State Legion Commander Is Speaker at Memorial Day Service
Memorial Day exercises at Beech Grove Cemetery in Pomeroy featured Rossiter Williams, state commander of the Ohio American Legion, as speaker. He urged national preparedness and self-reliance after the war while local civic groups attended and the ceremony included musical selections, prayers, and a firing squad salute.
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America
Charles Baird
Grace Episcopal Church
Jane Howell
Daughters of Union Veterans
John
Cedric Clark
Camp Roberts
Calif
Drew Webster Post
Luther M. Tracy
First Baptist Church
George Howell
Post Auxiliary
Albert Young
Pearl Hysell
D.A.V
John Duerr
Rossiter Williams
Auxiliary
Baird
Weber Thoma
Ben Neutzling
Lois Ann
Ask Parents To Keep Children Off Streets In Middleport
Local officers and village authorities appeal to parents to prohibit Middleport children from playing ball in streets. The practice endangers children and motorists and the town will enforce the ordinance, Chief of Police L. F. Miggins announced today.
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Middleport
Ll. F. Miggins
Mrs Lewellyn Stahl Informs Son Wounded in Action
Mrs Lewellyn Stahl of Laurel Cliff was informed by the War Department that her son, Kohn, has been wounded in action in Italy. He sustained his injuries in the fighting on May 11.
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Pomeroy
Lewellyn Stahl
Laurel Cliff
War Department
Kohn
Italy
Bing Funeral Services Held for Mrs Mate Skinner Bing
Funeral services for Mrs Mate Skinner Bing age 95 longtime Meigs County resident were held this afternoon at the Ewing Chapel with interment at Miles Cemetery beside a son She died Monday night after six weeks illness A Middleport native she married Ernest Bing in 1868 and their family included eight children now five daughters a son 13 grandchildren 26 great grandchildren and two great great grandchildren Surviving are daughters Gertrude French Clara S Bing Nelle J Bing and others The Rev George M Bing a deceased son was a Methodist pastor and another son James L Bing also predeceased her
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Rutland
Bing
Meigs County
West Virginia
United Methodist Church
Gertrude French
Alfred Ernest Bing
Wateloo
Iowa
Clara S. Bing
Nelle J. Bing
George M. Bing
James L. Bing
John David Bing
Samuel J. Christy Dies in Holzer Hospital
POMEROY Samuel J Christy 68 died Tuesday morning at Holzer Hospital Gallipolis. Survived by wife three sisters Mrs Adam Hackathorn Mrs William Detarmo Toronto Mrs Newton Tiller Lisbon a brother James Cleveland another brother Clarence East Liverpool an uncle Charles Christy Pomeroy Funeral services set for Thursday at two o'clock at Mt Herman Church with interment in Mt Herman cemetery
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Pomeroy
Samuel J. Christy
Holzer Hospital
Gallipolis
Adam Hackathorn
William Detarmo
Toronto
Newton Tiller
Lisbon
James
Cleveland
Clarence
East Liverpool
Charles Christy
Mt. Hersman Church
Mt. Herman
C. H. Jesse
Roy Lucas
Zanesville
St. Paul Lutheran Church
Robert Lucas
Edith Bowen
Pete Keilling
Cincinnati
Joe Raub
Ebenezer Ave
Lena Morgan
Pennsylvania
Mary J. Huber
Straile
Hazel Townsend
Chillicothe
Downington
Dorothy Mees
Columbus
Helen Mees
William Hartinger
Daughters
Spring Valley
Dor Schaefer
Lincoln Hill
Orville Rader
W. H. Ebersbach
Irene Powell
New York
George Powell
Adam Ebershach
Sergeant Powell
Parkersburg
Duke University
N. C
Edison Hobstetter
Albert Miller
Pomeroy Civic Cub
Martin Hotel
Della Windsor
Theron Ohtinger
West Carrollton
George Hood
Charleston
C. FE. Nease
Joe Stanley
Bill
Dayton
William Campbell
Peacock Ave
Stanleys
Floyd
Charles Warner
Willard Taylor
Hilda
Kenneth Davis
Gladys Bahr
Everett Milhoan
Dwight
B. A. Dodson
Chester
May birthdays prompt dinner and busy social notes
Middleport hosts a May birthday gathering for Isaac Mohler and Mrs. Minnie Clark with a birthday cake from Mrs. Mohler and guests assisting. The same issue notes alumni reunion attendance, visits from relatives, moves, and local social updates including military personnel and a report that about 25,000,000 tires are being recapped annually.
New Navy Contracts Boost Industrial Garment Mfg
The Industrial Garment Mfg Co announces new U S Navy contracts ensuring a full 48 hour week through fall. Steam pressing equipment is being installed and personnel will rise about 20 percent. Fred Jones becomes factory superintendent, moving with his family from Galion to Seventh Ave Lyon's property.
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Middleport
Mfg. Co
U. S. Navy
Cpl
Leighton Rosenthal
Cleveland
Fred Jones
Cleveland Overall Co
Industrial Mfg. Company
Jones
Lyon
Sullivan
Seventh Ave
Galion
Call Meeting of Certificate Holders in Pomeroy
Holders of the Robert H. Russell oil gas process certificates are urged to convene at 8 p.m. Friday June 2 in the Ewing Building Pomeroy. Meigs County residents are said to hold most of the investment and a two year litigation over patent rights has ended with certificate owners gaining title to the patent now registered in the U.S. patent office.
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Pomeroy
Ewing
Benjamin F. Turner
Meigs County
Meigs
Turner
New York
U. S. Patent Office
Scarberry Rites Held for Mrs Sara Scarberry
At noon today funeral services were held at the Ewjing Chapel for Mrs Sara M Scarberry 88 who died at her son A J Scarberry Racine Monday. The body was taken to Creston WV for interment.
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Pomeroy
Ewjing Chapel
Sara M. Scarberry
A. J. Scarberry
Racine
Creston
W. Va
Tablet Stove heats Standard C ratio in minutes
The Quartermaster Corps developed a new fuel tablet weighing just over an ounce that can heat the Standard C ration in sx minutes, offering a compact ready heat source for field meals.
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The
Quartermaster Corps
Pomeroy Social Notes from Memorial Day Gatherings
Social notes recount Memorial Day events at Beech Grove Cemetery hosted by Drew Webster Post with guests including Pomeroy leaders and auxiliary members. The column also lists visits, family events, confirmations, travel, and local notices, ending with a remark on evaporation affecting car mileage in the south.
Burlingham Farmer Undergoes Major Surgery
Syracuse report says C. E. Williams of Burlingham has been a patient at St. Francis Hospital Columbus for the last two weeks. On Wednesday he underwent a very serious stomach operation. His condition is satisfactory.
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Syracuse
C. E. Williams
Burlingham
St. Francis Hospital
Columbus
Rothrock Is Returned To Heath Church Middleport
The Rev. H. A Rothrock is back for an eighth year as pastor of Heath Church Middleport after an Ohio Annual Conference reappointment. He and his wife Esther are active in local community work with Boy Scouts Red Cross and church activities. New assignments include Rev Albert Bitters replacing Rev Nobel Rompel and other clergy moves in surrounding charges.
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Middleport
H. A Rothrock
Ohio
Methodist Church
Heath Church
Rothrock
Esther Rothrock
Kinshata
Red Cross
Albert Bitters
Germantown
Nobel Rompel
United Methodist Church
Bitters
Rompe
Lawrence Schmitt
Rutland
Walter McCarley
Racine
Lester Taylor
Letart Falls
Cheshire
FE. L. Miller
Reedsville
Chester
Three Sons in Army Serve Nation Across World War II
Mrs. B. A. Dodson of Chester reports Sgt. Robert M. Conroy has arrived in New Guinea. Her other sons Private D. H. Conroy at Camp Haan California and Private J. C. Conroy at Camp Forrest Tennessee, and son-in-law Private Haswell Betz in England hospital also serve.
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Long Bottom
B. A. Dodson
Chester
Robert M. Conroy
New Guinea
D. H. Conroy
Camp Haan
Calif
J. C. Conroy
Camp Forrest
Tenn
Haswell Betz
England
Funeral for Cpl William Venanle Held Thursday
Funeral services for Cpl William Denzil Venanle, killed in an automobile accident at Lockbourne Air Base, will be held Thursday at 2 PM in the Ewing Chapel with burial at Minersville Hill. Friends may call at the chapel.
Birthday Observed In Rutland Home
Rich ard Adkins of Rutland R D 1 near Midway celebrated his 83rd birthday with a May 28 family gathering. The annual homecoming, observed since 1921, drew 31 relatives including 12 children, in laws, grandchildren and great grandchildren. A dinner and gifts followed the event.
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Rutland
Richard Adkins
Rutland R. D. 1
Midway
Adkins
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PACE
Samuel Christy
Middleport Social Notes
Isaac Mohler
Minnie Clark
Mohler
Daisy Mohler Italia
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Margaret Mohler
Mathilda Lines
Elizabeth Reeves
Rex Adkins
Wilkesville
Harry Mohler
Walter Clark
William Reynolds
Willard Mohler
New Haven
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Elmer Compton
Compton
Mary Gilmore
Mary Shain
Klein Kats Orchestra
Patty Watson
Ben Philson
Edgar Ervin
Main St
Ellis Haworth
Thomas Ervin Haworth
Thomas Edgar Ervin
Washington, D. C
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Tom Mills
Paul Lynch
Delano
Cal
Irene Stanley
Guy Wayne
Boice
Lincoln St
J. K. Smith
Nitro
Harlan Klees
Mildred Ann Wise
Ross Wise
Rose
Barbara Hackett
Mazie Wise
Point Pleasant
Jack Terrell
New Jersey
Nan Fisher
C. O. Fisher
John Snyder
George Snyder
David Farmer
Dan Farmer
George Hayman
Ruby Hayman
Westover Field
Mass
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Camp Maxey
Texas
W. T. Moore
Chesapeake
M. G. Brown
Brown
Harry Brunker
Marietta
Tom W. Jones
John Evans
L. L. Ringer
Badger and Son Construction Co
P. M. Club
Ambrose Gibbs
Craig Reynolds
Cuyahoga Falls
George Reynolds
Guy Reynolds
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Francis Bush
Rogley
Florence Bush
Roger Dean
Lieutenant Bush
Fred Sisson
Chicago
James Stevens
Langsville
Mr. Sisson
L E. Miller
Jack Walters
1-C
Seabees
Urol
Warner
Lulu
Jean Sullivan
Marianne
Pvt
Hargrove
Pomeroy Social Notes
Legion Auxiliary
Hysell
Ernest Lallance
Drew Webster
Lallance
Mary Jane
Beech Grove Cemetery
Pearl Kesterson
Mechanic St
Robt
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Taylor Turner
Johnny Eager
Popeye
Robert Paige
Louise Albritton
Diana Barrymore
Walter Abel
Walter Catlett
Richard Lane
Middleport Thurs
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Bendyue
Dames Brown
Ella Raines
Andy Devine
Noah Beery
Furzy Knight
Barry Fitzgerald
Frisco Kid
Timor-Laut
East Indies
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Dorothy
William
Richard
Grover Adkins
Willard Adkins
Eula Holley
Henry Miller
Barbara Pearl Adkins
Diehl
Huntington
Minas Adkins
Thomas McDonie
Yates
Ernest Adkins
Judy
Steve
Marmet
Claire Page
Max Smith
Larry
Jerry
Nancy
Dexter
Lee Felty
Imogene Arrowood
Mr. Adkins
Jackass
Tayot
Mexsana
Stark
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Swim
Catalina
Hollywood
Wilson Bros
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