Pomeroy Class Honors Sightless Speaker at Graduation
Pomeroy High School awarded diplomas to 75 graduates as Lar Sherwood, a totally blind speaker, urged courage humor and realism. He warned against escapism through daydreams alcohol or movies and stressed sharing with the less fortunate and trusting in God. Over 800 family and friends attended as James Diehl Jr presented diplomas to the graduates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Man Sherwood
Pomeroy High School
Hisehool Auditorum
Sherwood
School For the
Maryland
Ray Woodgeard
America
James A. Diehl, Jr
Charles S. Gibbs
Paul Freder Tick Amberger
Clarence William ‘Andrews
Carol Ernestine Baker
Norma ‘Jean Beards
Ronald Hugh Beards
David Dennis Boney
Willie Marie Bradley
Carolyn Ann Brown
Harold Dana Brown
Robert Russell Brown
Shirley Bowers Bumgardener
Margaret Jeanne Burnside
Carol Eileen Burson
Harold Edwin Burt
Eva Loraine Carl
Howard Eugene Cecil
Beverly
American Legion Plans Memorial Day Rites
The MIDDLEPORT Feeney Bennet Post No. 128 of the American Legion completed plans for Memorial Day observances. A firing squad will attend services at Cheshire Gravel Hill Cemetery in the morning, and a parade from the Legion Hall starts at 1 p.m. Attendees are urged to gather at the Hall beforehand. Delegates were elected to district and state conventions, and Scouts discussed forming an Explorers Troop. The post will also join evening services at the Church of the Nazarene on May 27, meeting at the Hall at 7 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Feeney-Bennett Post
American Lettgion
Legion Hall
Cheshire Gravel Hill
Radcliffe Elected President of Methodist Men's Association
Ralph Radcliffe was elected president of the Methodist Men’s Association at Heath Methodist Church on Thursday evening. He will complete the term of Robert Hurley who moved to New Martinsville this month. Bernard Fultz led a devotional on Faith. Hosts Harold Woodgerd Charles McElhinney and Emerson Jones served pie and coffee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muueport
Ralph Radcliffe
Methodist Men's Association
Heath Methodist Church
Harold Woodgerd
Radcliffe
Robert Hurley
New Martinsville
Bernard Fultz
Woodgerd
Charles McElhinney
Emerson Jones
Receipts Show Increase in Meigs County Sales Tax
Weekly Meigs County sales tax receipts rose to 4,510.72 for the week ending May 12, up about 900 from the 3,682.07 total for the same week in 1955, according to Roger W. Tracy state treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vyaeroy
Meigs County
Roger W. Tracy
Boy Scouts Court of Honor at Racine Methodist Church
Racine Boy Scout Troop will hold a court of honor during Sunday evening service at 8. Nelson Leach, scout executive of Gallipolis, will attend to present awards. Fathers and mothers of members receiving awards will participate in the ceremony at the church annex.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boy Scouts
Pomeroy
Racine
Racine Methodist Church
Nelson Leach
Gallipolis
28 Named To Honor Roll At Chester High School
Twenty eight students from Chester High School earned honor roll status for the final six weeks grading period. Students achieving a B or above in all subjects include seniors Greta Barton Helen Haggy Norma Hawk Janet Osborne June Ridenour John Riebel Rosemary Rose Marilyn Scott. juniors Ada Bissell Betty Carr Betty Frost Helen Hoffmann Sue Lambert Kathryn Smith. sophomores Gavann Gi John Hetzer Ralph Knight de Lee Rosemary Slade. freshmen William Bah Eleanor Evans Donna Frecke Janice Hayman Donna King Janet Knight Sharon Ritchie Gilbert Spencer Sharon Summerfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gavann Gi
John Hetzer
Ralph Knight
de Lee
Rosemary Slade
William Bah
Eleanor Evans
Donna Frecke
Janice Hayman
Donna King
Janet Knight
Sharon Ritchie
Gilbert Spencer
Sharon Summerfield
Letart Falls Couple Given Jail Terms
Mr and Mrs John Wilt of Letart Falls were sentenced to one year each by Judge John C Bacon in Meigs County Juvenile Court. Mrs Wilt received one year in the Women s Reformatory Mansfield for contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Mr Wilt drew one year in the Cincinnati Workhouse for abusing a minor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
John Wilt
Letart Falls
John C. Bacon
Meigs County
Wilt
Women’s Reformatory
Mansfield
Cininnati
Avenue gathering notes and family visits in KANAL GA
A social event at Mrs Helen Walker’s son’s Route 35 home gathered twelve members and three visitors with strawberry shortcake. Local families including the Morrows, Black, Olney, McClaskey, Sheets, Ward, Coleman, Boggess, Coleman, Raike and others reported visiting or staying with relatives in nearby towns and states. Christine Black mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kanaul
Helen Walker
Route
Carl Morrow
Cora Black
Columbus
Robert Olney
Dustin McClaskey
Cleve Sheets
Leo
McClaskey
Byron Ward
Kentucky
Stanley Coleman
Red House
Millard Boggess
W. Va
George Coleman
John Raike
Gallipolis
Danta Raike
Christine Black
Middleport church news list of services and pastors
The Middleport church notices list service times for multiple congregations including wiest baptist, Church of Christ in Christian Union, Mt Moriah Baptist and more. It includes pastors Hoyt Howard Ruppelt Fred Gardner Guy Sayre and Robert Styers, with morning worship times from 9:30 to 10:30 and varied evening services, Bible schools, prayer meetings, and youth programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiest
the New
Ce Hoyt
Meigs County Council of
Pomeroy Federated Church
Howard Ruppelt
Church ‘School
Joe Savell
Ohio University
Church of Christ
Fred J. Gardner
Christian Endeavor
Heath Methodist Church
Heath Methodist
N. D. Bordon
Church of Christ In Christian Union
Guy F Sayre
The
Salvation Army
Glenna Rummell
Third Street
B. J. Barrett
Suni A.m. Evangelistic Pam
Church of the Nazarene
Robert Styers
Young Peoples
Forest Run Baptist
W. M. Aull
BYPU
Naomi Baptist
J. E. Harris
Zion Church of Christ
Thom H. Wyatt
Carleton Churen
Kingsbury Road
R. A. Biddle
Sun
Minersville Methodist
RM Grove
Melvin R. George
United Methodist
J. Leslie Kunze
Religious Education Council
Federated ‘Church
Harrisonville Presbyterian
Leslie Kunze
Christian Science
Columbia Elementary School Names Teachers and Guests
The report lists teachers by grade from first through eighth at Columbia Elementary with names such as Linda Folden David Hamill John Goodwin Thad Dye Sharon Cox Jack Goodwin Brenda Pettit James Hayes Arlin Radekin Donna Davis Oleva Ann Smith Gary Mosier Mitchell Stanley Sharon Holland Stephen Hamill Laura Price Donnie Crabtree Richard Fauber Michael Knotts Johnny Throckmorton Marion Wells Victor Wells and others. Guests of air and dirs Kendal Jordan include Mr and Mrs Harold George Clovis Gary Denton Howard Larry Rutherford Mrs Ed Baker and Pemberton and Mrs Bessie Strong Athens D W Cummings of Athens was a guest of her brother and sister in law Mr and Mrs T A Galaway Mr and Mrs R A Whittington and family visited his parents Mr and Mrs Owille Whittington Paul and Connie and Mrs Wilma Cruze and children of Columbus attended graduation exercises at Albany High School. RACINE MEETING SET POMEROY The Racine Improvement Association will meet at 8 p m Monday at the Racine American Legion post home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia Elementary
Eugene Atkins
Linda Folden
David Hamill
John Goodwin
Thad Dye
Sharon Cox
Jack Goodwin
Brenda Pettit
James Hayes
Arlin’ Radekin
Donna Davis
Oleva Ann Smith
Gary Mosier
Mitchell Stanley
Sharon Holland
Stephen Hamill
Laura Price
Donnie Crabtree
Richard Fauber
Michael Knotts
Johnny Throckmorton
Marion Wells
Victor Wells
Doris Ann Hamnon
Richard Jeffers
Rita Kaye Teets
Patricia Tolley
Virginia Nell Turner
Lynne Ann
Whittington
Rebecca Dye
Earl Holland
Jackie Jones
Loretta Price
Yvonne Swett
Air
Kendal Jordan
Harold George
Clovis
Gary
Denton
Texas
Howard
Larry Rutherford
Ed Baker
Pemberton
Bessie Strong
Athens
D. W. Cummings
T. A. Galaway
R. A. Whittington
Owille Whittington
Edgar Wayand
Paul
Connie
Wilma Cruze
Columbus
Genieve Foster
Albany High School
Dolphus Burke
Roger Burke
Charleston
Westina Crabtree
Oil Fire Threatens Chicken Brooder at Darwin Farm
Fire Chief George Hicks estimated $300 to $400 in damages after an oil stove flooded and caught fire in a Darwin brooder house, suffocating 900 chickens weighing about 1.5 pounds each. The blaze was extinguished with water before the department arrived. stove and chickens were not destroyed. The brooder house sits on the Emory McGrath farm at Darwin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
George Hicks
Emory McGrath
Darwin
Graduation Is Family Affair at Middleport High
Graduation exercises at Middleport High Thursday emphasize family ties as diplomas are presented by parents and relatives. Bruce Lloyd, president of the board, gives Patricia Lloyd’s diploma while Earl Knight, principal, presents Marilyn Sue Knight’s. Julie Probasco receives hers from her mother, the board’s only woman member. The Rev. L A Bangerter delivers the baccalaureate sermon for his daughter Juanita, a Class of 1956 member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dleport
Middleport High School
Patricia Lloyd
Bruce Lloyd
Board of Education
Marilyn Sue Knight
Earl Knight
Marilyn
Miss Knight
Julie Probasco
Lowell Probasco
L. A. Bangerter
Juanita
Pastor Ruppelt Heads to Presbyterian Assembly
Rev Howard Ruppelt of First Presbyterian Church leaves Saturday for Philadelphia to attend the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church U S A. En route he will visit Rev James Steele Yount at Mayview State Hospital in Pittsburgh, where Yount serves as chaplain. After the assembly, Ruppelt will visit his sister in Ballston Spa New York. Sundy morning, the Rev. Joe I Mr. Ruppelt's well is a graduate student in Human Relations at Ohio University.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James McDonald
Joe
Ruppelt
Ohio University
Meigs County Land Transfers Summary
Meigs County land transfers involve Boatright to Herbert Eller for 344.24 acres in Bedford Township. Rolland Searles and Vera Searles transfer three Rutland Township tracts to Joe and Margaret Bolin. Wyatt family transfers 20 acres in Scipio Township to John and Bessie Massie. Joe Bolin and Margaret Bolin transfer Lot Six in Rutland to Rolland and Vera Searles. Florence Howell Irena Erickson and Carl Erickson transfer a lot in Pomeroy to George L. Wright.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
An Boatright
Lex
Herbert C. Eller
Bedford Township
Rolland Searles
Vera Searies
Joe Bolin
Margaret D. Bolin
Rutland Township
HL. L
Wyatt
Selah F. Wyatt
John F. Massie
Bessie Massie
Scipio Township
Joe V. Bolin
Margaret S. Bolin
Vera Searles
Rutland
Florence Howell
Irena
Eddie Fife and Band at Syracuse Community Show
The 1956 variety show features Eddie Fife and his band, hosted at 7 30 this evening by the local firemen. Proceeds support first aid equipment. refreshments will be sold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eddie Fife
Syracuse
Meigs General Hospital Notes Admitted List
Meigs General Hospital records admit Cecil Haning Downington George W Cundiff Clyde Anderson Harrisonville Tom Cook Mona Wray Morgan Rea George Harris. Reception tonight Essex Akron honored at Grateview home after Middleport High School commencement exercises. Meigs marriage license James Arthur McDaniel 20 Near Cheshire and Gladys Marie Barr 18 Minersville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meigs General Hospital
Cecil Haning
Downington
George W. Cundiff
Syracuse
Clyde Anderson
Harrisonville
Tom Cook
Mona Wray
Morgan Rea
George Harris
Middleport
Essex
Akron
Grateview
Gene Grate
Middleport High School
Meigs
James Arthur McDaniel
Cheshire
Gladys Marie Barr
Minersville
Veterans Hospital 99 Year Lease Moves Forward
Meigs County Veterans Memorial Hospital site at Meigs County Children's Home was leased to the hospital board for one dollar a year. Dan Hartinger presented the lease. the board will seek legal advice before approval. Architect Carmichael outlined costs, with an estimated 22 bed facility at about 200000, plus potential federal aid. The board also discussed needing an architect to qualify for federal aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Meigs County Children’s Home
Meigs County Veterans Memorial Hospital
Dan C. Hartinger
Dan C. Carmichael
Columb ‘Bus
Hocking
Thich
First Baptist Church
Gleus
Ter
Leo L. Vaughn
State Department of Heath
Pomeroy Church News and Local Congregations Schedule
Comprehensive church and Sunday school listings across Pomeroy and surrounding towns. Includes Sacred Heart Dorcuse EUB Syracuse Church of the Nicene and multiple Methodist and Lutheran congregations with service times, Sunday schools, prayer meetings, evangelistic services, and special notices for the week.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ann Chapman
Jo Ann Veek
Genevieve Sue Eblin
James Edison Folmer
Linda Sue Frick
Katherine Lucille Finley
Jerry Joe Groeser
John Charles Handley
Saralya Rite Harman
Richard Arlen Harris
Dale Edgar
Harrison
George Glen Ha
Margaret Ann Hawk
Elaine Kay Hawley
Esther Loraine Hawley
Mary Kathryn Hayes
Robert Edwin Hill
Donald Leslie Hubbard
James Oscar Hubbard
Darrell Gene Jenkins
Larry Ross Jenkins
Joseph Leonard Johnson
Michell Lee Johnson
Jessie Maude Lambert
Mary Alberta London
Carl’ Eugene Mitch
Larry Milford
Mowery
Dana Weber Murray
Bernice Wee Nease
Janet Irene Nessel
Aad
Myrtis
Kay Parker
Iris Alberta Qualls
William Oscar Qualls
Gerald Keith Reuter
Tommy Ray Reuter
Janice Maxne Biffle
David Roland Riggs
William Roush
Richard Franklin Russell
Mary Jane Scott
William James Sheridan, Sr
Leon Shumate
Robert Wayne Sloan
Earl Newton Smith
Joy Patricia Smith
Mildred Jane Spencer
Dorothy Diane Stark
Ruth Carol Stockton
Donna Jo Strain
Barbara Agnes Swisher
Dorothy Louise Taylor
Roland Gene Taylor
Charles Albert Pheiss
Guy Melvin Thoma
Elenor Louise Warner
Clayton White
Robert Keith Wils
Eugene Withee
Jon Phillip Young
Barbara Swisher
Liberty Theatre
LAST
James Craig
Bob Steeles
Davis
Margia D
Barton MacLane
Stooges
Andy Clyde
Buster Keaton
Leon Erroll
Dennis Moore
Grace Kelly
Bing Crosby
William Holden
Mickey Rooney
Coleen Gray
Roy Rogers
Gabby Hayes
Pomeroy Bend Theatres
Leo Gorcey
Hunts Hall
Bernard Gorcey
Sig Ruman
Vegas
Dennis O'Keefe
Colleen Grs
Oural
Ernest Borgnine
Glenn Ford
Rod Steiger
Temple
Gunsight Pass
Richard Long
Lisa Davis
Wally Vernon
Naked Dawn
Arthur Kennedy
Betta St. John
Charlite
Eugene Latins
Last Hunt
Robert Taylor
Stewart Granger
Lioyd Nolan
Debra Paget
American Legion
United States
Cai
Crosley
Bendix
Bendix Dryers
Allen
Main ST
Bendvue Theatre
Letart
Iva Pearl Long
William Krackemberger
Near Long Bottom
Starline Rayburn Sundi
Rayburn
Hester Rayburn
Mason, W. Va
Middleport Church News
Racine Improvement Association
Racine American Legion
Meigs Coun
Veterans Hospital
R. L. Jacobs
A. C. Bradford
Pomeroy Church News
Sacred Heart
Father John Turel
Dorcus Eub
Church of the Nicene
M. C. Larimore
NYPS
Donald Seevers
Church of God
E. Main
Cherry Sts
N. W
First Baptist
Chester House of Prayer
Edmond Life
Laurel Clift
Tarry Bates
Cass
Higsell Run
Marry Bates
Rock Springs
M. E
R. M. Grove
Keno Church of Christ — Day School
Hemlock Grove
Carmel
Ewing's Furniture and Appliance
W. Main St
Pomeroy, Ohio
St. Paul's Lutheran
J. Mobrhot
Trinity Lutheran
H. H. Pickenscher
Presbyterian
Danville
Little Hock
Alfred
Mr. Grove
Millard Swartz
Emmabelle F. Sopher
Apple Grove
East Letart
Ham
Dav Hal
Butternut
Arthur L. Leach
Arent
2Nd Ave
3Rd
Main Point Pleasant
6Th St
22Nd St
Roush's Shoe Store
Claybanks Speedway
ERRY
Bos
Fouire Coton Sper
Shercwi
Citizens National Bank
Ohio
the Friendly Bank
Member
Federal Reserve System and
Federal Deposit Insurance. Corporation
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