Amphibious Army Duck thrills crowd at Pomeroy demonstration
More than 100 spectators witness a two and a half ton Army Duck perform on land and water near the Pomeroy ferry landing. Corporal Linamood pilots the craft while T-4 Smith oversees the display. Captain Birch notes above average enlistments at the Marietta station. The event ends with plans to store the Duck in a local garage for an encore today. Clarence Imboden is injured in the Evergood Coal Mine on Route 7 Tuesday morning.
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Pomeroy
Col. Barker
Athens
Harold Birch
Marietta
Linamood
Mason City
Oho
Smith
Fomroy
Birch
Clarence Imboden
Evergood
Man Sentenced for Non-Support in Middleport
POMEROY Lee King of Middleport was sentenced to one to three years in the penitentiary by Common Pleas Judge Edgar Brivin after a grand jury indictment and a jury verdict of guilty for neglecting to provide for his wife and minor children.
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Pomeroy
Lee King
Middleport
Penitentiary
Common Pleas
Edgar Brivin
King
Grand ‘l
Spetit
Golf Course Near Pomeroy Could Boost Local Recreation
A Pomeroy group led by Elbert Robinson aims to create a nearby golf course near Chester to serve Pomeroy and the Bend Area. Fred Crow Jr and Frank Will join to explore a plan using Thomas Webber’s farm. The project seeks public support, school use, and potential future clubhouse.
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Pomeroy
Pomeroy Bend
Elbert Robinson
Chamber of Commerce
Fred Crow, Jr
Frank Will
Robinson
Thomas’ Webber
Chester
Webber
Athens
Marietta
Gallipolis
Middleport couple wed at St Pauls in Gilbert South Carolina
Miss Mildred Louie Kneece and Mr. William Guy Suter united in a double ring ceremony at St. Pauls Lutheran Church Gilbert S C on Tuesday June 11 at 5 pm. The bride wore white lace and net with a chiffon yoke and heart shaped headpiece. Attendants included Mrs L N Hargrave and Miss Betty Kneece. After a reception the couple left for a trip to the Great Smokies then Welch West Virginia where Suter works. The bride is a Winthrop College graduate and former teacher. Suter is GM Institute and Army Air Force veteran. Nora and Gerald Frank recently married and at home at Tewksbury Apartments. Chappelle family to mark 60th anniversary June 28 with relatives.
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Middleport
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Gilbert
S. C
Mildred Louie Kneece
John Daniel Kneece
William Guy Suter
O. Guy Suter
Eva Huptonstall
Welch
W. Va
H.S. Petrea
Grace Church
Rockhill
J. L. Shealy
St. Paul’s Church
L. N. Hargrave
Florence Suter
Betty Kneece
Swansea
D. C
Suter
William Haptonstall
W. E. Stansbury
Middleport High School
Ohio University
Sen
General Motors Institute
Flint
Mich
Army Air Force
General Motors
Middleport Society Notes Include Arrivals and Visits
Middleport residents host relatives and guests from Oberlin Columbus Piketon and Detroit. Movements include the Oiler and Osler families relocating properties and a busy weekend with local visits and attendance at a Ripley auto race and a Gallipolis baseball doubleheader.
Church Picnic To Be Tonight At First Presbyterian
Middleport crowd gathers for annual church picnic at First Presbyterian Church to welcome new pastor Dr Homer G McMillen and new members. Potluck supper opens the event followed by a program led by Judge Edgar Ervin with welcomes, responses, duets, piano solos, readings, and a benediction by Dr McMillen.
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Middleport
First Presbyterian ‘Church
Homer G
C. F. ‘Besserer
Church
J. H. Grate
Joan Gilmore
L. J. Heiner
Charles McMaster
Sallie McCormick
Lillian Stieff
H. N. Cross
Paul Haptonstall
McMien
Vows Exchanged in Pomeroy and Nearby Marriages
Mrs Helen Clark of New Haven West Virginia announces the marriage of her daughter Anna to Billy Roush of Syracuse with Justice Steve Martin officiating. William I White of Parkersburg WV and Mrs Fannie Lee Puckett of Parkersburg wed Monday afternoon by Justice Martin. Glenn Watson of Flatrock Michigan and Mrs Amy Rhodes Pomeroy were also married Monday afternoon by Justice Martin.
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Pomeroy
Helen Clark
New Haven
W. Va
Anna
Billy Roush
Syracuse
Steve Martin
William I. White
Parkersburg
Fannie Lee Puckett
Justice Martin
Glenn Watson
Flatrock
Mich
Amy Rhodes
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L&z
Ohio
Robert C. Casci
W. Maine
Robert Charles
Holzer Hospital
Catalina and
Wilson Brothers
Catalina
Middleport Social Notes
Nora Frank
Gerald Frank
Albert Bitters
Tewksbury Apartments
Third wAve
Mr. Frank
Imear
Evans Market
A. A. Chappelle
Powell St
John Talbott
Ripley
W.va
Chappelles
Mary Lou Hartinger
Oberlin College
Lawrence Hartinger
Beech ,St
George Oiler
Third Ave
James Oiler
Broadway
James Osler
Herrman
Storys Run
Don Duffield
Piketon
Jacob Burchett
Jacob Schafer
Burchett
Ruby Byers
Inlaw
Howard Byers
St. John Bolin
Juaniita
Columbus
Roger Emmish
Detroit
A. Emmish
Lawrence Bing
Port Clinton
Tiffin
Effie Lockett
Columbus 1
Harry Russell
Lloyd McComas
Little Hocking
L. W. McComas
Fred Hoffman
Dunbar
Bessie Glaze
Don Pullen
Marguerite Miller
Post Office
Shade
Everett Davis
Mullen
Franklin Bailey
Donna Halsey
Stanley Smalley
Tuppers Plains
Texanna White
Charlies White
A. O. Tracy
Ray Reuter
Jolanda Roush
Richard Root
Ash Pierce
Bara‘boo
Wis
Monnday
Charles Boice
Salem Center
Boice
Marty Seines
Freda Gay Durst
Santi Barsotti
Myra Darnell
Nitro
First Presbyterian Church
Johnny
Suzanne Talbott
Wallace Leonard
Noel Hysell
Fred Jenkinson
Gravel Hill
Queen Bees
Gilkeys
Dale Gilkey
J Queen Bee Hotel
Paani
Meigs
Geraldine Fitzgerald
Sydney Greenstreet
Peter Lorre
Robert Shayne
Joan Lorring
Peter Whitney
Susan
Joan Fontaine
George Brent
Dennis O'Keefe
Don DeFore
Rita Johnson
Walter Abel
Iibendwyue
Triple Bill
the Man IN Gray
Dames Mason
Margaret Lockwood
Pinto Kid
Charles Starrett
Raiders OF Ghost City
Lionel Atwill
Dennis Moore
Teeter Babe
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