Pomeroy High School Holds 1951 Baccalaureate Service
Pomeroy Ohio held the seventy fifth baccalaureate for the 1951 graduating class Sunday at 7 30 p m in the Pomeroy Junior High School auditorium. Forty one seniors processed with the brass choir directing and the mixed choir singing Doxology Lord's Prayer and Beautiful Savior. Rev L M Mohrhoff chaired and preached on The Valley of Dry Bones assisted by William Morgan pastor of the Church of Christ. Girls chorus performed Bless the Lord O My Soul. Commencement exercises will be Thursday at 8 p m with Roger Barrett Ohio University philosophy professor delivering the address.
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Pomeroy
Pomeroy High School
Pomeroy Junior High School
Ray)n
Nolan Swackhammer
L. M. Mohrhoff
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Mohrhoff
William Morgan
Church of Christ
Riegger
Harold Hess
Federated Church
Valley of Dry Bones
Margaret Hawley
Janet Hill
Donald Houdashelt
Larry Hubbard
Don Hannel
Shirley Hysell
Kenneth Imboden
Fred Jenkins
Joanne Jones
Faye Lambert
John Leifheit
Patsy McGuire
Willard O'Neil
Peggy Persinger
Don Quisenberry
Margaret Renshaw
Thomas Rose
Yvonne Roush Richardson
Charlotte Schaefer
Norma Scholl
Hazel Schreiber
Robert Seyfr
Annual Flower Show Declared Successful in Middleport
Middleport garden clubs judging their Fifth Annual Spring Flower Show at Heath Methodist Church praised wide community interest and cooperation. Mrs. Hugh Garnett of Columbus lauded no poor arrangements, awarding blue ribbons across classes. About 300 visitors viewed two days of displays featuring iris, peonies, and natural-material compositions, with many attendees from Athens, Gallipolis, and Columbus.
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Hugh Garrnett
Middleport Garden Club
Amateur Gardeners Club
Mia
Frank White
Wil- Wam Juhling
Garrnett
L. EB. Reynolds
James Titus
Harold Lohse
John Kincaid
Middleport Club
Garen Stansbury
Stansbury
Titus
A. A. Dillard
Harry Hysel
Heath Methodist Church
Thomas Wolfe
Athens
Ohio Association of Garden Clubs
A. P. Browning
Laura Darnell
Diana
Billy Darnell
John Blazer
Paul McNealy
Oliver Lyle
Charles Swanson
Graham Dietrich
Burt Hanson
John Lloyd
Gallipolis
Faris
Nashville
Tenn
A. L. Rossiter
Milton Miller
Point Pleasant
Lloyd Roush
Erle Bridgewater
New Haven
Keith Me Ching
Hartford
Miles Dyer
Jennie Jones
C. A. Bingman
Glouster
James Jackson
Mildred Wells
Ewington
O. C. Lockwood
BR. C. Dodd
Leona Chapman
Coolville
H. A. Hamlin
Franklin Ginther
Gordon Harris
Columbus
Mary Jane Coffee Shop
E. S. Schaaf
Women Camp Plans Set for August Rural Event
Pomeroy rural women plan a camp at the Caves Camp site from August 8 to 11 with registration 2 to 4 p.m. and supper the first meal. Home demonstration agents and county homemakers formed a planning committee with Pauline Huck named program director. Each county will provide a homemaker to help lead activities and speak at a meal.
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He Caves
Mise Pauline Huck
Private Mills Hospitalized in Pennsylvania Visit
Pvt. Robert Mills, stationed at Indian Appa, Pa., confined to a GI hospital for treatment of rheumatic fever. His brother, Lt. (jg) Donald Mills, who has been in Reserve training for 10 days, flew to Pennsylvania to visit Pvt. Mills.
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Robertus
Indianaap
Tiis Brother
Donald Mills
Pennsylvania
Muls
Middleport Social Notes Reflect Senior Class Sendoff
Middleport High School hosts a senior sendoff with dancing and refreshments under class supervision. In town, Mrs. Hugh Garrnett attended a plant and flower judging luncheon for the Fifth Annual Spring Flower Show, while a bridal shower for Mrs. Richard Schwabb took place at the Smith home with gifts and a Queen for a Day contest. Boy Scouts Troop 45 enjoyed a Friday hike and wiener roast ending at Bradbury, and Mr and Mrs Kenneth Roush announce the birth of a daughter at Holzer Hospital weighing six and a half pounds named Joyce.
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Richard Schwabb
Mary Lou Smith
Oren Smith
Beech St
Boy Scouts
Mit White
Bradbury
American Legion Hall
S. Fourth Ave
Kenneth Roush
Holzer Hospital
Gallipolis
Joyce
Roush
Flossie Kyser
Birthday party for Janice Hauck planned by mother
A surprise birth day celebration for Janice Hauck was arranged by her mother Mrs Marie Hauck with four friends and her brother Jan. The cake was decorated with nine candles and lit as the guests, Kay Darst, arrived.
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Janice Hauck
Marie Hauck
Jan
Kay Darst
Seven Pillars of Character for Middleport Graduates
Middleport High School marked a 1951 baccalaureate with speaker Wert Dean naming seven pillars for character. The Rev. Pomeroy, Rev. Bangerter, and Rev. Ruppelt assisted prayers and scripture as the class entered to processional music. The ceremony featured robes, a band under James Larson, a Girls Glee Club performance, and hymns reflecting the theme The House That Wisdom Built.
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Charles M. Pomeroy
First Baptist Church
Louis A. Bang
Lois Cecil
Jesus
Bach
Mastersingers of
Nurenburg
Wagner
Committees Named for Banquet At Sacred Heart Church
Alumni banquet planning underway after two committees named Kitchen and Waitresses join co chairs for the event set Sunday in Sacred Heart Church auditorium. Decorating committee to meet Wednesday evening at 8 to begin church decorating.
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George Hackett
Ecgsirman
Pauline Angeletti
John Burris
Marcellene Buell
Angela Casci
Frank Fugate
Basie Girolami
Catherine Grueser
Agnes Grueser
John Handley
Walter Harris
Charles Mareinko
Ned Menchini
William Rinehart
James Sauders
William Wilburn
Henry Wippel
James Cullen
Robert O'Malley
John Bacon
Enzo Barsotti
Nelli Barsotti
Vincent Broderick
Paul Casey
David Goodwin
Komer Gordon
Christine Grueser
Paul Holter
William Jeric
Georgianna Marcinko
Rose Marcinko
Edwin Wehrung
Pomeroy Alumni Plan Final Meeting for Banquet
A final planning meeting of Pomeroy High School Alumni Association officers and committees is set for Tuesday at 8 p.m. at Olan Goodwin’s home to finalize details of the annual banquet and dance. Members are urged to return registration cards for meal reservations. dues and banquet costs are explained as two dollars for attendees and one dollar for non-attendees. Rex Koons and his orchestra will provide music. Russell's Restaurants will serve the pone.
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Olan Goodwin
Butternut Ave
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Carl Jennings
Rex Koons
Orchestra
Athens
Russell
Notice of Parole and Bids at Ohio University
A 1954 style notice lists John Smith, an inmate at Ohio Penitentiary, eligible for parole by the Parole Commission after serving 2 to 20 years for incest, with a separate bid call from Ohio University Athens for Military Property Storeroom ROTC improvements. It includes bid requirements, forms, and the right to reject proposals.
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Ohio Penitentiary
Columbus
Athens County
Pardonant Parole Commission
Ardon
G. Poole
Parole and
Seelerk
Besset
Ithe
Ohio University
Athena
Ohio
Mey St
Obleiversity Stadium
Athens
Dynto University
Herbert
Harvey Still Hurt in Fall at Kerrs Run Embankment
Harvey Still of Pomroy fell about 25 feet from a Kerrs Run sewer embankment around 9 35 p m Sunday night. He sustained head and facial lacerations and was reported resting comfortably at Meigs Central Hospital. Neighbors investigated after tin cans and broken glass noises drew attention to the accident site.
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Harvey Still
Meigs Central Hospital
Still
Kerrs Run
Middleport
Grace Episcopal Church Woman's Auxiliary Meeting
The Woman's Auxiliary of Grace Episcopal Church met at Mrs. W. J. Cameron's Kingsbury Road home with co host Mrs. Leo Story and president Mrs. Cedric Clark. Grace Horton led devotionals and Mrs. Patrick Lochary spoke on visits to Cincinnati Children's Hospital Bethany Home and Glendale Episcopalian home for girls. Delegates and alternates were chosen for the Cincinnati convention. Dessert was served amid iris decorations.
Weekend Visitors and Local Movements Across Ohio Valley
Mr and Mrs John Dixon of South Charleston W Va spent Sunday with Miss Sara Ker wood sister of Mrs J Leonard who is being treated for blood poisoning in her knee from a fall Chester Owens stationed at Wright Field Dayton spent weekend with his wife and children guests of her parents L L Long on vacation accompanied Mrs Long and daughter Dorothy Long Mrs James Clatworthy and Billy Neutziing to Columbus and Parkersburg W Va Friday group went to Shrews berry W Va to visit Miss Nora Clatworthy who accompanied them for a visit Mr and Mrs Gene Norton left for Cleveland to visit Mrs Nortons brother and sister in law Mrs Homer Shank and Mrs Jud Bradford of Columbus visited here and in Pomeroy and Rutland they visited aunt Mrs R B Laughead recovering from illness Stopped in Middleport for lunch then Cheshire for Cheshire Academy High School alumni banquet with Mrs Hollis Scott of Columbus and sisters Mrs Clara Hesse and Mrs Bernice Stewart of Pleasantville former Misses Pinney of Cheshire Mr and Mrs Douglas McHaffie and son Barry moved from Stover property on S Fourth Ave to Lincoln St vacated by Gwens family Mrs Charles Williamson in Point Pleasant caring for granddaughter Mrs T L Morrison Jr ill from blood poisoning in her hand.
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South Charleston
W. Va
Sara Kerwood
Hollis Scott
Columbus
Clara Hesse
Bernice Stewart
Pleasantville
Pinney
Cheshire
Douglas McHaffie
Barry
Stover
S. Fourth Ave
Lincoln St
Gwens Famiy
Charles Williamson
Point Pleasant
T. L. Morrison, Jr
Lincoln Heights road repair to start Tuesday morning
Mayor Sidney A. Spencer announced the Lincoln Heights road repair will begin Tuesday and residents are urged to move vehicles. The project, bid accepted at a special council meeting, should be completed Saturday with traffic maintained during work. Also, a village council meeting is set for 8 pm at City Hall.
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Sidney A. Spencer
Lincoln Heights
Spencer
City Hall
152 Students Recognized For Perfect Attendance
POMEROY Rutland and Olive Orange school pupils earned perfect attendance for the 1950 51 year. O . Patterson county superintendent announced. Certificates were awarded to many Olive Orange Rutland and city students including Doris Pooler Alma Burke Doris Coles Jos Hench and others for exemplary attendance records.
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Rutland and Olive Orange
O. ©. Patterson
Olive - Orange
Doris
Donald Pooler
David W Wayne Bennett
Ethel Jonesie Cole
Cecilia Gaul
Doris C Pell
Mariene Westfall
Marion Deeter
Asa Boring
Karen Skidmore
Michael Skidmore
David Davis
Audrey Spencer
Tressie Gilland
Sharon <Hields
Lee Cowdery
Roger Pratt
Carl Landon
Wilbur Robinson
Kathryn Barber
Samuel Baker
Carroll Berry
Janice Caldwell
David Pratt
Jane Ann Chaffee
Richard Cowdery
Dale Adams
Roger Gaul
Keith Vineyard
Josephine Spencer
Donna Jean Jogers
Linda Rockhold
Phyllis Smith
Nita Jean Cole
Martha Goebel
Patricia Deeter
Marlene Robinson
Alma Burke
Paulette Rockhold
Ralph Chevalier
Mary Jane Spencer
Lieren Knight
James Eynon
Sylvia Harris
Mary Vineyard
Dale Kuhn
Marlene Newland
Ernestine Creadie
Robert Swain
Sybil Baynon
Robert Dorst
Earle Shultz
Clifford Longinette
Clarence Atherton
Gertrude Buchanan
Louise Koentz
Norma Jean Robinson
Keith Chaffee
James Chaffee
Nadine Newland
Rose Douglas
Rutland
Noah Carroll
Tommy Carrol
Charles Searles
Jane Parsons
Creila Priddy
Donald Pierce
Charles Barrett
Charles Bowles
Margaret Smith
David Pierce
Patty Rife
Lavonne Priddy
Carol Ledile
Dorothy Hysell
Irene Searles
Clara Hysell
Marjory Priddy
Charlotte Priddy
William Romine
Catherine Pierce
Larry Morris
Eunice Carroll
Juanita Priddy
Hilda Shoemaker
Mary Hysell
Dee Thomas
Ralph Priddy
Yvonne Smith
Ronnie Rife
Robert Romine
Johnny Priddy
Audrey Cloneh
Phyllis Bar
Band Boosters Plan Meeting For Tuesday
POMEROY The Pomeroy Band Boosters announce a 7 30 p m meeting at the Senior High to review the band drive and decide if funds meet the cost of new uniforms. President Fred Blaettar says contributions must come in by Tuesday evening or pledges by September 1. Public welcome. officials urge supporters to contribute or pledge.
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Fred Blaettar
Blaettrar
Blaettnar
Blaettar
Joe Raub
Blaettmar
Blaetmar
Harry Ohlinger
Elia Bryant
Fred Rosenbaum
Teachers Plan Annual Dinner by Four Schools
Representatives from four schools met at the Lafayette Hotel in Gallipolis for luncheon to outline tentative plans for the annual Teachers Dinner in October, aligned with the Southeast ern Ohio Education Association meeting. The dinner committee includes Miss Mary Ohlinger of Middleport, Miss Elliott of Athens, Miss Barber of Nelsonville, and Miss Poston of Rio Grande. Mrs. Richard Owen and two daughters visit relatives in Columbus for two weeks.
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Southeastern Ohio Education Association
Lafayette Hotel
Gallipolis
Mary Ohlinger
Elliott
Athens
Barber
Nelsonville
Poston
Rio Grande
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