Profits on Pomeroy Bend Bridge rise with war economy
The Athens Messenger reports that Pomeroy Bend Bridge net profits in the past five months reached 48 000 dollars, up from 63 000 dollars over five years ending 1942, as bridge traffic climbs with wartime industry. The State Bridge Commission notes earnings may allow toll-free operation soon and bond retirement accelerates.
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THE
Athens Messenger
Athens
Pomeroy Bend
Pomeroy
State of
Ohio
Oscar P. Grisby
State Bridge Commission of Ohio
Bridge Commission
Chamber of Commerce
Rivervue
Meigs Theater
America
Grisby
Methodist Program For Week Announced
POMEROY The Simpson Methodist Church schedules Sunday school at 9 15 a m led by Theo Smith with worship at 10 15 a m observing missionary Sunday under the theme Good News for the World The Methodist Youth Fellowship rehearses a play at 6 30 p m Sunday followed by a 7 30 p m sermon The J C F Class hosts a masked party Monday evening at Mrs H H Hammond E Main St The official board meets Tuesday at 7 30 p m Conversations are set for Wednesday at 7 in homes of Mrs C E W Downie Mrs Eulalia Webster Miss Eva Simms and Miss Nell Bing The choir rehearses Wednesday at 8 p m.
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H. H. Hammond
E. Main St
C. E. W. Downie
Eulalia Webster
Eva Simms
Nell Bing
Meigs County Service Men Report Home and Departures
Meigs County residents list service members headed overseas and returning home. Lucien Casto of Nye Avenue arrived at an unknown overseas destination, while Corp Ted Wildermuth left for Jefferson Barracks Missouri after a furlough with his parents. Frank Titus of Lincoln Hill enlisted in the Navy, and Robert Hartenbach Floyd Mescher of Minersville proceed to Columbus for Navy Reserve induction. Corp Neil Dickson returned to Camp Funston Kansas after a ten day furlough with his wife and parents.
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Pomeroy
Homer Casto
Nye Ave
Lucien
Corp
Ted Wildermuth
Charles Wildermuth
Second St
Jefferson Barracks
Frank Titus
FE. R. Titus
Lincoln Hill
Navy
Mr. Titus
Marietta
Robert Hartenbach
Floyd Mescher
Minersville
Columbus
Navy Reserve
Neil Dickson
Camp Funston
Kansas
Marie Montgomery
J. D. Dickson
Albany
Announce Services At Baptist Church In Pomeroy
Sunday at the First Baptist Church in Pomeroy church school begins at 9:30 a.m. Worship at 10:30 features Rev. W. Luther Tracy on Two Kinds of People. Evening service at 6:30 includes Miss Mildred Kapteina reading and a discussion on Where May We Find God. Midweek prayer at 7:30 centers on Speaking With Power.
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Pomeroy
First Baptist Church
W. Luther Tracy
Mildred Kapteina
Rey
Tracy
Pomeroy Social Notes Honor Mrs Davidson Stork Shower
Neighbors and friends gathered at Mrs John Griffiths Nye Ave home to honor Mrs Luther Davidson with a stork shower. She opened a layette of gifts as guests watched. Refreshments closed the evening.
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Pomeroy
Luther Davidson
John Griffith
Nye Ave
Social Notes Highlight Local Club Gatherings
Middleport families hosted and attended several social events. The Contract Club honored Mrs. James Askren with a stork shower at her parents' home. Busy Bee Class members met at the home of Mrs. Larry Gardner and Mrs. Dana Hamilton with plans for a cash donation. Card club guests joined Mrs. Robert McElhinney for a high score prize and refreshments. Dr. Vernon P. Martin attended as dinner guest following Spiritua Emphasis Week services. The Lucky 13 Club gathered in Pomeroy for a dessert course and social. Local residents, including Betty Hartinger, A A Dillard, Bess and Norma Sullivan, Harrie Marie Smith, and Lula Mason, were noted for visits and travel plans.
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Robert Roberts
Union Ave
Wm. Grueser
Millard Wildermuth
Bradford Maag
Grace Fisher
Ralph Spencer
Sidney Spencer
Harlan Wehring
H. E. Boney
Middleport
James. Askren
Askren
B. F. Fultz
Pearl St
Karen
W.W.O.W
H. L. Ward
Paul French
C. E. Smith
Walter Harris
Edward Duffy
Busy Bee
First Baptist Church
Larry Gardner
Dana Hamilton
Isabelle Winebrenner
Martha Burns
Rose Pullin
Robert McElhinney
Card Club
S. Third Ave
B. Strauss
Rollin Neutzling
Mary Meinhart
Selah Sidenstricker
Vernon P. Martin
First Presbyterian Church
A. A. Dillard
Karl Rothermund
Dillard
Vivienne Middleton
W. H. Juhling
Rothermunds
Martin
H. L. Carr
David
Pomeroy
Lucky 13
Kelly Grueser
Cave St
Evelyn Greuser
Betty Hartinger
Lawrence Hartinger
Beech St
Holzer Hospital
Walter Owens
Lorna Dillard
Hockingport
Bess
Norma Sullivan
Pleasant
Harrie Marie Smith
Ohio Fuel Gas Company
Fred German
Columbus
Mason
Walnut St
German
Marietta
Lula Mason
Maude Cooper
James Arnold
C. P. Bradbury
C. H. Wise, Jr
Maxine Mankin
Zanesville
Stitch-In-Time Sewing Club Meeting Notes
Stitch-In-Time Sewing Club met Wednesday evening at Mrs. Chappelle Talbott's Locust Street home. Members enjoyed sewing and card playing during the gathering.
Public Forum Hour Planned at Service
POMEROY Sunday school meets Sunday at 9 a.m. at St. Paul Lutheran Church with worship at 10 15. Rev W F Lodt will deliver the sermon. A public forum hour follows at 8 p m on Sunday evening at the church on God and The War. Rev Soot will give a brief address then lead discussion. Everyone invited to attend.
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Pomeroy
St. Paul Lutheran
W. F. Lodt
Soot
Pomeroy Christian Science schedules Sunday and Wednesday services
Services Sunday morning at 10 45 a m at the Christian Science Society rooms 210 Main St. Lesson subject Doctrine of Atonement. Wednesday evening services at 7 30 p m. Public is invited to attend all services.
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Pomeroy
Christian Science Society
Main St
New Song Debuts At Pomeroy Theatre in Patriot Theme
Pomeroy chamber of commerce and Ohio Bridge Commission members witnessed the premiere of a short feature Onward America introducing a patriotic song by Oscar P. Grischy of Cincinnati. The piece urges national unity, defense, bonds, and democracy with a chorus praising the red white and blue.
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Pomeroy
Pomeroy Chamber of Commerce
Ohio Bridge Commission
Meigs Theater
America
Oscar P. Grischy
Bridge Commission
Grischy
Cincinnati
Burning of Leaves on Highways Must Stop
MIDDLEPORT. Chief of Police Fred DeWees warns that burning leaves on public streets will lead to arrests if continued. Officials note permanent damage from on road fires. Workers instruct residents to gather leaves for collection and sweep them to the curb for the Street department to haul away.
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Middleport
Fred DeWees
Irene McDowell To Speak At Heath Methodist Church
Miss Irene McDowell a special worker for the Presbyterian War Board will address the Youth Fellowship at Heath Methodist Church Sunday evening at 5 p m. The Athens Presbytery Young People meet at Gallipolis Church at 2 p m for the fall meeting with regular worship at area churches Sunday.
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Middleport
Irene McDowell
Presbyterian War Board
The
Heath Methodist Church
Athens
Gallipolis
Rites for Mrs Reed Held Sunday in Middleport
Funeral services for Mrs Sarah Reed 78 died at Grant Street residence will be Sunday at two in the afternoon. Interment at Middleport Hill Cemetery. Surviving are four daughters Mrs Frank Betz Mrs Lucinda Danes Mrs R B Lamb and Mrs C L Stewart a son Richard and 13 grandchildren with a brother Frederick Young of Missouri. Friends may call at the home.
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Middleport
Sarah Reed
Grant St
Middleport Hill
Middleport High Students Lead In Honor Roll
The Middleport High School senior class earned first place on the weekly activity honor roll, with fifteen seniors averaging B grades over six weeks. The list also includes rising freshmen through eighth graders, detailing names in each class and two grade levels.
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Middleport
Middleport High School
Dorothy Blosser
Juanita Casto
Russell Curtice
Martha Haggerty
Jean Luman
Martha Rickman
Milton Smart
Maxine Thomas
Susan Allensworth
Mary Archer
Mary Gomer
Mary Lou Kelly
Wanda Koehler
Martha Ohlinger
Mary Ohlinger
Janet Russell
Phyllis Smart
Doris Wooton
Jim Wynhoff
Carla Clark
Mary Lu Hartinger
Pauline Herrmann
Fred Klein
Lera Knopp
Jane Sauer
Dorothy Searls
Wanda Thomas
Dorothy Turner
Dorothy Ashley
Dorothy Jo Burnette
Nan Fisher
Dorothy French
James Hartinger
Miriam Kauff
Ann Kelly
Donna MaGuire
Margaret Milhoan
James Miller
Elizabeth Moore
Alan Rothrock
Patricia Sherman
Ruth Teylor
Rowena Warren
Don Becker
Dorothy Chase
Jean Clark
Harry Featherstone
Jean Gilmore
Marie Greenlee
James Haggerty
Marjorie Hughes
Jack Kelley
Marilyn Knopp
Iris Palmer
Kenny Sauer
Anna Singer
Lee Smith
Mary Louise Thomas
Colleen Waddell
James Arnold
Sara Daune Hartley
Jean Karr
Nona Mourning
Mildred Ohlinger
Virginia Lu Schaaf
Maxine Searls
Virginia Jo Wise
Bandsman Waits Call For Military Service
Middleport Ohio bandsman Chet Haddox has returned home with his wife Mrs. Haddox and son Jan awaiting call for military service. He has been playing engagements with Bob Roberts and his band in Georgia Florida and Pennsylvania. The group leader recently signed a 24 week contract for an engagement in Philadelphia.
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Middleport
Chester Haddox
Bob Roberts
Georgia
Florida
Pennsylvania
Haddox
Jan
Herman Haddox
L. FE. Triplett
Chet
Philadelphia
Poetry Day Observed at Pomeroy High School
Pomeroy Ohio held a Poetry Day in a morning assembly. Poems by Ohio poets were read, with students Rose Marie Nease Freda Marie Parker Marjorie Reuter Lois Neutzling Margaret Weaver and Dorothy E Reid among readers. A clown skit and new high school song were also presented under supervision of Edith Bowen Jeanette Young and Alice Smith.
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Pomeroy
Ohio
Edith Bowen
Jeanette Young
Alice Smith
Roy Howell
Robert Hayes
Old Covered Bridge
Esther Weekley
Columbus
Rose Marie Nease
Pomeroy Bend
Charles Louis Zorbaugh
Cleveland
Freda Marie Parker
Katie
Marjorie Reuter
Harriett R. Bean
Gallipolis
Minnie Hite Moody
Lois Neutzling
Men
Margaret Weaver
Dorothy E. Reid
Betty Couch
Rosemary Ward
Jack Lewis
Horace Smith
Willis Aleshire
Fellowship Dinner Held at St. Paul Lutheran Church
A fellowship dinner occurred Wednesday evening in the social rooms of St. Paul Lutheran Church. Following the meal, attendees enjoyed community singing and a social program directed by Mrs. Margaret Collins of the Pomeroy Recreation Office.
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Pomeroy
St. Paul Lutheran Church
Margaret Collins
Two Divorce Suits Filed in Meigs Court
Mary Ella Fogle sues Oscar M. Fogle in Meigs County Common Pleas Court for divorce on gross neglect grounds filed Wednesday. They wed September 16 1933 and have one child with custody sought by the plaintiff. Hazel Vincent sues Frank Vincent in Meigs County Court for divorce on extreme cruelty married September 28 1921 with no children and seeks alimony and furniture possession.
Auxiliary Police To Receive Instruction In November
Arrangements have been made to begin general police instruction for the Pomeroy Auxiliary police. The program is announced by Police Chief Walter Wolfe and will start the first week in November under Sergeant Kratzer of the Athens State Highway Patrol station.
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Pomeroy
Walter Wolfe
Kratzer
Athens
Glee Club Formed at Chester High School
Chester High School students formed a glee club led by music teacher Miss Betty Story. The group includes the four upper grades with Avis Gaul as president, Hosmer Will as vice president, Jack Eiselstein as secretary librarian, Betty Dean as news reporter, and Betty Lou Genheimer as pianist. They will meet weekly on Friday mornings.
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Chester
Chester High School
Betty Story
Avis Gaul
Hosmer Will
Jack Eiselstein
Betty Dean
Betty Lou Genheimer
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Methodist
Meigs County
Baptist Church
Pomeroy Social Notes
Bowen
Gertrude
Margaret Healy
Mulberry Ave
Thomas Bowen
Enterprise
United Brethren’ Church
Mrs. Walker
Josephine Walker
Fisher St
Gladys Walker
Edith Hines
Willard Hines
Leonard Jewell
John Walker
Plan Silver
Episcopal Church
Claire Titus
Martha Myers
Phyllis Brown
Betty Mae Couch
Shakespeare Club
Lois Ann Neutzling
Mary Jo Brenick
Roy Steffens
George Brenick
Joe Steffens
Lawrence
Roy
Alfred Yeanger
Gene
Don
O. L. Wince
Ruby June
Oscar
Vernon
Norman
Edgar Roush
Carolyn
Janice
John McDonald
A. A. Massar
George Conde
Mechanic St
Dayton
George F. Conde
John Thomas
Isabelle Thomas
Clarence Thomas
Corning
Henry Mickle
Logan
Ed Stark
Paul Dillard
Robert Coates
Middleport Social Notes
Entertain Club
Talbott
Graves
Catherine Proctor
Gerald Reuter
Ulah Matlack
Frances Fleming
Pep
Quick’'S Cut Rate Drug
W. Union St
Athens, Ohio
Trong
Meigs Court
Glee Club
Chester High
Graham Cracker
Ranch’'s Bakery
Mazda
Columbus & Southern Ohio Electric Company
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