Rhodes Urges Pomeroy Grads to Embrace Lifelong Learning
Ohio auditor James A. Rhodes addressed 87 graduates at Pomeroy High School with a “commence now” message. He warned education requires time and a broad education offers a world of ideas, not mere fact accumulation. He cautioned against narrow living like ants and emphasized pioneering as a mindset.
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Bob Hoeflich
Pomeroy
James A. Rhodes
Ohio
Pomeroy High School
Rhodes
Mrs Legar Honored at Friendly Neighbors Shower
A Pomeroy event honors Mrs Charles Legar a former member with a wreath planned for Memorial Day. Dwight Parker cleaned Naylor Run Memorial area as club members and guests gathered at Mrs Robert Arnold s home.
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Lester Russell
Amanda Kasper
Phyllis Kasper
Meigs County tobacco license renewals and new deputy cited
Meigs retailers in Pomeroy were told their current cigarette licenses expire May 28 as Gordon Caldwell, county auditor, noted sales lag behind last year. New licenses are available at the auditor’s office. In Middleport parking meters yielded $196 for the past month per Police Chief Herbert Gilkey. Blaine David Walburn was named a special deputy sheriff by Meigs County Common Pleas Court.
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Pomeroy — Meigs
Gordon Caldwell
Middleport
Herbert Gilkey
Pomeroy — Blaine David Walburn
Meigs County
Middleport Sth Graders Graduate in Commencement
Fifty one eighth graders received diplomas at Middleport High School. Bill Raines of Ohio University spoke on standards to live by. Superintendent L W McComas honored Robert Schmoll and Kenny Harris for top state test scores.
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Middleport
Middleport High School
Bill Raines
Ohio University Guidance Department
L. W. McComas
Robert Schmoll
Kenny Harris
Schmoll
Harris
Bogard Couple to Celebrate Golden Anniversary
Mr and Mrs Charles Bogard of Long Bottom Route 1 Hazel plan a Golden wedding anniversary open house at their home from 2 to 4 pm on June 3. The couple have five sons Homer of Mobile Alabama Clayton Medina Ohio Floyd Fly Ohio Virgil Long Bottom and Roy Columbus plus 13 grandchildren and one great granddaughter. Friends and relatives are invited.
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Long Bottom
Charles Bogard
Hazael
Homer
Mobile
Ala
Clayton
Medina
Ohio
Floyd
Fly
Virgil
Roy
Columbus
Shower for Patty Young Bride Elect
A middleport shower for Miss Patty Young bride elect of Pvt Larry Carson was held at Mrs Vernon Weber’s home with co hosts Mrs Lawrence Milhoan and Mrs Don Harrison. Miss Young daughter of Mr and Mrs Frank Young Rutland will wed Mr Carson son of Mr and Mrs Floyd Carson at the Church of the Nazarene on June 1. A white satin umbrella over the gift table, prizes won by Mrs Harold Sauer and Mrs Russell Little, and cake and ice cream were served.
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Middleport
Patty Young
Larry Carson
Vernon Weber
Rutland
Lawrence Milhoan
Don Harrison
Miss Young
Frank Young
Carson
Floyd Carson
Church of the Nazarene
Harold Sauer
Russell Little
Don Vaughan Party Honored By Kindergarten Class
Mrs Richard Vaughan hosted a Wednesday party for her son Don Vaughan and his morning kindergarten classmates in Middleport. Cookies and milk were served with mailbox favors from Pearl Reynolds and suckers for the children. Donna Powell Debbie Powell Rosenbaum Mitchell Harris Klein Warner and Ord assisted with seating and serving.
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Middleport
Richard Vaugan
Don
Pearl Reynolds
Donna
Debbie Powell
Joe Rosenbaum
Eddie Mitchell
Robbie Harris
Joe Klein
Jay Warner
Verne Ord
Southern Local High School honors roll names total 56 students
Fifty six students at Southern Local High School earned honor roll status after the final six weeks. Freshmen listed include Roger Adams and Jack Bostick. sophomores Judy Cozart and Mary Cundiff. juniors Terry Bradford and Peggy Glenn. seniors Kathryn Brace and Sue Circle. Ruth Winger was the only senior to make the roll four years.
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Rhodes
Eugene Hester, Jr
Eugene Fulks
James A. Diehl
Charles S. Gibbs
Carolyn Marie Allman
Anna Kathryn Arnold
Judith Sue Jarnett
Tina Pierina Baxter
William Leroy Bentz
Norma Elizabeth Blackwell
Charlotte G. Blankenship
Robert Eldon Bowen
Thomas Michael Bowen
Kenneth S. Brown
Linda Lou Brown
Sharon Louise Brown
Edward Buffington
Jacqueline Elizabeth Bunch
Marjorie Mae Burt Roland Guthrie Carpenter
Alice Jean Casto
Bennetta Rae Clark
Rita Colleen Cunningham
Carla Rose Dill
Gernan Douglas
Ruth Ann Edwards
Andrea Kayevans Owens
Leona Christine Faber
Karen Sue Ferguson
Joseph Richard Fields
Mary Ann Fields
Leslie Michael Fultz
Walter Marion Grueser
Emery Garfield Haggy
Allen Wayne Hamm
Judith Dianne Hewetson
Karen Lee Hoffner
Karen Sue Holt
Norman Dale Hubbard
Richard Hudnell
Lola Maxine Roberts
Albert Dale Roush
Constance Lee Roush
Anita Sue Russell
Catherine Elaine Russell
Thomas M. Russell
Golda Ann Sargent
Cherry Ann Scott
John Larkin Shasteen
Paul Arthur Simpson
Nancy Sue Skinner
Duane Thomas Smith
Mary Patricia Smith
Robert Noble Sprouse
Roger Keith Stewart
Wilma
Ernestine Stockton
Charles Merrill Taylor
Larry Russell Thomas
Asenath Ann Tracy
Judith Kay Vaughan
Linda Darlene Watson
Charles Michael Werry
Thomas Jacob Werry
Linda Ann Willis
Sharon Ann Wilson
Robert Lee Winebrenner
Eva Suzanne Woods
Lola Aretha Ziegler
Charlene Ruth Zandel
Southern Local High School
Racine
Roger Adams
Jack Bostick
Judy de Long
David Fox
Marsha Moran
Clarice Norris
Nancy Parker
Larry Price
Suzanne Price
Danny Proffitt
Faye Roush
Greg Roush
Judith
Ruth Winger
Terry Bradford
Howard Johnson
Ben Petre
Sarah Taylor
Mrs. Titus to Speak at Rutland Garden Club Meeting
Mrs James Titus an accredited judge of the Ohio Association of Garden Clubs will address the Rutland county wide gathering at Rutland Methodist Church on June 27 The event followed a workshop on corsages and flower arranging demonstrations by Mrs Vernon Weber The club approved a new scrapbook and planned alumni banquet table arrangements A special officers meeting was set for June 20 and members answered roll call with an arrangement design winner Joan Harrison and door prize to Mrs Harold Sauer Refreshments were served
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James Titus
Ohio Association of Garden Clubs
Rutland Methodist Church
Rutland Friendly Gardners
Funeral Rites Held for Dicel See in Middleport
Funeral services for Dicel See of Baltimore Maryland former area resident were conducted Monday at Rawlings Coats funeral home with Rev Clyde Bartlett officiating. Burial followed at Gravel Hill Cemetery. Relatives and friends attended from Maryland Virginia West Virginia Ohio and Florida.
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Middleport
Dicel See
Baltimore
Rawlings-Coats
Clyde Bartlett
Gravel Hill
Daisy See
Mary Bowman
George Everett
Vernon Harrison
Norfolk
Marvin Krider
Robert McDaniel
Columbus
Allen Saunders
Cleveland
Ralph Lee
Sycamore
Robert Turner
Buevrus
Willie Lee Hogsett
W. Va
Addie Dunlap
Greer
John Greer
Howard Rayburn
Neilie Atkins
Ersell Atkins
E. M. Fry
Letart
Clary Eckard
Huntington
Russell Lee
Horton Eckard
Rex Toms
Emory Proffitt
Katherine Terry
Paul MecCoy
Point Pleasant
John Daugherty
Marry See
Cheshire
Kenny See
Birdie See
Minnie Beattie
Rudy Beard
Earl See
Wayne
Floyd Jaker
Hugh Love
Flatrock
Ex Pomeroy Woman Marries Man From Mangahela Pa
Announcement of the May 12 marriage of Leah Grueser daughter of Mr and Mrs Gerald Grueser Garden Grove California to John Stuyvesant of Mangahela Pa The Grueser family formerly lived in Pomeroy Mr and Mrs Stuyvesant visit here this week with Mr and Mrs Frank Grueser then proceed to Mangahela for a visit with his parents before returning to California
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Pomeroy
Leah Grueser
Gerald Grueser
Garden Grove
Calif
John Stuyvesant
Mangahela
Grueser
Bible School Bogis Soon at Mt Union Church
The Daily Vacation Bible School at Mt Union Church runs May 28 to June 9. Teachers cover Beginners to Junior levels with names including Edith Greer Oma Starkey Hazel Blackwood Nellie Hatfield Faye Lewis H E Starkey Rosalie Sayre Ester Anderson Mabel Pauley Connie Lewis. Adviser Rosalie Sayre. Theme Heroes of Faith. Call Mrs Sayre SH 24848 at Rutland if contacted.
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Carpenter
Mt. Union Church
Edith Greer
Oma Starkey
Hazel Blackwood
Nellie Hatfield
Faye Lewis
H. E. Starkey
Rosalie Sayre
Ester Anderson
Mabel Pauley
Connie Lewis
Sayre
Rutland
White Rites Held Tuesday for Mrs. Fannie White
Funeral services for Mrs. Fannie White were held Tuesday at 2 p.m. at Rawling Coats funeral home with Rev. Ralph Zundell and Rev. Howard Ruppelt officiating. Burial followed at Gravel Hill Cemetery in Cheshire. Relatives from Akron including Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. White and others attended along with several Mrs. White’s relatives. Drew Webster Post 934 of the American Legion will meet Sunday at 12 20 p.m. to march to Hemlock Grove for Memorial Day services at the orange hall starting 1 p.m. Joe Struble, former post commander, will be guest speaker.
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Middleport
Fannie White
Rawling Coats Funeral
Ralph Zundell
Howard Ruppelt
Gravel Hill
Cheshire
Robert L. White
Tom Wiant
Gail McCleary
John W. Watkins
N.S. White
Myrtle Watkins
Florence Hannay
Akron
Pomeroy
Drew Webster
American Legion
Vest
Hemlock Grove
Orange Hall
Joe Struble
Swealer
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Earl M. Wines
Mulberry Ave
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Charles Legar
Canasta
Lewis Sauer, Jr
Eugene Gherke
Charles A. Bradbury
Canasta Club
William Childs
Donald Mills
Lionel Boggs
Edna French
Kenneth McElhinney
Aaron Hysell
Willard E. Clark
West Columbia
Tuppers Plains
Win Blake
Way Clark
William Chapman
Michael Grasso
Meigs General Hospital
Florence Reynolds
Margretta Roush
John Bush
Portland
Jessie McGuire
Mabel Erwin
Hurricane
Ralph Zandel
Gladys Blankenship
Helen Faircloth
Helen Balser
Esther Parker
Patty Barrett
Mildred Hoffman
William Walters
Middleport Sth
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Tommy Baker
John Tracy Blake
Demetra Kay Boggess
Kathy Yvonne Bratton
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Randall R. Carpenter
Robert W
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Charles Jeffery Moody
Willard Moore
Eunice Ohlinger
David Dwight Oliver
Larry Joe Pettit
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Joe V. Reichman
Freddie Lee Robinson
Oe Bier Sauer
Frederick Lee Sheward
Jack Andrew Sigman
Gary Owen Stobart
Mary Lou Teaford
Paula Jean Theis
Brenda Gay Toney
Larry James Vance
Connie Sue Vititoe
Eugene Harris
Harris Home
Dorothy Lacey
Nan Moore
C. E. Blakeslee
Alfred Scarberry
Scarberry
Betty Gladwell
Newman Burdette
Francis Anderson
E. M. Blake
the Farmer's Bank
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Federal Reserve
Federal Deposit
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Federal Reserve System
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Ouple
Mr., Mrs. Bogard
Don Vaughan
Krementz
B. H. Sanborn
Joan Harrison
Dicel
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Huntsville
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