Railroad Officials Deny Removal of Hobson NYC Shops
Meigs County officials and communities around Hobson welcome signs of a new project as rumors swirl about New York Central Shops moving away. Officials say dismantling of adjacent structures began last summer and traffic of heavy work has shifted to Collinwood terminals, with a brighter outlook and plans for refrigeration related development.
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Dleport
New York Central
Hobson
Sun
Non
Collinwood
New York Central Railway
Middleport
Pomeroy
Meigs County
Soldiers Return to See Turkey Day Tie Game
Pvt William Yamm and Pvt William Mayes, former MHS players, and Pvt Richard Gress, PHS alumnus, travel from Camp Haan to Middleport for the Turkey Day clash between MHS and PHS. The game ended in a 13 to 13 tie, matching their expectations despite victories at home.
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Middleport
William ‘Yamm
William Mayes
MHS
Richard Gress
PHS
Camp Haan
Cal
Becomes Grandfather And Father Same Day
Frank Frazier of Bryan Place became a father and a grandfather on the same day when his daughter Virginia Frazier Adrian gave birth to a daughter. Virginia’s baby was also a girl, and Pat Dana Adrian is in Oklahoma.
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Middleport
Frank Frazier
Bryan Place
Fraziers
Virginia Frazier Adrian
Gallipolis
Pat Dana Adrian
Oklahoma
Federated Church Holds Vesper Service
Second in a series of Sunday afternoon vesper services was held at the Federated Church at four o'clock. Duets by Rev. and Mrs. Ralph Kuether and songs such as Were You There were featured with Mrs Ben Neutzling as organist. Next Sunday Mrs Kuether will review The Robe. public is invited.
Jones Rites Held Sunday
Funeral services for Tom Jones who died Thanksgiving night were held at the Rawlings-Coats Funeral Home Sunday afternoon. The Rev. Ralph Zandel of the First Baptist Church led the service with Feeney-Bennett Post American Legion members participating. Jones was a World War I veteran. Pallbearers were Legion members James Lewis Tad Bolin Downing Roush Ernest Mulford Marcus Chambers and Charles McElhinney. Attendees from distance included Mrs. Janie Murray Miss Jane Ann Fick Mr and Mrs Forrest Thomas Mrs Mary Donahue Columbus Mr and Mrs Weldon Pfarr London Mrs Thomas Hamilton Athens and Mr and Mrs Sheridan Russell Mason City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Tom Jones
Rawlings-Coats
Ralph Zandel
First Baptist Church
Feeney-Bennett Post American Legion
Jones
James Lewis
Tad Bolin
Downing Roush
Ernest Mulford
Marcus Chambers
Charles McElhinney
Legion
Service Men of Meigs County Report Moves and Injuries
Mrs. Louis Seyfried learns her nephew Capt D C Jenkins, once a New Lexington attorney, has moved from Ft Jackson to the Command and General Staff School at Ft Leavenworth for three months. Charles Searles suffers a fractured right arm and is treated in a Louisiana base hospital. Pfe Robert Harbrecht, son of Mr and Mrs Raymond Harbrecht of Pomeroy, has moved from Sioux Falls to Yuma to attend the radio gunnery school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Seyfried
D. C. Jenkins
New Lexington
Ft. Jackson
S. C
Command and General Staff School
Ft. Leavenworth
Kas
Charles Searles
Louisiana
Hod Searles
Middleport
Pfe
Robert Harbrecht
Raymond Harbrecht
Pomeroy
Sioux Falls
S. D
Yuma
Ariz
Mrs Eliza Beam Dies at 69
Mrs Eliza Beam age 69 wife of George Beam died after a two day illness. Survived by husband stepson Burdin Beam of Cheshire and brothers William R. Yancy Kentucky and Thomas Yancy Tennessee. Funeral services Tuesday at 1 PM with interment Gravel Hill Cemetery Cheshire.
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Middleport
Eliza Beam
George Beam
Burdin Beam
Cheshire
William R. Yancy
Kentucky
Thomas Yancy
Tennessee
Rawlings-Coats
Gravel Hill
Thanksgiving Dinner Hosted by Mr and Mrs Fred Jackson
Mr and Mrs Fred Jackson of Diamond Street entertained relatives at a family dinner on Thanksgiving Day. Attending were Mrs Melvina Jackson David Jackson Mr and Mrs Campbell Harper Mr and Mrs Conn Young. Mrs Fred Jackson hosted the Missionary Society of Mt Moriah Baptist Church at her home Friday.
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Middleport
Fred Jackson
Diamond St
Melvina Jackson
David Jackson
Campbell Harper
Conn Young
Missionary Society of the
Rites Held for Stillborn Son John Michael Russell
The stillborn son of Mr. and Mrs. John Russell of Cheshire was buried after short services at 3:30 Sunday afternoon. The Russells also have another son. Mrs. Russell, formerly Violet Muford, announced the birth.
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Middleport
John Michael
John Russell
Cheshire
Russells
Russell
Violet Muford
War Fund contributions received in Meigs County
Meigs County continues to collect for the National War Fund with $9,566.60 reported toward a $16,000 quota. Meigs Aerie of Eagles plans a December 6 benefit dance on Pearl Harbor Eve, as other groups prepare holiday fundraisers. Local donors include Great Bend Grange, Portland Grade School and church groups, with totals and individual gifts listed by area chairmen.
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Pomeroy
National War Fund
Meigs County
W. A. Smith
Smith
NWF
Pearl Stanley
The
Meigs Aerie
Order of Eagles
Pearl Harbor
Roy Smith
Portland
Great Bend Grange
Spiller
W.s.cs
Morse Chapel
Carrie Nye
Pomeroy Music Club
Trinity Lutheran Church
Busy Bees
Middleport Social Notes Highlights Club Program and Thanksgiving Events
The Woman's Music Club hosts its first formal program at Heath Methodist Church featuring compositions by Edward Grieg with choir under Mrs. Willis Aleshire and solos by Mrs. Vernon Buell and Mrs. John Lambert. Thanksgiving included a 6 o'clock dinner for Miss Kathryn Lois Smith with gifts and open house for local football teams and friends.
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Middleport
Woman's Music Club
the Heath Methodist Church
Edward Grieg
Willis Aleshire
Vernon Buell
John Lambert
Dorothy Barsotti
Mill St
Kathryn Lois Smith
Jeanne Ann Young
Rose Hackett
Jean Roush
Peggy Robson
Jo Quickle
Don Dillon
Miss Smith
Pomeroy
Thanksgiving and Reynolds Birthday Celebrate at Reynolds Home
Thanksgiving and Val Reynolds birthday were jointly celebrated at the L. E. Reynolds residence. Attending were Mr. and Mrs. Val H. Reynolds of Akron with their grandson G. V. Rupe and daughter Patricia of Mogadore. Also joining were Mrs. Gardner Reynolds and son from London. A separate visit honored Corporal Paul Davis of Camp Gordon on a ten day furlough with family guests Dorotha Darst, David Davis, and others from Athens.
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Val Edgar Reynolds
L. E
David Durst, Sr
Cpl
Paul Davis
Camp Gordon
Augusta
Davis
Dorothy Darst
David Davis
David Darst, Jr
Billy
Athens
Alfred Genheimer
Pomeroy
Thanksgiving visitors and illnesses noted in Columbus area
Thanksgiving gatherings include Will Besserer and siblings with Lettie and Allie Mauck. George Wittmer hosts. Russell Balsizer visits Burr Forrest. Hart Lyons family guests Maurice Thompson and Paul Winn families in Columbus. Ruth Humphrey visits from Portsmouth. Henry Humphrey remains ill. Mayme Byers and Esther Schmoll visit Columbus on business. Dorothy Griffin visits from Danville. Anderson returns to Pt. Pleasant. Clarence Hamm recovering from earlier wreck. Audrey Weaver resumes studies at Capital School of Beauty Culture. William and Eloise Kitts and Van DeWalker visit. Bert Babble visits from Sandusky. Cpl Clifford Cunning- and others mentioned.
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Will Besserer
Charleston
C. F. Besserer
Lettie Besserer
Allie Mauck
George Beards
George Wittmer
Front ‘St
Russell Balsizer
Fremont
Burr Forrest
Vesta ‘McCoy
Hart Lyons
Maurice Thompson
Douglas
Robert
Columbus
Paul Winn
Hez Root
Bob
Frank Richards
Faye Richards
Ruth Humphrey
Portsmouth
J. N. Humphrey
Humphrey
Mayme Byers
Esther Schmoll
Mabel Griffin
Dorothy
Danville
N. H
Forrest Griffin
The
Cross Apti
Mate Anderson
Pt. Pleasant
Clarence Hamm
Audrey Weaver
Capital School of Beauty Culture
William Kitts
Parkersburg
Eloise Kitts
Huntington
van DeWalker
Minneapolis
John Ruschel
S. Second Ave
Bert Babble
Sandusky
Cpl
Clifford Cunning
College Friends Reunite in Chicago After Pearl Harbor Day
Middleport brothers Charles Lewis and Bill Garber, longtime Ohio University collaborators, meet briefly in Chicago while Charles heads to the West Coast with the Navy and Bill returns from Camp Grant. Both are OU graduates, sons of Evelyn Lewis and William and Mrs. Garber.
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Middleport
Charles Lewis
Bill Garber
Ohio University
Athens
Chicago
West Coast
Sgt
Camp Grant
Pearl Harbor
Charlies
Navy
Canton
Bill
Akron
Evelyn Lewis
William Garber
Funeral Rites Held For Rutland Child
Services at the Rawlings Coats Funeral Home Saturday afternoon at two o'clock were held for Miss Cora McBride who died Thanksgiving afternoon at her home on Cole Street. The Rev H L Carr of the First Presbyterian Church was in charge of the service.
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Middleport
Rawlings-Coats
Cora McBride
Cole St
H. L Carr
First Presbyterian Church
Funeral Services Held For Cora McBride
Mrs Francis Rathburn Dorothy Wise of Rutland gave birth to a stillborn son after being taken to Holzer Hospital Sunday by the Rawlings Coats ambulance. Short services were held this afternoon for the baby.
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Middleport
Francis Rathburn
Dorothy Wise
Holzer Hospital
Rawlings-Coats
Rathburns
Rutland
Pvt Delmar Wogdin Returns to Camp Shelby
Middleport soldier Pvt Delmar Pete Wogdin is back at Camp Shelby Mississippi with Military Police duties after a short furlough spent with his wife Pearl Allen and his parents Mr and Mrs O M Wogan of Bailey Run Road.
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Middleport
Delmar
Pete) Wogdin
Camp Shelby
Miss
Bun
Pearl Allen
O. M. Wogan
Bailey Run Rd
Miss Newman on Furlough in Middleport
Miss Betty Newman former MHS commercial teacher and General Chemical Defense Corporation employee has been visiting Middleport on furlough while training for ferry command pilot at Sweetwater Texas.
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Middleport
Betty Newman
MHS
General Chemical Defense Corporation
Sweetwater
Texas
Sailor Recovered From Illness Returns To Duty
Homer Hysell of Cape May New Jersey has improved enough to resume duties. His parents Mr and Mrs Pearl Hysell visited him this month. Another son Pvt Otho Keenam has arrived overseas and is reported well. Sgt Malcolm Allen has returned to Ft Lewis Washington after furlough with his mother Mrs Jennie Allen of Middleport.
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Pomeroy
Homer Hysell
Cape May
N. J
Pearl Hysell
Hysells
Otho Keenam
Malcolm Allen
Ft. Lewis
Wash
Jennie Allen
Middleport
Harvest Hop Social Aids Junior Shakespeare Club Funds
Pomeroy notes report the Harvest Hop juke box dance at Pomeroy Junior High School, raising a substantial club treasury. Mothers as chaperones included Mrs Ebersbach and Mrs Got, with Principal W R Farnham and Mrs Farnham present. Local veterans and families attended a rustic themed event and a post dance party followed.
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C. L. Johnson
George Blackburn
Cincinnati
Claire Titus
Jim Heilman
Richard Gress
Pfe
Floyd Hoback, Jr
Racine
Camp Haan
Cal
Hugh Custer
Air Corps
Betty Mae Couch
Young Elks
Thanksgiving Visitors and Club Updates in Pomeroy Area
Local families greeting Thanksgiving visitors include Mr. and Mrs. Lester Fauber and Miss Marguerite Meyer with Mr. and Mrs. L. D. Peoples and daughter Vivian and Mrs. William Griffith of Columbus. EdIt h Bowen and Edith Bowen visited in Cleveland. Virginia Ramsey, formerly Pomeroy librarian, spent Thanksgiving weekend with Marian Ebersbach in Lebanon. Orville Rader of Columbus guests of Mrs. W. H. Ebersbach and Sybil. Albert Coates visited Cleveland. Willard Ashworth holiday guest with family in Akron. Herman Burt in Columbus with his wife. Ray Clifton and Margaret Ann Strauss joined Burt. Strauss is nurse at Christ Hospital, Cincinnati. Hazel Holter and Grace Dunlavey of Columbus stayed with Hanson Holter. Pfc. David Holter from Camp Haan, California visited his parents. Jeanne Hines, employed in Columbus, spent the weekend here. Freda Marie Parker, a Columbus beauty culture student, visited for the holiday. Emily Pester of Merrill, Wisconsin, visited Rev. Ralph Kuether and wife. Pomeroy Music Club chorus rehearsal at Federated Church. Lucille Ji den Swackhamer directing. series vesper services feature readings. Mary Martha League meets Wednesday at 7:30. Happy Harvester Class Friday night. Mrs. FE W Kingsland returns from Columbus where she spent Thanksgiving at the Southern Hotel with her daughter Amy Kingsland of Jackson.
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Edith Bowen
Cleveland
Virginia Ramsey
Pomeroy
Lebanon
Marian Ebersbach
Orville Rader
Columbus
W. H. Ebersbach
Sybil
Mulberry Ave
Albert Coates
Willard Ashworth
Akron
Herman Burt
Burt
Ray Clifton
Margaret Ann Strauss
Christ Hospital
Cincinnati
Otto Strauss
Hazel Holter
Grace Dunlavey
Hanson Holter
Minersville
Pfc
David Holter
Camp Haan
Calif
Jeanne Hines
Freda Marie Parker
Columbus School of Beauty Culture
Emily Pester
Merrill
Wis
Ralph Kuether
Pomeroy Music Club
Federated Church
Southern Hotel
Amy Kingsland
Jackson
Pomeroy High Honor Roll Honors Alumni in Service
Pomeroy High School lists graduates serving in the armed forces and asks readers to report omissions or errors to J. E. White. The list includes numerous names with graduation years, spanning many districts, and notes some with honorable discharges.
Middleport Woman Dies at Charleston
Mrs Hart Russell died at Charleston after several weeks illness and will be returned to Middleport for burial. Funeral services are planned at the Church of Christ on Tuesday or Wednesday. Survived by husband two daughters Mrs Earl Arnold of Girard and Josephine of Chicago and son Staunton wounded in North Africa and recently awarded the Purple Heart.
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Middleport
Hart Russell
Charleston
Church of Christ
Russell
Earl Arnold
Girard
Josephine
Chicago
Staunton
North Africa
World War I and World War II Honor Roll Names Listed
A long list honors service members with birth years spanning 1920s to 1940s and service outcomes including died in service and honorable discharge. Names include Swatzel, Teaford, Tedrow, Terrill, Thomas, Ward, Walker, Will, Wolfe, Young, Zahl, Zwilling, and others with birth years from 1924 to 1943 and service dates prior to 1945.
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Leo Vaughan
Harold Walker
John Walker
Lewis Walker
Charles M. Ward
James T. Ward
Reuben Ware
William Warner
Manning Webster
Lawrence Weed
Edwin D. Wehring
William Welker
Albert Werry
James Weyersmiller
Theo Wildermuth
Calvin Will
Donald Will
Reed Will
Virgil Will
Jack Williams
Herman Wilson
Robert Wilson
Paul Windon
Charles Winebrenner
Donald Winebrenner
Gerald Wise
Carl Wolfe
Robert Wolfe
Clifford Young
Noel Young
William Young
Julius Zahl
Joseph Zwilling
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Long Bottom
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Sons of the Pioneers
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Pomeroy Social Notes
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Lawrence Boyd
Paul Brandenburg
Robert Brickles
Earl Brown
Eugene Brown
Floyd Brown
Paul Brown
Gail Buck
G. Edward Burkett
Robert Burkett
Marvin Burt
Richard Canter
Clifford Carman
Harry R. Carman
William Carman
Charles N. Carper
George Carper
Ralph Carr
Bruno Casci
Levio Casci
Robert Casci
Lucien Casto
Richard Chambers
Allen Chase
Earl Clark
James Clark
Howard Bailey
Robert Dailey
Ruth Daniels
the Daniels
William Durst
Duane Davis
Hugh Davis
Robert Davis
William R. Davis
Harold Diddle
Floyd Diddle
Lawrence Diddle
Robert Duckworth
Mark G. Duerr
Thomas Duerr
Albert Francis Durst
G. William Durst
Willard Durst
Willis Durst
Charlies Dye
William Harrison Dye
Arthur Ebersbach
Robert Ebersbach
Harlan Eiselstein
Carlyle Elberfeld
Martin Elberfeld
Richard Elberfeld
H. C. Epplein
Charles H. Evans
George Faris
Ora Faulk
Arthur Fick
Alice Finlan
Richard Finlan
Karl Fischer
Frank Fisher
David C. Flanagan
Louis Flanagan
William L. Folmer
James Fontana
Albert Franz
Herman Sponagie Frecker
Warner French
Arthur F. Gears
Charles Gibbs
Clarence Gilmore
Lomax Ginn
James Ginther
Erwin Glockner
Jay Glockner
David J. Goodwin
Tracy E. Goodwin
Olen Goodwin
C. D. Graber
E. A. Graber
Hugh Graber
James Greathouse
Alfred Grueser
Lawrence Grueser
Edison Guinther
Robert Hamm
Victor Hannahs
Lewis Harper
Donald Hart
William L. Hart
Kenneth Hartley
Malcolm Hartley
Jerrold Hartung
Grover Hawk
John Hawley
Carson Hayes
Charles Hayes
Virgil Hayes
Harry Hazelton
Edward N. Humphrey
Edward R. Hannell
Clyde Hysell
Lyle Hysell
Wilbur Imboden
Robert K. Jay
Curtis Jenkinson
Gerald Jenkinson
Carl Jennings
Albert Jesse
George FE. Joachim
William Harold Jones
Allen Jones
Millard Jones
Ralph Jones
James R. Karr
Paul R. Karr
Paul Kantz
Otho Keenan
Walter Ketter
Raymond Kloes
Phillip Killinger
Frank Kimes
David Kindle
George Kindle
Leo King
William Kuntz
Margaret Lallance
Charles Legar
Donald Leifheit
Frank Leifheit
Walter William Leifheit
Edward A. Leitwiler
John M. Leitwiler
Harry Leonard
Lawrence Leonard
Carl Lewis
Robert F. Lewis
Donald Lisle
Carl Logan
Howard Logan
Edward Lohn
Lewis Long
John Lutz
Raymond Maness
Fred Gardner Mankin
Virgil Marsh
Walter Martin
George Massar
John W. Matson
Clarence McCabe
Edward McIntosh
Robert McIntosh
Francis McKee
Donald McKenzie
Robert McKenzie
Fred Mees
Jed Mees
Renzo T. Menchini
Floyd Mescher
Albert D. Miller
Donald Miller
Roy E. Miller
John Mitch
James Mitchell
Thomas Mitchell
Charles Moore
Lloyd Moore
George Roger Morgan
George E. Morris
Donald Mullen
George Neimeyer
Carl W. Neutzling
Joseph Ohlinger
Lawrence Parfitt
George Edward Parker
Thomas Parker
Harley Pickett
Bruno Pierotti
Gene Pierotti
Harry Potts
Thomas Potts
Charles Priede
Joe Quisenberry
Roger Quisenberry
Darrell Quivey
Nick Raub
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Theodore Reed, Jr
Donley Reibel
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George Reuter
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John V. Reuter
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Robert Roush
Roy Roush
Daniel Rubin
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Charles Russell
James Franklin Russell
Luther Russell
Virginia Sauer
John D. Sauvage
Everett Sayles
Alice Bowen Schaefer
Wyatt Schaefer
Gale
Schlaubach
Antony Schuler
Albert Seidenable
Howard Seidenable
Kenneth Seyfried
Manning Seyfried
Robert Baxter Sherrill
George Shiveler
Chauncey Shumaker
Marsh Shumaker
James Simpson
Perry Singer
William Singer
Leland Sisson
Pepsi-Cola Company
Long Island City
W. Y
Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co
F. J
Beasley CO
Sicily
Solomons
Army
Marines
Coast Guard
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