Rocksprings area farm veterans show productive hillside conversion
Meigs County agents C E Blakeslee and local veterans Ward and Humphrey prove hillside land can yield lush meadows in a year using slime fertilizer and careful management. Frank Fisher also advances soil conservation in Sutton township with lime and AAA aid. Ohio Save the Wheat Campaign urges storage, limited feeding, reduced bread, and curbing grain sales to brewers to cut waste.
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Pomeroy—Ward
Edward Humphrey
Racine
Howard Wells
Meigs County
Frank Fisher
Sutton Township
Frank
Meigs
AAA
Ohio
Ohio State University
Fair Distribution Asked Of Surplus to Europe
Rep Thomas A Jenkins of Pomeroy told Pomeroy High School students that maintaining world peace is Congress’s key issue. He urged fair surplus distribution to Europe, stressed right recipients, and warned of postwar hardship in Germany, France, and Italy while noting German coal shortages and U.S. coal imports and pricing.
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Europe
Pomeroy
Thomas A. Jenkins
Lronton
Congress
House
C. A. Herter
United States
Jenkins
Meigs County
U.S
Rep. Jenkins
Trieste
Great Britain
United Nations
W. A. Smith
Ohio
U.S. Air Corps
Germany
France
Italy
Muscle Rub Heals Rheumatic Pain Says Robert Jordan
In Colon Michigan, Robert Jordan suffered hip to calf pains from sciatic neuritis and could not sit or work. After trying many remedies without relief, he bought Muscle Rub from Quick's Cut Rate and others, used it as directed, and within three days was pain free and back on the job. The ad promotes a money back guarantee if relief isn’t achieved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Jordan
Colon
Mich
Mr. Jordan
Body of Son Is Expected
Floyd E. Dunfee and Garnet Dunfee received a War Department telegram stating the body of Walter Rex Dunfee will arrive soon at Rutland depot and be met by Finsterwald funeral home. American Legion Post 467 at Rutland will conduct services. Final arrangements will follow. Dunfee was killed in Germany on November 17, 1944 and buried at Henri Chapelle cemetery in Belgium.
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Pomeroy
Floyd E. Dunfee
Garnet Dunfee
War Department
Walter Rex Dunfee
Rutland
Finsterwald Funeral Home
American Legion Post 467
Dunfee
Germany
Henri Chapelle
Belgium
Halloween Party At Rutland Church By LTL
Rutland LTL held a Halloween party in the Methodist Church recreation rooms Saturday evening with 20 children present. Leader Mrs. Belva Phares and Mrs. Eva Fleming supervised, assisted by Mrs. Lawrence Schmitt. After the children unmasked, Halloween refreshments were served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rutland
4 H Groups Achievement Program Set
Three hundred 4 H club members and 40 leaders will be honored at the 4 H club Achievement Program at the Pomeroy Junior High School Auditorium Saturday evening. H C Ramsower will speak and present certificates for 1947 work. Pins will be awarded for milestones. The program begins at 7 45 p m with activities, pictures, singing, talks and awards followed by folk games and recreation.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
H. C. Ramsower
Extension Service
Ohio
Meigs County Agricultural Society
Martt Hospital Notes and Street Order Cleared in Pomeroy
Recent patients at Martt Clinic include Mrs. Frank Lanning and Ada Young both of Pomeroy under observation. Others man and woman entries record tonsillectomies and minor injuries in surrounding towns. John Qualls fractured jaw. birth adds Rebecca Lee to Middleport. Police orders Main Street from Court to Sycamore cleared by Friday 7 p.m. in Pomeroy.
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Pomeroy
Martt Clinic
Frank Lanning
Raymond Franklin
Hatfield
Martha Ann Rickman
Maxson City
Jennie Evans
Middleport
Ada Young
Douglas Syeler
Lincoln Heights
Andy W. Grueser
JoAnn Bolinger
June Spencer
Mason
W.va
John Qualls
Richard D. Beyler
Billie Rathburn
Kate Grueser
Clarence McCabe
Walter Wolfe
Main St
Sycamore
Spring Bloom Returns in Local Garden Parade
Mild spring weather has spurred a second bloom season in Middleport. Violet and lilac abundance, rhododendrons flowering again, and dahlias regrown from earlier cuts show buds in Mrs. M. C. Hobart's yard on Lincoln Street.
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Middleport
M. C. Hobart
Lincoln St
Vets Meeting Scheduled Next Monday at Legion Home
Commander Denver Thoma of Drew Webster Post 39 announces a veterans meeting next Monday at 8 p.m. in the Legion Home on Main St. Open to all World War II veterans. Army and Navy reps will distribute medals and show films of Operation Crossroads Bikini tests.
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Pomeroy
Denver
Thoma
Drew Webster
American Legion
Legion
Main St
Army
Navy
Bikini
Middleport Residents Reported Ill In Local Notices
Miss Priscilla Barnes and Augusta Gilmore are ill at the home of their niece Mrs. Roy Lansbury and Mrs. Edith Thomas an employee of the Mary Jane Coffee Shop. Larry Weh ring is also reported ill with whooping cough in Middleport.
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Middleport
Priscilla Barnes
Locust St
Augusta Gilmore
Roy Lansbury
Robert Rawlings
S. Third Ave
Edith Thomas
Mary Jane
Larry Wehring
Names for the Dead Sea through history
The Dead Sea was not called by that name in Biblical times. The Bible terms include The Salt Sea The Eastern Sea and The Sea of the Plain Arabs called it Bahr Lot Lake of Lot. Its high salt content leaves it nearly lifeless and explains the Dead Sea label.
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Dead Sea
Plain
Bahr Lot
Lot
Funeral Services Set For James Poindexter
Funeral services for James Poindexter, former Gallia Countian, who died in a Bay City Hospital, will be held Friday at 10:30 a.m. at Miller funeral home. Interment follows at Pine St. Cemetery. He was brother in law of Mrs. C. A. Poindexter of S. Third Ave.
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Middleport
James Poindexter
Bay City
Miller Funeral Home
Pine St
Poindexter
C. A. Poindexter
S. Third Ave
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C. E. Blakeslee
Colon, Mich
LTL
Charles Barnett
Rebecca Lee
Patie
John T. Brown
Madison County
State OF
UNION
Otto
Igh St
G. Bolg
Welter
W. Graf
Ohio Automobile Clubs
Board of Education of
Central School District
M. L. Bahr
Board of Education
Central District
Cheshire, Ohio
Whitey" Beegle
Margaret's Merry Men
Pomeroy Bend
Elberfelds
Printzess
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