Baccalaureate Sermon Urges Honest Endeavors for Pomeroy Seniors
Rev. Richard H. DeMott challenged 46 Pomeroy High School seniors to start life on a path of honest effort and service, choosing hard work over ease and dedicating lives to a better world. He stressed faith for eternal life and urged them to seek peace, love, and good from bad in daily life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Richard H. DeMott
First Baptist Church
Pomeroy High School
Mr. DeMott
Adam
Garden of Eden
Joseph
God
DeMott
Amateur Gardeners Tour Peony Iris Show and Gardens
Middleport Amateur Gardeners Club held a Peony and Iris Show at the Middleport Public Library then toured local gardens. The circuit visited homes on Gravel Hill and S Second Ave with numerous iris varieties, peonies, roses, ferns, and ivy on display.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
A. A. Dillard
Igh St
Gravel Hill
Edward French
S. Second Ave
Rutland Teachers Dinner Omission Noted
Middleport report states Mrs. Paul Barnes was left unnamed in a Rutland teachers dinner account at the Little House, with her name omitted from the group listing.
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Middleport
Paul Barnes
Rutland
Woman's Association Group T to Meet at Mrs. Lewis Home
The Woman's Association of First Presbyterian Church Group T will meet Tuesday evening at the home of Mrs. Eber Lewis with Mrs. Kermit Wiseman and Mrs. Rodney Sauer as assistant hostesses.
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Middleport
Woman's Association of
First Presbyterian Church
Eber Lewis
Kermit Wiseman
Rodney Sauer
Daughters of Mr and Mrs Alfred Smith Baptized at Heath Church
During Sunday worship at Heath Methodist Church Valerie Kay and Vickie Lynn Smith were baptized by Rev. Louis A. Bangerter. Sponsors include grandparents Mr and Mrs George MecGrade and aunt Mrs Mary Ellen Hahn. The families recently lived with Alfred Smith Sr in New Haven.
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Middleport
Heath Methodist Church
Alfred Smith
Valerie Kay
Vickie Lynn
Louis A. Bangerter
George MecGrade
Mary Ellen Hahn
Smiths
McGlades
Hahn
Bangerter
Dresden
Smith
Mrs Waldo Hock Leaves Heath for McConnelsville Tribute
Special tribute at Heath Methodist Church honors Mrs Waldo Hock and her four children Martha Delma Robert and John as they depart with their family for a new home in McConnelsville. Rev Louis A Bangerter led the Sunday School tribute noting her long service as an assistant teacher and fund raiser.
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Middleport
Waldo Hock
McConnelsville
Louis A. Bangerter
Heath Methodist Church
Edwards Family Dinner Celebrates Return and Birthdays
A Middleport dinner honored Jackie Edwards upon his Korea return and celebrated the birthdays of his brother Billy, age 5, and sister Ruth, age 8. Guests included Betty Edwards, Leonard VanMeter and son Leonard, Lucille Young, Roger, Danny and Tony of Columbus, and Mrs. Dale Higgins of Cincinnati.
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Middleport
E. Jackie Edwards
Korea
Billy
Ruth
Viola Edwards
Betty Edwards
Leonard van- Meter
Leonard
Lucille Young
Roger
Danny
Tony
Columbus
Dale Higgins
Cincinnat
Heath Methodist Class 12 Meeting Cancelled
Heath Methodist Church announces cancellation of the Class 12 meeting for this month. The session was set for Wednesday night.
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Middleport
Heath Methodist Church
Birthday observance for Julia Erwin in Columbus area
Birthday celebration for Miss Julia Erwin fiancee of Roy Davidson Jr took place Sunday at the Davidson home in Middleport. A three tier cake with 21 candles bore the inscription Happy Birthday Julia and was centerpiece of the table. Also present were Lawrence Davidson and others.
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Middleport
Julia Erwin
Roy Davidson, Jr
Columbus
Dorcas Circle to Meet This Thursday Evening
Middleport report says the Dorcas Circle of the B H Sanborn Missionary Society will gather with leader Mrs John Mayer for the first meeting of the Circle year Thursday evening.
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Middleport
Dorcas
B. H. Sanborn Missionary Society
John Mayer
Local residents attend baccalaureate events and hospital updates
Mr and Mrs Dale Scott of Columbus visited Gallia County relatives for Middleport High School baccalaureate exercises. Ohio University students James Buell and James Roller also attended. Many locals visited, some at Holzer Hospital for heart attack recovery and surgeries, including George Grindley and Mrs Pearl Huggins.
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Dale Scott
Helen van Zandt
Columbus
C. FE. Reichman
Gallia County
Middleport High School
James Buell
James Roller
Ohio University
Bessie Clifford
Larry Rice
Bruce Bingham
Cleveland
A. B. Bingham
Paul Smith
Pittsburgh
A. V. Smith
Athens
George Grindley
Holzer Hospital
Pearl Huggins
Homer Hysell
Pomeroy
Robert Adams
Ruth Rowley
Crary Davis
George Laher
Rutland
Audrey McElhinny
Ira Butcher
Far Roush
Seventh Ave
Leo Kennedy
Beauty Culture
Meigs County Farm Bureau Chorus Gathers for Rural Life Sunday
The Meigs County Farm Bureau Women's Chorus will meet Wednesday and Thursday evenings at Mrs. F. Whitney Ingraham's Spring Ave home. They rehearse for Rural Life Sunday at the United Methodist Church next Sunday evening.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County Farm Bureau Women's Chorus
P.m
F. Whitney Ingraham
Spring Ave
Rural Life
United Methodist Church
Special Eastern Star Meeting Set at Masonic Temple
A special meeting of the Order of Eastern Star is scheduled for 8 p.m. today at the Masonic Temple for initiation purposes. Mrs. Lucille Swackhamer, worthy matron, announced it Sunday night.
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Pomeroy
Order of Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
Lucille Swackhamer
Pomeroy Board Hears Tentative School Rehab Contracts
The Pomeroy Board of Education accepted resignations of Duke Barret and Robert Singerman and tentatively awarded rehabilitation contracts for school projects. Bids include sound treatment at the junior high, auditorium and interior decorations at multiple schools, and plumbing, rewiring, and fixtures contracts pending State approvals. Theo Kimes and Austin Philips were hired as custodians for the coming year.
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Pomeroy
Eugene “Duke” Barret
Robert Singerman
Pomeroy Board of Education
W. A. Smith
Pomeroy Schools
Barret
Singerman
Smith
State Department of Education
State Control Board
H. A. Erf and Co
Fisher
Central School
Zahand Associates
Sugar Run
Zahl and Associates
Freckers’ Plumbing
Central
Smith and White
Charles Walburn
William Bartels
Philip Meier
Theo Kimes
Austin Philips
Seniors Lead Honor Roll At Racine High School
Racine High School announces final six weeks honor roll lists led by seniors. Students making a B average or higher include seniors Critt Bradford Marilyn Brewer Coelle Clark Alice Davis Ronald Gillilan Janice Hayman Emogene Harris Violet Ours Janice Roush Betty Rowe Judy Shain Jo Ann Webb juniors Bonnie Boyd Theloris Brewer Elizabeth Diddle Bertha Foreman Edna Foster Mildred Gillilan Yvonne Heiney Eileen Wickline sophomores Shelva Jean Arnot Loretta Davis Sharlene Deem Alice Fisher Joyce Hart Ronald McDade Shirley Powell Barbara Roush Norma Roush Marlene Shields Shirley Stobart freshmen Wilma Cozart James Faircloth Paul Harris Barbara Sayre Don Wolfe.
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Theloris Brewer
Elizabeth Diddle
Bertha Foreman
Edna Foster
Mildred Gillilan
Yvonne Heiney
Eileen Wickline
Shelva Jean Arnott
Loretta Davis
Sharlene Deem
Alice Fisher
Joyce Hart
Ronald McDade
Shirley Powell
Barbara Roush
Norma Roush
Marlene Shields
Shirley Stobart
Wilma Cozart
James Faircloth
Paul Harris
Barbara Sayre
Don Wolfe
Lt. Robert Chambers Sent to Fort Knox for 14-Week Schooling
Middleport reports First Lt. Robert Chambers arrives from Camp Roberts California en route to Fort Knox Kentucky for a 14 week special schooling program. He will visit his parents Mr. and Mrs. Marcus Chambers and then take a two week leave after the course.
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Middleport
Robert Chambers
Camp Roberts
Calif
Ft. Knox
Marcus Chambers
Chester Farm Bureau Youth Plan Dance
A square dance organized by the Chester Farm Bureau Youth Council will run from 8 p m to midnight Friday in the Chester High School auditorium. Proceeds fund sending council representatives to a weeklong youth conference in Athens this July.
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Pomeroy
Chester Farm Bureau Youth Council
Chester High School
Athens
Tax receipts drop in Meigs County week ending May 3
State treasurer Roger W. Tracy notes Meigs County retail sales tax receipts fell about 2000 this week versus last year. This year’s receipts were 3194.68 compared with 5484.68 for the same period a year ago.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Roger W. Tracy
Mount Olive People and Visits Report
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hutchinson visited her parents Mr. and Mrs. Bert German after marrying May 3 and returning to Dayton. Pearl Mosier called on Mrs. Emmet Stethem and Maud German visited Mrs. Cail Pigott recently. Elza Larkins reported his wife’s improved condition at Sheltering Arms Hospital Athens. Rodney Price bought a team of horses. Elber Bissell returned to Columbus after a weekend with his wife.
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Jean
Ethel
Robert
Herman Frank
Clarence
Texas
Rodney Price
Elber Bissell
Columbus
Elber Bissel
Circle Hosts Pomeroy Federated Circle Meeting
The Federated Circle met Wednesday at the Federated Church with Mrs. Lena Huber as devotional reader. Mrs. Louis Reibel presided and the group voted to contribute to Dr. Glessner for his work in Iraq. Dr. Glessner, a missionary there, spoke last fall. Hostesses were Mrs. Clarence Massar Mrs. Raymond Hood and Mrs. Ed Koehler who served dessert.
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Pomeroy
Federated Circle
Federated Church
Lena Huber
Louis Reibel
Glessner
Iraq
Clarence Massar
Raymond Hood
Ed Koehler
Divorce Granted in Meigs County Court
William M. Baker was granted a divorce from Mary Baker Saturday by Judge Emmet W. Peoples in the Meigs County Common Pleas Court for wilful absence.
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Pomeroy
William M. Baker
Mary Baker
Emmet W. Peoples
Meigs County Common Pleas Court
Fifty Rutland Students Receive Special Awards
Approximately fifty Rutland High School students were honored at awards day in the auditorium. Scholarship pins were presented by principal Harry A. Bennett to Alan Halliday and Bob Denison, with Dan Montgomery, Norris Goff, and Gloria McCaskey also named. Gavel gifts were given to Denison and William Harmon. Mary Dyke received the DAR good citizenship award. Six girls earned four year glee club pins. five earned three year pins with Miss Brown as accompanist. Medal, majorette and drum major honors went to several students, and numerous letter awards and honorable mention certificates covered scores and perfect attendance.
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Mary Dyke
DAR
Glee Club
C. C. Chapman
Western
Betty Farmer
June Patterson
Helen Stevens
Kathleen Stafford
Darlene Wolfe
Ada Harrison
Marjorie Justice
Patty Pierce
Edith Shaffer
Betty Brown
Miss Brown
Harold Rutan
Saralyn Harmon
Leo Morris
Bob Pierce
Beulah Coy
Phyllis Snowden
Sandra Pierce
Judy Snowden
Kathleen Clench
Carol Scragg
Donna Will
Alberta Snowden
Dorothy Warner
Eddie Evans
Phyllis Rice
Wanda Graham
Joyce Wolfe
Mary Rice
Barbara Grueser
Linda Buck
Barbara Delaney
Robert Pierce
Harold Carson
Alta Clench
Bill Brewer
Earl Stevens
Nancy Spaulding
Raymond Wilcox
Jerry Schoonover
Rocksprings Better Health Club Elects Officers
Pomeroy social notes describe the Rocksprings Better Health Club meeting at Mrs. Anna Reuter's home. Officers chosen include president Mrs. William Grueser and treasurer Mrs. William Bartles. The program featured talks on health topics and birthday tributes.
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Pomeroy
Rocksprings Better Health Club
Anna Reuter
Wilbur Bailey
Maxine Arnold
William Grueser
John Hartung
Clifford Leifheit
William Bartles
Arlee Abbott
Walter Wears
Lewis Grueser
Edward Humphrey
Amos Leonard
Howard Bolin
Fred Leifheit
Clifton Leifheit
William Morgan
Lewis Eser
Horace Abott
Oliver Unree
Alice Enler
Lawrence Leonard
Luanna Leonard
Ruth Ann Bailey
Patricia Roush
Rhoda Wears
Susanna Arnold
Janet Humphrey
Keith Morgan
First Baptist Church Holds Sunday School Leaders Meeting
The Pomeroy session reports that Sunday school officers and teachers met Thursday evening at the First Baptist Church. Opened by prayer, the conference included a business session led by superintendent J. H Stephenson. The pastor presented a chapter titled Let Us Improve Our Bible Study. Attendees included Mrs Elmer Wickham Mrs Bert Bodimer Miss Frankie Wippel Mrs Richard De Mott Mrs Joseph Cook Miss Edith Cook Day ton Strickland Rev Richard H DeMott and Mrs Hugh Daniels.
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Frankie Wippel
Richard DeMott
Joseph Cook
Edith Cook
J. H. Stephenson
Dayton Strickland
Richard H. DeMott
Hugh Daniels
School Picnic Planned by Rocksprings PTA
The Rocksprings PTA held a business session led by president Robert A. Scott and planned the annual school picnic for May 21. The event includes a 9 a.m. bus trip to Portland Park with parents driving cars.
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Pomeroy
Rocksprings
PTA
Robert A. Scott
Maxine Arnold
Portland Park
Lawrence Leonard
William Collins
Bernard Grueser
Victor Roberts
Eugene Collins
Walter Wears
Rocksprings School
Cathy Scott
Luanna Arnold
Mary Cole
Carroll Beards
Sharon Scott
William Barr
Sugar Run PTA May Meeting Highlights and Installations
The Sugar Run PTA held its May meeting at the school with Mrs. John Lambert presiding. Officers installed included Mrs. John Lambert as president and Mrs. William Anderson as vice president, after a student program by sixth graders led by Eddie Boney.
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Arnold
William Bartles
Hugh Beards
William Clark
Walter Wears
Clifford Leifheit
Sugar Run
Helen William
J. E. White
W. A. Gibbs
John Lambert
William Anderson
William Hobstetter
R. L. Jacobs
Eddie Boney
John Strickland
Anna Murray
Bell Lyra
Barton Campbell
Sue Smith
Susan Rawlings
Roger Cline
Carolyn White
Julia Seyler
Bettie Lee Ingram
Johnny Strickland
Jed Webster, Jr
Larry Tracy
W. R. Carpenter
PTA
Richard Rawlings
Gerald Reuter
Fourth grade party marks Bill Gibbs tenth birthday
Mrs. W. A. Gibbs hosted Sugar Run school fourth graders to celebrate Bill Gibbs tenth birthday. Jeffrey Gibbs attended as a guest while Miss Margaret Elia Hysell teaches the class. Games, ice cream, cookies, and favor boxes were part of the celebration.
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Bill
Jeffrey
Margaret Elia Hysell
Farewell Party for Werner Family Held in Bradbury
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Werner and daughter were honored with a farewell party in Bradbury as they move to Waterford Ohio. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. Robert Coates Mr. and Mrs. William Swatzel and daughters Mr. and Mrs. W A Gibbs and sons Mrs. Meda Gibbs John Robinson and Skip Kennedy.
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Pomeroy
Earl Werner
Waterford
Ohio
Bradbury
Robert Coates
William Swatzel
W. A. Gibbs
Meda Gibbs
John Robinson
Skip Kennedy
Olive Farm Women’s Club takes Columbus trip to Williamson home
Six members of the Olive Farm Women’s Club from Long Bottom visited the home of Mr and Mrs Bernie Williamson in Columbus recently. The group included Mrs Walter Brown, Mrs Roy Hannum, Mrs Marion Hall, Mrs Will Swain, Mrs Warren Pickens and Miss Faye Pickens.
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LONG
Olive Farm Women's Club
Bernie Williamson
Columbus
Walter Brown
Roy Hannum
Marion Hall
Will Swain
Warren Pickens
Faye Pickens
Middleport High School baccalaureate urged daily prayer
Rev. Howard Ruppelt led the Middleport High School graduating class in a Sunday baccalaureate urging daily prayer for guidance and to seek Christ’s direction. He cited Jesus as a versatile example and urged aim toward glorifying God, as bands and choirs performed.
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Middleport
Middleport High School
Howard Ruppelt
First Presbyterian Church
Christ
Ruppelt
God
Jesus
Franklin Ginther
Elgar
Poppy Day Proclaimed In Pomeroy By Mayor Canaday
Mayor Delmar A. Canaday proclaims Friday and Saturday May 23 and 24 as Poppy Day in Pomeroy. Veterans distribute memorial poppies on the streets and collect donations for disabled veterans and children of veterans through Drew Webster Post 39, American Legion auxiliary.
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Pomeroy
Delmar A. Canaday
America
Joy
Drew Webster
American Legion
Columbus Grange Plans Visit to Pomeroy Bend Grange
Pomeroy Bend Grange hosted Thursday at the DAV Home with C. L. Heaton as worthy master. Columbus Grange will visit on Thursday June 19 to present the program. Home economics committee will handle refreshments. Christine Lake appointed to arrange Rural Life Sunday church attendance. Next meeting set for June 15.
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Pomeroy
Pomeroy Bend
Weekend Visitors Spend Time at Buckeye Lake
Weekend visitors include Mr. and Mrs. Phil Meinhart Locust Street and Mr. and Mrs. Homer C. Jones from Middleport who spent the weekend at Buckeye Lake.
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Pomeroy
Phil Meinhart
Locust St
Homer C. Jones
Middleport
Buckeye Lake
Iris and Peony Show Attracts Flower Lovers
Flower lovers from Mansfield Columbus Athens and Bend attended the Middleport Public Library show hosted by the Middleport Garden Club. The event featured standout arrangements by Mrs A A Dillard Harrie Marie Smith Mrs John Kincaid and others with color harmonies of bronze gold pink and yellow. The club plans more shows to encourage member flower arrangements.
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Middleport
Mansfield
Carroll Balser
Columbus
Paul Bonnell
Athens
Bend
Middleport Public Library
Middleport Garden Club
A. A. Dillard
Harrie Marie Smith
John Kincaid
C. A. Emmish
W. W. Hayes
C. M. Hennesy
W. J. Juhling
Walter Harris
Dea Hayes
Lewis Sauer
Garen Stansbury
James ‘Titus
Helen Terry
Dillard
Hayes
Emmish
Club
John Duerr
Lincoln
Bradbury Eighth Grade Graduation Planned at Bradford Church
Bradbury eighth grade commencement exercises set for Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. at the Bradford Church of Christ with Robert Purtell as speaker.
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Bradbury
Bradford Church of Christ
Robert Purtell
Dance Night at Holter Barn in Five Points
A Friday dance in the Holter barn at Five Points drew a crowd for round and folk dancing led by Mr. and Mrs. John Hardy. Another dance is planned in the hay loft on Wednesday May 28.
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Pomeroy
Homer Holter
John Hardy
Holter
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