Plans for Middleport Civilian Defense Announced
Middleport Civilian Defense Council members met in City Hall. Emmett Shuler outlined sector organization with 10 sectors and leaders to contact 11 or more people. Volunteers must dedicate 10 hours to Standard First Aid training from Red Cross instructors. classes to be held at Legion Hall Friday at 7 30 to register. Everett Davis to arrange courses as Charles McMaster presses quick setup for blackout preparedness.
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Middleport
Red Cross
The
Legion Hall
Everett Davis
Charles McMaster
Pomeroy PTA Plans Thursday Evening Meeting
The Pomeroy Junior-Senior Parent-Teacher Association will hold its first meeting Thursday evening Sept. 17 at the Senior High School. A program on the picture of the constitution is planned and old members and any interested citizens are urged to attend.
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Pomeroy
Cidl
Some Donts for Pimples and Skin Soothing Ointment Ad
Advice against scratching pimples and squeezing to avoid infections and irritation. Peterson s Ointment promises quick relief, improves skin appearance and feel, with money back if not delightful. Also soothes itchy feet and cracked toes. Ad appears in druggists’ listings.
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Peterson
Jamestown Film Shown At Pomeroy High Assembly
Pomeroy High opened its Visual Education Program with a four reel silent film Jamestown. Jeanette Young announced and led the assembly with Richard Weaver and Paul Hill giving the Pledge to the Flag. The film portrays the founding of Jamestown Virginia and marks the first motion picture in the district program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Jamestown
Charles Gibbs
Jeanette Young
Pomeroy High School
Piano Recital At Episcopal Parish
Pupils of Mrs. Willard Ashworth gave a piano recital Monday evening at the Episcopal parish house for parents and friends. The program included Blue Bells of Scotland, From a Wigwam, Rain on the Roof and A Message, Big Ships and The Butterfly, Paper Ships and Lazy Mary, Comin Round the Mountain and Home on the Range, The Fairies Harp and Falling Leaves, The Fox Hunt and Air from Mozart, The Dutch Dance and The Fairy Court, The Camel Train, Hungarian Dance and Deep River, Petite Mazurka and Yo–ko, Down the Stream Idyll and Amaryllis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Willard Ashworth
Episcopal Parish
Scotland
Jean Joachim
Harry Lippincott
Betty Nelson
Katherine Karr
Mary
Janet Hill
Joyce Williamson
Mozart
Patricia Jesse
Wilma Neutzling
Dorothy Holter
Mary Hill
Yoko
Ladies
Harmon OBrien to Enter Navy in October
Harmon O'Brien, Pomeroy village solicitor, is ordered to report for naval service on Oct. 3. He enlisted for high speed torpedo boats known as mosquito boats and was appointed village solicitor on June 16, 1941. He is the first village official to join the armed forces.
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Pomeroy
Harmon O'Brien
U. S. Navy Department
Navy
O'Brien
Pomeroy Marriage Licenses Issued In Meigs County Court
Meigs County Probate Court issued marriage licenses to John D. Bisso 27 of Pomeroy and Theresa F. Rossi 20 of Pomeroy Gilbert e Moore 21 of Columbus and Mary M. Six 21 of Columbus in the recent filing.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
John D. Bisso
Gilbert E Moore
Columbus
Mary M. Six
Middleport Women hold Heath Church meeting and farewells
Members of the Women’s Society of Christian Service met at Heath Methodist Church for devotions and a program led by Mrs. Ruth Drake and Mrs. Nan Moore. They planned a bake sale, announced a fall rummage, and honored leaving member Mrs. Roy Barnes with flowers. Guests included two visitors, with reports on the study book and the Lancaster School of Christian Service.
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Middleport
Women's Society of Christian Service
Heath Methodist Church
Ruth Drake
Nan Moore
H. E. Cook
Christian Leadership In
South America
Bess Sanborn
Lancaster School of Christian Service
H. A. Rothrock
David Entsming
Willis Aleshire
Roy Barnes
Logan
W. Va
Lawrence Milhoan
Robert Washington
Charles McFlhinney
Robert Harris
C. P. Gallagher
W.S.C.S
J. W. Wolfe
S. Sixth Ave
Eben Bowen
America
Ethel Harpst
Cedartown
Ella Crowell
Alpha Somerville
Booths to Visit Father in Meigs
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Booth of Pasadena California are expected to arrive tomorrow for a visit with J. P. Booth, father of Howard Booth, in Meigs.
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Meigs
Howard Booth
Pasadena
Calif
AAA To Again Buy Apples From Growers
Announcements say the Agricultural Marketing Administration will again purchase apples this fall from growers for school lunches. Growers must submit allocations to the AMA office in Columbus, by 9 am each Thursday. Purchases include Delicious Grimes Golden Wealthy McIntosh and Copeland varieties, U. S. Grade Number 7, 2% inch minimum, in bushel baskets or boxes. Price is $1.25 per unit.
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Pomeroy
C. E. Blakeslee
Agricultural Marketing Administration
Office of
The
Rowland Building
North Third St
Columbus
MclIntosh
Copeland
U. S
Pomeroy Social Notes Recap Of Garden Club And Friends
Pomeroy social notes describe the September Garden Club meeting with 19 members, two guests, and committee assignments for an October dinner at Mrs. Theodore Ebersbach’s home. Also noted are Daughters of Union Veterans events, nearby visits by multiple residents, and a hospital discharge after an appendectomy.
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Pomeroy
Harry Feiger
R. L. Jacobs
Mulberry Ave
Pomeroy Garden Club
Harry Smith
Grace Horton
Minnie Brown
Theodore Ebersbach
Service Men of Meigs County List of Local Departures
Frank D. Sebaugh Jr of Middleport leaves Sunday for U S Navy service with a rank of second class petty officer. Norman Gloeckner arrives at Great Lakes for training then takes a week’s furlough with his parents. Ruth C Daniels of E Main Street enters Camp Atterbury Indiana to join Army nursing with rank of second lieutenant. The Theodorius Council of the Daughters of America will host a public party at the I.O.C.F. Hall Friday evening with refreshments.
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Pomeroy
Frank D. Sebaugh, Jr
Middleport
U. S. Navy
Norman Gloeckner
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Union Ave
Army Pomeroy
Ruth C. Daniels
E. Main Sr
Camp Atterbury
Ind
Army
George Daniels
Marshall Hampton Killed in Action at Sea
Marshall Hampton eighteen son of Mr and Mrs Sam Hampton of Montgomery West Virginia and former Pomeroy residents was killed in action at sea recently according to a message received Monday evening. Sister Mrs Herman Fisher confirms the family ties and Hampton enlisted in the navy about two years ago.
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Jessie Mitch
Massillon
Arthur Klees
Liberty Ave
Mildred Roush
Mulberry Ave
Russell Roush
New Haven
W. Va
Alma Fell
Dayton
Helen Fell
Anne St
Phil Meier
Walter
Columbus
Brick St
Joe Ohlinger
Ohio State University
Harry Ohlinger
Lincoln Hill
Donald Blankenship
Canton
Theo Kimes
Asa Custer
Minersville
Margaret Ann Hawley
Marilyn Grindley
Irvin Wolfe
St. Joseph Hospital
Parkersburg
Pomeroy
Marshall Hampton
Sam Hampton
Montgomery
Herman Fisher
Hampton
Navy
Mrs. Alice Spencer Opens Alice Ann Coffee Shop
Mrs. Alice Spencer will open the Alice Ann Coffee Shop in the Horton Building at 220 E. Main St Pomeroy. The restaurant will start Monday morning September 21. Spencer brings thirty years of cooking experience and eleven years at the Hotel Martin.
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Pomeroy
Alice Ann
Alice Spencer
Union Ave
Horton
E. Main St
Spencer
Martin
Republican Women To Meet Friday
The Ohio Republican Women's organizations hold a convention in Columbus at the Deshler Wallick Hotel on Tuesday, Sept. 29. Local delegates for the convention will be chosen Friday evening, Sept. 18, at the courthouse, with a social hour after the business session. All Republican women urged to attend.
Disabled Veterans Plan Forget-Me-Not Flower Sale
Chapter Commander Edward H. Reuter calls all Disabled American Veterans members to meet at his home Friday night to finalize plans for the annual Forget-Me-Not flower sale on Argonne Day Saturday September 26.
Meigs County Trustees Meeting Rescheduled to Sept 24
The Meigs County Trustees meeting at Hemlock Grove is moved to Thursday evening September 24. Motor taxes collected from American tourists amount to 1 173,186,000 in 1940 per a survey.
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Pomeroy
Meigs
Hessian Fly Damage To Wheat Intensifies In Ohio
Hessian Fly caused heavy damage to wheat in Ohio with 1942 infection at 25.7 percent, up from 12.1 in 1941 and 4.2 in 1940. Meigs County farmers report reduced yields, and a control measure suggests sowing after October 6 to prevent spring egg laying. United States leads petroleum production, Russia second, Venezuela third, Iran fourth.
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Ohio
Meigs County
United States
Russia
Venezuela
Iran
Meigs County Sends Large Draft for Army Service
Meigs County has supplied 542 men for Army service from 692 called under the selective system. Of those, 141 were rejected at examination and four were discharged for disability. An estimated 850 men from the county are in the armed forces, counting those living here but not credited to Meigs.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
October 1 Deadline For Drivers License
POMEROY The office of J H Eastman registrar of motor vehicles on Second St will be open Tuesday and Friday evenings to accommodate applicants unable to obtain licenses during the day. Anyone planning to operate a car should secure their license before Oct 1.
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Pomeroy
J. H. Eastman
Second St
Registrar of Motor Vehicles
Aged Woman Whittington Dies in Middleport
Funeral arrangements for Mrs. Etta Whittington aged 92 who died at her home in Upper Middleport last night have not been announced. Tentative plans place services at Rawlings-Coats Funeral Home where the body is. She is survived by two daughters and a son Homer Whittington.
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Robert Tasker
Moose Club
Taskers
California
Tasker
Covert Baking Co
Kansas
Middleport
Etta Whittington
Upper Middleport
Rawlings-Coats
Searles Divorce Granted Custody to Betty Searles
Betty Young Searles was granted a divorce from Pearl Searles in Common Pleas Court on grounds of gross neglect. Betty was awarded custody of their four month old son with Pearl ordered to pay $8 monthly child support.
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Pomeroy
Common Pleas
Betty Young Searles
Pearl Searles
Carter's Little Liver Pills Aid Digestive Flow
An old advertisement touts Carter's Little Liver Pills as a remedy to ensure two pints of bile flow daily. It warns of bloating constipation and sour feelings if digestion slows and urges readers to buy the product at 10¢ and 254 with directions for use.
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Combia
Ronald Colmans
Colman
Carter
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S&s
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