Pomeroy Plans 1944 Commencement Theme Let Freedom Ring
Pomeroy High School announces the sixthy-eighth annual commencement with the theme Let Freedom Ring. The event on May 18 at the Junior High School auditorium will end 52 seniors’ high school careers. Baccalaureate is May 14 at 7:30 p.m. in the same auditorium.
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Pomeroy
Pomeroy High School
W. A. Smith
Pomebroy
J. E.white
Charles Baird
Nobel Rompel
Ralph Kuether
Alice Smith Nease
Danny Rosenbaum
Doris Leifheit
Red Cross
Willie Carr
Annette Seyfried
Jack Lewis
Claire Titus
Ethel Garland
J. E. White
Superintendent Smith
Luther ‘Tracy
Betty Jacobs
Creed
Pomeroy School
Willis Aleshire
Taylor
Pierne
Phyllis Brown
Meigs Factory Is Checked by Navy
MIDDLEPORT May mayor C O Fisher and village council members met with Cpl Leighton Rosenthal of Cleveland and Samuel Durst U S Navy inspector at the Industrial Garment Manufacturing Company last night during a factory inspection. The plant owned and operated by the Rosenthal interests for more than two years.
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Middleport
C. O. Fisher
David Miller
H. M. Cross
David Durst
Harry Houdashelt
H. N. Swift
B. H. Rawlings
Cpl
Leighton Rosenthal
Cleveland
Samuel Durst
U. S. Navy
Industrial Garment Manufacturing Company
Rosenthal
Ostress Tonic Tablets Advertises Iron Vitamin Tonic
Tired husbands and wives urged to try Ostress Tonic Tablets claiming to restore vitality with iron and vitamin B1. The ad promotes prophylactic doses and calcium/phosphate support, stating the product fights listlessness and exhaustion. Available at drug stores in Athens and nearby pharmacies.
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Randown
Crug
Athens
Gallahers
Develops Measles On Arrival in Ohio
Stanley H. Durst a 13 month old child in Pomeroy Meigs County contracted measles after arriving with parents Samuel Durst a U S Navy inspector and Mrs Durst from New York City The community reports a mild epidemic of measles and chickenpox prevalent locally.
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Stanley H. Durst
Ohio
Meigs County
Stanley
Samuel Durst
U. S. Navy
Meigs PTA Council Holds Meeting With Several Communities
The Meigs County PTA Council gathered at Laurel Cliff School with reps from Pomeroy Middleport and Laurel Cliff. An all grade program followed by readings and plays credited teachers Nellie Tracy and Thelma Dill. Officers elected were Mrs. Vernon Howell president, Mrs. Lewis Sauer treasurer, Mrs. Blanche Haskins VP, and Mrs. Grace French secretary. A talk by Mrs. Rothrock addressed teachers pay and shortages, then a tea was served in the primary room.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Fern Colmer
Navy
Oren Colmer
Uncle Sam
Oscar Roedel
Vernon Howell
Lewis Sauer
Middleport
Blanche Haskins
Grace French
Rothrock
Restaurant Will Close Sunday After Mother’s Day
Mary Jane Coffee Shoppe in Middleport will operate six days a week with Sunday closed starting May 21 due to labor shortages. Manager Walter B. Harris says the day was chosen to minimize impact on war workers and business men relying on meals.
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Middleport
Mary Jane
Walter B. Harris
Family Night Planned at Federated Church Potluck
The Federated Church hosts a family night with a 6 p.m. potluck supper on Wednesday. Mrs. Fred Luchs of Athens will be the guest speaker outlining the evening program. Additional numbers will be announced.
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Pomeroy
Federated Church
Fred Luchs
Athens
Pomeroy Social Notes Highlights Local Club Meetings
May meeting of the Return Jonathan Meigs Chapter DAR at Mrs. K D Amsbury Lincoln Hill with guest D Nel Hartinger from Middleport reviewing a book. Farewell dinner for Willard Hines awaiting U S Navy call hosted by Mr and Mrs Charles A Woode with Hines family present. Twilight Garden Club at Mrs Phil Williamson Butternut St with hostesses C F Peoples and J S Clark. Wildwood Garden Club guest speaker Mrs Harry Roush. Edson Forsythe hosted Contract Club with Neils Powell as guest and high scorer Mrs Robert Jacobs. Local residents visiting and traveling status noted including George Brown death toll callers Charles Hilewick Floyd Brown, George Hood, Robert Thompson, and Isa belle Powell. Aviation cadet Joe Ohlinger finishes Pre flight at St Marys California visiting before primary training at Norman Okla. Dorothy Yost on vacation from Wright Field Dayton with E R Yost. Pvt Edward Ible at Marine Base San Diego invites addresses. Privates Truman Russell Norman Harbrecht furloughs at homes. Russell visits newborn daughter. Russell stationed at Au Muroe, 28 ory Field.
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Twilight Garden Club
Phil, Williamson
Butternut St
C. EF. Peoples
J. S. Clark
Theevening
Harry Roush
Wildwood Garden Club
George Brown
Charles Hilewick
Floyd Brown
Toledo
George Hood
Charleston
Lula Nease
Wehe Terrace
Nease
Robert Thompson
Hinton
W. Va
Pittsburgh
Joe Ohlinger
St. Marys
Cal
Harry Ohlinger
Norman
Oklo
Harriett Ohlinger
Columbus
Leo Crew
Cpl
England
Dorothy Yost
Wright Field
Dayton
E. R. Yost
Forest Run
Edward Ible
Racines
Marine Base
San Diego
Calif
Puis
Truman A. Russell
Norman Harbrecht
Russell
Pvt
Au Muroe
Ory Field
Middleport Engaged: Russell-Wagner Set for May Wedding
Announcement of Miss Virginia Elaine Russell and Midshipman K Thomas Wagner engagement with wedding planned May 31 at Notre Dame Indiana. Russell graduate of Middleport High School and Office Training School in Columbus and employed at Curtiss Wright. Wagner a Tri-State College Angola Indiana mechanical engineer and former Curtiss-Wright engineer. Son of Karl and Mrs Wagner of Sidney. National events note Ruth Thomas visit to Middleport Literary Club and local social events at Heath Methodist Church and Middleport Volunteer Firemen box supper.
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Middleport
Virginia Elaine Russell
Summit St
Columbus
K. Thomas Wagner
Sidney
Griff Co. Russell
Notre Dame
Ind
Wagner
Naval Officers School
Russell
Middleport High School
Curtiss- Wright Plant
Tri-State College
Angola
Navy
Curtiss-Wright
Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity
Midshipman
Karl Wagner
Mrs Dawson Dies at Home in Columbus
Mrs Edward Dawson dies suddenly at her home in Columbus from cerebral hemorrhage. Funeral will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at A. K. Graumlich & Son Funeral Home with burial at Lithopolis. Survived by husband and nieces and nephews.
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Middleport
Louis Seyfried
Edward Dawson
Columbus
Fire Department
A. K
Dusky Funeral to Be Held Wednesday
Funeral services for Lennis Edwin Dusky aged 85 who died Monday at FE W Harper home on Main Street will be held at 1 pm Wednesday at Ewing Chapel. Burial at Beech Grove Cemetery with Rev Nobel Rompe of United Methodist Church officiating.
Employees of TNT Plant to Be Honored with E Award
MIDDLEPORT a committee of twelve TNT Department employees was elected to represent General Chemical Defense Corporation West Virginia Ordnance Works for the Army Navy E production award ceremony on May 16. Commander Wilson Starbuck will read the citation while Pfe James W Saunders distributes pins.
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Middleport
General Chemical Defense Corporation
West Virginia
Ordnance Works
J. L. Clark
TNT Department
Ruby Baer
Albert Koehler
Mary L. Brown
Maurice Lott
J. F. Moore
Paul R. Swisher
Charles Ross Ray
FE. A. Masters
M. W. Reid
B. BR. Landon
Gladys Miller
Ordnance Department
Mr. Clark
Wilson Starbuck
Naval Operating Base
Norfolk
Pfe
James W. Saunders
Cassino
Saunders
M. Brown
Army
Navy
C. H. Albrecht
Probate Court Notes of Meigs County Meigs County
Inventory of Carrie M Howell estate approved. Mont L Howell as administrator authorized to pay $609.90 for funeral expenses and to purchase a grave marker. Debts schedule confirmed. Estate deemed not subject to tax. Birth record of Emma Bell Mayes corrected. The Faithful Few Club to hold a public party May 9. Claude Cunningham announces birth of a seven pound daughter on May 4.
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Syracuse
Faithful Few
Claude Cunningham
Pomeroy Choral Society Winds Up Year With Social
Members and spouses of the Pomeroy Choral Society gathered at Mr and Mrs Patrick Locharys Lincoln Hill for a potluck social. Prizes were awarded for games and informal singing followed. Gifts were presented to Mrs Nolan Swackhammer and Rev Ralph Kuether for their service to the club. This was the final meeting of the year.
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Pomeroy
Booker Rites To Be At Minersville
Funeral services for Henry Lewis Booker 73 will be at Naomi Baptist Church Minersville at 2 30 p m Wednesday. He died Monday at Kerrs Run home. Burial Beech Grove Cemetery. Survived by son Morris in Italy, sisters Mrs Horace G Fuller Huntington and Mrs Albert Davis Cincinnati, brothers Harry Huntington Anderson Houston W Va, three nephews Carl Fred Williams Middleport Roy Williams Columbus.
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Naomi Baptist Church
Minersville
Henry Lewis Booker
Booker
Irene James
Kerrs Run
Beech Grove
Morris
Italy
Horace G. Fuller
Huntington
Albert Davis
Cincinnati
Harry Booker
Anderson Booker
Houston
W. Va
Carl and
Fred Williams
Middleport
Roy Williams
Columbus
Middleport Man Fined by Mayor After Liquor Charge
Kelly Gilmore of Laure St pleaded guilty to illegal liquor possession before Mayor C. O. Fisher Saturday and was fined 75 dollars plus costs. A search of the Gilmore home with a warrant by Chief L. B. Higgins, aided by Sheriff Ralph Welker and officers Frank Clark and Paul Johnson, found two containers of moonshine and two bottles of homebrew. Gilmore was arrested and arraigned before the mayor.
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Middleport
Kelly Gilmore
Laure St
C. O. Fisher
Gilmore
L. B. Higgins
Ralph Welker
Frank Clark
Paul Johnson
Pomeroy Courthouse Closes As Primary Votes Cast
Meigs County officials closed the courthouse offices today while residents voted in the primary elections. The move followed polls opening to determine party nominees.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Scholarships Awarded to Meigs Youths
Pomeroy High School announces three Meigs County seniors receive college scholarships. Patricia Brider of Pomeroy, daughter of Mr and Mrs Chris Brider, earned an Ohio University Athena Scholarship. Rose Mary Nease, daughter of Mrs Helen Nease, also won Ohio University scholarship, and Danny Rosenbaum, son of Mr and Mrs A H Rosenbaum, will study at Capital University Columbus on a scholarship. Brider ranked high in the 1944 General Scholarship Tests and is an honor student and orchestra member.
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Pomeroy
Tfo
Pomeroy High School
Patricia Brider
Chris Brider
Ohio University
Athena
Rosemary Nease
Helen Nease
Danny Rosenbaum
A. H. Rosenbaum
Capital University
Columbus
Miss Brider
Meigs County
Letart Falls eighth grade program postponed to May 19
The eighth grade commencement at Letart Falls School, originally set for Thursday May 11, is postponed to Friday May 19. Rev. James Taylor, a Marshall College student in Huntington, will speak.
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Letart
James Taylor
Marshall College
Huntington
Pile Torture Relieved by San Cura Ointment
Detroit resident T. J. Williams reports relief from severe itching and discomfort using San Cura Ointment after years of piles. He encloses a money order for a large jar and notes San Cura Soap as a helpful preparatory bath. Ointment priced 35c and 60c at drug stores.
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T. J. Williams
Detroit
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