Meigs Riding Show Draws 1500 At Rocksprings Fairgrounds
A crowd estimated between 1200 and 1500 attended the Meigs County Riding Club event at the Rocksprings Fairgrounds sponsored by the Meigs County Junior Chamber of Commerce. The day featured 125 horses and ponies across 15 classes with trophies ribbons and cash for top finishers and an Arabian demonstration by Carl Huprich of Carbon Hill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meigs
Pomeroy
Meigs County
A. Hupich
Carbon Hill
Arabian Horsemen's Association of
Ohio
Huprich
Jaycees
Riding Club
Don Betzing
Hemlock Grove
Walter Rife
Cheshire
Thelma Campbell
William Collins
Rocksprings
James Meyers
Dyesville
A. C. Bradford, Sr
Racine
John Moore
Robert Gulieh
Hebron
John G. Bee
Powell
Roger Morgan
William Downie
William Downie, President of the Riding Club
Bradbury PTA wraps up year with musical program
Bradbury High PTA held its final 1954-55 meeting with a student musical showcase led by Mrs. Maxine Wingett. The Girls’ Chorus performed Lullaby Sleep Oh My Baby and other numbers by the mixed chorus. Attendees included Russell Lewis and others. The picnic planning for May 24 at Portland Park was discussed and the attendance banner was awarded to Mrs Thelma Dill’s seventh and eighth grade. Officers elected Norma Russell president Jackie Reed vice president Mrs Wilbur Hanning secretary Sadie McElhinny treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Bradbury
Maxine Wingett
Sharon Paine
Linda Forrest
Barbara Snider
Sonia Miller
Kay Harris
Loretta Hanning
Betty Barton
Patty Michael
Peggy Russell
Barbara Forrest
Sharon Roush
Nancy Fridley
Russell Lewis
Roger Lightfoot
Edward Moore
Stephen Bailey
George Bailey
Portland Park
Thelma Dill
Youth group outing ends with picnic at Middleport Roadside Park
Langsville Congregational Church youth group known as Sunbeams and Moonbeams attended a late Sunday outing at Middleport Roadside Park led by Rev. James W. Allison and his wife. About 60 people joined a devotional service and picnic supper in the shelter house before departure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Langsville
Allison
Rio Grande
Meigs Temple Pythian Sisters Meeting Postponed
The staff and officers of Meigs Temple Pythian Sisters scheduled for tonight at Mrs. David Farmer's home have been postponed. Announcement comes from president Mrs. George Childs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Meigs Temple
Pythian Sisters
David Farmer
George Childs
Barbara Jackson to Leave for Mingo Junction Summer
Barbara Jackson, set to depart at term end for Mingo Junction to stay with uncle and aunt Mr. and Mrs. Marion Maguire, was honored at a farewell party Friday evening hosted by her grandmother Mrs. William Huggins and Barbara's mother Mrs. Mary K. Jackson. Guests included Christine Coats, Karen McElhinny, Judy and Jimmy Butcher, and Sharon Hysell. refreshments followed by a theater outing with Mrs. Ira Butcher assisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Barbara Jackson
Mingo Junction
Marion Maguire
William Huggins
Barbara
Mary K. Jackson
Ira Butcher
Guess
Christine Coats
Karen McElhinny
Judy and
Jimmy Butcher
Sharon Hysell
Pomeroy
Senior Class Honored By Three Middleport Churches
Three Middleport churches honored senior class members in services. At Church of Christ ten graduates received New Testaments from Fred J. Gardner. names include Marilyn Bailey and Paul Moore. Heath Methodist presented Bibles to Jack Lloyd Jerry Hayes and George Ray Neal with verses marked. First Presbyterian gave Bibles to Carl Taylor Charles Hess and Danny Sanborn as Mrs. L. J. Heiner preached on Under Two Flags.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riding Club
Jaycees
Charlies Hayes
Athens
Joe
Marilyn Foglesong
Mason City
W. Va
Dixie
Jackie Fisher
Kalamara
King Michael
Karen Grady
Wellston
Trigger
John Houck
Cheshire
Bob Chappell
Shade
Bessie
Don Guthrie
Coolville
Champ
Rose Carr
Tony
George Guthrie
Guysville
Shirley Young
Moon
Carl Huprich
Carbon Hill
Alfred Douglas
Bud
Christine Guthrie
Johnny Allensworth
Middleport
Janice Houck
Bob Chappel
William Greer
New Haven
Rex
Eugene Story
Chester
Shorty Meeks
King
R. F. Douglas
Warden Mills
Nick
Christine and
Connie Davis
Ed Summerville
Mason
Smoky
Jill
Avery Nelson
Don Roetzing
Hemlock Grove
Pat
Jack Gilkey
Paul Schcler
Billzbard
Roy Smith
Jackson
H. G. Boy
Clarence Smith
Paul Shoemaker
Rutland
Patty
Jack Stewart
Gerald Guthrie
Flack
Ralph Guthrie
Dick Vaughan
Windy Hill
Charlies Black
Chillicothe
Walter Windsor
Pt. Pleasant
van Bibber
Portsmouth
Minda Carson
Pony
Candy Mathews
Georgia
Church of Christ
Louis A. Bangerter
Heath Methodist Church
Jack Lloyd
Methodist Youth Fellowship
Jerry Hayes
George Ray Neal
Bangerter
First Presbyterian Church
Carl Taylor
Athen
Charles Hess
Danny Sanborn
L. J. Heiner
H. E. Ruppelt
Middleport Couple United In 8 P.M. Wedding
A ceremony at 8 p.m. Saturday at the minister's home in Racine united Miss Gladys Lewis, daughter of Mr and Mrs. to matrimony with her groom. The event was officiated by Rev. T. T. Shelon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
T. T. Shelon
Racine
Gladys Lewis
Mra
Recognition Given Students At Awards Day Program
Middleport High School held Awards Day with Typing I class pupils honored for perfect attendance. Certificates were given by Mrs. Lee to twenty plus named students, with attendance certificates awarded by Principal Leo Kennedy and Principal Earl Knight to a long list of students including Ann Criner, David Rice, Melvin Swisher, Richard Steinback, Nancy Ash, Anita Bowles, Kathryn Gilkey, and many others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Vinas Lee
Middleport High School
Mrs. Lee
Nancy Rawlings
Sheila Stover
Dorothy Overturf
Roger Long
Winona Fink
Janet Maniey
Buddy Thomas
Phyllis Blosser
Sharon Riley
Barbara Scott
Phyllis Ebersbach
Ruth Ann Powell
Mary Jane Young
Yvonne Hackett
Donna McCool
Jane Singer
Doris Dow
Roger Williams
June Bailey
Patricia Brooks
Elaine Walburn
Fred Cline
Mary June Wiliams
Ruth Ward
Jacqueline Rice
Patty Dodson
Philip Varney
Judith Jacobs
Ruby Yeanger
Leo Kennedy
Earl Knight
Ann Criner
David Rice
Melvin Swisher
Richard Steinback
Nancy Ash
Numerous Visitors Spend Weekends in Rutland and Columbus
Social roundup lists Mrs. Almus Rawlings Mrs. Leona Musser and others from Rutland visiting families in Rutland Columbus and Athens. Guests include Mrs. Winnie Mayer Mrs. Chester Rice and daughter in Athens and Mr. and Mrs. Richard Bailey with daughters in Columbus. Leonard VanMeter returns to the Central to serve as engineer aboard the Pittsburgh to Mount Vernon boat. Mentions delegates at Cincinnati Business and Professional Women's Club convention and local residents visiting relatives in Warren Bartlett Newark Rutland and Marietta. Mrs Buck recovering from heart attack at Rutland after hospital stay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnie Mayer
Athens
Estella Walburn
Chester Rice
Homer Rice
Richard Bailey
Columbus
Bailey
J. Carter
Pam
Lewis Skiles
Akron
Central
Pittsburgh
Mt. Vernon
Marietta
VanMeter
Business and Professional Women's Club
Cincinnati
Guy Reynolds
Nina Russell
Bess Sanborn
Middleport Club
Fred Whitlock
Leah Vance
Kent Club
Ran Might
Middleport
Harry Barnes
Mill St
Clifford Whittington
Loretta
Judy
Sue
Dayton
William Buck
Washington D. H
Anna Buck
Buck
Pomeroy High Holds 78th Baccalaureate Service
The Rev. Dale H Ratliff preached The Final Frontier at the 78th annual baccalaureate for Pomeroy High School. Fifty two seniors entered the junior high auditorium as the mixed choir led the program with invocations prayers readings and songs. Commencement for the class is scheduled Thursday evening in the auditorium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Dale H Ratliff
Federated Church
Pomeroy High School
Lucille Swackhammer
Donald Seevers
Pomeroy Church of Christ
J. Leslie Kunze
United Methodist Church
Seevers
Pomeroy Social Notes Highlights Sugar Run PTA Officers
Sugar Run PTA installs new officers led by President Mrs Chester Knight with Vice President Mrs Harold Ebersbach and Secretary Mrs George Harris. Treasurer Mrs Edward Baer absent ill. June 3 Round-up planned at Pomeroy junior high with Central PTA coordinating. Ballot on playground blacktop to be decided by executive committee for summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Run Pta
Pearl Williams
Chester Knight
Harold Ebersbach
George Harris
Edward Baer
Baer
Gibbs
PTA
Charles Gibbs
Sugar Run
Caldwell
the Beautiful
Roy Tracy, Jr
Charles Lewis
J. W. McMurray
William Hobstetter
Jed Webster, Jr
Eugene Buckley
Thomas Mankin
Kenneth Finley
Bradbury School Holds Eighth Grade Vesper and Graduation
Eighth grade commencement exercises for 12 Bradbury Schools students were held at Bradbury Church of Christ with Ray Russell as speaker. The program featured vocal numbers, readings, and diplomas presented by Pastor Robert Purtell as the class processional and reception followed. Names read for the graduating class include Betty Parton, Kenneth Eblin, Barbara Forrest, Nancy Fridley, Charlotte Lightfoot, Sharon Roush, Wilbur Rowley Jr, Jack Russell, Shirley Smith, James Withee, Carroll White.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Sth
Bradbury
Bradbury Church of Christ
Ray Russell
Bradford Church of Christ
Maxine Wingett
Bradbury Church
Barbara Forrest
Sharon Roush
Marlyn Roush
Joseph
Thelma Dill
Robert Purtell
Betty Parton
Kenneth Eblin
Nancy Fridley
Charlotte Lightfoot
Wilbur Rowley, Jr
Jack Russell
Shirley Smith
James Withee
Carroll White
Graduation Is Tuesday at Columbia Elementary School
The 32nd annual commencement for Columbia Elementary will be held at 8 p.m. Tuesday in the school. Eugene Atkins announces the program with Rev. Robert E. Linter as speaker and diplomas presented by O. O. Patterson. The chorus will perform multiple numbers and a piano trio will entertain as graduates, including Delphus Burke and Linda Cheadle among the class.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Three Musketeers
Dale Harvey
Larry Stansbury
Kenneth Crabtree
Delphus Burke
Charles Butcher
Alvaretta Caldwell
Ronnie Chanman
Cero Carrenter
Linda Cheadle
Howard Crowe
Music Girls Open New Service Station
Gulf Service Station at N Second Ave and Rutland St held a two day opening with music flowers candy and favors for customers. Edward Kitchen and Leo Kennedy Jr in clown outfits yoked the crowd while majorettes from Wahama and Middleport High School hosted guests and registered visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
N. Second Ave
Rutland St
Edward Kitchen
Leo Kennedy Jr
Wahama High School
Middleport High School
Mary Stewart
Betty Jones
Alice Howard
Carol Ewing
Wahama
Marlene Knapp
Pauline Zirkle
Juanita Hawkins
Work Club to Meet at Rocksprings Grange Hall
The Rocksprings Home Demonstration Work Club will meet at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the Rocksprings Grange Hall. Work will be done on a project and a sack lunch will be served at noon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Rocksprings Home
Rocksprings Grange Hall
Notice to bidders for sale of university buildings
Ohio University invites sealed proposals for the sale of one brick horse barn on Stewart Street and two fruit market buildings on Richland Avenue, to be sold as one lot and removed by June 28. Proposals due by 2:00 PM June 4 194? at the Office of the Purchasing Agent. Bond required. The Purchasing Agent may reject any or all proposals. Athens Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio University
Athena
Ohio
Elst
Stewart Street
Richland Avenue
Chioo University
W.H. Herbert
Minersville Tea Honors Mrs. H F Aspinwall of Albuquerque
Mr and Mrs Norman McCallum hosted relatives Thursday evening at their Minersville home in honor of Mrs H F Aspinwall of Albuquerque New Mexico. Attending were Miss Ethel Garland Miss Clara Garland Mrs Minnie Davis and Miss Sara Phillips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Norman McCallum
Minersville
H. F. Aspinwall
Albuquerque, N. M
Ethel Garland
Clara Garland
Minnie Davis
Sara Phillips
Magno lia Temple Pythian Sisters Meet at DAY Home
Mrs Ray Seiden presided as Most Excellent Chief when the Magno lia Temple Pythian Sisters met at the DAY Home Thursday. Miss Erma Smith district deputy conducted the inspection and praised their ritual work. Miss Smith received a gift from Mrs Burson and Mrs Joseph Beegle honored the temple with a Bible in memory of Anna Durst. A dessert course followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Ray Seidenable
Magnolia Temple
Erma Smith
Miss Smith
W. Curson
Burson
Joseph Beegle
Anna Durst
Pomeroy Past Matrons Club cancels May meeting
The Past Matrons Club will not hold its regular May gathering. President Mrs Edna Schoenleb announced the cancellation today. The usual June meeting will be held as scheduled.
Girls Win at Picnic Sugar Run Grade School
The Sugar Run Grade School picnic featured games and a baseball match in which the upper grade girls defeated the boys. Tommy White led the boys in base ball throw broad jump dash and sack race while Sharon Walker topped the girls in baseball throw broad jump and sack race and Carolyn Vaughan won the girls dash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Sugar Run
Tommy White
Sharon Walker
Carolyn Vaughan
Neutzlings Host Birthday Wiener Roast for Rita
Mr and Mrs Roland Neutzling held a wiener roast and party on Anne Street in honor of their daughter Rita as she marked her 15th birthday. Friends listed include Janet Struble Rita Scholl Lila Sue Terrer Barbara Donovan Ramora Boice Mary Jane Eichinger Janice Cole Janice Roush Carolyn Sisson Carol Curtis Judy Hoyt Rachel Genheimer Johnny DeWitt Tommy DeWitt Max Eichinger Bing ham Kress Jerry Davis Tommy Goetz Vincent Gheen David Kunze Larry Wildermuth Gary Burns Stewart Lawhorn Danny Morris Earl Smith Dick Genheimer and the guest of honor Brenda Strauss could not attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tommy DeWitt
Max Eichinger
Bingham Kress
Jerry Davis
Tommy Goetz
Vincent Gheen
David Kunze
Larry Wildermuth
Gary Burns
Stewart Lawhorn
Danny Morris
Earl Smith
Dick Genheimer
Brenda Strauss
Chester Methodist Youth Fellowship Plans Skating and Softball
The Chester charge Methodist Youth Fellowship met at Minersville Church for Memorial Day readings and songs led by Norma Jean Robinson. They voted to buy a recreation book, schedule a June 7 skating party at Point Pleasant, and form a softball team. Attendance totaled 67 with participants from Chester Minersville Rocksprings and others. The next meeting will be at Rocksprings on Monday evening June 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester
Chestercharge Methodist Youth Fellowship
Minersville Methodist Church
Norma Jean Robinson
Shirley Summerfield
Point Pleasant
Alfred
Minersville
Rocksprings
Grove
Grace Episcopal Woman's Auxiliary names custodian for Book of Remembrance
The Grace Episcopal Church Woman's Auxiliary announced on Thursday afternoon that Mrs. Aaron Kelton is appointed custodian of the Book of Remembrance as part of the church scholarship program. Delegates shared reports from the auxiliary's annual Cincinnati convention including talks on the Episcopal Congress in Minneapolis and future events in Evanston and Chillicothe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kelton
Carpenter
Kress
Loring Myers
Evanston, Ill
U.S
Minneapolis
Chillicothe
Arthur Carpenter
Grace Horton
Meeting closes with prayer and social hour refreshments
The gathering ended with a prayer and a concluding social hour in which refreshments were served by Mrs. Hartinger.
Mexican supper aids United Methodist study circle
The United Methodist Church Womans Society of Christian Service held a Mexican supper and closed its study session on Spanish Speaking People in the U S A. Miss Lydia Ebersbach led devotion with a Mexican centered worship display. Many members attended including Lucretia Genheimer and Lucretia Genheimer among others.
Bride-Elect Honored With Personal Shower in Pomeroy
Mrs. Leo K Smith hosted a Friday evening event for Miss Katherine Bachtel of Middleport, future bride of Pfe George Dallas, featuring a rose umbrella archway, rhododendrons, and games with prizes. Guests included Mrs Chester Knight and Mrs Robert Tewksbury, who contributed recipe cards for the bride’s trooseau and gifts such as the umbrella.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Leo K. Smith
Katherine Bachtel
Middleport
Pfe
George Dallas
Bachtel
Chester Knight
Robert Tewksbury
E. S. Schaaf
Trousseau
Smith
Aaron Zahl
Zahl
William Matlack
Carol Bachtel
Parkersburg
W. Va
Rosemary Fisher
Athens
E. M. Blake
Ralph Gibbs
Ida Lee Hartley
Richard Sehwab
Jack Bachner
Mrs Bachtel Schaaf Attend Event in Middleport
Mrs Forrest Bachtel and Mrs S Schaaf of Middleport attended the event. Mrs Max Roller was unable to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forrest Bachtel
S. Schaaf
Middleport
Max Roller
August Inspection Planned By Pomeroy Grange
Pomeroy Bend Grange plans an August 4 inspection led by deputy master C N Jones after a June 2 Rocksprings visit and a June 11 Columbia Grange invitation. The group held a rural life observance at Federated Church and adjusted the program to give the degree team extra practice time. Social hour refreshments were hosted by local members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
C. N. Jones
Pomeroy Bend Grange
DAV
C. L. Heaton
Rocksprings Grange
Pomeroy Group
Rocksprings Group
Columbia Grange
Pomeroy Bend
Federated Church
Francis Morris
Christine Lake
Gon. Billy
Hosepitality Committee
Also Mentioned on This Page
Shambline
Ned Jones
R. E. Douglas
Lady
Stanley Meeks
Joe Bennett
Logan
Bradbury Pta
Middleport Society
Wesley Lewis
Zanesville
Richard Wilson
William Wilson
Letart
Room
Iry Wilson Beards
Arlington, Va
Robert Wilson
Mrs. Wilson
Virginia
Lewis-Wilson
Anita Bowles
Kathryn Gilkey
Carl Levre
Jerery Rathburn
David Wiley
Freddie Salter
Charles Swackhammer
Jerry Bolvard
Charles Cheadle
Barbara Jones
Nickie Walburn
Keith Lee
James Batey
Shirley Batey
Randall Bowles
James Hamer
Charles Ferguson
Dottie Mowery
Susan Probasco
Doris Rice
Rosetta Richards
Billy Joe Salten
Billy Stobart
Janice Zirkle
John Bilaker
Lynn Buchanan
Larry Bunce
James Cheadle
Carter French
Don Grueser
Ernest Hall
Rosemary Manley
Carole Kessinger
Dennis Walburn
Bonnie Smith
Maida Roush
Marianne Woodgerd
Karen Turner
Carolyn Wilson
Marcella Ward
Janice Asbury
Mark Kelly
Janet Stobart
Roland Singer
Connie Mowery
Cline Dailey
Kay Darst
Ia Ray Butcher
William Fink
Robert Hennesy
Donna Manley
Shirley Mitchell
John Vroman
Fred Lewis
Widdleport Personals
Almus Rawlings
Leona Musser
Arnold Grate
Philip
Pomeroy High Baccalaureate
Pomeroy Social Notes
W. A. Gibbs
Sugar Run Pta
Ed Stark
Jack West
James Nester
Liberty
Woman
Rod Cameron
Ruth Hussey
Gale Storm
John Agar
Glenn Miller Story
Dames Stewart Dune Allyson
Charles Drake
George Tobias Henry Morgan
Frances Langford
Lucille Ball
Desi Arnez
Marjorie Main
Keenan Wynn
MYF
Lucretia Genheimer
Missionary Work
Co. F. Tompkins
Harry P. Smith
Augusta Genheimer
C. E. W. Downie
Lydia Ebersbach
Lucy Gibbs
Baker Gordon
Gerald Wildermuth
George H. Parker
C. J. Struble
Ada, Augusta
C. E. Nease
Carrie Nye
Leslie Kunze
Dey Hysell
Eva Simms
C. F. Tompkins
Jed Webster, Sr
Harry F. Smith
Zemo
Hackett
Sohio Service
Pr Lisp
Studebaker
Frazer
DOOR
Acecme
Kaiser
Karr & van Zandt
Motor Sales
Cadillac
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