Womanless Wedding set for March at Middleport High
Middleport selects forty men for a womenless farce to be shown March 28 and 29 at the high school auditorium sponsored by Feeney-Bennett Post 128 American Legion. The cast includes Hugh McCoy as the bride with a secret groom identity and many men in feminine roles. tickets available from Legion members, cast, students, and area stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Feeney-Bennett Post
American Legion
Butler
Justice of the Peace
L. B. Higgins
Hugh McCoy
Feeny Bennett
the Legion
Martin and Roller Drug Store
Punty Dairy Shop
Lippis’ Lunch
Middlepedt
Stark's Pharmacy
Pomeroy
Gordon Wolfe
Roy Higgins
Jacob Turner
Ernest
Pete” Sisson
BR. C. Tuckerman
Charles Walburn, Jr
Paul Haptonstall
J. F. Brumley
Lee, Smith
Robert Neal
Ben Philson
Jack Kelly
Leland “Caddy” Crans
Clifford Plantz
Chester Tannehti
Lonnie Frazier
Keo Kennedy
Harry Craig
Dick Karr
Mrs
Lulhan Sueff
Star Garden Club Meets for Program
Eighteen members attended the March Star Garden Club meeting at the Dexter Church. Mrs. McGuire joined the club. Sylva Amos led the literary program while Stella Radekin spoke on Perennial Bloom in the Garden and Nelie Nelson on The Care of Lawn in Spring. Guests were Mrs. James Titus and Miss Eleanor Cleland. Leona Davis won the door prize and Alberta Smith the traveling prize.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dexter
Star Garden Club
Dexter Church
McGuire
Sylva Amos
Stella Radekin
Nelie Nelson
James Titus
Eleanor Cleland
Leona Davis
Alberta Smith
Shamrock
Elizabeth Stout
News Notes of Bashan and Local Social Snips
Residents exchange visits and attend events across Bashan area. Notices include the appointment of R W Finsterwald as administrator of William Miller estate and a probate date in Athens County Ohio.
Kitchen Destroyed in Minersville Fire
Volunteer firemen were called to Minersville Sunday afternoon at four o'clock where the summer kitchen of the Arms home near White Rock Salt plant caught fire while food was being prepared on a stove. The kitchen was destroyed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Minersville
Arms
White Rock
Real Estate Transfers in Meigs Area
Pomeroy listings show transfers for numerous parcels in Meigs County including Lots 41 229 233 40 16 20 48 53 126 44 47 48 and many acres in Olive Salem Letart Middleport Racine and Chester. Transfers involve buyers such as Rowley Gilmore Saunders Riggs Hysell and others plus government agencies like the Federal Housing Commission as recording continues at the Meigs County Recorder office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
George Meinhart
Meigs County
Court House
Bart H. Rawlings
Robert Coats
Wilbur
Matilda Rowley
Salem
Harry
William Long
Emmett
Florence Gilmore
George H. Durst
Ior Co
Helen and
Wiliam Reifel
Pomeroy Motor Co
Ursulla
L. G. Gribble
Frank
Lilly Lowe
Rose Ss. Reynolds
Federal Housing Commission
Ellis
Marjorie Stevens
Herbert Lee Cundiff
Marvin J. Mayer
George
Marjorie L. Saunders
W. C
Mamie Blake
Herbert
Christine Matheny
Olive
Margaret. Gabbs
Williams
Luna FE
Owens
Middleport
Calvin
Ruth Spires
Kenneth Garren
Charles
Eva Reed
Alvin
Roxie Reed
J. E
Viola Torrence
R. M
Mary G. Riggs
Fannie
Qwen
Ada Faber
Letart
W. H. Schreiber
Donald Weaver
Scipio
Howard A. Roush
Mildred Roush
Thomas
Bernice Miller
Daniel
Lucille Hysell
Acres
Rutland
E. B
Idy Knight
C. W
Freda Miller
Chester
Velma
John Hite
Jessie Wickline
Lebanon
Detla Chambers
J. D. McGuire
Harold Hanson
Carrie E. Glueser
William J
Abbie Durst
Lee
Max Jones
Marvin
Roberta Wilson
William P
Ula Matlack
Ray
Mary Riggs
Olive Lester
Mary Bailey
Edith A. Russell
Salisbury
Ara Morris
Corinwin
Mayme B. Custer
Racine
Samuel M. Baker
Glen O ‘Baker
Olive Orange
Nora M. Brechte
Carrie E Grueser
Arnold
T. W
J. E. O. H. Elbert
Woodrow
William Co. White
Pearl Lowther
Edith Kyle
Grover
Lucie P. White
Hamden Personal Notes Highlight Local Visits and Moves
Hamden residents report weekend visits from Mr and Mrs Luther Bobo of Dayton who called on Mr and Mrs V C Bobo in addition to stopping at Mr and Mrs Joe Strong in Watkeville. Columbus visitors include Mrs Grace Warren and Mrs Ruth Murray for business. Mrs Mitte Zervis sold property to Russell Hollingshead and bought on Main Street from Roy Murdock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Dye
Columbus
H. J. Dye
Clara Blessing
Chillicothe
Ray Cox
Cora Winters
Charles Harper
Dundas
Phiilip Ward
Jane Thompson
Levi Salts
Hilas Ward
James Waldren
Kermit
Fred Clark
Harry Nettles
Jackson
Mich
Akron unemployment set to hit 20 thousand by June
Akron unemployment chief C. Lamiell predicts 20,000 jobless by June 1 at the U S Employment Service office. He notes 14,000 now unemployed include 6,000 veterans and expects about 6,000 more ex servicemen to return to Akron within two months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron
Ce. Lamiell
U.S. Employment Service Office
Lamiell
Ak- Iron
Charlotte Mees Weds Charles Evans of Pomeroy
The ceremony at St. Pauls Lutheran Church in Pomeroy united Miss Charlotte Mees daughter of Mrs. Floyd Mees and the late Floyd Mees with Charles Evans son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Evans. Rev Hilman Rosenberg presided as Miss Vivian Mees served as bridesmaid and Michael Mees as ring bearer. A reception at the bride’s Mulberry Ave. home followed for about 75 guests with a three tier cake and pink and white decor. The couple left for a motor trip to Central Ohio. out of town guests included R C Mees Minneapolis and others from Columbus Zanesville Parkersburg and Charleston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Charlotte Mees
Floyd Mees
Meigs County
Charles Evans
Joseph Evans
Hilman Rosenberg
Trinity Lutheran Church
Marguerite Meyer
John Lambert
Michael Mees
R. F. Mees
R C. Mees
Minneapolis
James Ward
Richard Chamblers
Mulberry Ave
Mees
Rita Duffy
Martha Elizabeth Roeder
Rosemary Ward
Ann McCroba
Mary Martha Smith
Leo Crew
Miss Duffy
Miss Roedel
Charleston
Wva
Jean Matory
Columbus
R.C. Mees
Mary Jane Coffee Shop
Middleport
Vivian Mees
Helen Mees
A. H. Rosenbaum
Reid Steinbauer
Robert F. Mees
Dorothy Jane Mees
P. E. Stanley
A. H Rosenbaum
Richard Chambers
R. C. Mees
H. P. Newcomb
Pomeroy Social Notes Highlights Local Gatherings
Social notes recount a birthday surprise supper for Albert Martin and Dorothy Grusser hosted by Mrs. Albert Martin and Mrs. Allen Grueser with a cake inscribed Happy Birthday. Families attended including Margaret Ann Hysell Harold Hysell Jr and others.
Carpenter News Briefs Quiet Weekend and Local Visits
Carpenter residents report a quiet week end with one automobile accident on Main Street. Numerous visits include Mrs Orville Whittington and Lehta with Ed Marshall family, and Mr and Mrs Calvin Gorby with W E Jeffers parents. Cpl Lester Swearingen arrived home from Camp Atterbury with discharge papers after a year in the Pacific.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Swearingen
Camp Atterbury
Ind
Cpl
Swearingen
Pacific Area
W. Main St
Women's Guild Hears Red Cross Worker in Pomeroy
Miss Glass, librarian of Pomeroy and Gallipolis and former Red Cross worker, spoke on experiences in Great Britain during the Federated Church Woman's Guild program hour. Rev. Ralph Kuether discussed church merger. Lena Huber presided. refreshments were served. Officers for 1946 named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Miss Glass
Gallipolis
Federated Church
Red Cross
Guild
Ralph Kuether
Congregational Christian Church
Evangelical Reformed Church
W. A. Smith
Lena Huber
Joe Sisson
Robert Arnold
Amanda Kaspar
Lucretia Kaspar
David Wetzel
Kate Young
Edith Kautz
Fred Blaettner
Ben Neuthling
Edna Reibel
Bidwell News Briefs Sees Local Visitors and Church Event
Enid Parsons from Columbus visited Bidwell to see the Cunningham couple and dispose of household goods. Charles Stalnaker and family returned from wintering in Anna Maria Florida. G K Baker visited with wife and daughters. Ella Winston joined them home. T K Bell family visited Chester with Fred Rice and friends. Lucille Wade called on Winnie Phillips. Rev Clarence Boyer hosted his brother-in-law Carl J Minald and family from Columbus for a christening in Rutland. Boyer and Ralph Boyer of Ironton joined the family Sunday. The Bidwell Methodist Young Adult Class plans a movie titled The Power of God to be shown soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester
Fred V. Rice
Lucille Wade
Winnie Phillips
Clarence Boyer
Middleport social note and community updates
Middleport hosts share a stork shower for Mrs Everet Bachner with 22 guests, gifts in a bassinet, and prize games won by Mrs Martha Childs and Mrs Ferne Cheesebrew. Health nurse Mrs Catherine Shavorinsky leads a Mothers Club meeting, a Red Cross War Fund donation is noted, and garden club invites extend to a Narcissus show in Huntington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Ray Bachner
Mary Schaaf
Marjorie Stevens
Helen White
Everet Bachner
Bachner
Martha Childs
Ferne Cheesebrew
Catherine Shavorinsky
Meigs County
Mothers Club
Walter Crooks
Phyllis Skinner
Shavorinsky
Ben Philson
Chester Irwin
L. W. McComas
War Fund
American Red Cross
Brother Gives Brother Navy Discharge Papers
Harold Edwan Hubbard 1-c went to Great Lakes to receive his discharge and was sent to his brother William Hubbard 3-c who served his separation papers. Hub will resume employment at Citizens' National Bank soon. Bill expects discharge in early summer. They are sons of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Hubbard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy
Middleport
Harold Edwan Hubbard
Great Lakes
Ill
William Hubbard
Hub
U.s.navy
Citiizens’ National Bank
Bill
Harold Hubbard
Rockhold Navy discharge visit and birthday notices in Hockingport
Junior Rockhold returned home Thursday after his Navy discharge and visited his parents Mr and Mrs Fred Rockhold. Paul Wheaton of Parkersburg spent the weekend with sister Mrs E W White and family. Friends and relatives gathered for W T Matheny s eighty first birthday with a serenade and a miscellaneous shower. Charles Lumbatis and children visited Mrs Carl Medley s family in Columbus Ohio. Frederick Medley also joined the visit before returning home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Ernest Major
Pennsylvania
Virgie Major
Wilkesvile
Martha
Mary Ohlinger
Ohio University
Marian
Mildred Ohlinger
Clifford Stumbo
Williamson
W.va
John K. Smith
Imperial Electric Co
Akron
Tania Cowdery
Charles Lumbatis
Carl Medley
Hher
Columbus
Ohio
Frederick Medley
Laurel Run Friendly Neighbor Club Meeting Report
Mrs. Clarence Patton hosted the Friendly Neighbor Club with full attendance and a new member Mrs. Henry Todd Jr. Members quilted Mrs Millard Patton's quilt and enjoyed a St Patrick's day themed program led by Mrs Charles Patton. Prizes were awarded to several members, and a noon dinner followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laurel Run
Clarence Patton
Friendly Neighbor Club
Henry Todd, Jr
Millard Patton
Lawrence Wolfe
Ladonna
Charles Wood
Gary
William Sparks
Paul Terry
John Norris
Hattie Bumgardner
Noah Lent
Jwath
Arthur Todd
Halstead Lemon
Pattonville
Millard Wolfe
Hastings
Wva
Vance Ry I Wolfe
Family allowances for enlistment dependants term
Family allowances apply for the term of enlistment for dependants of men who enlist or reenlist before July 1 1946. The notice outlines eligibility and payment details for eligible servicemen and their families.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bashan
Kid Wolf
Oliver Bailey
Dana Carpenter
Gene Carpenter
Stieversville
Louise Ersin
Harlow Ervin
Fine Gove
Archie Tuttie
Dara Rose
Denver
Byrn Dye
Arthur Orr
L. A. Morehead
Parkersburg
Paul Orr
Russel Bailey
Warner
Syracuse
Orris Guinther
Ethel Orr
J. C. McKay
Margaret Foster
Glen Tuttle
Meigs
Hamden
Pomeroy Social Notes
Raymond Ebersbach
Martin Hotel
Milton Hamilton
Montgomery
W. Va
Harry Ohlinger
Helen Radford
Rock Springs
Anna Reuter
Folmer
Red
Frances Falmer
Eloda Hartung
Hate Bolin
Lottie Leonard
Teresa Abbott
Lucile Leifheit
Buena Grueser
Ethel Grueser
Winnifred Gruesser
Lester Taylor
Baby
Jal
Snowden
Margaret
Deloris Hayes
Athens
Dale Whaley
Wilmington
W. L. Whaley
Lincoln Hill
Robert Crow
U.S
Crow
Clifford Rhodes
Veterans’ Hospital
John Fisher
William Fisher
Carpenter News
National Brands Sales Corp
Chicago, Ill
Women’s Guild
Bidwell News Briefs
Middleport Social Notes
Otve Association of Garden Clubs
Huntington
Capadine
Hockingport News
Laurel
Social Briefs
Faye Emerson
Zachary Scott
John Ridgley
Rosemary DeCamp
Bruce Bennett
Dick Erdman
Doll Face
van Johnson
Mama
Papa
Leon Errol Elizaveth Risdon
Wonder Man
Martha Tilton Iris Adrian Clus Nazarro
Johnny Mack Brown
Trigger Law
Germany
Japan
Hawaii
Philippines
China
Panama
Alaska
The
Pacific
Caribbean
Army
Armed Forces
Claive
Ife
Civil Service Room
P. O. Bldg
Athens, Ohio
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