Child Recovers From Severe Dog Bite in Middleport
Cheryl Blake a Second Grade pupil is convalescing from a severe bite on the right leg suffered while running to a fire. The attacking dog was in a fight with another dog and is under observation. no rabies suspected. In Pomeroy Harold Smith and Denver Rice of International Harvester attended a Parkersburg refrigeration course.
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Middleport
Cheryl Blake
Pomeroy
Harold Smith
Denver Rice
International Harvester Company
Parkersburg
Pomeroy Merchants Defeat Meigs All Stars In Rough Game
In a hard fought night Pomeroy Merchants beat Middleport Meigs All Stars 51 to 46. A preliminary game saw Middleport girls edge Pomeroy Lasses 27 to 25. The Merchants All Star tussle drew about 40 fouls as both sides started slowly and struggled to score.
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Pomeroy
Pomeroy Merchants
First Basketball Game At 81 For Emma Helnes
Emma Helnes, 81, watched her first basketball double header featuring Pomeroy, Middleport girls and Meigs All Stars, while her grandson Charles Legar played for Meigs A Stars. Merchants won 46 to 31 led by Shiveler and Fick. Middleport girls beat Pomeroy in a tight contest led by Blosser and Morning. Next week Merchants face Parkersburg Big and Reelers. All Stars vs Pomeroy Middleport seniors.
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Pomeroy
Emma Heines
Pomeroy and Middleport Girls
Pomeroy Merchants
Meigs All Stars
Charles Legar
Meigs A Stars
Helnes
Meigs County
Merchants
Art Fick
Pomeroy and Findlay College
Fred Crow
Bucky Walters
All Stars
Jake Shiveler
Middleport
Dorothy Blosser
Norma Morning
Alberta Brickles
Betty Young
Agnes Bentz
Joan Finlan
Parkersburg
Bob Roberts
Don McKenzie
F Clark
Shiveler
Corrill Grueser
Murray Crow Fick
Licensed to Marry In Meigs County
Meigs County Court House records show marriage licenses issued to Bernard Tassen and Freda Imogene Blake. William Hoy and Jean Ann Shaniey. A divorce action was filed by Liddie Booth against Pete Booth for extreme cruelty and neglect. they are parents of three sons and a daughter killed recently in Middleport.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County Court House
Bernard Tassen
Ona
W. Va
Freda Imogene Blake
Middleport
William Hoy
Logan
Ohio
Jean Ann Shaniey
Liddie Booth
Pete Booth
Middleport Churches Schedule Revived Services
In Middleport Ohio Rev H A Rothrock of Heath Methodist preaches at 10 30 am on The Holy Spirit Our Helper as part of a sermon series Forest Bachtel visited superintendent of Sunday School at 9 30 am Youth Fellowship at 6 15 pm Revival meetings continue at the Church of the Nazarene Pearl Street with 7 30 pm services and nightly singing Sunday School 9 30 am preaching 10 30 am by Rev Oma Williams Sunday 2 30 pm service Dr Homer G McMillen former Moderator of the Synod of Gia will preach at Presbyterian Church 10 30 am on The Ideal Church Pulpit Committee urges attendance with guests.
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Middleport
H. A.rothrock
Heath Methodist Church
Holy Spirit
jLeaten
Forrest Bachtelvis
Church of the Nazarene
Pearl St
Oma Williams
Homer G. McMillen
Synod of Ghia
Presbyterian Church
Ohio
John W Sewell Receives Army Discharge
John W. Sewell received his discharge Feb 17 from Camp Shelton Va after 20% months in the U S Navy. He has been in Marietta with his wife but will move to Canton to resume employment at the Republic Steel Mill. Mrs Sewell will join him once housing is found. He recently visited his parents Mr and Mrs Charles Warner.
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Middleport
John W. Sewell
Camp Shelton
U. S. Navy
Marietta
Canton
Republic Steel Mill
Pomeroy Wedding Ties Local Families in Columbus Ceremony
Miss Pauline Thoma wed Leo E. King at First Community Church Columbus with Chaplain James N. Davis officiating. Attendants included Mr. and Mrs. James N. Case and guests from Columbus and Pomeroy. Bride a 1944 Pomeroy High School alumna employed at J C Penney Columbus. King a 1942 graduate and Army veteran of 35 months. Reception March 10 at the King home features a four tiered cake. Others present included family and friends from Reynoldsburg Huntington and Chicago. The couple plan Columbus residence.
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Pomeroy
Columbus
Ohio
Pauline Thoma
Ollie Thoma
Leo E. King
William A. King
James N. Davis
James N. Case
Melvin Dodge
Evelyn Genheimer
Virgil King
Paul Carr
Pomeroy High School
J. C. Penny
Army
86Th
South Pacific
William King
Ed King
George Carr
Chicago
James Cummins
Reynoldsburg
Marie Carr
Betty Green
Huntington
Florence Coffey
Nelsonvill
Denver Thoma
Meigs County Real Estate Transfers Listing Lots and Parcels
Transfers filed in Meigs County include numerous parcels and lots in Pomeroy Salisbury and surrounding towns. Notable entries show Federal Housing Administration transfers and private sales totaling multiple acres and plats across Pomeroy and Rutland with various buyers and sellers. Also reported are a dog bite in Middleport and a local fine for kissing in public by native Italians at railway stations.
Operetta Set For Opening with Cast Named
MIDDLEPORT The Girls Glee Club with the Boys Music Class under Miss Lois Cecil prepare to present the operetta Marrying Marian by Morgan and Rose on Friday evening March 22. Cast includes Lee Smith as Dr Bohunkus and Jack Kelly as Charles S Smith with Iris Palmer as Marian and Charles Walburn as Simpson the butler.
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Middleport
Lois Cecil
Marian
Morgan
Rose
Bohunkus
Lee Smith
Smith
Charles S. Smith
Jack Kelly
Cicero Socrates Smith
Harry Featherstone
Iris Palmer
Simpson
Charles Walburn
Bernard Krinke
Patricia McElhinny
Colleen Waddell
John Kircher
Milton Smart
Edward French
Joan Kircher
Virginia Wise
Kenny Sauer
Mit White
Imperial Electric Company May Settle In Middleport
Representatives of the Imperial Electric Company of Akron visited Middleport on Thursday inspecting the Flood Relief and Storage Buildings and the village foundry. Councilmen Hor ton Brown and Frank Vroman accompanied the visitors who indicated the town could host the company if certain conditions are met. Local officials who toured Akron last week were impressed and optimistic about a possible Middleport location for the firm.
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Middleport
Imperial Electric Company of
Akron
Horton Brown
Frank Vroman
Imperial Electric Company
Marion Strikers Agree On 15 Cent Increase
Marion Steam Shovel Company and Alloy Cast Steel Company reached a settlement with workers, approving a 15 cent per hour wage rise. Marion Steam Shovel will negotiate a further potential 3 cents per hour if OPA permits a steel price increase. About 1,500 employees affected. production to resume Monday.
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Marion
Marion Steam Shovel Company
Alloy Cast Steel’ Company
Marion Steam Shovel
United Steelworkers of America
OPA
Marion Steam
Contest Board Named For Soap Box Derby
One of the first moves marking the 1946 reinstatement of the All-American and International Soap Box Derby is the formation of the National Contest Board. The finals will be at Derby Downs Akron, Ohio next August with Athens County sponsorship by The Messenger and Nyé Chevrolet. Board members include Franklin Beck Julian P Leggett and Irving Crump. The board approves racer inspections and awards prizes including the Kettering trophy for best designed car. PYABETES SUFFERERS Do you want relief? For particulars, white Casa de Remedy Co., 3075 Main Akron Ohio Adr.
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Chevrolet Motor Division
Chevrolet
Derby Downs
Akron
Ohio
Athens County
The
Messenger
Nyé Chevrolet
Franklin Beck
Julian P. Leggett
U.S. Army Air Forces
Wright Field
Irving Crump
Spe Letal
C. F. Kettering
White Casa de Remedy Co
Main
Adr
Meigs area church services announced for Sunday March 17
Meigs churches listed Sunday March 17 activities across St Pauls Lutheran United Methodist Grace Episcopal Christian Science First Baptist and Waoms Baptist with Sunday schools worship times sermons and midweek or Lent services led by pastors including Rev Hilmar Rosenberg and rector C G Baird plus guest minister Andrew Wright of Rutland and youth events at Bethlehem Bethany parish halls.
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Waoms Baptist Church
Andrew Wright
Rutland
Feeney-Bennett Post Plans Veteran Activities in March and April
The Feeney-Bennett Post American Legion outlines events to engage World War II veterans. Planned are a Womanless Wedding March 28 29 and an Easter dance April 20 with Rex Koons and his band from Athens. A recreation ball club will form with Walter Bunce as temporary chairman. Chester Grange Economics Committee to sponsor a dance March 16 at the Grange Hall.
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Middleport
Feeney-Bennett Post
American Legion
Rex Koons
Athens
Walter Bunce
Samuel Tipton Dies at 86 in Rutland Home
Samuel Tipton, 86, died Thursday at the home of C. R. Jordan after a short illness. He was the brother of the late Mrs. William Jordan. Services will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. at the Jordan home with burial in Miles Cemetery.
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Rutland
Samuel Tipton
C. R. Jordan
William Jordan
Serevices
Jordan
Bureal
Miles Cemetery
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MGM
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Thal
Marguerite Shoe Shop
Marguerite Meyer
Pomeroy Girls
John Sewell
Pomeroy Social Notes
Theodore Wildermuth
Highland
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Wilmington
Horace Smith, Sr
Paul Nease and Son
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Shelby King
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Claire Minor Blizzard
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Meigs Temple
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Harry Houdashelt
William Allman
Griff Russell
Lee
Della Mundy
F. L. McKnight
Kenneth Amsbury
Oscar Weber
Chester
W. H. Wagner, Sr
William Wagner, Jr
Salisbury
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Robert Hysell
Lydia Beech
Della Fowler
Dell
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Grover
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Ora
White
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Elmer
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Fred Coleman
Olive
Clyde E. Calvert
Effie Calvert
Peart
Letha Koblentz
Parnell
Susie Cook
Clara
Reese
Harold
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Marcella Bailey
Cora
Hamby Ator
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Elwood
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W. C. Burri
Letart
Federal Housing
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Mary Clark
Carroll
Addie Norris
Ernest
Freda van Inwagen
Joe William
Amry E Russell
Katherine French
H. C. French
Scipio
Doris Stewart
Lawrence
Helen Diddle
Syracuse
Hubert
Martha Mace
Freda Holter
Hart Stanbery
Dale
Elizabeth Congreve
Samantha Salser
Dana
Gladys
Denver
Benjamin
H. RB. Salser
Goldie Waggner
Edith Prison
Ethel Smith
Sutton
Luella Powell
Carrie Cassell
M. C
Hobart
Gertrude
C. M
Naomi Chase
A. D
Blanche McCormick
Ernest Harrison
Parcel
Jennie French
Second Ave
Chet Haddox
Lincoln
Meigs
Buster Crabbe
St. John
Johnny Mack Brown
Raymond Hatton Sun
Mon
Jones
Gary Cooper
Pomeroy Bend Theater
Bendyue
Roy Rogers
Gabby” Hayes
Bob Nolan
Sons of Pioneers
Chester Morris
Nancy Welly
San Antonio
ST. Paul's Lutheran
Hilmar Th. Rosenberg
United Methodist Church
Bethany
New Life Magazine
Grace Episcopal Church
Christian Science Society
Mulberry Ave
First Baptist Church
Omercy
Th. T. Shelton
Home Economics Committee of
Chester Grange
Grange Hall
Ted
Clem
Jimmy James Orchestra
National Brands Sales Corp
CHICA
Greyhound
Union Bus Station
Onion St
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