Pomeroy School Hosts 74th Baccalaureate Service
About 500 people attended the 74th annual baccalaureate at Pomeroy High School where James Walker of the Church of Christ spoke on choosing one's path ahead. He urged graduates to decide wisely between narrow and broad ways as they enter adulthood.
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Pomeroy
Pomeroy High School
James Walker
Walker
Lewis C. Berger
Girls Glee Club
Marceline Buell
M. R. Walter
Glee Club
Sanderson
Green Pastures
Stensons
Berger
Town Congregations Join In Senior Class Services
Middleport High School seniors in caps and gowns led a baccalaureate service in the auditorium. Church congregations and church officers joined services. Patricia Kennedy and others received Bibles at Heath Methodist Church. The Rev W B Moore preached on America and you with a focus on prayer and mission.
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Middleport
Middleport High School
Yoder
Glee Club
Besthoff
God of Our Fathers
la Vergne Stone
Lois Cecil
Patricia Kennedy
W. B Moore
Heath Methodist Church
America
All Church
Coreline Manley
Donna Ward
Minor Mishaps In Columbus Baseball Tournament
In a series of minor accidents Julie Mitch a high school sophomore was struck on the ankle by a foul ball at the Columbus baseball tournament Saturday and used crutches. Rodney Sauer received treatment at Meigs General Hospital after cutting a hand at work. three steel pieces were removed. Donald Geary recovers from an eye injury after being hit by rusty wire. William Walters Evans Super Market manager treated for a finger wound from a twisted wire. Dickie Harris son of Mr and Mrs Stewart Harris sustained a broken nose while playing ball.
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Middleport
Julie Mitch
Columbus
Rodney Sauer
Meigs General Hospital
Donald Geary
William Walters
Evans Super Marke
Dickie Harris
Stewart Harris
Membership Announced at United Methodist Church
During morning services at the United Methodist Church Mrs Hayman Barnitz and Leo Crew were baptized by Rev. Lewis C Berger and later with Billie Joe Spencer they were accepted into membership. Several transferred members joined from Ohio and West Virginia including the Moores Britain Gordons Treveys Quinn and Biddles. New Testaments were presented to 1950 graduates Bonnie Eichinger Donald Ebersbach John Buckley Carl Nease Rhea Ann Gears Joyce Phillips and Robert Barnitz.
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Otis Trevey
MecMechen
Benwood
W. Va
Allen Quinn
Athens
Carl Biddle
Wauseon
Ohio
Pomeroy High School
Bonnie Eichinger
Donald Ebersbach
John Buckley
Carl Nease
Rhea Ann Gears
Joyce Phillips
Robert Barnitz
Memorial Day Speaker Set for Beech Grove Cemetery
James W. Lang Jr. of Manchester Ohio, judge advocate of the American Legion Ohio Department, World War II veteran and former commander of the Seventh District, will speak at the Drew Webster Post No 39 Memorial Day program at Beech Grove Cemetery. He served 33 months from 1943 to 1945 with four bronze stars and saw service in England France and Germany.
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Pomeroy
Beech Grove Cemetery
Drew Webster
American Legion
James W. Lang, Jr
Manchester
Ohio
Department of Ohio
England
France
Germany
Third Grade At Central School Holds Noon Pot-Luck Picnic
The Central School third grade held a noon pot-luck at Naylor's Run Memorial Playground. Attendees included teacher Mrs. Helen Nease, room mothers Mrs. Harold Lohse and Mrs. Whitney Ingraham, and aides Mrs. Max Folmer, Mrs. Harlan Wehring, Mrs. Thurma Milhoan, and Mrs. Edgar Thomas. Mrs. Folmer brought a decorated cake for her son Paul on his ninth birthday.
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Pomeroy
Central School
Naylor’s Run
Helen Nease
Harold Lohse
Whitney Ingraham
Max Folmer
Harlan Wehring
Thurma Milhoan
Edgar Thomas
Folmer
Paul
Pomeroy Central PTA Meant to Gather Monday Evening
The Pomeroy Central School PTA schedules a Monday evening meeting at the school. Retiring president Mr. Harold Lohse has organized a program for the session.
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Pomeroy—Central
PTA
Harold Lohse
Families travel notices from Lincoln Heights and Florida visit
Dr. Rosalind Cummings and her son Douglas accompanied by cousins Mrs. Willard Grant and Miss Dorothy Ebersbach visited Florida. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer White left Sunday for vacation from Lincoln Heights. Mr. and Mrs. Mike Simmons, also of Lincoln Heights, returned Saturday from Moundsville after attending funeral services for Mrs. Simmons's uncle.
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Rosalind Cummings
Douglas
Willard Grant
Dorothy Ebersbach
Florida
Elmer White
Lincoln Heights
Mike Simmons
Moundsville
Mrs. Simmons
Biron Family Attends Chicago Funeral for Shirley Biron
Mr and Mrs Jules R Biron Jr return from Chicago where they attended funeral services for Shirley Biron 23 of Point Pleasant who died at Holzer Hospital She was a Sacred Heart Church choir member and Sacred Heart Guild secretary and often visited the Biron home where she stayed with Mr and Mrs Ray Durst the Birons in laws.
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Middleport
Jules R. Biron
Chicago
Shirley Biron
Point Pleasant
Holzer Hospital
Biron
Birons
Sacred Heart Church
Sacred Heart Guild
Ray Durst
Jules R. Biron Jr
Eiselstein Services Set for Margaret Eiiselstein
Funeral services are being arranged by the Ewing funeral home for Margaret Eiiselstein, 90, who died Sunday morning at the home of her daughter Norma Dean in Chester. She is survived by six children Delbert Pomeroy Ernest Wallace Roy Amherstdale Mabel Shank Norma Dean and Dayton Narrows.
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Pomeroy
Ewing Funeral Home
Margaret Eiiselstein
Norma Dean
Chester
Delbert
Ernest
Wallace
Idaho
Roy
Amherstdale
W. Va
Mabel Shank
Columbus
Dayton
Narrows
Education Board Holds May Meeting
The Meigs County Board of Education met in the county school superintendent’s office on Saturday morning. The board approved payment of current bills and conducted routine business. Woodrow Wilson was re appointed attendance officer for an additional year.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County Board of Education
Woodrow Wilson
Sigman Rites Wednesday
Funeral services for Rufus M. Sigman 79 die at Meigs General Hospital will be held Wednesday at 1 p.m. at Cheshire Baptist Church with Rev. Shirley Woods and Rev. B L Darat officiating. Masonic rites by Siloan Lodge F and AM, interment Cheshire Gravel Hill Cemetery.
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Middleport
Rufus M. Sigman
Meigs General Hospital
Cheshire Baptist Church
Shirley Woods
B. L. Darat
Siloan Lodge F & AM
Sigman
Cheshire Gravel Hill Cemetery
Rawlings-Coats
Cheshire
Blanche B
Ethel
Hobart
Elmer Sigman
Victor Swain
Racine
Charles Ramsey
Akron
James Kersey
Nitro
W. Va
Albert Hammack
Charleston
John Prosser
Elyria
Rosa Gibson
Huntington
Floyd
Ammon
Marshall
Poca
Busy Bee Class Service At First Baptist Church
The Busy Bee Class of the First Baptist Church held a devotional with theme Will There Be Any Stars in Your Crown. Mrs A R Pullen led, with Mrs C P Bradbury on piano, and Mrs Shirley Mills on prayer article. Thirty attended and May birthdays were honored with handkerchiefs.
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Middleport
A. R. Pullen
Busy Bee
First Bapist Church
Chuirch
C. P. Bradbury
Pullen
J. O. Leonard
George McGhee
M. M. Stupeck
Wyatt Swindler
John Seines
C. H. Wise
Buddy
John Mayer
Lawrence Bing
Dana Hamilton
William Haptonstall
C. J. Sauer
Women’s Association Meeting Time Shift at Presbyterian Church
The Women’s Association of First Presbyterian Church in Middleport will meet at 8 p.m. Wednesday instead of Thursday due to the Eighth Grade commencement. Miss Mary Ohlinger, Middleport representative to the all state youth conference in Columbus in April, will be the guest speaker.
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Middleport
Women's Association of
First Presbyterian Church
Mary Ohlinger
Columbus
Speater
Middleport Missionary Society Members Set for Canton Trip
Mrs William Bradford leads the Samantha Bradford Missionary Society as members depart for the Church of Christ conventions in Canton. Attendees include Mrs Edward French Mrs Joe Young Sr Mrs RK B Loughead and Miss Frances Roush with planning held at Mrs Youngs home. Miss Mildred Hawley and Miss Roush reviewed United Christian Missionary work in Japan. The Middleport Fire Department Auxiliary will meet tonight at the firemen s hall.
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Middleport
Church of Christ of Christ State
Canton
Samantha Bradford Missionary Society
William Bradford
Edward French
Joe Young
RK. B. Loughead
Frances Roush
Young
Mildred Hawley
Roush
United Christian Missionary Work
Japan
Middleport Fire Department
Firemen's Hall
Loyal Wo Men's Class Meeting At Church
Middleport reports the Loyal Women's Class of the Church of Christ will meet Thursday evening. Mrs. C. C. Chapman's group will serve as hostesses at the church.
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Middleport
Church of Christ
C. C. Chapman
Fireman Application Deadline Extended in Middleport
Deadline for stationary boiler firemen applications extended to June 1 due to difficulty in securing applicants. Employment in Middleport and vicinity. Details and forms available from Hazel Van Cooney at the Middleport post office.
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Middleport
Hazel van Cooney
U. S. Civil Service
Pomeroy Poppy Sal Distributions Scheduled Saturday
Memorial poppies will be distributed on the streets of Pomeroy on Saturday May 27 by volunteer workers of the American Legion Auxiliary. They will receive contributions for the Legion Auxiliary and Legion activities in behalf of disabled war veterans and needy children of veterans.
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Pomeroy — Memorial
Pomeroy
American Legion Auxiliary
Legion Auxiliary
Legion
Home Burns At Bidwell in Fire That Harms None
Fire at 3 30 Saturday afternoon destroyed the home of Mrs Fannie F Diggs 65 at Bidwell damaging neighboring property and an adjacent smoke house. Deputy Garland Nibert found the blaze caused by defective wiring with only a bicycle saved and no one inside. Damage totals around 2500 for the Diggs home and 300 for Emory Bunch next door.
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Gallipolis
Fannie F. Diggs
Bidwell
Garland Nibert
Meigs County Land Transfers Ensure Property Moves Across Towns
A series of Meigs County land transfers lists numerous parcels by owner, lot and acreage across Salisbury Pomeroy Olive Rutland and Rutland areas. Notable transfers include Eloise Walker to Starling Hysell for 72 to 100 acre, and Mary and W A Watson to John Sheets Jr for 1 acre in Rutland.
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Eloise Walker
Starling Hysell
Salisbury
Millard
Vera van Meter
Ray
Garnet Roush
Syracuse
Hershel
Marjorie Manuel
William
Lera Jones
Mary
W. A. Dotson
Charles R. Sheets
Emma
R. E. Powell
Earl R. Heiner
Dorothy
Malcolm Roller
J. E
Francis White
Lot
Pomeroy
W. A. Watson
John Sheets Jr
Rutland
Okley Cleland
Blanche
Frank
Walter Cleland
Racine
Walter
Mae Cleland
Frank Cleland
H. A. Cole Lumber Co., Inc
Aaron
Iris Kelton
Henrietta
R. Faris
Harry
Ethel Canterberry
Mary L. Freeman
Michael Freeman
Howard Sayre
Helen Hughes
Lebanon
Stanley Swan
Elizabeth Lyons
Ulah Swan
Olive
Elizabeth
Lindsay Lyons Jr
Eulah Swan
Marvin J. Mayer
Fraedica
Albert
Rosa Mayer
John and
Mary Richards
John
Rosie Lee Eskew
F. H
Henrietta O’brien
Grace Louden
George H. Durst
Annie Durst
Maurice and
Marcella Durst
Elias
Jewel Saxton
Dudsy
Dale Smith
Rutand
Wilburn Attends Funeral for Gertrude Burris in Columbus
W P Wilburn attends funeral services in Columbus for his cousin Mrs Gertrude J Burris 42 who died at her home 1125 FE 21st St Requiem mass was held at St Patrick s Church and burial followed at St Joseph s Cemetery.
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Middleport
W. P. Wilburn
Columbus
Gertrude J
Burris
St. Patrick's Church
St. Joseph's Cemetery
Three Men Arrested on Alcohol and Threats Charges
Henry Wyatt Pomeroy 37 of Pomeroy Star Route arrested by the sheriff Saturday night and charged with Intoxication. Wilbur Van Meter 24 of Guysville held for operating a motor vehicle under the influence. Pete McCloud 24 arrested by Officers Bailey and Werry charged with menacing threats and challenging others to fight.
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Pomeroy
Henry Wyatt
Sheriff's Office
Wilbur Francis van Meter
Guysville
Charles Russell
Pete McCloud
Bailey and Werry
Alumni Dinner and Dance Planned by Chester Alumni
Chester Alumni Association secretary Paul Baer announced the annual banquet and dance on Monday May 29 in the high school auditorium. Banquet at 7 p.m. catered by Albert Russell of Pomeroy. dance by The Rhythm Aces of Marietta. Class of 1950 invites as guests. reunions for 1931 and 1941 also noted.
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Chester
Chester Alumni Association
Paul Baer
Albert Russell
Pomeroy
Rhythm Aces
Marietta
George Smith Rites Planned for Racine Man
George Washington Smith 83 died Sunday at his Racine home. Rites set for Wednesday at 2 p m at the Methodist Church. Survived by widow Bertha and three sons Charles Alliance Luther Spencer W Va and Rob ert Point Pleasant. Friends may call at Ewing Funeral Home until noon Wednesday then at the church after 1 p.m.
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Pomeroy
George Washington Smith
Racine
Methodist
Bertha Smith
Charles
Alliance
Luther
Spencer
W. Va
Robert
Point Pleasant
Ewing
Seven Win Twelve Places at State Scholarship Tests
Racine High School students competed in the Athens state scholarship tests on May 6. Eileen Wickline led with two firsts in Latin I and Spanish I and a 12th in Latin I statewide, joined by Maxine Cozart with two firsts in Spanish I and a third in Spanish I district. Judy Shain earned fourth in English 10 and honorable mention in English 10 statewide, with Janice Hayman second in Latin II and sixth in Latin I district. Other honorees and certificates are listed for additional participants across English, science, biology, history, and social studies.
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Racine
Athens
Ohio University
Judy Shain
Mildred Gillilin
Edna Foster
Thelma Deem
Janice Hayman
Eileen Wickline
Maxine Cozart
Dana van Meter
James Roush
Paul Marr
Beulah West
U. S
John Webb
Lewis Talbott
Ruth Bradford
Bookear
Barbara Gainer
Religious Education Financial Drive Slated
Twenty five leaders and officers of First Baptist Church were recognized during the morning service. Rev. Charles Pomeroy prayed for all. Announcement was made of the Religious Weekday Education financial drive. Workers meet Tuesday at 7 30 p m at the church to receive materials and territory assignments.
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Middleport
First Baptist Church
Charles Pomeroy
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