Motorist Fined Five Dollars by City Mayor
A motorist was fined five dollars plus costs by Mayor Delmar A. Canaday for failing to stop at the Main Street bridge intersection. Lester Taylor was cited Monday night. An error in mayoral records briefly listed Adolph Grueser Jr. as fined, but his hearing has not occurred and he remains cited on driving left of center on Route 7.
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Pomeroy
Est Main Street
Delmar A. Canaday
Lester Taylor
Adolph Gruesér, Jr
Rueser
Work Begins on Free Parking Lots in Pomeroy
Mayor Delmar Canaday announced work started this afternoon on two town lots between Butternut Avenue and Mechanic Street to create free parking. About 200 cars may park once completed with $1000 funds approved. meters planned for river lots will fund meter costs and wall repairs.
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Fred Crow, Jr
Canaday
Ex Meigs Woman Labon Hill Dies in Louisville
Mrs. Labon Hill 80 a former Pomeroy resident died this morning at her daughter Mrs. John M Prentice home in Louisville Ky after several months illness She is survived by three daughters Mrs H W Kurs Hamilton Mrs A M Zahl Pomeroy and Mrs Emer son Hayes of Chester two sons Allen Pomeroy and Raymond Hamilton and three sisters Mrs Carrie White Mrs Jessie McKenzie and Mrs Beech Grove Cemetery burial is planned Funeral services set for 2 pm Friday at the Ewing funeral home with Rev J Leslie Kunze officiating.
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Pomeroy
Labon Hill
John M. Prentice
Louisville
Hill
Prentice
H W. Kurs
Hamilton
A. M Zahl
Allen
Raymond
Emerson Hayes
Chester
Carrie White
Jessie McKenzie
Columbus
Ewing Funeral Home
J. Leslie Kunze
United Methodist Church
Beech Grove Cemetery
Pomeroy Youth Groups Hold Meetings and Planned Projects
The Junior and Senior Youth Fellowships met at the church and at Barbara Coates home, planning a treasure hike, magazine drive, Philadelphia trip, and a pine tree planting mission with 400 youth. A rally for Athens Presbytery youth is set next Sunday, with supper and a film shown. Garden Club officers elected for 1952-53, and plans to beautify state routes with red bud trees and convert a Mulberry Ave lot into a picnic ground were announced along with a lilies display and dessert service for 17 members and two guests.
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Pomeroy
Fellowship
C.F
Barbara Coates
Philadelphia
Lewisville
Monroe County
Athens Presbytery
Middleport Presbyterian Church
Mulberry Ave
Jacob Elberfeld
Theodore Ebersbach
Coates
F. J. Reed
Kenton
Ohio
Louis Reibel
Twilight Garden Club
Youth Fellowship Guests From Pomeroy Visit St Albans
A group from Grace Episcopal Church Youth Fellowship visited St Albans Episcopal Church in Bexley on Sunday. Rev. Robert Leake, formerly a Pomeroy minister, now pastors St. Albans. Participants included Janice Story, Charlotte Knight, Jay Kelton, Roger Willoughby and Thomas Willoughby with Mrs. Cedric Clark accompanying.
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Pomeroy
Youth Fellowship
Grace Episcopal Church
St. Albans Episcopal Church
Bexley
Robert Leake
St. Albans
Janice Story
Charlotte Knight
Jay Kelton
Roger Willoughby
Thomas Willoughby
Cedric Clark
Fifth Grade Celebrates Patty Blakes Lee Birthday at Sugar Run
Mrs C E Blakeslee hosted Sugar Run School fifth graders for Patty Blakes Lee’s 11th birthday with ice cream cake and candy sailboat favors. Patty belongs to Robert Roberts’s fifth grade class. The JOF Class met at United Methodist Church with Mrs Anton Locke presiding. Plans discussed for a rummage sale May 6 and May 5 drop offs.
POMEROY Meigs County 4-H Club Honored At Grange Hall Party
Pomeroy Meigs County 4-H club advisers and guests were honored at a party at the Rock Springs Grange Hall. Al Swineheart and Boots White of Athens County led contests and folk dancing. Refreshments served by the Meigs County Extension Service.
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Meigs County
4-H Club
Rock‘springs
al Swineheart
Boots White
Athens County
Meigs County Extension Service
Farm Bureau Speaker Set for Banquet
Mrs Litta Roberson director of the Ohio Farm Bureau Home and Community Department will speak at a 6:30 p m banquet Sunday in the Sacred Heart auditorium honoring 115 senior girls of Meigs County high schools Local Farm Bureau director John Heiskill announced The event is sponsored by the local home and community committee chaired by Mrs Mildred Gaul Roberson known for health course development in schools and for guiding county committees in community projects She became head of the unit in 1947 and has promoted health programs in schools and communities
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Ohio Farm Bureau Home and Community Department
Sacred Heart Arch
Meigs County
John Heiskill
The
Farm Bureau
Roberson
Heiskill
Mildred Gaul
Chester
Ohio Northern University
Department of Education
Ohio State University
Women's Committee
Ohio Farm Bureau
Herskill
Rotarians At Conclave In Portsmouth District 232
Officers of the Rotary Club from Middleport led by Joe Young Jr as president attended the 232nd District Rotary International conference in Portsmouth in April 2021. The event was praised as outstanding with Harold V. Tom district governor presiding and John L. Snook serving as conference chairman.
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Middleport
Rotary Club
Joe Young
Jack Robson
E. O. Ball
Rotary International
Portsmouth
Robson
Ball
Harold V. Tom
Zanesville
John L. Snook
Arthur Mortimer
British Isles
Rhode Island
Birth Announced for Buck Family Son in Findlay Hospital
Mr and Mrs William Buck of Findlay announce the birth of a son at a Findlay hospital on April 21 Grandparents are Mr and Mrs William Watson Lasley Sr and Mrs Anna Buck Pomeroy Rutland Road
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Pomeroy
William Buck
Findlay
William Watson
Lasley Sr
Anna Buck
Pomeroy-Rutland Road
Junior Band Activities Studied by Boosters
Middleport Band Boosters met in the auditorium to review junior band affairs. Band director Franklin Ginther announced a May 12 concert at the auditorium and a Roosters year end meeting was scheduled. Proceeds from bake sales totaled 91.10, and rental fees for horns plus new uniforms were discussed.
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Kermit Wiseman
Franklin Ginther
Roosters
John Hawkins, Jr
Charles Murray
Arthur Skinner
Wiseman
Pupils Give Second Show of Mother Goose Meets the Census Taker
In Middleport the second grades of Mrs. Allensworth and Mrs. Rupe presented a music dance and play titled Mother Goose Meets the Census Taker at a PTA event. The scene with the Woman Who Lived in a Shoe featured Sara Maiden blowing a horn to summon her children.
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Mother Goose
PTA
Robert Allensworth
Gerald Rupe
Sara Maiden
Miss Countall
Sandra Brewington
Patty Bass
Olamae Clark
Gabriel Freshour
Ruth Ann Edwards
Kathryn Gilkey
Jackie Bunch
Carolyn Buckley
Dale Roush
Monalee Clark
Gerald Ault
James Blaker
George Haddox
Max Douglas
Kathy Graves
Scarberry to Speak at Pomeroy W High School Commencement
W Scarberry of Gallipolis and former Wellston superintendent will deliver the commencement address May 14 at Tuppers Plains High School. He now works with the state school for the blind in Columbus.
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Pomeroy
W. G. Scarberry
Tuppers Plains High School
Scarberry
Gallipolis
Wellston
State School For the Blind
Columbus
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