Meigs Countians Accepted for Army Service Pattern List
Official list from the Meigs County selective service office shows many men from Middleport, Pomeroy, Long Bottom, Racine, Letart Falls, and surrounding areas passing the Columbus physical exams. Names include Melvin Rupe, Jack Dempsey Dalrymple, Thomas Eynon, Lonnie Hughes, Virgil Hayes, Ronald Bailey, and many others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Meigs
William Hugh McCoy
Middleport
Ira Edward Manley
Ernest Franklin Powell
Long Bottom R. D
George Bishop
Dale Gilbert Warner
Long Bottom
R. D
Robert Richard Matlack
Joseph David Vadish
Horace Farley
Cheshire R. D
Leonard Cecil Scott
Pomeroy R
Charles Robert Larson
Portland
Albert Nicholas Coates
Doyle William Sargent
Racine
Donald Orlis Collins
Carpenter
Marion Dell Allensworth
Richard Lloyd Coleman
Charles Malcolm Kennedy
Ruttland
Ralph Herbert McKee
Thor Olsen Carsey
Albany R. D
Gilbert Duane Davis
James Ralph Peters
Howard Gideon Roush
Letart Falls
Hollie William Grady
Racine R. D
Roy Ralph Smith
Portland R. D
Samuel 8. Davis
Langsville
William Arthur Robson
Shirley Russell Findling
Alfred
Herman Niemeyer, Jr
Dana Edward van Meter
Charles Granville Ellis
Charles Henry Shumaker
Charles Edward Stalder
Lawrence Linn Edgington
Pomeroy R. D
Stanley Alford Ellis
Cheshire
Carl Frederick Hendricks
Charles William Bush
John David Thomas
Syracuse
Harold William Russell
Fred Eugene Ritchie
Jesse James Gray
Dexter
William Orville Shain
Ernest Lewis Bush
George William Kauff
Real Estate Transfers in Meigs County
Recent land transfers in Meigs County include Charles H. Parr to Rosalind and Robert H. Parr in Lebanon township and multiple parcels sold to heirs and buyers across Rutland Lebanon Syracuse Middleport Scipio townships. Notable transfers include Adelbert D. and Blanche McCormick to C. M. and Naomi Chase and Glenn and Margaret Arnott to John C. and Nellie Arnott.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Charles H. Parr
Lebanoon
Rosalind
Robert H. Parr
Adelbert D
Blanche McCormick
Rutland
C. M
Naomi Chase
Lee
Della Munday
Lebanon Township
James Munday
L. E. Sayre
Syracuse
Claudine Stone
Charles D. Wood
Helen Wood
Sarah Parr
Orange Township
On E
Sarah L. Wood
Cine Owners Loan Corp
Middleport
Phyllis Mulford
Glenn
Margaret Arnott
Sutton Township
John C
Nellie Arnott
Delbert Reeves
Scipio
Hobart En Weltha Bryson
Dr Vernon P Martin to Be Guest Minister at Spirtual Emphasis Week
Dr Vernon P Martin will serve as guest minister at First Presbyterian Church in Middleport during Spiritual Emphasis Week. He lectures Bible at Wooster's Leadership Training School and will lead a daily 2 30 p m Corinthians study. Evening sermons start 7 30 p m with topics The Greatness of Our God Man's Immortal Need God's Gracious Plan To Meet Man's Need Jesus Calls Us Oer the Tumult The Day of Great Decision. He will preach again next Sunday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Vernon P. Martin
First Presbyterian
Martin
Wooster
Jesus
Hemlock Grove Club Meets This Week
Hemlock Garden Club will meet October 8 at 1 30 in Hemlock Grove. Roll Call asks for beauty spots of Ohio. hostess is Mrs Anna Hart of Pomeroy R F D. topics include Describe the Flag of Ohio led by Mrs Ellen Killinger.
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Hemlock Grove
Hemlock Garden Club
Ohio
Anna Hart
Pomeroy
Mystery of the Zodiacal Light Remains Unsolved
Astronomers remain baffled by the zodiacal light a cone shaped gleam appearing after sunset and before sunrise stretching from the horizon as a spectral celestial display attracting study from observatories and researchers worldwide.
Miss Elizabeth Arnold Leaves to Join WAACS
Miss Elizabeth Arnold leaves for Des Moines to enter service as a WAAC. She is daughter of the late Mr and Mrs Headley Arnold and a 1926 Pomeroy High School graduate. She has worked for Belpre Sand and Gravel Company and is sister of Mrs Glen Dill and James Arnold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Elizabeth Arnold
Des Moines
WAAC
Miss Arnold
Headley Arnold
Pomeroy High School
Belpre Sand and Gravel Company
Belpre
Glen Dill
James Arnold
Pastor Speaks At Meeting Of Pioneers POMEROY
Rev. James N. Redman of the Middleport Church of Christ delivered The Call of the Unattainable at the Meigs County Pioneer Society Memorial Service at Simpson Methodist Church. He urged sacrifice for future generations and world peace, citing Moses and the Promised Land as examples.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moses
Redman
Simpson
Nobel Rompel
E. W. Kingsland
Pioneer Society
M. D. Hartley
Meigs County
W. A. Smith
Pomeroy
Ruth Ebersbach
Virginia Lu Schaaf
Ben Neutzling
Laymen to Organize Million Dollar Pension Fund Drive
In Middleport laymen of Heath Methodist Church and Rev H A Rothrock outline a city committee for The Million Dollar Pension Fund campaign of the Ohio Annual Conference of The Methodist Church. The drive runs Oct 1 to Nov 15 to support retired ministers and fund a modern contributory pension plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Ohio Annual Conference
The
Methodist Church
Heath Methodist Church
H. A. Rothrock
Ohio
Bess Sanborn
C. M. Hennesy
E. R.tompkins
H. E. Cook
Nan Moore
Willis Aleshire
M. G. Brown
Herbert Chambers
Robert Coats
Ruth Drake
Fredia Fawhale
Robert Harris
Gordon Harris
L. W. McComas
I. E. Miller
Frank White
Noah Haskins
John Kincaid
Leo Kennedy
Charles McElhinney
David Entsminger
Roy Lansbury
D. C. Miller
H. E. Bush
O. P. Klein
Firemen Discuss Duties In Civilian Defense
Pomeroy regular meeting of the Second Ward Fire Company was held Sunday at the fire house. The discussion focused on firemen duties in civilian defense and a trial run was planned for this week. Frank Chapman was appointed to bring the salvage proposal for the old steam pumper to council this evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Second Ward Fire Company
Second Ward
Frank Chapman
Turner Speaker at Meeting of Grange
POMEROY Benjamin F. Turner guest speaker at Kemlock Grove Grange on Saturday night spoke on The Responsibilities of Citizenship. Turner as salvage drive chairman urged Grange members to actively support the county wide scrap metal drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Kemlock Grove Grange
Benjamin F. Turner
Rationing Board and Selective Service Updates
Meigs County Meigs County Rationing Board reports preferred status for railroad workers and defense workers on 80 percent rubber tire and re tread lists. Local defense worker petition denied due to speed violation. Selective Service Board reports sufficient quotes for two months, with married men likely after. Scrap Campaign announced by Superintendent L W McComas as schoolchildren initiate drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Meigs County Rationing Board
H. E. Cook
Cook
Ewing
J. H. Grate
Selective Service Board
Mr. Grate
L. W. McComas
Heath Methodist Women Plan Monday Meeting In Middleport
Social notes cover church circle plans at Mrs. Earl Knight’s Lincoln and Pear Streets home with Mrs. Leo Kennedy assisting. Winners in Five Hundred at Mrs. James Stevens’ S. Third Ave. home are listed as Mrs. Clara Murray and Mrs. Eben Bowen with Mrs. Charles McNamee low. Mentions of local visits and service members follow, including the Tracy family, Mrs. Virgil Shannon Jr., and Olin Mills Studio representatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
W.S.C.S
Heath Methodist Church
Earl Knight
Lincoln and
Pear Sts
Leo Kennedy
James Stevens
S. Third Ave
Clara Murray
Eben Bowen
Charles McNamee
Ohio State Freshman Pauley Ann Kincaidpledges at Kappa Delta
Miss Pauley Ann Kincaid daughter of Mr and Mrs John Kincaid of N Fourth Ave living at Mack Hall and a freshman at Ohio State University pledged to Kappa Delta announced Sunday Mrs Harold Ebersbach Ruth Blackburn in Holzer Hospital recovering from the birth of a son Oct 3 with grandparents Mr and Mrs Emmette Blackburn and Mr and Mrs Charles Ebersbach listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pauley Ann Kincaid
John Kincaid
Fourth Ave
Ohio State University
Mack Hall
Kappa Delta
Harold Ebersbach
Ruth Blackburn
Holzer Hospital
Emmette Blackburn
Charles Ebersbach
Local Residents Enter New Homes and Travel Notes
Mr and Mrs Gene Rice move from the aunts home to an apartment at the Zuspan residence on Beech Street. Wally Lawrence also relocates to the Zuspans. Dr George Schaaf returns today from a week in St Louis after attending the World Series. Violet Hartinger returns to Dayton for work after visiting her parents on Beech Street. Bess Sanborn and Mrs Harry Feiger attend the Southeast District Conference of the Daughters of the American Revolution in Portsmouth. James Harley of Zanesville visits friends for the weekend. June Hysell, pupil nurse at Holzer Hospital, returns after a visit with her parents on Beech Street. George Frye of Columbus visits relatives Mrs Herbert Fink and Miss Mabel Hysell. Ohio University football game attendees include Jack Welch, Wally Laing, Joe Laing, Jim Hartinger, Ed Warner and Fred Klein of the Yellow Jacket team. Principal Earl Knight was in Logan Friday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gene Rice
Cora Bennett
S. Third Ave
Zuspan
Beech St
Wally Lawrence
Sayre
Zuspans
George Schaaf
St. Louis
Violet Hartinger
Dayton
Lawrence Hartinger
Bess Sanborn
Harry Feiger
Jonathan Meigs
Daughters of the American Revolution
Portsmouth
James Harley
Zanesville
June Hysell
Holzer Hospital
Service Men of Meigs County Transfer Updates
Robert Hartley of Union Ave transfers from Ft. Riley Kansas to an army camp in New York City. Renzo Menchini leaves his parents to report to Patterson Field with Carlo Barsotti and Harly Hannahs escorting Victor Hannahs. Ivan Watson of Racine rises to sergeant from corporal. Charles Reuter moves from Louisville Kentucky to Jefferson Barracks Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patterson Field
Dayton
Ivan B. Watson
Owen Watson
Racine
Charlies Reuter
Ed Reuter
Louisville
Jefferson Barracks
Republicans To Open New Headquarters
First sign of an active campaign appears as Republicans announce a new headquarters to open this week in Court Street building that formerly housed Smith Drug Store.
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Republicans
Court St
Smith Drug Store
Pomeroy High School Social Event Hosted By T A K Club
A T A K Club party for ten Pomeroy high school girls was held Friday at Miss Rose Mary Ward’s home on East Main Street. Dancing games and refreshments entertained attendees including Jane Clifford Elaine Young Rose Mary Ward Eunice Hill Ruth Harbrecht Elnora Barnitz Barbara Scholl Earline King Patty Watson Mary Grimm and male guests Norman Spencer Robert Story John Weeks Harold Hysell Paul Hill Myron Bailey Robert Morris Jack Rosenbaum and Charles Stanley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
T.A.K. Club
Rose Mary Ward
E. Main St
Jane Clifford
Elaine Young
Eunice Hill
Ruth Harbrecht
Elnora Barnitz
Barbara Scholl
Earline King
Patty Watson
Mary Grimm
Norman Spencer
Robert Story
John Weeks
Harold Hysell
Paul Hill
Myron Bailey
Robert Morris
Jack Rosenbaum
Charles Stanley
Local Residents Social Visit And Travel Highlights
A sequence of short notices details residents and families visiting relatives and friends across multiple towns. Mrs Lawrence Spencer and daughter Elizabeth stay with Mr and Mrs Earl Denny in Charleston. C F Tompkins and Miss Mary Josephine Saunders weekend in Logan. Mrs Chester Knight visiting Canton. Loretta Franz visits Columbus. several families from Dayton Kentucky and Enterprise spend the weekend with Susie Andrews. Mrs Robert Ward visits Sandusky before defense work in Texas. Harriett Ohlinger visits Columbus. Oberlin Seminary bound Layman. visits by Harris, Phillips, Seidenabel, Frecker, Russell, Stover, and others with trips to Cleveland, Columbus, and Minersville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. F. Tompkins
Mary Josephine Saunders
E. Main St
Logan
Tompkins
Newton Spencer
Miss Saunders
Della Saunders
Chester Knight
Canton
D. W. Ashworth
Court St
Loretta Franz
Mulberry Ave
Columbus
Mac McCormick
Jack Demoss
John Griffith
William McCormick
Connie
Maude Griffith
Dayton
Susie Andrews
Enterprise
Andrews
Robert Ward
Syracuse
Sandusky
Texas
Harriett Ohlinger
Harry Ohlinger
Lincoln Hill
Burnell Stephenson
Oberlin
Oberlin Seminary
J. H. Stephenson
Sophia Blazewicz
Lewis Harris
Nora
Clifford Phillips
Barbara
Minersville
Parkersburg
Howard Seidenabel
Ray Frecker
Cleveland
Jimmie Frecker
Ray Seidenable
Dave Frecker
Truman Russell, Wright Sr
Howard Stover
Orin Smith
Middleport
Rolla Young
R. E. Levine
Mary Massar
Holzer Hospital
Ewing Ambu
Victory Farmers Institute Draws 500 Plus at Harrisonville
More than 500 people attended the Victory Farmers Institute at Harrisonville on October 1 for three sessions. The program featured school recitations and music, Future Farmers of America demonstrations, home economics displays, and a feature address by Dr. George H. Lasher on labor and manpower needs for the armed forces and civilian production.
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Pomeroy
Victory Farmers’ Institute
Harrisonville
Future Farmers of America
Alice McKinney
Ohio State University
Harold Pickering
Ira Wolfe
Bertha Harmon
Harrisonville School
Bradford
Institute
Grange
Rock Springs
Chester
George H. Lasher
Meigs County Selective Service Board
Homer Lee
Mae Ball
Frank Halliday
Delbert Chase
Harley Musser
Addie Bradfield
Lilly Jewell
Virgil Atkins
James Welch
Heil French
L. Harmon
Bud Douglas
Grange Lodge
Eastern Star Lodge
Meigs County Bonds Sales Hit Record in September
Meigs County surpassed its War Bonds and Stamps quota in September with totals over 55 000. Theodore Reed, county chair, credited bank cooperation led by the Pomeroy National Bank to sales of 34 225 through the bank. Weekly school sales added 189 50 for the school year.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Theodore Reed
Pomeroy National Bank
Reed
National Bank
Saies
Central
Sugar Run
Wool clothing and bedding for a U.S. soldier weighs about 36 pounds
The full outfit including extras weighs roughly 36 pounds. This bulk includes wool clothing and bedding carried by a service member, illustrating the heavy burden of field gear.
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U. S
Course in Accounting Planned in Pomeroy
A beginning accounting course offered in Pomeroy this fall by Ohio University under the Engineering Science and Management War Training program. The free class starts 7 30 p m Tuesday Oct 6 at Pomeroy Senior High School and requires no prior accounting experience. All interested persons should attend the first meeting.
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Pomeroy
Ohio University
Pomeroy Senior High School
Also Mentioned on This Page
Athens Messenger
Athens
Meigs Countians
Queens Borough
New York
Queens
Poker 1S Chairman
Gallipolis
Horace B. Ecker
WAACS
Meeting of Pioneers
Turner
Middleport Social Notes
Mrs. Stevens
J. E. Tracy
Tracy
Bradbury Apt
Second Ave
Virgil Shannon, Jr
Marvel Schmoll
Washington, DC
U. S. Marines
Quantico
R. O. Fowler
Olin Mills Studio
Springfield
Kentucky
A. J. Beaver
Ashland
Louisa
Ronald Scott
Mary
Sam Fick
Niles
Scott
Anna Margaret Wylie
Kathleen Swindler
Louise Winebrenner
Charleston
Charleston School of Commerce
Clarence Mulford, Jr
Orval Ohlinger
Great Lakes Naval Training Base
Betty Jo Roush
Rosanna Barker
Charles Hern
Roush
John Curtis
Josephine Curtis
Ohio State
Pomeroy Social Notes
Pomeroy Personals
Victory Farmer’s Institute
Neadache
Nurito
Beaco
F. J
Beasley CO
Royal Crown Cola
Joe
Hitler
Mrs. Richards
Navy
Bill
Signal Corps
Colaber
Zaedte - Tare
Nehi Bottling Company
Coal St
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