Middleport 28 Piece Junior Band Gives Informal Concert
The Middleport Junior Band of 28 performed informally at the January PTA meeting. LaVergne Stone directed the program with assistance from senior band members and baton twirlers. The program included pieces Project Promotion Activity Serenade and Come On and Fight for MHS The Orange and Black with various instrumental solos and ensemble numbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Parent- Teacher Association
LaVergne Stone
Jean Ann Wiseman
Mary Jane Young
John Talbott
Roger Williams
Sharon Riley
Juanita Hawkins
Pauline Zirkle
Marlene Knapp
Nita Stivers
Linda Grimm
June Bailey
Myrna Russell
Sally Gilmore
MHS
Orange and Black
Franklin Martin
Ronnie Walburn
Leo Kennedy, Jr
Helen Stobart
Marilyn Knight
Nancy Roller
Patty Baker
Russell Roush
Kenneth Murray
Stephen Coats
Edward Lee McComas
Betty Klees
Freddie Lewis
Blaine Walburn
Patty Lloyd
Marilyn Miller
Forrest Bachtel
Still Fire Chief Council Tells Delegation
A small delegation from the Volunteer Firemen's Association proposed Werry as fire chief, but the council said no vacancy exists until the current chief resigns or is charged. A special meeting was set for next Monday to discuss the issue. Hart Stanbury was reappointed cemetery trustee. The Rev. Berger's March of Dimes request was approved. Parking meters will fund polio with 12 minutes free time per dime. Sewers under Main Street were noted as nonfunctional, causing trapped water. Mayor reported December receipts total 117.65 in fines 99.71 amusement tax 2 billpassers licenses 25 taxi licenses. Present: Councilmen Robinson Smith Will Vaughan Kitchen Goodwin.
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Pomeroy
Henry
Night
Herb Giles
Volunteer Firemen’s Association
Werry
Cowbnell
Hart Stanbury
Beech Grove Ceme
Glenroy Ewing
Council
Main St
Robinson
Smith
Will
Vaughan
Kitchen
Goodwin
Middleport Flower Show Date Set With Judge Named
The Middleport Spring Flower Show schedule was decided at a Monday meeting at Mrs. C. L. Wood’s home. May 20 is set for the show to be held in the Walnut Street Garage. D. W. Van Patton of Dayton was named judge, with Mrs. Wood chairing and Mrs. Titus co chairing the event.
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Middleport
C. L. Wood
S. Third Ave
James Titus
A. A. Dillard
John Duerr
Arthur Strauss
Wood
Middleport Garden Club
Amateur Gardeners Club
Walter Harris
Middleport Club
Harold Lohse
Ama
Walnut St
D. W. van Patton
Dayton Authority On Flower Judging
Theiss Birth Announcement in Syracuse
Mr and Mrs Kenneth R Theiss of Syracuse announce the birth of a daughter at Meigs General Hospital on January 10. Grandparents are Mrs Jessie Stowe and Mr and Mrs Carl Theiss, with Mrs Rena Karr as great grandmother.
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Pomeroy
Kenneth R. Theiss
Syracuse
Meigs General Hospital
Jessie Stowe
Carl Theiss
Rena Karr
Reed Ends Second Term As President
At the Ohio Forestry Association annual meeting in Columbus on January 13 14 Theodore Reed of Pomeroy completed a second term as president and joined the executive committee. He also earned a seat on the Board of Governors once held by Pom eryan Dr. E D Amsbury. The late Dr. George H Lasher was honored with a silver memorial gavel from his Rutland model tree farm. Horatio Ford of Cleveland received the gavel, with a smaller duplicate given to Mrs Bertha Lasher. The association has about 1800 members.
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Rutland
Ohio
Horatio Ford
Cleveland
Reed
Bertha Lasher
Pomeroy Social Notes and Church Meeting
Mr. and Mrs. Theo Beegle hosted a birthday dinner for Teddy and Tommy Beegle with Racine relatives including Mr. and Mrs. Guy Beegle Vera Shirley and Rita Beegle. The Young Adults Class of Pomeroy Church of Christ met at the church with Mrs Eileen Bowers in charge and approved a white elephant sale at the next meeting and continuing support for a child in the Christian Home in Cleveland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Theo Beegle
Teddy
Tommy Beegle
Guy Beegle
Vera Beegle
Racine
Shirley Beegle
Rita Beegle
Pomeroy Couple Wed at Middleport First Baptist
Mrs. Eula Pomeroy and Mr. Leslie Price were united in marriage Sunday at 2 p.m. in Middleport at the First Baptist Church parsonage by Rev. Charles Pome. They will reside in Middleport. Mrs. Price has worked at Swisher Lohse Drug Store in Pomeroy.
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Pomeroy
Eula Church
Leslie Price
Middleport
First Baptist Church
Charles Pome
Price
Swisher-Lohse Drug Store
Pomeroy Grace Episcopal Auxiliary to Meet Thursday
The Auxiliary of Grace Episcopal Church will hold a 2 p.m. meeting on Thursday at the home of Mrs. Theodore Reed Mulberry Ave.
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Pomeroy
Grace Episcopal Church
Theodore Reed
Mulberry Ave
Local Rail Crew Notable Figures Named in Report
Delmas E. Martin age 45 of Torch Ohio a maintenance man Virginia Atherton age 35 of Guys ville Leslie M. Price age 44 a railroad man and Ella Lee Church age 44 of Pomeroy are listed in the report as notable local figures tied to the rail line project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delmas E. Martin
Torch
Ohio
Virginia Atherton
Guysville
Leslie M. Price
Middleport
Ella Lee Church
Pomeroy
Purchase Of Uniforms Authorized For Senior Band
The Middleport Band Boosters Assn. met at the school auditorium and approved buying 23 coats and 12 caps for about 700 dollars to equip the 60 piece Senior Band. A new flute was also purchased with booster funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Leo Kennedy
Chappelle Talbott
LaVergne Stone
Supt
L. W. McComas
Mrs. Amanda Cross 86 Dies at Racine Home
Mrs. Amanda C. Cross, 86, of Racine died Monday afternoon at her home. She leaves sons Ernest Sunbury Ohio Ben Pomeroy Frank Stillwater Okla Joe Westerville Carl Columbus and daughter Mrs Mayme Petant Racine plus siblings Pearl Ray Martha Cross preceded her in death. Born December 31 1863 in Meigs County she was a lifelong Methodist. Funeral at Racine Methodist Church Wednesday at 2 pm with burial in Oak Grove Cemetery. Friends may call at Ewing Funeral Home until the service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Amanda C. Cross
Racine
Ernest
Sunbury
Ohio
Ben
Frank
Stillwater
Okla
Joe
Westerville
Carl
Columbus
Mayme Petant
Pearl
Ray
Martha Cross
Cross
Meigs County
David
Catherine Roush Batey
Methodist Church
Racine Methodist Church
Oak Grove Cemetery
Ewing Funeral
Police Radio OK Is Asked For Pomroy County Units
Sheriff Charles T. Russell has filed with the Federal Communications Commission for a construction permit to install a city county police radio in county police cars and the Pomroy and Middleport villages. The permit, needing at least 30 days, is the final step in the preliminary plan. A vendor said two units are ready for installation and antenna work on the courthouse hill will begin soon.
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Pomeroy
Charles T. Russell
Federal Communications Commission
Poméroy
Middleport
Meigs Scout Leaders To Attend Dinner Meeting
Pomeroy scout leaders will attend a Friday dinner at the Betsy Mills Club in Marietta. Bud Bennett who is national director of exploring will speak at the event.
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Pomeroy
Betsy Mills Club
Marietta
Bud Bennett
Mayor Hears Traffic Cases
The State Highway Patrol reports Nicholas Felix, 37, Minersville, pleaded guilty to unsafe operation of a motor vehicle and was fined 10 dollars plus costs. Walter F. Roush, 23, Minersville, charged with driving with insufficient headlights, pleaded guilty and was fined 5 dollars plus costs. In Mayor Spencer's court Monday evening, Wallace Burl, 20, Middleport, cab driver, pleaded guilty to unsafe operation and was fined 5 dollars plus costs. Harold Trowbridge, owner of a Middleport cab company, was fined 15 dollars plus costs after pleading guilty to driving a car bearing wrong license plates.
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Pomeroy
tThe
Nicholas Felix
Minersville
Sidney Spencer
Walter F. Roush
Spencer
Wallace Burl
Middleport
Harold Trowbridge
Non-Support Plea Entered In January Case
Edsell Burbridge of Downington pleaded innocent at arraignment on a non audience support charge and was bonded at 500 dollars with trial set for an early date. Charles F Leaper of Stewart faced sentencing after pleading guilty to writing checks on insufficient funds and was placed on two years probation after the prosecutor noted it as a first offense.
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Pomeroy
Edsell Burbridge
Downington
Common Pleas
Charles F. Leaper
Stewart
Common Pleas Court
Leaper
Funeral services set for Mrs Eula George
Funeral services for Mrs. Eula Saxton George 44 who died after a heart attack will be held at Nazarene Church Wednesday at 2 PM with interment in Riverview Hill Cemetery. The Rev. Paul Taylor will officiate. Friends may call at her mother Mrs Flora Saxton’s Park Street home.
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Middleport
Eula Saxton George
Nazarene Church
Riverview Hill
Paul Taylor
Flora Saxton
Park St
Hobstetter Withdraws Trustee Resignation
George Hobstetter Sr. withdrew his resignation from Salisbury Township Board of Trustees effective Feb 1 after sending a letter to Justice of the Peace Percy L. Peoples.
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Pomeroy
George Hobstetter, Sr
Salisbury Township
Justice of Peace
Percy L. Peoples
Patient Convalesces After Goitre Operation
Mrs. Emerson Jones of Grant Hospital Columbus is convalescing satisfactorily after a goitre operation on Monday. Friends plan a card shower for her birthday. Mr. Jones and Arles Burdette, her brother, are with her in Columbus.
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Middleport
Emerson Jones
Grant Hospital
Columbus
Mr. Jones
Arles Burdette
Middleport holds layette shower for Ruth Riggs daughter
Mrs. Ruth Riggs hosted a layette shower for her daughter Mrs. Chester Johnson at Walnut Street home. Pink and white decor set the table as guests opened gifts and enjoyed ice cream and cake. Attendees included Mrs. Florence Gardner and many Middleport and West Virginia friends. A program featured the Girls Chorus directed by Rev. Charles Pomeroy with Miss Dorothy Chase at the piano.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Ruth Riggs
Chester Johnson
Lorraine Riggs
Walnut St
Florence Gardner
Cheshire
Johnson
Paul Fitzgerald
Mae VanMatre
Betty
Retha Lewis
West Columbia
Charles Pomeroy
Malotte
Dorothy Chase
Miss Chase
Association
Willis Anthony
Associational World Service
JoAnn Wilson
Paul Smart
Harold Chase
Anthony
Betty Lou Harris Celebrates 10th Birthday With Roller Skating
Betty Lou Harris celebrated her 10th birthday with a roller skating party at her home on N Second Ave. Her mother Mrs W W Harris joined the skaters along with Violet Kauff Betty Lou Dowdy Martha Spires Woody Harris and Walter Murray Harris. Ice cream and cake were served.
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Middleport
Betty Lou Harris
N. Second Ave
W. W. Harris
Violet Kauff
Betty Lou Dowdy
Martha Spires
Woody Harris
Walter Murray Harris
Meetings Announced In Middleport
Group IT of the Women s Association of First Presbyterian Church meets at 7 30 p m at Mrs W H Juhling s home with Mrs A A Dillard assisting The Child Conservation League gathers Friday at Mrs J J Davis s Gravel Hill home for a book review and white elephant sale Mrs Perry Mitch hosts Jolly Bunch Sewing Club at Mill 1 home January Class No 12 Heath Methodist Church meeting canceled joint February hostesses unnamed.
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Middleport
Women's Assn
First Presbyterian Church
W. H. Juhling
A. A. Dillard
The
Child Conservation League
J. J. Davis
Gravel Hill
Noah Haskins
Perry Mitch
Jolly Bunch Sewing Club
Mill 1
Heath Methodist Church
Ater
Middleport Circus Birthday Party For Karl Beck
Karl Beck celebrated his fifth birthday with a circus themed party at the Beck home on North Third Avenue Monday. Prizes went to Eric Chambers and Darla Sue Schafer as guests enjoyed a merry go round cake ice cream cones clown costumes and balloons. Assisted by Mrs Richard Chambers the gathering included Sandra Brewington Sandra Ohlinger Forest Dawson Bachtel Darrel Bechtle Sara Bechtle Jimmy Hobstetter Billy Salter Crista and Keith Searls Cinda Micky and Sister Morris Christy Beaver Lynn Buchanan Sharon Evans and Schafer.
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Middleport
Karl Beck
DaReuben Beck
Beck
N. Third Ave
Karl
Eric Chambers
Darla Sue Schafer
Forest Dawson Bachtel
Darrel Bechtle
Sara Bechtle
Jimmy Hobstetter
Billy Salter
Crista
Keith Searls
Cinda
Micky
Sister Morris
Christy Beaver
Lynn Buchannan
Sharon Evans
Mrs C J Sauer Leads D A Charity Council Install
Mrs C J Sauer deputy of the Charity Council Daughters of America oversaw the Monday installation of officers for the new merged group in Middleport. Frances Roush was installed as councilor. Next meeting is February 9 with a Valentine party and potluck supper planned.
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Middleport
C. J. Sauer
Charity Council
Daughters of America
Frances Roush
Middleport Council
PM Club Meeting Nets Canasta Fun At Crooks Home
Middleport residents gathered at Mrs. Walter Crooks residence for a PM Club meeting Monday evening. Mrs. Charles Murray assisted as hostess. After a brief business session led by Wallace Bradford, attendees played canasta and enjoyed barbeques prepared by the hostesses, including guests Mrs. Eddie Blake and Mrs. Emmett Shuler.
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Middleport
Walter Crooks
Charles Murray
Wallace Bradford
Eddie Blake
Emmett Shuler
Young Pomeroy Baptists hear Edwin Gordon speech
The Pomeroy Baptist Association youth from nearby communities met at the local Baptist Church with Rev. Edwin Gordon of First Baptist Church Jackson speaking on Where Are Your Spiritually. He urged the young people to have a
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Middleport
Pomeroy
Middleport Women Form Junior WSCS Group
Young women of the Racine Methodist Church organized a Junior Women’s group of the WSCS at the home of Mrs. Theron Johnson in Plants Monday night. Mrs. Ben Philson, president of the Middleport WSCS, and other leaders outlined activities, reviewed the Women of the Bible study, and a dessert program followed for the guests and organizers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Racine Methodist Church
WSCS
Theron Johnson
Ben Philson
M. L. French
E. 8S. Schaaf
Bess Sanborn
Middleport Society
Avis Roush
DeLoss Smith
Racine
Philson
Miss Sanborn
Mrs. French
Senior year move to Middleport High School announced
Grace MacDonald plans to enroll at Middleport High School for her senior year after returning from Columbus where she attended high school. The report lists multiple Sunday and weekend visits by local residents to family homes in Beech Street Jackson and nearby towns along with minor health updates and travel notices.
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Grace MacDonald
Columbus
Middleport High School
John Clark
Thomas William
Judith Ann
Jackson
Thomas Hendrix
Beech St
Huntington
David Darst Jr
Paul Davis
Peter F. Klein
Wallace Riggs
Ronnie
Norfolk
Cedric Clark
Middleport
Helen Nease
Pomeroy
Harry Mitchell
John
Mark
Athens
L. D. Diles
Mitchell
Lynn
Ida Dailey
Gallipolis
Holzer Hospital
Bethel Coleman
Richard Frazier
Ft. Wayne
Ind
A. Frazier
John Curtis
Nora O'Leary
Joe O'Leary
Cleveland
Joe Curtis
Mason City
Daisie Saunders
W. H. Juhling
M. C. Hobart
Frank Brumley
Max Sanborn
Ward Drenner
Charleston
Ohio University
Jane Harris
Barbara Donovan
James Donovan
Charles Yost
Frank Abbott
Witcher
W.va
James Greathouse
Alarm Set Off At Middleport Department Store
The burglar alarm on the outside of the Middleport Department Store rang loudly for about ten minutes around 10 45 p m drawing onlookers to the sidewalk. Night patrolman Sthimer Neal investigated and found nothing amiss. Owner D S Harold turned off the alarm and said it has sounded several times recently after he retires. Cause of the alarm is not known.
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Middleport
Sthimer Neal
D. S. Harold
Harold
D of A Chester Past Councilors Hold Meeting
The Chester Past Councilors D of A met at Mrs. Lucille Bauer’s home. A social evening featured games and prizes with luncheon after entertainment. Present were Erma Cleland Goldie Wolfe Ada Neutzling Hattie Frederick Mae Spencer Laura Mae Hartung Opal Eichinger Mabel Van Meter. Guests Peggy Amberger and Robbie Bauer. The next gathering is set for Feb 9 at Clarice Allen’s home.
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Chester
Lucille Bauer
Margaret Amberger
Erma Cleland
Goldie Wolfe
Ada Neutz1ling
Hattie Frederick
Mae Spencer
Laura Mae Hartung
Opal Eichinger
Mabel van Meter
Peggy Amberger
Robbie Bauer
Clarice Allen
Resignation Accepted as Boxing Program Continues
Elden Walburn, commander of the Feeney Bennett Post American Legion, said Maxie Max resigned as athletic director and a boxing commission will ensure compliance with Legion state and city rules. The post notes the program is self supporting with equipment paid for, proceeds given to Max and boxers, and future cards planned with boxers from Parkersburg, Athens, and Mason County at Middleport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Elden Walburn
Feeney Bennett
American Legion
Maxie Max
Legion
Walburn
Maxwell
Parkersburg
Athens
Mason County
Measles Illness Hits Middleport Children
Several Middleport children including Mary Carolyn Miller Barbara Swisher and Don Swisher fall ill with measles. Charles Swisher, the first to become ill, has recovered and can return to school.
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Middleport
Mary Carolyn Miller
Barbara
Don Swisher
Charles Swisher
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Chet
Rex Koons
Ray Sigler
Herb Hannum
Blue Willow
Pomeroy Social Notes
Messenger
Hartley & Bennett
Police Radio OK
Meigs
Perry A. Riggs
Township
Brin
Tan
Perry
Riggs County
Thorne W. Longsworth
J. B. Longsworth
Lebanon
Missouri Conservation Commission
Longsworth
Michigan State Forestry School
Missouri
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Hobstetter
Middleport Social Notes
PM Club
Liberty
Theatre
Robert Young
Maureen O'Hara
Clifton Webb
Louise Albritton
Meise Md
the Fountainhead
Temple Middleport
Enduue
Morocco
Don Wolfe
Carrie Nease
Clinton McPeek
Lee Jackson
Henry Euler
Elmer Brown
Marlin Young
John Ord
Linda
Leo L. Vaughn
Union Avenue
Logan Monument Co
Pomeroy, Ohio
Federal Land Bank
United National Farm Loan Ass'n. A. C. Gibson
Sec'y-Treas
Ohio Valley Bank Bldg
Gallipolis, Ohio
Studebaker
America
Wakefield Motors
Richland Ave
Athens, O
Studebaker Trucks
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