Meigs Countians Surpass Blood Donor Quota in Pomeroy
In Pomeroy at Pomeroy Junior High auditorium from 12 to 6 pm a Red Cross blood unit collected 122 pints from 163 donors, exceeding the 100 pint quota. Officials praised volunteers and local schools, noting gamma globulin needs for polio victims and plans for two more Meigs County units in May and June.
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Meigs
Pomeroy
American Red Cross
Dor Schaefer
Roy Betzing
Lydia Ebershach
Armo Stanebury
Charlea Murray
Frank Johnston
BR. W. Finsterwald
W. A Drake
Eleanor Schaal
James Titus, Jr
James Brewington
Sylvia Poole
Russell Brown
Reid Easterday
Myrtle Long
Lawrence Bing
Marion Ebersbach
Ohio Valley Grange
Davis Fee and Produce Co
Sacred Heart School
Pomeroy High School
Blood Center
Huntington
W. Va
Meigs County
Religious Services and Schedules Across Pomeroy Area
A consolidated church page lists service times for multiple congregations in Pomeroy and Syracuse, including Bethany Carmel Syracuse and Union churches. It details Sunday school hours worship times prayer meetings Holy Week activities and special services with pastors H. B. Harris C. A. White and others across denominations.
Palm Sunday Observances at Middleport Churches
Palm Sunday observances announced for Middleport churches. Heath Methodist led by Rev. Louis A. Bangerter with worship at 10 30 a m and Lenten service at 7 30 p m. Union Good Friday services 7 to 12 with Seven words interpreted by Heath Church pastors and choir. First Baptist Claremont led by E Hoyt with services 9 30 a m church school 10 30 a m children’s choir and sermon themes. New members class Saturday. First Presbyterian led by Howard E Ruppelt with Sunday worship and candlelight eve services. Easter bake sale Saturday.
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Syracuse
C. A. White
Bethany
Carmel
BYPU
Household OF Faith Mission
Joel Meyers
Enterprise
Christian Science
United Methodist
J. Leslie Kunze
Church OF the Nazarene CCC
Coolidge
Rita Mary
the of God
United Methodist _s
Pomeroy
First Baptist
Pomeroy Baptist Association
Middleport First
United Methodist Church
Grace Episcopal
Charles R. Speer
Trinity Lutheran
Harry Bates
Lauren Cliff
Green
California
Jehovah's Witnesses
Jesse C.eapen
Heath Methodist
Louis A. Bangerter
Children’s Choir Church School
Union
Heath Church
Claremont E. Hoyt
Churches of the Pomeroy Baptist Association
Church OF the Nazarene
Robert Styers
First Presbyterian
Howard E. Ruppelt
i-Lustre Shop
Advisors Awarded 5 Year Service Pins
Three Meigs County 4-H Club advisors received five year service pins at the ninth annual recognition banquet for 4-H Club advisors statewide held this week in Columbus. Recipients were Mrs. Virgil Atkins of Harrisonville Ada Hoskins and Mrs. Clarence Story of near Pomeroy. The dinner took place in the ballroom of the new Ohio Union at Ohio State University.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Columb
Virgil Atkins
Harrisonville
Ada Hoskins
Clarence Story
Ohio Union
Ohio State University
Finalists Named in Racine Spelling Bee
Janice Wolfe of Racine and Phyllis Ihle of Syracuse were named finalists in an elimination spelling contest at Racine High School. Represented schools include Portland Letart Falls Syracuse and Racine. Both are eighth graders and will compete in the county spelling bee on April 8.
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Pomeroy
Janice Wolfe
Phyllis Ihle
Racine
Portland
Letart Falls
Syracuse
Miss Wolfe
Miss Idle
Warning on Illegal Parking in Lincoln Heights
Fire Chief Henry Werry announced a warning on illegal parking for Lincoln Heights residents. He warned officers will issue parking tickets immediately unless cars parked on both sides are reduced, citing difficulty for police cruisers and fire trucks to pass in an emergency.
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Pomeroy
Lincoln Heights
Henry Werry
Werry
Rites Held in Galion For Mrs John Smith
Mr and Mrs Harold Dewhurst traveled to Galion to attend the funeral of his sister Vivian Withee Smith wife of John Smith Services were held there at 1 p m today Mrs Dewhurst was formerly June Patterson Dewhurst is in the US Navy stationed at Newport News.
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Pomeroy
Harold Dewhurst
Galion
John Smith
Vivian Withee
Dewhurst
US Navy
Newport
June Patterson
Tax receipts drop in Meigs County week ending March 17 1953
Receipts statewide fell about 700 dollars from the previous year. Meigs County totaled 3816.36 for the week, down from 4508.66 for the week ending March 15, 1952, per Roger W. Tracy state treasurer's weekly report.
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Pomeroy
Roger W. Tracy
Meigs County
Pomeroy Shakespeare Club Meets for Social and Plans
Mrs W F Baxter hosted the Shakespeare Club with Mrs Jed Webster Sr presiding. The group opened with the Women s Creed as the annual picnic and its committee were announced. A program featured Duets by Mrs Baxter and Mrs Webster Jr and organ solos by Mrs Baxter. The next meeting will be at Mrs Louis Reibel s home.
Pomeroy United Methodist Youth Class Holds Easter Meeting
The Young Adult Class met with T A Downie presiding. Frank Vaughan led devotion and Rev Leslie Kunze lectured on the second chapter of the Adult Membership Manual. They planned to screen Man On The Land next time. Easter egg hunt and salad service followed by hostesses James Roush, Mrs Roy Reuter and Mrs James Ingram.
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Ars James Roush
Roy Reuter
James Ingram
POMEROY-A Home Council Reorganizes Officers
A home council meeting at Mrs. Homer Holter's house reorganized the group. Mrs. Reid Young elected president with Mrs. Carol Fick as vice president. Other officers include Mrs. Roy Holter secretary, Mrs. Maidie Mora treasurer, Mrs. Maxine Goeglein first councilor, Mrs. Kathryn Mora second councilor, Mrs. Freda Hartinger membership, and Mrs. Homer Holter social chairman. Cookies, mint and iced tea were served.
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Pomeroy
Homer Holter
Reid Young
Carol Fick
Roy Holter
Maidie Mora
Maxine Goeglein
Kathryn Mora
Freda Hartinger
Local Society Notes From Long Bottom Area
Mrs. B A Dodson returned home at Long Bottom Tuesday after visiting her son Erroll Conroy. Mr and Mrs Lewis Stanley began a month long West vacation. Mr and Mrs James Ward Mr and Mrs Victor Miller and Mr and Mrs R F Mees with son Michael were recent guests of Mr and Mrs Charles Ward.
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B. A. Dodson
Long Bottom
Erroll Conroy
Lewis Stanley
West
James Ward
Victor Miller
R. F. Mees
Michael
Charles Ward
Middleport Churches Join in Good Friday Union Service
Six Middleport churches will hold a joint Good Friday service on April 3 from 7 to 9 p.m. The theme is The Words from the Cross. Participants include Church of Christ led by Rev Wert Dean First Church led by Rev C E t Church of the Nazarene led by Rev R F Styers Heath Methodist Church led by Rev L A Bangerter Mt Moriah Baptist Church led by Rev Nile D Borden and the Presbyterian Church led by Rev Howard Ruppert.
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Middleport
Church of Christ
Wert
First 1St Church
Bake Sale Saturday By United Methodist Church
The J F Class of the United Methodist Church sponsors a bake sale at Kroger on Saturday starting at 10 a.m. Proceeds support church activities and community outreach. Local shoppers are invited to purchase baked goods.
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Pomeroy
The
United Methodist Church
Krogers
Square Dance To Aid Fund For K-Squad
Pomeroy Junior High School hosts a charity square dance from 9 p.m. to 12 30 a.m. Friday to benefit the Pomeroy Emergency Squad. Paw n Taw Dance Club organizes with Huntington West Virginia dancers traveling by chartered bus. Richard Cox and the Narvesters provide music. doors open at 8 30 p.m. Adult tickets sold at the door. advance tickets from squad or club members. Refreshments managed by the emergency squad group.
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Pomeroy
Paw 'N “Taw Dance Club
Mra
Jo Hardy
Huntington
W. Va
Richard Cox
Narvesters
P.m
Hardy
Middleport Junior Band to Help With Spring Concert
The annual spring concert will feature the Senior Band of Middleport schools with assistance from the Junior Band. About 80 bandsmen in uniform are set to perform under Franklin Ginther with pieces including TV Suite by Walters and Dorian Overture. Paul Johnson cannot perform trombone solo due to emergency surgery.
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Middleport
Franklin Ginther
Walters
Sage Brush Saga
Athens
Paul Johnson
Meigs General Hospital
Spelling Bee Winners Named From Sugar Run and Central Schools
Bonnie Rousey of Sugar Run School won the spelling bee at Pomeroy Senior High School with Barbara Arnold of Central School as runner-up. Twelve finalists from Central and Sugar Run Schools plus junior high grades competed. the all county contest is set for April. Ethel Garland pronounced the words while Helen Smith and Warren Winters served as judges.
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Pomeroy
Bonnie Rousey
Sugar Run
Barbara Arnold
Central School
Miss Rousey
Miss Arnold
Central
Ethel Garland
Helen Smith
Warren Winters
Meigs Dairy Service Unit To Grant Awards
Certificates of awards in the quality milk program and attendance awards for the dairy grass school will be presented at a community meeting at 8 pm Monday at Harrisonville High School. The Meigs County Dairy Service Unit hosts the event with entertainment by Standard Oil. Allen Jenkinson and Cla Clark Ihle are named officials.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Harrisonville
Meigs County Dairy Service Unit
Allen Jenkinson
Cla Clark I Ihle
Harrisonville PTA to Stage Talent Show April 3
A Harrisonville talent show will be held at 8 p m on April 3 in the high school auditorium. Two contestant classes will run, school age and older. Those interested should contact Carrie Sheets in Harrisonville to register. honor ribbons will be awarded and an auction sale and cake walk will follow.
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Pomeroy
Harrisonville High School
Harrisonville
PTA
Carrie Sheets
Pomeroy Pioneer Hartin Honored With Historical Markers
Valentine B. Hartin of Pomeroy was selected by the Meigs County Pioneer and Historical Society to receive historical markers at two highway entrances. The Ohio Archaeological and Historical Society led the project with Meigs officials noting rigorous factual standards. Markers recognize Hartin as a builder of Pomeroy, coal pioneer, inventor of the inland sidewheeler Condor, U S congressman, 1861 peace conference commissioner, Ohio Constitutional Convention delegate, and Ohio Agricultural and Mechanical College president. Markers stand at Route 7 east and Pomeroy Middleport line.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County Pioneer and Historical Society
Valentine B. Hartin
Meigs Society
A. W. Howell
Edison Hobstetter
W. Peoples
Ohio Archaeological and Historical Society
Theociety
Highway Department
Howell
Horton
Pomeroys
Ohio River
United States
Congress of the
Dennison
East Corporation Line
Middleport
Child Conservation League Meets in Middleport
Mrs. Chester Erwin and other hostesses led a Middleport meeting at Mrs. Erwin's home. The group contributed to the American Red Cross and read letters from state and district presidents. Four new members were voted in for April and several members named to committees. traveling prize awarded. 19 members and two guests attended.
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Middleport
Chester Erwin
Alfred Roush
Morris
Wallace Bradford
Child Conservation League
Erwin
Fourth Ave
American Red Cross
Richard Chambers
Gemma Casci
Frances Brewington
Betty Phillips
Dorothy Neutzling
Beth Pullen
Kate Wilson
Chambers
Lucy Gregg
Kathleen Wildermuth
Helen Sauer
Mire
Nora Rice
Jana McKinley
Carl Miller
Rutland
Cecil Bolin
Langsville
Bradbury PTA Names Nominating Committee for Next Year
A Bradbury PTA meeting appointed a nominating committee for next year's offices listing Mrs. Kenneth McElhinny, Mrs. Wilbur Hanning, and Mrs. Wilbur Rowley. The group agreed to help fund a duplicating machine for the school and awarded attendance banners to first and second grades. Principal Mrs. Thelma Dill presided in Rowley's absence as Robert Purtell read scripture and a showing of the film Only Two for Tommy occurred.
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Middleport
Bradbury Pta
Kenneth McElhinny
Wilbur Hanning
Wilbur Rowley
PTA
Audrey Theobald
Thelma Dill
Robert Purtell
Bradbury
PoaM Club Meeting At Hobstetter Home
The PoaM Club met Wednesday evening at Mrs. George Hobstetter home with Mrs. William Hobstetter assisting. Canasta was played and prizes awarded to Mrs. Charles Murray Mr. Ambrose Gibbs Mrs. Walter Crooks Mrs. Frank Wilson Mrs. James Pullen and Mrs. Lewis Sauer Jr. Refreshments were served and Mrs. William Anderson will host next meeting with Mrs. Ralph Welker assisting.
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Middleport
George Hobstetter
William Hobstetter
Charles Murray
Ambrose Gibbs
Walter Crooks
Frank Wilson
James Pullen
Lewis Sauer
William Anderson
Ralph Welker
Pinnocchio appears at Middleport PTA play birthday
Jimmy Hood who played Pinnocchio in a PTA high school play celebrated his tenth birthday this Wednesday. He shared the occasion with friends as an ice cream cake at the auditorium event.
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Middleport
Jimmy Hood
PTA
Easter themed Woman's Association meeting at First Presbyterian Church
The Woman's Association of First Presbyterian Church met at the church with Miss Mary Ohlinger presiding. Mrs. Lowell Probasco led devotional, music by Mrs. Paul Haptonstall and Miss Farie Erlewine, and Miss Ohlinger read an Easter story with biblical background. Refreshments were served by several members including Mrs. O. H. Stewart and Mrs. E. O. Tewksbury.
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Middleport
Woman's Association of
First Presbyterian Church
Mary Ohlinger
Lowell Probasco
Paul Haptonstall
Farie Erlewine
Ohlinger
O. H. Stewart
E. 0. Tewksbury
Iva Brown
Sara Jones
Burial services for Mrs Martha Bryant held in Middleport
In Middleport for burial and graveside services for Mrs Martha Bryant a former newspaper woman who died in Columbus March 17 Mr and Mrs Terry W Allis Mr and Mrs Harry Ohlinger Mrs Otto B Kreinbic and Mrs Gus Kredel all of Columbus attended. Mr and Mrs Allis were guests of Edward Koehler of Pomeroy.
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Middleport
Martha Bryant
Columbus
Terry W. Allis
Harry Ohlinger
Otto B. Kreinbic
Gus Kredel
Allis
Edward Koehler
Pomeroy
Divorce Granted to Helen Jean Hester and Arthur F Hes ter
Judge Francis D. White grants a divorce to Helen Jean Hester from Arthur F. Hester. The ruling follows prior reporting and assigns custody or settlement details not specified in the fragment.
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Pomeroy
Francis D. White
Cedric W. Clark
Helen Jean Hester
Arthur F. Hester
SEO League Cage Banquet Honors Midport Yellow Jackets
Yellow apron servers led by Miss Mildred Ohlinger hosted the SEO League All Star banquet honoring the Midport Yellow Jackets. Meals were prepared by a large committee of teachers and PTA members, with Harold Sauer crafting miniature basket centerpieces and Jeanette Phillips doing crochet work.
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Middleport
Mildred Ohiinger
Ohlinger
Max Roller
Bruce Lloyd
Middleport Yellow Jackets
Yellow Jackets
Harold Sauer
Manual Arts Department
Jeanette Phillips
Roller
Lloyd
Henry Hennesy
Norman Wayland
C. C. Greenlee
CC. P. Gallagher
Sidney T. Russell
Jacob Turner
Sanford Thomas
John Vroman
Bethel Coleman
Karl Kloes
E. S. Schaaf
E. M. Blake
Hylda Rice
Emmett Shuler
Forrest
Pomeroy Band Roosters announce bake sale Saturday
The Pomeroy Band Roosters, after a rummage sale this week in the Eagles Building, will hold a bake sale at the same location on Saturday.
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Pomeroy
Roosters
Eagles
Mason in Army Winter Training Exercise Snow Storm
Paul S. Mason of Albany Route 2 participates in Exercise Snow Storm at Camp Drum New York. A tank crew man and 1951 Harrisonville High School graduate, Mason serves in the Army winter operation.
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Pomeroy
Pic Paul S. Mason
May S. Mason
Albany
Camp Drum
N. Y
Mason
Harrisonville High School
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Ohio Agricultural and Mechanical College
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