Program Set For Rutland's 32 Graduates
Rutland High School held the commencement for 32 seniors with Dr E A Hansen of Ohio University as principal speaker. Rev Lyndon A Walls gave benediction and invocation. A girls ensemble and senior girls performed Without a Song. Elizabeth Brown, senior and glee club accompanist, played a waltz piano solo. Diplomas were presented by O O Patterson. Baccalaureate services were held Sunday afternoon with students in black gowns for boys and white gowns for girls.
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Glee Club
O. O. Patterson
Laurel Cliff Man Receives Commission
Cedric O Parker of Laurel Cliff was commissioned a second lieutenant in the U S Army on May 9 at Fort Riley Kansas after officers Candidate School He is a 1948 Pomeroy High School graduate who joined the Army in 1948 He served in the Aleutians and England and is currently on a two week furlough before eight weeks of schooling in San Antonio Texas He is the son of Mr and Mrs Pearl Parker and his brother Thomas Parker attended the celebration with his wife SFC Parker accompanied him from Missouri
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Pomeroy
Cedric O. Parker
Pearl Parker
Laurel Cliff
U. S. Army
Fort Riley
Kansas
Parker
Pomeroy High School
Army
Aleutian Islands
England
SFC
Thomas Parker
Missouri
San Antonio
Tex
Meter Receipts Reported By Pomeroy Police Chief
Pomeroy police chief Walter FE Wolfe reports last week parking meter collections totaling 244 dollars 50 cents. The notice records the amount and the official in charge of the meter system.
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Walter FE. Wolfe
Meigs County Land Transfers Highlight Township Parcels
Nellie J. Griffith and others transfer one acre in Lebanon Township to Charles R. Harris and Waynita C. Harris. Additional transfers cover Letart Rutland Salisbury Middleport Sutton and Rutland areas, including several parcels and acres, among multiple buyers and heirs.
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Nellie J. Griffith
Benjamin F Price
Agnes Price
Charles R. Harris
Waynita C. Harris
Lebanon Township
Jerry Hill
Florence A. Hill
Letart Township
J. M. Hill
G. H. Prall
Blanche Prall
Carl E. Morris
Janet Morris
Rutland
Florence Mutchler
F. Gay Mutchler
William G. Seyfried
Mildred Mae Seyfried
George W. Hackett, Jr
Phyllis Ll. Hackett
Salisbury Township
Dorothy L. Kennedy
Leo C. Kennedy
Middleport
Henry E. Cleland
Leona V. Cleland
Floyd Farra
Mona Farra
Sutton Township
Alma Pullins
Delbert D. Pullins
Letart
Cecil C. Bolin
Helen M. Bolin
Onnie France
Dora M. France
Mildred
Malcolm Ingram
Dewey Wills
Anna Wills
Sybil Ebersbach
Emma Gilmore Hysell
Riley McClelland
Virginia McClelland
Poppy Sale To Be Started By Lewis Manley Post
For the first time since its founding 16 years ago the Lewis Manley Post American Legion will sponsor Memorial Poppies. Thursday and Friday are designated Poppy Days with proceeds going to veteran rehabilitation programs.
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Middleport
the Post
Lewis Manley Post
American Legion
Pomeroy Poppy Sale On Streets By American Legion Auxiliary
Miss Anna Ebersbach announces daily poppy sales on Pomery streets by Drew Webster Post 39 American Legion Auxiliary through Memorial Day. A show window on W Second Street, owned by Marvin Roberts, will be decorated. Mrs Evelyn Smith and Miss Jennie Sue Eiselstein will lead the decorating.
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Pomeroy
Pomery
Drew Webster Post 39
American Legion Auxiliary
Anna Ebersbach
W. Second Street
Marvin Roberts
Evelyn Smith
Jennie Sue Eiselstein
Athens OKs truck purchase for Fire Department
Ordinance authorizes the Director of Public Service Safety to enter a contract to buy one 1 ton panel six cylinder emergency vehicle for the Athens Fire Department. Plans, specs, and estimates are on file. advertisement required by law. The ordinance passes and takes effect per state timing.
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Director of Public Service Safety
Athens
State OF
Ohio
Public Service
Foreclosure Notice Involving Bourque Property In Athens County
The First National Bank of Chesterhill Ohio files a mortgage foreclosure suit in Athens County Court of Common Pleas against Omer W Bourque et al for 1043.76 with six percent interest from December 20 1951 and sale of Lot No 3 in Bern Township Sharpsburg. Defendant must answer by June 20 or default judgment will be entered.
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Omer W. Bourque
Doner
New Hampshire
Yevette Labrie
First National Bank of
Chesterhill
Ohio
Court of Common Pleas
Athens County
Sharpsburg
Bern Township
Anna Schuler
F. P. Totman
I. R. Sands
Wallace G
Alta Mae Pierce
First National Bank
Cheaterhill
Bolin and Walker
Racine Girls Win State Spanish Honors in Scholarship Tests
Barbara R. Roush and Eileen Wickline, Racine High School students, placed first and third overall in state Spanish scholarship tests taken last month in Athens. Roush led district and state rankings for her size group and school. Wickline ranked first district wide in her class, with top district and state standing among all schools, scoring 132. state high was 135. Ruth Drake is Spanish teacher.
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Racine
Miss Wickline
Ruth Drake
Miss Roush
Edson E. Roush
Meigs County Dar Good
EUB
Dorcas
Pomeroy Couple to Wed at Lawrenceburg Church
Jay Gloeckner and Miss Verda Zeltman plan marriage at the Methodist Church in Lawrenceburg Indiana on June 7. Mrs. O H Zeltman and Miss Zeltman hold key roles. the bride will soon depart for a tour of the Middle East and Europe after a summer nuptial celebration in Pomeroy Ohio.
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Robert H. Ray Geophysical Engineering Firm
Houston
Texas
Arabian American Oil Company
Gloeckner
Saudi Arabia
Mildle East
Europe
Lebanon
Jerusalem
Syria
Cyprus
Egypt
Italy
Austria
Switzerland
France
Pomeroy
Sugar Run PTA to honor Smiths with tea and install officers
The Sugar Run PTA meets Thursday at the school with a tea honoring Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Smith. Mrs. Harry P. Smith will speak, and officer installations are planned. The item mentions attendees and other local families and recent travels.
Meigs General Hospital Admissions and Discharges
The hospital lists admissions for Mrs. Lillie Deck and a long roster including Mrs. Park Yeanger Mrs. Ed Moore Mrs. Chester Wells Mrs. Jennings Mollohan Mrs. Violet Smith Mrs. Dorothy Clark Mrs. Corrine McDaniels Mrs. Della Haning Herman Beards William Russell Mrs. Lillian McBride Jenny Watson Ralph Neigler Mrs. Marie Clark William Deck Mary Hallowell Mrs. Julia Tittle and couples noted. Discharges include Elsworth Baker Ralph Foster Orin McCloud Mrs. Marie Clark Frank Brandenburg George Helvert Ralph Neigler Wanda Landaker Mrs. Violet Wildman Catherine Friley and Charles Friley.
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Lillie Deck
Pomeroy
Park Yeanger
Cheshire
Ed Moore
Middleport
Chester Wells
Long Bottom
Jennings Mollohan
Violet Smith
Reedaville
Dorothy Clark
Corrine McDaniels
Della Haning
Rutland
Im Neutzling
Herman Beards
William Russell
Minersville
Lillian McBride
Syracuse
Jenny Watson
Ralph Neigler
Racine
Marie Clark
William Deck
Mary Hallowell
Julia Tittle
Elsworth Baker
Ralph Foster
Orin McCloud
Frank Brandenburg
George Helvert
Wanda Landaker
Violet Wildman
Catherine Friley
Charles Friley
Movies Show Atomic Danger in Civil Defense Film Night
In Middleport citizens viewed two Civil Defense films The Atom Strikes and Survival Under Atomic Attack to learn atomic weapon havoc. The event, sponsored by the Child Conservation League, was opened by Mrs. Michael Hackett and shown by L. W. McComas, with The Imperial Ice Cream Co. providing ice cream bars.
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Middleport
Child Conservation League
Michael Hackett
Middleport CCL
Diana VanCooney Recovers After Tonsillectomy
Five year old Diana VanCooney, daughter of Mr and Mrs P H VanCooney of Mentport, underwent a tonsillectomy Tuesday at Meigs General Hospital and is reported recuperating satisfactorily.
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Pomeroy
Diana VanCooney
P. H. VanCooney
Middleport
Meigs General Hospital
Hymn Sing At New Methodist Church Sunday
Freeland Norris conducts a hymn sing from 2 to 4 p m at the New Methodist Church in Pomeroy. The event invites all interested area residents to attend.
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Pomeroy
Freeland Norris
New Methodist Church
Norris
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