Middleport High School Graduation Set for May 31
Major Norman Allan Imrie will speak at Middleport High School’s sixty-fifth commencement on Wednesday May 31 at the High School Auditorium. Forty-two seniors are listed to receive diplomas and a detailed program with musical selections and the processional is planned.
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Middleport High School
Middleport
Norman Allan Imrie
Columbus Dispatch
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United States
Canada
Europe
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Norman Imrie
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Eugene Bachner
Gene Bennett
Warren Bennett
Frederick Butcher
Elizabeth Cook
Dorothy Durst
John Dillard
Ruth Entsminger
Effie Mae Fender
Jane Ann Fick
Ethel Finney
Marcella Fraser
Eva Mae Fugate
Ruth Garber
Joe Gibbs
Esther Gilmore
Maxine Guthrie
John Harley
Margaret Houdashelt
Cornelia Johns
Alice Louise Lama
Robert Lohse
Margaret McBride
Donald Mathews
Evelyn Mayer
Donald Mills
Pauline Mitch
War-era comfort bag note reaches forgotten recipient
About 22 years after Mrs. Sarah Dunbar packed comfort bags for World War soldiers she received a long overdue reply from Tommy W. Beerman. The English Tommy explained he misplaced the address and only recently found the note among his belongings.
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Santa Rosa
Cal
Sarah Dunbar
Tommy W. Beerman
Tommy
Gravel purchase halted by Meigs County officials
Meigs County commissioners blocked a 20 000 ton gravel purchase after County Auditor George Daniels refused to sign the order citing higher bid prices 60 65 and 70 cents per ton. Commissioner A B Bingham joined Daniels in declining as the county engineer urged a smaller 65 cent per ton grade but warned 20 000 tons exceeds needs. The meeting ended without an agreement and no purchase was authorized.
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Theodore Beegle
Sculptor Plans Interior Work for Pomeroy Post Office
Seth M. Velsey of Dayton will begin creating interior decorative sculptures for the new Pomeroy Post Office. Postmaster Charles H. Mullen announced that 1 percent of building costs goes to decorative art. Velsey’s tentative designs depict local life, including a coal miner and salt industry workers.
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Pomeroy
Seth M. Velsey
Dayton
Charles H. Mullen
Velsey
Birch logs sent from Saint John to support British planes
Centuries of New Brunswick birch logs are shipped from Saint John to Britain this season. Exporters say the timber fuels Britain's intensified airplane production program.
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Saint John
N. B
New Brunswick
Britain
Middleport Social Notes Show Class 12 Plans Picnic
Heath M. E. Church Class 12 election of new officers took place at Mrs L W McComas home on S Third Ave. The group planned a June 7 picnic at Mrs George Wells Leading Creek. Also featured were a Kid Party by Future Homemakers and a jitterbug parade downtown.
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Heath M. E. Church
L. W. McComas
S. Third Ave
Kelly Grogan
Cline Mathews
Lucille Dutton
Frieda Faehnle
Robert Coats
George Wells
Mary Louise Stephenson
Leading Creek
O. P. Klein
John Hawkins
Nellie
Hallie Zerkle
Sanborn Jewelry Store
McComas
Roy Barnes
Marshall McCuen
O. B. Stout
Marvel Schmoll
Mildred Asbury
Middleport
Life of Alexander Bell Portrayed in New Athena Picture
Don Ameche stars as Alexander Graham Bell in The Story of Alexander Graham Bell at the Athena Theatre. Loretta Young as deaf Mabel Hubbard and Henry Fonda as Thomas Watson headline a Cosmopolitan production for 20th Century Fox. Supporting roles include Charles Coburn Gene Lockhart Spring Byington and Loretta Young sisters Sally Blane Polly Ann Young Georgiana Young.
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Motion ‘Picture Gallery of the Great
Darryl F. Zanuck
Alexander Graham Bell
Athena Theater
America
20Th Century-Fox
Loretta Young
Mabel Hubbard
Henry Fonda
Thomas Watson
Kenneth Macgowan
Charles Coburn
Gene Lockhart
Spring Byington
Sally Blane
Polly Ann Young
Georgiana Young
Racine Garden Club Meets for Decorations and Recital
Racine Garden Club met at the home of Mrs. Owen Watson. A committee was named to decorate the school auditorium for the Baccalaureate service and another to assist with decorations. Ribbons were awarded to Mrs. Schaefer and Mrs. Wingett. The next meeting is June 14 at Mrs. George Simpson’s home. A piano recital by Lois Fling’s class is announced for Sunday at 3 PM.
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Racine
Racine Garden Club
Owen Watson
Watson
Frances Idle
Sybil Miles
Sidney Fadely
Maxine Wingett
Miles Cross
George Simpson
A. J. Schaefer
Sibyl Miles
Schaefer
Frances Hie
Wingett
Emma Jiiden
Bessie Curtis
Flora Stewart
Ben Philson
Elsie Clark
Claudia Schaefer
Grace Jiiden
Laura Bell
A V. Chittenden
Lois Fling
Racine High School
Rutland Orchestra
Jack Coffey
Columbus
John Philson
Pauline Theiss
Holzer Hospital
Staff Flag Presented to Girl Scout Troop 1
A Middleport article reports Troop 1 of the Girl Scouts receiving an American flag with a staff eagle from Captain Pearl Reynolds on behalf of the Jane Howell Tent Daughters of Union Veterans. Norvine Egner accepted, the pledge was led, and the flag code was reviewed during the meeting.
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Middleport
Troop 1
Girl Scouts of America
Pearl Reynolds
Jane Howell
Daughters of Union Veterans
Reynolds
Norvine Egner
Plans To Launch Fine Craft in Ohio River
A 24 foot motor launch named Elpha, owned by Edgar Ebersbach, will be launched on the Ohio River. Brought from Florida, the two ton craft was used for pleasure trips and fishing there. It has a 20 mph cruising speed and comforts for overnight trips. The boat arrived recently on a specially built trailer.
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Pomeroy
Florida Sea Coast
Edgar Ebersbach
Ohio River
Ebersbach
Florida
Elpha
Memorial Day Visit Planned by Pomeroy Resident
Daniel Tracy of Second Street left Wednesday for Columbus to stay with his daughter Mrs. John Schmitt through Memorial Day. The Catholic Parents' Club installed officers for the year with Mrs. A J Graber as president, Mrs. Werlie Howell as treasurer, and Mrs. Frank Brandenburg as secretary. Plans for the next school year and a forthcoming picnic were discussed.
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Daniel Tracy
Columbus
John Schmitt
Catholic Parents’ Club
A. J. Graber
Werlie Howell
Frank Brandenburg
Cobb Rites Held For Mrs Maud A Cobb In Washington
Funeral services for Mrs Maud A Cobb were held Wednesday in Ewing Chapel Washington D C. Burial followed at Letart Cemetery.
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Cobb
Maud A. Cobb
Washington, D. C
Ewing Chapel
Letart Cemetery
Middleport High Earns North Central Accreditation
Middleport High School under Principal L. W. McComas has received notice of approval by the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools. Accreditation promises graduates easier entry to higher learning in the North Central States without entrance exams if they meet credit requirements, and assures diploma acceptability for state certification in medicine and dentistry programs.
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Middleport
L. W. McComas
North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools
North Central Association
North Central States
Letters Ready For First Air Flight From Pomeroy
The Pomeroy post office reports 825 air mail letters accumulated for the first flight of the air mail pickup service starting June 11. Letters come from nearly every state plus Hawaii and Canada, all bearing the Pomeroy cachet for the inaugural flight. Most letters are from stamp collectors seeking pristine covers for the voyage.
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Pomeroy
Hawaii
Canada
Meigs County committee backs conservation plan push
The Meigs County Township Land Use Planning Committee of 70 farmers met at the Courthouse to assemble township recommendations into a county program. Wes ley Green presented charts, with M L Prodmore noting federal limits. The speakers urged farmers to devise a Meigs specific plan for land improvement. Under favorable conditions an airplane can be seen at 10 000 to 15 feet altitude.
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M. L. Prodmore
Mr. Prodmore
Meigs County
H. C. Ramsower
Extension Service
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