Mills outlines Meigs group plans and civic goals
Will A Mills, director of organization relations at the Columbus Chamber of Commerce, spoke in Middleport on leadership through local organizations. He praised Chamber efforts, urged business and agriculture cooperation, and highlighted projects including the Pomeroy Mason Bridge, a garment factory expansion, Lithoprint, new rest rooms, a free parking sign, and a shelter for the roadside park as priorities for community improvement. Mills will visit Gallipolis Chamber of Commerce tonight.
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Middleport
Chambers of Comerce
Ohio
Willam A. Mills
Chambers of Commerce
Pomeroy
Chamber of Commerce
Mills
Paul S. Smart
Pomeroy-Mason Bridge
Smart
Lithoprint Company
Park St. School House
Robert Roush
United States
L. B. Higgins
Gene Grate
Charles Yost
H. E. Cook
Civic Improvement Committee
Standbury Drug Store
Gay Livingston
Citizens National Bank
Riverview
Services in Churches of Pomeroy
Sunday services are listed for Grace Episcopal Church Church of Christ Christian Science United Methodist First Baptist and Trinity Lutheran in Pomeroy for March 12. Notable speakers include Charles Ayres and Reverend Rompel with morning and evening worships and Sunday school.
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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
Trinity Lutheran
Church of the Lutheran
Trinity Lutheran Church
Hilmar Th. Rosenberg
Calvary
Junior Club Activities Are Reported
The Lucky Clover 4-H Club showcased mobilization efforts at Heights United Brethren Church with help from the Lucky Star and Mason County Junior Leaders clubs. Leaders and members discussed livestock crops clothing and pools while extension staff spoke on 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
St Albans Rector To Hold Lenten Service
INT PLEASANT The Rev. C Bowie pastor of St Mark s parish in St Albans will preach at a Lenten service tonight at 7 30 The Rev Bowie was ordained recently as the first local minister to seek priestly ordination after examination by the Episcopal diocese.
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C. Bowie
St. Mark's Pal Church
St. Albans
Bowie
Stamp Sales In Middleport
Stamp sale for Tuesday in Middleport schools totaled 207 dollars 70 cents. The highest rooms were High School Miss Park's room 5 dollars 70 cents Central Building Eighth Grade 34 dollars 80 cents Pearl Street Building Miss Major's room 23 dollars 30 cents. Total 207 dollars 70 cents.
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Middleport
Miss Park
Central
Pearl Street
Miss Major
Lancaster appoints Turnbull city solicitor in temporary absence
Don C. Turnbull, formerly of Pomeroy, has been appointed city solicitor of Lancaster by Mayor Fred Von Stein during Thurman Courtright Jr.’s absence for Army induction. Courtright was elected in November for a two year term.
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Pomeroy
Don C. Turnbull
Lancaster
Fred von Stein
Thurman Courtright, Jr
U. S. Army
Courtright
Fat for Japs Promotes Fat Recycling for Bomb Production
A wartime public service caption urges saving waste kitchen fats to fuel bomb and shell production for the Navy. The photo features Sgt. Harry Smith and Cpl. Abraham Katzman of the 1st USAAF at Mitchel Field New York collecting fats for munitions.
Meigs County Roster Grows as War Casualty Listed
Rodney Dale Hines of Pomeroy is listed as missing in action in Europe since February 26. A bombardier on a Flying Fortress, he had flown many missions over Germany. His family details and local connections are provided, and Meigs County's wartime toll is recorded as 13 dead and seven missing.
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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
Cleo
Esta
George
Harry Hines
George Hoeflick
Middleport
Ohio War History Commission
Sheriff escorts parole violator to state penitentiary
Pomeroy Meigs County Sheriff took 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 Announcement
MAR MIDRLEPORT church members are urged to attend services from March 5 to May 6 as part of an attendance campaign. Sunday March 12 features sermons at multiple churches including topics A Day of Many Questions and Your Part in Evangelism with various pastors and Sunday Schools listed.
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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's Dean Irvine spoke to ten Pomeroy High School seniors at 8:45 a.m. in Room 24 of Senior High. Principal J. E. White announced the event. He described college scholarships and work opportunities funded by a college placement officer and shared 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 the second quarter truck gasoline allotment. Applications are taken on one day and gasoline books mailed the next day. No ration will be issued to those who do not call.
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Pomeroy
Meigs War Price and Rationing Board
Funeral Held for Lelia Addie Hope in Henderson
Mrs. Edgar Morris and Mrs. Melvin Vining journeyed to Henderson to attend the funeral of Lelia Addie Hope 82, who died from burns after her clothing caught fire from an open grate. She was laid to rest in the Austin family cemetery at Redmond Ridge. a Rutland native, she spent the last fifty years in Mason County.
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Mason County
Middleport Social Notes Highlight Connelly's Departure
John Connelly who lived at the A R Hecox home on S Third Ave while with G C D C left for Syracuse NY to await a call to the armed forces. He was an honored guest at several functions locally and in West Virginia and received gifts for the Mary Jane Coffee Shoppe and for Walter Burns Harris and Mrs Harris as part of his 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
Hundley couple to host open house for 57th anniversary
The Rev and Mrs James Hundley will hold an open house at the Mission House in Columbus on Tuesday March 14 in observance of their 57th wedding anniversary. Friends are welcome, the Hundleys announced.
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James Hundley
Mission House
Columbus
Hundleys
Dinner Hosts Honor Guests With Birthday Shower
Mr and Mrs Marion French recently entertained guests including Dr and Mrs E F Maag Misses Haze and Edith Bowen of Pomeroy George Fred Kederer of Bucyrus Dr Clayton Ball of Chicago Mrs Guy Reynolds a Central School teacher who had been seriously ill and is slowly recovering On her birthday she received a card and greeting shower from friends in the school and Church of Christ where she is active.
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Marion French
E. F. Maag
Misses Haze
Edith Bowen
Pomeroy
George Fred Kederer
Bucyrus
Clayton Ball
Chicago
Guy Reynolds
Church of Christ
Farewell Dinner for Kalad Hindy Returns to Norfolk
A farewell dinner was held at the Hindy home for Kalad Hindy of U. S. naval service who has been here for a month with his parents Mr. and Mrs. Ollie Hindy after a foreign assignment. He reported to Norfolk Virginia yesterday.
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Kalad Hindy
U. 8S. N
Ollie Hindy
Norfolk
Racine Red Cross Workers To Meet
Mrs. B. M. Tyree announces a meeting of all Red Cross War Fund Drive solicitors at 8 o clock Saturday evening in the Methodist Church Annex. Large attendance expected. Other notes report Mrs. Charles Lambert improving from illness and several local residents traveling for family visits or military postings.
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Racine
B. M. Tyree
Red Cross War Fund
Methodist Church
Williams Rites To Be Held Saturday
Charles Augustus Williams aged 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 at two o clock in 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
Oklo
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 harboring dog without tag in Pomeroy
Arthur Taylor of Long Bottom was arrested by County Dog Warden Woodrow Wilson for harboring a dog without a proper tag. He was arraigned before Justice of Peace Steve Martin and pleaded guilty, receiving a $25 fine plus costs.
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Pomeroy
Arthur Taylor
Long Bottom
Woodrow Wilson
Justice of Peace
Steve Martin
Red Cross Appeal Highlights Generous American Giving
A historic plea emphasizes the Red Cross as a shared American duty. It recalls thirty million families contributing bandages blood money and time, praising prior generosity and urging continued support as a proud habit.
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Red Cross
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Meigs
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N. Court St
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Alan Carney
Mickey Rooney
Judy Garland
Red Skelton
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King of the Cowboys
Suez
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Tom Tyler
Ace the Dog
Oklahoma Kid
James Cagney
Humphrey Bogart
the Gang
All Herp
Alice Faye
Phil Baker
Benny Goodman
Orchestra
Bendvue Pomeroy
The
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Tex Ritter
Tim Holt
Tom Tyler Ace, Wonder Dog
Don Ameche
Frances Dee
Harry Carey
Ann Rutherford
Henry Morgan
Dickie Moore
Marietta
Middleport Social Notes
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Middleport, U
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Raymond Hatton
Crash
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Alibi Terhune
Secret Service
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Jane Wyman
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Stuart Erwin
Evelyn Venable
Universal News
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London
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Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Company
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