Pomeroy Conducts Traffic Test Under Civil Defense Alarm
Pomeroy auxiliary police halted traffic within minutes after a five burst siren signaled a civilian defense traffic test. Firefighters connected hoses to the new building site as part of the drill. Officials praised volunteers though funds remain short for a countywide control center amid ongoing appropriation debates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Walter Lodt
Ralph Graves
Lincoln Terrace
Lee Rudisill
Terrace Sr
Second Ward
Meigs County
Middleport
Clarence Root Becomes Pharmacist's Mate in Navy
Clarence Root has joined the U S Navy at the start of the year and now holds the rank of pharmacist's mate second class with petty officer equivalence. His ship serves with the Atlantic fleet. Root is a Cincinnati School of Embalming graduate and formerly worked for Rawlings Coats funeral directors.
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Middleport
Clarence Root
U. S. Navy
Root
Cincinnati School of Embalming
Rawlings- Coats Funeral
School Stamps Sale Totals $196.35 In Pomeroy
Stamps sold in the Pomeroy Schools this week amount to 196.35, bringing the annual total to 426.15. Central elementary 44.95 Sugar Run elementary 42.40 Junior High 53.75 Senior High 55.05.
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Pomeroy
Central
Sugar Run
Rally Day Planned by Simpson Methodist Church
POMEROY The Simpson Methodist Church convenes Sunday at 9 15 a.m for Rally Day in the church school with Theo Smith overseeing worship. Rev Nobel M Rompel preaches at 10 15 a.m on Meeting Our Obligations. Youth Fellowship meets 6 30 p.m and evening service at 7 30 p.m features Second Thoughts About God. Weekly activities include education board 7 30 Monday and W S C S potluck 6 30 Tuesday followed by meetings. Choir 8 p.m Wednesday and boys recreation 7 30 Friday.
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Pomeroy
Simpson Methodist Church
Theo Smith
Nobel M. Rompel
Methodist Youth Fellowship
God
Board of Education and Missions
Woman's Society of Christian Service
W.S.C.S
Rompel
Colombia
South America
Middleport Social Notes Highlights District Conventions and Births
Middleport notes unveil district deputies at Winchester and Marietta conventions. Several attendees, including Emma Sisson and Lillian Stieff, travel to Marietta for youth meetings. Local births announced for Roy Casto and Race Street home. Also covered are military service calls, visitors, illness, and an upcoming WCTU broadcast with Ida K. Smith.
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Middleport
Winchester
Marietta
Charles Howard
Emma Sisson
Lillian Stieff
Howard Williams
Estella Ely
George Werner
Howard Kitchen
Blanche Roller
Veteran rail worker B F Fultz retires after 39 years
B F Fultz Sr longtime Kanawha Mackin railroad car repairer begins service in 1903 in Hobson. He retires Sept 30 1942 as assistant car foreman after 39 years with K & M later New York Central. Fellow workers present him a purse and praise his service.
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Middleport
Kanawha & Michigan Railroad
Hobson
B. F. Fultz
Mr. Fultz
F E. R. Tompkins
New York Central Railroad
Fultz
Homer Might
Might
Fred W. Russell
Toledo
A. H. Durst
Russell
Charles McElhinney
Mr. Durst
Pearl St
Pomeroy Social Notes and Community Events
Pomeroy social notes report Baptist Youngs annex and Missionary Society gatherings at local churches with members and visitors attending. Birth announced for a son at Keig Clinic Mason City. extended family guests listed. Local residents and relatives attend meetings, birthdays, and visits in Syracuse, Minersville, Athens, and Columbus. Willard Durst arrives on leave from Fort Knox.
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Lloyd (Dinty) Moore
Oak St
Keig
Mason City
Jacob Gloeckner
Lee Moore
Syracuse
Bernice Howett
H. V.howett
Sam Bolin
Athens
Dana Howett
Darwin
Welby Wahley
Ruth
Maxine
Barberton
Carl Grueser
Larry
Minersville
Service Men of Meigs County Report Training and Leaves
PFC Earl Harden finished training at Casey Jones in Newark and heads to Niagara Falls for further instruction. Ferrold Harden, Navy veteran of seven years, completed special training in San Diego and was recalled to San Francisco for duty. Alice Schaefer of Athens Road travels to Columbus for WAACS preliminary exam. George Hicks at Great Lakes Naval Station takes a furlough with family in Middleport. Willard Durst at Fort Knox arrives for three day leave with his father in Locust Street. Herald Hite of Jefferson Barracks spends time with his parents in Jefferson Barracks. Max Ward from the Navy at Algiers Louisiana visits Langsville for a few days.
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Pomeroy
Roscoe Harden
Syracuse
Pvt
Earl Harden
Casey Jones
Newark
N. J
Niagara Falls
Ferrold
Navy
San Diego Calif
San Francisco
Calif
Alice Bowen Schaefer
Athens Road
Columbus
Alva Hite
W. Main St
Max Ward
Algiers
Langsville
First Baptist Church Announces Services
In Middleport the First Baptist Church unites with the Presbyterians for the final sermon of Dr. W P Martin who led Spiritual Emphasis Week at the Presbyterian Church He also preaches at the Presbyterian morning service Regular morning worship at First Baptist with Rev Ralph Zunder on The Christian History Heath Methodist Church morning subject Gods Endless Quest evening talk Phillip Youth Fellowship at 5 pm Licensed to Marry A Meigs County license issued in Portland for Francis Levi Pickens 19 and Dolly Merrill 21
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Middleport
First Baptist Church
Presbyterians
W. P. Martin
Phillip
Pomeroy
Meigs County
Francis Levi Pickens
Portland
Dolly Merrill
Meigs County salvage drive reports early collections and plans
Meigs County salvage campaign begins with first collections in Rutland and Hilligas areas. Salem and Letart townships report contacts completed. Olive and Bedford areas seek more time. Rutland schools have gathered ten tons under Marcus Roush and Tom Porter. Receipts issued by trucks pay 45 cents per hundred pounds. proceeds to U.S.O. Junk dealers to weigh and cut a washed bridge from Leading Creek awaiting sale.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
George Carson
Rutland
Harold Hilligas
Salem Township
Gerald Grate
Vernon Nease
Sutton Township
Lebanon Township
Fagan Price
Chester Township
George Genheimer
Bedford
Salisbury
Olive
Olive Township
C. E. Humphrey
Marcus Roush
Tom Porter
Pomeroy National Bank
U.S.O. Carson
Leading Creek
Hilligas
Mr. Carson
Frazier Shot by Ravenna Police During Robbery Escape
Charles Frazier former Middleport resident is hospitalized in Ravenna after police shot him in the arm while he attempted to escape following a robbery in Ravenna. He had been arrested after surrendering with a companion who fled. the second suspect remains at large.
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Pomeroy
Charles Frazier
Middleport
Ravenna
Meigs County
Frazier
Columbus
Reverend Lutz to Discuss Africa at World Neighbors Series
Rev John Lutz now at Hannibal will discuss Africa at the Federated Church on Sunday at 7 30 PM as part of the World Neighbors series. He missionary to Africa for years will display African curios. No admission charge. Second meeting in a six part sequence.
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Japan
Ginther
Christian Endeavor Camp Fire Service At Roadside Park
The Christian Endeavor Society of the Church of Christ will host a camp fire service at Roadside Park Sunday evening following the 8:30 p.m. church worship. Devotion theme is What It Means To Follow Jesus. Also announced are Bible School Teachers Recognition Day at 9:15 a.m. with William Theobald, superintendent, morning worship at 10:15, Rev. James Redman preaching What the Philosophy of Jonah, and the 7:30 p.m. sermon What God Can Do To A Dictator.
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Middleport
Christian Endeavor Society
Church of Christ
Church
Jesus
Bible School
William Theobald
Carl Bell Dies At Racine
Carl Bell, operator of the Bell Skiff Works, died suddenly Thursday evening at his Racine home. He had been in good health and was active in the business district about half an hour before his death. Bell, once partnered with his brother Fred, had run the skiff works independently in recent years.
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Pomeroy
Carl Bell
Bell Skiff
Racine
Bell
Mr. Bell
Fred
Services at Baptist Church Pomroy Announced
The First Baptist Church in Pomroy lists Sunday events with church school at 9 30 and worship at 10 30 led by Rev W Luther Tracy preaching A Plea for Social Justice The Young People devotional at 6 30 features Mildred Katina on Where May We Find God The Messiah Through the Eyes of a Prophet is the evening topic Choir Bible class prayer and Woman's Missionary Society meet on weeknights all at 7 30
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Pomeroy
First Baptist Church
W. Luther Tracy
Mildred Kaptina
Tracy
The
Baptist Church
Woman's Missionary Society
Salt Barge Loading Extends at Pomeroy and Mason City
Salt being shipped by barge on the Ohio River continues with Pomeroy Salt Corporation loading a second barge. The to be loaded craft will carry 8600 one hundred pound bags 1250 fifty pound bags and 5100 twenty five pound bags. An Ohio River Salt Corporation barge is also being loaded at Mason City. Older residents recall Pomeroy Bend as a major salt producer with river shipments. Modern barges are steel and salt is bagged rather than barrelled.
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Pomeroy
Pomeroy Salt Corporation
Ohio River Salt Corporation
Mason City
Pomeroy Bend
Civil War Cannon Sought Near Pomeroy Meigs County
Meigs County chairman George Carson led a salvage party to locate a Civil War cannon linked to Grover Cleveland's election celebrations. A report from R O Weibel said the cannon may be at Charter Oak Coal Farm behind Pomeroy on the Leifheit farm. Shiveler recalled the gun last seen about 1915 during local celebrations.
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Pomeroy
George Carson
Meigs County
Grover Cleveland
Carson
R. O. Weibel
State Salvage Committee
Charter Oak
Pin
Shiveler
Enterprise
Luckadoo Transferred for Basic Training
Pvt. Lawrence Luckadoo of Rutland Ohio, brother of Ella Luckadoo, has been moved to another camp for basic training at Fort Benjamin Harrison Indiana.
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Luckadoo
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Ind
Pvt
Lawrence Luckadoo
Ella Luckadoo
Rutland
Ohio
Cosmo Reaches 11 Feet in Mrs Stevens Rose Garden
In the rose garden of Mrs James Stevens on S Third Ave a cosmo has grown to 11 feet. Though not planted by her, she permitted the plant to stay and watched its unusual height with interest.
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Middleport
James Stevens
S. Third Ave
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Patricia Devol
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Charles Walburn
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Ralph Robson
Gallipolis
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Henry Dailey
Wright St
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Parkersburg
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Grand Council of the Masons
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Wendell Betzing
Tom Googlein
Mulberry Ave
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E. F. Robinson
Ed Stark
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Mildred Roush
Willard Durst
George Durst
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Herbert Shields
Chas. Frazier
Rev. Lutz
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