Middleport Soldier Killed in Action Held by War Department
War Department reports Ray Wolfe of Middleport killed in action in Belgium on Sept. 5 after four years in the army and two years overseas. Surviving father, stepmother, and a brother in the Pacific. mother and sister Evelyn had died earlier. Before service he worked at Ohlinger Bakery. Maurice Steiner, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Steiner, promoted from technical sergeant to first sergeant in Dutch New Guinea.
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Middleport
William Wolfe
S. Third Ave
War Department
Pic
Ray Wolfe
Belgium
Ray
Ft. Hayes
Pvt
Howard
Brus) McCloud
Algeria
Italy
North Africa
Tunisia
Sicily
Wolfes
Sgt
William
Babe) Wolfe
S. W. Pacific
Evelyn
Ohlinger Bakery
E. E. Steiner
Maurice E. Steiner
Dutch New Guinea
Services in Churches of Pomeroy
Pomeroy churches announce Sunday services with multiple denominations listed. United Methodist, Church of Christ, Nazarene, Lutheran and Episcopal listings include Sunday School times, worship hours, midweek prayer, and special events. Various local ministers named with service details and upcoming community activities.
Davidson engagement announced for Frances Louise Davidson and Harold G Davis
Middleport social notes report Frances Louise Davidson of Parkersburg W V engaged to Harold G Davis son of the late Clyde Davis and Mrs Minnie Davis of Chicago IL formerly of Alliance OH Frances Louise is a Rutland High School and Mountains State Business College graduate employed as cashier stenographer at Equitable Life Insurance in Parkersburg Mr Davis attended Alliance schools and belongs to the Chicago Masonic Lodge He works at Chicago Latrobe Twist Drill Works as control of steel inventories in Chicago IL The wedding is planned in Rutland in the near future Auxiliary to meet at 7 30 p m at the home of Mrs Max Sanborn Monday night Middleport personals note local residents travel illness and visits including Columbus Parkersburg and Columbus theater attendance and familial travel news
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Middleport
Thomas W. Davidson
Frances Louise
Parkersburg
W. Va
Rutland
Ohio
Harold G. Davis
Clyde Davis
Minnie Davis
Chicago
Alliance
Davidson
Rutland High School
Mountains State Business College
Equitable Life Insurance Company of
D. C
Mr. Davis
Masonic Lodge
Pomeroy Social Notes and Local Happenings
Pomeroy social pages report Mrs Jed Webster leading a Women’s Civic Club meeting at Martin Hotel planning a public games party for the National War Fund. Mary Martha League donated six blankets to UNRRA, and a birthday party honored five year old Bruce Lambert with guests and cake. Wounded in France updates note Cpl Randall E Manley wounded in action September 2. wife Bernice Searles and baby with his parents in Athens County.
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Pomeroy
Jed Webster
Women's Civic Club
Martin Hotel
National War’ Fund
John Lambert
Bruce
Milton Bruce
Mary Robinson
Robert Reinhart
Janis Grate
Roy Roberts
Paul and
Billy Roush
Ramona Boice
Kenneth McCulough, Jr
Tommy Reuster
Anna Lee Warner
France
Middleport
War Department
Randall E
Barney Manley
Bernice Searles
Emmett Manley
Athens
County
Middleport Churches Schedule for Sunday Services Oct 8
Announcements list routine church services in Middleport with several pastors and programs. Highlights include Teacher Recognition Day at Church of Christ led by Rev. Burton with a special program for each class. Morning Bible School at 9:15 and worship at 10:15. Youth Fellowship at 4, and evening worship at 7:30. Other churches report morning sermons and Sunday School times and BPU sessions.
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Christian Science
Jesson
Enterprise U. B
John L. Morgan
Christian Endeavor
Ladies’ Aid
Trinity Lutheran
Church of the Lutheran Hour
Pomeroy
Trinity Lutheran Church
Butternut Street
West Main
Hilmar Th. Rosenberg
Warnineg
Church OF the Nazarene
Syracuse
Snellenberger
L. Arnold
Young People
Bertha E. Righthouse
East Letark
L. B. Sneilenberger
Pete Smelds
Fred Cadle
Young People’s Meeting
ST. Paul's Lutheran
L. M. Mohrhoff
God
First Baptist Church
Department of the Ohio Woman's of the
Order of Christian Temperance Union
Will
Eastern Star
Woman's Missionary Society
Grace Episcopal
C. G. Baird
United
Salvation Army
Harry Olmsted
Springfield
Middleport
First Presbyterian
Church of Christian Christian Union
Church of Christ
R. C. Burton
Burton
H. A. Rothrock
L. W. McComas
Liesure
Ralph Zundel
Paul Smart
B.P.U
Moriah Baptist Church
B. P. Smith
Lena Reese
Church ‘of Christ
Emma Bland
Amateur Gardeners Club Opens With New Officers
The Middleport Amateur Gardeners Club held its first meeting of fall with new officers: Mrs. Robert Coats president, Mrs. Arthur Strauss vice president, Mrs. George Schaaf secretary, and Mrs. Bruce Lloyd treasurer. Six new members joined, projects discussed, and ribbons awarded for floral displays.
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Middleport
Amateur Gardener’s Club
Robert Coats
Arthur Strauss
George Schaaf
Bruce Lloyd
Ruth Ellis
Mesdames H L. Carr
Earl Knight
Walter B. Harris
Frank White
Dewey Bricker Club Formed in Pomeroy Republicans Unite
A Dewey-Bricker Club organized at Republican Headquarters in Pomeroy with Mrs. J Claude Durst elected president and officers including Mrs. Roy Tracy Sr vice president and Mrs. Norman Russell secretary The group welcomes county Republicans and a tea is planned for Saturday Oct 14 Governor Dewey will address a rally via Columbia network from Charleston W Va Saturday Oct 7 1843 9 15 p m Central War Time.
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Pomeroy
Front St
J Claude Durst
Roy Tracy
Norman Russell
B. F. Turner
Durst
Dewey
Columbia Network
Charleston
W. Va
Municipal Auditorium
West Virginia
Republican State Executive Committee
Brothers Reunite on Leave from Overseas Duty
Cpl Eugene Burton a Yuma control tower operator and Cpl William Burton tall gunner both of Barksdale Field La are on furloughs visiting their parents Mr and Mrs Ernest Burton Gravel Hill. It’s the first time the brothers have seen each other in two years. ARRIVES IN FRANCE Mrs Josie Walker and Mrs John Walker, mother and wife of John Walker, have learned he is now somewhere in France.
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Middleport
Eugene Burton
Yuma
Aziz
William Burton
Barksdale Field
Ernest Burton
Gravel Hill
France
Pomeroy
Josie Walker
John Walker
Why Go to Church Is To Be Discussed
W Luther Tracy of the First Baptist Church argues in a series opening that maintaining Christian churches is essential in hard times. He urges regular church attendance to gain spiritual sustenance and renewal of faith, praising God's wisdom in establishing churches in society.
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Pomeroy
God
Christ
W. Luther Tracy
First Baptist Church
War Stamp Sales in Pomeroy Schools Total $200.35
War stamp sale totals from Pomeroy Public Schools on October 4, 1944 include Junior High $83.70, Sugar Run Elementary $52.90, Central Elementary $33.55, Senior High $23.20, with a grand total of $200.35. Previous total listed as $484.20.
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Pomeroy
Pomeroy Public Schools
Sugar Run
Central
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