Meigs County Talent Revue lists youth and adult participants
Iris Palmer announced the Meigs County Talent Revue participants for the youth show at Middleport High School. Nineteen youth acts and nine adult acts will perform, with judges including Mrs. Norma Hecox Mrs. Marcellene Buell anday Woodyeard. Master of ceremonies Danny Thompson will preside as solovox pianist Mrs. F Whitney Ingraham performs, and an original piece I'm Just an Ice Dreamer by Dale M Jacobs will be presented.
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WLW Star
Wilmington
Rudy Musser
Janice Cady
Patrick Vaug
Syracuse
Norma Hecox
Marcellene Buell
Middleport
Dale M. Jacobs
Awards Day Honors Pomeroy Senior High Students
Pomeroy Senior High conducted Awards Day with medals and certificates for newspaper and yearbook staff, SAA members, and top typing and bookkeeping students. William Smith earned the first state superior rating in the Ohio Science Day contest, with several seniors receiving individual honors and future leadership roles announced.
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Pomeroy
Awn
J. B. White
Student Activities Association
TATE
Junior Academy of Science
William Smith
Miami University
Smith
Pomeroy High
Young Smith
Ohio University
Paul Eliott
Panther
Pomeroy High School
Don Dailey
Virginia
P. D. Elliott
Donald Thomas
James Fisher
Sue Johnson
SAA
Mary Drake
Jack Ratliff
Donald Hunnel
Donald Quisenberry
Danny West
Guy Guinther
Barbara Wehring
Ted Scott
Ted Fisher
Margaret Hawley
Helen Forbes
Mila Stark
George Veney
Lena Kate Mitch
Charlotte Knight
Edith Qualls
Shirley Yates
W. A. Drake
ING
J. E. White
Business Education World
Mr. White
Margaret Bruch
Paul Buckley
Leo Curtis
Kenneth DeLong
Mary Grueser
Sally Nease
Shirley Beegle
Richard Gilkey
Sue Raub
Zelma Jeffers
Margaret Hysell
White
Dean Dailey
Meigs County
Ohio Superintendent of Public Instruction
Virginia Haskins
Donald Dailey
James Donovan
Phyllis Meier
Richard Priley
Lawrence Stone
Pomeroy Social Notes Recital At Federated Church
Mrs John Lampert presented piano pupils in a 3 30 p m recital at Federated Church. The program featured titles and students including Marvin Spencer Bobby Blue Larry Walters Janet Carpenter and many more. Awards pins were given for progress and Bill Andrson received special recognition. Pupils held a rehearsal the night before and each brought a guest.
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Pomeroy
John Lampert
Federated Church
Andy Tree
Marvin Spencer
Bobby Blue
Larry Walters
Janet Carpenter
Becky Qgrueser
Anna Louise Murray
Sunny Jim
Sandra Ingraham
Bill Anderson
Virginia Window
Diana Eubanks
Brenda Strauss
Nancy Jacobs
Bill Andrson
Lambert
Miss Root Honored By Teachers
Middleport school system teachers served as pallbearers and assisted with flowers at the funeral of Miss Mary Root 64 veteran primary teacher held at Feath Methodist Church. Rev Louis A Bangerter officiated and led a memorial during Sunday School. Out-of-town relatives included Cecil Root and daughter Helen Jone Root from Columbus and others from Gallipolis Steubenville Charleston and Bidwell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Mary Root
Cecil Root
Helen Jone Root
John Powell
Myrta Root
R. A. Powell
Eclaire Jones
Bonnie
John H. Matthews
Homer M. Matthews
Waldo Rickenbacker
Claude Kincaid
Columbus
Irene Erwin
Ray Grover
Don Love
Ruth Ann
Gallipolis
Robert Snedgar
Eva White
Bidwell
Grace Paynter
Steubenville
Harry Parsons
Charleston
Pomeroy Grange Hosts Olive Orange Guest Visit
Pomeroy Grange met with Charles Legerode presiding. A notice from Grange Service Inc. was read by Kay Goodwin. Olive Orange Grange will visit June 7. Rural Life Sunday plans discussed. Erma Smith presented a program and poem A Tribute to Mothers Day. Square dancing led by John and Blanche Hardy and C N Jones with guests from Chester. Refreshments served by Spencer and Gibbs families.
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Pomeroy
Pomeroy Grange
Charles Leger
C. C
Grange Service, Inc
Kay Goodwin
Olive Orange Grange
Blanche Roller
Roy Tracy
Erma Smith
Miss Smith
C. N. Jones
John Hardy
Henry Beaver
Chester
Ralph Spencer
Sidney Spencer
Harry Wehrung
W. A. Gibbs
Weekend visits span Dayton and beyond with relatives
Kennilworth Nease of Dayton spent the weekend with his mother Mrs Helen Nease on EF Main Street. Miss Rhea Gears, a Holzer Hospital student nurse, visited Sunday with Mr and Mrs Jay Myers and Mr and Mrs Aaron Kelton. Mr and Mrs Robert Rogers and daughter Janet Marie, guests of Mrs Rogers' parents Mr and Mrs Thomas Young, left Thursday for New York City. Miss Marilyn Young left Sunday for Washington DC after a week with her parents Mr and Mrs Thomas Young.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennilworth Nease
Dayton
Helen Nease
Main St
Rhea Gears
Holzer Hospital
Jay Myers
Aaron Kelton
Robert Rogers
Janet Marie
Roger
Thomas Young
New York City
Mrs. Altmeyer
Marilyn Young
Washington, D. C
Four Leaf Clover Bed Yields 205 Luck Plants
Mrs. Charles Sprouse of Laurel Cliff found a clover bed on her front lawn producing 205 four leaf clovers after she and her children picked 88 at once and 67 later. The patch also yielded 78 five leaf clovers considered bad luck, but she still boasted a growing supply of unpicked four leaf clovers.
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Pomeroy
Charles Sprouse
Laurel Cliff
Man Fined for Intoxication in Pomroy Court
Pomroy Clar ence Ash of Pom ery was fined 15 dollars plus costs on intoxication charges in Mayor Sid ney A. Spencer's court Saturday. Ash was jailed for nonpayment. Charges filed by Patrolman Russell Bailey. ACTION FOR MONEY FILED An action for money on a cognovit note for 498.92 filed in Meigs County Common Pleas Court by The age Loan and Saving Co against George A. Christy and Eunice Christy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Clarence Ash
Sidney A. Spencer
Ash
Russell Bailey
Meigs County Common Pleas Court
Age Loan and Savinge Co
George A. Christy
Eunice Christy
Nancy Fink Delivers Laughs as Mary Jane in Clementine
Middleport notes Nancy Fink played Mary Jane in Clementine by MHS Seniors Friday night. Her review omission in Sunday Messenger drew attention though she exulted in the role of bearer of bad tidings and gave the audience many laughs.
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Middleport
Nancy Fink
Mary Jane
Clementine
MHS
Sunday Messenger
Miss Fink
Birth of son announced in Gallia County
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Boster of Gallipolis announce the birth of a son at Holzer Hospital Saturday. He shares a birthday with his sister. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Williamson of Pomeroy and Mr and Mrs Charles Boster of Gallipolis.
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Pomeroy
Clarence Boster
Gallipolis
Holzer Hospital
Phil Williamson
Charles Boster
VFW TO MEET TUESDAY POMEROY
The Veterans of Foreign Wars plan a Tuesday evening gathering at the VFW Hall. Adjunct Hobart Rauch said a movie will be shown that night, inviting members to attend.
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VFW
Pomeroy
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Hobart Rauch
Taxi Driver Hero Father Son Rescued in Ohio River
Walton Manley, a Middleport taxi driver, rescued William Motley and his son Delbert Motley from a capsized driftwood laden motor boat near the Pomeroy Mason bridge. Manley borrowed a skiff, rowed to the victims, saved the son first then retrieved the father and dogs, with Middleport Fire Department aiding. The Motleys’ grandson drowned nearby four years earlier.
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Middleport
Walton Manley
Ohio River
Pomeroy-Mason Bridge
William
Bill) Motley
Delbert (Doe
Front St
Maniey
New York Central Railroad
Sohio
Upper Middleport
Jim Matthews
Manley
Lower Middleport
Motley
Ohioiver
May Tea social notes honor church youth efforts
Middleport residents enjoyed the May Tea organized by the Intermediate Girls Class of Heath Methodist Church assisted by Junior Boys and Girls. Funds raised are intended for the Junior Camp at Lancaster Camp Grounds. A musical program featured Sharon Jones Patricia Lloyd Leo Kennedy Jr Cherole Blake Juanita Bangerter and others.
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Middleport
Heath Methodist Church
Lancaster Camp Grounds
Sharon Jones
Patricia Lloyd
Leo Kennedy, Jr
Cherole Blake
Juanita Bangerter
Cherole
Juanita
Lois Ann Chapman
Stephen Coats
Edward Lee McComas
Bobby T. Hennesy
Marilyn Sue Knight
Nancy Roller
Juanita Bangerier
Linda Helrich
Mary Carolyn Miller
John Kincaid
D. Miller
Juanita Hawkins
Bobby T. Hennessy
Linda Batey
Mary Horne
Betty Freshour
L. W. McComas
Stork Shower Honors Mrs. Wood at New Headley Street Home
Mrs. Clarence Lacey hosted a stork shower Thursday evening at her new Headley Street home for Mrs. Robert Wood. Guests wore miniature doll babies and prizes went to Mrs. Clarence Cox, Mrs. Don Betzing, and Mrs. Charles Cox. After gifts and a dessert course, attendees included numerous locals from Point Pleasant and Chester, with sending gifts from Mrs. Christy of Chester and others.
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Middleport
Clarence Lacey
Headley St
Robert Wood
Clarence Cox
Don Betzing
Charles Cox
Wood
J. W. Cox
Carrel Cox
Point Pleasant
Marion Wood
Geraldine Wood
Willis Frost
Chester
Roy Betzing
Edward Slater
Charles Starkey
Robert Losee
David Snetler
Carl Jones
Amy Whaley
Gerald Reuter
George Grate
Herman Grate
Christy
Ca Bahr
Maryene
Christine Bahr
Billie Frost
Funeral guests from Steubenville to attend Miss Root rites
Miss Grace Paynter former Mid deport school teacher who stayed with the late Mary Root attended the funeral from Steubenville Saturday. Paynter’s home was in Portland. Weekend guest Mrs. James Dobey of Hoboken N J visited Mrs. A W McKay. Mrs Ray O Donnell accompanied by her husband from Columbus were called here by Mrs W G Davis. Mr and Mrs George Daniels of Columbus visited their sister Dr Kathryn Poindexter who plans.
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Ned
Columbus
A. B. Misner
Magdalene Ohlinger
David
Herbert Brown
Akron
Clara Murray
John Talbott
J. R. Harvey
Athens
Richard Kesterson
Port Clinton
Middleport
Pomeroy
Kesterson
Ginny Leu Allensworth
Katharine
Christine Grant
Homer Grant
Robert Beeson
Wooster
Leo Beeson
Jamey Lewis
Ruby Byers
Howard Byers
Grace Paynter
Middeport
Mary Root
Steubenville
Miss Root
Miss Paynter
Portland
A. W. McKay
James Dobey
Hoboken
N. J
Ray O'Donnell
Margaret Davis
W. G. Davis
N. Third Ave
George Daniels
Kathryn Poindexter
Middleport Tuesday Vote To Be Light If Predictions Hold
In Middleport a quiet primary predicts low turnout with three Republican mayoral candidates, two for clerk, and six of seven for council. Incumbent mayor Sidney T. Russell faces Clinton Fisher and Alfred A. Scarberry. clerk Patsy Murray seeks a third term against Gene Grate. treasurer Jean Lama has no opposition. Six council incumbents seek re-election plus Jacob Turner, who previously ran for state representative. A notable estimate warned turnout might not exceed 500 votes.
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Middleport
Elmer Leaper
Republians
Sidney T. Russell
Clinton Fisher
Alfred A. Scarberry
Cooperatin
Russell
New York Central Railroad
Hobson
Scarberry
New York Central
Fisher
Charles
Patsy) Murray
Gene Grate
Jean Lama
Frank Vroman
Horton Brown
John Zerkle
Wayne Gibbons
David ©. Jenkins
Joe Young, Jr
Damage Great Due To Blaze In Middleport
Fire gutted the kitchen and walls of the C. A. Emmish home on S Fifth Ave leaving three or four months of repairs expected. The Emmish family, away in Columbus, stay at the LaSalle Hotel and weigh renting a furnished apartment storing goods or moving to a small home. Neighbors saved much of the household, and relatives joined from Columbus and Marietta after being alerted.
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Middleport
C. A
Gus) Emmish
S. Fifth Ave
Emmishes
Columbus
Emmish
LaSalle Hotel
Dance Planned By Woodmen No. 6235
The Modern Woodmen of America entertain ment committee announced that a round and square dance will be held at their hall next Friday evening. The event is open to Woodmen and invited guests and will follow the regular Camp meeting. Consul Homer Might presided.
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Middleport
The
Modern Woodmen of America
No. 6235
Homer
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