Meigs County children stage first using new church organ
At Simpson Methodist Church in Pomeroy the Meigs County Children's Home performers presented a Christmas program under Mrs. Virginia Egner. The event included a cantata The Sign of Peace with both off stage and on stage performers, Santa Claus visit, and the newly installed church organ played for the first time by Mrs. Howard Ebersbach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Esther Ash
Nettie Goble
Bertha Douglas
Viola Pullins
Charlotte Schwartzwalder
Helen Givens
Lizzie May Kidder
World Brotherhood
Faye Donovan
Edna May Napper
Wanda Blake
May Donovan
Clara Bell Pullins
Madelyn Napper
Alma Gail Schwartzwalder
Sylvia Schwartzwalder
Minnie Spires
Jeanette Ash
Santa Claus
Warren H. Bright
Howard Ebersbach
Realty Transfers In Meigs County
Realty transfers from Dec 13 to Dec 20 list multiple parcel moves in Meigs County. Bettina McGhee Douglas and Francis Douglas transfer 40 and 15 acres in Rutland Township to Karl and Lena Knapp.
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Meigs County
Pomeroy
Bettina McGhee Douglas
Francis Douglas
Rutland Township
Karl
Lena Knapp
Frank H. Humphrey
Columbia Township
Mary E. Humphrey
Buckeye Savings & Loan Co
Middleport
A. L
Bessie Biggs
Harvey
Mary Norris
Letart
Lucille E. Norris
Charles W
Anna Moore
Rutland
Charles Moore, Jr
Eva Moore
Charles Moore
Frank E. Holmes
Syracuse
Malcolm C
Dorothy F. Roller
James H. Clifford
W. E
Emma C
Jeffers
Carpenter
Curtis
Robert W
Minnie Jones
Columbia
A. D. Townsend
Donors To Library Are Announced
Pomeroy library board reports 3 866 books circulated in November. Library to close Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Donors listed include American Legion Auxiliary Central PTA Daughters of America Order of Eastern Stars Chapter 186 Pomeroy Garden Club Pomeroy High School Pomeroy Lodge No 164 F and A M Shakespeare Club and Sugar Run PTA.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Pomeroy Library Board
American Legion Auxiliary
Central P. T. A
Daughters of America
Order of Eastern Stars
Pomeroy Garden Club
Pomeroy High School
Pomeroy Lodge
Shakespeare, Club and
Sugar Run
Campus Band To Play for Dance
annual Christmas dance by Grace Guild and Young Churchwoman's Club features Jack Richards and his Orchestra, Ohio State All-Campus Band. dance Christmas Day at Pomeroy Junior High Auditorium with Rutland’s Bob Chase in the band.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Grace Guild
Young Churchwoman's Club
Jack Richards
Episcopal Church
Young Churchwoman’s Club
Jed Hartinger
Guild
Charles Gibbs
Beegle Provides Turkey Dinner to County Wards
County Commissioner Arthur Beegle will provide Christmas turkey dinners for children at the Meigs Home and residents of the County Home as he completes eight years of service. The meals will be served at both locations on Christmas Day.
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Pomeroy
Meigs
Arthur Beegle
Beegle
Truck Driver Held On Bad Check Charges
POMEROY Clifford Wheeler a truck operator wanted in Franklin County and in Gallipolis for bad check charges was arrested Sunday night by Deputy Oscar Whitlock and Constable Grindley. H W Norman of Vinton jailed Saturday night for driving while intoxicated after his truck hit a wrecked car on Route 7 below Hobson. The car belonged to Roy George who was waiting for a tow truck. Charles Eskew arrested Friday on driving while intoxicated entered a not guilty plea and was bound over to the grand jury under a $500 bond.
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Pomeroy
Clifford Wheeler
Franklin County
Gallipolis
Oscar Whitlock
Grindley
H. W. Norman
Vinton
Whitlock
Norman
Hobson
Roy George
Charles Eskew
M. D. Hartley
Pick ett charged in toxication pleads guilty in mayor court
Carbondale resident Dewey Pickett pleaded guilty at a Sunday arraignment in Mayor C. G. Dew court to intoxication. He was fined ten dollars plus costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Dewey Pickett
Carbondale
C. G. Dew
Nelsonville Junior Order Benefit Party True
The Nelsonville Junior Order sponsors a Christmas Eve benefit party on December 24 at 8 o'clock in the IOOF Hall. Proceeds support local charity efforts and community activities.
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Nelsonville—Junior Order
IOOF
Racine Residents Share Holiday Social Events Highlights
Racine community residents enjoy a series of Christmas gatherings. The Happy Hustlers Class hosts a turkey dinner and program at the Methodist Church while Misses Marjorie and Virginia Fadely lead a Sunday School party. The PTA and grade teachers present a church program with student performances and treats. The Young Married People’s Class, Booster Class, and Antiquity Epworth League hold parties with games, refreshments, and plans for future events. The Baptist Church also hosts a Christmas program and a play with carols and a violin solo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Racine
Happy Hustlers
Methodist Church
Owen Watson
Ernest Wingett
Marion Simpson
Mary Jean Watson
Emma Jane Jiiden
Marjorie
Virginia Fadely
Baptist Church
P.T.A
William Steward
Third St
Ben Philson
Antiquity Epworth League
Walter McCarley
Mildred Clark
Christine Morris
Mildred
Pete Wheeler Arrested for Assault Charge in Pomeroy
Pete Wheeler of Kerri Run was arrested early Sunday for a vicious attack on an 18 year old girl. He confessed after questioning and had been freed from jail the prior Friday on bond. Wheeler faced two counts of attempted criminal attack and earlier pled guilty to a modified assault charge, receiving 90 days in jail suspended on enlistment in the army. he now faces immediate penitentiary sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeler
Conrad Folmer Found Dead at Home in Meigs
Conrad Folmer aged 74 was found dead Sunday afternoon at his Nease Settlement home by nephew Raymond Elberfeld of Pomeroy. Coroner Henry Ewing said death occurred about two to three hours earlier. He lived alone and is survived by several brothers and sisters including Mrs. Margaret Ganster and Mrs. Elizabeth Elberfeld. Funeral plans pending relatives’ arrival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Conrad Folmer
Nease Settlement
Raymond Elberfeld
Elberfeld
Henry Ewing
Folmer
Margaret Ganster
Meadville
Elizabeth Elberfeld
Cincinnati
George Folmer
Davis
W. Va
Don Folmer
Charles Folmer
Midland
Peter
Maryland
Middleport
Henrietta Ewing
Washington, D. C
Bureau of Census
Department of Commerce
Herbert Ewing
Easter Martin Ewing
Merle Ward
Baltimore
Puerto Rico
Leonard Hawk
Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Company
Ray Bodkins
Charleston
McMillan Hospital
John Parfitt
Rodkins
Freda Welling
Detroit
J. W. Merrill
Dorothy Gardner
Athens
John Martin Mygatt
Columbus
Timken Company
Dorothy Nelle
Margaret Stewart
Wooster
Jane Stansbury
Joan Hamilton
Oxford
Alice Louise Lama
Margaret McBride
Alice Louise Ebersbach
Charles Bradbury
Lewis Koehler, Jr
Roger Emmish
Marion Fugate
William Suter
Robert Rothrock
Ohio University
Janet Hecox
Madison School For Girls
Virginia
J. D. Ryan
Kansas City
Kathryn Bryan
Chicago
Death of Miss Kate McCracken Reported
Racine writes that Miss Kate McCracken former Racine resident died last June after jumping from a third floor window in a fire she owned an apartment building she rented out. A letter from Etta Kabel of Detroit relayed the news to Mrs W B Cross.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Racine
Kate McCracken
W. B. Cross
McCracken
Etta Kabel
Detroit
Miss McCracken
Middleport Wedding Brings Emmish Bougher to Columbus
The wedding of Miss Willem Emmish to Earl Lloyd Bougher occurred Saturday afternoon in a living room altar setting. The couple plans a two week honeymoon in Florida and the South before settling in Columbus where Bougher will practice law and the Emmish family notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Willem Emmish
Charles Augustus Emmish
Earl Lloyd Bougher
J. W. Bougher
Kenmore Park
Columbus
Emmish
Josephine Emmish
Miss Emmish
Bougher
Middleport High School
White Cross Hospital
J. J. Hughes
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Athens Messenger
Ohio
Agnes Webster
Amy Kingsland
K. D. Amsbury
Bob Chase
Truman Chase
Richard’s
Pete Wheeler
Middleport Social Notes
Robert Coats
Lucille Dutton
New Martin Hotel
Frank H. Johnston
William Stansbury
M. G. Harnick
Falls City
Falls City Brewing Co., Inc
Loulerilie, Kentucky
Etigid
Melton
Iluckofe
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