Mothers March of Dimes activities in Middleport
Gaile Dean of Southern Ohio outlines fund use for the Mothers March of Dimes at a meeting with Ohio Eta Phi Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi Sorority. House-to-house canvass set for Jan 31 6 30 to 7 30. A second annual March of Dimes dance is planned for Feb 2 at Pomeroy Junior High auditorium with Bob Halloway’s band.
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Middleport
Gaile
Southern Ohio
National Foundation of Infantile Paralysis
Ohio
Eta Phi
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
Freddie Houdashelt
Grant
Middleport Church Services Directory
Multiple Middleport churches list weekly schedules with pastors and service times. Church schools at 9:30 a.m. worship at 10:30 a.m. Evening services and midweek meetings vary by church and include prayer groups and youth activities.
Broiler Producers Plan Extension Education in 1952
County producers met at the extension office to outline an extension education program for 1952 addressing disease control marketing management building ventilation and chick sourcing. A noted plan includes bringing in a broiler industry expert and a February follow up meeting with attendees listed.
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Pomeroy
C. E. Blakeslee
Minstrel Cast Hosts Appreciation Banquet in Middleport
Fides Lodge Knights of Pythias held an appreciation banquet for Sunflower Minstrels cast and director Brad Maag at the castle hall. The evening featured songs, stunts, gifts, and tributes as the group recalled past shows and plans future appearances in Pomeroy, Middleport, Port Pleasant, and Rutland with an upcoming radio program and a Gallipolis engagement.
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Middleport
Fides Lodge
No. 210
Knights of Pythias
Sunflower Minstrels
Brad Maag
Castle Hall
Maag
Cash Bahr
J. H. Grate
Pythian Park
N. Second
Rutland
Point Pleasant
Grate
Washington, D. C
Freddy Martin
Springfield
David Durst
Sunflower
Grimms
Myrna Maag
Pat Vaughan
Danny Thompson
Grafton Stout
Irene Grueser
Jean Sellers
Caroline Cline
Suzie
Claude
Chuck Grimm
Ford G. Hunker
Mit White
Robert Morris
Lionel Barrymore
Betty Lou
Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer
Gallipolis
Rena Grimm
Chuck
Claude Grimm
Myrna
Weltha Haning
Homer Jones
John Mayer
William Autherson
Helen Russell
Homer McKlhinny
John Vroman
C. P. Gallagher
Pomeroy Social Notes and Local 4-H Club Elections
POMEROY WCTU met at the First Baptist Church with Mrs Glen Roy Ewing presiding. Letters from Frank Vaughan and Pvt Charles Larson thanked the group for gifts and boxes. A Frances Willard Tea is planned for Feb 16 at the United Methodist Church. REEDSVILLE Pioneer 4-H elected officers at Mrs Anna Randolph’s home with Louise Riebel as president and other posts named. Refreshments and games followed. honor was given to Mrs Randolph for her birthday.
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Pomeroy
Pomeroy Wctu
First Baptist Church
Glenroy Ewing
Frank Vaughan
Pvt
Charles Larson
Meigs County
Korea
WCTU
Francis Willard
United Methodist Church
Cary Cook
Reedsville
Pioneer 4-H Club
Anna M. Randolph
Louise Riebel
Patty Wallace
Greta Barton
Darlene Smith
Maxine Reed
Gertrude Wallace
Ferra Lou Chevalier
Cookie Wallace
Randolph
Pauletta Rockhold
Shirley Myers
Florence Chevalier
Stork Shower Honoring Mrs Audrey Hayman Wilson
Miss Lena Guth and Miss Katie Guth hosted a stork shower for Mrs. Audrey Hayman Wilson. The dining room featured colored streamers from chandelier to table, and gifts filled the table. Quiz games were led by Mrs. Minnie Davis and Miss Sadie Phillips with Mulberry Avenue neighbors, customers, and relatives in attendance. Desserts were served.
JOF Class Hosts Meeting in Pomeroy
The JOF Class of the United Methodist Church met at the Pomeroy church. Miss Lucy Gibbs led devotion on Love to Our Neighbor Regardless of Race. Mrs Anton Locke presided over business and the class voted to donate to the March of Dimes. Hostesses Mrs Gerald Wild ermuth and Mrs Charlies Strauss served a salad course.
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Pomeroy
United Methodist Church
Lucy Gibbs
Anton Locke
Gerald Wildermuth
Charlies Strauss
POMEROY P M Club Hosts Canasta and Prizes
The P M Club met at Mrs. William Hobstetter's home with Mrs. George Hobstetter Jr. as co host. Canasta was played and prizes awarded to Mrs. Frank Wilson Mrs. Lewis Sauer Mrs. A W Gibbs Mrs. James Pullins Mrs. William Anderson and Mrs. Francis Anderson. The next meeting will be at Mrs. Wayne Swisher s home with Mrs. Francis Anderson assisting hostess. A salad course was served.
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Pomeroy
P.M. Club
William Hobstetter
George Hobstetter, Jr
Frank Wilson
Lewis Sauer
A. W. Gibbs
James Pullins
William Anderson
Francis Anderson
Wayne Swisher
Beckley and Columbus visitors attend Velma Feiger funeral
Mr. and Mrs. Don Wolfe of Beckley West Virginia Mrs. A L Taft Mrs Vernon Bobb and Edgar Gilmore all of Columbus visited Wednesday with Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Gilmore and attended funeral services for Mrs Velma Feiger. Mr and Mrs Charles Gilkey of Gallipolis visited their daughter Mrs J M Thornton Mulberry Ave Thursday.
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Don Wolfe
Beckley
W. Va
A. L. Taft
Vernon Bobb
Edgar Gilmore
Columbus
Ralph Gilmore
Velma Feiger
Charles Gilkey
Gallipolis
J. M. Thornton
Mulberry Ave
Work at Dam Held Up By Weather in Reedsville Area
Dam work started June 12 in Forked Run was halted by rain leaving six feet remaining. Six workers shift to clearing underbrush with half a mile cleared and three miles more to clear. The lake will extend near Hawley place. Forestry Department plans February clearing above water line.
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Reedsville
Forked Run
Hawley Place
Hawleytown
Ida Bell Davidson Dies at 77 in Cheshire
Mrs. Ida Bell Davidson, 77, died Thursday night at her daughter Mrs Alma Ellis home in Cheshire. She had lived with her daughter since her husband Theodore Davidson died three years earlier. Survived by daughters Mrs Ellis and Mrs Laura Hampton and four sons, plus a sister, 14 grandchildren and six great grandchildren. Funeral arrangements by Rawlings Coats in Middleport to be announced.
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Middleport
Ida Bell Davidson
Alma Ellis
Cheshire
Rawlings-Coats Funeral Home
Naomi Baptist Missionary Society Program
The Naomi Baptist Missionary Society will hold a church program Sunday at 2 p.m. at the Naomi Baptist Church.
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Pomeroy the
Naomi Baptist Missionary Society
Installation of 1952 officers of local church women
Middleport notes cover installation of 1952 officers of the Women’s Association of First Presbyterian Church led by Miss Mary Ohlinger with new duties assigned. Reports from Athens Presbyterial and a prayer tribute to late missionary Dr. T. W. Cook accompany social activities, duets, and refreshments. Several local residents and visitors are listed with travels, illnesses, and status.
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Middleport
Women's Association of
First Presbyterian Church
L. J. Heiner
Ray Sherman
George Anderson, Jr
Athens
Lowell Probasco
Overseas and National Missions Sewing
Anderson
T. W. Cook
Heiner
The
Presbyterian Church
Paul Haptonstall
Beulah White
Lillian Stieff
Kermit Wiseman
Noel Hysell
Karl Owen
Overseas and
National Missions
Miss Ohlinger
Kathryn Poindexter
Sauer
Juhling
Dance planning for March of Dimes event in Pomeroy
The decoration committee of Ohio Eta Phi Beta Sigma Phi met at Velma Rue's home to organize the February two dance at Pomeroy Junior High School. Members include Dorothy Emler Betsy Ebersbach Eleanor Thomas Mary Ohlinger and Mrs Rue.
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Pomeroy Junior High
Bob Halloway
Band of
Logan
Miss Houdashelt
Velma Rue
Betsy Ebersbach
Dorothy Emler
Susie Seyfried
Eleanor Thomas
Mary Ohlinger
Rosie Sisson
Jean Blazewicz
Mary Ellen Seyler
N. P. Swackhammer
Pomeroy
Absolute Music
Jean Morgan
Middleport
Ohio
FHA session led by Ruth Chase at Middleport High
Ruth Chase presided over a Future Homemakers of America meeting in the high school home economics room. Miss Mildred Ohlinger taught a second knitting lesson as FHA instructor and adviser.
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Middleport
Ruth Chase
Homemakers of America
Mildred Ohlinger
FHA
Beck named Meigs Heart Fund Drive chairwoman
Mrs D L Beck was chosen Meigs County chairman for the annual Heart Fund Drive opening February 1. She will be assisted by the P M Club which will distribute plastic heart containers. Other plans to be announced after a recent club meeting.
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Middleport
D. L. Beck
Meigs County
Local families plan weekend visits and travel
Mr and Mrs Carl Vanderhoof and daughter Margaret Lee of Columbus expect to arrive this evening to visit Mrs Vanderhoofs parents. Mr and Mrs I F Miller of Grant Street and Mr and Mrs John B Browning plan a Florida trip Monday with their son in law and daughter Dr and Mrs Ray Singleton of Charleston. Mrs Helen W Brown is visiting.
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Carl Vanderhoof
Margaret Lee
Columbus
John B. Browning
Florida
Ray Singleton
Charleston
Helen W. Brown
William Grate Named To C of C Position
William Grate the Gorby s Music House manager in South Charleston West Virginia has been named secretary of the South Charleston Chamber of Commerce The Grate family moved from Middleport to South Charleston years ago and include wife Ruth Baker and children Janis and Jimmy
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Middleport
William Grate
Gorby’s Music House
South Charleston
W. Va
O'Brien and Brown Lead Meigs County Candidacies for County Posts
James B. O'Brien of Pomeroy files for Meigs County prosecuting attorney while Virgil V. Brown of Pomeroy seeks a second term as clerk of courts. Incumbent John C. Bacon announces bid for Meigs County Common Pleas judgeship. Several Republicans and Democrats filed petitions for central committeemen across Meigs County.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
James B. O'Brien
Virgil V. Brown
Brown
O’brien
John C. Bacon
Meigs County Common Pleas
Board of Elections
William Campbell
Donald Hauck
Donald Stanley
Pageville
Scipio Township
E. R. Carr
Harrisonville
Leroy W. Bartrum
Rutland East
Rolland Torrence
South Chester
James H. Quivey
West Bedford
W. A. Connolly
POMEROY Dan C Hartinger Named GOP Delegate
Meigs County commissioner Dan C Hartinger was named one of two delegates from Ohio's 10th District to the Republican National Convention. The dinner in McArthur drew Republican reps from Fairfield Hocking Vinton Athens Meigs Jackson Gallia and Lawrence counties. Ray C Bliss spoke as state party chairman. Hartinger may be the first Meigs delegate in many years.
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Pomeroy
Dan C. Hartinger
Meigs County
Republican Organization
10Th
McArthur
C. E. Vollenweider
Fairfield
Hocking
Vinton
Athens
Meigs
Jackson
Gallia
Lawrence
Ray C. Bliss
Hartinger
Meigs Countty
Bake Sale Saturday at Syracuse Methodist Church
Syracuse youth group sponsors a bake sale this Saturday from 1 to 4 p.m. in the church basement to raise funds for the newly formed youth organization.
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Syracuse
The
Syracuse Methodist Church
Methodist Church
Dairy Science Expert Guest At Sales Association Meeting
POMEROY and Meigs County members attended the annual dinner meeting of the Dairymen's Cooperative Sales Association in Point Pleasant. Fordyce Ely of Ohio State University spoke on industry changes and the need for better cows amid underfeeding, noting the Charleston market as the association's marketing base.
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Sales Association
Producers Marketing Group
Charleston, W. Va
Church News of Pomeroy Highlights Local Services
Local church listings present Sunday schools, worship times, sermons, and midweek meetings for numerous area congregations including Christian Science, St. Paul’s Lutheran, Naomi Baptist, Midway, Free Methodist, Laurel Cliff, Hysell Run, Rutland Church of the Nazarene, Church of Christ, Church of God, Hobson Church of Christ in Christian Union, Federated, United Methodist, and additional Rutland and Syracuse areas with pastor names and service details.
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Church OF Christ — Wert
Milton Houdashelt
Christian Endeavor
First Presbyterian
Ruppelt
Dr. McDermott
Rio Grande
Westminster Fellowship
Heath Methodist
Louis A Bangerter
First Baptist
Church OF the Nazarene
Paul Taylor
MT. Moriah Baptist
Nile
Borden
CHURCH OF CHRIST _ IN CHRISTIAN UNION
Guy Sayre
Syracuse
Christian Science
Jesus
ST. Paul's Lutheran — L
M. Mohrhoff
Naomi Baptist
H. E. Harris
BYPU
L. F. Knight
Harry Bates
Laurel Cliff
Young Peoples Meeting
Hysell Run
Church OF God
W. Main St
N. W. Jenks
Hobson Church OF Christ IN Christian Union
Harold F. Hess
Gail Deems
Marietta
United Methodist
J. Leslie Kunze
J. W. Stone
Kunze
Ohio
Columbus
Robert E. Linter
Silver Run
P.m
Salem Center
Rutland
Robert Linter
Meigs General Hospital Notes Admits and Births
Admitted Elisha Lott Long Bottom Virgil Carpenter Route Cheshire Joshua Chapman Pomeroy John Hayes Middleport William Collins Canton Forrest McNeil Cheshire Mrs Homer Hysell Middleport Mrs Richard Grueser Rutland Mrs John Nelson Pomeroy a daughter born to Mr and Mrs John Nelson Pomeroy Discharged Mrs Jack Easter Mrs George MacDaniels and son Mrs William Warner and son Tom Neutzling Bill Stephenson Mrs Carl Roach and son Johny Heyler and Joe Pletnik
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Elisha Lott
Long Bottom
Virgil Carpenter
Jack Easter
George MacDaniels
William Warner
Tom Neutzling
Bill Stephenson
Carl Roach
Johny Heyler
Joe Pletnik
Foreclosure Action Over Mortgage and Delinquent Taxes
Lucille Smith sues Myle and Lula Jacks and others in Meigs County Common Pleas for 1600 plus interest on a 2500 note and foreclosure of the mortgage with sale of mortgaged property. Clyde Millhone seeks sale of Phares and Flora Tuttle property in Lebanon Township for 173.60 taxes. Stewart and McGuire Inc. is named with possible real estate interest.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County Common Pleas Court
Lucille Smith
Myle Jacks
Lula Jacks
Rutland Meat Market
Sylvia Ledlie
J. T. Ledlie
Clyde Millhone
Meigs County
Phares Tuttle
Flora V. Tuttle
Lebanon Township
Stewart and McGuire, Inc
New York
Mrs. Smith Rites Held at Shade Methodist Church
Funeral rites for Mrs. Emma Riggs Smith were conducted at Shade Methodist Church with six nephews acting as pallbearers. Attending relatives included multiple Riggs and Smith family members from Crestline, Columbus, Athens, and Marietta, while Verle Smith arrived from Texas after the service. Laurence A. Napper, a seaman recruit in the U S Navy, is listed as taking recruit training at Bainbridge Maryland.
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Pomeroy
Emma Riggs Smith
the Shade Methodist Church
Harley Riggs
Fred Riggs
Lloyd Pierce
Perry Riggs
Glenn Lee
Roy Riffle
Dale Smith
Mattson
Leigh Cadwallader
New York City
Barthel Smith
Crestline
Carl Burson
Marietta
Clyde Riggs
Columbus
Elsie Hart
Orlan Johnson
Ernest Lynch
Downington
Worth Lynch
Athens
Lee Barley
Harley Smith
Frank Goldsberry
Jessie Douglas
Verle Smith
Texas
Riggs
Wallace Riggs
Annapolis
Bainbridge Pomeroy
U. S. Naval Training Center
Bainbridge, Md
Laurence A. Napper
USN
L. F. Napper
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Middleport Churches
Broiler
Ohio State University
Dana Howett
Charles Alkire
Clifford Hill
Thereon Johnson
Ralph Welker
H. E. Starkey
Horace Karr
Pearley Karr
Vernon Nease
Guy Dowdy
F. M. Cluff, M. D
Ule
Citizens National Bank
Federal Reserve System
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
Pomeroy Social Notes
Officers
Stork
Pomeroy Personals
Anni
Lula Russe
Mill Street
Middleport, Ohio
Forestry Department
Claude Delaney
PTA
Bernice Nelson
March of Dimes Fund
Sugar Run School
William Seifred
Lawrence Chapman
Annie Ogden
Dorothy Barnes
Margaret Parsons
Elizabeth Delaney
Seifred
Middleport Social Notes
Torres Morrison, Jr
Charles Lambert
Arthur Bowen
Friends
Will Struble
Perry Mitch
George van Zandt
Huntington
H. Wise, Jr
St. Mary's
D. S. Harold
Pfe James
Wimpy) Hendrix
Ft. Knox
Flossie Allensworth
Johnny
John Frecker
L. W. McComas
Allensworth
Karl Rothermund
Millersport
Rothermund
Rothermunds
Badger Construction Co
WVOW
Mason County
Bill
Gene
Walter Hayes
Gravel Hill
Fund Drive
GOP
Church News of
Meigs General Hospital
John Nelson
Mrs. Smith
Liberty
Proudly
Voice of the Theatre
Roy Rogere
Trigger
Horse
Turhan Bey
Evelyn Anker
David Bruce
Union Station
Mars
King Solomon’s Mines
Technicolor
Deborah Kerr, Stewart Granger
Richard Carlson
Nelsonville
Stagecoach Driver
Johnny Mack Brown
Corky OF
Gasoline Alley
Scotty Beckett
Jimmy Lydon
Don Beddoe
Gordon Jones
Patti Brady
Osun, Mon
Dennis Morgan
Virginia Mayo
Snake River
Charles Starrett Smiley Burnette
Johnny Weissmuller
Sheila Ryan Cheta
James Cagney
Phyllis Thaxter
Raymond Massey
James Gleason
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