Meigs County Farmers Start TVA Test Demonstrations
Meigs County farms join a national war effort as 21 test-demonstration units receive 37-ton TVA superphosphate shipments. County agents explain demonstrations boost food production and serve as guide posts, with costs borne by farmers except freight. Participants span Columbia, Scipio, Bedford, Salisbury, Rutland, Sutton, Letart, Olive, Orange, Chester, and Lebanon townships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
TVA
George H. Lasher
Meigs County
Tennessee Valley Authority
Wilson Dam
Alabama
Columbia Township
C. E. Staneart
Dale Dye
Salisbury
Norman Heilman
Homer Radford
Salem
Paul Barnes
Henry L. Ward
Charles Montgomery
Rutland
George Wells
Allen Nelson
Sutton
Lloyd Roush
Letart
Joan L. Wolfe
Olive
C. E. Humphrey
Francis Andrews
Dana Hoffman
Orange
Wilbur Parker
Chester
Theodore Mora
Lebanon
Emory Powell
Ohio Farmer Tells Of Meigs Co Women Refinishing Work
The Ohio Farmer features Meigs County women in a refinishing project begun two years ago in Rock Springs with home makers from across the county. Activities extend to Harrisonville Salem Center Alfred and Hemlock Grove districts. The March 1942 start at Hemlock Grove and the pictured results are highlighted. those interested may contact the County Extension Office in Liberty Township.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
The
Ohio Farmer
Meigs County
Rock Springs
Harrisonville
Salem Center
Alfred
Hemlock Grove
Irthouse
Meigs County 4-H Club Holds Wiener Roast
Pomeroy Meigs County’s first 4-H Club of the year held a Wiener roast for members and parents Wednesday evening. Miss Ruth Gorsuch supervised the group at the roadside park near Wolfpen store. Attendees included Lester Henderson Dale Russell Guy Russell William Bowers and Max Bowers. Junior Seyfried and Bob Russell could not attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Meigs County
Ruth Gorsuch
Wolfpen
Lester Henderson
Dale
Guy Russell
William
Max Bowers
Junior Seyfried
Bob Russell
Gridder Must Return To Work With Band
Milton Smart of MHS sustains badly sprained ankles ending football hopes. Son of Mr and Mrs Paul Smart and a valued member of the MHS Marching and Concert Band he had joined football this year despite injury. Bandmaster Gordon Harris notes his return to band is likely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Milton Smart
Paul Smart
MHS
Gordon Harris
Milton
Pomeroy Social Notes and local updates
POMEROY The Mary Martha League held a potluck supper at 6 PM with 32 attendees. Reports cover church activities and various residents visiting relatives, with notes on employment, hospital stays, and Navy service of Austin Chapman at Pearl Harbor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Mary Martha League
the Federated Church
Elizabeth Huber
Ralph Kuether
Pomeroy — Austin Chapman
Rutland
Navy
Pearl Harbor
Ethan Harper
Amateur Gardeners Club Yearend Meeting in Middleport
The Amateur Gardeners Club met at Mrs. Frank White’s Mill Street home for the last meeting of the year with retiring president Mrs. Robert Rawlings in charge Three new members were welcomed Helen Wood Jean McMaster and Mrs Arthur Skinner Plans for the new year were discussed including continued Parents Magazine articles and a goal to increase membership to 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middlefort
Amateur Gardeners Club
Frank White
Mill St
Robert Rawlings
Helen Wood
Jean McMaster
Arthur Skinner
Robert Coats
L. W. McComas
Mother’s Club
Cecil Bolin
Leo Kennedy
Parents Magazine
Whittling Hobby Is Harry Kirk's Pastime
Harry Kirk guards a TNT plant under construction at Point Pleasant with a pocket knife and a piece of wood. His hobby is whittling, showcased at his home on Butternut Avenue with a display of boats and other carvings. He and Mrs. Kirk spend evenings erecting ship masts and tinting water color works, using scrap wood and a smooth finish.
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Pomeroy
Harry Kirk
Point Pleasant
Butternut Ave
Newspaper Carriers Are Badly Needed In Middleport
Scarcity of paper boys in Middleport strains circulation managers as football season cuts subs. Patrons wait hours for papers while few substitutes are found. Interest in earning two to five dollars weekly has waned since prewar days, leaving routes unfilled and many carriers absent due to military service and defense work.
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Middleport
Purity Restaurant Set to Open Saturday in Pomeroy
One of two new eateries in Pomeroy will open Saturday morning. The New Purity Restaurant, managed by Mr and Mrs Bert Mouse of Cheshire, sits in the Koehler building at Main and Sycamore. The Mouses previously ran restaurants in Parkersburg and Huntington and now run a small Chesire business.
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Pomeroy
New Purity
Bert Mouse
Cheshire
Koehler
Main and
Sycamore Sts
Mrs. House
Parkersburg
Huntington
Scoutmasters supervise camp near Chester for Boy Scouts
Camp near Chester hosted a Scout troop with Scoutmaster Bill Grate and assistants Wayne Gibbons and Charles Hess. Grate and Gibbons spent Saturday night at the site, joined by scouts on Sunday, with Hess staying Sunday night. The camp closed Monday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Bill Grate
Wayne Gibbons
Charles Hess
Chester
Grate
Gibbons
Evangelistic Meetings Begin at Pomeroy Church of Christ
The Pomeroy Church of Christ will open evangelistic meetings at 10:30 a.m. on Sunday September 6 with evangelist Belcastro from Indiana and a 9:30 Bible School. Evening services run 7:30 daily with Walburn directing song leading. Rural church nights are set for Tuesday and Wednesday, with Middleport church members attending Wednesday. A note adds that 51 percent of the world's telephones are in the United States.
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Pomeroy
Pomeroy Church of Christ
W. Main
Bible School
Belcastro
Indiana
State Missionary Society
Walburn
Middleport
Navy radio tech Curtis Jenkinson graduates from Houston
Curtis Jenkinson, a Navy radio technician second class petty officer, graduated from the University of Houston on August 21 after a four month course in electricity and radio engineering. A small group attended the exercises including Mrs. Jenkinson and Dorothy Satterfield. The Jenkinsons will move to Corpus Christi for further study with Mrs. Jenkinson reachable at Robstown Route 1 Boxa.
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Middleport
Curtis Jenkinson
Navy
University of Houston
Jenkinson
Dorothy Satterfield
Jenkinsons
Corpus Christi
Texas
Robstown
Boxa
Columbia Schools To Open Monday
The Columbia Schools will open at nine o'clock Monday morning September 7. Schedules are to be set in the morning and the work of the day completed at noon, according to an official notice.
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Columbia
Marriage license issued in Probate Court
Wilford L Fresh 21 of Amesville and Mabel Thompson 16 of Chester were issued a marriage license in Probate Thursday. Attendees at a Young People's meeting at First Baptist Church included Jerry Pullin, Maxine and Jean Bennett, Marjorie and Bill Diles, Warren Bennett, Alice Mourning, Mary Mourning, Nona Mourning, Margaret Houdashelt, Freddie Houdashelt, Jean Clark, Betty Dempskey, Phyllis Smart, Miriam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
First Baptist Church
Jerry Pullin
Maxine
Jean Bennett
Marjorie
Bill Diles
Warren Bennett
Alice
Mary
Nona Mourning
Margaret
Freddie Houdashelt
Jean Clark
Betty Dempskey
Phyllis Smart
Miriam
Pomeroy
Wilford L. Fresh
Amesville
Mabel Thompson
Chester
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Athens Messenger
Athens
Ohio
Meigs Co
Wiener Ro
York
Gridder
Pomeroy Social Notes
Pomeroy Personals
Clarence Naylor
Franklin
Ind
Glenroy H. Ewing
Lincoln Hill
Robert Gardner
Columbus
Phil Williams
Main St
Bobby
Thomas Bentz
Thomas Edwin
Rosa Curtis
Wyllis Hill
Hosmer Roush
Minersville
A. L. Paynter
Portland
Holliday's Cove
W. Va
Virginia Dill
W. M. McMurray
Mechanic St
Betty Gilbert
James Priode
Vale St
Akron
Cleveland
Nettie
Clara Koehler
Clara Sellers
Syracuse
James Turner
J. F. Mills
Henry Gantner
Alma Turner
George Turner
Mayme
Tillie Turner
Mildred Flory
Mary Young
William Neutzling
Anne St
Mary Hackett
George Hackett
Holzer Hospital
Hackett
WVOW
Mechems
Nelsonville
Middleport Social Notes
Entertain Club
George Schaaf
Dorothy Sauer
Ray Barnes
Barnes
Sally Lutz
F. M. Cluff
Dar. Carter
Augusta Gilmore
Adda Smith
Roy Lansbury
C. O. Fisher
Nan
Linda Lee Hamilton
M. G. Brown
P. Klein
Mary Cook
Charleston
Arthur Stuart
Melissa Hennesy
Charles Swanson
Meigs
Frieda Faehnle
Miss Faehnle
Fred Tuckerman
Clyde
Sidney Russeance
Orville Millicon
Rosemary
Dave Osler
New York City
Milliron
Purity Restaurant
United States
Kauff
Zundel
Simpson Methodist
Baptist Church
Astar
Rauch's Bakery
Athens County
America
Manila
Athens National Bank
the Gas Company
Columbus & Southern Ohio Electric Company
Athens Home Telephone Co
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