Pomeroy Civilian Defense Council Hears Radio Plan
Special meeting in Pomeroy hears John L Wer radio aid and Edison For de present on Two Way Ultra short wave emergency radio to link Civilian Defense Center with outlying Meigs County villages. Motion to fund 50 percent of the Abbot T R 4 unit carried. committee named to study purchase and installation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ffense
George Hetzel
Hobstetter
Srried
Rb Giles
Ohio Standard Telephonempany
Himself
Forsythe
Werner
John Werner
Gilmore Radio Store
RVUS
Pomeroy
Hobhstetter
J. White
Civilian Defense Council
George Smith
Ohio Standard Telephone Comny
Eeting
Edison Obstetter
Nolan Kloes
Manning D. Weber
Henry Ewing
Ernestohnson
Walther Jolfe
Hn Duerr
Jerb Giles
John L. Werner
Man Fined For Crash Damaging Mill Street Roof Post
Jed Conkle of Hobson was fined and ordered to pay damages after a Saturday night crash at the curb and pole near Chambers Grocery Mill Street. Conkle claimed no one else drove the car. the other occupant reportedly fled before officers arrived as the car was heavily damaged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Neone
Jed Conkle
Hobson
C. O. Isher
Out of Chambers Grocery
Mill
S. Third St
Mill St
Conkle
Mason City Carnival Moves to Pythian Park
The Jones family carnival, held last week at Mason City, transfers to Pythian Park to run this week under the auspices of the Volunteer Fire Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mason City Carnival
Pythian Park
Middleport
Mason City
Relatives Learn of Wounded Meigs County Soldier
Pfc John David Thomas of Meigs County was seriously wounded in North Africa on March 23 his left foot shot off and two bones fractured in his right foot. He expects to return to the States within sixty days. He is the son of Mrs Mabel Thomas of Minersville Pvt Thomas, inducted recently, is stationed at Miami Beach Florida.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
John David
Jack) Thomas
North Africa
Mabel Thomas
Minersville
Pvt
Thomas
Miami Beach
Fla
Real Estate Transfers in Meigs County Itemized
Meigs County records list transfers from various owners to new purchasers. Properties include multiple townships such as Salisbury, Letart, Salem, Olive, Middleport, Bedford, Rutland and Chester with acres ranging from fractions to 102 acres. Notable transfers include 102 acres Letart to J E Lyons and 55 acres Chester to John Stiles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meigs County
George P. Daniels
Pomeroy
R. G. Webster
Cora P. Calderwood
Middleport
Fred A. Shiflett
John Gans
Clara Genheimer
Almarean Midkiff
Bedford Township
James E
Eunice E. Jeffers
Clara
Otto C. Genheimer
Clarence
Edith Neutzling
Elwyn
Lottie Yost
Salisbury Township
William
Buena Grueser
Saiisbury
Lewis
Ethel Grueser
Earnest
Annie Rhodes
Lena
Jacob Baer
Sutton Township
Albert Rhodes
James
Ethel Jeffers
Olive Township
Clyde Pickens
Guy and
Eunice Wilson
Blaine
Mary Haley
Laura M
Edward Wessa
Edward French
Licensed To Marry In Meigs County
Marriage licenses issued by Meigs County Probate Judge E. R. Titus to couples from Middleport Pomeroy Ironton Buffalo Ravenswood and Coolville with ages ranging from 17 to 41. Names include James Wise Nadine Blair William Craig Hazel Holmes George Sanders Marjorie Wolfe Albert Bryant Ruth Heighton Donald Cunningham Helen Harris Gerald Bibbee Ada Deeter Denzil Taylor and Della McKee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Meigs County
E. R. Titus
James Wise
Middleport R. D
Nadine Blair
William Craig
Pt. Pleasant
W. Va
Hazel Holmes
Middleport
George W. Sanders
Marjorie L. Wolfe
Albert Bryant
Ebersbach Burial Held at Beech Grove Cemetery
Burial service for Paul Ebersbach aged 43 was held at Beech Grove Cemetery after the funeral party arrived from Zanesville. The former Pomeroy man was found in the Muskingum River there, with authorities believing the body had been in the river for about five months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Ebersbach
Beech Grove Cemetery
Zanesville
Pomeroy
Muskingum River
Death of Christ Dedicates Service Flag Sunday Morning
Dedication of a service flag was made during the morning worship at the Church of Christ in Middleport. The ceremony featured American flag decorations, a dedicatory address by Rev. James Redman, and a list of service members to whom the flag is dedicated, with changes as more names are added.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eath of Christ
Middleport
Church of Christ
James Redman
David Farmer
Jack Abbott
Charles Allensworth
Marian Allensworth
Raymond Allensworth
Eugene Bachner
Herman Bennett
James Biggs
Jene Biggs
Delbert Bowen
Lawrence Bradford
Robert Brickles
Basil Casto
Harold C. Chapman
Stephen Cope
Harry Wilbur Craig, Jr
Robert Davis
Richard Fink
G. A. Glaze, Jr
Virgel Glaze
James Haggerty
Robert V. Haggerty
Lawrence Dell Hartinger
George Hays
Carl Hill
Perry Hoffman
Robert Jackson
William Jackson
Curtis Jenkinson
Carl Kearns
Cleo Kearns
Paul Kearns
Carl W. Lewis
Ralph Martin
O. B. McClain
William H. McClain
Howard S. McCloud
Kenneth McElhinney
Harry McGuffin
James Delbert Miller
Willard Moore
Clarence Ohlinger
Orville Ohlinger
Eugene Reod
Robert Reed
William Ritchie Reynolds
Chester Rice
Denver Rice
Dell Russell
Henry Scarberry
William Scarberry
Edward Schaffar
Walter Smith
James Souder
Harry Walburn
John J. Walters
Clarence A. White
Ray Wolfe
William C. Wolfe
Jt Gene Wyatt
Joseph Young
Meigs Soldiers Pomeroy Third Ward Precinct A Roll
Nearly complete roster of Third Ward Precinct A service members from Pomeroy compiled by A V Howell for the Ohio War History Commission with help from Miss Mary Virginia Goodwin lists Reuter family brothers and many others in Army Navy and Air Corps units including Camp Beale Fort Snelling Camp San Luis and Camp Haan with notes on marriages promotions and a correction regarding Raymond Elberfeld and a meteorite note from 1938.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Third Ward
A. V.howell
Ohio War History Commission
Mary Virginia Godwin
Goodwin
Reuter
Guy Valentine
Valentine
Nora Tignor Reuter
Camp Beale
Cal
Russell Eugene
Guy V. Reuter
Fort Snelling
St. Paul
Minn
Margaret Carlson
Raymond Charles
Middleport
Fourth Ward
Frances van Cooney Reuter
Tracy Elmer
Elmer Goodwin
Columbus
Ohio
Norma Tracy Goodwin
East Second Street
Army
Corp
Mullen
Charles James
Charles Mullen
Heleene Byrnes Mullen
Medical Administration Reserve
Philadelphia
Don Edward
Army Air Corps
Pvt
Albuquerne
New Mexico
Will
Calvin
Dayton
Emma Will
Mulberry Avenue
Av-C
San Antonio
Texas
Simpson
James Edward
Harry E
Margaret Simpson
Court Street
Air Corps
Pfe. Simpson
Morris Field
N. C
Vera
Charlotte
North Carolina
Coats
Robert Stanley
Howard
Carrie Coats
Mobile
Ala
Vadish
Joseph
David Vadish
Mary Vadish Myer
Cavalry
James Gardner Lewis
Margaret Bauer Lewis
Hill Field
Ogden
Utah
Lewis
Bauer
Spring Avenue
Sargent
Edward Albert
Edwin
Louise Sargent
Arlington
N. J
Ordnance Corps
Aberdeen Proving Grounds
Maryland
Frances Elberfeld Sargent
Elberfeld
Martin
Jacob B
Katie M. Elberfeld
Chillicothe
Lieut
Quartermaster's Corps
Australia
Bennett
Ralph Lee
S. A. Bennett
Lera Bennett
Ann Street
California
Ian Howell
Ralph Bennett
Field Artillery
Camp Swift
Dailey
Howard Allen
John Everett
Marie Langletz Dailey
Brookly Field
Alabama
Pierce
Samuel Dare
Roscoe Stanley
Hazel Spence Pierce
Fort Bragg
Ireland
North Africa
Red Cross
Mees
Richard Albert
Albert Carl
Gertrude
Smith Mees
Camp Grant
Illinois
Sauvage
Julius William
Julius
Christine Sauvage
Camp Bowie
Donald Lawrence Lanning
Lawrence
Edith Lanning
Camp Haan
Exhibits Held Over in Middleport at Parish House
Watercolors by Miss Edna Way of Ohio University Athens and wood carvings by John Rood are being held over at the Episcopal Church Parish House in Middleport for today and tonight. Sponsored by the church women's group the show drew many favorable comments from locals who had attended a previous exhibit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Edna Way
Ohio University
Athens
John, Rood
Episcopal Church
Church Women's Group
Pomeroy Bend
Miss Way
de Taos
New Mexico
North Hill
John Rood
Johnny Appleseed
John Brown
William Matlack dies at 71 in Tuppers Plains
William Matlack 71 lifelong Tuppers Plains resident and local merchant died Sunday in a Parkersburg hospital. Survived by wife Minnie Osborn Matlack and four children Glen Akron Emil Parkersburg Freda Green Cincinnati Ethel Arbaugh Tuppers Plains. Two children preceded him. Funeral Wednesday at 2:30 p.m. United Brethren Church with local cemetery interment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tuppers Plains
William Matlack
Parkersburg
Matlack
U. B. Church
Minnie Osborn Matlack
Glen
Akron
Emil
Freda Green
Cincinnati
Ethel Arbaugh
United Brethren Church
Entertain Assembly POMEROY High School Friday Program
Students in Room 15 under Mr. Ray Pigman staged a bright Senior High Assembly on Friday morning April 30. The program featured a two act pantomime The Camp Went Out narrated by Betty Mae Couch with roles for Phy lis Brown Harold Blackston Martha Lou Curtis and Earl Denny. Music included Old MacDonald Had A Farm You Are My Sunshine harmonica pieces Sidewalks of New York and a tap dance by Byron Bailey. Principal J E White announced results and the school song The Purple and the White closed the program led by Mrs. Alice Smith Nease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Byron Bailey
Earl Denney
Byron
New York
J. E. White
Alice Smith Nease
Pomeroy Personal Notices Highlight Local Visits and Funerals
Vern Rogers of Columbus visited Friday and Saturday here. Clarence Harbrecht of Hamilton and Eva Evans with daughters of Zanesville attended Paul Ebersbach funeral last week. Mrs. Harry Ohlinger returned home from three weeks in Alexandria Virginia after a Red Cross secretarial meeting. Ellen and Elsnora Ebersbach Lasley Sr. attended Lizzie Ohlinger funeral in Columbus Saturday. Walter Hamm and children of Hamilton spent the weekend with Anna Hamm on Wetzgal Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vern Rogers
Columbus
Clarence Harbrecht
Hamilton
Eva Evans
Zanesville
Paul Ebersbach
Harry Ohlinger
Lincoln Hill
Alexandria
Red Cross
Ellen An Elsnora Ebersbach
Lasley Sr
Lizzie Ohlinger
Walter Hamm
Anna Hamm
Wetzgal! St
Fire Destroys Meat In Process of Curing
Middleport reports a fire gutting the smoke house at Bartrums on Storey Run and damaging curing meat. The Bartrums' son Jack, working in Columbus, lost household goods. volunteers fought the blaze. The Bartrum home had burned previously, with furnishings and clothing destroyed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Bartrum
Storey Run
Jack Bartrum
Columbus
WAAC Corporal Is Injured in Service
Mr. and Mrs. John M. Bowen of Athens Road received word their daughter Corporal Alice Schaefer was released from the Station Hospital at Camp Polk Louisiana where she is stationed with the WAACs. She suffered a brain concussion when a truck stopped suddenly on April 10 and was thrown against her seat. She is back on active duty and fully recovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
John M. Bowen
Athens Road
Alice Schaefer
Camp Polk
WAACS
C. A. Poindexter
George Daniels
Columbus
Hid
George Daniels, Jr
Daniels
Lewis
Emma Sisson
Leo Sisson
Reedsville
Wallace Wright
Harry Laing
Holzer Hospital
Kenny Sauer
Lewis Sauer
Fisher Russell
Dorothy
Kansas City
Mr. Russell
Rahway
N. J
Russell
Richard Grogan
N. Third Ave
Kelly Grogan
Athens
H. A. Rothrock
Robert Rothrock
Ohio University
Helen Wood
Huntington
Willis Butcher
U. S. Navy
R. E. McKay
Beth
Robin
Milan
A. W. McKay
Floyd Boyer
Leading Creek
William Boyer
Military Police
North Africa
Disabled American Veterans and the Auxiliary
Legion Hall
Birthday honor and community notices in Middleport
Mrs Pearl Graves was surprised with a birthday celebration at home on Pearl Street after church service with County Commissioner Charles Walburn and family among guests. Local clubs held gatherings, a rummage sale was announced, and residents discussed health updates, military service, and hospital visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dwight Frost
Audrey Graves
Janet
Pearl Graves
Pomeroy Boy Injured in Car Crash
Olan Goodwin, son of Mrs. Norma Goodwin of Second Street, is at Holzer Hospital in Gallipolis for treatment of injuries from a Friday night automobile wreck on Route 7 near OHLE grounds. The auto was wrecked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy—Olan Goodwin
Norma Goodwin
Second St
Holzer Hospital
Gallipolis
Ohle
Grounds
Pomeroy High Junior Band Delivers Spring Recital
The Pomeroy High School Junior Band performed a varied program Sunday afternoon at the Junior High School Auditorium under director Willis Aleshire and his wife Esther Chambers Aleshire. Notable solos and an "Indian Dance" and "Victory March" highlighted a promising set of young musicians including Bennett Rice and Jean Lee among the performers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Pomeroy High School
Willis Aleshire
Esther Chambers Aleshire
Shirley Ann Beegle
Barbara Ann Wehring
William Smith
Patricia Karr
Martha Jane Karr
Patricia Gross
Bennett Rice
Albert Ruschel
Carleton
Merlyn Ross
Donald Ross
Paul Rose
Jean Lee
Miss Lee
Ohio University
Billy Jean Barniz
Dick Rosenbaum
Omagene Zahl
Ann Smith
Bill Ohlinger
Joan Conway
Patty Karr
Martha Karr
Horton Thomas
Eugene Thomas
Roger Davis
Sammy Ebersbach
Marilyn Swatzel
Anna Lee Warner
Evelyn Cook
Joan Gilmore
Mary Hill
Carleton Ross
George Dallas
Charles Lochary
George Nesselroad
Betty Custer
Jean Bryant
Jimmie Lochary
Jack Gold
Patsy Shields
Billy Neutzling
John Hunnel
Edgar Abbott
Phil Ohlinger
Two Pomeroy Churches Unite Into United Methodist Church
Bethany Methodist and Simpson Methodist in Pomeroy join to form the United Methodist Church. The two churches, long established, unify after Saturday night trustees meetings. The former Simpson building becomes the united congregation place, while the Bethany building is assigned to the church conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Bethany Methodist
Simpson Methodist
United Methodist Church
Bethany Methodist Church
German Methodist Church
German Methodist
Methodist Episcopal Churches
Methodist
Simpson
United Congregation
Church Conference
Pomeroy Hosts Meigs County Eighth Graders Visit
Fortyth Meigs County eighth graders toured Pomeroy Junior High on Friday as part of a program to ease transition to their next year. Ninth graders acted as Big Brothers and Sisters guiding classes, with a welcome by Principal Farnham and Shirley Clement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Meigs County
W. R. Farnham
Shirley Clement
Big Brothers
Big Sisters
Miss Huck
Billie Jean Barnitz
Willis Aleshire
Pigman
Ebersbach
Johnson
Merit Badges Earned by Scouts in Pomeroy District
Kinshata District Boy Scout Board of Review met Thursday evening April 29 with Harry Ohlinger and Rev. Rothrock in charge. Two Pomeroy scouts passed tests for merit badges. Billy Knight earned a badge for basketry and Kenilworth Bease kept his monthly record of five merit badges, passing in pioneering plumbing clues fire manship and poultry keeping. Young Nease set a record with 16 merit badges in three months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Kinshata
Boy Scout Board of Review
Harry Ohlinger
Rev
Rothrock
Billy Knight
Kenilworth Bease
Young Nease
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Paris
Vichy
St. Etiennes
France
Portugal
Toledo
Lisbon
Spain
Balearic Islands
Tana
Rapp Im Ee
French
Morocco
Algeria
Iberian Peninsula
Beech Grove
America
McMillan
Edwards
MEIGS
BY A. V. Howell
Camp Livingston
Keenam
Otha Harper
Claude H. Keenam
Adamsville
Dey Hysell
Air Corp
Army Air Field
Hobbs
Hysell
Homer Earl
Pearl B
Navy
U. S. Naval Air Station
Cape May
New Jersey
Wolfe
Robert Aubrey
Walter and
Mayme Wolfe
Naval Training School
Great Lakes
Raymond Carlyle Elberfeld
Shreveport
Pittsburgh
Wim. Matlack
Pomeroy Personals
WAAC
Middleport Social Notes
Janet Hecox
S. Third Ave
Catherine Hennesy
Rita Armbruster
Mickey Hackett
U. S. Marines
Amateur Gardeners Club
Harold Lohse
Fourth Ave
Mill Street
Hayes Dry Cleaners
Woman's Society of Christian Service
H. F E. Cook
Walter Hayes
Nortito
Norito
Orito
Beaco
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Marines
Coast Guard
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