War Fund Drive Appeals as 1946 quota falls short
Frank H. Johnston county chair urges citizens to donate to reach the $7,200 county goal as district totals show several communities under the target. Meigs County reports Rocksprings and Dexter districts over the top, while Pomeroy and others trail with specific dollar figures and a total of $4,972.03 collected. The Loyal Sons and Daughters of the Church of Christ held a chili supper at the church with 24 attendees guided by Rev. James Ketter and Mrs. Martha Childs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
American Red Cross
Frank H. Johnston
Johnston
Red Cross Drive
Rocksprings
Homer Radford
Charles Grueser
Clarence Gr
Meigs County
Middleport
Racine
Chester
Rutland
Bedford
Enterprise
Carpenter
Letart Falls
Reedsville
Syracuse
Dexter
Harrisonville
Laurel Cliff
Long Bottom
Portland
Tuppers Plains
Minersville
Nease Settlement
Forest Run
Sumner
Alfred
Church Loyal Sons and Daughters of the Church of Christ
James Ketter
Edgar Allensworth
Martha Childs
Watt's Suppositories Aid Railroad Men Claims
A medical patent advert explains Watt's Suppositories for backache and alleged prostate grand trouble. The seller touts testimonials from railroad workers nationwide, offering a money back guarantee and pricing of $1.25 for a dozen and 25 cents for two dozen, with distribution through Clones Pharmacy and several Athens and Nelsonville druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rairoad
Clones
Athens
Starks Pharmacy
Paracroy
Balls Pharmacy
Nelsonville
Middleport Churches Announce Services
Middleport reports two church items. The First Presbyterian Church calls Rev. How ard G. McMillen of Mount Vernon to pastor. formal acceptance to be announced later. Heath Methodist Church outlines Sunday sermon "Repentance and Faith" with vested choir and duet at 10 30 a.m. service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Howard G. McMillen
Mount Vernon
Ohio
First Presbyterian Church
Ralph Kuether
Federated Church
Pomeroy
McMillen
HEATH
H. A. Rothrock
Heath Methodist Church
Jesus
O'Hara
Gallipolis
First Baptist
J. Edward Hakes
Riverend
Grace Methodist
W. Scott Westerman
First Presbyterian
Theodore Valenti
Julia Donnally
Middleport Social Notes and Local Updates
Middleport hosts Lova Pals Class Easter plans with Ednad Burdette guest. A Piggy Banks fund raises 31 dollars for the Children's Home and 16 dollars to Cleveland Christian Home. Pythian Sisters meet with dinner and prizes. Lt. Gertrude Scott, Army nurse, now at Holzer Hospital. local visits and hospital updates follow. Numerous residents receive travel, illness, and service news, plus a note on native American hickory trees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
L. E. Reynolds
Edward French
Church of Christ
Ednad Burdette
Pearl Reynolds
Treasury
Cleveland Christian Home
Clase
Mildred Hawley
Gertrude Scott
England
Scotland
Holzer Hospital
Gallipolis
New York
Paul Hoffman
Ray Turley
Dunbar
W. Va
Richard Chambers
Howard Byers
C. F. Hawkins
Carroll Swanson
Arthur Covert
Indiana
Charles Howerd
Athens
Royal Neighbors Lodge
Mary Curtis
Jackson
Allie Mauck
C. F. Besserer
William B. Thomas
Mary Elizabeth Hartinger
Belmont
Mass
D. B. Hartinger
Thomas
Charleston
Lionel Boggs
Harold
Tokyo
Carl Barsotti
Nellie Barsotti
U. S. Martin Corps
Charles Tewksbury
Virginia
Edward
Tewksbury
Mildred Ohlinger
Pomeroy Council of Churches Plans Good Friday Service
The Pomeroy Council of Churches met at the Bethany Building to outline Good Friday services at Fed Ersted Church on April 19 at 2 PM with Rev. Ralph Kuether leading liturgy and Rev. Albert Bitters delivering the sermon. Offertory supports the council and American Friends relief efforts. Committees were named for a youth film showing, Vacation Bible School, and various work groups, while a $23 donation to the Ohio Council of Churches assists Humbolt estate purchases for inter-church meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Pomeroy Council of Churches
Bethany
Federsted Church
Ralph Kuether
Albert Bitters
American Friends Society
Patrick Lothary
God of Creation
Glenroy H. Ewing
Mary Goodwin
Dale Wipple
Albert Young
Ohio Council of Churches
Humbolt Estate
Columbus
Eloise Adams
Patrick Lochary
The
First Baptist Church
Myra Stephenson
Dale Wippel
Mary K. Foster
Church of Christ
Emmett Peoples
Pomeroy Social Notes and Marriage Announcement
Twenty five members attended the March meeting of the Ladies Auxiliary of Drew Webster Post American Legion in Pomeroy. Reports from treasurers were given, a $10 Red Cross War Fund gift was made, and poppies for the Poppy Sale were approved. Also announced was the marriage of Maxine Casto to Richard Owens in Middleport with Rev. James R. Keffer officiating at the Church of Christ.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Ladies Auxiliary
Drew Webster Post
American Legion
Legion Hall
Carrie Neutzling
Dayton Will
Ann Ebersbach
Frank Brandenburg
Dey Hysell
War Fund
American Red Cross
Auxiliary
Fperpty Riggs
William Morgan
Fannie Adams
Genevieve Hoffner
Stark
William Baker
Lily Hauck
Marie Hauck
Carrie Weutzling
Ann
Kate Ebersbach
Hattie Ebersbach
Jennie
Sue Eislestein
Homer L. Casto
Nye Ave
Maxine
Richard Owens
Clarence Owens
James R. Keffer
Middleport Church of Christ
At & P.m
Betty Beards
Clair Spencer
Wom anless Wedding Draws Big Laughter in Middleport
Feeney-Bennett Post of the American Legion staged the Wom anless Wedding to a howling audience with 40 cast members. Elmer Evans led pinch hits from Murray City, joined by R. C. Tuckerman and Leland Crans among others, with Ollie Hindy surprising as the bridegroom and Hugh McCoy towering beside him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Feeney-Bennett Post
American Legion
Iva Keefer
Elmer Evans
Murray City
Ikey Rosenstein
Grandfather
R. C. Tuckerman
Leland Crans
Paul Maptonstall
Silas
Galetown
Frank Cheesebrew
Rosie
O'Grady
Roy Higgins
Duke and Duchess of
Windsor
Marion Thomas
Clifford Plantz
Don Becker
J. E. Spencer
Ollie Hindy
Mr. Hindy
Hugh McCoy
Dick Roush
Mae West
Charles Fichtner
Lady In Red
Dick Karr
Robert Coats
Frank White
Earl Knight
Pomeroy Churches Announce Spring Services and Births
The Pomeroy area schedules worship at Grace Episcopal First Baptist United Methodist Trinity Lutheran and Nazarene churches with sermons by Rev. Charles G. Baird and Rev. T. T. Shelton. A confirmation by Rt. Rev. Henry W. Hobson is set for April 3. Announcements include a Syracuse Church birth of a daughter Sue Lydnth Graves and a revival at Hilland Chapel April 1–14 led by Otto Miller and team.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Pomeroy Bend
Grace Episcopal Church
Charles G. Baird
Henry W. Hobson
Jesson
Cristian Science Society
Mulberry Ave
First Baptist Church
T. T. Shelton
Sf Pei
E. C. Graves
SopPseay
Harrisburg
Ohio
Syracuse
Sue Ly
Nazarene Sunday School
White Cross Hospital
Columbus
Vangelistic Service
Graves
Tarai
Irene Egnor
Ee Ee Eee Vesti
William Theobald
A. J. Shea
Anata de
Pickens
United Methodist Church
Board of Education
Meigs County
Heath Methodist Church
Middleport
Portsmouth
W.s.cs
Ironton
Roy i L. Smith
Christian Advocate
Globe Trotters
Pomeroy AW. E
L. R
Carmichael
Enterprise
Christian Endeavor
Carmel
Morning Star
C. H. Rice
Trinity Littheran
Hilmar Th. Rosenberg
Hiland Chapel
Laurel Clif Road
Otto. Miller
Chillicothe
ST. Peter's Episcopal
Holy Communion
Church OF God
H. M. Smith
Allen Baker
Young People’s Meeting
Church OF the Nazarene
Vernon C. Shafer
Young Peoples
Garfield Avenue Church OF Christ
Ted Waller
John Gee
Mary Lou Henderson
John Casey
Wyemna Shockley
Cooperative Forum
Anna Grant
Paint Creek Baptist
B. H Davis
Hester Hill
Henry Doss
GetS Souvenirs and Personal News Tidbits
Mrs. Joe Davis receives an opal cross from her Navy husband stationed in Japan now in California. Susan Ann Young travels to Pittsburgh to visit. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Baer announce birth of a daughter with grandparents Heaton and Baer. Mrs. Costen birthday gathering in Point Pleasant. Jeanne Ebersbach returns to Red Anchor Store. Ida Wolfe moved from Columbus to Mason Clinic. Kenneth McCullough in Chicago on business. Izaak Walton League members attend national convention there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Davis
Kathleen Bush
U.S. Navy
Japan
California
Pomeroy
Susan Ann
Wilbur Young
Osborne 51
Robert Young
Pittsburgh
Ed Baer
Ruby Rice
Holzer Hospital
C. Lk. Heaton
Walter Baer
Albert Wippel
John Goett, Jr
Tommy
Point Pleasant
Hubert Costen
Costen
Jeanne Ebersbach
Red Anchor
Ida Wolfe
Columbus
John Phillips
Mason Clinic
Kenneth McCullough
Chicago
K. D. Amsbury
Izaak Walton League
Meigs
William Watson
League
Last Rites Sunday for Mrs Lewis McCumber
Funeral services for Mrs. Lewis McCumber will be held at Laurel Cliff Free Methodist Church at two o clock Sunday afternoon. The Rev Inez George will officiate with assistants the Rev Albert Bitters and the Rev Emory Jacobs. Burial at Rocksprings Cemetery. She is survived by her daughter Mrs Howell a sister Mrs C Christy and brothers A O Lightfoot and John Lightfoot and three grandchildren and four great grandchildren.
Gallipolis Personal Notices Roundup
Gallipolis residents share health updates relocations and family news. Miss Jean Lawrence remains critically ill at 58 Pine Street while Clarence Riffle visits from Cleveland and Burt Hanson returns home after Navy discharge. Other items mention resignations, visits, and a child injury requiring six stitches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean Lawrence
Pine Street
Clarence Riffle
Cleveland
A. W. Riffle
Edward Cottrell
Louella Gothard
Gallipolis
Oscar B. Ecker
Independence
Kan
J. W. Ecker
Burt Hanson
Navy
Robert Safford
Paul Miller
Helen Irion
Toni
Dayton
Bernard King
Upper Second Avenue
Hobart Batdorf
Becky
Columbus
Gallia Court Sentences Burnett After Guilty Plea
Henry Burnett pleaded guilty to a breaking and entering charge in Gallia County. Judge Lewis C. Warden sentenced him to a term in the Ohio penitentiary of one to 15 years, citing his prior record and lack of probation recommendation by the prosecutor. Burnett had previously denied the charge but changed his plea four months after arrest in connection with the Sterling Service Station burglary last November.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallia
Henry Burnett
Gallipolis
Lewis C. Warden
Ohio
Burnett
Willam F. Cherrington
Sterling
Rober M. Betz
Olive Farm Women Meet for Program at Hannum Home
Mrs Roy Hannum hosted Olive Farm Women's Club near Long Bottom with president leading the business session. Members contributed to the Red Cross and heard programs on John Burroughs life and Erin tribute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Bottom
Roy Hannum
Olive Farm Women's Club
Hannum
Red Cross
C. E. Myers
John Burroughs
Harry Pickens
Erin
Francis’ Andrews
Www. F. Hawley
Francis Andrews
W. M. Cowdery
Warren Pickens
W. N. Swain
Paul Andrews
Walter Brown
Effie Warren
Reedsville
Mrs. Lutz Honored at Charleston Looming Bridge Luncheon
Mrs John Lutz was honored with a luncheon bridge hosted by Mrs Robert Jenkins on First Avenue Tuesday afternoon before she leaves for Charleston where her husband has resumed medical practice after his Navy discharge. Mrs John Halliday won the high score prize and Mrs Edward Irgens received the second prize.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
John Lutz
Charleston
U.S. Navy
Robert Jenkins
First Avenue
John Halliday
Edward Irgens
Effie Blanche Martin
Venerable George Craft Attends 95th Lazarus Store Birthday
Gallipolis reports George E. Craft at the Lazarus Store 95th birthday in Columbus this week, aged 90. He traveled with son Warner Craft and daughter Mrs L W Gonlin. The event drew several nonagenarians, with the oldest attendee aged 98. A divorce petition also filed in common pleas court, Lora DeWitt versus Bert C. DeWitt, cites gross neglect and cruelty. the couple married June 19, 1945.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
George E. Craft
Lazarus
Columbus
Warner Craft
L. W Goniwin
Mr. Craft
Common Pleas Court
Lora DeWitt
Bert C. DeWitt
Raymond Hoy Buys Gallipolis Building
Raymond Hoy purchases the concrete block building on the southeast side of First Avenue near Grape Street in Gallipolis. The former owners were Mr. and Mrs. C Thornton and the site曾 housed Greene Line Ohio River packets freight warehouse and later Acme Boiler Works. Hoy plans to convert the structure into a Spanish type bungalow, though confirmation was unavailable due to his absence from the city Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Raymond Hoy
First Avenue
Grape Street
C. © Thornton
Greene Line
Acme
Hoy
Office Remains Open For Late Tag Buyers
Deputy Registrar John Phillips of the motor vehicle office on Second Avenue and Olive Street announced extended hours until 8 pm tonight and Saturday night for late tag purchases. He warned licenses for 1946 must be obtained before next Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
John Phillips
Second Avenue
Olive Street
Phillips
Gilkey Plans Queen Bees Baseball Team for Gallipolis
Dale Gilkey, pitcher on the O H.E. team, proposes Gilkey's Queen Bees baseball club in Gallipolis. Interested players should leave names at the Queen Bee hotel. A board of managers including Gilkey W Hobart Wilson and Aldo E Jeffers will select 15 for the first team at the opening practice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Dale Gilkey
O H.E. Ball
Gilkey
Queen Bees
Queen Bee
W. Hobart Wilson
Aldo E. Jeffers
Gilkey Queen Bee
Lanier Named Administratrix in Jordan Estate Case
Frances Lanier appointed administratrix of Carrie Van Jordan estate by Judge John W. Howell. Lanier posted a $5,000 bond signed by Charles Lanier and Sal je Plants, as recorded in the Probate Court proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court Gallipolis
Frances Lanier
Carrie van Jordan
John W. Howell
Probate Court
Charles Lanier
Sall Je Plants
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Katydid Club
Jimmy Davis
Cook Books
Woman's Home Companion
Boston Cooking School
Middleport Book Store
Phose
Middleport Social Notes
Pythian Sisters
Griff Russell
Russell
Homer Jones
William Lowe
Pete Stace
James Stevens
America
Mama
Papa” Yeon
Errol Elizabeth Risdon
SUN
Triple Bill
Rough Riders OF
Cheyenne
Sunset Carson
Pegsy Stewart
Jealousy
John Loder
Alane Randolph
Jungle Queen
Bob Elliott
Nineties
Abbott & Coatelle
Texas Rangers
Bill Eliott
Little Beaver
Council of Churches
Kathryn Peoples
Elizabeth Duffy
Glenroy Ewing
Erma Smith
Charles Baird
Pat Lochary
Carrie Nye
June Sayre
Salvation Army
C.S.M
Ray S. Wining
C. A. Tipple
Anna Mae Thomas
JC. E. Blakeslee
Betty Tedrow
Pomeroy Social Notes
Legion Show
Lewis McCumber
Olive Farm
Mrs. Lutz
Saad Musterole
Liberty Theatre
Charles Starrett
Johnny Mack Brown
Raymond Hatton
Richard Bailey
Lucille Balt
Dick Powell
Virginia O’brien
Bert Lahr
Rags Ragland
Vaughn Monroe
Spike Jones
Strangler OF the Swamp
Rosemary Laplanche
Robert Barrett
Disney
Marguerite Shoe Shop
Marguerite Meyer
Pomeroy, O
George
Rence
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