Pomeroy vs Gallia Academy Blue Devils Reach Tight Clash
Gallia Academy Blue Devils travel to Middleport to face Pomeroy Panth ers in a hard fought game shifted to Thursday due to teachers meeting. Both teams seek a win after tough losses last week. Past decade results show evenly matched series with close scores and many ties.
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Pomeroy
Gallia Academy “Blue Devils
Middleport Stadium
Pomeroy Panthers
Gallia Countians
Gallipolis
Athens
Pomeroy Social Notes and Personal Items Highlight Local Visits
Pomeroy social page notes Daughters of Union Veterans meeting at Mrs Pearl Reynolds home with planning for the 16th anniversary party on Nov 9 and a War Bond booth in local stores. Personal items list infant names, visits from relatives, and travels of residents including Father E F Dunn and others to Columbus and Canton.
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Pomeroy
School Children Buy War Stamps in October Totals
Middleport school children purchased 842 in War Stamps during October. Supt. L W McComas released final tabulation. Top rooms included Nan Moore’s in the high school and Mildred Hawley’s in the central building.
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Middleport
L. W. McComas
Yester
Nan Moore
Mildred Hawley
Mr. Kennedy
Pearl
Patience Brandle
Flossie Frecker
Jean McMaster
Central
Pearl St
Methodist Church to Show King of Kings
The Methodist Church will present the motion picture King of Kings on Sunday evening November 1 at 7 30. The film depicts the life of Jesus with scriptural accuracy and there is no admission charge a free will offering will be received to defray costs.
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Methodist Church
List
Simp- Methodist Church
Meigs County Real Estate Transfers
Meigs County real estate transfers list multiple parcels across Bedford Salisbury Pomeroy Olive Salem and Middleport townships with transfers to numbers of individuals and entities including the Stobart Campbell Keiser Sprouse and Sprouse families and the Franklin Real Estate Co. Several 87 1 2 acre parcels transfer to Hannah C Campbell and other large tracts move to Jacob Keiser and Thurman Keiser.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Homer Hysell
Ida Collins
Salisbury Township
Archie Ellis
Rossland
Emma Marie Stobart
Antiquity
Darlene K. Graham
Harry C
Mary Stobart
Harry Canterbury
David Canterbury
William and
Clarence Canterbury
Anna Myrtle Williams
Aff Adavit
Bedford Township
C. E. Samuel
Carl P
Don Williams
Effie Whitney
Ira Williams
Joseph Nelson
Effie G. Whitney
Hannah C. Campbell
Dan
Rose Williams
Sam Williams
Co. E. Williams
Carl Williams
E. G. Nelson
Maud
Pearl Gardner
Middleport
Dorothy L. Gardner
Edward Nally
Edwin Lee Davidson
Olive Township
Franlin Real Estate Co
Della Coulson
Letart Township
Claude C
Edna E. Shields
James Grate
Salem Township
Gerald and
Hazel Grate
Clarence D. Folmer
Lizzie Folmer
Fredericka Ernest
W. C. Williamson
W. S. Hart
Jacob Keiser
Thurman Keiser
Rekie Joachim
John Keiser
Mattie Sprouse
Jessie
William Holt
Jesse
Bernice Holt
John
Lula Keiser
William
Helen Holt
Mattie
Charles Sprouse
Charles A
Ida M. Keiser
Thomas J
Geraldine Scott
W. H. Wagner
Lena Doerfer
Pomeroy Steam Domestic Coal Co
F. D
Jennie Devore
W. Edson Swearingen
Bessie Netzel
L. C. Swearingen
Ginther Tells of Missionary Work in Japan
E H Ginther of Warner spoke at Federated Church in Pomeroy about his missionary work in Japan and serving a church at Warner. The report notes weekly church activities including W C T U meeting, choir practice, a councilwomen luncheon, and the Happy Harvesters class sending Christmas boxes to service members overseas.
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Pomeroy
E. H. Ginther
Warner
Pomeroy Council of Churchwomen
Simpson Methodist Church
Happy Harvesters
Elizabeth Huber
Carrie Meinhart
Kerosene Registration Opens in Middleport High School
School teachers will run the kerosene registration at Middleport High School starting at 3 p.m. today and continuing through Thursday. Registration hours are 3 to 10 p.m. for kerosene users in the high school district including Silver Run and Bradbury.
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Middleport
L. W. McComas
Silver Run
Bradbury
Logan Social Then Dinner Bridges At Pritchard's
Logan social notes cover a D C Bridge Club dinner at Pritchard's Restaurant followed by bridge at Miss Ruth Brooke's home with high score awarded to Mrs M H Cherrington and second to Mrs Anna Clark. Attendees include Mrs Rudolph Hankison, Mrs Harold Saxton, and others. Delta Kappa Gamma and Sigma Phi Gamma meetings report plans for a November 14 initation and a rummage sale for USO respectively. Several local residents are noted at gatherings and visits.
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Sigma Phi Gamma Sorority
USO
Virginia Fitzgerald
Kenneth Adair
Mildred Burton
Addison Frey
Garnett Sheets
Kathryn Larimer
John Green
John Shaw
Hayes Pritchard
Martha Magle
Tommy Walsh
Adair
Anna Marie Schorr
Edward Hamilton
Teresa Kaiser
Pauline Mowrey
Margee Price
Stork shower honors Mrs Don Dillon in Middleport
Mrs Don Dillon wife of Corporal Don D Dillon stationed at Camp Forrest Tennessee was feted at her parents L H Pratt home the Ohio Hotel in Middleport with 25 guests. Mazie Wise assisted. Gifts opened followed by refreshments.
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Middleport
Don Dillon
June Pratt
L. H. Pratt
Ohio
Katie Smith
Marjorie Michl
Norma Jean French
Roberta
Martha Howell
Donna Ellis
Mildred Jablanski
Mary Reichman
Frieda Reed
Nellie Barsotti
Dorothy Barsotti
Jean
Betty Jo Roush
Mazie Wise
Norma Wayland
Rose Hackett
Mary V. Haggerty
Barbara Meinhart
Ruth Pickens
Patricia Sherman
Bettie Jayne Becker
Mary Baker
Ruth Ebersbach
Florence Clark
Jeanne Anne Young
Mrs
Joe Young
Lena McKinley
Juanita
Ann Price
Peggy Robson
Davis Family Welcomes Philadelphia Guests Mr and Mrs Edward Davis
Recent visitors to the Davis family were Mr and Mrs Edward Hugh Davis and Mr and Mrs J E Anshutz of Philadelphia. Edward Davis is the son of Mrs Lena Davis of Bryn Athyn and the late Hugh H Davis of Pomeroy. Both men are attorneys with a patent law firm and a real estate firm respectively. They toured local homes praised for Ohio Valley style architecture and had a family dinner at the Mary Jane Coffee Shoppe before visiting the Houdashell house on Grant Street and relatives in the area.
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Pomeroy
Marshal Miller, Sr
Bradbury
Sonja Annette
Clyde Jeffers
Marion
Charles Howard
Middleport
E. F. Dunn
Adelia McCullough
Millersburg
Andrews-Curtis
Sacred Heart Church
Walter Scheider
Columbus
Carl Davis
Gemma Girolami
St. Louis
Butternut Ave
William Bartels
William Edward
Denver Miller
Florence Betz
Sandusky
Herman Hoffner
Lincoln Hill
Sam Arnold
Nye Ave
Cotton
Chillicothe
Chillicothe. Mrs. Cotton Spent the Week-End Here. Mr. Steele, C & O Railroad
Cora White
Canton
Maxine Casto
Nye
Anchor Dept
Davis
Edward Hugh Davis
J. E. Anshutz
Philadelphia
Lena Davis
Bryn Athyn
Hugh H. Davis
Anshutz
Ohio Valley
Mary Jane
Silver Tea date set by Woman's Music Club at Main and Sixth
The Silver Tea will be on Tuesday November 10 from two to five in the afternoon and evening at Mrs Homer Grant s home at Main and Sixth Avenues. The Music Club chorus under Mrs Willis Aleshire is in rehearsal and met last night at Heath Methodist Church.
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Woman's Music Club
Homer’ Grant
Main
Sixth Avenues
Willis Aleshire
the Heath Methodist Church
Mary Grate
H. H
Pomeroy
Middleport
W. R. White
Gallipolis
Columbus
Vergil Edwards
Phil Edwards
Ed Parsons
Herbert Edwards
Phyllis Diles
Athens
Beulah McCallum
George Ury
Mary Jane Roush
Horton Brown
Locust St
Plan for 50 to 60 Homes Proposed in Pomeroy
A plat showing Lincoln Hill property divided into building lots was presented to the Pomeroy Village Council for approval. The project promoted by Pomeroy Realty Co. would create 50 to 60 homes along Lincoln Hill from the reservoir to Sugar Run road. Financing would rely on government‑guaranteed loans if the Federal Housing Authority approves the plan. The council did not finalize terms with a bonding firm for acquiring the Meigs Water Co. and gave no statement on future actions.
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Pomeroy
Lincoln Hill
Reservoir of the Water Company
Sugar Run
Co. Snowb
Pom
Eroy Realty Company
Federal Housing Authority
Meigs Water Company
Tire Sales in Meigs County Under Idle Tire Plan
Pomeroy Meigs County reports brisk activity as Idle Tire Purchase Plan outlets accept tires for government purchase. Motorists with more than five tires may sell excess casings before Nov 22 rationing begins. registration for mileage rationing starts Nov 9 with serial tire numbers required. Damaged tires and tubes priced at ceiling. scrap tires go to scrap dealers. Railway Express Agency collects and ships tires to designated warehouses for appraisal and payment.
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POMEROY—Lee_ Rudisill
Railway Express Agency
Office of Price Administration
Thornton Family Reunites as Armed Service Members Return
For the first time in four years all three Thornton children in the U S armed services are home together. Lt Maurice Thornton on Pacific duty enjoys a furlough with his wife and parents. Ensign Rose Thornton, Navy nurse at Newport R I Naval Hospital, visits briefly. Sgt Charles Thornton at Eglin Field Fla returns for fifteen days. Ruth Thornton, student nurse at St Joseph Hospital Parkersburg, spent the weekend with family and plans a few days more.
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Charles
Pat) Thornton
Eglin Field
Fla
U. S. Army Air Corps
Thornton
Ruth
St. Joseph Hospital
Parkersburg
Halloween Party at Sugar Run Tonight
Pomeroy Sugar Run PTA hosts a masked Halloween party at the schoolhouse for adults and children this evening. Entertainment is directed by Miss Anna Weed, Mrs. Celia Keifer, and Mrs. Margaret Collins, W. P. A. leaders.
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Pomeroy
Sugar Run
Parent-Teacher Association
Anna Weed
Celia Keifer
Margaret Collins
Wasp Radio Operator Arrives Safely in U S
Middleport reports Paul Lambert, radio operator on the Wasp, has arrived safely in the United States after the carrier was sunk. He is at home in Dickenson West Virginia for a 20 day furlough. His father John Lambert is a New York Central Railroad engineer and the Lambert family were former Middleport residents. His brother James serves in the U S Army.
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Middleport
S. W. Mills
Paul Lambert
Wasp
Paul
John Lambert
New York Central Railroad
Dickinson
W. Va
Lamberts
S. Second Ave
John Dillard
James
U. S. Army
Middleport and Pomeroy Meet Strong Foes
Middleport hosts Pomeroy and Gallipolis on Thursday in a football clash at Middleport stadium while MHS Yellow Jackets travel to Jackson Friday to face the Iron Men. Coach Fowler warns of tough games ahead as Bill Mayes misses time with a broken nose and Bill Wood steps in. Edwards from Jackson is highlighted as a top backfield talent after a 7-0 win over Logan. A divorce suit is filed in Meigs County Common Pleas Court, Blanche M. Roush vs Dana R. Roush, citing extreme cruelty and two children.
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Middleport
Pomeroy Panthers
Gallipolis Blue Devils
Middleport Stadium
MHS Yellow Jackets
Jackson
Iron Men
Jacksonians
Jackets
M. H. Fowler
Blue Devils
Bill Mayes
Gallipolis
Bill Wood
Pomeroy
Common Pleas Court of
Meigs County
Blanche M. Roush
Dana R. Roush
Republicans To Hold Rally Wednesday
A parade led by Pomeroy High School Band at 7 30 p m will start at the high school and travel to the courthouse for an Republican Rally at 8 00 p m in the courthouse courtroom. Dale Stump is the main speaker with brief talks by Congressman Tom Jenkins and other Republican candidates. Public invited.
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Pomeroy
Pomeroy High School
Main St
Court St
Dale Stump
Tom Jenkins
Register for Fuel Oil And Kerosene Today
Consumer registration for fuel oil and kerosene will be held in each county high school on Wednesday and Thursday October 28 and 29 from 1 to 9 o clock. Users will obtain form R 11 from their dealer and return to the War Price and Rationing Board by Saturday October 31.
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Pomeroy
John M Price 76 Dies in Olney Ill Hospital
John M Price aged 76 died Oct 17 in Olney Illinois after several weeks illness. He is survived by brother Charles Price and sister Eva Price, lived on a Five Points farm earlier, former Meigs County residents. Price native of Minersville son of Milton and wife. The Price family had recently returned from Noble Illinois.
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Middleport
Charles Price
S. Third Ave
Noble
Ill
John M. Price
Olney
Price
Eva Price
Five Points
Meigs County
Illinois
Minersville
Milton Price
Noted columnist backs Jenkins in Ohio election
Elmer Fries of the Columbus Dispatch urges vote for Thomas A. Jenkins in Ohio's Tenth District. Fries argues Jenkins’ knowledge of national revenue and his role on the Ways and Means Committee justify reelection to curb New Deal tax measures and oppose a proposed five percent federal sales tax.
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Elmer Fries
The
Columbus Dispatch
Ohio
Thomas A. Jenkins
Congress
House
Mr. Jenkins
Athens
Gallia
Jackson
Lawrence
Meigs
Vinton
Ways and Means
Ways and Means Committee
New Deal
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Panthers
Gallia Blue Devils
Pomeroy Social Notes
Chool
Meigs County Real Estate
Ginther
Japan
Kel-Roy Nite Club
Louie Ray
His
Rhythm Aces
Logan
White House
Delta Kappa Gammas
Velva Broshares
Emma Hall
Mary Conner
Marjorie Treadwell
Cleveland
Jeannette Wharton
Velva Brashares
Opal
Honor Walter Kinney
Walter Kinney
Merritt Wonn
Hallie Grimes
Mae Fernburg
Gertrude Bliss
Marion Allen
Harry Lehew
Larry
Michael
Walter Cruise
Zanesville
John Cruise
Middleport Social Notes
First Baptist Church
Bill Hubbard
Davis Family
Council
F. J
Beasley CO
U. S
Cantalupe
Italy
Caromel
Carter
Jenkins
Coca-Cola
Coca-Cola Company
Coca-Cola Bottling Company
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