Pomeroy Class Night Recalled In Time Rendezvous
A 1939 Pomeroy Class Night at the Junior High School showcased a prologue by class president Thomas Hennessey and a stage scene featuring Spirit of Past and Spirit of Present. Students listed include Ruth Will Lambert Margie Moore Evelyn Grueser Virginia Harliss and others among tributes to past and future qualities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melody
Virginia Googlein
Glory
William Fulmer
Marie Montgomery
Thomas Mitchell
Cadence
Martha Clifton
Honor
Mildred Thoma
Ralph Jones
Pauline Hauck
Paul Kautz
Dorothy Ward
James Ginther
Alston Tracy
Betty Gress
Spirit of Future
Vivian Mees
Harry Miller
Ralph Karr
Renzo Menchini
Mona Lee Schwartz
Funeral services for Ray McCallum in Middleport
Funeral services for Ray McCallum 67 who died Tuesday after a long illness will be held at Rawlings Coats Funeral Home Thursday at 5 pm. He once ran a transfer business and served as vice president of the Fire Company and janitor of City Hall. He suffered strokes and spent time in the County Home before his death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Ray McCallum
Rawlings- Coats
Mr. McCallum
McCallum
Class Night Honors Seniors With The Spirit Of Future
The ceremony features personified traits by seniors across school activities including orchestra football and debates. A final Diversion segment presents The Jitterbug of Dogpatch with cast members Arthur Fick Geraldine Flint and others. Class Night ends with two songs performed by Frances Elberfeld and Donald Rosenbaum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Smith
Ruth Morgan
Arthur Fick
Geraldine Flint
Walter Ketter
Renzo Mechini
Frances Elberfeld
Donald Rosenbaum
Frances Dye
Lawson Seyfried
Ethel Garland
Margaret Chapman
Frances Day
Willis Aleshire
Marion Ebersbach
Portland Notes Show Graduations and Visits
Mrs. Anna Price and the Price family attended the Lowell commencement exercises where Mildred Rummer graduated high with honors. Earl Willford and Claude Price couples visited Parkersburg Saturday evening. Raymond Johnson of Parkersburg spent Tuesday with his father R. R. Johnson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Anna Price
Claude Price
Harold Willford
Earl Willford
Earl, Jr
Leroy
Lowell
Middleport Social Notes Highlights Local Visits and Events
Middleport notes a busy social period with visits among Nevers, Parsons, and Diles relatives in Farmington Iowa as they plan eastward travel. Local obliques report Redcays, Shirks, Erlewine family updates plus hospital status and a Mt. Vernon sanitarium transfer for Harry Surface. The community gears up for a June memorial service, garden party, a doughnut sale by Ruth Mather Guild, and Meigs Temple Pythian Sisters’ near perfect inspection with festive decor and gifts.
Shower Honoring Miss Mary Hennesy Sets June Wedding
Mrs. C O Fisher hosted a shower for Miss Mary Eunice Hennesy with Nan Fisher and Kathryn Hennesy in blue and pink gowns. Hennesy, soon to wed Gordon K Harris on Sunday June 4, received gifts for her Miller apartment home as a two tier heart cake and pink decor graced the display. Church plans memorial service for First Baptist Church members discussed at the Sanborn Missionary Society meeting hosted by Mrs M J Mygatt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Murray
Grant St
Ruth Mather
First Baptist Church
China
Hattie Smith
Co. M. Hennesy
Hennesy
Fisher
D. B. Hartinger
Garen Stansbury
Frank Vroman
Lenore Giles
Sanborn Missionary Society
M. J. Mygatt
N. Third Ave
Plans for Air Mail Route Opening Dance Considered
A Chamber of Commerce committee in Pomeroy met to plan a dance for the opening of the air mail service on June 11. Members included Frank Johnston, Robert Jacobs, Joe Milner, Ethan Harper, and Robert Coates. The date isn’t set and a name for the event was not decided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Chamber of Commerce
Frank Johnston
Maple Place
Robert Jacobs
Joe Milner
Ethan Harper
Robert Coates
Northwest Territory
Johnston
Athens Made Movies To Be Seen Thursday At Athena Theater
Athens residents will view hometown scenes at Schine's Athena Theater on Thursday and Friday. The film features Ohio University fraternities sororities campus life Kiwanis Rotary members Athens High School and Junior High School students local business houses and the courthouse. After showings the fraternity and sorority footage is returned to the organizations while Athens city scenes are handed to the city. A steel mill shot shows a roller at the controls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Jean Bailey
Bill Root
Gene Harris
Anna Lou Abry
Ruth Hamilton
Kathryn Hennesy
Athens
Athena
Schine
Ohio University
Kiwanis Club
Rotary Club
Court House
State Asked To Take Over Meigs Land for Forest Use
POMEROY The State Forest Service is urged to consider acquiring Meigs County land suitable for forest use. The Meigs County Land Use Planning Committee proposes utilizing tax delinquent forest lands under a new state law and outlines reallocation of land: 42 percent forest, 45 percent pasture, 13 percent crop land and farm steads.
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Meigs
Pomeroy
State Forest Service
Meigs County
National Forest
Extension Service
Agricultural Conservation
Works Progress Administration
State Conservation Commission
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Agricultural Conservation Program
WPA
Local
Agricultural Conservation Association
Middleport to Host Two OVBA Games at Pythian Park
The Ohio Valley Baseball Association schedule lists Middleport vs Pt Pleasant at Pythian Park Thursday at 6.00 pm. A second game follows Sunday at 2.30 pm with Middleport facing Gallipolis on the same grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Ohio Valley Baseball Association
Pythian Park
Pt. Pleasant
Gallipolis
Mrs. Sherd Bailey Dies at Locust Street Home
Mrs. Sherd Bailey aged 68 died at her Locust Street residence after a weeks return from Holzer Hospital where she had been treated for burns and illness. Survived by husband, daughter Mrs. Ross Evans of Pomeroy, two sisters Mrs. Hysell and Luceta Bailey, one brother and a grandchild. Funeral service set for Bradford Church Thursday at 2 with Bradford Cemetery interment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Sherd Bailey
Locust St
Pomeroy Social Notes Highlights Local Visits and Moves
Mrs. Gertrude Goetz and Ruth Ann of Panama City Beach with other guests visited Mrs. A. O. Tracy Tuesday. Norma Goodwin returns from Holzer Hospital and improves. Emmerson Harper is seriously ill at Thomas Fork. Gerald Rice moves from Horton property to Judge Crow flat. A. D. McCormick of Rutland travels to New York to settle the estate of Waud Giles who recently died.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gertrude Goetz
Ruth Ann
Panama Beach
Florida
Nellie Smith
Gertrude
Sarah Person
Elsie Hart
A. O. Tracy
Norma Goodwin
Holzer Hospital
Goodwin
Emmerson Harper
Thomas Fork
Gerald Rice
Horton
Second St
Judge Crow
Main
A. D. McCormick
Rutland
New York
Waud Giles
Youth hike and fishing trip near Racine Dam milestone
Fifteen Racine boys and their recreational leader hiked to the Racine Dam for a day of fishing. Buddy Simpson won a prize for catching the first fish. They cooked lunch on tin-can stoves. Wilkie Holman, county mare ble champion, will travel to Columbus on May 27 to join The Columbus Citizen contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Racine
Racine Dam
Buddy Simpson
Wilkie Holman
Coumbus
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Preston Fostef
Eevalter Woolf K
Fred MacMurray
Madeleine Carroll
Cafe Society
Portland News
Tanya
Lew Ayres
Hunter Frank Morgan
King & Queen of England
Canada
Middleport Social Notes
A. W. Nevers
Lula Bernice Wilson
Farmington
Iowa
Nevers
Edward Parsons
L. D. Diles
H. L. Redcay
Reading
Redcay
John Redcay
Russell Shirk
Elda Erlewine
Lucy Erlewine
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Parkersburg
Springfield
Erlewine
Harry Surface
E. H. Surface
Sycamore St
Mt. Vernon
Lettie Besserer
Front St
Miss Besserer
Charleston
Will Besserer
Meigs Temple
Pythian Sisters
Nelsonville
Cheshire
Wilkesville
Margaret McHarg
Athens County
McHarg
Griff Russell
Lillian Stieff
Philip Meinhart
Homer Jones
C. P. Gallagher
William Autherson
Harry Houdashelt
Charles Howard
Pomeroy Social Notes
Pomeroy Personals
Gus
Carter
Ove
Jim Josten
Plowsen Hill
Howard Hill
Liccert & Myers Tosacco Co
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