Easter Sunrise Plans in Middleport Churches
Elaborate Easter celebrations are planned across Middleport churches with sunrise services at First Baptist Heath Methodist and Church of Christ. Special music readings and sermons will accompany baptisms and communion during a day of unified services starting at 6 0 clock with later classes sermons and baptisms in the afternoon and evening evangelistic service.
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Middleport
Churches of
First Baptist Church
Heath Methodist Church
Church of Christ
Don McMillin
Pals
H. A. Rothrock
Methodist Church
Willis Aleshire
Hattie Smith
O. P. Klein
H. E. Cook
Gordon Harris
Aleshire
L. O. Grant
First Presbyterian Church
J. D. Ryan
Youth to Conduct Service at Pomeroy Easter
Easter services at the Pomeroy Church of Christ begin with a sunrise prayer led by the Young People at 6 a.m. Bible School meets at 9 30. Rev. B H Harris speaks on The Resurrection at 10 30 morning worship with communion. Choir offers anthem Hail the Savior, King of Kings. Baptismal services follow.
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Pomeroy Church of Christ
Bible School
B. H. Harris
Pomeroy Candidate Victor Eiselstein Seeks County Commissioner Nomination
Victor Eiselstein, a successful businessman and longtime horse racing enthusiast who has owned and raced several notable horses, is among eleven Republicans seeking nomination for county commissioner.
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Pomeroy
Victor E. Eiselstein
Pomeroy Social Notes Recap of Local Club Meetings
The Pomeroy Social Notes item highlights the Women's Republican Club of Meigs County meeting at the courthouse on Saturday at 2 PM with all Republican women invited. It also notes visitors from Pomeroy and Pt Pleasant, Junior Women’s Guild activities at Miss Marcella Reibel’s home, and a Busy Bee quilting session at Federated Church.
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Women’s Republican Club
Meigs County
Mildred Russell
Maxine Mankin
Pomeroy
Bob Goodwin
Jean Brown
Pt. Pleasant
Parkersburg
Junior Women’s Guild
Mar‘cella Reibel
Union Ave
Mary Virginia Reibel
Dorothy Young
Africa
Ruth Huber
Edna Mae Durst
Main Street
Kenneth Roush
Will Reed
Rising Sun
Ind
Ray Rawlings
Florida
Busy Bee
Federated Church
Charles Grueser
Rebekah Association
E. Main St
Mary Harris
Maggie Thomas
Viola Jones
Lula Nease
Viola Grueser
Katie Becht
C. E. W. Downie
Lincoln Hill
Dunbar
W. Va
Harold Brabbin
Heilman family moves within Middleport area
Mr and Mrs Cecil Heilman relocate from Grant Street to the McElhinney property on Brownell Avenue. Samantha Peffers returns from Pomeroy to her Grant Street home vacated by the Heilmans.
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Middleport
Cecil Heilman
Grant St
McElhinney
Brownell Ave
Samantha Peffers
Pomeroy
Heilmans
Lutherans Lead Meigs County Finnish Relief Drive
Rev. W F Lodt will chair the effort with Rev. Ralph Kuether Mrs. J W McMurray and Frank Will as helpers. Finnish Relief Week is set for March 31 to April 6 with no direct solicitation, and churches will take a special collection on Sunday March 31.
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Pomeroy
W. F. Lodt
Meigs County
Ralph ‘Kuether
The
Federated Church
J. W. McMurray
Women's Civic Club
Frank Will
Pomeroy Merchants’ Council
Sodt
Pomeroy U B Church Services Announced
The Rev. William E. Bartoe of Pomeroy United Brethren Church announces Enterprise services begin with Sunday School at 9 30 a m Christian Endeavor offers an Easter program at 7 p m Holy Communion at 730 p m Prayer service Wednesday at 730 and Ladies Aid meets Thursday. Syracuse Sunday School at 930 a m preaching at 1030 a m Endeavor Tuesday at 7 p m prayer at 730 Pratts Fork Sunday School at 130 p m preaching at 230 p m
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William E. Bartoe
Pomeroy
Christian Endeavor
Pratts Fork Sunday School
Benefit Is Success At Dutch Town School Supper Dance
An old fashioned box supper and dance at Dutch Town School drew 80 attendees. Boxes were auctioned by Harry Keiser for 5.05 dollars and a cake baked by Mrs. George Stace won by J. M. C. Brown. Proceeds support equipment for the Minersville Recreation Center.
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Minersville
Dutch Town School
Harry Keiser
George Stace
J. M. C. Brown
Minersville Recreation Center
Easter scene at Rawlings-Coats Funeral Home outdoor display
A life size tableau on the front lawn of Rawlings-Coats Funeral Home depicts Biblical figures around an empty tomb guarded by an angel. Special lighting enhances the scene as the first of its kind locally drawing attention to Easter.
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Middleport
Rawlings-Coats Funeral
Junior Red Cross Enrolls 2000 in Meigs County
A Meigs County advisory committee meeting reports 2000 children enrolled in the Junior Red Cross. The group aims to aid needy children with glasses dental work and tonsillectomies. A fundraiser drive is planned across Pomeroy Middleport and other Meigs communities led by eleven teachers and county Red Cross leaders.
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Pomeroy
Junior Red Cross
Meigs County
Middleport
L. J. Heiner
Red Cross
Wilma Roush
Easter Service Planned At Racine Baptist
Racine prepares an Easter service at the Racine Baptist Church on Sunday morning. Local residents report social visits and gatherings including parties at the Legion Home in Pomeroy and at Eagle Ridge. In school sports, Racine High sees Senior girls beat Freshman girls 10 to 9 and Junior boys edge Seniors 16 to 13.
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Racine
Harry Hayman
Veterans’ Hospital
Dayton
Ernest Weaver
Oak Grove
A. H
Racine Baptist Church
Owen Watson
Mary Jean
Ella Watson
Mayme Mallory
Marie Theiss
Mayme Powell
Crit Bradford
Legion Home
Pomeroy
W. F. Tanthorey
Howard Harris
R A. Tyree
Parkersburg
Salvation Army Plans Evening Worship in Pomeroy Hall
POMEROY The Salvation Army will hold Evening Worship in the Army Hall at 7 30 oclock Sunday with Major W W Hinshaw discussing What Shall We Expect Next After Austria s Victory Sunday School meets at 230 pm led by James Gates and at 630 pm the Young People s Legion will convene.
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Pomeroy
Salvation Army
Army Hall
W. W. Hinshaw
James Gates
Young People’s Legion
Revival Series Opens at Church of the Nazarene Syracuse
Revival meetings directed by Rev. Lawrence W. Frick begin Sunday at 7 p.m. at the Church of the Nazarene in Syracuse. Attendance encouraged as part of a planned series.
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Lawrence W. Frick
Church of the Nazarene
Syracuse
Lower Grades Hold Easter Programs at Central School
MIDDLEPORT The first four grades held informal Easter celebrations Thursday afternoon with colorful decorations, burins, flowers, and eggs. Miss Anna Margaret Wiley's third grade presented a Chinese program with pictures, native costume, and readings about two Chinese children, Yet-Guay and Lok, followed by a chop suey meal for 26 visiting parents.
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Middleport
Adda Smith
Sally Schaaf
Anna Margaret Wiley
Yet-Guay
Lok
Simpson Choir Presents Easter Cantata The Conquering King
Simpson Methodist Church plans Easter Eve cantata The Conquering King by the Simpson Choir directed by Virginia Egner. Morning services start at 6 30 with breakfast at 7 30 and worship at 10 30. Board meeting Monday and choir practice midweek set.
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Pomeroy
Alt Simpson Methodist Church
Epworth League
Simpson Choir
Virginia Egner
Ohio
WPA
County Engineer Gets Data on Project
Materials and equipment for surfacing streets in Pomeroy with concrete and brick were submitted to County Engineer Theodore Beegle for the WPA funded county blanket road project. The Pom eroy Street Department prepared the data for a possible May 14 street bond issue and WPA approval, with only about 10 000 left in the current WPA program. Communion and preaching services will be held tonight at 7 30 in the Pomeroy Church of Christ on The Meaning of the Cross.
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Pomeroy
Theodore Beegle
Pomeroy Street Department
Pomeroy Church of Christ
Easter Activities Highlight Corning Community Notes
Corning residents plan an Easter vacation for schoolchildren from Thursday after 3:30 p.m. to Tuesday morning. Girl Scouts meet led by Lenore Young with Tenderfoot tests and cookie sale plans. Church groups host parties, honor Dick Cady's ninth birthday, and outline Easter worships, Sunrise service, and a cantata at United Brethren Church.
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Corning
Lenore Young
Martha Jean
Ruth Ann Wilson
Doris Grey
Phyllis Mindigo
Barbara Spence
Betty Leonard
Florence Levion
Lois Hill
Easter Services Set At Methodist Church With Knights Templar
Sunrise communion at 6 30 a m and Sunday School at 9 00 a m precede the 10 30 worship where the pastor speaks What Lights the Cross The Knights Templar of Perry County hold Easter worship at 2 36 with Rev Steady preaching The church choir under Mrs Delcie Spence will provide special music A social hour follows for knights families and guests Youth Council at 6 p m
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Methodist
Knights Templar
Perry County
Steady
Delcie Spence
Youth Council
Doughboy Minstrel Practice Set by Band Mothers Club
Practice is being held at the high school on Monday and Tuesday nights April 1 and 2 for a Doughboy minstrel show. Mr. Mees of Pomeroy serves as director.
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Band Mothers Club
Mees of
Pomeroy
OSU students spend Easter with families in Ohio
CORNING PERSONALS Floyd Lambert James Rodgers and Richard Mindigo students of Ohio State University Columbus are spending Easter with their parents. Mr and Mrs Lance Hodgson and daughter Carolyn and Jessie Schlingerman visited relatives in Nelsonville Wednesday. Mrs Grace Hoffman visited her mother in Holzer Hospital in Gallipolis this week.
Returns To United States After Foreign Cruise
Bob Fiesher, who joined the U S Navy last fall, returned to the United States after more than two months aboard a foreign cruise and is now stationed in Portsmouth Virginia. He spent most time in Cuba and described a native king’s visit to the ship at Collebria and a 21 gun salute. He had a photo taken in Port au Prince and found a young man there who spoke 97 words of English. The voyage included extremely hot weather.
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Middleport
Bob Fiesher
United States Navy
United States
Portsmouth
M. G. Brown
Cuba
Young Flesher
Collebria
Port Au Prince
Marriage Announced for Nellie Butcher and Grover Nagle
Middleport social notes report the marriage of Nellie Butcher of Ches hire to Grover Nagle of Ath ens. The ceremony took place Tuesday March 19 in Gallipolis with Nellie’s sister Mrs Satterfield as the sole attendant. A wedding dinner followed at the Butcher home for immediate family. The couple will reside at Mrs Nagle's parents' home for now.
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Harvey Butcher
Nellie
Cheshire
Grover Nagle
Athens
Gallipolis
Jack Satterfield
Butcher
Clarence Tucker
Mrs McNamee Hosts Past Councilors Club
Middleport residents enjoyed a lively evening at the home of Mrs. McNamee where Charles McNamee, a noted auctioneer, hosted an auction sale for the Past Councilors Club. The women relished his wit and the evening's raillery as the sale proceeded.
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Middleport
Charles McNamee
Quarterly Youth Rally To Be Held in Rutland
Rutland hosts a Quarterly Youth Rally for Churches of Christ from Bradbury Bradford Rutland and Dexter at the K of P Hall. The program centers on Crucifixion pictures and a pageant Launch Out into the Deep. Wallace Russell will award the attendance banner to the church with the most youth.
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Rutland
Churches of Christ of
Middleport Man in Fair Condition After Scaffold Fall
John Halley of Brownell Avenue Middleport is in fair condition at St Josephs Hospital Parkersburg after a serious operation. He was injured ten days ago when a scaffold he was working on collapsed.
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Middleport
John Halley
Brownell Ave
St. Joseph's Hospital
Parkersburg
Halley
Three Churches Unite For Easter Services
Easter sunrise service at Bradford Church Sunday 6:00 a.m. includes members of Bradbury Bradford Rutland and Dexter Churches of Christ with deacons from each church and elders from Bradford. The hour long service includes Communion and Bible School at 9:30. Dexter hosts 10:30 preaching and Bradbury 7:00 p.m. Christian Endeavor meets Bradford 6:00 p.m. and Bradbury 8:00 p.m. Dexter Endeavor meets Thursday at 7:30.
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Bradbury
Bradford
Rutland
Dexter
Dexter Christian Endeavor Oe
Catherine Werry Dies Of Heart Ailment
POMEROY Miss Catherine Werry 18 would have been 19 next Thursday died Thursday afternoon at home of her parents Mr and Mrs Charles Werry in declining health from heart disease She is survived by her parents one sister Margaret and five brothers Harold Walter John Albert and Paul all of Pomeroy Funeral services will be held Sunday at 2 30 pm from the Federated Church conducted by Rev Ralph Kuether Burial will be in Beech Grove Cemetery.
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Pomeroy
Catherine Werry
Charles Werry
Werry
Pleasant Ave
Margaret
Harold
Walter
John
Albert
Paul
Federated Church
Ralph Kuether
Beech Grove Cemetery
Glee Club Easter Concert Set at Pomeroy School
Members of the Junior High Glee Clubs will present an Easter concert Sunday afternoon at the school, it has been announced.
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Pomeroy
Simpson Brotherhood to Visit Gallipolis for Volleyball Return
Simpson Brotherhood travels to Gallipolis Tuesday night for a return match with the Gallipolis Methodist Church team. The Gallipolis squad, playing at home, defeated Pomeroy in the earlier contest.
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Pomeroy
Simpson Brotherhood
Gallipolis
Mitchell Darling Delivers Braille Lecture in Middleport
Mitchell Darling, 26, a lecturer and vocational expert born blind after a diphtheria illness at age 10, spoke to the Middleport Literary Club at Mrs. O B Stout's home. A braille reading demonstration preceded an informal discussion revealing his life facts and perseverance.
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Middleport
Mitchell Darling
Middleport Literary Club
O. B. Stout
Communion Services Held at Three Local Churches
Candlelight services were conducted last night at First Presbyterian First Baptist and Heath Methodist Churches in preparation for Good Friday and Easter. At the Methodist Church a lighted cross and cathedral candles illuminated the altar as worshipers prayed. Miss Lenore Giles donated jonquils, received from her father W. A. Giles visiting Tacoma with sister Donald Mathews, a former church usher.
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Middleport
First Presbyterian
First Baptist
Heath Methodist
Lenore Giles
W. A. Giles
Tacoma
Wash
Donald Mathews
Columbus
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