Meigs County Red Cross Quota Soars This Year
Meigs County sets a Red Cross quota of 3000 dollars with a plan to intensify the drive. Red Cross Sunday will be observed in churches next Sunday and campaign runs from November 11 to 30 with volunteers visiting the county.
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THE
Athens Messenger
Athens
Ohio
Gethber Meigs
Red Cross
Pomeroy
Meigs
American Red Cross
Meigs County Red Cross
Army
Navy
Girl Scout Week Observed by Troop 1
Troop 1 members and leaders Captain Pearl Reynolds Lt Jean Mc Master and Lt Elizabeth Ann Newman attended services at First Baptist Church in observance of Girl Scout Week with Rev Ralph Zandel delivering the sermon Can Character Alone Save a Man Special music was provided by the pastor and Mrs Zundel.
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Middleport —lIn
Pearl Reynolds
Jean McMaster
Elizabeth Ann Newman
First Baptist Church
Ralph Zandel
Zundel
William Haptonstall
Troop 1
Troop 40
Boy Scouts
R. E. McKay
Heath Methodist Church
Secout
Barbara Stout
Athens
Mayor Postpones Council Meeting
Mayor M. D. Hartley announced that the Pomeroy Village Council meeting scheduled for tonight will be postponed. The postponement is due to the council room being used as a voting place with booths to be erected Monday evening.
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Pomeroy
Pomeroy Village
M. D. Hartley
Double wedding held at Church of Christ in Middleport
Miss Dorothy Darst and Miss Satterfield wed in a double ceremony at 8 a.m. with Rev. De McMillin presiding. Both couples left for Pittsburgh and Pennsylvania after the service. Locals and relatives attended. brides wore dark green and gold with rose corsages.
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Middleport
Dorothy Darst
Paul Davis
Dorothy Satterfield
Curtis Jenkinson
Church of Christ
de McMillin
Miss Darst
Miss Satterfield
David Darst
Gravel
Satterfield
R. O. Satterfield
Gravel Hill
Middleport High School
Columbus
Jenkinson
R. V. Ebersbach Motor Company
S. Third Ave
Pomeroy High School
Grover Jenkinson
Pomeroy
Fellowship Supper Held at Heath Methodist Church
Mrs. Nan Moore and Miss Hallie Zerkle hosted the Methodist Youth Fellowship supper Sunday evening at the Heath Methodist Church. Chrysanthemums and lighted tapers decorated the scene as attendees shared a meal and fellowship.
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Nan Moore
Hallie Zerkle
Methodist
Heath Methodist Church
Meigs Native Featured in Harvest Story
Former Meigs Countian Charlie Miller now on a Montana ranch is highlighted in Country Gentlemen November issue. The piece titled Big-Time Hay Harvest details a 2000 ton hay crop harvested in 20 days with 22 workers, plus Montana features shared by Walter Miller of Pomeroy.
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Pomeroy
Charlie Miller
Meigs
Montana
Country Gentlemen
Farm Magazine
Miller
Walter Miller
Mary Miller
Marie Miller
A. H. Fisher
Walter
Native of Meigs Co. Dies in Columbus
Funeral services for Mrs. Phoebe J. Schwer 75 of 122 Greiner Rd. will be at 2 30 p.m. today at Spears funeral home with burial in Alton Cemetery. A Meigs County native she lived in Columbus for years and was a member of the Apostolic Holiness Church. Her husband Charles Schwer three nieces and a nephew survive.
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Columbus
Phoebe J. Schwer
Greiner Rd
Spears
Alton
Meigs County
Schwer
Apostolic Holiness Church
Charles Schwer
Drivers Escape Injury in Pomeroy Rutland Road Crash
Mrs Jessie Russell and Jack Bartrum escaped serious injuries after a Saturday automobile collision on the Pomeroy Rutland Road near the Middleport access. The crash caused heavy damage to both cars and was investigated by Constables Grindley and Evans.
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Pomeroy
Jessie Russell
Jack Bartrum
Pomeroy-Rutland
Middleport
Grindley
Evans
State official resigns and returns home on Beech Street
George Hayes, employed by the State Conservation Department in this area and Beverly, has resigned his position and returned to his home on Beech Street following health concerns at his residence on North Third Avenue.
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Ation
N. Third Ave
George Hayes
State Conservation Department
Beverly
Beech St
Windshield Vandalism Probed Near Epitome
State highway patrol investigates a series of near shatters on windshields as motorists pass through the vicinity of Epitome. The latest victim is James Martin whose windshield shows a round hole from suspected rock throwing.
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Middleport
Epitome
State Highway Patrol
James Martin
Georgia Burgy and Charles Parks wed in Columbus
Announcement from Pomeroy friends notes the wedding of Miss Georgia Burgy and Charles Parks in Columbus Sunday at 2 PM. The bride is daughter of Mrs. Anna Burgy, and Parks works at Timken Roller Bearing Co. Various local residents visited Columbus and OSU students were mentioned. Reverend B H Morris plans Marietta pastorate after farewell sermon.
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Georgia Burgy
Charles Parks
Columbus
Anna Burgy
Middleport
Parks
Timken Roller Bearing Co
Mary Goodwin
Ohio State University
Norma Goodwin
Donley Reibel
Althea
Henry Reibel
Pleasant Ave
Helen Frances Elberfeld
Brother Richard
Alfred Elberfeld
Lincoln Hill
Earl Hartley
Mansfield
Oliver Hartley
Don Lanning
Cincinnati
B. H. Morris
Marietta
Rev. Morris
Pomeroy Church of Christ
Infant son of Mr and Mrs Munday dies near Bashan
Five months old son of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Munday died Sunday at their home near Bashan. Funeral services were held at three o'clock this afternoon from the Wing Chapel. Burial was in Chester Cemetery.
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Roy Barnes
Gordon Harris
Denzil Marteney
Parkersburg
Barnes
John Duerr
Lee Rudisill
Denzil Martney, Sr
Pomeroy
Clarence Munday
Bashan
Wing Chapel
Chester Cemetery
WPA Supervisor Pomeroy Arrives in Meigs County
Pomeroy Ray Luman, newly transferred from Jackson County, began WPA duties in Meigs County on Saturday. He praised local road machinery and noted modernization policy driven by former county supervisor Don Whiting, replaced by H. C. Bolan in 1940, who moved to Noble County. Luman hails from Gallipolis.
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Pomeroy
Ray Luman
Jackson County
WPA
Meigs County
Luman
Don Whiting
Whiting
H. C. Bolan
Bolan
Noble County
Jackson
Gallipolis
Museum for Meigs County Is Urged
Meigs County Pioneer Society plans a state museum built of native stone from each township. John Hallam and Robert Carson outlined the proposal to president Mrs Kingsland. State Senator Tom W Jones will seek a state appropriation. a former bill by Floyd Frees was previously introduced but not acted on.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
John Hallam
Robert Carson
Pioneer Society
Hallam
EF. W Kingsland
Tom W. Jones
Floyd Frees
Northwest Territory
Local Marriage Licenses Issued For Two Pom eroy Couples
Probate court approved licenses for Curtis Jenkinson 24 of Pom eroy and Dorothy Satterfield 21 of Middleport. Paul Edward Davis 22 of Middleport and Dorothy June Durst 21 of Middleport also received licenses.
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Pomeroy
Curtis Jenkinson
Dorothy Satterfield
Middleport
Paul Edward Davis
Dorothy June Durst
Ten Are Placed in Jail Over Sunday
Population of the county jail increased by 10 over the weekend. Charles Howell, Frank Finnican and John Finnican were arrested Saturday by Constable Dean Brinker of Sutton Township on assault and battery charges. Donahue was jailed Saturday by Constable Ronald Grindley on a bad back charge and bound over to the grand jury with a $300 bond. Six arrests were made early Sunday by Grindley and Deputy Sheriff George Lee Beards for intoxication: Haymond Christy Delbert Cox Franklin Jones Darrell Kenney Due Kesterson and Mary Fletcher.
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Pomeroy
Charieas Howell
Frank Finnican
John Finnican
Dean Brinker
Sutton Township
Ben Donahue
Ronald Grindley
Donahue
Justice of Peace
Frank Stowe
Grindley
George Lee Beards
Haymond Christy
Delbert Cox
Franklin Jones
Darrell Kenney
Due Kesterson
Mary Fletcher
PomeROY Faces Wellston in Weather Delayed Showdown
Pomeroy Panthers travel to Wellston this afternoon for a postponed game. Pomeroy is favored, though locals may be overconfident. Wellston has been below average this season while Pomeroy has shown enough power to threaten league leaders.
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Pomeroy — Panther
Wellston
Pomeroy
Former Meigs Pastor Now in Kentucky
Friends confirm the Rev. J. P. Miller, ex Church of Christ minister of Meigs County, is settled in Butler, Pendleton County Kentucky with a pastorate. He preaches at Lawrence Creek in Mason County and attends classes several days weekly at the College of the Bible in Lexington.
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Middleport
J. P. Miller
Church of Christ
Meigs County
Miller
Butler, Pendeleton Co
Lawrence Creek
Mason Co
College of the Bible
Lexington
Book Week observances reach Middleport Public Library display
National Children’s Book Week is observed at the Middleport Public Library with new juvenile books added to shelves. A special window display by Middleport Book Store on N Second Ave spotlights the event.
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Middleport
Second Ave
Racine Social And Personal Highlights
Mrs. Ben Philson hosted a stork shower for Mrs. Elmer Compton on Vine Street with decorated rooms and contests. Dinner honors circulated for Ralph Shain and Emil Plichta of Cleveland before Baker Field service in the air corps. Dr. and Mrs. Allen Brown visit family in Rochester Minnesota. A birthday dinner honored son Kelly. Halloween party for Kathryn Sharpneck and Gladys Hayman at Hliss College with classmates. Funeral attended for Dr. Ralph Quillen of Baltimore at Letart Falls.
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Racine
Ben Philson
Vine Street
Elmer Compton
Baker Field
Calif
Air Corps
Allen Brown
Tommy
Bob
Rochester
Minnesota
Brown
John Philson
C. B. Crow
Walter Sayre
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Blizzard
W. P. Ohlinger
Charleston
Pearl Yeanger
David Ohlinger
Edgar Ervin
Freda Welling
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W. H. Juhling
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Alberta Bennett
Yellow Jacket
J. B. Downing
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