Pomeroy Meigs County Commissioners Pledge Aid to Townships
Meigs County commissioners voted to provide 900 dollars in gravel or track use to Orange Olive Lebanon Sutton Salem Columbia Scipio and Letart Townships and 300 dollars for each trustee. Meeting at the Court House on Monday approved other actions including appointing Worley Howell and Ed Spencer to the Soldiers Burial Committee in Middleport Fifth Ward and transferring 100 dollars from the Soldiers Relief Fund to the Burial Fund. Payroll of the Meigs County Home approved with an individual check to be issued from the payroll. Eislestein and Hartinger attended.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Orange
Olive
Lebanon
Sutton
Salem
Columbia
Scipio
Letart
Court House
Worley Howell
Ed Spencer
Soldiers Burial Committee
Middleport Fifth Ward
Soldiers’ Relief Fund
Civil Service Commission
Eislestein
Hartinger
Meigs County Railroad Men Injured in Wreck
Three New York Central Railroad men from Meigs County were injured when their car hit an animal near Robertsburg West Virginia. William Britton remains serious at McMillan Hospital Charleston. Charles ton’s status undetermined. John Kincaid bruised after car struck a telephone pole and landed in a field. Clark, Britton, and Kincaid were returning from a dinner for retired district trainmaster Arthur Stuart.
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Middleport
William Britton
McMillan Hospital
Charleston
W. N. Clark
Robertsburg
W. Va
Clark
John Kincaid
New York Central Railroad
Arthur Stuart
Hobson
Britton
Paula
Kincaid
Clyde Pauley
New York Central
Stuart
Cora Cook
Grand Jury Session Opens in Pomeroy
Meigs County Sheriff and Deputy Frank Clark oversee grand jury duties in Pomeroy serving about 70 witnesses and notifying jurors who began duties today. More than 30 cases are to be heard this week.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Frank Clark
Grand Jury
Middleport Co Eds Make FHA Members
Sixteen M. H. S. co eds became Future Homemakers of America members Monday evening. The ceremony by candlelight added color to the Home Economics Department. Officers for the year include President Joan Karr and Dorothy Scott as vice president. Peggy Lewis and Dorothy Scott will lead the group to the Columbus state meeting on October 14.
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Middleport
M._ H. S. co-eds
Future Homemakers of America
Joan Karr
Dorothy Scott
Wilma Hermann
Virginia Jo Wise
Louise Kerr
Laura Scott
Clara Belle Greenlee
Anna Howell
Helen Davidson
Grace Anderson
Peggy Lewis
Columbus
Meigs Soldier Returns Home To See Dying Son
Sgt Earl Clark, recently stationed in England six months, arrives in Long Bottom after being called home due to his 17 year old son’s three month Columbus hospital stay and brain operation. The family also mentions a twin brother in Columbus and Mrs Clark accompanying him. Clark plans to report to Miami Fla after furlough. Majel Lee leaves Western & Southern Life to join GCDC. Alaska designated Russian America before 1867.
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Pomeroy
Earl Clark
Postal Service
Army
England
Long Bottom
Columbus
Honor Roll Benefit Planned at School
Middleport plans an oyster supper at the high school on November 9 to raise funds for a Middleport High School Honor Roll honoring service members. The Alumni Association sponsors the event after voting to support the project at the June reunion. A Monday night planning meeting was led by Mrs. Bruce Lloyd with several volunteers helping. Contributions can be offered to Mrs. Lloyd or Supt. L. W. Me Comas.
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Middleport
Middleport High School
United States
M.H.S. Alumni Association
Bruce Lloyd
Alumni Association
Pearl Reyolds
Arthur Strauss
Mary Grate
Bettie Wise
Lloyd
Supt
L. W. MeComas
Vinyard Divorce Suit Filed by Roy Vinyard
Roy Vinyard files for divorce from Ora C. Vinyard in Meigs County Common Pleas Court on Tuesday. Married in 1926, they have five minor children. Husband cites gross neglect as grounds.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County Common Pleas Court
Roy Vinyard
Ora C. Vinyard
Plans Affairs For Women Of Meigs GOP
Mrs Edith Lama Republican chairwoman of Meigs County outlines events for GOP women with her committee. A meeting of county committeewomen is set at Republican Headquarters on Main Street with certificates of appointment and literature to be distributed. Central Committeemen will meet with top officials at the courthouse. A large GOP rally is planned for Oct 14 with Congressman George Bender as speaker. John Foster, son of Mr and Mrs J Edward Foster, was wounded on the head when struck by a swing at Central School Monday afternoon.
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Executive Committee
Oval Diddle
Central Committee
Frank Clark
George Bender
Pomeroy
John Foster
J. Edward Foster
Central School
Harry S. Bowen
New Orleans
Cincinnati
Hazel Bowen
George F. Kehrer
Fred Stiles
Marietta
Dayton Strickland, Jr
France
Dayton Strickland
Oregon
Grover Orr
Lois
Columbus
Katie Roos
Orr
Mary K
Roos
Orrs
George Roos
Mert Wiggins
Harold Burgess
Middleport
Ernest Jones
Alice Louise Lama
E. R. Lama
T. H. Davis
Greenfield
Edwin Hull
Lucile Davis
Washington, D. C
General Hull
Ray Neal
Pittsburgh
Fred Hoffner
Hoffner
Brooks McKinley
Patty
Jackie
Martha Hudson
Wilson
McKeesport
Fern Gardner
Faye Nuckles
Georgia
Cpl
Jack Abbott
Jack
Camp Meade
Mary E. Knapp
Leon
W. Va
C. H. Jones
S. Third Ave
William Hawley
Cleveland
Billie Marie Hawley
Women's Army Corps
Albuquerque
N. M
Eddie Blake
Joe Wilson
L. W. McComas
Boice
Meigs WCTU Elects Caryl Cook Pomeroy President
Meigs County WCTU met at United Methodist Church in Pomeroy last week electing Caryl Cook of Pomeroy as president. Other officers include Purley Karr Long Bottom vice president Edith Cook Pomeroy corresponding secretary R C Burton Middleport recording secretary Christina Grimm Syracuse treasurer. The gathering featured hymns prayers and a potluck dinner with remarks by Rev Albert Bitters and temperance talks by Opal Rutledge and Charles J Bowen.
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Pomeroy
Caryl Cook
Meigs County
W.C.T.U
United Methodist Church
Purley Karr
Long Bottom
Edith Cook
R. C. Burton
Middleport
Christina Grimm
Syracuse
Ira Fleming
Noretha Fleming
Lillian Stieff
Margaret Sauer
Albert Bitters
Ralph Kuether
Charles J. Bowen
Rutland
Pomeroy Social Notes Honor Guest and Local Gatherings
Rose Wangler was honored at a Guth home dinner in Pomeroy with fifteen guests and birthday gifts. Local groups report October events at the Masonic Temple and Stark's Pharmacy as well as Youth Fellowship activities at the First Baptist Church. News notes mention residents returning from furlough, military letters home, and upcoming travels to Cincinnati for Grand Chapter.
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Pomeroy
Rose Wangler
Guth
Mulberry Ave
Fred Guth
Lena
Katie Guth
Order of Eastern Star
Order
Masonic Temple
Edith Bowen
Grand
Cincinnati
The
First Baptist Church
W. Luther Tracy
Mr. Tracy
Middleport Social Notes and Meetups Across Town
Middleport social notes detail a surprise dinner for Leonard and Mrs. Taylor on Gravel Hill with family guests and a coincidental wedding cake baker visiting to offer congratulations. Other items include W C T U and W S C S meetings, a surprise birthday party for Edith Young, local personal notices, and visiting missionary Harold Schultz in Pomeroy.
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Middleport
Leonard Taylor
Gravel Hill
Jack Howells
Opal Taylor
Elmer Mattox
Richard Howells
Columbus
George Sauer
Taylor
Mr. Sauer
Edith Young
C. J. Sauer
Charlotte Spencer
Helen Hysell
Marie Young
Josephine Bolinger
Joan
Kate Wilson
Beth Pullen
Muriel Bradford
Eva Bailey
Miss Sauer
Miss Young
J. H. Lough
Mr. Lough
Lough
Thelma Gress
City Pomeroy
Harold P. Schultz
St. Louis
Ralph Kuether
Donald Mills Earns Instrument Instructor Post
Middleport resident Donald Mills, fresh from Pensacola advanced flying school, was reassigned to Atlanta as an instrument instructor per Miami orders. He earned his silver wings and commission as Ensign, one of 14 of 155 graduates chosen as instructors. Mills is a Middleport High School alumnus and has served as a Naval Air Cadet for 18 months.
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Middleport
Donald Mills
Advanced
Pensacola
Fla
Shirley Mills
Atlanta
Miami
Donald
Middleport High School
Handley Brother Killed in Mine Tragedy
Mrs. John Buckley travels to Fairmont W Va after her brother Owen Handley aged 57 dies in a mine accident Monday. Also en route are Mr. and Mrs. Chris Handley of Athens and Mrs. John Wallace of Glouster sister.
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Pomeroy
John Buckley
Fairmont
W. Va
Owen Handley
Chris Handley
Athens
John Wallace
Glouster
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Daughters of the Daughters of America
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W.S.C.S
E. M. Wood
Rutledge
Pomeroy Bend
C. P. Dutton
Frank McCoy
Church of Christ
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Chen YU
U.S. A
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Starks
Pharmacy
Pomeroy, Ohio
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Johnnie Johnston
Marjorie Weaver
Bill Edwards
Donnie
Scat
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Marie Wilson
D'Artega
All-Girl Orchestra
Temple Middleport
Meet the People
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Virginia O’brien
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