Students to take leading roles in work at Pomeroy court
Students from Meigs County high schools will assemble in the Pomeroy courthouse at 10 a.m. May 1 for the third annual School Court session. Fifty students will serve as jurors and others from Central Rural High School Chester will act as judge and jury commissioners.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Central Rural High School
Chester
Middleport
State Patrol
Republic of Meigs
Ohio
United States
Veteran of Pacific Visits in Clifton
Mr and Mrs D P Zirkle of Clifton West Virginia entertained their son in law Sergeant William Mykytink who spent 18 months overseas and arrived from Okinawa on April 13 Sergeant Mykytink's wife Maxine Zirkle formerly of Piqua died last September The Zirkles accompanied the sergeant as far as Wheeling West Virginia on his way to Pittsburgh and spent the weekend with Mrs Zirkles aunt Mrs George Marford before returning home
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Clifton
D. P
Zirkle
W. Va
William Mykytink
Okinawa
Mykytink
Maxine Zirkle
Piqua
Zirkie
Mykytiik
Wheeling
Pittsburgh
Merchants Team Clears Large Sum for Pomeroy Sports
Pomeroy Merchants’ Club reports a season financials total of 205.46 turned over to the Pomeroy High School Athletic Fund. After deducting 65.59 state tax, remaining 139.87. Manager Paul Clifford notes independent basketball was rarely profitable but calls season very successful and seeks expansion. He invites teams to form a softball league, targeting six to eight teams, with meetings planned and initial funding needs for bats balls and materials.
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Pomeroy
Paul Clifford
Merchants
Pomeroy High School Athletic Fund
Clifford
Rutland Students Present Operetta The Count and the Cored
Rutland High School will stage The Count and the Cored at the Rutland High Auditorium Friday night April 26 under Mrs Chapman direction with Miss Catherine Colwell as accompanist. Carol Anne Dawson and Mildred Thomas lead the main roles alongside Janet Theobald Phyllis Burson Betty Jean Miller Joann Bartrum David Colwell Bill Larkin Tommy Anderson Kay Schmitt Don Ebjin Ralph Swan and Merle Houdas telt tickets are available from the students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joann Bartrum
iDavid Colwell
Bill Larkin
Tommy Anderson
Kay Schmitt
Don Ebjin
Ralph Swan
Merle Houdas
Carol Anne Dawson
Barbara Starbuck
Tay
Pamige Group Meets On Monday
The Pamgie Group of Daughters of Union Veterans gathered at Mrs. Caddie Wickham’s home Monday for a social and business session led by President Mrs. Zana Baxter. Plans were set for Memorial Day observances including flag placements on Civil War veterans’ graves and services at United Methodist Church in Pomeroy on May 26. Delegates to the State Convention in Columbus were named with alternates. a social member was proposed, prize boxes awarded, and a paper on General Ulysses S. Grant was read. Birthday observances and gifts followed. The next meeting is set for May 13 at the L O O F Hall with a Mother’s Day program.
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Pomeroy
Jane Howell
Daughters of Union Veterans
Caddie Wickham
Zana Baxter
United Methodist Church
Frances Beards
Clara Zier
Clara Eichinger
Columbus
Jennie Howell
Bertha Chase
Lulu Googlein
Amy Kiingsland
Mabel Wolfe
Elizabeth Campbell
A.S. Grant
Beards
Campbell
Minnie Neutzling
Della Stahl
Lillian Stieff
Georlein
Pearl Reynolds
Stahl
L O. O. F. Hall
Attendance Record at Church Sets Five Year Peak
A five year attendance high was reached as 363 people registered for Sunday School at the Church of Christ in Middleport on Easter Sunday. The Homebuilders Class marked a record with 45 members present under Mrs. Jim Keffer. Morning worship featured decorations and an open tomb while Nancy Fink Nancy Clinton and Jeannette Moore were baptized. Others were admitted by transfer of letters including Mrs. Edgar Morris Mrs. Tom Hendrix and Mrs. Ethel Lemley. Pastor Keffer and his family left Monday for relatives near Pittsburgh.
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Middleport
Church of Christ
Jim Keffer
Nancy Fink
Nancy Clinton
Jeannette Moore
Edgar Morris
Tom Hendrix
Ethel Lemley
Keffer
Pittsburgh
Meigs Musicians Shine At Ohio University Easter Concert
In Memorial Hall Pomeroy’s Ohio University Symphony featured vocal soloists led by concertmaster David Flanagan and Dorothy Peoples plus John Kline and Miss Jennie Sue Rousey. Kline, a piano instructor this year, won admission to the New Columbus Philharmonic Orchestra and will pursue a Bachelor of Music at Ohio State. A fragment notes ancient Chinese otter fishing method.
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Pomeroy
Ohio University Symphony
Memorial Hall
David Flanagan
Dorothy Peoples
John Kline
Winslin
Jennie Sue Rousey
C. E. Peoples
Butternut Ave
Kline
New Columbus Philharmonic Orchestra
Ohio State University
Car Thief Arrested by Meigs Sheriff
POMEROY Lawrence Hall aged 33, wanted by the FBI and multiple Ohio and West Virginia agencies on automobile theft and fraud charges, was captured by Sheriff Ralph Welker near Plants, close to Fairview. He confessed to two automobile thefts and is held in Meigs County jail awaiting transfer to authorities.
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Pomeroy
Lawrence Hall
FBI
Parkersburg
West Virginia State Patrol
Franklin County
Ohio Parole Office
Ralph Welker
Fairview
State Patrol
West Virginia
Meigs County
Welker
Hall
Chester Group Delays Sale of Commons and Hillside
A Chester delegation urged the Meigs County Board of Commissioners to indefinitely postpone the sale of park property known as commons and hillside. The board adopted a resolution to notify the Chester Garden Club and Citizens before any future decision, with watchers listed among attendees.
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Chester
Board of Commissioners
Meigs County
Commons
W. E. Eiselstein
D. C. Hartinger
Buel Ridenour
Howard Knight
Vern Cleland
Henry Beaver
Byron Hayman
John W. Frank
Herrmnan Carson
Harlow Ervin
Clark Funeral Held at Rutland for Will Clark
Funeral services for Will Clark 61 who died from injuries when his tractor ran over a rock breaking the steering wheel and toppled him will be Thursday at 2 PM at Rutland Methodist Church Interment Miles Cemetery with Rev Lawrence Schmidt officiating Clark a prominent farmer west of Rutland and a member of Harrisonville Masonic Lodge whose lodge members will conduct a service for him
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Middleport
Will Clark
Rutland Methodist Church
Miles
Lawrence Schmidt
Clark
Rutland
Harrisonville
Discharge Pomeroy Clifford H Bauer Ends Navy Service
Clifford H Bauer son of Mr and Mrs Edward Bauer Breezy Heights was discharged from the Navy as chief yeoman at Great Lakes on return home he visited his sister Ruth Anna who works at St Vincent s Hospital Toledo Marriage licenses issued in Meigs County Probate Court Bert McKibben 60 Athens Blanche Butcher 60 Middleport John W Dray 21 Gallipolis Juanita Maddispaugh 21 Rutland
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Pomeroy
Clifford H. Bauer
Edward Bauer
Breezy Heights
Great Lakes
Ruth i Anna
St. Vincent's Hospital
Toledo
Meigs County
Bert McKibben
Athens
Blanche Butcher
Middleport
John W- Dray
Gallipolis
Juanita Maddispaugh
Rutland
Hess Rites Set For Thursday In Pomeroy
Funeral services for Charles Hess who died Monday at St Josephs Hospital Parkersburg follow two weeks illness will be held Thursday at 3 30 p m at Federated Church with Rev Ralph Kuether officiating Interment will be Beech Grove Cemetery The body is at the home of Mr and Mrs John Terrell Naylors Run Friends may call Surviving Hess wife Kathryn daughter Charlesanna and three children from a former marriage Charles Leroy Earl William and Carolyn Sue his father William Hess of Middleport four sisters Miss E W Shuler Middleport Mrs Harry Osborn Mrs Ruth Stanley Pomeroy Mrs Grace Hamm Florida He was a member of Federated Church Hemlock Grove and Pomona Granges First Ward Fire Department Izaak Walton League Meigs County Chapter Graveside services will be conducted by the Grange.
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Pomeroy
Charles Hess
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Parkersburg
Federated Church
Ralph Kuether
Beech Grove Cemetery
John Terrell
Naylors’ Run
Junior High Roll Of Honor Announced At Pomeroy
POMEROY Ninth grade students at Pomeroy Junior High School outnumbered others on the fifth six weeks honor roll with a B average or better. Names include Don Betzing Mae Chaney Lucretia Cornell Lawrence Eblin Mary Ruth Fischer Ann Foster Joan Gilmore John Hannel Patricia Jesse Nora Mae Michael William Nease Helen Renshaw Bennett Rice Joan Riggs Eugene Thomas William Tubbs Anna Lee Warner Eleven eighth graders, four boys and seven girls, earned second honors. Seventh grade placed last with six names listed. POMEROY Second in a series of Sacred Heart Guild public games parties will be held Thursday April 25 at 8 o clock.
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Pomeroy
Pomeroy Junior High School
Don Betzing
Mae Chaney
Lucretia Cornell
Lawrence Eblin
Mary Ruth Fischer
Ann Foster
Joan Gilmore
John Hannel
Patricia Jesse
Nora Mae Michael
William Nease
Helen Renshaw
Bennett Rice
Joan Riggs
Eugene Thomas
William Tubbs
Anna Lee Warner
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First Baptist Church
James Pullins
Stark’'S
Pharmacy
Pomeroy, Ohio
Veteran of Pacific
Tito
State Department
Marshal Tito
Belgrade
Washington
Sava N. Kosanovitch
U. S
Richard C. Patterson, Jr
Peter
L&z Dress Shop
Chase & Baker
Locust Street
Pamgie Group
Meigs
Chester Group
Barry Fitzgerald
Walter Huston
Roland Young
C. Aubrey Smith
Louis, Hayward Dune Duprez
Maisie
and Sothern
George Murphy
Hillary Brooke
Ray Collins
Horace McNally Jeft York
Imitation OF Life
Charles Starrett
Richard Dix
Barton MacLane
Jongle Queen
Bob Elliott
Hess
Sacred Heart Guild
Wally Davis
Doorman
Kel-Roy
Samsonite
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