Pomeroy Seeks Egg Auction Site in Meigs County
The Pomeroy Chamber of Commerce appeals to Meigs County citizens to support a Southeastern Ohio egg auction and suggests reporting offers to attract the auction to locate in Meigs. A site tour by a 12 county committee is planned for March 25, with notices by March 13 for any building or donation offers.
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Pomeroy
Pomeroy Chamber of Commerce
Meigs County
Ohio
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Merce
Thursy
Meigs
Bi Monthly Meeting of Grange Held
The Pomona Grange held its second bi monthly meeting of 1941 at Harrisonville High School with eighty members and three guests present. Four applicants were exemplified for Pomona membership. Waneta Radekin led a short program in Mary Mora's absence, featuring Harold Pickering with life pictures Vernon Greenler on Easter and Mrs Johan Cotterill with a reading. Refreshments were served by Harrisonville Grange. The annual Grange picnic date was changed from August to July Fourth.
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Pomeroy
Pomona Grange
Harrisonville High School
Harrisonville Grange
Pomona
Waneta Radekin
Mary Mora
Harold Pickering
Tee Life
Vernon Greenler
Johan Cotterill
Grange
Light Group Proposes Special 2-Mill Levy for Pomeroy Lights
The Women’s Civic Club in Pomeroy discussed street lighting at a meeting hosted by Mrs. John Duerr. A plan for a special election within months with a two mill levy was reviewed, with cooperation from the village council light committee. The group formed a project committee and approved buying plates and cups for the effort.
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Pomeroy
Women's Civic Club
John Duerr
John Chase
Ruel Finsterwald
Carrie Nye
Jed Webster
George Hetzel
Weatherby
Meigs County
Avon Jones
Duerr
Hermann Hoffner
Robert Jacobs
Philip Meinhart
Ollie Jones
Virginia Arnold
Erma Smith
Pomeroy Personal News and Local Arrivals
Mr and Mrs Truman Russell spent the weekend with Mrs Russell’s sister and brother in Huntington West Virginia. Doris Rebecca Lodge No 558 planned a March 20 public party with a February March birthday party for Frances Brown and Marie Beards. Daughters of Rebecca Club meets March 19 at Miss Doris Frank’s home in Syracuse. Dorothy Varian resigns from Meigs County AAA to join McBee Company Athens in the controller department starting Monday. Massar Radford and Carl Will travel to Warren on a business trip Monday. Alvin Norris and Malcolm D Hartley spent Friday in Zanesville. Mrs Hartley and son Lee accompanied them as far as Parkersburg. Albert Russell Jr and Jed Webster Jr spent Friday in Columbus on business. Miss Caroline Smith was guest of honor at a Friday dinner at the Smith home on Butternut Ave. She returns from Pittsburgh for a weekend visit. Mr and Mrs Charles Sayre bought the George Ohlinger property at Brick and Lasley Streets to be remodeled before occupancy. Mildred Smith has influenza and is homebound.
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Truman Russell
Daughters of Rebecca Club
Doris Frank
Syracuse
Dorothy Varian
Letart Falls
Meigs County Aaa
Comptroller
McBee Company
Athens
Varian
Massar Radford
Carl Will
Warren
Alvin Norris
Malcolm D. Hartley
Zanesville
Parkersburg
Miss Smith
Pittsburgh
Charles Sayre
George Ohlinger
Brick and
Lasley Streets
Mildred Smith
Butternut Ave
Mrs. D. C. Miller To Head Nursery School
Mrs. D C Miller will head the Middleport nursery school formerly run by Mrs. Kelly Grogan at 3rd Ave location over the R A Miller Co offices. Miller, a former Eleanor Lambert, Ohio University graduate in Home Economics, will begin Monday through Friday sessions 9 to 11 with open enrollment for an additional group.
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Middleport
Kelly Grogan
Main St
D. C. Miller
R. A. Miller Co
S. Third Ave
Grogan
Athens
Miller
Eleanor Lambert
E. L. Lambert
Lambert
Ohio University
Meigs County
Three CCC Basketball Players Remain In Sport at Vernal
Three local boys formerly prominent on the basketball floor, Paul Arnott, Floyd Clark, and Sidney Stobart, continue in the game at the CCC station in Vernal Utah. They compete in the sectional tournament this week after receiving the cup for the seventh district in a recent tournament.
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Racine
CCC
Vernal
Utah
Paul Arnott
Floyd Clark
Sidney Stobart
World Day of Prayer Observed at Racine Baptist Church
World Day of Prayer was observed Friday evening at the Racine Baptist Church with a $27.50 contribution sent to World Relief. Participants included Mrs. Bertha Sayre Mrs. T. T. Shelton Mrs. Leora Donovan Mrs. Ed Simpson Mrs. Glen Simpson Mrs. Ida Howell Miss Carrie Bell Mrs. Okey Sayre Mr. Okey Sayre Miss Vera Beegle and Rev. By T. Shelton.
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Racine
Racine Baptist Church
World Relief
Bertha Sayre
T. T. Shelton
Leora Donovan
Ed Simpson
Glen Simpson
Ida Howell
Carrie Bell
Okey Sayre
Vera Beegle
By T. Shelton
Whatsoever Class Hosts Evening with Mission Plans
Middleport notes show the Whatsoever Class of First Presbyterian entertained guests Mrs. Garen Stansbury and others. Business focused on the annual Mission Study class with a 5 30 p.m. covered dish supper and a Red Cross dinner planned for March 17 at 6 p.m.
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Middleport
First Presbyterian Church
Garen Stansbury
Grant St
T. H. Davis
Edgar Ervin
L. J. Heiner
E. G. Probst
Women’s Missionary Society
Red Cross
Henry L. Carr
George Anderson, Jr
Estella Lagomarcino
Huntington
Women's Society of Christian Service Meeting Noted
The Women’s Society of Christian Service will meet Monday at 7 30 p m at Heath Methodist Church with devotionals by Mrs John Will a study book chapter by Miss Bess Sanborn music by a women’s semi chorus and social hour chaired by Mrs E R Tompkins A farewell party for Mrs Kelly Grogan was held at Mrs Malcolm Roller’s home on Sixth Ave with a 630 p m covered dish supper and guests including Mrs K D Amsbury Mrs D C Miller Mrs C P Bradbury Mrs F M Cluff and Mrs R E
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Women's Society of Christian Service
Heath Methodist Church
Vesta McCoy
John Will
Bess Sanborn
E. R. Tompkins
Kelly Grogan
Athens
Malcolm Roller
Sixth Ave
K. D. Amsbury
Pomeroy
Meigs Latin Meeting Draws Over 150 Students
More than 150 Latin students and teachers from Pomeroy Middleport Chester Rutland Tuppers Plains and Racine gathered at Racine High School for an all county Latin meeting. Abbie Warner of Pomeroy won the Latin quiz.
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Pomeroy
Middleport
Chester
Rutland
Tuppers Plains
Racine
Racine High School
Beryl Wolfe
Betty O'Connor
Gayle Wagner
Betty Hoback
Bobbie Cleland
Mary Mildred Shain
Marian Simpson
Mary Jean Watson
Bery Wolfe
Abbie Warner
Owen Watson
George Simpson
Ralph McKenzie
Operetta Presented by Rural Grade Pupils
Rural Raine county operetta Tom Saw yer staged Friday at Racine High School auditorium with high school orchestra rhythm band and fourth grade folk numbers. Cast lists many students from grades five through eight led by Miss Lurryn Edmons and Miss Lilian Simpson with Ruth Spencer accompanying.
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Racine
Tom Sawyer
Racine High School
Ruth Tucker
Kathryn Hayes
Glee Club
Ruth Spencer
Freda Proffitt
Bill Everett
Hazel Stobart
Roy Ervin
John Idle
Dorothy Powell
Charles Salser
Betty Decker
Emma Jane Jiiden
Eugene Starling
John H. Cline
Olan Holter
Gloria Fischer
Geraldine Holter
Audrey Hayman
Bobby Dye
Junior Rose
Marion Wood
James Circle
Berton Beegie
Jerry Powell
Herman Carson
Bobby Mallory
Norman Arnott
Bert Teaford
Arthur Neigler
Charles Griswold
Robert Hart
Roy Johnson
Sunflower
Lurryn Edmons
Lillian Simpson
Local residents host card club and travel updates
Mr and Mrs Roy Barnes hosted a Friday card club with two tables and awards to Mrs Barnes and Mrs Robert Coats. Mrs H A Rothrock returned from a week in Chillicothe West Lafayette and Alliance and Mrs Walter Burns Harris has been ill. Miss Hazel Meadows arrives for definite stay and high school enrollment. The Harrises plan a Miami Florida visit for two weeks.
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Roy Barnes
S. Third Ave
Barnes
Robert Coats
H. A. Rothrock
Chillicothe
West Lafayette
Alliance
Walter Burns Harris
S. Second Ave
C. H. Wise Jr
Cincinnati
Paul Smith
Larry
Middleport
Albert Logan
Beach St
Smith
Ravenna
Alvira Jones
Wooster
C. W. King
Hazel Meadows
Buchannon
W. Va
B. F. Parmelee
Walter Harris
Miami, Fla
Robert Lewis
Harrises
Minnie Beverage
Chestnut Ave
Auto Licenses May Be Used Monday in Middleport
Middleport announces that 1941 automobile licenses may be used starting Monday. Deputy registrar Homer Russell says license sales have been fairly good. William Robson, former mayor, bought the first 10 licenses from numbers 51 to 69-70, continuing his role as the first purchaser in Middleport.
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Middleport
Homer Russell
Meigs County Seen Slow to Seek Road Funds
Meigs County has lagged in requesting state road work and funds, says Senator Tom W. Jones in an informal Rotary gathering. President Paul Smart offered to form a committee to work with Jones and H. E. Cook to push the project. The Meigs County Draft Board, praised by government leaders for its meritorious record, was noted as outstanding in merit.
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Middleport
Meigs County
Tom W. Jones
Paul Smart
Sen. Jones
H. E. Cook
Meigs County Draft Board
Meigs County Board
Auto Registration Totals Reported for February
Receipts from automobile certificates of title in February totaled 392.45 with 264.60 kept by the county and 127.85 sent to the state. The month saw 377 titles issued for new and used cars, and 45 new cars sold including five trucks.
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Pomeroy
Herman Beards
Pins Awarded to Nine Pomeroy High Students
Nine Pomeroy High School students from the 1941 Pomeroyan staff received gold plated pins for their yearbook work. The presentation was made by Mr. Drake and honored editors managers advertisers and photographers including Barbara Wilder muth Nora Tracy Marilyn Young Martha Roedel Lomax Ginn Margaret McCallum Jeannette Young Ruth Thornton and Theodore Reed Jr.
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Pomeroy
Pomeroy High School
Pomeroyan
Mr. Drake
Barbara Wildermuth
Nora Tracy
Marilyn Young
Martha Roedel
Lomax Ginn
Margaret McCallum
Jeannette Young
Ruth Thornton
Theodore Reed
Pomeroy Senior High Observes Prayer Day
Pomeroy Senior High School observed World Day of Prayer in an assembly delayed a week due to exams and Lent. Miss Edith Bowen directed the program with readings by Angie Shain and a quartet of students performing The Lord's Prayer reading and a World Day significance explanation.
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Pomeroy
Edith Bowen
Angie Shain
Althea Reibel
Bernice Stowe
Leona Eskew
Barbara Wildermuth
Mary Martha Smith
Alexander Sayre Dies at 84 in Gallipolis
RACINE Alexander Sayre aged 84 died Friday at a rest home in Gallipolis He is survived by two sons Oakey of Antiquity and Homer of Racine Funeral services will be held from the Antiquity Church.
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Racine
Alexander Sayre
Gallipolis
Oakey
Antiquity
Homer of
Adam and Adga Offer for Ulcer Pain Relief Ad
Ad promotes Adga tablets at Athens Pharmacy claiming relief from stomach ulcers indigestion gas heartburn and burning sensations from excess acid with a money back guarantee. The rustic ad links biblical curiosity with a health cure presented as a 25 cent box.
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Athens
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