Two More Meigs Countians Are Killed in Action on French Front
Meigs County reports two soldiers killed in action in France and one prisoner of war. Millard W Prince died of wounds July 11 after being seriously wounded July 11, with letters to family dated July 4 and 7. Mard Wayne Prince, born June 8 1922, son of Wayne Russell and Bernice Ruth Prince, farm near Long Bottom. Details include Chester High School graduate 1939, inducted December 1943, wife Betty Mae and daughter Billie Jean. Family listed: sisters Kathleen, Betty Lynn, Bertie Lou. Nyman Hogue reported missing in action during the week of August 7. later notice to father September 25.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
A. V. Howell
Ohio War History Commission
War Department
Millard W. Prince
France
Mard Wayne Prince
Wayne Russell
Bernice Ruth Prince
Long Bottom
River Road
Ele
Chester High School
Betty Mae Prince
Billie Jean
Nelson Torrence
Reedsville
Tuppers Plains
Olive Township
Kathleen Prince
Betty Lynn
Bertie Lou
Nyman Hogue
Hogue
Peterson's Ointment fame in 1940s Buffalo ad tale
A 40 year old Buffalo druggist created Peterson's Ointment for quick relief from piles, offering a 35 cent box or 60 cent tube with applicator and money back if not delighted. The ad notes its national fame and home use across thousands of households.
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Buffalo
Peterson
Adv
Middleport Easter Bonnets and Village Social Notes
Middleport hosts a spring social night as the Firemen Auxiliary showcased Easter bonnets of all kinds at 2 Hall. Mrs. Sidney Russell presided while reports and plans included charity boxes for overseas firemen, a Halloween party next month, and seating for entertained guests. Several residents announce studying at Ohio University and a McElhinney family reunion with smaller attendance due to service and travel limits.
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Middleport
Fey ‘Firemen’s Auxiliary
Sidney Russell
Earl McKinley
C. H. Wise, Jr
Norman Wayland
Russell
B. F. Parmelee
P. Bradbury
McKinley
John Vroman
McElhinney
Cash Durst
Ryger
Dana Lambert
Marjory Hughes
Joan Gilmore
Madge Mossman
Robert McElhinney
Karen
Charles McElhinney
Patricia
Frank Abbott
Witcher
W. Va
Faye Nuckles J
Ferne Gardner
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Meigs Pomercy
C. E. Blakeslee
Rutland
Earl Vance Hogue
Clara Haley Hogue
Mabel Gilkey
Delphia Hogue
Crooksville
Somerset
Perry County
Joe Hogue
Union Avenue Hill
Shank
Robert E. Shank
Robert Earl Shank
Portland
Wilbur Earl
Hattie Leona Shank
Letart Township
Army Air Corps
Howard Scott Shank
Signal Corps
Army
James A. Shank
Earl and
Ernest
Apple Crowe
Salvation Army
Cs.m. Ray Winwing
Middleport Social Notes
Ohio U
Athens
Ohio University
Margaret Belle Milhoan
Barbara Meinhart
Norma Jean Rench
Patricia Sherman
Milhoan
French
Sherman
Miss Meinhart
Pythian Sisters of Meigs Temple
Chambers Grocery
Pythian Sister Home For
Meldina
Addie Thompson
Elizabeth
N. J
Lewis Durst
Middleport High School
W. Cooper
Charleston
Leo Jackson
Mary Cooper Ohlinger
Charles Gilfillen
Brooklyn
U.S Navy
Robert Haggerty
CJM
Camp Parks
Cabtf
Jerry Lee Studdard
Stiddard
Harriett Martin
Elzabeth
L. B. Burford
John Galbraith
Joan
Columbus
C. F. Besserer
Anne Manuck
Miss Galbraith
University
Galbraith
Mauck
Besserer
David Farmer
Arthur Skinner
Tommy
Texas
W. G. Davis
Freda Welling
Michigan
Gc.d.c
James Arnold
Ashland
Ralph Sorden
Neva Walker
Washington D. H
L. B. Walker
Cpl
Camp Thomas Scott
Ft. Wayne
Ind
Ella Hutchinson
Maron County
Tom Mills
Rutland St
Julia Donavon
A. J. Beaver
A. C. Neal
Carl
A. C. Neal Jr
George McGhee
Mary Natale
the Waves
E. B. Badger Co
Margaret Gibbs
Florence Rowe
Norfolk
Point Pleasant
Paul D. Wedge
Boilermaker
Chicago
Labor Organization
Stetson
New York
Chen YU
U.S.A
Curn Yu
Chen YU —Adang
USA
Starks
Pharmacy
Pomeroy, Ohio
Shepard
BBC Vaca
Beacon All Wool
Colbert
Monarch
Esmond
Bigmore
Meigs
Michael O’shea
Anne Shirley
Gene Lockhart
Tommy Bond
Stephanie Bachelor
Robert Warwick
Temple Middleport
Deanna Durbin
Franchot Tone
Pat O’brien
Alan Mowbray
Walter Catlett
Kim Tamiroff
Rosene
Earns
Evelyn Ankers
Bendyue
Bobby Cook
Texas Saddle
Bobby and
Juanita
Rufus
Denny Dishman
Red Watkins Brainjess
Benny Boonfuzzle
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