Pomeroy Native Ted Blazewicz Listed Missing in Merchant Service
Navy casualty list names Ted J. Blazewicz of Pomeroy as missing in merchant marine service. A 1932 Pomeroy High graduate, he trained as a radio operator and served on ocean vessels worldwide. The list notes missing status may include presumed prisoners.
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Pomeroy
Ted J. Blazewicz
Navy Department
Stanley Blazewicz
Pomeroy High School
First Ytor
Texas
Blazewicz
Visiting Lima Parents Have Son Christened
Mr. and Mrs. Billy Barker and infant son Larry Burns Barker were weekend guests of Burns Barker and wife in Middleport. The christening took place at Heath Methodist Church with Rev. H. A. Rothrock officiating. Present were Mrs. John Longstaff and other relatives from Lima Corn ing Columbus and local residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Billy Barker
Barker
Walter Helms
Lima
Burns Barker
N. Second Ave
Larry Burns
H. A. Rothrock
The
Heath Methodist Church
John Longstaff
Longstaff
Corning
Margaret Ellison
Columbus
Lawrence Hartinger
Beech St
Betty Hartinger
Washington, D. C
Beecher Kessinger
Grant St
Perry Mitch
Barsotti
Mill St
S. Second Ave
Pearl Harbor Veteran Visits Relatives on Furlough
Corporal Francis Bush, a Pearl Harbor survivor and Purple Heart recipient, returns from Hawaii to visit relatives in Ohio and West Virginia before heading to Miami for officer’s training. He dined with his father A L Bush and L D Diles, plans to visit his brother Fred Bush in Charleston, meets his new niece Judy, and notes his mother’s absence due to recent Dayton employment.
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Middleport
Francis Bush
Hawaii
San Francisco
Ohio
West Virginia
Miami
Fla
Bush
Pearl Harbor
A. L. Bush
L. D. Diles
Charleston
Fred Bush
Judy
Corporal Bush
Athens
Middleport Chief Reports More Arrests
Middleport Chief Fred DeWees and Officer L B Higgins report arrests including Olan and Pauline Doel fer for disturbing the peace with $5 and costs each suspended, Ralph Samuel for intoxication, Audrey Nixon for intoxication, and Walter Smith for intoxication with $5 and costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Fred DeWees
L. B. Higgins
Olan
Pauline Doelfer
Ralph Samuel
Audrey Nixon
Walter Smith
Hemlock Grove Personal Notes Highlight Local Visits
Mrs Bar nett of New Marshfield filled a church preaching appointment and attended a dinner with Mr and Mrs Richard Reeder. Sewing Club met with Mrs Ralph Welker. Mr and Mrs Minor Will of Indiana visited Mrs Ziba Midkiff. Mrs Wilbur Midkiff stayed with her son and daughter in law, Orville Midkiff, Nelsonville, as she remains ill. Mrs J J Will and Mrs John Sargent visited Mrs Ziba Midkiff. One in twenty trucks on US highways is government owned.
Army Rejects 45 of 114 Pomeroy Selectees
From 114 men who left Monday for army examination 45 were rejected according to members of the group who returned Monday night. The list of those accepted will not be announced by the Selective Service Board until later in the week.
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Pomeroy
Selective Service Board
Parkersburg Weekend Visitors Highlight Local Notices
The column lists numerous individuals visiting Parkersburg and nearby towns including Dorothy Long, Myrtle Long and A J Conde. Friends and relatives from Letart, Byesville, Charleston, Columbus, Gallipolis, Marietta, Syracuse, Cincinnati and more are noted with stays at Mulberry Avenue and surrounding streets.
Pomeroy Churches Observe World Wide Communion Sunday
Pomeroy churches join in Holy Communion celebration on October 1 following Federal Council of Churches guidance. The World Wide Communion Sunday begins in Wellington New Zealand at 10 30 a m and spreads around the globe by clock.
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Pomeroy
Federal Council of Churches
Wellington
New Zealand
Middleport Social Notes Marriage and Local Happenings
James M. Carsey of Bradbury announces the marriage of his daughter Glenna to Walter Grass Jr of Detroit. The Sept 5 ceremony in Gallipolis involved family friends, with Grass employed by E. B. Badger and Sons Construction at West Virginia Ordnance Works. The note also covers funeral attendance, church circle meeting, dinners, and multiple Middleport residents visiting or hosting relatives amid a period of community updates.
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Middleport
James M. Carsey
Bradbury
Glenna
Walter Grass
Georgia Grass
Rutland
Detroit
Gallipolis
Therman Carsey
Dayton
Lucille Snowden
John FE. Radekin
Anne Barker
Farm Machinery Rationing Begins September 1942
Pomeroy reports new farm machinery rationing takes effect Sept. 17 1942. A farm machinery committee will be named soon by the United States Department of Agriculture and AAA. A meeting for dealers and interested parties is set for 1 30 p m Wednesday Sept 30 at the AAA Office. Application blanks for making out applications may be secured from the local AAA office.
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Pomeroy
Edson E. Roush
AAA
United States Department of Agriculure Wat
Golden Wedding Celebrated by Mr and Mrs Darst
Mr and Mrs Claude Darst quietly celebrated their golden wedding anniversary at their home on E Main St with immediate family. Present were their son and daughter-in-law Bernice Darst and grandchildren Marvin Marjorie Charles and William Darst. Charles and William have enlisted in the Navy and will train at Great Lakes.
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Pomeroy
Claude Darst
E. Main St
Bernice Darst
Spring Ave
Marvin
Marjorie
Charles
William Darst
Navy
Great Lakes
Federated Church Activities Include Guild Delegates and Quilting
POMEROY activities at the Federated Church this week include Mrs. Lena Huber and Mrs. Ralph Kuether as delegates to the South East Ohio Women's Guild meeting in New Philadelphia on Tuesday. The Busy Bee Quilting party is set for Thursday all day, with choir rehearsal at 7 pm and a 7:30 play party in the social rooms sponsored by the Recreation Commission. MIDDLEPORT Mrs. William Stephenson recently fell on S Third Street, breaking her leg, and is reported improving.
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Pomeroy
Federated Church
Lena Huber
Ralph Kuether
Women's Guild of South East Ohio
New Philadelphia
Busy Bee
The
Recreation Commission
Middleport
William Stephenson
Gladwin Werner
S. Third St
Service Men of Meigs County Reported Duty and Promotions
Private Grover Hawk returns to Camp Pickett Virginia after a visit with wife and parents. Victor Hannahs resumes duty at Patterson Field Dayton after furlough with his parents. Lucien Casto achieves staff sergeant rank at Ft. Dix New Jersey. Homer Hysell’s Navy son Tommy Mulholland visits family in Middleport. George Beards and David Oblinger at Patterson Field Dayton spend weekend with relatives. Charles Kimble Hite promoted to corporal at Officers School Barracks Patterson Field Fairfield Ohio.
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Dorothy Long
Parkersburg
Myrtle Long
Athens Rd
A. J. Conde
Charleston
Walter Franz
Jimmie
Mulberry Ave
Elias Ball
Ella Blessing
Letart
W. Va
Elmer Wickham
Emil
Helen Blair
Mary Elizabeth Eberst
Della Saunders
Logan
Paul Thomas
Jimmy Roger
Point Pleasant
Royal Thomas
Syracuse
Robert Diedrich
Kroger’s
Marietta
Robert Harbrecht
Columbus
Ohio State University
Raymond Harbrecht
Ralph Anderson
Detroit
Anna Willock
Martha Leimer
Corning
E J. Franz
Anthony Neutzling
Victor Neutzling
G. S. Merry
John
Athens
Glee Stackhouse
Stackhouse
Victoria McCarley
Clarence
Indianapolis
Helen Sayre
Calderwood
N. Second Ave
Racine
Ray Bodkin
George Bodkin
Fort Ord
Cal
Bloomington
Robert Brickles
Camp Forrest
Tenn
John Brickles
Broadway
Brickles
Pomeroy
Grover Hawk
Camp Pickett
Price Hawk
Victor Hannahs
Patterson Field
Dayton
Hari Hannahs
Butternut Ave
Lucien Casto
Homer Casto
Nye Ave
Ft. Dix
N. J
Homer Hysell
Navy
Pearl Hysel
Tommy Mulholland
Aviation
C. V. Mulholland
Middleport
George Lee Beards
David Oblinger
George Beards
W. P. Ohblinger
Charles Kimble Hite
John Hite
Officers’ School Barracks
Fairfield
Church Council Visits 150 Families Sunday
Federated Church Council members held a Sunday potluck at the church then visited about 150 families to invite them to Holy Communion next Sunday and to encourage faithful regular attendance. Participants included W A Smith and family, Fred Blaetmar and family, Virgil Campbell, George Hetzel, Roy Seyfried, Frances Reibel, Nettie Wisecarver, Kathryn Legar, Ethel Williamson, Ruth Huber, Irma Smith, Constance Shields, Ralph Kuether, Althea Reibel, Lena Huber, and Paul Huber.
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Pomeroy
Federated Church Council
W. A. Smith
Fred Blaetmar
Virgil Campbell
George Hetzel
Roy Seyfried
Frances Reibel
Nettie Wisecarver
Kathryn Legar
Ethel Williamson
Ruth Huber
Irma Smith
Constance Shields
Ralph Kuether
Althea Reibel
Lena Huber
Paul Huber
Immunization Offered by Meigs County Health Board
The Meigs County Board of Health offers diphtheria immunization for children 9 months to 10 years, smallpox vaccination for any age 9 months up, and typhoid immunization for any age. Parents should bring children 9 months to 6 years to schools on immunization dates or to private physicians. Immunizations will be given at Rutland on Wednesday September 30 at 10 o'clock.
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Pomeroy
Roosevelt
R. H. Markwith
Meigs County
Rutland
Wandering 79 year old on mule wagon travels toward Cairo
George William McGilten, aged 79, travels from Tennessee to Marietta then Cairo in a straw filled wagon pulled by two mules. He is robbed of 145 dollars by two men as he enters Kentucky. Despite the setback, he reports kindness from Ohioans and continues his journey with a cheerful farewell to a Messenger reporter.
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Middleport
George William McGilten
Tennessee
Marietta
Cairo
W. Va
MecGilten
Kentucky
Marriage licenses issued in Meigs County Probate Court
Portland pair Harry Willford 22 and Elizabeth Cozart 19 and Middleport pairFrank Farley 54 and Agnes Shumaker 25 received licenses in Meigs County Probate Court on Monday.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Harry Willford
Portland
Elizabeth Cozart
Frank Farley
Middleport
Agnes Shumaker
Werner Named Historian of Tieme Economics Club
Lucille Werner was appointed historian of the Tieme Economics Club to succeed Freda Gaye Darst who resigned. Wanda Koehler presided as president and discussed goals for the coming year. The club plans to purchase screen curtains kitchen ware glassware and a studio couch. The next social feature is a hayride set for Oct 12. Patricia Brandle sponsors the club.
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Middleport
Lucille Werner
Tieme Economics Club
Freda Gaye Darst
Wanda Koehler
Florence Clark
Martha Howell
Patricia McElhinney
Mary Baker
Patricia Brandle
Pomeroy Auxiliary Police Schedule Meeting
Auxiliary police of Pomeroy will meet Thursday night at 8 at the Courthouse. Captain W F Sodt announces a discussion of the next test planned for the police.
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Pomeroy
W. F. Sodt
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G. O. Schmoll
Middleport Social Notes
Oscar Sanbern
Earl B. Sanborn
Pekin
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A. C. Ballis
Carl Penrod
William Brogan
Dravesburg
Mark Stahl
Portsmouth
Richard Brooks
Harold Evans
Crooksville
Hubert Mace
Ben Edwards
Edwards
Circle NO. 1
W.s.cs
James Stevens
Frank Braley
Fostoria
Isaac Taylor
Charlie Keller
Mings County
M. J. McCarty
Tom Hennessy
New York Central Railroad
Nell House
Mr. McCarty
NYCRR
Mr. Hennessy
Hobson Shops
Dave Aleshire
Herbert Fink
Mabel Hysell
Org
Dennis Miller
I. E. Miller
Edith Klein
New York City
Hulda Klein
Pearl St. Ralph Anderson
Margaret Fllison
Church Council
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Mechems
Nelsonville
Health Board
Luckoff
Te Cinimai Beciseia
Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Company
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