Three Meigs Districts Exceed Red Cross Drive Quotas
Three of the twenty one Meigs County districts Reeds Rocksprings and Dexter Salem have surpassed their Red Cross War Fund quotas and expect further contributions. Dr P E Stanley urged canvass completion by March 23 and reported an executive board meeting set for March 21 at 7 30 pm in the Meigs County chapter room Pomeroy Ohio.
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SENG
Athens
Athens Messenger
Meigs County
Red Cross
Dr. Stanley
Pomeroy
American Red Cross
Notified Son Killed In Action In Italy
Middleport residents learn their son Carl Roush has been killed in action in Italy. The Roush family, with three sons in service, had received a letter from Walter Roush confirming health and activity. Clayton Spencer remains aboard the same ship. Glenn Roush attends Middleport High School.
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Middleport
Earl Roush
Hobson
Carl
Italy
Roushes
Walter Roush
Clayton Spencer
Glenn
Middleport High School
Roush
New York Central
Torch Brief News Notes
Local social notes list visits and calls across Charleston Belpre Parkersburg Frost R D Little Hocking and Torch. Names appear including Mrs H D Cunningham Miss Dorothy Uhl Mrs Rose Kinchloe Cyrus Brewster and others with Navy service at Great Lakes and family gatherings this week.
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Torch
H. D. Cunningham
Charleston
W. Va
Cyrus Baker
Harry Pettit
Great Lakes
Iil
Fred Pettit
Marietta
Rose Kinchloe
Parkersburg
Clarence Randolph
Walter
Dorothy Uhl
Norwalk
Rowena Nixon
Kyger News Notes Highlights Local Social Visits
The W5SCS met at Mrs. Julius Chander’s home with attendees including Mrs. Cora Ward Mrs. Sadie Durst Mrs. Flora Bradbury Mrs. Mina Amos Mrs. Malinda Bradbury and Mrs. Mary B Rupe. April meeting set for Mrs. Mina Amos. Several families and guests visited or hosted others over the weekend.
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Betty Bradbury
Maxine Darst
Columbus
Mrs. Cash Darst
Memorial service held for Lieut Calvin Will in Pomeroy
A memorial service for 19 year old Lieut Calvin Will was held at St Pauls Lutheran Church in Pomeroy. A U S flag and a large portrait were displayed as tributes. The bomber crew member died January 30 over Myrtle Beach S C after a routine flight. Surviving family includes his parents a sister and a grandmother.
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Pomeroy
United States
Dayton Will
Calvin Will
South Carolina
St. Pauls Lutheran Church
Ben Neutzling
Marguerite Meier
Walter Sodt
Drew Webster Post
American Legion
Will
Pomeroy High School
Myrtle Beach
S. C
Middleport social notes recounts clubs and local visits
The Jolly Bunch Sewing Club met at Mrs. Perry Mitch’s home with Mrs. Borman Foss assisting. After a $2 Red Cross contribution a St Patrick’s quiz followed and Irish themed refreshments were served. The item lists numerous locals visiting, hosting and traveling including Midport residents and guests, military furloughs and weddings in the area.
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Middleport
Jolly Bunch Sewing Club
Perry Mitch
Borman Foss
American Red Cross
St. Patrick’s
William Reynolds
Charleston
William Brittan
H. E. Hish
Herbert Fink
D. E. Miller
Farmers Apply to AAA For Soybean Meal
Meigs County allocates 25 tons of soybean meal for March. Farmers must submit a card to the local AAA office with the number of cows and laying hens in production in March. Meal will be distributed at Sugar Run Mills and Farm Bureau Co-op. indicate preferred dealers on the card.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
AAA
Sugar Run Mills
Farm Bureau Co-op
Osbornes Transfer to Heath Methodist Church
Middleport church notes show Mr and Mrs Lemoyne Osborn transferred membership from Winchester. Their elder daughter JoAnn was baptized and joined by confession of faith with Julia Mae Erwin. The Osbornes infant Susan Jill was also baptized.
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Middleport
the Heath Methodist Church
Lemoyne Osborne
Winchester
JoAnn
Julia Mae Erwin
Osborne
Susan Jill
Phillips Sisters Dress Shop Reopens After Redecorating
Pomeroy reports the Phillips Sisters Dress Shop is now open following interior re decoration. The shop had been closed during the refinishing work and resumes business under its familiar name.
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Pomeroy
Phillips’ Sisters
Thomas Pearson Dies At Home of Daughter In Ohio Town
Thomas Pearson 96 died Sunday at his daughter's home in Middleport Grant and Broad Way streets and is survived by three sons John Clay of East Liverpool Samuel of Belleville and daughter Mrs Estella Byers. He had been ill for several years. Funeral arrangements pending relatives arrival.
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Middleport
Thomas Pearson
Estella Byers
Grant and
Broadway Sts
John and
Clay
East Liverpool
Samuel
Belleville
Byers
Sleet Storm Disrupts Wide Area on River
Ice coated highways, trees, and wires cut electricity in Middleport and Pomeroy. Morning worshippers found car windows frozen. one accident involved three cars in Pomeroy. Taxicab traffic increased as residents left cars in garages and repair crews cleared fallen limbs and downed power lines.
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Pomeroy
Middleport
River District
Pomeroy Couple Wed in Simple March Ceremony
Hazel Mae Frank and Corporal Clair Lynch married in a single ring ceremony March 3 at the VU B Parsonage with Rev Householder officiating. Lynch, in Military Police, was home on furlough after service since 1942. Mrs. Lynch, Chester High School 1941 graduate, works at Ohio University Hospital Athens. A March 9 serenade and shower followed at the bride’s home.
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Charles E. Frank
Pomeroy
Hazel Mae
Cpl
Clair Lynch
VU. B. Parsonage
Rev. Householder
Lynch
Foreign Service
Mrs Warren Hosts Olive Farm Women's Club Meeting
Olive Farm Women's Club of Reedville met at Mrs Effie Warren's home for its March session. President C E Myres led the business with new membership applications awaiting approval for Mrs Paul Andrews and Mrs Charles Marcinko. A $2 Red Cross donation was recorded and a program featured devotions scripture and a farm quiz among other items.
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Reedsville
Olive Farm Women's Club
Effie Warren
C. E. Myres
Paul Andrews
Charles Marcinko
Red Cross
W. F. Hawley
W. M. Cowdery
Warren
Harry Pickens
Warren Pickens
Victor Whipple
Francis Andrews
Carl D. Buckley
Marcinko
Andrews
Phyllis Diles Weds Charles Jividen in Rural Middleport
Miss Phyllis Diles and Pfc. Charles Jividen were married in a Saturday afternoon ceremony at Heath Methodist Church Racine County with 150 guests. The bride wore a Spring Green dress suit with orchid. the groom is in the ASTP at Ohio State. A reception followed at the Jividen home and the couple planned a short honeymoon before settling in Columbus.
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Middleport
Heath Methodist Church
Phyllis Diles
Pfe
Charles Jividen
Ralph Zandel
First Baptist Church
H. A. Rothrock
L. D. Diles
Marjorie Diles
Dresmaker
Pfc. Jiiden
Harold Wright
U. S. Maritime Service
Racine
David Diles
Douglas Weatherholt
Gallipolis
Jividens
Max Denton
Eleanor Roush
Columbus
Harold Weatherholt
Pfc
Jiden
E. A. Wingett
Jividen
Emma Jane Jividen
Huntington
Cincinnati
Meigs County
Diles
Middleport High School
Wheaton College
Wheaton
Ohio University
Board of Education
Ohio State University
General Chemical Defense Corporation
Woman's Music Club
Jiiden
College of Medicine
ASTP
Son seriously injured in motorcycle accident in Texas
Arthur Covert received word that their youngest son Jack is seriously injured in a motorcycle crash at Sheppard Field Texas. The accident did not occur during his hours on duty according to the report.
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Middleport
Arthur Covert
Jack
Sheppard Field
Texas
Ministers Exchange Pulpits on Sunday
The Rev. Nobel Rompel of the United Methodist Church preached in Syracuse while exchanging pulpits with Rev. Lawrence Schmitt of the Rutland Syracuse charge. The Rev. Ralph Zandel of Middleport Baptist Church spoke in Racine and the Rev. T. T. Shelton of Racine preached at Middleport.
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Pomeroy
Nobel Rompel
United Methodist Church
Syracuse
Lawrence Schmitt
Rutland- Syracuse
Ralph Zandel
Middleport
Anheuser Indicted On Draft Deferment Fraud Case
Presley S. Anheuser, 32, son of W. Fred Anheuser, vice president of Anheuser Busch, Inc., was indicted by a federal grand jury on a charge of obtaining a draft deferment through allegedly false affidavits.
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Anheuser
ST. Louis
Presley S. Anheuser
W. Fred Anheuser
Anheuser- Busch, Inc
Jesse Ragsdale Dies in Waverly Kansas
Mrs Hurley M Nelson reports the death of her brother in law Jesse Ragsdale from pneumonia at his home in Waverly Kansas Funeral services and burial took place in Kansas He is survived by his wife Viva Major and five children including three sons and two daughters He was also son in law of Mrs Nancy L Gregory of Ewington Ohio.
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Marietta
Bobby Mills
Norma Louise Wayland
Doris Dow
Suzie Live
Barbara Hackett
Charleston
George Hackett
Cpl
Michael Hackett
U. S. Marines
Mechanicsburg
Michael Wayne Schafer
Nobel Schafer
L. D. Diles
David
Emma Jividen
J. B. French
Albert Gorslin
Akron
Clark Jiviiden
Racine
New Pfe
Charles Jividen
French
Gorslin
Jividen
Dexter
Hurley M. Nelson
Jesse Ragsdale
Waverly
Kans
Viva Major
Nancy L. Gregory
Ewington, O
Kansas
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Slc
Cyrus Brewster
J. H. Wildman
Bennet Wildman
Frost
R. D
Howard Gorrell
Donna Marie
D. FE. Martin
Jones Property
Paul McDonald
Effie Dunfee
Ireland
8. I. Dunfee
Sarah Turner
Belpre
F. D. Shafer
Freda Johnson
R. D. Johnson
Floyd Friend
Ill
Mary Friend
Little Hocking
J. W. Lyons
E. McGirr
Faye
Virgene
Wilson
Alma Jones
Kyger News Notes
Francis Grover
Clarence Grover
Ara Grover
Edwin
Eleanor
Arthur Rupe
George Lemley
Carl Lemley
B. L. Durst
Roy Lemsey
Levi Reynolds
Arthur ‘Rupe
Lieut
Army Air Corps
John Lambert
G. W. Will
Middleport Social Notes
M. G. Brown
Norfolk
Robert Flesher
New York
Waldorf-Astoria
John F. Hamilton
London
Office of War Information
Deshler-Wallick
Brown
R. L. Hamilton
William T. Moore
Chesapeake
Esta Heines
Ensign Wayne Swisher
Princeton
N. J
Ensign Swisher
Hilda Chapman
C. C. Chapman
Middleport Hill
Mary Baker
Margaret Bell Milhoan
Janet Dillard
Everett Bachner
Fisher Market
Rs. Ray Smith
David Entsminger
Charles Jiiden
Carroll Meadows
Willa Lamb
S. Second Ave
D. Q. Waugh
Tewksbury
Mill St
Virginia Arnold
R. N
Clifford Ervin
Arnold Roush
N. Front St
Tuscon, Ariz
Harry Russell
Harry Young
Wellston
Clifton
Pt. Pleasant
Henry Casto
Holzer Hospital
Nan Fisher
C. O. Fisher
Chi Omega
Billie Marie Hawley
William Hawley
Women's Army Corps
New Mexico
Lawrence Faulkner
Larry
James Faulkner
Clyde Kelly
Greensboro
N. C
Army
General Chemical
Mary
Martha Adams
Pittsburgh
L. D
Osbornes
Pomeroy Social Notes
DAR
E. W. Kingsland
the Daughters of the American Revolution
Mrs. Warren
Meigs
Dackie Cooper
Patricia Morrison
Gale Storm
John Litel
Edmund Lowe Evelyn Keyes
Chester Morris
And
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Double Bill
Tom Keene
Dick Pureet
Dean Woodbury
Washington
Oklahoma Outlaws
Hear Son
Sagan Sd
Navy
Marine Corps
Coast Guard
Eisenhower
Hudson
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