Athens PTA Elects Officers and Reviews Year
A late meeting of the Athens Middleport PTA in the high school auditorium elected officers for the coming year and reviewed last year’s accomplishments. Nan Moore presided as president, with L W McComas as president and a slate including Earl Owen, C O Fisher, Edgar Reynolds, John Lambert, and others serving as officers or delegates. The program featured a brass sextet, a film, and a Home Economics fashion show with students and Miss Louise Drake leading the display.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sssnseeport
Parent-Teacher Association
Nan Moore
L. W. McComas
Earl Owen
Stephen Foster
Columbus
Louise’ Drake
Bertha Hoffman
Fashion
Lois Ann Roush
Cressa_ Webb
Miriam Kauff
Ann Kelly
Peggy Robson
Bernice Searles
Mary Virginia Haggerty
Norvine Egner
Marcia Singer
Wanda Thomas
Roseanna Barker
Betty Mulford
Barbara Meinhart
Gladys Lou Folden
Bety Lou Werner
Helen Rice
Jo Stewart
Shirley Miller
Patricia
Lera Knopp
Charlene Walburn
Susie Smith
Lois ‘Ann Roush
Margaret Belle Milchoan
Marjorie Michl
Iris Winerenner
Marjorie Diles
Dolores
Kitchen
Mazie Wise
Rosalie Rite
Delia Mae Vance
Nancy Roller
Hackett
Ward evening fashion and club reports at event
The afternoon program featured Thelma Howard and Nina Louise Triplett in white taffeta gowns as members and friends attended. Mrs Moore thanked attendees for past cooperation while committees reported funds spent on furniture toys radios and projects. Summer Roundup plans, programs, and new student crafts and a spinet piano were showcased to parents and teachers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thelma Howard
Nina Louise
Moore
John Dillard
David Entsminger
Aivan
Karl Owen
Roger Daniels
W.S. Elli
Nell Bing
Elizabeth Cosgrove
M. W. Essex
F. M. Cluff
L. J. Heiner
L. C. Staats
H. A. Rothrock
Guy Reynolds
Flossie. Frecker
George
Sce
Cecil
Gordon “Harris
Byes Later
Leo Kennedy
Reynolds
Noah Haskins
Calvin Reichman
Glenn Lambert
Kenneth Byer
Edward Demosixey
Pomeroy Garden Club Social Notes and Neighbor News
Pomeroy Brief Social Notes describes a Monday evening meeting of the Pomeroy Garden Club at Mrs E Brider’s Lincoln Hill home with local attendees. A Maypole centerpiece, officer slate for the coming year, and a program on community projects followed a handkerchief shower for Mrs Ridgeway who is leaving for California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rommins
Scott Ridgeway
Harry Smith
Ary Ras Farnham
W. A'Smith
HB Smith
Mire
AN. Benger
Irving Karrey
Mix
Murray
Leah Weatherby
Ifich
Harry Feiger
Avis
Roush
Ohio
A.N. Bengel
Ridgeway
Pomeroy
California
Iet
Meigs Church Women Plan General Meeting
Meigs County Council for Church Women plans a general meeting at Federated Church in Pomeroy with 11 area churches invited. The luncheon follows a four part program including county activity flashes, local help efforts, and a worship service led by Mrs. Karr of the Middleport Presbyterian church. Rev Tesier will deliver the gospel message.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meigs Church
Pomeroy
Federated” Church
Meigs County
Slade
James Tesier
Sidney Fadely
Fase
Jor Js
Chester
Minersville
Cedric Clark
Hinshaw
Oremuan
Karr
Middleport
Arden of Eden
Licensed to marry Pomeroy Lewis couple secures license
William Casey Pomeroy Lewis, 35, of Athens and Betty Williams, 32, of Pomeroy R. D., obtained a marriage license Tuesday in the probate court. The note about the black bass appears as a stray fragment indicating a sunfish misnaming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Lewis William Caey
Athens
Betty Williams
Pomeroy R. D
Small School Sets Record In State Test
Columbia High School students in Meigs County entered in nine of nineteen subjects, winning five firsts and three seconds. They led per subject groups, with two firsts and two seconds among four grade groups, and produced top county scores in Junior English and American History. Students advancing to the District State Scholarship Examination will meet at Ohio University in Athens on May 31.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meigs
Columbia High School
Columbia
Marie Cummings
Alvin Dye
Dawn Dye
Eileen Stansbury
Joe Rife
Helen Holcomb
Carolyn Holcomb
Claire Steward
Donia Radekin
Meigs County
Ohio University
Athens
Water Filter Mix-Up Leaves Pomeroyite Thirsty
Night patrolman H H Niemeyer grew thirsty and drank from Robinson's Laundry fountain only to find no relief. Councilman E F Robinson explained the water came through a filter that was intermittently changed, leaving a mild salty solution that felt cool but did not quench his thirst.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
HH. Niemeyer
Robinson
EF. Robinson
Sale At Lumber Company Draws Large Crowd
A large crowd attended a sale at the Lumber Company in Middleport after the firm recently filed for bankruptcy. Bart Swepsos of Cotambug oversaw the auction which began at 10 o’clock. Mrs Albert Russel Sr was taken to Parkersburg hospital by ambulance after suffering appendicitis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lumber Company Middleport
Aiedlatersnes Tsenooa Bs Otis Oe
Comery
Re'Ar Mier
Wie
Recemly
Bart Swepsos
Cotambug
Wes
Pomeroy
Albert Russel Sr
Parkersburg
Four Beech Street Sisters Highlight Summer Afternoon
A quartet of sisters Frances Chase Ruth Chase Mary Lou Smith and Lois Ann Smith enjoyed a shoe free sunny afternoon along the avenue lined with trees birds and flowers. They are daughters of Harold and Mrs Chase and Orin and Mrs Smith of Beech Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances and
Ruth Chase
Harold Chase
Mary Lou
Lois Ann Smith
Orin Smith
Beech St
Middleport Band Boosters Elect Officers After PTR Meet
Middleport Band Boosters elected Kenaworth as president with Mexic Le French as vice president and Mrs. Fuser as secretary. Outgoing president Paul Smart led the meeting, committees were named for Memorial Day plans, cemeteries to be cleaned, and arrangements made for an ice cream social. The group discussed spring cemetery cleaning and how owners may hire help or pay for cleaning services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Musinport-Mesagar i Kenaworth
PTR
Mexic le
Fuser
Gordon Lars
Paul Smart
Frar
Harri
Cee Root
George Jcnias
Tes
Vaughn
Tn Swoot
the Frances
LVR MEETS Shakespeare Club at Pomeroy Library
Shakespeare Club meets Tuesday at Pomeroy Public Library with Mrs Clifford Rhodes presenting on the Good Neighbor Tour. Plans for annual picnic Thursday May 15 at Elberfeld farm near Tuppers Plains. Fox hunt field day to be held at Jividen farm Ra term with Megs County Fox Hunters sponsoring. no awards, social gathering for fox hunt enthusiasts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LVR
Shakespeare Club
Pomeroy Public Library
Clifford Rhodes
Wady
Elberfeld Farm
Tuppers Plains
Pieree
Mary Jane
H. E. Cook
Misa Neil Bishop
Cleveland
Carl Hoffman
Chicago
Jividen
Raterm
Sun
Nis
Ise
Fox
The
Megs County Fox Hunters
Dog rescued from Racine sewer after hours of digging
Residents heard a barking from the ground near the Bradford home and dug into a sewer to free Skippy the dog. The small animal had followed a rabbit into an open sewer end and became wedged in a tight tile near the hill, where it was eventually rescued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bradford
Skippy
Billie Shelton
Gas Returns to Harrisonville Homes via New Well
Residents of Harts onville who lacked natural gas since last September are being supplied again. Gas was turned on in twenty homes Saturday with plans to extend to more. The fuel comes from a new gas well on the Avon Jones property, controlled by Pearl Ash and K F Ermlich doing business as Pearl Gas Company. They plan to drill another well immediately. Gas was formerly supplied by P French.
Program at Church features bells and musical glasses
A church program at Simpson Methodist Shareh presents a bell formed by a thousand tones, 30 musical glasses, a musical saw, and London cricket sounds. Mr Fish led Circle No 4 with unique equipment including colored lights and recorded piano accompaniments. Glasses, lighted in red and white, were imported from Belgium, Czechoslovakia, and Finland, while the saw was used in the piece When the World Forgets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pumeroy
Simpson Methodist Shareh
Ste. Fish
Golumous
Circle No. 4
Mir
Fish
Belgium
Czechoslovakia
Finland
Mr Fish
Fellas
Forest and Brush Fire Still Burning in Meigs County
A forest and brush fire near Peach Fork spread toward Route 83 and burned unchecked Tuesday night. No buildings were reported menaced, though trees and land suffered serious damage. Local fire department remained ready, as Meigs County faced multiple fires amid dry, windy weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peach Fork
Route 83
Meigs County
Racine Personal Notices and Weekend Visitors
Mrs Katie Wilson of Harrisonville nurses her daughter injured after a fall at a school building in Harrisonville. Visitors include Mr Ralph Neigler and son Arthur. Carroll and Forest to Zanes for the week. Robert Yost returns from Miami after a week away. Killinger of Rosesville visits Parks. Buckenhers and Mary Kathryn of Rochester Pa visit with Henry Bentz. Gloria Schaefer visits with Ollie Schaefer at Chillie cathe. Mason plays on Friday evening with his wife and family on Vine Street. Theobald family: Wilbur Theobald and wife with Janet Rutland visit Theobald’s brother and sister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macine
Katie Wilson
Harrisonville
Ralph Neigler
Arthur
Neigler
Caroll
Forest
Zanes
Robert Yost
Miami
Mary Kathryn
Rochester
Henry. Bentz
Gloria Schaefer
Ollie Schaefer
Chillle Cathe
Mason
Vine Street
Weber Theobald
Janet
Rutland
Woman's Music Club chorus to sing at May Day tea
A small group from the Woman's Music Club chorus will sing Down in the Dewey Dell Eisteddfod contest number and In My Gar i at the May Day tea, won by the Middleport Garden Club at Mrs. Ross Rawlings Union Ave Pomeroy Thursday afternoon and evening. The chorus will sing at 6 30 p m with vocal and pipe organ numbers by local musicians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Music Club
The
Dewey Dell
Gari
Middleport Garden Club
Ross. Rawlings
Union Ave
Pomeroy
Lack of final approval delays 1940s courthouse appropriations
The article notes that final approval for the appropriation plan is pending. If no changes are made, funding will mirror last year with courthouse salaries reverting to prior figures. Some increases were tentatively granted in the first quarter, but final action remains unresolved.
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PTA
Frith
Atlee
Bes
Brett the Flame OF
Ea TE
Ces
Roland Young
Otto
Tim Holt
Indusria Arts
Paul Trittschuh
Britain
San Fernando Valley
Royal Air Force
Alice Talton
Georgia Carroll
Marguerite Chapman
Warren Hight
Turia
Delaware
W. Bengel
W. Downie
Cotarnee
Wire
Charles Healy
Chasen Bagat
Ceska
Ingwih
Bane
Columiut i
Tao
Bis
Naomi Wyatt
Long Bottom
Mary
Adam Cunningham
Rometoy
Gerpe Seinen and Son Hartford Vaseete
Racine
Cal
Athens Pharmacy
Court Mt
Athens Ice & Storage Co
Soft Water Dept
Leigh
Ta Raurence Olivier
Alexander Korda
HAT Hamilton Womans
United Ariss
Chesterfield
Southland
Turkey
Greece
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