Pomeroy High School Honors Sixty-Six Students
Pomeroy Senior High School names sixty six students to the honor roll for the third six week grading period. Seniors on the list include Carolyn Bell Ruth Brothers David Brown Dorothy Brown Edna Carman Linda Chapman Sondra Drake Sarah Foster Margaret Handley Larry Heines Roberta Hoover Linda Hubbard Kaaron Kelton Terry Knight Bonnie Neutzling Michael Roberts Carol Sargent Paula Sayre Sharon Young William Young Wayne Zurcher. Juniors listed are Carolyn Allman Anna Arnold Judy Barnett William Bentz Thomas Bowen Marjorie Burt Benetta Clark Carla Dill Andrea Evans Mary Ann Fields Mike Fultz Dale Hubbard Raymond Jewell Dennis Kapple Barbara Logan Sharon Moore Terry Ohlinger Marilyn Price Wilma Righthouse Albert Roush Nancy Skinner Duane Smith Mary Smith Ernestine Stockton Asenath Tracy Judy Vaughan Darlene Watson Lola Ziegler Charlene Zundel Judy Reynolds. Sophomores named are Bertha Arnold Shirley Ash Frederick Crow Charlene Diehl Mary Jane Douglas Allen Downie Roland Fisher David Gordon Ann Hubbard Jennifer Lohse Sandra London Sharon Mitch William Murray Tom White Sharon Walker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sharon Moore
Terry Ohlinger
Marilyn Price
Wilma Righthouse
Albert Roush
Nancy Skinner
Duane Smith
Mary Smith
Ernestine Stockton
Asenath Tracy
Judy Vaughan
Darlene Watson
Lola Ziegler
Charlene Zundel
Judy Reynolds
Bertha Arnold
Shirley Ash
Frederick Crow
Charlene Diehl
Mary Jane Douglas
Allen Downie
Roland Fisher
David Gordon
Ann Hubbard
Jennifer Lohse
Sandra London
Sharon Mitch
William Murray
Tom White
Sharon Walker
Temperance Rally at Middleport High School
Rev. Donald Boone of the Middleport First Baptist Church spoke to Middleport High School students on temperance. Sponsored by the Meigs County Women’s Christian Temperance Union the assembly opened with a film Any Boy U S A and urged students to set personal standards amid media influences.
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Middleport
Donald Boone
Middleport First Baptist Church
Middleport High School
Meigs County
Repossession suit filed in Meigs County Court
Pomeroy Motor Co sues Weeks-Amlin Ford Co for repossession of an auto traded by Henry E. and Phyllis Howard for a newer model. The case claims title is held by the Weeks-Amlin firm. Rutland Branch of Pomeroy National Bank seeks $250 on a cognovit note against Harold Jones Lula Belle Jones and Pearl Garnes.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County Common Pleas Court
Pomeroy Motor Co
Weeks-Amlin Ford Co
Henry E
Phyllis Howard
Weeks-Amlin
Howard
Rutland
Pomeroy National Bank
Harold Jones
Lula Belle Jones
Pearl Garnes
Youth Day Scheduled at Middleport First Baptist
Middleport Youth Day will be observed at the First Baptist Church with the Baptist Youth Fellowship conducting the 10 15 morning worship. Miss Dora McGee a senior at Middleport High School will deliver the sermon Be Ye Renewed and plans to enter the Baptist Missionary Training School in Chicago after graduation. David Annis president of the youth fellowship will be liturgist along with Sherry Simmons Becky Allenworth Beth Layman Richard Bodimer Michael Bratton and Janet Baker. Bruce Annis Larry Gladwell Ray Pickens and Pat Edwards will serve as ushers.
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Middleport
Middleport First Baptist
Baptist Youth Fellowship
Dora McGee
Middleport High School
Miss McGee
Baptist Missionary Training School
Chicago
David Annis
Youth Fellowship
Sherry Simmons
Becky Allenworth
Beth Layman
Richard Bodimer
Michael Bratton
Janet Baker
Bruce Annis
Larry Gladwell
Ray Pickens
Pat Edwards
Wahama High Alumni Banquet Planned for May 27
Wahama High School Alumni Association officers met at Mrs. Betty Fry’s home to plan the annual banquet for May 27 at the high school. A mailing list of graduates is being updated and former students with address changes are asked to contact Mrs. Fry in New Haven or Jimmie Stewart in Mason.
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Mason
Wahama
Squad Answers Call At Middleport Residence
The Middleport emergency squad responded to Charles E. Smith on Second Street at 7 20 p m Thursday Smith had difficulty breathing and received oxygen.
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Middleport
Charles E. Smith
Second St
Smith
Dr Oscar Clark to Speak at TB Meeting in Meigs County
Meigs County Tuberculosis and Health Association announces Dr Oscar Clark of Gallipolis will speak at the annual meeting March 14 at Feder ated Church Pomeroy. He will address disorders of the heart after the meeting. Mrs Wallace Bradford reports 1959 and 1960 seal sale totals and that 306 follow up letters were mailed to former contributors.
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Middleport
Oscar Clark
Gallipolis
Meigs County Tuberculosis and Health Association
Wallace Bradford
Federated Church
Pomeroy
Clark
Bradford
Saime
Pupil Hearing Tests Set for February in Northwestern Schools
Northwestern Local School District will begin pupil hearing testing on February 13. The audiometer used was purchased last fall by the Meigs County Crippled Children Society. Tests will be administered by Mrs Milderd Lucas, Mrs Marjorie Rice, Mrs R A Biddle, and Mrs Betty Herring.
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Middleport
Northwestern
George M. Dallas
Meigs County Crippled Children Society
Mildred Lucas
Marjorie Rice
R. A. Biddle
Betty Herring
Two Candidates File Petitions for May Primary
Pomeroy ballots will include Charles Legar seeking renomination as mayor and Jack Weyersmiller seeking a village council seat. Legar is a Republican and Weyersmiller is a Democrat, with petitions filed at the Meigs County Board of Elections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Meigs County
Board of Elections
Dorothy Johnston
Charles Legar
Jack Weyersmiller
Legar
Seventh true bill against Hendrix and Fultz in concealed weapon case
The January term grand jury returned its seventh true bill this week naming William T. Hendrix and Bernard Fultz in indictments. Hendrix faces a charge of carrying a concealed weapon while Fultz is named in the same proceeding.
County Youth Week Fellowship Meeting Hosts
On February 5 at 7 30 p m the United Methodist Church youth group will host a county wide interdenominational fellowship meeting to conclude Youth Week observances.
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Pomeroy
United Methodist Church
District Workshop to be Held at Gallipolis Church
The Rev. Eugene Brown of United Methodist Church announces a district workshop on stewardship and finance at Gallipolis Methodist Church at 7 30 Tuesday evening.
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Pomeroy
Eugene Brown
United Methodist Church
Gallipolis Methodist Church
Meeting Set Tuesday by Middleport Woman’s Association
The Women’s Association of the Middleport First United Presbyterian Church will meet at 7 30 p m Tuesday at the church. The meeting was moved from Thursday due to bad weather to ensure attendance.
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Middleport
Women’s Association of the
First United Presbyterian Church
World Trip Theme of Junior High Assembly at Pomeroy
Pomeroy Junior High staged an around the world assembly led by Mrs Frances Roberts. Students featured in England Paris Swiss Alp Russia Siam Hawaii and the United States presented skits fashions dances and songs with performers including Jerry Arnold Ruby Haggy Yvonne Beal James Andrews Connie Freeman Lance Hart George Hoffman and many others. Stage hands were George Blackwell Mike Hamm and Tom Ebersbach.
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Pomeroy
Frances Roberts
England
Jerry Arnold
Ruby Haggy
Yvonne Beal
James Andrews
Connie Freeman
Lance Hart
George Hoffman
Paris
Jennifer Drew
Jane Baer
Nancy Burns
Linda Grueser
Patty Fields
Janice Evans
Patricia Albes
Kathryn English
Alita Carpenter
Jenny Folmer
Brenda Bailey
Siam
Patricia Hennessy
Hilda Hart
Island
Roy Howell
Jennifer Crew
David Baker
Sondra Barnett
Robert Buck
Misty
Ronald Collins
Ruth Bailey
Miss Crew
Love
Linda Kirkland
George Blackwell
Mike Hamm
Tom Ebersbach
Honor Students Listed At Junior High School
Forty girls and twenty three boys at Pome roy Junior High School named to the honor roll after the third six week grading period. Freshmen include Jerry Arnold Sue Arnold Ruth Bailey and others. Eighth graders and seventh graders also listed with multiple named students.
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Pomeroy
Pomeroy Junior High School
Jerry Arnold
Sue Arnold
Ruth Bailey
David Baker
Robert Buck
Nancy Burns
Alita Carpenter
Anita Collins
Jennifer Crew
Patricia Fields
Jenneth Fulmer
Judith Folmer
Patricia Hennessy
Louanna Leonard
Air Force introduces Minuteman ICBM program details
The Minuteman becomes the first solid fuel ICBM with a 6300 mile range and speeds over 15000 mph. A prototype is due for flight tests in 1961 and operational by 1962. Hill Air Force Base Utah named as first assembly and recycling facility with missiles deployed underground or on trains. Boeing is prime contractor.
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Air Force
U.S
Hill Afb
Ogden
Utan
Atlas
Titan
Boeing Airplane Company
Meigs PTA Council Set to Meet at Rutland High
The Meigs County PTA Council will meet in the Rutland High School auditorium at 8 p.m. Thursday. A founder's day program will be presented and all past presidents of the county council will be recognized. The Northwestern Local PTA hosts the event.
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Rutland
Meigs County
PTA
Rutland High School
Testing And Guidance Discussion In Local Schools
A Meigs County session on testing and guidance was held at the O. O. Latterson offices. State Education official Robert Uhlman spoke with Charles Hayman and district leaders J S Davis and George Dallas about the program.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
O. O. Latterson
Robert Uhlman
State Department of Education
Charles Hayman
Southern
J. S. Davis
Eastern
George Dallas
Northwestern
Ohio DAV Official Will Be In Pomeroy
Local Disabled American Veterans commander Gil bert Zwilling asks all chapter 53 members to attend a 2 p.m. Sunday meeting at Sacred Heart Church auditorium in Pomeroy. Department of Ohio official Leon Aromine will attend.
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Ohio
DAV
Pomeroy
Disabled American Veterans
Gilbert Zwilling
Chapter 53
Sacred Heart Church
Leon Aromine
The
Department of Ohio
Zwilling
Meigs-Mason Dance Contest Postponed Indefinitely
The annual Meigs Mason fast dance contest at Pomeroy Junior High School is postponed due to bad weather. A record hop will begin at 7 30 p.m. Saturday at the Pomeroy auditorium under the Pomeroy Band Boosters with the Jays as emcees.
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Pomeroy
Pomeroy Junior High School
Pomeroy Auditorium
Pomeroy Band Boosters
Jays
Primary In Middleport Likely For Republicans
In Middleport a Republican primary is predicted with no filings yet at the county board of elections. Village officials except A. A. Scarberry plan to seek nominations, and Charles Asa Bradbury was later announced as a candidate. Several petitions circulate for council posts with prominent residents named as possible contenders. Filing deadline is Feb. 1.
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Middleport
County Board of Elections Office
A. A. Scarberry
Mrs. Young Appointed Grand Representative of OES
Mrs. Geraldine Young of Pom ery is named grand representative by Doris Preston, worthy grand matron, at the 25th district OES session in McConnelsville. A Pom ery Chapter 186 member and former worthy matron in 1950, she lives on West Main with Thomas Young and has daughters Marilyn Rice in Washington DC, Elaine Rogers in Nelsonville, and Jeanette Altmayer in Levittown New York. active civic member in Meigs County.
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Pomeroy
The
Order of Eastern Star
McConnelsville
Geraldine Young
Doris Preston
Ohio
Young
Pomeroy Chapter
W. Main St
Thomas
Marilyn
Pierce Rice
Washington, D. C
Elaine
Robert Rogers
Nelsonville
Jeanette
Edgar Altmayer
Levittown
N. Y
Federated Church
Meigs County
Middleport Personal Notices Highlight Local Goings On
Northwestern Local School District head George M. Dallas attends a school administrators meeting at Ohio University in Athens. Eye surgery patient H K Woodgerd returns home to Grant Street. Hulda Klein travels to New York City to visit sister Edith Klein. Mrs William Ault and Mrs Dodson attend funeral services in Worthington Kentucky for Miles Lawhorn. Mrs Raymond Lieving recuperates from elbow injury. Ray Carnahan returns home from Holzer Hospital Bucyrus after surgery. Frank Heavilin and wife depart for Santiago Chile for about a year. he works as boiler supervisor for Babcock Wilcox and plans to return in 1962. John Dale Jacobs and wife visit Middleport. Jacobs, married January 15, at St Agatha’s Brooklyn, serves aboard USS Shield rake at Brooklyn Navy Yards.
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George M. Dallas
Northwestern
Athens
Ohio University
H. K. Woodgerd
Holzer Hospital
Grant St
Hulda Klein
New York City
Edith Klein
M. K. Fugate
William Ault
Gary
Gene Dodson
Worthington, Ky
Ault
Dodson
Miles Lawhorn
Raymond Lieving
West Columbia
Frances Chase
Middleport
Ray Carnahan
Gallipolis
N. Y
D. M. Jacobs
Bryan Place
Jacobs
U.S.S
Rutland High Winter Concert and Play Postponed
Rutland High School announces the winter concert by the choir under Mrs C O Chapman and the senior band under Roger Roush at 3 p m Sunday Feb 5. The senior class play, moved from Tuesday night, is rescheduled for March 10.
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Middleport
Rutland High School
C. O. Chapman
Rutland
Roger Roush
Pomeroy Chapter to Attend Lennie Swan Funeral
Members of Racine Chapter Order of Eastern Star will meet at Long Bottom Methodist Church at 1 30 p m Sunday to attend the funeral services for Miss Lennie Swan.
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Pomeroy
Racine
Order of Eastern Star
Long Bottom Methodist Church
Lennie Swan
Heart Line project planned by WSCS at Heath Church
The Afternoon Circle of the Women’s Society of Christian Service met at Heath Methodist Church with Mrs. Q. P. Klein in charge. They planned a Valentine Day project to prepare boxes for shut ins and others for February 14 and reported on recent church fundraisers.
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Middleport
Women’s Society of Christian Service
Heath Methodist Church
Q. P. Klein
First Baptist Youth Sunday Planned at Pomeroy Church
POMEROY Youth Sunday will be observed in two services at the Pomeroy First Baptist Church. Mark Tracy born there while his father led the church will speak at a 5 p.m. youth supper. Tracy is a Rio Grande High School senior, district representative of the Ohio Baptist Youth Fellowship, and state Christian faith committee chair.
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Pomeroy
Pomeroy First Baptist
Mark Tracy
Tracy
Rio Grande High School
Ohio Baptist Youth Fellowship
Sally Foster
Sharon Young
Terry Ohlinger
Steve Gorby
Bill Weston
Bradbury Church Class Plans Bake Sale in February
The Home Builders Class of Bradbury Church decided at a recent meeting to hold a bake sale in February with the exact date to be announced. Class president Mrs. Vernon Bing led the session and Bill King offered the closing prayer. Refreshments were served by Mrs. Max Davis and Mrs. Robert King to attendees including Mr. and Mrs. King and family members.
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Bradbury
Bradbury Church
Vernon Bing
Bill King
Max Davis
Robert King
King
Timmy King
Alberta Wagner
Lawrence Stewart
Wilbur Rowley
Martin Luther Film Shown At Pomeroy Church Sunday
The sound motion picture Martin Luther will be shown at 7 Sunday evening at The Pomeroy First Baptist Church. Admission is free through the Gallipolis Library film department. The film depicts Luther's conversion and his entrance and life in a monastery.
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Martin Luther
Pomeroy
Pomeroy First Baptist
Gallipolis
Luther
Rutland Man Fined for Intoxication in City Court
Clyde King of Rutland was fined five dollars and costs on a charge of intoxication Thursday evening in the court of Mayor Kenneth McElhinney.
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Middleport
Clyde King of Rutland
Kenneth McElhinney
Wilkesville Past Chiefs Hold February Plans
The Past Chiefs club met at Mrs. Anna Ogdin's home with 10 members and one guest Mrs. Sarah Hartman. Mrs. Thelma Campbell led the program and refreshments were by the hostess. February meeting set with Mrs. Mittie Nelson. Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Davis dined with Mr. and Mrs. Kearny Ogdin. Mrs. Josie Fitzpatrick visited Andrew Cottrill home recently.
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Wilkesville
Chiefs Club
Anna Ogdin
Sarah Hartman
Thelma Campbell
Mittie ‘Nelson
Floyd Davis
Kearny Ogdin
Josie Fitzpatrick
Andrew Cottrill
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Ruth Brothers
David Brown
Dorothy Brown
Edna Carman
Linda
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Jeweler
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Benjamin Franklin
Farmer’s Bank and Savings CO
Pomeroy, Ohio
Federal Reserve System
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Kennedy
White House
Janet G. Travell
Kennedy Family
John Powell
New York
Travell
Dr. O. Clark
Ward Strauss
Allen Swartz
Louella Thompson
Mickey Winebrenner
Keith Whaley
John Anderson
Joel Boney
Rickey Campbell
Donna Crow
David Eskew
Patsy Fultz
Mary Sue Handley
Donna Hauck
Tom McGowan
Mickey Menchini
Linda Moore
Pamela O’brien
Patricia Owens
Brenda Potts
Thurma Vaughan
Bessie Watson
Janice Wehring
Rhetta Wells
Rhea Will
Diane Zirkle
Nancy Arnold
Jan Cilo
Carla Ebersbach
Cheryl Edwards
Jeffrey Gibbs
David Goodwin
Claudia Grueser
Sandra Hendricks
Norma Jean Hodge
Barbara Kennedy
Dick Knight
Bob Miller
Marilyn Moore
Sean Mullen
Joe Neutzling
Linda Reuter
Eddie Stark
Chris Tompkins
Minuteman
U. S
James H
Winchester Central Press
Meigs Pta Council
St Edward Albrecht
Jackson
Minn
San Diego
Calif
Ann
Dew
Mrs. Young
OES
Mational Bank
Member
Federal Depost Insurance Member
Pomeroy Rutland
WSCS
Circle
Bruce Lloyd
World Missions
Hogg
W. W. Hayes
Hattie Smith
Harry Chesher
R. C. Lansbury
First Baptist
DR. Caldwell
Gladstone
Keller & Weltner
Monument CO
Rig.w
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Hocking
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