First Burial Services Conducted In Middleport for Victim of War
Middleport honors Sgt. Leonard E. Wood at First Baptist Church funeral with schoolmates as pallbearers. The 19 year old died in an air plane crash returning from a 1945 mission over Germany, first overseas service member buried locally. Military rites at the grave followed by flag presentation to Wood’s parents and taps by a bugler.
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Middleport
Leonard E
Bill) Wood
Middlert High School
First Baptist Church
Wood
Germany
E. M. Wood
S. Fifth Ave
C. M. Pomeroy
J. T. Shelton
Racine Baptist Church
Feeney- Bennett Post
American Legion
Sturgeon
Franklin Ginther
Robert Chambers
U.S. Military Academy
West Point
N.Y
Lyston Pullen
Sgt. Wood
Middleport High School
Donald Mills
Robert Tewksbury
Joe Young
Milton Smart
Don Graber
Helen Wood
Cleveland
Gonn Cyrus
H. F. Cyrus
Kenova
W.va
Ruby Scott
Everett Noble
Princeton
W. H. Arrington
Nancy
Longacre
W. Va
Allen Gautier
Summer
Ind
Melvin Reed
Cincinnati
Marion Rife
Greenfield
Lester Julian
Columbus
Perry
City Married Women without Children More Than Rural Average
New York report shows among United States city dwellers a higher share of married women have never had children compared with rural residents. The finding highlights urban family patterns and reproductive trends across regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United States
Pomeroy Church Listings and Schedules
Local church notices list service times for Pomeroy and surrounding areas. Includes Church of Christ First Baptist Rutland United Methodist Laurel Cliff and Hyssel Run lines with Sunday school morning worship and evening services plus midweek activities and pastor names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church OF the Nazarene
Syracuse
Clare St. John
First Baptist
Pomeroythe
Paul W. Nye
The
Pomeroy Baptist Association
United Methodist
Lewis C. Berger
Simpson Building
Middleport Park
Simpson Church
Laurel Cliff
Hysell
Hiett
Pomeroy UB
C. P. Hinton
Hermon
Alford Wolf Home
Bunker Hill
Kingsbury Creek
Letart Falls
General Hospital Notes From Pom eroy Area
Admitted entries list Margaret Eakin and Harriett Dill both from Pomeroy for tonsillectomy and medical concerns with Albert Christy near Pomeroy and Mrs. Joe Hindy from Middleport for surgery. Birth announces Mrs Lilian Walker's daughter. Emergencies include Bobby Stephen Middleport with lacerations and fractures for Mrs Harry Hoffine Pomeroy and Mrs William Anderson Pom eroy with an injured foot. Discharged include Melton Gary Wayland Mrs Eloise Roush and son Lloyd Blackwood and Earl Mason.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Eakin
Pomeroy
Harriett Dill
Albert Christy
Joe Hindy
Middleport
Surgical
Lilian Walker
Bobby Stephenson
Harry Hoffine
William Anderson
Melton
Gary Wayland
Eloise Roush
Lloyd, Blackwood
Earl Mason
Community Visits and Family News Highlight Summer Gatherings
Howard and Ralph Spencer spent a week with grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Spencer. Everett Corner and daughter Alfreda of Beverly and Minnie Ryerson Wooten of Athens visited Miss Minnie Davis. The Newburns hosted relatives from Elliott and Todds, while Purcell visitors came from Baltimore to see Williams family. Marian Engleman wed Richard McGrew on July 3 in Canton. Stanley Hilaman now employed in Zanesville. Golda Van Fossen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsville
Howard
Ralph Spencer
Vernon Spencer
Everett Corner
Alfreda
Beverly
Anderson Wooten
Minnie Ryerson
Athens
Minnie Davis
Clancy Newburn
W. C. Newburn
Austin Newburn
Elliott
Emmett Adrian and
Nellie Rae
Todds
Raymond Purcell
Baltimore
Everett Williams
Marian Engleman
Canton
Richard McGrew
Stanley Hilaman
Zanesville
Golda van Fossen
Pomeroy Bridge Club Honors Members At Home
Miss Marie Rich hosted her bridge club on Butternut Ave Wednesday evening. Two tables competed with first prize going to Miss Nancy Reed of Middleport and second prize to Mrs. Cedric Clark, also of Middleport. Guest Miss Marion Ebersbach attended and dessert was served by Miss Bichman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Marie Richman
Butternut Ave
Nancy Reed
Middleport
Cedric Clark
Marion Ebersbach
Bichman
Junior Woman's Guild to Meet at Mrs Smiths Home
The Federated Church group will meet Tuesday at High Street home of Mrs W A Smith. A potluck supper at 6 30 p m will follow with desserts provided by hostesses Mrs Smith and Miss Elizabeth Fick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman’ Guild of the Federated Church
W. A. Smith
High St
Mrs. Smith
Elizabeth Fick
Couples Club hosts lively game night at Second Street home
Mr and Mrs Dan White entertained the Couples Club on Wednesday evening at their Second Street residence. Ladies high score prize went to Mrs Edgar Ebers bach with Mrs John Hite as runner up. men’s high score to Mr Clay Bryan and second to Mr Edgar Ebershbach. Consolations were won by Mrs John Duerr and Mr Thomas Young.
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Dan White
Second Street
Edgar Ebersbach
John Hite
Clay Bryan
Edgar Ebershbach
John Duerr
Thomas Young
Local Residents and Visitors Gather for Family and Friends
Roger Ackley returns home from Meigs General Hospital much improved. Mrs. Florence Burndside hosts guests Lawrence Wilson and sister-in-law. Chester Knight and sons Dick and Terry with Dick Rosenbaum visit Buckeye Lake with Dayton Ashworth family. Ada Genheimer and sisters visit Mrs. L. P. Carter in Clearwater Florida. Barbara Scholl dines with Ed Hite. Mrs. Charles Peoples of Athens undergoes major surgery. husband works at C and depot. Rolls of social visits continue with Norris family in Athens and Rolland Spencer moving to Gallipolis. Edith Hazelton vacationing with Hazeltons on Wright Street. Harold Sisson and family vacationing in Lancaster. Weekend guests Charles Ingraham, Marietta, and fiancée Josephine Dunkle. Dunkle returns to Delaware Monday. Ingrahams visit Marietta with Sandra Kay, Brenda Sue.
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Roger Ackley
Charles Ackley
Meigs General Hospital
Florence Burnside
W. Main St
Lawrence Wilson
Chesapeake
Chester Knight
Dick and
Terry
Dick Rosenbaum
Buckeye Lake
Ada
Augusta
Lucretia Genheimer
Mulberry Ave
L. P. Carter
Pauline
Clearwater
Fla
Herman Scholl
Barbara
Ed Hite
Charles Peoples
Athens
Dana
Percy Peoples
Pomeroy
St. Joseph Hospital
Parkersburg
P. L. Peoples
Wilson Norris
Rolland Spencer
Union Ave
Gallipolis
Spencer
A&p
Edith Hazelton
Columbus
Delaware
Whitney Ingraham
Sandra Kay
Brenda Sue
Charles Ingraham
Marietta
Families gathered for Mt Olive Church homecoming
Taylor Ridge and Flint families visited in Trimble for an all day Mt Olive Church homecoming honoring the Shifflet brothers and families. Various relatives from Dayton Columbus Hollister New York City and Zaleski joined picnics and visits around Trimble and Lake Hope.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor Ridge
Ira Shifflet
Albert Shifflet
Joseph Shifflet
Flint
Mich
Theodore Shifflet
Alvin Shifflet
Trimble
Mt. Olive Church
Vinton County
Shifflet Brothers
Clifford Olbers
Sharon
Barbara Jean
Carol Ann
Della Mae
Dayton
Fred Olbers
William Olbers
Goldie Mae Palmer
Columbus
Bert Murray
William McKee
Hollister
Neal Coey
Lew Stone
New York City
Lawrence Palmer
Arthur Palmer
Leo McNutt
Margaret
Lois Ann
Judy
Eddie
Eugene
Robert Riley
Charlotte
Barbara
Carroll
Keneth
Blythe Swartz
Junior
Larry
Mineral
Arthur Rhoads
Gloria Gay
Zaleski
Lake Hope
Robert E. Lee
Paulie Davis
Shelva Jean Herbst
Carol Ann Smith
Roberta Murray
Charles Murray
Junior Herbst
Herbst Hill
Carl Welling
Notice to Bidders for Bryan Hall Furnishings at Ohio University
Sealed bids must reach the Purchasing Agent at Ohio University Athens Ohio by 2 00 PM July 2 1948 to furnish Bryan Hall Lounge and other rooms with furniture rugs rug pads draperies and lamps per specifications by Fred G Glosh Consultant to the Committee on Bryan Hall Furnishings Copies of specs and proposal blanks are available from the Purchasing Agent Bonds required The Purchasing Agent may reject any or all bids Ohio University W H Herbert Purchasing Agent 6 9 48 20tw
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Ohio University
Athens
Ohio
Bryan Hall
Fred G. Glosh
Ohio Univrsity
Bryan Hall Furnishings Tia
Payne's Body Arrives Saturday for Middleport Funeral
The body of Set. Arthur R. Payne 20 son of Mr and Mrs L M Payne of Sharon W Va and grandson of the late Mr and Mrs Charles Smith of Middleport will arrive Saturday and go to the Rawlings Coats funeral home for services led by Feeney Bennett Post No 128 American Legion Burial will be in Middleport Hill Payne was wounded in France in August 1944 Brest battle and died in September in an English hospital He is survived by his parents and several brothers and sisters.
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Middleport
Set
Arthur R. Payne
L. M. Payne
Sharon
W. Va
Charles Smith
Rawlings-Coats Funeral Home
Feeney-Bennett
American Legion
Middleport Hill
Payne
France
Brest
Picnic Held at Rutland Residence
Present at a Rutland picnic on July 11 were Ira Barker and family members from Rutland and nearby towns including Ed Winters Emory Rutherford Orville Williams Joe Leiwellen Fay White Janet Graham Naomi Billy Wanda Jimmie Jame Barker and others at the home of Ira Barker in Rutland Virginia West Virginia connection noted.
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Rutland
Ira Barker
Ed Winters
Emory Rutherford
Orville Williams
Joe Leiwellen
Fay White
Janet
Lesage
W. Va
Will Graham
Gerald Graham
Naomi
Billy
Wanda
Jimmie
Junior Chasteen
Gary
Bessie Bennett
Judy
Junior
Lucille Hysell
Mona Jean
Kermit
Hila Barker
Prucks Damaged In Route 143 Crash Near Bradbury
POMEROY Harold Brown of Rutland reported a tail light knocked off his dump truck when a second truck driven by James Russell of Pomeroy Route 1 struck it on Route 143 near Bradbury. No injuries were reported by the State Highway Patrol.
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Pomeroy
Bradbury
Harold Brown
Rutland
James Russell
Cartwright Services To Be Held Sunday
World War II veteran Chester Cartwright, returning to Clifton West Virginia for burial, will have a military rites ceremony conducted by Feeney Bennett Post Legionnaires. The son of Herbert Cartwright, services are set for 3 30 p m Sunday at his father's Clifton home with Legion members meeting at the post at 1 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Chester Cartwright
Clifton
W.va
Legionnaires of
Feeney-Bennett Post
Herbert Cartwright
The
Legion
Post
N. Second and
Rutland
Local residents share film on Mercerville lawn social
Mercerville and nearby residents enjoyed a moving pictures showing at the lawn home of Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Stevers. Neighbors visited for July 4 events and to catch up on crops with ill Enos McGuire while relatives from Columbus Galipolis Crown City and Bladen joined gatherings and ice cream making at Stevers home.
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Mercerville
Hobart Lawson
Marion
F. L. Stevers
Enos McGuire
John Stevers
Lewis Wells
Columbus
Roy Murray
Collumbus
J. W. McGuire
Burdell Bradbury
Dick Lakin
Gallipolis
Carlton Houck
Janice
Alice Elizabeth
Cleveland
Houck Beaver
Charles Lee Stevers
Stevers
Leonard Martin
Bladen
J. W. Puckett
Hugh Stevers
Crown City
J. W. Stevers
Lona Mae Stevers
Population surge doubles San Francisco Bay Area by 560000
From 1940 to 1947 the San Francisco and Oakland regions added about 560000 residents, reflecting rapid postwar growth and suburban expansion in the Bay Area.
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San Francisco
New York
Oakland
Postnuptial Shower for Mrs Jenkins Held at Hindy Home
Mrs Kalad Hindy hosted a postnuptial shower for Mrs Dorothy Jenkins at the Hindy home on N Second Ave with Mrs Jack Covert as assisting hostess. Gift table included items for the new home on N Second Ave and a dessert course followed the gift opening. The guest list featured Eleanor Robson Jean Robson Peggy Kerns Pauley Ann Neal Dorothy Nieri Beth Pullen Edith Young Wanda Beck Jean Roush Freddie Houdashelt Bettie Gladwell Betty Lambert Genevieve Sisson Mrs George Conde Jr Mrs Robert Cleland Nancy Sisson Bessie Sisson Virginia Hindy Susie Pullen and Dickie Varney. The program topic was Speak To Us Frontiers. Mrs William Bradford presided as president and announced year apportionments met in June. The hostess list and year programs were set, and refreshments followed.
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Kalad Hindy
David Jenkins
Dorothy Mankin
Hindy
N. Second Ave
Jack Covert
Jenkins
Eleanor and
Jean Robson
Peggy Kerns
Pauley Ann Neal
Dorothy Nieri
Beth Pullen
Edith Young
Wanda Beck
Jean Roush
Freddie Houdashelt
Bettie Gladwell
Betty Lambert
Genevieve Sisson
George Conde, Jr
Robert Cleland
Nancy
Bessie Sisson
Virginia Hindy
Susie Pullen
Dickie Varney
Frontiers
William Bradford
Russell
Daughters of America Picnic Held at Roadside Park
Thirty five women attended the picnic at Roadside Park. Following a 6 o'clock supper a program was presented and games were played.
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Daughters of America
Missionary Society Meets at Nina Russell Home
Miss Mildred Hawley led the devotional service and program hour as the Samantha Bradford Missionary Society gathered Monday evening at Miss Nina B Russell's home. Hawley delivered a map talk outlining missionary projects in America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mildred Hawley
Samantha
Middleport church news and services schedule
Multiple Portage area churches list weekly services and events. Heath Methodist led by Rev W B Moore includes morning and midweek services plus a July trip planning meeting for Lancaster Camp Grounds. MYF attendees planned to join. Baptist and Presbyterian churches note sermons and Sunday School times with July 25 Communion and new member reception. A Union Vacation Bible School begins the week of July 25 at Syracuse Presbyterian.
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MYF
Bess Sanborn
First Baptist Church
Charles M. Pomeroy
Job
First Presbyterian
Homer G. McMillen
D.D
Syracuse Presbyterian Church
Robert Harden
Presbyterian Church
Miss Griffith
Stewart seeks divorce from Clyde D. Stewart
Hazel H. Stewart petitions for divorce on grounds of gross neglect of duty and extreme cruelty, filed in Common Pleas Court. The couple wed in 1933 and have two children. she seeks custody and support plus a property settlement.
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Pomeroy
Hazel H. Stewart
Clyde D. Stewart
Common Pleas Court
Daughter Is Born to Mr. and Mrs. Roger Jones
Mr. and Mrs. Roger Jones announce the birth of a daughter in Angela Indiana. The baby is the couple’s first child. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Fisher of Pomeroy and Mr. and Mrs. Mostyn Jones of Oak Hill.
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Pomeroy
Roger Jones
Alice Fisher
Angela
Raymond Fisher
Mostyn Jones
Oak Hill
Jones
Local residents share visits and travel updates
Ernest Lallance recovers well after minor surgery at Meigs General Hospital. Mrs. Chauncey Weise departs for Jackson Heights New York with plans to visit Washington and Philadelphia later. Numerous family and residence updates follow including visits, illnesses, and relocations among residents of the area.
Backing Car Hits Woman on Pomeroy Parking Wall
Mrs. Harry Hoffine of Pomeroy sustained a fracture of the right foot after a motorist backing a car struck her while she sat on a parking lot wall reading a newspaper. The incident occurred around 4 p.m. near the spot where J. H. Sutton recently fatally fell. Police had not learned the driver's identity by Thursday evening despite several witnesses. Hoffine was taken to Meigs General Hospital where doctors said she would not be kept overnight.
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Pomeroy
Harry Hoffine
J. H. Sutton
Woman in Custody Is Guest at Jail
POMEROY Ancie Belle Jones escorted by a U S marshal to Hammond Indiana stayed at the County Jail Tuesday night per sheriff records. She was to face a federal charge on arrival. Other new entrants: Harry Lewis two intoxication charges in Middletown mayor's court and Clarence Ash arrested Thursday for intoxication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Lewis
Russell
Middleport
Clarence Ash
Kessinger Struck By Auto In Middleport
Middleport resident Kes singer Kessinger, co circulation manager of The Messenger, was injured about 10 p.m. Thursday after a car driven by Albert Hughes struck him at Simon's corner near South Third and Locust Streets. Local officers investigated the accident.
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Middleport
Beecher Kessinger
The
Messenger
Albert Hughes
Simon’s Corner
S. Third
Locust Sts
FHA party begins at 11 30 for Middleport meeting
FHA members will hold a swimming party starting at 11 30 a m in Middleport replacing the earlier plan for an afternoon gathering. Miss June Martin home economics instructor and FHA adviser announced the change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
FHA
June Martin
Snake Believed Copperhead Found Killed in Town
In Middleport Thomas Longstaff and C. Ki. Shepard pastor of the Church of Christ killed what is believed to be a copperhead snake yesterday afternoon. The snake was spotted in front of the First Baptist Church with its head raised and body extended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Thomas Longstaff
C. Ki. Shepard
Church of Christ
First Baptist Church
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