Meigs Chapter DAV installs officers in Pomeroy
Meigs Chapter of the Disabled American Veterans and Ladies Auxiliary held an officers installation at the American Legion Hall in Pomeroy. Commander Merton S. Garn of Fremont installed officers including Dale Mourning as commander and Web er D. Thomas as senior vice commander. Garn praised the chapter’s service to disabled veterans and dependents and announced Ben F. Turner as department radio chairman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garn
D.A.V
Mr. Garn
America
Da.v
Ben F.turner
Carrie Class
Dover
Edith Spencer
Edna Reuter
S.W
Thelma Capehart
J.R.W
Edith Johnson
Golda Mourning
Sadie Wolfe
Thelma Boyer
Doris Capehart
Class
New Shelves and Books Placed in Middleport Library
Increasing demand for books and periodicals at the Middleport Public Library prompted the library board to order and install new shelves on both floors. NYA boys built several shelves at Park St School and installed them. Periodicals have been filed in two sections, aided by Mrs. Earl Probst. One hundred forty five new books were added in September, including a History of the State of Ohio by Wesenberger and various historical, modern fiction, and juvenile titles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Middleport Public Library
Library Board
NYA
Park St
Alpha Somerville
Earl Probst
State of
Ohio
Wesenberger
Cheatham heads to Panama for new Air Corps assignment
William Cheatham a machinist in the U S Army Air Corps left Athens for New York City last week to embark for his Panama assignment. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Oscar Cheatham of Athens and grandson of Mr and Mrs William Cheatham of Brow nell Avenue.
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Middleport
William Cheatham
U.S. Army Air Corps
Athens
New York City
Panama
Cheatham
Oscar Cheatham
Brownell Ave
Federal Tax To Be Raised for Sports
MIDDLEPORT The defense tax adds four cents to adult football tickets making them thirty nine cents with the usual 35 cent base. The athletic committee raises adult ticket price by one cent while keeping advance purchase student tickets. Ten percent federal tax applies to future athletic equipment. State tax on admissions over forty cents remains. SEEKS PARTITION POMEROY A partition suit is filed in common pleas court. Blanche Harper sues Willis Harper and Vernon Lee Archer as Meigs County treasurer.
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Middleport
Middleport Yellow Jackets
Uncle Sam
National Defense
Gallipolis
Athletic Committee
Athletic Association
Pomeroy
Common Pleas Court
Blanche Harper
Willis Harper
Vernon Lee Archer
Meigs County
Pomeroy Social Notes Honor 100th Anniversary Celebration
Pomeroy marks the one hundredth anniversary of Meigs County seat with a Friday event by the Return Jonathan Meigs Chapter DAR at Mrs. Manning D Webster’s home on Butternut Ave. The Webster residence, built in 1836, is one of Pomeroy’s oldest and features antique furnishings. Grace Horton will discuss Pomeroy’s conditions a century ago from Horace M. Horton’s diary. Local residents include John Schlaegel visiting Ironton, and weekend guests of E W Schreiber and others from Huntington and Zanesville arriving or returning home.
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Pomeroy
Meigs
Jonathan Meigs
Daughters of the American Revolution
Manning D Webster
Butternut Ave
Webster
Thomas Irvin
Samuel Wyllys Pomeroy
Ohio
Irvins
Swallows
McMillans
Ralstons
George McQuiggs
Benjamin Remingtons
Meigs County
Grace Horton
Horace M. Horton
University Cost Analysis Courses To Begin Tuesday
George K. Johnson of Ohio University announced two new night courses in Unit Cost Accounting and Cost Analysis Accounting. Classes start Tuesday Oct 21 at 7 PM in Pomeroy Senior High School with enrollment open via the Pomeroy Chamber of Commerce or the school superintendent. Seven applications have been received for the drawing class, and five more are needed to begin. Courses meet Tuesdays and Thursdays 7 to 9 30 PM.
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Pomeroy
George K. Johnson
Ohio University
Sheriffs Sale of Real Estate in Athens County Ohio
In Pursuance of an Order of Sale in Case No 17788 Ralph R Marker and Minnie Baker Jorbes et al defendants the State of Ohio Athens County Common Pleas Court will offer for sale at public auction at the east door of the Court House Athens on Monday October 2 1941 at 1 80 P M the following described real estate in Athens Township First Tract 114 34 acres more or less Second Tract 8 42 acres more or less Third Tract 3 71 acres more or less Fourth Tract 15 acres more or less including all real estate of Don R Baker deceased premises about two miles from State Route 10 and County Road 19 near Tians Country Club appraised at 4500 cash in hand deputy GROSS Bayless County Ohio.
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Minnie Baker Jorbes
Athens
Ohio
Margaret's Creek
S&s
Margaret’s Creek
Said Creek
Don R. Baker
Wipala
Tiens Country Club
W. Bayless
Gross
Sugar Run Reports Perfect Attendance
Miss Emma Seitz, principal of Sugar Run Grade School in Pomeroy Ohio, reported perfect attendance for three home rooms in the first month of the 1941 42 school year. The third and fourth grade girls in Mrs Conway's room and the sixth grade in Miss Seitz's room had 100 percent attendance, with Sugar Run Building averaging 99 percent for the first month.
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Pomeroy
Emma Seitz
Sugar Run
Ohio
Oliver Roush injured by falling roller at farm
Oliver Roush aged 75 was seriously hurt when a horse ran away and toppled a roller he operated. The machine fell on him, breaking several ribs and causing body injuries. The accident occurred yesterday on the Roush farm below Cheshire. He is being cared for at the home of his son Sterling Roush in Cheshire.
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Middleport
Oliver Roush
Roush
Cheshire
Downing Roush
Mill St
Sterling Roush
Balloonist cannot hover as earth spins beneath
An explanation states a balloonist cannot stay stationary in air because the atmosphere rotates with the earth, turning along with the planetary surface. The earth and its surrounding air move together, so remaining fixed relative to the ground would require countering the atmosphere's rotation.
How They Were Named Joshua Trees as Desert Sentinels
Mormon immigrants named Joshua trees in the desert, viewing them as sentinels of the promised land. The brief note links the plant’s name to religious expectations and pioneer migration.
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Desert
Services for Joe Barsotti To Be Friday
Funeral services for Joe Barsotti who died Tuesday afternoon at Parkersburg will be held Friday morning at a Catholic Church in that city with interment there. Barsotti formerly operated a fruit store here and is the father of Leroy R Barsotti II of Second Ave and Santi Barsotti of Nitro. A brother and sister, Mrs Odetta Pierotti, live in Pomeroy.
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Middleport
Joe Barsotti
Parkersburg
Barsotti
Leroy R Barsotti
Second Ave
Santi Barsotti
Nitro
Odetta Pierotti
Pomeroy
Missionary L W Spring to Speak at Racine Baptist
Rev L W Spring of Granville, a returned missionary from Burma, will address Racine Baptist Church Friday evening as the first in a four part series on China. All interested may attend. A potluck supper precedes the lesson. Class No 3 of the Baptist Church met Friday at Mrs Bertha Sayre’s home with Mrs Laura Bell presiding.
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Racine
L. W. Spring
Granville
Burma
Racine Baptist Church
China
The
Missionary Society
Baptist Church
Bertha Sayre
Laura Bell
T.T. Shelton
Community service lines tested to prevent bottlenecks
Regulators and lines in the community have been tested and altered to avoid bottlenecks in service. The note mentions HALF MILLION DOLLARS in a pro winter that were not with us last season. It hints at few days being exceptionally cold.
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Athens Messenger
OHI
Meigs County Veterans
Nepal
India
Ed Fitzgerald
Roy Wright
Ed Franz
Canada
Atlantic Ocean
Robin Moor
Africa
South America
City of Reyville
Australia
Il. C. White
Steel Seafarer
City of
Rayville
U. S
Pomeroy Social Notes
Pomeroy Personals
John Schlaegel
Lincoln Terrace
Ironton
Robert
G. C. Southall
Huntington
D. D. Ward
Irene
Betty Smith
E. W. Schreiber
Lincoln Hill
Elmer Goodwin
Columbus
Albert Scholl
Cole St
Zanesville
James Stansbury
State of Ohio
Athens County
Ralph R. Marker
H. J. Hysell Furniture Company
Farmer, Prop
Rathburn's Dept
Rutland
West Virginia
Kentucky
Benton
Crawford
Sugar Grove
Gram
Gus Company
Hart Schaffner & Marx
Clothcraft
Stylemart
Arrow
the Friendly Men’s Store
E. Main St
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