Reserves Beat Pomeroy In Hard Fought Junior High Clash
In a nip and tuck Saturday night at Pomeroy Junior High gym Chester defeated the Pomeroy Purple Fans 35 34 in a tense contest that drew a record crowd. Lehew and Woodsing led scoring for Chester while Glenn Knight refereed. Included lineups show Stover Lehew Hunnel Werry Ohlinger Ash Houdashelt for Pomeroy and Woods Beaver Milhoan Weber Chonk for Chester. Betty Kessinger of the State School for the Blind, Columbus, is visiting Christmas with her parents.
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Pomeroy
Pomeroy Junior High
Chester
Pomeroy Purple
Fred Conaway
Lehew
Woodsing
Purple and White
Lehen
Pomeroy Social Notes: Christmas Club and Servicemen News
Pomeroy social notes detail a Christmas sewing club party at Mrs. Millard Wildermuth with gifts and refreshments for members, plus a list of attendees and absentees. The column also reports visiting relatives and health notes, including influenza, and military updates with Lt. David Clifton and Sgt. James F. Russell returning home after lengthy service and honors.
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Millard Wildermuth
William Grueser
Robert Roberts
Sidney Spencer
Fred Mescher
Hiram Fisher
Adolph Grueser, Jr
James Simpson
Carl Brannan
Ralph Spencer
Bradford Maag
Harland Wehring
Elizabeth Fick
Deaths of Two Leon Men Within Hours
Two Leon men died within about 12 hours of each other over the weekend. John BR Hayman age 61 died Friday night at home and Caleb Cottrill age 65 died Saturday morning at New York Central Station both of heart attacks. Funeral services will be at Leon Baptist Church with Rev. C G Billups for Cottrill and Rev R G Ellis for Hayman. Burial in Leon cemetery. Cottrill survived by widow Maud Cottrill two daughters Mrs Robert Crump and Mrs Milton Burdette of Leon a son George Cottrill of Leon a brother George Cottrill of Steubart Ohio four sisters Rosa Ford Woodenville Washington Anna Cox Wheeling Mary Jane Johnson Point Pleasant Beatrice Rice Letart. Hayman a WWI veteran had worked at Marietta Manufacturing shipyard and earlier farmed and was with the state road department. Survived by widow Rosa Ella Sines Hayman six daughters Mrs Millard Greenlee and Misses Mary Gertrude Ia Jean Rowenna Meloney Lee Hayman three sons Carl William and John Emery Hayman two granddaughters and sister Mrs Gertrude Lines of Leon. Carl Emery Hayman wounded in Saipan. ARE TO MARRY POINT PLEASANT- Arthur William Danner and Leota Bowser have applied for a marriage license. Terry Gallagher spending Christmas in Charleston.
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Point Pleasant
Leon
John BR. Hayman
Caleb Cottrill
New-York Central
iLeon Baptist Church
C. G. Billups
Cot
Travel Rush Strands Midshipman Far From Home
A Midshipman on holiday leave could not reach home for Christmas. After waiting 24 hours in Baltimore and Washington for trains to accept passengers, he rode to Pittsburgh standing all the way. With funds exhausted he was aided by the Police Department and Red Cross Travelers Aid and finally arrived home two days late.
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Middleport
Athletis
Baltimore
Washington
Pittsburgh
Police Department
Red Cross
Travelers’ Aid
Alonzo Gibbs Dies at 67 in Racine
Alonzo Gibbs father of Charles Gibbs principal of Pomeroy Junior High School and athletic director died unexpectedly at his Racine home Saturday after a year with heart ailment A daughter Miss Winnie Gibbs of Cleveland arrived Sunday night after being summoned home by his death.
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Pomeroy
Alonzo Gibbs
Charles Gibbs
Racine
Winnie Gibbs
Cleveland
Captain De Witt Hamberger to Cairo as naval attache
Middleport reports Captain De Witt Hamberger after World War II service on the USS Converse has been commissioned as naval and air attaché to Cairo Egypt with Mrs Hamberger and will stay two years. The Converse earned a congressional citation and suffered no loss of life in three years of conflict.
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Middleport
de. Witt Hamberger
De‘stroyer Converse
Cairo
Egypt
Washington
Hamberger
Homer Grant
Church of — Christ
Church. al
George Meinhart
James Keffer
Herbert Fisk
Keffer
Lawrence Reed
Herbert Fink
Homer Rice
Edgar Allensworth
Herman Ohlinger
Allensworth
Jumping beans serve as a superstition tool in Mexico
Mexicans consult jumping beans for answers where a jump toward the bean means yes and a jump away signals no. The practice reflects traditional beliefs in divination through simple objects.
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IPTA
Betty Kessinger
The
State School For the Blind
Columbus
Mrs. Bercher Kessinger
Becky's Baby Shop
Cheerios
Mr. and
Mrs. Snoweman
L&z Dress Shop
Ohio
Star of Bethlehem
Ebersbach Hardware Co
Pomer Eroy
the Farmers Bank ‘and Savings Company
Pomeroy, Ohio
Federal Reserve System
Federal Deposit: Insurance Corporation
Merry Christmas
Stark's Pharmacy
Tokyo
Pomeroy Social Notes
Pomeroy Fersonsls
Virgil Hayes
New Haven
Molly Stull
Lewistown
William Watson
Lasley St
Mark Evans
Ross Evans
James Franklin Russell
Lincoln Russell
Scotland
England
France
Belgium
Germany
Eighth
Ninth Air Forces
John Hayman
Arthur William Danner
Ross County
Leota Bowser
Terry Gallagher
Charleston
Middleport Social Notes
Esther Castoe
Juanita
Texas
Willard Moore
Hartley
Bryant Place
Pat Casanova
Casanova
John Seines
Connecticut
South Pacific
Q. U. Clinic
Athens
Martha Rose
Schmoll Furniture and
Pomeroy Bend
Bendvue
Jimmy Lydon
Fred Bartholomew
Edward E. Horton
Tom Tully
Minna Gombeil
Jill Browning
Mers
Pomeroy Cement Block CO
H. J. Hysell Furniture Co
D. &. Farmer, Mgr
Middleport, Ohio
Spencer & Wehrung
Pickens Paint and Hardware
Marguerite Shoe Shop
Marguerite Meyer
Ae Lee Ode
Middleport Dept. Store
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