Pom eroy seniors honor in 1944 commencement
Fifty two Pom eroy High School seniors received diplomas in the sixty eighth annual commencement with W A Smith superintendent of schools in attendance. The ceremony themed Let Freedom Ring featured five pledge to victory recitations and a knowledge charter by Doris Leifheit and others.
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Pomeroy
Pomeroy High School
W. A. Smith
United States
Danny Rosenbaum
Doris Leifheit
Willie Carr
Memorial Day plans and patriotic pledges at Second Ward Fire Assn
A special meeting of the Second Ward Fire Association at the Fire House Sunday afternoon will finalize plans for participating in the Memorial Day exercises on Tuesday May 30. Speakers including A V Howell Annette Seyfried Jack Lewis and Claire Titus urged civic duty and global peace as part of the class of 1944 graduation events with music by the school orchestra and prayers by Rev W Luther Tracy.
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Jack Lewis
Benedict Arnolds
America
Danny Rosenbaum
Claire Titus
Earl Titus
J. E. White
Smith
Betty Jacobs
Willis Aleshire
W. Luther Tracy
First Baptist Church
Jesus
Church of Christ
Heavy Rains Wash Gardens Into River
Hillside gardeners suffer losses as Wednesday night storms wash topsoil and many gardens into the Ohio River. One prominent grower vows to retire from farming for the year. The deluge devastates plots and depletes valuable soil resources.
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Pomeroy
Ohio
Pomeroy Class of 1944 Graduation Highlights
Principal J E White notes 19 boys and 33 girls in Pomeroy High School Class of 1944. Several boys head to military service. seven to college. five to nurses training. Over 400 grads serve in armed forces. six killed, one missing in action. Four graduates married in past year. Annette Seyfried sixth in family to graduate. Cadet Nurse Virginia Seyfried attends in uniform. Family ties mark the ceremony with long Mees Elberfeld lineage present.
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Rodney Hines
Sarah Howard Turner
Sara Curtis Dill
Erma Gibbs Smith
Geraldine Roush Weyersmiller
Annette Seyfried
Christian
Chris) Seyfried
Parkersburg
Jack Lewis
Danny Rosenbaum
Bauers
Jacob Elberfeld
Elberfeld
Danny
Jack
Fight
Sugar Run School
Rosemarie Nease
Lois Neutzling
Betsy Ebersbach
Martha Myers
Claire Titus
Milford Mowery
Willis Giles
Patricia Brider
Sara Harris
Mary Margaret Holmes
Betty Mae Couch
Dean McQuigg to Speak at Chamber Luncheon
Ohio State University Dean Charles E. McQuigg will address the Chamber of Commerce at a noon meeting on May 22 on The Development of the Natural Resources of Meigs County. He received the James Turner Morehead medal January 24 for advances in calcium carbide production and use. Mrs Ray Keeton is ill after a serious heart attack Wednesday night.
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College of Engineering
Ohio State University
Pomeroy
Ray Keeton
E. Main St
Repairs in Progress At Federated Church
Laying of a cement walk to the church entrance and edifice repairs have continued this week at the Federated Church to address basement water leakage and brick crevices.
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Federated Church
Pomeroy Social Notes Highlights Family Gatherings
Mrs Terrill hosts Mother's Day buffet for family including Epple Gearheart and Hess clans while John Terrill marks a birthday. Cpl Charles Legar sends roses from Bristol England as Marguerite Meier attends. Also notes marriage of Ruth Pierce Canter in Camden NJ and local graduations and hospital visits.
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Pomeroy
John Terrill
Mr. Terrill
E. B. Epple
Clara Gearsheart
Charles Hess
Emma _ Hines
Mary Ann Legar
Esta Hines
Middleport
Cpl
Charles Legar
Bristol
England
Halley Family Purchases 138-Acre Farm in Raccoon Township
Mr and Mrs Ellis Halley of Worthington have bought the 138 acre farm in Raccoon Township near Woods Mills from P L Stewart. The property was the old homestead of Mrs Halley s great grandfather John Eagle. The Halleys plan repairs and may move to the property located near Route 35 ten miles from Gallpolis.
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Gallipolis
Ellis Halley
Worthington
Raccoon Township
P. L. Stewart
Woods Mills
Services in Churches of Pomeroy Pomeroy Ascension Day notices
Ascension Day services are listed for Federated Church Grace Church United Methodist First Baptist and Church of Christ in Pomeroy with times sermons and Sunday school. Trinity Lutheran will hold evening service at 7 00 pm following a 6 15 pm church school hour with the sermon on The Festival of the Ascension.
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Pomeroy
Federated Church
India
Ralph Kuether
Grace Church
C. G. Baird
Grace Episcopal Church
First Baptist
Boy Scouts of America
Church OF Christ
Corinth
Lord
Enterprise U. B
Christian Endeavor
Ladies Aid
Trinity Lutheran
Church of the Lutheran Hour
Trinity Lutheran Church
Hilmar T. Rosenberg
Middleport church services adjusted for baccalaureate
No services at Middleport churches Sunday evening due to the M.H.S. baccalaureate at the high school auditorium at 8 p.m. Rev H L Carr will preach at First Presbyterian. morning services at Heath Methodist at 9 30 with Rev H A Rothrock. Bible scholarships presented. Other churches hold regular services.
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Middleport
M.hs
H. L. Carr
First Presbyterian Church
Heath Methodist Church
H. A. Rothrock
W. Luther Tracy
First Baptist Church
Pomeroy
Middleport Social Notes Highlights Local Events
Relatives and friends attend two year old Janice Hauck’s birthday party at grandmother Mrs. A S Webb’s home. May Day flower girl Beth McKay and Heidelberg College May Queen celebrations noted. Local visits include Capt T Lyston Fultz and family, Eileen Veney’s Columbus return, and church rally attendance. News covers hospital stays, illness, and graduations among Middleport residents.
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Middleport
Janice Hauck
A. S. Webb
Janice
Charles Hauck
Billy
George Woodard
Bobby
Morris Veney
Harvey Woodard
Howard Russell
Della Turner
Charles Strauss
Carol Ann
Roy Meyer
Donald Hauck
Webb
Middleport Band Leaders Host Year End Picnic
Members of the Middleport School Band led by Ralph Stopp and several Band Boosters enjoyed a year end picnic at the Boy Scout Cabin near Chester. They ate a potluck supper on the cabin porch, listened to music from a record player, played games, and toasted marshmallows in the fireplace before returning home around ten. Mrs R C McBride has returned from six months in Hanover New Mexico with her son in law and daughter Quin Hayes and visited Abilene Texas with Captain C H Boso.
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Harvey Pierce
Ruth
Dana V. Canter
Oral Canter
Ollie Canter
Howard S. Crammer
Camden
New Jersey
Miss Pierce
Middleport
Ralph Stopp
Chester
R. C. McBride
Hanover
N. M
Quin Hayes
Abilene
Texas
C. H. Boso
Rutland School Stamp Sales Lead Departments during Year
Rutland High School students invested $1,451.95 in War Stamps and Bonds over the year with $744.15 in the first semester and $707.80 in the second. The seventh grade topped the second term with $208.10 while the junior class led yearly totals at $446.10.
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Rutland — Rutland High School
Revival Preaching Planned at Hyland Chapel
The Rev. John Spires of Marion will preach at Hyland Chapel on May 21 in morning and evening services. The Rev. Harry Dooridge of Columbus starts an old time revival at the church on May 22.
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Pomeroy
John Spires
Marion
Hyland Chapel
Harry Dooridge
Columbus
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