More Than 40 Teenagers Enter Pomeroy Roadeo
In Pomeroy Meigs County, over 40 teenagers are entered for the Junior Chamber of Commerce roadeo at 12 30 p m Sunday in the lower parking lot. Pomeroy High School won last year’s event and the rotating trophy. Officials named include Donald Quisenberry as starter, Roy Holter and Dale Kautz as scorers, Rev William Roberts and Lloyd Blackwood as mechanical engineers, plus judges Dick Sterrett Roy Grueser a sheriff deputy John McCoy a Pom eroy patrolman and John Dudding a state patrolman for the four driving tests. Drivers must be at the site by noon for placement and registration and must pass a written test.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Roy Holter
Dale Kautz
William Roberts
Lloyd Blackwood
Roadeo
Dick Sterrett
Roy Grueser
John McCoy
John Dudding
Parallel Park Roadeo
Joseph Nowell
Elections Office Adopts New Voting Hours in Pomeroy
Meigs County residents may cast absentee ballots in the May primaries with extended hours at the Pomeroy board office in the Masonic Temple. Starting tomorrow the office will be open 9 a.m. to noon and 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., plus Saturday 7 to 9 p.m. to accommodate absentee disabled and servicemen ballots. So far 93 ballots have been cast including 17 Democrats and 76 Republicans. The Middleport WCTU will meet Friday at 7:30 p.m. at Mrs Helen Lewis’s home.
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Meigs County
County Board of Election
Masonic Temple
Pomeroy
Middleport
Middleport Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Helen Lewis
Poppy Day Planned By Auxiliary In Middleport
The Feeney Bennett Post 128 American Legion auxiliary scheduled Poppy Day sales for May 25 and 26 in Middleport. Co chairs for the event are Mrs Helen Kennedy and Mrs Mae Roach. A visitation day for Chillicothe Veterans Hospital is set for May 6 and a donation was made for recreational equipment for six Ohio veterans hospitals. Officer elections will be held at the May meeting.
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Middleport
Ladies Auxiliary
Feeney Bennett Post 128
American Legion
Golda Mourning
Helen Kennedy
Mae Roach
Chillicothe Veterans Hospital
Veterans Hospitals of
Ohio
Local High School Poet Published in Anthology
Eighth grader Linda Reuter of Pom eroy has a poem accepted by the National High School Poetry Association for publication in the annual anthology. The piece was inspired by a Beech Street hilltop at sunset and features imagery of clouds, oaks, grasses, birds, and crickets.
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Linda Reuter
Roy Reuter
Pomeroy
National High School Poetry Association
Linda
Retter
Beech St
Memorial Day Rites Planned by Day Women in Middleport
Memorial Day observances were planned at a Daughters of Union Veterans meeting in Middleport Meigs County. They will mark graves with flags, join American Legion services at Beech Grove Cemetery, attend Memorial Sunday at the Middleport Church of Christ, and elect delegates to the state convention in Columbus June 17 20.
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Meigs County
American Legion
Beech Grove
Middleport Church
Jesus
Paul Haptonstall
Elmer Wickham
Lillian Stieff
Inspection slated for Racine Eastern Star
Practice for the annual inspection of Racine Chapter Order of Eastern Star set for 7 p.m. Saturday at the Masonic Temple. Gretta Simpson and William Stewart named worthy matron and worthy patron.
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Racine Eastern Star
Racine
Order of Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
Gretta Simpson
William Stewart
Cub Scout Pack 244 Meets Monday Night in Middleport
Cub Scout Pack 244 will hold a meeting Monday night at the Middleport First United Presbyterian Church. John Krawsczyn serves as the cubmaster.
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Middleport
Middleport First United Presbyterian Church
John Krawsczyn
Group Plan For Blood Introduced In Pomeroy
C E Blakeslee announces a group eligibility plan with the Red Cross to cover members and families for six months if 10 percent donate. Donors must report to the clerk at the bloodmobile where their organization is represented. The next unit will be at Pomeroy Junior High School from 12 noon to 6 pm next Monday.
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Ity
American Red Cross
C. E. Blakeslee
Blakeslee
Pomeroy Junior High School
Bereans Class Meeting at Middleport Church of Christ
The Loyal Bereans Class met at the Middleport Church of Christ with Mrs. George Meinhart leading a devotional and reading a poem The Tree. Mary Louise Rinehart attended as a guest while plans were made to clean the church kitchen and refreshments served after the meeting.
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Middleport
George Meinhart
Meigs General Hospital Births and Admits
Births include a son for Mr and Mrs Paul Bell of Racine and a daughter for Mr and Mrs David Cleland of Racine. Admitted were Mrs Ida Howell Racine Kenneth Mitchell Middleport James Cruthers Canton Luda Cleland Racine Mrs James Anderson Long Bottom Mrs Betty Bell Racine Ethel Lewis Middleport John Lehew Pomeroy. Discharged include Rudolph Gordon Sonja Wayland Crella McHaffie John Lehew Vilora Collins Mrs Emma Smith Elsie Adams Frieda Faehnle Violet Carmichael.
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Paul Bell
Racine
David Cleland
Ida Howell
Kenneth Mitchell
Middleport
James Cruthers
Canton
Luda Cleland
James Anderson
Long Bottom
Betty Bell
Ethel Lewis
John Lehew
Pomeroy
Rudolph Gordon
Sonja Wayland
Crella McHaffie
Vilora Collins
Mrs. Emma Smith
Elsie Adams
Frieda Faehnle
Violet Carmichael
Harrisonville Elementary Easter Assembly Featured Relgious Programs
Harrisonville Elementary held a Good Friday Easter assembly led by Mrs. Ralph C. Zandel with an Easter story recitations by Craig Hanning Nancy Dixon Steven Stanley and Donna Markins. Students sang Easter songs and upper grade chorus performed. Mrs Maurita Miller supervised the program.
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Ralph C. Zandel
Harrisonville
Craig Hanning
Nancy Dixon
Steven Stanley
Donna Markins
Christ
God Bless America
Maurita Miller
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