Memorial Day Fades as Civil War Vets Dwindle in Meigs County
Memorial Day services in Beech Grove Cemetery marked by absence of Civil War soldiers. Only three Civil War veterans remain in Meigs County, John Adams Antiquity Henry Dixon Downington and Henry Cotterill Carpenter, with eight veterans still living but not all in the county. State Adjutant Jake Solesky warns that communism threatens the nation, urging modern action to preserve the Union. The program began with a parade led by the American Legion Drum Corps and closed with a flag salute and a speech by Rev. Ralph Kuether after prayers.
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Carpenter
Meigs County
Jake Solesky
American Legion
Pomeroy
Drew Webster Post
American Legion, Legion Auxiliary
Daughters of Union Veterans
Boy and Girl Scouts
Pomeroy Firemen
Pomeroy High School
Howell
A. R. Stark
The
Baptist Church
A. O. Tracy
Ralph Kuether
Federated Church
Daughters of Union
Thoughts Turn Homeward Pomeroy Memorial Day Poem
Memorial Day reflections by Salt and Cin Veterans honor Pomeroy roots with a poem by G. L. Probst. Cedric W. Clark presided as Drew Webster Post commander. W. L. Russell, the sole Spanish American War veteran present, was introduced. The piece contemplates old town memories versus modern change and invites a return visit.
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A. V. Howell
W. L. Russell
Cedric W. Clark
Drew Webster Post
Wedding of Miss Beulah Lee Smith and Nathaniel Harmon Jr.
Miss Beulah Lee Smith married Nathaniel Harmon Jr. in a two o’clock Sunday ceremony at the First Presbyterian Church. The couple, both of Cleveland, will reside at 2044 Chesterland Ave. in Cleveland after a reception. Attendants included sister Mrs. Charles Bing. best man Mr. Charles Bing. Rev. C. C. Bailey. guests from Ohio and West Virginia. Mrs. Harmon is active in school musical circles. Mr. Harmon is with Ohio Bell in Cleveland.
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Middleport
Beulah Lee Smith
John K. Smith
Nathaniel Harmon Jr
Nathaniel Harmon
Cleveland
Margaret Ann Wilson
Logan
W. Va
Miss Smith
Harmon
Charles Bing
C. C. Bailey
First Presbyterian Church
Chesterland Ave
Betty
Calvin
A. D. Wilson
Smith
Girls Glee Club
Ohio University
Athens
Ohio Bell Telephone Company
Eighth Graders Honored at Graduation Exercises
In Middleport 44 pupils received diplomas to enter the high school Freshman class next Fall. The ceremony featured an address by Kenneth Ray Athens County Schools superintendent, piano solos by Robert Tompkins and Helen Root, two class chorus numbers, and diplomas presented by L D Diles. Reverends Swearingen and Bailey delivered the invocation and benediction.
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Middleport
Kenneth Ray
Athens County
Robert Tompkins
Helen Root
L. D. Diles
Swearingen
Bailey
Meigs Teams Lose Openers In Early Season Games
Middleport and Brad bury clubs opened with losses. Glouster defeated Middleport 9 to 3 at Middleport field. Brad bury fell 7 to 6 to Zaleski at Zaleski grounds in a tight season opener. Both squads expect a strong campaign despite the poor start.
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Middleport
Bradbury
Glouster
Zaleski
Soldier Dead Are Honored in Meigs County Memorial Day
Pomeroy Floyd F Mees Meigs County representative in the Legislature spoke at two Memorial Day services Sunday at Burlingham and Downington. Congressman Tom W Jenkins spoke at Downington honoring Civil War veteran Henry Dixon. Jane Howell Tent Daughter of Union Veterans participated in services at Burlingham and Downington.
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Pomeroy
Floyd F. Mees
Meigs County
Burlingham
Downington
Tom W. Jenkins
Henry Dixon
Jenkins
Jane Howell Tent
Pomeroy Social Notes Recap of Local Visits and Events
Jake Ament at home on E Main St. Elizabeth Lyman returns to Columbus after visiting Mrs. Charles Nesselroad on Athens Road. Reed Steinhauer and family from Columbus spent the weekend here. Dayton Will Ruth and Clarence Heaton travel to Indianapolis for races. Gerald Wildermuth to return to Pomeroy store, Portsmouth manager injured. Guests entertained by Mr. and Mrs. Norman Russell include Greenler, Gibbs, Hysell family from Middleport. Mrs Barbara Reuter of Cincinnati honored at 78th birthday dinner with relatives from Cincinnati Nelsonville Gallipolis Charleston.
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Jake Ament
E. Main St
Elizabeth Lyman
Columbus
Charles Nesselroad
Athens Road
Reed Steinhauer
Dayton Will
Ruth
Clarence Heaton
Indianapolis
Gerald Wildermuth
Portsmouth
Pomeroy
Norman Russell
Rock Spring Road
Charles Greenler
Wolf Pen
Ray Gibbs
Mulberry Ave
Gale Hysell
Jennette
Noel Hysell
Middleport
Fred Langlotz
J. E. Conover
Barbara Ann
Charlestome
Harold Root
Clarence Root
Mary Root
Racine
Charleston
Melvin Devol
William Watson
Patty
Cable Tabernacle
Ralph Anderson
Cleveland
Anderson
Caine Mathews
Mathews
Lester Manuel
Neva Roush
Akron
Noah Haskins
Mary Ward
Rufus Putnam
Athens
Cheshire High School
Paul Gordon
Leo Kennedy
Ivan Pullins
J. T. Lighter
First Ave
George Edward Bowers
Lester Bowers
Gravel Hill
Reed
Hugh Christian
Buckeye Bumper Company
Mr. Reed
Mr. Christian
Edgar Frvin
Eleanor Smith
Florence Smith
Kenneth Willouby
St. Marys
Willouby
Smith
Willard Meier
Gordon
W. Va
Floyd Tracy
James Tracy
Union Ave
Rob Webster
Newark
Nancy Arnold
Ed Arnold
Rose Hill
Nancy
Joan Hartinger
Spring Valley
Dor Schaefer
Lincoln Hill
Helen Lochary
Bucyrus
Will Lowery
Pittsburgh
Pete Rappold
W. Main St
A. A. Massar
J. T. McLain
Lancaster
John Durst
Cincinnati
Anna Crow
Pete Kiehling
Val Ebersbach
John McIintosh
Toledo
George McIntosh
Lawrence Spooner
Flint
Mich
Charles Heilwick
Clarence Ketter
Dayton
Theodore Mitch
Wright McCroba
M. J. Davis
Burton McCroba
Lima
Hoeflich
Earl Hoeflich
Lawrence
Val
Delbert Lowery
Frank Lowery
Frank McNaughton
Homer Jacobs
Hanna Green
Ed. Hite
Main St
Max Meinhart
William Sushine
Ray Swires
Frank Lowe
Clara Heffelman
Carnegie
Flow Davis
Wellsville
Mary Brown
Myrtle Long
Marion Adams
East Liverpool
John Adams
Antiquity
Clish Jacobs
Reed Turnbull
Bound Brook
New Jersey
Louise Saxton
Elwin Willis
Waterloo
W. S. Hart
William Cooper
Elsie Hart
Lester Hart
Charles E. Lytle
Logan
Bob Lytle
Butternut Ave
George Eiselstein
T. P. Eiselstein
P. L. Healy
Gertrude
Margaret Ann
James Hood
C. E. Hart
Herman Fisher
Joe Gloeckner
Ohio State University
Charles Gloeckner
Gladys Crooks
Asa
Ada Hoskins
Clyde Williamson
Warren
Ed Defenbauch
Myrtle Griffith
Spring St
Ralph Zink
Allmendinger
William Wagner
Thomas Fork
Wagner
M. P. Arnold
Leo Byrne
Dallas Roush
Evans
Richard Vaughan
Gallipolis
William Griffith
O. B. Elberfeld
Sarah Williamson
Lafe Williamson
Garland McClellan
Margaret Moore
Huntington
Eva Russ
Anne St
Albert Alward
Alward
Richard Campbell
Frank Stewart
Gene Forbes
Minersville
Hazel Milhoan
Reno
E. W. Schreiber
Beasie Bentz
Miss Georgia Arnold Dies in Chicago
Miss Georgia Arnold, cousin of Pomeroy resident Mrs. A. O. Tracy, died in Chicago Sunday morning. She was daughter of the late Vet Arnold and is survived by her mother Mrs. Fannie Arnold and three sisters Jessie Nannie and Mary. Funeral services at 1820 Drextel Ave Chicago Tuesday at 8 30 pm with burial in Villa Grove Cemetery Wednesday at 2 pm beside her father.
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Pomeroy
A. O. Tracy
Chicago
Georgia Arnold
Miss Arnold
Vet Arnold
Fannie Arnold
Jessie
Nannie
Mary
Drextel Ave
Villa Grove
Ill
Middleport Social Notes Highlight Memorial Weekend
Out of town relatives and former residents returned to Middleport for Memorial Day activities and baccalaureate and commencement events. Local families hosted guests from Columbus Huntington Saginaw Akron and Pittsburgh while school and church gatherings filled the weekend with alumni visits and cemetery trips.
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Middleport
L. C. Davis
William and
Crary
Columbus
William Wright
Huntington
Virgie Major
Park St
Miss Major
Nancy Gregory
Wilkesville
Ernest Major
Poplar Ridge
Reuben Kohler
Richard Horden
John Brackin
Gauley Bridge
Herman Keffer
Bobby Keffer
Lawrence Bing
Eee Brother
Beech Hill
W. A
Weekend visits scatter across Pomeroy area
A long list of visitors and residents trace Memorial Day and weekend travels. Families and friends from Columbus Cincinnati Newark Wellsville Gallipolis Lima Akron and Huntington converge in Pomeroy and nearby, while locals host guests and celebrate with relatives. A fall from a yard injures Nancy Arnold, and several travelers plan returns to home cities after visits.
Middleport Confers Largest Senior Class Diploma Night
Middleport High School awarded diplomas to fifty five graduates at the sixty third annual commencement in the auditorium. Judge Carl V Weygandt chief justice of the Ohio Supreme Court delivered the address on Educations Challenge and the uses of education. C L Brooks president of the board presented the diplomas as the band played and the class sang.
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Middleport
Middleport High School
C. L. Brooks
Board of Education
Carl V. Weyganat
Supreme Court of Ohio
Weygandt
United States
C. C. Bailey
Kathryn Rose Monahan
Panist
Don Quixote
Normand Edwards
Daphnis
Carl V. Weygandt
The
Ernest Charles
Frances Pullin
Eleanor Roush
F. I. Gardner
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Ella Powers
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Richard Thomas
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Nettie Phillips
Theodore Reed
Homer
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