Middleport Pupils Award Day Recognizes Students
Middleport High School honored students from first grade through seniors during Awards Day. Key honorees include Paddy Jo Lambert and Bill Durst with honor keys and Paddy Jo Lambert also winning the Reader's Digest award. Bob Ashley received the Most Valuable Player award in the SEC League. The event featured speakers, band under Franklin Ginther, and trophies for SEC League champions to Supt. L. W. McComas and a gold basketball to Coach David Winefordner.
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Middleport
Middleport High School
Leo Kennedy
Earnight
Mary Ohlinger
Lois Cecil
Nan Moore
Forrest Ward
Mildred Ohlinger
Susan Park
Lucille Smith
Vinas Lee
L. W. McComas
Paddy Jo Lambert
Bill Darst
Paddy Jo
Bob Ashley
Yellow Jacket
Southeastern Ohio
All Ohio
Ohio
Jerry Beach
Linda Grimm
Larry Lewis
Leah Rowley
Doris Ann Dow
June Chancey
Janet Manley
Marie Fife
Marilyn Sue Knight
Marlene Knapp
Julie Probasco
Helen Stobart
Betty Kloes
Carole June Goff
Judith Jacobs
John Talbott
Fauna Bailey
Megan Cluff
Fred Lewis
Judy Jacobs
Terry Gallager
Judy Cluff
Nancy Hartley
Don Davis
Frank Easter
Judith Cluff
Marilyn Bailey
Roger Chancey
Harry Glaze
Drewy Gore
Phyllis Gothard
George Greenlee
Charles Hess
Sidney Kloes
Bill McGhee
Rae Ann Mills
Paul Moore
Darlyne Mulford
Kathryn Payne
Laura Rowley
Sally Sauer
Carter Smith
Florence Sneiler
Carl Taylor
Marcella Taylor
Charlene Walburn
Charles Winebrenner
Bill Puckett
Honor Keys
Bill Durst
Reader's Digest
Gordon Guthrie
Kay Stiles
Keith Anderson
Arthur Clark
James Mills
Leo Kennedy, Jr
Bruce Bradford
Priscilla Harpole
Janet Valentine
Thomas Kelly
Steven Jacobs
Robert Hayes
Glee Club
Awaneeely
Bill Turner
Larry Lacey
Harold Carr
David Winefordner
Charles Stanley
F. M. Cluff
Mary Bradley
X Ray Test Results Due In 8 Weeks
Meigs County health officials announce that chest x rays taken by two mobile units will have results in six to eight weeks. Cards will be mailed to participants after readings by a Columbus chest specialist, with calls to any suspects and further checks by the health department and the Meigs County Tuberculosis and Health Association assisting in mailings.
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Health Department
the Department
Shavorinsky
Meigs County Tuberculosis and Health Association
Pomeroy Plans 77th Class Graduation Exercises
Dr. W R Flesher will deliver the commencement address at Pomeroy's 77th annual ceremony in the Junior High auditorium at 8:00 p m on Thursday May 28. Sixty two diplomas will be awarded. J E White will present the Class of 1953. Baccalaureate is May 24 at 7 30 p m with Rev Leslie Kunze speaking.
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Pomeroy
W. R. Flesher
Ohio State University
Bureau of Educational Research
W. A. Smith
J. E. White
Charlies Speer
Grace Episcopal Church
Pomeroy High School
Ray Woodgeard
Bortniansky-Tkach
Lucille Swackhamer
Rodgers
America
Leslie Kunze
Marilyn Vickers
Lena Mitch
Sally Bartels
Divorce Suit Filed in Meigs County Court
POMEROY Chancing gross neglect of duty Cleora Gretta Mason a minor by Clara Weyand her mother files for divorce from Clarence E Mason in Meigs County Common Pleas Court. Plaintiff seeks custody of one minor child.
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Pomeroy
Cleora Gretta Mason
Clara Weyand
Clarence E. Mason
Meigs County Common Pleas Court
Racine Daily Bible School Opens May 25
Racine will start its Bible school on May 25 and run through June 5. The event begins 10:30 a.m. with Racine Baptist Church hosting. daily sessions run 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Worship rotates between the Racine Baptist and Methodist churches. Rev. T. T. Shelton and Rev. John Elwood co direct with both pastors overseeing the program.
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Pomeroy Ane
Racine
Theu
The
Baptist Church
John Elwood
Methodist Church
Earl Young Rites Held
Funeral services for Earl Young, a C. and O. railroad engineer, were held Sunday afternoon at the Federated Church in Pomeroy. Rev. Dale H. Ratliff officiated with musical selections by Mrs. Ben Neutzling and daughter, Mrs. Louis Ann Burt. Pallbearers were co workers Arthur Fick Robert Louks Martin Canfield E C Owens John Taylor and Charles Peoples. Honorary pallbearers were the Men s Bible Class of the Federated Church and flowers bearers. Out of town attendees included Mr and Mrs Charles Ackley from Guysville Harry Young of Logan Mr and Mrs Clarence Smith and daughter Marie of Columbus Mr and Mrs John Batchelder of Shade Mr and Mrs R E Gillespie and sons Wesley Jimmie anderry of Bellefontaine Mr and Mrs Edison Wessa of Columbus Hobart Young of Bellefontaine and Mr and Mrs Clifford Young of Middleport plus Mrs Alice Louise Jones of Columbus.
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Federated Church
Charles Ackley
Guysville
Harry Young
Logan
Clarence Smith
Marie
Columbus
John Batchelder
Shade
R. E. Gillesie
Wesley
Jimmie
Erry
Belle
First Strawberries Of Season Reported In Middleport
Dewey Guthrie of Pearl Street reports the first home grown strawberries of the season. He gave berries as gifts to Evans Market manager William Walters and market cashier Mrs. Harold Hubbard. Guthrie attributes early ripening to lime treatment per his theory.
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Middleport
Dewey Guthrie
Pearl St. Middleport
William Walters
Evans Market
Harold Hubbard
Guthrie
Polio Victim in Ceres to Return Home After Treatment
M R SAn borns report son-in-law Joe Stanford, polio survivor in a full body brace since December 18 1951, will return home after extended hospital care. American Legion Post of Ceres funds a special room for continued treatment and teachers expect him to resume teaching at Ceres High School this fall.
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Middleport
M. R. Sanborns
Joe Stanford
American Legion Post
Ceres
Retail Tax Receipts Rise in Meigs County Week
Meigs County retail sales tax receipts for the week ending May 9 show an increase of 2800 over the 1952 week. The current week totals 6309.15 versus 3545.73 for the same period last year, per state treasurer Roger W. Tracy.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Roger W. Tracy
Eighth Grade Students Hold End-of-School Party at Middleport High
Middleport Junior High eighth graders hosted their annual end-of-year party at Middleport High School last night with guests from Bradbury Hobson Sacred Heart Pomeroy. Mrs Nan Moore and Myron Miller led games and programs followed by a buffet supper and student committees handling games folk dances and program planning.
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Middleport
Middleport High School
Bradbury
Hobson
Sacred Heart
Pomeroy
Nan Moore
Myron Miller
David Winefordner
Charles Stanley
Mary Ohlinger
Earl Knight
L. W. McComas
Franklin Ginther
Winefordyner
Stanley
Miller
Ginther
Kay Stiles
Shirley Roush
Linda Beaver
Leo Kennedy, Jr
Eddie Kitchen
Bobby T. Hennesy
Gordon Guthrie
Bruce Bradford
Arthur Clark
Billy Brown
Linda Fiering
Mrs. Brown
David Hindy
Olivia Hemmons
Bill Fink
Noun
Charles Davis
Verb
Priscilla Harpole
Richard Hovatter
Keith Anderson
Sandra Fultz
Mrs. Moore
Miss Ohlinger
Steven Jacobs
Bessie Pettit
Ernest Kauff
Judy Ferguson
Janet Valentine
Kenneth Searles
Bobby T. Henntsy
James Mills
Carole Owens
Church listings and schedules across Pomeroy area
Local church notices provide Sunday school times worship services and midweek activities for numerous congregations including Rutland, Antiquity Baptist, Church of God Syracuse Nazareth Sacred Heart Chester Methodist and more. Posted schedules name pastors service times and special meetings in the region.
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Rutland
Syracuse
Church OF the Nazarene
M. C. Lartmore
NYPS
Weday
Visitation Evangelism
Sacred Heart
George Voytke
Pechester
4-H Club Activities At Hemlock Grange Hall
The Hoyttown Cloverettes 4-H Club met with eleven of thirteen members at Hemlock Grange Hall. New members Patty and Sharon Douglas joined. Demonstrations included Hem insertion and buttonhole making. The next meeting will be May 25 at 7 p.m. at Hemlock Grange Hall.
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Hoyttown Cloverettes
Hemlock Grange Hall
Janet Heines
Patty
Sharon Douglas
Ruth Stockton
Linda Stockton
Vickie Clark
Mildred Stockton
Meigs General Hospital Admits and Births Report
Admitted Joyce Collins Pomeroy Route 1 Mrs Everett Caldwell Middleport Leo Morris Rutland Richard Koblentz near Chester Diane VanCoffey Middleport Ellsworth Baker Syracuse Births Mr and Mrs Ed Moore Middleport a daughter Mr and Mrs Everett Caldwell a son Mrs Dorothy Wells and daughter Mrs Violet Smith and son Richard Koblentz Mrs Edith Jay Mrs William Radford Diane VanCooney Mrs Dorothy Clark and baby Mrs Lillie Deck
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Joyce Collins
Pomeroy
Everett Caldwell
Middleport
Leo Morris
Rutland
Richard Koblentz
Neer Chester
Diane VanCoffey
Ellsworth Baker
Syracuse
Ed Moore
Dorothy Wells
Violet Smith
Edith Jay
William Radford
Diane van Cooney
Dorothy Clark
Lillie Deck
Returned Korea Vet Phones From Detroit
A telephone call from Cpl. Charles Byer to his parents in Middleport came from Detroit where he was temporarily after returning to the United States from Korea. Corporal Byer, with the 226th Signal Corps, had been in Korea since December 1951 and is expected home in time to attend graduation exercises at Middleport High School next Thursday when his brother Bob will receive his diploma.
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Middleport
Cpl
Charles
Kenneth E. Byer
N. Third Ave
Detroit
United States
Korea
Corporal Byer
226Th Signal Corps
Middleport High School
Bob
Ex-Railroad Worker Reported Critically Ill
Elmer Leaper, a former railroad worker from Middleport, is reported critically ill with a heart ailment. He lies in Memorial Hospital, Coshocton, per Gallipolis relatives, and is brother to Chester Leaper, Gallipolis police chief, and son of Mia Joseph Leaper of the same city.
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Middleport
Elmer Leaper
Memorial Hospital
Coshocton
Gallipolis
Chester Leaper
Mia
Joseph Leaper
That City
Meigs Girl To Get Diploma From Hospital
POMEROY Mrs Marcellene Buell of Middleport and Mrs A B Woodrum of Clifton W Va will travel to Cincinnati for the Bethesda Hospital baccalaureate and commencement as Emma Jane Buell joins the hospital graduating class a granddaughter of Mrs Woodrum
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Pomeroy
Marcellene Buell
Middleport
A. B. Woodrum
Clifton
W. Va
Cincinnati
Bethesda Hospital
Middleport Churches Call Week Services and Baccalaureate
Middleport churches schedule a full week with Sunday services, Bible studies, and choir work led by pastors Hoyt Bangerter and Ruppelt. The baccalaureate at Middleport High School features Hoyt on How To Live Victoriously and Harrisonville sermon by Ruppelt.
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Middleport
First Baptist Church
Claremont
E. Hoyt
Pomeroy Baptist Association
Hoyt
Middleport High School
Priscilla Circle
Jean Clark
Love-Joy
Willis Anthony
Carivass
Iean
Pester
L. R. Wiley
Heath Methodist
Louis A. Bangerter
First Presbyterian
Howard E. Ruppelt
Harrisonville Presbyterian Church
Harrisonville High School
Church OF the Nazarene
Robert Styer
Young People's Meeting
Dr Bowman Leads Meeting At Conference In Ohio Church Group
Dr C M Bowman superintendent of the North District of the Ohio Southeast Conference led a final local church conference for the Tup pers Plains EUB Charge uniting three churches. Mr Nichols of Lottridge was elected delegate and Mrs Christy alternated. A Lancaste r conference is planned for late August. Lee Gaston was reelected parsonage trustee to three years.
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Tuppers Plains
EUB
Lottridge
South Bethel
C. M. Bowman
North District
Ohio Southeast Conference
W. A. Frost
Garrett Christy
Christy
Nichols
Ohio Southeast
Evangelical United Brethren Churches
Lancaster
Lee Gaston
Gaston
Parsonage Board of Trustees
Pomeroy School Board Reviews Improvement BidS
Pomeroy Board of Education reviewed bids for rehabilitation projects. Theo Johnson Co. Logan recommended for reroofing at 6443 dollars. other bids ranged up to 9971 dollars. Pomeroy Cement Block Co. bid 3150 for interior decorating, with a lower 2541 not recommended. Dobson-Evans Co. bids selected for chairs and desks over competing offers. Final acceptance awaits ruling by the State Department of Education.
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Pomeroy
Pomeroy Board of Education
W. A. Smith
Pomeroy Schools
State Department of Education
Smith
Theo Johnson Co
Logan
McCreary Roofing
Erie
Charles H. Hagan
Huntington
W. Va
Tri-State Roofing Co
Parkersburg
Pomeroy Cement Block Co
Dobson-Evans Co
Miller Office Supply Co
Do Evans Co
Howard Mullen
Dobson-Evans
Dairy Group Plans Awards At Meigs County Fair
The Meigs Dairy Service Unit will award cash prizes and championship ribbons for heifers produced by artificial insemination at the Meigs County fair. Prizes will be given in Holstein Guernsey Jersey Ayrshire and Brown Swiss. The planning committee reported 5673 cows have been served in Meigs County over five and a half years.
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Meigs County
Meigs Dairy Service Unit
Guernsey
Jersey
C. E. Blakeslee
Oris Smith
Charles Theiss
John Colwell
Napper pleads guilty in assault case in Middleport
Wilbur Napper, held on an assault charge, changed his plea to guilty in a hearing before Mayor Sidney T. Russell. He was fined $5 and costs and will work off the amount on the streets.
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Middleport
Wilbur Napper
Sidney T. Russell
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Mipth
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Racine Daily Bible School
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Kerrs Run
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Nelsonville
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Florence Circle
Joyce Carson
Reedsville School
Ferra Lou Chevalier
Melanie Nichols
Maxine Reed
Meigs General Hospital
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Dr. Bowman
Liberty
Voice of the Theatre
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Charles Starret
Smiley Burnette
Cass County Boys
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Walter Brennan
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Raymon Hatton
Jumpin’ Jacks
Dean Martin
Jerry Lewis
Marie Windsor
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Clark Gable
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Saddle Tramp
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Jeannete Nolan
Black Castle
Boris Karioff
Stephen McNally
Richard Greene
Paula Corday
Lon Chaney, Jr
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Chariton Heston
Dairy Group Plans Awards
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DRLO
van Johnson
Spencer Tracy
Plymouth Adventure
Stanley Clements and
Frankie Darro
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Barbara Britton
Mary Lee
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Lucille Bali
Desi Arnez NY Girls
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Lulu Russel
N. Second
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