Golden Wedding Anniversary Celebration in Flora Meigs County
Nearly 250 friends gathered Sunday at the Violet home on Cherry Ridge near Flora to honor T. J. and Mary Violet on their golden wedding anniversary. The event drew relatives from Meigs County and beyond, with family members sending best wishes from nearby towns and states.
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Comeroy
Violet
Cherry Ridge
Flora
T. J
Mary Violet
Meigs County
David Gillisend
SON
Pike County
Old
Frois
Isaac Midkiff
Midkiff
Belmont County
R. F. Perry
Lodi
Athens County
Raymond
Marion
Dale Hart
Athens
Gerald
West Shade
Binas
Herbert
el Paso
Texas
Ruth Perry
Camp Kia thuta cabin to be completed near Chester
Speed Work POMEROY reports rapid progress on the large cabin at Camp Kia Thuta in Shade River area near Pom eroy. Foundation finished, logs and lumber sourced on site. camp accessible via improved Chester road and a nearby Route 7 junction. Camp expected ready for use before summer end.
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Pomeroy
Boy Scout
Chester
Kiathuta
Shade River
Hap py Go Lucky 4 H Club Outing On Farm
Hap py Go Lucky 4 H Club plans a June 17 supper over an open fire on Leo Story’s farm after a regular meeting. Eight members attended the June 1 meeting: Betty K Story Doris Story Margaret Jean Story Kathleen Smith Elizabeth Williams Charlotte Williams Lou nna Ebersbach and Ida Alice Waddell. The year’s project is useful articles, last year focused on home furnishings.
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Pomeroy
Happy Go Lucky 4-H Club
Leo Story
Betty K. Story
Doris Story
Margaret Jean Story
Kathleen Smith
Elizabeth Williams
Charlotte Williams
Lou‘nna Ebersbach
Ida Alice Waddell
Birthday Party Honors John Kruse at Home
Mrs Harold Kruse hosted a Saturday afternoon children's party from 2 to 4 to honor her son John on his fourth birthday. Seventeen boys attended and presented gifts. Refreshments were served.
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Middleport
Harold Kruse
John
Sixth Year at Party Given Sunday
Middleport Ohio Gammi Xi Chapter of Phi Delta Kappa Fraternity marked its sixth anniversary with a 2:30 meeting at N Second Ave followed by a 6 o'clock banquet at Riverside Hotel. Visiting members attended a theater party and luncheon, with a 9 o'clock private dance at New Villa night club. Nine charter members remain active as officers are named Ralph Graves president and others.
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Middleport
Ohio Gammi Xi
Phi Delta Kappa Fraternity
N. Second Ave
Paul F. Deaton
Riverside Hotel
Mary Jane
Riverside
Fraternity
New Villa
Gallipolis
Ralph Graves
Gerald Luellan
Tom Mankin
William Grate
Charles Murray
William Dillard
Calvin Beighman
Wayland Covert
Reverend Swearingen to attend Ohio Wesleyan for week study
Rev Clarence Swearingen of Heath Methodist Episcopal Church traveled to Delaware this morning to enroll in a week long postgraduate course at Ohio Wesleyan University. He begins the study today and will return after completion.
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Middleport
Clarence Swearingen
Heath Methodist Episcopal Church
Delaware
Ohio Wesleyan University
Grangers Host Green Valley Grange in Prattsville Meeting
On Friday evening June 12 Columbia Grangers welcomed Green Valley Grange of Prattsville Vinton County with over 100 members present. Green Valley contributed a strong literary program and refreshments followed. The Columbia degree team conferred third and fourth degrees on Mr and Mrs Lawrence Morris and Miss Lillie Belle Price.
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Carpenter
Columbia Grangers
Green Valley Grange
Prattsville
Vinton County
Green Valley
Columbia Grange
Lawrence Morris
Lillie Belle Price
Coal deposits found in Pechora region thick layers
An expedition in the Pechora region along the Vorkuta river, north of the Urals beyond the Arctic Circle, reports high quality coal in thick seams. In Britain, a nationwide tear gas test event invites men and women to experience real gas without harm, gas masks provided by officers. An army banquet rule calls for one waiter per eight guests.
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Archangel
Pechora
Vorkuta
Ural Mountains
Polar Circle
London
Britain
Local residents plan visits across several states this summer
Middleport notes list numerous trips and visits. Mr and Mrs T Ferguson left for Will Lott Indiana to visit his sister. Mrs HE Bush travels to Columbus to join daughter Kathn fresh from Ohio State University. They plan stops in Fostoria and Gravel Hill. Others journey to Nitro West Virginia and Sprigg West Virginia. Ohio University students including Mildred Hawley prepare for Athens summer term.
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Middleport
T. ¥. Ferguson
Will- Lott, Ind
Charles Bennett
Nitro
W. Va
Bennetts
Ey Points
Stewart of Leon
Bennett
Thomas Longstaff
Herman Ohlinger
Charles Capehart
Holzer Hos
Columbus
Nan Moore
Elizabeth
Program for Children Held at Middleport
Children’s Day exercises were held Sunday morning at the Baptist Methodist and Presbyterian Sunday Schools. Pageants skits recitations dialogues solos and duets made up the programs presented at the churches. Next Sunday night a Children’s Day program will be given at the Church of Christ.
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Middleport
Baptist
Methodist
Presbyterian
Church of Christ
Baptism and Children’s Day Observed at Simpson Church
At Simpson M E Church baptismal services Rev T E Maness baptized his infant grandson Charles Morgan. The baby and mother stay with the Reverend and Mrs Maness. Children’s Day exercises featured beginners primary and junior department children and a Girl Scout demonstration from local churches.
Borderline Voter John Weber Spans Michigan Ohio Line
John Weber of Suburban Point Place Ohio often votes in Erie Michigan, living on a small border section of Point Place that lies in Michigan.
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Toledo
U.R
John Weber
Point Place
Erie
Mich
Michigan
Spelling Bee Reunion Plans for Local Old Circuit Schools
On Sunday July 5, old Spelling Bee Circuit schools including Bowers Carpenter Sugar Grove Welch Sharps and Reeves will meet at State Farm Grove. C C Woodyard presides and each school has a program committee member: Bowers Ray Jordan Carpenter Cassie Caster Sugar Grove Mark Galaway Welsh Aura Tewksbury Sharps Mrs Dale Dye Reeves Mrs Osm on Luckett. Teachers and pupils are invited as is any member of the public. The note adds a claim that kissing originated from men seeking to know if wives and daughters had tasted wine.
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Bowers
Ray Jordan
Carpenter
Cassie Caster
Sugar Grove
Mark Galaway
Welsh
Aura Tewksbury
Sharps
Dale Dye
Reeves
Osmon Luckett
Pomeroy Social Notes Golden Wedding Reception Planned
Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Downie will celebrate their golden wedding with a reception at their home on Wednesday. Fred Conway remains seriously ill. Mrs. Mayme Downie and daughter Mrs. Ben Gravely from Pleasant Flats West Virginia visited Dr. and Mrs. E. W. Downie, Lincoln Hill. Doris Johnson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Johnson, cut her leg badly while playing on Second Street. she received first aid from Scouts D. J. and Tracy Goodwin and further medical care. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Gilkey of Gallipolis visited the Thornton family on Harrisonville Road. Mr. and Mrs. George McQuigg and son Bill plan a five-week trip to California to visit relatives starting Tuesday.
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Pomeroy
W. G. Downie
Fred Conway
Mayme Downie
Ben Gravely
Pleasant Flats
W. Va
E. W. Downie
Lincoln Hill
Doris Johnson
E. M. Johnson
Second &St
D. J
Tracy Goodwin
Charles Gilkey
Gallipolis
J. M. Thornton
Harrisonville Road
George McQuigg
Bill
California
Chauncey Church To Send Group to Annual Meeting
Chauncey Church of Christ prepares a delegation for the annual young people's conference at Marietta, Ohio, with representatives from Chauncey and nearby churches including Clifford Shaf er, Alice Johnson, Betty Jane Courtney, Dix Pickering, Thelma Fierbaugh, Nellie Bell Cannon, Ethel Thomas, Ellis Earich, Taylor Ridge’s Della Chalfant, and Iris Kempton. Also noted is a birth announced by Mr and Mrs Woodrow Ferrel of a daughter born Sunday June 14, with reported grandparents William Clary of Albany and B F Ferrel of Chauncey.
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Chauncey
The
Church of Christ
Marietta
Ohio
Chauncey Church of Christ
Clifford Shafer
Alice Johnson
Betty Jane Courtney
Dix Pickering
Greens Run
Thelma Fierbaugh
Nellie Bell Cannon
Ethel Thomas
Trimble Church
Ellis Earich
Betty Johnson
Taylor Ridge
Della Chalfant
Iris Kempton
Woodrow Ferrel
Esther Clary
William Clary
Albany
B. F. Ferrel
Visit in Chauncey from Springfield couple
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Courtney of Springfield spent Sunday in Chauncey visiting his parents Mr and Mrs Harvey Courtney. They traveled from Point Pleasant West Virginia where they were guests of Mrs Courtney's brother in law and sister Mr and Mrs Charles S Dent.
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Chauncey
Paul Courtney
Springfield
Harvey Courtney
Point Pleasant
W. Va
Betty O'Connell's Death Casts Shadow Over Chauncey Visit
Betty O'Connell aged 19 died in a Columbus accident. She had been associated with Chauncey residents during a summer visit with Marjorie Courtney and her father Clint Courtney, and other relatives. London loses about 300 hours of sunshine annually due to smoke.
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Chauncey
Betty O'Connell
Columbus
Friday
Marjorie Courtney
Clint Courtney
London
Hamiltons Entertain CHAUNCEY Guests at Mound Street
Mr and Mrs Thom Hamilton and son Dean hosted dinner Sunday at their Mound Street home. Guests included Mrs Hamiltons brother-in-law and sister, Mr and Mrs Hull F Kittle of Glouster, Ray and James Duffee of Athens, and Mrs Charles Harper with daughter Ann of Brooklyn. Mrs Harper is a daughter of the Kittles and has been visiting her parents.
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Chauncey
Thomas Hamilton
Dean
Mound St
Hamilton
Hull F. Kittle
Glouster
Ray
James Duffee
Athens
Charles Harper
Ann
Brooklyn
N. Y
Harper
Kittle
Social notes from Cleveland and surrounding towns
Chauncey residents Viola Sanders and daughters visit relatives in Cleveland. Elizabeth Robinett of Millfield spends Sunday with sister-in-law Della Olbers in Taylor Ridge. Stacey Sayer and Maggie Linscott visit sister Ella Tedrick who is ill in Columbus. Tim and H O McDaniel plan trips to Anderson Indiana for camp meeting. Dennis McDaniel’s family in Duncan Falls host a visit. Harry Clarke leaves Easton Pennsylvania after weeks with Floyd Nye’s family. C N Sanders and family in Millfield accompany Fauna Speelman to visit Mrs. McCormick in Columbus.
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Chauncey
Viola Sanders
Virginia Mce- Quade
Cleveland
Elizabeth Robinett
Millfield
Della Olbers
Taylor Ridge
Stacey Sayer
Trimble
Maggie Linscott
Columbus
Ella Tedrick
Tim Mitchell
Anderson
Ind
God’s Church
H. O. McDaniel
Duncan Falls
Dennis McDaniel
Harry Clarke
Floyd Nye
Easton
C. N. Sanders
Clarence Sanders
Logan
Fauna Speelman
McCormick
Birthday anniversaries celebrated at a home gathering
Sunday a joint celebration honored three birthday anniversaries at the home of Mrs. Gusta Clemens. Mrs. Clemens, her sister Mrs. Alfie Harrington, and Harringtons daughter Cleta were guests of honor. Twenty five guests attended and a picnic dinner was served on the lawn. A group photo was taken.
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Chauncey
Gusta Clemens
Chauncey Townsend Club to Sponsor Dance at K P Hall
The Chauncey Townsend Club sponsors a dance at the K P Hall next Friday night June 19. Music will be by the Greens Run Townsend Club orchestra.
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Chauncey
Chauncey Townsend
K. of P. Hall
Townsend Club
Mayors Meet in Columbus for State Observance
Chauncey Mayor W D Hines attended Mayor Day in Columbus with 90 mayors present. Dinner at Firemen's building followed by sight seeing and a ball game. District colleagues L B McCune of Athens and Eugene Minor of Trimble were among the attendees.
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Chauncey
W. D. Hines
Columbus
Hines
L. B. McCune
Athens
Eugene Minor
Trimble
Fasteeth Ad Claims All Day Comfort for Dentures
An early 20th century ad promises teeth stay in place all day with Utue Fas teeth sprinkled on plates each morning. It claims no gummy odor taste or slip and urges readers to obtain Fasteeth from their druggist in three sizes.
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Lee
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County
Aberdeen
Proving Grounds
Phi Kappa Delta Fraternity of
Arctic
Middleport News
Ghioan
Old Timers of
Meigs Co
Pomeroy Social Notes
Fred Jacoby, Jr
Chauncey Church
Dover
Hamiltons Entertain
Athens County Savings & Loan Co
Lostro Bldg
Athens, Ohio
Travis Lander
Frank Gilliar
Johnny Farrell
Oshkosh
Onsale
Lancaster
Nelsonville
Mayflower Hotel
Washington, D. C
Fred
Reynolds Tobacco Company
Winston-Salem, MO
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