Middleport Pomeroy Meet on Relocating Defense Area
Local officials planners and business leaders from Middleport and Pomeroy, joined by West Virginia Ordnance Works representatives and WPA staff, discussed housing, transportation, and feeding defense workers as the twin towns seek re classification and relocation within the defense area.
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Middleport
C. O. Fisher
West Virginia Ordnance Works
Pomeroy
Pt. Pleasant
Fisher
H. E. Cook
Edison Hobstetter
D. C. Miller
Irving Karr, Jr
Walter Compton
William M. Clines
General Chemical Company
Rathburn
Second Ave
Defense
Martin A. Koontz
WPA
Zanesville
Koontz
Cook
Hobstetter and Miller
Washington
Paul Smart
J. H. Smith
D. S. Harold
Do. M. Hennesy
L. W. McComas
Charlies McMaster
Starold J
Federal Security Area
Baccalaureate Services Held at Racine High School
Baccalaureate services were held Sunday evening at Racine High School for 46 graduating students. The program included processional and recessional pieces, hymns, prayers, Scripture readings, a sermon titled Whither Bound, and choral selections by the Girls' Chorus under Rev. Walter R. McCarley and Mary Jean Watson.
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Racine
Racine High School
Beethoven
Mary Jean Watson
Earl Scott
Riley Stenson
Walter R. McCarley
Melotte
Ben H. Philson
Lois Cecil
Walter *R. McCarley
King
Haden
Middleport Personal Notes Highlight Homecoming Visits
A series of Homecoming and family visits across Ohio and beyond. Edgar Ervin and family return from Columbus after a Mother's Day baptism at Indianola Presbyterian Church. Dr Dell Russell in Richmond VA and Army enlistment announced. Various relatives visited, with brief mentions of travel and military postings. A note on a historic Douglas fir in British Columbia rounds out the column.
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Edgar Ervin
Columbus
R. T. Weiser
Thomas Ervin
Indianola Presbyterian Church
Ervins
Clara Ervin
Cincinnati
Ervin
Griff Russell
Richmond
Dell Russell
Ohio State University
Russell
United States Army
Campfield
Gravel Hill
D. E. Miller
Philip Joachim
Brooks Field
Texas
Phil Joachim
Frank White
Frank Talbott
Weaver
Mary Weaver
Lee
Floyd Barcus
Bonnie Jean
Disguise by Hornbill Decoys Aids African Hunters
Native Niberian hunters employ hornbill disguises to blend into grass and stalk prey at close range, exploiting concealment in tall vegetation for successful approach.
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Africa
Painted Lines And New Signs To Aid Traffic
Pomeroy to adopt painted control lines and warning signs at two busy intersections. State highway department designs aim to speed bridge traffic on West Main by lane separation near the Route 33 Route 7 junction and Kerrs Run by painted islands guiding turns. The plan, approved by local officials, targets safer flow at the Pomeroy Mason bridge approach and the Kerrs Run crossing.
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Pomeroy
State Highway Department
W. Main St
Pomeroy-Mason Bridge
Middleport
Kerr’s Run
Pomeroy Daughters of Union Veterans Plan Decoration Day
At the regular D U V meeting at the I O C F Hall plans were made for Decoration Day parade and program with Rev. Sodt as speaker. Elsie Hart presided. flags for Meigs County Civil War graves and flowers for deceased members were planned. Delegates to the Columbus convention June 21 were Della Stah!, Winona Cook, Nellie Ketter with alternates Bertha Chase Lula Googlein Pearl Reynolds. The prize box went to Lula Googlein. Next meeting May 25 at Miss Elsie Hart’s Lasley Street home.
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Department
Columbus
Della Stah
Winona Cook
Nellie Ketter
Bertha Chase
Lula Googlein
Pearl Reynolds
Zana Wheeler
Elizabeth Campbell
Bertha Radford
Elsie Hart
Lasley St
Red Men meet. garden club hosts. residents cited
Regular Red Men session led by Sachem Jacob Roller with lunch served Afterward Syracuse Garden Club members gathered at Presbyterian Church annex Hostesses Mrs Pearl McBride Mrs James Quick and Mrs Clarence Springer led event planning Meigs County Garden Clubs meeting set for May 19 at Dexter with Star Garden Club as host. speaker Victor Ries of Ohio State University spoke on Large Mums.
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Pearl McBride
James Quick
Clarence Springer
Syracuse Garden Club
Syracuse Presbyterian Church
Capehart
Carl Weese
Meigs County Garden Clubs
Dexter, O
Star Garden Club
Victor Ries
Ohio State University
Elizabeth Duckworth
Elma Ihle
Florence Harden
Fire Truck Pump Repaired Returns to Third Ward
The Pomeroy third ward fire truck pump, sent to Columbus for factory repairs about 10 days ago, was returned Tuesday and will be installed promptly. Once ready the second ward truck will receive repairs after fire damage. Temporary fixes allowed use. damage to the second ward truck exceeded 300 dollars.
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Pomeroy
Pomeroy Third Ward
Columbus
Third Ward
Second Ward
More Men Than Women File for Divorce
A peculiar court trend shows husbands filing more divorce suits than in the past. Clerk Herman Beards notes several recent cases including Ernest Polk suing Frances Polk for willful absence over three years and Charles White seeking a divorce from Mary White for associating with other men.
Music Club Presents Program of Modern American Music
The Women’s Music Club in Middleport hosted a formal evening at the Heath Methodist Church auditorium with iris and orange blossom decor. Mrs. George Schaaf welcomed guests and thanked officers and committees while Dorothy Sauer reported finances. The program opened patriotically with the Loyalty Collect and “I Pledge Allegiance to the Flag,” followed by songs and a Chopin piano solo by Mrs. A. R. Hecox. Hecox’s performance and Hecox’s deep feeling drew praise. Reader H. A. Rothrock presented Deems Taylor’s The Well-Tempered Listener. The cantata The Nightingale and the Rose by Hadley closed the program under director Mrs. Willis Aleshire, with Miss Franceslin as soprano and Miss Pullin as soloist. A dessert reception with red, white and blue candles ended the evening. Hostesses included Mrs. E. R. Tompkins and others.
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Middleport
Heath Methodist Church
George Schaaf
America
A. R. Hecox
Chopin
H. A. Rothrock
Deems Taylor
Nightingale and
The
Hadley
Willis Aleshire
Franceslin
R. O. Fowler
Dorothy Sauer
Phyllis Diles
Lucille Dutton
Lois Cecil
Ben Neutzling
O. P. Klein
Robert Rawlings
E. R. Tompkins
R. A. Miller
William Bradford
Paul Davis
Antis Wolfe
Roy Lansbury
Griff Russell
Edgar Reynolds
John Lambert
Clifford Ervin
Missing Engine Cylinder Detected by Spark Plug Temperature
An automobile issue can be found by feeling spark plugs. The cylinder that is missing will show a cooler plug than the others, indicating a misfire or lacking combustion in that cylinder.
Animals more vulnerable to electric shocks than humans
The article notes that animals are much more sensitive to electric shocks than humans, stating that as little as 20 volts can be dangerous to cattle and horses.
Women's Society Holds Potluck Supper
The Women's Society for Christian Service held a potluck supper Tuesday evening at Simpson Methodist Church. Devotions led by Mrs. Albert Young, program by Miss Eva Simms with several assistants, and a business session reorganized WSCS Circles from four to two. Temporary chairs were named for the new circles.
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Albert Young
Harry Smith
Annual Picnic Held by Shakespeare Club at Elberfeld Farm
The Shakespeare Club held its annual picnic Tuesday at the Jacob Elberfeld farm near Tuppers Plains. It was a social meeting with no business session or program. Regular Rah meetings will not resume until all are prepared.
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Pomeroy
Shakespeare Club
Jacob Elberfeld
Tuppers Plains
Rah
Ward Son Enlists in Navy During Charleston Visit
Mrs. Gus Ward spent Mother's Day in Charleston with relatives and her son James Ward who enlisted in the United States Navy.
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Middleport
Gus Ward
Charleston
James Ward
United States Navy
Canada population estimate in early census report
A historic census notes Canada with about 10 million inhabitants, of whom less than half are of British descent. The remaining population includes diverse groups and future demographic shifts are anticipated.
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Canada
Band Boosters to Meet and Plan Alumni Banquet
Band Boosters Clan will hold a meeting after school Thursday to elect officers and finalize plans for the Alumni Banquet. Also reports of Lewis Williams catching an 11 b white salmon last night.
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Lewis Williams
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Army Air Corp
Charles Welch
James Hazelton
Wright St
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