Middleport Rotary Plans Easter Egg Hunt and Honors
The Middleport Rotary Club will sponsor a Community Easter Egg Hunt Easter Sunday afternoon with prizes from local merchants. Wayne Gibbons and Clay Bryon are cochairmen. The club will also honor the 1948 MHS basketball co-champions with Wellston at a dinner next Friday.
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Middleport
Rotary
Rotary Club
Wellston
Forrest Bachtel
Don McKenzie
American Red Cross
J. M. Thornton
Meigs County
Pomeroy
L. W. McComas
H. E. Cook
Gene Grate
Middleport Social Notes Preview Upcoming Weddings and Party News
Miss Mary Miller will wed Louis Smith of Columbus in a March church ceremony. A bridal shower at the Grueser home featured over fifty guests with gifts and a green white dessert theme. Also noted is a St Patrick's Day party hosted by Mrs Chambers with prizes and a wedding invitation for Ellen Jean Ross and Dwight Ross to be married March twenty eighth at Crestview Presbyterian Church in Columbus.
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Middleport
Mary Miller
Louis Smith
Columbus
William Grueser
Edythe Russell Stuyvesant
Grueser
Grant St
Miss Miller
Stuyvesant
Edgar Allensworth
Robert Rawlings
Carl Brannan
Gladys Russell
Roberta, Corning
Norman Lisle
Syracuse
William Ann
Louise Smith
Columus
Richard Chambers
Byers
Mill St
William Hobstetter
Walter Crooks
Francis Anderson
Ellen Jean Ross
Albert Lee Rhodes
Dwight Eugene Ross
Ross
Racine
Crestview Presbyterian Church
Athens visitors and relatives gather for a Sunday
The Sunday Messenger notes guests in Athens including Mrs. George McGhee's visitors Carl Neal and A C Neal of Russell Kentucky. Mrs. M V Tillett from Akron arrives to care for her ailing grandmother Althea Anderson at Mrs. Max Sanborn’s home. Albert Smith of Huntington visits with Lewis Sauer and relatives in Pomeroy.
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Athens
Ohio
Ness
George McGhee
Carl Neal
A. C. Neal
Russell, Ky
M. V. Tillett
Akron
Althea Anderson
Max Sanborn
Albert Smith
Huntington
Lewis Sauer
Pomeroy
Dillard Family Vacation Visit Noted in Pomeroy and Point Pleasant
The passage lists Liam Dillard and family members including Paul William Barbara Jean and Mr and Mrs A A Dillard. It mentions Miss Rosamond Kathryn Norma and Bess Sullivan of Point Pleasant and Robert John Tommy Sara Jane and Rosemary Fisher. Mr and Mrs William Dillard and children spent the week here while Mr Dillard vacationed from Columbus employment.
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Liam Dillard
Paul William
Barbara Jean
A. A. Dillard
Paul Dillard
Robert
Pomeroy
Rosamond
Kathryn Dillard
Norma
Bess Sullivan
Point Pleasant
John
Tommy
Sara Jane
Rosemary Fisher
William Dillard
Mr. Dillard
Columbus
Community Notes From Local Social Gatherings
The article lists guests and visits among local families. Names include Mr. and Mrs. Austin Ball of Nelsonville, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Longstaff, Mr. and Mrs. Herman Ohlinger, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Rickman and two daughters, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Burton, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Neal, George Neal, and Mrs. Florence Bush. Events center on church gatherings and weekend visits in Columbus and Springfield.
Chester Plans Cage Banquet for Basket Ball Stars
The Blue Bird Booster Club will hold a basketball banquet and dance in Chester Auditorium on April 2 at 7 30 p m. The top player will receive a trophy with letters awarded to team members. The speaker is the former Marshall College head coach and current physical instructor. Proceeds fund athletic programs at the school.
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Pomeroy
Blue Bird Booster Club
Chester Auditorium
Marshall College
Community News Highlights Local Visits and Changes
Local social notes list guests and visits among Cedarville and surrounding communities. Names include Burdell Bradbury, Jimmie Bradbury, George Powell back to work, and Ted Roush funeral services in Addison. Other items mention property moves, new furnace at Fred Sisson home, and farming updates on Garrett Kerns ewes and twins.
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Kyger
Burdell Bradbury
Cedarville
Robert Ball
Bobby
Jinx Ann Farley
Rodney
Luella Bradbury
Jimmie
A. P. Crisp
L. H. Watson
Ezra Boyd
Ashland
Crisp
Chester Spires
Walter Durst
William Robinson
Irma Myers
Delaware
Franklin
Jasper
Gerald Robinson
Globe, Ariz
Stanley Rupe
Chillicothe
Ruth Miller
George Powell
Harry Tate
Wallace Tate
New Lexington
Horton Rife
Nora Tate
Harlow
Tates
Rife
Claude Johnson
Finley
Buzz Roush
Porter
Alonzo Grover
Middleport
Mrs. Sylvester Shoemaker
Birthday Dinner for Keith Morrison at Lambert Home
Mr and Mrs Charles Lambert hosted a birthday dinner for their nephew Keith Morrison age three. Guests included Mr and Mrs T L Morrison Jr. The Morrisons live in Point Pleasant. Mrs Morrison and Keith are visiting. Mr Morrison is a business visitor in Michigan.
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Keith Morrison
Charles Lambert
T. L. Morrison
Morrisons
Point Pleasant
Morrison
Son
Mr. Morrison
Michigan
PM Members Are Guests PM Club Event Noted
PM members were guests of Mrs. Howard Byers and Mrs. The gathering highlighted social duties and club hospitality with local women hosting the event.
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PM Club
Howard Byers
Ex Pomeroy Resident Named Honor Student
POMEROY David G. Clifton of Newark has been elected to the Miami University Oxford chapter of Phi Beta Kappa. He is a junior in arts and sciences, a 1942 Pomeroy High School graduate, and former Beta Theta Pi president. He is the son of Mr and Mrs A R Clifton, former Pomeroy residents.
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Pomeroy
David G. Clifton
Newark
Miami University
Oxford
Phi Beta Kappa
College of Arts and Sciences
Pomeroy High School
Beta Theta Pi
A. R. Clifton
Legion Party Features Two Three-Foot Cakes
Feeney-Bennett Post annual birthday observance at the Legion Hall showcased two mammoth cakes over three feet long baked by Covert Baking Co. The cakes carried a border of flags as festive decorations.
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Middleport
Feeney - Bennett Post
American Legion
Legion Hall
Covert Baking Co
Condition Holds Steady for Guy Carson at Home
Middleport reports Guy Carson remains seriously ill with condition unchanged. His father R B Carson, incapacitated since January by a hip injury, was treated recently at the Martz Clinic after X rays showed a broken hip.
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Middleport
Guy Carson
Carson
R. B. Carson
Martz Clinic
Huntington Trip Brings Local Youths To Basketball Night
Young people from the Church of Christ and Pastor C. E. Shepard traveled to Huntington on Saturday for a basketball game and social evening. Thirty members went by automobile.
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Middleport
Church of Christ
C. E. Shepard
Huntington
Busy Bee Class Meets at Mrs McGhee Home
The Busy Bee Class of First Baptist Church will meet Thursday evening at the home of Mrs. George McGhee. Assisting hostesses will be Mrs. Jacob Turner, Mrs. Charles Swindler, Mrs. John Kauff and Mrs. Bertha Mygatt.
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First Baptist Church
George McGhee
Jacob Turner
Charles Swindler
John Kauff
Bertha Mygatt
Fisher Family Dinner Honors Birthdays and Columbus Guest
A family dinner at Mr. and Mrs. C. O. Fisher's home Friday celebrated their son Robert's first year at Rio Grande College and Mrs. Fisher's brother William Dill ard of Columbus. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. Wil.
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C. O. Fisher
Robert
Rio Grande College
Middleport Guests Attend Local Meetings and Events
Ida Patterson of Ohio University and student observers visited Middleport High School Thursday. Mary Ann Case of Parkersburg attended events last week. Attendees also went to the WSCS meeting at Heath Church, the Tri-County Concert at Gallipolis, and the Meigs County Tuberculosis and Health Association dinner.
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Middleport
Ida Patterson
Ohio University
June Martin
Middleport High School
Mary Ann Case
Parkersburg
Frieda Faehnle
WSCS
Heath Methodist Church
Tri-County
Gallipolis
Meigs County Tuberculosis and Health Associ
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