Memorial Day Address Praises Veterans and Liberty in Pomeroy
Rossiter S. Williams of Ohio, a national American Legion official, urged vigilance and unity while recounting American wars from the Civil War to Korea. He stressed enduring peace through enduring strength and honored veterans who defended freedom at the Drew Webster Post 39 services in Beech Grove Cemetery, with a parade and numerous local groups participating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Korea
Williams
Nathan Hale
Paul Casel
Drew Webster Post
Pomeroy High School
Weber Thoma
A. V. Howell
Raymond Harbrecht
Ben Neutzling
Charles Marinko
Mr. Thoma
Legion Color Guard
Legion ‘Auxiliary
Pomeroy Band
Daughters of the Union Veterans, Daughters of the American Revolution
Boy Scouts
Girl Scouts
Meigs County
Salvation Army Post head Glenna Rummell hosts church event
Captain Glenna Rummell leading the local Salvation Army Post on N Second Ave joins the Women Association of First Presbyterian Church for a meeting at the church. Mrs Karl Owen serves as devotional leader with hostesses including Mrs Tom May Mrs Walter Wadell Mrs Ray Sherman Mrs Marcus Chambers and Mrs Iva Brown. The gathering celebrates Reynolds family ties with Mrs Reynolds sister Mrs Frank Bracelin of Columbus attending along with Mr and Mrs L E Reynolds and their son Val Edgar and Ann Rupes of Holzer Hospital School.
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Middleport
Glenna Rummell
Salvation Army
N. Second Ave
Women's Association of
First Presbyterian Church
Karl Owen
Tom May
Walter Wadell
Ray Sherman
Marcus Chambers
Iva Brown
Reynolds
Frank Bracelin
Columbus
Middleport sorority meeting discussed literature and art
Eta Phi chapter of Beta Sigma Phi met at the DAV 1 to discuss drama poetry and prose by Charlotte Coates and Make an Art of Living by Teresa Swatzel and Dorothy Clark. Ruby Baer presided. Hostesses for the social hour were Eleanor Thomas Teresa Swatzel and Velma Rue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Ohio
Eta Phi
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
Charlotte Coates
Teresa Swatzel
Dorothy Clark
Ruby Baer
Eleanor Thomas
Velma Rue
Dinner gatherings mark birthdays in Martin Restaurant
Mr. and Mrs. John Fultz and daughter Amita Marie hosted a dinner at the Martin Restaurant for Mrs. Fultz's birthday, with guests including Mr. and Mrs. Knopp and Nora Ann Knopp. A second Martin Restaurant dinner celebrated Mrs. Edison Hobstetter's birthday with Mr. and Mrs. Hobstetter, Mrs. A. P. Miller, and Mrs. Fred Groff of Cleveland joining the Pomeroy group.
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Middleport
John Fultz
Amita Marie
Martin Restaurant
Fultz
En Knopp
Knopp
William Swisher
Nora Ann Knopp
Martin
Edison Hobstetter
Pomeroy
Hobstetter
A. P. Miller
Fred Groff
Cleveland
Mrs Reynolds Honored At Bradbury Dinner Party
Mrs Val Reynolds was honored with a dinner at the home of her son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs Gerald Rupe of Bradbury. A cake was baked by Mrs Rupe. Unable to attend the dinner,
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Middleport
Val Reynolds
Gerald Rupe
Bradbury
Surprise birthday shower for Mrs. Ralph Spencer
Mrs. Ralph Spencer formerly Thelma Wehrung received a birthday card shower at her Middleport home after a lengthy illness, followed by homemade ice cream and cake as friends gathered to honor her recovery.
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Middleport
Ralph Spencer
Thelma Wehrung
Memorial Day Guests From Distant Cities in Marietta
S Durward Hoag owner of the Hotel Lafayette hosted Memorial Day guests including Mr. and Mrs. Jack Cowles on Second Ave. and Mr. and Mrs. Ray Evans Jr. of Columbus. Guests spanned Cincinnati St Albans Whiteside Charleston Racine and Belle with notices of family ties and hospitalities.
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S. Durward Hoag
Lafayette
Marietta
Jack Cowles
Second Ave
Cowles
Ray Evans, Jr
Columbus
Hoag
Don Strauss
Ira Butcher
Coal St
Richard Davis
Tommy
Beaver Falls
Robert Darst
Richard
Portsmouth
W. R. Garber
Wilbur Ashley
St. Albans
W. Va
Bob
Marshall College
David Ashley
Charles Eastminn
Whiteside
Zahn
Charleston
David Entsminger
Clarence Root
Chillicothe
Racine
Joe Morris
Ft. Knox
Archie Rumfield
Judy
Chauncey
Russell Herman
Charles Cooper
Gravel Hill
Barsotti
Wesley Ward
John Thompson
John
Joan
Belle
Griff Lewis
L. A. Thomas
Gardner Reynolds promoted to Ohio State Prison farm head
Relatives say State Gardner Reynolds will move from London to Lebanon to oversee the prison farm. He has served as guard at the London farm for 15 years and is the son of Mrs. Val Reynolds and the late Mr. Reynolds. Mrs. Reynolds is a London schoolteacher. John Stevens built the first steamboat to operate in the open ocean in 1809.
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Middleport
Gardner Reynolds
London
Lebanon
Reynolds
Ohio State
London Farm
John Stevens
Middleport Pool Crowded as Summer Swims On
Sunburned youths at the Middleport municipal pool enjoy hot weather as crowds fill the facility from opening to closing. Officials say closing time depends on heat and attendance, with requests for later hours after work. Recreation commission chairman Bruce Lloyd leads season ticket sales with $650 total and $150 more this period.
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Middleport
Bruce Lloyd
Recreation Commission
Miss Sauer Employed In Gas Company Office
Sally Sauer, a member of the Class of 194, has been employed in the Middleport office of The Ohio Fuel Gas Company. She fills the post after the resignation of Mrs. Franklin Ginther. Sauer, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Sauer, Brownell Ave., also contributed to school activities as a yearbook staffer, four-year band member, intramurals participant, Girls Glee Club member, and senior year librarian.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Forest L. Bachtel
Florence Sneller
Donna Wells
Danny Sanborn
Carl Taylor
Laura Rowley
Charles Winebrenner
Marcella Taylor
Divorce Suit Filed in Meigs County Court
Wilma V. Gosney filed for divorce from Don A. Gosney in Meigs County Common Pleas Court claiming gross neglect of duty and extreme cruelty.
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Pomeroy
Wilma V. G
Don A. Gosney
Meigs County Common Pleas Court
Ohio public auction notice in Athens County case 20543
Notice of sale of real estate in Athens County under partition action case 20543. Property located in Alexander Township with parcels totaling about 188 acres 67 acres in Lot 2 Prudence 163 and 120.20 acres in Lot 3 Prudence 162, minus railroad right of way about 5 acres. Appraised at 17500 dollars. Sale set by sheriff on a June day in 1044 at the Athens County Courthouse East door. Cash in hand required. Deputy appears for the sheriff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherive’s Sane
State of Ohio
Athens County
Conynen Pleas Court
John D. Gift
Adena Higgins
Laura Sands
Athens
Ohio
Athena
Ohlo
Alexander
Ohio University
Spainville
Pruden No
Pruden
K & M Railroad
Athens Co
Rt. West
Daltonhart
K. State Street
Bateman
Dorothy J. Parniiter
Rowenue
Row
Pomeroy Social Notes
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Leifheit hosted a Rock Springs gathering with relatives and friends. Attendees from Columbus, Pomeroy, Laurel Cliff, and Cincinnati shared a potluck on the lawn, while someone’s leave completed traveling to Treasure Island Naval Air Force Base near San Francisco before transferring to Hickam Base in Honolulu.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Fred Leifheit
Rocksprings
Walter Alker
Bobby
James Will
Chester Road
Marion Howell
Nancy
Hugh Ferguson
Jimmy
Gene Alkire
Ethel Lowrey
Mildred Roush
Thelma Lindsey
Homer Alkire
Columbus
Marvin
Radford
Chester Zirkle
Danny
Bruce
Glen Dill
Pearl Parker
Thomas Parker
Laurel Cliff
Otho Radford
Lille Maines
Cincinnati
Treasure Island Naval Air Force Base
San Francisco
Calif
Hickam Base
Honolulu
Birthday Cards Greet Mrs. Spencer at Cave I Home
140 birthday cards arrived for Mrs. Ralph Spencer who marked her birthday at home on Cave I. She has been bedbound for six months due to illness and received gifts including 30 handkerchiefs and two cakes.
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Pomeroy
Ralph Spencer
Cave &I
Spencer
Grads Receive Testaments at Pomeroy High Service
Members of the this year's Pomeroy High School graduating class who attend United Methodist Church were presented New Testaments Sunday morning during Sunday school. Theo Smith, superintendent, led the ceremony. Attending members include Richard Vaughan Lewis Smith Donald Reuter Bernard Thornton Martha Sayre Jack West Polly Ann Miller and Joanne Colmer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Pomeroy High School
United Methodist Church
Theo Smith
Richard Vaughan
Lewis Smith
Donald Reuter
Rnard Thornton
Joanne Thornton
Martha Sayre
Jack West
Polly Ann Miller
Joanne Colmer
Nine Receive Church Membership at United Methodist
At United Methodist Church Pomeroy nine members of a church membership class were received Sunday morning. The group in the services at the altar included Wilson R. Carpenter Edwin Boney Daniel Kunze Sharon Bahr and John Thomas who were given baptismal rites. The class members Sondra Potts Karen Drake Charles Downie Gary Barnitz and Jean Ann Webster joined the church thereafter.
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Pomeroy
United Methodist Church
Wilson R. Carpenter
Edwin Boney
Daniel Kunze
Sharon Bahr
John Thomas
Sondra Potts
Karen Drake
Charles Downie
Gary Barnitz
Jean Ann Webster
Bridal Shower Honoring Shirley and Jim Lewis in Middletown
Mrs Charles Lew hosted a bridal shower at Beech Street Mid dletown for newlyweds Shirley and Jim Lewis. Flowers, lace tablecloths, pink and white streamers, and utensil favors framed a festive setup. Guests enjoyed ice cream, cake, coffee, tea and mints as two decorated cakes offered well wishes.
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Pomeroy
Charles Lewis
James Lewis
Beech St
Middleport
Shirley
Jim
Pomeroy Deputy Grand Matron to lead Eastern Star rite
Editor Vaughn will conduct the annuals of Racine Chapter 134 1 of Eastern Star on Wednesday at 8 p.m. The event centers on the chapter’s annual ceremony with Eastern Star traditions and leadership in Pomeroy.
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Pomeroy
Edithe Vaughn
Racine
Eastern Star
Frosts Host Reunion For Serviceman David A Frost
POMEROY Hall Frost family gathered last week to greet flight orderly David A Frost, stationed at Hickam Field Honolulu. He arrived on a routine flight to Patterson Air Field Dayton and phoned from Travis Air Force Base before a 2 45 a m reunion at Springfield home. The party included five relatives, then Frost returned to Hawaii Thursday morning.
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Pomeroy
Hall Frost
David A. Frost
Hickam Field
Honolulu
Patterson Air Field
Dayton
David
Travis Air Force Base
Sacramento
Calif
Val McCumber
Springfield
Hall
Pueters
Betty Jean Hawk
Ester
Helen Heaton
B. F. Goodrich Rubber
Akron
Naval Air Corps
Great Lakes
Ill
Jacksonville
Fla
Naval Air Technical Ee Center
Memphis
Weekend Guests From Many Cities Fill Local Homes
A long list of visitors flocked to Pom eroy and nearby towns over the weekend. Among those staying with local families were Hoeflichs, Georges, and Wildermuths, with guests from Columbus Huntington and Akron. reunions, hospital visits, and a high school alumni event marked the period. The piece notes multiple households hosting relatives and friends from Columbus, Findlay, Gallipolis, Huntington, and beyond, plus a farewell party for Ronnie Nelson before military service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman Rose
Terry DeWolfe
Delavan, Wise
Edward Frecker
George and
Mona
Columbus
E. J.’ Hill
Robert Gooch
Pomeroy
Virgil Rose
Akron
William Jacobs
Beverly
Bruce
William Kennedy
Joe
Mulberry Ave
Toledo
Jack
U. S
Little Creek
E. L. Felix
Charles Huber
Gallipolis
Fred Stark
Huntington
W. Va
Elizabeth Huber
Meigs General Hospital
Amy Jones
Jackson
Delphin Wehring
Canton
Hehrung
Barbara Ann Wehrung
Holzer Hospital School of Nursing
Elmer Compton
Sons
Urbana
Mildred Roush
Irene Miller
Letart Falls
Otho Radford
Lillie Maines
Glen Dill
Gene Alkire
Pearl Parker
Marion Howell
Nancy
Charles Howell
Jay Warner
Linda
Larry
Catawba
Edith
Allory
Oliver Hartley
Baltimore
Clifford Jacobs
Denver Nelson
Donnie
Hattie Woodard
Jean Wright
Wright
Beulah Darnell
St. Joseph Hospital
Parkersburg
James Gilmore
Laurel Cliff
Middleport
Paul J. Jacobs
Pearl Jacobs
Margaret Hysell
Jacobs
Dexter
Ronnie Nelson
John Nelson
Klein Family Welcomes First Grandchild in Newport
Lt and Mrs Peter Frederick Klein announce birth of a son Peter Frederick Jr May 31 at Naval Hospital Newport R I. This is the first child for the Kleins and first grandchild for Judge and Mrs Cedric Clark and Mr and Mrs O P Klein of Middleport. Great grandparents are Mr and Mrs M C Hobart and Fr Hunker and Mrs Bertha Flesher Hamilton. Mrs Clark and son Arthur traveled to Newport for a visit. Lt Klein, an officer aboard the destroyer John S McKean, is set to leave mid June for duty.
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Middleport
Peter Frederick "Klein
Peter Frederick, Jr
Naval Hospital
Newport
R. L
Kleins
Cedric Clark
O. P. Klein
M. C. Hobart
Hunker
Bertha Flesher Hamilton
Chesapeake
Clark
U S firms advertise on book match covers
More than 250000 business firms in the United States advertise their products on book match covers. The prevalence indicates wide commercial use across publishers and retailers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Seventy Three Students Named To Junior High Honor Roll
POMEROY local report lists 73 students at Pomeroy Junior High named to the honor roll after the final six weeks. Honors require a B average or higher in all subjects across ninth, eighth, and seventh grades with names of students in each class listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Pomeroy Junior High School
Howard Knight
Rita Ball
Carol Beards
Phyllis Blackwood
Carol Curtis
Barbara Donovan
Rachel Genheimer
Richard Genheimer
Tommy Goetz
Mary Hagegy
Carole Hamm
Una Gearhart
Richard Houdahel
Diana Daniels
Bob Dillard
Tommy Garnes
Marcia Grueser
S. T. Johnson
Joe Kennedy
Bonnie Lawhorn
Susan Rawlings
Julia Seyler
Sue Smith
Daniel Struble
Larry Tracy
Carolyn White
William Anderson
Barbara Arnold
James Arnold
Gary Barnitz
Patricia Blakeslee
James Carpenter
Janet Eood Ter
Nancy Davidson
Freda Dill
Paul Folmer
Sandra Ingraham
Robert Jacobs
Carolyn Milhoan
Sheila Strauss
Charles Swisher
John Thomas
Pat Vaughan
Deanna Watson
Harlan Wehrung
Jerry Welker
Connie Woodgeard
Susan Young
Meigs County 4-H Club Activities Reported
Meigs County 4-H clubs held meetings at homes and schools with multiple members and visitors. Demonstrations covered liquids and dry measurements, kitchen safety, club naming decisions, and officer elections.
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Dexter Willing Workers
Avanel Radekin
Beulah Fern Mcloughlin
Virginia Turner
Yvonne Swett
Oven blast injures worker at Zanesville plant
Mrs. Wesley Lewis, mother of Dale Darst, suffered burns to her arm and face in an oven explosion at her place of employment in Zanesville. She was hospitalized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Dale Darst
Zanesville
MHS Annual Dedicated to Coach Bachtel in 1954 Crest
Middleport High School’s 1954 Crest yearbook, bound in white leather, features a yellow jacket and steamboat crest. The frontispiece shows the band in an M formation and the Ohio outline. designed by Gordon Guthrie, it is dedicated to Forrest L. Bachtel for promoting fair play and leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Middleport High School
Ohio
Ohio River
Gordon Guthrie
Dewey Guthrie
Forrest Bachtel
Interment Saturday for W. C. Russell in Beech Grove
Graveside service at 4 p.m. in Beech Grove Cemetery for W. C. Russell ashes with Rev. Richard Ashe officiating. Survivors include widow Mrs. W. C. Russell, daughter Easter M. Russell, and several additional daughters and grandchildren. Flying in from Coral Gables and Chicago portions join family for the interment. Flowers omitted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Beech Grove
Richard Ashe
St. Peter's Episcopal Church
Gallipolis
W. C. Russell
Coral Gables
Fla
Easter M. Russell
H. O. Ewing
N. Ave
Julia Russell
Chicago
E Spain
Miami
Meigs County
Florida
Mr. Russell
F. C
Mary Russell
C. K. Fuessle
New York City
Margaret Russell
Washington, D. CC
Meigs County Land Transfers Record
Meigs County transfers list multiple property deeds. Roy R Johnson and Mabel E Johnson receive four acres in Chester while Claude Quillen Ella Quillen and Herman L London Naomi K London own lots 69 70 71 in Syracuse. Other deeds note certificates of transfer in Sutton and Chester townships and various familial exchanges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond L. King
Margaret Ll. King
Luther E. Dolan
Clara R Dolan
Rutland
Maurice E. Durst
Marcella Durst
Willard G. Durst
Mary Lou Durst
Pomeroy
Charles A. Babcock
Alma M. Babcock
Lowell Bing
Avis Bing
Chester Township
William B. Carnahan
Harold Carnahan
Ernest Carnahan
Sutton Township
Chester
Claude Quillen
Ella Quillen
Herman L. London
Naomi K. London
Syracuse
Effie Wise Treated After Fall at Home
Mrs Effie Wise, mother of Mrs George Meinhart, fell at home on North Second Avenue when her leg gave way breaking her hip Friday. She was removed to Holzer Hospital where she underwent surgery Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Effie Wise
Holzer Hosital
Meigs General Ospital
George Meinhart
N. Second Ave
Meigs General Hospital Admits and Discharges List
Meigs General Hospital reports admissions including Mrs Mary Moles and Mrs Margaret Andrews and Mr Ernest Adams among others. The birth of a daughter to the Minersville family is noted. Discharges include Mrs Alice Beegle Mrs Otto Lohn Hazel Stanley and Mrs Ethel Hill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Moles
Rgger
Ernest Adams
Racine
Margaret Andrews
Pomeroy
Clarence Lewis
Middleport
James Lewis
Dale Warner
Minersville
Alice Beegle
Otto Lohn
Hazel Staniey
Ethel Hill
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Middleport Society
Captain Rummell
Mrs. Reynolds
Federal Land Bank
The
United National Farm Loan Association A
Gibson
y-Trens
Ohio Valley Bank
Tcon
Sunesame Ge Cane
Logan Monument CO
Logan
Pomeroy, Ohio
Circleville, Ohio
Taylor Grogan
Fred Marshall
Ron
Meigs
Jesse James Vs
the Daltons
Brett King
Barbara Lawrence
James Griffith
Singin
Judy Canova
Allen Jenkins
Alaska
Robert Ryan
Dan Sterling
Brian Keith
Gene Barry
William Fawcett
Glenn Miller Story
Miss Sauer
Pomeroy Social Notes
Grads
Dorothy Cheadle
Geneva Wise
Susie Vieth
Ella Phillips
Joan Caldwell
Ruth Cheadle
Hilda McDaniel
Julia Boyles
Margaret Wise
Emmagene Gilmore
Roxie Osler
Carol Wise
Lucille King
William Wise
Alma Taylor
Helen Hill
Lucille Casto
Edith Hermann
Alfred Scarberry
William Wolfe
Sayre
Elizabeth Butch
Clifford Little
Lewis \Smith
Pomeroy Personals
Hoeflich
Earl George Hoeflich
Bonnie
Edward Hoeflich
Condor St
Ted Wildermuth
Clara Wildermuth
E. Second St
C. M. Thompson
Effie Thompson
Lena Hoeflich
Gerald McIntosh
Lou Ann
Meigs Co
Ada Hoskins
Janice Story
Portland Ideal Girls
Linda Roush
Rural Life
Barbara Ward
Reedsville
Snowville
Fred Stanley
Donald Welch
Chester Farm Boys
Richard Beards
B & E Honor Boys
Oris Smith
Cris Smith
Roberts
Cupeace Boys
Roger Turner
Larry Stansbury
Richard Jeffers
Donnie Turner
Jackie Jones
News
Johnnie Swearingen
Liberty
Theatre
Voice of the Theatre
Hot Rod
James Lydon
Gloria Winters
Technicolor
Siren OF Bagdad
Paul Henreid
Patricia Medina
Plus
Richard Widmark
Victor Mature
Kiss OF Death
Cis
MHS
Bachtel
Holzer
van Johnson
Joanne Drume
Red River
Century
Remp Technicolor
Wnt
Bob Hope
Martin Arlene
Rosemary Dahl
Clooney
David E Ros
Decarlo
Hudson
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