Middleport High School to graduate class of 30 seniors
Seniors at Middleport High School will graduate May 26 after completing five weeks of closing events. A May 21 baccalaureate service in the high school auditorium will feature Rev. H L Carr, with musical selections by the school's music department directed by Lois Cecil and Ralph Stopp. Commencement speaker William C. Craig, Capital University professor of public speaking, will address the class. The 30 seniors include Mary Lou Allensworth, Margaret Bass, Lionel Boggs, and others. school activities include the Girls Glee Club concert, spring band concert, and the Junior Senior Spring Festival followed by the annual class play, The Sunshine Twins, May 5.
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Middleport
Middleport High School
H. L. Carr
First Presbyterian Church
Lois Cecil
Ralph Stopp
William C. Craig
Capital University
Columbus
Middle West
Mary Lou Allensworth
Margaret Bass
Lionel Boggs
Robert Chambers
Carla Clark
Eugene Ebersbach
Gladys Folden
Jean Gaston
Mary V. Haggerty
Mary Lu
Nan Moore
The
Sunshine Twins
Mary Lu Hartinger
Franklin Ginther
Wanda Thomas
Bob Chambers
Fred Klein
Jane Owen
Dorothy Turner
Lera Knopp
Major Wood Advanced In Rank in Army
Major C. E. Wood of the U S Army Air Force has been promoted to lieutenant colonel. He was stationed at Pearl Harbor before the December 7 attack and later at Curtiss-Wright Field in Columbus. He and his wife live in Clovis New Mexico with their two children Curtis Jr and Susan Lee. The Wood family also has a son Leonard Bill Wood in training as a tail gunner at Harlingen Field.
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Middleport
E. M. Wood
Fifth Ave
C. E. Wood
U. S. Army Air Force
Pearl Harbor
Columbus
Leonard
Bill) Wood
Harlingen Field
Frances Busch
Akron
William Daniels
Maxine Ogdin
Langsville
Alberta Brickles
Clifford H. Bauer
Camp Peary
Ed Bauer
Robert Mees
Michael
Dorothy Ward
Charles Ward
Lloyd Mees
Edith Bowen
Nelsonville
Marguerite Meier
Parkersburg
Phyllis Daniels
Five Points
H. H. Neimeyer
Liberty Ave
James Chain
Findlay
Lincoln Heights
Chain
Charles Hoffner
Myrtle Long
Athens Road
Navy
John Wessa
Auxiliary Patrol Receives Refresher First Aid Course
POMEROY. Last week the Auxiliary State Highway Patrol members received a refresher course in first aid conducted by Corporal Strayer of Marietta. He was accompanied by Dr. Hutchins, commander of the Marietta American Legion Post. Patrol meetings are held at the local Legion Hall.
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Pomeroy
Auxiliary State Highway Patrol
Corporal Strayer
Marietta
Dr. Hutchins
American Legion
Few Absent Ballots Cast in Meigs
Meigs County voters show slow absent ballot turnout as 40 ballots are filed with 30 from service members. Clerk Albert Gloeckner notes only 10 days remain until the May 4 deadline at 6 pm. Balloting includes service people both in the U S and overseas.
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Meigs
Pomeroy
Clerk of Election Board
Albert Gloeckner
United States
Eastern Star Inspection Held Friday in Pomeroy
One hundred members and guests of Pomeroy Chapter Order of Eastern Star attended the annual inspection at the Masonic Temple with Miss Dorothy Frank deputy grand matron of Athens as inspecting officer. Mrs. Anna Snow and other dignitaries were present as two candidates were initiated and gifts were exchanged during the social hour.
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Pomeroy
Order of Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
Dorothy Frank
Athens
Anna Snow
Ohio
West Virginia
Paul Nease Sang
Willard Ashworth
Frank
Snow
Edison Hobstetter
Edith Bowen
Helen Nease
Middleport
Racine
Harrisonville
Lester Fauber
Edgar Ebersbach
Order
Homer Carleton
Lester Hart
Harry Smith
Maude Grueser
Fred Blaettner
Nellie Tracy
Marie Miller
Kathleen Bailey
Adah
Elsie Smith
Ruth
Anna Vaughan
Esther
Martha
Ada Hoskins
Electa
Carrie
Nye
John Walter Frank
Sentinel
Pine Grove 4-H Club Elects Leaders at Meredith Home
The Pine Grove Hard Workers 4-H Club met at Robert Meredith’s home in Pomeroy. George Genheimer was chosen leader with Paul Baer as assistant. officers include George Holter president Norman Mora vice president Reid Young secretary treasurer recreation leader Robert Meredith and Donald Mora news reporter. Ten members attended and livestock was set as the year’s project. County agent C E Blakeslee spoke on club work before indoor games.
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Pomeroy
Pine Grove
Robert Meredith
George Genheimer
Paul Baer
George Holter
Norman Mora
Reid Young
Donald Mora
C. E. Blakeslee
Middleport High School Holds Special Tests
Middleport High School Commercial Class reports 16 students passing their 10 minute speed tests. Names include Phyllis Smart Evelyn Smith Martha Ohlinger Doris Wooton Dorothea Singer Marvin Murray and others. Weekend in Pomeroy described as quiet with few disturbances or traffic violations.
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Middleport
Middleport High School
Phyllis Smart
Evelyn Smith
Martha Ohlinger
Doris Wooton
Dorothea Singer
Marvin Murray
Mary Lou Kelly
Franklin Ginther
Paula Jean Britton
Mary Ohlinger
Wanda Koehler
Maxine Herrman
Kathleen Greenlee
Flora Jean Rickman
Bob Chambers
Betty Holter
Cantor To Entertain Wounded Soldiers At USC Camp Show
W A Smith of Meigs County National War Fund reports Eddie Cantor will lead one of four new USC Camp Show units. The units focus on entertaining service men in hospitals and will be funded by Meigs County National War Fund contributions.
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Pomeroy
W W. A. Smith
Meigs County
National War Fund Campaign
Eddie Cantor
Usc
National War Fund
Perry Riggs Ends His Work For County
Perry Riggs, an 11 year deputy in the Meigs County Clerk of Courts office, will leave in May for military service after a farewell from courthouse employees. He served four years under Clark of Courts Horton Brown and seven years for Clerk Herman Beards. Evelyn Locke will replace him as clerk stenographer, and Riggs will spend the week at his Meigs County farm.
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Pomeroy
Perry Riggs
Meigs County
Perry
Clark
Horton Brown
Herman Beards
George Meinhart
Evelyn Locke
Common Pleas
Riggs
Clerk of Courts
Veteran Worker of State Seeks Office
POMEROY Meigs County voters show interest in H. D. Defenbacher Republican candidate for Auditor of State His wife Lucille Will sister of Frank Will is a Pomeroy girl He is a Harrison County native with long Dover and Columbus residencies and 61 years in state and municipal financing Sidelined by an accident Joe Voreh of Middleport severely injured a thumb while repairing a barbed wire fence and taken to Holzer Hospital for treatment
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
May
H. D. Defenbacher
Auditor of State
Lucille Will
Frank Will
Department of Auditor of State
Ohio
the Auditor of States
Bricker
Defenbacher
Middleport
Joe Voreh
Gallia County
Holzer Hospital
Pomeroy Social Notes Highlight Local Visitors and Service News
Pomeroy social notes recount Mrs. Chris Gluesenkamp of Charleston visiting relatives and attending a school band concert, a Doris Rebekah Lodge meeting planning a May 4 party, and a member’s tribute. Other items mention visitors from Akron Langsville Columbus Parkersburg and Findlay, military service departures, influenza recovery, and a Navy draft.
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Pomeroy
Chris Gluesenkamp
Charleston
Helen Nease
Sayre Couple Celebrates 50th Wedding Anniversary
POMEROY Letart Falls residents Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Sayre observed their 50th wedding anniversary Saturday. Judge and Mrs. Edgar Ervin attended and presented gifts and cut flowers. Mrs. Sayre is Judge Ervin's sister.
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Pomeroy
Edgar Ervin
M. E. Sayre
Letart Falls
Ervins
Sayres
Sayre
Judge Ervin
Rocksprings Grange Grants Degrees At Regular Meeting
Master Frank Grueser presided as 46 members and visitors attended the Rocksprings Grange meeting. Ruth Curtis received Third and Fourth degrees by obligation. Past Master Fred Googlein officiated. Martha Allen was elected. several members were reported ill. The song service featured Mabel Wolfe and a quartet. Refreshment committee named as Roland Beards, Edith Ament, Mabel Thomas and others.
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Rocksprings
Frank Grueser
Rocksprings Grange
Ruth Curtis
Fred Googlein
Martha Allen
Avis Roush
D. B. Williams
Edith Biffle
Carrie Meinhart
Mabel Wolfe
Wolfe
W. R. Scott
N. Bailey
Walter Miller
Herman Beards
Roland Beards
Edith Ament
Mabel Thomas
Suit for Partition of Nease Estate Filed
Meigs County Common Pleas Court actions include a partition suit in the Fay W. Nease estate by Manning S. Webster as executor against Earl B. Nease Ova Nease Kenyon M. Johnson and W. L. Archer as Meigs County treasurer. Webster as administrator with will annexed of Henry L. Nease deceased sues Earl B. Nease seeking accounting dissolution of partnership and other relief.
Elders and Trustees Installed at First Presbyterian Church
In Middleport the First Presbyterian Church installed two new elders William Grate and Lewis Sauer Sr and welcomed two new members. The annual meeting elected the pastor Rev H L Carr as moderator and approved a full slate of Sunday School officers and teachers for the coming year. The church budget for the new year totals 3076 32 with salaries and operating expenses.
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Middleport
First Presbyterian Church
H. L. Carr
William Grate
Lewis Sauer
L. A. Thomas
T. C. Melivaine
T. H. Davis
J. H. Grate
George Saver
Rodney Sauer
Board ‘of Trustees
Charles Bing
Arthur Lewis
Lennie Sharpe
Mary Ohlinger
Martha Ohlinger
Fanie Erlewine
Hubert Taylor
Margaret Sauer
Anna C. Lyons
Stewart
S. S
Jean Lama
Mrs. Stewart
Woman's Association
Miss Sharpe
Home Department
A. A. Dillard
Boy Scouts of America
C. W. King
Alice Louise Lama
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Eastern Star Inspection
Meredith
Pomeroy, Ohio
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Mildred M. Stanley
Hart Stan
BE. Crew
Eldon Weeks
Bery
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
U. S. Navy
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Ernest J. King
Frank Knox
Middleport Social Notes
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Paula Jane
Paul Leonard
J. O. Leonard
Becky
Florence Bush
Andrew Kish
Sue
Margaret Elliott
Odgen
Ruth Humphrey
Portsmouth
Beegle
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Cincinnati
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Rita
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Roger
Charlene Dillard
Blaine
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A. H. Beaver
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Hubert Mace
Thomas O'Leary
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Robert Stewart
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M. J. McCarty
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Walter Waddell
Clyde Winebrenner
Middleport Personals
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O'Leary
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Grave Hill
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Broadway
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Huntington
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D .B. Hartinger
County
Veteran Worker of State
Pomeroy Social Notes
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Doris Rebekah
Pomeroy Personals
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Frank Craven
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Wm. Gayton
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Senor Cugat
Lina Komay
Pvt
Hargrove
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Cyclone Kid
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Western Mail
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Tarawa
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