Recreation programs planned for Pomeroy City Schools
POMEROY Elementary schools join the recreation program announced by W A Smith, with Robert Roberts named supervisor for Sugar Run and Central Elementary. A Noon Day athletic program is led by Pearl Williams at the Junior High, with dancing under Principal Charles Gibbs. Senior High Noon Day activities are supervised by Principal J E White as students dance to recorded music.
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Pomeroy
W. A. Smith
Robert Roberts
Sugar Run
Central
Roberts
Central Elementary School
Sugar Run School
Pearl Williams
Charles Gibbs
J. E. White
Edgar Atkins
Murray City Notes
Murray City notes list residents on leave and travel, visits to Columbus Cleveland Newark Nelsonville and Addison, plus births and returning travelers. Notable items include Elmer Evans on a 20 day leave after Pacific Island campaign and Connie June Huston birth August 30 in Newark. Numerous local families are mentioned with trips to Canton Columbus Cleveland and Jobs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murray City
Elmer
Evans
Pacific Island
Blanche Elzabeth Brooker
Howard Brooker
Baltimore
Canton
Columbus
Rita Jo Gottke
Nancy J Donson
Port Gottke
Virginia Short
Helen Cooper
Anna Anders
Becky Snedden
Barberton
J. J. Hogan
Fred Collins
Jack Farrell
Pamela Maria
Dayton
Cora Hoch
Rolly Hanson
Mary Lu
Judith Ann
Ina Bauer
Williard Dixon
Cleveland
Frances Verba
Harry Nutter
Edna Sanborn
Greens Run
James’ Evans
Joe Bajns
Joe Boras
James Shuttleworth
Nelsonville
Angelo Gallerini
Dave Lanning
Delores Darby
Ralph Farley
Pete Verba
Clarence Huston
Newark
Connie June
Huston
Martha Huston
Paul Person
Addison
Janet
Loudenville
Wm. Currens
Myrtle Person
Cur
Beulah Koster Returns to Syracuse Dorcas Post
The Rev. Mrs Beulah Koster who attended the United Brethren District Conference has been returned to Syracuse and Dorcas for the coming year. This is the eighth year for Mrs Koster and her husband the late Rev Koster to lead this pastorate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Beulah Koster
United Brethren Church
Syracuse
Dorcas
Koster
Endo
Peterson's Ointment Ad Warns of Eczema Relief Promise
An advertisement claims Peterson's Ointment relieves itching from eczema pimples and rash with a 35 cent price. It promises money back if one application fails and touts use for itching feet and cracks between toes.
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Peterson
Middleport Marching Band Prep For Friday Night Debut
Middleport marching band rehearses after school under Bernard Krinke instrumental music supervisor as they prepare for their first appearance Friday night at the Point Pleasant Middleport game. With limited practice time the group shows strong interest despite heat and effort to regain form.
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Middleport
Bernard Krinke
Point Pleasant
Return to Florida After Meigs Visit
Mr. and Mrs. Dana Pfarr with son and daughter return to Vero Beach Florida after weeks visiting Middleport friends and relatives. They were hosted by Fred Shifler at Russ Saray Dobbs home and dined at Mary Jane Coffee Shoppe. Guests included Mrs. Arthur Strauss and others.
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Middleport
Dana Pfarr
Hortense Cooper
Vero Beach
Fla
Fred Shifler
Russ Saray Dobbs
Shiffer
Mary Jane
Pfarrs
Arthur Strauss
C. F. Hawkins
David Durst
Edith Schreiner
Cooper
Strauss
Carroll Swanson
Robert Coats
Veeva Russell
Return to Meigs With Discharge
Sheldon Stevens, staff sergeant in the U S Army, returned four months ago from the Panama Canal Zone and received an honorable discharge. He is now at his Columbus home after coming from Stout Field Indianapolis. He and his brother John Stevens Jr were guests of friends this week after visiting Evelyn Stevens Hile in Washington and New York. John is a student at Ohio State University taking engineering courses.
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Middleport
Sheldon Stevens
U.S. Army
United States
Panama Canal Zone
Columbus
Stout Field
Indianapolis
Shell
John Stevens, Jr
Edward Hile
Evelyn Stevens
Washington, D.C
New York
John
Ohio State University
Pomeroy
Margaret McCallum
Phillipsburg
Louise Bradford
Ripley
W. Va
George Conde
Tom Hendrix
Charles Stenley
Bob Stary
Eugene Conde
PHS
Athens
Ohio University
Purple Panthers
Theuniversity
William Carman
U. S. Army
Huber Brown
Dayton
Emmett Swisher
Harold
Guysville
Raymond Eislestein
Jenny Sue
Alma Hollingsworth
Ola Marie
Man- Ining
St. Clairsville
Bertha Seafried
Ben Kesterson
Mechanic Si Han
Troy Fields
Hester Andrews
Lee Smith
Kimberly
Elizabeth Congreve
Goldie Biggs
Minersville
R.D
Pomeroy Engagement Planned for Betty Spurrier and Norman Weyersmiller
Pomeroy Social Notes reports the engagement of Betty Spurrier daughter of Mr and Mrs Clarence Spurrier to Norman Weyersmiller son of Mr and Mrs Joseph Weyersmiller of Rocksprings. No marriage date set. Also covers Pomeroy Garden Club meeting highlights, local social updates, and births and announcements from the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Betty Spurrier
Clarence Spurrier
Norman Weyersmiller
Joseph Weyersmiler
Pomeroy High School
Robinson's Laun Sey
Weyersmiller
French's
Bean Dinner and Home-Coming At Wilkesville
Wilkesville notes show the Bean Dinner and home-coming hosted by the American Legion and Auxiliary on Sept. 1 drew a large crowd. Residents report visits among local families, expect returning servicemen, and school reopening this week as community events continue.
Injured in Fall In Automobile Crash in Middleport
Marilyn Graham daughter of Mrs Addie Bitters sustained a broken collarbone in an automobile accident the last of the week. She is recovering unsatisfactorily.
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Middleport
Marilyn Graham
Addie Bitters
Naval fliers locate 1556 Allied POWs in Hokkaido camps
Naval fliers found 1,556 Allied prisoners of war at four remote camps in mountainous Hokkaido and established radio contact. Forty required hospitalization as prisoners sent messages. supplies and medicines were dropped from aircraft.
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Ominato
Japan
UPI
Hokkaido
Japs Surrender on Dutch Timor Reported by Australians
Melbourne radio reports Japanese forces on Dutch Timor have surrendered to Australian troops. The signing occurred aboard the Australian ship Moresby in Koepang Harbor with Brig. Gen. Dyke acting for the Allies.
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Melbourne
Dutch Timor
Moresby
Koepang Harbor
Four Sons Stricken by Whooping Cough in Pomeroy Home
At Mrs. Dorothy Bryan's residence on Butternut Avenue four of her sons battle whooping cough. Nearby, Frankie and Jimmy, sons of Ralph Sisson, also fall ill with the same disease.
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Pomeroy
Dorothy Bryan
Butternut Ave
Frankie
Jimmy Sisson
Ralph Sissons
Meigs School Adds Three New Courses at Chester High
Chester High School will offer mechanical drawing psychology and public speaking as announced by County Superintendent C. C. Chapman and superintendent E. R. Hayes. Music teaching duties begin with Mrs Patrick Lochary starting work at the school.
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Pomeroy
C. C. Chapman
Chester High School
E. R. Hayes
Patrick Lochary
Birth Announcement for Pomeroy Couple’s Son
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Carman announce the birth of a son on Monday September 10. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Harryll Carman of Pomeroy and Mrs. Frances Smiley of Alabama, with great grandparents Mrs. Matilda Carman Mrs. Nora Ralph of Meigs County and Mrs. Moore of Alabama.
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Pomeroy
Ralph Carman
Harryll Carman
Frances 3 Smiley
Alabama
Matilda Carman
Nora Ralph
Meigs County
Moore
Dorcas Social And Personal News Highlights Local Visits
Dorcas Social notices describe residents moving between Columbus and local households, family reunions, and visits from relatives in Pittsburgh Cleveland Racine and Toledo. The column logs arrivals with Beegle Blake Woods Starcher and Neville families and notes Army discharge returns and furloughs. An advertising blurb for Lavoptik eye wash ends the page snippet.
Point Rock News Notes
Point Rock and Middleport items report social visits. Visits include the Radcliffs and Redekins at Athens, Dwight returning from Michigan to see his mother, Mrs Holcomb’s kinship with Laura Pickett and others, Cottrill sale attendance, Fisher family visits, and Laurel Pomona Grange attendance. Group 3 WP Church women meet at Mrs Sharp’s home Thursday at 7 30 pm.
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Point Rock
Mise Ferran Pierce
Radcliff
Morris
J. E. Radekin
G. A. Redekin
Avanel
Athens
Frank Dwight
Michigan
Maude Holcomb
Laura Pickett
Even
Mattie Morris
Ronald Cottrill
Middleport
Woman's Association of
First Presbyterian Church
R. L. Sharp
Seventh
Palmer Sts
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Lee Deany
Jobs
Mary Anndamez
Florida
Meigs
Alfred Young
Sarah Shiver Young
Stylepark
Stetson
Manhattan
York
Giiasd
Pomeroy Social Notes
J. E. D. Harlinger
Barl Titus
Emmett Peoples
Theodore Ebersbach
Ohio
Jacob Elberselad
Irving Karr Jr
Ralston Russell
David Reed
F. J. Reed
Lincoln Hill
R. L. Jacobs
Marion Ebersbach
Mildred Rice
Albert Coats
Italy
Mary Burkett
Mulberry Ave
Edward Burkett
Riley
Venice
Eddie
N. Africa
Unis
Cpl
Robert Burketh
Ft Belvoir
Richard Curtis Daniels
Richard Daniels
Daniels
Thma Reed
JD Curtis Reet
Tomeroy
Reeds
William C Reed
Fair Ave
Cli Ke
Frank White
Lincoln St
Wilkesville
Clarence Gray
Wellston
Woltz
Arthur Ewing
Delaware
Keck
Bessie Wells
Homer Wells
Lonnie Harrison
Milford Long
Carl Kessler
James Kessler
F. A. Wells
Chauncey Long
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Lena Cray
John Clark
Deyton
Dale Wiseman
Ann Alice Henry
Susan Cooper
Emil Steffin
Emery Johnson
Bendyue
William Boyd
Andrews Sisters
Noah Beery
Martha O'Driscoll
Eddie Acutt
Black Arrow
Aussies
Harry Wolfe
Otis Knopp
William Cole
Pittsburgh
Alice Beegle
Emma Beegle
Grace Dune Beegle
Arthur Hogan
Wiliam Blake
Bob Beegle
Tom
Crile Hospital
Eddie Barton
Jack Woods
Toledo
Labor Day
Edison Brace
Charleston
Coy Starcher
Gene Neville
Racine
A. Rhodes
Lizzie Richards
Mary Louise Ours
Linda Lou
Guy Beegle
Lavoptik
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General Electric
Ewing
Pomeroy Ohio
Point Rock News
Associated Radio
Main & Sycamore Pomeroy
Stark's Pharmacy
Pomeroy, Ohio
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