Sugar Run School Presents Christmas Operetta and Pageant
Sugar Run Elementary staged a Christmas operetta and a story titled Piccola at Omeroy Junior High School with Marcellene Buell directing and Mrs. Buell assisting. Santa was rescued by Polo the aviator Paul Eichinger as Wixwax the Wicked Witch and the Bug-a-Boos plotted to thwart Earth Children and derail Christmas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Wixwax
Annie Canaday
Wicked Witch
Santa
Polo
Paul Eichinger
Santa Claus
Richard Vaughan
Bug-a- Boos
Crooked Man
Charlotte Knight
Ohio duo seeks public transport certificate for Athens route
Warren G. Dotson and Reuben Blwinehart filed with the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio to obtain a certificate of public convenience and necessity to operate two vehicles with a capacity of 16 to 18, three and a half round trips daily, on a route from Athens to Mineral via State Route 56 and 75 with a 2.1 mile divergence near the intersection with Route 356 in Vinton County. Interested parties may contact the PUCO in Columbus for more details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren G. Dotson
Reuben Blwinehart
Public Utilities Commission of Ohio
Athens
Ohio
Vinton County
Mineral
Unincorporated
Columbus
Foreclosure Action in Athens County Courts
Edward H. Lasch as Athens County Treasurer files tax lien foreclosure in Court of Common Pleas Athens County Ohio against Lola F Pedicord Griffin Indiana. Notice requires response by 1946 date. case involves two tracts in Glouster with detailed boundaries and a prior deed reference. judgment by defaults possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court of Common Pleas
Athens County
Ohio
Edward H. Lasch
Pisinoff
Lola F. Pedicord
Griffin
Indiana
Ohdo
Common Pleas
Glouster
County of
Athens
State of
Lexington Avenue
Athens Co
Ohio Company
J. J. Allen
Sedalia
Lola F. Pedid
Fern Post
County
H. Lasch
Treasurer + Co
Harold
Mrs Alice McDole in ill health near Pomeroy
Mrs Alice McDole of Bradnor Ohio is seriously ill prompting a family to travel from near Pomeroy. She is grandmother to Sheriff Ralph Welker and lives with her youngest son Kenneth McDole.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Delbert Welker
Alice McDole
Bradnor
Ohio
Christmas Pageant Recasts Witch as Queen for Sugar Run Show
The Northern Lights court wore sequin gowns as the operetta closed with the Queen and Crooked Man swapped roles for a festive performance. Annie Canaday led principal vocals while Annie’s cast included Children of the Earth and Carolers. First and Second Grade groups sang and Piccola featured Winifred Goble in a French Norman setting with Sugar Run teachers directing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queen of the Northern Lights
Children of the Earth
Plain Earth
Carolers
Bug-a-Boos
Toymakers
Annie Canaday
Alberta Bitters
Ramora Boice
Janice Cady
Virginia Christy
Mary Darst
Jerry Davis
Leland Rummond
Max Eichinger
Marijo Fleming
Carole Hamm
Junior Hawthorne
Phyllis Kapple
Bingham Kress
Milton Lambert
Bobby Ray Morris
Rita Neutzling
Eugene Norris
John Nye
Judith Peoples
Janice Postlewait
Freda Ridley
Bobby Roberts
John Sisson
Brenda Strauss
Larry Wildermuth
Billy Wiles
Suzanne Vaughan
Santa Watches
Rebecca Clark
Vickie Clark
Joyce Ebersbach
Anna Murray
Mary Alice Ruffle
Sue Smith
Carolyn White
Rachael Williams
Eddie Boney
Albert Bryan
Barton Campbell
Neil Kile
Johnnie Krider
Roger Ridley
Dickey Riley
Benny Shenefield
Edward Smith
Rodney Spencer
Johnnie Strickland
Larry Tracy
Jimmie Weldman
Sidney Wiles
Betty Gables
Piccola
Donald Tedrow
Frank Sisson
Carol Singers
Esther Ash
la Verne Bitters
Phyllis Goeglein
Shirley Wippel
Patricia Woods
Patricia Atkins
Anna Canaday
Joanne Colmer
Carolyn Graves
Ellen Nesselroad
Barbara Peoples
Wanda Saylor
Martha Sayre
Jo Anne Thornton
Charles Hamm
Homer Smith
Ernest Bowen
Richard Leifheit
Donald Reuter
Bernard Thornton
Richard Vaughan
Jerry Ward
Jackie West
Jerry Gloeckner
The
Sugar Run Pta
Mayor Howell Issues Light Restriction Amid Coal Shortage
POMEROY Mayor George Howell issued a proclamation restricting electricity use per Civilian Production Administration guidance. Provisions ban refrigeration beyond essential needs, advertising lighting, show displays, marquee and white way lighting, sign lighting, entrance lighting, and general non-residential illumination beyond set limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
George Howell
Civilian Production Administration
Rutland Grade School Operetta Set For Tonight
Rutland grade school students present the operetta Christmas in the Circus at 8 p m in the High School auditorium. Mrs C O Chapman music director is in charge of the production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rutland
C. O. Chapman
Middleport Youths Form Colorful Club at Recreation Center
In Middleport 80 boys and girls from sixth to eighth grade launched the Yellow Jacket Nest club meeting weekly at the Middleport Recreation Center. Officers named are James Sanborn president James Roller secretary and Frances Chase treasurer. Membership costs 25 cents for a year with 5 cents at each visit to cover utilities. Mothers of participants serve as rotating chaperones as the group enjoys games dancing and other activities on opening night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Yellow Jacket Nest
Middleport Recreation Center
James Sanborn
James Roller
Frances Chase
Russell Mills
John Seines
Dwight Frost
Mitch
Harold Chase
Glenn Lambert
Calvin Reichman
John Vroman
Delbert Rice
Forrest Bachtel
Legion Plan Aids Fire Victims In Middleport
Mr and Mrs James Kauff who lost their home and belongings in a fire the day before Thanksgiving will receive aid from a joint effort by Feeney Bennett Post American Legion volunteers and the local Volunteer Fire Co. Committees from both groups will solicit contributions in the business district with cash donations and household furnishings welcomed for the war veteran family contact Police Chief Ray McClure or any committee member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
James Kauff
Feeney- Bennett Post
American Legion
R. O. Fowler
Herman Bailey
Elden Walburn
Volunteer Fire Co
Everett Bachner
Brad Hudson
Paul Swisher
Tom Mills
The
Legion
the Fire Company
Ray McClure
Bradbury School Honor Roll Lists 40 Students
Bradbury Forties students named to the honor roll across grades one through eight. First graders include Betty Barton and James Withee. Second grade features Patty Grover and Judy Hatfield. Third grade lists Larry Lewis and Kathryn Rowley. Fourth grade names Phyllis Ebersbach and Dorothy Overturf. Sixth through eighth grades include Marilyn Ebersbach, Clayton Wise, and Dorothy Werner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bradbury
Bradbury School
Betty Barton
Reba Caruthers
Kenneth Eblin
Charlotte Lightfoot
Sharon Roush
Junior Rowley
Ronald Russell
Shirley Smith
Dorothy Sisson
James Withee
Patty Grover
Artie Hendricks
Judy Hatfield
Barbara Johnson
Janet Johnson
Maurice Johnson
Billy Lambert
Larry Lathey
Kenneth Lewis
Janet Sue Morris
Judith Kay Murray
New Haven Man Honored on 82nd Birthday
The 82nd birthday of R. A. Grinstead was celebrated with a surprise dinner at his home in Letart area on December 1. Attendees included relatives from New Haven Mason City Monroeville Pomeroy and Marietta among others, with numerous Grinstead family members present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
W. Va
R. A. Grinstead
Iva Fry
Monroeville
Harry Grinstead
Mary Ann Miller
Hartford
Reuben Stewart
Mary
Jack
Mason City
Gerald Arnold
Pomeroy
Davis Grinstead
Charles
Clay Grinstead
Willie Joe Grinstead
Near
Letart
Raymond Grinstead
Helen Knopp
Patty
Peggy
Sharon
Herman
Brady
Douglas
Thomas Grinstead
Billy
Paul
Shelby
Bobby
Walter Grinstead
Fred Roush
Kathleen
Jean
Danny
Aaron
Floyd Miller
Marietta
Junior Cunningham
Dayton
Robert Grinstead
Mike
Albany
Reedsville Honor Roll Named for Second Six Weeks
REEDSVILLE The Reedsville honor roll for the second six weeks period lists students by grade including James Argubrite Zetah Buckley Luella Riebel in grade six Bob Powell Patty Wallace in grade seven and Juanita Boring Chester Buckley in grade eight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reedsville
James Argubrite
Zetah Buckley
Luella Riebel
Bob Powell
Patty Wallace
Juanita Boring
Chester Buckley
Rev Homer McMillen Addresses Meigs County Ministers
The Meigs County Ministerial Association met at the United Methodist Church in Pomeroy with Rev. Homer G. McMillen of First Presbyterian Church speaking on The Restoration Fund in the Presbyterian Church U S A. Rev. H A Rothrock of Heath Methodist presided and Rev. Albert Bitters led devotions. The next meeting is set for Racine Baptist Church on the first Monday in January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Homer G. McMillen
D. D
First Presbyterian Church
Meigs County
United Methodist Church
Pomeroy
McMillen
Presbyterian Church
U. 8
S. A
H. A. Rothrock
Heath Methodist Church
Albert Bitters
Racine Baptist Church
Click Speaks To Veterans At Meeting
Dayton commander Charles R Click of the Ohio Disabled American Veterans addressed Meigs Chapter 53 at Odd Fellows Hall. He urged DAV membership growth and filing claims while noting proposed 25 percent income tax limits could cut veteran compensation. Senator Albert Daniels could not attend. DAV service officer Ed Reuter reported 52 claims filed, four sick calls, one hospital visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Charles R. Click
Dayton
Ohio
Meigs Chapter
Odd Fellows Hall
Click
Constitutional League
DAV
Army Engineers
John Wogan
Albert Daniels
Ed Reuter
Ladies Auxiliary
Syracuse Garden Club Christmas Dinner In Pomeroy
The Syracuse Garden Club held its annual Christmas Dinner in the Presbyterian Church Annex with 23 members and one guest. Decorations featured evergreen and candles around a painted aluminum tree with blue icicles and popcorn. Mrs. Florence Harden chaired the program. Mrs. Grace Weese read a Christmas story. Gifts were exchanged after the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Syracuse
Local social notes from Pomeroy and Atlantic City visitations
ACMM Virgil Marsh returns to Atlantic City after a weekend with sister and brother in law Harold and Mrs. Moore in Union Ave. He attends the Pomeroy Middleport football game and the Alumni Dance. Various locals host relatives visiting Pomeroy including Mrs. Bentley Peoples from Columbus, and Mr. and Mrs. Scott Neutzling with family. Cora May Joachim, traveling representative of the Associated Telephone Co., visits her mother on East Main Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ACMM
Virgil Marsh
Atlantic City
N. J
Harold Moore
Union Ave
Marsh
Pomeroy
Lester Fauber
Marguerite Meier
Mulberry Ave
J. T. McClain
Mary K
Lancaster
Mary Massar
Norman Klees
Elmer Wickham
Sadie Wickham
Ernest Davis
Gallipolis
Rutland Garden Club Dec Dec. LI Meeting
Rutland Garden Club announces Prof. Victor H. Reis of Ohio State University will speak December 11 at Rutland Methodist Church. District 11 Garden Clubs members invited. Attendees bring box lunches and Christmas greens. program begins at 10:30 a.m. with topic How To Know Evergreens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rutland
James ‘Titus
Victor H. Reis
Ohio State University
Columbus
Rutland Methodist Church
Rutland Garden Club
Garden Clubs
District 11
Reis
Pomeroy Churches Plan Weekly Activities
Local church notices list services Sunday school times sermons and programs across multiple churches in Pomeroy and nearby towns. Denominations include United Methodist Salvation Army Church of Christ Federated Baptist Episcopal Nazarene and Christian Science with weekly events and special Sundays scheduled.
89 Students Make Chester Honor Roll
Chester Central District Grade School lists 89 students on the second six weeks honor roll. Readers see names by grade from Grade One through Grade Twelve, including Madalyn Brown and Jerry Cleland in Grade One and Joanna Bailey in Grade Twelve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester
Chester Central District
Madalyn Brown
Jerry Cleland
Gayann Gaul
Sharon Guinther
Ralph Knight
Rosemary Glade
Marleen Torrence
Ada Bissell
John Crary
Jimmy Frecker
Betty Frost
Helen Hoffman
Helen Levacy
Roger Phillips
Kathryn Smith
Elisa Ward
Lloyd Weber
Larry Frecker
Jeanette Keller
Lois Newell
Larry Roush
Eleanor Well
Virgil Windon
Virginia Windon
Betty Nelson
Doris Dill
Mary Beards
Helen Bissell
Phyllis Pooler
Martha Orr
Joe Ritchie
Betty Smalley
Wilma Spencer
Martin Taylor
Edith Young
Kathryn Karr
Harold Newell
Franklin Smalley
Dorothy Pullins
Lillian White
Bobby Will
Norma Wright
Vernon Bahr
Donna Sue Beaver
Elizabeth Crary
Wanda Dillon
Nola Epple
Betty Gandee
Delores Green
Betty Mora
Donna Well
Marylin Orr
Jean Pooler
Lois Spencer
Gladys Wright
Audrey Bailey
James Bailey
Eileen Riebel
Paul Cross
Donna Gaul
Ramona Wilson
Rita Petty
Howard Wolfe
Joanna Bailey
Doris Barnett
James Heaton
Dorothy Holter
Mary Tuttle
Reid Young
Russell V Grimm Stationed at Westover Field Mass
Russell V. Grimm, a Racine High School athlete who played basketball baseball and softball, enlisted in the Army Air Force after graduation last spring and is now stationed at Westover Field Mass. He trained at San Antonio and expects a furlough in two to three weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Russell V. Grimm
Army Air Force
Westover Field
Mass
San Antonio
Tex
Russell
Racine High School
Loyal Pals Hold Christmas Party at Mrs Ieenhour Home
The Loyal Pals Class of the Church of Christ met at Mrs. Alice Ieenhour’s Fisher Street home for a Christmas party and gifts. Mrs. Edward French and Mrs. Guy Reynolds assisted. Mildred Hawley led the business session planning donations and January anniversary dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Church of Christ
Alice Ieenhour
Fisher St
Ieenhour
Edward French
Guy Reynolds
Marvin Brown
French
Mildred Hawley
Robert McElhinny
William Yeager
Allen Jenkinson
Mrs Harrah’s Daughter Installed as Worthy Matron
Mrs Max Harrah, past matron of Evangeline Chapter, OES, served as installing officer as her daughter Mrs Leo Vaughan was installed as worthy matron. Other officers included Mrs Evelyn Lewis conductress Mrs L E Burford marshal Mrs Ross Pullen associate conductress and Mrs R A Miller chaplain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Max Harrah
Evangeline Chapter
Order of Eastern Star
Leo Vaughan
Evelyn Lewis
L. E. Burford
Ross Pullen
R. A. Miller
Christmas Program Planned by First Baptist Junior Dept
The Junior Department of First Baptist Church met at the home of Mr and Mrs Harry Houdashelt Grant Street to plan a Christmas program to be held December 22 at the church A salad course was served by Mrs Houdashelt to Mrs L O Gardner Mrs Charlies Bennett Mrs Leo Russell Mrs Beulah White Misses Virginia Mayes Margaret and Freddie Houdashelt
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
Harry Houdashelt
Grant St
Houdashelt
L. O. Gardner
Charlies Bennett
Leo Russell
Beulah White
Virginia Mayes
Margaret
Freddie Houdashelt
Birth Announcement for a Seven and Half Pound Son
Mr and Mrs Harold Broyles Jr announce the birth of a seven and one half pound son at Holzer Hospital Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Dale Allensworth Cheshire and Mr and Mrs Harold Broyles Sr Gallipolis Mrs Harvey Allensworth is a great grandmother
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Broyles, Jr
Dorothy Allensworth
Holzer Hospital
Dale Allensworth
Cheshire
Harold Broyles
Gallipolis
Harvey Allensworth
Middleport Personal Notes Chain of Thanksgiving Visits
Thanksgiving guests and visiting motorists populate the Middleport scene. Annie Williamson stayed with her sons Leo Williamson and Clyde Johnson in Dayton while stopping at Columbus as overnight guest to Olevia Bryant Scott. Athens visitors include several named women and relatives visiting Hamilton for work. others return to Akron and Ogden from visits in the area. Local residents including Mrs. Zella Cross and Mrs. Bernice Winn joined a White Shrine meeting in Athens. multiple families, among them the Martins and Byers, hosted return visits in Chillicothe, Columbus, Gallipolis, and Shady Cove after a weekend trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie Williamson
Leo Williamson
Clyde Johnson
Dayton
Olevia Bryant Scott
Columbus
Athens
Robert Coats
Claude Durgee
M. L. French
Norma Jean
Eleanor Schaaf
Helen Brown
Charles Williamson
Nina Bland
Akron
Minerva Childers
Guy Reynolds
M. M. Lesher
Ogden
Utah
William Curtis Lesher
Pittsburgh
Charles Rayburn
William Vaney
Don Reese
Gallipolis
Gomer Martin
Second Ave
R. O. Fowler
Shady Cove
George Hauck Rites Set For Sunday
Funeral service for George Edward Hauck of Hemlock Grove will be held Sunday at 2 p.m. at the Ewing Funeral Home in Pomeroy following his death Wednesday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Hauck
Pomeroy
George Edward Hauck
Hemlock Grove
Ewing Funeral Home
Calverts Welcome Son at Holzer Hospital
Mr and Mrs Coward Calvert of E Main Street Pomrey announce the birth of an eight pound son at Holzer Hospital on Saturday November 30 Grandparents are Mrs Edith Joachim and Mr and Mrs Ray Calvert of Pomroy
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Coward Calvert
E. Main St
Holzer Hospital
Edith Joachim
Ray Calvert
Pomieroy
Middleport Pastors State Sunday Rites
Middleport churches announce Sunday worship services at First Presbyterian Heath Methodist First Baptist Church of Middleport and Church of Christ with ministers McMillen Rothrock Pomeroy and Brown listed. It notes service times sermons and a 3 p.m. congregational meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
First Presbyterian
Huner G. McMillen
D.D
McMillen
Heath Methodist
Fixx
Rothrock
Robert Hartley
Pomeroy
Will Sina
First Baptist
Charles M. Pomeroy
Baptist Youth Fellowship
God's Vineyard
Church OF Christ
Marvin QO. Brown
Christ
God
Long Bottom Grade Honor Roll Named by School
Long Bottom grade school officials list honor roll students for the period. Grade One includes Patrick McDole and Pauline Dorst. Grade Two features Deloris Connolly and Josephine Wells. Grade Three lists Robert Cowdery Eugene Riggs Martha Baumgardner Linda Fitch and Orva Bissell. Grade Four names Mary Andrew. Grade Five lists Donna Dorst. Grade Six includes Donna Larkins Kathryn Hayman. Grade Eight lists Effie Wells.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patrick McDole
Pauline Dorst
Deloris Connolly
Josephine Wells
Robert Cowdery
Eugene Riggs
Martha Baumgardner
Linda Fitch
Orva Bissell
Mary Andrew
Donna Dorst
Donna Larkins
Kathryn Hayman
Effie Wells
Middleport F and A M Installs 1947 Officers
Middleport lodge 363 F and A M installed 1947 officers Tuesday night. Leaders named include W M James Hawley S W Edward Tewksbury J W James Simpson treasurer Harold D S Meinhart secretary C H Church chaplain Willis Anthony S D Charles Murray J D Robert Coats Walter Bunce stewards with installing officers J H Grate and T A May. December plans schedule F A degree December 11 special meeting F C work December 17 F C work and December 26 M M degree and upcoming Wednesday meetings noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Middleport Lodge
A. M
James Hawley
W. M
Edward Tewksbury
S. W
James Simpson
J. H. Grate
T. A. May
F. C
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Rivivirn
Sugar Run School
Athens County Agricultural Society
Grange Hall
Fairgrounds
Howard Cline
L. C. Baker
Sec’y
Hocking County
Logan
Common Pleas Court
Nelson Delong Dan Langley
Commissioners of Jurors
Howard A. Dille
Thelma F. Dille
Howardt A. Dille
Francis D. White
Ida E. Jewett
Wesley H. Jewett
Francis D, White
Said County
West State St
Reuben Swinbhart
Alice McDoole
Howell
Rutland Grade School
Middleport Boys
ADS Bradbury
Homer McMillen
Pomeroy Social Notes
Pomeroy Personals
United Methodist
Methodist Church
Salvation Army
Ray S. Wining
Eloise Adams
Pomeroy Church OF Christ
James Walker
Christian Endeavor
Uzziah
Living Word
Racine
T. T. Shelton
Paul W. Nye
the Shepherd’s Voice
VU. B. Circuit
L. R. Carmichael
Enterprise
Miss Houdeshell
Morning Star
Carmel
Church OF the Nazarene
Young Peoples Meeting
Mr. Shea
Christian Science Society
Heaven
Earth
Laurel Cliff
Tina Jacobs
Westover
Middleport Social Notes
OES
Calverts
New
Bibles
Middleport F&am
Eddie Darling
Ohio University Band
Becky
Baby Shop
Beaco
Beasley CO
Omae
Meigs
Double Bill
Charles Starrett
Don “Red
Barry
Lassie
Elizabeth Taylor
Frank Morgan
Triple Bill
Man From
Rainbow Valley
Monte Hale
Adrian Booth
Sagebrush Serenaders
Notorious Lone Wolf
Janis Carter
the Phantom Rider
Bendyue
Sacramento
Bill Elliott
Warner Baxter
Robert Kent
Peggy Stewart
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