Mills outlines chamber led community plan in Meigs talk
Will A. Mills director of organizational relations for the Ohio Chamber of Commerce told Meigs County leaders that local chambers can drive postwar community leadership through organized teamwork. He praised chamber success in Pomeroy and urged reporting housing needs, while noting projects like a bridge completion, a public rest room, a hen cemetery plan, and a roadside park shelter. Mills will visit Gallipolis Chamber tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chambers of Commerce
Imeport
Pomeroy
Chamber of Commerce
Mills
Paul S. Smart
Smart
Middleport
Lithoprint Company
Park St
Standbury Drug Store
Gay Livingston
Citizens Nations Bank
Riverview
Gallipolis
Junior Club Activities Reported in Point Pleasant
The Lucky Clover 4 H Club highlighted national mobilization at Heights United Brethren Church with help from Lucky Star and Mason County Junior Leaders. Junior Leaders ran four groups on livestock crops clothing and foods, with C F Bishop discussing projects and soil.
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Point Pleasant
Heights United Brethren Church
Howard
Carolyn
Earl Ray Foglesong
Lucky Star Club
Betty Lewis
Mason County
Ito
C. F. Bishop
Bird
Ivalee Wears
Clarice Knapp
National Congress
Chicago
Miss Wears
Louise Litchfield
Juanita Spence
Lucille Wallace
Virginia Wears
Genevieve Adams
Chatterbox Club
Evalee
Rosanna Frye
Locust Grove School
Raymond Lieving
Marjorie McDermitt
Chester
Jack Johnson
St Albans Rector to Hold Lenten Service Here
The Rev W C Bowie of St Marks Episcopal Church St Albans will preach at Christ Church in Point Pleasant this evening at 7 30. Bowie was ordained locally a few months ago and passed his priesthood examination last week becoming the first minister from the church to go out.
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Point Pleasant
W. C. Bowie
St. Mark's Episcopal Church
St. Albans
Christ Church
Bowie
Stamp sales in Middleport high and public buildings
Middleport stamp sale figures totaled 207.70 dollars across local schools. Highest contributors were Miss Parks room in the High School Building with 5.70, Eighth Grade in the Central Building with 34.80, and Miss Major's room in Pearl Street Building with 23.30.
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Middleport
Miss Park
Pearl Street
Miss Major
Services in Churches of Pomeroy
Churches in Pomeroy announce Sunday services for March 12. Grace Episcopal lists morning prayer at 10 30 and a special Lenten service on Thursday at 7 30 with Mr Charles Ayres guest preacher. Other entries note worships, sermons, classes, and youth activities across Church of Christ Christian Science United Methodist First Baptist Trinity Lutheran and related church groups.
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Pomeroy
Grace Episcopal
Charles Ayres
Christ Church
Ironton
Baird
Grace Church
Church OF Christ
Christian Science Society
Mulberry Ave
United Methodist Church
Nobel M. Rompel
Theo Smith
Jesus
Methodist Youth Fellowship
H. A. Rothrock
Middleport
Norman Foss
Woman's Society of Christian Service
First Baptist
J. Edward Foster
W. Luther Tracy
Tracy
Boy Scouts
Troop 47
Trinity Lutheran
Church of the Lutheran
Trinity Lutheran Church
Hilmar Th. Rosenberg
Calvary
Former Pomeroy Resident Appointed Lancaster City Solicitor
Don C. Turnbull, formerly of Pomeroy, is named city solicitor of Lancaster by Mayor Fred Von Stein during Thurman Courtright Jr.’s absence due to recent induction into the U S Army. Courtright, elected in November, serves a two year term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Don C. Turnbull
Lancaster
Fred von Stein
Thurman Courtright, Jr
U. S.army
Courtright
Fat Waste To Fuel War Effort At Mitchell Field
The poster urges saving waste kitchen fats to contribute to bomb and shell production for the Navy. Soldiers Sgt. Harry Smith and Cpl. Abraham Katzman, mess attendants for the 1st USAAF at Mitchel Field, New York, pose beside the campaign image.
Meigs County Mourns Loss of Rodney Hines Missing in Action
Rodney Dale Hines of Pomeroy is listed as missing in action in Europe since February 26. He served as a bombardier on a Flying Fortress with multiple bombing missions over Germany. His family in Meigs County awaits further news as the War Department confirms the casualty.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Rodney Dale Hines
Europe
War Department
Columbus
Leroy Hines
Katharine Dennis Hines
Rodney
William and
Emma Hines
Naylors Run
Grace
Kenton
Rodney Hines
Pomeroy High School
Germany
William Hines
Margarite Calvert
East Liverpool
Wilma Terrell
Faye Dawson
Belle
W. Va
Floe Strickland
Sheriff Delivers Parole Violator to Ohio Penitentiary
Pomeroy Meigs County Sheriff transported Clive Searles to Columbus yesterday where he was committed to the Ohio State Penitentiary for three years for violation of his parole.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Clive Searles
Columbus
Ohio State Penitentiary
Churches Plan Attendance Campaign Across Local Faiths
The Church Attendance Campaign runs March 5 to May 6 urging members to attend services. Readings include Church of Christ Homebuilders classes at 9 15 a m with Wilbur Theobald as acting superintendent and a sermon at 10 15 a m titled A Day of Many Questions. Evening topics include Your Part in Evangelism by Rev Burton.
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Midrleport
Church of Christ the Homebuilders
Wilbur Theobald
William
Harold Lohse
Richard Burton
Burton
the Heath Methodist Church
L. W. McComas
H. A. Rothrock
Dale Mourning
First Baptist Church
Ralph Zandel
First Presbyterian Church
William Grate
Marietta Dean Speaks to Pomeroy High Seniors
Marietta College speaker Dean Irvine addressed ten Pomeroy High School seniors in Room 24 at 8:45 a.m. Principal J. E. White announced. Irvine described scholarships and work opportunities arranged via a college placement officer and outlined Marietta College traditions and facilities.
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Pomeroy
Dean Irvine
Marietta College
Pomeroy High School
Truck Owners Must Apply for Gasoline
Meigs War Price and Rationing Board announces all truck owners must call at the board after March 15 to apply for their second quarter gasoline allotment. Applications accepted one day only, books processed and mailed the next day. No gas rations issued to those who do not call.
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Pomeroy
Meigs War Price and Rationing Board
Funeral for Lelia Hope Held at Henderson Church of Christ
Mrs Edgar Morris and Mrs Melvin Vining attended the Henderson Church of Christ funeral for Lelia Addie McNaughton Hope 82 who died after her clothing caught fire from an open grate. Burial followed in the Austin family cemetery at Redmond Ridge. The Rutland native was daughter of Daniel and Sarah McNaughton and spent 50 years in Mason County.
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Mason County
Middleport Social Notes Honor John Connelly Before Departure
John Connelly, longtime resident of the A. R. Hecox home on S Third Ave, left for Syracuse NY to await a call to the armed forces. He was honored at several functions here and in West Virginia with gifts for Mary Jane Coffee Shoppe, Walter Burns Harris, and Mrs Walter Harris as part of his going away leave taking.
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Middleport
John Connelly
A. R. Hecox
S. Third Ave
Syracuse
Connelly
West Virginia
Mary Jane
Walter Burns Harris
Walter Harris
Hundleys Hold Open House for 57th Anniversary in Columbus
The Rev and Mrs James Hundley will host an open house at the Mission House in Columbus on Tuesday March 14 in observance of their 57th wedding anniversary. Friends are invited.
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James Hundley
Mission House
Columbus
Hundleys
Dinner Hosts Marilyn and Marion French Receive Guests
Mr. and Mrs. Marion French hosted a recent dinner with guests Dr. E. F. Maag and Mrs. Maag, Miss Hazel Bowen, Miss Edith Bowen of Pomeroy, George Fred Kederer of Bucyrus, and Dr. Clayton Ball of Chicago.
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Marion French
E. F. Maag
Hazel
Edith Bowen
Pomeroy
George Fred Kederer
Bucyrus
Clayton Ball
Chicago
Central School Teacher Honored While Recovering From Illness
Mrs Guy Reynolds a Central School teacher and active Church of Christ worker has been seriously ill for an extended period and is slowly recovering. On her birthday she received a card and greeting shower from friends at the school and church.
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Guy Reynolds
Church of Christ
Farewell Dinner For Kalad Hindy Navy Sailor
A farewell dinner for Kalad Hindy U S N held at the Hindy home thanked him for a month of service with his parents Mr and Mrs Ollie Hindy in attendance. He reported to Norfolk Virginia yesterday.
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Kalad Hindy
Ollie Hindy
Norfolk
Racine Red Cross Workers To Meet
Mrs. B. M. Tyree announces a 8 o clock Saturday meeting of all Red Cross War Fund Drive solicitors at the Methodist Church Annex in Racine. Several community notices follow about local families and servicemen including Mrs. Charles Lambert improving from illness and Seaman William Childs being reassigned for training in Oklahoma.
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Racine
B. M. Tyree
Red Cross War Fund
Methodist Church
Williams Rites to Be Held Saturday
Charles Augustus Williams age 76 died at his home on Wyllis Hill Thursday He leaves a daughter Mrs Nina Stansfield of Pittsburgh a son Kenneth Williams and a brother Dick Williams of Pittsburgh Funeral will be Saturday afternoon at two oclock at the Ewing Chapel with burial at Beech Grove Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home.
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Charles Lambert
Betty Jane Brown
Aldine Winebrenner
Columbus
Front St
Edgar Ervin
Dayton
William Houston
Indianapolis
R. T. Weiser
Seaman William Childs
County Aid
George Childs
Navy Pier
Chicago
Norman
Okla
Gary Hamilton
Jack Welsh
Ohio State University
Bill Hubbard
U. S. Navy
Harold Hubbard
Miles Lesher
Los Angeles
Cal
C. B. Smith
Laura Handley, Glouster
Pomeroy
Charles Augustus Williams
Wyllis Hill
Nina Stansfield
Pittsburgh
Kenneth Williams
Dick Williams
Ewing
Man Fined for Un Tagged Dog in Pomeroy Case
Arthur Taylor of Long Bottom was arrested by County Dog Warden Woodrow Wilson for harboring a dog without a tag. He pleaded guilty before Justice Steve Martin and was fined $25 plus costs.
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Pomeroy
Arthur Taylor
Long Bottom
Woodrow Wilson
Justice of Peace
Steve Martin
Red Cross Call Emphasizes Giving Habit Across America
A vintage appeal frames Red Cross donations as a shared American duty. It praises thirty million families for giving blood, bandages, and money, asserting ongoing generosity and pride in supporting Red Cross efforts.
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Red Cross
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Jane Wyman
Wayne Morris
Stuart Erwin
Evelyn Venable
Universal News
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