Capacity FHA and 4 H style show draws Meigs audience
A large audience at Senior High Auditorium Pomeroy watched 140 FHA and 4 H club members display sewing articles and fashion items in a Junior Fair style review. Judging began at 9 am with demonstrations on washing sweaters and tomato uses, plus textile painting and dress showcases. Approximately 175 attended.
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Pomeroy
FHA
Rosalie Story
Haney
Erma Jean Boring
Janet Story
Donna Jean Hysell
Mary McAfee
KMD
Frances Evans
Marilyn Vickers
Alveth Robinson
Gallia County
Beatrice Cleveland
Ohio
Belgian Named As Teacher At Pomeroy
At a Pomeroy Board of Education meeting, John H. Savels born in Belgium and studying at George Peabody College was hired to teach French and English at the high school. The board also authorized purchasing three electric sewing machines and 24 mechanical drawing outfits and awarded coal bids to West Coal Co. A $3000 rehabilitation bond was approved, with updates on acoustical tile in the gym, painting in progress at Sugar Run and Central schools. Attending were Dr. P. F. Stanley, Dr. H. D. Brown, J. F. Neutzling, Superintendent Foster, Ralph Graves, Rolland Smith.
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Pomeroy
Pomeroy Board of Education
John H. Savels
Belgium
George Peabody College For Teachers
Nashville
Tenn
Pomeroy High School
Savels
State Teachers College
Nivelles
West Coal Co
W. A. Smith
Smith
Sugar Run School
Central School
P. F. Stanley
H. D. Brown
J. F. Neutzling
Foster
Ralph Graves
Rolland Smith
Former Pomeroy Resident Nina Wendland Dies
Mrs. Charles McNamee reports the death of Nina Wendland at a Dayton area residence in early July. A former Pomeroy resident, she was the daughter of the late Mr and Mrs Fred Wendland.
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Middleport
Charles McNamee
Nina Wendland Atwood
Dayton
Pomeroy
Fred Wendland
Youth Meet Is Planned for Meigs County council
Pomeroy Meigs County Farm Bureau Youth Council reports plans for a one day youth conference to introduce county youth to Farm Bureau Youth Councils. John Heiskell notes six youths attended a training session at Athens. An effort with Red Karr will start another Youth Council near Alfred and Tuppers Plains and expand councils in Meigs County.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Farm Bureau Youth Council
Farm Bureau
John Heiskell
Athens
Picnic Planned by Chester Youth Council
The Chester Youth Council of Meigs County Farm Bureau will hold its annual picnic Sunday at the Gallipolis dam. Each person brings a basket lunch while drinks are provided by the host club. Departure is set for 10 a.m. from the Farm Bureau office. Alice Beardsley of the Farm Bureau Radio Department visited a meeting at the Window residence. recordings and officer interview were made.
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Pomeroy
Chester Youth Council
Meigs County
Farm Bureau
Gallipolis
Alice Beardsley
Farm Bureau Radio Department
Virgil
Virginia Window
John Heiskell
Meeting Date Changed for Pomeroy Jaycees
The Jaycee meeting moves from August 13 to August 6 at 8 p.m. at the Meigs Courthouse due to the Meigs County Fair that week.
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Pomeroy
Meigs
Meigs County
Meigs Marriage Licenses Issued to Several Couples
Delbert Kelley 52 of Athens County and Hattie Christy 41 of Cookie Route 3, Edward Russell 6, Chester and Betty Quillen 21 of Middleport are listed for marriage license issuance in Meigs County records.
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Meigs
Delbert Kelley
Athens County
Hattie Christy
Cookie
Edward Russell
Chester
Betty Quillen
Middleport
Pomeroy Garden Club Holds Annual Picnic Event
The Pomeroy Garden Club met on Grace Episcopal Parish House lawn for a buffet supper and brief business led by President Mrs. John J. Leitweiler. The next meeting is set for Sept 5 at Mrs. J. E. White’s home with many members and guests in attendance.
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Pomeroy
Grace Episcopal Parish House
John J. Leitweiler
J. E. White
Davis Family Reunion at Buffington Island Park
The Davis annual reunion took place at Buffington Island State Park in Portland with a noon basket dinner. Attendees included E N Johnson and George Cahoon of Wilkesville, Donald Kennedy of Pomeroy, Max and Merle Davis families from Bradbury, plus many relatives from Langsville Rutland Long Bottom Columbus Addison Akron Aurora and other nearby towns.
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Pomeroy
Davis
Buffington Island State Park
Portland
E. N. Johnson
George Cahoon
Wilkesville
Donald Kennedy
Max Davis
Jerry
Bradbury
Merle Davis
Bryan
Belva
Leona Davis
Katie Davis
Langsville
Race Davis
Everett Hutton
Burt Davis
Rutland
Worley Davis
Rosalie Davis
Robert Davis
Linda
Diana
Bill
Clyde Davis
Janet
Dexter
E. W. Holter
Minersville
Orvill Holter
Gary
Sharon
Long Bottom
Ronald Davis
Columbus
Harold Davis
Susie
Philip and
James
Addison
Bruce Davis
Akron
Ralph Hunt
Edward Davis
Aurora
New Legion Officers Start Terms at Pomeroy Post
The American Legion at Drew Webster Post Home in Pomeroy held its first meeting with new officers led by Commander Frank Cheesebrew. Second Vice Commander H E Boney and Adjutant Richard Davis took their posts. A membership drive was outlined ahead of the Columbus department convention.
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Legion
Cheesebrew
Joe Deutschle
Clifford Hayes
Robert Vaughan
Roy Reuter
Ladies Aid Society to Meet at Church Annex
Syracuse notice states the Presbyterian Church Ladies Aid Society will meet in the Church Annex Thursday and invites all women associated with the church to attend.
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Syracuse
Ladies Aid Society of the
Presbyterian Church
Cars Crash Head-On On Willow Run Road
A head-on collision occurred on Willow Run Road from the Rocksprings Telephone Exchange to Laurel Cliff Road. Mrs Eugene Collins and Victor Roberts were involved. Vincent Broderick helped the Collins family to Meigs General Hospital. Patricia Collins suffered a shaken reaction, Richie 6 appeared uninjured, and Roberts sustained facial injuries. No arrests were made.
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Pomeroy
Willow Run
Rocksprings
Laurel Cliff Road
Eugene Collins
Victor Roberts
Charles Russell
Vincent Broderick
Collins
Meigs General Hospital
Mrs. Collins
Roberts
Buckleys Visit Parkersburg as Gainers Join Them
The Buckley family of Mulberry Ave. spent Sunday in Parkersburg with the Smiths. Mrs. Gainer stayed to visit her daughter, Mrs. Russell T. Smith Jr., while the others returned home. Funeral services were held in Nelsonville for Mrs. Hazel Rosser Krieg. Mrs. Cook, a retired missionary, accompanied by guests, will visit Mrs. Bartlett in Nelsonville. FE. S. Beegle is hospitalized in Parkersburg after a foot injury from a two week old accident.
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Eugene Buckley
Joyce
Sue and
Kenny
Mulberry Ave
Jean Lama
Ernest Jones
Nelsonville
Hazel Rosser Krieg
Mary Cook
Kathryn Poindexter
Mary Bartlett
FE. S. Beegle
St. Joseph Hospital
Parkersburg
Beegle
Divorce Sought in Meigs Court
Annie Lee Jackson filed a petition for divorce in Meigs Common Pleas Court on Friday afternoon against Charles Jackson Jr. The complaint accuses him of gross neglect of duty and extreme cruelty.
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Pomeroy
Meigs Common Pleas Court
Annie Lee Jackson
Charles Jackson, Jr
Salisbury Rural School Board Renews Teacher Assignments
The Pomeroy Lancers school board met Friday night and assigned teachers for grades 1 through 8 across Bradbury Silver Run Laurel Cliff Rose Hill Rocksprings and Laurel Cliff. New consolidated elementary building on Route 33 expected ready for occupancy around January 1 with enrollment projections for each school district.
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Laurel Chiff
Robert Bowen
Elizabeth Evans
Rose Hill
Ray Whaley
Lillian Smith
Rocksprings
Geneva Joachim
Edith Biffle
Laurel Cliff
Consolidated
Route
Salisbury
Bradbury
Silver Run
Fire News Withheld
Mrs. Robert Mees of Columbus reports her father Charles Ward's Pomeroy residence was lightly damaged by a fire. M rs. Ward’s wife Mrs. Charles Ward fell in Cleveland last Wednesday and broke a leg. Ward siblings Marion Rosemary and Dorothy Miller were at Mt. Carmel Hospital where she was to undergo surgery. The family has not told Mrs Ward about the fire due to her condition.
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Pomeroy
Robert Mees
Columbus
Charles Ward
E. Main St
Ward
Cleveland
Mees
Mt. Carmel Hospital
Marion
Rosemary
Dorothy Miller
Mayor Russell Fines Mitch 25 Dollars Jail Term
Middleport mayor Sidney T. Russell orders Oliver Mitch to 30 days in the Columbus workhouse after a prior fine of 25 dollars plus costs for intoxication. Mitch, a village street crew worker, faced the sentence Monday night and had been warned previously.
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Middleport
Sidney T. Russell
Oliver
Jock
Central Rural Board Hires Two Teachers
At the county superintendent of schools office the Central Rural Board of Education hired two teachers for the 1952-53 term. Robert Gray, former Tup pers Plains basketball coach, will teach science at Chester High. Barbara Smith Chester will teach elementary grades at Chester, where she taught last year.
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Pomeroy
Central Rural Board of Education
County Superintendent of Schools
Chester High School
Robert Gray
Tuppers Plains
Barbara Smith Chester
Chester
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