Pomeroy Students Rated in Ohio Music Contest
From Pomeroy Senior High School 26 students were rated at the Regional Solo and Ensemble Contest at Ohio University on Saturday. Superior ratings went to multiple soloists, ensembles and quartets including Sue Phillips, Janet Carpenter, Linda Crow, James Lohse, Reva Rea and Myrna Maag among others with several performers listed as excellent and one piano solo rated good.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Ohio University
Sue Phillips
Kaaron Kelton
Johnora Lambert
Colorado
Janet Carpenter
Ann Icenhower
Jean Webster
Linda Moore
Mountain King
Charles Swisher
Brenda Strauss
Bonus Forms Available for Korean War Veterans
Pomeroy Ohio property veterans are invited to attend a program Wednesday at 8 p.m. in the American Legion Hall Middleton to receive bonus form packets. A qualified service officer will explain how to prepare applications. Eligible Korean Conflict veterans with honorable service between June 25 1950 and July 19 1953 worldwide may attend.
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Pomeroy
Ohio
American Legion Hall
Middleport
Old at 40 50 60 Man Get Wise Pep Up
Pep up thousands at 70 and feel younger with new Ostrex Tonic Tablets. For debility from iron and vitamin B deficiency, the product promises pep in both sexes and a years-younger feeling. 3-day starter get-ac quaint size 69 cents, economy size saves 1.67. All druggists in Athens. Gallaher’s Drug & Athens Pharmacy.
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Athens
Gallaher’s Drug & Athens Pharmacy
Meigs County Issues 23 Marriage Licenses in 1957
Pro bate Court records show 23 couples received marriage licenses in Meigs County during 1957. Wayne Van Meter aged 18 and Betty V Rowe aged 22 headed the list as License No. 23. February had the most issuances, with five in March. Average ages were 20.5 for women and 25.7 for men. youngest man 18, oldest 71. youngest woman 16, oldest 42.
iD Club To Meet With Mrs Zwilling in Syracuse
Syracuse regular meeting of the Third Wednesday Home Demonstration Club will be at Mrs Sylvia Zwilling's home on March 20 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Oven Meals prepared by Mrs Zwilling and Mrs Jessie Cofttrill will be served at noon. Mrs Irene Parker will preside.
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Syracuse
Sylvia Zwilling
Zwilling
Jessie Cofttrill
Irene Parker
Jaycee Head Invites 14 To Meeting
POMEROY President Roger Morgan said Monday he invited 14 prospective Jaycee members to the Meigs County Jaycees meeting in the Jaycee Hall. Prospects were oriented at a Friday membership drive at the second ward firehouse and given applications. Morgan also announced a District 12 meeting in the firehouse on April 14 and notified district vice president Gene Brown.
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Pomeroy
Roger Morgan
Meigs County Jaycee
Jaycee
Second Ward
Jaycees
Virgil Brown
Morgan
District 12
Gene Brown
Aid Offered To Veterans In Korean War Bonus Papers
Korean War veterans in Middleport are told by Commander Foscoe Fife of Feeney Bennett Post American Legion that bonus applications are available at the Legion Hall. A qualified officer will assist with forms. veterans should bring discharge papers and Korean War records. Films will be shown and attendees invited. those who have not returned birthday dinner cards are asked to do so.
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Middleport
Foscoe Fife
Feeney-Bennett Post
American Legion
Legion Hall
Post
Fife
Pastors Share Sermon Resume at Middleport Meeting
A resume of Rev. Howard F. E. Ruppelt sermon was given at a Middleport Ministerial Association gathering held at First Baptist Church. Rev. R. C. Konkright presided with Rev. C. E. Hoyt leading devotion. The program ended with a film strip titled Symbols of Our Faith and plans for Good Friday Union service and Daily Vacation Bible School were to be discussed at an upcoming meeting.
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Middleport
First Presbyterian Church
Howard FE. Ruppelt
Middleport Ministerial Association
First Baptist Church
R. C. Konkright
C. E. Hoyt
Ruppelt
Association
Good Friday
Vacatin Bible School
Unseasonably warm day gives way to March rain and wind
In Middleport a warm Monday brought discomfort in winter clothing as nightfall brought driving rain and blustery winds. Crocuses and other early spring flowers are in bloom.
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Middleport
Emergency crew aids Mrs Ruth Durst to clinic
Middleport notes an emergency squad responding to Mrs Ruth Durst of Cheshire who was ill and transported to Jones Memorial Clinic for treatment.
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Middleport
Ruth Durst
Cheshire
Jones Memorial Clinic
Great Books Club meets at Grace Church rectory
Mrs J Edwin Charles hosts the Great Books group at 2 p.m. in Grace Church rectory. Mrs Bernard Fultz leads discussion of the latter half of War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy.
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Pomeroy
J. Edwin Charles
Great Books Club
Grace Church
Bernard Fultz
Leo Tolstoy
Pomeroy Women to Meet at Mrs Dixon Home
The Woman's Society of World Service of the Enterprise EUB Church will gather at Mrs. Herbert Dixon's home tonight. Mrs. Eldon Weeks serves as host. Lincoln pennies are to be brought to the meeting.
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Pomeroy—Woman's Society of World Service of the Enterprise
EUB Church
Herbert Dixon
Eldon Weeks
Lincoln
Walk-In Garden Club Plants Three Churches
Pomeroy group meets at Bertha Williams home for flower lore and garden club activity. Members appoint committees for church plantings and contribute 25 cents each to fund speakers. Mabel Lee reads Where Our Gardens Come From. Edna Lee hosts a contest won by Jessie Saunders. Bertha Williams and Jessie Saunders place for arrangements and Mabel Lee wins for dried material.
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Pomeroy
Bertha Williams
Mabel Lee
Edna Lee
Jessie Saunders
Middleport Personal Notes and Local Visits
Chester Farm Bureau Council 3-A met at the Parker home with President Guthrie in charge. Community updates include local visits, travels to Florida and Atlanta, church activities, health notes, and upcoming church meetings in Chester and Rock Springs.
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Chester — Farm Bureau Council
Wilber Parker
Harry Guthrie
Harry Pickens
Soil Bank
Nine Grade Honors At Pomeroy Junior High
Principal Howard Knight reports fourth six weeks honors at Pomeroy Junior High split nearly evenly between boys and girls. Nineth grade leads with 37 students earning B or better. seventh grade lists 18 and eighth 14. Names of all honorees and those with honorable mention are listed for ninth, seventh grades and further honorees across grades.
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Pomeroy
Pomeroy Junior High School
Howard Knight
Terry Cullums
Albert Curtis
Arnold Evans
Bill Gibbs
Mary Grueser
Ernest Hall
Robert Hamm
Phillip Harrison
Roger Leifheit
Howard K. Parker
Barrie R. Phillips
Richard Poulin
Edward Rickart
Chas Biffle
Boyd Roseberry
Robert Springer
Bruce Stalnaker
Jack Welker
Anna Arnold
Mike Bowen
Joyce Buckley
Edward Buffington
Roland Carpenter
Church and Mental Health Talk at Heath Methodist
Mrs. Forrest Bachtel led a WSCS program on The Church and Mental Health at Heath Methodist Church. She urged trust in God amid modern psychiatry and shared anecdotes and hymns. Read a missionary letter, announced a Wednesday prayer group, noted a lending library, and described April guest speaker plans with 30 attendees.
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Middleport
Forrest Bachtel
Women’s Society of Christian Service
Heath Methodist Church
Bernice Bowen
Frieda Faehnle
Lloyd
Middleport Literary Club Alters Meeting Place
The Middleport Literary Club will meet Wednesday afternoon at the home of Mrs Cedric Clark instead of Mrs O H Stewart as listed in the yearbook. The program features book reviews by Mrs James Burton Titus and Mrs Robert Harris.
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Middleport
Middleport Literary Club
Cedric Clark
O. H. Stewart
James Burton Titus
Robert Harris
Church group discusses tablecloth material after WSCS
Mrs. Herman Haddox report prompts Class No 12 Circle to consider tablecloth fabric for the church dining room following the WSCS meeting on Monday evening.
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Middleport
Herman Haddox
WSCS
Polio Stricken Girl Returns Home from Convalescent Cottage
Marjorie Bentz ten year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Thomas Bentz of Enterprise returns home from Nightingale Cottage Reynoldsburg after eight months of polio treatment. She first contracted polio in 1952 and was admitted July 9 1956. She now attends Salisbury Consolidated School in the fourth grade.
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Pomeroy
Nightingale Cottage
Reynoldsburg
Marjorie Bentz
Thomas Bentz
Enterprise
Marjorie
Salisbury Consolidated School
Circle approves material purchase for tablecloths
Members voted to buy the material needed and will craft the tablecloths themselves, completing the project with observed diligence.
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Ning
Circle
Davis visits Charleston to meet newborn sister Pamela Ann
Middleport residents report Pete Davis visited Charleston Sunday to meet his newborn half sister Pamela Ann born about a month ago. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Davis of Beech Street.
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Middleport
Don
Pete) Davis
Charleston
Don Davis
Pamela Ann
Ralph Davis
Beech St
Sorority to Meet Pomeroy Tonight at DAV Hall
The Beta Sigma Phi sorority plans a 7 30 p m meeting in the DAV Hall with Ann Rupe presiding.
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Pomeroy
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
DAV
Ann Rupe
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Athens Messenger
Federal Land Bank
The
United
National Farm Loan
A. C. Gibson
Sec
v.Treas
Ohio Valley Bank Bldg
Gallipolis, Ohio
Liberty
Middleport, Ohio
New York
Pete Kelly
Jack Webb
Janet Leigh
Peggy Lee
Andy Devine
Edmond O'Brien
Randolph Scott
Id Club
Mrs. Zwilling
John Richmond
E. Main ST
Pomeroy, Ohio
Meigs County
Blue Cross
IS Best Buy
Meigs General Hospital
Dan Meigs County Medical Society
Central Hospital Service
Columbus
Jaycee Head
Greece
Volos
Pomeroy Society
John Turel
Sacred Heart Church Guild
George Horak
Turel
Piketon and Waverly
Thomas Hennessy, Jr
Charles Radford
Charles
Parkersburg
Cleland Heines
Henry Reibel
Gallipolis
Elizabeth Huber
Ray Rowden
Edwin Abraham
Lansing
Mich
Edward Parker, Jr
Cleveland
William Parker
Edward Parker
Holzer Hospital
Frank Stewart
Minersville
A. E. Sayre
Fairborn
Farm Bureau Council
Pomeroy Personals
Paul Kautz
W. L. Kautz
Leo Smith
Kenny
Bernadette
E. A. Reed
Sarasota
Fla
Florida
Nancy Reed
Gale Hysell
Sandra
Broadway
Chappelle Talbott
Sue
Kathy
Barnesville
L. A. Wiley
Atlanta
Gene Wiley
Jean Lama
George Anderson, Jr
Nelsonville
David Entsminger
Roth Zahn
South Charleston
Glenn Lambert
George Doolittle
Steven
Doolittles
Mr. Doolittle
Howard E. Ruppelt
Chicago
Athens Presbytery
del Shinn
Village Street
Chester
Methodist Church
Ralph Grove
Richard Bauer
Konkright
Grove
Rock Springs Methodist Church
Mary Fisher
Hattie Smith
James Euler
Ruth Drake
Racine High School
VR Contractors
Pomeroy Jr. High
Elsie Arnold
Mary Burnside
Linda Crow
Sharon Douglas
Barbara Eskew
Rose Marie Hysell
Myrna Maag
Minnda Mae Murray
Sondra Potts
Reva Rea
Norman Roush
Darlene Smith
Carolyn St. Clair
Marilyn Stockton
Janice Teaford
Diana Wat
Sharon Zundel
Middleport Social Notes
Pomeroy Bend Theatres
Meigs—Pomeroy
Kirk Douglas
Anthony Quinn
James Donald
Pamela Brown
Everett Sloane
Temple
Seventh Cavalry
Barbara Hale
Frank Faylen
Jay C. Flippen
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Bob Evans
Drive
Eastern Ave
S&h
Li Eens
Richard Burton
Claire Bloom
Alexander, the Great
John Bromfield
Joi_Lansing
Oldsmobile
Karr
van Zandt
Cadillac
Goodyear
Goodfyear
Ture
Corny
Goodyear Tire
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