Former Head Is Employed In Columbus
POMEROY-Meigs County remains without an agricultural agent a week after Wesley Green resigned to become assistant director of the state land use committee in Columbus. No replacement has been announced, though county commissioners have provided the necessary extension service funds and a new agent is expected soon. In the interim the office is run by other staff.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Wesley Green
Columbus
Green
Pleads Not Guilty to Illegal Liquor Charge
Clyde Taylor of Middleport, previously arrested on liquor charges, appeared before Judge C. E. Peoples and pleaded not guilty to possession of illegal liquor after state agents reported seven bottles of moonshine. He waived a jury trial. case set for March 20 amid probation terms from a prior untaxed liquor sale plea.
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Pomeroy
Clyde Taylor
Middleport
C. E. Peoples
Taylor
Peoples
Funeral services for Mrs Hannah Wheatley in Columbus
Funeral services at 2 p m in Schoedinger chapel for Mrs Hannah Wheatley 92 widow of Thomas Wheatley who died Wednesday at 1801 E Rich St Columbus Burial in Green Lawn Cemetery She had lived in Columbus 46 years arriving from New Haven W Va her native home
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Columbus
Schoedinger & Co
Hannah Wheatley
Thomas Wheatley
Daughter Born To Mr and Mrs Jesse White
A daughter was born Wednesday night at Holzer Hospital weighing eight pounds. Mrs White is in satisfactory condition after a blood transfusion Thursday evening for which Charles Russell was involved.
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Pomeroy
Jesse White
Holzer Hospital
Middleport Social Notes Highlights Local Moves and Events
Local residents see housing changes as Ernest McCarty family returns from Akron and Kenneth McCullough relocates to Clyde French property on Main St. Others move to Kanauga to join a family business and attend Eagle's dance in Gallipolis. Community clubs meet for refreshments while Mary Lou Souders visits and illness affects Jimmy Souder. A bake sale and St Patrick’s Day supper are announced, with the Aubrey district noted for potato production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Ernest McCarty
Elmer McCarty
Akron
Will Reynolds
Kenneth MecCullough
Pomeroy
Clyde French
Main St
Ray Miller
Kanauga
Manley
Manilexs
Chambers
S. Third Ave
Gallipolis
Betty Jo Roush
Kathleen Swindler
Cressa Webb
Sheldon Stevens
George Schmoll
Jack Abbott
Jane Stansbury
Hamilton’s
Elizabeth Moore
Mildred Ann Wise
Hamilton's
Eleanor Souders
Mary Lou Souders
Irene Justice
Logan
Middleport Churches Plan Palm Sunday Services
Middleport churches announce Palm Sunday observances with special music by the Children’s Chorus at the Church of Christ and Decision Day in the Church School at First Baptist. Other week events include mid week training, candlelight communion, and a Community Good Friday Service. The Loyalty Campaign boosts attendance at Heath Methodist, while Nazarene and Portsmouth evangelistic campaigns conclude with regular services. First Presbyterian plans usual Sunday worship.
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Middleport
Churches of
Church of Christ
Don McMillin
Charles Walburn
L. O. Grant
First Baptist Church
Church
Heath Methodist Church
H. A. Rothrock
Church of the Nazarene
L. W. Fick
James Flannery
Portsmouth
First Presbyterian Church
Spruck Starts Filming in Pomeroy and Nearby area
Nick Spruck will begin filming scenes in Pomeroy and Middleport with local schools businesses and sites to be shown The project will run longer than expected due to strong business participation and will not be ready until late April.
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Pomeroy
Middleport
Nick Spruck
Spruck
Palm Sunday Services at Simpson and Bethany Churches
POMEROY The 10 30 morning worship at Simpson Methodist Church will mark Palm Sunday with a sermon Was It a Triumphal Entry by Rev. Warren H Bright and special choir music. Evening worship begins at 7. Holy Week services join Simpson and Bethany Churches each night at 7 with Rev John Kluesner and Rev Bright preaching on Mon Tue Wed and Thu. Good Friday service is 2 p m at Federated Church.
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Simpson Church
John Kluesner
Bethany
Bright
Kluesner
Bethany Church
Epworth League
Federated Church
Birthday Party Honors Blanche Windland at Home
A large gathering at Mr and Mrs Hartsel F Windland celebrated the eighteenth birthday of daughter Blanche. Guests from Vienna Parkersburg and Weston attended while musical entertainment was provided by Ray Whaley Bruce Nichison and Herman Bernard. The festivities included a luncheon for many relatives and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orange
Hartsel F. Windland
Blanche
Ray Whaley
Bruce Nichison
Herman Bernard
Denzil Blair
Mary
Ruby
Hester
Vienna
W. Va
Guysville
W. M
Peggy Bentz
Gail Bentz
Homer Corbitt
Jack Wood
Rex Johnson
Parkersburg
Weston Potter
Carson Boggs
William Kayser
Thomas Windland
Howard Windland
Buddy Hopkins
Jack Bernard
Bobby Bernard
Dale Windland
Robert Windland
Wilbur Windland
Eugene Windland
Roger Whaley
Charles Bentz
Paul Bentz
Pomeroy Social Notes Highlight Local Happenings
Mrs Frank Hundley returned to Huntington after visiting her mother Mrs Georgia Williamson. American Legion Auxiliary hosts a birthday party for Drew Webster Post 21 years old. Mrs George Morris hospitalized in Cleveland. Ben Elberfelds plan a new home on Harrisonville Road and will travel to Columbus. Regular Church Night at Simpson Methodist with a 6 15 dinner and program. Rose Thornton, nurse at St Joseph Hospital Parkersburg, visits home. Dayton Ashworth Glen Simpson Dor Schaefer and Herbert Riggs travel to Columbus on county relief business. Florence Davis from Columbus improving after a fall. may come to Pomeroy to recuperate. daughter of Judge Emmett Peoples. Ruth Tompkins and Cynthia head to Logan for uncle’s death. Sweater and skirt dance by Junior Shakespeare Club at I C C F Hall with Ted Wmuth Orchestra. proceeds fund summer formal. Geneva Humphreys attends district conference in Chillicothe. Mrs Bessie Montgomery and daughter Vada Hysell return from Winrock Tenn. mother of Mrs Montgomery improving. Mrs Austin Eden from Pt Pleasant visits Downie on Lincoln Hill.
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Morris
Ben Elberfeld
Columbus
Harrisonville Road
Simpson Methodist Church
Rose Thornton
St. Joseph Hospital
Parkersburg
Pat Thornton
Dayton Ashworth
Glen Simpson
Dor Schaefer
Herbert Riggs
Florence Davis
Pomeroy
Emmett Peoples
Ruth Tompkins
Cynthia
Second St
Logan
Junior Shakespeare Club
1.C.C.F. Hall
Ted Wildermuth
Geneva Humphreys
Meigs County
Chillicothe
Bessie Montgomery
Vada Hysell
Winrock
Tenn
Hockingport Native Julian Adams Dies in Nitro
Julian Parker Adams of Hockingport died by gunfire at his Nitro West Virginia home Sunday evening. He worked in shipping at Viscose in Nitro and previously lived in Parkersburg. Survivors include wife Garnet Wigal and infant daughter Ann Elizabeth. Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery Parkersburg conducted by Masonic Order.
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Hockingport
Julian Parker Adams
Nitro
W. Va
Leavitt
Parkersburg
Adams
Viscose
Mr. Adams
Ann Elizabeth
Mt. Olivet
Masonic Order
Racine Personal and Brief Social Notes
Miss Josephine Mallory visited her grandmother Mrs. Bertha Boyd in Racine R D. Roy Proffitt and family went to Parkersburg. E M Wood drove to Kokomo Indiana to see daughter Helen a drama instructor there. She heads to Arkansas for another teaching post. John Boyd, on towboat Sam Craig, fell into a barge and was injured and sent to a Memphis hospital. He will return to Racine once fit. Henry Curtis attended an educational funeral directors clinic in Marietta. Henry McCormick of Columbus visited relatives Neivt and Mrs McKenzie in Racine.
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Racine
Josephine Mallory
Bertha Boyd
R. D
Roy Proffitt
Parkersburg
E. M. Wood
Kokomo
Ind
Helen
Arkansas
John Boyd
Sam Craig
Memphis
Tennessee
Racine R. D
Henry Curtis
Marietta
Curtis
Henry McCormick
Columbus
Minersville Methodist Church Names New Officers
New officers elected last Sunday at the Minersville Methodist Church will take their posts at Sunday morning services. Walter Houdashelt is superintendent, William Thomas assistant superintendent, June Forbes secretary, Dorothy Jones assistant secretary, Mildred Phillips treasurer, Glenna Rummel pianist, Mary Wiggins assistant pianist, and Clara F. Custer and Nora Harris librarians.
Southeastern District PTA Holds 17th Conference in Logan
The 17th annual Southeastern District PTA conference will take place in Logan at the Methodist Church on Wednesday March 20. Mrs Entsminger urges all interested to attend the morning and afternoon meetings and to send luncheon reservations to Mrs Lavon Goodlye at 798 Third St Logan by Monday.
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Middleport
PTA
Logan
Methodist Church
David Entsminger
Lavon Goodlye
Third St. Logan
Grass Run and Side Hill Personal Mention Moving to Peace Fork
Grass Run and Side Hill noted Mr. and Mrs. Parker Chaney and family plan a move to Peace Fork. Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Hutton included Ernest Malden and daughter Dorothy, Kenneth McFarland, and Charles Barrett.
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Parker Chaney
Peace Fork
W. A. Hutton
Ernest Malden
Dorothy
Kenneth McFarland
Charles Barrett
A. E. Plummer
Jean
Claude Dulaney
Dexter
Melvin Kindle
Paden City
W. Va
Nolan Shuster
Pomeroy
O. E. Bratton
Harry Saxton
Russell Musser
Springfield
Clair Nelson
Langsville
Frank Braley Land
Orient
G. O. Will
Charles Reed
Reno
Max Nelson
Old
Harley Amos
Minter Molden
Hartwell Sidenstricker
Clifford Wood
Hupp
Marriage License Issued in Probate Court
Ralph Jenkins 21 of Parkersburg West Virginia and Betty Whitehead 21 of Portland received a marriage license in probate court on Thursday.
Funeral services for McCartys held in Middleport
Last rites were conducted for Mr. and Mrs. Elmer McCarty Thursday at Heath Methodist Church. Members of Evangeline Chapter OFS, Brotherhood of Locomotive Trainmen, and White Rose Auxiliary attended. Pallbearers included 0 C Greenlee and others. Interment followed at New Salem beside Mrs. McCarty’s parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Elmer McCarty
H. A. Rothrock
Heath Methodist Church
Evangeline Chapter Ofs
Brotherhood of Locomotive Trainmen
White Rose Auxiliary
C. Greenlee
J. H. Grate
Charles Wise, Jr
Ross Wise
R. A. Miller
Orville Bush
Walter Hayes
Charles Cooper
Dave Entsminger
William Robson
E. O. Smith
L. D. Diles
New Salem
McCarty
Eugene Yountz
Roy Lansbury
Evangeline Chapter
CES
M. L. French
Will Reynolds
Evelyn Lewis
Roma Harrah
Min ter Kennedy funeral leads Dexter brief notes
Dexter briefs recount a funeral at Old Dexter Church for Min ter Kennedy and a series of Sunday and weekday visits among local families including the Holliday Davis Braley Nelson Musser Amos and Gutchall households plus moves and visits in Chauncey Athens Langsville and surrounding areas.
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Dexter
Minter Kennedy
F. C. Folden
Jennie Cook
Helen
Iva Weaver
Athens
Earl Nelson
Chauncey
Garland Weaver
John Weaver
Walter Chase
F. C. Folen
Sylvan Cleland
Victor Gutchall
Guy Glaze
Oren Hugg
Ward Nicholson
Laurel Cliff School Hosts Founders Day Program
A large crowd attended Laurel Cliff A T & T Founders Day program at Laurel Cliff School Thursday evening featuring the Laurel Cliff string band Toy Band under Mrs Alshire piano solo by Patty Ann Karr a Betty and Doris Leifheit duet and Jeannine Parker tap dance. Candle lighting included Mrs Helen Leifheit Bertha Parker Georgia Deihl Mildred Jacobs Margaret Allen Della Curtis Leona Karr Esta Howell. L C Health Club met with Mrs Mildred Jacobs. guests were Mrs Beulah Deihl and Mrs William Matson. Attendance at Sunday School was 45. Reverend Oscar Fowler conducted a funeral in Zanesville Thursday Bert Stahl and Deihl ill. Edward Evans of Middleport and family to occupy Ross Jones property. Mrs Willis Alshire of Middleport dinner guest of Lena Karr.
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Laurel Cliff
the & T. A
Alshire
Patty Ann Karr
Betty
Doris Leifheit
Jeannine Parker
Helen Leifheit
Bertha Parker
Georgia Deihl
Mildred Jacobs
Margaret Allen
Della Curtis
Leona Karr
Esta Howell
Middleport
Lena Karr
Stars Forecast Bright Yet Turbulent Birthday Outlook
The reading warns of lively, sudden events and many developments today with doubt and perplexity from treacherous side issues. It notes possible accidents fires thefts and disasters and cautions about deceptive schemes and hostile acts while promising progress fortune and creative gain for those born today.
Band Prepares for Concert by School Under Gordon Harris
The Middleport school band, directed by Gordon Harris, plans a Sunday afternoon concert at two o clock. Guest artist George Merrill, Pt Pleasant schools instrumental instructor and Eastman Conservatory graduate, will play cornet selections. A new Glockenspiel bell lyre by Harold Hubbard debuts, enhancing band and orchestra tone. Admission is a silver offering at the door.
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Middleport
Gordon Harris
George Merrill
Pt. Pleasant
Merrill
Eastman Conservatory of Music
Philadelphia
Harold Hubbard
Churches of Christ Plan Sunday Services and Talks
The Bradbury Dexter Circuit of Churches of Christ will hold Sunday activities at 9 30 for Bible School with superintendents Wilbur Pierce Clarence Might and Norman Will. Rev J P Miller preaches at 10 30. Evening services at 6 30 and 7 include stereopticon slides on Calvary and Triumphal Entry. Endeavor meets Tuesday 7 30 at Bradbury and Thursday 8 30 at Dexter.
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Pomeroy—Bible School
Bradbury- Bradford-Dexter
Churches of Christ
Wilbur Pierce
Clarence Might
Norman Will
Calvary
J. P. Miller
Bradford
Jesus
Jerusalem
Bradbury
Dexter
Junior High Students Will Present Concert
Easter Sunday concert by the junior high mixed chorus at two o'clock in the afternoon under Velma Geary with a solo by Ann McCroba and piano piece by Dorothy Peoples. Ninth grade girls Mary McCroba Harriett Sullivan Martha Roedel Charlotte Mees Margaret Storey Margaret Weaver Dorothy Raub Shirley Hysell Virginia Church Addie Matson Mary Wiggins Jane Sayre perform. Band plays and instrumental solos by Charlie Stanley Jack Rosenbaum and Danny Rosenbaum.
Rutland Youth Event at Church of Christ Good Friday
Rutland will host Church of Christ youth from Bradbury Bradford Dexter and Rutland on Good Friday night at 7 30. The program will center on the theme Sacrifice with pictures of the Crucifixion shown by Rev J P Miller. A pageant Launch Out Into the Deep is the feature. all young people aged 12 to 30 must register for the banner award.
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Rutland
Church of Christ Youth of
Bradbury
Bradford
Dexter and
J. P. Miller
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