Middleport and Pomeroy Plan May School Plays
Middleport seniors stage Moonlight for Herbert in the high school auditorium on May 3 with Milton Smart, Martha Haggerty, and Alfred Scarberry in key roles. The Pomeroy junior-senior program features Almost Summer directed by W A Smith, with Lawrence Rose, Mary Foster, and Jeannine Evans among the cast as tickets go on sale in schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Pomeroy
Herbert
Milton Smart
Herbert Rains
Martha Haggerty
Jean Bressart
Vincent
Alfred Scarberry
Mary Baker
Margaret Rains
Curtis Kelly
Sidney Rains
Patricia McElhinny
Beverly
Doris Barker
Miss Hepplewhite
Peggy Lewis
Mrs
Kathryn Walters
Dorothy Blosser
Dorothy Gosney
Edna Miller
Patricia Karr
Martha Seines
Kathryn Russell
Freda Darst
Lena Darst
Norms Plant
Frances Pickens
Juanita Casto
Martha Rickman
Dorothy Childs
Louise Glaze
Jerry Pullen
Patricia Jones
Jean Werner
George Ebersbach
Richard Koehler
W. A. Smith
Paul
Lawrence Rose
Mrs. Jones
Mary K. Foster
George Fisher
Mr. Jones
Pat Duffy
Junior
Rosalie Parfitt
Mary
Junior Seyfried
Jack
Jane
Middleport Social Notes Highlights Local Marriages and Meetings
Announcement of the marriage of Miss Mary Rose Scines to Mr. Robert Mitch at Heath Methodist Church after Easter Sunrise Service. Other items cover the Poppy Sale plans by Drew Webster Post American Legion, a marriage of Miss Mary Virginia White to Humbert Smith Stemple Sr., a Grace Methodist Church event, a First Baptist Golden Rule class meeting, and Pvt Lynford Johnson on leave with family in Mason County.
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Middleport
Mary Rose Scines
John Scines
Robert Mitch
Perry Mitch
Heath Methodist Church
Norma Jean French
Marjorie Michl
Joe Young
H. A. Rothrock
Ladies Auxiliary
Drew Webster Post
American Legion
Grace ‘Methodist Church
Washington D.H
Mary Virginia White
Allen White
Humbert Smith Stemple
Springfield
White
Washington D.H. High School
Springfield City Hospital School of Nursing
Mr. Stemple
Athens High School
Ohio University
Pacific
General Motors Acceptance Corporation
Dayton
First Baptist Church
James Pullins
Leo Russell
Edison Baker
David Durst
William Beaver
Paul Smart
Paul Haptonstall
Marie Hauck
Janice Daniels
Willis Anthony
Jennie Sue Daniels
Pvt
Lynford Johnson
Virginia
Mason County
Pomeroy Personalities Share Weekend Visits
Pomeroy residents and guests from Chicago, including Mr. and Mrs. Gotschalk, Miss Maude Grueser, and Leon Grueser, spent the weekend with the Leifheit and Lohn families. Roy Nicely visited former Sergeant Harold Hite en route home. Henry Jenkinson, back from Gravel Hill Middleport after his wife’s death, stayed with the Gilkeys on Harrisonville Road. Jenkinson and the late Mrs. Jenkinson and the Gilkeys once worked for the OHE in Gallipolis.
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Bentley Peoples
William
William Leifheit
Otto Lohn
George Gotschalk
Chicago
Maude
Freda Grueser
Leon Grueser
Roy Nicely
Harold Hite
Pomeroy
Hite
Caddie Wick Pomeroy Installed Councilor at Rally
Mrs Caddie Wick was installed as councilor of District 13 when the Daughters of America met in Gallipolis for the District Rally. Members of Theodorus Council Pomeroy exemplified the memorial service at the rally. Boys from Middleport and Pomeroy were taken before Probate Court for disturbing the peace after a Saturday night altercation.
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Pomeroy
Caddie Wickham
Daughters of America
Gallipolis
Theodorus Council
Middleport
Trading Post Robbery Reported in Middleport
A Sunday morning break in at the Trading Post on Mill and S Third Street saw the safe tampered with and cash taken from a change drawer. Owner Howard Ewing noted merchandise must be checked before confirming losses. Police deem the burglary likely amateurish and are pursuing several clues. Night patrolman Ithamer Neal said lights were out around midnight, suggesting the crime occurred before daybreak.
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Middleport
Pomeroy Bend
Mill and
S. Third Sts
Howard
Ewing
Trading Post
Ithamer Neal
Veterans in Service Are Honored in Middleport
T A May host to 32 Columbus & Southern Ohio Electric employees honoring retiring members H F Lohse 30 years D Druggan 20 years and D Darst 18 years totaling 68 years of service A three course chicken dinner supervised by Miss Ruth Peters was served at the local office on N Second Ave Officials joined in congratulating the trio with other out of town guests listed from Athens Columbus Nelsonville Gallipolis McArthur Hillsboro and more
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Middleport
T. A. May
Columbus & Southern Ohio Electric Company
Ih. F. Lohse
David Darst
P. H. Druggan
Athens
Ruth Peters
Home Service Department
Columbus
N. Second Ave
May
Lohse
Columbus & Southern
Druggan
Darst
S. M. Haffey
H. C. Clark
H. C. Clark, Miss Peters
F. H. McKay
J. A. Fuller
H. C. Bobo
T. H. Metters
Fred Dixon
F. L. Groves
L. I
Kreigg
D. N. Sheffield
Nelsonville
Y. C. McNealey
Robert Lohse
Gallipolis
L. J. Hawk
McArthur
I. P. Eakins
Hillsboro
Middleport Team Wins Opener of Season
Middleport opens baseball with a 10 0 win over Rio Grande at Pythian Park. Hackett leads with two triples and four RBIs as Hindy and Searles combine on the mound for the shutout, with the team set to host Gallipolis May 5 and practice Monday evening at 6 o clock.
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Middleport
Pythian Park
Rio Grande
Hackett
Hal Hindy
Charles Searles
Gallipolis
Middleport Park
Middleport Abrh
Carl Searles
Sauer
Hubbard
Handrix
Ib. Walters
A. Clatworthy
Barsotti
J. Hackett
jHindy
Searles
Licensed to Marry POMEROY and Meigs County Couples
Records show Jack Scott 21 of New Marshfield and Margaret Rice 21 of Athens licensed to marry in Meigs County. Ralph C. Calvert 28 and Edythe Joachim 23, both of Pomeroy, also licensed. Anna M. Frank files for divorce from Gerald W. Frank in Meigs County Common Pleas Court for extreme cruelty this Friday.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Jack Scott
New Marshfield
Margaret Rice
Athens
Ralph C. Calvert
Edythe Joachim
Anna M. Frank
Gerald W. Frank
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Middleport Social Notes
Legion Hall
Blue & Gray
Pomeroy Personals
Carpenter News
Charleston
W. Va
Howard Steward
Lucy Jo
Dawn Dye
Ohio State University
Alvin
W. I. Swet
Guy C. Gorby
Albany
Walter Hampton
Carpenter Church
Jessie Jewell
Mellie Starkey
Etta Rostmine
William Nichols
Kenneth Nichols
Leo Dudgeon
Ona Nelson
Downie Neilson
George Jackson Lodther
Columbia Grange
Harrisonville Grange
Meigs Pomeroy
Roy Rogers
Bob Nolan
and Sons of Pioneers
Temple Middleport
Walt Disney
Ibendvue
Song OF the Range
Jimmy Wakeley
Lasses
White “Strange
MR. Gregory
Edmund Lowe
Jean Rogers
Frontier
Stark’s Pharmacy
Ge Zee
U.S. P
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Ceres
Riker
Harmony
Rexall
Bsc
Queante
Rex
Bc UD Bre
Antacid
Stina
Nat Vineland
Hormen
Cedar Chest
Lonilan
Puretas
Reese Ant Jen
Shefine Bhay
Rene
50 UD
Aga-Rex
Tropweis
Stark's Pharmacy
Ris
Pitas Lowe
Magnesia
Zable and
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