Seniors Presented Gifts At Annual Band Party
Six senior band members of Pomeroy High School were honored with gifts at the Band Boosters party held at the Junior High School Auditorium. A 6:30 p.m. banquet for band members and guests included W A Smith J E White W A Drake Charles Gibbs Mr and Mrs Ray Woodgeard Mr and Mrs Paul Elliot and Mrs Albert Swatzel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Pomeroy High School
W. A. Smith
J. E. White
W. A. Drake
Charles Gibbs
Ray Woodgeard
Paul Elliot
Albert Swatzel
Woodgeard
Elliott
Swatzel
Pomeroy Bend Grange Holds Social Meeting and Installations
Pomeroy Bend Grange met at the DAV home on Butternut Ave with Worthy Master C. L. Heaton presiding. Lloyd Jenkins joined as a new member. plans were made to install Pomona Grange officers. The program featured lectures, skits, contests, games, and musical numbers. refreshments followed for 18 members. Next meeting set for Mrs. Homer Holter's home on Chester Road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Pomeroy Bend
DAV
Butternut Ave
C. L. Heaton
Pomona Grange
Lloyd Jenkins
Home Economic Committee
John Terrell
Roy Tracy
Richard Chambers
Philip Meinhart
Grange
Three Jokesters
Herman Warner
John Wogan
Henry Beaver
Chester Grange
Paul Baer
Vernon Weber
Theodore Mora
Max Harrah
Homer Holter
Chester Road
Chester Garden Club Meets at Jones Home
The Chester Garden Club gathered last Wednesday at the home of Mrs. C. N. Jones with Mrs. Buel Ridenour as assistant hostess. Mrs. Theodore Mora gave a par t titled Dont Shrug Off Shrubs for our Garden. Blue ribbons were awarded to Mrs. Roy Miller for winter twigs with Chinese influ- ences.
Sisters Receive Gifts From Brother in Japan
Mrs Patty DeVol Klees her daughter Trudy Lynn and Gladdie DeVol received gifts from their brother Set Harley DeVol stationed in Yokohama Japan. Gifts included silk housecoats and a 100 piece set of china dishes. Only one piece of china was broken.
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Middleport
Patty DeVol Klees
Trudy Lynn
Gladdie DeVol
Set
Harley DeVol
Yokohama
Japan
First of Meetings Slated for Tuesday
Harrisonville community group opens with Cotton Dress as topic at Grange Hall Tuesday at 9 AM. Members urged to bring sack lunches per request from Mrs Geneva H Nolan.
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Pomeroy
Harrisonville
Geneva H. Nolan
Community Groups Schedule This Week
Local clubs and organizations announce meetings this week. Hollister PTA meets Monday at 7 30 p.m in the school building, Junior Progressive Study Club gathers Monday at 7 30 p.m at Mrs. C F Patton's home, WCTU meets Tuesday at 7 30 p.m at Mrs. Daniel K Teater's home, Kiwanis Club meets Monday at 6 30 p.m at Hotel Gordon.
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Glouster
Hollister Pta
C. F. Patton
WCTU
Daniel K. Teater
Kiwanis Club
Gordon
Smiths and Joneses visit in Charleston over weekend
Mr. and Mrs. Elden Smith and Vondon Williams of Charleston West Virginia spent the weekend with Mrs. Smith's mother, Mrs. Dick Jones, and her son Robert Jones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glouster
Guild Meeting At Mrs. Ward’s Home
The Guild of the Grace Episcopal Church will convene Wednesday evening at the home of Mrs. Charles Ward on East Main Street for a church group gathering.
Pomeroy A Garden Club Meeting Postponed One Day
The Winding Trail Garden Club meeting is rescheduled to Friday at the home of Mrs. Dale Smith on Spring Ave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Winding Trail Garden Club
Dale Smith
Spring Ave
Local Families Attend Funeral and Visit Near Meigs County
The Ak ron funeral of Mrs James Miller drew attendance from Mrs Christy Baer and daughters Mrs Hiram Fisher and Mrs William Grueser. Several relatives including Eva Iola and Arlie Miller survive her. Many community updates follow with visitors from Huntington Huntington W Va Columbus and Mt Pleasant Mich plus hospital news and local residences across Meigs County Gallipolis and Enterprise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christy Baer
Hiram Fisher
William Grueser
Akron
James Miller
Union Ave
Ogden
Butternut Ave
Albert Mees
Anne St
Otto Mees
Joan
Columbus
Harold Erwin
Gallinolis
Bertha Conde
Meigs General Hospital
Clara Karr
Enterprise
Bert Karr
East Patterson
Frank Brandenburg
Paul Brandenhues
Toss Sutton
Jimmy
Chesapeake
Ohio
Clara Grueser
Lorenzo Dav
Cincinnati
Denver Lowery
Mrs
Dale
Belle
W. Va
Fines and Amusement Taxes Drive Pomeroy Revenue Report
Mayor Sidney A. Spencer reports last year totals of 5913.94 in city funds with fines sharing the top source at 1955.77 and amusement tax yielding 1151.19. Separate figures show Meter Patrolman Russell Bailey collecting 12389.76 from 220 meters, with 6064.18 paid to Dual Parking Meter Co and 2332.09 balance expected by July.
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Pomeroy
Sidney A. Spencer
Division of Conservation
Russell Bailey
Dual Parking Meter Co
Bailey
Savers Rites Held For Annetta Sayers at Concord Church
Funeral services for Annetta Bertine Sayers age 39 were conducted at Concord Church by Rev. John Devol. She was born in 1911 on a Glouster area farm and lived there all her life. Surviving are five brothers and two sisters with burial in Concord cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glouster
Annetta Bertine Sayers
Concord
John Devol
Glenn
California
Nyle
Chesterhill
Ray
Ralph
Dean
Ruth Welch
Columbus
Ida Sayers
Feeding of Birds Urged During Snow
With heavy snow on the ground the birds lack food and residents are urged to feed them. The suggestion says households place bread crumbs and table scraps where the birds can find them.
Snow Belts City with Four Inch-Plus Fall
Snow totals reach between three and four inches in Glouster. The thermometer dropped from 28 degrees Sunday morning to 30 during the day and then fell to 20 by 9:30 p.m. Sunday. Winds were light as cold air settled in.
Funeral Services for Lena Gibbs Held in Glouster
Mrs Lena Gibbs died in a Dayton hospital Wednesday. Funeral held Saturday at Trimble Methodist Church with Rev John Devel officiating and solo and duet by Rev Devel and Mrs Isabel Vernon. Burial in Maplewood Cemetery. In Glouster the Womens Society for Christian Service of Jacksonville Methodist Church meets Tuesday 7 pm. Moose Women hold regular meeting Thursday 7 30 pm.
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Glouster
Women's Society For Christian Service of
The
Jacksonville Methodist Church
Merting
Women of the Moose
Middleport In the News Again Highlights Local Ties
The Middleport paper notes two prominent figures linked to the area. St Albans Episcopal Church in Bexley shows a red door symbolizing spiritual power and martyrs. Lt Gen John Hull, native of Greenfield, named deputy chief of staff for administration, with career spanning WWI to atomic energy, and his wife Lucile Daviau prior resident of Middleport, remains connected to the village.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Columbus
St. Alban’s Episcopal Church
Drexel Avenue
Bexley
New England
Midwest
America
Robert E F.eake
Grace Episcopal Church
Pomeroy
St. Albans
Bob” Leake
Pomeroy - Middleport - Gallipolis
New Straitsville
Ohio University
Grace Church
John E. Hull
Greenfield
U.S. Army
Matthew B. Ridgway
Army
Defense
George Marshall
Hull
Lucile Daviauighter
War Department General Staff
General Staff
United States Army Forces
Middle Pacific
Atomic Energy Commission
Eniwetok
Washington
Paricia Kennedy Weds Robert Yates In Middleport Church
A double ring ceremony at the Methodist Church in Chillicothe united Miss Paricia Kennedy and Mr. Robert Yates. Officiating was Rev. Taylor. Attendants were Miss Charlene Neal and Danny Yonker. Kennedy wore a grey gabardine suit and carried a blue handkerchief. Yates works in Jackson and they will live there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Chillicothe
Paricia Kennedy
Leo Kennedy
Beech St
Robert Yates
D. S. Yates
Jackson
Mr. Taylor
Charlene Neal
Danny Yonker
New Haven
Miss Neal
Miss Kennedy
Middleport High School
Ensemble
Heath Methodist Sunday School
Yates
Sue Swindler and Judy Stewart Win Party Prizes
Sue Swindler and Judy Stewart won prizes at Diana Stumbo’s birthday party held Saturday afternoon at the Stumbo home on Sixth Ave. Mrs. Clifford Stumbo served cake with ice cream to the guests, including Barbara Stiles Carol French Gail Stumbo Susia Wood and Carolyn Wilson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Sue Swindler
Judy Stewart
Diana Stumbo
Clifford Stumbo
Sixth Ave
Local social notes and club meeting announced this week
The Business and Professional Women's Club will meet Tuesday evening at First Presbyterian Church with a dinner at 6 30 served by the church Women s Association and a guest speaker. A list of recent visitors and family gatherings across Ohio and West Virginia appears, noting travel between Lima Huntington Charleston and Columbus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. P. Bradbury
Charles A. Bradbury
Buffalo
N. Y
First Presbyterian Church
Women’s Association of the Church
Robert Stephenson
Rutland St
D. H. Gay
Charleston
W. Va
Walter H. Jones
Huntington
James Stephenson
Pomeroy
Gay
Stephenson
William Mayes
Lima
Charles Mayes
Virginia
Parkersburg
Calam Hindy
Hindy
Rose Jones
Peebles
Ohio
Norman Wayland
Charles
Robert Powell
Norma Jean Wayland
David Leroy
Chillicothe
Chappelle Talbott
Claude Vance
Galion
John Talbott
A. A. Chappelle
George Johnson
Christine
Columbus
Pearl Johnson
Ripley
Lucille Roush
Arthur Roush
Sam Walters
John Gothard
Two Accidents On Highways Reported
Sheriff reports two weekend highway crashes. Gene Yeanger of Minerville collided with Edgar Reynolds of Middleport on Main Street 11:59 p.m. Saturday causing minor damage and no arrests. Sunday at 5:55 p.m. Eugene Collins of Pomeroy Athens Road skidded on ice, crashed through a guard railing and landed on Butternut Ave. Collins unharmed but car heavily damaged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Charles Russell
E. Main St
Gene Yeanger
Minersville
Edgar Reynolds
Middleport
Main
Sycamore
Russell
Yeanger
Reynolds
Eugene Collins
Pomeroy-Athens Road
Lincoln Hill
Butternut Ave
Collins
Seniors Invited To Draft Talk
All male high school seniors and principals in the county are invited to a Memorial Auditorium discussion on draft laws at Ohio University in Athens. Col C W Goble director of the State Selective Service in Ohio and Lt Col R E Clouse will provide information on draft postponement and deferment. Announcement by county superintendent O F Patterson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Memorial Auditorium
Ohio University
Athens
C. W. Goble
State Selective Service
Ohio
R. E. Clouse
O. O. Patterson
John Lemley Dies at Home in Pom eroy
John Lemley 70 died Saturday night at his Liberty Lane home. Funeral services are set for Tuesday at 2 p.m. at Ewing funeral home. Survivors include widow Sarah and ten children in Ohio and Cincinnati. Burial will be in Cheshire Cemetery. friends may call at the funeral home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
John Lemley
Liberty Lane
Ewing
Sarah
Margie Bailey
Ben Fox
Louie Mungan
Zanesville
Louise Baker
Edward Lemley
Newton
Marjorie
Cincinnati
Harold Lemley
Lancaster
Cheshire Cemetery
Robert I Roush Hired as Letart Elementary Grade Four Five Teacher
Robert I Roush of Athens was appointed as replacement teacher for grades four and five at Letart Elementary School by the Southern District School Board in Racine. A World War II veteran, he attended Ohio University and is married to Mary Jean Watson of Racine with two children, Barbara and Connie. He succeeds Anne M. Scott who resigned January 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Robert I. Roush
Athens
Letart
Southern District School Board
Racine
Roush
Ohio University
Mary Jean Watson
Barbara
Connie
Anne M. Scott
Social Notes from Danville and Surrounding Towns
Margaret Ann Glassburn returns to her grandparents home in Danville to live and attend school. Several families share New Year visits and calls across Rutland Waverly Huntington and Porter with relatives including the Grates Barrs and Strausbaughs. Church watch services in Hobson draw many attendees and care for ailing relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danville
Margaret Ann Glassburn
Toledo
Thomas Glassman
Joe Swick
Earl Vance
Lowell
Arnold Grate
Rutland
Kahl Vance
Waverly
Rufus Stelling
Rio Grande
Hershel
Archie Wheeler
Lorain Williamson
Mabel Farmer
Betty
Merlyn
Church of Christ and Christian Union
Hobson
Howard Williams
Phyllis
Janice
Robert Grate
Lena McFarland
Donna Ruth
Paul Strausbaugh
Marion
Eloise Spires
Reva Coy
Mary Dyke
Coy Barr
Mary
Nellie Myers
Amos Cross
Paul Barr
L. L. Arthur
Max ‘Thompson
Lyman
Burrell Meadows
Huntington
W. Va
Leo Duncan
Bryan Calvin
John
Porter
Donald Strausbaugh
Paul
Isaac Strausbaugh
Vinton
Mabel Goff
Sanford Davis
Middleport Two Women Injured When Struck by Auto
Snow and icy highways on Middleport Hill led to a Sunday morning crash as an automobile skidded off the road striking two pedestrians, Clara Frye and Martha Knapp. Frye lost several teeth and suffered bruises after going through a guard rail. Knapp had leg bruises after being shoved into the rail. The 9 am accident involved a Grant Street resident driver whose contact is not yet established.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Middleport Hill
Clara Frye
Martha Knapp
Grant St
Miss Frye
Miss Knapp
Smith Rites Wednesday for Wallace Smith 80
Wallace Smith 80 who died Saturday night will be conducted Wednesday at 2 30 p.m. at Ewing funeral home. Survivors include daughter Mrs Audrey Wood brother Oren and sisters Mrs Dora Beards and Mrs Rena Yost all of Pomeroy with several nieces and nephews. He worked 35 years for Pomeroy Cement Black Cow. Burial is in Beech Grove Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Wallace Smith
Ewing Funeral Home
Audrey Wood
Oren
Dora Beards
Rena Yost
Smith
Pomeroy Cement
Beech Grove
Rutland Social Notes Highlight Local Visits and News
Rutland social notes report visits among local families, illnesses, and travels. Cpl. Lindy Schoonover returns to Fort Bragg after a 10 day furlough. a Belcher farm barn fire is noted. many family gatherings over New Year’s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Ohio University
Caroline Seagraves
Lewis Hayman
Carol Spires
Mary Hubbard
Carl Hubbard
Syracuse
Clinton Pierce
Huggins
Middleport
Anson Jackson
Bart Rawlings
Hazel Greaser
Webb Hall
Archie Pierce
Opie Searles
Pataskala
Flossie Hall
Cpl
Lindy Schoonover
Fort Bragg
N. C
Freda Grate Schoonover
Bel
Korea
Spt
Lankford
Spires
Fair condition for Ralph Tucker at Hocking Valley Hospital
Ralph Tucker remains under treatment at Hocking Valley Hospital in fair condition. Social notes report visits from Columbus by Mr. and Mrs. Jack Ross and son to Walter Ross family, PTA executive committee gathering at Garnet Peart home, and Woodbine Rebecah Lodge inspection with Logan guests. Jolly Club met on Ball Street with eight members. prizes awarded to Sayre, Wallace, and Webb. plans for next meeting at Myrtle Wallace’s home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Straitsville
Ralph Tucker
Hocking Valley Hospital
Jack Ross
Columbus
Walter Ross
PTA
Garnet Peart
Woodbine Rebecah Lodge
Logan
Twila Donley
Jolly Club
Ball St
Helen Sayre
Mary Morgan
Ruth Bell
Dora Webb
Myrtle Wallace
Myrna Angle
Anna Kemper
Edna Rollins
Sayre
Wallace
Webb
Billa Webb
Helen O'Neil
Pontiac, Mich
Births Announced in Middleport and at Meigs General
Birth announcements from Middleport and Meigs General Hospital note three newborns. A son Sidney Lee Drenner weighs six pounds, named after two grandfathers. grandparents are Sidney Pickens and Lee Drenner. A daughter born to Beryl Wolfe and Ruby Hayman. grandparents George Hayman and Wolfe family. A son born to Lonnie and unnamed Hughes, with Edward Hughes as grandfather and the Wiseman apartment listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Sidney Lee
Avery Drenner
Meigs General Hospital
Sidney Pickens
Lee Drenner
Syracuse
Drenner
Frances Pickens
Beryl Wolfe
Wolfe
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Virginia Haskins
Janet Hill
Alice Kitchen
Norma Scholl
Yvonne Roush
Joanne Jones
Doug Strain
Fred Binetmar
Kitchen
Joe Raub
Philip Meier
Floyd Spencer
Denzil Goeglein
Carl Moore
Clyde Brown
Hattie Woodard
William Kennedy
Ralph Graves
Delmar Canaday
Howard Kitchen
Kearns Roush
Maurice Moore
A. R. Knight
Pomeroy Social Notes
Chester Garden Club
Pomeroy Personals
Wscs
Reiner
By Francis H. Klein
James A. Hamm
Springfeild
Will K. Millner
Santa
Middleport Social Notes
Claude Buskirs
Danny
John Mason
William Garber
Ono
W. R. Garber
Second Ave
Beloit
Wis
William Besserer Thomas
Mary Elizabeth Hartinger
Belmont
Mass
Thomas
D. B. Hartinger
S. Third Ave
J. S. Haggesty
Sam Satterfield
Lloyd Haron
Fairmont
Philip Grimm
Detroit
E. V. Bartlett
Charles Settle
Mabel McCormick
Harry Edwards
Sessar
Ill
C. H. Wise
N. Third Ave.o
Aupm
Harold Atkins
Hardwick
Atkins
James Reich
EF. C. Greenlee
Lloyd Allen
John B. Downing
Little House
Rodney Downing
Downings
Florida
Kenneth McElhinny
Kathy
Dresden
Warren Easler
Michael
Alfred LeFevre
Adrian LeFevre
A. A. Chapmen
Meigs County Common Pleas Court
Earl Morris
Raymond C. Wilson
Delpha Hayman
Allen Hayman
Amateur, Gardeners Club
Frank White
Lincoln St
Heath Methodist Church
James Pullen
James Simpson
Woodmen
Woodmen of America
N. Second Ave
Homer Might
W. Johnson
Leonard Hoschar
Earl Johnson
Lewis Sauer
R. W. Flowers
Sentinel
Vincent Rice
Meigs Pomeroy
Ja Bilt Diss
LE Bendy
Richard Widmark
Paul Douglas
Barbara Bel Geddes
Cinderella
Tateeee
Bill Elliot
Billy the Kid
Don Barry
Robert Lowery
Bells OF Coronado
Roy Rogers Trigger
Ans
Rutland Social Notes
Battlefront
Phillips
Clara Phillips
Springfield
Meade Wilson
William Haley
Edward Archer
Lawrence W. Haley
Roseville
Lafayette W. Haley
Marvin Haley
Ed Nelson
Sherman Tillis
Childdren
Johnnie Tillis
Belle McKnight
Lawrence Schmitt
Methodist Church
Claude Delaney
Betty Siders
Liberty
Middleport, Ohio
Oldsmobile & Cadillac
Karr & van Zandt
Cadillac
W. Main St
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