Sunday Schools Present Joint Christmas Program
St Pauls Lutheran and St Johns held a joint Christmas program with a film nativity, music by Mrs Binetmar the organist and a choir plus nursery to senior groups presenting Bible lessons. Gifts and treats were distributed to children as the event closed.
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Pomeroy
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
St. John’s
St. Paul’s
Fred Binetmar
John Richardson
Christ
Robert Hamm
Latrell Schoenleb
Blaettar
Schoenleb
Rutland High School Christmas Assembly Featured Vliss Turner
Miss Marilyn Turner, Rutland High School graduate and Cincinnati Conservatory vocal student, sang Ave Maria and Baby Jesus at the annual Christmas assembly in the auditorium. Guest soloist Mal Turner joined by Mrs. C O Chapman, with T V Weills delivering a Christmas talk and the glee club performing selections before a social hour in the gym with band music under Roger Roush.
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Rutland Church of Christ
Glee Club
Roger Roush
Laurel Cliff Community Christmas Events
Laurel Cliff A Christmas program was held at the Free Methodist Church. Mr and Mrs Charles Diehl hosted a Sunday birthday party for their son Lewis. Cora Rinshaw returned home from St Albans West Virginia. The Laurel Cliff Health Club held its Christmas dinner at Salisbury School with PTA ladies serving.
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Laurel Cliff
The
Free Methodist Church
Charles Diehl
Lewis
Cora Rinshaw
St. Albans
W. Va
Murl Harris
Laurel Cliff Health Club
Salisbury School
PTA
Pythian Sisters Holdmas Party in Meigs Temple Home
The Past Chiefs of Meigs Temple Pythian Sisters gathered at Mrs. William Allman’s home for their annual Christmas party. Mrs. Philip Meinhart narrated the nativity with carols, they voted to send flowers to ill members, noted Mrs. Faye Mayer’s discharge, and celebrated Mrs. Meinhart’s birthday with a handkerchief shower. Prizes went to several members and a gift exchange followed a decorated social hour.
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Middleport
Meigs Temple
Pythian
William Allman
Philip Meinhart
Faye Mayer
Meinhart
William Lowe
Karl Owen
Erma Smith
Cub Scout Den Honors Vloms At Yule Party
Gifts made by members for their mothers were wrapped Monday evening as Den II Cub Scouts held a Christmas party. Den mothers Mrs Elza Gilmore and Mrs Charles Spencer were given gifts and members received Cub Scout pencils. Cookies hot chocolate and a lion shaped cake honoring Sean Mullen and Skip Domigan were served as they prepare to enter the Boy Scouts.
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den II
Elza Gilmore
Charles Spencer
Den
Sean Mullen
Skip Domigan
Boy Scouts
Masonic Conclave Set at 7:30 Tonight
Ohio Valley Commandery 24 Knight Templar holds a conclave at 7:30 led by Eminent Commander B F Parmalee. Delegates will visit Meigs County infirmary and children's home.
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Pomeroy
Ohio Valley
Knight Templar
B. F. Parmalee
Meigs County
Jolly Circle Sewing Club Holds Christmas Dinner
The Jolly Circle Sewing Club met at Circle's Restaurant Monday evening for a Christmas dinner. After dinner the group moved to Mrs. Alma Kitchen's home for a party where secret pals were revealed through a gift exchange and new names were drawn.
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Pomeroy
Jolly Circle Sewing Club
Circle's
Alma Kitchen
Minersville woman fractures shoulder after fall
Mrs. Frank Sullivan fell near her Minersville home Monday and fractured her left shoulder. She received treatment from a local physician and was returned home. The item also lists visits and travel of local residents and their family members over the holiday period.
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Frank Sullivan
Minersville
Sowell Probasco
Middleport
Paul Smart Honored At Yale Dinner
Paul Smart honored at the Citizens National Bank Christmas dinner in Grateview. Smart received a console stereo as a 30 years service award. Mrs Smart received a white orchid corsage. Attendees included Rodney Downing, Gene Grate, and other bank officers and directors with spouses.
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Middleport
Paul Smart
Citizens National Bank
Grateview
Gene Grate
Rodney Downing
Smart
Kenneth McElhinney
Bernard Fultz
John Downing
Bertha Rathburn
Robert Coats
Henry Swift
Leland Brown
Christmas on Christmas Island for Wyatt visit
Mr and Mrs William Wyatt plan a Honolulu to Christmas Island trip to visit Mrs Wyatt's son Paul Holter and daughter in law. Community notes praise local church Christmas decorations and school gifts. A Merry Christmas incomplete banner by the George M Dallas family adds holiday humor.
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Christmas Island
William Wyatt
Honolulu
Mrs. Wyatt
George M. Dallas
First Baptist Youths Hold Carol Party
Thirteen members of the Middleport First Baptist junior high youth fellowship held a caroling party Saturday evening. They visited homes of shutins and residents then enjoyed refreshments at Mr. and Mrs. Gene Coleman’s home. Adults accompanying the group included Mrs. Coleman, Earl Smith, and Mr. and Mrs. Burl Bogge.
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Middleport
Anna Mae Jeffers
Becky Allensworth
Sherri Simons
Donna Ebersbach
Coleman
Earl Smith
Burl Bogge
PomeROY Pep Band Formed in 1959-60 at Pomeroy High
POMEROY 1959 60 pep band organized to perform at all home basketball games under director Bill Young with supervision by Ray Woodgeard. Members include Kitty Persinger Sondra Drake Charlene Diehl Linda Chapman Alita Carpenter Nancy Brown Karen Drake Judy Wehring Roberta Hover Cherry Scott Pam Hobstetter Shari Young Ernestine Stockton Jennifer Lohse Elsie Arnold Edwina Bell Jo Anna Bolinger Charles Kitchen and Young.
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Pomeroy
Pomeroy High School
Bill Young
Ray Woodgeard
Kitty Persinger
Sondra Drake
Charlene Diehl
Linda Chapman
Alita Carpenter
Nancy Brown
Karen Drake
Judy Wehring
Roberta Hover
Cherry Scott
Pam Hobstetter
Shari Young
Ernestine Stockton
Jennifer Lohse
Elsie Arnold
Edwina Bell
Jo Anna Bolinger
Charles Kitchen
Young
Downington Saturday Evening Guests At Bolin Home
A series of visits and social gatherings are noted in Downington as residents hosted relatives and friends from Akron Middleport Athens Albany Snowville Harrisonville and Canal Winchester. Guests included Eber Bolen Albert Bolin Laura Steinmetz and Laura Robinsons family among others.
Weigs General Hospital Notes Brief Births and Discharges
A local hospital column records many births including a daughter to Mr and Mrs Truman Hall of Middleport and sons to Gerald Hayman Racine Roy O Dell Rutland and others. Discharges list Betty Diddle Earl Mossman George Hobstetter Franklin Wilson Kenny Smith James Hawley and Jack Sharpnack among others.
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Truman Hall
Middleport
Gerald Hayman
Racine
Roy O'Dell
Rutland
Howard Roush
Cheshire
Joyce Case
Pomeroy
Norma Barrett
Charles Burdette
Myrtle Simpkins
Aldina Gluesencamp
Portland
A. D. Morrison
Carpenter
Kenneth Smith
Arthur Tracy
Eddie Romine
Katie Stewart
Betty Diddle
Earl Mossman
George Hobstetter
Franklin Wilson
Kenny Smith
James Hawley
John Swartz
Jack Sharpnack
Pastor Howard Ruppelt Receives Gift at Westminster Party
In Middleport the Rev. Howard Ruppelt pastor of the Middleport First United Presbyterian Church received a gift at the Westminster Youth Fellowship Christmas party held at the Bachners home. Lynn Buchanan won a prize in the evening games as caroling preceded the event.
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Middleport
Howard Ruppelt
First United Presbyterian Church
Westminster Youth Fellowship
Everett Bachner
Lynn Buchanan
JOF Class Elects Officers At Christmas Meeting
The JOF Class of the United Methodist Church elected officers for the year at the Christmas party held Monday night. Elected were Mrs Allen Eichinger president Grace Campbell vice president Antone Locke secretary and Everett Thomas treasurer. A social hour followed with gift exchanges and readings presented by members.
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Pomeroy
JOF
United Methodist Church
Allen Eichinger
Grace Campbell
Antone Locke
Everett Thomas
Harry P. Smith
Local furloughs and visitors from WWII era
Marshfield Pvt Allan Jones of Fort Knox spends a furlough with his parents in town and will report back to Fort Myer in January. Pvt Allan Barber of Camp Pendleton returns home for furlough with family. Other relatives visit for Christmas and health concerns arise as Miss Mildred Bridge is called home due to her mother’s illness. At Frederick Oklahoma the editor and city editor of the Daily Leader are noted as 21 and 18 respectively.
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Allan Jones
Fort Knox
Walter Jones
Fort Myer
Allan Barber
Camp Pendietup
San Diego
Calif
Gerald Beal
Fanna Barber
Hazel Trout
Arthur Jones
Mr Gilead
Allan Ray Jones
Athens
C. L. Jones
Mildred Bridge
Niles
Ohio
Effie Bridge
Mount St. Mary Hospital
Nelsonville
Frederick, Oklo
Frederick
Bob E. Cull
Jurhee George
D Of A Plans Installation Of Officers
Theodorus Council Daughters of America met at LOOF Hall to plan officer installations and a potluck supper for the next meeting. A transfer added a member, a holiday greeting from Mary Link was read, Margaret Swatzel was hospitalized, Bertha McKenzie ill, and the auditing committee set to audit at Marie Hauck’s home. Prizes were awarded for social hour games.
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Pomeroy
Theodorus Council
Daughters of America
Loof Hall
Mary Link
Margaret Swatzel
Holzer Hospital
Bertha McKenzie
Marie Hauck
Variety Show Record Hop at New Haven Canteen
A Pomeroy event hosts a record hop and variety show at the New Haven Youth Center in New Haven Wednesday evening. The Jays’ emcee, guitarists, Wahama majorettes and cheerleaders join the Ten Teens in two holiday songs. Margaret Roney will sing White Christmas and Darlene Justice will perform an imitation. The program runs 8 p.m to midnight with door prizes from the New Haven Junior Women's Club.
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Pomeroy
New Haven
Jays
Wahama
Wahama High School
Margaret Roney
Darlene Justice
Meigs County
Winners Named In Syracuse Yule Lighting Contest
Syracuse residents won top prizes in the home lighting contest held Monday night, co sponsored by the Syracuse Garden Club and the Ladies Auxiliary of the Syracuse Fire Department. Judges toured homes with Mayor Dick Winebrenner and prize awards were presented at the village hall. First to third places in the religious category went to Fred Jenkins Ada Slack and Mrs. Robert Harden. Secular category winners were Carl Davis Don Weest and Sumner Durst.
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Syracuse
Syracuse Garden Club
Syracuse Fire Department
Dick Winebrenner
Sylvia Zwilling
Jean Moore
Naomi Londa
Janice Teaford
Firemen’s Ladies Auxiliary
Jessie Cottrill
Garden Club
Fred Jenkins
Ada Slack
Robert Harden
Carl Davis
Don Weest
Sumner Durst
Pomeroy Band Boosters Host Record Hop Saturday
The Pomeroy Band Boosters will stage a record hop Saturday evening in the Pomeroy junior high school auditorium. Refreshments will be sold.
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Pomeroy
Pomeroy Junior High School
Annual Party by Olive Farm Woman's Club
The Olive Farm Woman's Club held its Yuletide party at the home of Mrs. Ella Osborne. Secret pals were drawn for the coming year, hostesses named, a carol sing held, candy recipes swapped, and a gift exchange conducted. Attendees included Mrs. Ella Hannum, Mrs. Tress Swan, Mrs. Edna Hall, Mrs. Pauline Myers, Mrs. Hazel Buckley, Mrs. Ina Massar, Mrs. Margare Brown, Mrs. Mamie Buckley, Mrs. Lillian Pickens, Harold Massar, Ronaleen, Tommy, and Martin Osborne. Mrs. Pauline Myers to host January meeting.
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Pomeroy
Ella Osborne
Olive Farm Woman's Club
Ella Hannum
Tress Swan
Edna Hall
Pauline Myers
Hazel Buckley
Ina Massar
Margare Brown
Mamie Buckley
Lillian Pickens
Harold Massar
Ronaleen
Tommy
Martin Osborne
Wiedleport Personalities and Holiday Visits
Mrs. Edison Wessa of Columbus visited Sunday with her brother in law and sister Mr and Mrs Everett Bachner and family. Ferne Parker and Bernice Ann Durst were business visitors in Gallipolis Tuesday morning. Mr. and Mrs James Lewis of Columbus to spend Christmas with her sister in law Mr and Mrs Howard Byers. George Sauer discharged from Mason Clinic Tuesday after heart attack on hunting trip. Mr and Mrs Owen Bratton confined to home by illness.
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Barton Campbell
Dick Genheimer
Columbus
Frank Johnston
Fred Leifheit
Meigs Countian
University Hospital
Leifheit
Mrs. Johnston
Will Hellerman
Edison Wessa
Everett Bachner
Ferne Parker
Bernice Ann Durst
Gallipolis
James Lewis
Howard Byers
George Sauer
Mason Clinic
Owen Bratton
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Jan Johnson
Ellen Shuler
Vliss Turner
By Pearl Parker
Pythian Sisters
Vloms
Liberty
Middleport, Ohio
Cecil B Demille
Peng
Sewing
Merry Christmas
Robert E. Lee
Robert FE. Lee
Newport News
U.S Navy
Pomeroy Personals
Sullivan
Jay Gloeckner
Stevie
Sharon
Turkey
Gloeckner
Albert Gloeckner
Gloeckners
Houston
Tex
Robert H. Kay Exploration Co
Gary Barnitz
Kent University
Dean Barnitz
Bob Roberts
Ohio University
Wheeling
Jack Dennison
Roberts
Yale
First Baptist Church
Presbyterian Church
Richard Vaughan
James Buchanan
Dwight Wallace
Paul Haptonstall
Pearl Reynolds
Steve Krinke
Bernard Krinke
Ohio Valley Electric Co
Bob Mills
Steamboat Bill
Spinach Playhouse
First Baptist
Downington
Vesta Robinson
Harry. Bolin
Glen Jewell
Laura Steinmetz
Pearl Robinson
Earol Dean
Howard Welch
Near Carpenter
Ray Roush
Carbon
Douglas Clay
Lowell Wooien
Albany
Nerva Howell
Harry Bolin
Wilda Haning
Alice Mae Stanley
Loren Lee
Paul Stanley
Snowville
C. A. Bolin
Duane Stanley
Steve
Harrisonville
Nada Townsend
Elmer B. Dill
Canal Winchester
Weigs General Hospital
Janice Zirkle
James Miller
Michael Morris
Miss Buchanan
David Lyons
Jerry Bulvard
Alan Wallace
Ruth Wallace
Cinda Sauer
Carolyn Russell
Dennis Saelens
Karen Bachner
Connie Bachner
Seran Lewis
Sheryl Fife
Judy Sauer
Linda Lipscomb
Bachner
Society
Ladies Aide Society
Antiquity Baptist Church
Ray Biddie
Mabel Shain
Opal Diddle
Barbara Whitlock
Cora Wallace
Alonzo Custer
Gerald Wildermuth
Jed Webster Sr
Penn
Robert Warner
W O. Barnitz
Jennings Wayland
Marshfield
Meigs Equipment Company
Wiedleport Personals
Joan
H&r Firestone
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