Grocery Stockholders Elect New Officers
Meigs Grocery Co. stockholders met Monday evening at company offices to elect officers and directors for the year Homer E. Cook was re-elected president and general manager Herbert Chambers was named vice president and Mary Park secretary treasurer Others on the board include O O. H. Stewart Frieda Faehnle and Mrs. G A Stuart of Charleston plus the named officers.
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Middleport
Meigs Grocery Co
Homer E. Cook
Herbert Chambers
Mary Park
Oo. H. Stewart
Frieda Faehnle
G. A. Stuart
Charleston
Walters Suffers Ankle Sprain At Local Basketball Game
Sam Walters manager of the Shoe Box sustained a sprained ankle while playing basketball Tuesday evening at a local venue.
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Sam Walters
Shoe Box
Florida Visit Takes on Form of Reunion
Middleport reports Frank Will returns from a two week Florida vacation in St. Petersburg with his sister and brother in law H D Defenbacher state director of finance and Lu cille Will. They renew acquaintances with Ohioans including local residents and former Pomeroyans at the Beachcombers Club where Leo Phillips led an impromptu quartet.
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Middleport
Frank Will
St. Petersburg
Fla
H. D. Defenbacher
Defenbacher
Lucille Will
Columbus
Paul Davis
Dorothy Will
Pennsylvania
Florida Power Corp
South
Leo
Chunk) Phillips
Phillips
Will
Pomeroyan
Columbus Detective Force
Edgar Ebersbach
Ebersbach
Pomeroy
Sarasota
E. A. Reed
William Britton
Florence Foss
Pomeroy and
Ebersbachs
Fred Shifler
Lake Worth
Bart Rawlings
Rutland
Masonic Master Lists Meetings for February
Middleport Masonic Lodge Master Charles Murray announces February meetings. February 14 shows the M.M. degree being exemplified and February 17 is the lodge annual inspection. Evangeline Chapter of the Order of Eastern Star will provide refreshments.
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Middleport
Charles Murray
Middleport Masonic Lodge
Evangeline
Ogder
Eastern Star
Sugar Run Honor Pupils Are Listed
Sugar Run Elementary School reports honor roll for the third six weeks with names across first through sixth grades. The list includes Docoates Durst Eblin Edwards Hamm Hart Hess Jennings Knight McMurray Patrick Patrick Riley Sayre Smith Swatzel Thomas Vongeard Casto Biddle Coates Dabo Downie Ebersbach Gibbs Hegnauer Ingram Lambert Vanderpool Watson Webster Welker Welker Young Potts Anderson Barnitz Blakeslee Carpenter Carpenter Cummings Hamm Jacobs Strauss Vaughan Welker Young Rousey Rousey Arnold Boney Campbell Dillard Hegnauer Jerke Murray Smith Spencer Tracy Riley Strickland Jones White Carolyn Patrick Sisson Strauss Boney Brown Brown Hatcher Russell Smith Strain.
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Bob Brown
Johnnie Bryant
Robert Chapman
Nick Coates
Jean Ellen Dabo
Charles Downie
Jimmie Ebersbach
Bill Gibbs
Dickie Hegnauer
Jim Ingram
Johnora Lambert
Lena Ruth Vanderpool
Diana Watson
Jean Ann Webster
Jacky Welker
Timmy Welker
Barbara Young
Sandra Potts
Bill Anderson
Gary Barnitz
Patty Blakeslee
James Carpenter
Janet Carpenter
Rosalind Cummings
Betty Hamm
Robert Jacobs
Sheila Strauss
Pat Vaughan
Jerry Welker
Susan Young
Barbara Rousey
Bonnie Rousey
Dorothy Arnold
Edwin Boney
Barton Campbell
Robert Dillard
Martha Hegnauer
Bettie Lee Ingram
Johnnie Jerke
Anna Murray
Sue Ellen Smith
Rodney Spencer
Larry Tracy
Richard Riley
John Strickland
John Jones
Carolyn White
Mason Woman Honored at Birthday Dinner
Miss Elizabeth Cooper of Mason West Virginia was honored at a birthday dinner held Wednesday evening at the Mary Jane Coffee Shop. Guests included Miss Lucy Cooper Mrs Emma Diehl Miss Anna Diehl Mr and Mrs Donnie McFarland and their son George, all of Mason.
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Middleport
Elizabeth Cooper
Mason
W. Va
Mary Jane Coffee Shop
Miss Cooper
Lucy Cooper
Emma Diehl
Anna Diehl
Donnie McFarland
George
Mary Jane
Woodman Hall
White Rose Lodge
Benjamin F. Turner
James Souders
H. E. Bush
Otto Watts
David Entsminger
W.W. Hayes
C. P. Gallagher
D. E. Miller
Hattie ‘Woodard
Inez Turner
Perry Mitch
Della Turner
Herman Bailey
Funeral services for Howard Carr held in Harrisonville
Mr and Mrs Pearl Graves and Mrs Charles Walburn attended the funeral in Harrisonville on Sunday. The Rev Earl Cowen of Jerseyville officiated the service and Grafton Stout sang.
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Middleport
Pearl Graves
Charles Walburn
Howard Carr
Harrisonville
Earl Cowen
Jerseyville
Grafton Stout
Home Councils discussed by Middleport group attendees
Mrs. Alice King of Ohio State University outlined the purpose and scope of Home Councils for Meigs County representatives. The event included a casserole luncheon, a birthday cake for Mr. Frecker, and a session led by Mrs. Grover Salser with reports and plans for 1950 51. Attendees included local residents from Tuppers Plains Portland Alfred Rocksprings and others with guests from Pennsville and Rutland.
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Middleport
Meigs
Alice King
Ohio State University
King
Grover Salser
Meigs County
Pythian Sisters Plan 50th Anniversary Convention in Middleport
In Woodman Hall, Middleport, Pythian Sister Meigs Temple No. 153 discusses a March 6 district convention marking the 50th anniversary. A rummage sale is set for Thursday to Saturday at the Ohio Fuel Gas office with baked goods available Saturday. Social hour hosts include Mrs. Florence Bush and others. officers rehearse initiation work for the March 6 event.
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Middleport
Pythian
Meigs Temple No. 153
Woodman Hall
Pythian Sisters
Ohio Fuel Gas Office
Marcella Snowden
M.E.S
Erma Smith
M.E.C
Florence Bush
David Farmer
Boyd Dilgard
Double Celebration for John Frecker in Middleport
John Frecker aged 80 marks a double celebration with a Sunday family dinner at his Grant Street home in Middleport. Relatives from Columbus including Ralph and Diana Frecker and Jack Zimmerman will bring a decorated cake. Tonight the family will be joined by another daughter for the second celebration.
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Middleport
John Frecker
Columbus
Ralph Frecker
Jack Zimmerman
Vicki Lynn
Diana
Frecker
Grant St
Robert Allensworth
John Harvey
Middleport WCTU Meets With Monthly Rhymes
Mrs. Marvin Kelly, vice president, explains the Middleport WCTU announces meetings via an original rhyme each month. The next gathering is Feb 17 at Mrs. Leo Childs’s Gravel Hill home with a promised surprise for every member.
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Middleport
Marvin Kelly
WCTU
Leo Childs
Gravel Hill
Middleport Social Notes Highlight Local Guests
Middleport society items list visitors from Chester J B Hayes and family attending a dinner hosted by Clifford Hayes. A spaghetti supper at Adrienne Mills home drew Bracky Wood Franklin Richards Eugene Coleman Charles Haskins Woody Call and Keith Riggs with Julie Mitch as assistant hostess and preparations by Mrs Perry Mitch and Mrs Russell Mills.
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Middleport
J. B. Hayes
Chester
Clifford Hayes
Adrienne Mills
Bracky Wood
Franklin Richards
Eugene Coleman
Charles Haskins
Woody Call
Keith Riggs
Julie Mitch
Perry Mitch
Miss Mills
Russell Mills
Middleport people visit and attend local events
Middleport residents host and visit relatives across several towns. Frank Ferrell and family celebrate H Bernard Krinke’s birthday. Krinke teaches in Chester and Racine. Mrs Edward Carroll undergoes surgery at Holzer Hospital and recovers. Visitors arrive from Gallipolis and Columbus for funerals and meetings. Four Parkersburg Coca Cola plant employees attend a local meeting. Silent notes on travels to Cincinnati for a convention and other visits conclude with Sgt Fred Mulford returning from a U S Army furlough and reenlisting.
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Middleport
Frank Ferrell
Cameron
W. Va
H. Bernard Krinke
Gravel Hill
Krinke
Chester
Racine
Edward Carroll
Holzer Hospital
Carroll
Roberta Howell
Gallipolis
Richard Fink
Judith
Angela
Nancy Fink
Mabel Hysell
Donald Strauss
Columbus
Albert VanCooney
Don Fleming
Robert Riley
Ben Johnson
Parkersburg
Coca Cola
Herman Bailey
Harold Harrison
Charleston
Audrey Bartel
Ohio University
Boyd Dilgard
Chapelle Talbott
Tre] Schoenleb
Millard Wildermuth
Cincinnati
Chevrolet
Bend
Mary Nolan
Pennsville
Ohio
Howard Nolan
N. Second Ave
Fred Mulford
Thief Steals Cash From G and J Auto Parts Store
A thief entered the G and J Auto Parts Co. on Second Street Tuesday night and took about 15 dollars in cash from a register drawer. The culprit bypassed auto parts, knocked a rear panel loose, and forced a basement door before grabbing the center door from the register. Clerk A C Will had left a change fund. the drawer was found later in the back room. Chief Walter Wolfe and Patrolman Jed Webster investigated.
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Walter Wolfe
Jed Webster, Jr
Patient Taken Home From Grant Hospital
Mrs Edgar Pratt of Columbus was discharged to her home on N Second Ave after recent surgery at Grant Hospital Columbus. Her sister in law Mrs Ralph Pratt accompanied her. The Pratt daughter Ruth also returned. The physician reports a satisfactory recovery and requests no visitors for two weeks.
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Middleport
Edgar Pratt
Grant Hospital
Columbus
N. Second Ave
Ralph Pratt
Ruth
Scholarship Exams Slated at Racine
Agricultural scholarship examinations for Meigs County high school students will be given by County Supt. C. O. Patterson at Racine High School Thursday. No other county schools entered. Winners receive scholarships from Ohio State University. Candidates include Douglas, Sammie Ebersbach, Dale Harris, Louis Talbott, Charles Norris, James Webb, and Aaron Wolfe.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
C. O. Patterson
Racine
Ohio State University
Junior Douglas
Sammie Ebersbach
Dale Harris
Louis Talbott
Charles Norris
James Webb
Aaron Wolfe
Suit Filed in Court Over Real Estate Conveyance
Records show Sammy Marcum filed suit in common pleas court to set aside a conveyance of real estate to H. E. Allison and Walter Chapman. John C. Bacon represents the plaintiff.
Fire Destroys Meigs Home In Pomeroy
A two story frame dwelling on New Street occupied by Arlene James was damaged by fire Wednesday. Fire Chief Herb Giles placed losses at 1500 with household goods between 300 and 500. Cause undetermined but suspected to involve children with matches or smoking in bed. Firemen from all three Pomeroy companies answered.
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Pomeroy
Arlene James
New St
Herb Giles
Giles
Pomeroy Companies
Administratrix Named for Nora Grimm Estate
Edith M. Bolinger has been named administratrix by the probate court for the estate of the late Nora Grimm of Sutton township.
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Pomeroy
Edith M. Bolinger
Nora Grimm
Sutton Township
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