Bartrum Named Middleport Police Chief In Emergency Move
Middleport mayor declares a state of emergency after the resignation of Chief Fred DeWees. Jack Bartrum, previously an assistant patrolman, is named acting chief while council considers permanent staffing. L. B. Higgins continues as night officer and merchant policeman.
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Middleport
C. O. Fisher
Fred de Wees
Jack Bartrum
Dewees
Fisher
Bartrum
L. B. Higgins
Missionary Society program highlights many missions
The September meeting of the Women’s Missionary Society at the Church of Christ featured devotionals led by Mrs. Bradford, readings and music representing Indian Mission at White Swan Oregon and other missions including Edwards Mississippi and Hawkins Texas. A duet closed the program as hostesses and members then shared plans for future gatherings and Red Cross projects.
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Middleport
Women's Missionary Society of the
Church of Christ
Eleanor Sauders
William Bradford
Bradford
White Swan
Ore
Southern Christian Institute
Edwards, Miss
Jarvis Christian College
Hawkins
Tex
Hazel Green Academy
Hazel Green
Kentucky Home
Mexican Institute
San Antonio
Edgar Allensworth
Souders
Harold Lohse
Elizabeth Bradford
Heath Methodist Church
Katherine Swanson
Eleanor Schaaf
Blanche Haskins
Lillian Smith
Swanson
Max Roller
C. A. Emmish
Walter Burton
D. E. Bricker
Henry Smith
H. O. Ewing
Jacob Schafer
Allen Jenkinson
Nina Russell
Sidney Russell
Margaret Quivey
Service Men of Meigs County Update From Local Notes
Meigs County notices list furloughs and duty ends for service members. Sergeant Sherwood Meredith visits Chester while on furlough from Patterson Field Dayton and Pvt Charles Cremeans visits Rutland from Parris Island. Others, including Eddie Burkett and John Turner, are described with duties and locations. The brief items mention transfers and schooling at Mather Field and Morrison Field. The piece closes with a note on World War I timing and a trivia diamond fact.
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Pomeroy
Sherwood Meredith
Patterson Field
Dayton
Chester
Eddie Burkett
Mulberry Ave
Columbus
Army Air Corps
Charles Cremeans
U. S. Marine Corps
Parris Island
S. C
Mildred Hazelton, Wright Sr
Bertha Creameans
Rutland, Corp
John Turner
Mason City
Corporal Turner
Mather Field
Calif
Los Angeles
Virgil Will
Morrison Field
West Palm Beach
Fla
Church Census Planned in Middleport County
Following a meeting of the Middleport Ministerial Association churches plan a religious census in Middleport late this month. Miss Irene McDowell, sent by the Presbyterian Wartime Service Board and funded by the Service Fund and Board of National Missions, aids interdenominational efforts. She will reside with Miss Daisie Saunders. a Friday meeting at 2 30 pm at the First Baptist Church will train party workers to conduct the survey.
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Middleport
Pilgrim Holiness Church Leader Heads to Canada
R D Brown formerly of Rutland and Rutland supporters renew acquaintances in Middleport while en route to Georgetown Ontario where he serves as district presiding elder in the Pilgrim Holiness Church. Pomeroy reports Thomas Eynon of Syracuse arrested by county officers on a non support charge Tuesday evening.
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Zella Cross
B. Laughead
Meigs Temple
Pythian
Lincoln St
Max Sanborn
Sanborn
Akron
Middleport
R. D. Brown
Rutland
Tom Jones
Ewington
Pilgrim Holiness Church
Georgetown
Ont
Pomeroy
Thomas Eynon
Syracuse
Many Meigs Men Affected By Shutdown
Among the subcontractors were Paul French of Middleport and John Duerr of Pomeroy. French had a piling contract and began filling a rip rap wall project. Meigs County visitors and workers are noted at the shipyard with several residents serving as guards led by Irving Karr, Sr. of Syracuse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul French
Middleport
John Duerr
Pomeroy
French
Duerr
Meigs County
Irving Karr, Sr
Syracuse
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Athens Messenger
Athens
Seee Bartrum
U. S. Army Signal Corps
NEA
John Chennault
Claire Chennault
Flying Tigers
Alaska
U. S
Burma
China
Camay U
Camay
Pomeroy, Ohio
Spencer and Wehrung
Craigs Store
Ohio
Middleport Social Notes
R. E. McKay
Beth
Mr. McKay
Plum Brook
William Clines
Chicago
Lexington
Mr. Clines
Charles Bradbury
Charles
Colum Us
Gerrit Visser
Nancy Reed
E. A. Reed
Westport
Conn
Alfred Lippi
Dale Dutton
Margaret Carpenter
Clarendon Hills
Lincoln
Dutton
Kankakee
General Chemical Defense Corporation
Point Pleasant
Robert White
N. Fourth Ave
Wilbur Ashley
Holzer Hospital
Jackie June Hysell
P. A. Hysell
Mill St
Evelyn Lewis
Charles Lewis
U. S. Navy
Louisville
Yeoman Lewis
New Orleans
M. L. French
Lillian Steiff
Oxydos
White's
Epple
Eheer
Canada
Meigs
Giant Siz
Hysell Os
D. S. Farmer
Mgr, Middleport
Sinclair
Condon's Servicenter
West Main St
Pomeroy, O
Rutland, O
Timothy
Pepsi-Cola
Pepsi-Cola Company
Long Island City
N. Y
Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co
U.S
Luckoff
Jeep
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