Transportation costs spark Middleport council meeting
Middleport officials heard from D C Miller after his Washington trip about defense area status affecting Pomeroy and Gallipolis. High transportation charges and toll bridges threaten local housing and business, prompting plans to seek cheaper transport and expand housing for defense workers. A dump attendant was hired and brick company funds set, while mayor Fisher reported fines and police fuel use for April.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Pomeroy
Gallipolis
D. C
Pomeroy Bend
Ohio
C. O. Fisher
D. C. Miller
David Darst
H. M. Cross
Miller
James Williams
Middleport Brick Company
Henry Casto
Fisher
Wheeler’s Run
Fred DeWees
Middleport Social Notes Summary
Middleport social items note Herman Mourning and son Bobby visiting from West Salem. Washington family reunion includes Esther Jones and Lorena Washington guests. Bolin sells farm goods and rents near Albany, lives with daughter. Several family moves cited on Pearl and Mill streets. Addie Branch visits Warren Turner. Doris Bailey returns to hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Herman Mourning
Bobby
West Salem
Pomeroy Council approves Sunday beer till 10 p m amendment
The Pomeroy Village Council amended the Sunday beer ordinance to permit sale from noon to 10 p m and require clearing of any beer containers by 10 p m. The change takes effect in 30 days and the midnight liquor ban remains in force.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Clair Karr
Frank Chapman
Local residents host visitors and travelers in weekend gatherings
Lists of extended family and friends visiting or returning from trips across Ohio and nearby states. Names include Mary Cross Racine and relatives of McMaster, Perrin, Lambert, Koehler, Jones, Crary, Rothermund, Detlefeson, and Helper. Many stayed with host families in Mt. Vernon, Pomeroy, Crooksville, and Columbus areas during the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Bailey
Mary Cross
Racine
William Britton
William Grate
Janis
Will Baker
Pomeroy
Mt. Vernon
Ted Baker
Billy
Willard McMaster
Cincinnati
United States Army
C. B. Smith
Thomas Perrin
Charlotte Beverage
Portsmouth
Minnie Beverage
E. L. Lambert
D. C. Miller
Lewis Koehler
Crooksville
Betty Koehler
William E. Jones
Indiana
Coats Home
Front St
Jones
Jessie Crary
Miller
Pomeroy and
Chester
Karl Rothermund
S. Third Ave
E. L. Rothermund
Holiday Cove
W. Va
Chillicothe
Harold
Fritz Detlefeson
Columbus
Sandusky
E. W. Helper
Cleveland
War Department of the West Virginia Ordnance Works
Lawrence Bing
Second St
Pomeroy Public Library Files Report
The Pomeroy Public Library reported March activity with 4169 books distributed by librarian Miss Virginia Ramsey. Attendance reached 1371 with 99 new books added and a rear door screen approved, walls to be cleaned. District Ohio Library Association meeting in Jackson attended by Theo Reed and Elizabeth Hartinger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Pomeroy Public Library
Virginia Ramsey
Library Board
Theodore Reed
Elizabeth Hartinger
Middleport Library Board
Miss Ramsey
Ohio Library Association
Jackson
Pomeroy Banks Extend Friday Evening Hours
Convenience for defense workers announced banks in Pomeroy and Middleport will stay open Friday evenings from 6 to 8. Banks added are Pomeroy National Farmers Bank of Pomeroy and Citizens Bank of Middleport. Also noted is a 214 pound Saint Bernard exhibited in England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Pomeroy and
Middleport
Pomeroy National
Farmers Bank of
Pomeroy Birthday Party Honors Pat Fowler
Pat Fowler was guest of honor at a Saturday afternoon birthday party hosted by his sister Adele Fowler on Brick Street with Virginia Church assisting. Guests enjoyed games and ice cream and cake, and Pat received gifts from friends. The centerpiece porch table was decorated in red white and blue with crepe paper streamers.
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Pat Fowler
Adele Fowler
Brick St
Miss Virginia Church
Pat
Jo Ann Gilmore
Patsy Shields
Oma Jean Zahl
Ruth McCurdy
Annalee Warner
Jennie Sue Eiselstein
Lois Smith
Jo Ann Watson
Ann Smith
Betty Lou Custer
Mary Hill
George Vaughan
Roland Daniels
Richard Russell
Richard Brickles
Thomas Cobb
Sammy Ebersbach
Ray Evans
John and
Charles Lochary
Donald Betzing
Paul Bolin
George Dallas
Ekra gumbo tied to Grieg birth fact
The text links another name for ekra as gumbo and notes Edvard Grieg the Norwegian composer and pianist was born on May 2 1843. This combines a culinary alias with a biographical detail about Grieg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ekra
Edvard Grieg
Meigs Farmers Favor Wheat Restrictions Vote
Meigs County farmers approved wheat restrictions for 1942 by a 10 to 1 margin in a vote held Saturday May 2, as announced by the AAA office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meigs
Pomeroy
Meigs County
AAA
Parkerburg truck operator fined in mayor court hearing
Parkersburg truck operator from Parkersburg faced a reckless driving charge and pled guilty in mayor's court after a Monday hearing. He was fined 10 plus costs. Ralph Rector was fined 3 for failing to stop at a sign by village officers. Report in error on Arthur Fick Jr’s marriage announces enlistment in the air corps after leaving for Dayton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
C. B. Nutter
Parkersburg
State Patrol
Ralph Rector
Arthur Fick, Jr
Arthur Fick
Lincoln
Dayton
Air Corps
Merchants Meet in Gallipolis on Price Ceiling Plan
Pomeroy and Middleport merchants are invited to learn about the new price ceiling plan at a meeting in Gallipolis May 7 from 8 to 10 PM. The event, arranged by James A. Davis of the Cleveland Office of Price Administration, will be held at the old High School building with about 300 merchants anticipated from Gallia and Meigs counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Middleport
Gallipolis
James A. Davis
Office of Price Administration
Cleveland
Gallia
Meigs County
Autumn Pine Needles Turn Brown Before Falling
In autumn the older needles along pine trunks brown and drop from the branches as part of the trees natural yearly cycle.
Byers Funeral Is Held in Middleport
Funeral services for Mrs. Ella Byers who died yesterday at her home on S Third Ave in Middleport are arranged by Rawlings Coats. Her daughter Mrs. Lewis Bumgarner of Santa Monica arrived after being summoned by the illness. A son Howard Byers survives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Bolin
Albany
Homer Russell
S. Third Ave
Bolin
Cecil Bolin
Middleport
Ella Byers
Rawlings Coats
Mrs Garen Stansbury to Aid Ohio Garden Club Officers
Mrs Garen Stansbury travels to Columbus with the nominating committee to select officers for the Ohio Association of Garden Clubs. She serves as regional director for the southeast district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Garen Stansbury
Columbus
Ohio Association of Garden Clubs
Stansbury
New Martinsville Band Tours Between Huntington and Lunch
En route from Huntington after entering the state band contest, 85 members of the New Martinsville band in West Virginia and their leader stopped for lunch at Purity Dairy Shoppe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Huntington
Martinsville
W. Va
Purity Dairy
Marriage License Issued for Hardie Nelson and Nancy Crewers
A marriage license was issued in probate court on Monday to Hardie Nelson age 56 of Rutland R D and Nancy Crewers age 59 of Pomeroy R D.
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Pomeroy
Hardie Nelson
Rutland
R. D
Nancy Crewers
Foutty Divorce Action Filed in Athens County Court
Alice B. Foutty has filed for divorce against Carl Foutty in Cause No. 17083 in the Common Pleas Court of Athens County Ohio. The hearing date is set for on or after June 17 1942. Newcomb is the attorney for the plaintiff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Foutty
Alice B. Foutty
Common Pleas Court
Athens County
Ohio
Alice B. Poutty
Newcomb
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Bay of Bengal
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Mandalay
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Assam Road
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Chiengmai
Chungking
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Japan
Lashio
Rhode Island
Nature
Hubbard
Mechems Shoe Stores
Athens
Nelsonville
Middleport Social Notes
Perry Mitch
Norman Foss
Fultz
Pearl St
Barsotti
Mill St
B. F. Fultz
Ward Apt
Second Ave
McKay
John Seines
Gerber
S. Second Ave
Clifford Ervin
Fred Schroath
Ann
Charleston
Margaret
Virginia Sauer
Addie Branch
Warren Turner
Diamond
Ervins
Branch
Doris Bailey
Kanawha Valley Hospital
Colonial Finance’ CO
Berry Hotel
Athens, Ohio
Pomeroy Public
Pomeroy Banks
England
Pomeroy Social Notes
Pomeroy Personals
Leroy Watson
Deanna June
Grace Eiselstein
New York
Bernard Eiselstein
Wooster
Eiselstein
H. A. Hensley
Long Bottom
Richard Anderson
Clyde Alcorn
Alberta Manning
Sebring
Alma Kimmel
New Philadelphia
Raymond Diehl
John Diehl
Harrisonville Road
Genevieve Hysell
Paul Thomas
Point Pleasant
Royal Thomas
Syracuse
R. L. Jacobs
E. Main St
Albert Tyler
Guy Lynch
Langsville
Lawrence Weed
W. Main St
Susie Andrews
Enterprise
William McCormick
Jack Demoss
Griffith Demoss
Andrews
Guesman
Library
Sophia Shiveler
Helen Funk
Millfield
Edith Reuter
Huber Brown
Anna Brown
Frank Hepp
Spring Ave
Vera
St. Joseph Hospital
Austin Eaden
Norman Johnson
Ellen Sue
Hazel Marie Scott
John Franz
Ronnie
Brick Sr
Bartell Franz
Hobart Riggs
Victor Harbrecht
Union Ave
Jospeh Beegle
Margaret Bolan
Henry Durst
Cave St
Alfred Kase
Clarence Harbrecht
Martha
Hamilton
Joe Raub
Ebenezer St
Phil Stanbery
Hart Stanbery
Lasley St
J. P. Kiehling
Fred Guth
Mulberry Ave
Milford G. Butterfield
Hudson Falls
N. Y
Advent Christian Church
VOY
Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co
Byers
America
Uncle Sam
Ges
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