Garden Club Meeting At Dexter Brings 67 Members Together
Pomeroy from Meigs County hosted a county garden school at the Dexter Christian Church on Tuesday May 19 with 67 garden club members in attendance. Star Garden Club hosted a pot luck dinner and the program featured reports from Athens Vinton and Gallia counties and a talk by Victor Ries of Ohio State University on growing plants from seed and shrubs for home gardens.
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Pomeroy — County
Dexter Christian Church
Garden Club
Star Garden Club
Amy Chase
Minnie Nichols
Star Club
Garen Stansbury
Athens
Vinton
Gallia
Meigs
Pomeroy
Middleport
Harrisonville
Hemlock Grove
Point Rock
the Star
Geneva Humphreys
Adrian French
Victor Ries
Ohio State University
Ries
Disco
Middleport High to Graduat e 34 Seniors on May 27
Middleport High School will award diplomas to 34 seniors at graduation on Wednesday evening May 27 in the high school auditorium. Dr John Williams will deliver the address assisted by school bands and choirs under Gordon Harris and Lois Cecil. Rev H A Rothrock will give the invocation and benediction.
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Middleport
Middleport High School
John Clark Williarms
Gordon Harris
Williams
Estminister College
Texas
Kansas City University
Clifton Social News Briefs
Local residents and visitors are listed with weekend movements and social visits. Names include Archer, Crawford, Barker, Edwards, Fields, Smith, Coontz, Price, Young, Rickard, Filer, Livingston, Edwards, Tate, Longstreth, and others visiting relatives, church events, and community activities.
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T.N.T. Plant
Eugene Coontz
Belington
W. Va
William Coontz
Otto Price
Loyde Fox
Price
Sunny Beler
Point Pleasant
Columbus
Tom Edwards
Lillian Edwards
Toledo
Tim Edwards
Levin Tate
Abbie Longstreth
Myrte
Methodist ‘Church
Edith Edwards
Pearlson
Margaret Fox
Leroy Husher
Ashby
Church of God
Broiler Producers Plan Meeting in Pomeroy
Members of the South eastern Ohio Broiler Producers Association announce a special meeting Friday at 8 30 PM in Pomeroy City Hall. The gathering follows a surge in demand and a sharp rise in broiler prices across Meigs County influencing SOBP members.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Southeastern
Pomeroy Senior 4-H Club Plans Salads Judging
Ten members attended the meeting at Reedsville School. Next week's assignment is two salads to be judged by the group. The next meeting will be held at the school on Monday evening May 25 at 8.
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Pomeroy
Reedsville
Columbia woman starts 4-H Club with thirteen members
Mrs. Reed Jeffers organized a 4-H Club in Columbia on Tuesday May 19 with thirteen members. Clothing was chosen as the summer subject and the next meeting was set for Thursday May 28 at the Columbia schoolhouse.
Parkersburg Dance Attended by Local Residents
A Tuesday evening Cab Calloway dance attracted Mr. and Mrs. Millard Wildermuth, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Davis, Mr. Robert Baxter, Mr. Thomas Crow, Miss Jacqueline Maag, and Miss Rose Hackett in Parkersburg West Virginia.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
Millard Wildermuth
Paul Davis
Robert Baxter
Thomas Crow
Jacqueline Maag
Rose Hackett
Local Residents Share Visits Across Towns
Mrs C F Tompkins of E Main St spent Wednesday in Columbus. Mr and Mrs Paul Thomas and son Jimmy Rogers of Point Pleasant visited Tuesday evening with the former's parents Mr and Mrs Roy al Thomas at Syracuse. Mrs Ike Neal and son Kit of Ravenna are visiting her parents Sheriff and Mrs George Beards of Second St. Mr William Bill Morris of E Main St left Tuesday for Cleveland to visit Dr and Mrs C B Miller where he will receive treatment for an infected ear.
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C. F. Tompkins
E. Main St
Columbus
Paul Thomas
Jimmy Rogers
Point Pleasant
Royal Thomas
Syracuse
Ike Neal
Kit
Ravenna
Sheriff
George Beards
Second St
William
Bill) Morris
C. B. Miller
Cleveland
George Grimes Dies After Illness in Columbus Hospital
Funeral services are set for George E. Grimes 56 of 1433 Oakwood Ave retired yardmaster for the Chesapeake and Ohio Rail Road who died yesterday in Mt. Carmel Hospital after a long illness. Burial will be in Obetz Cemetery. He was a charter member of the Southgate Lodge of Masons and a member of the Middleport Church of Christ. Survived by his wife Ada Grimes four daughters three sons a brother a half brother and two sisters.
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Columbus
George E. Grimes
Oakwood Ave
Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad
Mt. Carmel
Cook & Son
Obetz
Grimes
Southgate Lodge of Masons
Middleport Church of Christ
Ada Grimes
Marthalee Erfurt
Belvidere Ave
Carol, Louise
Maryanne Grimes
Drewen
Jack
James Grimes
Dallas
Tex
Wade Saxton
Charleston
W. Va
Mae Dent
Ward Davis
British Columbia
Canada
Rev John W McHahan to Speak at Victory Banquet
POMEROY The Rev John W McHahan of First Methodist Church South Zanesville will speak at a Victory Banquet on Wednesday evening May 27 at Simpson Methodist Church. The meal is free served by the Woman's Society for Christian Service with Mrs Alice Harper in charge. An offering will be received.
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John Elwood
Bethany
Forest Run
Bluffton College
Miss Lucille Dutton Contract Club wedding plans
Miss Lucille Dutton announced her May 23 wedding date to Corporal George Faris during a Contract Club gathering hosted by Miss Frances Pullin. Faris, a Dennison and UK Law School graduate, is stationed at Camp Wheeler Georgia.
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Middleport
Lucille Dutton
Frances Pullin
George Faris
O. R. Faris
Pomeroy
Tennessee
Miss Dutton
C. P. Dutton
Mies Muttan Lindererarten
An's
Amateur Gardeners Club
Corporal Faris
Pomeroy High School
Dennison University
Sigma Chi
National Fraternity
Law School
University of Kentucky
Camp Wheeler
Georgia
Helen Wood
Pullin
Harmon O’brien
Robert Coats
Plan Poppy Day Observed by Local American Legion Auxiliary
Middleport residents will observe Poppy Day this Saturday with the Feeney-Bennett Post Auxiliary in charge of sales. A window tribute to Flanders Field and Poppy Day is set in the Shiflet Building on Second Ave, former L. H. Variety Store location. Mrs Roger Kittle and children Helen and Michael have returned to Glouster after a two week stay with her family, delayed by her mother's illness.
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Middleport
Feeney-Bennett Post American Legion
Flanders Field
Shiflet
Second Ave
Glouster Middleport
Roger Kittle
Helen
Michael
Glouster
Frank McCoy
Hugh
Two Civil Service Examinations Announced
The Employment Office calls for junior stenographers and senior typists tests to be held Friday May 22 at Logan. Applicants report to the U S Employment office in Logan at 8 30. Local residents may obtain full information at Pomeroy City Hall.
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Pomeroy
Civil Service
Logan
U. S
Pomeroy City Hall
Red Cross First Aid Classes Completed at Meigs Station
Red Cross First Aid courses finished Sunday afternoon May 17 at the Meigs Compressor Station in Darwin under the Ohio Fuel Gas Co compressor department and instructor John P. Scott. Standard course graduates include Paul A. Ross Olan Genheimer Glen Taylor Harley Riggs Lowell Zeigler and Delbert King. Junior graduates are Ed Genheimer Donald Wayne Ross Kenneth Grove and Bobby Reed Zeigler. Harrisonville Eastern Star to hold annual inspection Friday at 8:30 with Ruth Funk of Athens inspecting.
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Pomeroy
Red Cross
Meigs
Darwin
Ohio Fuel Gas Co
John P. Scott
Minersville
Gas Company
Paul A. Ross
Olan Genheimer
Glen Taylor
Harley Riggs
Class Night at Pomeroy High Highlights Senior Pageant
Pomeroy High School presents Class Night Friday featuring a senior pageant and minstrel show. The program opens with David Clifton’s welcome and reports by Jean Mallory as Ruth Donahew leads the democracy themed pageant with several student participants and assistants.
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Trel
Pomeroy High School
David Clifton
Jean Mallory
Ruth Donahew
Marjorie Eynon
Leona Eskew
Charles Evans
Wilma Barnitz
Marjorie Forbes
Richard Canter
Milton Scholl
Herman Sponagle
Robert Davis
Robert Brickles
John Hawley
Herman Kasper
Mary Sayre
Louise Russell
Eileen Sauvage
Thelma Leifheit
Dorothy Jones
Mary Kaylor
Wanda Leibrand
Joan Harbrecht
Leo King
John Crooks
Albert Hendricks
Herman Sponagie
Robert Baxter
Kenneth Hartley
Donald Hart
Chanter
Bernice Vining
Ruth Pierce
Mildred Lisle
Rouise Russell
Marie Houdashelt
Cora White
Della Lightfoot
George Schiveler
Jean
Goett Private Stationed at Camp Robinson Arkansas
Mrs. Anthony Goett has learned her husband Private Anthony Goett is stationed at Camp Robinson Little Rock Arkansas. He left Meigs County with other draftees a week ago.
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Arkansas Middleport
Anthony Goett
Camp Robinson
Little Rock
Ark
Goett
Meigs County
Girl Scout Troop Plans Sugarless Menu for June Camp
Middleport residents learn Troop 1 Girl Scouts will spend the first week of June in camp with Mrs. Pearl Reynolds as captain. Patrols and leaders announced include Charlotte Brown with Dorothy Chase Mary Martha Roller Dorothy Scott Carlena Allensworth Patrol II led by Mary Lou Allensworth with Gladys Lou Folden Phyllis Smart Frances Pickens Susan Allensworth Patrol III led by Wanda Koehler with Jerry Pullin Virginia Jo Wise Leanna Darst Rosemary Fisher and Virginia Lu Schaaf.
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Middleport
Troop 1
Pearl Reynolds
Patrol
Charlotte Brown
Dorothy Chase
Mary Martha Roller
Dorothy Scott
Carlena Allensworth
Mary Lou Allensworth
Gladys Lou Folden
Phyllis Smart
Frances Pickens
Susan Allensworth
Wanda Koehler
Jerry Pullin
Virginia Jo Wise
Leanna Darst
Rosemary Fisher
Virginia Lu Schaaf
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Athens Messenger
Ohio State
MHS
Clifton
Firth ‘of Forth
Firth of Forth
Scotland
Broiler Producers
Pomeroy Social Notes
Pomeroy Personals
George Grimes
John McHahan
Middleport Social Notes
Eeree
Ohio University
Pi Beta Phi
Heath Methodist Church
Wom
Evangeline
Order of Eastern Star
Ruth Funk
District 25
Lillian Stieff
R. O. Fowler
Leroy Brown
Jolanda
Kathryn Roush
Lee Roush
Roush
Zella Cross
C. P. Gallagher
R. A. Miller
Chester Council
D of
Chester
Chester Council Daughters of America
Ada G. Morris
Elizabeth Hayes
Hattie Frederick
State Council of
Order
Bernice Ridenour
Golda Wolfe
Erma Clelland
Forest Rose Council
Tuppers Plains
Anna Tuttle
H. J. Hysell Furniture Company
Farmer, Prop
Eter
Game Wap
Colonial Finance CO
Berry Hotel Bldg
Athens, Ohio
Order of the Eastern Star
Pandora Strickland
Louanna Ebersbach
Rita Gainer
Mildred Neutzling
Kathryn McCabe
Wanda Potts
Earl Teaford
Robert Buckett
Paul Huber
Lawrence Parfitt
Tommy Crow
Massar
Pomeroy, Ohio
Eva Reinhart
Girl Scout Troop
Rathburns
Rutland, O
N. Court ST
Absorbine Jr
Woodbury
Max Factor
Ovaitine
Olc
Mellons Food
Bayer Aspirin
Miles
Midol
Sloan's Liniment
Wassize
OLS
Fitch
Lucky Tiger
Lady Esther Cream
Carters
Feenamint
Cascarets
Miles Nervine
Glovers
Wrisley
A.D. S. Foot Soap
Pablum
le Baby Castile
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