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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Nov 22, 1944

Page

13

Thanksgiving Classic to Be Staged at Middleport

Thanksgiving events and social notices fill the page with local gatherings. Middleport hosts a Thanksgiving Classic grid contest while bands are featured at the event. A Trinity Church service in Athens is announced with a sermon on Do Not Remember. In Pomeroy Pauline Arnott McCaintock and daughter Claudine Ray host a Thanksgiving party at the Revett home in Syracuse with guests from Arnott, Knopp, Winebrenner, Stowe, Capehart, Houdashelt, Ginebrenner, Shain, Iden, Sayer, and others.

Arnott Pomeroy Pauline Arnott Mccaintock Claudine Ray Frank Revett Syracuse Allen Knopp Harold Voylesong Lerm Marylin Nolanne Knopp Midaleport Blank

Pomeroy Football Tales and Thanksgiving Matchups

Pomeroy chronicles football history with records of early games from 1925 to 1943 and notes on Thanksgiving day contests. The article lists Middleport and Meigs County matchups, players from the era, and historic scores and touches, including a 1943 season tally and remarks on county office matters.

Nore Washington Bowen Neca Sale Ena Ei Williams Pomeroy Harley Jong Middleport Weet Sen Cep Waka Een Ia Manna Midpt Nelsonville Wahama Middlenh Oreal Satya Nichols Stansbury Jolly Swift Hawkins Waddel Kepler Engler Hanlin Darst Downing Cleroy Hazelton Kneidel Robinson McKnight Kedhne Geyer Josep Kuntz Trussel Hartley Rover Son Eimer Trussell Pete Robinson Oliver Pla Pomeroy Lads Pomeroy Meigs County Pomeroy ‘Missioners Ward Reuter Middleport Dav Herman’ Kuntz Itwan George Meinhart Recorder Colum

Vacate Room at Courthouse: Local Residents Migrate

A fragmented item notes Gal and family moving from Cincinnati to Phoenix, and mentions a registered pharmacist Mr. Meal with health issues. The piece shifts to a Middleport Pomeroy band Thanksgiving shows with directors, performances, and marching details on a page 6 news brief.

Gal Cincinnati Phoenix Arizona Meal Lura Meal Fourth Avenue

Thanksgiving Service Announced by Local Churches

POMEROY announces a community Thanksgiving service at the Church of Christ at 10 am Thursday. Reverend Albert Bittere of the United Methodist Church will deliver the Thanksgiving sermon. The public is invited to attend.

Pomeroy Union Church of ‘Christ Albert Bittere United “Methodist Itr

Hartford Man Killed In Action

Hartford family mourns as Will iam MacKnight Jr age 30 is reported killed in action in France on November 3 He leaves wife Sibyle Good night and four children John W James C Julia Ann and Joseph L He is survived by his parents two sisters Addie MacKnight and Mrs John H Smith Jr brother George Adam in Alabama and many relatives He joined the service January 12 1942 after working at Alloy West Virginia He was a member of the Hartford Methodist Church.

Hartford William MacKnight War Department William MacKnight Jr France Sibyle Goodnight Ripley John W James C Julia Ann Joseph L Addie MacKnight John H. Smith Jr Huntington George Adam MacKnight Mobile Alabama Methodist Church of Land Alloy W. Va

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