Charter Group Honored At Pythian Sisters Event
Meigs Temple No. 153 Pythian Sisters marked a fiftieth anniversary at Woodman Hall Middleport with charter members honored. Attendees included Mrs John B Downing Mrs Joan Mason Mrs L A Thomas and ERMA Smith on the platform with Ella Crawford history of the temple. The program featured singing dancing and a ballet number plus remarks by Rev Robert Hegnauer.
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Middleport
Meigs Temple No. 153
Pythian Sisters
Woodman Hall
Temple
John B. Downing
Joan Mason
L. A. Thomas
Erma Smith
L. E. Burford
Harold Mackenzie
Gallipolis
Griff Russell
Ford G. Hunker
Girls of
Pythias
Burford
Downing
Meigs Temple
Ella Crawford
Glouster
Knights of Pythias
Hunker
Fides Lodge
O. P. Klein
Caroline
Arthur Skinner
Cash Bahr
Lillian Stieff
Ohio
Tribune Telegraph
James T. Lewis
Grand Temple
Robert Hegnauer
Bershop Quartette
Clarence Rupp
Jack Kennedy
Harold Rice
Joe Young
Florence Bush
Faye Mayer
Thelma Pratt
Marcella Snowden
Lenora Grate
Mildred Hawley
Roma Hawkins
Laura Seines
Wyatt Swindler
Stieff
Catherine
Kit) Owen
Cuyahoga Falls
Letitia King
Alice Selby
Ida Davis
Grace Downing
Sarah Haguith
Mabel Hodge
Sadie Martin
Anna McCrackin
Nannie Michael
Grace Stace
Ida Edwards
Mildred Lowe
Mabel Sanborn
Genevieve Meinhart
Nora Kennedy
Sylvia Burford
Margaret Jones
Teresa Autherson
Clara Dilgard
Addie Laughead
Edith Russell
Susie Thomas
Lula Mason
Genevieve Farmer
Pauline Gallagher
Catherine Owen
Ruby Boltz
Madge Ludwig
Margaret Seiler
Cora Harrington
Christine Brothers
Alma Danner
Ella Schwartzalder
Minnie Catzen
Clara Belle Bradley
Geneva Tuttle
Marie Houck
Pribble Wilson
Jean Langhorne
Radcliff, Carpenter, Wilkesville
Cheshire
Pomeroy
CERTA VIN advertised as relief for gas and stomach distress
An Athens man reports a decade of a rock like stomach sensation from undigested food and gas. After using CERTA VIN a scientific formula with ten herbs vitamin B and iron the discomfort vanished by the second day and he feels healthier overall. The ad cites Athens Pharmacy Nelsonville Betts Cut Rate and nearby druggists as sources to buy CERTA VIN.
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Athens
Certa Vin
S. Court
Nelsonville
Betts
Farm Group Plans Tours for 1950 51 Year
Slates tours for May and July or August at the annual meeting of TVA Farm and Home Demonstrators group. Committee members include Mr. and Mrs. Wilber Parker Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Staneart Mr. and Mrs. Hiram Slanter and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Theiss. Group promotes good farm practices, lime and fertilizer to build soil.
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Pomeroy
TVA
Wilber Parker
C. E. Staneart
Hiram Slanter
Charles Theiss
Jack Stewarts Leave Return to Chicago
Mrs. Jack Stewart and her son Barry return to Chicago after a month with Judge and Mrs. Edgar Ervin in Middleport during Judge Ervin’s hospitalization. Mr. Stewart, affiliated with American Airlines in Chicago, joined them last week. The Ervins expect their daughter-in-law and grandson from New York Wednesday, with Mr. Ervin to join Friday.
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Middleport
Jack Stewart
Barry
Edgar Ervin
Judge Ervin
Chicago
Stewart
American Air Lines
Parkersburg
Bone
Ervins
Thomas Edgar Ervin
New York
Ervin
Pomeroy Girl Scouts Attend Weekend Training at Camp Molly Lauman
Five Pomeroy leaders joined a weekend outdoor activities training class at Camp Molly Lauman near Portsmouth. Attendees were Mrs. W. A. Smith, Mrs. Robert Roberts, Mrs. A. R. Knight, Mrs. William Sheridan, and Mrs. John Lambert.
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Pomeroy
Molly Lauman
Portsmouth
W. A. Smith
Robert Roberts
A. R. Knight
William Sheridan
John Lambert
PTA to Elect Officers in Middleport Meeting
The Bradbury PTA will meet at 7 30 p m today in Middleport to elect officers during the session.
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PTA
Middleport
Bradbury Pta
4-H Club Officers Elected Across Local Groups
The Chester Farm Boys led by Advisor Earl Dean elected Leland Parker president Eu gene Long vice president James Ridenour secretary Dick Gaul treasurer Allen Brown news reporter and Jerry Cleland recreation leader. Other members include Larry Cleland Paul Smith Elson Long and Ralph Knight.
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Chester Farm Boys
Earl Dean
Leland Parker
Eugene Long
James Ridenour
Dick Gaul
Allen Brown
Jerry Cleland
Larry Cleland
Paul Smith
Elson Long
Ralph Knight
Virginia Moore
Bluebirds
Hysell Run
Connie Staats
Donna Hysell
Roberta Hysell
Shirley Ferrell
Marjorie May
Darlene Bailey
Mary Russell
Alma Russell
Marcia Russell
Jean Staats
Emma Hysell
Janet Hysell
Geneva H. Nolan
School Group Organization Talk Slated
Middleport Board of Education votes to send one member to a May 10 Athens meeting to discuss forming a Southeastern Ohio school board association. Edward Tuttle of the National School Boards Association will speak. The board also reviewed Ohio High School Activity Association recommendations and planned to rent the auditorium for Meigs County Farm Bureau on May 17.
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Middleport
Middleport Board of Education
Athens
Southeastern Ohio
Edward Tuttle
National School Boards Association of Chicago
Ohio High School Activity Association
Ohio High School Athletic Association
Meigs County Farm Bureau
Life Of the Party skit staged by homeroom pupils
A senior high assembly featured The Life Of the Party a skit by Howard Knight’s homeroom. Cast included Harry Louis Brown Mary Drake Patsy Ford John Foster Jeanne Dailey Stephan Hill Paul Houdashelt James Donovan William Brown Helen Forbes Mary Grueser and Lois Ann Campbell with Shirley Beegle as announcer. Donovan and Foster led the flag salute. Bruch and Beegle handled stage crew.
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Pomeroy
Howard Knight
Harry Louis Brown
Mary Drake
Patsy Ford
John Foster
Jeanne Dailey
Stephan Hill
Paul Houdashelt
James Donovan
William Brown
Helen Forbes
Mary Grueser
Lois Ann Campbell
Shirley Beegle
Margaret Bruch
Hight Receives Eight Into Membership at Spring Service
Dr Homer G McMillen of First Presbyterian Church reports 104th baptism in four years as eight adults join the church during Sundays Spring Communion. The new members listed are H S Bratt Robert Clifford Steele Virgil Morris Weaver Richard Franklin Kesterson James Thomas Edwards Mildred Ohlinger Mrs Clara E Stewart and Harold Sauer.
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Middleport
Homer G. McMillen
First Presbyterian Church
H. S. Bratt
Robert Clifford Steele
Virgil Morris Weaver
Richard Franklin Kesterson
James Thomas Edwards
Mildred ,Ohlinger
Clara E. Stewart
Harold Sauer
Council OKs Pay Hike and Parking Amendments
POMEROY village council on Monday night raised patrolmen Rus sell Bailey and Harold Duckworth by 20 dollars a month and boosted Chief Walter Wolfe by 15 dollars. The body also approved using 20 thousand of 27 thousand on hand to buy government bonds, and enacted a private doctors parking fee of 50 dollars with free parking for doctors on the public lot. A traffic light for the Sycamore and Main Street intersection was approved, after long discussion with the State Highway Department.
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Pomeroy
Russell Bailey
Harold Duckworth
Walter Wolfe
U.S
Goodwin
Patwin
Joe Keyes
Chester Road
Keyes
Meigs Co
State Utilities Commission
Universal Concrete Pipe Co
Pat Will
Sycamore and
Main Sts
State Highway Department
Will
Kitchen
Smith
Eighth Graders Visit Junior High For Day Of Classes
Sixty eighth grade pupils toured Junior High for a day to preview next year’s schedule. They began at 9 a.m. with a full class lineup, assembly, lunch, and a vocal music program by the Junior High Girls Glee Club. Principal C. S. Gibbs and Supt. W. A. Smith welcomed them, and Student Council staged the program.
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Pomeroy
C. S. Gibbs
W. A. Smith
Gibbs
J. E. White
Bradbury
Shirley Faulk
Bowen van Cooney
Madeline Hysell
Samuel Chapman
Clara Wise
Maggie Lightfoot
Dewane Eskew
Ronald Snyder
Kathleen MacKenzie
Darwin
Donna Curtis
Christine Fortney
Willard Fortney
Shirley Frost
G. C. Hart
Bertine Hess
Cris Jeffers
Gary Lee
Rosalie Story
Gloria Swindell
Earl White
Noel Wilson
Hemlock Grove
Francis Story
George Bing
Kingsbury
Alice Rockwell
Lucille Beal
Barbara Toban
William Sturgeon
Laurel Cliff
Ruth Clary
Robert Chapman
Raymond Rus- Jean Spencer
Harold Jefers
Rocksprings
Melvin Ray Riffle
Larry Bailey
Margaret Hayes
Jerry Pullins
James Rose Hill
George Bunch
Donald Fulmer
Shelby Folmer
June Keys
Gene Paul King
Betty Sprouse
Ruby Stobart
Shirley Wheeler
Syracuse
Lela Grueser
Margaret Martin
Helen Branch
Alice Fisher
Patty Osler
Donald Yeanger
James Stephenson
Thomas Roush
Jane Gilmore
William Grueser
Martha Stowe
John Gilmore
Buddy Cundiff
Eva Cook
Margie Ratliff
Lewis Berger Elected By Ministers
Lewis C. Berger pastor of the United Methodist Church Pomeroy was elected president of the Meigs County Ministerial Association at a meeting held yesterday at First Presbyterian Church. Officers elected included T T Shelton vice president Lawrence Schmitt secretary treasurer and other attendees listed.
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Middleport
Lewis C. Berger
United Methodist Church
Pomeroy
Meigs County
First Presbyterian Church
T. T. Shelton
Racine
Women of Pomeroy Methodist Hold Rummage Sale
The United Methodist Church in Pomeroy hosts a rummage sale this week with members asked to bring in contributions as the sale proceeds.
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Pomeroy
United Methodist Church
Don Dailey to Attend Buckeye Boys' State
POMEROY Ohio June 10 19 Don Dailey Pomeroy High School junior will represent Drew Webster Post 39 American Legion at Buckeye Boys State Camp Perry Ohio June 10 19 Selection announced by John Will post commander He is son of Mr and Mrs Everett Dailey He is president of the student council and plays football and basketball and sings in glee club He will participate in the simulated state government with cities counties and political offices The ten day program assigns duties and campaigns for participating citizens
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Pomeroy
Don Dailey
Drew Webster
American Legion
Buckeye
Camp Perry
Ohio
John Will
Don
Everett Dailey
Pomeroy High School
Roll Call Work Mapped By Committee
Meigs County Council of Religious Education executive committee met in Federated Church to set new Weekday Religious Education Roll Call dates May 14 to 28 with Pom eroy as chairman and local coordinators from Middleport Syracuse and Harrisville. Worker training sessions were scheduled for May 15 at 3 p.m. at Middleport Methodist Church and May 18 at 7 30 p.m. in Federated Church. Elden Walburn announced Feeney Bennet Post American Legion will meet Wednesday to plan Memorial Day observances followed by a trustees meeting. Additional Meigs County news on page 14.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County Council of Religious Education
Federated Church
Cancer Fund
L. F. Schoenleib
Middleport
Art Skinner
Harrisonville
Virgil Atkins
Syracuse
Fred Crow Jr
Prosecutor and Banker To Speak At Lions Club Meeting
Pomeroy Lions Club will meet at Federated Church Tuesday evening with dinner at 6 30 p m Aten Shain of The Farmers Bank and Savings Co will discuss A Bank s Value to a Community and John Bacon will speak on The Duties of a County Prosecutor.
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Pomeroy
Lions Club
Federated Church
Aten Shain
Farmers Bank and Savings Co
John Bacon
Two Young Petrol Vendors Named Shamblin and Ashley
George Shamblin nineteen and Cheshire Ashley eighteen operate service stations in Cheshire and Middleport respectively.
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George Shamblin
Cheshire
Jean Ashley
Middleport
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