Polio Fund Drive Opens in Meigs County
Meigs County begins a month long March of Dimes campaign led by county director Harry Bennett. fundraising includes coin boxes in businesses, family folders, school kid cards, tag day, a basketball game collection, and a Beta Sigma Phi dance with half the funds staying local. Headquarters are in Rutland at the high school with letters prepared by commercial students under Miss Martha Ohlinger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Meigs County
Harry Bennett
Omeroy
Middleport
Bennett
Janary
Ohio
Eta Phi
Beta Sigma Phi
National Foundation
New York
Rutland
Martha Ohlinger
Pomeroy Club Hosts Christmas Party and YEAR-END Social Notes
The Twin City Shrine Club held its Christmas party at Riverside Restaurant in Pomeroy on New Year’s Eve with a turkey dinner and entertainment led by Ernest Lallance and Walter Farley. Attendees included members, wives, and guests. corsages for ladies and cigars for men were given. Also noted is the Federated Church Senior Youth Fellowship watch party with games and a tennis table event won by Manning Kloes and June Smart, refreshments by local volunteers, and a candlelight service led by Gene Thomas. The column also lists various local residents visiting family over the holidays and returning to duty, with multiple mentions of families from Pomeroy and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Twin City Shrine Club
Riverside
Ernest Lallance
Walter Farley
the Federated Church
Meigs County Land Transfers List Multiple Property Trades
Meigs County records show transfers in Rutland Salisbury Chester Olive and other townships. Figures include Shirley Wolfe and Grace Wolfe to Wayne King and Hilda King. Several deeds of correction noted for Goeglein and Holsinger families. A large parcel in Columbia Scipio townships transfers from Campbell to Eddie Lou Howery. Koontz Coal Co and R A Koontz linked to Clarence and Edward Ebersbach. Jeffersons Manual cited as procedural authority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shirley Wolfe
Grace Wolfe
Wayne King
Hilda King
Rutland
Salisbury
Frank N. Norris
Charles Goeglein
Ida S. Goeglein
Chester Township
Maxine Goeglein
Alva Holsinger
Martha Holsinger
Ella Bailey
Harvey Bailey
Mina Givens
Roy Schaffer
Mary Jane Schaffer
Frank Holsinger
Florence Holsinger
Emma Shaffer
Hiram Sh
First Birthdays Celebrate Two Middleport Girls
Middleport notes recall two first birthdays for Cynda Mills and Christine Terrell during the holiday week. Family gatherings at the Mills and Fisher homes included cake, lamb cake presentations, and visits from relatives and service members on leave. Retired travelers and local relatives provided support as neighbors share New Year events and travels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Cynda Mills
Donald Mills
N. Second Ave
Christine Terrell
John
Jack) Terrell
Princeton Junction
N. J
Ray Sherman
N. Fourth St
Mills
Shirley Mills
Fisher
Christine
Rosemary Fisher
Ohio University
Tommy
Robert Fisher
Camp Breckinridge
Crosss celebrate wedding anniversary with dinner guest
Middleport notes the wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Cross observed on New Year's Day. Mrs. Cross entertained her sister Miss Florinel Talbott as dinner guest at the Quality Coffee Shoppe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
H. M. Cross
Gardeners Club Meeting Postponed to January 9
The Amateur Gardeners Club postpones its Lincoln Street meeting to January 9. The event will not begin until the Week of Prayer services at First Presbyterian Church are finished. Hostesses include Mrs Robert Coats and Mrs Ben Philson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Amateur Gardeners Club
Frank White
Lincoln St
First Presbyterian Church
Robert Coats
Ben Philson
New Year Guests Visit Middleport Families
Dr and Mrs Marvin K Fugate and daughter Marsha of Athens and Miss Hulda Klein of Pearl St were New Year guests of Mr and Mrs Frank Fugate of Pomeroy. Klein returned from Cincinnati where she stayed with her niece Mrs William Stoecker over Christmas. The Stoeckers’ son Billy is improved from a virus infection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Hackworth
Ward
W. Va
Lillian McGhee
Middleport
Willis Anthony
Lancaster
Anthony
Adda Tovey
L. D. Hartinger
Martha Searles
Carolyn
Huntington
Marvin K. Fugate
Marsha
Athens
Hulda Klein
Pearl St
Frank Fugate
Pomeroy
Miss Klein
Cincinnati
William Stoecker
Stoeckers
Billy
Christmas Guests and Visits Across Indiana Towns
Mrs. Dora Boice of Lincoln Street was taken by ambulance to her nephew Lawrence Bai levy in Duggar Indiana. Recent guests included Sgt Harold Moore of Stillwater Oklahoma and Emnyr Moore of Dresden. The Moores joined Mrs. R C Lansbury for dinner along with Mrs. E S Schaaf Sally and Jon. Sally Schaaf, vacationing, accompanied her uncle and aunt Richard Hayman to Philadelphia and will return to Ursinus College Collegeville after the holiday. Mr and Mrs Homer Jones were guests of their daughter Mrs Charles Lucas at New Caledonia Ohio. Set and Mrs Jeff Holder and children Buddy Lynn and Gregory of Circleville visited the Hamiltons. Nellie Walters, student at Kentucky Christian College Grayson, vacationed with her parents Charles and (illegible) Walters. Jane Bailey, Waverly teacher, spent Christmas with her parents William and (illegible) Bailey. Mr and Mrs William Theobald and daughter Darylene of Columbus were holiday guests of the (illegible)
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dora Boice
Lincoln St
Lawrence Bailevy
Duggar
Ind
Harold Moore
Stillwater
Oklo
Emnyr Moore
Dresden
Moore
Sergeant Moore
R. C. Lansbury
E. S. Schaaf
Sally
Jon
Sally Schaaf
Richard Hayman
Philadelphia
Ursinus College
Collegeville
Homer Jones
Charles Lucas
New Caledonia
Ohio
Set
Jeff Holder
Buddy
Lynn
Gregory
Circleville
Dana Hamilton
Nellie Walters
Kentucky Christian College
Grayson
Charles Walters
Jane Bailey
Waverly
William Bailey
William Theobald
Darylene
Columbus
Captain Paddock Appointed To Grace Church Duties
Captain William Paddock, director of St. Pauls Wayside Cathedral and diocesan missionary, will conduct services at Grace Episcopal Church while Rev. K C Wilson serves as chaplain with the 37th Division. Paddock resides on Athens Route 1 and oversees southern Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
William Paddock
St. Paul's Wayside Cathedral
Grace Episcopal Church
K. C. Wilson
Wilson
Captain Paddock
William Crittenden
Southern
Ohio
Athens
St. John’s Church
Charleston
W. Va
Chinatown City
New York City
Fontana Community Church
United States
North Carolina
Turtle Mountain Indian Reservation
North Dakota
National Town and Country Church Institute
Park College
Parkville
Two Poems By Esther Hoyt In Year Book 1951
Esther Louise Hoyt contributed two poems Au tumn and Mockingbird to the 1951 Year Book of the Federation of Chaparral Writers. A biographical sketch and photo accompany the poems. Hoyt, daughter of the late Prof. and Mrs. W. F. Hoyt, has a master’s from Ohio University and is listed in Who's Who in Music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Esther Louise Hoyt
Mockingbird
The
Federation of Chaparral Writers
49 Years Service Marks Retiring railroad Worker
Dana Lambert, a tank car carpenter at Hobson in the New York Central Railroad roundhouse, retires after 49 years of service begun in 1915 with a starting wage of 12 1 2 cents and 12 hour days. He received purses from car craft and roundhouse workers in a Monday ceremony. The Lambert family includes wife Mrs. Lambert and three children Sgt. Max Lambert, Glenn Lambert, and Mrs. Gladys Wright.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
New York Central Railroad
Dana Lambert
Hobson
Lambert
Roundhouse
Homer Might
John Hawkins, Jr
Dana
Lamberts
Max Lambert
State Highway Patrol
Chillicothe
Glenn
Paddle) Lambert
Gladys Wright
Fifteen Countians To Be Inducted Into Services
Fifteen Meigs County men depart for Ashland Kentucky to be inducted into the armed forces. Named are Russell V. Manuel Racine Frederick J. Stobart Racine Clarence S. Frank Minersville Razel D. Boggess Langsville Carl D. Turner Carpenter Raymond S. Burney Columbia Robert E. Pierce Langsville Lauren F. Canode Carpenter Donald A. Sprague Reedsville Leo W. Reibel Canton Raymond E. Rupe Rutland Robert N. Armentraut Rutland Calvin E. Randolph Reedsville Vester J. Walker Langsville and Lewis C. Staats Pomeroy. Two physical examination calls and one more induction call are planned for January, draft board officials announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell V. Manuel
Racine
Frederick J. Stobart
Clarence S. Frank
Minersville
Razel D. Boggess
Langsville
Carl D. Turner
Carpenter
Raymond S. Burney
Columbia
Robert E. Pierce
Lauren F. Canode
Donald A. Sprague
Reedsville
Leo W. Reibel
Canton
Raymond E. Rupe
Rutland
Robert N. Armentraut
Calvin E. Randolph
Reed
Board of Education Meeting Set Monday
POMEROY The organizational meeting of the Pomeroy Board of Education will be held on Jan. 7. Two new members, Dr. Harold Brown and J Edward Foster, replace J O Roedel who served 14 years mostly as president and R G Webster a 12 year veteran who did not seek reelection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Pomeroy Board of Education
Harold Brown
J. Edward Foster
J. O. Roedel
R. G. Webster
Webster
Roedel
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Globe-Wernicke
Howard B. Mullen
Choice
Phillips
Pomeroy Social Notes
Paul Grueser
Fred Russell
Ted Reed
Manning Kloes
June Smart
Bill
Janet Smith
Mary Lawrence
Gene Thomas
Carol Evans
Otterbein College
Westerville
Arthur Evans
Richard Rosenbaum
Ft. Bliss
Texas
Fred Rosenbaum
Whitney Ingraham
C. H. Ingraham
Marietta
Eugene Thomas
Tiffin
Everett Thomas
F. Tompkins
Belpre
Carl G. Hall
Carl Kreiger
Sons of
Henry Ewing
Benny
H. F. Ronie
Eddie
Joe
Katie
Lena Guth
J. L. Casto
Mrs
Claude Darst
Edward Debold
Logan
L. F. Piersal
Edward Smith
Cpl
Charles Smith
New Haven
Piersalis
Gerald Wildermuth
Jerrold Hartung
Ronnie
Harry Bradshaw
Kate
Stella Fherch
R. McKiain
Mary Massar
Abe Massar
Norman Klees
Charles Zalusky
Martha
Jim
Dayton
Harry Miller
Thomas Miller
Order of Eastern Star
Pomeroy Personals
C. F. Tompkins
J. E. Foster
T. M. Cottrill
Wright- Patterson Air Force Base
Mrs Cottrill
E. Main St
Robert Hammre
We Star Brand
Fee Goodyear Watt
Star
Farm Journal
Hartley & Bennett
Middleport Social Notes
D. H. Tammen
Garen Stansbury
E. O. Ball
del Leydig
Wilbur Theobald
Capt. Paddock
Ashland
Ohio Valley
Zenith
Teen Royand Martin & Roller
Rexall Store
Middlenars
Davis
Betty Davis
Zotos
Eugene
Inner
Dickie
Elberfelds
Dutton Drug Store
Marine Mert
Packard
Desoto
Frazer Manhattan
French Motor CO
Walnut St
Board of Education
Roberts Agency
Pomeroy, Ohio
Pomeroy Cement Block CO
Pomeroy Ohio
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