Meigs County Retailers Set Meeting on Price Control
Meigs County retailers are urged by the Ohio Office of Price Administration to attend Friday night’s 8 pm meeting at the Courthouse in Pomeroy. Speakers include Dr Orin E Burley and Dr C J Botte of OPA and George B Hammond of the State Council of Retail Merchants. Dinner will precede the program.
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Fomeroy
Meigs County
Ohio Office of Price Administration
Pomeroy Retail Council
OPA
Orin E. Burley
C. J. Botte
George B. Hammond
Ohio State Council of Retail Merchants
Pomeroy
Relief Director of Meigs County Resigns
POMEROY The resignation of Glenn Simpson as relief director of Meigs County was accepted by the county commissioners. He is granted a paid vacation from Sept 1 to Sept 30. M E Welch named to replace Simpson as director and Sarah Gibbs appointed stenographer and WPA referral agent to replace Erma Smith who resigned for a TNT job.
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Pomeroy
Glenn Simpson
Meigs County
M. E. Welch
Middleport Social Notes Chronicle Local Parties and News
Mrs L W Mc Comas hosted her sewing club at Main St home with guests for a monthly session and refreshments. The Pre-School Mothers' Club will meet there this afternoon. Mrs Eben Bowen entertained a card club at Chestnut St with prizes to Mrs Grueser and Mrs John Duerr. The Rev James Redmon and infant from Atlanta arrived to reside at the Christian Church parsonage and will hold services Sundays. Fred Dixon of Toronto Ontario, brother-in-law to Mrs A J Beaver, died after months of illness. Richard Pickens of the US Navy is on 15 day leave with his mother and sister, visiting relatives in Gravel Hill and Baltimore before returning to New York. another brother is stationed at Camp Forrest. Various locals, travels and visits of the week are noted, including returns from Akron and Lima, beautician exams in Battle Creek, and families visiting Gravel Hill, Marion, Columbus and Richmond.
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Middleport
L. W. McComas
Main St
Eben Bowen
Chestnut St
Grueser
John Duerr
James Redmon
Atlanta, Ga
Christian Church Parsonage
Redmons
Canada
A. J. Beaver
Fred Dixon
Toronto
Ont
Richard Pickens
United States Navy
New York
Maggie Pickens
Ruth
Gravel Hill
Rip
Navy
England
Baltimore
Tom
Bill
Ben Pickens
Warren Pickens
Camp Forrest
Tenn
Jack Williams
Tommy
Akron
Emmett Cray
Williams
Alice Skiles
Cray
Clifford Cunningham
Dennis Foster
Lima
William Robson
Virginia Russell
Miss Russell
Tewksberry
Charles
Charles Stevenson
Jackson
Soldiers and Sailors of Meigs County Update
Clifford H Bauer returns home after a week with Dr and Mrs P E Stanley at Long Bottom as he awaits Navy Reserve call with Yeoman Third Class rating. Raymond Reuter, inducted in July, is now at Camp Wheeler GA awaiting duties. praised for rifle range skills.
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Warner French
Harvey French
Pomeroy
Findlay
Charleston
W. Va
Norfolk
Navy
Evans Grocery
Jackson
Rosalie Rice
James Clifford
Lasley St. Pyt
Raymond Reuter
Val Reuter
Army
Camp Wheeler
Pvt. Reuter
Truck and sedan collide at busy Parkersburg intersection
W O Foust of Parkersburg and Curtis Swisher of Cheshire drove the respective truck and sedan into a crash at S Third Ave and Locust St. The concrete blocks laden truck, owned by Ice and Fuel Co of Parkersburg, was moving south on Third Ave as Swisher headed toward the river on Locust St. Chief Fred De Wees investigated the crash.
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Middleport
W. O. Foust
Parkersburg
Curtis Swisher
Cheshire
S. Third Ave
Locust St
Ice and Fuel Company
Third Ave
Swisher
Fred de- Wees
Visits Middleport To Check Revenue
A Middleport report notes Internal Revenue Department deputy collector N A Burnett holding interviews at City Hall this week to review federal Social Security and vendor license compliance. Meigs County Courthouse offices will be closed Monday for Labor Day observance. Irene McDowell, from the Presbyterian Wartime Service Commission, is assisting with defense area parish programs.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Middleport
Internal Revenue Department
N. A. Burnett
Irene McDowell
Presbyterian Wartime Service Commission
Presbyterian Church
Daisie Saunders
S. Third Ave
Panthers Open Football Practice Under New Coach Pigman
Nineteen players reported for football practice at 9 a.m. under new coach Ray Pigman. First session at 2:30 p.m. included conditioning. contact work to start Friday. More players expected by Sept. 8 when school opens. season opener set for Sept. 25 vs Chauncey.
Bond Canvass Planned for Pomeroy to Promote War Bonds
The bond committee plans a house to house canvass in Pomeroy to promote sale of war bonds and stamps on September 15. Women volunteers are urged to aid the drive and a September 15 courthouse meeting will organize the effort inviting all willing women.
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Pomeroy
Columbia Club Tuesday program highlights Stitch and Chatter 4-H
Fifty persons attended a program by the Stitch enc Chatter 4-H Club of Columbia directed by Mrs. Reed Jeffers and Mrs. Ruth Starkey with Eileen Stansbury at the piano. Dawn Dye read a poem and a V formation display, plus a dress review. A health parade and homemaking skit were presented by club members, with Miss Geneva Humphrey, home demonstration agent, speaking. The program featured Dawn Dye in Dawn's Picture Album, musical readings, and multiple skits and dialogues by group members and guests.
Former Middleport Pastor Resigns for Kentucky Church
The Rev. Fred Gardner resigns as pastor of the Washington Court House Church of Christ effective Oct 26 after five years in Ohio. He will lead a church near Paris, Kentucky, joined by his wife and daughter Joyce. Basil Darst is fined $5 and costs in Mayor Fisher's court for assault and battery.
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Middleport
Fred Gardner
Washington Court House Church of Christ
Gardner
Church of Christ
Washington D. H
Paris
Joyce
Ohio
Basil Darst
C. QO. Fisher
Two Huge Melons Presented to Meier
Bill Crow from eastern Meigs County presented two large watermelons to Philip Meier, a local shoe repairman. One melon last year weighed 54 pounds, but this year Crow brought two melons totaling 96 pounds, since he did not have a very large single melon.
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Pomeroy
Bill Crow
Meigs County
Philip Meier
Meier
Crow
Miss Marian Simpson Heads to Christ Hospital Training
Racine notes that Miss Marian Simpson leaves for Cincinnati to begin nurses training at Christ Hospital with her father George Simpson and grandmother Mrs. Clara Laughlin. Also accompanying is Miss Gloria Schaefer who will study at Christ Hospital. A surprise party for Simpson was held at her home. gifts were given.
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Racine
Marian Simpson
Cincinnati
Christ Hospital
George Simpson
Clara Laughlin
A. J. Schaefer
Chillicothe
Gloria Schaefer
Mary Jean Watson
Emma Jane Jiiden
Simpson
Audrey Hayman
Homer Hayman
Edith
Ravenswood
Fern Norris
Neville
Cairo
Ill
Walter R. McCarley
Janet
Freshman Ducking Observed by Students at River Ceremony
Favorable weather drew a large crowd as upperclassmen conducted the traditional freshman ducking at the Coal Street levee. Freshmen were escorted to the Ohio River where they were tossed in or pushed into the water if unable to swim. Some fled to cemetery and hills before capture, and returning boys found trousers knotted after leaving clothes at a confectionery.
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Middleport
Coal St. Levee
Ohio River
Probate Court Record Highlights Estate Actions
Earl W. Mauck named administrator for the estate of Hattie E. Bennett of Middleport. Ida E. Wells filed her first and final entry as administratrix of Asa F. Wells estate. Lowell and Helen Carper appointed trustees of the will of George Biggs.
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Pomeroy
Earl W. Mauck
Hattie E. Bennett
Middleport
Ida E. Wells
Asa FE. Wells
Lowell
Helen Carper
George Biggs
Ration Board Sets Two Day Schedule for Sugar Signups
POMEROY The ration board office will accept sugar for canning and other needs only on Mondays and Thursdays at the Courthouse. Churches organizations and consumers must register on those days due to heavy crowds. CASTO RITES FRIDAY MIDDLEPORT Funeral services for George Casto Jr nine months old son of Mr and Mrs George Casto will be held Friday at Holzer Hospital death listed as due to a stomach ailment.
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Pomeroy
Ration Board
Casto
Middleport
George Casto, Jr
George Casto
Holzer Hospital
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