Rock Man Held in Meigs County Jail After Fight
Clarence Bolten of Western Meigs County near Point Rock was treated at Sheltering Arms Hospital in Athens for a head injury after fellow worker Frank Collins of Vin County struck him with pruning shears during a morning dispute at Tipton Orchard. Collins was arrested and jailed as the investigation continues with Bolten's account still unclear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens Messenger
Athens
Ohio
Meigs County
Pomeroy
Clarence Bolten
Point Rock
Shel Iering Arms Hospital
Frank Collins
Vin County
Bolten
Collins
Tipton Orchile
Pomeroy J.O.F. class meeting and social notes
March meeting of the J.O.F. Class of Simpson Methodist Church was held at Miss Lucy Gibbs home with several hostesses. Donations to Red Cross blood donors service flag and recreation center were reported. sales stamps contest planned for next meeting. Pomeroy personal notes list local visits and upcoming gatherings among residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. L. Hammond
Pearl Hysell
Episcopal Church Plans Special Lent Services
The Grace Episcopal Church in Pomeroy announces Lent plans led by Rev. Charles G. Baird beginning Thursday March 18 at 7 30 pm. The service includes Pre Litany Penitential office and prayers for armed forces men. Holy Communion will be served every Sunday during Lent at 9 with the 10 30 morning prayer service unchanged.
Federated Church Distributes 250 Bibles to Soldiers
The Federated Church dedicated two hundred fifty testaments at Sunday services for servicemen headed to the Army and Navy. Navy editions are blue bound and Army editions are brown bound, provided through the Gideons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Federated Church
Army
Navy
Promoted to Commander William Bullis Joins Navy Staff
Relatives of William Bullis report his promotion to Commander. He is assigned to the U S Navy Staff at Smith College and is a Naval Academy graduate from Annapolis. He previously led The Bullis School at Silver Spring Maryland as a naval academy preparatory program head.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
William Bullis
Cynthia Rowley Bullis
Washington, D. C
Commander Bullis
U. S. Navy
Smith College
Naval Academy At
Annapolis
Bullis
Silver Spring
Glee Club Concert Planned Friday at Local High School
The High School Glee Club and Boys Music Class under Miss Lois Cecil prepare a March 19 program in the auditorium. Fifty-two girls and sixteen boys will perform patriotic, folk, and popular numbers with ensembles, solos, and a finale featuring a mixed chorus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
High School Glee Club
Glee Club
Lois Cecil
Peru
Chile
Lonesome Valley
Anvil
America
Phyllis Smart
Susan Allensworth
Miss Smart
Franklin Ginther
Marvin Murray
Edward French
Girls Glee Club
Mary E. Baker
Doris Barker
Paula Jean Britton
Dorothy Blosser
Charlotte Brown
Helen Burk
Dorothy Jo Burnette
Dorothy Childs
Carla Clark
Patricia DeVol
Marjorie Diles
Nan Fisher
Gladys Folden
Dorothy French
Norma Jean French
Mary Gomer
Mary Lu Hartinger
Betty Holter
Louvenia Jones
Miriam Kauff
Ann Kelly
Mary Lou Kelly
Wanda Koehler
Jean Luman
Donna Maguire
Patricia McElhinney
Anna Miller
Edna Miller
Martha Ohlinger
Mary Ohlinger
Jane Owen
Frances Pickens
Jerry Pullen
Flora Rickman
Martha Roller
Etta Romine
Lois Ann Roush
Jane Sauer
Dorothy Singer
Janette Stewart
Wanda Thomas
Dorothy Turner
Marcella Walburn
Joanna Warren
Lucille Werner
Virginia Winston
Doris Wooton
Ensem
Mrs. Davis Dies Tuesday in East Liverpool
Mrs. John Davis of East Liverpool and formerly of Syracuse died at City Hospital in East Liverpool on Tuesday. She would have turned 39 on April 2 if she had lived. She leaves husband and seven children John J. Davis Charles Davis Robert Davis Larry Davis Mary Carolyn Davis Rosalie Davis and Nedra Davis all at home. Her mother Mrs Rosa Whitlock of Syracuse and three sisters Mrs William Watson of Jomeroy Mrs Carl Hubbard of Syracuse and Mrs Delbert Frazee of Detroit and a brother Oscar Whitlock of Garrettsville survive. Funeral arrangements will be announced later.
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Pomeroy
John Davis
East Liverpool
Syracuse
City Hospital
John J
Charles
Robert
Larry
Mary Carolyn
Rosalie
Nedra
Rosa Whitlock
William Watson
Jomeroy
Carl Hubbard
Delbert Frazee
Detroit
Oscar Whitlock
Garrettsville
School Children Buy 278 in War Stamps
Miss Flossie Frecker, Second Grade teacher, reports 22 weeks of stamp sales totaling 428.80 for her room. Weekly sales reached 278.70 with the high school at 125.15 and rooms led by Susan Parks and M H Fowler at 88.35 and 23.25. Central Building total 104.85. Pearl Street Building 48.70 with Alvira Jones at 21.40 and Leo Kennedy at 14.18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Flossie Frecker
Susan Parks
M. H. Fowler
Miss Frecker
Pearl Reynolds
Pearl St
Alvira Jones
Leo Kennedy
Ministerial Association Gifts Books to Local Schools
The Pomeroy Ministerial Association presented reading volumes to Central and Sugar Run Schools. Central School received graded Bible titles from first to sixth grade including For Little Folks, The Junior Bible, The Children's Bible, Through the Bible, Story of the Bible, and Golden Book of Bible Stories. Sugar Run School was given Children's Bible, Egermeier's Bible Stories, Through the Bible, and Golden Book of Bible Stories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Sugar Run
Central Schools
Pomeroy Ministerial Association
Ralph Kuether
Central School
Rowe
Goodspeed
Sherman
Kent
Wilson
Bowie
Sherman Kent
Egermeier
Wilson-Wilson
Receptacles Installed For Gifts to Soldiers
Meigs County donors are urged to fill new gift receptacles placed by the Rotary Club in Citizens National Bank Purity Dairy Shop and Martin Roller Drug Store for draftees leaving Pomeroy. Candy gum and cigarettes are suggested as contributions and will be given to soldiers entering service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Pomeroy
Licensed To Marry In Meigs County
Meigs County Probate Court issued marriage licenses to Paul Keck and Yvonne Kinnard both 21 of Middleport and to Edward O Connor 28 of Racine and Nellie O Connor 21 of Long Bottom in Meigs County.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Paul Keck
Logan
Yvonne Kinnard
Middleport
Rt. 1
Edward Paul O'Connor
Racine
Nellie O'Connor
Long Bottom
Former Meigs Man Arrested at Hebron
Grant Osborn formerly from near Tuppers Plains was arrested Tuesday in Hebron by Meigs County officers. He faces probation violation charges from the common pleas court. He was indicted on a larceny charge for selling a truckload of potatoes and not returning the sale proceeds to the owner.
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Pomeroy
Grant Osborn
Tuppers Plains
Hebron
Meigs County
Osborn
Common Pleas Court
McCumber Rites Held At Laurel Cliff Church
Funeral services were held at Laurel Cliff Church for Rev. Lewis McCumber age 75 who died at his Laurel Cliff home. Burial followed in Rock Springs Cemetery. Surviving are his wife and one daughter Mrs. Vernon Howell of Laurel Cliff.
Pomeroy to Move Village Dump to Flood Road Site
Village officials announce a new dump location on the Pomeroy-Middleport flood road away from homes and the Children’s Home to cut health hazard risks. Construction and signaling will occur before use with notices posted.
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Pomeroy
Beech Grove Cemetery
Pomeroy-Middleport
Middleport Couple United in Friday Home Ceremony
Logan son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Logan wed Miss Ethel Miller in a Friday afternoon ceremony at the Heath Methodist Church officiated by Rev. H. A. Rothrock. Mrs. Logan works as housekeeper at the Floyd Brewer residence on Grant Street. The Tuesday Contract Club gathered for the first time in years with members at the home of Mrs. H. L. Ward. High scorers were Mrs. Reed and Mrs. Ward.
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Middleport
Homer Logan
Albert Logan
Ethel Miller
H. A. Rothrock
Heath Methodist Church
Logan
Floyd Brewer
Grant St
H. L. Ward
N. Second Ave
M. G. Brown
D. G. Davis
J. B. Downing
M. C. Hobart
Theodore Reed
Oscar Roedell
Garen Stansbury
Social notices and family gatherings across Mason County
Mrs Lillian Stieff hosts a family dinner honoring her mother Mrs J T Lewis with Prof and Mrs J T Lewis James Lewis Mr and Mrs William Morris and others Also Meigs Temple Pythian Sisters plan a meeting at Mrs Pearl Gardner’s home Evangeline Chapter and Evangeline Club hold events Richard Featherstone visits before Ohio State graduation with ROT C duties in Fort Sill Mrs Robert Washington family attend a Huntington funeral for Miss Alice Washington Columbus trip for relatives including Mrs Lawrence Bradford and infant Robert Lawrence First Lieutenant Lawrence Bradford reported missing in action North Africa A four year old Robert Cline near Hillards hangs himself with a rope per coroner report
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Meigs Temple
Pythian Sisters
Pearl Gardner
Rutland St
Otho Watts
Mayme Byers
Evangeline Chapter
OES
Evangeline Club
H. E. Bush
Eben Bowen
C. P. Gallagher
Helen Terry
Richard Featherstone
Ohio State University
Lee Featherstone
Richard
R.O.T.C
Fort Sill
Oklahoma
Robert Washington
Everett Davis
Nan Moore
Huntington
Columbus
Lawrence Bradford
Robert Lawrence
North Africa
Service Men of Meigs District Report Promotions and Muster
Meigs County notes several service updates. Pomeroy resident Myers rising from private to staff sergeant at Camp Van Dorn Mississippi. Wallace Russell promoted to sergeant at Ft. Benjamin Harrison Indiana. Virgil Hayes arriving at Ft. Harrison for five day furlough to Syracuse. Harry Potts spending time with his mother in Columbus Mississippi while at Camp Polk. Catherine Hennessy of Mulberry Ave enters WAVES reporting to Hunter College New York City March 25, first Meigs County WAVES enlistee.
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Pomeroy
Tex Moyers
Marjorie Swatzel
Camp van Duren
Miss
Myers
Army
Cpl
Wallace Russell
Bud Russell
Bradbury
Ft. Benjamin Harrison
Ind
Virgil Hayes
Carson Hayes
Syracuse
Harry Potts
Camp Polk
St. Francis Hospital
Columbus
Catherine Hennessy
Thomas Hennessy
Mulberry Ave
Hunter College
New York City
Miss Hennessy
Meigs County
The
WAVES
Portland Soldier Is Honored at Dinner
A Sunday dinner at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. G. McKelvey near Portland honored their son Private Charles C. McKelvey on furlough. He is stationed at the Army Air Force Technical School near Lincoln Nebraska and has been appointed as an instructor in airplane mechanics. Attendees included McKelvey and his wife Bernice with infant John Edwin, and extended family from Apple Grove Parkersburg and Portland.
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Portland
W. G. McKelvey
Pfe
Charles C. McKelvey
McKelvey
Army Air Force Technical School
Lincoln
Neb
Bernice
John Edwin
Robert McKelvey
Norma Kay
Robert Allen
Apple Grove
Robert A. West
Dolores Jean
Judith Ann
Betty Jane
Parkersburg
William McKelvey
Shirley Ann
Billy Jean
Odessa Harpold
Racine
John P. McKelvey
Edith West to train with WAAC at Ft. Oglethorpe
Miss Edith West left for Ft. Oglethorpe Georgia to begin WAAC training. She enlisted ten days ago and aims for overseas duty, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. T. West of this city.
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Pomeroy
Edith West
Ft. Oglethorpe
WAAC
West
R. T. West
Mrs. R. E. Bunce Dies at 93 in Middleport
Mrs. R. E. Bunce aged 93 died at her N. Second Ave. home after a year bedridden. Widow of Civil War veteran R. E. Bunce she belonged to Heath Methodist Church. Funeral at Rawlings-Coats Thursday at 2 PM with burial in Middleport Hill Cemetery. no near relatives survive.
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Middleport
R. E. Bunce
N. Second Ave
Meigs County Red Cross Fund Surpasses Quota
Meigs County Red Cross fund drive totals rise to 9289.53 well above the 8900 quota. Four communities exceed targets En terprise Minersville Bedford Township Carpenter. Report by county chairman Edison Hobstetter notes ongoing contributions and local chairmen listed with raised amounts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edison Hobstetter
Enterprise
Elton Weeks
Minersville
Walter Baer
Bedford Township
Lucille Story
Carpenter
John L. Rawlings
Carter’s Little Liver Pills Promote Bile Flow
Advertising copy urges waking the liver bile to prevent digestion issues. It claims 2 pints of bile flow daily and links stoppage to gas, constipation, sour mood, and dull outlook. Encourages taking Carter’s Little Liver Pills, 10¢ and 25¢.
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Carter
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Pomeroy Social Notes
Robert Thompson
Roberta
Hinton
W. Va
Charles Nease
Weher Terrace
Nease
Thompson
Chillicothe
Dayton
Clifford Hood
Theron Ohjinger
Harland Hannum
Pittsburgh
Bertha Sayre
Blanche Roller
Gallipolis
Tex Myers
Butternut Ave
Glouster
Grace Myers
Marion
Cc. C. Brown
Theodorius Council of the Daughters of America
Ethel Smith
Nye Ave
Marcia Delay
Elizabeth Campbell
Thelma Dill
Viola Grueser
Episcopal Church
Lore
Ato U
Pat. Off
Anthony Eden
Henry Wallace
Washington
Ble
Robert Tewksbury
Milton Smart
Harry Clark
Dale Mattox
A. A. Scarberry, Jr
Sam Walters
Richard Koehler
Allyn Rothrock
Joe Laing
Wallace Laing
Eugene Wolfe Leonard van Meter
Bill Guthrie
Fred Klein
Harlan DeVol
Curtis Kelly
Martin Carson
Jimmy Schmoll
Charles Quivey
Richard Bailey
Junior Mulford
Ernest Barnhart
John Mayer
Bill Hubbard
Jim Hawley
Bill McHaffie
Harold Burk
Orville Rollins
Bill King
George Ebersbach
Adrian Howard
Charles Burk
Glenn Roush
Frank Hayes
Mary Martha Roller
Ministerial Association
Meigs
McCumber
Laurel Cliff Church
Middleport Social Notes
Lillian Stieff
J.T. Lewis
J. T. Lewis
James Lewis
Willaim Morris
Stieff
Robert Cline
Pearl Cline
Hilliards
E. E. Smith
Heatamin
Athens Pharmacy
N. Court St
Meigs District
Mrs. Bunce
Southeastern Ohio
Meigs County Red Cross Fund
Caromel
Beaco
F. J
Beasley CO
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