Major Imrie Delivers 1939 Middleport High Graduation Address
Major Norman Imrie, world traveler and journalist, spoke to the Middleport High School Class of 1939 with a message about three riches, urging honest wealth, character, and lasting treasures. He denounced war, recalled meeting Neville Chamberlain, and praised community support as diplomas were awarded by E. R. Tompkins and L. W. McComas amid music and student tributes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Norman Allan Imrie
Berea College
Middleport High School
Neville Chamberlain
England
Imrie
Supt. of Schools
M. W. Essex
Milkman Jacket Fad Inspires Campus Fashion
Warm weather brings a playful trend as students adopt short natural cotton twill jackets modeled on the milkman style. Lettering spells milk across the front while two large patch pockets feature humorous sketches, capturing campus wit and style.
Middleport Social Notes Highlight Town Guests
Middleport social items list guests and visits over Memorial Day. Names include Miss Nita Jean Hawk of West Union visiting her father Leonard Hawk, Gordon Lambert of Cleveland visiting family, and Mrs. Charles McNamee attending a Daughters of America rally in Tuppers Plains.
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Nita Jean Hawk
West Union
Leonard Hawk
Gordon Lambert
Cleveland
E. L. Lambert
David Miller
Charles McNamee
Raise Poles on Site for New Mail Service
Poles for a new experimental pick up air mail service are erected on Lincoln Hill at a site detour route flood road and Middleport link. The Lasley heirs own the land leased for a year. the air mail starts Sunday June 11 with a first flight program planned.
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Lincoln Hill
Middleport
Lasley St
Sugar Run
Scott Ridgeway
Air Mail
Lasley
Pomeroy Social Notes Birth of daughter to Warren Armstrong
Announcement from Pomeroy notes the birth of a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Warren Armstrong of Columbus. Armstrong’s mother in law Mrs. Byron Bing visited in Columbus, Dr. Bing returned home Tuesday evening. Various local visits and Memorial Day gatherings are mentioned among residents and families in Pomeroy and nearby towns.
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Warren Armstrong
Columbus
Armstrong
Byron Bing
Bing
Dr. Bing
Milton Davis
Michigan
Leah Davis
Duane Davis
Theo Smith
Harry Smith
Lasley St
Ladies Aid Society
St. Paul Lutheran Church
F. L. Sulzberger
Thomas
Betty
Harry Wills
Peach Fork
John Hall
M. E. Hall
Ravenswood
W. Va
Herman Beards
E. Main St
Charles Brooks
Portsmouth
Georgia Williamson
Percy Peoples
Union Ave
Charles Heilwig
Toledo
George Brown
Minersville
Pomeroy Eagles To Hold Picnic July 16
Meigs Aerie of the Fraternal Order of Eagles plans a July 16 picnic at Rocksprings Fair grounds for men members only. The Meigs group has added 116 new members and 47 reinvestments this year, reaching nearly 300 total. Cecil Eiselstein manages a new softball team and seeks game bookings from other teams.
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Pomeroy
Rocksprings Fairgrounds
Meigs Aerie
Order of Eagles
Aenue
Cecil Eiselstein
Beards Is Oldest Pomeroy Alumnus
Herman Beards Meigs County Clerk of Courts the oldest alumnus of Pomeroy High School present at the annual alumni meeting. He was a 1889 graduate and plans to attend future gatherings hoping to be among those present twenty years hence.
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Pomeroy
Herman Beards
Meigs County
Pomeroy High School
Alumni Association
Beards
Racine Alumni Meet For Dinner Dance
RACINE The annual Racine alumni banquet and dance was held Monday evening at the Racine High School auditorium with about 150 attending. Ward Roberts presided as toastmaster and named officers for the coming year: Ben Spencer, Oren Nease, Charles Spencer, Paul Sayre, and Pat McKelvey. The program featured Mrs. Louise Devoe and group singing led by Mrs. E A Wingett. Tommy Rodgers and his orchestra provided music for dancing after the program. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. Ward Roberts of Shawnee Ohio Miss Vivian Miles of Moundsville W Va Mrs Louise Devoe of Ashland Ohio and Mr W A Thomas of Dayton.
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Racine
Racine High School
P.T.A
Ward Roberts
Ben Spencer
Oren Nease
Charles Spencer
Paul Sayre
Pat McKelvey
Louise Devoe
E. A. Wingett
Ben Philson
Lois Fling
Tommy Rodgers
Shawnee
Ohio
Vivian Miles
Moundsville
W. Va
Ashland
W. A. Thomas
Dayton
Dexter Social Notes Briefs and Travel Visits
Dexter residents share news of weekend visits and trips. Sam and Mrs Cook traveled to Ashville to visit relatives. Harley and Ward Saxton families joined Lewis Saxton’s household. Russell and family visited Columbus relatives. Ella Nelson visits daughter Norma Gillogly in Albany. Nelsons plan time with Lucille Welch in South Bloomfield. Saxtons visit Athens relatives and Foldens hosted McLeod and Shenefield families nearby.
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Dexter
Sam Cook
Ashville
Harley Carr
Ward Saxton
Charles King
Lewis Saxton
Ed Russell
Columbus
Ella Nelson
Norma Gillogly
Albany
Hubert Nelson
Arline Nelson
Lucille Welch
South Bloomfield
Athens
Cecil McLeod
Carl Shenefield
F. C. Folden
Eighth Grade Commencement Honors At Local High School
Fifty three pupils received certificates of promotion to high school at the Middleport High School Auditorium. Professor E. C. Class of Ohio University delivered the commencement address on Life Is an Echo, urging students to give their best and quoting Kipling If. The program featured musical selections by Doris Maguire, Kathryn Smith, and Norma Jean French, with diplomas presented by E. R. Tompkins, Board President.
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John F. Harley
Margaret Isabel Stewart
Alice Louise Lama
Margaret Elizabeth McBride
Gordon K. Harris
Roberts
L. O. Grant
Miss McCoy
Kathryn Rose Monahan
McComas
Tompkins
J. D. Ryan
Middleport
E. C. Class
Ohio University
Athens
Class
Prof
Claus
Kipling
Mildenberg
Dorothy Nell Stewart
Donna Maguire
A. RK. Hecox
Norma Jean French
Kathryn Lois Smith
Mildred Ann Wise
E. R. Tompkins
Board of Education
Cline Matthews
Kathryn Smith
Marcella Walburn
Miriam Kauff
Jeanette Stewart
Lois Ann Roush
Elizabeth Moore
Ann Kelly
Bertha Hoffman
Helen Burk
Mary Rose
Billy Mayes
Marvin Stewart
Jack Walters
Bernice Searles
Opal Turner
Patricia Devol
June Pratt
John Fisher
Helen Mankin
Florence Clark
Ruth Taylor
Eileen Saxton
Homer Glaze
Charles J\Gomer
Jury verdict returned in Folmer vs Industrial Commission case
A Pomeroy directed verdict for the defendant ends Ollie Folmer's bid to participate in state insurance. The May term jury pool includes H L Ward Langsville R D and 28 others. separate note states about 97 percent of the surfaced highway system in the United States comprises two lane two way 20 foot roads.
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Pomeroy
Common Pleas
Ollie Folmer
Industrial Commission of Ohio
Folmer
H. L. Ward
Langsville
R. D
Carney Jones
Dexter
Pearl Mora
T. J. Prince
Long Bottom
Hayes McMurray
Portland
Carrie Nye
Pearl Shields
Bruce Morris
Clay Bryant
Middleport
Glen Strong
Mont Cain
Harrisonville
John Scott
Pomeroy R. D
Lloyd Summerfield
Charles Montgomery
C. L. Henderison
Alfred
United States
May Title Certificates Total For Autos
POMEROY Fifty seven certificates of titles on new cars were issued during May per the clerk of courts. Including new and used cars there were 460 certificates issued that month. The automobile business was brisk on the Memorial Day week. Forty certificates were issued on Monday before Memorial Day.
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Pomeroy
Clerk of Courts Office
Chosen Organist Graber Named Sacred Heart Church Musician
Miss Virginia Graber of Lincoln Hill will serve as organist for Sacred Heart Church. A Pomeroy High School student entering her senior year, she is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Anthony Graber and is an experienced violinist and pianist currently studying pipe organ.
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Pomeroy
Virginia Graber
Sacred Heart Church
Graber
Anthony Graber
Lincoln Hill
Pomeroy High School
St Johns Wort Believed to Ward Off Lightning in Europe
In parts of Europe the St John’s Wort plant was believed to possess the power to avert destruction by lightning, reflecting historic folk remedies and superstitions about natural safeguards.
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Europe
St. John’s
Brookline Youth Steals Car Drives to New York
A 16 year old Brookline boy stole a car and drove it to New York City, running out of gas at Fifth Avenue and Forty second Street where the car halted beside a police officer. He was brought back to Brookline for court appearance.
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Brookline
Mass
New York
Fifth Avenue
42Nd Street
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Major Imrie
General Electric
Ewings
Rathburn
Rutland
Middleport Social Notes
Marshall McCuen
McCuen
Marcia
Mazie Wise
Shelby
Dana Daniels
Youngstown
Jennings Keffer
E. L. Simpson
Ironton
Janet Hecox
S. ‘Third Ave
Miss Hecox
Hecox
Easter Martin Ewing
Minerva Matthews
Sarah Jane Fisher
Joan Hamilton
Martha
Peggy Robson
David Farmer
Will ‘Holman
Harry Hanson
Reading
George Swallow
Leslie Snyder
Dan Farmer
Tiltonsville
Arthur Skinner
Farmer
Skinner
Hanson
Holzer Hospital
Gallipolis
Margaret Souders
Pomeroy Social Notes
Pomeroy Personals
Pomeroy Eagles
Pomeroy Alumnus
Elberfelds
Stanso Arnica
Florence
H. J. Hysell Furniture CO
Dave S. Farmer
Mecmaster
Squibb
TEEL
Mennen Skin
South Court Street
North Star
Forhan’s
Enoz Fluid
Eastman
Tekey
Alka Seltzer
Miles
Clapp’s Baby Food
Sors
Eastman Films
Griffin
Doan
WELCH
Lifebuoy Health
Rinso Soap
Pepsodent
KOTEX
Feil
Noxacorn
Grights
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