New Officers Installed At B and PW Meet
Middleport New Officers of the Business and Professional Women’s Club were installed Tuesday night at First Presbyterian Church by Ethel Maud Young. The anniversary event featured a dinner, flowers, and a Maypole display by the Brownie Pack the club sponsors. Officers include Mrs. Homer Russell as president and Nina Russell as secretary, with reports from officers and committee chairs detailing a year of projects and plans for cancer drive funds near $1,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Ethel Maud Young
Gallipolis
First Presbyterian Church
Women’s Association
Middleport Club
B&pw
Erva Edwards
Gallipolis Club
Leona Trout
Margaret Axline
Sara Betz
Charlotte Lloyd
Lola Mae Suiter
Lillian Stieff
O. P. Klein
Harry Teaford Dies at 56 War Veteran
POMEROY Harry Teaford 56 year old World War I veteran of Racine died at the Veterans Hospital in Chillicothe Ohio at 4 50 am Tuesday He is survived by his wife Lenna a son Raymond two daughters Mrs Wilma Anderson of Lorain Ohio and Martha Bell Teaford and one granddaughter Funeral services will be conducted Friday at 2 pm at the Methodist Church Letart Burial will be in Letart Cemetery The body was to be taken Wednesday from the Ewing funeral home Pomeroy to the residence where friends may call
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Harry Teaford
Racine
Veterans’ Hospital
Chillicothe
Ohio
Lenna Teaford
Raymond
Wilma Anderson
Lorain
Martha Bell Teaford
Letart
Ewing Funeral Home
Bake Sale Planned by Legion Auxiliary in Middleport
The Legion Club Auxiliary will hold a bake sale at Chambers Grocery on Saturday at 10 a.m. and host a public games party Wednesday evening at the Legion Hall on N Second Ave and Rutland St.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Legion Club Auxiliary
Chambers Grocery
Legion Hall
N. Second Ave
Rutland St
Mother's Day program by Philathea Women of the Church of Christ
The Philathea Women of the Church of Christ held a Mother’s Day program with Miss Rowena Warren reading on Anna Harrison wife of the first Ohio president and Lois Ann Roush singing My Task. L. Roush presided as hostess committee organized games and refreshments were served. Winners were Mrs. C. E. Vance and Mrs. Jacob Schafer. Farewell gifts went to Mrs. M. O. Brown and Mrs. Frances Stover. Plans for the annual Poppy Sale May 24 were discussed and a donation to the National Cancer Fund was reported. At the May 26 meeting candidates will be initiated and a social hour will follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton
Russell
Guy Reynolds
Klein
Nan Moore
L. E. Reynolds
Stieff
Mildred Hoppes
Rutland
Lois Cecil
Edith Hutsinpiller
Gallipolis Club
Middleport
Philathea
Church of Christ
Rowena Warren
Ohio
Anna Harrison
Lois Ann Roush
Edgar Allensworth
L. Roush
C. E. Vance
Jacob Schafer
American Legion Auxiliary
National Cancer Fund Campaign
Pomeroy Choral Club Ends Season With Spirituals and Classics
An audience in Pomeroy enjoys two Negro spirituals under Mrs Lu cille Swackhamer and a set of choral pieces by Robertson Tschaikowsky and Taylor. Jean Lee plays clarinet with a student quartet directed by Philip Bley. Lee earns third in statewide clarinet solo competition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Pomeroy Bend
Federated Church
Noble Cain
Guion-Cain
Lucille Swackhamer
Hugh S. Robertson
Tschaikowsky
Pomeroy High School
Jean Lee
Bennett Rice
Ann Smith
Joan Conway
Philip Bley
Dvorak
Brahm
Maurita Miller
van Weber
Iris
Harriet Ware
Fire Engine Contract Set Between Pomeroy and Manufacturer
Pomeroy Village Council signed the contract with American Fire Apparatus Co for an $8,250 Spartan-American fire engine. Mayor George Howell and Clerk Alvin Norris announced the agreement, with funds set aside from the village general fund. Delivery of the completed truck is due 150 days after chassis receipt, with Meigs Equipment Co. holding the chassis at its Pomeroy garage.
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Pomeroy
American Fire Apparatus Co
Pomeroy Village
George Howell
Alvin Norris
Norris
Meigs Equipment Co
Relative attend rites for Mrs McLaughlin
Mr and Mrs W R Garber attended funeral services in Athens for Mrs Frank R Mc Laughlin 67 who died at Sheltering Arms Hospital after an extended illness. A lifelong Athens County resident she taught at Luhrig and Salem. The Garber family from Akron and Columbus joined the parents at the service.
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Middleport
W. R. Garber
Athens
Frank R. McLaughlin
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Athens County
McLaughlin
Luhrig
Salem
William Garber
Akron
Ruth Garber
Columbus
Additional Participants In Program Announced
Sunday school Mother's Day program at First Baptist Church lists new participants Mrs. Harry Houdashelt Mrs. Willis Anthony and Paul Smart in charge Judson Pomeroy sang solo with Dorothy Chase at the piano Mrs William Beaver presented a Mother's Day poem Leonard Lyons delivered a poem to his mother written during service and David Diles sang a solo
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
First Baptist Church
Harry Houdashelt
Willis Anthony
Paul Smart
Judson Pomeroy
Dorothy Chase
William Beaver
Leonard Lyons
David Diles
Mrs. Leo Russell Installed as Sanborn Missionary Society President
Mrs. Leo Russell was installed as president of the Sanborn Missionary Society by outgoing president Mrs. T. A. May at a meeting hosted by Mrs. Raymond Saxton on Locust Street. Other officers and program members were named, devotionals led, and a paper on India read by Mrs. Homer Hysell during the event.
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Leo Russell
Sanborn Missionary Society
T. A. May
Raymond Saxton
Locust St
Will Haptonstall
Dana Hamilton
Harry Hysell
Harry Houdashelt
Beulah White
Homer Hysell
J. Q. Rice
Charles Bennett
White Cross
Hamilton
C. P. Bradbury
Love Gift
Charles Pomeroy
Paul Smart
Reading
L. O. Gardner
Christian Citizen
Margaret Houdashelt
George McGhee
John Mayer
Community Notes From The Holzer Area
Local residents attend medical, social, and travel events. Mrs. James T. Lewis undergoes treatment at Holzer Hospital. Many relatives and guests visit in Ohio and Indiana. auctions, weddings, and church youth meetings are reported along with hospital stays and recoveries.
Meigs Memorial Hospital Trustees Seek More Funds
At a courthouse meeting on May 12 in Meigs County, J. M. Thorton warned trustees that the approved voters’ funds for a 50 bed hospital are insufficient. Vice President Manning D. Webster chaired a seven-member session with messages from Bricker Taft Jenkins and others and pamphlets on hospital funding were distributed. The next trustees’ meeting is June 9 at 10 a.m. in the courthouse.
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U. S. Public Health Service
Modern Hospital Publishing Company, Inc
Thorton
Meigs County
Court House
Leo L. Vaughan
Louise Perry Wins County Izaak Walton Essay Contest
The Meigs Chapter of the Izaak Walton League announced winners with Louise Perry, a Columbia High School senior and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Moses Perry, taking first place for Meigs County. Pomeroy and Columbia high schools contributed entries judged by Ohio University professor T H Geier.
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Pomeroy
Meigs
Izaak Walton League
C. O. Chapman
Meigs County
Louise Perry
Moses Perry
Columbia High School
Columbia
Pomeroy High School
Illa Mae Hayes
Carol Evans
Carl Nease
Evelyn Cook
Dorothea Reed
Jean Lee
Lavonne Feiger
William Knight
Joe Foster
Dorothy Bolinger
Roger Walker
June Unroe
Betty Custer
Opal Jean Stobart
Phyllis Jean Weeks
Dick Strubble
Jean Bryant
June Whaley
Evelyn Fick
Joan Riggs
Katherine Mills
Mary Clifford
Garnet Starkey
Betty Lou Radekin
Celia Dye
Betty Price
T. H. Geier
Ohio University
Pomeroy Couple Announces Daughter’s Marriage
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Zwilling of Monkey Run announce the marriage of their daughter Mary to Harold Roush of Mason West Virginia and Columbus. The bride wore navy with pink rosebuds. sister Mrs George Horak was matron of honor. Best man was Fred Nease. The bride, a Pomeroy High School graduate class of 1945, formerly worked at Stark's Pharmacy. The couple will reside in Columbus where the groom is employed.
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Pomeroy
Andrew Zwilling
Monkey Run
Mary
Harold Roush
Loyal Roush
Mason
W. Va
Leonard Adams
Columbus
George Horak
Fred Nease
Mr. Roush
Mr. Walter Lee to wed Miss Alice Mae Craver Pensacola Florida
Mr Walter Lee and Miss Alice Mae Craver of Pensacola Florida are announced as the couple in a forthcoming wedding in the family notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Lee
Sir George M. Lee
Alice Mae Craver
Pensacola, Fla
Prices Return From Otis Visit With Potluck Dinner
Mrs. Vaughn Price and Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Price returned to Rutland after visiting Mrs. Holts in Otis Cole. While there they attended a potluck dinner at the Amick home with guests including Mrs. Raymond Lisle and several local couples.
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Vaughn Price
Clarence Price
Rutland
Holts
Otis
Cole
Amick
Raymond Lisle
Wenzel Dreher
Owen Etter
Marvin
E. E. Hickman
William Freymiller
Weekend Guests and Family Visitors Reported
Mrs. Eliza Foreman of Great Bend spent Saturday with sister and family in town. Ohio visitors include Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Gainor of Union Ave and Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Harper of Painesville visiting E. W. Harper on E. Second St. Marshall College student Carl Hunnel returned to his parents. The Weed family from Shaker Heights visited Hobstetter and Miller. Blanche Lyday of Dayton joined cousin Dear Bostic. Custers from Athens visited John and Lonnie Duerr. P L Peoples hosted Leland Peoples of Columbus and Kathleen Norris with her children from Athens.
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James T. Lewis
Holzer Hospital
Milton Hood
R. V. Ebersbach
Curtis Jenkinson
Ebersbach
Chesapeake
Ohio
G. W. Wallace
Lake Owen
Wis
Jean McMaster
Columbus
C. B. Smith
Charles McMaster
Robert Craig
Charles Pomeroy
L. Roush
Lois Ann
Athens
Forrest Bachtel
Akron
Spring Hill
W. Va
James Hanson
Gallipolis
Clifford Ervin
Front St
Max Sanborn
Lewis Koehler
Carol Ann
Maumee
Richard Koehler
Scott Field
Ill
Betty Koehl
Richard Chambers
Herbert Chambers
Orville Chambers
Tommy
Charles Weed
Edison Hobstetter
A. P. Miller
Pomeroy
George McGhee
St. Albans
R. C. Reber
Dorothy Harrah
Baptist Temple
Charleston
Michael Hackett
Gene Grate
New York
Margaret Coe
Northfield
N. J
Frank
Eliza Foreman
Great Bend
Jesse Gainor
Union Ave
Ralph Harper
Painesville
Mr. Harper
E. W. Harper
E. Second St
Carl Hunnel
Marshall College
John Hunnel
Condor St
Wyatt Gilbert
Jimmy
Anthony Goett
Gilbert
James Gilbert
South Zanesville
Shaker Heights
Ella Miller
Weed
Hobstetters
Miller
Blanche Lyday
Dayton
Dear Bostic
W. Main St
Hugh Custer
John Duerr
Lonnie Custer
P. L
Baptismal Services Conducted Sunday in Pomeroy
Private baptism for Mary Ann Avery nine months old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Avery of Washington D C was held Sunday afternoon at Grace Episcopal Church Pomeroy. Rev. Charles Baird officiated with attendants Mrs H O Ewing Miss Jean McMaster Edward Tewksbury. The Averys and baby will return to Washington after visiting at the Ewing home this week.
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Middleport
Mary Ann Avery
R. G. Avery
Washington, D.C
Grace Episcopal Church
Pomeroy
Charles Baird
H. O. Ewing
N. Third Ave
Jean McMaster
Columbus
Edward Tewksbury
Pearl St
Ewing Home
Washington
Mrs. Avery
Mary Ann
Mr. Avery
Minor Injuries Listed For Meigs Residents
Suffering minor injuries the past week were L. W. McComas superintendent of schools with two broken toes after a piano rolled on his foot James White who fractured ribs from a fall Judy Arnold with a sprained ankle Larry Rice who dislocated a finger playing ball Mrs C P Brady recovering from torn ankle ligaments after stepping from her car.
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Middleport
L. W. McComas
James White
Judy Arnold
Larry Rice
C. P. Brady
Apple Crop Damaged but Peaches Safe
Homer Webster of Long Bottom reports his peach crop escaped frosts unscathed while about 26 percent of his apple crop was destroyed.
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Pomeroy
Homer Webster
Long Bottom
Class Has Outing at East Shade River
Middleport boys from Emerson Jones Sunday School class of Heath Methodist Church went on a Sunday afternoon outing with their teacher. They fished along East Shade River and returned home in the late afternoon.
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Middleport
Emerson Jones
Heath Methodist Church
East Shade River
Birth Announcement Bettina Raye Vale in Middleport
Announcement of the birth of a daughter, Bettina Raye, born Monday morning to Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Vale at Holzer Hospital weighing nine pounds. Grandparents listed include Mrs. William Wyatt and Mrs. Gene Bryant among others. Mrs. Vale formerly Betty Holter of Middport.
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Middleport
Bettina Raye
Edgar Vale
S. Third Ave
Holzer Hospital
William Wyatt
Gene Bryant
Pomeroy
Charles Holter
Morning Star
A. H. Fisher
Lizeburn Vale
Dexter
Vale
Betty Holter
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Freda Welling
Lewis Marquis
Edgar Ervin
Margaret Landrum
Home Service
Ohio Fuel Gas Co
Howard Cummins
Red Cross
Miss Young
Reynolds
Chloe Maloney
Jackson
State Federation
L. E. Burford
Ewing's
Pomeroy, Ohio
Panama
Panamas
Middleport Social Notes
Grace Drake
Widdleport Personals
Elberfelds
Elberfeld
Pomeroy Social Notes
Colorado
Pomeroy Personals
Chase Hardware
RADIO
Harry A. Miller
Main & Sycamore Pomeroy
Joan Kenley
Vogue
Madamoiselle
L&z
Albert Smith
Holter Hospital
S. Second Ave
Gail Russell
Claire Trevor Ann Dvorak
Adolphe Menjou
Billie Burke
Jane Wyatt
Eugene List
the Plainsman
Sydney Greenstreet
Peter Lorre
Jean Lorring
George Coulouris
Paul Cavanaugh
Holmes Herbert
Kenny
Bendvue
Triple Bill
Cherokee Flash
Sunset Carson
Bob Steele
Peter Cookson
Paul Guilfoyle
Stark's Pharmacy
He Modern
Casemasnere
Maxts Wih Ware
Wasmes Eashy
Lovelist Colors
Sherwin-Williams
Sermi-gross Finteh
Gacerior
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