Ruth Petrel tops county eighth grade test results
Ruth Ann Petrel, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Petrel, led 304 county eighth graders on the recent achievement tests given in Racine area schools. Joyce Circle placed second, with James Pape and Jack Kelley third and fourth, among 65 honorably mentioned students from Letart, Portland, and other towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Petrel
Pomeroy
Ruth Ann Petrel
Ben Petrel
Racine
Robert Bowen
Joyce Circle
James Pape
Letart
Jack Kelley
Chester
Judith Wagnis
Lynn Shuler
Larry Hoffman
Rutland
Bill Lake
Nancy Johnson
Carl Walton
Ray Coleman
Joyce Gloeckner
Reta Miller
Elizabeth Ours
Mary Johnson
Kathryn Anne Powell
Christine Faber
Portland
Patricia Price
Janet Cooper
Charles Cozart
Donna Brewer
Salem Center
Larry Price
Forked Run Lake Park Opens Daily with New Beach
Forked Run Lake State Park near Pomeroy opens daily 7 AM to 8 PM and 6 AM to 8 PM on weekends and holidays. A new swimming beach, expanded picnic and parking areas, 23 row boats, fishing tackle and refreshments are available. The 100 acre lake is back to pool stage with marked swimming areas and muskies, bluegills, crappies, suckers and catfish reported. Park manager Harold Barnhart and concession keeper Harry Osborn, both of Reedsville, oversee operations.
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Pomeroy
Forked Run Lake
Harold Barnhart
Harry Osborn
Reedsville
Twilight Garden Club to tour flower gardens Sunday
Mrs. R. H. Rawlings of Union Avenue will host the Twilight Garden Club when it meets Sunday at 4 p m to tour the flower gardens. Presiding is Mrs. Jed Webster Sr Faith of Racine Mrs Anna Dill Kerr Street Stanley Bryan with the Air Force at Dayton and Larry Jimmy Carolyn and Mary Lou Smith. Afternoon visitors were Mr and Mrs Allen Dill.
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Pomeroy
R. H. Rawlings
Union Avenue
Twilight Garden Club
Jed Webster
Faith
Racine
Anna Dill
Kerr Street
Stanley Bryan
Air Force
Dayton
Larry
Jimmy
Carolyn
Mary Lou Smith
Allen Dill
Flower show trip by seven local women
Seven women from here attended the preliminary flower show at The Plains on Tuesday. Members listed include Ethel Garland, Mrs Jed Webster Sr, Mrs Corliss Jacobs, Mrs Thomas Hennessy Sr of Twilight Garden Club, and Mrs John Terrell, Mrs C L Heaton, Emma Seitz of Winding Trail Garden Club.
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Pomeroy
Ethel Garland
Jed Webster, Sr
Corliss Jacobs
Thomas Hennessy, Sr
Twilight Garden Club
John Terrell
C. L. Heaton
Emma Seitz
Winding Trail Garden Club
Birthday celebrations for Donna Jean Smith in Laurel Cliff
Mr and Mrs Lawrence Smith hosted a birthday gathering at Laurel Cliff for their daughter Donna Jean with guests Mr and Mrs Dan Smith and their children Don and Bonnie.
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Pomeroy
Mrs
Lawrence Smith
Donna Jean
Laurel Cliff
Dan Smith
Don, Bonnie
Jane Howell Tent inspection by DUV in Pomeroy
Monday evening inspection of the Jane Howell Tent Daughters of Union Veterans took place at DAY Hall. Laura Feister Marietta department president was the inspecting officer. Herbert Miller presided as plans were laid for Memorial Day and placing flags on union veterans graves. Minnie Neutzling presented Feister with a gift. Refreshments followed.
Local resident suffers fracture and sprain after fall
Relatives said Mrs. Ben Kesterson of Minersville fell at home Monday morning sustaining a fractured left leg and a badly sprained left wrist. She was admitted to Meigs General Hospital. Mrs. O. O. Patterson of Rutland celebrated her birthday Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Kesterson
Minersville
Meigs General Hospital
O. O. Patterson
Meigs County
Rutland
Five States Produce Most U.S. Natural Gas
The United States relies on nearly 90 percent of its natural gas from five states Kansas Louisiana New Mexico Oklahoma and Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Kansas, Louisiana
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Texas
Middleport Plans Weeklong Village Clean-Up
Village officials and garden clubs announce a clean-up week from April 29 to May 3 with schoolchildren and seniors asked to participate. Street crews, led by Lewis Ellis, will collect trash by ward on designated days and reseed a curbside pickup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Lewis Ellis
Ellis
Middleport Garden Club
Civic Committee
Garen Stansbury
Nellie Zerkle
Harrie Marie Smith
Angels Use Pigtails To Lift Berber Children
North African Berber groups shave heads except for pigtails from the crown. Tradition holds angels pull children up to heaven via these hair cords.
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North Africa
Middleport Garden Club Plans Open Meeting at Heath Church
The Middleport Garden Club schedules to meet at Heath Methodist Church Monday evening with a talk by Ohio Garden Clubs official Mrs. Wade Cozad on arranging flowers for home and shows. Co-chairwomen Harris and Hallie Zerkle lead the refreshments group after the lecture.
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Middleport
Middleport Garden Club
Heath Methodist Church
Walter Harris
Wade Cozad
Ohio Association of Garden Clubs
Airs
Harris
Hallie Zerkle
Nelle Zerkle
Harrie Maree Smith
Roland LeVaughn
Richard Gress
Lawrence Bing
Clinton Fisher
Harry Chesher
W. W. Hayes
C. B. Forrest
RK. C. Lansbury
Max Roller
J. E. Harley
John Zerkle
W. H. Juhling
Rodney Downing
Garen Stansbury
E. M. Wood
Ebersbach Announces Engagement of Marilyn Louise to Hilton Wolfe Jr
Mr and Mrs Carl Ebersbach announce the engagement of their daughter Marilyn Louise to Hilton Wolfe Jr son of Mr and Mrs Hilton Wolfe of Racine Their daughter is a 1953 Middleport High School graduate and bank bookkeeper in Pomeroy National Bank He is a 1953 Racine High School graduate who attended Rio Grande College and teaches in Racine Elementary Schools The marriage will be in June
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Middleport
Carl Ebersbach
Marilyn Louise
Hilton Wolfe, Jr
Hilton Wolfe
Racine
Ebersbach
Middleport High School
Pomeroy National Bank
Wolfe
Rio Grande College
Garber Family Marks 40th Anniversary in Akron Columbus Visit
William R. Garber and daughter Kathleen of Akron along with Ruth Garber Hawk and daughter Mary Jane of Columbus joined Easter guests at the Garber home on S Second Ave. The couple celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary, wed April 21, 1917 in Secret Heart Church Pomeroy. Attendants were Miss Anna Crow and James E. Lafferty. William Garber, retired locomotive engineer for the New York Central, belongs to the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers Division 408 and Knights of Columbus. Mrs. Garber is with the Grand International Auxiliary B of LE and the Sacred Heart Guild. The couple has lived in their present home since marriage. their children are alumni of Sacred Heart School Middleport High School and Ohio University.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
William R. Garber
Kathleen
Akron
Ruth Garber Hawk
Mary Jane
Columbus
W. R. Garber
S. Second Ave
Garbers
Secret Heart Chureh
Pomeroy
P. C. Schneider
Anna Crow
Kindergarten Easter Party Delight At Middleport
John Kraws ceryon hosted a pre Easter party for his kindergarten classmates four months after his family moved from Vinton. His mother supplied ice cream cookies and candy favors while Bobby handed out treats to friends after the afternoon gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
John Krawsceryon
Vinton
Bobby
Annual guest night of Child Conservation League
The Middleport event will be held Thursday in the recreation rooms at the Dr. and Mrs. J. J. Davis home. It is described as a hobo party with many novel features prepared for attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Child Conservation League
Mrs. J. J. Davis
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George Johnson
Patricia Rife
Carolyn Edwards
Bradbury
Ralph Lambright
Roy Hendricks
Ralph Stewart
Syracuse
Ambrose Flanagan
Shirley Miller
Robert Harden
Paula Sayre
David Hendrix
Margaret Kitchen
Barry Brogan
Charles Sigman
Marvin Cremeans
Larry Long
Jimmy George Roy Crouser
Rosalie Davis
Sonny Nicholson
Osa Turner
Dean Will
Margaret Oller
Doris Jean Miles
Maxine Clench
Tuppers Plains
Charles Collins
Judy Chaffee
Karen Badgley
Doris Caldwell
Robert Barber
Kenda Russell
Jean van Meter
Bill Arnott
Roger Birch
Jim Wickline
Steven Theiss
Carmen Salser
Karen Theiss
Eugene Wolfe
Ernest Cale
Paul Andrew
Tresea Andrew
Rose Damewood
Helen Bentz
Gary Wells
Harrisonville
Morton Butcher
Salisbury
Dorothy Bowen
Roberta Hoover
Ruth Brothers
Carpenter
Richard Jeffers
Lynn Whittington
Theatre
Ohio
the Atomic Man
Ith
Gene Nelson
Faith Comergue
Joseph Tomelty
RADIO
Harry A. Miller
J Main St. — Pomeroy
Rutland Cement
Pickens
Paint & Hardware Co
Pomeroy—Mason, W. Va
U.S
Hartley & Bennett
Tropicatie
Marge Nelson
U.S.A
Tropicana
Las Vegas
Nev
Pomeroy Society
Pomeroy Bend Theatres
Pomeroy Personals
Temple
Elvis Presley
Debra Paget
Richard Egan
Robert Middleton
William Campbell
Mildred Dunnock
Neville Brand
Bruce Bennett
Love ME Tender
Sheree North
Betty Grable
Robert Cummings
Charles Coburn
Wilson Brothers
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By Wilson Pothers
Clothing House
Angel's Aid
Yellow Jacket
Shell Lake Boats
Scott-Atwater Motors
Metropolitan Marine Sales & Service
Dutton Drug CO
Middlenvort Society
Cameron
Food Housekeeping
Roush
Desmond
East Main St
Pomeroy, Ohio
CCL
Phillips
Home of
Arrow Shirts
Checkaire
Grktl
Cs Re
Westinghouse
Westinghouse Wash
Mall Down
Posses
Laundromat
Cleland Appliance
West Main Street
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