Middleport Christmas Eve Parade Awards Prizes and Toys
Hundreds filled Middleport streets for a Christmas Eve program highlighting food baskets for the needy, Santa handing out 900 candy sacks, and prize drawings. The Racine Garden Club judged decorations with awards to both homes and businesses, including Covert Haking Company as top business display.
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Middleport
Santa Claus
Mill St
Shakespeare Club
Gene Wyatt
Racine Garden Club
Robert Harris
S. Second Ave
Elmer Diehl
Gravel Hill
D. S. Farmer
S. Fourth Ave
E. R. Tompkins
Frank Knopp
Garen Stansbury
Covert Haking Company
Meigs Grocery Company
Chambers and Juhling
Roush’s Shoe Store
Rowley and
Reed
Harrisonville Church Class Christmas Party and Local News
The Harrisonville Friends Circle Sunday School held an 8 o'clock Christmas dinner at H. H. Pickering’s home with 26 members present led by devotional Adrienne French. Officers elected for the year: Earl Knight president Eugene Atkins vice president Frances Welsh secretary Stella Diehl treasurer. January meeting at the Knight home. Also notes on Dye Ball visiting from Cleveland, trips to Columbus, and O. E. S. officers installed. Harrisonville High School Junior Class presented a Christmas program with readings plays jokes songs and a Santa visit.
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Harrisonville
Friendship Circle
H. H. Pickering
Adrienne French
Earl Knight
Eugene Atkins
Frances Welsh
Stella Diehl
Dye Ball
Cleveland
Mae Ball
James Welsh
Columbus
John Blackwood
Betty
Donald
M. E. Welch
Ellen Welch
Pickering
Bobby
Lancaster
C. H. Chase
Washington D. H
F. C. Halliday
Harrisonville High School
Clifford Bryson
Dear Old Wells
Warren Turner
Lorene Townsend
Eva Townsend
Ruth Lambert
Clyde Dilcher
Harold Hull
Therine Counts
Helen Stanley
Betty Blackwood
Ralph Jones
Catherine Counts
Lorene Wilson
Santa
Pomeroy Social Notes Enjoy Program
The St. Paul Lutheran Sunday School held its annual Christmas program at the church Christmas evening. A large crowd attended the exercises with singing recitations and a sketch. Candy and gifts were distributed to children. Rev. and Mrs. Pilch and organist Clarence Bailey were remembered. Numerous visitors from nearby towns joined locals in holiday gatherings and family visits.
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St. Paul
Families gather for Christmas dinner at Edward French home
Reunion mood fills Middleport as households join Christmas celebrations. At the Edward French residence eighteen attendees shared festive meals, including Marion French, Edward Townsend and Norma Jean, Vannie Townsend, Clyde French and family, Owen and Curtis, Paul French and Steve Cope, Earl French and children from Athens.
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Middleport
Edward French
Marion French
Edward Townsend
Norma Jean
Vannie Townsend
Clyde French
Owen and
Curtis
Paul French
Steve Cope
Earl French
Athens
Edward Leifheit Dies at Home in Pom eroy
Edward Leifheit 59 was found dead at his Pom eroy home near Union Avenue after days unseen by neighbors. He lived alone and left no known immediate survivors beyond six sisters and three brothers. Funeral services were held at the Ewing Funeral Home at 2 p m with interment in Beach Grove Cemetery.
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Pomeroy
Edward Leifheit
Union Ave
Ewing Funeral Home
Beach Grove
No-bake Christmas chocolate candy recipe outline
A short recipe describes sugar cream and corn syrup heated to boil then cooled and thickened with butter and vanilla. Melt bitter and milk chocolate, form balls from the first mix, cool on wax paper, refrigerate until firm, then dip in chocolate. A festive treat for the Christmas season.
Crack Teams Meet Tonight in Pomeroy Showdown
Independent basketball brings Columbus Athletic Supply and Dye's All Stars to the Junior High Auditorium tonight. Notable former college and Pomeroy High players appear, with Ray Farnham coaching Dye's. Proceeds fund a new electric scoreboard for the Junior High.
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Pomeroy
Columbus Athletic Supply
Dye
All Stars
Junior High
Columbus
Middleport Social Notes Celebrate Christmas Visits
Middleport social column lists Elizabeth Hartinger visiting son Dan Hartinger in Letart with Wil liams and Murphey families from Rutland and Athens. Chicago guests Richard Hayman and family entertain at Racine. Many relatives from Tionesta, Rutland, Charleston, Washington DC, Columbus, and other towns gather for dinners, reunions, and holiday outings including Cham bers and Harris families and a Mary Jane Coffee Shoppe post Christmas meal. Notable mentions include West Point cadet William Keith Kincaid on furlough and John Kincaid Jr at Ohio University visiting home.
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Rosemary Phillips
Phillippi
W. Va
Pomeroy
Emil Ball
Charleston
Dolly Bean
Athens
Emma Waterman
Eva Simms
Mulberry Ave
Wilson Norris
Margaret
Myrtle Griffith
Spring Ave
William Griffith
Carl Griffith
Columbus
Ed Deifenbach
Glouster
George Reuter
Wayne
Ind
L. V. Reuter
Leland Peoples
Vivian
P. L. Peoples
Union Ave
Roy ‘Tracy
A. O. Tracy
D. L. Tracy
Nora
Tracy
E. Jeffers
Gallipolis
Elizabeth Huber
Butternut Ave
Charles Huber
Lucille Durst
Locust St
Peter Reinhart
Detroit
Bill Reinhart
Leo Reuter
Virginia Geoglein
Curtis Gilmore
Helen
Edgar Gilmore
Waltho Allen
Springfield
Harriett Russell
W. Main St
Ralph Zink
Cincinnati
Lawrence Lanning
Spring St
Bentz Wolf
Wheeling
Christy Baer
Minersville
Louise Baer
White Cross Hospital
Henry Pfarr
Monkey Run
Clarence
Mary Pooler
Floyd Pooler
George Pooler
Marietta
Glen Wallace
Chicago
Shorr
Philip Meier
Brick St
Henry Rasp
Pleasant Ridge
Philip Meier, Jr
T. J. Robinson
Mason City
Ebert Robinson
Virginia Roush
Fairview
Cora Warner
Chester Road
Christmas
Robert Warner
Abbie
Bobby
Horace McElhinny
Story Run
Orville Rader
Norma
W. H. Ebersbach
Sybil
Clifford Jenkinson
Roseville
E. Main St
Clarence Will
Guy
Elsie Hart
Miss Hart
W. S. Hart
Hilmar Grimm
Dora Reuter
Emma Dorst
Katie
Wendle Roos
Racine
Hayman
Sansbury
Adda Smith
Gene Paul
Tionesta
Chauncey Vance
Dow Vance
Point Pleasant
Walter B. Harris
Marjorie Harris
McConnelsville
Miss Dahlia Pauley
Rocky Glenn Sanitarium
Miss Pauley
Lewis Via
Mary Jane
Chambers
Harris
Robert Harris
Washington, D. C
Gordon
Jean Harris
Clarence Schneider
Edith Jordan
Pt. Pleasant
Myrtle Garrison
Huntington
Herbert Chambers
Richard Chambers
William Aleshire
Carmus Chambers
Robert Chambers
Walter Cluff
Kansas City
F. M. Cluff
N. Third Ave
Judith
Megan Miller
Mayme Byers
S. Third Ave
Miss Kent
Mr. Byers
William Keith Kincaid
United States Military Academy
West Point
John Kincaid
John Kincaid, Jr
Ohio University
Joint Ceremony Planned at Hemlock Grange Hall
Chester and Hemlock Granges officers will be installed by Clarence Cummings at a joint ceremony on January 1 at Hemlock Grange Hall. Lunch will be provided by members of both groups. A large attendance was reported at Hemlock Grange Saturday night as a candidate was initiated and a debt for hall repairs was ordered paid. The charter was draped in memory of the late Charles Gilland. A brief lecture hour program proved interesting.
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Pomeroy
Chester
Hemlock
Clarence Cummings
Hemlock Grange
Charles Gilland
Carpenter A Special Church Service at Columbia School
A special church service will be held in the auditorium of the Columbia School on Sunday January 2 at 10 45 am Rev F G Strickland will deliver the sermon Starting the New Year Right Will Swett coordinates the music The invitation extends to all churches in the Columbia School District.
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Carpenter
Columbia
F. G. Strickland
Pomeroy Christmas Lights Win Praise from Visitors
Pomeroy’s Christmas lights draw praise from travelers and locals. Tippie Dye of California called Pomeroy the most attractive lighted town between here and the West Coast. A passerby from Charleston to Columbus planned a return trip to share the display with his wife. Former residents visiting for holidays noted the lights as the yearlong development.
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Pomeroy
Tippie Dye
California
West Coast
Charleston
Columbus
Cheshire
Tougher Women Aim for Stoic Inner Steel in San Francisco
Mrs Bea trice Forbes Robinson Hale an English lecturer in San Francisco calls for tougher women. She envisions relaxed women who view the world with stoicism and possess an inner core of steel.
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San Francisco
Beatrice Forbes Robinson Hale
Pomeroy Firemen Elect Officers
Pomeroy annual election of officers for the Pomeroy Fire Association was held Sunday afternoon at the Second Ward Fire House. E. D. Will was elected president, Charles Werry first vice president, Victor harbrecht second vice president, Harry Beards third vice president, Franklin Hepp secretary, FE F Robinson treasurer, trustees Charles Werry L A Person Gilbert Weeks Herb Giles. Herb Giles, who has served as fire chief for two years, was recommended to continue as fire chief, appointment made by mayor with council approval.
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Pomeroy
Pomeroy Fire Association
Second Ward
E. D. Will
Charles Werry
Victor Harbrecht
Harry Beards
Franklin Hepp
F. Robinson
L. A
Gilbert Weeks
Herb Giles
Few Arrests At Christmas Reported In Pomeroy
Christmas in Pomeroy produced only two intoxication arrests. Herb Ours of Sutton Township was taken into custody by Constable Ross Evans, and Charles Blake of Syracuse was arrested by Officer Walter Wolfe. A few sheriff’s office calls occurred, but no major incidents emerged. County officers shared in the holiday observance.
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Pomeroy
Herb Ours
Sutton Township
Ross Evans
Charles Blake
Syracuse
Walter Wolfe
Sheriff's Office
Firemen's Ball Expected To Draw Large Crowd In Pomeroy
Preparations for the annual Firemen's Ball on New Year’s Eve are complete. An orchestra will play from 9 p.m. Friday to the early hours of Saturday. Prizes will be awarded for best costumes with categories for men, women, boys and girls. The grand march occurs between 10 and 10:30 p.m. at the K of P Hall, a tradition since years past, with both firemen and local merchants contributing prizes. The event, organized by four members from each of the three fire companies, is expected to be the biggest on record as 1937 ends.
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Pomeroy
Second Ward
K. of P
Creomulsion Promises Relief for Persistent Coughs
An advertisement urges people with lingering coughs or chest colds to try Creomulsion. It claims the product goes to the source of trouble, soothes mucous membranes, and loosens phlegm, with a money back guarantee if not satisfied after the first bottle.
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Yale
West
U. S
Balch
San Diego
Pomeroy Social Notes
Middleport Social Notes
Virginia Egner
Lillian Steiff
J. T. Lewis
Norvine
Jimmy Egner
Mildred Ohlinger
Chester Russell
Sharon
Indianapolis
Clifford Russell
Anderson
Harry Russell
Garfield Ave
Emmett Shuler
Helen Hess
Don Barr
Chinchilla
Hat, Loggins
Kwavu
Alaca Ast
Leggin
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