Middleport seniors present The Sunshine Twins play Friday
Middleport High School seniors stage The Sunshine Twins at 8 15 p m in the high school auditorium on Friday May 5. Bob Chambers plays Mr Robinson Wanda Thomas Mrs Robinson with twins Connie and Gabby. The plot follows a comic Robinson family mishaps and the twins philosophy of smiles. Tickets go on sale Monday via class members.
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Middleport
Middleport High School
Sunshine Twins
Martin and Roller
Robinson
Bob Chambers
Mr. Robinson
Wanda Thomas
Mrs. Robinson
Robinson's
Darling
Connie
Mary Lu Hartinger
Gabby
Franklin Ginther
Glen Robinson
Fred Klein
Pauline Doyle
Lera Knopp
Mrs. Ellis
Jane Owen
Norma Robinson
Carla Clark
Bebe” Prather
Dorothy Turner
Vail Porter
Lionel Boggs
Leo Prather
Bob Keffer
Cresendo
Jane Sauer
Mary Virginia Haggerty
Betty Mulford
Dorothy Searles
Ramona Stewart
Mary Lou Allensworth
Lyston Pullen
Charles Swindler
Gladys Folden
Barbara Meinhart
Jean Gaston
Betty Rothgen
Betty Lu Werner
Jeanne A. Young
Ann Miller
Margaret Bass
Evelyn Smith
Pauline Herrmann
Nan Moore
Busy Bee Class notes social and past matron meeting
Middleport social notes record the Busy Bee Class of First Baptist Church meeting at Mrs. J O Leonard with lilac décor and a white elephant sale to fund the class treasury. Also reports a Past Matrons meeting at Mrs. Fred Schreiner’s home and various local personal updates and visits.
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Middleport
First Baptist Church
J. O. Leonard
Delbert Ric
James Souders
Homer Hysell
Charles Bennett
Ralph Zandel
Zundel
Kathryn Wise
Irene Cross
Beulah White
Goldie Mourning
Laura Seines
Nell Covert
Lillian McGhee
Daisy Bing
Marel Rice
Lettie Roush
Nora Mills
Lizzie Gardner
Mabel Roush
Lucille Diles
Daisy Jasper
Fred Schreiner
Edith Schreiner
Evelyn Lewis
Pickens Family Goes All Out for Victory
Middleport readers learn of Mrs. Maggie Pickens Gravel Hill and her seven sons plus one daughter serving the United States Government. Warren Pickens is at Fort Dix New Jersey Richard is stationed in New York Bill Pickens at Camp Chaffee Arkansas Charles a former Middleport teacher in the Pacific with the Navy Ben works in a shipyard in Fairfield Maryland Tom drives a Pennsylvania Railroad mail train Ralph is an income tax expert Ruth works for the General Chemical Defense Corporation at Point Pleasant.
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United States
Maggie Pickens
Gravel Hill
Warren Pickens
Ft. Dix
N. J
Richard
New York
Pvt
Bill Pickens
Camp Chaffee
Ark
Charles Pickens
Middleport
Pacific
U. S. Navy
Ben Pickens
Fairfield
Tom Pickens
Pennsylvania Railroad
Ralph Pickens
Ruth Pickens
General Chemical Defense Corporation
Point Pleasant
Gas Issue To Face Council In Pomeroy
Pomeroy village council plans a second reading of a five year gas pricing ordinance drafted by Ohio Fuel Gas Company. The measure includes free gas for municipal buildings used efficiently with approved appliances. Also expected is the resignation of councilman Rev Walter Sodt, who leaves for a new charge near Pittsburgh.
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Pomeroy
Ohio Fuel Gas Company
Walter Sodt
Sodt
Pittsburgh
Bishop Hobson Confirms Class at Grace Church
The Rt. Rev. Henry Hobson, Bishop of the Southeast ern Diocese, confirmed a class of men, women and youths at Grace Church. Soloist Mrs. R. C. Fowler sang. The bishop spoke on Beloved, Now Are We Sons of God highlighting God the fatherhood and human sonship amid World War era concern. Charles Ayres of Portsmouth attended, recently ordained, with Rev. Charles M. Baird assisting and later accompanying Hobson to Gallipolis for St. Peter's Church confirmation.
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Charles Ayres
Portsmouth
Hobson
Second skating party planned for Tuesday night in Pomeroy
The Rev Ralph Kuether announces a second skating party for youths in Pomeroy. It will start at 7 30 p m Tuesday and take place on the roped off upper business block streets. Officials and citizens back the event, following a successful first party two weeks ago. Boys and girls are urged to attend.
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Pomeroy
Ralph Kuether
Kuether
Seniors Are Honored at Racine Friday Prom Night
Racine High School honored seniors and faculty at the annual Junior Senior Prom held in the Southern Rural School gym. The venue transformed into a garden scene with lanterns and life size silhouettes. The Klein hats of Middleport provided music while the Sophomore Class served refreshments at Jake's Place.
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Racine
Racine High School
Southern Rural School
Klein Hats
Middleport
Betty Decker
Ruby Brewer
Bootie Lee
Jean ,Hayman
Brendena Taylor
Charles Kiesling
Pauline McMurray
Grace Wolfe
Dorothy Powell
Anna Stobart
Emma Jean Willford
Harriett Furbee
Children Wood Animal Display At Sugar Run School
In Stark Pharmacy display case in Pomeroy Miss Minerva Pryor's first grade shows wooden animals carved and painted by students. Featured figures include a tiger monkey Scottie dog rabbit alligator and more with names of participating children listed.
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Pomeroy
Stark Pharmacy
Minerva Pryor
Sugar Run
Darrel Hawthorne
Mary Ellen Justic
Bonnie Bryan
Owen Hawley
Barbara Coates
Patricia Marsh
Billy Barnett
Betty Joan Durst
Bobby Boice
Marilyn Ashworth
Jimmie Woomer
Paul Eichinger
Janis Grate
Lucy Amsbury
Donna Jean Parfitt
Betty Jo Robinson
Tommy Ebershach
Donley Harper
Carol Ebershach
Ann Strauss
Richard Reibel
Esther Bolin
Gustav Kuether
Larry Hamm
James Lee
Tommy Smith
Lone
Donna Jean Wildermuth
Ronald Christy
Charles Johnson
Pomeroy Social Notes Highlights Local Visits and Events
Office of War Price Administration guests at Mary Jane Coffee Shoppe share a vegetable bouquet. Notables include Amy Kingsland visiting with her mother, Court St. My. and Mrs. Wallace Glenn weekending with the Locharys. Ohio University student Peggy Story returns from Athens for the weekend with her parents. Local health and travel updates report Clish Jacobs recovering from Parkersburg surgery and Leota Hawk recovering from emergency appendectomy at Holzer Hospital. Visitors from Pittsburgh, Columbus, Colorado Springs, Washington DC, and Cleveland are noted among families and service members. Grace Guild to hold rummage sale in the former McCullough Pharmacy building. Women’s Civic Club meets at Martin Hotel.
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Amy Kingsland
Jackson High School
E. W. Kingsland
Court St. My
Wallace Glenn
Nelsonville
Patrick Lochary
Lincoln Hill
Peggy Story
Ohio University
Athens
Clish Jacobs
Parkersburg
Leota Hawk
Holzer Hospital
Ethel Hodhill
Pittsburgh
Long Bottom
I. B. Weed
Donald Weed
Weed
Columbus
Miss Maguire Receives Farewell Dinner in Gallipolis
A farewell dinner and theater party honored Miss Donna Maguire and her group of family and friends before she leaves with her sister Miss Lila Maguire and grandmother Mrs Addie Maguire for Port Angeles Washington. Donna, a recent high school graduate, was active in Grace Episcopal Church confirmation.
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Middleport
Donna Maguire
Gallipolis
Lila Maguire
Addie Maguire
Port Angeles
Washington
Lois Ann Roush
Ruth Taylor
Rowena Warren
Donna
Grace Episcopal Church
Pomeroy
Meigs County Judge Grants Marriage Licenses
Meigs County Probate Court issued licenses to Kenneth Jackson 22 of Marietta and Marjorie Leasure 21 of Dexter Rt 1, plus James FE Caster 49 of Huntington and Nell Spurlock 47 of Cheshire Rt 1, in the last week.
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Meigs County
Kenneth Jackson
Marietta
Marjorie Leasure
Dexter
James FE. Caster
Huntington
Nell Spurlock
Cheshire
Pomeroy Choral Society Spring Concert Tonight
The Pomeroy Choral Society directed by Mrs. Lucille Jiiden Swackhammer will give a spring concert at 8:15 PM at the Federated Church. The program features choral and solo numbers including All in the April Evening, My God and I, The Green Cathedral, As Torrents in Summer, Swing Low, Spirit of the Lord Done, The Lilacs Are in Bloom, The Robin in the Rain, two duets by Mrs Swackhammer and Mrs Alice Smith Nease, and guest artist Mrs Marceline Woodrum Buell with Thank God for a Garden and In an Old Fashioned Town. Mrs Sarah Frances Ashworth is accompanist.
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Pomeroy
Pomeroy Choral Society
Lucille Jiiden Swackhammer
Federated Church
Robertson
God
Green Cathedral
Hahn
Swackhammer
Alice Smith Nease
Marceline Woodrum Buell
Sarah Frances Ashworth
Edward T. Hulbert Dies in Portsmouth
Edward T. Hulbert formerly of Middleport and Columbus died Wednesday April 26 at Portsmouth. He is survived by his wife a daughter Helen Louise and two grandchildren and a sister Mrs Emmett Cray of S Third Ave Middleport. He was the son of the late Mr and Mrs T J Hulbert who ran a photograph gallery here for years.
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Middleport
Edward T. Hulbert
Columbus
Portsmouth
Helen Louise
Emmett Cray
S. Third Ave
T. J. Hulbert
Tagless Dogs Vanish in City Pomeroy
Village officials praise a temporary dog problem solution. Chief Walter Wolfe and officers with County Dog Warden Woodrow Wilson report tagless dogs have disappeared and many owners see their pets kept on their premises, says Mayor George Howell.
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Pomeroy
Walter Wolfe
Woodrow Wilson
George Howell
Visiting Pastor Is Honored at Dinner
County Commissioner and Mrs. Walburn hosted a dinner for Reverend Dean Barr of Huntington. Barr has conducted evangelical services at the Church of Christ in Pomeroy and was previously on the Christian Camp faculty in Grayson, Kentucky, where their daughter Marcella Walburn attended.
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Charles Walburn
Dean Barr
Huntington
Church of Christ, Pomeroy
Walburns
Barr
Marcella Walburn
Christian Camp
Grayson, Ky
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