Horton Brown to Lead Middleport Chamber of Commerce
Mayor Horton Brown was chosen to head the Middleport Chamber of Commerce for the coming year. New officers include Co. O. Fisher as vice president, Charles McMaster as secretary, and Robert Coats as treasurer. Directors named include Harold Chase and others. The slate was elected unanimously at a called meeting in the firemen's quarters. Retiring president J. H. Grate praised the local merchants and community support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Horton Brown
Middleport Chamber of Commerce
Co. O. Fisher
Charles McMaster
Robert Coats
Harold Chase
Emmett Shuler
James Martin
Dale Dutton
Paul Smart
George Baker
H. E. Cook
H. N. Swift
T. A. May
J. H. Grate
Edgar Ervin
Judson White
D. S. Harold
Harry Houdashelt
Chamber of Commerce
Cc. O. Fisher
Business Men’s Committee
Brown
Mayor Brown
E. M. Burton
I. E. Miller
P. S. Mills
Max Sanborn
George Morris
Edgar Pratt
Richard Palmer
E. L. Hughes
C. N. Welch
Walter Bunce
Roger Spencer
Reid Varney
Leo Beeson
Philip Joachim
H. J. Russell
Frank Cheesebrew
Robert Rawlings
Victor Grimm
Chester Tannehill
Leona Kohl
Francis H. Klein
Columbus & Southern Ohio Electric
Infant Emma Jane Phillips Dies in Long Bottom
Emma Jane Phillips infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert Phillips of Long Bottom died Monday evening at home. Burial occurred Tuesday at Plants Cemetery by Ewing funeral home. The report also covers Meigs County community efforts in Middleport to boost business with weekly bargain days and a jamboree, plus a membership drive led by local merchants and officials.
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Pomeroy
Emma Jane Phillips
Robert Phillips
Long Bottom
Plants
Ewing Funeral Home
Middleport
Frank Cheesebrew
Charles McMaster
Victor Grimm
H. E. Cook
Meigs Grocery Co
Boney Couple Announce Birth of Son Joel Frederick
Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Boney of Wright Street Pomeroy announce the birth of a nine pound two ounce son Joel Frederick on April 21 at Marietta Memorial Hospital Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Boney and Mr. and Mrs. D. H. Stage of Marietta.
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Pomeroy
H. E. Boney
Wright St., Pomeroy
Joel Frederick
Marietta Memorial Hospital
H. D. Boney
D. H. Stage
Marietta
McNamee Birthday Honor Marks Middleport Social
In Middleport the McNamee family celebrated Charles McNamee’s 75th birthday and the wedding anniversary of Mr and Mrs Victor Hannahs with a dinner at Mrs Charles McNamee’s home overlooking the Ohio River. Virginia Wise joined the gathering and the McNamees hosted Sunday dinner for Will Fisher and Will Scott, also attending the Spring Flower Show.
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Middleport
Charles McNamee
Victor Hannahs
Mazie Wise
Ohio River
Virginia Wise
Hannahs
Miss Wise
McNamees
Will Fisher
Will Scott
Mrs. L. W. McComas' Class Of Girls Of Heath Methodist Sunday
Mrs L W McComas teaches her Heath Methodist Sunday school class of girls in a church program. The article notes the group and scene from a Sunday gathering at the Heath church.
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L. W. McComas
Heath Methodist Sunday
Pomeroy Chamber backs Band Boosters drive
The Pomeroy Chamber of Commerce meeting at the Hotel Martin agreed to support the Band Boosters Drive. The Airstrip Committee reported findings with no definite airstrip plans yet. A motion passed to pay current bills. next meeting set for Wednesday noon April 30.
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Pomeroy
Marriage Permits Issued in Meigs Probate Court
Meigs Probate Court issued multiple marriage licenses to residents of Pomeroy and nearby towns. Pairs include Harold Vulgamore and Bertha Raub, Wesley Bartoe and Wilma England, and others with ages ranging from teens to forty.
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Pomeroy
Meigs
Harold T. Vulgamore
Long Bottom
Bertha L. Raub
Wesley Bartoe
McArthur
Wilma England
Chester
William K. Wolfe
Bertie Higgenbottom Buckland
Charles Dewey Long, Jr
Carolyn Bell Rulen
Charles L. Jackson
Torch
Nellie Cozart
Thomas Fogle
Wilma Jane Frank
Clarence E. Cox
Parkersburg
Glenna Mae Noire
Albert Lensee
Racine
Ethel Louise Reed
Eugene L. Karr
Mary Catherine Otter
Robert Sullivan
Janis Starcher
Clarence Mercer
Jacqueline Fowler
Curtis Wray
Ashton
Eileen Tolliver
Middleport
Lazar Ardarevich
Chauncey
Dorothy Willis
Local Notes From Letart Falls Area
Mrs Frankie McKelvey substituted in local schools for ill Mrs Howard Roush. Mrs D E Quillin of Grand Island Neb arrived to visit her brother and his family. Mrs Casper Sayre held a shower for Mrs Elson F Spencer. Several residents and visitors from Columbus Lorain Leechburg and Pomeroy were mentioned with weekend visits. Sgt Ward Lee Spencer returns from Japan and will be discharged in 45 days.
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Letart Falls
Frankie McKelvey
Apple Grove
Howard Roush
W. E. Coyle
D. E. Quillin
Grand Island
Neb
M. E. Sayre
G. W. Sayre
Casper Sayre
Antiquity
H. W. Quillin
Leechburg
J. A. Quillin
John Wogan
Roberta
O. M. Wogan
Pomeroy
J. D. Roush
Mary Wogan
O. O. Patterson
Rutland
Bert Grimm
E. B. Gloeckner
Women Club Leaders Attend Gallipolis Anniversary Dinner
Mrs Lillian Lewis Stieff and Mrs H J Russell joined the 12th anniversary dinner of the Business and Professional Women's Club in Gallipolis. Hulda Klein Hallie and Nellie Zerkle were present as guests. Stieff performed piano solos and Russell, new president of the Middleport club, sent greetings from the local group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillian Lewis Stieff
H. J. Russell
Hulda Klein
Hallie
Nellie Zerkle
Gallipolis
Business and Professional Women's Club
Stieff
Russell
Middleport Club
Local and Area Visitors and Residents Reported in Social Notes
Mr and Mrs Herbert Chambers return from a three week visit with son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs Willis Aleshire Dayton. Aleshires accompanied them Friday returning Saturday. Mrs Alice Selby Columbus guest of cousin Mrs H S Roush N Second Ave. Mrs Neal Burdette and others from Charleston guest of Maxine Mankin. Several locals noted ill, travels to Parkersburg and Columbus, new arrivals, and a Zerkle Transfer Co. employee moving here with wife and new daughter Amanda Kay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Chambers
Willis Aleshire
Dayton
Aleshires
Alice Selby
Columbus
H. S. Roush
N. Second Ave
Neal Burdette
Will Good
Denver Good
Edward
Everett Bowyer
David
Charleston
Maxine Mankin
Richard Chambers
Mill St
Sidney Russell
Parkersburg
James Weber
Joe Finney
Air Corps
Susie Manley
Beech St
Nellie Barsotti
N. Front St
Holzer Hospital
Ruby McKendrie
Wilbur Ashley
S. Second Ave
Erlene King
Athens Road
Harry Walburn
Marietta
Zerkle Transfer Co
Zerkles
Amanda Kay
J. Thompson
N. Third Ave
Thompson
Kathryn Lois Smith
A. V. Smith
Hattie Denny
M. J. Mygatt
Edgar Vale
Betty Holter
See These Outdoor Items See These Outdoor Items REELS
An outdoor gear listing offers reels from Pfleuger and others with prices from $3.75 to $35.00 plus fishing tackle such as hocks bait sinkers seines and minnow buckets. The catalog includes Kalamazoo Shakespeare Montague and Bristol models and notes a range of fishing supplies.
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South Bend
Bristol
Six Weeks Honor Roll Announced at Olive Orange Schools
TUPPERS PLAINS Olive Orange Public Schools announced the fifth six weeks honor roll. Names are listed by grade from first through senior, including Judith Burke Charles Chaffee George Collins Ronald Kelly Marjorie Schultz Mary Alice Sinclair Josephine Spencer Keith Vineyard Shirley Kelly Charles Calaway Janice Swartz Dolores Schultz Martha Goebel Lillie Baker Patricia Deeter Lorain Blake Marlene Robinson Bonnie Sue Chapman Janet Christy Ralph Chevalier Mary Jane Spencer James Brannon Rowena Sanders John Calaway Patty Shaw Charles Vineyard James Eynon Glen Randolph Bobby Gray Larry Osburn Frank Goebel Marlene Newland Robert Swain Ernestine Cheadle Joyce Burke Larry Davis Doris Sampson Dorothy Barnhill Shirley Collins Marilyn Pullins John Rice Marilyn Pooler Patricia Kibble Anna Sampson Neva Davis Phyllis Cain Lily Arbaugh Nadine Newland David Frost Sarah Cowdry Harley Rice Howard Buckley Sibyl Russell Beulah Zumbach Leroy Martin Ira Niggemeyer Mary Barton Virginia Sisson Mary Buckley Iris Rice Walter Adkins Basil Jeffers Helen Frost Joan Longennette Leah Jean Arbaugh Argyle Deeter.
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Tuppers Plains
Olive Orange Public Schools
Judith Burke
Charles Chaffee
George Collins
Ronald Kelly
Marjorie Schultz
Mary Alice Sinclair
Josephine Spencer
Keith Vineyard
Shirley Kelly
Charles Calaway
Janice Swartz
Dolores Schultz
Martha Goebel
Lillie Baker
Patricia Deeter
Loraine Blake
Marlene Robinson
Bonnie Sue Chapman
Janet Christy
Ralph Chevalier
Mary Jane Spencer
James Brannon
Rowe
Virginia Sisson
Mary Buckley
Iris Rice
Walter Adkins
Basil Jeffers
Helen Frost
Joan Longenette
Leah Jean Arbaugh
Argyle Deeter
Relatives Attend Rites For Charles F. Davis
MIDDLEPORT relatives gather for the funeral of 43 year old Charles F. Davis manager of The Ohio Food Co held at his home on N. Third Ave. The Rev Norman Reuter of Swedenborg officiated. Pallbearers named Dan Hartinger Frank White Griffith Thompson Lee Rudisill Cat Houdashelt Harold Hubbard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Charles F. Davis
Ohio Food Co
N. Third Ave
Ray O'Donnell
D. Collis Dawson
Columbus
Thomas Young
Duane Davis
Pomeroy
Norman Reuter
Barberton
Mr. Davis
Dan C. Hartinger
Frank White
Griffith Thompson
Lee Rudisill
Cat Houdashelt
Harold Hubbard
Senior High To Pick Dedication Queen
POMEROY April 28 homerooms will elect one of five candidates chosen by the Student Activities Association to reign at the B. & O. Railroad Bridge Dedication Celebration in Point Pleasant. Candidates are Patty Karr Betty Hawley Martha Tercel Dorothy Bolinger and Mary Hill.
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Pomeroy
Pomeroy Senior High
Student Activities Association
Point Pleasant
Patty Karr
Betty Hawley
Martha Tercel
Dorothy Bolinger
Mary Hill
Ambulance Trips Reported During Week in Middleport
Ambulance trips by Rawlings Coats included the return of Mrs. H F Brown and daughter from Holzer Hospital Gallipolis to Front Street home. Mrs Oiler mother of Rev George Oiler was restored to Holzer Hospital Wednesday evening.
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Rawlings-Coats
H. F. Brown
Holzer Hospital
Gallipolis
Front St
Oiler
George Oiler
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G. C. Schmoll
Ohio
Red Cross
Meigs County
Hayes
S and Tailors
Enterprise Gas Range
Dexter
Ferry
Ebersbach Hardware Co
Pomeroy, Ohio
Liberty
Middleport, Ohio
Middleport Social Notes
Dutton
Drug Company
Greyhound Bus Station
Buddy Simpson
Gladys Lu Felden
Pittsburgh
Margaret Cole
Ashland
Lewis Williams
Pfleuger Nobby
Pfleuger Summit
Pfleuger Supreme
Kalamazoo Sportsman
Langley Streamlife
GMS
Remington
Stevens
Cepscticatecteeseca Gallen
H&r
Scott-Atwater Motors
Scott-Atwater
H.P
St. Middieport
Wehrung
Spencer & Wehrung
Main St
Charles F., Davis
Crosley
H. J. Hysell Furniture CO
D. S. Farmer
Mer
V.D. Edwards
General Insurance
West
Miracle Tift
Erie
Paste N Love
Hawkscraft
Dennison
Bluebird
Davol
Fletcher Castoria
Baby Crean
Meads
Ss. M. A
Horlick’s
C. L
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Lady Borden
Tsee
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Phome Gox
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