Varieties of Pomeroy High Stages Opening Night Show
Several hundred residents attended the opening night of the 58 Varieties at Pomeroy Junior and Senior High Schools in the junior high auditorium. Performers included Connie Woodgeard and others in pony chorus, Carolyn Meier and William Sterrett in blended voices, the Rousey twins and others in a group with guitars, Eddie Buffington as a dancing snowman, and a Steve Allen style interview bit by Charles Buffington. The program featured soloists, a Rock n Roll act, a closing Sugar Time arrangement, skits, and a girls trio, with music by Ray Woodgeard’s band. performance repeats tonight at 8 p.m.
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Pomeroy
Jersey
April Love
Carolyn Meier
William Sterrett
Lonesome Road
Sally Globokar
Charles Buffington
Joanne Buffington
Robert Green
William Gibbs
Ry Moon
Vickie Brown
John Kunzelman
Pat Vaughan
Joe Kennedy
Eddie Boney
Shirley Brown
Jo Ellen Fellrod
Dana Struble
James Baker
Glen Cecil
Bill Fisher
Bill Sterrett
Jack Follrod
Kaaron Kelton
Nancy Woodgeard
Paula Sayre
Viola Brown
Janet Carpenter
Ann Ieenhower
Bill Young
Bill Owens
Jon Webster
Ray Woodgeard
Pomeroy Students Plan Science Fair Exhibits
The Up'n Atom Club at Pomeroy Junior High, under Pearl Williams, will travel by school bus to the Ohio University science fair in Athens Saturday. Junior high exhibitors include Mike Roberts and many peers. judging starts at 10 a.m. in Ernest Hall.
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Pomeroy
Up’n Atom
Pearl Williams
Ohio University
Ernest Hall
Mike Roberts
Terry Knight
Ralph Lambright
John McMurray
Marvin Spencer
Mike Swatzel
Bill Young
James Norton
James Sprouse
Carroll Warren
Eric Hart
James Kearns
Bonnie Neutzling
Jackie Thomas
Margaret Handley
Carolyn Bell
Edna Carmen
David Brown
Dor Coates
Bill Cartey
Benny Ewing
Sarah Foster
Search Around McKinney Farm For Missing Johnny
Middleport residents joined police and volunteers to search the Gallipolis Ferry area for five year old John Wayne McKinney missing since Monday afternoon. Chief LeRoy Bartrum patrolman Fred De Wees and others led a four hour Friday search around the McKinney farm with help from local men and high school volunteers.
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Middleport
John Wayne McKinney
Gallipolis
LeRoy Bartrum
Fred DeWees
Lewis Ellis
Weldon Bartrum
Chief Bartrum
Oliver Mitch
Jack Bechtle
McKinney Farm
Booster Night At Bend Grange Observes Pomeroy Meeting
Pomeroy Bend Grange met at the DAV home for booster night with two membership applications. Carl N. Smith presided as the annual sewing contest was announced for April 16, when the degree team will practice. Certificates of merit were received from the national organization for the youth program. Mrs. Charles Spencer led the program with group singing and readings. a playlet The Shepherds Psalm was shown. A quartet serenaded and Irish themed games closed the event before refreshments.
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Pomeroy
Pomeroy Bend Grange
DAV
Carl N. Smith
Grange
Charles Spencer
C. L. Heaton
The
Spencer
Dayton Strickland
Charlesanna Hess
John Terrell
Lord
Shepherd
Youth Group Plans Skating Party
Twenty one youths from Hemlock Grove and Orange Christian Churches met at Hemlock Grove church. They planned a skating party for March 25 and a Christ Saturday work day. Games were played and the youth fellowship benediction closed the gathering.
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Pomeroy
Hemlock Grove
Orange Christian
Youth Fellowship Benediction
Easter Theme Guides Kin Club Meeting
Mrs. Harold Ebersbach hosted the Kin Club at her home on Wednesday with an Easter theme. A brief business session preceded games and prizes for Mrs. Ward Windon and Mrs. Willard Ebersbach. Easter egg candles and themed refreshments were served.
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Pomeroy
Harold Ebersbach
Kin Club
Ward Windon
Willard Ebersbach
Local Family Visits Highlight Weekend Gatherings
Mr and Mrs Earl Taylor visited relatives in Findlay and Fostoria while Mr and Mrs Carl Weiman and sons from Ryger spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs William Frazier. Eddie Caruthers and Ross Shuler stayed with Rusty Caruthers family in Newark. George Veith Middleport and Joe Leach families visited John Veith and Don Leach. Beulah Shuler Debra and David called on Shirley Barton and Carrie Barrett of Pomeroy. William Frazier and family visited Marlin Rife in Old Kyger.
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Carl Weiman
Ryger
William Frazier
Eddie Caruthers
Ross Shuler
Rusty Caruthers
Newark
George Veith
Middleport
Joe Leach
John Veith
Don Leach
Beulah Shuler
Debra
David
Point Rock Notes Birthday Supper and Booster Night
Laurel Grange plans a birthday supper for March 22 and booster night on March 29 with an Easter theme led by Barbara Bolin. Weekend visits include Edgar Weygand and family with Geneva Foster and Belle Caster visiting Ralph Turner’s family. W. A. Ogdin moves from Middletown to Tuppers Plains as the Weyand farm changes hands. George Radikin Jr. enjoyed a Columbus weekend.
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Point Rock
Laurel Grange
Barbara Bolin
Edgar Weygand
Theodore Rupert
Columbia
Geneva Foster
Belle Caster
Ralph Turner
W. A. Ogdin
Middletown
Tuppers Plains
Thomas
Upper Columbia
George Radikin, Jr
Columbus
Middleport church schedules for Sunday worship and week
A listing of church services in Middleport and area. The Church of Christ and several other congregations show morning worship at 10:30, Sunday school at 9:30, and various midweek activities including youth and choir events. Sermon topics include Not Ashamed Tomorrow Voice From the Blue and Peter the Rock.
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Church of Christ
Fred I. Gardner
Lena McKinley
First Presbyterian
H. E. Ruppelt
Voice From the Blue
Syracuse Presbyterian
Heath Methodist
R. C. Konkright
Jesus
MYF
Oak Hill Methodist Church
First Baptist
Warren Hulburt
Peter
Middleport
B. L. Barrett
Church of Christ In Christian Union
Guy Sayre
Pearl Street
Rooms Full As Meetings Go to School
Middleport High School rooms held meetings with the Girls' and Boys' Glee Clubs rehearsing in the auditorium. A drivers education class met with instructor John Parsons in the new section, while the Middleport Athletic Association and Senior Mothers met separately. Alumni Association gathered on the first floor and Harold Hubbard with Joseph Shavorinsky painted in the home economics area.
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Middleport
Middleport High School
John Parsons
Middleport Alumni Association
Harold Hubbard
Joseph Shavorinsky
Church Group Has Meeting at Forest Run Church
Mrs U S Nease hosted the Woman's Society of Christian Service at Forest Run Methodist Church with Mrs Fred Nease assisting. Devotions led by Mrs Ralph Sisson covered Methodists on the March and The March of Missions in Healing. Readings were by Mrs John Scott Mrs Everett Damewood Mrs Charles Baer and Mrs Sisson. Mrs Russ Watson announced the spring conference in Portsmouth. A collection supported the Lancaster camp and a campus fund contribution was also given.
Carpenter Honors Roll and Birth Announcements
Columbia Elementary lists honors for each grade with students named. Athens announces birth of Steven Gene Gillogly on March 11 at Mount St Mary Hospital Nelsonville with grandparents Fern Gillogly Carpenter and Everett Lambert Pomeroy.
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Cecil Gillogly
Athens
Steven Gene
Mount St. Mary Hospital
Nelsonville
Fern Gillogly
Carpenter
Everett Lambert
Pomeroy
Janie Dailey
Albany Rest Home
Sheltering Arms Hospital
SAS Formed in 1946 by Scandinavian Airlines Merger
Scandinavian Airlines system SAS emerged in 1946 from the amalgamation of Norway's National Airlines, Sweden's and Denmark's national carriers, creating a regional aviation group.
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Scandinavian Airlines Scandinavian Airlines System
SAS
National Airlines of
Norway
Sweden
Denmark
Alumni Plan Annual Meet in Middleport Banquet May 31
Middleport alumni gather to outline selling banquet tickets and memberships for the Alumni Association. The May 31 banquet has a May 26 final ticket date. advance sales are led by Kenneth Mc Elhinny Anna Howell Leah Rowley Charles Davis Pearl Reynolds Marcella Taylor and others with bake sale planned for April 26.
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Middleport
Middleport Alumni Association
Marcella Taylor
William Walter
Guy Reynolds
Kenneth McElhinny
Anna Howell
Leah Rowley
Charles Davis
Pearl Reynolds
Sally Sauer
Sally Schaaf
Sally Walter
Blaine Walburn
Women’s Society of Christian Service elects officers
At the last meeting at Mrs. Gertrude Anderson’s home the group elected officers for next year. President Mrs. F G Hoodlet, Vice President Mrs. Ben Gabriel, Secretary Mrs. Ernest Whitlatch, and Treasurer Mrs. Richard Morgan, with Mrs. R H Straight presiding.
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New Marshfield
Women’s Society of Christian Service
Gertrude Anderson
R. H. Straight
F. G. Hoodlet
Ben Gabriel
Ernest Whitlatch
Richard Morgan
Nelle Gilham
Mary Keffer
George Hayman
Minersville WSCS Elects New Officers
Minersville Methodist Church Women’s Society of Christian Service elected new officers for the year at a meeting hosted by Mrs. William Russell with Mrs. Essie Mossman and Mrs. Adolph Grueser. Officers named were Mrs. Russell president, Mrs. Karl Grueser vice president, Mrs. Carl Phillips secretary, Mrs. Brooks Sayre treasurer, and Mrs. Eugene Forbes secretary of supply work.
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Pomeroy
Women’s Society of Christian Service
Minersville Methodist Church
William Russell
Essie Mossman
Adolph Grueser
Russell
Karl Grueser
Carl Phillips
Brooks Sayre
Eugene Forbes
March of Missions
Frank Stewart
Brewster Hospital
Stewart
Mossman
Stella Grueser
Clifford Phillips
Katie Becht
Norman McCallum
Sadie Brown
Lena Bartels
Miss Becht
Earl Renshaw
Bradford Maag
Harley Mossman
William Reed
District Meet Set May 6 At Pomeroy
Southeast Congregational Christian Churches announce a district meeting for May 6 at the Federated Church in Pomeroy. The executive board of the Federated Church Women’s Guild met after the lenten service to set dates and plan activities.
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Pomeroy
Southeast Congregational Christian Churches
Federated Church
Women’s Guild of
Elizabeth Fick
William Baxter
Columbus
Lena Huber
Waldo J. Bartels
Canal Winchester
County Infirmary
WSCS Plans Supper at Reedsville Church
REEDSVILLE Plans to sponsor a church supper were begun at the March meeting of the Women’s Society of Christian Service held at the home of Mrs. Mamie Buckley. After a potluck dinner and business, members embroidered blocks for a name quilt. Mrs. Dorothy Riebel presided. devotions by Buckley included an Easter reading by Mrs. Ina Massar. The next meeting place will be announced later.
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Reedsville
Women’s Society of Christian Service
Mamie Buckley
Dorothy Riebel
Buckley
Ina Massar
Anthony Family Welcomes Son Joe Leslie
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Anthony of Middleport announce the birth of a son named Joe Leslie on March 20 at Mason Clinic. He is the couple's second child beside daughter Barbara. Grandparents are Willis Anthony, Harold Chase, and others. great grandparents include W. W. Farley, Mrs. Dave Sales, and Mrs. Sophia Anthony.
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Middleport
Gerald Anthony
Mason Clinic
Joe Leslie
Anthonys
Barbara
Willis Anthony
Harold Chase
W. W. Farley
Dave Sales
Sophia Anthony
Lancaster
Kicking Horse Pass Altitude Noted in Rockies
The Kicking Horse Pass in the Canadian Rockies rises to an altitude of 5296 feet.
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Kicking Rock Pass
Kicking Horse Pass
Canadian Rockies
Dinner Planned For Middleport High Basketball Banquet
A banquet and program honoring Middleport High School basketball teams is set for Thursday at Martin Restaurant. The Middleport Athletic Association sponsors the event and will host varsity and reserve players, cheerleaders, and coach N P Swackhammer, with ticket sales led by Mrs E M Blake Mrs Martin Abbot and Lionel Boggs.
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Middleport
Martin
Middleport Athletic Association
R. L. Miller
Miler
E. M. Blake
Martin Abbot
Lionel Boggs
Miller
N. P. Swackhammer
Mike Erwin
Mark Kelly
Harlan Whitlatch
Bobby Nelson
Ernie Bowles
David Hartinger
Yogi Wayland
Roy Long
George Miller
Eddie Crooks
Karry Mitch Raymond Klees
Keith Bowles
Danny Hindy
J. C. Ward
James
Walter Harris
Bill McCool
Sonny Knapp
Richard Swackhammer
Tom Anderson
Stephen Bailey
Phyllis Stan
Russell Roush Initiated Into Knights of Pythias
In Middleport 27 Knights of Pythias met at Fides Lodge No 210 with Russell Roush as candidate. Emerson Jones presided. Robert G. McGrath announced an inspection next Thursday. Two lodge members, Leo Kennedy Jr and Tom Kelly, will enter the Gallipolis basketball tournament.
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Middleport
Knights of Pythias
Castle
Fides Lodge
Russell Roush
Jackson
Gallipolis
Racine
Emerson Jones
Robert G. McGrath
Knights Wilson
Coder
Huston
Biffle
John Kincaid
Cash Bahr
Horace McElhinny
McGrath
Leo Kennedy, Jr
Tom Kelly
Middleport High School
Meigs County sales tax dips week ending March 8
Retail receipts in Meigs County fell about 300 dollars in the week ending March 8 with total receipts of 2881.06 compared to 3182.09 for the same week last year per state treasurer Roger W. Tracy’s report.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Roger W. Tracy
Pomeroy WCTU Promotes Frances Willard Tea
The Pomeroy Women’s Christian Temperance Union will meet Tuesday evening at the Federated Church for its annual Frances Willard tea.
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Pomeroy
Pomeroy Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Federated Church
Frances Willard
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