Capacity Crowd Attends Chester High Band Glee Concert
A capacity crowd enjoyed a Sunday concert at Chester High School auditorium by the school band directed by Bernard Krinke and the girls glee club directed by Mrs. Maurita Miller. The program showcased a mix of marches overtures and light songs with solo and ensemble performances by band and glee members, concluding with Beautiful Ohio.
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Chester High School
Bob Hoeflich
Pomeroy
Glee Club
Bernard Krinke
Romberg
Maurita Miller
Holy City
Leota Bolin
Allan A. Dale
Mary Beards
Betty Nelson
Helen Bissell
Margaret Grace
Edith Young
Phyllis Pooler
Wilma Spencer
Krinke
Martha Orr
Anna Jean Rose
Jeanette Thomas
Donna Dorst
Nora Wolfe
Mary Andrew
Katherine Smith
Janet Orr
Luella Rei
Pat Wallace
Zetah Puckley
Roger Buckley
Shirley Hayes
Lois Newell
Jeanette Keller
Betty Ours
Joyce Bailey
Shirley Sprague
Louise Rigley
Donna White
Mary Ann Petty
Virginia Windon
Zetah Buckley
Mary Ellen Andrews
Leo
Middleport High seniors honored with surprise slumber party
Two Middleport High School senior girls with March birthdays were celebrated at Ann Rupe's home Saturday night. Jean Smart and Laura June Seines received gifts as classmates hosted a late supper and Sunday breakfast before church. Additional guests included Adrienne Mills Julie Mitch Carol Bachtel Gladys Devol Eleanor Satterfield.
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Middleport
Middleport High School
Ann Rupe
Jean Smart
Laura June Seines
Adrienne Mills
Julie Mitch
Carol Bachtel
Gladys Devol
Eleanor Satterfield
Stitch and Chatter Club meets at Mrs Jones home
Members gathered at Grant Street Thursday with 10 members and one guest to celebrate Polly Karr’s birthday and welcome Mrs Roger Phillips as a new member. Hostesses Jean Clark and Joan Gilmore served dessert. Next meeting hosts will be Mrs Franklin Ginther and Mrs Jack Bachner. Dinner guests at the McMaster residence included C E Handley Norman Smith Jean Ruth Dick Smith Willard McMaster and Kathryn Price Hall.
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Middleport
Carl Jones
Grant St
Jean Clark
Joan Gilmore
Polly Karr
Roger Phillips
Paul Bonnell
Joan Kircher
Franklin Ginther
Jack Bachner
White Couple Return After Two Week Rutland Visit
Mr and Mrs Judson White came home to S Second Ave Middleport after two weeks in Rutland where they aided in care for the Chase funeral home They stayed with Mrs Clarence Chase and Mr Chase and their daughter Judy while the Chases visited West Palm Beach Fla with their daughter Mrs Robert Strickfadden and in St Petersburg Fla with Dr and Mrs Leo Bean Also with them was Mrs M E Rathburn a guest of the Beans
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Clark
Thomas Hendrix
Fred Whitlock
William Yeager
Kent
Raymond Summers
Randy
Ravenna
C. E. Vance
Whitlocks
Pomeroy
Vances
Bruce Bingham
Cleveland
A. B. Bingham
Max Lambert
Max Richard
Joe Allen
Chillicothe
Dana Lamberts
Harry Mills
Sergeant Lambert
Columbus
State Highway Patrol
Edward Price
Don
U. S. Navy
Middleport
Judson White
S. Second Ave
Rutland
Chase
Mrs. White
Clarence Chase
Mr. Chase
Judy
Chases
West Palm Beach
Fla
Robert Strickfadden
St. Petersburg
Leo Bean
Local families host visitors during weekend in Columbus area
Mr and Mrs C A Emmish vacation in Sarasota visit grandparents Mr and Mrs J H Grate and Mr and Mrs E O Tewksbury. Charles Tewsbury, Navy music student in Washington DC, travels with Miss Martha Campbell of Wellston. Various relatives including William Grate of South Charleston and the Jones and Davis families share weekend at Grate and Garber homes.
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C. A. Emmish
Sarasota
Fla
J. H. Grate
E. O. Tewksbury
Charles Tewsbury
Washington, D. C
Martha Campbell
Wellston
Grates
William Grate
South Charleston
W. Va
Robert John Jones
Greenfield
Sara Jones
T. H. Davis
N. Third Ave
Thomas Fultz
SKSM
U.S. Navy
Columbus
Ben Fultz, Jr
Fred Crary
Fultz
Norfolk
Mediterranean
Greenland
Cuba
Claude Buskirk
Danny
Sam Walters
Guy Walters
Sherman Buskirk
Anna Crow
Kenneth Hawk
William Garber
S. Second Ave
John Clark
Jackson
Regulations Change for Overseas Mail
Middleport J Waddell local postmaster notes new regulations effective March 15 for parcel post to APO and FPO addresses at New York San Francisco Seattle New Orleans and Navy and Marine Corps units in care of fleet post offices at New York and San Francisco Air parcel post size limit 30 inches in length and girth combined weight limit two pounds surface parcel post size limit 100 inches and weight 70 pounds No change in former rules for the last item.
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Middleport
J. W. Waddell
APO
FPO
New York
San Francisco
Seattle
New Orleans
Navy
Marine Corps
Fleet
Air Parcel Post
Surface Parcel Post
Presbyterial attendance puts church in second at Gallipolis
Eighteen representatives from First Presbyterian Church attended the Athens Presbyterial meeting in Gallipolis last week, placing their group second in attendance. The hostess church had the largest turnout, and Mrs. L. J. Heiner of the church installed new officers.
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Middleport
First Presbyterian Church
Athens
Gallipolis
L. J. Heiner
Sport Church
David Welker Rites Tuesday
Funeral services for David Osborn Welker 82 die Sunday will be at 2 30 p m Tuesday at Carleton Church with Rev Weber Thoma officiating Survivors include wife Ar Minda two sons Dana and Darrel Mansfield a brother Charlies Owens Wisconsin and several grandchildren great grandchildren Friends may call at Ewing Funeral Home until 1 p m Tuesday when body will be taken to church Burial will be in Carleton Cemetery
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Pomeroy
David Osborn Welker
Carleton Church
Weber Thoma
Arminda
Dana
Darrel
Mansfield
Charlies
Owens
Wisconsin
Ewing
Carleton Cemetery
Fishermen Return Report Fine Catches at Dale Hollow
Local anglers from Middleport plan trips to Dale Hollow Lake Tennessee after a weeklong stay by Dr. E. F. Maag Gerald Rice and C. P. Klein. Heavy rains caused high water road blocks and a muddy lake but they landed several walleyes and bass at the famous 60 mile long reservoir once tied to a government dam.
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Middleport
Dale Hollow Lake
Tenessee
E. F. Maag
Gerald Rice
C. P. Klein
Dale Hollow Camp
Services Conducted For Samuel Anderson
Here to attend services for Clark Williams retired bricklayer conducted Saturday at the Rawlings Coats funeral home were his daughter Mrs Daisy Aree of Baltimore Md a son Joe of Indianapolis and a sister Mrs Madge Grimm of Columbus Interment was made in the Middleport Hill Cemetery Wert Dean pastor of the church of Christ officiated
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Middleport
Clark Williams
Rawlings- Coats
Daisy Aree
Baltimore
Joe
Indianapolis
Madge Grimm
Columbus
Middleport Hill Cemetery
Wert Dean
Church of Christ
Potato Roast Blamed for Sage Grass Blaze
Pomeroy volunteers responded to a sage grass fire on Mulberry Avenue Sunday afternoon. Fire Chief Henry Werry said sparks from a potato roast built by two youngsters caused the blaze and it was quickly extinguished.
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Pomeroy
Mulberry Avenue
Henry Werry
Werry
Meigs County Land Transfers Highlight Local Deals
A sequence of land transfers in Meigs County records parcels exchanged among local residents and churches. Transfers include Rutland and Salisbury Township parcels involving families such as Walkers Radfords and Harrises, plus church trustees transferring Lot 504 in Pomeroy to Fisher.
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Nancy J. Walker
Walter Walker
Ethel N. Lowery
Otho H. Radford
Lucy Radford
Bertha Parker
Pearl Parker
Marion S. Radford
Letha Russell
Rutland
Marion H. Radford
Salisbury Township
C. R. Jordan
Evelyn Jordan
Kelson S. Phillips
Mildred Phillips
Allen W. Hartley
Evelyn J. Hartley
Harley L. Stalnaker
Lillian Stalnaker
First Baptist Church
Richard H. Fisher
Nancy E. Fisher
Pomeroy
Lula Radford
James E. Radford
Emerson Russell
Salisbury
Service for Mrs. D. Collis Dawson Held in Columbus
Funeral services for Mrs. D. Collis Dawson Eunice Davis were conducted Saturday at Columbus by the Bexley Methodist Church pastor. Interment followed near Reynoldsburg where her parents are buried. pallbearers included James O'Donnell Gordon Harris Ben Fultz Jr Robert Bell and Dean Roberts. Attendees included Mrs. W G Davis and other relatives guests of local families.
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Middleport
D. Collis Dawson
Eunice Davis
Columbus
Bexley
Village Promotes Tree Planting Ahead of State Plan
Middleport officials join garden clubs in a proactive effort led by Gov. Lausche for April as conservation month. The village with 100 percent cooperation plans 200 redbud and dogwood trees plus shrubs at the state roadside park Meigs County Memorial site Middleport Hill Cemetery driveway Firemen's Park public library and Middleport Pomeroy line. Council President Frank Vroman backs more beautification, and street crews under Fred Collins carry out Operation Trees.
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Middleport
Frank J. Lausche
Sidney T. Russell
Meigs County Memorial Site
Middleport Hill Cemetery
Middleport- Pomeroy Corporation
Frank Vroman
Fred Collins
Feeney-Bennett Legion Plans Memorial Day Services
A Feeney-Bennett Post 128 committee will meet Middleport Village Council and local firemen to plan Memorial Day observances. The parade will include the high school band school children Boy Scouts and civic groups with a state American Legion speaker delivering the address. Charles Childs Edward Spencer and Everett Davis named to the Memorial Day committee, as membership quotas for the year are pursued with hopes to reach them, per district conference reports.
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Middleport
Feeney-Bennett Post
American Legion
Legion
State Department American Legion
Charles Childs
Edward Spencer
Everett Davis
Bremen
Walter Blaker
Pastor in Athens for Youth Meeting
The Rev. Howard Ruppelt of First Presbyterian Church substituted as moderator at a Presbytery Youth Council meeting in the Athens area on Sunday. He conducted a service at the Meigs County infirmary before heading to Athens.
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Middleport
Howard Ruppelt
First Presbyterian Church
Athens
Presbytery
Presbyterian Church
Meigs County Infirmary
Shin Plasters: Confederate Money in Civil War Notions
During the Civil War era Confederate currency was derided as shin plasters, terming paper money as cheap, clumsy tokens used in daily exchange amid shortages and inflation. The label reflected contemporary scorn for wartime finance.
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Middleport Social Notes
Jones
David Welker
Samuel Anderson
Liberty
Ohio
THE
Flying Tigers
John Wayne
John Carrol
Anna Lee
Paul Kelly
Mae Clarke
Gordon Jones
Karr & van Zandt
GMAC
Cadillac
Oldsmobile
W. Main St
Mila Stark
Mary Robinson
Pomeroy Junior High School
Kenneth Cole
Miss Stark
Miss Robinson
Sue Johnson
Meigs County
England
Mrs. Dawson
Legion Post
Council
iMason
Fais
Lew Ayres
Marilyn Maxwell
New. Mexico
Diana Lynn
Charles Coburn
Peggy
Lizabeth Scott
Dennis O’keefe
Jon Hall
Mary Castle
Redskins
Oace
Kirk Douglas
Jan Sterling
Bob Arthur Porter Hall
Richard Benedict
Kem
Miracle Foot
Kem, Lglo
Kem-Glo
Ebersbach Hardware CO
West Main St
Pomeroy, Ohio
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