Route 33 Straightening Planned for Athens and Meigs
State Highway Director Ford announced a postwar plan to straighten Route 33 in Meigs and Athens Counties. Federal funds will be matched by state money after a survey funds allocation is approved. Local officials and business leaders welcome the move as a boost to regional growth along the Blue and Gray Trail.
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Bpomeroy
Perry T. Ford
State “G
Meigs
Athens
Ford
J. E. D. Hartinger
Pomeroy Chamber of Commerce
Martinger
Dor Schaefer
Pomeroy Chamber of Corn
Heaton Harbor
Mich
Tidewater
Walter Compton
Blue & Guy Trail Association
Funeral Rites Planned for Frank Smith
Funeral services are set for Frank Smith age 73 who died after a fall and short illness at Mason Clinic. The rites will be Sunday at 2 30 PM at Foglesong Funeral Home Mason with burial in the family plot at Graham Station beside his wife. Surviving are daughter Hubert Mace Martha Smith of Middleport and sons Pearl Leland and Charles Smith of Mason and Clifton.
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Clifton
Frank Smith
Mason Clinic
Foglesong
Mason
Graham Station
Mr. Smith
Hubert Mace
Martha Smith
Middleport
Pearl
Leland Smith
Charles Smith
School Clocks Turn Back With Nation Sept Mr Bennett Medal of Honor
POMEROY Sept W A Smith announced schools will follow the national time change. Middleport honors war hero Pfc Ed Bennett with a homecoming celebration and parade at Middleport Stadium. Bennett earned the Congressional Medal of Honor for silencing a German machine gun nest near Heckuschied, Germany. He recalled firing, hand to hand combat, and the thrill of family reunion.
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Pomeroy
Middleport
Columbus
Thelma
Elaine Ruth
Mary Louise
Bennett
Heckuschied
Germany
Heckhuschied
Plan Grange
Middlefort
Ralph Stopp
Hemlock Grove Grange
Muddleport
Butler
Mildred Feeney
Central School
Charles Walburn
Charles Payne
Russell Mills
George Childs
PTA
Sgt
Gene Bennett
Kentucky
Pfe
Edward Bennett
David Jenkins
India
C. C. Greenlee
George Beards
Stephen Russell
Camp
Livingston
Pauley Ann Kincaid
Betty Jo
Jean Roush
Paul Davis
Charleston
May
Mra Eee
Churches in Pomeroy Area Set in Standard Time
Pomeroy area church services shift to Eastern Standard Time for Sunday. Rally Day at United Methodist will follow plans for Methodist Sunday Schools. Christian Science Society holds 10 45 a m service with Lesson Ser mon Reality. Mid week service 7 30 p m. Syracuse Nazarene pastors and service times listed. United Methodist details include new Sunday School staff announced for October 7. Various other church services listed with times and notes on reorganizations and activities.
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Pomeroy
United Methodist Church
Christian Science Society
Syracuse Nazarene
Albert Shea
N.Y.P.S
United Methodist
Theo Smith
Board of Education
Methodist Sunday School
Blakeslee
Gertrude Mitchel
Rutland Baptist
Carpenter Baptist
MT. Union Baptist—Church
Salvation Army
Trinity Lutheran
Hilmar Th. Rosenberg
Muitant Church
Christ
Mrs. Melissa Logan Dies in Athens
Friends learned Thursday night of the death of Mrs. Melissa Logan former Middleport resident at her home in Athens. Surviving are her husband Albert Logan two daughters Mary and Mrs Beecher Kessinger both of Middleport two sons Delmar and Homer Logan and several grandchildren.
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Middleport
Melissa Logan
Athens
Albert Logan
Pomeroy
Mary
Beecher Kessinger
Delmar
Homer Logan
Meigs Youths Inducted at Fort Hayes Meigs
Ten Meigs County registrants left Pomeroy for induction at Fort Hayes, with another ten called for pre induction physicals. Leaders and inductees include James Jaret Buckley of Reedsville and George Andrew McDaniels of Middleport among others.
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Fomeroy
Meigs County
Pomeroy
Fort Hayes
James Jaret Buckley
Reedsville
George Andrew McDaniels
Middleport
Grant Levine Boring
Floyd Eugene Hendricks
Syraiuse
Warren Franklin van Mater
RFD
Long Bottom
Elmer Elba Queen
Wayne Austin Heteer
Ar Jey Glendon Markin
Harrisonville
Lawrence Ray Lawson
Letart Falls
Thomas Hyson Williams
Syracuse
Athens
Ohio
Volunters
Donald P. Boring
Reedaville
Earl Ward, Jr
O. Blaine S. Mulhoan
George Albert Ebersbach
Harold M. Smith
Racine
Clifford D. Pierce
Don Alan Cotterill
William W. Radford
Clyde Wines
Gene Daniels
Services in Middleport Churches Schedule Sunday
Middleport churches announce Sunday September 30 services in EST with clocks back. First Presbyterian Church led by Rev H L Cars at 10 30 am with sermon God So Loved and 9 30 am Sunday School. Heath Methodist Rally Day 9 30 am and Sunday School in sanctuary led by L W McComas. Rev H A Rothrock at 10 30 am sermons Whats My Business. Campfire at Boy Youth Fellowship. 5 30 pm caravan to church. First Baptist Church at 9 20 am combined service and 8 pm sermon The Resurrection and the Life Everlasting by Rev Ralph Zundel. Church of Christ new pastor Rev James Ketter recently arrived from Homestead.
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Middleport
First Presbyterian Church
H. L. Cars
Heath Methodist Church
L. W. McComas
H. A. Rothrock
Boy Youth Fellowship
Rarph Zundel
First Baptist Church
James Ketter
Church of Christ
Homestead
Middleport social notes record postwar reunions and group activities
Sgt Walter Gregg and his daughter Keren Sue celebrated birthdays with a dinner at Mrs Minnie Erlewine’s Grant Street home after Gregg’s honorable discharge from Camp Atterbury. The Middleport Woman’s Association resumed activities at First Presbyterian Church with devotions, a hymn sing, and a playlet, while the Ladies Auxiliary planned overseas service boxes and a Christmas bazaar.
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Middlefort
Walter Gregg
Camp Atterbury
Keren Sue
Minnie Erlewine
Springfield
Erlewine
Grant St
Mr. Gregg
U. S. Army
Middleport
First Presbyterian Church
Dea Hayes
Margaret Sauer
Lillian Stieff
Don Kelly
O. H. Stewart
H. L. Carr
Sharp
Lennie Sharp
The
Presbyterian
Pomeroy
Middleport Volunteer Fire Department
Robert McElhinney
James Daniels
Wilbur Ashley
Sidney Russell
Ernest McGraner
Athens Magazine
Wayland
Mae Swisher
Martha Burns
Norma Games Party
Madrid Beggar Molding Proposal Sparks City Protest
Citizens in Madrid protest a plan to confine beggars describing them as a chief sight of the city and warn visitors would flee if they are removed. Rallies highlight public space debates and the role of vagrants in local culture.
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Madrid
Spain
Pomeroy Social Notes Highlights Local Family Gatherings
A basket dinner and family reunion at Headley Mason's home near Inowville brings together the Stanleys, Masons, Brickles, Kilhes, and others from Snowville, Chester, Kingston, and Pomeroy. Birthday dinners honor Jack and Jesse Cooley. several residents move, travel, and attend events including the county fair and American Legion convention.
Spectators Gather At Schorn Porch For Night Blooming Cereus
A crowd gathered on Second Street to view the Schorn sisters Tillie and Katie Schorn night blooming cereus plants. Two large specimens showed three blossoms in full bloom with several buds to unfold soon. This is the third time this season buds have formed.
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Pomekrux
Schorn
Second St
Tillie
Katie Schorn
Thompson Rites To Be Held Saturday
George H. Thompson 85 died at his Harrisonville Road home. Services set for Saturday at 2:30 p.m. at Ewing Chapel. Survived by sister Jenne Thompson and two nieces Harriet Thompson and Lydia De Jong, all of Pomeroy. Brother Will Thompson preceded him in death. Former Middleport resident moved to current home over 30 years ago. Interment in Middleport Cemetery.
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Pomeroy — Runera
George H. Thompson
Harrisonville Road
Ewing Chapel
Jenne Thompson
Home Place
Harriet Thompson
Lydia DeJong
Pomeroy
Will Thompson
Middleport
Thompson
Pressent
iMiddleporl
Eastern Star Group Enjoys Social Evening in Middleport
Members of the Middleport Lodge F and A M and the Evangeline Chapter Order of Eastern Star plus families held a social evening at the Legion Hall with a square dance led by 91 year old Robert Beeson. Also, Donna Quickle was taken to Holzer Hospital for observation, accompanied by County Health Nurse Catherine Shaverinsky.
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Middleport
Middleport Lodge
Evangeline Chapter
Order of Eastern Star
Legion Hall
Robert
Rob) Beeson
Middleport—County
Catherine Shaverinsky
Donna Quickle
Holzer Hospital
Pomeroy Man Freed From Japanese Prison Camp
A telegram to Mrs. May VanInwagen of Lincoln Hill says her son Edgar VanInwagen left Manila Sept 23 for the United States after being held by Japan since the fall of Corregidor. He is the only one of four Meigs County prisoners reported liberated, as Col Albert Miller is said to have been moved between camps and aboard the bombed prison ship.
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Pomeroy
May Vaninwagen
Lincoln Hill
Edgar VanInwagen
Manila
United States
Corregidor
Meigs
Albert Miller
James Wiley
Prerotti
Miller
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Frank Vincent
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James Searles
Oliver St
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Piqua Memorial Hospital
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Middleport Social Notes
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Pittsburgh
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Lester Brooks
Max Lambert
Richard
Chillicothe
Joe Cater
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Harry Mills
Kenneth Zuspan
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Mary June
Joe
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William Smith
Bidwell
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Albany
W. A. Morgan
Main Street
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S. Third Ave
Middleport High School
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the New Purity
Imperial
Harold
Tuffy" Lewis
Pomeroy Social Notes
Clarence Clifford
Jesse Cooley
Logan
Mrs. Cooley
Clifford
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Gallipolis
Jack Rosenbaum
Great Lakes
Fred Rosenbaum
Jack
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Cali
Frank Brandenburg
Main St
Charles Barnett
Butternut St
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Preston Sheets
Tipton
Town
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Herman Warner
Carrollton
Ethel Jackson
Daisy
Mabel Robinson
Rutland
Charles McNamee
R. A. Thompson
Moundsville
C. E. Nease
William Hood
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Nease
Wehe Terrace
Clifford Hood
Edwin Hood
Frank Hood
Minersville
American Legion
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Ralph Gilmore
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Hanson Holter
Ernest Lallance
Don Wood
Raymond Harbrecht
Jack Roedel
Poméroy
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Ewings' Ambulance
Ray Searles
Laurel Cuff
Holter Hospital
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Letart
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Athens Pharmacy
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Hopalong Cassidy
Ole Olsen
Chie Johnson -Sun
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Peter Lawford
Donald Crisp
Bendvue
Hopatong Cassidy
Jackie Cooper
Kenneth MacDonald
Robert Williams
Salome
Vonne DeCarle
David Bruce
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