Rain Fails To Mar Pt Pleasant War Plant E Award Ceremony
At Pt Pleasant West Virginia ordnance works the Army Navy E ceremony proceeded indoors due to rain. Pfc James W Sanders presented pins. officials from General Chemical Defense Corp and WVOW attended with Parkersburg High School band and local mayors. The gathering highlighted worker pride and wartime cooperation despite weather.
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Athens Messenger
Athens
Ohio
Pt. Pleasant’s
War Plant
Francis H. Klein
Point Pleasant
General Chemical Defense Corporation
West Virginia Ordnance Works
Parkersburg High School
George J. Dieta
WVOW
Dietz
Big Reds
International Lions Club
New Orleans
Parkersburg
Pfc
James W. Sanders
Fletcher General Hospital
Cambridge
Sanders
Cassino
Defense
South Point
Coalgrove
T. C. Gerber
Office of Chief Ordnance
St. Louis
Wilson Starbuck
Naval Operating Base
Norfolk
Leland Culbertson
Gerber
H. S. Bowen
G.C.D.C
J. L. Clark
Ruby Baer
Pomeroy
Floyd
Alberta) Koehler
Paul R. Swisher
Middleport
Paul
U. S. Navy
D. O. Mason
New York City
Walter Windsor
Marietta Mfg
Walter Krodell
George Howell
C. C. Fisher
Gallipolis
Stewart Clendennin
W. A. Smith
Edison Hobhstetter Aten Shain
Henry Ewing
W. R. Farnham
John Zerkle
B. F. Parmalee
Howard Farrell
Selective Service Department
C. H. Wise, Jr
Itchy Pimples Kill Romance Advertisement
Itchy pimples and skin irritations blamed for ruined romances. The ad promotes Peterson's Ointment offering quick relief and a money back guarantee after one application. Also claims to soothe tired feet and cracks between toes.
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Peterson
Speaker endorsement and lecture announced
Official endorsement by Dr Edward Benes head of the Czechoslovak government in exile and by the Council of Churches is announced for Oscar Stern a Czechoslovak refugee and Gestapo fugitive. He will speak at 7 45 this evening at the First Baptist Church in Louisville Kentucky with support from Evansville and Rochester organizations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Benes
London
England
Council of Churches
Louisville
Evansville
Ind
Rochester
N. Y
Oscar Stern
Czechoslovakia
First Baptist Church
Pomeroy Social Notes Honor Guest Nease Dinner
Mrs Paul Nease director and soloist of the Feder ated Choir leaves for Florida to visit her husband Staff Sgt Paul Nease for the summer. She was guest of honor at a dinner at the Mary Jane Coffee Shoppe. A leather pouch pocketbook was presented. Other guests included Rev Ralph Kuether and Mrs, Ben Neutzling and families. The Past Councilors Club met at Mrs Elizabeth Campbell home to plan flowers for convalescents and a night of games with prizes awarded to Lottie Cohen and others.
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Lois Ann
Marguerite Meier
Lester Fauber
George Beards
Ruth Huber
Elizabeth Campbell
Butternut Ave
Elizabeth Durst
Lottie Cohen
Ethel Smith
Lucille Hawkins
Local weddings and gatherings note residents moving and visiting
Local friends in Pomeroy and Middleport report the marriage of Mrs. Chauncey Saumaker to Lawrence Mc Master of Charleston. The McMasters now reside in Charleston where he holds a government post. Visitors include Mrs. George Engle and Mr. and Mrs. Carl Dennis of Sugar Grove with the Scotts in Nease Settlement, and families from Pittsburgh Carbon W Va. marked by Mother's Day travel.
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Pomeroy
Middleport
Chauncey Saumaker
E. Main St
Lawrence McMaster
Charleston
George Engle
Carl Dennis
Sugar Grove
Earl Scott
Nease Settlement
Harold H. Hamms
Pittsburgh
Thorne Cottrill
Clarence Bailey
Columbus
Mae Calhoun
Central School
Rio Grande
Rio Grande College
William Hobstetter
Camp Peary
Edison Hobstetter
Lincoln Hill
Mineral School Presents Runaway Song Operetta Friday
Mineral Grade School will stage the operetta Runaway Song at the school building Friday night May 19 at 8 00 p m under the direction of Mrs Redempa Goodrich.
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Mineral
Mineral Grade School
Redempa Goodrich
Pomeroy High Plans 1944 Class Graduation Ceremony
Pomeroy High School will award diplomas to 52 seniors at the 68th annual commencement in the Junior High Auditorium on Thursday May 18 at 8 pm. Principal J E White, Rev W Luther Tracy, and Superintendent W A Smith lead the program with student speakers including Doris Leifheit and Annette Seyfried. The event features the Pomeroy School Orchestra directed by Willis Aleshire and the theme Let Freedom Ring.
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Pomeroy
W. A. Smith
Pomeroy High School
Freedom
Danny Rosenbaum
Doris Leifheit
Willie Carr
Annette Seyfried
Red Cross
Jack Lewis
Claire Titus
Betty Jacobs
Creed
Ethel Garland
W. Luther Tracy
J. E. White
Pomeroy School
Willis Aleshire
Taylor
Pierne
America
Helen Frances Baer
Harold H. Blackston
Eileen Blackwood
Ruth Eileen’ Brickles
Patricia Jeannette Brider
Phyllis Eileen Brown
William B. Buck
Willie W. Carr
Eugene Chapman
Mary Elizabeth Couch
Martha Lou Curtis
Sara Rose Curtis
Helen M. Davis
Elizabeth Jane Ebersbach
Hazel M. Epple
Sarah Lucille Genheimer
Willis Herbert Giles
Nora Elaine Harris
Sara Elizabeth Harris
Robert E. Hayes
James L. Heilman
Margaret Hogue
Margaret Frances, Holmes
Iris Eleanor House
Roy V. Howell, Jr
Robert Manning Hysell
Betty Ann Jacobs
Beulah Naomi Kesterson
Doris Helen Leifheit
Jack B. Lewis
Mary Eloise McCallum
Donald L. Moore
Milford M. Mowery
Martha Jayne Myers
Rose Marie Nease
Lois Ann Neutzling
Cheryl Jane Parker
Joanne Raub
Erma Gibbs Smith
Pauline Thoma
Anna Mae Thomas
Robert P
Elberfelds Donate Organ for Church in Pomeroy
The Elberfeld family donated an electric reed organ and dedicatory recital at Trinity Lutheran Church in Pomeroy in a festival service led by Rev. Hilmar Rosenberg. The organ and two flags were gifts from Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Elberfeld and Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Elberfeld for their sons Lt Martin Elberfeld and Sgt Richard Elberfeld, who serve abroad in the Pacific and India respectively. The Rosenbaums provided the American and Christian flags.
Sayre Burial Set for Letart Falls Thursday
Mrs. Clara Sayre, who died at her son Ellis Sayre's home in New Brighton Pennsylvania, will be buried at Letart Falls Thursday afternoon at 2 30 p m according to announcement.
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Sayre
Letart Falls
Ellis Sayre
New Brighton
Meigs D A Chapter Holds Annual Inspection
Theodos Council Daughters of America held its annual inspection in the Odd Fellow hall with Mrs Pribble Wilson as inspecting officer. A ceremony honored mothers wives and grandmothers of service men. 60 members and guests shared a potluck supper after the ritual work and honors.
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Pomeroy
Pribble Wilson
Theodorus Council, Daughters of America
Odd Fellow
Wilson
Aletha Anderson
Akron
Elizabeth Durst
Helen Walker
Gallipolis
Mary Calvert
Lottie Cohen
Thelma Dill
Liberty
Mabel Beards
Erna Jesse
Ben Neutzling
Margaret Newman
Cohen
Charles McNamee
Darst
Blanche Roller
United Brethren Hold Candlelight Service
Morning Star United Brethren Church hosted a candlelight service on May 14 led by Rev. Beulah Koster. Twenty four candles honored boys serving in the armed forces while mothers lit candles for their sons. Mrs. A P Singer lit five candles marking her five sons in uniform as the church glowed with flowers and candlelight.
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Morning Star
Morning Star United Brethren Church
Beulah Koster
A. P. Singer
Singer
Koster
Sergeant Loses His Car to Hoodlum
MIDDLEPORT A stick up in downtown Indianapolis led to Sgt Orville Chambers of Ft Benjamin Harrison facing a gun and a driver who robbed him of his car He fired at officers who wounded him in the hand tear gas forced him from a residence and he was captured The 26 year old former Marine was married with several children and suffered vehicle damage when the bandit hit a curb during the escape.
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Middleport
Orville Chambers
Ft. Benjamin Harrison
Ind
Chambers
Indianapolis
Chamber
Rain Cancels Youth Skating and Dancing Party
Heavy rain and threatening weather force cancellation of the Main Street skating and dancing party for local youth. Next event date to be announced.
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Rain
Pomeroy
Buckner Couple Welcome Son on Mother's Day
Mr. and Mrs. Hershel Buckner announce the birth of their second son on Mother's Day Sunday May 14. He is grandson of Mr. and Mrs. George Lewis and Mrs. Bessie Buckner.
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Middleport
Hershel Buckner
Buckners
George Lewis
Bessie Buckner
Class Buys Service Flag for Church
The One Won One Class of the First Baptist Church has purchased a service flag to be dedicated soon. Rev W L Tracy announced a star will honor every family member serving in the armed forces and asked for names and addresses of in service family members to be given to designated church leaders.
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Mayme Wolfe
Caddie Wickham
Helen Wippel
Helen Simpson
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