Marietta Man Identified After Ohio River Find
The body found in the Ohio River near Racine is George M. Plumer of 202 Lacrivia St Marietta missing since January 9. Age 79, he had taught at Marietta schools for over 50 years and earlier served as principal at Washington St. school. Funeral at McClure funeral home Tuesday at 2 30 p.m. burial Oak Grove Cemetery.
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Pomeroy
Ohio River
Racine
George M. Plumer
Marietta
Richard Hartenbach
Jackie Marr
Henry Ewing
Charlies Russell
Ewing
Plumer
Marietta College
Washington St
McClure
Mr. Plumer
D. D. Johnson
Morgantown
W. Va
Ray B. Plumer
Columbus
Beman A. Plumer
Philadelphia
William S. Plumer
McClure Funeral Home
Oak Grove Cemetery
Community Visitors and Local Guests Listings
Recent visitors include Charles Nutter of Salem and Max Swindler of Marion with Ronald Varner from Great Lakes visiting Mrs. O L Davis and Mrs. Max Swindler. Many local residents hosted and joined gatherings at Athens and Lottridge including families Warner Archer and Gainer. A birth announces Carolyn Boggs, and Otto Peat received a birthday salute.
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Lottridge
O. L. Davis
Max Swindler
Charles Nutter
Salem
W. Va
Marion
Ronald Varner
Great Lakes
Ruth Varner
John Westfall
Carrie Gainer
Glenn Gaston
Nancy Lynn
Athens
Lee Gaston
Omah
Eileen Blake
Carl Gilllan
Ronnie Vandal
Lowell Boggs
Eleanor Allen
L. H. Allen
Otis Wade Allen
Harold Swisher
Columbus
Farm Bureau
Clarence Boyer
Chester
C. M. Warner
A. F. Warner
Carrie Knowles
Russell Archer
Joyce
John Archer
A. F. Peat
R. M. Allen
C. M. Swartz
Carolyn
Carl Leland Boggs
Gallipolis
Charles Robinson
Linda
Raleigh
Ira Robinsons
Irene Mantle
Dutch Ridge
Paul Robinson
Robert Bernard
George Bernard
Dayton
Arnold Bernard
Mary Jo
David Cogar
Robinson Home
Middleport Social Notes Birthdays Celebrate Sue Swindler Earl McKinley
A Saturday party at Sue Swindler’s mother Mrs. Wyatt Swindler’s home honored Sue Swindler and Earl McKinley on their seventh birthdays. Twenty seven guests attended with heart shaped pink cake for Sue and a decorated chocolate cake for Earl. Prizes went to Judson Pomeroy Roland Morris and Jan Haddox. Refreshments followed with many attendees named.
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Middleport
Sue Swindler
Earl McKinley
Sue
Wyatt Swindler
Earl
Judson Pomeroy
Roland Morris
Jan Haddox
Donnie Dillon
Larry Mitch
Christine Beaver
Beverly Cundiff
Jim Bill Hobstetter
Robert Morris
Gary Cooper
Bonnie van Cooney
Jackie K. Covert
Martha Spires
Karen Sue Walker
Lynn Buchanan
Judy Stewart
Barbara Stiles
Marcus Pomeroy
Judy K. Rumfield
Bettie Ann Barnhart
Jenny Sue Daniels
Carolyn Wilson
Texanna White
Karren McElhinny
Kay Mcintosh
Jack Covert
Charles White
Margaret Sauer
Mayer Schrieber union in candlelight wedding at St Luke
Martha Schrieber and William J. Mayer wed in a candlelight ceremony at St. Luke’s Lutheran Church led by Rev. L. M. Mohrhoff. The couple, both Pomeroy High School graduates from the class of ’47, plan to settle on Mulberry Ave. in Pomeroy after a Cincinnati honeymoon.
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Martha Schrieber
William J. Mayer
St. Luke’s Lutheran Church
L. M. Mohrhoff
Walter Schrieber
William T. Mayer
Ruth Lambert
Martha Terrell
Pomeroy High School
Farmer’s Bank and Savings Co
Mayer
Pomeroy
Roy Mayer
Hazel
Cincinnati
Mulberry Ave
Mrs Millard Wildermuth Hosts Green Heart Shaped Birthday Party
Mrs Millard Wildermuth entertained a family gathering Friday night to celebrate her husband’s birthday. The event featured a green decorated heart shaped cake with shamrocks in the presentation.
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Middleport
Millard Wildermuth
Middleport Youth Meeting Attended by Local Clergy
C. E. Shepard pastor of the Church of Christ and Roy Garvin attended a youth meeting of Middle Island Christian Service Camp at Beverly Ohio.
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Middleport
C. E. Shepard
Church of Christ
Roy Garvin
Middle Island Christian Service Camp
Beverly
Ohio
Birthday Party Honors H. M. Cross at Middleport Home
Mrs. Cross hosted a Sunday birthday party honoring H. M. Cross with guests including Mr. and Mrs. Paul Smart, Mr. and Mrs. T. A. May, Mr. and Mrs. George Baker, Miss Florine Talbott, and Lewis Gibbs, a former Middleport resident visiting.
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Middleport
H. M. Cross
Middleport Royal Neighbors Celebrate 54th Anniversary
Middleport Royal Neighbors marked their 54th anniversary at Woodman Hall with a pot luck supper. Mrs. Kenneth Byer of Oracle presided. The candlelit table featured a large anniversary cake with the birthday numerals. Members offered reminiscence toasts. Mrs. Ayer, Mrs. Homer Jones and Mrs. Jacob Betz led the event.
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Middleport
Mrs. Arthur Strauss Hosts Dinner Honoring Louise Sargent
Mrs. Arthur Strauss entertained Saturday night honoring Louise Sargent of Schenectady New York who has stayed with her mother Mrs. Martha Sargent since the death of her aunt Mrs. Ernest Agee. Also present were Mrs. Robert Coats and Miss Nancy Reed.
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Middleport
Arthur Strauss
Thomas Elder
Louise Sargent
Schenectady
N.Y
Martha Sargent
Ernest Agee
Robert Coats
Nancy Reed
Local Social Notes Highlight East Ohio Visitors and Trips
A flurry of family visits and weekend travels across Meigs County and adjacent towns. Guests include Mr and Mrs F G Joachim and Agatha of Cedar Grove West Virginia with Miss Margaret Healy, and Mr and Mrs Wilbur Theobald in Columbus.
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F. G. Joachim
Agatha
Cedar Grove
W. Va
Pomeroy Couple United In Double Ring Ceremony
In a candle lit Federated Church service Rev. Robert L. Hegnauer united Joan Karr and Robert Bruce Morris. Bridesmaid Jean Clark and best man Don Holter joined ushers John and Paul Werry. Music featured Carrie Neutzling and Alice Nease with selections including Because I Love You Truly The Lord's Prayer. The couple will reside on Spring Ave with Mr. Morris at Brown Bros. Store on Main St.
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Pomeroy
Federated Church
Robert L. Hegnauer
Joan Karr
Otho Karr
Middleport
Robert Bruce Morris
Robert Morris
Jean Clark
Don Holter
Huntington
Ushrg
John
Paul Werry
Jean Howell
Sarah Don Hartley
Carrie Neutzling
Alice Nease
Cou A
Nerse
Spring Ave
Morris
Brown Bros
Main St
Engagement announced for Claire Titus to Dr William Butler
Judge and Mrs Earl R Titus of Pomeroy announce the engagement of their daughter Claire to Dr William Wilson Samuel Butler of Roanoke Virginia. Miss Titus is a Johns Hopkins Nursing graduate and night supervisor at the Brady Urological Clinic Johns Hopkins Hospital. Dr Butler is Johns Hopkins Medical School graduate and an assistant resident in Urology at Johns Hopkins Hospital. The wedding is set for June 11 in Baltimore Maryland.
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Earl Remington Titus
Pomeroy
Claire
William Wilson Samuel Butler IT
William Wilson
Samuel Butler
Roanoke
Virginia
Miss Titus
Johns Hopkins School of Nursing
Brady Urological
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Dr. Butler
Johns Hopkins Medical School
Baltimore
Rosenbaum Halbrecht wedding guests listed in notice
Out of town guests attending the Rosenbaum Halbrecht wedding included Dr. and Mrs. P. C. Bauman and family from Portsmouth Mr. and Mrs. Richard Davis and daughter Susan from Portsmouth Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Capehart and Mrs. Philip Meier Mr. and Mrs. F. F. Terrell Dorothy Terrell Mr. and Mrs. Richard Evans and daughters Teresa and Nanine from Columbus Lt. W. P. Terrell USN Mr. and Mrs. Russell Capehart and daughters Jackie and Diane from Masons City West Virginia Dorothy Harbrecht and Mr. Henry Hanger of Columbus Mr. and Mrs. Hobart Riggs and sons Dean and Mrs. Paul Fisher from Crooksville and Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Parfitt of Charleston West Virginia.
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Rosenbaum - Halbrecht
P. C. Bauman
Richard Davis
Susan
Portsmouth
Lawrence Capehart
Philip Meier
F. F. Terrell
Dorothy Terrell
Richard Evans
Teresa
Nanine
Columbus
W. P. Terrell
USN
Russell Capehart
Jackie
Diane
Mason City
W. Va
Dorothy Harbrecht
Henry Hanger
Hobart Riggs
Dean Riggs
Paul Fisher
Crooksville
Lawrence Parfitt
Charleston
Rosenbaum and Halbrecht wed at Sacred Heart Church
Jack Rosenbaum and Ruth Halbrecht were married by Rev William J. Riley at Sacred Heart Church on Sunday. Both graduates of Pomeroy High School class of 1945, they were aided by attendants Dorothy Halbrecht and Richard Rosenbaum. The reception followed for 80 guests, with a Cincinnati honeymoon planned after the ceremony.
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Sacred Heart Church
Jack Rosenbaum
Ruth Halbrecht
William J. Riley
Pomeroy High School
Jack
Fred Rosenbaum
Ruth
Victor Halbrecht
Dorothy
Richard
Cincinnati
Fellowship Class to Meet in Church Social Rooms Wednesday
The Fellowship Class of the Federated Church plans its monthly meeting in the church social rooms for Wednesday evening with Gerald Nummi in charge of the program. Hosts include Harry Miller, Kathryn Hess and Eugene Hawley. Weekend visitors and guests are listed among local families and friends.
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Federated Church
Gerald Nummi
Harry Miller
Kathryn Hess
Eugene Hawley
Minister Assists Brother in Piqua Evangelistic Crusade
The Rev. Charles Pomeroy travels to Piqua to aid his brother Rev. Dudley Pomeroy in the Baptist Church evangelistic crusade this week.
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Middleport
Charles Pomeroy
Piqua
Dudley Pomeroy
the Baptist Church
Boyd Dilgard Rites Pending
Boyd Dilgard, 60, died Sunday in Lakewood Hospital after surgery and a 10 day stay. Survived by widow Clara Maag Dilgard, two daughters Mrs. Gerald Rice and Mrs. Marvin Freeman, five grandchildren, and church and Masonic affiliations. Body to be returned to Rawlings-Coats funeral home. funeral arrangements pending.
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Middleport
Boyd Dilgard
Lakewood Hospital
Lakewood
Clara Maag Dilgard
Gerald Rice
Napoleon
Ohio
Marvin Freeman
Church of Christ
Rawlings-Coats
Mason County Land Transfers Report
W. G. and Lana Durst transfer two acres in Lewis District to Harold Aaron and Paulyne Bright. Virgil and Ina Jean Ramey deed lots one and two on Fifth Street in New Haven to Hattie M. and W. E. Abney. W. H. and Louise Powell convey one acre in Graham District to Franklin Real Estate Co. Arthur F. Smith also transfers 162% square rods in Graham District to Franklin Real Estate Co. Wild ducks were spotted on the Ohio River near Middleport, northward flight observed.
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W. G
Lana Durst
Harold Aaron
Paulyne Bright
Lewis
Virgil
Ina Jean Ramey
Hattie M
W. E. Abney
Fifth St
New Haven
W. H. and
Louise Powell
Franklin Real Estate Co
Graham
Arthur F. Smith
Land Exchange Notice in Athens and Hocking Counties
R Victor Oakley applies under the 1925 act to exchange a NW NW 34 10 N 14 W Athens County for a small parcel S SE 1 T13N R15E Hocking County parcel 2Greendale Minerals deed Feb 6 1937 protest deadlines set with Regional Forester Milwaukee by April 22, 1949
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R. Victor Oakley
Athens County
Ohio
Hocking County
Greendale Minerals Company
U. S. Forest Service
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Weekend Quiet In Middleport As Police Fears Flip
Chief C. E. Parker says Middleport enjoyed a peaceful weekend with no notable incidents. The report notes an optimistic mood, while a trivia line on Nanking’s 1928 and 1937 population growth appears in the same text.
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Middleport
C. E. Parker
Meigs County Land Transfers Involving Schaefer Families
Meigs County records show affidavits and certificates of transfer restructuring property titles. Transfers include multiple Schaefer relatives as well as Davidson and Archer families across Pomeroy Rutland and Bedford Township with parcels ranging from 1.33 to 75 acres and executors and administrators named.
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Edward B. Schaefer
Barbara F
Edward
Elmer
Norman
Clermont Schaefer
Earl Archer
Erma Norton
Ethel Archer
Pomeroy
Norman Schaefer
Helen Dunkle
Edward J. Schaefer
Laura
Edward Schaefer, Jr
Alma Gordon
Emma J. Davidson
W. A. Davidson
Elizabeth W. Davidson
Elizabeth W. Beach
Thomas W
Joseph W
George W. Davidson
Rutland
Elizabeth
George W
J. W. Davidson
Mable D. Davidson
Thomas Davidson
Alwilda Werner
Louise Davis
Leroy
Della Cruse
Roy Tillis
Perry A. Riggs
Charles Hess
Rodney Downing
M. H. McDole
Alice M. Rairden
Olive Township
John C. Bacon
W. L. Rice
Homer
Belva Willard
Bedford Township
Sewer Water Backs Up Through WPA Sewer
Water backs up in the Mary Jane Coffee Shop and Tri Luster Dry Cleaning basements traced to a cor rugated sewer tile laid in 1937. Village workers under Street Commissioner Kens Collins repair the line and remedy the situation.
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Middleport
Mill Street
Mary Jane
Kens Collins
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Middleport Social Notes
Wildermuth
Charles Wildermuth
Thelma Wildermuth
Dwight Collins
Nina Fowler
Pat
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Mrs. Wildermuth
William L. Cox
Cox
Pinole
Calif
Mrs. Strauss
Ernest Lallance
Lancaster
American Legion
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Sylvia Mayer
Homer Rice
Edward Parsons
Virgil Edwards
Mary Ohlinger
Ohio University Clinic
William Ohlinger
Martha
Mildred Ann Ohlinger
Ohio University
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Willis Anthony
Meigs General Hospital
Pearl Bolin
Guy Carson
Veteran's Hospital
W. E. Cox
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Ind
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Fla
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Meigs County
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C. M. Hennesy
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Gordon Harris
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Claude Durge
Christine and
Jeffrey
Williamstown
W.va
Lewis Sauer
James Oiler
Richard Oiler
Ricky
John Click
Marguerite Souders
James Souders
Pomeroy Social Notes
Pomeroy Personals
Fred Riebel
Barbara
A. C. Jones
Second St
Phil Wolf
Wolf
New York
Gene Brickles
Morris Haning
New Marshfield
Hattie Haning
Ira Spencer
Ruth Jewel
Bleriot H. Lamarre
Bennett E. Meyers
Donald Weed
Washington
Robert C. Knee
Air Force
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Meyers
Senate
Mason County
2Nd Ave
Meigs Pomeroy
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Pat O’brien
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Ann Sheridan
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Robert Ryan
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Gabby” Hayes
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Valley OF the Lawless
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