Funeral and social notices from Middleport area
Funeral services for Mrs. Clarence Mulford Sr. were held at Cheshire Baptist Church with Pastor Charles Pomeroy assisting Rev Ralph Zandel. Pallbearers included Merritt Briggs and Harold Thomas among others. The column also notes births, relocations, visits, and military service within the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Charles Pomeroy
First Baptist Church
Ralph Zandel
Troy
Clarence Mulford
Cheshire Baptist Church
Mr. Pomeroy
J. Q. Rice
H. M. Cross
Merritt Briggs
Briggs Kirby
Harold Thomas
Raymond Thomas
Ralph Rife
George Shuler
Middleport council splits on 200 fire protection contract
Middleport officials debated paying Salisbury Township 200 for fire protection. New councilman Hubert Mace and member John Zerkle opposed the measure, while Frank Vroman and Harold Chase supported it. Mayor Horton Brown abstained. The proposal aims to fund equipment via a special fund funded by townships and increased per capita allocations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Salisbury Township
Frank Vroman
Harold Chase
Lawrence Hartinger
Norman Wayland
Horton Brown
Pomeroy Company
Council
C. P. Bradbury
Brown
State of
Ohio
John Zerkle
Hubert Mace
Mace
Pomeroy
Cook’s Gap
Prather
Zerkle
B. F. Parmalee
Meigs County
Riverview Cemetery
Richard Horden
C. L. Brooks
Harry Barnes
Dairymen to Hear Efficient Roughage Use at Ohio Meetings
Pomeroy Ohio Meigs County dairymen will hear extension dairyman Ivan McKellip of Ohio State University discuss efficient use of roughage in milk production. Meetings set for Racine High School Thursday and Tup pers Plains High School Friday start at 8 p.m. A motion picture Hay Is What You Make It will be shown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vocational Agricultural Departments and Extension Service
W Hetteseimer Dies Tuesday Funeral Set
William Hetteseimer 80 died at Holzer Hospital Tuesday noon. Funeral services will be Thursday at 2 p.m. at Rawlings Coats funeral home with interment at Beech Grove cemetery Pomeroy. Officiating are Rev. Courtney Chauncey Church of Christ and M O Brown. Survived by widow daughter Mrs Ralph Gordon Charleston and grandsons Terry Gallagher Middleport and Gordon Gluesenkemp Charleston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
William Hetteseimer
Holzer Hospital
Rawlings-Coats
Beech Grove Cemetery
Pomeroy
Courtney
Chauncey
New York Central Railroad
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Ralph Gordon
Charleston
Terry Gallagher
Gordon Gluesenkemp
Mrs. McNickles Dies at Racine
Mrs Charles McNickles aged 68 died unexpectedly at home in Racine at 10 p.m. Tuesday. She is survived by her husband Charles McNickles and several relatives. Friends may call at Ewing funeral home where arrangements are being completed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Charles McNickles
Racine
Ewing
Red Cross Drive Begins March First in Meigs County
Meigs County will launch the 1947 Red Cross campaign March 1 with a $3810 quota set by County Chairman Frank H. Johnston. The drive's leadership titles will be filled later and a meeting in Pomeroy outlined campaign plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Meigs County
Red Cross
Frank H. Johnston
Meigs
Harry Ohlinger
William Bradford
Middleport
Frances Ewing
Bessie Hartinger
J. O. Roedel
J. O. Rodel
Leon Huber
Edison Hobstetter
W. A. Drake
Ohlinger
Johnston
Army
Navy
Parker Rites Arranged For Friday
George Hamilton Parker died at his Mulberry Avenue home after a lifetime in Syracuse salt and coal trades. He helped organize The Farmers Bank and Saving Company in Pomeroy in 1904, served as officer and director, and retired recently. He married Alma Flanagin in 1912. survived by wife and nephew Howard Parker of Connecticut. Funeral services set for Friday at 2 p.m. at Ewing Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
George Hamilton Parker
Mulberry Ave
Syracuse
Parker
W. F. Reed
Farmers Bank and Saving Company
Farmers Bank
Alma Flanegin
Ewing Funeral Home
Theaters Set For Dime Drive
Middleport reports 100 percent cooperation from local theater owners in the March of Dimes drive. The campaign, originated by movie houses, collects from audiences at each show to benefit the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis during January 24 to 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Frank Cheesebrew
March of Dimes
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
Richard F. Walsh
International Alliance of Theatrical States
Motion Picture Division
National Foundation For
Jimmy Hobstetter Fifth Birthday Celebrations Noted
Middleport social notes report Jimmy Hobstetter marked his fifth birthday with kindergarten songs at Central School and a home party for 27 friends. Gifts included ice cream bars novelty toys and colored favors. The Homebuilders Class of the Church of Christ hosted a recent Come As You Are party with Rev M C Brown leading recreation and a midweek prayer service planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Jimmy Hobstetter
Central School
William Hobstetter
Richard Chambers
Eric
Jimmy
N. Third Ave
Edison Hobstetter
Hobstetter
Virgie Hobstetter
Mesdames William Anderson
da Ruben Beck
Francis Anderson
James Pullen
George Hobstetter
Frank Wilson
Robert Jacobs
Sara Gibbs
Edward Sargent
Charles Gross
Church of Christ
Russell Wilson
Guy Reynolds
Hartmell Curd
M. C. Brown
High School Boys to Direct Traffic in Pomeroy
Twenty senior and junior boys from Pomeroy High School will direct traffic on Saturdays at Main and Court Lynn and Main Second and Court and Second and Lynn intersections as part of the American Legion Traffic Safety Program. Training in Ohio traffic laws lasts six hours under Chief Walter E. Wolfe and Superintendent W. A. Smith with Asa A. Hoskins directing the school program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Pomeroy High School
Ohio
American Legion
J. M. Thornton
Drew-Webster Post
George Howell
Main
Court
Lynn
Second
Walter E. Wolfe
Pomeroy City
W. A. Smith
Asa A. Hoskins
Mrs Anderson Dies at Levi WV
Mrs Jack Anderson of Levi West Virginia mother of Mrs Herman Bailey Fisher Sr and sister of the late Dave Mills has died Funeral services will be held at a Charleston funeral home Attending the services are Mr and Mrs Bailey and Mr and Mrs Harry Mills Miss Shirley Mills nephews and other relatives survive including sons John Dave Joe and Arnold Anderson of Charleston and Levi plus many grandchildren and great grandchildren
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Jack Anderson
Levi
W. Va
Herman Bailey
Fisher Sr
Dave Mills
Charleston
Bailey
John
Dave
Joe
Arnold Anderson
Harry Mills
Shirley Mills
Harry
Avis Aldine Winebrenner Weds Thomas Russell in Middleport
Avis Aldine Winebrenner of Middleport and Thomas Omar Russell of Bradbury were married at 9 p.m. January 1 in the Church of Christ Middleport with Rev. M O Brown officiating. The bride wore chartreuse wool with pink and gold sequins and pink carnations, while the groom is with Imperial Electric Co Middleport and a World War II veteran.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Winebrenner
First Ave
Middleport
Avis Aldine
Thomas Omar Russell
Milton E. Russell
Bradbury
Church of Christ, Middleport
M. O. Brown
Russell
Imperial Electric Co
Middleport Personal News Highlights Local Weekend Visits
George Faris returned to his Veterans' Administration job in Columbus after a weekend at his N Fourth Ave home. Mr and Mrs Robert Beeson of Columbus visited the Beeson parents. Kathleen Swindler and Beverly Nolan spent the weekend with Swindler parents. Athens band concert attendees included H B Krinke and Edward Tewksbury families. Mary Hurt of Cincinnati visited here and Point Pleasant with Riva Crans and son Leland Crans. Dan Farmer of Daytona spent the weekend with his relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Faris
Veterans’ Administration
Columbus
N. Fourth Ave
Robert Beeson
Leo Beeson
Ohio State University
Kathleen Swindler
Beverly Nolan
Flushing
Ohio
Charles Swindler
Athens
H. B. Krinke
Edward Tewksbury
Charles
Gene Grate
Mary Hurt
Cincinnati
Point Pleasant
Riva Crans
Leland Crans
Dan Farmer
Daytona
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C. Mulford
David Farmer
Mary Lucinda
L. L. Morarity
Gallipolis
Morarity
Morarity's
N. Second Ave
Waldo Byers
Huntington
Wanda Byers
Howard Byers
James Cullen
Cleveland
Swift
S. Third Ave
Cullen
Lewis Williams
Katie Ralph
Bucyrus
Homer Hysell
Laurel St
Palmer St
William Yeager
N.Y.C.R.R
L. L. Lyons
Raymond Grimm
Tuscon, Ariz
Griff Lewis
Nina Michael
L. A. Thomas
Edna Laing
Nina Russell
William Grueser
Florida
A. E. Rusesell
L&z
W. Hetteseimer
Red Cross Drive
Dime
Chase Hardware
Elberfelds
Elberfeld
Middleport Social Notes
Eric Chambers
Keith
Tommy Anderson
Susie Pullen
Benny Wilson
Mary Price
Larry Mitch
Lucinda Morris
Darylene Theobald
Beckie
Eddie Grueser
Carol Sargent
Billy Gibbs
Buddy Swisher
Rick Cluff
Jimmy Hood
Bobby Jacobs
Nicky Coates
Pamela Hobstetter
Judy Curd
Jennie Sue Daniels
Bill Anderson
Lynn Buchanan
Ronnie
Linda Beaver
Danny Gross
Karl Beck
Pomeroy, Ohio
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Tagessey Group
Ae Eo
Kay Daumit
Stane
STARK
McMaster
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