Annual Flag Day Picnic of Meigs Chapter DAR Held in Great Bend
Middleport notes that the Jonathan Meigs Chapter DAR held its Flag Day picnic Friday at the Great Bend home of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Roush with Wilma Roush as hostess. Guests included Kay Nye, Howard Knight, David Miller, C J Ingles, Freda Wood, Gene Roush, and others. A short business session was led by Regent Mrs. O P Klein and reports from Columbus and plans for Girl Home Makers and Girl Scouts projects were discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Jonathan Meigs
Daughters of the American Revolution
Arthur Roush
Great Bend
Wilma Roush
Kay Nye
Pomeroy
Howard Knight
Chester
David Miller
C. J. Ingles
Freda Wood
A. R. Knight
Girl Scouts
Regent
Marriage of Susan Allensworth and James Hartinger in Middleport
Middleport reports the Church of Christ ceremony uniting Miss Susan Eileen Allensworth and Lt. James Vincent Hartinger. The week included Hartinger’s Air Force commission at West Point and Allensworth’s OSU degree, with family, friends, and a reception at the Farmers’ home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Susan Eileen Allensworth
Edgar Allensworth
Mill St
James Vincent Hartinger
Lawrence Hartinger
Beach St
Church of Christ
United States Military Academy
Hartinger
Air Force
Ohio State University
Miss Allensworth
Arthur Skinner
Wallace A. Ford
Huntington
W. Va
Lewis Baumann
Washington D. C
Lynn Farmer
Dan Farmer
Dayton
Georgeanna Owston
Youngstown
Joyce Pope
Girard
Donna Myers
Massillon
Mary Virginia Hagger
Carla Clark
Janet Sohn
Cincinnati
Banker To Go To School
Pomeroy National Bank president Edison Hopstetter will attend Rutgers University Graduate School of Banking in New Brunswick New Jersey from June 20 to July 2. He is among 1000 students from 44 states DC and Cuba in the largest enrollment. He must complete two years of extension study at home and write an original finance thesis for graduation in 1951.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Edison Hopstetter
Pomeroy National Bank
Rutgers University
New Brunswick
N. J
American Bankers Association
Hopstetter
District of Columbia
Cuba
Hobstetter
Fireworks Ban In Effect In Ohio
Police Chief Walter Wolfe warns fireworks are unlawful anywhere in Ohio and directs patrols to enforce the ban. He notes 1948 had the state’s first Fourth of July without fireworks related deaths. Toy cap devices are legal if safely constructed and hands cannot touch the cap. sale of such caps is allowed.
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Pomeroy
Walter Wolfe
Ohio
Wolfe
Blakeslee Attending County Agents School
C. E. Blakeslee will spend Monday to Wednesday in Columbus attending a judging and showing school at Ohio State University for county agents. The study covers dairy and beef cattle sheep swine and poultry. He will return to his courthouse office next Monday.
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Pomeroy
C. E. Blakeslee
Columbus
Ohio State University
Rev Charles Pomeroy heading to Ohio pastors days
The Rev Charles Pomeroy leaves Middleport today for Granville to attend the Three Fellowship Days of the Ohio Baptist pastors. He will return Wednesday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Granville
Ohio Baptist
Charles Pomeroy
Cycle Skids On Gravel Injuring Two Near Pomeroy
Two men, William Kirk and Stanley Kinder of Charleston West Virginia, were injured when their motorcycle skidded on gravel on Route 33 five miles north of Pomeroy. Kinder suffered a fractured right leg and severe lacerations while Kirk had shoulder injuries and leg bruises. They remained in Meigs General Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Route 33
William Kirk
Stanley Kindler
Charleston
W. Va
Columbus
Kinder
Kirk
Mattie Shields Dies in Letart Falls at 82
Funeral services for Mattie B. Shields 82 who died Saturday at her home in Letart Falls will be held Tuesday at Lence Methodist Church. She leaves three sons Lige Claude and Carl Shields four grandchildren two sisters and four brothers. Burial will be in Letart Cemetery beside husband P R Shields.
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Pomeroy
Mattie B. Shields
Letart Falls
Lence Methodist Church
Lige Shields
Claude Shields
Carl Shields
Lina Hayman
Ella Sayre
Marysiville
Philson Norris
Sam Norris
Tom Norris
Zenobia to be shown at Sacred Heart Church
A program at Sacred Heart Church features the motion picture Zenobia at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in the church auditorium. The program also includes graduation scenes from Sacred Heart school and clips from Meigs County Children’s Home. No admission charge. Refreshments will be served. Public invited.
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Pomeroy
Zenobia
Sacred Heart Church
Sacred Heart School
Meigs County
Orange Townships Bangs disease tests show 11 positives
Meigs County agent C. E. Blakeslee reported five days of testing for Bangs disease in Orange Township found 11 positive tests and nine doubtful. Of 59 herds tested, 524 cattle were evaluated for the disease in the area.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
C. E. Blakeslee
Bang
Orange Township
Looting Charge Faced Pomeroy Youth Arrested
Lawrence Harrison Pomeroy neutralizes 20 from Rutland arrested by village police at 2 30 a m Sunday on a charge of looting automobiles in a public parking lot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Harrison
Rutland
Guest in Pomeroy
Mrs. Cora Tigner of Nelsonville has stayed with Mr. and Mrs. John Terrell in Pomeroy for the past week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy Pomeroy
Cora Tigner
Nelsonville
John Terrell
Middleport native John Barker graduates from Ohio University
John Barker, son of Mr and Mrs Burns Barker of Lima, is among Ohio University graduates. The Barkers, former Middleport residents, attended the graduation exercises with relatives including Miss Elizabeth Ward and the Mayes family of Lima.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
John Barker
Burns Barker
Lima
Ohio University
John
Middleport High School
Barkers
Barker
Elizabeth Ward
William Mayes
Roseanna Barker
Mayes
Charles Mayes
Virginia Mayes
Grant St
Middleport Family Attends Ohio University Graduation
Mr and Mrs William Ohlinger and daughter Mildred Ohlinger travel to Athens for Ohio University baccalaureate and commencement. Mrs Ohlinger's sister Miss Mary Zahl of Minersville and Howard K Ewing join. The Ohlingers' twins Mary and Martha earned bachelor of science degrees in education. Mildred will be a junior this fall. All are Middleport High School graduates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Athens
Ohio University
William Ohlinger
Mildred Ohlinger
Ohlinger
Mary Zahl
Minersville
Howard K. Ewing
Ohlingers
Mary
Martha
Middleport High School
Ohio University graduate McMaster honors on Sunday
Middleport Willard Bus McMaster, a member of Ohio University’s graduating class, attended the Sunday exercises. Present were his father L. D. McMaster of Zelino ple, Pa., Mrs. Ann Wylie Scott and daughter Mary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Willard
Reverend IL Grant Attends Middleport Church Service
The Rev. IL O Grant former pastor of First Baptist and professor at Shorter College Rome Ga preached at Middleport Sunday morning with wife and daughters Barbara Kenna and Laura. They joined a luncheon at The Little House hosted by Mrs Florence Bush including Harold Chase and family and other local residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
O. Grant
First Baptist Church
Shorter College
Rome
Missionary Society Reports Convention in Columbus Meeting
Mrs. William Bradford president of the Samantha Bradford Missionary Society gave a report on the recent convention in Columbus during Friday evening’s gathering at Miss Nina Russell’s home. She led the devotional, blessing boxes were turned in and a donation was made to a missionary project. Refreshments were served by Miss Russell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
William Bradford
Samantha Bradford Missionary Society
Columbus
Nina Russell
Hartinger-Allensworth wedding guests noted
Middleport report says Mrs. Gardner and daughter Joyce attended the Hartinger Allensworth wedding Sunday as guests of Mrs. Boyd Dilgard of Gravel Hill. Mr. Gardner, a former local Church of Christ minister, now preaches at North Middletown Christian Church. Miss Gardner recently graduated from Milligan College Tennessee and announced an engagement for marriage in the fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Skinner
Jack Cowie
L. E. Burford
Boyd Dilgard
Ernest Lallance
L. O. Roush
Frances Roush
Wilbur Theobald
Nina Russell
George Meinhart
Haggerty
Hartinger
West Virginia
Ralph Jordan
Violet Hartinger
Columbus
Garland Lanier
Betty Hartinger
Brian and
Norman
Bidwell
Bernice Gilmore
Harry Ciifton
Lancaster
William Russell
Roberta
Corning
Harry Griffith
Booneton
N. Y
Dan Farmer
Lynn
Lucinda
Blanche Carpenter
Dayton
Clyde French
Owen and
Curtis
Jackson
Gress
Miss Haggerty
Malcolm Roller
Fred Gardner
Pomeroy
Connie Bauer
George Hackett
Rouer
Allensworth
Middleport
Fred ST. Gardner
Gardner
Joyce
Hartinger-Allensworth
Gravel Hill
Church of Christ
North Middletown
Pomeroy Social Notes Highlights Family Visits and Graduations
Pomeroy notes Henry Mees from Minneapolis returning home after a visit. He was hosted by Dr. and Mrs. P. E. Stanley with sister Miss Helen Mees and nephew Danny Rosenbaum. Mees planned to visit relatives and attend Ohio State University commencement where Danny would earn a master of science and Douglas Steinbauer a bachelor degree in journalism.
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Pomeroy
R. C. Mees
Minneapolis
P. E. Stanley
W. Main
Columbus
Helen Mees
Danny Rosenbaum
Mees
Reid Steinbauer
Dorothy Mees
Ohio State University
Douglas Steinbauer
Mrs Eva Russ Visiting Relations and Guests
Mrs Eva Russ of Wellsville is a guest of Miss Elsie Hart. Shirley and Jean Poulton of Canton visit their grandparents Mr and Mrs Vernon Howell of Pomeroy and their aunt Mrs Hoadley Carruthers of Middleport.
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Eva Russ
Wellsville
Elsie Hart
Shirley
Jean Poulton
Canton
Vernon Howell
Pomeroy
Hoadley Carruthers
Middleport
Driver Held After DUI Arrest on W Main Street
Robert Pomeroy Chattin of Clifton West Virginia was arrested on W Main Street about 4 30 p m Saturday by Patrolman Duckworth and held on a charge of driving an automobile while under the influence.
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Pomeroy
Leonard
Shine) Watts
Meigs General Hospital
E. Main St
Watts
Cecil Russell
Happy Hollow
Middleport
Main St
Robert Russell
Duckworth
Robert Chattin
Clifton
W. Va
W. Main St
May Births in Hocking County Outpace Deaths
Miss Josephine Kes county registrar reports 33 births and 7 deaths in May in Hocking County. In Logan 25 births and 5 deaths, with 8 county area births and 25 in Logan. Twins are listed for Helber and Wade families. delayed registrations include Nelson Flume Queen Brown Cox.
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Logan
Hocking County
Josephine Kes
Misa Iles
William J. Helber
Willis Schaeffer
Frank L. Bell
Lawrence W. Woodward
Ferdinand H. Gilland
Harold L. Cruea
J. Gompf
John L. Morgan
Levi V. Wade
William L. Barber
Rudolph Nes
Paul A. ‘Carr
Harold W. Con‘rad
William M. Hamimond
Walter J. Palsley
Ray E. Rheinscheld
Howard R. Linscott
Mrs. Phelps Rites Tuesday
Victoria Nutter Phelps 89 a Logan resident died Saturday at her son Nash Phelps West Logan She was born in West Virginia and was the last of her family She leaves a son three stepchildren 11 grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren Services 2 p m Tuesday Heinlein Funeral Home Rev Dr R B Wilson Oak Grove Cemetery interment ordered
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H. O. Davis
Bremen
J. T. Perry
Delaware
Hessie Wolfe
Columbus
Heinlein
R. B. Wilson
Oak Grove Cemetery
Miss F Bort Hosts Weekend Guest in Columbus
Miss Florence Bort welcomed her weekend guest Mrs Precious Correll of Columbus. The visit featured social hospitality and attendance at local events.
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F. Bort
Logan
Florence Bort
Mis. Precious Correll
Columbus
Columbus Mayor Rhodes to Address Logan Kiwanis
Logan Kiwanis Club hosts Columbus Mayor James Rhodes at Blosser's Restaurant for a regular dinner meeting. Program chairman Dwight Diller notes Rhodes is an outstanding administrator and will speak on an announced topic. Walter Prather named song director for the event.
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Logan
James Rhodes
Columbus
Logan Kiwanis Club
Blosser's
Dwight Diller
Rhodes
Walter Prather
Logan Man Kills Self At His Home
James Fox a 41 year old Logan resident died by his own action at about 9 30 p m Saturday at his home on W Hunter St Officials said he shot himself in the head with a 20 gauge shotgun Sheriff Jack Waldron reported the coroner Dr C F Shonk ruled the death as death by own action Survivors include two sisters Mrs Mary of California and Mrs Marjorie Ort of Akron and two brothers Leo and Charles both of Logan Funeral services were set for 2 p m today at Roberts funeral home with Oak Grove Cemetery interment planned
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Logan
James Fox
W. Hunter St
Jack Waldron
Fox
C. F. Shonk
Mra
Mary
California
Marjorie Ort
Akron
Leo
Charles
Roberts
Oak Grove
Logan Social Notes Hostess Highlights Greece Visit Guests Attend Saturday Club
Mrs Howard E White hosted a Saturday Club guest night at Hunter Street introducing her niece Dr Edna Noel White who spoke on Greece after 11 months there. Dr White, former head of Ohio State home economics, studied nutrition and dietetics in Greece in 1947. A musical interlude followed with singing by Mr and Mrs Ralph Poston and others, admired by attendees listed including Lela White and Marcus Kerr.
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Logan
Howard E. White
Hunter St
Edna Noel White
Greece
White
Detroit
Lela White
Ohio State University
State Department
Marcus Kerr
George von Auer
Craig Adair
William Wetherell
Zoa Blosser
Winifred Engle
W. G. Bowen
William Strenz
Lucius Wright
A. K. Smith
Myron Stoltz
John Underwood
Robert Lee
Idonna Russell
Frank Blasius
Cherrington
Robert Work
S. C. Bright
Walter Prather
Margaret Lutz
Emma Becker
Iria Lowery
Ben Ross
Precious Correll
Columbus
Emma Petty
Bird White
Misa Nettle ‘Barker
Anita McCormick
Sally Holmes
Minette McCray
Jack Myers
Picnic at Rach Elmacher Park Hosts Ruggles Family
Mr. and Mrs. Harold C. Ruggles and children were guests at a wiener roast and picnic Friday evening hosted by neighbors Mr. and Mrs. Woodrow Reynolds and family and Mr. and Mrs. Harold Blum. The Ruggles depart Sunday for Colorado where Ruggles, county agricultural agent, attends a special school at Colorado Agricultural and Mechanic College.
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Harold C. Ruggles
Rachelmacher Park
Woodrow Reynolds
Harold Blum
Ruggles
Colorado
Colorado Agricultural and Mechanical College
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Liberty
Middleport, Ohio
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Audrey Long
Virginia Grey
Jim Bannon
Jack
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County Agents
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Criss Cross
Burt Lancaster
Yvonne DeCarlo
Dan Duryea
Stephen McNally
Temple Middleport
Eli & Martin
Virginia Mayo
Zachary Scott
Dorothy Malone
Douglas Kennedy
Whispering Smith
Bendvue Pomeroy
Rolt. Montgomery
John Payne
Susan Hayward
Audrey Totter
Henry Morgan
Manhattan
4-H
Utica
Iris Mae Rice
Tuppers Plains
Charles D. Carr
Alfred
Fair Board
Ohio Farmers’ Insurance Co
Agricultural Extension Service of
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Athens County
Mattie Shields
Son
Dilgards
Pomeroy Social Notes
Pomeroy Personals
John F. Dietrich
Howard W. Nelson
Floyd W. Stemen
William M. McConnell
David J. Collins
Arch BE. McKinley
Kenneth L. Group
Edwin C. Goldsberry
Harry Nelson
Jose Flume
Wilburn L. Queen
Marvin L. Brown
Clarence D. Cox
Mrs. Phelps
Mayor of
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Self
Poston
Liam
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Ela Oo
Reece
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Pepsi-Cola Bottling CO
Pepsi-Cola Company
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Ohio Associated Businessmen, Inc
Eid
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