Santa visits Middleport with band and carols
Hundreds greet Santa Claus as the Middleport Marching Band led by Raymond Maxwell brings holiday cheer from Galli lis airport to a crowd of children and adults. Special smiles go to Danny Gross and Janet Johnson, ex hospital patients, while the Girls Glee Club performs classic Christmas carols. The event is sponsored by the Merchants Committee of the Chamber of Commerce. Meigs County Red Cross meets Tuesday at 8 p.m.
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Middleport
Santa Claus
Raymond Maxwell
Gallilis
Charles McMaster
Danny Gross
McMasters
Janet Johnson
Girls Glee Club
Middleport High School
Lois Cecil
Herald Angels
Merchants Committee of the Chamber of Commerce
Martha Karr Plans Program For Assembly
POMEROY The Friday morning Pomeroy Senior High School student assembly program was planned by Martha Karr a junior and featured group singing under Gerald Numm. Life Scouts James Lochary and Joe Foster led the flag salute with Foster S A A president presiding as master of ceremonies. Jean Bryant a senior gave a Scripture reading and led the Lord s Prayer. Drew Haggy a sophomore sang I ll Hold You in My Heart with his guitar accompaniment. Senior June Whaley sang White Christmas while Bennett Rice played piano. Helen Houdashelt a senior played Peg O My Heart on the piano. Anna Lee Warner a junior played piano accompaniment for carol singing.
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Pomeroy
Martha Karr
Gerald Numm
Life
James Lochary
Joe Foster
Foster
S.A.A
Jean Bryant
Drew Haggy
June Whaley
Junior Bennett Rice
Middleport Woman Told of Sister's Death
Mrs. Frank Brumley of Middleport received word of her sister Mrs. Cora Oler's death on Wednesday December 10 in Rio Hondo Texas. Oler a former Middleport resident is survived by two children William Lee Lane and Mary Lane Johnson two brothers Cam Hysell of Columbus and H H Hysell of Toledo and a sister Mrs Brumley who could not attend services.
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Middleport
Frank Brumley
Cora Oler
Rio Hondo
Texas
Oler
William Lee Lane
Middleport High School
Mary Lane Johnson
Cam Hysell
Columbus
H. H. Hysell
Toledo
Brumley
Rocksprings Grange Holds Yule Program
Worthy Master Lucile Leifheit presided over a 69 member meeting. A vote approved sending two magazine subscriptions to Meigs County Children's Home for a year. Dorothy Yost led a Christmas program with candle lighting. gifts were exchanged and a pot luck lunch followed.
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Pomeroy—Rocksprings Grange
Lucile Leifheit
Meigs County Children's Home
Dorothy Yost
Gifts for GIS Sought in Middleport
Middleport Literary Club seeks gifts for inmates of the Girls' Industrial School at Delaware to be shipped by the club. Items such as cosmetics jewelry combs and other trinkets are requested and may be left at Sanborn's Jewelry Store as announced by Mrs William Bradford president of the club.
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Middleport
Girls’ Industrial School
Delaware
Middleport Literary Club
Sanborn
William Bradford
Miss Martha Myers Weds George Shiveler Jr in Pomeroy
Miss Martha Jayne Myers became the bride of Mr. George Shiveler Jr in a double ring ceremony at the Baptist Church on November 26. Officiating were Rev. Albert Grueser and Rev. Paul W. Nye. The couple will reside in Pomeroy after a Westward honeymoon.
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Jay A. Myers
George Shiveler
Carrie Neutzling
Lois Neutzling
Switzerland
Aaron Kelton
William Matlack
Rhea Ann Myers
Karen Kelton
Jay Kelton
Chester Knight
Charles Stanley
John Weeks
Ecandlelit
Shiveler
Polly Ann Dill
Martha Roedell
Francis Gibson
Pomeroy High School
Holzer School of Nursing
Holzer Hospital
Ohio University
Pomeroy
Jay Myers
Lyston Fultz
Xenia
Ohio
Gene Wyatt
Washington D. C
Ben Fultz
Danny Rosenbaum
Robert Hayes
Columbus
Nellie Dawson
Nancy Gilmore
Colored Holiday Lights Line Business District
About 2500 feet of wire and colored lights were stretched along the main avenue by the street and fire departments for the holiday season. The decorations were bought with funds approved by the village council this month.
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Middleport
Pomeroy Social Notes Christmas Party Highlights
Theodorus Council past officers held its annual Christmas party with a chicken dinner by the Ladies Auxiliary and a mock radio show. Santa arrived to Jingle Bells, gifts were exchanged, and a history of attendees was presented. Grace Guild hosted a later gathering at Mrs. Crow's home with festive centerpieces and refreshments. The Twilight Garden Club held a December dinner at Rivervue Restaurant, with regional club reports and a charity magazine fund drive for the Orphans Home.
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Pomeroy
Legion
Theodorus Council
Mike McKenzie
Ladies Auxiliary
The
Alva Hite
Richard Campbell
Max Meinhart
Fred Crow, Jr
Fred Crow, Sr
Theodore Ebersbach
Grace Guild
Crow, Jr
Syracuse
Santa Claus
Twilight Garden Club
Rivervue
Cady Wickham
Ohio Association of Garden Clubs
Athens
Baird Rites Set for Tuesday at Grace Episcopal
Funeral service for the Rev. Charles G. Baird will be held at noon Tuesday at Grace Episcopal Church. Bishop Hobson of the Diocese of Southern Ohio will preside. The body will lie in church from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. for viewing.
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Pomeroy
Charles G. Baird
Grace Episcopal Church
Hobson
Southern Ohio
Porter WSCS Holds Christmas Meeting at Church
The WSCS met at the church on December 3 for its Christmas gathering. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. Anderson Dorsey of Akron visiting Mrs. Dorsey's mother, Mrs. S C Halley. Calvin Duncan cut his foot timbering. Elizabeth Daniels accepted a job at the GSI in Gallipolis.
Winter travelers in Columbus attend local club events
Mrs Effie Warren visiting Columbus joins the DAR meeting at Mrs Rathburns Rutland home and the Olive Farm Women’s Club gathering at Minerva Pryor’s Long Bottom home Friday evening. The Forest Run Youth Fellowship held a skating party at the Tuppers Plains rink Thursday with Mrs Hilda Yeanger and Mrs Earl Scott chaperoning. Mr and Mrs Harold Hubbard and Virginia Brown attended the funeral of W S Spafford in Columbus on Thursday. Anita Sue Russell, daughter of Mr and Mrs Truman Russell.
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Effie Warren
Columbus
DAR
M. E. Rathburn
Rutland
Olive Farm Women’s Club
Minnerva Pryor
Long Bottom
Forest Run Church
Tuppers Plains
Hilda Yeanger
Earl Scott
Harold Hubbard
Virginia Brown
Arrangements Set For Pomeroy Christmas Party
The Chamber of Commerce completes plans for a December 20 party for local children and those from surrounding towns. Members spent Sunday afternoon packing candy in decorated sacks.
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Pomeroy
Chamber of Commerce
Illnesses Reported Across Town Residences
Sell is ill at her Wright Street home with pneumonia. W. S. Greenter of Amesville visited Pomeroy Saturday. Mrs. Rose Merrill is ill at the home of Mrs. Sadie Betzing. Pauline Durst of Columbus spent the weekend with her parents on E Main Street. Mrs. Edward Bowen, ill for three weeks on Osborne Street, is improving.
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William Durst
E Main St
Edward Bowen
Osborne St
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Pomeroy— Meigs County
American Red Cross
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F. J
Beasley CO
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Anna Lee Warner
Rocksprings Grange
Y. P
Tire Board
U. P
Pomeroy Cement Block CO
E. Main St
Pomeroy, Ohio
Miss Myers
and Mel, George Shiveler, JR
Pomeroy Social Notes
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John Hite
Women's Auxiliary
Lincoln Terrace
Pomeroy News
Baird
Middleport Social Notes
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Jane Wyman
Arizona
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