Meigs County Scrap Drive Progress Reported by Township Leaders
Meigs County township leaders report progress in a scrap iron drive. WPA collectors have gathered over 88 tons of scrap iron, four tons of rubber and one ton of aluminum and brass toward a 2200 ton county quota.
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THE
Athens Messenger
Athens
Ohio
Meigs County
WPA
Willis McMurray
Bell Telephone Company
Excelsior Salt Works
Murray
Pittsburg
Charles Gaunder
Nease
Harold Hilligas
USO
George FE. Carson
Harold Hills
Middleport Churches Join World Wide Communion Services
Churches in Middleport unite for World Wide Communion Sunday with services across denominations. Heath Methodist Church hosts reflections on True Religious Expression. Presbyterian, Church of Christ, First Baptist and others plan morning baptisms and evening sermons. Spiritual Emphasis Week opens with Rev. Cecil Marley preaching at Presbyterian Church.
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First Baptist Church
Ralph Zandel
B.Y.P.U
Service Men of Meigs County News Brief
Ivan B. Watson of Racine has earned corporal in the 93rd air base headquarters while stationed at Trinidad. Renzo Menchini of Patterson Field visits home for his uncle Leroy Barsotti’s funeral. Carlo Barsotti, Jacksonville, Fla., Marines, returns for his father’s death. Donald Lanning at Camp Haan, Calif., promoted to corporal.
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Leroy Barsotti
Lawrence Lanning
Spring Ave
Donald
Camp Haan
Calif
Co-Workers Honor Hawk and Sisson
Middleport workers of the Columbus & Southern Ohio Electric Company honored Leonard Hawk and Ernest Sisson with a farewell banquet. Hawk heads to U S Navy service and Sisson awaits a Navy call as the group and guests viewed color films by Fred M McKay of Athens.
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Middleport
Columbus & Southern Ohio Electric Company
Leonard Hawk
Ernest
Pete) Sisson
Hulda Klein
Nellie Zerkle
Nina Russell
F. L. Groves
S. M. Haffey
Columbus
Fred M. McKay
Athens
J. A. Fuller
McKay
United States
Mr. Hawk
U. S. Navy
Mr. Sisson
Meigs Ministers To Meet on Monday
The Meigs County Ministerial Association will convene Monday at the Federated Church in Pomeroy. The session opens at 10 30 a m with lunch served at noon Rev George S Koch of Rutland will headline and Rev H L Carr of Middleport will lead a discussion on United Every Member Canvass
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Pomeroy
Meigs County Ministerial Association
Federated Church In
George S. Koch
Rutland
H. L. Carr
Middleport
United
Middleport Girl Wins Scrap Metal Drive Slogan
Phyllis Smart a sophomore at Middleport High won the slogan contest for the Scrap Metal Drive. Her line titled Scrap pile high, Axis goodbye encouraged student enlistment for the Junior Army starting October 5.
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Middleport
Phyllis Smart
Paul Smart
State Delegates Attend Republican Convention in Columbus
State Senator Tom W. Jones of Middleport and Republican nominee B. F. Turner attended the Republican State Convention in Columbus as delegates. Meigs County participants included Vic Eiselstein Tom Leifheit and several Mrs. names listed among attending delegates.
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Pomeroy
Tom W. Jones
Middleport
B. F. Turner
Columbus
Meigs County
Vic Eiselstein
Tom Leifheit
Far Lama
Hubert Mare
Elizabeth Darst
Mike McKenzie
Della Stace
POMEROY Christian Science Society Service Times
Christian Science Society in Pomeroy holds Sunday services at 10 45 a m in their rooms on Main Street FE. A testimony meeting is set for Wednesday evening at 7 30 with the public invited.
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Pomeroy
Christian Science Society
Main St
Service Flag Planned by Pomeroy High School
Pomeroy High School to create a service flag for all known alumni in the military and nurses corps. A list on the Senior High Bulletin Board invites corrections and additions. Call Miss Holmes at the superintendent’s office or Miss Garland with full name branch title and last known address.
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Pomeroy
Pomeroy High School
Ethel Garland
P.H.S
Armed
Nurses Corps
WAACS
WAVES
Miss Holmes
Miss Garland
Pomeroy Community News Highlights Visitors and Births
Local residents welcomed guests from Jasonville Columbus and Erie while Rev. Father Dunn visited with relatives. Miss Mary Goodwin began work at Kroger's meat department. A Star Class chicken supper drew about forty attendees at Syracuse Presbyterian Church. A six pound daughter Marcia Lenora was born to Mildred Miller Roush and family in Troy with relatives noted.
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George Conde
Eugene
Mechanic St
Dayton
George Frederick Conde
Leonard Scholl
Rose
Jasonville
Ind
Scholl
Barbara Scholl
Locust St
Harold Crum
Charles
Columbus
Iva Tre
Church Annex
Sunshine Makers
H. L. Carr
MccConnelly
Margaret Bolan
Frank
Joe
Cave St
Leonard Roush
Mildred T. Miller
Stonders Memorial Hospital
Troy
Thomas B. Miller
Pomeroy
Roy Roush
Letart Falls
S. R. Brooks
Marcia Lenora
Ruth Bailey
Los Angeles
Calif
Clarence Idle
E. Second St
Marshall Miller, Jr
J. W. McCullough
Wright Sr
Bradbury
Churches Set World Communion Day Across Meigs County
Meigs County churches plan World Communion Sunday on October 4. Sponsored by the Federal Council of Churches the event aims for broad observance despite world war. No union services are planned. each congregation will conduct its own service.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Federal Council of Churches
Lutheran Services Pomeroy Sunday School Opens
Lutheran St Paul Church in Pomeroy schedules Sunday School at 9 followed by worship at 10 15. Rev Walter F Lodt will deliver the sermon titled A True Minister of God with Mrs C M Hennessy presiding at the organ.
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Pomeroy
St. Paul Lutheran Church
Walter F. Lodt
C. M. Hennessy
Licensing sales surge in Meigs County auction
At the Meigs registrar office 4956 licenses were sold by Sept. 30 according to deputy registrar J. H. Eastman. The total includes drivers and chauffeurs licenses sold in the Meigs area at the close of the sale.
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Pomeroy
J. H. Eastman
Middleport Garden Club Meeting Hosted by Mrs Garen Stansbury
Middleport Garden Club will meet at Mrs Garen Stansbury's Grant Street home on Monday afternoon October 5. President announces a special program to start at 2 o'clock.
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Garen Stansbury
Middleport Garden Club
Grant St
Local visits and movements noted around town
State Patrolman Max Lambert and family near Cincinnati visited with Jesse Swisher. Lambert returned to work after vacation. Mrs Downing stayed with her daughter in Charleston. Emma Richards, Holzer Hospital nurse, visited Gal lipolis with Mrs Brown. Griff Lewis of Columbus visited Dr L A Thomas and wife. Yvonne Graham now works at Purity Dairy Shoppe. Mrs Thayer hosted Mrs Price for luncheon. later joined for cards by Mrs Harris and Mrs Klein. Alan Bradford returned to Ohio State University. Chappelles visited Athens with daughter Talbott family after an explosion incident involving Mrs Chappelle’s gas range. she suffered shock.
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State Highway
Max Lambert
Jesse
Jeppie) Swisher
Cincinnati
Lambert
State Highway Patrol
Lamberts
S. Third Ave
J. B. Downing
Charles Singleton
Charleston
Emma Richards
Holzer Hospital
W. W. Brown
Ohio State University
A. A. Chappelle
John Talbott
Athens
Chappelles
Talbotts
Promotion Day At Simpson Methodist Church
Promotion Day will be observed Sunday at Simpson Methodist Church School starting at 9 15 with Theo Smith as superintendent. World Wide Communion will be observed at 10 15 during worship. The offering funds overseas relief and chaplains. Youth Fellowship meets 6 30 and evening service at 7 30. Latin America study at 7 Wednesday. Choir rehearsal at 8. Clean Up Night Thursday with church workers.
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Pomeroy
Simpson Methodist Church School
Theo Smith
Methodist Committee For Overseas Relief
Methodist Commission On Camp
Methodist Youth Fellowship
Latin America
Church of Christ Program Announced
Bible School at the Pomeroy Church of Christ will convene Sunday morning at 9 30 followed by the observance of the Lord s supper and worship service at 10 30. Dr Belcastro declined the call as regular pastor due to climate affecting Mrs Belcastro s health. Dr Paul Mehrens of the Cincinnati Bible Seminary will deliver a sermon Sunday morning Oct 1.
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Pomeroy
Pomeroy Church of Christ
Belcastro
Redman Hosts Junior Choir After Rehearsal at Church
The Rev James C Redman and Mrs Redman welcomed Junior Choir members and leader Mrs Arthur Skinner after a weekly church rehearsal. Homebuilders plan their annual anniversary banquet at the church Tuesday with an appropriate program during banquet hour. In MIDDPORT Melvin Rupe and Raymond Lemley were fined five dollars and costs each for intoxication per a police report. Texas produces a sizable portion of the national pecan crop.
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James C. Redman
Arthur Skinner
Middleport
Melvin Rupe
Raymond Lemley
Fred DeWees
Bing Resigns as Principal in Middleport
Charles Bing principal of Middleport High School has resigned after eight years in local schools. He will join General Chemical Defense Company at W.V.O.W and leave the high school immediately. Earl Knight named new high school principal, formerly principal at Harrisonville. A replacement teacher was hired but not named pending board decisions.
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Middleport
Board of Education
Charles Bing
Bing
General Chemical Defense Company
W.V.O.W
Earl Knight
Knight
Ohio University
Athens
Harrisonville
Knights
Charles Allensworth Undergoes Operation
Charles Chucky Allensworth underwent a serious lung obstruction operation at McMillan Hospital in Charleston after peanuts were swallowed and lodged in the lung. Pneumonia had developed. a New York specialist was called. The boy’s parents, Carl and Mrs. Allensworth, and his sisters Carlena and Mary Lou, planned to join him in Charleston.
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Middleport
Charles
Chucky) Allensworth
McMillan Hospital
Charleston
Carl Allensworth
Pearl St
New York
Public Chamber Meeting Open to All at Hotel Martin
The noon luncheon chamber of commerce meeting in Pomeroy will be open to the general public. Speaker will be George J. O'Brien, director of district council of the Ohio Chamber of Commerce. The event is set for Monday at 12 o'clock.
Harold Nixon Dies At Home in Ironton
Mrs. James Hood announced the death of Harold Nixon at his Ironton home Thursday morning. A former WPA engineer, Nixon will be buried after funeral services at the Okeefe Funeral Home in Ironton on Saturday.
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Pomeroy
James Hood
Harold Nixon
Ironton
Nixon
WPA
Okeefe
Halloween Party Planned by Pomeroy Merchants
Pomeroy merchants and the Pomeroy Recreation Commission plan a public Halloween party on Friday October 30 on the streets. Further details will be announced later.
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Pomeroy
Pomeroy Merchants
Pomeroy Recreation Commission
Will Induct Hayes In Next Draft Call
MIDDLEPORT Virgil Hayes, who ran a dry cleaning and tailor shop in Rathburn Building at Mill and S Third Ave, has closed his business and will enter military service with Meigs County's next draft quota. After passing physicals at Fort Hayes on Monday, he will wrap up final affairs and take a short vacation. He asks customers to call for garments by Saturday.
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Middleport
Virgil Hayes
Rathburn
Mill and
S. Third Ave
Meigs County
Fort Hayes
Leland Nelson Hurt In Fall From Roof
Leland Nelson was taken to Holzer Hospital around noon after a fall from the roof of the new building under construction at the Parkersburg Rig and Reel Co on East Main Street. An Ewing ambulance transported him for treatment.
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Pomeroy
Leland Nelson
Holzer Hospital
Ewing
Nelson
Parkersburg Rig and Reel Co
E. Main St
Rededication Service Held Thursday Night
Rededication of the Evangeline Chapter Order of Eastern Star was held in candlelight at the Masonic Temple. Star Points Rowena Harrah Julianel Comas Marie Hawkins Maxine Mankin Dorothy Kennedy led parts with Zella Cross as Chaplain and Nasomi Roush as Worthy Matron. Twenty Racine Chapter members attended, with Mrs. Steiff as pianist and Mrs. McKelvey delivering greetings for Racine. Refreshments followed the social committee chairman J. H. Grate.
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Middleport
Evangeline
Order of Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
Rowena Harrah
Julianel Comas
Marie Hawkins
Maxine Mankin
Dorothy Kennedy
Zella Cross
Helen Sauer
Nasomi Roush
Byston Parmelee
Racine
Lillian Steiff
Roush
W. M
Frankie McKelvey
J. H. Grate
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George E. Carson
Meigs County Salvage Committee
Letart Township
Ernest Shank
Bert Vance
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H. A. Rothrock
Simus
First Presbyterian Church
Cecil V. Marley
Presbyterian Church of
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William Theobald
James Redman
U.S
Lhke
U. S
Honor Hawk and
Sisson
Meigs
Pomeroy Personals
Lutheran Services
Middleport Social Notes
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Mechem
Scrores
Nelsonville
Charles Allensworth
Hayes
Rauch's Bakery
Thea
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Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Company
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