Pomeroy Football Field Ready After $13,000 Property Purchase
The Pomeroy Board of Education recorded the deed to acquire the Russell property on E Main St for 13 acres with two houses at a price of 13 000. The land extends to the Junior High site and provides room to enlarge the football field to regulation size, enabling use by next fall.
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Pomeroy
Russell
E. Main St
Board of Education
Ralston Russell
NYA
Middleport
R. G. Webster
Inventor Known in Meigs County Dies
Robert H. Russell of Cleveland, inventor of an oil and water heating process, died. Local investors funded the project with amounts from dollars to thousands, totaling an estimated 30 000 to 50 000. Certificates granted royalty interests were oversold and patent ownership disputed, now in New York court actions by the royalty holders association.
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Pomeroy
Robert H. Russell
Cleveland
New York State
Meigs County social notes on events and visits
The band boosters planned an Achievement Day dinner for Meigs County farm women on March 28 at the high school with Miss Geneva Humphreys supervising. A music festival trip is set for April 5, and a tea will close the year's meetings. Red Cross volunteers show garments and layettes, with numerous local members listed for knitters and organizers. Bob Brown serves as coxswain on a ship's boat, and several residents travel or recover from illnesses while church events invite attendance.
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Middleport
Meigs County
Geneva Humphreys
C. O. Fisher
Paul Smart
H. A. Rothrock
John Dillard
Virdie Burk
Fred Fultz
George Hoeflich
William Britton
Frank Abbott
Durst
Barnes
O. L. Roush
Charles Walburn
Lewis Sauer
Marion Rife
Cecil Root
George Childs
Earl Owen
George Werner
Robert Harris
M. W. Essex
Gordon Harris
Frank White
Leah Whitlock
John Talbott
Charles Wise Jr
Willis Anthony
Edgar Allensworth
Wellston
Karl Owen
Woodcocks
Bob
Lake Worth
Fla
Orion Flesher
Lantz
McArthur
Plan Convention At Woman's Music Club Rehearsal
Miss Vesta McCoy announced the Ohio Federation of Music Club Convention to be held at the Hotel Cleveland on April 14 1516 during Metropolitan Opera Week. Music club members urged to attend. tickets available from Miss McCoy for the Symphonic Choir of Ohio State University concert in Gallipolis on March 24 sponsored by the Gallipolis school music department led by Miss Shough.
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Woman's Music Club
Vesta McCoy
Ohio Federation of Music Club
Cleveland
Music Club
Doings of Brown Family Inquiring About Serving Nephew
Mr and Mrs M G Brown wrote to Lt Commander Paul E Howard U S N aboard the U S S Woodcock at Balboa Canal Zone after a long silence from their nephew Robert Flesher The reply confirmed his good health and that he had put on weight since enlisting.
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Robert Flesher
M. G. Brown
Paul E. Howard
U.S.S
Former Pomeroy Clerk Enlists in Army at Fort Oglethorpe
George Faris, once the village of Pomeroy clerk, is now in the army. He left Pomeroy years ago and has lived in Nashville. Friends report cards from him indicating his unit at Fort Oglethorpe Georgia.
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Pomeroy
Army
Army Revival Services Continue At Salvation Army Building
POMEROY revival at the Salvation Army Building will continue through Sunday night. Envoy Frank Berry of Marion preaches after extensive travels including the Holy Land. He will recount his visit to this country Thursday night. Tonight Miss Mary Marshall from Middleport sings and accompanies herself on piano accordion. Services begin 7:30 with a 7:00 prayer service.
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Pomeroy
Salvation Army
Frank Berry
Marion
Berry
Holy Land
Mary Marshall
Middleport
Red Cross Secretary Suffers Ankle Injury
Meigs County Red Cross executive secretary Mrs Heiner sustained a severely injured ankle in a fall Monday. Despite torn ligaments she attended disaster institute meetings and filed her reports. Gilbert Weeks traveled to Columbus for a state trustees meeting. he serves Salisbury Township. Confederate casualties in Civil War included a significant North Carolina share.
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Middleport
L. J. Heiner
Meigs County Red Cross
Disaster Institute
Pomeroy — Gilbert
Gyp) Weeks
Meigs County Association of Township Trustees
Columbus
State Association
Weeks
Salisbury Township
Meigs County Conservation Work Planned
Meigs County unified farm program committee heard D T Hermann state soil conservation head discuss possible soil conservation work in Ohio. He noted 59 states have districts and Ohio lacks enabling legislation. The meeting also covered county agricultural problems and future joint discussions with the County Land Use Committee next Monday in the AAA office.
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Pomeroy
D. T. Hermann
Soil Conservation Service
United States Department of Agriculture
Meigs County
Uskingum Conservancy
Ohio
Hermann
Ed H. Condon
Pomeroy Chamber of Commerce
B. F. Parmalee
Rotary Club
Allan Hartley
Allan Jenkinson
Dan Hartinger
Meigs
George H. Lasher
Unified Farm Program Committee
County
AAA
POMEROY Grange to Confer Degrees at Harrisonville
Ohio Valley Grange members will be guests Thursday evening March 20 at Harrisonville Grange to confer the first and second degrees. A literary program follows with a social period and refreshments served.
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Pomeroy
Ohio Valley Grange
Harrisonville Grange
Pomeroy Elects New School Orchestra Officers
New Pomeroy School orchestra officers are Angie Shain president Pauline Holmes secretary treasurer and Danny Rosenbaum librarian with Mr Willis Aleshire continuing as orchestra director.
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Pomeroy
Pomeroy School
Angie Shain
Pauline Holmes
Danny Rosenbaum
Willis Aleshire
Marriage license issued in probate court
George A. Cooper 25 of Belpre and Pearl Peters 24 of Tuppers Plains granted a marriage license in probate court.
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George A. Cooper
Belpre
Pearl Peters
Tuppers Plains
Miles plants potatoes on St Patrick’s Day tradition continues
Cr. C. Miles, former Racine man, again plants potatoes on St Patrick’s Day despite snow and cold. He says the custom, followed by his father, persists regardless of minor difficulties. This year the temperature stood about 10 degrees above zero.
Pomeroy Brief Social Notes
Mrs Louis Reibel hosted the Shakespeare Club meeting on Union Ave with current events news led by Mrs Malcolm D Hartley and a Puerto Rico paper by Mrs Harry Ohlinger. A library report by Mrs Harry Smith noted magazines and books can be loaned after a month. Judith Ann Jewell born March 14 weighing 7% pounds with grandparents Earl Jewell Carpenter and John Blackwood Harrisonville. Next meeting will feature Meigs County Health Nurse Kathryn Sulzer.
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Pomeroy
Louis Reibel
Shakespeare Club
Union Ave
Malcolm D. Hartley
Harry Ohlinger
Puerto Rico
Pomeroy Library
Harry Smith
Clifford Rhodes
Kathryn Sulzer
Meigs County
Cecil Jewell Jr
Mulberry Ave
Judith Ann
Earl Jewell
Carpenter
John Blackwood
Harrisonville
Vinton Jewell
Thomas Walburn
Hemlock Garden Club Meets at Story Home
Hemlock Garden Club met Thursday evening March 13 at the home of Mrs. Leona Story Route 33. Plans for the coming garden year were made. Lantern slides showed seed and cutting methods. Ice cream and cake were served. Next meeting will be at Mrs. Bernice Hawk Hemlock on April 10.
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Pomeroy
Hemlock
Land of Dreams Come True operetta at Columbia Grade School
Columbia Grade School presents The Land of Dreams Come True Friday and Saturday evenings with a cast of Bet ty Lou Radekin Claire Dudgeon Marcella Grosstuck Granville Stout and many others portraying Mother Goose Land characters. Special choruses include Pixies and Rose and Blue Bell groups with multiple local participants.
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Louise Perry
Bo Peep
Raymond Halliday
Jack Horner
Leatha Whittington
Queen of Hearts
Everett Holcomb
Boy Blue
Bea Howery
Miss Muffett
Allan Halliday
San John
Helen Rife
Jill
Johnny Starkey
Jack
Junior Dodson
Old King Cole
Neva Cottrill
Contrary Mary
Mickey" Bolton
Nimble Jack
Pixies
Dorsey Jordan
Clayton Morris
Everett Bishop
Ermal Chase
Harold Rife
Wayne Carpenter
Gene Jeffers
Cecil Gillogly
Rose
Wanda Lou Stansbury
Yvonne Throckmorton
Betty Price
Garnet Starkey
Betty Hacker
Joan Starkey
Blue Bell
Emma Estep
Eight Meigs Men Enter Army March 31
Pomeroy residents are reminded that Meigs County will hold a March 31 draft day with eight men beginning a year of army training at the Huntington reception station. Earlier, 13 men were slated to depart March 25. Thomas McKay left today for Fort Hayes as a replacement after a voluntary enlistment and a prior rejection.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Selective Service Office
Huntington
Thomas McKay
Fort Hayes
Columbus
McKay
Local Chorus Groups Lead Production Directed by School Staff
Betty Rutherford and Daisy Chorus perform alongside Lucille Estep Rose Cheadle Minnie Canade Enid Carpenter Norma Wilson Hazel Chapman in a community show. Playmate Chorus features Emma Chap man Betty Chapman Ellis Bishop Earl Kauff George Cheadle Cecil Rife Rex Cheadle Carl Bishop Harold Gillogly Frank Chapman Paul Chapman James Rutherford Francis Rife Lee Jeffers Margaret Gillogly Rosalie Carpenter Jim my Canode Lawrence Wilson Worley Rife and Francis Canode. Production directed by Lois McCoy music teacher Nellie Vale and Alice Reeves elementary teachers.
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Betty Rutherford
Lucille Estep
Dorothy Rife
Betty Cone
Bea Howery
Daisy
Louise Perry
Rose Cheadle
Minnie Canade
Enid Carpenter
Norma Wilson
Hazel Chapman
Emma Chapman
Betty Chapman
Ellis Bishop
Earl Kauff
George Cheadle
Cecil Rife
Rex Cheadle
Carl Bishop
Harold Gillogly
Frank Chapman
Paul Chapman
James Rutherford
Francis Rife
Lee Jeffers
Margaret Gillogly
Rosalie Carpenter
Jimmy Canode
Minersville To Hold Recreation Parties
Minersville hosts an old fashioned dance Thursday from 7 30 to 11 00 at the recreation hall managed by Joe White with a small admission to cover heating and lighting. Friday night party runs 7 30 to 10 00 with prizes and a modest admission to fund prizes. A recreation leader was recalled to work at the foundry last week.
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Minersville
Joe White
Gentle Nudge to Improve Liver Bile with Olive Tablets
An advertisement urges readers to try Dr Edwards Olive Tablets to stimulate bile flow and relieve constipation and sluggish liver. It promotes vegetable tablets used by Dr F M Edwards with claims of better digestion and elimination and lists prices 15 30 and 60 cents available at all drugstores.
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Ohio
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Prunlax
Athens
Athens Pharmacy
N. Court St
Athens Messenger
Middleport Social Notes
Meigs County National Red Cross Chapter
Ruel Finsterwald
Heath Methodist Church
Mary Cook
Myrta Musser
Robert Washington
Elmer Miller
Lee Featherstone
L. W. McComas
Sallie McCormick
Robert Stevenson
Perry Mitch
Louesa McAllister
Robert Miller
Gladwyn Werner
D. E. Miller
H. E. Cook
M. L. French
David Entsminger
C. A. Emmish
Bess Sanborn
C. M. Hennesy
Orin Smith
Margaret Hawkins
Wesley Foundation Players
First Methodist Church
First Presbyterian Church
Henry L. Carr
Fred Healy
Charles Rayburn
John Martin Mygatt
Roy Barnes
Franklin
Mygatt
Parkersburg
H. R. Lewis
Troy
Mr. Lewis
A. R. Hecox
Ulah Ann
Ohio University
Catherine Hennesy
Raymond Riggs
Crooksville
Harry Jennings
London
Ross Pullin
Charleston
James
William Huston
Zanesville
Huston
Edgar Ervin
Main St
Harry Roush
Broadway
Red Cross
Pomeroy Social Briefs
Addie Stalter
Edward Brown
Hamilton
Simpson Methodist Church
Reed Bigley
Edith Young
Lincoln Hill
Joe
Hemlock Garden Club
Story Home
Falls City
Poetty Brewing Co
Tererry Loan and Guaranty Company
Court ST
Signalman
Gray
U. S. S. Benson
Brenda Joyce Hollywood
Liccurt & Mrans Tobacco Co
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