Two Pomeroy Civic Leaders Reported to Resign Posts
The Athens Messenger reports unconfirmed resignations of Rev. Walter Sodt, pastor of St. Pauls Lutheran, who will leave for Pittsburgh, and R G Webster, Meigs County Selective Service Board No. 1 member, with a successor named to headquarters. A draft board ruling on publishing inductee names is also sought.
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Athens Messenger
Athens
Pace Tmirr
Pomeroy
Walter Sodt
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Pittsburgh
R. G. Webster
Meigs County Selective Service Board No. 1
Columbus
Scdt
Webster
Meigs County
Selective Service Board
Messenger
Son Sends Pacific Souvenirs Home
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Humphrey of Rocksprings received a box of Pacific souvenirs from their son Pvt. Edward Humphrey stationed in the Southwest Pacific. The mementos include Japanese money and a disc from a Japanese airplane bearing the rising sun.
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Pomeroy
Edward Humphrey
Rocksprings
Pvt
Southwest Pacific
Middleport Palm Sunday Services Are Announced
Palm Sunday observances are listed for Middleport area churches. First Baptist Middleport will host a morning dedication service for children and a candle light communion in the evening led by Rev. Ralph Zandel. Heath Methodist Church’s Rev. H A Rothrock presents Who Is This in Sunday services. Church of Christ led by Rev. R C Burton plans Do What They Want in the morning and Saddest Words from the Lips of Jesus in the evening with services at 7 30 p m.
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Middleport
Pomeroy Bend
First Baptist Church
Ralph Zandel
H. A. Rothrock
Heath Methodist Church
Gerson
Church of Christ
R. C. Burton
Jesus
Law Breakers Pay Fines in City Court
In the first quarter ending March 31, fines and costs total $699.30 in Mayor C. O. Fisher s court. Only $49.10 remains outstanding and is being collected weekly. Readouts show 47 arrests in 90 days for offenses from intoxication to breaking and entering with two bound over to the grand jury, two sentenced to the workhouse, and one sent to the U S deputy marshal for evading the draft.
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Middleport
C. O. Fisher
L. B. Higgins
Grand
United States
Glenn Willis Rites Held in Middleport
Funeral services for Glenn W. Willis 35 who died Tuesday in Columbus were held today at 2 PM at Rawlings-Coats Funeral Home. Rev. George Osler officiated with interment at Plants Cemetery. Survived by brothers Dale and Lawrence Willis and sister Garnet Evener. He entered military service in 1942 and was honorably discharged in 1943. He died of a heart attack after a sudden illness in St. Francis Hospital. Drew Webster Post American Legion of Pomeroy led grave services.
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Glenn W. Willis
Columbus
Rawlings-Coats
George Osler
Plants Cemetery
Dale
Lawrence Willis
Garnet Evener
Athens
St. Francis Hospital
Drew Webster
American Legion
Pomeroy
Five To Join Church in Pomeroy Palm Sunday
Five young people Betty Custer Peggy Dailey Maxine Duckler Martha Terrell and Junior Seyfried will join the Federated Church at Palm Sunday worship. Pastor Ralph Kuether will confirm them as they present a Bible Story Book and a Sallman painting The Head of Christ to the church. Mrs Ben Neutzling and Mrs Ralph Kuether will perform an organ piano duet The Palms during the service.
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Ben Neutzling
Ralph Kuether
Pomeroy Social Notes Highlight Local Socials and News
Pomeroy society items note Addie Ma Guire hosting Grace Episcopal Auxiliary meeting at the parish house. Billie Jean Barnitz celebrated at Mary Jane Coffee Shoppe and theater outing with H G S Club. Residents greet family members and relocate, with military and school updates across the community.
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Billie Jean Barnitz
Mary Jane
Middleport
Billie Jean
Pomeroy
Stark’s Pharmacy
Dorothy Hartenbach
Patty Karr
Betty Tedrow
Evelyn Cook
Minersville Native Die in Dayton
Will E. Jones a 59 year old Minersville native died in Dayton on Wednesday March 15 from a heart ailment. He was born in Minersville and moved to Dayton with his parents 46 years ago. Survived by wife son Capt Paul E. Jones daughter Mrs George Actor three grandchildren mother Mrs Margaret Morgan Jones three brothers Thomas Ivor and Norman and cousin Mrs John Strickland of Pomeroy. Funeral services were held in Dayton.
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Will E. Jones
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George Actor
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Thomas
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Norman
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Pomeroy
Radio Will Carry Spray Information for Meigs County
Extension Service at Ohio State University will provide regular spray warnings to Meigs County fruit producers via radio. WLW Cincinnati WTAM Cleveland and WOSU Ohio State University will carry the information this season with schedules starting March 31 April 6 and April 11 respectively. Growers can request letters mailed from the Extension Service office.
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Meigs County
Ohio State University
WLW
Cincinnati
WTAM
Cleveland
WOSU
Pomeroy Band Prepares Night Program At Court House Rally
The Pomeroy School Band directed by Willis Aleshire will perform a short set before the Meigs County Court House rally at about 8:30 p.m. Mayor James Garfield Stewart of Cincinnati will speak. Earlier, at 6:30 p.m., Stewart and party will attend a banquet at the Drew Webster Post American Legion Hall hosted by the Ladies Auxiliary.
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Willis Aleshire
Meigs County Court House
James Garfield Stewart
Cincinnati
Stewart
Drew Webster Post
American Legion
Residence Changes In Middleport
Middleport residents report several moves within weeks. Gomer Martin family and daughter Mrs. Wyman Stevens moved from Gallipolis to occupy the Schreiner property on South Second Avenue. Darst family relocated to Athens for Coke plant work, with Dana Hamilton assisting. Betty Pritchard Hobstetter and son moved to Gallipolis as Hobstetter joins the U S Navy.
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Gomer Martin
Wyman Stevens
Gallipolis
Schreiner
S. Second Ave
David Darst Jr
Athens
Coca Cola Company
Darst
Dana Hamilton
Robinson Rites Held at Gallipolis
Interment for James Robinson who died at Bellaire was made at Mound Hill Cemetery in Gallipolis on Tuesday. Attending were Mrs. William Schoenlein and daughter Adele of Cincinnati, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Picard of Athens, Fred McKelvey, Mrs. James Linnard, and Mrs. Robinson of Bellaire, and Pfe. McClellan Robinson of Cleveland. Mrs. Robinson is a niece of Mrs. Schoenlein.
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James Robinson
Bellaire
Mound Hill
Gallipolis
William Schoenlein
Adele
Cincinnati
Fred Picard
Athens
Fred McKelvey
James Linnard
Robinson
Pfe. McClellan Robinson
Cleveland
Schoenlein
Meigs County Men in Service Return From Overseas
Mr and Mrs E R Calaway of Reedsville report their son Sgt Homer L Calaway has returned to the States after 27 months in the South Pacific on Aitutaki Island and landed in San Francisco March 10. Curtis Bailey informs his parents he is in England while his wife Helen Bailey recovers from measles and complications at their Chester Township home. Bailey serves in an Engineer Battalion.
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Reedsville
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England
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Chester Township
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Judson White
Santi Barsotti
Nitro
Aldine Winebrenner
Columbus
Edgar Tuckerman
Karyl Lee
Holzer Hospital
Tuckerman
W. H. Juhling
Second Ave
Stanley Evans
Gallipolis
Emma Lawson
Pt. Pleasant
Ida Mourning
A. L. Paynter
Portland
A. W. McKay
Laura McKay
Ernest Ward
Margaret Sauer
Saul
Front St
William Mayes
Charles Mayes
Virginia Mayes
Lima
Marjorie Brooks
Bobby
Zanesville
Corning
Doris Dow
Attend Funeral Of Mrs. Park In Middleport
Mrs. Margaret Park funeral held Wednesday afternoon at the Park residence on North Third Ave. among out of town attendees were Mrs. C. P. Eby Westerville Adam Anderson Murray City Mr and Mrs Lester Fultz and children Buffalo W V Mrs Walter Jones Mrs Russell George Huntington Mrs Burl Wallace Miss Louise Pearce Nelsonville and others from Columbus Nelsonville Huntington and Nelsonville. Miss Margaret Clark cousin of the late Mrs. Park will stay at the Park home with Miss Susan Park and Miss Mary Park for an indefinite period.
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Margaret Park
N. Third Ave
C. P. Eby
Westerville
Adam Anderson
Murray City
Lester Fultz
Buffalo
W. Va
Walter Jones
Russell George
Huntington
Burl Wallace
Louise Pearce
Nelsonville
H. L. Hersee
Grace Gardner
Joseph
Albert Fultz
Lois E. Russell
Rachel Russell
Columbus
Margaret Clark
Park
Susan Park
Mary Park
War Stamp Sales Report in Pomeroy Schools
War Stamp sale figures from Pomeroy schools on March 29 1944 show Sugar Run Elementary 58.95 Junior High 53.70 Senior High 49.00 Central Elementary 48.65 for a daily total of 210.30. Cumulative totals reach 15712.34 with prior amount 15502.04.
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Pomeroy
Sugar Run
Central
Rev Ott Schoenlein Dies in Detroit
Detroit suffocates obituary notes the death of the Rev Ott Schoenlein a former Lutheran minister who retired from the ministry. He was brother of the late William Schoenlein and spent a week here after his brother's death last fall.
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Pomeroy
Ott Schoenlein
Detroit
William Schoenlein
Meigs County Red Cross Drive Exceeds Quota
Ada Morris announces the 16th Meigs District in Chester Township has topped its quota. Dr. PFE Stanley reports Meigs County stands over top with $12,500 remaining to reach the $17,500 county goal. Mrs. Philip Meinhart’s Monkey Run district also hits its $100 target.
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Leonard van Meter
Lorena Arnold
Stanley
Meigs County
Central Honor Rolls Announced for Three Schools
Central Honor Rolls list students from Reedsville Long Bottom and Chester schools across grades 1 to 12. Names include Jerry Childers Barbara Hayman Roy Reed Donna Dorst Violet Bissell Joanna Bailey Dale Kautz and many others. The report concludes with note that the iguanodon once walked on hind legs.
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Pomeroy
Reedsville
Long Bottom
Jerry Childers
Roger Buckley
Barbara Hayman
Allen Brown
Roy Reed
Mary Ann Petty
John David Sisson
Shirley Sprague
Luella Reibel
Zethah Buckley
Barbara Ann Sisson
Lorraine Edwards
Juanita Boring
Chester Buckley
Howard Buckley
Katherine Wallace
Fairy Belle Kibble
Nancy Lee Chaney
Wanda Lee Dillon
Loris Mae Connolly
Betty Connolly
Alberta Fitch
Violet Bissell
Jeanette Carl
Phyllis Laurence
Lorena Pigott
Marilynn Cowdery
Mary Bell Cowdery
Paul Cross
Anna Mareinko
Elizabeth Coleman
Leota Larkins
Ramona Wilson
Betty Lynn Prince
Bertie Lou Prince
Pearl Powell
Middleport Social Notes
Mrs. Robert Harris presided at the WSCS Afternoon Circle meeting at Mrs. Entsminger’s home. Guests and visitors included Mrs. Judson White, Mrs. Emma Lawson, and Cpl. William Mayes on furlough from Louisiana. The column notes patients, moves, and recent visits around Middleport society.
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Middleport
Robert Harris
Ws.c.s
David Enstminger
Marion French
Entsminger
Alpha Somerville
Ella Crowell
Deadline for Tag Purchasing at Hand
POMEROY Employees in the office of the deputy registrar of motor vehicles, Ralph Gilmore, report a rush of last minute license buyers. Thursday saw most truck licenses sold as motorists rush to meet the midnight deadline for old tag usage.
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Pomeroy
Registrar of Motor Vehicles
Ralph Gilmore
Sermons and Services At Pomeroy Churches
At First Baptist Pomeroy the morning worship at 10 30 features the sermon Fret Not Thyself by Pastor W Luther Tracy with Memorial Supper, Church School at 9 30 and Young People devotional at 6 30. Mt Moriah Baptist Middleport presents special music and Troop 47 meets Monday at 7. Lenten devotions 7 30. Rutland First Baptist hosts pre Easter service Thursday 7 30 with baptism and preparatory classes.
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First Baptist Church
W. Luther Tracy
Mt. Moriah Baptist Church
Middleport
Rutland
Hour for Concert Is Announced
School officials set the Girls Glee Club concert to start at 8 15 p m. The event, touted as the year’s outstanding musical, will feature assistance from the Boys Music Class and several band members, drawing a large crowd in Middleport.
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Middleport
Morgan Leads Church Schedule With Weekly Services
Pastor John L. Morgan outlines a church week including Sunday School at 9 30, worship at 10 30, and Christian Endeavor at 7. Lenten Services are at 7 30 on Thursdays, with the Ladies Aid Society meeting all day Thursday.
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John L. Morgan
Christian Endeavor
Ladies Aid Society
Palm Sunday Services With Special Congregational Meeting
Sunday School at 9 30 a m followed by Palm Sunday worship service at 10 30 a m with sermon by the pastor W F Lodt. A congregational meeting will be held immediately after the service.
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W. F. Lodt
Axis Rotation Drives Global Weather Shifts
The earths axis governs world weather by guiding axial rotation which causes definite drifts of air currents that shape global climate and daily conditions.
Lutheran Hour to Hold Lenten Service Series
In Pomeroy Trinity Lutheran Church the Rev. Hilmar T. Rosenberg will lead Sunday evening worship at 7 oclock following a 6 15 Sunday School hour. The sermon continues the Lenten meditation series The Voice from Calvary The Task Done The sixth meditation focuses on the Crucified Christs final work.
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Church of the Lutheran Hour
Pomeroy
Trinity Lutheran Church
Hilmar Th. Rosenberg
Calvary
Palm Sunday and Lent Services Schedule
Palm Sunday service at 9 o clock with Holy Communion and palm distribution. Lent services held each Thursday at 7 30 pm. Easter Day service at 9 o clock.
Mexiana Medicated Powder Promises Skin Relief
Protect and ease abraded skin with Mexiana soothing medicated powder. Relieves burning and itching of irritated skin with a gentle topical formula.
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