Meigs Relics Tell Story Of 150 Years of History
Meigs County Sesquicentennial Exhibit at Pomeroy Junior High School showcases documents and relics tracing 150 years of local history. A. V. Howell opened the event with the Meigs County Pioneer and Historical Society. Boy Scouts, garden clubs, and volunteers assist. A pageant Through 150 Years of Progress in Meigs County debuts tonight featuring a 30-woman cast and period scenes including a medicine show and a dress style segment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Pomeroy
Meigs County
Valentine B. Horton
A. V. Howell
Meigs County Pioneer and Historical Society
Howell
Boy Scouts of Pomeroy
Francis H. Klein
Johnny Bryant
Lillian Stieff
Ben Philson
Stephen Fosters
Jeanie
Vandyke
America
Mrs. Klein
John Bryant
Bill Gibbs
Howard Nolan
Ethel Garland
Miss Garland
Gress
Meigs
Mason Soldier Tops Ordnance Leadership School Class
POMEROY West Virginia private Gerald Kelly, 21, won top honors as head man in the Leadership School at the Ordnance Replacement Training Center in Aberdeen Maryland Prov ing Ground. An honor student in the automotive machinist course at Atlanta General Depot he was inducted last August at Fort Meade and trained at Aberdeen. He is a Wahama High School graduate and worked in mechanical maintenance for Appalachian Power Co. His wife remains in Aberdeen during training.
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Kelly
Fort Meade
Aberdeen
Wahama High School
Appalachian Electrical Power Co
Graham Station
W. Va
Meigs Jaycees to Award Calf at County Fair
The Meigs County Jaycees will award a registered calf prize at the Meigs County Fair in August. The calf comes from a State Jaycee prize won last March and will be given to a deserving 4 H or FFA boy, with the winner choosing the breed.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County Jaycees
Meigs County
FFA
Theodore Reed
Meigs Jaycee Agriculture Committee
Dale Kautz
William Knight
Hugh Custer
John Shank
Meigs Jaycees
Reed
Sunday Program at South Bethel EUB Church
TUPPERS PLAINS The South Bethel EUB Church will hold a Children's Day service Sunday at 2 p.m. The program features recitations by Karen Cassel Shirlene Cassel Roger Bahr and many others plus a pantomime play background songs by the Women's Choir and endearing class performances.
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Tuppers Plains
South Bethel Eub Church
Karen Cassel
Shirlene Cassel
Roger Bahr
Tommy Summerfield
Jackie Bahr
Lila Bahr
Donna Bahr
Philip Cassel
Cheryl Bentz
Gerald Summerfield
Gary Smith
Rosalee Stoops
Linda Ba
Eileen Bahr
Ann Summerfield
Garrett Christy
Janet
Postponed Sunday Services At Burlingham Church
Hemlock Grove Grange officials cancel Sunday services at Burlingham Church planned by Pomeroy Rural Life due to unspecified reasons. Attendance and future rescheduling to be announced by Hemlock Grove Grange.
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Pomeroy
Rural Life
Burlingham
Hemlock Grove Grange
West Virginia Killing Story Found True
Virgil Perkins, 31, of Letart Falls, jailed in Meigs County for knifing Vernon Donohue, was returned to Athens State Hospital after a January 1950 Fayette County trial for involuntary manslaughter. Authorities say Perkins fired on attackers during a 1949 chicken theft plot, killing one, and was placed on probation before moving counties.
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Pomeroy
Virgil Perkins
Letart Falls
Meigs County
Vernon Donohue
Athens State Hospital
Charles Russell
Fayette County
Fayettesville
W. Va
Russell
Perkins
West Virginia
Petit Jury
Library Gets New Books for Circulation
Pomeroy Public Library announced by librarian Mrs. Lucy Gainer that several new fiction and non fiction titles have been added and are ready for circulation. New non fiction includes Witness by Whitaker Chambers Beyond the High Himalayas by Douglas Miracle in the Hills by Sloop Citizen Communist and Spy by Philbreck O Rugged Land of Gold by Martin Cotillion by Heyer Emperor's Lady by Kenyon Shoulder the Sky by Stevenson. Lasher Memorial Shelf visitors to inspect were Miss Etna Gardner Rutland and Mr and Mrs A Belfont from St Petersburg Fla.
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Pomeroy
Pomeroy Public Library
Lucy Gainer
Whitaker Chambers
Kenyon
Stevenson
George Lasher
Lasher
Etna Gardner
Rutland
Water System Planned For Salem Center
The Western Local School District Rutland Board of Education authorizes bids for installing a masonry water storage tank turbine pump two well pits and electrical pump controls at Salem Center School Plans and specs are on file with the clerk of the board of education Rutland and A H Moellenkamp & Associates Engineers Lancaster Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Board of Education
Western Local
Rutland
Salem Center
A. H. Moellenkamp & Associates
Lanreco Blvd
Lancaster
Pomeroy Neighbors Host Potluck Picnic at Wilkesville
POMEROY The Friendly Neighbors held a potluck at Mrs. Harley Strong's home in Wilkesville. The event featured lawn activities with club mothers as guests. Traveling prize donated by Mrs. Harold Lohse went to Mrs. William Sheridan among a long list of attendees.
Cubs Outing At Bailey's Lake Attended By Scouts
Members of Den I Cub Scouts 249 and their den mother Mrs Ralph Welker attended an outing at Bailey's Lake on Wednesday. Attending boys were Benny Ewing Charles Swisher Duane Smith Jackie Welker Rickie Fisher and Bill Gibbs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
den I
Cub Scouts
Ralph Welker
Bailey's Lake
Benny Ewing
Charles Swisher
Duane Smith
Jackie Welker
Rickie Fisher
Bill Gibbs
Pomeroy Victim of Virus Pneumonia Reported at Hospital
A. L. Norwood of Jackson Mississippi was admitted to H olzer Hospital after contracting virus pneumonia. His wife runs the shooting gallery concession at the carnival now exhibiting in Pomeroy.
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Pomeroy
A. L. Norwood
Jackson, Miss
Holzer Hospital
Pomeroy Church News Highlights Local Services
A roundup of Sunday schools worship times and pastors across Pomeroy and surrounding parishes. Includes Rutland Church of God, Antiquity Baptist, Church of God, Syracuse Nazarene, Chester Methodist, St. Pauls Lutheran, Bearwallow Church of Christ, Syracuse Circuit EUB, Kerrs Run Mission, Forest Run Baptist, Grace Episcopal, Free Methodist, Church of Christ, Church of the Nazarene, United Methodist, Christian Science Society, Naomi Baptist, Jehovahs Witnesses, Racine Methodist, Federated, First Baptist Pomeroy, and Sacred Heart notes with service times and event details.
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Rutland
Syracuse
Church OF the Nazarene
M. C. Larimore
NYPS
Visitation Evangelism
Chester
C. A. White
Bethany
Carmel
Young Peoples Meeting
Hysell Run
William Strausbaugh
Young People’s Worker
Free Methodist Church
Woodsfield
Church OF Christ
Don Seevers
C. Coolidge
United Methodist
J. Leslie Kunze
J. W. Stone
Christian Science Society
Mulberry Ave
Naomi Baptist
H. E. Harris
Baptist Young People’s Organization
Jehovah's Witnesses
Jesse C. Hayes
Racine
John Elwood
Forrest Run
Oak Grove
Sutton
Dale H. Ratliff
First Baptist
Pomeroy
R. H. DeMott
Baptist Men's Council
Portland Park
Sacred Heart
George Adams
Commandery Installs Officers in Pomeroy Ohio Valley Commandery
Pomeroy Ohio Valley Commandery 24 installed officers at the Masonic Temple on Wednesday evening. Harry P. Smith served as installing officer. New officers include Leo Vaughan as eminent commander and a list of six knights in appointed chairs. A banquet and a July 8 picnic at Bailey's Lake were planned, with members eyeing Lancaster Commandery dedication ceremonies.
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Pomeroy
Ohio Valley
Masonic Temple
Emminent
Harry P. Smith
Leo Vaughan
Clarence Hamm
Ralph Graves
Lorenzo Davis
Ray Woodgeard
Everett J. Tracy
J. Edward Foster
Phil Meinhart
Russell Wilson
Max Ward
Dr. C. FE. W. Downie
Carl Shields
Sentinel
H. B. Smith
Phil Williamson
Theo Smith
Bailey's Lake
Ohio Valley Commandery
Lancaster Commandery
4 H Club Activities At Joppa and Rutland
Joppa Community 4 H Club met with adviser Mrs Robert Hill and demonstrated a plastic purse with refreshments served. Rutland Busy Bees held their eighth meeting led by president Linda Cremeans with projects due by July 6. Members donated $20 for a picnic table for the new Rutland Community Park as recreation and a picnic supper were featured.
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Joppa
4-H Club
Robert Hill
Hill
Rutland Busy Bees
Linda Cremeans
Osa Turner
New
Rutland
Patty
Stitch
Maxine Rumfield
West End Stars Meet for 4-H Heifer Discussion
West end Stars gathered with Jack Bolin as 10 members attended. County agent C. E. Blakeslee assisted the club with a tape recording. The group discussed 4-H heifer projects and sewing demonstrations at Langsville home of Mrs Alpha Barr. The girls worked on needle books. Patay Lee.
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West End
Jack Bolin
C. E. Blakeslee
Owen Hoffman
Langsville
Alpha Barr
Divorce Granted On Cross Petition In Meigs County
Gertrude Hogue Pomeroy was granted a divorce from Orville Hogue in Judge Cedric W. Clark's Common Pleas Court Meigs County on grounds of gross neglect of duty and extreme cruelty. The original petition was filed by Orville Hogue on November 28 1952.
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Pomeroy
Gertrude Hogue
Meigs County Clerk of Courts
Orville Hogue
Cedric W. Clark
Common Pleas Court
Examination for rural carrier at Pomeroy High School
Examinations for the Minersville rural carrier post will be held at Pomeroy Senior High School on Saturday at 8 30 a m. A total of 12 applicants compete for the position and W P Lochary will conduct the testing.
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Pomeroy
Minersville
Pomeroy Senior High School
W. P. Lochary
Bashan clubs sponsor ice cream social at Bashan Store
The B and FE Club of Bashan hosts an ice cream social Friday at the Bashan Store. Serving starts at 7 30 p m with homemade ice cream cake and pop. Proceeds aid the girls on their trip to Canter s Cave.
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Pomeroy
B and FE Club
Bashan
Canter's Cave
Daughter Is Born in Middleport At Meigs General
Mr and Mrs Lowell Vance announce the birth of a daughter at Meigs General Hospital. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Floyd Harrison nee Lola Russell and great grandmother is Mrs Letha Russell.
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Middleport
Lowell Vance
Meigs General Hospital
Floyd Harrison
Lola Russell
Letha Russell
Benny Wilson Birthday Party At Bai ley's Lake
Middleport social notes report a swimming party and hamburger fry at Bai ley's Lake celebrating Benny Wilson's eighth birthday. Guests include Hood Mitch Wilson Allensworth and Wil son families plus Mrs Beck who provided the traveling prize. Hostesses for July are Mrs Murray and Mrs Crooks with Mrs Byers donating the traveling prize.
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Middleport
Bailey’s Lake
Benny Wilson
Frank Wilson
Brownell Ave
Wilson
Robert Allensworth
Perry Mitch
Joe Wilson
Milton Hood
Johnny
Jimmy
Sammy Hood
Larry Mitch
Reed Koenig
Bobby
Richard
Carolyn
Myrta Wilson
John Allensworth
George Hobstetter
Walter Crooks
DeReuben Beck
Beck
Byers
Charles Murray
Crooks
Priscilla Circle Picnic At Bailey's Lake
The Priscilla Circle of the B. H. Sanborn Missionary Society of First Baptist Church traveled to Bailey's Lake for a picnic supper and outing led by president Sara D. Hartley.
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Middleport
Priscilla
B. H. Sanborn Missionary Society
First Baptist Church
Bailey's Lake
Sara D. Hartley
PM Club Meets at Swisher Home in Middleport
The PM Club gathered Wednesday evening at the home of Mrs. Wayne Swisher with assisting hostess Mrs. Francis Anderson. Prize winners included Mrs. Charles Murray and Mrs. Howard Byers among others.
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Middleport
Wayne Swisher
Francis Anderson
Charles Murray
Howard Byers
Middleport church services and schedules
Heath Methodist Church hosts a Children’s Day program at 9 30 a m with one service. Rev Louis A Bangerter begins summer vacation and an elected board meeting Sunday night is canceled. Other churches list services and activities including First Presbyterian First Baptist and Syracuse Presbyterian with sermon topics and worship times.
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Heath Methodist
Heath Methodist Church
Louis A. Bangerter
First Presbyterian
Howard E. Ruppelt
Orship
First Baptist
Claremont E. Hoyt
Sound Motion Picture
Ambassador For Christ
Syracuse Presbyterian
Mrs. Maggie Moore Dies at 75 in Pomeroy
Funeral services for Mrs. Maggie Moore 75 who died Thursday afternoon at the home of her son Dellos Lightfoot Middleport will be at 2 p m Saturday at Ewing funeral home. She is survived by two sons Clarence Lightfoot Onstead Mich and Dellas Lightfoot Middleport a brother George Bolin Springfield High Bolin Columbus and Charles Bolin Columbus and a sister Murray Eoolin Pomeroy. She was a Church of Christ member and burial will be in Beech Grove Cemetery Pomeroy.
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Pomeroy
Maggie Moore
Dellos Lightfoot
Middleport
Ewing
Moore
Church of Christ
Beech Grove Cemetery
Sutton Methodist Bible School to Close Friday
The Sutton Methodist Church Bible School will close on Friday. A picnic is planned for Sunday noon at Portland Park, announced by Rev. John Elwood today.
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Pomeroy
Sutton Methodist Church Bible School
Portland Park
John Elwood
Evans Market Employees Host Bailey's Lake Picnic
Middleport reports Evans Market staff, their families and guests gathered Wednesday night at Bailey's Lake for a swimming party, games and a picnic supper.
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Middleport
Evans Market
Bailey's Lake
Allenesworth family enjoys Jackson Lake picnic trip
S2 Sgt and Mrs Raymond Allensworth with children Harvey Rae Ann and Viola Jean and others from Gallia County traveled to Jackson Lake for a picnic and fishing outing at the lake.
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Middleport
Raymond Allensworth
Harvey
Rae Ann
Viola Jean
Julia McGhee
Roma Mayes
Harry Swisher
Gallia County
Jackson Lake
Onpediac
Local Residents Return Visits and Relocations Across Ohio
Social notes list Mr. and Mrs. Lester Bowers visiting Springfield after time with John Thomas and Howard Bowers. Lenore Kent of Brownsburg visits her Hobart family with son Michael Kent, a Ohio Wesleyan University freshman, now back in Brownsburg for summer work. A group travels to Gallipolis for hospital visits, while Lena McElhinny visits Charleston relatives as Homer Jones and family vacation at Buckeye Lake. Second Lt. Lee Smith heads to Ft Meade Maryland for assignment. Other news includes Beaver Falls movers into Cowie apartments and local hospital discharges and home renovations at Miller and Lyon households. Frances Circle hosts from Columbus. Miss Gothard aided by sister during lengthy treatment at University Hospital.
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Lester Bowers
Springfield
John Thomas
Howard Bowers
Lenore Hobart Kent
Brownsburg
Ind
M. C. Hobart
Cedric Clark
Middleport
Michael Kent
Ohio Weslyan University
Charlotte Perrin
Minnie Beverage
Beverly Perrin
Gallipolis
Paul Clifford
Holzer Hospital
Lena McElhinny
Charleston
Homer Jones
Buckeye Lake
Lee Smith
Ft. Meade
Lyndall Lyons
Bernard Schrumm
Zanesville
James Novak
Deborah Ann
Beaver Falls
Cowie
N. Second Ave
Novak
Booth and Flinn Construction Co
Kgger Creek
R. A. Miller
S. Third Ave
Meigs General Hospital
Miller
Lesta Gothard
Columbus
Emily
University Hospital
Miss Gothard
Jack Miller
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Pomeroy Garden Club
Rutland Garden Club
Middleport Garden Club
Amateur Gardeners Club of
Paw 'N Taw Club
John Hardy
Liberty Theatre
Proudly
Voice of the Theatre
San Antonio Rose
Jane Frazee
Robert Paige
Lon Chaney
Shemp Howard
the Yellow Haired Kid
Guy Madison
Wild Bill Hickock
Andy Devine
Alan Hale
Thrilling
Richard Carlson
Sterling Hayden
Gilbert & Sullivan
Cain
Robert Mitchum
Susan Hayward
Linda Darnall
Stephan McNally
Charles Starrett and
Smiley Burnette
Fort Savage
Leo Gorcey
Huntz Hall
the Block Busters
John Land
Jeff Chandler
Apache Pass
William Holden
Edmund O’brien
Jaycees
Meigs Fair
Pomeroy Bend
Double Bill
Star OF Texas
Wayne Morris
Paul Fix
Rick Vallin
Jack Larson
Frank Ferguson
Lyle Talbot
Man
Arizona
Vaughan Monroe Jean Leslie Folgar Buchanan
Victor Jory
Jean Parker Henry Morgan
Horizons West
Robert Ryan Julia Adama
Rock Hudson
Tom Powers
Rockies
Roy Rogers
Dale Evans
Trigger
John Wayne
Donna Reed
Charlies Coburn
Tom Tully
Sherry Jackson
Marie Windsor
Pomeroy Personals
Cubs
Pomeroy Church News
ST. Paul's Lutheran
L. M. Mohrhoff
Bearwallow Church OF Christ
Truman Dodson
Beverly Linthicum
Hoyttown Cloverettes
Grange Hall
Doris McNemar
Grange All
Patay Lee
Sharon Knecht
Chillicothe, C
Girl Scouts of America
Roy F. Layton
Girl Scouts
Fete
Evangeline Chapter
Order of Eastern Star
Carl Ebersbach
Middleport Lodge
Dan Price
L. R. Wiley
Clarence Rupp
Dan Thompson
Wiley
Robert Morris, Jr
Brad Maag
Hayes
Hallie Zerkle
Nellie Zerkle
Stewart Hawkins
John ‘Hawkins, Jr
Franklin Gin‘ther
Downing Roush
Evelyn Lewis
Walter Bunce
W. P. Ohlinger
Nan Moore
Robert McElhinny
Charles Bennett
Willis ‘Anthony
James Clatworthy
Edward T. Bauer
Clair Karr
Robert Darst
Richard Allen
Robert Ll. Coats
Stephen
W. W. Hayes
Arthur Clark
Denver Rice
Kenneth Harris
Austin Russell
James
William Grueser
Albert Hendricks
Sidney T. Russell
Sidney Kloes
Leo Kennedy
Edward DeMaskey
William
John C. Bacon
John
Richard Neutzling
John F. Fultz
Richard Chambers
Herbert Chambers
James Daniels
L. L. Lyons, Jr
Son
Frank Booth
Middleport Social Notes
Circle
P.M
Middleport Churches
Mrs. Moore
Eagles
Tiny and
Slim
Race St
Lake
Stdoseph
Ohio
Bec Rene Os
Athens
Nelsonville
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