Pomeroy Civic Leaders Named for Postwar Project Program
POMEROY—Executive Committee of the Pomeroy Chamber of Commerce named twelve project study committees to implement a postwar program. President W A Smith urged timely action and responsibility to avoid future delays. The group will coordinate plans with medical professionals toward establishing a local hospital.
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Athens Messenger
Pomeroy
Pomeroy Chamber of Commerce
W. A. Smith
Chamber of Commerce
Neerec
Chamber
H. C
Millions Switch To Mutton Suet Penetro For Colds
Millions switch to Penetro with mutton suet formula for chest cold relief. The article touts Grandma’s remedy enhanced by science, claiming it relieves pain, eases coughs, loosens phlegm, and soothes chest rawness. Drugstores promote a 25 cent single and 35 cent double supply.
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America
Grandma
Central Republican women and men plan voting drive
A Meigs County joint meeting led by Edith Lama and Frank Clark outlined a get out the vote effort for next Tuesday. Highlights from Athens featured guest speaker Mrs. Robert Taft. attendees included Mrs. Noah Haskins and Hubert Mace. A second joint gathering is planned later this week.
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Athens
Pomeroy Chamber Sets Postwar Projects List and Speaker
Doughty of Ohio Power Company and new district governor of Ohio Kiwanians will speak at the Chamber meeting on postwar problems under the subject Therell Come A Time. A $5 library book fund was set during the session. Committees list includes sewage system, local hospital, municipal building with offices and recreation rooms, marketing facilities for farm products, airplane landing strip near Pomeroy, dams for lakes, Highway 33 improvements, river parking lots, Ohio River boating program, and sound municipal county financing.
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Glenroy Ewing
J. M. Thornton
K. D. Amsbury
Allen Hartley
Ernest Duerr
Alfred Elberfeld
George Howell
C. J E. Blakeslee
T. T. Reed
Edison Hobstetter
Harold Hilligas
Frank Will
J. E. D. Hartinger
Pomeroy
Injured Paratrooper Pfc Lawrence Hilldore Details
Pfc Lawrence Hilldore arrived October 23 at RAF Regional Hospital Coral Gables Florida according to his parents Mr and Mrs T Hilldore of Racine He served overseas with paratroops in Italy and France for six months and recently sustained serious injuries on duty in France
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Lawrence Hilldore
Raf Regional Hospital
Coral Gables
Fla
T. Hilldore
Racine
Pfc
Hilldore
Italy
France
Thomas D. Crow
U. S
Earl Collins
Eugene Collins
Navy
Wilfred Smith
Athens
Pomeroy
Michigan
Smith
Theodore Ebersbach
Ernest Hoffman
Second St
Hoffman
Alberta Caruthers
Levi Caruthers
Chester Road
Hoffner
Lincoln Hill
Millard Wildermuth
Columbus
Cpl
Henry O. Tubbs
California
Billie
Johnnie Tubbs
Lera Bennnett
Ralph Bennett
England
Ian Bennett
Ben Kesterson
Beulah
Canton
Marriage and social notes from Middleport area eventful week
A series of Middleport social notes recount marriages, births, birthdays, visits, and military moves. Flora Jones wed Ben Bailey in Gallipolis with Elmer Russell as attendant. Paul Johnson and Mary De Weese married at Holzer Hospital. Dale Jacobs welcomed Carol Anita, now with two sisters and three brothers. Various relatives celebrated birthdays and hosted dinners. Lt. Lewis Johnson shipped for Norfolk. several families moved or visited, including Kentuckian and Ohio routes.
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Middleport
Bradbury
Earl Moore
Gallipolis
Flora Jones
Ben Bailey
Elmer Russell
Paul Johnson
Mary de Weese
Robert Martin Carson
Holzer Hospital
Mrs. Johnson
Carl Mourning
Elyria
Dale
Mourning
Carl
Earl
Point Pleasant
James Pullen
Susie
Poplar Bluffs
Ruby Bumgarner
Columbus
Howard Byers
George Reynolds
Cuyahoga Falls
Frank Betz
Cyndia Davies
Mildred Beach Harris
Charles Beach
H. A. Rothrock
Roy Lansbury
Althea Anderson
Bess Sanborn
Huntington
Norfolk
Lewis Gerber
Navy
J. O. Dowler
William Dowler
O. Hindy
Liberty Theater
Delbarton
W. Va
Vanceburg
Kentucky
Raymond McClure
Mary Ellen
McClure
Q. Kindy
Halloween social notes and local births and visits in Pomeroy
Halloween activities included private parties at Sugar Run and Central School PTAs and church youth events at Federated and United Methodist Churches. Local births include a son born to Don Holter and wife in Huntington. other residents announce arrivals, furloughs, and overseas service as families host visitors and relocate. Military and civilian family movements feature multiple postal and travel notes across Pomeroy and nearby areas.
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Don Holter
Huntington
W. Va
Huntington Hospital
Harry Holter
Syracuse
Albert Young
Pomeroy
Dwight Parker
Holter
Young
Cupboards Raided by Youthful Visitors
A Mid dleport Halloween tradition saw groups of six to seven children going door to door asking for treats on Beggar's Night. Adults reported their cupboards emptied after giving to many callers as the youths compared their loot later.
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Middleport
Entsminger Rites To Be Thursday
Funeral services for Mrs. Lewis Entsminger, who died at her daughter’s home, will be at Langsville Church at 2 p m Thursday. The body is at Rawlings-Coats Funeral Home. Survived by husband, daughter Mrs. Maynard Davis, sister Mrs. A E Entsminger, and brother Thomas McKnight of Aurora Illinois.
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Middleport
Lewis Entsminger
Maynard Davis
Langsville
Rawlings-Coats
Entsminger
Charleston General Hospital
Olive Farm Women Meet for Program at Long Bottom
Olive Farm Women's Club met with Mrs. Marion Hall for the October program. Devotions were led by Mrs. Francis Andrews. The program featured a discussion Election in the News by Mrs. Bill Swain, a book review A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Mrs. Harry Pickens, and a reading by Mrs. Paul Andrews. Other members included Mrs. Roy Hannum, Mrs. Donald Myres, Mrs. W. M. Cowdery, Mrs. W. F. Hawley, Mrs. Warren Pickens, Mrs. Carl D. Buckley and Mrs. Effie Warren. Refreshments were served by the hostess and Mrs. Andrews.
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Long Bottom
Olive Farm Women's Club
Marion Hall
Francis Andrews
Bill Swain
Brooklyn
Harry Pickens
Paul Andrews
Roy Hannum
Donald Myres
W. M. Cowdery
W. F. Hawley
Warren Pickens
Carl D. Buckley
Effie Warren
Andrews
Oyster supper tickets on sale for Memorial Fund
Middleport sponsors an oyster supper at the high school on November 9 to benefit the Memorial Fund. The Middleport Alumni Association will share the expense of the Honor Roll Board.
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Middleport
Middleport Alumni Association
Court Hears Keaton Case In Pomeroy
State versus Albert Keaton probation violation hearing wrapped up yesterday afternoon. Night Patrolman H H Neimeyer and Chiefs Walter Wolfe L B Higgins testified. Judge Edgar Ervin will advise on the matter. Keaton, arrested about 3 am Saturday in company with two married women, faced assault and battery charges. He was on probation since Oct 23. Earlier August arrest for intoxication led to Middleport jail time and a $25 bond.
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Pomeroy
Albert
Red) Keaton
H. H. Neimeyer
Walter Wolfe
L. B. Higgins
Middleport
Edgar Ervin
Keaton
Emmett Peoples
Meigs County Republicans add four senators to campaign panel
Ex executive chairman Pomeroy Oval Diddle states that Senators Tom W Jones H N Swift and J B Downing of Minport have been added to the Meigs County Republican Campaign Committee in a formal committee update.
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Pomeroy — Oval
Diddle
Meigs County
Republican Central Committee
Tom W., Jones
H. N. Swift
J. B. Downing
Middleport
Republican Campaign Committee
Eastern Star to Meet Thursday at Evangeline Chapter
The Middleport Evangeline Chapter of the Order of Eastern Star will convene Thursday at 7:30 PM with officer elections. The Evangeline Club plans a social hour afterward.
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Middleport — Evangeline Chapter
Order of Eastern Star
Evangeline Club
Tips for tired eyes advertisement note
Practical tips advise holding reading material about 14 inches from the face and avoiding reading in poor light. After exposure to dust wind or overuse bathe eyes with Lavoptik to soothe inflamed burning itching and granulated eyelids. Ad claims thousands praise it with 30 years success and urges Lavoptik at all drug stores.
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S. Fifth Ave
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Alpha Sommerville
Ella Crowell
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Raymond Whaley
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Gene Autrey
Smiley Burnette
Tonto Basin
Ray Corrigan
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