Mrs Charles Spencer Jr and infant son visited after a hospital stay. Eight candidates to receive degrees at Pomeroy Bend Grange Wednesday. Parking meter receipts for the week ending Feb 25 totaled 23930 with February total 106030.
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Walter Bentz
Huntington
W. Va
L. S. Hegnauer
Canton
Robert L. Hegnauer
Eva Hendricks
Adam Ruschel
Washington, Pa
Ruschel
Pomeroy
B. J. Williamson
Minerva Pryor
Cabin Castle
Long Bottom
Clarence Struble
Logan
Buck Run
Andy F. Woltz
Lancaster
Nashville
Tenn
C. F. Meyer
Melvin and
Creighton
Howard Meyers
Melvin Meyer
Shirley
Emma Meyer
Shirley Meyer
Catherine Kuhn
Charles Spencer, Jr
Lincoln Heights
Holzer Hospital
Charles Spencer, Sr
Marietta
Walter Wolfe
Beardless Earl Kibble Leads 1950 Peanut Selling Tour
Story and Picture by Co. H. HARRIS details Earl A. Kibble from near Reedsville who, beard shaved for winter, begins a new beard on Valentine’s Day. He plans to sell peanuts at Midwestern county fairs, while woodcutting and farm work fill his off-season.
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Ohio
Middle West
Earl A. Kibble
Reedsville
Pole Cat Valley
Kibble
Kibble Place
Hill Top
Dog Ridge
Pine Ridge
Watered gasoline reported in Middleport area
Gasoline watered was found in several stalled cars Sunday traced to stations served by a nationally advertised gasoline truck. An out-of-town man complained his month-old car would not move and a mechanic diagnosed water in the fuel. Station agents expect the gasoline company to cover repair and towage costs.
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Middleport
H Romaine Dies at 83 in Columbus
Harry Romaine 83 died at 3 p.m. Tuesday in Columbus. Funeral Friday at 1 p.m. at Bradford Church with burial in Miles Cemetery. Lifelong Pomeroy resident until five years ago. Survived by wife Mary and children Effie Massie Ann Graham Doris Leopard Bart Graham Eugene Graham Della Dyke and Mrs Oren Wogan. Friends may call at Wogan home Bailey Run Road Pomeroy Route 1.
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Pomeroy
Harry Romaine
Columbus
Bradford Church
Miles Cemetery
Mary Romaine
Effie Massie
Ann Graham
Doris Leopard
Bart Graham
Eugene Graham
Della Dyke
Vinton
Oren Wogan
Wogan
Bailey Run Road
Police Capture Fugitive in Underground Refuge
Alsace police arrest Paul Becker, wanted on 13 burglary and armed attack charges, after locating him in a subterranean hideout beneath his mother's Saint Morand forest home. Becker used a guard dog and a closet stairway to access an two-room underground apartment, with an electric trap door and clothing pile concealing his exit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mulhouse
Alsace
Paul Becker
Forest
Saint Morand
Becker
Also Mentioned on This Page
American Red Cross
Meigs County
Pomeroy Route 1
Finsterwald
J. O.rodel
Carl Moore
Faye Will
Mary Folmer
Augusta Beards
Fred Blaetmar
Theodore Beegie
Harold Lohse
Dale Smith
John Terrell
Howard Kitchen
Erna Jesse
Elizabeth Campbell
Lena Huber
Albert Gloeckner
Lewis Walker
Kate Ebersbach
Ann Ebersbach
George Mowery
Harold Ebersbach
Phil Williamson
Gladys Gibson
Ralph Graves
A. R. Knight
W. A. Smith
Edison Hobstetter
Mike Simmons
Carl Billikum
Floyd Spence
W. O
Liberty
Middleport, Ohio
Charles Heckemann
Jon Hall
Francis Langford
Dick Foran
Hollywood Matador
Dickie
Elberfelds
Elberfeld
Meigs Pomeroy
Thelma Jordan
Barbara Stanwyck
Wendell Corey
Paul Kelly
Stanley Ridges
Minor Watson
Jane Novak
Temple Middleport
the Doctor and the Girl
Glenn Ford
Charles Coburn
Gloria DeHaven
Janet Leigh
Bruce Bennett
Jennie
Bendvue Pomeroy
Whip Wilson
Devil's Henchmen
Warner Baxter
Mary Beth Hughes
Mike Mazurki
THE
James Brothers OF
Missouri
Pomeroy Social Notes
Chester High School
Pomeroy Personals
Box Social
Rayon
Middleport Dept. Store
Pomeroy Bend
MR. Kibble
Co. H. Harris
BEN Franklin Store
Middleport Area
H. Romaine
Pomeroy Pastry Shop
Walgreen Agency Drug Store
Orlis
G. E
Hills
Keller
Rose
Anahist Boe O
Tabecin
Neohetramine
Mastercraft
Vicks Vaporub
Absorbine JR
Waltho
Hartley & Bennett
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