Sorority Plans Spring Style Show In Middleport
Ohio Eta Phi Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi elected new officers Tuesday at Ohio Fuel Gas Co. offices in Middleport. The style revue and card party are set for April 12 at Pomeroy Elementary School to benefit Meigs Memorial Hospital. A Miss Springtime contest will select a high school entrant.
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Middleport
Ohio Eta Phi
Beta Sigma Phi
Ohio Fuel Gas Co
New Pomeroy
New Meigs Memorial Hospital
Lee Seyler
Pomeroy Eastern Star Discusses Dinner Plans
Pomeroy Chapter 186 Order of the Eastern Star planned a jitney supper and a mother-daughter banquet. The group, led by worthy matron Denzil Goeglein and worthy patron Caddie Wickham, discussed attending services at Pomeroy First Baptist Church on April 8 and read invitations to inspections at multiple nearby towns. Initiation featured Bill Watson singing It Is No Secret. Refreshments with a St. Patrick’s Day theme were served by Margaret Blaetmar and others.
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Pomeroy
Pomeroy Chapter
Order of Eastern Star
Caddie Wickham
Denzil Goeglein
Pomeroy First Baptist Church
Hamden
Guysville
Macksburg
Gallipolis
Middleport
Glouster
Bill
Blazewicz Child Rites Set For Sunday
Funeral services for Effie Rowena Blazewicz eight daughter of Dr and Mrs Selim J Blazewicz will be at 2 pm Sunday at Enterprise EUB Church She was a Brownie Troop 267 member a Pomeroy Elementary third grader and attended EUB Church. Rev Francis H Glazier will officiate. Burial is Beech Grove Cemetery.
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Pomeroy
Effie Rowena Blazewicz
Selim J. Blazewicz
Children’s Hospital
Columbus
Enterprise Eub
Square Dance at Bedford Center Saturday Night
A square dance will be held at the Bedford Community recreation center on Route 33 near Darwin this Saturday from 8 30 p m until midnight. Music by Brook Sayre and caller Jim Van Meter. A 2 cake walk will be offered. Admission is 50 cents for adults and 25 cents for children.
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Darwin
Bedford Community Recreation Center
Route 33
Brook Sayre
Jim van Meter
The Thread That Runs So True at Rutland High
Rutland High School presents its senior class play The Thread That Runs So True written by Jesse Stuart based on his Kentucky teaching experiences. Performances include a March 29 matinee and a March 30 evening show in the school auditorium with a large cast of senior participants.
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Rutland
Easter Bazaar Planned at Tri- Lustre Cleaners in Middleport
Middleport Easter bazaar organized by the Middleport Amateur Gardeners will be held April 7 at Tri- Lustre Cleaners. Mrs. Wesley Fry chairs the event featuring decorated eggs candy and handmade articles. A planning meeting occurs Wednesday at Mrs. Edward Burkett home with Mrs. Kenneth Amsbury assisting.
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Middleport
Tri- Lustre Cleaners
Middleport Amateur Gardeners
Wesley Fry
Harold Lohse
Arthur Strauss
Pearl Reynolds
Arthur Skinner
Thelma Pratt
Edgar Reynolds
Fry
Edward Burkett
C. E. Blakeslee
Kenneth Amsbury
Penny Moore Wins Band Award at Fairborn High
Penny Sue Moore daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles Moore longtime Fairborn residents has been honored by Fairborn High School She earned the Professor Harry Smith Award given annually since 1959 to the student showing the most effort by precept and example in the band Moore a senior and the first girl recipient is noted as a former Pomeroi High School band member Harry Smith supervisor of music in the Fairborn system has served in the department for more than 25 years
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Pomeroy
Penny Sue Moore
Charles Moore
Hoak Drive
Fairborn
Fairborn High School
Miss Moore
Pomeroy High School
Harry Smith
New Officials Selected By Church Unit
Middleport Philathea Society elected new officers at the Church of Christ meeting. Mrs. Robert Reibel became president, Mrs. Edgar Reynolds vice president, Mrs. O. E. McKinley secretary, Mrs. Betty Cline assistant secretary, and Mrs. Martha Childs treasurer. An April installation will be led by Mrs. William Bradford. A bake sale is planned for March 17 at the Tri Luster cleaners.
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Middleport
Philathea Society
George Hudson
Edgar Allensworth
Reibel
Robert McElhinney
McElhinney
George Meinhart
Francis Roush
Mabel Hysell
Nora Rice
Allensworth
Bertie Watts
Jan Long
Margaret Gaskill
Zana Baxter
Theo Neutzling
Clara Murray
Alice Fink
William Reynolds
Martha Slater
Rice
Beech
Bertha Darst
Pvt. Carl Hysell Is Home On Leave
Pvt. Carl Hysell Jr., Rutland, son of Mr and Mrs Carl Hysell, spent a weekend leave at home. He completed eight weeks of basic training with the 2nd Training Regiment at Fort Dix New Jersey and has been transferred to Aberdeen Proving Grounds Maryland to take an automotive repair course.
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Rutland
Carl Hysell Jr
Carl Hysell
2Nd
Ft. Dix
N. J
Aberdeen Proving Grounds
Graveside rites for Ray Clifton set in Beech Grove Cemetery
Graveside services for former Pomeroy resident Ray Clifton who died in California on February 28 will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at Beech Grove Cemetery. The Rev. William Voris of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church will officiate.
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Pomeroy
Ray Clifton
California
Beech Grove Cemetery
William Voris
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Missionary Society Meets At First United Church
Syracuse report notes Mrs Titus Pickeng as hostess and Mrs James Quick opening with The Purpose of United Presbyterian Women. Minutes by Pearl McBride and treasurer’s report given. Bible verses, devotions on the Doxology, and a $15.15 collection. Local and distant relatives listed among weekend visits and travels.
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Syracuse
Missionary Society of the First United Presbyterian Church
Titus Pickeng
James Quick
United Presbyterian Women
Pearl McBride
Florence Harden
Quick
Thomas Clark
Rutland Junior High Hosts Annual Athletic Banquet
In MIDDLEPORT the Rutland Junior High School football and basketball banquet honored 42 awardees with Coach James Vennari delivering a talk. Henry Null served as toastmaster as letters and certificates were handed to multiple students including Gary Cremeans Joe Brogain Melvin Romine Bill Kennedy Ronnie Black Bob Barrett Jim Barrett Bob Hysell Rusty Little Joe Hawkins and others. Special cheerleader recognition went to Jane Lucas Joe Etta Erlewine Shery Long Sondra Dean and Sherry Matson with letters to Lucas Erlewine and Long.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
James Vennari
Rutland
Henry Null
Don Quisenberry
Gary Cremeans
Joe Brogain
Melvin Romine
Bill Kennedy
Ronnie Black
Bob Barrett
Jim Barrett
Bob Hysell
Rusty Little
Joe Hawkins
Roger Barrett
Mike Nicholson
Jimmy Fink
John Wise
Marty Woodard
Roger Black
Lee Wood
Gene Grate
Gary Drenner
Sam Larkins
John Grate
Eddie Hutton
Roger Davis
James White
Northwestern
Herbert Parker
John Dudding
Paul Patterson
William Brown
Miles Nelson
Eugene Atkins
Robert Nelson
Homer Wells
Wesley Sisson
Paul Pierce
James Haggy
Mason Woman Dies at 81 in Mason Home
Mrs. Freda Eva Catherine Bletnar Shank 81 died at her Mason residence. Survived by three daughters Hester Rayburn Mason Norma Wallace Fresno CA Louise Brinker Fresno CA. son Charles Wallace Nashville TN. brother Christy Bletnar Mason. sisters Amelia Gabelein Huntington WV and Tressa Stoeck San Bernardino CA. seventeen grandchildren and great grandchildren. Member of EUB Church Mason. Funeral arrangements at Ewings Pomeroy. service at Mason EUB Church 2 p.m. Burial Mason Cemetery.
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Mason
Freda Eva Catherine Bletnar Shank
Hester Rayburn
Norma Wallace
Fresno
Calif
Louise Brinker
Charles Wallace
Nashville
Tenn
Christy Bletnar
Amelia Gabelein
Huntington
W. Va
Tressa Stoeck
San Bernardino
Two Middleport Residents Are Fined
Two Middleport residents Thelma Carpenter and Lloyd Poulson were fined on assault and battery charges after a Monday night fight. Carpenter, 45, fined $5 and costs. Poulson, 50, fined $15 and costs. A Rutland shooting match is planned by American Legion Post 467 at Lawrence Smith farm Sunday at 1 p.m.
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Middleport
Lee Smith
Thelma Carpenter
Lloyd Poulson
Rutland
Rutland American Legion Post 467
Lawrence Smith
Math Club Elects Officers at Rutland High School
Rutland High School’s Math Club, led by advisor Charles Withee, elected Larry Parsons president Jon Webster vice president Marlene Hoffman secretary treasurer and Blaine Turner news reporter at its second meeting. Attendees included Vernon Yarbrough Bill Hayes Darlene Goff Carol Floccari Jim Sheets John Tillis Linda Chapman Pennee Williams Ronnie Taylor Donnie Smith David Scragg and Mike Stewart.
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Rutland
Rutland High School
Charles Withee
Larry Parsons
Jon Webster
Marlene Hoffman
Blaine Turner
Charles Schoon Pomeroy Placed on Probation for Break-In
Charles Schoon Pomeroy was placed on two years probation by Judge John C. Bacon of the Meigs County Common Pleas Court after pleading guilty to breaking and entering charges.
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Pomeroy—Gleaver Boggess
Meigs County
Emmet W. Peoples
Pomeroy
Nina Andrews
Raymond Adkins
Clarence William Andrews
Meigs County Common Pleas Court
Charles Schoonover
John C. Bacon
Eleanor Circle Banquet Honors Mothers at Heath Church
The Eleanor Circle Women’s Society of Christian Service held its annual mother daughter banquet at Heath Methodist Church. Prizes honored the oldest mother Mrs. R. C. Lansbury youngest Mrs. Robert Byer and mother with most children Mrs. Dale Jacobs. Carnations were given by program chairman Mrs. William Everson.
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Middleport
Eleanor Circle
Women’s Society of Christian Service
Heath Methodist Church
R. C. Lansbury
Robert Byer
Dale Jacobs
William Everson
Lou Ann French
Lee Smith
Robert Reibel
Beth Fultz
Gate of Heaven
Janice Everson
George Dallas
John Krawscczyn
Charles A. Bradbury
Kenneth Smith
Sally Schaaf
Lansbury
Edward Johnson
Debbie
Robert Herndon
Daugh
Girl Scout Troop 221 Attends Services for National Week
Girl Scout Troop 221 will attend Mass at Sacred Heart Church in Pomeroy at 8 a.m. and services at Middleport First United Presbyterian at 10:30 a.m. on Sunday to mark National Girl Scout Week March 11 17. They will decorate the Cross Hardware window with the theme Honor the Past and Serve the Future. The scout chorus directed by Mrs George Hackett Jr will perform twice this month and members completed the first aid proficiency badge.
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Middleport
Sacred Heart
Pomeroy
First United Presbyterian Church
Cross
George Hackett, Jr
Pomeroy Shakespeare Club Plans March Meeting in Chesapeake
Pomeroy district legislative meeting set for March 27 in Chesapeake was announced and discussed at the Pomeroy Shakespeare Club gathering. President Mrs. Robert Warner opened with prayer, devotional by Mrs. George H. Parker, and member quotes.
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Pomeroy
Chesapeake
Shakespeare Club
C. F. Tompkins
Robert Warner
George H. Parker
Ethel Carland
William Baxter
Jed Webster
Cancer Films To Be Shown March 13
Two cancer education films will be shown at 8 15 p m on Tuesday at Syracuse elementary school. All area women are invited. The event is sponsored by the Syracuse PTA and the Third Wednesday Home Demonstration Club. It follows the Syracuse PTA meeting at 7 30 p m.
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Pomeroy
Syracuse
PTA
Syracuse Pta
Rutland High Administers Kutler Preference Test
Rutland High School gave the Kutler Preference Test to all freshmen this week. The assessment measures preferences across ten areas including outdoor, mechanical, computational, scientific, persuasive, artistic, literary, musical, social science, and clerical domains.
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Rutland
Kutler
Rutland High School
Syracuse couple announce birth of daughter Sarah McCoy
Mr and Mrs John McCoy of Syracuse announce the birth on February 25 of a daughter named Sarah. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Lige Shields.
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Syracuse
John McCoy
Sarah
Lige Shields
Guest Night Observed by WSCS at Asbury Church
The Woman's Society of Christian Services met at Asbury Methodist Church with Mrs. Alice Capehart in charge. Devotions led by Mrs. William Houda Shelt and program by Mrs. William Eichinger on healing. Twenty eight shut in calls reported. nominating committee report accepted. pledge met and $10 over pledge agreed. Guests listed.
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John Sauvage, Jr
Latin America
Weese
Capehart
Marcia Karr
Carroll Norris
Ethel Moore
Damon Ferrell
Ralph Robson
Helen Damewood
Carrie Sinclair
Herbert Parker
Annual Music Program by Carthage Troy High School Bands
COOLVILLE The Carthage Troy High School Orchestra Chorus and Stage Band will present its annual concert Friday at 8 p m directed by Francis G Angelos with about 100 students. The program has two parts with the orchestra first and the stage band and chorus second. The orchestra will perform marches waltzes and Porter Cole Porter Look For The Silver Lining When You Wish Upon A Star among others. The stage band and chorus will perform Ebb Tide Falling In Love With You and Blue Moon. The public is invited.
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Troy High School
Francis G. Angelos
Cole Porter
Washington and Harline
Rutland Seniors Stage Stuart Play on March 30
Rutland High School seniors will present The Threat That Runs So True a three act play by Jesse Stuart at 8 p m Friday March 30. The production recounts Stuart s early teaching days in a Kentucky one room school with cast including Junior Carter Dick Duncan David Pierce Tom Spaulding James Sheets Tommy Jackson Paul Pierce Wesley Sisson Hiram Slanter James Haggy Junior Rife Paul Musser Sandy Little Martha Brewer Phyllis Howard Donna Weaver Dott Smith Betty Morris Margaret Williamson Jonnie Tackett Roberta Grate Maylee Edwards Connie Lewis Ann Sprouse Ann Fahrenefels Betty Janet Crella Priddy Judy Lee Stage managers are Clarence Lambert Bill Hayes Larry Parsons and Alan King Tickets are handled by Helen Moore and Roger Riggs.
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Rutland
Rutland High School
Jesse Stuart
Kentucky
Junior Carter
David Pierce
Tom Spaulding
Tommy Jackson
Paul Pierce
Wesley Sisson
Dick Dugan
Jim Sheets
Sonny Slanter
Jimmy Haggy
Junior Rife
Paul Musser
Sandra Little
Martha Brewer
Phyllis Howard
Donna Weaver
Dott Smith
Betty Morris
Margaret Williamson
Juanuiata Tckett
Roberta Grate
Maylee Edwards
Connie Lewis
Ann Sprouse
Anna Ehrenfels
Betty Janey
Crella Priddy
Judy Lee
Stuart
Sally Schaaf
James Sheets
4 H Tractor Club Elects Officers at Meigs Meeting
Meigs County 4-H Tractor Club elected Clyde Maxey as president Terry Hoffman as vice president Robert Brown as secretary Ron Ritchie as treasurer Charles Mankin as recreation leader and James Hamm as news reporter at the first meeting held Thursday at Meigs Equipment Co Advisors Orion Roush and Aldo Jeffers led the session with a lesson on fasteners and set the next meeting for March 22.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County Tractor Maintenance
Meigs Equipment Co
Clyde Maxey
Terry Hoffman
Robert Brown
Ron Ritchie
Charles Mankin
James Hamm
Orion Roush
Aldo Jeffers
Pizza Party Held by Miss McClintock in Syracuse
A pizza party was hosted at the home of Miss Claudine Kay McClintock in Syracuse. Guests included Gary Walker Linda Weaver Dennis Evans Wilma Righthouse Tommy Weaver Judy Righthouse Mr and Mrs William Righthouse Mrs Pauline McClintock Mr and Mrs Frank Arnott and the hostess.
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Syracuse
Claudine Kay McClintock
Gary Walker
Linda Weaver
Dennis Evans
Wilma Righthouse
Tommy Weaver
Judy Righthouse
William Righthouse
Pauline McClintock
Frank Arnott
Miss McClintock
Parish Youth Rally Sunday at Rock Springs Methodist
A parish youth rally brings together churches from Minersville Chester Flatwoods Alfred and Rock Springs. The event starts at 3 p.m. with devotional singing a film God of the Atom and Rev Lester Taylor as speaker. Heath Methodist youth guest speakers at 7 45 p.m. dedication services follow debt free addition Rev Ward Radford speaks Sunday school at 9 30 a.m.
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Pomeroy
Chester
Ward Radford
Rutland PTA Sets Monday Meeting With Program
Rutland The Rutland PTA meets Monday at 7 30 p m in Rutland High School gym with Mrs Fay Sauer president in charge. Instrumental brass quartet perform Rev Carl Herring leads devotions The Safety Club presents a film Signal 33 and an exhibit Vernon Weber oversees recreation A social hour with refreshments Babysitters provided for attending children.
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Rutland
PTA
Rutland High School
Fay Sauer
Carl Herring
Vernon Weber
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