Quarter Century Concert Staged by MHS Musicians
The Middleport High School auditorium hosted the twenty-fifth annual concert by the MHS instrumental music department. Director Franklin Ginther led a performance featuring the senior and junior bands, soloists such as William Darst, and awards for 13 seniors, with proceeds from the silver offering supporting travel expenses for state finals next month in Portsmouth.
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Francis H. Klein
Middleport
Middliport
Middleport High School
Franklin Ginther
Middleport School
Athens
Rachmaninox
Gershwin
Queen City
Boorn
Rachmaninov
William Darst
Balay
George Hackett, Jr
Phyllis Smart
Darst
David Darst, Jr
Pepples
Thomas Darcy
Fillmore
Little Giant
Ariene Bowles
Bill Darst
Charlene Dillard
Marilyn Abershbach
Shirley Evans
Nancy Hartley
Paul Johnson
Diane Reichman
Val Heynolds
Donna Roush
Eugene Smith
Lars Ann Smith
Larry Wiley
Jerry Hayes
Kathryn Payne
Danny Sanborn
Sally Saver
Harry Glaze
Terry Gallagher
Fred Lewis
Ruth Ann Powell
Sharon Riley
Barbara Scott
Sheila Stover
John Talbott
Ruby Yeanger
Mary Jane Young
Sally Gilmore
Marilyn Sue Knight
Patricia Ljroyd
Mary Carolyn Miller
Kenneth Murray
Nancy Roller
Russell Roush
Myrna Russell
Helen Stobart
James van Cooney
June Bailey
Patricia Baker
Phyllis Ebershach
Carole Goff
Pauline Zirkle
Juanita Hawkins
Mariene Knapp
Ginther
Marlene Knapp
Pauline Zirkie
Wallace Bradford
David Durst
Alfred Roush
Richard Wiley
Robert Coats
Banttenen
Meigs Dairy Unit To Meet
POMEROY Richard Kellogg manager of the Central Ohio Breeders Association will be guest speaker at a community meeting hosted by the Meigs Dairy Service Unit and the Farmers Feed and Supply Co. at 8 p m Wednesday in the Racine High School auditorium. Quality milk program awards will be presented and certificates of attendance to the dairy grass school held in Pomeroy this winter will be given. C E Blakeslee county agricultural agent said. Movies will also be shown.
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Pomeroy
Richard Kelogg
Central Ohio Breeders Association
Meigs Dairy Service Unit
Farmers Feed and Supply Co
Racine High School
C. E. Blakeslee
Meigs Man Selected Midshipman Lieutenant
Raymond E. Paulsen, son of Mrs. Clara L. Paulsen of Hemlock Grove, is selected as midshipman lieutenant jg at the U. S. Naval Academy in Annapolis for the current term. He entered the academy in June 1949 after graduating Pomeroy High School and attending Naval Preparatory School at Bainbridge Maryland. He is set to graduate June 5.
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Pomeroy
Raymond E. Paulsen
Clara L. Paulsen
Hemlock Grove
U. S. Naval Academy
Annapolis
Paulsen
Naval Academy
Pomeroy High School
Naval Preparatory School
Bainbridge
Local Notes Highlight Chesterhill Area Life and Upcoming Wedding
The Chesterhill community reports the engagement of Neil Newberry to Ann Andreali with a April 11 ceremony at St Mary Church and a Ranch House reception. Newberry serves at Quonset Point Naval Air Station. The column also covers local marriages, theater renovations by Delmar Walker’s family, restaurant updates, and residents visiting kin in Athens, Dresden, and Easton.
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Chesterhills
Walter Newberry
Neil
Ann Andreali
Richard Andreali
Cranston
R. 1
St. Mary Church
Naval Air Station
Quonset Point
RF. I
Richard Abel
Henry Abel
Pennsville
Marie Weber
Henry Parsons
St. Marys
W. Va
Chesterhill
Theater
Delmar Walker
McConnesvile
Carrs
Maggie Wilson
Athens
Johnny Wallace
Davieon
Milton Wallace
Arrelous Rowland
Carol Howard
Columbus
Helen Rowland
Gerald Brown
Dresden
Russel
Ater
Rebecca Lodge
Jude
Pudge) Janes
Clifton Janes’ Hom
Easton
Jackson
Weekend Events Highlight Charleston and Parkersburg Visits
Mr and Mrs Richard Rupe visited Charleston West Virginia for a stage show South Pacific over the weekend. Miss Patricia Meier registered nurse and Miss Phyllis Meier student nurse spent the weekend with their parents in Parkersburg. Charles Kaptenia moved from Condor Street to Columbus.
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Richard Rupe
Charleston
W. Va
South Pacific
Patricia Meier
R. N
Phyllis Meier
St. Joseph School] of Nursing
Parkersburg
Philip Meier
Wehe Terrace
Charles Kaptenia
Condor St
Columbus
Miss Canaday Named Delegate for Girls State
Miss Annie Canaday daughter of Mr and Mrs Delmar A Canaday has been selected to represent Drew Webster Post 39 American Legion Auxiliary at Girls State on the Capitol University campus in Columbus this summer. She is a Pomeroy High School junior and has held class president roles, contributed to the school paper, served on the annual staff, led cheer squads, participated in band and glee club, and aided county junior fair work and Girl Scout leadership.
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Pomeroy
Annie Canaday
Delmar A. Canaday
Drew Webster Post
American Legion Auxiliary
Girls State
Capitol University
Columbus
Pomeroy High School
Miss Canaday
Canaday
Bradbury Salisbury Winners Are Named
Nancy Fridley of Bradbury and Mary Lou Smith of Salisbury were named district spelling contest winners. They will compete in the county spelling bee on April 8. Robert Bowen and Edward King pronounced the words, with judges Mr and Mrs Wilbur Pierce.
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Pomeroy
Nancy Fridley
Bradbury
Mary Lou Smith
Salisbury
Robert Bowen
Edward King
Wilbur Pierce
Chimes at Clifton Church Ring Across River
Middleport residents heard the new chimes of the Clifton West Virginia Methodist Church for the first time on Saturday. The chimes were installed over the weekend and will be featured in a special Easter Sunday program with a loudspeaker attachment.
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Middleport
Ohio River
Clifton
W. Va
Langsville Home Council Plans April Achievement Day
Langsville Home Council members met at the Langsville Church to work on hooked rugs and book rugs. They collected pennies for friendship and set Achievement Day for April 1 at Middleport High School Auditorium, with the next meeting on April 14 at the Langsville Church.
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Langsville
Middleport High School
Langsville Church
Local visitors include Morris Fetty Dexter and many from Columbus
Judy and Larry Morris and Dick Fetty have the mumps. John Dexter family from Parkersburg West Virginia and Mr and Mrs Marshal Carlisle of Jackson visited Dale Wright. William Johnson and son Danny with Mrs Pierce and Miss Ortha Ball from Columbus were guests of Carol and Rathburn. William and Robert Davies moved. Corporal Robert Wilcox returned from Korea. Gladys Hoffman and Mrs Everett Turner with Debbie visited Elmer Nelson.
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Judy
Larry Morris
Dick Fetty
John Dexter
Parkersburg
W. Va
Marshal Carlisle
Jackson
Dale Wright
Wiliam Johnson
Danny
Robert Pierce
Bobbie
Ortha Ball
Columbus
Carol Pierce
Rathburn
Wood divorce granted in Meigs County court
Wilma Frances Wood and Robert Alta Wood have been divorced by Judge Cedric W. Clark in the Meigs County Common Pleas Court on charges of gross neglect of duty.
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Pomeroy
Wilma Frances Wood
Robert Alta Wood
Cedric W. Clark
Meigs County Common Pleas Court
Birth day celebrations mark week in Middleport School notes
Wliddleport social notes describe kindergarten events and birthdays at MP central School. John Anderson, son of Mr and Mrs William Anderson, celebrated with ice cream decorated cakes and Easter favors while guests included Jimmy Anderson Carol Anderson Judith Jordan and Joy Boggs cousin. Keith Morgan's sister Cathy attended his sixth birthday and Mrs Roger Morgan served treats. Friday Easter eggs and cake were shared for Darrell Mitchell with the Mitchells recently moving to Middleport and buying the Kanouse property on South Second Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mptral School
John Anderson
Willam Anderson
Anderson
Reynolds
John
Jimmy
Carol Anderson Andudith Jordan
Joy Boggs
Keith Morgan
Cathy
Roger Morgan
John Mitchell
Darrell
Mitchells
Middleport
Kanouse
S. Second Ave
Denison Nurses Celebrate Birthdays in Athens Dinner
Jean Smart and June Seines lead a group of Denison University student nurses from Holzer Hospital School of Nursing as they celebrate Miss Seines and Miss Smart at a birthday dinner in Athens.
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Middleport
Jean Smart
Denison University
Granville
June Seines
Julie Mitch
Adrienne Mills
Holzer Hospital School of Nursing
Athens
Miss Seines
Miss Smarts
Local social notes highlight weekend visits and arrivals
Charlies Snider of Chillicothe visited here Saturday. Mrs Will Drur Glouster stays with sisters Miss Vesta McCoy and Mrs C Burr Forrest. Several guests arrived from Nina Childers Bland and Akron. Bernice Ann Durst and Mary Yeanger visited Huntington. Ray Farmer and Norvine Egner of Dayton joined Virginia Egner Sheets and Lillian Stieff, with Prof. James T. Lewis accompanying them home. Mrs. Robert Dailey and newborn Donald Lee returned from Meigs General Hospital with help from sister Charlotte Dow Armstrong. Ethel Long Maurice Russell Becky and Mark hosted by Anna B. Russell of Springfield. Columbus visitors Bertha Kiner and Jean Pennell attended the Pythian Sister convention in Wilkesville. Downing hosted dinner with Erma Smith and Mr Downing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlies Snider
Chillicothe
Will Drur — Glouster
Vesta McCoy
C . Burr Forrest
Guy Reynolds
Minerva Childers
Nina Childers Bland
Clarence Archer
Akron
Bernice Ann Durst
Mary Yeanger
Huntington
Ray Farmer
Norvine Egner
Dayton
Virginia Egner Sheets
Lillian Stieff
Farmer
James T. Lewis
Robert Dailey
Donald Lee
Meigs General Hospital
Charlotte Dow Armstrong
Ethel Long
Maurice Russell
Becky
Mark
Springfield
Anna B. Russell
John B. Downing
Second Ave
Bertha Kiner
Pythian Sisters
Ohio
Jean Pennell
The
Nomads
Columbus
al Wilkesville
Downing
Martin Restaurant
Erma Smith
Pomeroy
Kansas First State Granting Women Municipal Suffrage
Kansas became the first state to grant women full municipal suffrage and the right to hold municipal office, per the Encyclopaedia Britannica. The milestone highlights early 20th century progress in women's political rights.
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Kansas
Dailey Hawley Nuptials Held At Syracuse EFUB Church
Margaret Ann Hawley and A 2c Don Dailey wed on March 14 at Syracuse EFUB Church in a double ring ceremony. Rev. C A White officiated with palms and seven branch candelabra. Attendants included Mrs. Richard Ash and Gene Houdashelt. After reception for about 65, couple to Columbus for new start. Dailey set to Camp Spellman, California, or Far East assignment.
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Charles Neuman
Solovox
Richard Ash
Gallipolis
Gene Houdashelt
Mrs. Ash
William Neutzling
U.S. Navy
Columbus
Dailey
Pomeroy High School
The
Mutual Insurance Co
Camp Spellman
Calif
Farast
Nine Received into Heath Methodist Church Palm Sunday
Members of the Heath preparatory class were received as church members at Heath Methodist Church on Palm Sunday. Beverly Matheny Karen Matheny Shirley Batey Eddie Blake Rush Philson Mary Lynn Booth Richard Roller Carol Criswell Vera Covert were presented with sponsors. The service included processional, vows, palms at the altar, and choirs led by Sire M. BP Swackharmmer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Heath Methodist Church
Beverly Matheny
Karen Matheny
Shirley Batey
Eddie Blake
Rush Philson
Mary Lynn Booth
Richard Roller
Carol Criswell
Vera Covert
Louis M. Bangerter
Sire. M. BP. Swackharmmer
Buchtel
C. M. Hennesy
Bach
Faure
Wachs
Twenty four Boy Scouts plan weekend at Chester cabin
Twenty four members of Troop 245 and leaders Richard Karr Charlie Vroman and Bob Fisher traveled to the Boy Scout cabin at Chester for a weekend outing. Tests were conducted and other scouting phases reviewed.
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Middleport
Chester
Richard Karr
Charlies Vroman
Bob Fisher
Community notes from Nelsonville and Corning area events
Listings include the Seven Schlingerman Sisters Club gathering at Mrs. Kelen Ross home in Nelsonville with dinner and TV viewing, plus a Win-A-Couple Class meeting at the EUB Church with host Mr. and Mrs. Robert Fouray. Also noted are visitors from Glouster and New Lexington, an Easter cantata at the Methodist Church, and improvements for Mrs. P. H. Clifford.
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Corning
Seven
Jessie Schlingerman
William Ross
Athens
Frank North
Kathy
Robert Riley
Ronald
Roberta Sue
Paul Midkiff
Eddie
EUB Church School
Robert Foura
Raymond Lemity
Paul Catt
Bill Longstaff
Bill Post
James Kinnear
Frank Phillips
Frances Spence
Geraldine Clark
Luella Ballis
Bob Fouray
Jimmy
Jessie Richardson
Glouster
William Lee
New Lexington
Methodist Church
Christ Everlasting
RC. Wilson
Frank Beuscher
P. H. Clifford
Sixty Scipio Pupils Named On Honor Roll
Sixty Scipio School students earned honor roll honors for the fourth six weeks. Principal Orin H. Smith announced the list including students across all grades from first through twelfth, featuring named pupils such as June Blankenship, Ray Donohue, Melissa Blanken ship, Raymond Ellis, and Russell Mason.
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Pomeroy
Scipio Schools
Orin H. Smith
June Blankenship
Allen Borgan
Ray Donohue
Karen Gilkey
Dahn Lou Hanning
Margaret Harmon
Mary Elizabeth Jordan
Charlene King
Paula Pitts
Janet Scott
Paulette Stanley
Sandra Butcher
David Escue
Bobby Gibson
Carole Haning
Danny Oxley
Joan Reeves
Linda Williams
Melissa Blankenship
Donna Burbridge
Margaret Ann Ellis
Stephen Fisecue
Gordon Gibson
Loretta Gillilian
Phyllis Howard
Judith Wyant
Betty Arnold
Bobby Arnold
Morton Butcher
Jacqueline Waggoner
Gary Gibson
Lois Gillilian
Sidney Townsend
James Dilcher
Esta Blackwood
Phyllis Williams
Bread Provided For Bloodmobile Visit In Meigs County
The Ohio Valley Baking Co furnished bread free when the bloodmobile visited Meigs County. Mrs. Arthur J. Strauss American Red Cross executive secretary expressed thanks for the bread and for the cooperation of W. A. Smith Meigs superintendent and Meigs Equipment Co for allowing Red Cross speakers at recent meetings.
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Pomeroy
Ohio Valley Baking Co
Meigs County
Arthur J. Strauss
American Red Cross
Meigs 1-H notes and Portland Bend Buckeye updates
Reedsville Pioneer 4-H met March 11 at the school with Theodore Reed Sr as guest speaker. Next meeting set for April 4 at the schoolhouse. Portland Bend Buckeye 4-H met March 26 at Great Bend Grange Hall with full attendance. next gathering planned for April 9 at the Grange Hall.
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Reedsville
Pioneer
Theodore Reed, Sr
Portland Bend
Buckeye
Great Bend Grange Hall
Grange Hall
Pomeroy Pythian Sisters Hold 54th District Conclave
More than 100 Pythian Sisters attended the 54th District 1 convention at Wilkesville High School with diverse temple representation from Logan Gallipolis Valley Meigs Magnolia Glouster and Nelsonville. Grand Chief Pauline Taylor praised ritual work noted music by pianist Lillian Stieff and the Meigs Temple degree staff and announced a project to buy laundry equipment for the Pythian Home in Medina.
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Wilkesville
Wilkesville High School
Pauline Taylor
Swanton
Marietta Hall
Morelli
Pearl Hummel
Cleveland
John B. Downing
Meigs Temple
Bertha Kiner
Columbus
Jean Pennell
Imperial
the Nomads
Lela Henniger
Lowell
Virginia Packer
Mt. Sterling
Taylor
Lillian Stieff
Knights of Pythias
Medina
Kiner
Florida
Downing
Miss Smith
Pennell
Faye Wittikind
Logan
Mary Farmer Skinner
Temple
Florence Bush
Raymond C. Patton
Ohio Grand Lodge
Mise Smith
Marietta Heller
Magnolia Temple
Memorial
Meigs
Gallipolis
Eastern Star Chapter
Francis H. Klein
Stieff
Knights
Maye Duffy
Edythe Cooper
Geraldine Custer
Edith Campbell
Wilkesville Temple
Resolution Committee
Mabel Sanborn
Jennie Cottrill
Jewell
Edith Russell
Pauline Gallagher
Margaret Jones
Celia Meinhart
Genevieve Farmer
Carrie Neutzling
Clara Dilgard
Roma Hawkins
Birdie Watts Young
Ruth Mack
Odella Mack
Elizabeth Allman
Mildred Hawley
Mary Skinner
Grace Lyman
Thelma Campbell
Shirley Peters
Evelyn Montgomery
Kathleen Ragan
Pribble Wilson
Jane Cottrill
Gertrude Strausbaugh
Ruth Barbar
Gaynetle Mahaffey
Mary Ogden
Ways and Means
Lena Marks
Mrs. Downing
Square Dance Group Aids fund Drive
POMEROY Representatives of the Pomeroy Emergency Squad received 315 dollars at a Paw n Taw Dance Club meeting after a Friday square dance to aid the squad’s fund drive. About 430 people attended the junior high school event with callers from multiple towns and volunteers supporting refreshments and music for the cause.
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Pomeroy
Paw 'N Taw
DAV
E-squad
John D. Thomas
Robert Hysell
Charles Legar
Thomas
Hysell
Legar
Pomeroy Junior High School
Jo Hardy
Harrisonville
Russell Osborne
Nitro
W. Va
Bud Breau
Charleston
Harry Mills
Eddie Hunter
John Bias
Clinton Gilkey
Clarence Irwin
Gallipolis
Whitey Beegle
Racine
Richard Cox
The
Harvesters
Huntington
Meigs County Land Transfers Summary
Meigs County transfers show Clyde Watkins and Florence Watkins selling two acres in Olive Township to Rolland Dodderer. Kermit L Wiseman and Evelyn L Wiseman transfer a Middleport lot to Clifford Jack Bachner and Evelyn L Wiseman. Five named owners transfer Middleport lots to Frank M Fugate and Gertrude K Fugate. Margaret M Scarberry and A A Scearberry transfer lot 327 in Middleport to Reuben A Collins and Thelma Collins. Margie Chase Peck and Verlin W Peck sell 52.03 acres in Columbia Township to Elden D Markins and Betty Lou Markins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde Watkins
Florence Watkins
Rolland Dodderer
Olive Township
Kermit L. Wiseman
Evelyn L. Wiseman
Cliford
Jack Bachner
Middleport
Natalie H. Koehler
Bertha K. Neaver
C. W. Weaver
Virginia Mae Fisher
Frank M. Fugate
Gertrude K. Fugate
Margaret M. Scarberry
A. A. Scearberry
Reuben A. Collins
Thelma Collins
Margie Chase Peck
Verlin W. Peck
Elden D. Markins
Betty Lou Markins
Columbia Township
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Ch.orey « CA
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Ruth Hussey Gentry
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Saint Anne
Ann Blyth
Edmond Gwenn
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