Pomeroy High to wear new uniforms at Meigs Fair
Pomeroy Ohio August 3 1956 Pomeroy High School band under Ray Woodgeard will wear new summer uniforms at the Meigs County Fair on August 17 at 1 pm The set includes purple overseas cap white shirt belt trousers shoes and socks The uniforms funded by the Band Boosters and band parents The band booster officers are Mrs Carl Moore president Bill Anderson vice president Mrs Hugh Beards secretary and Mrs Joe Raub treasurer Fall band activities begin August 6 with senior band meeting at 9 am and reserve band at 10:30 am in the high school auditorium
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Pomeroy
Ray Woodgeard
Meigs County
Carl Moore
Bill Anderson
Hugh Beards
Joe Raub
Middie Garden Club Sets Buffet Meeting In Middleport
Middleport Garden Club will meet at the home of Mrs. tend tus wedding 1 Mise pew Maigsien in Middleport with a buffet supper at 6 o clock. Mrs. Roller, president, says the supper replaces the planned picnic and a business meeting will follow.
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Irden
Wes Ot Yar Suger
Family Night Supper At First Presbyterian Church
The church held a potluck family night supper with 65 attendees to bid farewell to pastor Rev. Howard E. Ruppelt before his monthlong vacation. Gifts, birthday tribute, and a cartoon screening followed indoor due to bad weather as well wish letters were signed for Mrs. L. J. Heiner convalescing at home.
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Dorothy Lavely Clinton Fisher
C. E. Ruppelt
Long Beach
J. H. Elder
Middleport Church News and Services Schedule
Middleport Church listings show services for Church of Christ and others. Heath Methodist Raymon Kongright leads morning worship at 10:30 with church school at 9:30 and a sermon on The Power of the Gospel of Christ. First Baptist Rev. Clinton Hoyt offers 9:15 church school and 10:15 communion with Mendelssohn and the Organ, Then 1:30 evening service followed by sermons on The Touch of His Hand and Permanence in a Changing World. B. H. Sanborn Missionary Society picnic and roadside park event is Monday at 6 p.m. Golden corn roast, midweek prayer, and choir rehearsals listed. Salvation Army Captain Glenna Rummel conducts Sunday school at 2:30 p.m, Holiness meeting at 3 p.m, and 7:30 p.m. salvation meeting with 7 p.m open air services at the Salvation Army Hall on Second Ave. The Sunbeams meet Fridays at 4 p.m with an immediate meeting today.
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First Baptist
Claremon E. Hoyt
Mendelssohn
B. H. Sanborn Missionary Society
Middleport
Roadside Park
Doreus
Syracuse
Church of the Nazarene
M. C. Larimore
NYPS
Church of Christ
Donald Seevers
Laurel Cliff
Harry Bates
M. Dhe
Harold C. Doster
Reedsville
Keno Church of Christ — Sun
Hemlock Grove
Carmel
Bradford
Baptist — It
Hart
Zion Church of Christ
Thomas HH. Wyatt
Wednesda
Carleton
Kingsbury Road
R. A. Biddle
St. Paul's Lutheran
Lat Mohrhoff
Trinity Lutheran
Fickenseher
Danville
United Methodist
Eugene Brown
WCTU
Genheimer
Mulberry Ave
Ralph C. Zundelvaster
Burnell Stephenson
Delaware
Ohio
16-Year-Old Bill Is Paid to Widow
A Middleport woman recalls an unusual deed saying there are honest people left. She received a letter from out of state about a delinquent bill to her late husband, a Middleport physician. The writer offered to pay the full $70 owed, though the family had moved 160 years ago and the widow did not remember him.
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Middleport
Porter Gullett and family visit relatives in Huntington
Local social note lists visits by Porter and Gullett families to Huntington and Lima. Mrs Milo Moore returns from Gallipolis State Institute to join Rev. Moore in Lima. Betty Lee Russell returns home from Columbus. Several Porter residents prepare for MYF Camp in Lancaster and attend church events.
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G. G. Gullett
Ralph Coburn
Huntington
Milo Moore
Gallipolis State Institute
Moore
Lima
Ohio
Betty Lee Russell
Columbus
Clovis Eblin
Margaret Russell
Gerald Wagner
Mike
Pat
Barbara
Wellton
Garnet Russell
Harry Wagner
Wagner
Coalton
Ohio , University
HM. Stevens
Eugene Stevens
Don G Mike
Clara Belle
Porter Church
MYF
WSCS
William Sprague
Rutland
Dave Duncan
Burl Meadows
Frances Duncan
Max Thompson
Della Stevens
Nellie Kraus
Paul Pyles
H. M. Stevens
Paul
Pauline Russell
John K. Russell
Johnnie
Jack ‘Taylor
Mar
Clyde Cramer
Roy Hughes
Meigs County 1H 4H Club Notes Mixed meetings and demos
Meigs County 1 H Notes report Syracuse sunshine Girls H Club meeting at state park with Mary Jane Loucks presiding and plans for Camden Park Huntington. Pomeroy 4 H held achievement day with hints from Mrs Nolan and demos on salad making and tacks. Bradbury Boys 4 H met at Robert King home to work on project books with 10 members and one guest Tommy Miller. The Enterprise Church hosting Enterprise 4 H with thirteen men. Syracuse Jolly Stitchers had 10 members and three visitors at Eleanor Schneider’s home. Alfred Boys 4 H met at Merle Hawk’s with 10 members and three guests. Langsville Honor Club met at Kay Barr’s with five members. Next Aug 6 meeting at 8:30 p.m. at Shorty Meeks residence.
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sunshine Girls +H Club
State Park
Mary Jane Loucks
Camden Park
Huntington
Sylvia Zwilling
Jean Teaford
Linda Mae Hubbard
Pomeroy Benders 4H Club
Ronald Russell
Bradbury Boys LH Club
Robert King
Tommy Miller
Issell Baer Lewis
Eleanor Schneider
Alfred Boys
Glu
Merle Hawk
Shorty
Meeks
Roger Gaul
Langsville
Kay Barr
Local Camp Ground Youth Trip Highlights and Visits
Kerr Paul Pyles of Bidwell and family joined youths from four churches on a week at Lancer Camp Ground. Westerman church attendees included Junior Skidmore, Herman and Roy Sprague, the King family, Fraley, Knotts, Call, Mattox, Burger, Rawlings, Linda Burger, Tiny Cook, and Claudette Mason. Local drivers Howard Fish, Dolly Skidmore, Henry Skidmore, Herman Sprague, and Lee Windon aided transport. Cooks were Mrs. Dean and Mrs. Julie McGee of Bidwell. Further visits included Mr and Mrs Junior Denney and daughter Susie, and James and Eugene Stout seeking work in Columbus.
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Bidwell
Lancer
Westerman
Junior Skidmore
Herman
Roy Sprague
Beth
J. B. King
Lois Fraley
Sandra Knotts
Lois Call
Miss Mattox
Carole Burger
Barbara Rawlings
Linda Burger
Tiny Cook
Claudette Mason
Howard Fish
Dolly Skidmore
Henry Skidmore
Herman Sprague
Lee Windon
Dean
Julie McGee
Junior Denney
Susie
Bill Knotts
James
Eugene Stout
Columbus
Dauber
Kerr Post
Kimberlings
Charles Burnett
Bess Withrow
Daugher Carol of
Huntington
Ernest Hager
Joyce Wheeler
Maryland
Lester Waugh
Gary Charles
Stout
Tome
Columbus Children's Hospital
Charles
Nelloise
Cindy
Paula Kay
Rileynd
Akron
Sherry Brannon
Atlas Juded
Mr Brannon
Rio Grande
Howard Branson
Allipolis
Curt Knotts
Gilmer
Knotts Katheryn Knotts
Pomeroy Social Notes Supper Honors Church Leaders
A potluck supper at Syracuse Road side Park honors Rev and Mrs Larimore after four years at Syracuse Church of the S tor. Poems by Mrs Arnold and Mrs Maxine Arnold honor the late founder C L Arnold. Gifts were presented by Mrs Pauline McClintock. Attendees include many Pomeroy and Circleville residents plus traveling visitors and relatives.
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Tom Pomeroy
Syracuse
Syracuse Church of the Stor
C. L. Arnold
Morris Wolfe
Maxine Arnold
Larimore
Pauline McClintock
Cooperdale
Lawrence Fick
Heath Methodist Senior Choir Plans Meigs County Visit
The Sunior choir of Heath Methodist Church led by Mrs L W McComas with accompanist Sharon Jones will travel to Meigs County Infirmary Sunday afternoon to sing for residents The Rev Raymon Konkright pastor will accompany and lead Remember the Days of Old The program notes a fine of 15 dollars plus costs for a main traffic violation charged in Mayoring worship services next month
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Sunior
Heath Methodist Church
L. W. McComas
Sharon Jones
Meigs County Infirmary
Raymon Konkright
Middleport
Charles Swin
McComasher
Fisher
Car Wrecked In Syracuse
William Pike twenty one of Syracuse drove a wrecked car on Route 124 near Syracuse Roadside Park. The vehicle overturned damaging a fence. Pike faced reckless operation charges and to appear before Judge Cedric W. Clark. Passenger Walter Hursman thirty of Racine was fined fifty dollars and costs for intoxication and jailed for nonpayment.
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Pomeroy
William Pike
Syracuse
Morassenger
Harold Duckworth
Pike
Reckles
Cedric W. Clark
Meigs County Common Pleas Court
Walter Hursman
Racine
Court of Justice of the Peace
R. E. Grindley
Firemen Head to State Conclave in Cleveland
Middleport volunteer firefighters met to plan attendance at the state convention in Cleveland Friday through Sunday. Leaders include former Mayor Sidney T. Russell, president of Meigs County Firemen's Association, and delegate David Oblinger. Other members listed: Tom Mills, James Daniels, Charles Murray, Robert McElhinny, Thomas Darst, John Vroman, Raymond Kloes, and Everett Bachner. The group funds part of the trip through village-approved projects as new firefighting methods and equipment will be demonstrated. A large parade and entertainment are planned.
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Middleport
Cleveland
Sidney T. Russell
Meigs County Firemen’s Association
David Oblinger
Tom Mills
James Daniels
Charles Murray
Robert McElhinny
Thomas Darst
John Vroman
Raymond Kloes
Everett Bachner
Charles E Petty Dies at 75 in Coolville
Charles E Petty 75 of Long Bottom died early Thursday at Camden Clark Hospital Parkersburg. Lifelong in Long Bottom area, he was a member of the Methodist Church. Survivors include his wife Shellene. daughter Margaret Paolini Canal Winchester. one grandson Michael Paolini. five sisters Susie Thompson Julia Brooks Bernice Barnhart Mandy Eardley all of East Liverpool Cressie Petty Mount Vernon. one brother Marvin Petty Racine. Services Sunday at 2 at Long Bottom Methodist Church with Rev Renee Wallace officiating. burial Sand Hill Cemetery. Friends may call at the family home.
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Charles E. Petty
Long Bottom
Camden Clark Hospital
Parkersburg
Methodist Church
Shelliene
Margaret Paolini
Canal Winchester
Michael Paolini
Susie Thompson
Julia Brooks
Bernice Barnhart
Mandy Eardley
East Liverpool
Cressie Petty
Mount Vernon
Marvin Petty
Racine
Long Bottom Methodist Church
Renee Wallace
Sand Hill
Rev Burnell Stephenson to lead Pomeroy church service
POMEROY Rev Burnell Stephenson son of Mr and Mrs J H Stephenson of Pomeroy and pastor of First Baptist Church Delaware Ohio will be guest pastor Sunday morning at Pomeroy First Baptist Church. Rev Zandel moderator will attend with his family in Zanesville for a reunion and Eglin boy treated after illness as Emergency Squad responded. Varieties practice set for dancing chorus and soloists for Big Bend Varieties at 8 p.m.
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Pomeroy
Burnell Stephenson
J. H. Stephenson
First Baptist Church
Delaware, O
Pomeroy First Baptist Church
Zandel
Pomeroy Church
Dick. Eglin
Clay Eglin
Laurel Cliff
Big Bend
Survivors of Howard Smith Noted in Cincinnati Record
Among the survivors of Howard Smith, former resident who died this week in Cincinnati, are his wife and a daughter, Kathryn Mahore. The notice highlights the family link and the recent death.
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Pomeroy
Howard Smith
Pomeroy Area Church News and Schedule
A compiled list of Sunday school times worship services and related activities for numerous churches in Pomeroy and nearby areas. Churches include Syracuse NYPS and EUB units with service times from morning worship to evangelistic meetings and midweek prayer sessions.
Knights to Place Marker at Entrance
Fides Lodge 210 Knights of Pythias completed plans for a lighted dome with the lodge identification at the entrance of the castle hall. Additional signs will be placed later as committees work toward a membership project starting in the early fall led by Paul Haptonstall.
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Middleport
Fides Lodge 210
Knights of Pythias
Castle Hall
Paul Haptonstall
Sabbath and church services listed for local congregations
Seventh Day Adventist meet at DAV Hall 124 Butternut St with Sabbath school at 2 p.m worship at 3 15 p.m prayer meeting Wednesday 7 30 p.m. Alfred Methodist led by Rev R M Grove has Sunday school 9 30 a.m worship 10 45 a.m Dinsmore Boyles leader Elmwood Rest Home Sunday 2 to 4 p.m prayer services Wednesday 7 30 p.m.
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Seventh-Day Adventist
Dav Hall
Butternut St
Saturdi
Alfred Methodist
R. M. Grove
Dinsmore Boyles
Elmwood Rest Home
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