Middleport High School announces commencement activities
Middleport officials announce closing activities for the high school. Baccalaureate service Sunday May 21 at eight with Rev L Carr delivering The High School Graduate Needed Today. Commencement for the Senior Class on Friday May 26 at eight in the auditorium. Eighth grade exercises May 25 at eight. Reverend Cecil Jones will speak. Band members perform The Lord’s Prayer and Sibelius Finlandia. Senior party planned by Band Boosters with picnic at Scout Cabin.
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Middleport Hool
L. Carr
Presbyrian Church
Richard ‘Burton
H. A. Rothrock
Lee Club
Tey
Finlania
Sibelius
William Craig
Craig
Capital University
Columbus
Cecil Jones
First Presbyterian Church
Logan
Jones
Ralph Stopp
Chester
Edgar Allensworth
Ensign Rose Thornton Visits With Family
Ensign Rose Thornton of Parris Island South Carolina spent a few days with her parents Mr and Mrs Maurice Thornton on Harrisonville Road. The family attended baccalaureate services and graduation exercises at St Joseph Hospital Parkersburg where Ruth Thornton is a member. Ensign Thornton heads to Seattle Washington for stationing after visiting home. The MHS alumni banquet and dance is planned at the high school with date to be announced.
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Pomeroy
Ensign Rose Thornton
Parris Island
South Carolina
Maurice
Pat) Thornton
Harrisonville
Thornton
Ensign Thornton
Robert Thornton
Parkersburg
St. Joseph Hospital
Ruth
Seattle
Washington
Storms Cause More Damage In Middleport
A severe electrical storm drenched Middleport with wind and hail after 7 30 p m flooding streets. Sewers failed as water rose curb high on S Third Ave. Ford Garage flooded. basements flooded. several cars stalled at S Third and Lincoln Sts. Lightning reported near S Third Ave. This was the third storm in five days.
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Middleport
S. Third Ave
Ford
S. Third
Lincoln Sts
New Version of an Old American Tradition
On Ed Carey’s porch a fighter squadron flies by in precise formation. Ed proclaims aviation and American industry as the nation’s newest tradition, the drive to improve—from airplanes to railroads to a glass of beer—making things a bit better. Eben Crowell questions the idea, but Ed argues Americans take pride in constant improvement.
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Ed Carey
Eben Crowell
America
Miss Jean West Ties Wedding To Cpl Clifford Hayes
Miss Jean West of St. Albans W V and Cpl Clifford R Hayes of Tampa Fla united in matrimony in a single ring ceremony at the bride’s home in St Albans. Rev F N Nutter officiated as families and friends witnessed. Hayes served in the Air Corps at MacDill Field and recently returned from a 16 day furlough.
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Jean West
St. Albans
W. Va
Cpl
Clifford R. Hayes
Tampa
Florida
Abney St
F. N. Nutter
St. Albans Methodist Church
John West
J. B. Hayes
Frank A. Cheesebrew
Middleport
Cpl. Hayes
Howard D. Conley
Hayes
St. Albans High School
Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company
Corporal Hayes
Ohio
Chester High School
Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co
Air Corps
MacDill Field
Meigs County Seaman George Carper Seriously Ill in Navy Hospital
Navy telegram informs Meigs County family that Seaman George Stuart Carper, storekeeper third class USNR, is seriously ill from an intracranial injury. Born January 2, 1924, he enlisted April 21, 1943, trained at Great Lakes and Pleasonton, last location Australia. hospital status unknown. Grandparents listed in Pom eroy. Also reports the May 12 birth of Lloyd Leroy Sayre in Middleport to Guy Sayre and Betty Woodgerd. grandparents named from Athens Racine.
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Bedford Township
Navy Department
Washington
George Stewart Carper
U.S.N.R
U.S.N. Mobile Hospital
Care Fleet Post Office
San Francisco
Calif
George Stuart Carper
Lowell Archie
Helen Gilliland Carper
Navy
Huntington
Great Lakes
Naval Personal Distribution Center
Pleasanton
Australia
Bates Carper
E. Main St
Pomeroy
Middleport
Guy Sayre
Betty Woodgerd
Lloyd Leroy
Lloyd Woodgeard
Athens
Leroy Sayre
Racine
Granson
Home Nursing Classes In Meigs County Gain Praise
POMEROY Meigs County Chapter of the American Red Cross highlights successful Red Cross Home Nursing courses for hundreds of local women. In Five Points, 25 graduates trained by graduate nurses and led by Mrs Berning featured a potluck and a celebration with gifts, music, and thanks to instructors and hosts.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Kindergarten Girl Hit by Swing at School Grounds
Mary Virginia Stevens a kindergartner was struck in the forehead by a swinging object on school grounds yesterday. She was treated at the scene and later released to her parents.
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Middleport
Mary
Loyal Bereans Host May Meeting and Community Notes
Middleport social column reports a potluck at the Church of Christ opening May Loyal Bereans session with 26 members and children. Donations were given to Emily Flynn Home and church repair. July picnic planned and waist-measure contest enjoyed. Also notes a Bob Chambers celebration party with fellow Presbyterian class members. Additional items cover illnesses, visits, and local social scenes including a whale skeleton trade.
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Middleport
Church of Christ
Never Scratch An Itching Skin Ad Offers San-Cura
An old advertisement urges against scratching eczema and urges washing with San-Cura Soap and applying Antiseptic San-Cura Ointment. It claims the products soothe and prevent spreading infection and lists prices 60c and 1.25 for the ointment and 25c for the soap.
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Detroit
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