Middleport Legionnaires buy Pythian Park grounds
The Feeney-Bennett Post executive committee and trustees vote to purchase Pythian Park from Guy Carson, as the first step in a building and expansion program. Jacob Turner to handle the purchase while plans include a Legion Home, recreation facilities, and a swimming pool with a WPA past. Commander Leland Crans notes ongoing community efforts and a forthcoming employment bureau led by Ed Bennett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Feeney- Bennett Post
American Legion
Pythian Park
Guy Carson
Leland Crans
Jacob Turner
Carson
Feeney-Bennett
Legion
Commander Crans
Marietta Manufacturing Co
Point Pleasant
Navy
Messenger
Feeney-Bennett Post
Ed. Bennett
Federated Church Council Schedule and Activities
The Federated Church led by Rev Ralph Kuether announces the church council session at 7 30 p m Tuesday. The Circle meets 7 30 p m Wednesday. Busy Bees gather all day Thursday. The choir meets Friday 7 30 p m. A Primary Department party and education meeting is set for Saturday at 2 pm. Children’s Day is observed next Sunday at 10 30 am.
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Pomeroy
Federated Church
Ralph Kuether
Church Council
Former Pomeroy Man Earns Harvard PhD in Physics
John Norman Hobstetter, former Nease Settlement resident, received a Doctor of Philosophy in Physics from Harvard University. He earned a BS in Chemistry at MIT and will join Harvard faculty next year. Hobstetter is the grandson of the late Jacob Hobstetter and his wife.
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Pomeroy
John Norman Hobstetter
Nease Settlement
Harvard University
Hobstetter
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Jacob Hobstetter
Helen Nease
Spring Avenue
Calvin Reichman Returns From U S Army Service
Middleport reports staff sergeant Calvin Reichman arrived in New York Sunday after 25 months in the army and 14 months overseas. He received an honorable discharge at Camp Atterbury and planned to reunite with his wife Mrs Reichman in Columbus last weekend.
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Middleport
Calvin Reichman
New York
Reichman
Columbus
Camp Atterbury
Mrs Lide Bowen Casto Dies at Ripley Home
Mrs Lide Bowen Casto former Meigs County teacher and proprietor of a millinery shop died at her Ripley West Virginia home. She left her husband I Casto and children Mrs J E Robbins Omaha Neb Mrs W H Kerns Sandyville W Va Dale G Casto and P O Casto Charleston W Va one sister Mrs A L Beal Shade and three brothers and one sister preceded her in death.
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Dale G. Casto
Casto
Charleston
W. Va
A. L. Beal
Shade
Plans Shipping Of Machinery From Middleport Garment Co
Last day for workers at the Industrial Garment Co was Saturday. Machinery would be moved to Springfield to continue garment manufacture. Business leaders hoped to relocate the factory to another site in Middleport, with the former K of P building on N Second Ave under study. Flood relief buildings leased to Imperial Electric Co Akron, planning operations here starting July 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Industrial Garment Co
Springfield
Industrial Garment
K. of P
N. Second Ave
Garment Company
Imperial Electric Company
Akron
Rural Life Day Observed at Rocksprings Methodist Church
One hundred members of Rocksprings Grange and friends attended Rural Life Sunday services at Rocksprings Methodist Church. Rev E L Miller delivered the sermon with Pentecostal Sunday as his topic, urging church unity and shared blessings.
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Mr. Miller
Taylor
Jacksontown
Ohio
E. L. Miller
Mrs Marlin Brown Death Is Reported
FOMEROY Word reached Frank Chapman that his sister in law Mrs Marlin Brown has died at her home in Lancaster. She was 63 and is survived by her husband and three sons. Mrs Frank Chapman of Pomeroy is her only surviving sister. Funeral services in Lancaster will be attended by Mr Chapman on Tuesday.
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Frank Chapman
Marlin Brown
Lancaster
Frank ‘Chapman
Pomeroy
Chapman
Meigs County Deputies Released After Labor Crisis
Sheriff Ralph Welker announced the release of special deputies appointed during the recent coal mine labor crisis. Those freed include R C West, Ray Spencer, Albert Whilliams Jr, Ray Williams, Norman Terrill, and R L Burnett. Deputy William Welker is named Meigs County deputy sheriff for two weeks while Deputy Frank Clark takes vacation.
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Pomeroy
Ralph Welker
Resicent
R C West
Ray Spencer
Albert Whilliams, Jr
Ray Williams
Norman Terrill
R. L. Burnett
William Welker
Meigs County
Sherif
Frank Clark
Second Ward Defeats All Stars 23 to 5 in Nine Innings
Second Ward clinched a 23 to 5 win over the Pomeroy All Stars in a nine inning Sunday game at the High School Field. Bud Stivers pitched for the winners and Paul Clifford for the losers as Second Ward tallied runs in the first, fourth, sixth, seventh and eighth frames. Chapman's third inning homer led the All Stars, while Arnold and Weyersmiller hit for Second Ward. The day also featured a planned double header between Pt. Pleasant Merchants and the All Stars that failed to appear.
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Pomeroy
Second Ward
Pomeroy All Stars
Pt. Pleasant Merchants
Charlie Kapteina
Second Wards
All Stars
Leroy Watson
Albert Martin
Charles Kapteina, Jr
Pat Hennessy
Kapteina
Chapman
Arnold and Weyersmiller
Bud Stivers
Paul Clifford
Grey
Cheshire
Parkersbur
Chester
Joe Weyersmitler
Watson
Albert
Softball League Schedule Announced For Week Of June 10
POMEROY The Twilight Softball League releases the week long schedule for June 10. Paul Clifford, manager, lists Cheshire versus Blue et Grey on Monday. Tuesday features Pomeroy Minors vs Duckworth Service Station. Wednesday shows Cheshire against Kerrs Run. Thursday matches Middleport against Meigs All Stars. Friday pits Second Ward against Blue et Grey.
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Pomeroy
Twilight Soft
Paul Clifford
Man Lager
Cheshire
Blue
Pomeroy Minors
Duckworth
Kerrs
Middleport
Meigs J All Stars
Second Ward
Evangeline Club Social Notes Highlight Local Meetings
Middleport community notes cover Evangeline Club activities after a chapter meeting, with hostesses and prize winners listed. Also announces Busy Bee Class gathering at Talbott home June 14 and details on several local residents' visits, illnesses, recoveries, and hospital stays, plus area social news.
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Busy Bee
First Baptist Church
Talbott Home
Pomeroy Social Notes Highlight Local Gatherings
Carol Canaday hosted a slumber party with Jeannine Evans Nancy Gilmore June Canaday Ann Smith Betty Lou Custer and Dorothy Fischer. The Victory Club plans a lawn party June 10 at Nell Thomas’s Minersville home and a Martinger Academy visit June 18 at 7 30 pm. Cadet James Present from Lawrence Hartinger Beech St. meets Elizabeth Moore in Columbus before returning with Dorothy French and Richard Canaday. Theodorus Council Daughters of America arranged a Tacky Party for June 17 at IOOF Hall with prizes and refreshments. Bedford Thimble Club June 5 discussed dress cutting and hot pan holder demonstrations. Gilbert Weeks celebrated a birthday with family on Athens Road.
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Carol Canaday
D. A. Canaday
Sycamore St
Canaday
Jeannine Evans
Nancy Gilmore
June Canaday
Ann Smith
Betty Lou Custer
Dorothy Fischer
Victory Club
Nell Thomas
Minersville
Well Thomas
Elizabethi Stuart
Middleport
James
iMartinger
United States Military
Academy
West Fort
Order of Mc
Chanics
Syracuse
Joe
Lawrence Hartinger
Beech St
Hartinger
Columbus
Elizabeth Moore
Nan Moore
Mildred Hawley
Dorothy i French
Richard Canaday
Theodorus Council Daughters of’ ‘America
IOOF
Marie Hauck
Bedford
Donna Mae Will
Evelyn Brickles
Estella Hudnall
Ida Young
Dorothy Willie
Colleen Hayes
Young Family Members Attend Funeral Rites
Several Pomeroy s members of the Young family attended the last rites of Mrs Lena Cammerer sister of Willam F Young Albert Young Edward Young and aunt of Norma Parker who died recently. All drove to Cincinnati in a Ewing funeral car Thursday.
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Lenai Cammerer
Willam F. Young
Albert Young
Edward Young
Norma Parker
Cincinnati
Aj Ewing
Grandchild Born to Titus Family in Mt. Healthy
Judge and Mrs Earl Titus announce the birth of Paula Claire Frisch the first grandchild born at Mt. Healthy a Cincinnati suburb Rev Paul Frisch pastor of the Lutheran Church The mother is Elizabeth Titus Judge Titus and Mrs Titus visited the newborn on Sunday
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Pomeroy
Judge
Earl Titus
Paula Claire Frisch
Mt. Healthy
Cincinnati
Paul Frisch
Lutheran Church
Elizabeth Titus
Judge Titus
Councillors To Confer Pomeroy Past Council Meets June 13
The Past Council will meet Thursday evening June 13 with Mrs Ethel Smyth at her Nye Avenue residence. Acquaintances renewed as the Rev Philip Hall and Mrs Hall Greenville longtime Pomeroy resident renewed ties with friends while visiting. They were accompanied by Mr Walter Wheaton and were guests at the Rev Charles G. Baird’s home last Wednesday.
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Harold Hysell
Naval Air School
Dallas
Texas
Homer Hysell
Columbus
Port Columbus
Willis Aleshire
Dayton
Middleport
Pomeroy
Chambers
Mill St
Aleshire
Star Garden Club
Wilbur Wright
Dexter Christian High School
Directa
Jp. m
Ethel Smyth
Nye Avenue
Philip Hall
Greenville
Walter Wheaton
Charles G. Baird
Club Dinner Kickoff for Pomeroy Women’s Meeting
The Business and Professional Women's Club will meet Tuesday night at First Presbyterian Church with a dinner at 6 30 pm to start the session. Four candidates will receive the First degree at Middleport Lodge, F and AM, Tuesday night.
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Middleport
Meigs Temple
Pythian Sisters
Brw Club
Pomeroy — Business and Professional Women's Club
First Presbyterian Church
F & AM
Middleport Lodge
Court Sentences Three Defendants in Common Pleas Court
At hearings in Judge Edgar Ervin's Common Pleas Court on Friday June 7 three defendants appeared before the Petit Jury. Claremont Harris was fined 25 dollars and costs and placed on probation for one year in the larceny case Omo versus Harris. Robert R. Daugherty received 36 days in jail, a 100 dollar fine and costs with the fine suspended, and two years probation, the suspension justified by family responsibilities. Pearl Deem, indicted for driving while intoxicated, was fined 150 dollars and costs with a suspended jail sentence. a motion for a new trial was overruled. Lee King, guilty on a non-support charge, had a motion for a new trial filed on his behalf.
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Pomeroy
Edgar Ervin
Common Pleas Court
Fniday
Petit Jury
Claremont Harris
Omo
Harris
Robert R. Daugherty
Daugherty
Pearl Deem
Lee King
Eighteen Added as Members at Federated Church Service
Eighteen persons were received into membership by the Federated Church on Pentecost Day June 9 led by Rev Ralph Kuether. New members chose either Evangelical and Reformed or Presbyterian Church U S A upon reception. Names listed include Ruth Mescher Paul Dillard Robert Coates Lafe Williamson Ben Elberfeld William Mayer Virgil Brown Edward Baer and others. Jane Ann Baer infant daughter of Edward and Mrs Baer was baptized with Mrs Paul Werner as godmother.
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Edward Baer
Clarence Boster
Roy Tracy, Jr
Paul Werner
Clarence Ihle
Chester Knight
Norma Wilson
Flo Strickland
Dor J Ebersbach
Earl Hoffner
Kuether
Jane Ann Baer
Diploma Awarded To Charles Hern In Columbus Commencement
Mrs Otto Hoffman and Mrs Bert Hern attended Columbus exercises where Charles Hern earned a bachelor of science in education. He is the son of Mrs Hern and brother of Mrs Hoffman and Miss Beviah Musgrave of Cheshire.
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Middleport
Otto Hoffman
Bert Hern
Beviah Musgrave
Cheshire
Columbus
Charles Hern
Charles
Hern
Hoffman
Mrs Emma Wenning Claimed by Death in Cincinnati
Obituary notice from Pomeroy informs of the death of Mrs Emma Wenning nee Gloeckner a Pomeroy native who moved to Cincinnati. She is survived by four sons and three daughters and several grandchildren. Funeral services were held at the Church of the Immaculate Conception on Mt Adams Cincinnati. Her brother Jacob Gloeckner and niece Mrs Marie Darley traveled to attend the funeral.
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Pomeroy
Emma Wenning
Emma Gloeckner
Laurence Gloeckner
Cincinnati
Jacob Groeckner
Marie Darley
WCTLU Rite Planned in Rutland White Ribbon Recruit Service
A White Ribbon recruit service for children up to age eight will be held Wednesday June 22 at 2 p.m. at the Church of Christ in Rutland. Mothers wishing to have their children enrolled are invited to attend. A Flower Mission Memorial Service will follow.
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Rutland
Church of Christ
Bible School enrolls 147 in Pomeroy program
The Daily Vacation Bible School in Pomeroy reports a record enrollment of 147 children sponsored by the Council of Churches. An all-student assembly occurred at 9 a.m. Monday with a public program planned for next Thursday at 7:30 p.m. in Federated Church. Director Rev. Charles G. Baird notes support from 22 teachers and volunteers.
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Pomeroy
Council of Churches
Federated Church
Charles G.baird
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Waynesboro
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