Lausche Tackles Gambling and Communism in Ohio Sermon
Governor Frank Lausche visited First Presbyterian Church in Middleport addressing Meigs County citizens on government ills. He blasted communism gambling and “government within raments,” urging openness and Christian influence to keep government for all people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Meigs County
First Presbyterian Church
Frank J. Lausche
Presbyterian Men's Council
Homer G. McMillen
Lausche
Young Progressives of America
Cleveland
Southeastern Ohio
Sugar Run Honor Roll Reported
Sugar Run Elementary lists honor roll students for the fourth six weeks. Grades staggered. first grade honorees include Keith Barnitz and Nan cy Hamm. Second grade names Lloyd Biddle through Barbara Young. third grade lists Bill Anderson through Susan Young. fourth grade names Dorothy Arnold through Sue Smith. fifth grade includes Carolyn Biddle through April Shasteen. sixth grade honors go to David Boney through Joy Smith.
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Johnnie Bryant
Robert Chapman
Nick Coates
Jean Ellen Dabo
Charles Downie
Jimmie Ebersbach
Billy Gibbs
Dickie Hegnauer
Jim Ingram
Johnora Lambert
Minada Murray
Lena Vanderpool
Diana Watson
Jean Ann Webster
Jacky Welker
Tim Welker
Barbara Young
Sandra Potts
Bill Anderson
Gary Barnitz
Patty Blakeslee
James Carpenter
Janet Carpenter
Roselind Cummings
Betty Hamm
Bobby Jacobs
Vincent Knight
Charlotte Murray
Barbara Rousey
Bonnie Rousey
Harley Saylor
Sheila Strauss
Pat Vaughan
Jerry Welker
Connie Rae Woodgeard
Susan Young
Dorothy Arnold
Edwin Boney
Barton Campbell
Martha Hegnauer
Bettie Lee Ingram
Johnnie Jerke
Anna Murray
Rodney Spencer
Carolyn White
Larry Tracy
Sue Smith
Carolyn Biddle
Janice Cady
Jerry Davis
Max Eichinger
Melvyn Gilley
Carole Hamm
Bingham Kress
Milton Lambert
Eugene Norris
Barbara Patrick
Peggy Patrick
Bobby Roberts
April Shasteen
David Boney
Harold Brown
Robbis Brown
Joy Smith
Annual dinner of Child Conservation League in Middleport
Middleport notes report the annual dinner at the Little House with 16 members, St Patrick’s Day decor, prayer by Mrs. L W McComas, and a post dinner meeting at Mrs McComas’ home. The group voted to support a school bond issue and to contribute $5 to the American Red Cross. A Well Baby Conference was discussed and a birthday cake honored Mrs Erwin. Musical numbers and a nominating committee were announced.
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Middleport
Child Conservation League
Little House
L. W. McComas
Mother's Club
First Anniversary Dinner of First Presbyterian Men’s Council
The Middleport First Presbyterian Church held its first anniversary dinner for the men’s Council of the Women’s Association. Decorations featured green St Patrick’s motifs with Erin Go Bragh symbols. James Buchanan presided over the business session and 1950 officers were chosen: James Jobb president Chappelle Talbott vice president Lewis Sauer Jr treasurer Leland Brown secretary. Governor Frank J. Lausche gave the sponsored address in the sanctuary.
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Middleport
First Presbyterian Church
Women's Association
James Buchanan
James Jobb
Chappelle Talbott
Middleport meeting hears Alaska climate and poems
Miss Bess Sanborn reported a message from meteorologist Robert Snider on Alaska weather and climate. Papers on Alaska history and poems from the Far North were presented, with Indian Legends shared by students. The gathering, hosted by Mrs. L. W. McComas, Ferried by Mrs. Hartinger. Candy served after the program and business. BRADBURY PTA discusses teeter totters bake sale plans and a program set for April.
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Middleport
Harold Bratt
D. B. Hartinger
Arthur Strauss
L. W. McComas
William Bradford
Bradbury
Bradbury Pta
Homer Forrest
Mary Roush
Gerald Rupe
Tri-Lustre Cleaners
Knights of Pythias visit Gallipolis lodge event
Seventeen members and candidates of Fides Lodge 210 Knights of Pythias attended Naomi Lodge 55 in Gallipolis on a Tuesday evening. The page rank was exemplified by six Gallipolis Pythians and five Middleport candidates, with refreshments served.
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Middleport
Fides Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Naomi Lodge
Gallipolis
Pythians
PM Club Backed May School Bond Vote at Meeting
Members of the PM Club gathered at Mrs. Frank Wilson’s home on Wednesday evening and voted to support the May 2 school bond issue. Mrs. Wallace Bradford presided, prizes were awarded to Mrs. Ralph Welker, Mrs. Wayne Swisher, and Mrs. William Hobstetter, and green decor highlighted the event.
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Middleport
PM Club
Frank Wilson
Wallace Bradford
Ralph Welker
Wayne Swisher
William Hobstetter
Georgia Williams
Ambrose Gibbs
Bradford
Local and Civic Visitors Tour Middleport and Nearby Towns
Rep Thomas A Jenkins made a business visit to Middleport on Wednesday. Elyria residents Mr and Mrs Carl Mourning visited their parents Mr and Mrs Dale Mouring and Mr and Mrs Everett Lambert. Orville Chambers of Nashville Tenn guest of his parents Mr and Mrs Herbert Chambers. Frank Talbott White at OSU arrived for spring vacation with his parents Mr and Mrs Frank White. Mrs George McGhee traveled to Belle West Virginia to recover from influenza. Mrs J H Smith and Miss Hazel VanCooney were visitors in Columbus on Wednesday. Elizabeth Kirby ill at the home of her daughter Mrs Charles Mayes. O Smith returned to work for the New York Central Railroad after a 10 month layoff due to ill health. Virgil Manley ill at home. son Clifford Manley runs the shoe repair shop in Pomeroy. Ruth Peters of Columbus Electric Co visits the local office. Mrs Homer Kennedy celebration at Waterford with son Dayton Kennedy and family. Leo Kennedy and children Patricia and Leo Jr accompany Mrs Kennedy to Waterford. Col William Keith Kincaid and sons Tom and Bill of Dayton weekend guests of his parents Mr and Mrs John Kincaid. they then travel to New York and Panama before Florida vacation.
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Thomas A. Jenkins
Middleport
Carl Mourning
Elyria
Dale Mourning
Everett Lambert
Orville Chambers
Nashville
A. C. McNeal
Belle
W. Va
J. H. Smith
Hazel VanCooney
Columbus
Elizabeth Kirby
Charles Mayes
Grant St. E. O. Smith
New York Central Railroad
Virgil Manley
S. Second Ave
Clifford Manley
Pomeroy
Ruth Peters
Columbus & Southern Ohio Electric Co
Homer Kennedy
Dayton Kennedy
Waterford
Leo Kennedy
Kennedy
Patricia
Leo
Col
William Keith Kincaid
Tom
Bill
Dayton
John Kincaid
Fourth Ave
New York City
Panama
Florida
Pomeroy Church News Highlights Local Clergy and Services
Church notices list multiple congregations in Pomeroy and nearby areas with service times Bible schools and sermon topics. The roster includes Laure l Cliff Free Methodist Hyssel Run Free Methodist United Methodist Grace Episcopal Christian Science Society Enterprise UMC St Pauls Lutheran Federated and local Church of Christ listings with dates and program details. The item notes a March 18 service at Long Bottom Church of Christ with Rev James Walker as speaker.
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Laurel Cliff
Lewis C. Berger
Methodist Youth Fellowship
Amsterdam
First World Assembly of Churches
Abraham Lincoln
Grace Episcopal
K. C. Wilson
Henry W. Hobson
Episcopal Church of
Southern Ohio
Grace Church
Christian Science Society
Mulberry Ave
Carl E. Groff
ST. Paul's Lutheran
L. M. Mohrhoff
Robert L. Hegnauer
Bible School
Pomeroy
Ex-Teacher Dies at 85 in Bedford Township
Mrs. Carrie Waterman Knowles 85, retired teacher, died Thursday at her niece’s home in Bedford Township. Widow of Ernest Knowles she taught 35 years locally and is survived by nephew Mear Taylor Chester. Services Sunday 2 p.m. Arbaugh funeral home with burial at Bethel Cemetery.
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Tuppers Plains
Carrie Waterman Knowles
Bedford Township
Albert Warner
Knowles
Ernest Knowles
Mear Taylor
Chester
Arbaugh
Bethel Cemetery
Bachelor Kings Before Edward VIII Describe Single Kings
England had only one king who grew to manhood and never married before Edward VIII William Rufus or William II was the son and successor of William the Conqueror.
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Edward VIII
England
William Rufus
William II
William the Conqueror
County Seeks Census Takers for 1950 Post
Meigs County recruiting for additional enumerators for the 1950 census. Testing set for Monday at 10 am in the Meigs County Courthouse, focusing on Salem Scipio Bedford Orange Chester Letart Salisbury townships and Rutland Middleport Pomeroy areas. Applicants age 21 to 65, one per family, local residents only. Crew leaders are Mrs Westina Crabtree Carpenter and Robert Hoeflich Middleport.
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Pomeroy County
Salem Township
Scipio Township
Bedford Township
Orange Township
Chester Township
Letart Township
Salisbury Township
Rutland
Middleport
Pomeroy
Meigs County
Westina Crabtree
Carpenter
Robert Hoeflich
Crabtree
Hoeflich
Scouts Take Cookie Orders in Pomeroy
Girl Scout troops in Pomeroy collect cookie orders for delivery Saturday. Proceeds fund camp stamps to cover Camp Molly Lauman tuition. Leader Mrs. Robert D. Roberts visits a downtown drug store window display and plans a school bag for a French girl.
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Pomeroy
Molly Lauman
Robert D. Roberts
Mrs. Dey Hysell Donates Books to Pomeroy Library
Mrs. Dey Hysell donated a selection of titles to the Pomeroy Public Library on Wednesday. The list includes Lord Johnnie, Asylum for the Queen, Hear this Woman, The Cleft Rock, Dinner at Antoine's, The Golden Fury, Pride's Castle, Bride of Fortune, and The Bride of Fortune was credited to Harnett Thomas Kane.
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Pomeroy
Dey Hysell
Pomeroy Public Library
Lord Johnnie
Leslie Turner White
Mildred Jordan
Ben and
Ann Pinchot
Cleft Rock
Alice Tisdale Hobart
Antoine's
Francis Parkinson Keyes
Marian Castle
Frank Yerby
Harnett Thomas Kane
Reverend Dick Bain to Preach at Zion Church in Middleport
Dick Bain of the Kentucky Christian Seminary Grayson will preach at Zion Church for several months. He will reside with Mr and Mrs Lawrence Reed in Middleport.
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Middleport
Dick Bain
Kentucky Christian Seminary
Grayson
Zion Church
Lawrence Reed
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Fred Lewis
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Jean Ann Wiseman
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Governor Lausche
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Leland Brown
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Smiley Burnette
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Noah Berry Jr
Jean Rogers
Raymond Hatton
Congo
Bill McGuire
Sugar Run
Meigs Pomeroy
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Andy DeVine
Special Agent
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Laura Elliott
SUN
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Danny Kaye
Walter Slezak
Temple Middleport
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Lone Wolf & His
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Ron Randall
William Frawley
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Keith Richards
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Middleport Social Notes
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R. A. Koontz
Richard Chambers
J. J. Davis
Eddie Blake
Russell Wilson
Dwight Frost
Theo Neutzling
Robert McElhinny
Frank Titus
Otho Karr
Edith Forrest
Douglas McHaffie
E. A. Wingett
Forrest
Wilbur Rowley
Guy Russell
Arthur Eblin
Rupe
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McDole
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W. 2Nd St
Econose Capital Finance Corp
Earth
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Three Heavens
Mr. Mowry
Pomeroy High School
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