Red Cross Quota Exceeded in Meigs County Drive
Dr. P E Stanley Meigs County Red Cross War Fund chairman reports $11304.75 collected toward a 17500 county quota. Fifteen districts, including Reedsville Rocksprings Salem Enterprise Rutland Letart Laurel Cliff Alfred Sumner Columbia Syracuse Tuppers Plains Minersville Lebanon Racine Bedford, have topped their targets. He urges renewed contributions to support the armed forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
P. E. Stanley
Meigs County
Red Cross
Stanley
Reedsville
Lucy Kibble
Rocksprings
Homer Radford
Salem
W. R. Amos
Enterprise
Eldon Weeks
Rutland
Carl Dennison
Letart
Herbert Shields
Laurel Cliff
Vernon Howell
Alfred Sumner
Delbert Gaul
Columbia
J. L. Rawlings
Syracuse
Roscoe Harden
Tuppers Plains
J. L. Davis
Minersville
Katie Baer
Lebanon
Roy Smith
Racine
B. M. Tyree
Bedford
Leo Story
Meigs County Courthouse Happenings Brief Notices
Meigs County Probate Court reports issued marriage licenses from March 23 to 27 for multiple couples including Daugherty Canter bury and Coolidge, plus births registered for Dayton Fields and Sallie Nixon. Will of Sherman A. Minor admitted to probate. administration appointments for Harley B. Musser and Charles A Williams. Realty transfers record numerous parcels across Rutland Letart New Portland and surrounding townships including Hoback and Hoback transfers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Meigs County Court House
Charles Daugherty
U. S. Army
Kanauga
Virginia
Canterbury
Middleport
Raymond Kyle
Tuppers Plains
Dolly Metzler
J. Freeman Owen
Dayton
Ethel B. Redman
Marcus Mann
George Robert Rood
Namoi Hope Road
Sherman A. Minor
Airles Rhoades
Charles A. Williams
Bessie E. Musser
Harley B. Musser
Recorder's Office
Dana H
Hazel Cleland
Laura Sayre
Racine
J. M
Mamie Hall
Elmer Profitt
Lebanon
Frank M. Whaley
Sanford H. Denney
Rutland
Leona D. Stewart
Leola Denney
Henry Stewart
Flossie Hull
S. W. Durst
May
Cecil McLeod
New Portland
Rathburn Bank
Marvin
Mildred Morris
Salem
Lucréttia
Evan Goddard
Charles W. Cornell
Sutton
Ivan
Laura S. Pickens
Tom D. Pickens
Letart
Fagan
Esther Price
C. W. Hoback
C. M. Hoback
Funeral Services Planned for Mrs William Park
Middleport residents prepare for funeral services for Mrs William Park age 82 who died at her N Third Ave home after long illness. The service will be held Wednesday at 3 PM at her late residence with Rev H Carr of First Gr Church officiating. She was a Bradbury native and longtime Third Avenue resident. She was survived by two daughters and a son in law, and her husband died in 1908. RACINE there will be no Red Cross Dance at Racine High School Auditorium Saturday night as announced last week.
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Middleport
William Park
N. Third Ave
H. Carr
Sradler Gras Church
James Anderson
Parkie Park
Yel Derson
M Park
Susan Park
Racine
Racine High Hool Auditorium
Evans Market
Second St
Tracy Whaley
June
Whaley
Frank Pugh
Albany
Lawrence Lanning
Sgt
Donald Lanning
England
Dorothy
Mary Grueser
Messenger
George Joachim
George Joachim, III
Ft. Custer
Mich
Dan Bardin
Athens
E. Main St
Joachim
Coates
J. H. Duckler
Chamber of Commerce Donates to Red Cross
The Chamber of Commerce voted at its Monday luncheon to donate $100 to the American Red Cross War Fund, double the amount pledged last year. Discussion of other important matters was noted and will be publicized later.
Methodist Youths Hold Gathering in Heath Church
Over 50 Methodist youths from county churches gathered at Heath Church for a Youth Fellowship meeting. The four part program included devotional, business, study and recreation with leaders including Fred Klein Margaret Jean Bryant and Nob el Rompel. An upcoming meeting at Pomeroy Church was announced with awards for course completion and a guest speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Heath Church
Fred Klein
Margaret Jean Bryant
Nobel Rompel
Walter McCarley
Middleport Social Notes Update at Mrs Stewart’s Home
Middleport Literary Club will meet Wednesday afternoon at Mrs C H Stewart's home on S Fourth Ave shifting from Mrs Ed gar Ervin's. Locals include Cpl Max Lambert and family visiting. Pvt Charles Entsminger on furlough. families moving to Bradbury. several trips to Charleston Dayton Indianapolis and Athens noted. church attendance mentioned. Fort Jackson furlough for Durst brothers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Middleport Literary Club
C. H. Stewart
S. Fourth Ave
Edgar Ervin
Columbia Grange Holds Regular Meet
More than 50 members and visitors from Laurel and Star attended the Columbia Grange meeting Friday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Reed Jeffers were obligated in the first and second degrees. Three applications were read. Mr. Blakeslee and Mr. Reed spoke on 4-H, soil conservation, and entertainment. Pot luck supper followed. Degrees set for April 14. Degree team practices April 12.
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Carpenter
Laurel and Star
Columbia Grange
Reed Jeffers
Blakeslee
Reed
Navy recruit Bill Hunnard named company drummer
Bill Hunnard, son of Mr and Mrs Harold Hubbard, who recently joined the Navy, is at the Great Lakes Naval Training Station Chicago where he has been made company drummer. He previously led the MHS marching band and met Lewis Price, a local former high school friend, at the training station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orville Gratton
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Chicago
Oliver Bratton
Owen
Rutland
Earl Riggs Land Family
Langsville
Middleport
William Lawrence
Bill) Hunnard
Harold Hubbard
Navy
Bill
M.H.S
Lewis Price
Penetro Salve Promises Cold Relief From Grandma’s Remedy
Ad praises Penetro salve with medicated formula said to ease coughs aches and colds using a modern base with an old fashioned mutton suet. markets it as relief for families. Double supply offered at 25c or 35c.
Rocksprings Grangers Meet Friday Night
Large attendance at Rocksprings Grange session chaired by Worth Master Frank Grueser. Ruth Curtis tied in first and second degrees. Margaret Allen proposed for membership. Grange donated 15 to Red Cross War Fund. Visitor Elisha Custer from Long Beach noted 29 years with Grange 367. Hats sale and a social hour provided entertainment. Proceeds to executive committee. Upcoming party honors Gerald Widemuth before Army induction. Refreshments served.
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Rocksprings
Rocksprings Grange
Worth
Frank Grueser
Ruth Curtis
Margaret Allen
Grange
Red Cross War Fund
Harley J. Musser
Harry Caton
National Grange
Elisha Custer
Long Beach
Wash
Custer
Hurl Hannahs
Butternut St
Pomeroy
Rev Edward Lewis to Enter Military Service
MIDDLEPORT The Rev Edward Warner Lewis of Brooklyn New York plans to join the military as a chaplain His Washington trip aimed to promote this new ministry He has served Brooklyn churches and spoke Sunday evening at First Baptist Church Mrs H L Ward of Columbus visited for the weekend to hear him and has since returned to Columbus
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Edward Warner Lewis
Brooklyn
N. Y
Washington
First Baptist Church
H. L. Ward
Columbus
Lewis
Miss Louise Lowden at LaSalle Hotel helps Ohio Fuel Gas Co
Miss Louise Lowden of Athens is a guest at the LaSalle Hotel for a week while assisting in the Ohio Fuel Gas Company office. Frank Phillips district manager of the company, also of Athens, was a business visitor in Pomeroy and Middleport yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Louise Lowden
Athens
LaSalle Hotel
Ohio Fuel Gas Company
Frank Phillips
Pomeroy
Son in Training For Naval Air Cadet
Harold Darst, 17, son of Cyrus and Mrs Darst of Langsville, entered the Naval Air Corps March 1 and is in training at Milligan College Johnston City Tennessee in the V-5 naval air cadet program. He graduated Rutland High School at fifteen and worked on his father's farm before enlisting. His brother Kenneth, 21, is a motor machinist's mate second class in the Navy, stationed at a South Pacific base after enlisting in 1941 and serving two years in the Canal Zone with a home leave in October 1943.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Langsville
Harold Darst
Cyrus Darst
Naval Air Corps
Milligan College
Johnston City
Tennessee
Naval Air Cadets
Rutland High School
Air Corps
Kenneth
Navy
South Pacific
Canal Zone
Soldiers Arrive in England Amid War News
Mrs Margaret Archer reports her son T Sgt Charles E Archer has arrived in England. Pvt Charles H Shumaker arrived safely in England per word to his mother Mrs Hollis Shumaker. Mrs Randall Manley also confirms her husband’s arrival in England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Margaret. Archer
Charles E Archer
England
Pvt
Charlies H. Shumaker
Hollis Shumaker
Randall Manley
Meigs County to Send Delegate to Buckeye Boys State
At a recent Drew meeting a Meigs County representative will be chosen for Buckeye Boys State to be held this year on Otterbein College campus in Westerville. Last year Vernon Weber of Chester represented the post at Delaware. This year a Pomeroy High School junior meeting scholastic and leadership criteria will be selected by a faculty committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Drew Webster
American Legion
Meigs County
Buckeye Boys’ State
Otterbein College
Westerville
Delaware
Vernon Weber
Chester
Pomeroy High School
Ten More Inductees Named From Meigs County Army Draft
Meigs County Selective Service Board No 1 released the names of ten men who left last week to be inducted into the U S Army at Ft Thomas Kentucky. Inductees include Chester Arthur Davis Groveport Lewis Grant Waugh Columbus William Don McKnight Rutland Lester Arthur Lathey Akron Hallie Hobart Smalley Chester Earl Harvey Frye Pomeroy George Morgan Jenkins Springfield John Henry Kreinbihl Columbus James Lee Walker Langsville and Edward Allen Spears Cheshire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Meigs County
U. S. Army
Ft. Thomas
Meigs County Selective Service Board
Chester Arthur Davis
Groveport
Lewis Grant Waugh
Lexington Ave
Columbus
William Don McKnight
Rutland
Lester Arthur Lathey
S. Main St
Akron
Hallie Hobart Smalley
Chester
Earl Harvey Frye
R. D
George Morgan Jenkins
N. Murray St
Springfield
John Henry Kreinbihl
King Ave
James Leo Walker
Langsville
Edward Allen Spears
Cheshire
Heath Methodist Will Honor W. A. Giles
Heath Methodist Church plans a program and social evening Wednesday at 8 o'clock to honor W A Giles on his 90th birthday. Committees from the official board Women’s Society Class Twelve and the choir organized the event. Members and friends are invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
W. A. Giles
Heath Methodist Church
Women's Society of Christian Service
Giles
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Dr. Stanley
Vesuvius
Mount Vesuvius
USAAF
NEA
Italy
Gunton
Fifth Army
Elizabeth Jones
Ellen Morgan
Sara Jones
Elizabeth Coates
Hiram Jones
Thomas Jones
Joseph Jones
Thomas J. Scott
David N. Scott
Helen
Roy Strickland
Michael Bentz
Myrtle Bentz
Chamber of Commerce
Frank Vaughan
Sean
Middleport Social Notes
Dana Roush
Cpl
Max Lambert
Richard
Chillicothe
Leo Russell
Charles Entsminger
Florida
David Entsminger
Clarence Murray
Humphrey
Bradbury
Earl French
Edward French
Edwards
French
Tis University
Guy Reynolds
Central School
Ing
Indianapolis
Howard Holmes
Smith's Ferry
G. E. Berry
Kent
Tech
Willard Durst
Willis Durst
George Durst
Ft. Jackson
Fur-Lough
Blackburn
J. T. Blackburn
Chevy Chase
Ira C. Kepford
Southwest Pacific
Pomeroy Social Notes
Theodorus Council
Daughters of America
Odd Fellows Hall
Bernetta Young
Drew Webster Post
Legion Hall
Gratis Bryan
Powhatan Point
Fred Craig
Clarence Dufour
Wayne, Mich
Frances Jarogon
Helen Morgason
Nelsonville
Earl Hoffner
Camp Reynolds
Youngstown
Camp Lee
H. P. Hoff
Ner
Betty
Co. F. Daugherty
Ohio Power Co
Portsmouth
Bill Hunnard
Navy Station
Colegroves
Middleport, Ohio
Rocksprings Grangers
Edward Lewis
Son
Naval Air Cadet
Buckeye
Army
Heath Methodist
Zemo
Meigs
Roy Rogers
Trigger Ruth Terry
Bob Nolan
Sons of Pioneers
Klondike
Ann Savage
Tom Neal
Hitler
Stalingrad
Frances Langford
Frontier
Bendvue
Ann Harding
Evelyn Keyes
Jinx Falkenberg
Anita Louise
Arizona
Home Service Department
Gas Company
Chis Congany
Sg Rey
Lan
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