30 Seniors To Graduate At Middleport Friday
Joanne Gardner 17 of Columbus and Middleport granddaughter of John Mayer is national junior miss table tennis champion after beating Joan Van de Houten four games to one. Her hometown feature as cover girl appears in a Columbus Sunday paper. Gardner, an A student at Grandview High, will graduate in June and plans Ohio State enrollment this fall.
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Middleport
Joanne Gardner
Gordon Gardner
Columbus
John Mayer
Main St
Joanne
U. S
Joan van de Houten
LaGrange
Ill
Miss Gardner
Jean
Ohio State University
Kathryn Mayer
Grandview High School
Grandview High
Ohio State
Gardner
Charles Arme
Secent
Mayers
Mr. Mayer
Middleport High to Hold Thirty Seniors Diploma Night
Thirty seniors of Middleport High School will receive diplomas at commencement in the high school auditorium Friday at 8 p.m. Ohio University professor Horace T. Houf will deliver the address. The program includes band selections and vocal numbers performed under Miss Lois Cecil. The exercises are open to the public.
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Middleport
Middleport High School
Horace T. Houf
Ohio University
Athens
Houf
Rio Grande College
National Association of Bible Instructors
Mid-Western
Denison University
Granville
LaVergne Stone
Aurora
Yoder
Hahn
Cain
Lois Cecil
Ex Carrier Saves Life Of Playmate In Rescue
Johnnie Nye former Messenger newspaper boy saved 10 year old Donnie Sherman from drowning in a Mt Vernon farm pond. After Becker breathing failed, Nye administered artificial respiration for about 30 minutes restoring breathing. Sherman recovered in hospital under oxygen tent. Nye is son of Rev and Mrs Paul D Nye.
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Pomeroy
Johnnie Nye
Messenger Newspaper
Mt. Vernon
Nye
Donnie Sherman
Sherman
Nnie
Margaret Eiselstein Funeral Rites Slated
Funeral services for Mrs. Margaret Eiselstein 90 who died Sunday morning at her daughter Nora Deans Chester home will be held Wednesday at 2 p m in the Chester Methodist Church with burial in Chester cemetery. Friends may call at the Dean residence at any time.
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Pomeroy
Margaret Eiselstein
Nora Dean
Chester
Chester Methodist Church
Dean
Corning
Robert Burns
Gertrude Rodgers
Columbus
James E
Ted) Rodgers
Adams St
Spencer Ridge
Jasper Shepard
Burr Oak
Dew Cemetery
Church of God
Emma Parsons
Athens
Aubrey Mitchell
Zion Cemetery
Portersville
Parsons
William Spence
Jo Martin
Methodist Church
Clyde Dunlap
E. Main St
August Nichols
Jessie Richardson
Berne Dieme
Crook
Turley and Lahman to Wed in Dunbar West Virginia
Announcement announces the approaching marriage of Miss June Ann Turley and Mr. Claude Lahman of Dunbar West Virginia. The couple and their families are noted as former Middleport residents with details about the bride’s parentage.
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Middleport
June Ann Turley
Claude Lahman
Dunbar
W. Va
Ray Turley
Turleys
Turley
Downing Roush
Mill
Sweeney Wilburns celebrate 37th anniversary in St Albans
Middleport and St Albans residents gathered Sunday for the thirty seventh wedding anniversary of Mrs Sweeney's parents Mr and Mrs W P Wilburn of Hudson Street Pomeroy. Benton Penn learned of her aunt Mrs George Tittle's death in Tiltonville Ohio with funeral services in Nelsonville and burial set at Greenlawn Cemetery.
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Middleport
Bernard Sweeney
Julia Mae Wilburn
Jane Anne
Pat
St. Albans
W. Va
Sweeney
W. P. Wilburn
Hudson St
Pomeroy
Benton Penn
George Tittle
Tiltonville
Ohio
Tittle
Nelsonville
Greenlawn Cemetery
Iris Garden Attracts Flower Lovers In Middleport
In Middleport Mrs. A. A. Dillard’s iris garden at 626 High St draws visitors from three counties. Over 50 people toured the beds on Sunday. The display features new varieties Inspiration Spindrift and Shimmer grown this year. Garden clubs and other flower enthusiasts are welcome. Sunday guests included the Coolville Garden Club and several local residents.
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Middleport
A. A. Dillard
High St
Obituary notices and local greetings from Corning area
Obituaries and social notes report deaths of Mrs. Gertrude Burns in Columbus and Mrs. Emma Parsons in Portersville with interments in Dew cemetery and Zion Cemetery. Other items note survivors, illnesses, visits, a broken leg, and hospital remains in Columbus and nearby towns.
Dow Johnson wedding in Middleport on May 11
Miss Ruby Maxine Dow of Ravenswood wed Mr. Ernest Lewis Johnson of Cottageville in a double ring ceremony at Dow home officiated by Rev. R. S. Gillet. The couple plan a Nashville future after Johnson completes an embalming course. many local relatives attended and joined in a reception.
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Middleport
Meigs County
Ruby Maxine Dow
Ravenswood
Ernest Lewis Johnson
Cottageville
Miss Dow
Stanley Dow
R. S. Gillet
the Baptist Church
Ravenswood High School
Howard Frazier
Morgantown
Harry H. Parsons
Ripley
Mr. Johnson
E. M. Johnson
Pacific
Ripley High School
Charleston
Charles Karr
Patricia McKinney
Polly Karr
Johnson
Nashville, Tenn
Birthday Dinner Celebrates Mr Lyon's Birthday in Middleport
A Middleport dinner at the home of Mr and Mrs L L Lyon Sr marked Mr Lyon's birthday with three cakes. Guests included Lyon children and spouses with grandchildren Lindsey Lyndal Linda Johnny Tommy Bernard Linda. Also present were Mrs Eulah Swan of Tuppers Plains and Verne Davis who hosted a separate fifteenth birthday celebration for granddaughter Marlene Moore. House guests included Otto Mortzfeld and Myrtle Smith of Kenosha Wisconsin Carl Moore and daughter Linda and W B Swisher.
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Middleport
L. L. Lyon
Lyon
Mr. Lyon
John Lyon
Johnny
Tommy
Bernard B
Linda
Paul Clifford
Paul Michael
Lindsey
Lyndal
Lyndal! and Mrs. Lyon
Eulah Swan
Tuppers Plains
Verne Davis
Grave Hill
Marlene Moore
Davis
Otto Mortzfeld
Myrtle Smith
Kenosha
Wis
Carl Moore
W. B. Swisher
Middleport Auxiliary Plans June Picnic
The Auxiliary of the Middleport Fire Department met at Firemen's Hall to outline plans for its annual June picnic.
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Middleport
Middleport Fire Department
Middleton Guests Help Father’s Day in Coal Street Area
Dr. and Mrs. Davis Middleton of Dayton visited Mrs. Thomas Middleton in Coal Street who is convalescing from a broken hip. Webb Smith of Columbus and M C Hobart hosted gatherings with their wives sisters. Terry Gallagher of Charleston joined grandparents C P Gallagher and wife for the victory celebration of the MHS baseball regional champions. The Miller and Roach families were also present with Louis and Norman Lewis hosting relatives in Logan.
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Davis Middleton
Dayton
Thomas Middleton
Coal St
Webb Smith
Columbus
M. C. Hobart
Smith
Hobart
Terry Gallagher
Charleston
C. P. Gallagher
Terry
Middleport
MHS
Doyle Miller
Elmer
Willard
Ronald
Dale
Dorothy
Thomas Roach
West Columbia
Logan
Louis Smith
Norman Lewis
Arraignments Listed in Monday Court Sessions
Pomeroy Mattie Circle was arraigned in common pleas court on failure to yield the right of way and released on 250 bond awaiting trial. A C Robinson of Athens arraigned on two check counts. bond 500. trial date unannounced. Paul Johnson of Middleport indicted for assault and released on 500 bond. Harry Wyatt of Pomeroy pleaded guilty to intoxication, fined 35 plus costs. Genver Bogges pled guilty in Mayor Spencer court to DUI, fined 50 plus costs. Danford Wolfens barger trial postponed to Friday. charged with interfering with an officer. Witer Van Meter pleaded guilty to DUI, fined 236 plus costs. Charles Pete McCloud released on 100 bond. Ray Larkins bound over on assault and battery. self defense claimed.
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Pomeroy
Mattie Circle
Common Pleas Court
A. C. Robinson
Athens
Paul Johnson
Middleport
Harry Wyatt
Pomeroy Star Route
Justice of the Peace
Percy Peoples
Sidney Spencer
Genver Bogges
Jed Webster
Danford Wolfensbarger
Duckworth
Witer van Meter
Charles Russell
City seeks engineer to plan 1800 foot road rebuild
Mayor Sidney Spencer reports difficulty finding a local qualified engineer to draft plans for rebuilding Lincoln Road and its 1800 foot approach. The job also asks for washing the council chamber walls, a task no local candidate has accepted amid 200 plus unemployed residents.
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Pomeroy
Sidney Spencer
Messenger
Council
Lincoln Road
Mother's Day Guests and Local Happenings in Point Rock
Mrs Nellie Vale and Mrs Neva Nicholson visited their parents for Mother's Day. Francis Canode works at Toledo State Hospital. Mr and Mrs W R Holcomb hosted Columbus relatives over a weekend. Columbia school closed and Senior Class toured Buckeye Lake. Ralph Turner bought Harold Nichols home in Salem. Nichols family moved to Tennessee. Frank Woods returned from Sheltering Arms Hospital Athens. Mr and Mrs Charles May and Glenn May visited Elmer Fairchild. Mrs Tom Fitzpatrick hosted a birthday party for her daughter.
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Old Man's Cave
Cedar Falls
Ash Cave
Sue Ivan Parker
Maryland
C. E. Parker
Ray Durst
Ethel Mink
Lara Fisher
Neva Martin
Gallipolis
Dorothy Don Duffield
Portsmouth
Jacob Burchett
Jacob Schafer
Myron Duffield
Middleport High School
Milton Smart
Jo Atta Wander
Capital University
Paul Smart
Lincoln St
Gordon Harris
Nacky and
Jimmy
Harris
Gordon Clay
Atlanta
Jay Churchill
Allie Mauch
S. Third Ave
Wallace Bradford
Neda
Carolyn
Bruce
Shelden Parks
Middleport
Huntington
C. E. Vance
Ravenna
Kent
Ray Sommers
Fred Whitlock
Hubert Blevins
Bill
M. R. Sanborn
Bess Sanborn
Karen Bachner
Everett Bachner
Parkersburg
Dorothy Caldwell
R. N
A. A Dillard
Gravel Hill
Nancy Fink
E. M. Wood
Cincinnati
Robert Saunders
United States Air Force
Lackland Air Base
San Antonio
Texas
Hazel Saunders
Yellow Jacket
John Brown
Holzer Hospital
Ferne Barker
Homer Hysell
Pomeroy
Columbus
Springfield
Hysells
Harold Hysell
Point Rock
Nellie Vale
Neva Nicholson
Francis Canode
Toledo State Hospital
W. R. Holcomb
Columbia
Buckeye Lake
Ralph Turner
Harold Nichols
Salem
Nichols
Tennessee
Frank Woods
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Athens
Charles May
Glenn May
Ewington
Elmer Fairchild
Tom Fitzpatrick
J. FE. Radekin
One Won One Class Plans June 5 Furmmage Sale
The One Won One Class of the First Baptist Church of Pomeroy met at the home of Mrs. George Shiveler with Mrs. Aten Shain as assistant hostess. President Mrs. Harriett Sterrett led a business meeting and plans were made for a rummage sale the week of June 5. Hostesses served a salad course to 22 members.
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Pomeroy
First Baptist Church of
George Shiveler
Aten Shain
Harriett Sterrett
Pomeroy Missionary Convention at Mt Zion Rutland
The Hocking District Missionary convention met Sunday May 21 at Mt Zion Baptist Church Rutland. Delegates from Rendville Glouster Rutland Pomeroy and Middleport participated with devotions sermons and programs including a Great Commission paper and a children's band.
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Pomeroy
Hocking
Mt. Zion Baptist Church
Rutland
Rendville
Glouster
Middleport
Carrie Cassell
Mt. Moriah Church
Middlert
Edith Thomas
Mt. Ion Church
B. R. Smith
Bidwell
Mt. Zion
Gladys Viney
William L. Smith
Mt. Olive Baptist Church
Viney
Guild
Providence
Florence Richards
John Dill
Lillie Mitchell
Roberts
Laura Young
Minnie Green
Allen Hampton
Rose Hill PTA Sets Eighth Grade Commencement Plans
The Rose Hill PTA held the year end session with Mrs. Allen Ball presiding. Eighth grade graduation is planned for today at Enterprise EUB Church and a picnic is set for Wednesday evening. Officers installed include Albert Brown president Clarence Folmer vice president Mrs George Folmer secretary and Mrs Philip Smith treasurer. Refreshments were served by Cora Folmer Wilma Osborn and Anna Wilson.
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Wilma Osborn
Anna Wilson
Pomeroy Receipts: Parking Meters Take In 224.80
Parking meter receipts for the week ending May 20 totaled 224.80 dollars, according to Police Chief Walter Wolfe.
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Pomeroy
Walter Wolfe
Resinol Ointment Soothes Itch and Irritation
Resinol relieves edema rash chapping and externally caused pimples and speeds healing. Start using now to quiet itch comfort skin and prevent further irritation.
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Liberty
Elyse Knox
Don Castle Veda Ann Borg
Bob and
Roy Spence
Akron
Gertrude Spence
Rodney Parsons
Joye Parsons
Katherine Balbenhof
Middleport Social Notes
Guy Martin
Bradbury
Mildred
David Sneller
Sneller
Logan High School
New York Central Railroad
Hobson
Mason
Ronald Reagan
Patricia Neal
The
Leo Gorcey
Huntz Hall
Hard Boiled Mahoney
Maria Montez
Jon Hall
Ali Baba
W. 2Nd St
Pomeroy, Ohio
Pomeroy Social Notes
Adam Ebersbach
Ernest Ritchie
Lexington
Gene Yost
Racine
Yost
J. F. Foster
Michael
Sedona Spencer
EF. Main St
Donald
Lyston Fultz
Xenia
Pomeroy High School
Fultz
Inlaw
Jay Myers
R. T. West
R. C. West
Cecil Ward
Raymond Hoce
R.T. West
Penn
C. W. Wright
June Wright
Mike
Bellaire
C. L. Heaton
Helen Blake
Heaton
Blake
John Burgess
Ed Hite
W. Main St
Joe Raub
Winifred Raub
Nicholas Raub
Shirley
Peter Kieling
Laura Sullivan
Patricia Meier
St. Joseph Hospital
Philip Meier
Wehe Terrace
Pomeroy Personals
Victor Miller
Wilbur Humphrey
Alice Harding
Will Baker
H. E. Boney and
Marietta
Olga Pierotti
Odeta Pierotti
Raymond Parker
Union Ave
Jean Harbrecht
Victor Harbrecht
Robert L. Hegnauer
Hegnauer
Fred Segrist
George Powell
William
Barbara
Oliver Unroe
Meigs Pomeroy
Randolph Scott
Dorothy Malone
Forrest Tucker
George Macready
Temple Middleport
Intruder IN the Dust
David Brian Claude Jarman, Jr
Juana Hernandez
Porter Hall
Elizabeth Patterson
Will Geer
Bendvue Pomeroy
Maureen O'Hara
Melvyn Douglas
Gloria Grahame
Bill Williams
Victor Jory
Larue
Federal Land Bank Loans
United National Farm Loan Ass'n. A
C. Gibson
Sec'y-Treas
Ohio Valley Bank Bldg
Gallipolis, Ohio
Studebaker
Wakefield Motors
Richland Ave
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