Village adopts electric rate change and pays old debts
In a recessed meeting the Village Council unanimously passed the Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric ordinance after its third reading. The new rate changes raise bills from five cents per KWH to 99 cents per KWH with a $1 base, while lingering floating debt was reduced by paying Meigs Water Co. $117.24 leaving $3430.81.
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Middleport
Last
Columbus and Southern Ohio
Electric Company
C. C. Fisher
Gene Grate
David’ Miller
Harry ‘Cross
David Darst
Harry Houdashelt
H. J. Russell
T. A. May
FM. McKay
TH. Metters
Athens
Meigs Water Company
D.C. Miller
Council
PTA
Son
Riverview Cemetery
Fultz and Son
NYA
Fand
Com 4
Lumbus
Southern Ohio Electric
Athens Eleven Ranks With State's Best in Ohio Football
Ohio high school football title chase narrows to a few contenders led by Cathedral Latin, Columbus North and Canton McKinley. Latin crushed Cleveland Central 104 to 6 as Joe Pujazon dominated Lakewood, while Athens beat Logan 16 to 0 to extend its 16 game unbeaten string. Fremont Ross’s Bob Demmel piled up six touchdowns in a 65 to 0 win over St Joseph.
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Columbus
Cathedral Latin
Toledo
Linney
Columbus North
Cincinnati
Purcell
Athens
Canton Mekley
Cleveland Central
Ohio
Nnt
Cleveland Lincoln
Central
Latin
Latin Toys
Cincinnati Purcell
Cincinnati Xavier
Libbey
Woodward
Bexley
Logan
Bulldogs
Canton McKinley
Warren
Lakewood
Joe Pujazon
Massillon
McKinley
Wellington
Rocky Liver
Columbus St Charles
Columbus Academy
St. Clairsville
Canton Township
Licking
Dillonville
Millersbburg
Benny
Jude Crooksville
New Philadelhia
Greenville
St. Mary's
Kalincey-Dover
Cleveland Cathedral Latin
Battista
Bob Demmel
Fremont Ross
Fremont St. Joseph
Illini Brace For Breaks In Big Ohio State Clash
Illini hope for breaks this Saturday as coach Doug Stiles says fireworks are expected when Illinois meets Ohio State in Cleveland. Predictions hinge on star players including Young Patterson and Greenwood, with only Eddie Bray possibly sidelined by a knee issue. Coach Widdoes in Columbus prepares for a key Western Conference showdown.
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Notre Dame
Mills
Illinois
Buddy
Young
Paul Patterson
Don Greenwood
Michigan
Eddie Bray
Columbus
Carroll Widdoes
Buckeyes
Widdoes
Gordon Appleby
Bill Willis
Ollie Cline
Minneapolis
George Hauser
Minnesota
Indiana
Madigan
Hawkeyes
Madin
Wis
Allan Shafer
Wisconsin
Badgers
Northwestern
Notre
Pomeroy Social Notes A Silver Tea and Local Engagements
Grace Episcopal Church sponsors a silver tea at the parish house Sunday from 2 to 5 PM to fund a furnace. A musical program features a Women’s Trio with Geraldine Layne Evelyn Proffett Lucille Swackhammer and Mrs. Hartley. Engagement announced for Pandora Strickland to Donald Collins with no date set. Also notes a 79th birthday dinner for Mrs. J J Vaughn Jackson and various local visits and hospital updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justeroy
Women 'l Grace Episcopal Church
Suneday
Furnace Fund
Geraldine Layne
Evelyn Proffett
Lucille Swackhammer
Major County
Robert Hartley
Pomeroy
Patrick Lochary
Charles. Giley
A. R. Knight
Award Stark
Garland Weaver
Dayton Strickland
Chester Road
Pandora
Donald F. Collins
Earl Colins
Columbus
Middleport Social Notes and Church Women Meeting Highlights
Unanimous officer elections for the coming year were reported by the W B C of Heath Methodist Church. Officers include Miss Bess Sanborn as president and several secretaries, with services, budgeting, and a National War Fund contribution noted. Norma Wayland announced departure for Hunter College WAVES training. Other items cover Philathea Women events, a birthday party at a kindergarten, and local residents’ social notes and visits.
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Middleport
H. E. Cook
Heath Methodist Church
Bess San‘orn
M. L. French
Ice
Lawrence Milan
B. Klein
Roy Lansbury
Malcolm
Oller
Ian Moore
Robert Harris
Clifford Ervin
C. A. Emmish
David Ents
Minger
C. P. Klein
C. M. Hennesy
Ruth Drake
Stanley Jones
National War Fund
Frank McCoy
Hi. A" Rothrock
C. A. Dutton
E. M. Wood
David Entaminger
C'M. Heniieay
Norma Wayland
Hunter College
New York
C.H. Wise
Charles Kitchen
Wayland
Huntington
Portsmouth Pastor Fills Meigs Pulpit Activity
The Rev. Don Hinkle of Portsmouth occupied the pulpit at the Church of Christ as part of a series led by Rev. R. C. Burton. Mrs Burton, daughter Rosalind, and Esther Glimore, guest with the Burtons, joined for dinner at the Riverside Restaurant after services. The Burtons planned to accompany Hinkle to Georgetown Beey.
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Portsmouth
Meigs
Don Hinkle
Ports Hy
Hh of Christ
R. C. Burto
Burtons
Hinkle
Portemouth
Georgetown
Farm Bureau Holds Annual Gathering at Rocksprings Grange Hall
POMEROY two hundred members and guests attended the Farm Bureau annual meeting at Rocksprings Grange Hall after a potluck supper. Toastmaster C F Humphrey of Reedwille presided. entertainment included singing, skits, and musical numbers by numerous local participants. Highlights featured certificates of recognition, new officers and trustees elected for district councils, and out of town guests from Beedeville, Athens, Columbus, and Pickerington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Farm Bureau
Rocksprings Grange Hall
C.F. Humphrey
Reedwille
F. Whitney Ingraham
Beedeville
Nellie” Parker
Betty Lou Genheimer
Dorothy Hiter
Joseph Winpel
Francis Andrews
Norman Rose
Eloise Warner
Thelma Mane
Rueben
Rachel
Maude White
Mary Orr
All Frost
Virginia Windon
Virgil Windon
Humphrey
Samuel Michael
Chester Councy
Mary Jewell Harti Vernon’ Nase
Meigs County Farm Bureau
Lowell” Carper
R. D
Harold Carnahan
Racine
G. 0
Will
Guy Muttehler
Lowell ‘Carper
Ollie‘ Thoma
RV. Hellman
Homer’ Holter
Emory. Powell
Vernon Nease
Denver Holter
Norman
Wayne Wingett
Earl Cowen
Athens
Rs. J. W. Smith
Zanes- Nei
Harry Cute? Yerth
Columbus
RU Milnor
Pickerington
Schaaf boy bitten by stray dog on porch
Middleport boy Schaaf son of Dr and Mrs Schaaf was bitten on the finger by a stray dog on his porch as he returned home from his father’s car on See fond Avenue. The dog bite was his second of the season and followed a recent leg injury from a neighborhood dog.
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Middlepun
Schaaf
Fond Ave
Birthday greetings mark Miller family gathering
Mary Miller, aged 0 years, observed Armistice Day as honored guest at a family dinner Saturday with six children and their families present. Miller, mother of twelve, ten living, hosted a turkey dinner with many relatives from Danville Ohio and others, while a separate report notes legal actions and a revived church event in related items.
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Rosemys
Mary Miller
Miller
Cldren
Cen
Nis Ach
Fisher
Wolfe
Marie Miller
Sixegaret
Dean Bryant x Pomeroy
Loren Caverlee Huntington
Kaetze
Kaetzel
Danville
Ohio
Fc . Farmer
Leroy
Marilyn
Notre. King
Scott
Columbus
Middleport
Don Becker
Shenang
Springs
Delbert Becker Soung” Haugss
John Cast
Wood family marks wedding anniversary of son overseas
Mr. and Mrs. M Wood observed their wedding anniversary on the same date as their youngest son Cpl Leonard Wood. Cpl Wood recently arrived overseas, sharing the day with his parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Wood
Cpl. Leonard
BiIl) Wood
Notre Dame's Irish Courage Shines After Rough Week
Fullerton's roundup notes Notre Dame's resilience despite dropped ratings, with Ed McKeever and Col. Biff Jones discussing on-field moves after Linesman Dave Reese was hurt. A Notre Dame coach says adding Blanchard and Davis for the next half could help the game. Also mentions Ed Machaj's pro offers and other quick sports tidbits.
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Hugh Fullerton, JR
New York
Notre Dame
Ed McKeever
Dave Reese
McKeever
Col
Biff Jones
Blanchard
Davis
Army Navy Ranked 1.2 as Irish Drop From Top Ten
Army remains No 1 with 77 first place votes and 835 points in the national college football poll, Navy second after losses to North Carolina Pre-Flight and Georgia Tech. Randolph Field leads the service division with 19 first-place votes and 770 points, while Notre Dame falls to 11th after a 98–0 loss to Army. The Army–Navy game is sold out at Thompson Stadium with 18,786 seats filled and more than 19,000 applications.
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Army Ranks
Randolph Field
Notre Dame
Irish
Army
Ohio” State
Michigan
Georgia ‘Tech
Duke
Southern California
Purdue
Mississippi State
Randolph
Bainbridge
Town
Fourth Air Force
Great Lakes
el Fore
Gal
Marines
North Carolina
Norman
Okla
Navy
Second Air Force
Max
Annapolis
C. C. Humphreys
Thompson Stadium
Washington
Mrs Lyons Improves Theaters In Pomeroy And Bend
Mrs Helen Lyons local businesswoman owns three theaters that were painted and redecorated during summer. The Meigs Theater in Pomeroy has a white exterior while the Bendvue theater also in Pomeroy received redecorations. In Middleport the Temple Theater has a new framework rails electric sign and a large lighted sign claimed to be the biggest of its kind in the Bend region.
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Pomeroy
Helen Lyons
Meigs
Middleport
Delay Hearing in John Lyons Case
A hearing on a petition seeking to set aside a prior guardian appointment for John E. Lyons was postponed due to Judge Fred Everetts Jr's unavailability. The defense motion requests a new trial on alleged irregularities in doctor appointments by the applicant Leroy Lyons and court proceedings.
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Leroy Lyons
R. E. Boice
J. J. Alpers
Funeral plan for Louis A Preston arrives in Mason City
The body of Louis A Preston, who died in New Brighton, Pa, will be transported to Mason City for burial. Gravside services will be held at Letart Cemetery in Ohio with Rev T T Shelton of the Baptist Church officiating. Evangeline Chapter, OES, to meet with Harrisonville Chapter as guests for initiatory work and member attendance.
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Pomeroy
Ing Funeral
Louis A. Preston
New Brigh
Mason City
Letart
Ohio
T. T. Shelton
The
Baptist Church
Lwooge
Middleport
Evangeline Chapter
OES
Harrisonville
Upset Stomachs Prompt Home Remedy Ad
An Athens advertisement promotes a new formula called ERE-HELP described as cleansing the stomach liver and kidneys. The copy salves upset stomachs after meals and claims dramatic relief from gas and bloating with a testimonial from a local man. The ad lists retailer details at Macy Court Street.
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Athens
Tieip
Macy
Court St
Angott Again Quits Boxing
Sammy Angott former world's lightweight boxing champion announces a second retirement. He says he plans to stay away from the ring after a career that saw a 1943 comeback to reclaim the title, loss to Juan Zurita, and a damaged hand from 1941 that plagued him through both retirements.
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Washington
Sammy Angott
Angott
Luther
Slugeyer) White
Hollywood
Juan Zurita
Bob Montgomery
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Phillips
Aten
K.w.ml
K.W.H
Mena
Ralph Kuether
Jesus
Someroy
F. W.enilups
Ohio Fuel Gas Company
Chamber of Com Therce
Phillipe
Meigs County
Vollume
Ohio Fuel Company
H. C. Doughty
Ohio Power Co
Illini
Crimerary Ave
Aly Vanest
Doug Stills
University of Ilinois
Ohio State
Cleveland
Dame
Pittsburg
Boilermakers
Jakes
Marquette
Pomeroy Social Notes
Bithday
J.J. Vaughn Jackson
Harold Ebersbach
Jt Vaughn
Emmett Blackburn
Ebersbach
Jimmy Lou
Cecil Costilow
Fileen Vaughn
Jackson
Shirley Mills
Robert
Fameno
Raymond Bell
Gerber Post
Court House
J. J. Smith
Condor St
St. Joses Hospital
Parkersburg
Women's Auxiliary
Grace Episcopal Church
Theodore Ebersbach
W. Main St
Middleport Social Notes
Church Christ
Jomer Kennedy
Ira Audrey Frost
Bessie Biggs
Edith McNeal
Pearl Raves
RB. Laughead
Keith Anderson
Keiths
Motheirs
Francis
Anderson
Akon
Ronald Scott
Mary
Akron
Ono
Jane Annek
LASS
Bruce Lloyd
John Hawkins, Jr
Gaia’ County
C. le Brooks
Pic
Kermit Wiseman
Ft. Belvoir
J.H. Welsh
Tom Mills
Cross
Farm Group
Fullerton
Jimmy Johnston
Nova
Lou
Joe Louis
Ed Machaj
Yale
Machaj
Elis
Ray
Dumont
Wichita
Don Hutson
Ram
Hutson
Green Bay
Don
Dept
Navy Armed Guard
Baltimore
Lee Q. Murray
Buddy Walker
Chicago
Bill Parsons
Robby Richardson
John Lyons
Preston
Tensa
Colegroves Market
Middleport, Ohio
Quality Meats
Pomeroy Bend
Meigs Pomeroy
Gildersleeve's Ghost
Harold Peary
Temple Midaleport
Louie Albin
Robert Paige Horton
Ernest Truex Molen
Rode Walters
Eklett
the Ee
JR sorOmny
Corduroy Rubber Company
Dun and
Bradstreet
Corduroy Rubber CO
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