Fellowship Day Panel Discusses Community Living Theme
A Pomeroy panel led by Don Hollingsworth of Ohio Power Co will explore "A Place to Live" at the Federated Church on Friday. The program starts at 12:30 with lunch, a business meeting, and officer elections, followed by a panel discussion at 2 pm and a film on community living. Volunteers from local churches will host, with donations of worn nylon stockings sent to Japan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Don Hollingsworth
Ohio Power Co
Canton
Federated Church
Ron Springer
Ohio Power
William Grueser
Leslie F. Fultz
Bernard Fultz
John Elwood
C. L. Tannehill
Edison Hobstetter
Thomas Young
Selim J. Blazewicz
Enterprise Eub Church
Marion French
Middleport Heath Methodist Church
Waldo J. Bartels
W. P. Lochary
Meigs County United Church Women
R. W. Finsterwald
G. H. Ewing
Neva Seyfried
William F. Baxter
Clarence Massar
James Fugate
Paul Werner
William Matlack
Edgar Arnold
Henry Ewing
Japan
Council
Traffic Violator Jailed On Intoxication Charge
Middleport reports a traffic violator jailed for intoxication after arrival to a court hearing. Willard Nelson faces two charges including intoxication and insufficient brakes, with several others jailed or fined for related offenses in the same period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
C. O. Fisher
Leroy Bartrum
Willard Nelson
Phil Edwards
Homer Moodispaugh
Don Manley
Grange Plans Dress Contest
POMEROY One membership application was read as Chester Grange met with George Holter presiding. Marie Koblentz announced a dress contest for a special meeting on Thursday May 1 replacing the May 13 session. Members were asked to bring dresses by 8 p m for judging and tickets for the rural urban dinner at Middleport High School were urged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport High School
George Genheimer
Final Practice For Minstrel Opens Three Night Run
Pomeroy prepares for the fourth annual Big Bend Minstrel with an 8 10 p m start Tuesday at the Middleport High School auditorium. Cast members meet Monday for a short run through at Pomeroy Junior High, with Raine and Middleport shows Wednesday and Thursday concluding the run. Band Boosters of Pomeroy and Middleport share proceeds, while Racine volunteers handle profits from an advance ticket drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Big Bend
Middleport High School
Pomeroy Junior High School
Racine
Middleport
United Methodist Church Names Yearly Appointments
The quarterly conference at the United Methodist Church elected numerous members to church functions for the coming year. Appointees include Harry P. Smith and a long list of stewards trustees and committee members with Frank Vaughan as lay leader and Miss Patricia Blakesee named youth delegate to the annual conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Methodist Church
Leo Smith
A. M. Zahl
Harry P. Smith
C. F. Tompkins
Boney Mitchell
Trell Schoenleb
Elmer White
George H. Parker
Frank Vaughan
Gerald Wildermuth
Kenneth Finley
Methodist Union
Jed Webster Sr
Antone Luke
Edith Mallory
Leo Vaughan
Robert Warner
C. E. W. Downie
Janet Carpenter
John Bryant
Lucy Gibbs
Baker Gordon
Pearl Hysell
Janet Struble
Vera Crow
Lucretia
Hayman Barnitz
John Werry
William Swatzel
Roy Betzing
Eugene Brown
T. A. Downie
H. D. Googlein
Grace Campbell
Christian Vocations Group
Brown
C. E. Blakeslee
W. O. Barnitz
Charles Swatzel
Jed Webster
Alex Cilo
Charles Persinger
John Moore
Patricia Blakeslee
Garden Club Invites Members to Silver Tea and Show
Garden club members from Meigs Mason Gallia and Athens Counties and friends are invited to a silver tea and flower show Tuesday at the home of Mrs Homer J Russell on N Second Ave. Antiques also on display with floral arrangements. Committee members in charge include Mrs Walter Harris Hallie Zerkle and Nellie Zerkle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Garden Club Meeting Planned at Pomeroy
The Wildwood Garden Club will meet at 8 p m Wednesday at the home of Mrs. Paul Fisher. Assisting hostesses will be Mrs. Stanley Jones and Mrs. William Fisher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Wildwood Garden Club
Paul Fisher
Stanley Jones
William Fisher
Kelpins Announce Birth in Whiting Indiana
Mr and Mrs Thomas Kelpin announce the birth of a daughter Margaret Louise at Whiting Indiana on Wednesday April 23 Her grandfather is Delbert Bruch of Enterprise and the great grandfather is Philip Bruch of Enterprise Subhead notes Pomeroy family ties and names read aloud in the notice
Mayor Opens Budget Hearing With Wooden Spoon
In Naugatuck Connecticut Mayor Adam T Mengacci faced a missing gavel during a public budget hearing and resorted to using a large wooden stirring spoon to call the meeting to order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naugatuck
Conn
Adam T Mengacci
Bar safety belts added to stools in San Diego hotel
A remodeled downtown San Diego hotel bar adds safety belts at each stool to address routine alcohol hazards and provide extra precaution for patrons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Diego
Calif
Poplar Ridge Social Roundup Highlights Local Visits
Rutland residents Carl and family hosted a weekend with Fonzo Taylor while Gallipolis visitors stopped by White Oak and Africa Road homes. Nearby gatherings included the Baird sale, and numerous relatives from Columbus Dayton Hatfield Ky Bulaville Road and Crown City shared time with neighbors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poplar Ridge
Carl Taylor
Rutland
Fonzo Taylor
Poplar Ridge Rd
Johnny Lane
Anna Mae
Nora Baird
Gallipolis
Carl Rife
White Oak Rd
Gerald Baird
Nedra Lane
Roy Bragg
Dayton
Joe Jenkins
Middleport
Watson Davis
Jack Brown
John Francis
Africa Road
George Fraley
Hatfield
Tony Elkins
John Shaver
Theodore Berry
Crown City
Nan Baird
Bessie Rife
Anna Baird
Mary Baird
Clinton Jones
Cora Lemley and Son
Leslie Lemley
Bulaville Road
Lanny Jordan
Gene Harmon
Barbara Daye
Neva Clark
Della Staley
Charleston
Phyllis Mollohan
Emogene Wells and Clyde Fisher Wed in Double Ring Rites
Emogene Wells married Clyde Robert Fisher in a double ring ceremony at First Presbyterian Church Middleport. The bride daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Wells and the groom son of Mr. and Mrs. C. O. Fisher, with attendants Miss Ada Waugh Gallipolis and Richard Jones as matron of honor. The couple planned a Florida wedding trip and will reside at 450% First Ave Gallipolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Blaettar
Marvin Burt
Pearl McBride
Syracuse
Warren Hulbert
Middleport
Emogene Wells
C. R. Fisher
First Presbyterian Church
Clyde Robert Fisher
Howard E. Rupfell
Pelt
A. E. Wells
Gallipolis
John Fisher
Donald Mills
Blaine Walburn
Miss Waugh
Mrs. Wells
Mrs. Fisher
E. 0. Tewksbury
Earl Owen
Susan Park
Jean Blake
Rio Grande College
Middleport High School
H&r Firestone
John Terrell
John
Christine
Oak Ridge
Tenn
Harold Moore
Columbus
Smith McCausland
Pliny
W. Va
Firemen Hold Auction Sale After Collecting Contributions
Middleport firemen stage a large auction and rummage sale at the Rawlings building on North Second Avenue. Volunteers gathered truckloads of furniture, clothing, toys, appliances, and new merchandise from about 75 merchants to raise funds. sale begins 2:30 p.m. with a rummage in 9 a.m. in aid of the fire department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Rawlings
N. Second Ave
Baker Furniture
Fricks Entertain Relatives and Friends at Rock Springs
John Frick hosted out of town relatives and friends at his Rock Springs home. Attendees included Mrs. Albert Burkhart, Ed win Livingston family from New Albany Indiana, William Frick, Mrs. Lavada Kimmerman, Burt Angel of Covington Kentucky, Lawrence and Virgil Lewis families from Jackson and Newark, Katherine Poindexter of Middleport, plus the Dan iels Five Points group, Eldon Weeks, Paul Frick family, Frank Amos, and Thomas Bowen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Daniels
Five Points
Eldon Weeks
Paul Frick
Frank Amos
Thomas Bowen
Pythians Hold Magnolia Temple Meeting With Prizes
Invitations to attend inspections were presented Thursday evening when Magnolia Temple Pythian Sisters met at the DAV home with Mrs. Karl Grueser presiding. A communication from Nelle Patton district deputy was read. several sisters were ill and officers were assigned to send flowers. Refreshments were served and games awarded prizes.
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Pomeroy
Magnolia Temple
Pythian
DAV
Karl Grueser
Nelle Patton
Thomas Thomas
William Killinger
William Fisher
Grueser
Lawrence Lanning
Lena Grueser
Thelma Grueser
Letart Falls Social Guests Nearby from Chicago to New Haven
Mr and Mrs Harold Grimm spent a week with their son Dr Earl Grimm in Chicago. The Grimms were joined by Mr and Mrs Billy Grimm and daughters arriving by airplane from Chicago to visit Mr Grimm's parents. Various other relatives and friends including Mr and Mrs J P Burnell Mr FE B Lynch of Charleston and Mrs H B Powell met or hosted family gatherings across Letart and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Letart Falls
Harold Grimm
Earl Grimm
Chicago
Billy Grimm
Grimm
Ernest Grimm
J. P. Burnell
FE. B. Lynch
Charleston
H. B. Powell
Lige Shields
Racine
Eileen Beegle
St. Clair Miller
Morrisvale
W. Va
Hill
H. B. Grimm
Chillicothe
Lawrence Parsons
Letart
Seph Baumgardner
New Haven
J. D. Roush
Senior fund drive advances with post-prom dance
Middleport post prom dance at the high school featured the Ge Notes with Gene Crooks Tom Skinner and Bo McGlothlin donating services. Senior mothers raised over 2000 through rummage bake and dinners then plan Rural-Urban dinner Tuesday to close fund drive. A $50 donation arrived from Mr and Mrs Donovan Allen of Miami in support of Judy Arnold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
New York
Ge-Notes
Gene Crooks
Tom Skinner
Bo McGlothlin
Donovan Allen
Esther Bradbury
Miami
Judy Arnold
Mrs Thomas Informs Lodge of Son Status
Mrs Edgar Thomas informed White Rose Lodge that her son Thomas Edgar, a 16 year old Pomeroy High student, is paralyzed from the chin down after an indoor athletics accident. He can move toes and fingers slightly and is hospitalized at University Hospital Columbus on the ninth floor in Room 939.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Edgar Thomas
White Rose Lodge
Brotherhood of Railroad
Thomas Edgar
Thomas
Pomeroy
University Hospital
Columbus
Senior High Glee Club Concert Planned at Racine High
The Racine High School Glee Club directed by Mrs. Lee Lee presents an 8 p m concert Friday in the high school auditorium. The program includes Holiday for Strings I Got the Sun in the Morning Alexander's Rag Time Band and The Synchronized Clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Racine High School Glee Club
Lee Lee
Alexander
Moores Injured in Auto Crash Near Huntington
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Moore were hospitalized at Holzer Hospital after a collision in which their car was demolished. They suffered broken ribs and other injuries but are convalescing satisfactorily. The accident happened as they traveled toward Huntington when a second car pulled from a side road into their path.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Herbert Moore
Holzer Hospital
Huntington
PTA Rummage Sale Planned at Sugar Run Location
The Sugar Run PTA schedules a rummage sale at the former Pickens Hardware building Thursday through Saturday. A bake sale will be held on Saturday, the final day. Rummage accepts on Wednesday at the sale building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Sugar Run Pta
Pickens Hardware
Annual Inspection Set for Pomeroy Lodge 164
The annual inspection of Pomeroy Lodge 164 F and A M will be at 7 30 Wednesday with Thomas L Littler district deputy grand master of the 12th Masonic District as inspecting officer. Work in the second degree will be given and refreshments will be served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Pomeroy Lodge
Thomas L. Littler
12Th Masonic District
Caravaners Visit Point Pleasant Armory
Thirty five members of the Caravaners of the Church of the Nazarene and their leader Rev. Robert Palmer traveled to Mason County West Virginia for a field trip. They viewed a boat display at the National Guard Armory in Point Pleasant and visited Mansion House at Tu-endu-wie Park before a noon wiener roast at Harmon Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Church of the Nazarene
Robert Palmer
Mason County
W. Va
National Guard
Point Pleasant
Tu-en-du-wie Park
Harmon Park
Time of judging changed for Hemlock Grange sewing contest
Judging of the Hemlock Grange sewing contest will begin at 1 30 p m on May 3 instead of 6 30 p m as announced earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Hemlock Grange
Trailer Home Trend Expands in Middleport
Increased interest in trailer living moves multiple residents into single wide homes. Mr and Mrs William Swisher and their son relocate to a Grant and Oliver Street trailer from McMaster apartments on Brownell. Middleport High School coach John Thompson and wife move from Grueser apartments on N Second Ave to a Miller lot trailer on Ash Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
William Swisher
Nola Knopp
Grant and
Oliver Sts
McMaster
Brownell
Middleport High School
John Thompson
Grueser
N. Second Ave
Miller Lot
Ash St
Wonder Club Holds April Meeting at Pauley Home
The Wonder Club met in April at Mrs. Frank Pauley’s home. Mrs. Glen Haning led the business session and refreshments followed. Guests included Mrs. Lonnie Hudson, Mrs. Don Wilson and daughter Pamela. The next meeting is scheduled for May 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wonder Club
Harrisonville
Frank Pauley
Glen Haning
Lonnie Hudson
Don Wilson
Pamela
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James M. Campbell
Albany
Athens County
Campbell
Clair Zigler
Chester Star
James H. Abbott
State Patrol
Robert Dugan
Dugan
Bartrum
Fisher
Pomeroy Bend Theatres
Anna Magnani
Anthony Quinn
Old Yeller
Liberty
Ohio
Rodan
the Flying Monster
King Brothers
Hell
Korea
Ronald Lewis
Stephen Boyd
Victor Maddern
Tom and Jerry
Jimmy Stewart
Family Nights
Ohn
ARTIC
Walt Disneys
Snow Ethle
Nikok
Ensign
U. S. Navy
David John Page
FBI
Los Angeles
Page
Wasp
San Francisco
Canada
International
Arthur Hoyt
Benton Penn
Henry Cleland
Augusta Genheimer
Richard Rupe
George Parker
Marion Ebersbach
Allen C. Hill
Garden Club
Christ
Racine Baptist Church
Racine, Ohio
Gene McAllister, Evangelist
V. Wesley Jenkins
Fricks
Pythians
Dance
Senior High Glee Club
Moores
PTA Schedules Sale
John M. Richmond
Point Pleasant Armory
Trailer Home Trend
Ohio River
Burpees
Bill Lewis
Spring Hill
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