Fifty Years of Service for Middleport Shoe Store Matron
Mrs. Horace S. Roush celebrates 50 years at Roush Shoe Store on Second Avenue. The business links six generations in the same family, dating to Will Horden who sold the shop to her uncle later, and then to her after marriage. Mrs. Roush, famed antiques collector, has run the store since her husband’s death around two decades ago and still provides newborns with their first shoes.
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Middleport
Horace S. Roush
Roush
N. Second Ave
Will Horden
Hordens
H. S. Roush
Pomeroy Board to Seek State Rehab Grants and Levy
The Pomeroy Board of Education votes to submit state rehabilitation project requests contingent on passing a two mill tax levy at the next primary. Projects include lighting, roof painting, new toilets, upgraded floors, furnace repairs, door work, and playground resurfacing estimated at 10000 dollars with 60 percent state participation. The football field needs were discussed and action postponed awaiting the Ohio attorney general opinion on remaining bond funds. Attendees included President J Roedel, P I Stanley, Ralph Graves, Rolland Neutzling, R G Webster, and Superintendent W A Smith.
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Sugar Run
Central
Central School
Ohio
J. ©. Roedel
P. I.stanley
Ralph Graves
Rolland Neutzling
R. G. Webster
W. A. Smith
Pomeroy Grange Notes Details March Meeting and Events
Pomeroy Hemlock Grove Grange 2049 met March 4 with 47 members and four visitors. Nine membership applications read, three approved. Plans include a 12 person class and full degree work. Mina Hart reported health meeting discussions in Athens. Bake sale set for March 18 at Spencer's Grocery. bring baked goods eggs butter or candy by 9 a.m. A safety program is planned March 10 at 7 30 p.m. A Charlie Miller radio show is scheduled for March 30 at the Grange Hall. Refreshments, singing, and square dancing followed.
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Pomeroy
Hemlock Grove Grange
Grange
Spencer’s
Spencer
Grange Hall
Charlie Miller
Pomeroy Eagles Auxiliary to Meet Thursday Evening
The Auxiliary of Meigs Aerie Eagles will hold a meeting at 7 30 p m Thursday in Eagles Hall with refreshments served.
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Pomeroy
Meigs Aerie, Eagles
Eagles Hall
DAV Meeting Discusses DAV Home Upgrades and Easter Plans
The DAV and local veterans heard William Sweeney and Senator Al Daniels discuss funding for upgrades at the DAV home. Commander Jack Thomas received a $200 donation from the Auxiliary which has grown this year. Earlier plans included an Easter Bake Sale at Spencer's Grocery on April 8 and selling colored Easter eggs by Mrs. Herman Warner, Mrs. Ben Turner, and Mrs. Dayton Will.
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John
Jack) Thomas
Pomeroy
DAV
Jack Thomas
Spencer's Grocery
Herman Warner
Ben Turner
Dayton
Local residents share news of visits and illnesses
Mrs. Helen Rea and Mrs. James S. Mickey of Columbus visited their parents Judge and Mrs. E. W. Peoples and brother Bob Peoples in Point Pleasant. Several others attend events in Huntington and share family health updates including flu cases and pneumonia.
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Helen Rea
James S. Mickey
Columbus
E. W. Peoples
Bob Peoples
Point Pleasant
F. Ray Wilson
Sharon
Huntington
Terry Ferrell
Lincoln Heights
Robert Coates
June Sayre
Frank Will
Jo Ann
Duggie Bolinger
Harry Bolinger
Spring Ave
Ed Hysell
Condor St
Eugene Pullins
Hysell
Herb Dixon
Susan
Clara Grueser
James Sutton
Jimmy
Chesapeake
Ohio
Dallas Arnett
Carolyn
Mansfield
John Dill
R. D. Joseph
Charles Radford
Helene Sayre
Carol McKenzie
Janice
Gallipolis
Allie Grueser
Dorothy
Orin Vince
Monessen
John Grueser
Belle Vernon
Funeral Services Set For Mrs. E. T. Parr
Funeral services for Mrs. Esther Thorne Parr will be held at the Letart Methodist Church Sunday at 2 p.m. Interment follows in Letart cemetery. She died at the home of her niece Mrs. Beulah Morris in Saxon. Survived by several nieces and nephews. Her husband Isaac Parr preceded her in death. The body lies at the Ewing funeral home with calling through noon Saturday.
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Pomeroy
Esther Thorne Parr
Beulah Morris
Saxon
Letart Methodist Church
Letart
Parr
Isaac Parr
Legion Post Celebrates 32nd Anniversary in Meigs County
Drew Webster Post No. 39 of the American Legion marked its 32nd anniversary with a Monday night birthday party. Auxiliary president Leona Smith presided with ceremonies including the color guard, national anthem, prayers, and remarks by Commander John Will and guest speakers on veterans’ issues.
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Pomeroy
Drew Webster
American Legion
Leona Smith
Ralph Smith
Marcel Smith
Jennie Sue Eiselstein
Carrie Neutzling
Elizabeth Young
Zana Baxter
John Will
Neutzling
Auxiliary
Ben Neutzling
Harry Wehrung
Harlan Wehrung
Albert Reuter
C. J. Rhodes
Meigs County
Veterans Service
Will
L. J. Thornton
Legion
Robert Smith
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Pomeroy Board of Education
St. Pomeroy
Ede S Corp
Red Cross
Bayer
Kotex
Rosemary
Cologne
Phillips Milk of
Magnesia
M. O
Dorothy Perkins
Jergens
Razor
Greyhound Bus
Pomeroy Social Notes
Mina Hart
Athens
William Sweeney
al Daniels
Pomeroy Personals
Home Laundry Company
E. T. Parr
S&z Shop
Main St. Ph
Crosley
Croseey
H. J. Hysell
Legion Post
Ebersbach Hardware Co
Inees Pomeroy, Ohi
Arvin
Humphrey
Axminster
Caloric
Dixie
Siegler
Morse-Fairbanks
Palley
Furniture Department
Easy
Apex
Best Buy
West
McMaster Hardware & Furniture Company
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