Meigs County Beef Cattle Program Outlined At Pomeroy Dinner
G W Putnam spoke on Beef Cattle in War Time at the fourth annual Beef Cattle Improvement Program dinner in the Legion Hall Pomeroy. The event drew 101 farmers and highlighted breeding weeding feeding and financing as key program factors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
G. W. Putnam
Pomeroy National Bank
Legion Hall
Meigs County
Putnam
Oreston Farms
London
Hart Stanbery
Edison Hobstetter
John H. Shorr
Gerald Hoffner
Hobhstetter
W. A. Smith
Pomeroy Chamber of Commerce
Smith
Chamber of Commerce
Broiler
Carpenter
Hobstetter
First Fishing License Purchased Wednesday
Weather and agriculture news in Meigs County highlight the licensing start with Jake Hartenbach the first to buy a fishing license at the county clerk's office. The event includes talks by Dc Blakeslee and Theodore Reed on war bonds and beef outlook, followed by a film on agricultural defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Jake Hartenbach
Dc. E. Blakeslee
Putnam
Theodore Reed
Farmers Bank and Savings Company
Meigs County
L. P. McCann
Ohio State University
McCann
Frank J. Woods
General Chemical Defense Corporation
Mrs Stover Dies in Columbus
Mrs Mary Frances Stover 63 formerly of Antiquity died about midnight Tuesday in Columbus after living there a year following her husband S A Stover's death four years ago. She is survived by six children including Sergeant Harry Stover in the Pacific, plus 16 grandchildren and two great grandchildren and a sister Mrs Minnie Hodglin. Friends may call at 278 Pearl St Howard Stover residence Thursday afternoon until the funeral Friday at 2 in Letart Cemetery burial to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Mary Frances Stover
Columbus
Antiquity
Stover
S. A. Stover
Howard Stover
Harry Stover
Pacific Area
Ed Ireland
Blawnox
Bertha Pickens
Reuben Levin
Minnie Hodglin
Pearl St
Letart Cemetery
Grace White Dies in San Diego Widow of Cash White
Meigs County relatives report the death of Mrs. Grace White in San Diego California. Her son Cedric White lives there. Cremation planned with ashes to be returned to Ohio for interment at Downington. Mrs. White was a Rutland resident and long time Meigs County schoolteacher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Meigs County
Grace White
San Diego
Calif
Cedric White
Ohio
Downington
Pro bate filings in Meigs County court for Balser Lauterbach Edmundson
Applications for probate of wills for Henrietta Balser Sophia Lauterbach and Mark W Edmundson were filed in Meigs County Probate Court. The Balser and Lauterbach matters were continued to March 20 and the Edmundson case to March 16.
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Pomeroy
Henrietta Balser
Sophia Lauterbach
Mark W. Edmundson
Meigs County
Balser
Lauterbach
Edmundson
Plan Auxiliary Police Unit in Middleport
Middleport police chief L. B. Higgins calls a meeting of young men listed as Auxiliary Police in the Civilian Defense Council for Monday March 15 at 7 30 p m. The gathering in the Firemen's quarters at City Hall commends volunteers for blackout cooperation and notes a date change due to a basketball tournament at Logan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
L. B. Higgins
Civilian Defense Council
Higgins
Logan
Red Cross War Fund Drive Nearing Goal
The Red Cross War Fund Drive in Meigs County gains momentum toward an $8900 goal. By Wednesday, $5870 was reported, with Dexter and Laurel Cliff Thomas Fork surpassing their quotas, led by Mrs. Amos and Mrs. Howell. County chairman Edison Hoch tetter urged continued vigorous campaigning to place Meigs among leaders.
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Pomeroy
Red Cross War Fund
Dexter
Laurel Cliff
Thomas Fork
W. R. Amos
Vernon Howell
Edison Hochtetter
Meigs County
Meigs County Farmers Discuss Program and Policy
A March 8 meeting at the AAA Office gathered farmers, businesspeople, and officials to review the National Farm Program's tenth anniversary and Meigs County agriculture. Edson E. Roush noted WW II manpower projections, while Dr. George H. Lasher warned of protein shortages and emphasized protein conservation. Roberta Lee spoke on inflation, and E Blakeslee led farm production discussions as AAA noted likely production gains. The session ended with an “America” singalong. Also noted: a fire damaged the Middleport Fire Department building due to ashes dumped near Gale Miller’s Lincoln Street garage.
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Roberta Lee
Do. E. Blakeslee
Meigs County
America
Gerald Hoffner
Middleport
Middleport Fire Department
Gale Miller
Lincoln St
Meigs Service Men roster from Fourth Ward Middleport
A roster lists Cpl. Robert Reed and multiple service members from Middleport and surrounding areas, with ranks, ages, parental ties, enlistment dates, and current assignments from Fort Leonard Wood to Camp Custer. The piece invites readers to report missing names to local coordinators or the Ohio War History Commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Adams Stevens
J. R. Stevens
Middleport
Charlotte Stevens
Charleston
Navy
Sheldon Eugene Stevens
Robert A. Stevens
Army Air Corps
Marion Leniel Stuckey
Pearl Stuckey
Blanch Brinker
Seattle
Wash
Charles
Army
Army War College
Washington, D. C
Charles Marvin van Cooney
Albert
Sarah Ella van Cooney
Coast Artillery
Pvt
Richard Allen Vititoe
Calahan
Martha Vititoe
Camp McLaine
Miss
Catherine
Clifford Eugene
Columbus
Kenneth M. Walter
C. E
Kathleen Walter
Engineer’s Corps
Fort Riley
Kan
James Chester Ward
W. A
Norma Ward
Charles Marvin Williamson
Charles and
Elizabeth Williamson
Signal Service
William Harry Wyatt
Harry Lester Wyatt
Gertrude Wyatt Rickard
Service Air Corps
Joseph Albert Young
J. A. and
Dulcie Young
Quartermaster’s Department
Fort Custer
Mich
Fourth Ward
Irene Durst
S. Third St
A. V. Howell
Plum St
Pomeroy
Ohio War History Commission
Ohio
Churches Unite for Campaign in Middleport
Middleport churches join 40 Protestant groups in United Christian Education Advance under slogan Victory For Christ. Goals include a 50 percent rise in Sunday School and morning worship. First Sunday results show Baptist Sunday School down 4 percent while church attendance up 24 percent. Church of Christ Sunday School up 1 percent, church attendance down 10 percent. Methodist Sunday School up 10 percent, church attendance up 1 percent. Presbyterian Sunday School down 20 percent, church attendance down 20 percent. POMEROY Mason City Clinic reports birth of a daughter to Mr and Mrs Joe Young Tuesday. Grandparents include Mr and Mrs Henry Cunningham and Mr and Mrs John Young. great grandparents Mrs Mary Davidson and Mrs Mary Young.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
United Christian Education Advance
Victory For Christ
Baptist Church of Christ
Methodist
Presbyterian
Paul Smart
Baptist
Church of Christ
Pomeroy
Mason City
Joe Young
Mrs Amanda Heaton Dies At 90 In Pomeroy
Mrs Amanda Heaton age 90 died at her West Shade home Wednesday morning. Survived by son James Earnest Heaton at home daughter Mrs H C Roush of West Shade six grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Funeral services set for Saturday at 2 PM at West Shade Church with burial in Mt Herman cemetery.
Citizens solemnly plead guilty to disturbing the peace
In Mayor Fisher's Court in Middleport on Monday evening, Nicholas Hennessy, Mrs. Nicholas Hennessy, Robert Rawlings, Dan Hartinger, William Robson, and Donald Moore pleaded guilty to disturbing the peace. Each was fined five dollars with costs, which were suspended.
Pomeroy Junior High Wins War Savings Flag Display
Pomeroy Ohio pupils reach ninety percent War Savings Stamp sales and display a large white flag with the Min ute Man as the student council led by Shirley Clement plans a Friday assembly to present the flag to Principal W R Farnham. Meigs County Jail receives a large American flag from Judge and Mrs E R Titus and it is shown daily before the sheriff’s residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Pomeroy Junior High
Shirley Clement
W. R. Farnham
Meigs County
E. R. Titus
Lincoln Hill
Bradford Infant Born. Grandson of Mrs Bradford
Mrs William Bradford returned from Columbus where she visited her new grandson Robert Lawrence Bradford born March 4 at Grant Hospital The baby is the son of Lt and Mrs Lawrence Bradford Lt Bradford is on active duty in Africa.
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Robert William Reed
Lawrence Reed
Fort Leonard Wood
Hazel Gaffney Reed
Rolla
Raymond C. Reuter
Val
Nora Reuter
Army
Camp Adair
Oregon
Frances
Tommy Ray
Middleport
Charles Eugene Rickman
Earl
Cassandra Rickman
Medical Sanitation Corps
Camp Butner
N. C
Emma
Columbus
William A. Robson
William
Beatrice Robson
Army Air Corps
Lake Forest
Charles Robert Roush
Lee Robert
Naomi Roush
Naval Reserves
Detroit
John Carroll University
Cleveland
Ohio
Sheridan Russell, Jr
Sheridan
Nellie Russell
Medical Corps
Camp Barkley
Texas
Alma
Leland Carr Saxton
Raymond W
Genevieve E. Saxton
Navy
Naval Electrician
Foreign Service
William Richard Scarberry
Alfred and
Margaret Scarberry
Marines
New River
Carl Lewis Scott
Clem Scott
Ora Scott
Air Corps
Key Field
Miss
Carl Edward Searls
Hod
Margaret Searls
Camp Beale
Calif
Eilene Wilt Searls
Cpl
Charles Wesley Searls
Carl Edward
Barksdale Field
Ruth Faulk Searls
Brenda
Pomeroy
Denver
Carl Spencer
Henry
Mamie Spencer
Samoan Islands
Pvt
Dayton D. Spencer
San Antonio
William Bradford
Robert Lawrence Bradford
Grant Hospital
Lawrence Bradford
Bradford
Africa
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Meigs County Farm Program
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