Middleport Social Notes Holiday Gatherings and Visits
Sunday School classes at First Baptist hosted a Christmas party with gifts, carols, and games. The Mt. Moriah Church Matrons Guild held a Christmas exchange and luncheon with guests from New York City and Columbus. Readers, relatives, and servicemembers gathered in Meigs County for holidays, with many traveling to Columbus, Akron, Charleston, and Cincinnati for visits and winter stays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Leo Russell
Dorothy Chase
Virginia Mayes
First Baptist Church
Russell
Gail Stumbo
James Mills
Eddie Kitchen
Gene Hayes
Shirley Roush
Betty MecHaffie
George McHaffie
Carolyn Hess
Marilyn Miller
Betty Klees
Sandra Miller
James van Cooney
Robert McKinney
James Mourning
Robert Pearce
Betty Lewis
Ronnie Beaver
Milton Wayland
Frances Buckley
Wanda Evener
Marjorie Brumley
Doris Little
Juanita Evener
Miss Mayes
Linda Beaver
Mt. Moriah Baptist Church
Effie Venable
Venable
Morris Payne
New York City
World Wide Guild Hosts Holiday Meeting in Middleport
Miss JoAnn Wilson hosted the World Wide Guild of First Baptist Church at her Beech Street home. Guild leaders included Mrs. Paul Smart and Mrs. David Durst Jr. Eleanor Satterfield led devotionals. Adrienne Mills, president, led the business session. Gifts were given to Mrs. Charles M. Pomeroy. Guests received gumdrop candles. Sara Palmer aided the hostess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
JoAnn Wilson
First Baptist Church
Beech St
Paul Smart
David Durst
Wilson
Eleanor Satterfield
Adrienne Mills
Guild
Charles M. Pomeroy
Sara Palmer
Middleport Personal Notices Include Holiday Visits and Absences
Mrs B F Parmalee will spend Christmas with daughter and son in law Mr and Mrs Dallas Blevins and their son Dallas of Washington DC. Miss Mary Grimm of the Farm Bureau office Columbus visits mother Mrs Lily Grimm and daughter Linda Lou of Pear St. Miss Virginia Mayes takes leave from the Elementary School due to illness with Mrs Noah Haskins substituting. Mr and Mrs Robert Hill with Marcia Lee and Robert of Dayton guest of Mr and Mrs Richard Chambers. Mrs James Faulkner to spend Christmas with her son in law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Mees
Columbus
Florida
Morris Payne
New York City
B. Payne
James Brewington
Sandra
Guy Brewington
Fayetsville
8. C
Ernest Kennedy
Akron
Middleport
John A. Bowman
Martin Carson
U.S. Army
Texas
Guy Carson
Robert Cole
Ft. Eustis
Lewis Williams
Pearl St
Robert Story
Nona
Patrick Roy
Betty Kessinger
State School For the Blind
Beecher Kessinger
Kenneth
Wendell Swain
Bradbury Apartments
Beaver Dam
Francis Bush
Roger
David
Ruth
Garber
Ann Crow
William Garber
Kathleen
C. P. Bradbury
H. H. Kitchen
Eddie Kitchen
Parkersburg
Vernon Durst
Kay
Luther Searls
Larry
Brenden
Mike
Lowell Price
Ada Lowery
Bloomdale
Robert Chambers
United States Military Academy
West Point
Marcus Chambers
Dan Price
Agnes Stiff
Meigs County
W. S. Ellis
Grace Ellis
R.N
Cincinnati
Jane and
Ruth Ellis
Hulda Klein
William Stoecker
Bill
B. F. Parmalee
Dallas Blevins
Dallas
Washington, D. C
Mary Grimm
Farm Bureau Office
Lily Grimm
Linda Lou
Pear St
Virginia Mayes
Noah Haskins
Mayes
Robert Hill
Marcia Lee
Robert
Dayton
Richard Chambers
James Faulkner
Mrs. John Major Dies Former Middleport Resident
Obituary notes the death of Mrs. John Major of Columbus after a stroke. Survived by her husband a daughter Mrs. Howard Yount and son Walter Major, with sister Mrs. Herbert Chambers at the Major home. The Majors were former Middleport residents. A separate brief lists new program workers at First Baptist Church Jean Bennett Paul Smart and Miss Florinel Talbott.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Columbus
John Major
Herbert Chambers
Major
Howard Yount
Walter Major
First Baptist Church
Jean Bennett
Paul Smart
Florinel Talbott
Canterbury Rites Pending for James A Canterbury
Arrangements for the funeral of James A Canterbury 66 of Pomeroy are not complete. He died Thursday at Meigs General Hospital after becoming ill at Parkersburg Rig and Reel Co. Survivors include a daughter Mrs Homer Braley of Pomeroy four brothers Harry Canterbury Charles Canterbury Clarence and William Canterbury and two grandchildren. Burial will be in Beach Grove cemetery with date yet to be set. Friends may call at the Ewing funeral home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
James A. Canterbury
Meigs General Hopsital
Ewing Funeral Home
Canterbury
Parkersburg
Charles Canterbury
Pontiac
Mich
Clarence
William Canterbury
Detroit
Beach Grove Cemetery
Christmas Church Schedules and Programs Noted
The Rainey area churches announce holiday services and programs. Christian Science Society holds Sunday school at 9:30 a.m. and a 10:45 a.m. service with Luke 2:14 as Golden Text. Other churches list Christmas Eve and Day services, Sunday schools, and parish events with times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Science Society
Christian Science
ST. Paul’s Lutheran
L. M. Mohrhoff
First Baptist
Paul W. Nye
Nye
Racine
Syracuse
EUB
C. A. White
Bethany
Apple Grove Hosts Christmas Program and Party
Apple Grove church youth will present a Christmas program Saturday evening. Ohio Valley Grange members plan a Christmas party at the hall Friday evening with a gift exchange and refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Apple Grove
Ohio Valley Grange
Fifth generation born in Cheshire family
Pamela Sue Kirby, daughter of Harold and Betty Joe Ellis Kirby, is welcomed as the fifth generation in the Cheshire line. Born Tuesday night at Mason Clinic in New Haven West Virginia, she is grandchild of Alma Ellis and George Kirby with maternal great grandparents Pleasant Ellis and Theodore Davidson and great great grandmother Mary Little of Cheshire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore Davidson
Cheshire
Mary Little
Back Pay Received By Highway Employes
Civil service employee POMEROY in the Meigs County state highway department was laid off May 1 and reinstated. They received back pay Thursday totaling 1379.51 for the period not worked. Receivers: Allen Eichinger, Earl Dill, Charles Smith, Elbert Gillilan, and Ruda Durst.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Tve Civil Service
State Highway Department
Meigs County
Allen Eichinger
Earl Dill
Charles Smith
Elbert Gillilan
Ruda Durst
Miss Thelma Ebersbach Wins Slide Fastener Prize
Thelma Ebersbach of Middleport is notified as a ten dollar prize winner in a slide fastener contest run by a New York firm. She received the prize check this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thelma Ebersbach
New York
Santa Claus Arrives In New Convertible In Town Parade
Santa Claus arrived at 10 30 a m Thursday in a new convertible. escorted by city police fire department and Pomeroy High School band. He rode a parade route through downtown and set up at the big Christmas tree headquarters. He interviewed children read letters and handed out candy treats despite threatening rain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Santa Claus
Jolly
Old Saint Nick
Fire Department
Pomeroy High School
Santa
Butternut Ave
Second St
Lynn St
Jolly Little Gentleman
North Pole
Karen Elizabeth Jerke
Paul Jerke
Lincoln Drive
Karen
Vernon Cady
Christmas Schedule for Middleport Churches
Middleport churches announce Sunday services and Christmas programs. Heath Methodist invites worship at 10 30 with choir and solo pieces, First Baptist lists services and candlelight baptism, First Presbyterian features a Christmas program and violin solo, Syracuse Presbyterian plans a Saturday evening program for children with Sunday school at 9 30 and no evening worship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Junior Society
Baptist Youth Fellowship
First Presbyterian
Homer G. McMillen
Jesus
Paul Haptonstall
Fanie Erlewine
Lucy Gregg
James Buchanan
Syracuse Presbyterian
Robert Harden
Ministers Plan Week of Prayer Observance
Middleport ministers met at Rev. Charles Pome roy's office to plan an annual observance. Congregations will join for a week of prayer meetings conducted by various ministers. Services are scheduled at the Church of Christ on January 10 11 12 and 13.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Charles Pomeroy
Church of Christ
Christmas Vacation Starts for Meigs County Schools
All Meigs County schools dismissed Wednesday for the Christmas holiday vacation. Sessions are scheduled to reconvene January 2 as stated by County Superintendent O. O. Patterson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Meigs County
O. O. Patterson
Daughter Is Born To Sehmoll Family
A daughter was born yesterday to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Sehmoll at Meigs General Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Robert Sehmoll
Meigs General Hospital
Pomeroy Social Notes Highlights Holiday Visits
Sunshine Buddies Class members visited three shut ins to present a Christmas program. They called on Dora Hamm, Theodore Grueser, and Minnie Scott, with participants including Dolores Kraeuter Annabel Rose and others. Additional travel plans and holiday visits to Wheeling and Washington were noted, plus school teacher Miss Maxine King spending vacation in Huntington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Sunshine Buddies
Morning Star
EUB Church
Hart Stanbery
Dora Hamm
Theodore Grueser
Minersville
Minnie Scott
Nease Settlement
Dolores Kraeuter
Phyllis Ihle
Annabel Rose
Delmar Hamm
Jimmy
V. R. Hamm
Bobbie
Dorothy Ost
Chester Council Daughters of America Hold Christmas Party
The Chester council members gathered at the large hall on Tuesday for a Christmas supper and program. An exchange of gifts took place and the 1949 mystery sisters were revealed with new names drawn for 1950.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Chester Council
Daughters of America
Chester
Young Adult Class Holds Christmas Party at Pomeroy Church
The United Methodist Church Young Adult Class gathered Thursday in the church social rooms for a Christmas party. A pot luck supper was shared and gifts exchanged. Frank Vaughan led a brief business meeting as members wrapped gifts for children at the Meigs County Children’s Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
United Methodist Church
Frank Vaughan
Meigs County
Mrs Finsterwald Spends Holidays in Florida
Mrs. R W Finsterwald traveled to Florida for Christmas holidays and plans to stay about three weeks. Mr and Mrs Leonard Reed and sons Lee and David recently visited Mrs Reed's mother Sarah Presley of Ironton. Mrs Theo Beegle and children were in Huntington Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. W. Finsterwald
Florida
Finsterwald
Leonard Reed
Lee and
David
Rites Arranged Today For Swartz Infant
Funeral services were held at 3 p.m. at Rawlings-Coats funeral home for Sharon Sue Swartz three weeks old daughter of Mr and Mrs Ted Swartz of Hobson. The infant died Thursday at Meigs General Hospital. Grandparents are Mrs Arthur Gilbert and Reuben Swartz of Cheshire. Interment followed at Middleport Hill Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Rawlings-Coats
Sharon Sue
Ted Swartz
Hobson
Meigs General Hospital
Arthur Gilbert
Reuben Swartz
Cheshire
Middleport Hill Cemetery
Schmolls Welcome Daughter Janice Elaine at Meigs General
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Schmoll announce the birth of a daughter, Janice Elaine, on December 22 at Meigs General Hospital. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. G. O. Schmoll and Mr. and Mrs. Lee Kauffman of Bodkins. The Schmolls also have a son, Robert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Robert Schmoll
Meigs General Hospital
G. O. Schmoll
Lee Kauffman
Bodkins
Janice Elaine
Schmolls
Robert
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