Meigs County Red Cross War Fund Surpasses Half Quota
Meigs County reports $5 053 73 raised toward an $8 900 goal with 12 districts still to report Pomeroy leads with 2 519 34 of 3 500 Cites Middleport at 1 500 of 2 850 and notes several towns already over the top amid bad weather and active volunteers
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Pomeroy
Edison Hobstetter
Meigs County
Red Cross
Hobstetter
Louise Kreinbihl
Robert Coats
Theiddleport
Chester
Harrisonville
Reedsville
Letart Falls
Laurel Cliff
Sumner-Alfred
Pomeroy Social Notes Hear Society Updates
Tuesday evening the Woman's Society of Christian Service meets at 7 30 at Simpson Methodist Church with refreshments by Mrs George Parker Mrs Verlie Conway and Miss Eva Simms. Twilight Garden Club to meet March 11 at Mulberry Ave home of Mrs Tom Googlein hostesses Mrs J Clark and Mrs C E Peoples assisting. Birth announced of ten pound son William Lee to Anna Margaret Thomas and the Army father at Camp Shelby Miss. Grandparents Will Thomas and Mrs Thomas Minersville and Mr and Mrs Joseph Bailey Chester. Great grandparents Mrs Ann Thomas and Mrs James and others. Helen Zeiher arrives for visit from Hollywood Fla. Victor Brown Victor Stewart and Walter Cleland return to work in Dunbar after weekend visits. Mary Kimes resigns from Blue and Grey Confectionary. Hurley Nelson and Langsville guests of Ernest Nelson family.
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Pomeroy
Woman's Society of Christian Service
Simpson Methodist Church
George Parker
Verlie Conway
Eva Simms
CLUB
Twilight Garden Club
Tom Googlein
Mulberry Ave
J. Clark
C. E. Peoples
Harry Lee Bailey
William Lee
Folter Hospital
Anna Margaret Thomas
Minersville
Will Thomas
Joseph Bailey
Chester
Ann Thomas
James
Army
Camp Shelby
Miss
Helen Zeiher
Hollywood
Fla
Victor Brown
Victor Stewart
Walter Cleland
Racine
Dunbar
W. Va
Mary Kimes
Hurley Nelson
Langsville
Ernest Nelson
Charleston General Hospital
Clarence Ebersbach
Alyce
Cleveland
Ebersbach
Peter Lalich
David Frazier
Gallipolis
Kathryn Kennedy
John Will
Meigs County Rationing Board
Elmer Burnett
Elizabeth Moore
Middleport High School
Cedric Clark
S. Third Ave
Homer Hysell
Lyons Pool Room
Jewell Curtis
N. Second Ave
Howard Williams
Columbus
Hilltop Minstrels
Leo Phillips
Pauley Ann Kincaid
Ohio State University
John Kincaid
Rebuilding Underway After Fire at Russell Auto Site
Middleport Work is rapidly advancing on a new brick two story building on the site of the former Russell Auto Sales garage on S Third Ave. The structure will cover the same space as the old one and house a sales room and apartments above. R A Miller oversees the project and repairs to the former offices and residence are planned.
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Middleport
Russell Auto
S. Third Ave
H. J. Russell
R. A. Miller
Russell
Rush for Maine potatoes fuels store purchases
A Maine potatoes rush hit area grocers Monday after a Sunday paper item claimed no more potatoes would be shipped from Maine or Red River due to refrigeration car shortages. Grocers did not cap purchases per customer.
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Middleport
Maine
Red River
Entsminger Brothers To Reunite In Florida
Pvt. Charles Entsminger, stationed at St. Petersburg in a Signal Corps technical school, plans a reunion with his brother Lieut. Kenneth Entsminger, who is stationed at West Palm Beach, about 200 miles away, following word received by their parents in Florida.
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Middleport
David Entsminger
Pvt
Charles Entsminger
St.Petersburg
Fla
Signal Corps
Kenneth Entsminger
West Palm Beach
Middleport social notes from Camellian and senior clubs
Middleport girls form Camellian Club meet at Miss Jeanne Anne Young home with a waffle supper attended by Carla Clark treasurer Mary Lu Hartinger reporter Susan Allensworth Barbara Mein hart Rosanna Barker and Mary Virginia Hartinger. Illness keeps Gladys Lu Folden and Ann Miller away with Folden moved to McMillan Hospital for appendectomy. Thirteen senior girls form a separate club hosting a spaghetti supper. members include Mildred Ann Wise Rose Hackett Florence Clark Elizabeth Moore Marjorie Diles Marjorie Michl Norma Jean French Kate Smith Nan Fisher Martha Howell and Mary Rose Seines. Both clubs meet biweekly.
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Middleport
Jeanne Anne Young
S. Third Ave
Carla Clark
Mary Lu Hartinger
Susan Allensworth
Barbara Meinhart
Rosanna Barker
Mary Virginia Hartinger
Gladys Lu Folden
Ann Miller
McMillan Hospital
Charleston
Middleport High School
Mary Rose Seines
S. Second Ave
Patricia Sherman
Margaret Bell Milhoan
Mildred Ann Wise
Rose Hackett
Florence Clark
Elizabeth Moore
Marjorie Diles
Marjorie Michl
Norma Jean French
Kate Smith
Nan Fisher
Martha Howell
March of Time Explores North Africa Campaign Turning Point
The March of Time presents Prelude to Victory on the North Africa campaign, detailing Eisenhower’s forces, Roosevelt’s turning point claim, and strategic bases like Bizerte. It shows actual battle locations and preinvasion planning, with footage of bases, maneuvers, and local color to illuminate the war’s logistics.
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Eisenhower
North Africa
Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
Admiral King
Marshall
Somervell
Cordell Hull
Sumner Welles
Admiral Leahy
Robert Murphy
Bizerte
Sicily
Italy
Pantellaria
Europe
Time, Inc
Service Men of Meigs County Update
PVT Donald Lisle transfers from New Orleans to Camp Scott Fort Wayne Indiana and is the son of Mr and Mrs Red Lisle of Syracuse. CPL Renzo Menchini and CPL Victor Hannahs visit from Patterson Field Dayton to their parents. PFC Oliver Michael transferred from Aberdeen Proving Grounds to Camp Chaffee. Clarence M Warner promoted from PFC to corporal and moved from Avon Park to Savannah.
Malon Guess Rites To Be Wednesday
Malon Guess 78 died Sunday after ten years illness. Survived by wife Florence, son Joseph of Rutland Road, and daughter Mae Hysell of Temple Michigan. Friends may call at Ewing Funeral Home. Services Wednesday at 2 PM in Miles Cemetery Rutland.
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Pomeroy — Malon Guess
Florence Guess
Joseph Guess
Rutland Road
Mae Hysell
Temple
Mich
Ewing
Miles Cemetery
Rutland
Ash Wednesday Services Begin Lenten Program
Beginning March 10 Ash Wednesday services will be held at St. Paul Lutheran Church each Wednesday at 7 30. The theme for the services is Beneath the Cross of Jesus with a Wednesday focus I Fain Would Take My Stand. Rev W F Sodt is pastor and all are invited.
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Pomeroy
St. Paul Lutheran Church
Jesus
W. F. Sodt
Olive Grange Hosts Meigs County Pomona Meeting
Olive Grange hosted over one hundred Meigs County Pomona Grange members at Rock Springs Grange Hall for the regular bimonthly meeting. Fred Googlein led. plans for a Rock Springs summer picnic and bimonthly meetings were set to cut travel.
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Pomeroy
Olive Grange
Meigs County
Pomona Grange
Rock Springs
Fred Googlein
Pomona
Rock Springs Hall
Gerald Wildermuth
Fay Wildermuth
Rock Springs Grange
Frieda Ritchie
H. E. Starkey
Pearl Mora
Guy Mutchler
Theodore Reed
Ben Turner
Harley Musser
Forestry Committee
The
Grange
Ohio State University
C. L. Heaton
George Mora
Erma Vale
Herman Beards
Henry Bailey
Will Scott
George Daniels
Gerald Hoffner
Marriage Licenses Issued in Meigs County
Meigs County Probate Court issued licenses to couples including Donald M. Blair and Bertha Haynes Bayes both of Middleport. Clarence Markins and Mary M. Trout of Trimble and Middleport. Henry Stewart of West Columbia and Leona Denny of Portland. Lewis Withers of Gallpolis Ferry and Dorothy Baird of Pomeroy Rt. 1.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Donald M. Blair
Charleston
W. Va
Bertha Haynes Bayes
Middleport
Clarence Markins
Trimble
Mary M. Trout
Henry Stewart
West Columbia
Leona Denny
Portland
Lewis Withers
Gallipolis Ferry
Wise earns plant protection instructor certificate
Middleport WV Wise Jr of the West Virginia Ordnance Works returned from Cleveland after a weeklong plant protection training by the State Highway Patrol. He received a certificate signed by Col Lynn Black qualifying him as an instructor. He serves as an officer in the Guard Force of the General Chemical Defense Corporation.
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Middleport
Charles H. Wise, Jr
West Virginia Ordnance Works
Cleveland
State Highway Patrol
Wise
Lynn Black
General Chemical Defense Corporation
Red Skelton Performs 400 Army Post Appearances
Entertainment division reports screen star Red Skelton spends off duty hours in impromptu shows for soldiers and has made about 400 Army post appearances this year.
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Red Skelton
Services Held Sunday For Henry Whetstone
Funeral rites for Henry W. Whetstone were conducted by Rev. Ralph Kuether at Finsterwald Funeral Home. Burial followed at Beech Grove Cemetery. Distant attendees included Mrs. E. B. Ertzman, Mrs. Bessie Lenon, Mrs. Carl Rea, Mrs. Harry Cochran, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hammes, Mrs. Dorothy Berry, Mrs. John Edwards and Lois, Glenn Louderback, Mrs. John Hock, Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Louderback, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Holdren, and Mrs. Myrtle Miller, from multiple states.
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Pomeroy
Henry W. Whetstone
Clara Schuster
Lincoln Hill
Ralph Kuether
Finsterwald
Beech Grove Cemetery
E. B. Ertzman
Bessie Lenon
Pittsburgh
Carl Rea
Akron
Harry Cochran
Sistersville
W. Va
Henry Hammes
Dorothy Berry
John Edwards
Lois
Portsmouth
Glenn Louderback
John Hock
D. A. Louderback
Paul Holdren
Marietta
Myrtle Miller
Winter Haven
Fla
Charges Neglect in Suit for Divorce
Marjorie Price through her next friend Aliie Evans files for divorce from Norman Price in Meigs County Common Pleas Court. Grounds are gross neglect of duty and extreme cruelty. Married February 14 1942, they have one child. Plaintiff seeks temporary and permanent alimony.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
World Day of Prayer Friday Services in Pomroy
Pomroy Council of Churchwomen will conduct World Day of Prayer services at the Federated Church at 2 and 7:30 pm. Open to all, with emphasis on families and friends of service men. Also notes the Parana River as 2450 miles long.
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Pomeroy
Pomeroy Council of Churchwomen
Federated Church
Parana
Gifts Are Needed For Soldiers In Meigs County
With the March call by the Selective Service Board approaching, the Women’s Civic Club sponsors again seek farewell gifts for soldiers heading to the U S Army. Acceptable items include cigarettes candy magazines and other comforts for the journey. Leave gifts in boxes at Stark's Pharmacy Blue and Gray Confectionery Pomeroy National Bank or the local Messenger office.
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Pomeroy
Selective Service Board
U. S. Army
Women’s Civic Club
Stark's
Pomeroy National Bank
Meigs County
Victory garden craze spreads across town and region
Despite near zero temps, Middleport residents lease nearly all plots for victory gardens. Enthusiasts reach Racine and Leading Creek while WVOW workers scout sites. Merchants sell jars lids and rubber rings as housewives plan to can summer harvests during the coming vacation.
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Middleport
Victory Gardens
Racine
Leading Creek
WVOW
Divorce Granted in Meigs County Court
A divorce is granted in Meigs County Common Pleas Court to Lawrence Willis from Leona Willis on the grounds of adultery.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County Common Pleas Court
Lawrence Willis
Leona Willis
Eiffel Tower Finalized in Paris in 1889
The landmark tower in Paris reached completion in 1889 after years of construction. Its completion marked a milestone in engineering and global exposition history.
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Paris
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