Pomeroy Boy Scout drive aims to raise county funds this week
The annual county Boy Scout financial drive opened with a kickoff dinner at the Seakus Hotel. Regional director C E Wood praised past drives and outlined a house to house canvass across Pomeroy Middleyport Chester Syracuse Racine and Letart to reach a $1300 goal.
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Pomeroy
Seakus
C. E. Wood
Cincinnati
Washington
Gallia
Mason County
W. Va
Robert D. Dalrymple
Parkersburg
Middleyport
Chester
Syracuse
Racine
Letart
Frank H. Johnston
Church
Service Club
Lodge
Legion Post
PTA
Long Bottom
Robert Coleman
Linnie Swan
Middleport
G. M. Archer
T. F. Crary
Ond
William Homer Ranes
A. E Erwin
Thomas A. Riley
L. D. Diles
T. F. Simms
Sidney Roy
Heber Robinson
Minersville
Maude Greaser
Olivedale
Thomas F. Dye
S. M. Baker
Harry Lovel
Pageville
Howard Gibson
Portland
William Offut
J. A. Smith
W. L. Stivers
John F. Blaettner
Norman L. Kloes
Albert Gloeckner
John Strauss
Syracuse Precinct
John Cowie
George V. Krider
Tuppers Plains
W. E. Matlack
E. G. Kim
Courses Are Planned Handsome Arts Meeting at Carnegie Library
A Middleport WPA handicraft instructor Ray Harper announces a Wednesday evening meeting at the Carnegie Library from 4 to 7 o'clock. Interested persons will organize groups to study picture making, wood carving, wood work, shop work, caning and weaving, mechanical models, and nature study.
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Middleport
Carnegie Library
Ray Harper
WPA
Two Fox Cubs Named Dopey and Happy by Holter Family
Betty and Sonny Holter gift two baby foxes to Mr and Mrs Dale Holter from War den Adolph Joachim. The foxes, pets of the Holter children, are named Dopey and Happy after Snow White dwarfs.
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Middleport
Snow White
Holter
Betty
Sonny
Dale Holter
Adolph Joachim
Social Notes Highlight Local Students and Guests
Pomeroy social column lists residents enrolling at Ohio University Athens and Ohio State University Columbus for summer terms. Families and friends visit, travel to Boulder Denver Peoria and Pittsburgh, with a Mary Ellen born to Frances Andrews. Community members attend weddings, hospital plans, and 4-H camp preparations near Jackson.
Queen Esther's Circle Hosts Charity Party at Simpson M E Church
Girls of the Queen Esther's Circle invite Home Missionary Society members to a Wednesday 7 30 pm party at the Simpson M E Church. Proceeds benefit the Friendly Center in Toledo.
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Queen Esther’s
Home Missionary Society
Simpson M. E
Friendly Center
Toledo
Letart Falls Cabbage Crop Sells Well
Letart Falls truck gardeners have sold nearly all of their early cabbage crop in northern markets. Prices reached as high as 50 dollars a ton F.O.B. Detroit. Hauling to market took several days. The crop benefited from cool weather and generous rainfall, yielding quality produce and favorable prices.
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Letart Falls
F.O.B
Detroit
Williams Advances Dexter Morgan Williams Named Lima Coach
Williams, Tiltonville High School coach for eight years, has been tendered the post at Lima High School in a city of 45,000. Jones, Rio Grande College graduate, trained in the United States and Canada, notes Williams record at Tiltonville as excellent.
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Williams
Dexter
Morgan Williams
Tiltonville High School
Lima High School
Jones
Rio Grande College
United States
Canada
Tiltonville
Anniversary Planned for Simpson M E Church
Simpson M E Church prepares for its 100th anniversary June 21 to 26 with repairs ongoing. Rev. Warren Bright chairs a planning meeting including reports from committees on invitations reception decoration and publicity. Activities feature special music and a history display with church deeds key and pictures.
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Phillips
R. B. Foster
Bright
Middleport Social Notes Highlights Visits and Travels
Mrs E E Stansbury hosts her sons George of Greensboro and J E Stansbury of Athens with families. Margaret Pickens attends Rio Grande College graduation as her son Charles earns elementary education certificate. Various guests visit relatives in Eureka Dam Rutland Columbus and Jackson while others travel to Tulsa Norfolk Detroit and Columbus for family events and leave.
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E. E. Stansbury
N. Third Ave
George L. Stansbury
Greensboro
N. C
J. E. Stansbury
Athens
George Stansbury
Margaret Pickens
Ruth
Rio Grande College
Charles
Walter White
Millfield
Charles McNamee
Eureka Dam
Burr Forrest
Jean
Fremont
Forrest
Vesta
Nora McCoy
Rutland
Thomas Davis
Ella Wyatt
Tulsa
Okla
T. H. Davis
John Stevens Jr
VA. S. Navy
John Stevens
S. Third Ave
Stevens
U. S. S. Yorktown
Norfolk
Malcolm Cottingham
Jackson
Cottingham
William Michael
Mary Coe
Harry Bowman
Detroit
Dayton
Bowman
J. M. Hamilton
Effie Hundley
Jessie Hundley
Larry Gardner
Gardner Wehring
Robert Gardner
Charles Entsminger
Columbus
Marshall McCuen
Marcia
Ashland
Shelby
Farold Lohse
Herman Lohse
Will Bradford
Will Jacobs
Old Ryger
Elizabeth Russell
Beech St
Frances Willock
Eber Willock
Edith Klein
New York Central Railroad
New York City
Eva Klein
Pearl St
Property Improvements In Middleport Report
Local property upgrades include the C. E. Smith home on S Second Ave receiving extensive exterior and interior work and a cement wall erected along the Chambers property on S Third Ave. The B E Talbott property saw removal of over 20 trees including some 100 year old trees up to 90 feet tall, revealing the large shing led home from view.
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Middleport
C. E. Smith
S. Second Ave
Chambers
S. Third Ave
B. E. Talbott
Mrs Addie Thoma Epple Dies Following Husband
Mrs Addie Thoma Epple, 69, of Pomeroy, died after a several week illness at Holzer Hospital Gallipolis on Monday. She leaves four sons and is the widow of Peter Epple who died last week and was buried Friday. She is a daughter of Mr and Mrs Fred Thoma and left several relatives. Funeral plans have not been set.
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Pomeroy
Addie Thoma Epple
Holzer Hospital
Gallipolis
Peter Epple
Bible School Work Started in Middleport Churches
About 250 children return to school as Daily Vacation Bible schools begin at the Church of Christ and Central Building. Volunteers from Heath Memorial E Church First Baptist Nazarene and First Presbyterian lead worship study recreation and handicraft with programs on Our Happy World Learning About Our Church and Our Bible. Also the Church of Christ directs a two week Bible school led by Rev Don McMillin with assistants. A cotton fiber note ends the piece, detailing its microscopic structure and spinability.
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Middleport
Church of Christ
Heath M. E. Church
First Baptist, Nazarene
First Presbyterian
Robert Coats
Helen Jane Root
Leo Kennedy
Ann Carroll
Alice Louise Lama
Margaret Ella Hysell
Margaret Houdashelt
O. L. Grant
Robert Snider
H. A. Rothrock
George Archibald
Harold Sauer
Robert Rothrock
Don McMillin
Supper at First Baptist Church Funds Rug Drive
A cafeteria supper will be served this evening at the First Baptist Church from 5 30 to 7 00. Proceeds go to the church rug fund. Babies are aware of light and shade at birth and discern form and color.
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Middleport
First Baptist Church
Many File for Committee Posts in Meigs Primaries
Bees were the decoration on the coronation mantle of Napoleon. They were golden models discovered among the relics of Childeric's tomb in Belgium in 655.
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Meigs
Napoleon
Childeric
Belgium
Special Services Start at M. E. Church in Harrisonville
Evangelistic meetings underway at the Harrisonville Methodist Church under Rev. T. A. Ballinger. Rev. H. B. Calver of Portsmouth assists as evangelist and singer. Services nightly at 8 o'clock for two weeks with events like Young People's Night Music Night and Mothers' Night. Illustarted hymns on midweek evenings and a pantomime Friday. Sermon topics include A Soul Winner's Uniform Where Art Thou Excuse Four Great Words of Christ Impossibilities.
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Harrisonville
Evange_lic
Methodist Church
T. A. Ballinger
H. B. Calver
Portsmouth
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Second St
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C. M. Young
George R. Collins
Page
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A. D. Russell
C. A. Niemeyer
Albert Scholl
Racine Village
C. E. Spencer
Clifford S. Morris
Ralph E. Lee
Reedsville
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George E. Reed
Rocksprings
George McIntosh
Charles Warner
Leroy Eichinger
Rutland Village
G. H. Pratt
Walter Davidson
Rutland East
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Thomas Whittington
Frank Beach
Rutland West
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Lawrence Hartinger
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Syracuse Village
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Tuppersee
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W. Union Street
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Western Ave
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