Ordnance Plant Completion Delayed Beyond Original Data
Middleport reports from West Virginia Ordnance Works say the project will require extra months or up to a year longer due to material shortages. The war effort has driven demand for defense supplies, widening the gap with supply. New residents continue arriving daily as housing remains scarce but rooms are available.
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Middleport
West Virginia Ordnance Works
Eo Lly
United States
Two Divorces Filed in Pomeroy and District Rotary News
POMEROY Two divorce suits were filed Tuesday in common pleas court. Cora Root seeks divorce from Harold Root on grounds of failure to provide. married in 1910 and parents of one child. Anna Margaret Scott sues Ronald Edward Scott for cruelty. married Feb 1 1941 at Girard. they have one child. MIDDLEPORT Emmett Shuler, Robert Coats and Leonard Hawk returned from Springfield where they attended the 169th District Rotary convention. Shuler ends year as local club president.
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Pomeroy
Common Pleas Court
Cora Root
Harold Root
Anna Margaret Scott
Ronald Edward Scott
Girard
Middleport
Emmett Shuler
Robert Coats
Leonard Hawk
Springfield
Shuler
Re-Decorate Council And Mayor's Offices
Middleport town hall chambers and mayor's office are being redecorated. Councilman Da Darst arranged a new fluorescent light installation. Walls are patched and painted light buff by Fred Lemley street commissioner who also refinished woodwork and re silvered the safe and stove.
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Middleport
da Darst
Fred Lemley
Mothers Will Be Honored At Services
Pomeroy observes Mother's Day with a 10 15 a m worship at Simpson Methodist Church. Rev Rompel preaches on Motherhood and members will present Loyalty Pledges and the Dollar Day offering to fund the church budget for the new conference year ending May 31. Carnations will be given to mothers in attendance. Church school meets at 9 15 a m and Youth Fellowship gathers at 5 30 p m for Building a Four Square Life. Evening worship begins at 7 00 p m.
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Pomeroy
Simpson Methodist Church
Honce
Imotheia
Rompel
Varian Fined on Intoxication Charge in Middleport
Frank Varian of Clifton was arrested by Chief Fred DeWees and fined $5.00 plus costs by Mayor C. O. Fisher on an intoxication charge.
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Middleport
Frank Varian
Clifton
Fred DeWees
C. O. Fisher
Pomeroy Social Notes Echoes Of Local Events
POMEROY-Friendship Night by the Order of Eastern Star at the Masonic Temple featured Ada Hoskins as matron presiding with accordion solos readings and a Mother’s Day dedication by Gerald Hoffner. A wedding dinner honored Albert Tyler and Ada Hoffner. numerous local residents appear in social updates and travel notes.
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Gerald Hoffner
Amy Chase
Nettie Wisecarver
Kathryn Peoples
Bess Weed
Thelma McMurray
Elsie Smith
Anna Durst
Anna Vaughan
Pomeroy Public Library Adds Books and Pamphlets
New titles include Pioneers of Plenty The Family Bride of Glory Latin America Mrs Appleyards Year Bolivar Haufsted Our Miss Boo Islandia and pamphlets on home care lawn care nutrition radio terms farming health and knitting Also a note mentions about 30 tons of blubber in a 70 ton Greenland whale.
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Pomeroy
Pomeroy Public Library
Latin America
Appleyard
Bolivar
Haufsted
Stephen Foster
Ohio
Greenland
Bank Extends Hours To Aid Merchants And Workers
Citizens National Bank will stay open Friday May 8 from 6 to 8 PM to assist merchants and defense workers. Previously merchants carried cash to cash checks, and the bank has installed a fluorescent lighting system.
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Middleport
Citizens National Bank
Bafik
Returns From Hospital After Hip Injury
Miss Mary Healy, patient at St. Joseph's Hospital Parkerburg since Good Friday when she fell from the Sacred Heart Church step, was returned to her home on South Second Avenue yesterday in the borough ambulance. Her sister Margaret Healy accompanied Mr. Coats on the trip.
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Pomeroy
Nease
Willam
Cincinnati
Herbert Davis
G. F. Webster
Woodridge
N. J
Emma Webster
Ira Foster
E. Main St
Ernest VanInWagen
Lincoln Hill
Lyman
Washington
Frank Stiles
Dell Stiles
Kent
Ivor Stiles
Columbus
Pete Waters
Jee Ben Fox
Zanesville
Patty Watson
Pomeroy High School
Roger Daniels
Holzer Hospital
James Fugate
Main St
Gallipolis
Russell Brown
Robbie
Parkersburg
Brown
Leona Priode
St. Joseph Hospital
Earl Stobart
McArthur
George Grueser
Enterprise
Dale William Hyseell
Narley Hysell
Bradbury
Richard Fisher
Camp Blanding
Fla
George Enzenauer
Cave St
Major Partlow
Ee Josie Walker
Pearl Hysell
Marion Radford
Middleport
Mary Healy
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Sacred Heart Church
S. Second Ave
Margaret Healy
Music Club To Give Formal Spring Concert
Middleport notes the Music Club chorus last rehearsal for the spring concert on Sunday May 10 at 2 30 pm. The formal concert and final meeting of the year occur Tuesday evening May 12 at Heath Methodist Church with cantata The Nightingale and the Rose. Soloists Miss Francis Pullin and Mrs. R O Fowler. Mrs H A Rothrock reviews The Well Tempted Listener. Hostess chair Mrs E R Tompkins.
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Middleport
Music Club
the Heath Methodist Church
Rose
Francis Pullin
R. O.fowler
H. A. Rothrock
Deems Taylor
E. R. Tompkins
Paganini and the Four Octave Violin Master
Nicolo Paganini born 1780 and died 1840 stands as a famed violin virtuoso famed for compositions for one string the G and for extending the instrument range to four octaves through his brilliant technique and innovation.
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Nicolo Paganini
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Pomeroy Social Notes
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Union Ave
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Herman Hoffner
Betty
Max Hoffner
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St. Louis
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Middleport-Pomeroy Corporation
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Middleport Bank
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