Pomeroy 1942 Class Speaker Rev Ralph Kuether Named
Reverend Ralph Kuether will deliver the baccalaureate address for Pomeroy 1942 graduates with the theme Opportunity. The May 24 service at 7 30 PM in the Junior High School Auditorium will feature sixty eight seniors and the Girls Choir directed by Mrs Nobel Rompel. Recession al follows as the program concludes with Benediction by Reverend Luther Tracy.
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Pomeroy
Ralph Kuether
Luther Tracy
Nobel Rompel
Woman Sues Industrial Commission Over Death Benefits
Margaret Archer files in common pleas court seeking state insurance rights after her husband Earl Archer died from injuries suffered on June 11, 1931 at French Dry Cleaning Co. The Industrial Commission of Ohio allegedly disallowed her compensation claim.
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Pomeroy
Margaret Archer
Common Pleas
Industrial Commission of Ohio
Students Prepare for Final Examinations
Last minute cramming occupied many high school students as final examinations began this morning. Those with high marks and meeting six week attendance requirements could look forward to graduation activities and the distribution of grade cards upon return to school.
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Middleport
Junior Girls Will Present Bible Playlet in Sunday Service
Junior Girls under Mrs. L W McComas will present a Bible playlet The Wonderful Book Sunday morning during Church School at Middleport. Class of 1942 members attending church will receive Bibles in morning worship. Rev H A Rothrock will preach Putting Purpose Into Life at First Presbyterian.
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Middleport
L. W. McComas
H. A. Rothrock
First Presbyterian Church
H. L. Carr
Main Street
Presbyterian United World Emergency Fund
First Baptist Church
Church of Christ
Arthur Fick Heads to New York for Training
Arthur Fick Jr. has enlisted in the U S Army Air Corps and left Dayton for a 22 week training course at the Ambrose School of Technology in Long Island New York He is one of ten chosen for this program and visited his parents Mr and Mrs Arthur Fick Sr Lincoln Hill before departing The trip to New York was planned by plane and was to pass over Pom eroy today
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Pomeroy
Arthur Fick, Jr
U.S. Army Air Corps
Dayton
Long Island
N. Y
Ambrose School of Technology
Fick
Arthur Fick
Lincoln Hill
New York
Pressure Gauges Now Available in Meigs County
Home demonstration agent Geneva Humphreys announced that pressure cooker gauges are now available in Meigs County for two weeks only the last week of May through the first week of June. Readers should contact the county extension office to arrange gauge checks. Equipment secured from Ohio State University.
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Pomeroy
Geneva Humphreys
Meigs County
Ohio State University
Middleport social notes and gatherings indoors for end of school
Middleport notes show several indoor gatherings due to bad weather. Teachers and families held a high school picnic with supervised activities in Central Building. Busy Bee class at First Baptist met for a patriotic dessert and program. Various illness reports and visits to and from local residents are also listed along with guest and family arrivals for Mother's Day visits.
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Middleport
Flossie Frecker
Mary Root
First Baptist Church
Lawrence Bing
C. W. Wise, Jr
C. P. Bradbury
H. H. Kitchen
Harold Hubbard
Ross Pullin
Pomeroy Social Notes Inspection of Eastern Star Chapter
Harrisonville Order of Eastern Stars to hold inspection this evening led by Deputy Grand Matron Ruth Funk of Athens. Bridge club gathering at W Main St features Miss Marion Ebersbach winning high score and Mrs Shields taking traveling prize, prizes issued as defense stamps.
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Pomeroy
Harrisonville
The
Order of Eastern Stars
Ruth Funk
Athens
Marion Ebersbach
R. V. Ebersbach
W. Main St
Car! Shields
Evangeline
Middleport
Nellie Smith
Gertrude Mitchell
Jean Hart
Helen Nease
Greta Price
Carrie Nye
Nellie Tracy
Guy Mutchler
Ada Hoskins
Anna Vaughan
Everett Tracy
Civil Service Exams Set For Wednesday In Pomeroy
Civil service examinations identical to those in Logan will be held in Pomeroy at 9 o'clock Wednesday morning May 27. O E Bacon of Cincinnati will assist. He notes urgent needs for stenographer typists in Washington DC and stenographers in Dayton with starting salaries at 1440 dollars yearly. Applicants may file for the exam or seek details from the Secretary, Board of U S Civil Service Examiners, Pomeroy Post Office.
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Pomeroy
Logan
O. E. Bacon
Cincinnati
Washington
D. C
Dayton
Secretary
Board of U. S. Civil Service Examiners
Pomeroy Post Office
Seniors To Have Last Social Affair Tonight
MIDDLEPORT This evening at the high school members of the Senior Class will have their last social get together as a class the Senior Party. Students invited to the first part of the evening s festivities. The record player will furnish music for dancing. Officers are Janet Dillard president Barbara Hackett vice president Betty Nuckles secretary and Ernest Fraser treasurer. TO PLAY TONIGHT MIDDLEPORT Tonight members of the Middleport softball team will play a team of defense workers from the Point Pleasant area. The game scheduled for 7 o clock at the high school grounds.
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Middleport
Janet Dillard
Barbara Hackett
Betty Nuckles
Ernest Fraser
Point Pleasant
Turner to Address World War Veterans Memorial Program
POMEROY Meigs Chapter 53 of the Disabled American Veterans broadcasts a 15 minute memorial service over WPAR Parkersburg Sunday May 31 to honor veterans unable to participate in Memorial Day. A new patriotic song by Dayton Strickland with words by Pearl Kesterson will be featured. Ben F. Turner, radio chairman for Ohio, delivers the memorial address.
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Pomeroy
Meigs
WPAR
Parkersburg
Pearl Kesterson
Gerald Hoffner
Dayton Strickland
Pearl Harbor
Ben F. Turner
Turner
D.A.V
Department of Ohio
Charleston
Huntington
Canton
Akron
Springfield
Zanesville
Meigs County
Library Helps In Defense At Pomeroy
Pomeroy Public Library undertakes war information efforts for Meigs County. A reading table is reserved for civilian defense, war information, Victory gardening, and travel books. The library has collected 1,250 books for the armed forces in the Victory Book Campaign and seeks more. It received Civilian Defense pamphlets and mounted three displays on war information.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Badger Construction Company
West Virginia Ordnance Works
Baccalaureate Service for Class of 1942 Held at High School
Middleport churches cancel evening services Sunday for the annual baccalaureate at 8 pm in the high school auditorium. Rev. Don McMillin will deliver the sermon titled The Anchor of the Soul, with Rev. H. A. Rothrock assisting. The school orchestra led by Gordon Harris and Lois Cecil will provide processional music and hymns, and the Girls Glee Club will sing DeKoven’s Recessional.
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Middleport
Middleport High School
Don McMillin
Church of Christ
H. A. Rothrock
Heath Methodist Church
Gordon Harris
Lois Cecil
DeKoven
Girls Glee Club
Cecil
Army Glider Pilot Training Program In Midwest and Beyond
The War Department announced light airplane and glider schools across the United States to train Army Air Forces glider pilots. Qualified civilians, ages 18 to 35 with prior pilot training, may enroll after meeting examinations and certification. Training progresses from light airplanes to small and larger gliders with dead stick landings to develop precision.
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United States
Middle West
Army Air Forces
War Department
Air Force
Civil Pilot Training Program
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Army
Navy
Knudsen Receives Industry Guidance From Locomotive Foreman
Lieutenant General William S. Knudsen, Army production expert, receives practical advice from Jack Fleming, foreman at a Schenectady locomotive works, highlighting collaboration between military planners and industrial managers during wartime production efforts.
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Bill
William S. Knudsen
Jack Fleming
Schenectady, N. Y
Cheshire Man Is Injured After Fall Over Wall
Night Patrolman H H Niemeyer found Budd H Swisher near Cheshire with a fractured hip after an apparent fall over a lower parking lot wall. Homer Hamilton of Amesville, questioned, denied knowing what happened. Swisher was taken to Holzer Hospital. another note states the Alaska coastline size.
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Homer Hamilton
Amesville
Niemeyer
Hamilton
Swisher
Renzo Menchini
Red Kimes
Holzer Hospital
Henry Ewing
Marvin
Soldiers Stationed In Canal Zone
Middleport report notes Sergeant Virgil Butcher serving three years in the U.S. Army at Fort Clayton in the Panama Canal Zone. His parents Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Butcher of Diamond Street receive monthly air mail letters. Corporal Gene Bennett, son of Mrs. Alberta Bennett, also stationed at the camp, has met Butcher after their mothers exchanged addresses.
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Middleport
Virgil Butcher
United States Army
Fort Clayton
Panama Canal Zone
Arthur Butcher
Diamond St
Butcher
Gene Bennett
Alberta Bennett
S. Second Ave
Seven Prepare for Confirmation Sunday at Federated Church
POMEROY Sunday School meets at 9 a.m. with a 10:20 a.m. worship service. At that hour the confirmation class of 1942 will be received into the church, announced by Rev. Ralph Kuether.
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Pomeroy
Federated Church
Ralph Kuether
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Los Angeles
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Ernest Lloyd
W.W.O.W
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Ogden
Utah
Laura Handley
Glouster
C. B. Smith
Dahlia Pauley
Beckley
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N. Fourth Ave
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Entertains Club
Pomeroy Personals
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Lorain
Mulberry Ave
D. C. Franz
Hettie Williams
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Walter Scheider
Marion Adams
E. Liverpool
Clish Jacobs
Verna Hysell
Norman
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Rauch's Bakery
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