Loyalty Sunday rites mark Middleport church services
Middleport churches announce Sunday schedules for March 16 with Dr. Homer G. McMillen at First Presbyterian stressing Loyalty Sunday. Heath Methodist offers 9:30 a.m. Sunday School and 10:30 a.m. worship with special music. First Baptist features Rev Francis Glenister preaching both services. Open wedding at 3:30 p.m. for Jean Luman and Owen Bratton performed by Rev Glenister.
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Middleport
Homer G. McMillen
First Presbyterian Church
Heath Methodist Church
H. A. Rothrock
Mr. Rothrock
Francis Glenister
First Baptist Church
Charles Pomeroy
Cincinnati
Jean Luman
Owen Bratton
Glenister
C. P. Bradbury
Virginia Wise
Wooster Opens Spring Drills With 50 Football Candidates
Coach Jim Swigart greeted 50 candidates, including eight lettermen, as Wooster opened spring football drills today.
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Wooster Wooster
Jim Swigart
Sommer Again Issued First Meigs Auto Tag
Pom ery resident Phil Sommer of Pom eroy becomes the first Meigs Countian to receive an auto license Z 51 A from deputy registrar Ralph Gilmore. Clerks at the Gilmore Supply Store handle licenses 9 to 5 weekdays and 9 to 9 Saturdays.
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Pomeroy
Phil Sommer
Sommer
Meigs
Ralph Gilmore
William M. Grueser
John Will
Hiram Fisher
Gilmore Supply Store
Second St
Pomeroy Baptist Missionary Society Meets in March
Mrs Walter Wolfe presided at the March Baptist Missionary meeting at First Baptist Church Tuesday. Mrs Harriet Starrett led devotions. The program under Mrs W Fleming focused on the Hopi Indians missionary report. A nominating committee was named including Mrs Dale Wippel Mrs Carol Cook and Mrs J H Stephenson.
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Burma
Dale Wippel
Carol Cook
J. H. Stephenson
Bridge Club Hosts Two Tables of Play at Breezy Heights
Mrs. Rolland Neutzling entertained her bridge group on Breezy Heights Tuesday with two tables in play. Mrs. Forrest Bachtel won high score, Mrs. Albert Coates took the traveling prize, and guest prize went to Mrs. John Bacon. Mrs. Bacon and Mrs. Crow shared a salad course with members including Mrs. Jacobs, Mrs. Coates, Mrs. Nease, Mrs. Bachtel, and Mrs. Blaettnar.
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Rolland Neutzling
Breezy Heights
Forrest Bachtel
Albert Coates
John Bacon
Fred Crow, Jr
Robert Jacobs
Paul Nease
Fred Blaettnar
Pomeroy Personal News Highlights Local Resignations and Illnesses
Mrs Huber Brown resigns from a local department store to join a shoe retailer. Grandchildren of Mr and Mrs W O Barnitz are kept home with mumps. Mrs Virgil Brown undergoes surgery at St Josephs Hospital Parkersburg. Billy Woodard and his mother are ill with mumps. Several Pomeroy residents attend Holzer Hospital School of Nursing graduation in Gallipolis including Martha Jane Myers.
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Huber Brown
Gary
Keith Barnitz
Jimmy
Janet
Alita Carpenter
W. O. Barnitz
Robert Evans
Gregory
Columbus
Alva Hite
W. Main St
Virgil Brown
St. Joseph's Hospital
Parkersburg
Billy Woodard
William Woodard
Locust St
Laurel Cliff Health Club Sees 22 Members At March Meet
Mrs Richard Karr hosted the Laurel Cliff Health Club meeting with 22 members present. Ancil McKinney spoke on Contagious Diseases as prizes were awarded to Mrs Thomas Hart Mrs Guy Cole and Mrs Allen Eichinger. Refreshments followed and next meeting is set for Mrs Thomas Hart's Athens Road home.
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Middleport
Richard Karr
S. Third Ave
Laurel Cliff
Ancil McKinney
Karr
Ohio University
Athens
Thomas Hart
Guy Cole
Allen Eichinger
Birth of Ninth Pound Daughter in Detroit Family
Announcement lists the birth of a nine pound daughter to Mr and Mrs Dana Byers of Detroit Michigan. The Byers also have a five year old son and the son is the child of Eldo Byers of Huntington previously from this city.
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Dana Byers
Detroit
Mich
Byers
Mr. Byers
Eldo Byers
Huntington
Lodge Convenes Wednesday at Woodman Hall
White Rose Lodge met on Wednesday at Woodman Hall. Attendees gathered for a regular session with customary minutes and discussion of upcoming events in the community fraternal group.
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White Rose Lodge
Woodman Hall
Leona Kohl Buys Becky's Baby Shop
Leona Kohl purchases Beckys Baby Shop on N Second Ave and plans a Saturday reopening. Kohl helped the late Blanche Ballentine found the shop and has long worked in infant wear and in The Sentinel advertising department. Ballentine favored Kohl as buyer before her death.
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Middleport
Becky
N. Second Ave
Leona Kohl
Miss Kohl
Blanche Ballentine
Red
Pomeroy
The
Sentinel
Mrs Hysell Dies at 79 in Middleport
Margaret Hysell 79 Bradbury died at Holzer Hospital after weeks as a hip fracture patient from a fall. Survived by sister Dorothy Tewksbury and nephews Herbert Autherson Eva Struble Jessie Mitch George and Edward Tewksbury. Service Sunday 2 p.m. at Bradbury Church with Bradford Cemetery interment.
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Middleport
Margaret Hysell
Bradbury
Holzer Hospital
Dorothy Tewksbury
Herbert Autherson
Eva Struble
Jessie Mitch
George
Edward Tewksbury
Rawlings-Coats
Sportsmen to Discuss Existing Game Laws Meeting at Pomeroy City Hall
Sportsmen will meet at Pomeroy City Hall Tuesday at 7 30 p m to discuss existing game laws regulations and proposed improvements Tracy Whaley announced A representative from the Ohio Conservation Department will show the film Let's Go Fishing.
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Pomeroy
Pomeroy City Hall
Tracy Whaley
Ohio Conservation Department
Local social notes mention visitors and travelers
Mrs C R Rairden of Toledo guests with Mr and Mrs N C Welch. John Bowman recovering from a heart attack leaves La Salle Hotel for Columbus with Robert Rawlings. Mrs George Werner returns from a Col umbus visit. Mary Snyder of Rio Grande guests with Mr and Mrs Howard Byers. Milan St Lawrence Bing well enough to go out after illness. Others listed: O L Roush D S Harold Neils Powell Mrs H W Craig Mrs William Robson Sr and son visit Athens with the Robsons. McCarters from Liberal Kas host relatives in Athens and visit here. F M Hoyt river boat worker. Robert F Brandt visits cousins Max and Bess Sanborn. Willard Barnett guest of John Bechtel from Point Pleasant. Mrs D B Hartinger returns from Athens visiting family. Mr and Mrs Charles Barnette and two daughters return from Beech Hill W Va. Doris Barker returns to Office Training School Columbus after weekend with her mother.
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C. R. Rairden
Toledo
N. C. Welch
John Bowman
la Salle Hotel
Columbus
Robert Rawlings
George Werner
Mary Snyder
Rio Grande
Howard Byers
Mils St. Lawrence
Bing
O. L. Roush
D. S. Harold
Neils Powell
H. W. Craig
William Robson
William
John McCarter
Larry Kent
Athens
Robsons
McCarters
Liberal
Kas
F. M. Hoyt
Robert F. Brandt
Max
Bess Sanborn
John Bechtel
Willard Barnett
Point Pleasant
D. B. Hartinger
Frank Murphey
Charles Barnette
Beech Hill
W. Va
M. C. Knotts
Doris Barker
Ferne Barker
Meigs Auditor Takes Oath
Pomeroy Perry Riggs, newly sworn Meigs auditor, took the oath March 10 in the clerk of courts office. He is the son of Mrs. Herbert Riggs and the late Herbert Riggs, who served as Meigs commissioner 1934 to 1942, and a former deputy 1933 to 1944. He attended Lodi High School, Shade, and Bliss Business College Columbus. his wife is the former Gladys Morgan of Five Points. They have two daughters, Joan and Nora Mae.
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Pomeroy
Perry Riggs
Meigs
Herman Beards
Herbert Riggs
Riggs
Horton Brown
Lodi
Shade
Bliss Business College
Columbus
Gladys Morgan
Five Points
Joan
Pomeroy Senior High
Nora Mae
Mary Green 87 Dies in Middletown Ohio
Mrs. Mary Green 87 widow of George Green died Sunday at the home of her daughter Mrs. Fred Shackleford in Middletown Ohio where the couple had moved years ago. A lifelong Minersville resident she taught in local schools. Survived by daughter and two grandchildren Marylin and George Shackleford. Funeral services and burial held in Middletown Wednesday.
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Minersville
Mary Green
George Green
Fred Shackleford
Faye Green
Middletown
Ohio
Meigs Grand Jury Recesses Until Tuesday
POMEROY The Meigs Grand Jury recessed Wednesday after a three day session. Judge Edgar Ervin said the panel will reconvene Tuesday March 18 to complete over 60 cases from the January term. Jurors did a jail inspection.
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Pomeroy
Meigs Grand Jury
Edgar Ervin
Common Pleas Court
Meigs County
Romine Recovering After Albany Train Accident
Eddie E Romine of the New York Central Railroad and former premier end man in the Izaak Walton Minstrels sustained fractures of the toes and a mashed foot in a Wednesday train collision near Albany. He is a patient in Sheltering Arms Hospital Athens and occupies Room 103.
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Middleport
Eddie E. Romine
Albany
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Athens
Romine
New York Central Railroad
Izaak Walton Minstrels
Pomeroy Church News Highlights Local Services
A roundup of upcoming services across Pomeroy churches led by ministers including Rev. Hiett Rev. Mordroff Rev. Nye and Rev. Bitters. Listings cover Sundays at Laurel Cliff HySell Run Federated and United Methodist churches with timings prayers choirs and youth activities plus lectures and a Meigs County Union Class meeting on March 16.
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Christian Science Society
Pomeroy
Laurel Cliff
Hysell Run
Free Methodist
Mr. Hiett
Dorothy Bailey
Federated Church
Paul W. Nye
Baptist Youth Fellowship
Grace Episcopal
Charles G. Baird
Holy Communion
First Baptist
Rutland
Syracuse
NYPS
Vernon Shafer
Racine
Albert Bitters
Ernest E. Fowler
Portsmouth Quarterly Conference
J.O.F
Wesley Foundation Youth of
Athens
Naomi Baptist
H. E. Harris
Pomeroy Church OF Christ
James Walker
Christian Endeavor
Trinity Lutheran
Lorenzo Blankenbuehler
Funeral Rites Held For Oletha M Russell
Middleport services for Oletha Maude Russell were held at Rawlings Coats funeral home on Wednesday. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. David Sherwood of Ashley Ohio Mr. and Mrs. Russell Sherwood Cecil Sherwood Mrs Otis Steele Columbus Mrs Ralph Hickman of Washington D D H pallbearers were George and Fred Russell C H Church Charles Zerkle Frank Brumley David Darst Sr Marvin O Brown Church of Christ officiated.
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Middleport
Oletha Maude Russell
Rawlings Coats Funeral
David Sherwood
Ashley
Ohio
Russell Sherwood
Cecil Sherwood
Otis Steele
Columbus
Ralph Hickman
Washington
D. H
George and
Fred Russell
C. H. Church
Charles Zerkle
Frank Brumley
David Darst
Marvin O. Brown
Church of Christ
Mrs Mary Lee Dies After Long Illness at Pomeroy Clinic
Mrs Mary Lee of Pomeroy died Thursday afternoon at the Martz Clinic after a long illness. Survived by three daughters Mrs Adam Partlow Pomeroy Mrs Eva Logan Henrietta Okla and Elizabeth Lee Spencer W Va and three sons Frank James Lee Pt Pleasant W Va and Wallis Lee Kingsbury. Body remains at Finsterwald funeral home until arrangements are made.
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Pomeroy
Mary Lee
Martz Clinic
Adam Partlow
Eva Logan
Henrietta
Okla
Elizabeth Lee
Spencer
W. Va
Frank
James Lee
Pleasant
Wallis Lee
Kingsbury
Finsterwald
Senior Band Readies For Party Tonight
Final plans are ready for the Senior Band party tonight at the high school. Band Booster Association members led by president Mrs Karl Owen have arranged games music and refreshments. A Junior Band party is planned for early spring.
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Middleport
Band Booster Association
Karl Owen
Farm Bureau Elects Officers In Meigs County
At the Meigs County Farm Bureau meeting in Pomeroy officers were named for the Legislative and public relations committee G L Michael chairman C E Humphrey spokesman and W S Michael secretary For home and community committee Henry Wippel chairman Mrs Virgil Atkins vice chairman and Ada Hoskins secretary These two committees cover 352 Farm Bureau families Representatives from each council will attend monthly meetings D R Stanford of the State Farm Bureau spoke during the session.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Farm Bureau
G. L. Michael
C. E. Humphrey
W. S. Michael
Henry Wippel
Minersville
Virgil Atkins
Ada Hoskins
Rabid George Snowden Hound Confirmed by Lab Test
Pomeroy dog warden Woodrow Wilson said a lab report on the George Snowden hound returned positive and the dog was pronounced rabid after reportedly biting a dozen other dogs Saturday. The Snowdens reside in Beech Grove.
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Pomeroy
Woodrow Wilson
George Snowden
Snowdens
Beech Grove
Senator Jones Returns Home After Illness
Senator Tom W. Jones, ill in Doctors Hospital Columbus for two weeks after a collapse in a Columbus restaurant, was brought home to S Third Ave on Friday and is convalescing slowly.
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Middleport
Tom W. Jones
Doctors’ Hospital
Columbus
S. Third Ave
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