Rally Highlights 25 Years of Extension Service in Meigs County
About 400 people attended a Meigs County Extension program at the high school auditorium in Middleport, chaired by George H. Lasher. H. C. Ramsower spoke on the growth and scope of Extension work, with 4-H and FFA skits illustrating its impact and future.
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Middleport
United States
Meigs County
George H. Lasher
Farm Security Board
H. C. Ramsower
Ohio
Ramsower
H. F.F.A
Hartinger
Meigs County Extension Committee
Harold Hilligas
Farm Bureau
Harley Musser
Granges
Garen Stansbury
C. E. Humphrey
Home Economics Council
Lawrence Roush
Edison Hobstetter
Elba Story
C. E. Stout
James Davis
William Swett
H. E. Swan
Paul Winn
Lawrence Beegle
Emerson Guthrie
H. M. Allen
H C. Bolin
Homer Holter
Mary Virginia Mora
Sidney Fadely
Southern Rural School
Racine
Racine Ffa
Middleport High School
Gordon Harris
Athens Minister To Speak in Pomeroy
Rev. Fred Luchs of the Athens Presbyterian Church will speak at the Federated Church in Pomeroy on Sunday evening November 5 at 7 30. He returns from a European minister exchange and will discuss European issues with accompanying pictures. The program also showcases Meigs County 4 H Club work with 22 clubs and 265 members plus a style show and awards.
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George H. Lasher
Meigs County
John Carpenter
Arthur Johnson
George Lasher Sr
Farm Bureau
Vernon Nease
R. S. Blackwood
William Carmen
W. A. Compton
Charles Gilkey
Lasher
Karl Woodard
George Kreier
Wesley Green
Eleanor Whitney
Arline Graff
Geneva Humphreys
Pomeroy
Fred Luchs
Athens Presbyterian Church
Federated Church
Luchs
Ings
Miss Humphreys
Rocky Springs
Humphreys
Hemlock Grange Halloween Party Planned With Contests
Hemlock Grange hosts a Halloween masquerade on Saturday night for members and friends. A pie making contest crowned Mrs. Margaret Perry with judge Mrs. Lawrence Roush. Visitors from Star and Rocksprings Granges attended the meeting.
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Pomeroy
Hemlock Grange
Grange
Margaret Perry
Lawrence Roush
Star and Rocksprings
Pomona Grange
School Lot
Carpenter
Farmers’ Institute
Hemlock
Four Injured in Shade Crash Involving Lumber Firm Workers
Edward Dempskey and three coworkers from the R A Miller Lumber Co were passengers in a car returning from Athens when a driver pulled onto the Shade highway from a side road and struck them. Edward Dempskey suffered painful injuries and shock. the others had minor bruises. State highway patrol reported the late afternoon accident.
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Middleport
Athens
R. A. Miller Lumber Co
Edward
Harold Dempskey
Paul Kerns
Bob Brickles
Edward Dempskey
Shade
State Highway Patrol
Meigs Residents in Charleston Hospital
McMillan Hospital Charleston received several patients from Meigs County including Mrs. George Wittmer for observation, Mrs. M. J. McCarty, Mrs. Eben Bowen recovering from an operation, Miss Phyllis Diles after an appendectomy, and Mrs. Richard Folden after surgery. Anna Margaret Mayes Conley at Grant Hospital Columbus is reported as improving.
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Middleport
McMillan Hospital
Charleston
George Wittmer
M. J. McCarty
S. Third Ave
Eben Bowen
Phyllis Diles
Land
Richard Folden
Anna Margaret Mayes Conley
Grant Hospital
Columbus
Navy Day Observance Set for Friday in Pomeroy Area
Navy Day activities will be observed Friday in Pomeroy with flag displays and Navy information. Meigs County chair Frank Fugate leads events in Pomeroy, Charles Sauer in Middleport, and Chris Diehl in Rutland. Ralph Hawk of Pomeroy enlisted this week and departed for Newport Rhode Island to begin a six year service.
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Pomeroy
United States Navy
Meigs County
Frank Fugate
Charles Sauer
Middleport
Chris Diehl
Rutland
Navy
Ralph Hawk
Price Hawk
Newport
R. L
Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence at Athena Theater
A 20th Century Fox romance arrives at the Athena Theater on Thursday. Jean Rogers plays a hitch-hike girl and Glenn Ford is a young man on the road as they fall in love amid colorful travelers including Raymond Walburn Marjorie Rambeau and Nicholas Conte.
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Athena Theater
Heaven
20Th Century-Fox
Jean Rogers
Raymond Walburn
Marjorie Rambeau
Glenn Ford
Nicholas Conte
Jean
Professor
Mamie
Tony
Conte
Chicago
Women's Music Club Hosts Tea and Musicale in Middleport
The Women's Music Club held a tea and musicale yesterday at Mrs. A. R. Hecox's home in Middleport. More than 100 guests registered for a program directed by Mrs. Willis Aleshire, featuring Miss Alice Smith of Hartford as soloist with piano accompaniment by Mrs. Willard Ashworth.
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Middleport
Women's Music Club
A. R. Hecox
Third Ave
David Miller
Edgar Allensworth
Robert Rawlings
Ray Rawlings
O. H. Stewart
Willis Aleshire
Frank White
Wick Crow
Nora McCoy
Freda Faehnle
Dorothy Sauer
Lucille Dutton
Alice Smith
Hartford
Chester
Paradise
Madonna
Willard Ashworth
Pomeroy Music Club
Frances Pullin
Gordon Harris
Wesley Green
Green
M. W. Essex
Homer Cook
John Talbott
Rosener Beiher
H. A. Rothrock
George Schaaf
Cedric Clark
Hulda Klein
Pomeroy Social Notes Mission Study At Federated Church
The next Sunday evening study class at the Federated Church will discuss Education and Healing Around the World with Mrs Ralph Kuether leading. A potluck supper at 5 30 precedes the 6 30 session in the social room. Attendance at the supper is optional. Bertha Pownall was elected vice chairman until Mr Brewster returns. The Couple Club report notes a new group for younger married residents.
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Federated Church
Ralph Kuether
Europe
Bertha Pownall
Brewster
Erwin Chamberlin
Columbus
Hattie Russell
Lew Roush
White Cross Hospital
Roush
Hayes Roush
Minersville
Martha Kloh
Trimble
Ralph Hawk
Price Heawy
Mulberry Ave
United States Navy
Cincinnati
Boy Scouts
Troop 42
Charles F. Beards and Son
Bobbell and Son
J. W. Beards
Herman Beards
William Atkins
Rutland
Jeanne Williamson
QO. B. Elberfeld
Georgia Williamson
Open House at Mrs. Atkinson’s At Athens
A Tuesday afternoon open house at the home of Mrs. H. L. Atkinson in Athens drew a group including Mrs. James Titus of Rutland and her sister Mrs. Nattie Dowden from Washington PA, along with Mrs. Nettie Wisecarver, Mrs. Jed Webster, Mrs. Florence Smith, Mrs. Harriett Russell, and guest Mrs. E G Chamberlin of Columbus. Tea ran from 2 to 5 with a program and a tour of the antique filled house featuring trundle beds, blown bottles, hearth kettles, and other rare items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. L. Atkinson
Athens
James Titus
Rutland
Nattie Dowden
Washington
Nettie Wisecarver
Jed Webster
Florence Smith
Harriett Russell
E. G. Chamberlin
Columbus
Pomeroy Shakespeare Club Hosts Meeting With Plans For Nov 7
Mrs Clifford Rhodes hosted 12 members of the Pomeroy Shakespeare Club for a Tuesday afternoon meeting. A Shakespearian play, an Elizabethan theater article, and a vocal solo were on the program. Donations were made to band uniforms and a library book. Plans were set for the Nov 7 meeting at Mrs Harry Smith’s home with Mrs Gosling as guest. Reports from the Ironton conference were given.
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Clifford Rhodes
Minersville
Pomeroy Shakespeare Club
Elizabethan Theater
Howard Ebersbach
C. E. Peoples
Pomeroy High School
Pomeroy Library
Harry Smith
Lasley St
Gosling
Shakespeare Club
Hotel Martin
Simpson Methodist Church board meets with absent chairman
The Simpson Methodist Church held its regular board meeting Monday evening at the church. With chairman Jesse Brewster absent, Mrs. led the session and took the role of presiding officer.
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Simpson Methodist Church
Jesse Brewster
Middleport Teachers Honor Mrs. Franky Gaylord Farewell
Mrs. Frankie Gaylord, retiring after many years as a Middleport teacher, received a farewell dinner at the Church of Christ. The event featured a three course meal prepared by church women, fall decor, wrist corsages, and boudoir lamps presented by Charles Pickens. Miss Thelma Morehart chaired the arrangements.
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Middleport
Frankie Gaylord
Gaylord
Marie Bush Marcus
Detroit
Church of Christ
Halloween Party Hosted by Loyal Sons and Daughters
The Loyal Sons and Daughters of the Church of Christ gave a Halloween party last night at Miss Thelma Mae Howard's Front Street home. Sixty six youths attended in costumes. prizes went to Ann Kelly best dressed Carmen Jackson most comical and Bill Searberry Donna Maguire Willard Boyer for the Halloween contest. Sandwiches pickles punch were served by Miss Howard and her committee with guests including Mrs Edward French sponsors Mrs Dwight Frost and Mrs Edgar Allensworth and Rev and Mrs Don McMillin.
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Loyal Sons and Daughters
The
Church of Christ
Thelma Mae Howard
Front St
Ann Kelly
Carmen Jackson
Bill Searberry
Donna Maguire
Willard Boyer
Miss Howard
Edward French
Dwight Frost
Edgar Allensworth
Don McMillin
Penny Carnival Follows Daughters Meeting in Athens
Daughters of America held a Penny Carnival after their regular meeting Monday evening. Guests included the Rev Selah Weatherby of Athens and Mrs Charles McNamee of the Pome roy Council.
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Daughters of America
Selah Weatherby
Athens
Charles McNamee
Pomeroy Council
Loyal Berean Class Halloween Party Planned
Members of the Loyal Berean Class of the Church of Christ will hold their annual Halloween party in the Pearl Graves garage on Thursday evening, as announced.
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Berean
Church of Christ
Pearl Graves Garage
No Rain: 3 Man Crew Finishes Job Anyway
In Meigs County WPA officials faced a rain forecast and rushed to finish a brick pavement tar, joining foreman Ray Evans after hours. Don P. Whiting and Edward A. Brown worked with him until nearly 9 pm under car lights, proving the three could labor as well as the crew, and it did not rain.
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Pomeroy
WPA
Meigs County
Don P. Whiting
Edward A. Brown
High St
Whiting
Brown
Ray Evans
Prowlers Reported in Clarence McHaffee Basement
Prowlers were reported in the Clarence McHaffee basement on Gravel Hill last night but investigators found no trace of marauders at the local office.
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Middlepak
Clarence McHaffee
Gravel Hill
County Ministers Plan Afternoon Meeting
Rev. Ralph Kuether organizes an afternoon gathering of county ministers at the Federated Church on Thursday Nov. 9 with a Jewish Rabbi and a Protestant pastor from northern state speaking on War and Peace. An evening program for the public will use the same speakers and venue.
Murray City Personal and Social Notes
Community notices include PTA plans a benefit party at Murray City High School on Oct 26 to raise funds for a bus to transport parents to meetings. Many local residents and relatives are listed as visiting or staying, with numerous Sunday and weekend visits noted across Murray City, Athens, Columbus, Zaleski, Glouster, Cadiz, and Nelsonville.
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Murray City
Parent-Teacher Association
PTA
Murray
Ohio Education Association
Murray School
OEA
Murray High School
William Brady
Middleport
Harry Carlton
Coolville
Clarence Swartz
Lottridge
A. A. Person
Athens
E. A. Person
Ed Jonas
Nelsonville
Effie Jonas
Mary Donoghue
Zaleski
Charles Davis
Lima
Davis
Elmer Thomas
Columbus
Blanche Brooker
John Stevenson
Mary Louise Albaugh
Harry Shuttleworth
Oscar Albaugh
James Hamer, Jr
Shawnee
Ruth Penn
Ben Bailey
Carbon Hill
Edna Mahoney
Eldon Loper
Fritz Fouts
Glouster
Mary Thomas
Conrad Martin
J. W. Martin
Simmie Swyers
Grace Donoghue
Eunice Sanborn
Jimmy Vollmer
Jean Wilson
Corning
Robert Bell
Fred Kinneer
Joy
William Bell
Logan
Portsmouth
Ruth Davis
Harold Davis
Joe Stone
Marion Shelton
John Shelton
Harry Stout
Willard Albaugh
Longstreth
Oscar
Walter Albaugh
Warren Darby
Orient
Emma Tip
Mary Louise Jones
Lifelong Trouserless Man Found in Trieste Storm
Paolo Sker lavai, 31, was discovered sheltering in a doorway during a storm in Trieste wearing only a jacket and no shoes. He was taken to hospital and told police he has never worn trousers in his life.
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Trieste
Italy
Paolo Skerlavai
Paolo
Aviation in Defense of Our Sea Frontiers
Naval aviation is key to guarding sea frontiers with varied aircraft and training paths. From Pensacola training to carrier group roles, the text details aircraft types, reconnaissance planes, dive bombers, heavy bombers, gunnery spotting, and shore support through coastal bases and naval reserve aviation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Considera
Naval Aviation
Naval Academy
Naval Reserve
Navy
U. S. Naval Air Station
Pensacola
Florida
Naval Aeronautical
Washington
Bureau of Aeronautics
Licensed to Marry and Local Court News in Pomeroy
Marriage licenses issued include Carl Carr and Jean Russell from St Marys and Tuppers Plains, Ronald Dewees and Icie Landis from Kenna and Le tart Falls, plus Wilson Bobo and Ola Dailey from Athens and Racine. Gerald Nease was fined for disturbing the peace. correction notes Tim Nease’s relation. Brotherhood meeting on November 17 will discuss Post Office workings at Federated Church.
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Pomeroy
Carl Carr
St. Marys
W. Va
Jean Russell
Tuppers Plains
Ronald Dewees
Kenna
Icie Landis
Letart Falls
Wilson Bobo
Athens
Ola Dailey
Racine
Gerald Nease
Grindley
Court of Justice of Peace Stowe
Nease
Tim Nease
Fred Rosenbaum
Federated Church
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Mildred Morgan
Ruth Moore
Kingsbury Club
Bedford Township
Harrisonville
Common Place
Dan C. Hartinger
Meigs County Land Use Committee
Leo Story
Gurney Michael
Dale Dye
Emory Powell
Will Folrod
George Lasher
Hurley Nelson
Lora V. Reuter
Jonah Cotterill
Edson Roush
Athena
Bill Lewis
Bob Rhodes
Bill Smith
Dot Humphrey
Sead
Cid Theatre
He Saddle
London
Meigs
Women’s Music Club
E. R. Tompkins
F. M. Cluff
Howard Ewing
John Kincaid
Roy Lansbury
Pomeroy Social Notes
Pomeroy Personals
Middleport Social Notes
Kuether
John Towers
USN
Eam WA Rei
Lala Lee
Member
Federal Reserve System
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