Middleport High School Band Appears in Concert Sunday
The Middleport High School Band gave its eighteenth annual concert Sunday afternoon in the high school auditorium under director H B Krinke. The 35 musicians performed marches and overtures, mixed with swing numbers, a bari tone solo, and a comedy novelty piece, finishing with a Battle Hymn of the Republic arrangement. Awards were presented to seniors, and a silver offering was collected for band instruments and supplies.
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Middleport
Middleport High School
H. B Krinke
Sousa
Bigelow
Beethoven
St. Clair
Gershwin
Hill
Virginia Wise
Kern
Krinke
Wilhousky
Sidney Russell
Karl Owen
Willis Anthony
James Miller
Juanita Casto
Norman Plantz
Frances Pickens
Carolyn Clark
Hazel Hawkins
Wilma
Price
Bruce Bingham
Edward French
Kenneth Sauer
Patricia McElhmny
Joan Kircher
Virginia Schaaf
Doll Show Held by Rose Hill School Students
Third, fourth and fifth grade girls at Rose Hill School presented their annual doll show. Mrs. F Ray Wilson displayed a large doll from Mexico and Billy Snyder showed a French doll. Sue Ann Clark won first prize with the prettiest doll, Frances Evans second. Refreshments followed awards.
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Meigs
Pomeroy
Rose Hill School
F. Ray Wilson
Mexico
Billy Snyder
Sue Ann Clark
iSecond
Frances Evans
Pomeroy Social Notes and Local Life Roundup
Coach Pearl Williams hosted Pomeroy High basketball players for a country home buffet and pep session with baked ham fried fish chicken salad and other dishes. The group reviewed past stars and eyed next season with optimism then sang together. Theodorus Council Daughters of America held a meeting at Mrs. Addie Grueser’s home with prizes awarded to several members. Local notices report travel to funerals, hospital visits and family events in Pomeroy with residents in Columbus Cincinnati and Delaware.
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Pomeroy
Pearl Williams
Williams
Concensus
Voach
Theodorus Council
Daughters of America
Addie Grueser
Gladys Grueser
Lenna Beards
Lucille Hawkins
Edna Reibel
Carrie Meinhart
Jane Ann Hite
Norma Wilson
Althea Reibel
Dorinda Wilson
Art Ginn
Hols Zer Hospital
Ernest Wood
Boice
E. W. Kingsland
Jonathan Meigs
Daughters of the American Revolution
C. M. Hennesy
Effie Warren
Reedsville
Columbus
Will Reed
Rising Sun
Ohio
Florida
R. H. Rawlings
Western Hills
Will Scott
Thurma Milhoan
Holzer Hospital
Herman Warner
William Warner
Ancil McKinnear
Middleport
Linnie VanMeter
Inlaw
W. L. Whaley
Delaware
Dale Whaley
Wilmington
Chester Grangers Meet for Program
Ninety members and guests attended Chester Grange Tuesday April 9 with Master C N Jones presiding. Twelve candidates earned third and fourth degrees, Ruth Baer Master of the young peoples team and Mrs P H Mora Master of the fourth degree team. Plans for Rural Life Sunday May 19 at Pine Grove Church 9 30 a m. were announced and the Grange youth will sponsor a dance April 20. A pot luck lunch followed.
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Chester
Chester Grange
C. N Jones
Young Peoples
Ruth Baer
P. H. Mora
Pine Grove Church
the Grange
Honor Pupils POMEROY-Rose Hill Honor Roll List
Fifth period pupil names include First Grade Michael Evans Rita Ball Lawrence Still Una Gerhart Pete Wheeler Second Ada Hyselt Gene Mitch Bobby Wilson Linda Sue Frick Jimmy Folmer Third Joyce Davis Davie Still Fourth Ruby Stobart Melvin Riffle Shel by Folmer Shirley Wheeler Mary Wheeler Fifth Lena Mitch Barbara Still Sue Ann Clark Dale Davis Louis Osborne Harold Hysell Buddy Wheeler Kenneth King Frances Evans Marilyn McIntosh Sixth Margaret L Bruch Kathryn M Landers Eighth Verna Jean Osborne Wanda L Wheeler Benny Buck Roy H Kes terson John Dill ON BROADCAST MIDDLEPORT Four women invited to be interviewed by Miss Fern Sharp at Lazarus Annex opening April 8 Mrs Terry Allis formerly Miss Helen Bryant
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Kenneth King
Frances Evans
Marilyn McIntosh
Margaret L. Bruch
Kathryn M. Landers
Verna Jean Osborne
Wanda L. Wheeler
Benny Buck
Roy H. Kesterson
John Dill
Middleport
Fern Sharp
WBNS
Columbus
Terry Allis
Helen Bryant
Smith Speaks At Meeting Of Meigs DAR
Prof Wilfred Smith of Ohio University told Return Jonathan Meigs Chapter DAR members in Middleport that peace is harder to plan than victory. He urged active citizen involvement and a strong foreign policy, praising Revolutionary forefathers and calling for government training and national unity.
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Middleport
Wilfred Smith
Ohio University
Athens
Jonathan Meigs
Daughters of the American Revolution
C. M. Bennesy
E. W. Kingsland
Amy Kingsland
Patrick Lochary
Smith
UNO
George Washington
Annapolis
West Point
Bess Sanborn
Cincinnati
Chester Garden Club
the Commons
Chester
Mary Jane
Dana Daniels
Columbus
F. W. Reed
E. F. Lambert
W. G. Davis
D. B. Hartinger
Col
Charles Lewis
Pt. Pleasant
Crazy Davis
Detroit
Clinton Fisher
Fred Crow, Jr
H. B. Kress
Pomeroy
Roy Lansbury
Rodney Downing
Dor Schaefer
George Lasher
E. R. Hayes
Grace Horton
District Home Council Plans District Meeting in Waverly
Meigs County Home Council members led by Mrs. Scott Folmer and Mrs. Pearl Lanning joined home demonstration agents from Pike, Jackson, and other counties in Jackson for planning a district meeting to be held May 22 at the Methodist Church in Waverly. Attendees included Mary Trabue Eva Marie Williamson Edna Mae Cox and Geneva H Nolan among numerous agents and leaders from Ohio counties.
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Pomeroy
Scott Folmer
Meigs County Home Council
Pearl Lanning
District Home Council
Geneva Nolan
Jackson
Waverly
Pike County
Hocking
Vinton
Athens
Pike
Highland
Lawrence
Scioto
Ross
Pickaway
Meigs
Adams
Brown
Meigs County
Ohio
Alice King
Ohio State University
Arthur Cole
Wheelersburg
Albert Gampp
Coradel Hamilton
Scioto County
Rutland
Eva Marie Williamson
Edna Mae Cox
Lawrence County
Earl Cline
Fomeroy
Nellis Watts
Geneva H. Nolan
Brownies Meet To Present Programs in Sugar Run
Sugar Run Brownie Pack with 40 members held an impromptu program in four groups led by Miss Minerva Pryor. Groups performed Johnnie Chuck Humpty Dumpty Peter Rabbit Little Miss Muffet The Girl neat noar has a rabbit to sell Jack and Jill. Mrs. Juanita Ashworth photographed each group. Darwin School edges Rose Hill in a close baseball game.
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Joanne Colmer
Betty Durst
Donley Harper
Fern Colmer
Dorothy Stark
Patty Carpenter
Carol Curtis
Barbara Coates
Bonnie Bryan
Shelia Dewhurst
Humpty-Dumpty
Peter Rabbit
Donna Parfit
Bee Jay Lyons
Leverne Bitters
Anna Canaday
Phyllis Goeglein
Janis Grate
Mary Ann Hatcher
Winifred Goble
Mary
Justis
Miss Muffet
Marilyn Ashworth
Carol Ebersbach
Dorothy Schaefer
Joy Smith
Shirley Wippie
Carol Ann Strauss
Esther Hawley
Barhara Peoples
Ellen:Wesselroad
Mary Neutzlin
Jack and Jill
Rutland WCTU Meets At Donahue Home
Rutland WCTU gathered April 11 at Mrs Mildred Donahue home with Eva Fleming presiding One new member Mrs Charles Cantabury joined The White Ribbon Bow was given to each member Donahue resumed treasurer duties Martha Fleming read a poem Eva Fleming spoke on the seven last swords of Christ Letters were read from Congressman Jenkins and others
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Rutland
WCTU
Mildred Donahue
Eva Fleming
Jessie Molden
Charles Cantabury
Athens
Jon
Washington
Martha Fleming
Christ
Congressman Jenkins
Middleport Persons Arrivals and Visits Reported
Middleport residents are noted visiting relatives and traveling for duties and training. Pvt William Price arrives in Japan with wife former Macy Mourning staying with her parents Mr and Mrs Dale Mourning. Miss Margaret Lallance leaves for Columbus to begin Office Training School after WAC discharge. Others are mentioned visiting Columbus and Chillicothe for family and health matters.
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William Price
Japan
jMacy
Dale
David Ohlinger
Columbus
Clarence Mulford
Chesshire
Holzer Hospital
Rawlings-Coats
Dana Daniels
DAR
Co. M. Hennesy
Shirley Mills
Jackson
J. J. Vaughn
Archie Rumfield
Pvt
Earl Ward
Chillicothe
Illinois
Morton Powell
William Powell
Brownell Ave
Ross Pullen
Gerry
Margaret Lallance
WAC
Robert Durst
New York Central Railroad
Mary Fick Neutzling
Crary Davis, Jr
Detroit
Varry Davis
Main St
Carl Kauff
Clifford Keaulff
Gallipolis
Austin Phillips
Baby
Roger Daniels
Bashan
Work of County Recorder Is Showing Huge Increase
Meigs County Recorder George Meinhart reports a sharp rise in office activity after comparing March totals from 1925 to 1929 and 1946. He notes fees of 564.60 this March and lists recent real estate transfers including Sybil Miles to Elza Birch and many others across Rutland, Racine, Pomeroy, and Middleport.
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Pomeroy
Meigs
George Meinhart
Meinhart
Recorder
Sybil Miles
Elza
Cort Birch
Racine
Charles J
Deloris Schoppert
Burdell
Helen Black
Rutland
Charles
Lelia Holt
E. E. Myers
Lelia N
C. F. Holt
Clifford H. Williams
Frances
Frank Arnott
Syracuse
Vy. F. Lasley
Marshall Lasley
Kathryn Bethel
George
Mildred Hartenbach
Libbie Wolfe
Wilmer
Maxine Black
G. B. Forrest
Worley Forrest
Henry Kelso
Rodney Downing
Freeman Nelson
Laura Sayre
Ward Sayre
Russell Wickline
F. H. Lasley
Katharine L. Bethel
Audrey Betzing
Earl Collins
Helen B
Sidney Donald
Willia
Charles Collins
Salisbury
James
Margaret Osler
Charles B. Buckley
Middleport
Mabel Neimeyer
Kenneth C
Audrey Miller
John K
Lucetta Stephenson I
Leslie Ervin
S. A
Bertha M. Wyatt
Nathan
Della Jordan
Scipio
Nancy E. Foley
William E. Foley
Franklin
Laura Norris
Letha Burns
Olive
Wade Carman
Ralph Welker
Cora Renshaw
Louise P. Roach
Herman
Edna Hoffner
Effie V. Harley
Lawrence Hoffner
Charles Lambert
Cedric W
Former Middleport Student Wins Honors
Donald Simms, valedictorian of Philo High School Senior Class, holds a four year scholastic average of A. He will enter college to study chemistry in the fall. He is the son of Frank and Mrs. Simms, former Middleport residents.
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Middleport
Donald Simms
Philo High School
Dennis Betz
Donald
Frank Simms
Simms
Alpha
Pfarr
Pomeroy
Clarence, Clifford
Tuppers Plains Farm Group Meets on Fertilizer and Varieties
Twenty seven farmers from near Tuppers Plains attended a meeting on fertilizer use and seed variety recommendations last Tuesday. Ohio State agronomist D. F. Beard explained fertilizer strategies for profit. Local and visiting experts including Mr Mau from China and Clifford Coffman discussed hybrid seed corn. The event was organized by Clyde Stout, a local teacher, and C. E. Blakeslee, county agricultural agent. Also noted are invitations for Evangeline Chapter to annual inspections of Valley Chapter Belpre Chapter and Lowell Chapter in April.
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Tuppers Plains
D. F. Beard
Ohio State University
Mr. Mau
China
United States
Clifford Coffman
Fairfield County
Clyde Stout
C. E. Blakeslee
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Athens Road
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Albany
William Hokinson
Vandalia
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Athens County
Edward H. Lasch
Wiliam Howell
Luvern
Don Lee
Edward U H. Lasch
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Waterloo
Desrees
John Young
Almedia J. Young
Sas
Baroign J. Rose
Pomeroy Social Notes
Homer G. Webster
Longbottom
Jed Webster, Jr
R. G. Webster
Oliver P. Coe
Chester Grangers
Jimmy Durante
Panne
Lasiste
Darwin
Rose Hill
Darwin School
Pomeroy Bend
the Bells OF
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John Wayne
Donne Reed
Back Holt
Donald Curtis
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Strange
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the Daltos
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Lebanon
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Pauline Myers
Angie Clark
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Harrisonville
Blanche
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Cash
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Alfred
Della Holliday
Mary Wilcox
Walter
Orilla Holliday
Clara Saxton
Wallace B. Holliday
Salem
Tuppers Plains Farm Group
Evangeline
Order of Eastern Star
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Belpre
Lowjell
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Holzer Hospital School of Nursing
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Truman
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