Legion Plans Memorial Day Parade at Pomeroy
Legion announces Memorial Day events in Pomeroy with a 9 15 a m parade forming at the courthouse and marching to Beech Grove Cemetery. A guest speaker from Oak Hill, Gold Star Mothers, bands, Scouts, and veterans groups will participate, with services at the cemetery following the route through Sycamore and Main streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Legion
Gold Star
Ewing Funeral Home
Trevey-Finsterwald
Ladies Auxiliary
Pomeroy High School
Veterans Organizations
Boy Scouts
Girl Scouts
Pomeroy
God
Raymond Harbrecht
Ben Neutzling
Charlies Marcinko
Thoma
Rossiter
The
American Legion, Ladies Auxiliary
Daughters of Union Veterans
E. Second St
Sycamore
Main
Court
Mulberry
Mulberry Ave
Beech Grove Cemetery
Rossiter Williams
Oak Hill
Department of Ohio
American Legion
Reuter
John Frank
Weber Thoma
Lily Hauck
Earl Scott
Carolyn Miller
Ella Miller
A. V. Howell
Elmer Killinger
Dayton Will
J. M. Thornton
Dana Houdashelt
Racine Wins Four District First Places
Racine High School students won four division firsts in district tests held Saturday in Athens. In division three, Racine led in chemistry, Spanish I, Latin II and English 12, with Rolland Gillilan Janice Hayman Eileen Wickline and Thelma Deem representing the school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Racine Highchool
Athens
Charles Hayman
Racine
Rolland Gillilan
Janice Hayman
Eileen Wickline
Thelma Deem
Racine High Haol
Mary Bradford
Barbara Roush
Judy Shain
Shelva Arnott
Beulah West
Joan Brewer
Norman Roush
Meigs County Land Transfers In Olive and Surrounding Townships
Meigs County records list transfers including Alice Pickering deceased to John Pickering and Martha Barnhart via affidavit in Olive Township. Other transfers feature Dana H. Blumenauer and Edna Mae Blumenauer to Theodore Reed Jr. for lot 325 in Pomeroy and several parcel trades in Salisbury, Scipio, Chester, and Letart Townships. Parking meter receipts totaling 262 dollars in Pomeroy announced by secretary to the mayor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Pickering
John Pickering
Martha Barnhart
Olive Township
Martha P. Barnhart
Dana H. Blumenauer
Edna Mae Blumenauer
Theodore T. Reed, Jr
Pomeroy
Carroll H. Randolph
Opal Pone
Charlies Crislip
Olive
P. Daniels
Arabelle Daniels
Ruth C. Daniels
Salisbury Township
George W. Atkins
Rhoda W. Atkins
Virgil I. Atkins
Pauline H. Atkins
Scipio Township
R. H. Meredith
Addie A. Meredith
Ayles L. Brown
Chester Township
Richard Wolfe
Bertha J. Wolfe
Carl Wolfe
Letart
H. W. Ritchie
Orville Brown
Fannie B. Brown
Willam B. Swisher
Florence E. Davis
Verne V. Davis
Middleport
Truman Russell
Sidney A. Spencer
Regional garden club meeting set for Marietta Ohio
Middleport notes report a regional meeting of District 1 of the Ohio Garden Clubs at Marietta College Little Theater on Thursday November 24 with registration at 9 30 a m and a 10 a m start. Guests include state president Mrs W W Faben and past president Mrs Thomas Wolfe. A separate Elementary Judging School will be held in Jackson May 16 17 with registration May 16 and exams May 17. The Nature School at Camp Wyandotte near Lancaster runs June 11 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Ohio Association of Garden Clubs
Marietta
Marietta College
Putnam St
Earl A. Bender
W. W. Faben
Montpelier
Thomas Wolfe
Athens
Edward R. Ray
Lancaster
Garden Path
Ohio
Jackson
Jackson Methodist Church
Camp Wyandotte
Bender
Bibles To Be Presented By Electa Circle In Middleport
Members of the Electa Circle of the Baptist Missionary Society at First Baptist Church will present 45 Bibles to wards of Meigs County Children's Home and matrons. Officers for 1951 52 were elected with Mrs Fielding Hawkins as chairman and Mrs Allen Hughes as devotional leader. The meeting, at the Talbott home, featured a potluck supper and readings from The Secret Place. Two guests attended, Mrs Robert Smith and Mrs Carrie Boyles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Electa
Baptist Missionary Society of
First Baptist Church
Meigs County
Talbott Home
N. Third Ye
Charles Bennett
Fielding Hawkins
Allen Hughes
H. M. Cross
John Kauff
White Cross
Florine] Talbott
Lillian McGhee
Harry Hysell
J. E. Wilson
Hughes
Robert Smith
Carrie Boyles
Seniors Receive Sterling and Bronze Keys at Racine High
Thirteen Racine High School seniors were awarded Sterling and bronze keys at a Friday afternoon assembly. Mary Bradford and Beulah West received Sterling keys. Dorthea Pearson earned a bronze key for activities and scholastic standing. Bronze keys honored Edna Shuler Gerald Simpson James Cline Maxine Cozart Thelma Deem Rose Fasterday and Robert Sayre for scholastic marks. Three additional bronze keys went to Carrie Manuel Miss Bradford and Miss Easterday for four years of perfect attendance. The Racine High School band performed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sterling Keys
Charles Hayman
Mary Bradford
Beulah West
Hayman
Dorthea Pearson
Edna Shuler
Gerald Simpson
Meigs County
James Cline
Maxine Cozart
Thelma Deem
Rose Fasterday
Robert Sayre
Carrie Manuel
Bradford
Easterday
Racine High School
Girl Scouts Elect Officers at May Pomeroy Luncheon
Pomeroy Girl Scout Association elected new officers for the coming year at the May luncheon. New commissioner is Mrs. J. E. White with Mrs. H. B. Kress as deputy commissioner, treasurer Mrs. Rolland Neutzling, recording secretary Mrs. John Lambert, and corresponding secretary Mrs. Robert D. Roberts. Camp plans and bylaws discussed. council training report noted from Portsmouth institute. Luncheon served by Troop No. 6 mothers and committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Jed Webster
Council
Portsmouth
J. E. White
Dey Hysell
Webster
Gerald Wildermuth
Eldwood Byers
Divorce Granted to Letha Haning in Meigs County Court
Letha E. Pomeroy Haning was granted a divorce from Elmer H. Haning by Judge Emmett W. Peoples in Meigs County Common Pleas Court Tuesday morning. The plaintiff cited gross neglect of duty and extreme cruelty as the grounds for dissolution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Letha E. Haning
Elmer H. Haning
Emmett W. Peoples
Meigs County Common Pleas Court
Volunteers Needed At Tennis Courts In Pomeroy
W A Smith, superintendent of Pomeroy schools, asks for eight or more volunteers Tuesday to report to the tennis courts above the First Baptist Church. Aaron Zahl will supervise as workers help put up netting on backstops for two courts, starting at 6 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
W. A. Smith
Theennis
First Baptist Church
Smith
Aaron Zahl
Middleport Visitors List Highlights Local Families
A long guest list from Middleport and surrounding towns includes Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Kessinger with sons Wallace and George of Akron, Mr. and Mrs. Lester Thomas of Langsville, and many others visiting or visiting with local families. The report notes extended kinship ties and social visits among Akron Langsville Middleport Huntington and Athens areas, with mentions of hospital confinement for Beecher Kessinger and local social meals.
Ministers attend Spencer funeral as guests
The Rev and Mrs Paul Williams of Wadsworth were guests of the Rev and Mrs Paul Taylor and officiated at a Spencer West Virginia funeral. Other Mother's Day visits included Mrs Martha Hudson with McKeesport visitors, and Columbus residents returning or visiting family in the area. Mrs W G Davis remains under care with slight improvement noted this week. Carla Owen and family hosted Mother's Day gatherings with Karl Owen, and R N Patricia McElhinny of Cincinnati spent the day with her parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Williams
Wadsworth
Paul Taylor
Spencer
W. Va
Harry Hudson
Lola Patterson
Sissie
McKeesport
Martha Hudson
Ray O'Donnell
Columbus
W. G. Davis
Third Ave
D. Collis Dawson
Eunice Davis
Davis
Jack Bowman
Carla Owen
Karl Owen
S. Third Ave
Patricia McElhinny
R.N
Cincinnati
Charles McElinny
Glenn Jarvis
Jean McKay
Local residents host and visit over Mother's Day weekend
Port Washington and surrounding areas hosted relatives and friends over Mother's Day weekend. Guests included Stella Bowers and family from Huntington and Middleport. Martha Hunnel ill with mumps. William Skaggs party visiting from Cheshire and Wright-Patterson Field. Sherman Kemper of Gallipolis visiting with John Brickles. James Weber returning from Florida. Avery Nelson, John Downing, Rodney Downing visiting Charleston. L R Wiley family in Crooksville. Dallas Blevins and son Dallas Jr. visiting Washington DC relatives. Eulah Jones Russell reported seriously ill at Meigs General Hospital. Beecher Kessinger and Clarence Bolin families visited Athens. Mrs Edgar Vale and Cleo Kerns visited Marietta. Thomas Edgar Ervin and wife from New York visiting Mrs Edgar Ervin on Main Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Washington
A. W. McKay
Laura McKay
Stella Bowers
James James Caldwell
Lois Jean
Rita Elizabeth
Huntington
Charles Jackson
Middleport
Mary Dalrymple
Michael O’dell
Columbus
Martha Lu Hunnel
Robert Hunnel
Custer St
William Skaggs
Richard
Charles Skaggs
Michael Shuler
Cheshire
Herbert L. Skaggs
Wright-Patterson Field
Fairborn
Ohio
Dwight Sayre
Edwin H. Clarke
Herbert Lee
New Haven
Sherman Kemper
Gallipolis
Meigs General Hospital
Beecher Kessinger
Clarence Bolin
Betty
Athens
Kessinger
Bolin
Marietta
Edgar Vale
Cleo Kerns
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Betty Davis
Polly Hysell
Phone-J Pomeroy
Associated Radio
Harry A. Miller
Liberty
Theatre
Voice of the Theatre
Cartoon
Fox News
Ohio Valley
WIEH
Elberfelds
Hartley & Bennett
Waet and Sonmcens Mk
Amaneng
Steneile
Headwritian
Howard B. Sme
Middleport Social Notes
Mrs. Beecher Kessinger
Garfield Ave
By Mojud
Dickie
Dress Shop
Pomeroy Cement Block CO
Plymale-Wagner CO
Bardin Bros. CO
Clyde Kessinger
Wallace and
George
Akron
Lester Thomas
Langsville
Joseph Morris
Donnie
Charles Kessinger
Ff Shewie
Carol
Osby Martin
Bobbie
Patty
Merle Davis
Belva Jean and
Bryan
Joe Morris Jr
Randall Manley
Eddie Martin
Shery
Betty Jane Morris
Katherine Moore
Raymond Spencer
James Little
Betty Jo Mulford
E. Edwards
New York
Athens Messenger
A. A. Scarberry
Burton Riggs
Lyons
Crooksville
Gerald Jenkinson
Pamela
Ethel Goodyear
Henry Scarberry
Stephen of
Scarberrys
Sara Scarberry Wells
Henry Scarberrys
Thomas Edgar Ervin
Edgar Ervin
Main St
Masoni
Broderick Crawford
KING
Bud Abbott
Lou Costello
Night
Tropics
Tom & Jerry
Farley Granger
Joan Evans
Roseanna McCoy
Maria Joan
Jon Hall
Gypsy Wildcat
Pomeroy Bend
Meigs
the Painted Hills
Paul Kelly
Lassie
Milaman
Bendvue
the Enforcer
Humphrey Bogart Zero Master
Ted de Corsia
Everett Sloane Rey Roberts
Belle LE
Grande
Mohara
Palm Beach
Stetsons
Bonar-Phelps
E. Main St
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