Middleport Football Team Feted by Volunteer Fire Company
Middleport High School football squad honored at a three course turkey banquet in the Legion Hall. Undefeated lightweight and varsity Yellow Jacket teams praised by Judge Peoples, Sheriff Beards, and Coach Marshall McCuen. Captain Charles Entsminger and freshman Charles Burk spoke as guests reflected on the season.
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Middleport
Middleport High School
Yellow Jacket
Marshall McCuen
Charles
Bill Pickens
Henry Clatworthy
Legion Hall
M. W. Essex
L. W. McComas
C. E. Peoples
George Beards
Pomeroy
Sheriff Beards
Charles Entsminger
Pomeroy-Middleport
Charles Burk
Burk
B. F. Parmelee
130 Students Make Jr High Honor Roll
POMEROY Junior High honors six week period lists 130 students across seventh to ninth grades. Included are ninth graders Freda Parker Harietta Sullivan Jeanette Young Ruth Bauer Martha Rodel Charlotte DeVol Allen Dill Francis Dill Myron Bailey Betty Burnside Dorothy Peoples Don Bailey Cecil Spencer Harry Leonhard Margaret Story Mary Lambert eighth graders Danny Rosenbaum Willis Giles Rose Marie Nease Milford Mowrey Jack Lewis Mary McCallum Betty Mae Couch Claire Titus seventh graders Patricia Bennett Jack Rosenbaum Elaine Young Mary Grimm Agnes Bentz Betty Moore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Freda Marie Parker
Harietta Sullivan
Jeanette Young
Ruth Bauer
Martha Roedel
Charlotte DeVol
Allen Dill
Francis Dill
Myron Bailey
Betty Burnside
Dorothy Peoples
Don Bailey
Cecil Spencer
Harry Leonhard
Margaret Story
Mary Lambert
Danny Rosenbaum
Willis Giles
Rose Marie Nease
Milford Mowrey
Jack Lewis
Mary McCallum
Betty Mae Couch
Pomeroy concert unites high school bands and glee clubs
Pomeroy High School Band and four glee clubs from both junior and senior high schools plan a joint concert in the junior high auditorium on Wednesday December 8. About 200 students will perform starting at 8 p.m under the direction of William Aleshire and Velma Geary. Also noted was the birth of a 7½ lb daughter to Mr and Mrs Paul Moore Maine Street Middleport, their third child.
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Pomeroy
Pomeroy High School
Willia Aleshire
Velma Geary
Middleport
Paul Moore
Maine St
Gas well strikes shale on Roush Farm near Syracuse
A gas well on the William D. Roush farm near Syracuse reached a depth of about 2100 feet on Wednesday night. Gas flowed while drilling, causing an immediate halt to work. Preparations were made to relocate boiler equipment to prevent fire risk. The well was drilled by Roy Proffit and associates.
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Pomeroy
William D. Roush
Syracuse
Roy Proffit and
Meigs Temple Pythian Sisters Host Social Night at K of P Hall
About 75 attendees played bridge five hundred pinochle and more for hours. J B Downing won a large cake baked by Mrs Charles E Walburn. Refreshments followed the games at the K of P Hall. World Wide Guild and Ruth Mather Guild present a vesper service at First Baptist Church Sunday at 4 pm. Star Trail features Miss Anna Margaret Wiley and five star-point representatives. Open to the public.
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Middleport
Meigs Temple
K. of P. Hall
J. B. Downing
Charles E. Walburn
World Wide Guild
Ruth Mather
David Durst, Jr
Ethel Clark
Vivienne Knopp
Maxine Bennett
Couples form dancing club in Meigs County region
Young married people from Middleport Pomeroy and other Meigs County areas joined Gal lia County residents last night to form a dancing club meeting once or twice monthly. Fifteen couples danced at Meinhart's Hall with music by the Klein orchestra. Julius Schmoll elected treasurer and James Fugate chaired the meeting.
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Middleport
Pomeroy
Meigs County
Gallia County
Meinhart’s
Klein Orchestra
Julius Schmoll
James Fugate
First Christmas party for Karen asks on her fourth birthday
Mrs. James Askren hosted the first season Christmas party for four year old Karen at the home of her grandparents Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Fultz Sr. The event featured Balloon Santa Clauses candy favors and a Holly wreath decorated cake from Karen’s aunt Mrs. B. F. Fultz Jr. Guests included Judith Cluff Megan Cluff Shirley Evans Diane Reichman Barbara Coats Jane Harris Bobby Boice Val Reynolds Charles Vroman Jon Schaaf and Karen’s cousin Tommy Fultz.
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James Askren
Karen
B. F. Fultz
Judith
Megan Cluff
Shirley Evans
Diane Reichman
Barbara Daune Coats
Jane Harris
Bobby Boice
Val Edgar Reynolds
Charles Vroman
Jon Schaaf
Tommy Fultz
Aged Woman Dies at Son's Home in Middleport
Mrs. James Ranes aged mother of Homer Ranes died Thursday morning after a short illness at her son's home on South Fourth Avenue. The body was taken to her former home in Poca West Virginia for burial.
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Middleport
James Ranes
Homer Ranes
S. Fourth Ave
Poca
W. Va
Vendol Proven Helpful for Contractor's Wife in Ohio
A local Athens Pharmacy promotes Vendol herbal medicine as effective for constipation and related stomach issues. Mrs. John Crist of 1141 Forrest St, Columbus credits relief from sour stomach, acid dyspepsia, and belching to Vendol and its laxative tablets. The Vendol Man promotes the remedy at Athens Pharmacy with claims of mild diuretic benefits and broad relief, noting availability at Hickman’s Drug Store in Nelsonville.
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Athens
John Crist
Forrest St
Columbus
Ohio
N. Court St
Hickman’s Drug Store
Nelsonville
Adv
Meigs County Basketball Outlook Focuses on Racine Dominance
Pomeroy report highlights Racine High as the presumed county leader for the 1939 40 season with a long home and away schedule against Meigs teams including Harrisonville The Plains Lucasville Gallipolis Ravenswood Chauncey Rio Grande Belpre Chester Oak Hill Middleport Tuppers Plains McArthur Stewart Cadmus Hamden and others.
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Pomeroy
Racine
Meigs County
Racine High
Harrisonville
the Plains
Lucasville
Gallipolis
Ravenswood
Chauncey
Rio Grande
Rutland
Belpre
Chester
Oak Hill
Middleport
Tuppers Plains
Rutland High
Stewart
Eight Speakers Enter Peace Contest Sunday
The Meigs County Prince of Peace Declamation Contest will be Sunday evening in the Middleport Church of Christ at 7 p m. A silver medal from the Ohio Council of Churches awaits the county winner who advances to the January District Contest for a gold medal. Competitors include Jack Hawley Long Bottom Gerald Starkey Carpenter Bill Westfall Carpenter Mary Goodwin Pomeroy Mable Russell Rutland Edith Kerns Pomeroy Floyd Cummings Carpenter Helen Holcomb Carpenter.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Prince of Peace
Middleport
Mable Russell
Rutland
Edith Kerns
Floyd Cummings
Carpenter
Helen Holcomb
W. H. Bright
Simpson Methodists Announce Schedule
Rev Warren H Bright will preach Why Men Fail at morning worship Sunday after church school at 9 15 The evening service begins at 7 with Making God Your Goal as the sermon topic Monday features a joint Women’s Home and Foreign Missionary Societies meeting at Mrs C E Peoples home Gifts for the settlement house are requested Choir practice Wednesday Youth Choir 6 30 Senior Choir 7 15 Epworth League meets Thursday at 7
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Epworth
Langhurst To Be Guest Speaker at Pomery Banquet
The Pom ery Chamber of Commerce banquet honors the Pom ery Panthers with full ticket sales announced by Edison Hobstetter. Jimmy Langhurst, captain elect of Ohio State, will speak and an Ohio State football game will be shown in motion pictures at Simpson Methodist Church starting at 6.
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Pomeroy
Pomeroy Panthers
Edison Hobstetter
Jimmy Langhurst
Ohio State
Pomeroy Chamber of Commerce
Simpson Methodist Church
Army Hall Moves to Finsterwald Building
Major Hinshaw announces Salvation Army Hall relocation from 104 W Main St to Finsterwald Building on Second St. Sunday School at 2 30 pm, evangelistic service at 7 30 pm, and Bible study Wednesday night on the Book of Matthew. All interested invited.
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Pomeroy
Hinshaw
Salvation Army
W. Main St
Finsterwald
Second St
Eighty Pupils On Honor Roll At High School
Pomeroy Senior High School announces honor roll recipients for six weeks. Seniors include 6 boys and 28 girls with names listed. juniors include 6 boys and 24 girls. sophomores include 8 boys and 8 girls.
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Pomeroy
Pomeroy Senior High School
Robert Harbrecht
Donald Bailey
Delmar Hamm
Harold Heilman
Virgil King
John Mitch
Donald Stivers
Alberta Brickles
Bertha Brown
Flora M. Carr
Pauline Clark
Dorothy Cook
Marcella Cunningham
Shirley Duerr
Mary V. Goodwin
Geraldine Gainer
Emma Gloeckner
Virginia
Civic Club Meeting Set for Friday Evening
The Women's Civic Club will hold a 7 30 pm meeting Friday at Mrs. Lee Rudisill's Terrace Street home. President Mrs. Thelma Mee Murray announced plans to start preparations for arranging Christmas baskets.
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Pomeroy
Women's Civic Club
Lee Rudisill
Terrace St
Thelma Mee Murray
Old Dexter Notes
Mr and Mrs Elmer McAskey moved to the Harmon farm recently. Emmett Turner helped John Nelson cut wood Thursday and Friday. Robert Betz assisted Thomas Anderson butcher hogs Saturday.
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Old Dexter
Elmer McAskey
Harmon Farm
Emmett Turner
John Nelson
Robert Betz
Thomas Anderson
Minersville Native Succumbs in Texas
Col. John M. Morgan, 71, retired army officer and Minersville, Ohio native, died at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio. Born March 1, 1868 in Minersville Meigs County Ohio he graduated West Point in 1893. He commanded the 309th Infantry in World War I and earned the Silver Star and the Distinguished Service Medal.
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San Antonio
Tex
John M. Morgan
Fort Sam Houston
Minersville
Meigs County
West Point
309Th Infantry
Simpson Brotherhood Meeting Planned
Simpson Brotherhood will meet Tuesday evening in the social rooms of Simpson Methodist Church. John Lambert, elected president in November, leads the group with a supper featuring rabbit as the main dish and preparations aim for 100 attendees.
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Pomeroy
Simpson Brotherhood
Simpson Methodist Church
John Lambert
Portland Talent To Give Sunday Concert
A sacred concert of vocal and instrumental music will be presented by local talent at the Portland Methodist Church on Sunday December 3 at 7 30 p m A free will offering will be taken to raise funds for new hymn books for the church.
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Portland
Townsend plan speaker to address Pomeroy meeting
Robert Z. Adams from the Townsend National Recovery Plan headquarters will speak at the Courthouse in Pomeroy on Saturday afternoon December 9 at 2 o'clock. A second meeting with a state speaker is planned for Saturday December 2 at 2 o'clock at the Courthouse.
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Pomeroy
Robert Z. Adams
Townsend National Recovery Plan
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Middleport Social Notes
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W. State Street
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Franks
Celery
Pascal
Vas
Callie
Clover Farm
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Butte
Petes
Doz
Wheaties
Breakfast of Champions
Sauerkraut
Clover Farm Stores
Woonbury
Clover
Texas
Townsend
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