Meigs Rural School Graduation Dates Set Across County
Graduation exercises are planned this month in Meigs County with Chester High School graduates listed and Olive Orange at Tuppers Plains holding commencements on April 26. Olive Orange final exams begin April 22 with activities including a matinee play, senior play, Junior Senior banquet, and Senior Class Night on April 22.
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Pomeroy
Chester
Olive Orange
Tuppers Plains
Harrisonville
Racine
Chester High School
Charles Summerfield
Annabel Coleman
Richard Boring
Paul Damewood
Donald Matlack
Golda Eichinger
Margaret Hensley
Eloise King
Wanda Miller
Dale
Gladys Day
Sarah Findling
Robert Halsey
Lester Hawk
Clarence Henderson
Olen Hobstetter
Floyd Millhone
Kenneth Matlack
Thomas McGinnis
Donald Pratt
Nellie White
Murial Whaley
Will Hold Rites for Mrs Hawkins Tuesday
MIDDLEPORT Mrs Melissa Hawkins 79 died after four months illness at her home on S Second Ave She was a Wilkesville native daughter of the De Vaults and widow of William Hawkins The family includes Ford Hawkins Lelia Hawkins Edith Hawkins Winegar and Grace Davis Funeral services are planned for Tuesday conducted by Rawlings-Coats
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Middleport
Melissa Hawkins
S. Second Ave
Hawkins
Wilkesville
de Vaults
William Hawkins
James Dailey
Columbus
Herbert Dailey
Dailey
Mae Drummond
Parkersburg
A. J. Beaver
R. O. Fowler
Richmond
Ind
Roger Kittle
Glouster
Mark Jones
C. E. Smith
Smith
Josephine Danahar
Marguerite Downey
Sonny Drummond
Huntington
W. Va
C H Church Retires From Hobson Shops After 23 Years
MIDDLEPORT After 23 years as a machinist's helper at the Hobson shops C H Church has retired from active service. He was a farmer in Rutland Township 43 years before joining the shops and is the third oldest elder in the Church of Christ which he attends regularly.
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Middleport
Hobson
C. H. Church
Church
Rutland Township
Church of Christ
Remove Buildings From Site of New Post Office
POMEROY Removal of several small wooden buildings from the site at E Second St that is to be used for a new post office has done much to improve the appearance of the street. The old buildings, which were used for storage, were located beside the library. Work of removing the three story apartment building, which is also on the post office site, has not been started. Tenants have vacated the apartments, and the Ford Garage, which occupies the ground floor, will be moved for the time being to the Eberbach building on W Main St opposite the Main St Terrace. LETART FALLS Mrs J D Roush was removed Saturday to St Joseph Hospital Parkersburg to undergo a surgical operation for gallstones.
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Pomeroy
E. Second St
Ford Garage
Eberbach
W. Main St
Main St
Infant Donna Spencer Buried At Hiland Church
Funeral services for six weeks old Donna Jean Spencer were held at Hiland Church this afternoon with interment at Rock Springs. She died at the home of her parents Roy and Laurel Spencer.
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Middleport
Donna Jean Spencer
Roy Spencer
Laurel Sr
Hiland
Rock Springs
Chauncey Blue Devils rout Glouster High in 18 to 4 win
Chauncey Blue Devils defeated Glouster High School 18 to 4 Friday afternoon at Chauncey. Chauncey piled up 21 hits led by Border with a homer a double and a single and Leffler with four hits including a triple. Kattyn Tedrow and Palmer also had three hits apiece.
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Chauncey
Chauncey Blue Devils
Glouster
Border
Leffler
Tedrow
Kattyn
McBride
Palmer
Kish
Mingus
Martin
Kahler
Irwin
Plains High School
Minersville Man Held After Neighbor Shooting
William Smith 64 of Minersville is jailed after shooting neighbor Theodore Custer 31 on a Saturday evening. The bullet struck Custer at the belt line but did not seriously injure him. witnesses say the gun was aimed at Custer’s back as Smith fired a second time when the revolver misfired. Smith, angry over cider distribution, claimed he threw the weapon in the river and offered no resistance when arrested. Authorities expect a charge of shooting with intent to kill.
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Pomeroy
William Smith
Minersville
Theodore Custer
Custer
Smith
Hank Young
Walter Wolfe
Fred Swatzel
Theo
Sheriff's Office
Middleport Social Notes Highlights Easter Visits
A sequence of social calls and visits fills the Easter weekend in Middleport. Families from Athens to Columbus attend church events, breakfasts, and dinners, with residents hosting relatives and travelers such as the Searles and Rice families welcoming a newborn girl named Jean Harlean.
Dance Program At P T A Meeting
Pupils in tap dancing of Andrew Pavlish will perform part of the program at the regular P T A meeting tonight at 7 30. Mrs H A Rothrock will report on the P T A Congress held recently at Portsmouth and during the business session officers for the coming year will be elected Band Boosters are urged by president Mrs William Bradford to attend this meeting which will close this year's work.
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Andrew Pavlish
H. A. Rothrock
P. T. A. Congress
Portsmouth
William Bradford
Pomeroy Social Notes Highlights Local Visits
Local residents host and visit relatives with guests from Columbus Gallipolis Huntington and Syracuse. Easter weekend trips include Ohio University Col umbus and Denison University students visiting family in Pomeroy while garden club and church circle meetings are scheduled.
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A. Angeletti
W. Main St
Queen Esther Circle
Simpson M. E. Church
Emma Ebersbach
Lasley St
Harriet Ohlinger
Columbus
Harry Ohlinger
Lincoln Hill
Loren Caverlee
Huntington
W. Va
Lee Farmer
Leroy and
Marylin
Mansfield
Helen Jane Faris
Denison University
Will Ohlinger
Willis
Joan of Logan
Benton Penn
Mulberry Ave
William Krieselmeir
Myrtle Long
Dorothy
Violet
Parkersburg
John Bowen
John Frick
Albert Brown
Gallipolis
Bowen
Holzer Hospital
Bert Pickett
Florida
Carl Babcock
Syracuse
Mary Elizabeth Childs
Minersville
Pythian Meet Hears Supreme Visitor In Newark
Middleport leaders F G Hunker and J B Downing attended the second of three regional Knights of Pythias meetings in Newark on Friday evening. Supreme Fred H Jones of Los Angeles was an honor guest at the gathering.
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Middleport
F. G. Hunker
Grand Inner Guard
J. B. Downing
Max R. Sanborn
J. H. Grate
Knights of Pythias
Newark
Fred H. Jones
Los Angeles
Easter Day Draws Crowds To Churches of Middleport
Easter services drew hundreds in Middleport with sunrise gatherings and continued celebrations. Candles lilies and greenery framed choirs as the Presbyterian showpiece hid the organ with a four-part program. Notable participants included J. H. Grate L. J. Heiner and Charles Shumaker.
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Middleport
Presbyterian Church
Philip Joachim, Jr
J. H. Grate
L. J. Heiner
Charles Shumaker
Christ
Harold Sauer
Harry Purdum
New Haven
Fred van Horn
Pleasant
Mary Jane
Jack Abrey
First Baptist Church
Paul Smith
Paul Smart
Cecil Root
Easter Storm Delays Rain in Pomeroy and County
Easter Sunday saw storm clouds threaten rain in Pomeroy with showers held off until evening while other parts of the county reported heavy rain. Sunrise church services at 6 o'clock drew large crowds despite the unsettled weather.
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Pomeroy
Sunrise and religious services mark Racine area events
Campaign at the Racine Methodist Church and sunrise services at Mt Moriah Church, the only colored congregation in Middleport, highlight community religious observances.
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Racine Methodist Church
Mt. Moriah
Middleport
Mrs Linnie Mosely Dies Easter Sunday in Nelsonville
Mrs Linnie Moura Mosely wife of Robert Mosely and cousin of Isabel Bradfield died Easter at her Nelsonville home after a 20 month illness Funeral services were set for Wednesday at 2 PM at the Nelsonville Church of Christ with Rev Leland Goodman officiating Burial was in Greenlawn Cemetery Her daughter Bessie Swyers preceded her in death
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Chauncey
Linnie Moura Mosely
Robert Mosely
Mary Meinhart
Evan Morgan
the Plains
Nelsonville
Church of Christ
Leland Goodman
Greenlawn Cemetery
Bessie Swyers
Mosely
Isabel Bradfield
Chauncey Churches Hold Special Easter Programs
In Chauncey district churches including Church of Christ Methodist Holiness Church of God and Seventh Day Adventist held special Easter programs and sermons with large attendance. Millfield churches offered morning and evening services with a Millfield Church of Christ Sunday School attendance of 73. The Plains Nazarene and Methodist held a Sunrise service led by Rev Drell Goff. Taylor Ridge and Greens Run Church of Christ presented musical programs and saw higher attendance. Holy communion was observed in most churches.
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Chauncey
Church of Christ
Methodist
Holiness
Church of God
Seventh Day Adventist
Millfield
the Plains
Nazarene
Toe Injury Adds To Leake’s Medical Troubles
Greens Run resident Chauncey-Ray Leake broke the great toe of his right foot when a barrel rolled on it on Friday. He previously had a leg fracture and recent surgery in a Columbus hospital. His wife Eileen Leake has just returned home after recovery from an operation.
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Chauncey
Ray Leake
Columbus
Eileen Leake
Chauncey-Henrietta Heffkin Breaks Arm in Fall
Chauncey Henrietta Heffkin suffered a broken left arm at the elbow after falling from a bicyscle she rode. She was attended by Dr. C. N. Sanders. Henrietta is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Henry Heffkin of Millfield.
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Chauncey
Henrietta Heffkin
C. N. Sanders
Henrietta
Henry Heffkin
Millfield
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Athens Messenger
Athens
Ohio
Meigs
Letart Falls
J. D. Roush
St. Joseph Hospital
Glouster High
Talleyrand
Middleport Social Notes
Frank Murphey
Gladys
Geneva Jones
Murphey
Elizabeth Hartinger
S. Third Ave
Heath M. E
Dan Hartinger
Jones
D. S. Farmer
Dan Farmer
Tiltonsville
Arthur Skinner
Farmer
Willis Russell
Lee Rudisill
Mill St
Frank H. Johnston
M. D. Hartley
Lettie King
Wooster
Ann Jones
Alvira Jones
Bruce Lloyd
Marietta
Emmett Shuler
McConnelsville
Calvin Reichman
Charlotte Beverage
Louise Burford
Rodney Downing
Dahlia Pauley
Beatrice Ann Edwards
Edward Parsons
Ann Crow
State Highway Department
W. R. Garber
William Garber
Ohio University
Maude Mason German
Lula Mason
Frank Vroman
James Searles
Catherine Rice
Jean Harlean
Hod Searles
Pearl St
Wesley Rice
Pomeroy Social Notes
Pythian Meet
Beaco
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F. J. Beasley CO
McBride Service Company
W. Union St
Indian Motorcycle Agency
Ringling Brothers
New York
Madison Square Garden
Harry Cross
Lisle Diles
Lindsay Lyons
C. P. Bradbury
Wesley Ely
Charles Wise, Jr
Homer Hysell
William Mhaptonstall
Harley Sanborn
A. B. Bingham
Don McMillin
Protheroe
Heath M. E. Church
Willis Aleshire
Dana Hartinger
Hattie Smith
Richard Chambers
Gordon Harris
C. M. Hennesy
George Archibald
Church of the Nazarene
Billy Smith
Linnie M. Mosely
GOP
Chauncey- Chauncey Republican Club
Earl Tarlton
Calvin Coolidge
Davey
Athens County
Athens County Savings & Loan CO
Lostro Bldg
Athens, Ohio
Chesterfield
Paul Douglas
Lefty Gomez
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