Pomeroy Chamber Studies Bus Route To Hobson Kerrs Run
Pomeroy Chamber of Commerce transportation committee plans a study of a possible bus route from Kerrs Run to Hobson. The group will share information with interested firms but won’t form a bus company. R L Jacobs chairs the effort and invites contact with him or President W A Smith.
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Pommeroy
Kerrs Run
Hobson
Pomeroy
Jacobs
W. A. Smith
State Representag
J. Turner
Army
DY Kress
Pomeroy Social Notes Highlights Local Birthday and Visits
Social notes report a birthday party hosted by Mrs. Richard Vaughan on Yale Street for her son Richard’s seventh birthday with many friends attending. Navy family news: Mr. Irwin Gloeckner announced the birth of a daughter at Holzer Hospital with both grandparents named. lodge meeting details, local travels, and weekend visits fill the rest of the column.
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Danny West
Mila Jane Stark
Donald Reuter
Billy Roush
Charles Hess
Charles Watson
Tommy Smith
Dianna Eubanks
Pam Stott
John Stott
Annie Cannady
Jean Sayre
Lois Ann Campbell
Shirley Whipps
Tommy Ebersbach
George Vaughan
Eugene Blaugh
Donald Tedrow
Shirley Smith
Wanda Saylor
Joyce Ann Ebbersbach
Donna June Unree
Mrs. Vaughan
Irwin Gloeckner
Holzer Hospital
Gloeckner
Navy
Albert Gloeckher
Union Ave
Clyde Norris
Letart
C. T. Rayburn
Pt. Pleasant
W. Va
Midweek Social Notes Highlight Local Visits and Church Event
Middleport residents report visits from Frank Grant of Kansas City and Mrs. Lucy Downing while detailing church gatherings at the First Presbyterian Church. Also noted are military assignments, school news, and regional travels of Meigs County residents and families with travels to Washington, New York, and Columbus.
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Middleport
T. 'W. Grant
Frankie Downing
Kansas City
Lucy Downing
Grants
Lakehurst
N. J
Bill
Women Clear 72 From Rummage Sale in Society Meet
A report shows $72 cleared at the rummage sale held last week by the Women’s Society of Christian Service. The meeting at Heath Methodist Church covered business, approved a new table for the Sunday School Room, and featured a program on children with devotionals and talks on child rights and wartime child labor.
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Middleport
Women's Society of Christian Service
Heath Methodist Church
H. E. Cook
Bess Sanborn
Nan Moore
United States
Hattie Smith
Patricia McElhinney
Virginia Lu Schaaf
A. W. McKay
Willis Aleshire
Herbert Chambers
A. R. Knight
Ethel Miller
Mrs. Alice Shuster Dies at 78 in Rutland
Mrs. Alice Shuster age 78 died at her home in Rutland Saturday night. Survived by children Mrs. Emma Joy Wade Mrs. Laura Glass East Liverpool Bruce Shuster Powhatan Nolan Shuster Pomeroy James Shuster Rutland 16 grandchildren and fourteen great grandchildren. Funeral services at Baptist Church Lestle Ohio Tuesday at two o'clock with burial Center Valley Cemetery.
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Pomeroy
Alice Shuster
Rutland
Emma Joy
Wade
Laura Glass
East Liverpool
Bruce Shuster
Powhatan, C
Nolan Shuster
James Shuster
The
Baptist Church
Lestle
Center Valley Cemetery
Youngsters Receive Pony as Birthday Gift
Larry and Harry Rice, sons of Delbert Rice, former Middleport residents now on a farm near Addison, received a pony as a birthday gift. The brothers celebrate birthdays May 8 and 13. A family dinner was held Sunday with relatives including Mrs. James Clifford of Pomeroy. Their grandfather was the late Harry Rice, former Meigs County sheriff.
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Middleport
Larry
Harry Rice
Delbert Rice
Addison
Rices
James Clifford
Pomeroy
Meigs
Three School Girls First to Swim in Ohio
Three high school girls were among the first local bathers to swim in the Ohio River this season. They went in after school yesterday, marking an early start to the river’s swimming season.
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Ohio
Middleport
Ohio River
Local Family Ties Highlight Weekend Visit
Leo Williamson of Dayton spent the weekend with his mother Mrs. Anna Williamson in Middleport while Mrs. J. M. Turner and her husband and grandson hosted relatives at home.
Real Estate Transfers in Meigs County Recorded
Meigs County Recorder George A. Meinhart lists recent transfers including Bentz and Mabel Wolfe to William O. and Ruth Barnitz. John W. Young receives Charles H. Chapman Jr. property. U S A transfers 40 acres in Sutton Township to Samuel Pickens Jr.. Michael L. Pancoast gains acres in Sutton Township. Additional deeds involve David and Mary Molden. Grant J. and Ella R. Barnhart. Ellison M. Wood. Ralph A. and Anna E. Turner. Thomas Duffy Jr.. Walter and Mac Cleland. Herbert Douglas. Frank and Beatrice Reinhart. Clara Ginn. Ida E., John H., Homer E. Wells. and others across Pomeroy, Racine, Middleport, Salem, Olive, Columbia, Bedford, Salisbury, Orange townships.
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C. H. Chapman, Jr
Charles H. Chapman
Syracuse
Thomas Duffy, Jr
J. A. Pickering
Olive Township
Grant J
Ella R. Barnhart
Marion
Margaret C. Rife
Middleport
Ellison M. Wood
Leland M. Buckley
Cora L. Buckey
M. V
T. W. Bengel
Pomeroy
Bentz
Mabel
Salem Township
Frank
Beatrice Reinhart
Elizabeth Thomas
Clara Ginn
Mabel T. Schneider
Charles Thomas
Clara T. Ginn
Asa E. Wells
Salisbury Township
Ida E
John H
Homer E. Wells
Gertrude McElhinny
Homer Wells
Jacob and
Tennie Plantz
Edith
Edward King
Orange Township
Harry E. Simpson
August C. Zahl
Sutton
Mary E. Zahl
Unlucky 13 Theme Stirs Abbott Family
Middleport notes tie between Pfe Jack Abbott and sister Ferne Abbot Gardner with 13th birthday and anniversary on a holiday week. Family dinner at Mrs. Nuckles home honors their mother Mrs. Frank Abbott and Pfe Jack Abbott. Private Abbott travels from Hamilton Street to Columbus then Sacramento.
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Middleport
Pfe
Jack Abbott
Camp Beale
Calif
13Th Armored Division
Sylvan Gardner
Ferne Abbott
Ferry Nuckles
Faye Abbott
Frank Abbott
Gardner
Abbott
Columbus
Sacramento
Marriage Licenses Issued in Meigs County
Meigs County Probate Court issued marriage licenses to several couples. Notable pairs include Robert Lee Honaker 21 from Huntington West Virginia and Lena Opal Dotson 21 of Middleport, plus others from Long Bottom Letart Wells ton Zanesville and Pomeroy.
Mt Union Social and Brief Personal Notes
Mt Union social notes list visits among local families. M A Nicholson and daughter Evelyn traveled to Lancaster. George Harmon visited M A Epple. Calvin Epple works in a defense plant near Cleveland. Aldo and Max Harmon from Dyesville visited Richard and Bob Epple. Ernest Nicholson training camp guest of parents M A Nicholson family. Imojean Epple guest Evelyn Nicholson at Rutad High School. Harley Carr and Mrs King with Anna visited D L Williamson at Ironton. Mt Union Sunday School attendance May 9, 1943 was 19. Nicholson family hosted by Nicholson family Sunday evening.
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MT. Union
M. A. Nicholson
Evelyn
Lancaster
George Harmon
M. A. Epple
Calvin Epple
Cleveland
Aldo
Max Harmon
Dyesville
Richard
Bob Epple
Ezra Darnell
Columbus
Ernest Nicholson
Imojean Epple
Evelyn Nicholson
Rutad High School
Harley Carr
Charles King
Anna
D. L. Williamson
Ironton
Icholson
iJohn N
Names of Pomeroy Third Ward Servicemen Listed
A. V. Howell publishes a roster of Pomeroy Third Ward Precinct A servicemen not previously listed. The names include Neutzling Morris Paul, Sauvage Carl D, Brown Earl Paul and George Arnold, Gilbert E Freeman, William J Freeman, Hazelton James Albert Jr, Tedrow Marvin Paul, Hawk Grover Elmer, Hawk Ralph William, Franz Albert John, Crow Charles Richard and related families. The compilation merges with the May 3 Messenger list to form a complete Precinct A roster. next will be Precinct B.
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A. V. Howell
Pomeroy
Pomeroy Third Ward
The
Messenger
Neutzling
Morris Paul
Raymond F
Minnie Jane Neutzling
Army
Camp Shelby
Miss. Sauvage
Carl D
Carl F
Ethel C
Navy
Atlantic Fleet
Freeman
Gilbert E
William Ellis Freeman
Mulberry Ave
Ida Knapp Freeman
Corp
Alaska
William J
Gilbert E. Freeman
North Africa
Hazelton
James Albert, Jr
James Albert
Minnie Schneider
Tedrow
Marvin Paul
Avie Ray
Ethil Tripp 'Tedrow
Marine Corps
Cincinnati
Parris Island
Philadelphia
Hawk
Grover Elmer
Price
Mary Wickham Hawk
Marie Hawk
Price Hawk
Ralph William
Grover E. Hawk
Franz
Albert John
Edward John Franz
Sophie Kler Franz
R.O.T.C
Ohio State University
Field Artillery
Claire Gerdes Franz
Mary Louise
Pine St
Steelton
Crow
Charles Richard
Fred W
Mead Owen Crow
East Main St
Medical Corps
Camp Edwards
Mass
Frederick William Crow
Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBI
Elenor Karr Crow
Linda Owen
Fourteenth St
N. W
Washington, D. C
Third Ward
Mary Virginia Goodwin
Second St
Plum St
Precinct B
Ruth Mother Guild Hosts Mother’s Day Tea at First Baptist
The Ruth Mother Guild of the First Baptist Church hosted a post Mother’s Day tea in the church Sunday School room. Mothers and all churchwomen attended as Phyllis Smart and Dorothy Turner presided at the tea table. Group singing led by Marjorie Diles accompanied a musical program with a toast by Maxine Bennett and a reply by Mrs. L. D. Diles.
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Middleport
Ruth Mather
First Baptist Church
Phyllis Smart
Dorothy Turner
Marjorie Diles
Maxine Bennett
Agent To Test Gauges On Pressure Cookers
POMEROY Meigs County home makers may have their pressure cooker gauges tested on May 17 and 18. Mrs Geneva H Nolan home demonstration agent announces the gauge tester will be in Meigs County for two days. To participate remove gauge from cooker attach owner name and send to County Extension Office before Monday May 17 for testing of accuracy only on the listed dates.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Geneva H. Nolan
Mother's Day Cable From Son in Foreign Service
Mrs. Ethel Jeffers of Reedsville received a cablegram on Mother's Day from her son, Sergeant Robert Jeffers, in foreign service. The message said you are more than ever in my thoughts at this time, my love and greetings on Mothers Day.
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Reedsville
Ethel Jeffers
Robert Jeffers
Gardening Expert To Visit Meigs County
Victor H Ries of Ohio State University will visit Meigs County on Friday May 14 to discuss the control of garden insects and diseases. Meetings are at 2 PM at the Middleport Presbyterian Church and 7 PM at the Reedsville Schoolhouse. Leaders from local organizations are urged to attend with discussion ready.
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Pomeroy
Victor
Victor H. Ries
Ohio State University
Meigs County
Middleport Presbyterian Church
Reedsville
Fire Discovered at McClure Home in Pomroy
Firemen found a blaze in an upstairs bedroom at the Earl and Mrs McClure residence on Condor Street about 9 30 Monday night. The fire was controlled before spreading. The owners were away. Investigators suspect a cigarette ash may have started the fire.
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Pomeroy
Earl McClure
Condor St
McClure
Twilight Garden Club Meets in May at Williamson Home
Regular Twilight Garden Club meeting set for Thursday May 13 at the home of Mrs. Phil Williamson on Butternut Ave. Hostesses will be Mrs. E W Peoples and Miss Anna Vaughan. Middletonport report notes Charles Bobby Swindler visited grandparents in Buffalo West Virginia and biked 30 miles home from last summer stay.
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Pomeroy
Twilight Garden Club
Phil Williamson
Butternut Ave
E. W. Peoples
Anna Vaughan
Middleport
Charles
Bobby) Swindler
T. P. Hall
Buffalo
W. Va
Benefit Show Aids Auxiliary Police In Uniform Drive
A large crowd attended the first night of the benefit performance Little Tokyo U S A at Liberty Theater in Middleport. Proceeds fund uniforms for the Auxiliary Police as ticket sales continue for tonight’s show.
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Middleport
Little Tokyo
U.S.A
Liberty Theater
New York Central Bomber Makes Final North Africa Flight
The New York Central B-16 Marauder named New York Central completed its final combat mission in North Africa after destroying six Axis planes in twelve fights. Damaged on its last flight, it crash landed and will be repaired behind the lines. the plane was funded by a $170,000 employee donation from the New York Central Railroad System, the largest contribution from Hobson Yards.
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Pomeroy
New York Central
North Africa
United States Army Air Forces
Nyc
Hobson Yards
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Acaday
Athens Messenger
Athens
Pomeroy ‘Bend
Britain
Indomitable
Mediterranean
Pomeroy Social Notes
Doris Rebekah
Lo.0.f. Hall
Sally Allison
Noble Grand
Thelma Hawley
Pomeroy Personals
Joe Ohlinger
Billy Bowen
Jean Mallory
Paul Nease
Athens Road
Albert Gloeckner
Paul Werner
Third St
Robert Fry
Mae McCormick
Jack Demoss
Maude Griffith
Eton
Susie Andrews
Enter Prise
McCormick
John Griffith Demoss
George Grueser
Agnes Sutton
Earl Stobart
Enterrise
Welker
Laurel St. J
William Morris
Akron
George Mors
E. Main
Bert Lear
Bobby Lee
Findlay
Bert Webster
E. Main St
Lear
Paunday
Evelyn Her
Laurel Clift
John Me
Metz
Milton Hood
Middleport Social Notes
J. B. Downing
Woman's Association of the
First Presbyterian Church
Charles Howard
Louis Seyfried
Dan C. Jenkins
University of North Carolina At Columbia
Jenkins
New Lexington
Elizabeth Jenkins
Betty Jo Kessinger
State School For the Blind
Beecher Kessinger
Betty Jo
Reading
Eugene Butcher
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Chicago
Archie Butcher
Fred Crary
Guy Suter
Welch
Lee Rudisill
Burr Forest
Fremont
Latlatter
Vesa McCoy
Walnut St
Clarence Root
Holzer School of Nursing
Gallipolis
Cora Root
Mary Root
Mary Jane
Maxine Folan
John Will
Offee
Rutland St
Will
U. S. Army
Curtiss-Wright
Roger Kittle
Glouster
Frank McCoy
South
Cpl
Hugh McCoy
Edith Klein
New York City
Hulda Klein
Frank Fugate
Fugate
Meigs County Real Estate
George A. Meinhart
Mabel Wolfe
William O
Ruth Barnitz
Ruth Mother Guild
Dwight D. Eisenhower
U. S
Tunisia
Africa
Colegroves
Middleport, Ohio
Pomeroy Bend
Today & Wed
Walt Disney
Bill Elliott
Middleport Today
WED
Dick Powell
Waring
Ted Healy
Rosemary and
Priscilla Lane
Walter Catlett
Ed Brophy
Bendvue
Charles Laughton
Maureen O'Hara
George Sanders
Kent Smith
Una O'Connor
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