Middleport High School Band Concert Under Gordon Harris
The Middleport High School Band under director Gordon K. Harris will give a concert Sunday afternoon at 3 in the high school music department. The program includes The National Anthem Pacific Moon and The Washington Post March plus a novelty piece The Three Bears. The offering will be received at the door. The listed band personnel cover clarinets flutes oboe saxophones and more with Florence Clark and Patricia Sherman as flag bearers.
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Middleport
Gordon K. Harris
Acto
High School
Harris
Johnson
Cabins
Gillette
Argentina
Olivadot
Glazaroff
Washington Post
Sousa
Olivadotl
Holmes
DeLamater
Three Bears
Mildred Ann Wise
Norma Jean French
Kathryn Smith
Bet Holter
Jane Owen
Paula Jean Linton
Phyllis Smart
John Fultz
Kenneth Sauer
Patricia McElhinney
Dorothy Scott
Maxine Thomas
Colleen Waddell
Harold Rice
Jane Bailey
Susan Allensworth
Carla Clark
Mit White
Lois Ann Roush
JoAnn Triplett
Jean Werner
Mary Martha Roller
Don Becker
Charles Miller
Franklin Ginther
Marvin Murray
Edward French
Robert Tewksbury
Charles Rayburn
Robert Mills
Virginia Jo Wise
Charlotte Brown
Doris Werner
William Childs
Mary Gomer
Leanna Durst
Nan Fisher
Miriam Clark
Bruce Myond
Earl Ward
Ernester
Milton Smart
Bob Fisher
Gerald Anthony
Malcolm Miller
William Hubbard
Robert Chambers
Allyn Rothrock
Janet Russell
Florence Clark
Patricia Sherman
Bashan Forms Meigs County’s First 4-H Club Bashan
Bashan Victory Stitchers become Meigs County’s first 4-H Club meeting March 26 at Mary Kathryn Tuttle’s home. Sadie Trussell chosen leader. Club will focus on sewing and personal grooming with next meeting at Trussell’s home. Officers named: president Mary Kathryn Tuttle, vice president Dorothy Cole, secretary treasurer Kathleen Torrence, recreation leader Merilyn Orr, news reporter Audrey Bailey.
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Kathleen Torrence
Rec-Reation
Merilyn Orr
Audrey Bailey
Carter's Little Liver Pills Ad Promises Bile Flow
An old advertisement touts Carter's Little Liver Pills claiming to awaken bile flow to the bowels. It promises relief from bloating sourness and fatigue by ensuring a daily two pints of bile release, with dosing directions and prices of 10¢ and 20¢.
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Carter
Seniors Will Present Play Thursday Night
The Senior Class of Pomeroy High School presents Jumping Jewels a three act mystery comedy at the Junior High Auditorium with curtain at 8 15. The show blends humor and thrills for an entertaining evening.
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Pomeroy
Pomeroy High School
Pomeroy Daughters of America Plan District Rally Trip
The Pomeroy Theodorius Coun cil of the Daughters of America met at I.C.C.F. Hall Monday evening. Plans were made for a trip to Marietta for the district rally on April 5. Lottie Cohen, captain, led officers and guards in rally practice. Mrs. W. C. Burson and Mrs. Joe Beegle host Past Chiefs Magnolia Temple Pythian Sisters April 1 at Mechanic Street home.
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Pomeroy
W. C. Burson
Joe Beegle
Magnolia Temple
Pythian Sisters
Mechanic St
Local Residents Busy With Visits And Travel
Mrs. Lee Rudisill leaves for Parkersburg for a surgical operation at St. Joseph Hospital. Mr. Vaughn Crites and daughter Lincoln Hill enjoy a few days in Circleville. Mrs. T A Downie and son Charles Lincoln Hill depart for Pleasantville for a week with relatives. Mr. Will Ohlinger and daughter from Logan visit Mrs. Barbara Scholl in Cole Street. Mrs. Hilda Bryan and daughter from Chicago visit Mrs. Andrew Zwilling on Oak Street. Joe Ohlinger Bill Bowen Edward Stark and Allen and Ernest Jones return to Columbus to resume studies at Ohio State University.
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Lee Rudisill
Terrace St
Parkersburg
St. Joseph Hospital
Vaughn Crites
Lincoln Hill
Circleville
T. A. Downie
Charles
Pleasantville
Will Ohlinger
Logan
Barbara Scholl
Cole St
Hilda Bryan
Chicago
Andrew Zwilling
Oak St
Joe Ohlinger
Bill Bowen
Edward Stark
Allen
Ernest Jones
Columbus
Ohio State University
Service Men of Meigs County Update In Slavic Territory?
POMEROY Mr and Mrs Roscoe Harden of Syracuse report their son Ferrold has become chief commissary steward on the U S S Dixie A daughter Judy Anne was born to the Harden family in a hospital at Inglewood California Pvt Mayewood Autherson of the Army Air Corps at Tyndall Field Panama City Fla left Saturday after a 15 day furlough with his wife Beulah Hysell and relatives Pvt Morris Neutzling departed Monday for Camp Shelby Miss after a furlough with his mother Mrs Minnie Neutzling Anne St First Lieutenant Albert J Franz son of E J Franz Mulberry Ave is now stationed with the Army in Alaska Mr Franz received a snapshot of his son Tuesday in his heavy Army clothing
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Pomeroy
Roscoe Harden
Syracuse
Ferrold
U.S.S. Dixie
Harden
Inglewood
Calif
Judy Anne
Mayewood Autherson
Army Air Corps
Tynall Field
Panama City
Fla
Volunteer Firemen Respond to False Alarm
Smoke from a defective flue triggered a call to the Volunteer Fire Company. They rushed to the George Berg building on Third Street. The upstairs apartment had been vacated two days earlier by the Williams family. No damage occurred.
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Middleport
Volunteer Fire Company
George Berg
S. Third Age
Williams
Social Notes From Point Rock and Nearby Areas
Community brief listing Sunday dinners and visits among the Turner, Kennedy, Vale, Morris, Holcomb, Carter, Cone, Rupert, Webb, Bobo, Harmon, Harvey, and Yale families. Mentions discharged Pvt Wesley Bobo visiting parents, illness among several locals, and a quarterly birthday supper for Laurel Grangers plus a 91st birthday for Aunt Lute Yale.
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Point Rock
J. A. Turner
Albany
Owen Kennedy
Ronald
Athens
Frank Vale
Sedwick Vale
Holcomb
Morris
Archie Carter
Yale
Birth of a son for Mr. and Mrs. Silas Martin
Mr and Mrs Silas Martin announce the birth of a son named Albert Lee. Several Sand Run residents are noted visiting relatives, traveling to Columbus and Logan, and others spending weekends with families in the area. Albert Easterling reports being stationed at Great Lakes Illinois for service school.
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Sand Run
Silas Martin
Albert Lee
Audra, Mays
Robert
Columbus
Mays
Calvine Williams
Mattie Christian
Harold Blaker
Gore
Frank Faserling
Albert Easterling
Great Lakes
Illinois
Don Wolfe
Frank Easterling
Herbert Stewart Rites Scheduled for Friday
Funeral services for Herbert Stewart age 70 who died at his home on North Second Avenue will be held Friday at two o clock at the Rawlings Coats Funeral Home with the Rev H L Carr officiating Interment will be at Middleport Hill Cemetery Stewart son of Richard and Addie Hysell Stewart his wife Jennie Michael Stewart preceded him in death a sister Mrs Katie Schaeffing of Columbus surviving his death attributed to heart ailment Stewart formerly employed at the Michael Store and custodian of First Presbyterian Church of which he was a member
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Middleport
Herbert Stewart
N. Second Ave
Rawlings-Coats
H. L. Carr
Middleport Hill Cemetery
Stewart
Richard
Addie Hysell Stewart
Jennie Michael Stewart
Michael
First Presbyterian Church
Katie Schaeffing
Columbus
Fireman Injured After Fall From Truck Near Courthouse
William J. Durst of the First Ward Fire Company suffered head and facial cuts and facial bruises when he lost his grip and fell in front of the Courthouse on Second Street while attempting to board a fire truck. The truck swung away to avoid a parked vehicle and narrowly missed his arm by inches.
Syracuse Goes Over Top for Red Cross
The American Red Cross War Fund Drive in Syracuse closed with 160 dollars and 60 cents raised against a 100 dollar quota. Chairwoman Mrs. Charles Hayes praised co workers Mrs. Mary Lisle and Mrs. Alice Capehart. Local participants included D A Lodge J O U A M Lodge Pocahontas Lodge PTA Victory Club Garden Club Fidelity Company and several church groups.
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Pomeroy
American Red Cross War Fund
Syracuse
Charles Hayes
Mary Lisle
Alice Capehart
D. of A. Lodge
J.O.U.A.M. Lodge
Pocahontas Lodge
P.T.A
Victory Club
Garden Club
Fidelity Company
Star
The
Presbyterian Church
Loyal Helpers
Eagle
W.S.C.S
Methodist Church
Reduction in Plant Force Is Rumored
Persistent rumors say General Chemical Defense Corporation will lay off a large number of employees. Several local office staff have already been notified that their services are no longer required.
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Middleport
General Chemical Defense Corporation
Two New Rooms Planned at Courthouse Rest Room and Office
Concrete floors are being laid in two street level rooms at the Courthouse. The rooms are at the east corner, with one serving as a women’s rest room and the other the office of Mrs. Cora Roberts.
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Cora Roberts
Women's Music Club Plans May Program in Middleport
The Women's Music Club chorus meets Tuesday evenings for rehearsal ahead of a May program. Director is Mrs. Willis Aleshire. The next program features junior musicians with an April date tentative.
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Middleport
Women's Music Club
Willis Aleshire
Potts Rites Held at Syracuse Presbyterian Church
Funeral services for Mrs. Harry Potts of Syracuse will be held Thursday at 2 PM at the Syracuse Presbyterian Church. She died Saturday after an operation at St Francis Hospital. Burial is in Syracuse Hill Cemetery.
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Pomeroy
Syracuse Presbyterian Church
Harry Potts
Syracuse
St. Francis Hospital
Syracuse Hill
Social Notes of Mt Union Highlights Community Weekend
Mt Union social notes list church appointment by Rev Stevenson March 28 and multiple weekend visits. Birthday observance for John Nicholson aged 84 includes family and neighbors from Nicholson and Wiseman households.
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Social Notes
Mt. Union
Stevenson
Pomeroy
Mary Epple
Margaret Hardy
John Wiseman
Bobby
O. W. Wiseman
Dale Nicholson
Martha Wahl
Columbus
M. A. Nicholson
Dana Epple
Bunker Hill
M. A. Epple
Sophia Blazewick
Frank Wood
Ezra Darnell
Sidney Jordan
Gilbert
Michael
John Nicholson
Evelyn
Wade Nicholson
Roy Wiseman
Velma Harmon
Anna Circle
Will Nicholson
Seth Nicholson
Glenn Turner
Carl
Pierre Dorion First White Resident of South Dakota
Pierre Dorion settled on the James River in 1775 and became the first white settler recorded in South Dakota.
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Pierre Dorion
James River
South Dakota
Ernest Garvin Injured After Truck Swerve
MIDDLEPORT Ernest Garvin a First Grade pupil suffered a slight skull fracture when he ran into the path of a truck Monday evening near S Second Ave by the Paul Moore residence. The driver swerved to avoid the boy. He is son of Mr and Mrs Harley Garvin of S Third Ave. Mrs Garvin recently returned home from McMillan Hospital after major surgery. Mr Garvin works at Hobson shops.
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Middleport
Ernest Garvin
S. Second Ave
Paul Moore
Ernest
Harley Garvin
S. Third Ave
McMillan Hospital
Mr. Garvin
Hobson Shops
Birth of William James Rudy in Middleport
Mr and Mrs H J Rudy announce the birth of a son, William James, at St Josephs Hospital. Mr Rudy serves as personnel manager for E B Badger and Sons Company and Mrs Rudy is a former nurse at the hospital. They reside in the Miss Susie Taylor home on Fifth Ave.
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Middleport
H. J. Rudy
William James
St. Joseph's Hospital
Rudy
E. B. Badger & Sons Company
Middleport Personal Notes Highlight Ohio State Graduates
Richard Featherstone visiting his parents for 10 days after graduating from Ohio State University. He will report to the Field Artillery School at Fort Sill, Ohio, after four years in the university ROTC. Bill Root, also an OSU graduate, left for military service after earning a Bachelor of Science in Education. he was among 783 graduates.
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Richard Featherstone
Lee
Featherstone
Ohio State University
Field Artillery School
Fort Sill
Ohio
Ohio State
Bill Root
Cecil Root
Bill
Farm Council Meets At Beards Home
Farm Bureau Advisory Council No 3B met at the home of Mr and Mrs Roland Beards in Flatwoods with president Mrs Edna Morgan in charge. Members included R A Pullins Etta Will D C Morgan Charles Radford Melvin Smith Ronald Beards Guy Carleton and J S Michael. Discussion covered food for victory production farm labor taxation and machinery needs. Next meeting set for April 29 at J S Michael’s home.
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Pomeroy
Farm Bureau Advisory Council No
Roland Beards
Flatwoods
Edna Morgan
R. A. Pullins
Etta Will
D. C. Morgan
Charles Radford
Melvin Smith
Ronald Beards
Guy Carleton
J. S. Michael
Mildred Morgan
Food For Victory
Whitney Ingram
Beards
Licensed To Marry In Meigs County
Meigs County Probate Court issued marriage licenses to Elmer Kiggins 40 of Toronto and Bethel Mayes 32 of Middleport R D Warren E Huddleston 22 of Newport News and Alice Addle man 26 of Middleport.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Elmer Kiggins
Toronto
Bethel Mayes
Middleport
R. D
Warren E. Huddleston
Newport News
Alice Addleman
Children to Present Operetta at Syracuse Grade School
POMEROY Syracuse Grade School will stage The Palace of Carelessness on Tuesday evening April 6 under Mrs. Lochary supervision. The performance begins at 8 o'clock.
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Pomeroy
Syracuse
Lochary
Peterson's Ointment Fame From Pile Relief Ad
A Buffalo druggist created an ointment 30 years ago that gave quick cooling, soothing relief for piles and became a nationwide favorite. The ad promotes a 35c box and 60c tube with applicator, with money back guarantee if not delighted.
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Buffalo
Peterson
Adv
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