December Marriage Date Set
POMEROY announces the approaching marriage of Miss Alice Jean Poultin to Robert Charles Braswell. The ceremony will be December 27 at 6 30 p.m. at the Second Wesleyan Methodist Church in Canton with a reception at the Canton Garden Center. Miss Poultin plans to graduate from nurses training next summer. Braswell attends a mechanics school in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Vernon Howell
Alice Jean Poultin
Ross Poultin
Canton
Robert Charles Braswell
Charles A. Braswell
Nevarre
Wesleyan Methodist
Canton Garden Center
Miss Poultin
Mr Braswell
Chicago
Dismissals Entered In Meigs County Pleas Court
Meigs County Common Pleas Court records show several dis missals in pending cases with charges including non support burglary embezzlement driving while intoxicated and entering and committing personal violence. Names listed include Ralph Sorden Russell Boone Virgil Markins Clyde Sidders Eli Ebersbach Jr Harold Hysell David Roush Patrick Grossman Wanda Guinther and Lawton Templeton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Meigs County Common Pleas Court
Ralph Sorden
Russell Boone
Virgil Markins
Clyde Sidders
Eli Ebersbach, Jr
Harold Hysell
David Roush
Patrick Grossman
Wanda Guinther
Howard Phillips
Lawton Templeton
Pomeroy Hosts Banquet for Football Team and Boosters
Pomeroy High School honored football players coaching staff and supporters at a banquet in the Pomeroy Junior High School auditorium Monday night. Superintendent Charles S. Gibbs served as toastmaster with talks on the past season and team activities led by Coach Alex Cilo. Mothers of players cooked the turkey dinner funded by the athletic association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Pomeroy Junior High School
Charles S. Gibbs
Alex Cilo
Athletic Association
Pomeroy Garden Club to Prepare Centerpieces
The Athens State Hospital centerpiece project is set for December 18 at 9 30 a m with Miss Lydia Ebersbach hosting. Mrs Roy Betzing Mrs J W McMurray Mrs Charles Per singer and Mrs Edward Baer named to prepare table centerpieces for the hospital group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Lydia Ebersbach
Roy Betzing
J. W. McMurray
Charles Persinger
Edward Baer
Athens State Hospital
Pomeroy Garden Club
Historical Masonry Tribute At Pomeroy York Rite Meet
John H. Pace delivered a detailed history of Masonry tracing its roots to ancient times and its ties to the Revolutionary War at a Meigs County York Rite educational meeting in Pomeroy Ohio. The event opened with a flag presentation by Ohio Valley Commandery Knight Templars and featured remarks by York Rite officers and past masters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
John H. Pace
York and
Meigs County
Pace
Ohio Valley Commandery
Knight Templars
Clarence J. Struble
Leo L. Vaughan
Charles Peoples
York Rite
Arthur Nease
Royal Arch Masons
William Scott
Bosworth Council
Ohio Valley
Paul Darnell
Middleport Lodge
Clarence Struble
Pomeroy Lodge
Alfred Phillips
Masonry
Harry P. Smith
Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of
Ohio
York Cross of Honor Group
Edward Foster
Theo Smith
Ralph Graves
John Blaetmar
Lorenzo Davis
Bedford School News Christmas Cheer and Family News
Magician entertained Bedford school students with the mailbag trick made famous by Houdini. Sixth to eighth graders drew names for the Christmas exchange. The Kuhns will move to Point Pleasant. Randall Lake Price born Nov 22. Sharon Taylor turned 12 on Nov 25. Carol Haning Florence Biggs and Theresa H Eastman have birthdays. Linda Bealand and David Reed had the mumps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bedford
Bubla
Bedford School
Houdini
Kuhns
Point Pleasant
Janice Price
Randall Lake Price
Sharon Taylor
Carol Haning
Florence Biggs
Theresa H. Eastman
Linda Bealand
David Reed
Racine Social Notes Holiday Week Guests and Gatherings
Racine social notes record visits across families and towns. Guests include Mr. and Mrs. Ray Reithmiller of Columbus with Ina Reithmiller, and multiple Thanksgiving gatherings with Hart Wingett Graham Morris Fléshir Beegle Wiltshire and others. A funeral in Huntington and OBS officer installation at Belpre are noted among family events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Reithmiller
Columbus
Ina Reithmiller
Jack Willis
Joyce South
Earl Hart
E. A. Wingett
John Graham
Anna Mae Spencer
Chillicothe
T. G. Hildare
Donna Jean
Francis Morris
Fern Fléshir
Loraine
New Brighton
Ira Beegle
Ira Flesher
Huntington
W. Va
Beegle
Gene Beegle
Bruce Wiltshire
Marmet
Harry Wiltshire
Linda
OBS
Belpre
Charles Salser
Harriet Neigler
Naomi Brinker
Helen Younce
Beulah Bradford
Vernon Bobb
Antonia Foster
Clara Roush
Kyle Stump
Akron
Middleport lodge to meet for gift exchange and Christmas dinner
White Rose Lodge of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen meets at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Modern Woodmen Hall. A $1 gift exchange is planned. At 5 p.m. members proceed to Martin Restaurant for the annual Christmas dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
White Rose Lodge
Brotherhood of Railroad
Woodmen Hall
Martin Restaurant
Birthdays Observed at Rock Springs Grange Meeting
Quarterly birthday observance set for Thursday at 7 p.m. at the hall. Members should bring food and toys for the Meigs County Junior Chamber of Commerce Christmas program to aid the needy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Rock Springs Grange
Meigs County Junior Chamber of Commerce
Martha Housted Rejoins Pomeroy Schools After OEA Meeting
Mrs Martha Housted a Pomeroy teacher returned from Cleveland where she attended the Ohio Education Association annual meeting at Hotel Cleveland. She was chosen as the Pomeroy Schools representative by the Pomeroy Teachers Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Martha Housted
Cleveland
Ohio Education Association
Fire damages garage at McElhinney home in Middleport
A minor fire at the Robert McElhinney residence on S Third Street in Middleport caused damage to a garage Monday morning. The Middleport Fire Department put out the blaze and investigators believe a spark from a burned paper can started the fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Robert McElhinney
S. Third St
PTA Meeting Postponed in Syracuse
A Syracuse PTA regular meeting set for this evening at the school is postponed. President Mrs Irene Grueser says the meeting will be held after the annual Christmas program, which will be an afternoon event later this month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Syracuse Pta
Irene Grueser
Pomeroy Middleport Unification Studied by Chambers
A Pomeroy Chamber of Commerce committee was named to study merging Pomeroy and Middleport into one city. The group will meet with Middleport Chamber after year start to plan. They will also coordinate a celebration for the new lighting on the Pomeroy Mason bridge and jointly fund Christmas decorations and a $25 donation to the Meigs County Junior Chamber of Commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Middleport
Pomeroy- Mason Bridge
Dleport
Mason City
America
Meigs County
C S Gibbs Attends Ohio School Meetings
Pomeroy superintendent Charles Gibbs attended a Cleveland gathering of exempted village and small city superintendents with Ohio School Boards Association secretary Lewis Harris guest speaking. He then joined the Ohio Association of School Administrators annual meeting at Hotel Cleveland with speakers Max Brown and Robert Brown. Others from Jackson Nelsonville and Logan schools accompanied Gibbs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Charles
Gibbs
Cleveland
Lewis Harris
Ohio School Boards Association
Ohio Association of School Administrators
Max W. Brown
Ohio Bell Telephone Co
Robert S. Brown
Marion
Brown
Two Divorces Granted in Meigs County Court
Judge John C. Bacon granted two divorces. Lyle W. Hysell from Leona R. Hysell on extreme cruelty with custody of two minors. Elmer T. Frye from Kathryn Frye on gross neglect of duty and extreme cruelty. Iva P. Rayburn's suit against Stirling Rayburn was dismissed. Delores M. Reiker filed for divorce from Keith Reiker alleging extreme cruelty and seeking custody of five children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Meigs County
John C. Bacon
County Common Pleas Court
Lyle W. Hysell
Harrisonville
Leona R. Hysell
Elmer T. Frye
Rutland
Kathryn Frye
Huntington
Iva P. Rayburn
Stirling Rayburn
Delores M. Reiker
Middleport
Keith Reiker
Racine Eastern Star Plans Wednesday Practice
A practice session for the Racine Chapter Order of Eastern Star installation is set for 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Masonic Temple. Mrs. Ada Nease, worthy matron, urges all members to attend promptly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Ada Nease
Racine
Margaret Blaettar
Pomeroy
Pomeroy High School
Ray Woodgeard
Pomeroy Order of Eastern Star
Order of Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
Woman Undergoes Major Surgery in Zanesville
Mrs. Lala Russell of Crooksville formerly of Bradbury had major surgery three weeks ago at Bethesda Hospital in Zanesville and is expected to remain hospitalized for about two more weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Lala Russell
Crooksville
Bradbury
Bethesda Hospital
Zanesville
WSCS To Sponsor New Women's Guild
MIDDLEPORT The Woman's Society of Christian Service of Heath Methodist Church voted to sponsor a new service guild for young church women during a Monday meeting themed Everywhere Everywhere Christmas. Mrs. Chesher led the session after remarks by guests including Mrs. Grace Keeler. Miss Bess Sanborn presented a world Christmas music program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Woman's Society of Christian Service
Heath Methodist Church
Bruce Lloyd
John W. Kincaid
Kenneth Byer
C. B. Forrest
H. E. Cook
Wayne Gibbons
Harry Chesher
Miss Bess Sanborn
Spain
China
Liberia
Germany
Miss Sanborn
Capacity Crowd Sees Slides Of Holy Land
A full house at EUB Church heard Dr. E J Halderman of Fostoria speak on a Holy Land trip and view slides. Special music by South Bethel EUB Church choirs directed by Mrs Faye Watson accompanied the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holy Land
Pomeroy
Morning Star
EUB
E. J. Halderman
Fostoria
South Bethel Eub Church
Faye Watson
Airman Frank Sisson Promoted in Air Force
Airman Frank E. Sisson advances from airman second class to airman first class after three and a half years in the United States Air Force. He is stationed at Charleston AFB in Charleston South Carolina with his wife Carol Spence Sisson and daughter Angela Louise. He is the son of Ralph Sisson and the late Alice Cohen Sisson of Pomeroy Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Frank E. Sisson
United States Air Force
Charleston Air Force Base
Charleston
S. C
Sisson
Carol Spence
Angela Louise
Ralph Sisson
Alice Cohen Sisson
Heath Methodist church women form service guild meeting
Young women of Heath Methodist Church plan a service guild in conjunction with the Woman's Society of Christian Service. They will meet at 7 30 Thursday evening at the home of Mrs Emerson Jones with Mrs Nan Moore serving as advisor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Heath Methodist Church
Woman’s Society of Christian Service
Emerson Jones
Nan Moore
Wildwood Garden Club Hosts Annual Christmas Dinner
Twenty members and one guest attended the Wildwood Garden Club Christmas dinner at Five Points Grill. Mrs Milton Houdashelt led the meeting with devotion by Mrs Alfred Yeanger. Members planned to prepare hospital gifts and table arrangements at Forest Run Methodist Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forest Run Methodist Church
Athens State Hospital
Christy Baer
Decorating Is Topic At Rock Springs Club Meeting
The Rock Springs Home Demonstration Work Club meets at Mrs. Arlie Abbott's home at 10 30 Wednesday to discuss Christmas decorations. A potluck dinner is planned at noon and a gift exchange will be featured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Springs
Arlie Abbott
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