Old Pomeroy Presbyterian Church Site Becomes Theater
The Bell tower on E Main Street has vanished as remodeling turns the Presbyterian Church into a modern theater. Helen Lyons owner of the Electric Theater plans a first class show house with ample seating, lawn, and dual street entrances. The Federated Church union led to church closure due to upkeep costs.
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Ohio
Main St
Presbbyterian Church
Peace Evangelical Church
Federated Church
Epworth League Refuses Civil War Cannon Gift
Five youths dug out an 1800 pound Civil War mortar on Breezy Heights for Simpson M. E. Church Epworth League to raise funds. A landowner offered the cannon to the group for keeps but not sale, creating a dilemma since the league promotes peace and has no use for a large military relic.
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Pomeroy
Epworth League
Simpson M. E
League
War Veterans Lead J. T. Lighter Rites in Middleport
Military funeral services for J. T. Lighter a New York Central Railroad brakeman will be held Wednesday at 3 p m at his Front Street residence. Rev H A Rothrock Heath M E Church will officiate burial is at Cheshire Gravel Hill Cemetery. Mrs Lighter’s sister Miss Zella Pullin Columbus and brother Ivan Pullin Akron are here for services also Mrs Anna Reynolds of Charleston. A five mile Colorado road is paved with rock from mine ore dumps with gold valued at about 20000 dollars.
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Middleport
J. T. Lighter
New York Central Railroad
Front St
H. A. Rothrock
Heath M. E. Church
Cheshire Gravel Hill
Ivan Pullin
Akron
Anna Reynolds
Charleston
Pomeroy Social Notes and Local Marriages
Social notes record a Simpson M. E. Church Home Missionary Society meeting at Mrs Eulalia Webster’s home with plans for a January 19 luncheon and greeting card sales. A Pomeroy wedding of Mary Elizabeth Childs to Charles F. Gloeckner is noted with ceremony details and reception.
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Webster
Ruth Ebersbach
Mulberry Ave
Miss Violet Scott Weds George Batey in Gallipolis
The notice corrects a prior publication by stating Miss Violet Scott married George Batey on Thursday in Gallipolis rather than Ben Batey as earlier reported. A separate line mentions a flying snake species found in southern Asia.
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Middleport
Violet Scott
George Batey
Gallipolis
Ben Batey
Asia
Local angler Marvin Kelly leads early season fishing trip
On January 2 in Middleport Marvin Kelly the local Prudential Insurance agent seized the springlike day for an early season fishing trip.
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Middleport
Marvin Kelly
Prudential Insurance
Reconciliation Theme Guides Middleport Prayer Week
The week of prayer in Middleport centers on Reconcilia tion with nightly services at First Presbyterian Church excluding Saturday. Each evening features a different minister and lay leader guiding a one hour session beginning at 7 p m Mrs C H Stewart and Mrs Willis Aleshire assist with singing and accompaniment. Rev Don McMillin spoke last night before a large crowd.
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Middleport
First Presbyterian Church
Churches of
Don McMillin
Church of Christ
C. H. Stewart
Willis Aleshire
Aleshire
Identify Release Young Man and Girl Held in Jail
Two youths held at Meigs County Jail for investigation were identified Monday after police confirmed names. The 21 year old called himself Jack Willard but was John W. Case of McKees Rocks Pennsylvania. The 18 year old girl calling herself Mary Willard was Mary Lutty of Sheridan Pennsylvania. The pair had run away together and were released after their parents arrived with them.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Middleport
Charles Wise
McKees Rocks
Jack Willard
John W. Case
Mary Willard
Mary Lutty
Sheridan
Marriage Vows Mark New Home in Middleport
Miss Kathryn Krider and Thomas Mankin exchanged vows at 5 p.m. Monday at the new S. Third Ave. home in Middleport with Dr. A. C. V. Skinner officiating. The couple, with families present, plans life in Middleport while both hold local jobs.
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Middleport
S. Third Ave
Kathryn Krider
George Krider
Racine
Thomas Menkin
Edward Mankin
Mill St
A. C. V. Skinner
First Presbyterian Church
Mary Elizabeth Elberfeld
Maxine Mankin
Mankin
Pomeroy High School
Purity Dairy
Rankin
Panthers Meet Jackets in Game Friday
Pom eroy Panthers face neighboring rivals Middleport Yellow Jackets on Friday in a fairly matched basketball clash after two defeats. Middleport has risen as an underdog in recent years, while Pom eroy seeks rebound from two losses.
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Pomeroy
Pomeroy Panthers
Middleport Yellow Jackets
Panthers
Jackets
Middleport
Yellow Jackets
Evergreen discussion highlights garden club meeting
Garden Club members gathered at Mrs. Frank Vroman's home for the first meeting of the year with a talk titled An Evergreen and Its Characteristics. Vice president J. E. Harley presided in illness causing president Rathburn Brown to be absent. The group donated to the American Legion for the Christmas children's party and planned school tree contributions for Wayne Forest.
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Middleport
Garden Club
Frank Vroman
J. E. Harley
Ratharine Rathburn Brown
The
American Legion
Robert Harris
Walter Harris
Garen Stansbury
Vesta McCoy
Wayne Forest
Belingrath Gardens
O. O. Fisher
E. R. Tompkins
Star of Bethlehem
Geneva Humphreys
Meigs County
Ada Kinder Appointed to Ohio Unemployment Commission
Miss Ada Kinder of Pomeroy is named a junior interviewer for the Ohio Unemployment Compensation Commission. She has been active in child welfare in Pomeroy. An unemployment registration office opened last Tuesday in the Courthouse with staff sent from Athens.
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Pomeroy
Ada Kinder
Ohio Unemployment Compensation Commission
Miss Kinder
Commission
Athens
Former CCC Enrollee Arrested in Meigs
Wes Allen, a former CCC enrollee, was arrested Monday by Constable Grindley of Sutton Township on a reckless driving charge. His car wrecked on Route 33 near Enterprise Sunday night and he was involved in a minor accident near Syracuse. He sustained a broken collar bone and other injuries per a sheriff's office report. F B Tuckerman of Clyde is visiting his son Rue Tuckerman on Lincoln Street.
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Pomeroy
Wes Allen
CCC
Grindley
Sutton Township
Allen
Enterprise
Syracuse
Sheriff's Office
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Pomeroy Social Notes
Foreign Missionary Society of
Simpson M. E .Church
George Parker
Robert Warner
Bernard Wysong
Columbus
Roy Tracy
Eddie Blake
Mason City
Cherole Ann
Mr. Kilpatrick
Mrs. Smith
A. C. Jones
East Main St
Joe Gloeckner
Relatves
Viola Jones
Laurel St
Hennessy
Second St
Arthur Strauss
Beulah Forquer
Middleport Social Notes
Miss Ewing
Henrietta Ewing
H. O. Ewing
North Third Ave
American Red Cross
Fairhaven
Mass
New England
John K. Smith Jr
John B. Rogers Company
Fostoria
Ottumwa
Iowa
Phyllis Diles
Wheaton College
Wheaton, Ill
Betty Wise
Capital Commercial
Virginia
Russell
Office Training
William Reynolds
O.S.A
William Belcher
J. H. Grate
Grates
H. H. McCormick
McCormick
Donegal Douglas
Oklahoma City
FE. R. Tompkins
Tompkins
W. H. Juhling
R. W. Nutting
Helen Beeson
J. B. Hodge
Chambers
Albert Faehnle
Frieda Faehline
Russell Fox
Peter Feeney
Mildred Ann
Mildred Feeney
Elsie Milner
Huntington
Parkersburg
Claude Crawford
Ias
Carl Dossey
Arizona
California
Utah
Carl
New York
Madison Square Garden
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co
Winston-Selem, N.C
Eddie Cantor
America
Columbia Network
Marie McMillin
Eft
W. A. Knox
Dossey
Aid To Unemployment Commission
Meigs
F. B. Tuckerman
Clyde
Rue Tuckerman
Lincoln St
Columbus N
Sponsored
Athens County Republican Executive Committee
Nelsonville
Chesapeake and Ohio
Catra
Candlewick
Rayon
Batts
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