Commencement Exercises Honor 1939 Grads and Local Services
The 63rd commencement exercises at Pomeroy High featured Dr Hansen of the Om entary School of Ohio addressing graduates on education and unemployment, with crosstown musical numbers and a benediction. Also noted were church services at Simpson Methodist and a distribution of auto tax funds by County Auditor George S. with allocations to Middleport Racine Syracuse and others totaling 4400.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nsen
Omentary School of
Ohio
Pomeroy High
Franke
C. Rhodes
Hansen Dos
Jesus
Ed Thife
C. J. Rhodes
Farnham
Benediction
Theobert Leake
Methodist Prohifford
Pt Pleasant Beats Middleport 6 5 in Darkened Ohio Valley game
Pt Pleasant defeats Middleport 6 to 5 in a fast Ohio Valley Baseball Association contest at Pythian Park. Manley and Wamsley homer. game ended after darkness with Pt Pleasant leading 6 5 in the fifth when the decision was made.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Pythian Park
Pt. Pleasant
Ohio Valley Baseball Association
Manley
Wamsley
Rhodes
Rogers
Spires
Thomas
Pullins
Gallipolis
Graves Of Veterans Marked In Meigs County Memorial Day
Meigs County will mark about 1 600 veteran graves this Memorial Day through a WPA project locating graves. Project foreman J C Fisher Jr says 1 009 Civil War veterans have been found among 147 cemeteries along with eight other wars. Local cooperation is urged to locate the listed Revolutionary and Civil War veterans buried in the county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joel Castle
Amos Carpenter
David Cooper
Thomas Everton
Daniel Gilleland
Joseph Griffin
Joseph Guthrie
Daniel Harper
George Harrell
Robert Knowlton
James Hogue
Samuel Kent
Benjamin Leigh
Samuel Lindsay
Joel Lowther
Roger McBride
John Pickens
David Jr. Reed
Charles Rice
Francis Sims
Horatio Strong
Godfrey Shreve
Thaddeus Smith
Thomas Wiley
Robert Young Civil
Solomon Heasley
Pomeroy Class of 1939 Farewell Picnic Scheduled
Pomeroy High School seniors from the class of 1939 plan a farewell party and picnic this evening at the Elberfeld farm near Tuppers Plains. They will depart Pomeroy at 4 PM. Mrs. Blanche Roller is recovering at her Mulberry Avenue home after illness from a fall. Frances Dye and Robert W. Harris Jr. announce their June engagement and forthcoming marriage. Dye teaches at Pomeroy High School. Harris works for the State Highway Department in Columbus, living in Middleport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Pomeroy High School
Elberfeld Farm
Tuppers Plains
Blanche Roller
Mulberry Ave
Frances Dye
Robert W. Harris, Jr
Miss Dye
Mr. Harris
Middleport
Columbus
State Highway Department
Addie Branch
Front St
Warren Turner
Clifford Ervin
Malden
Henry Peterman
Sadie Jones
Lakin
J. C. Fisher
Herbert Chambers
Gallipolis
Akron
Jacksonville
Fla
Ada Flemming
Eddie Lou Howery
Columbia School
Columbia
Middleport Bowlers Beat Parkersburg Coca Colas In Rematch
Middleport Bowling Team led by Marshall Mc Cuen, Charles McMaster, Milton Hamilton, Leroy Barsotti and Harry Jennings won its second win of the week by topping the Parkersburg Coca Colas in West Virginia by 161 pins. The team then toured the Coca Cola plant and received refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Marshall McCuen
Charles McMaster
Milton Hamilton
Leroy Barsotti
Harrry Jennings
Parkersburg
Coca Colas
Middleport Considers Recreation Center Plan
Middleport may gain a recreation center if the Board of Education approves a proposal from the Middleport Fire Department. The plan would deed remaining Central School site lots to the fire company for tennis courts pools and other facilities with a five year reversion if upkeep fails. The board discussed the plan but took no action preferring a prior park option.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Middleport School Picnics Mark End of Year Activities
Middleport notes several grade level picnics across locations including Miss Root and Miss Frecker hosting first and second grade events on the football field and a Grant Street lawn. Rosemary Fisher fully recovered from illness and attended the second grade gathering. Additional items mention alumni banquet plans and local visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Mont Miller
Floyd Koehler
Miss Frecker
Jimmie Hawley
Long Bottom
John Fisher
C. O. Fisher
Rosemary Fisher
Gaylord
Pythian Park
Mrs Harris Hosts Grand International Auxiliary Luncheon
Mrs Robert Harris entertained Grand International Auxiliary of the B L E with a 1 PM luncheon at her S Second Ave home. After the meal a brief business meeting and program followed with Mrs George Wittmer reading railroad clippings. Visiting prize donated by Mrs Dea Hayes went to Mrs Wittmer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harris
Robert Harris
Grand International Auxiliary of the
B. of L. E
S. Second Ave
George Wittmer
Dea Hayes
McCallum Funeral Held in Middleport
Funeral services for Ray McCallum were conducted at Rawlings-Coats Funeral Home in Middleport after a long illness. Interment followed in Beech Grove Cemetery. Pallbearers were Middleport Fire Department members led by Fire Chief Tom Mills. The department recently lost its president and vice president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Ray McCallum
Rawlings-Coats
McCallum
Beech Grove
Trucker Jailed on Coal Theft Charge
POMEROY Lon Borden 43, a truck operator, jailed after being brought from Richmond Indiana by Constable Oscar Whitlock. He is accused of stealing coal from the Ebersbach Mine. Woodrow Cornell 16 also jailed Thursday on an assault and battery charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Lon Borden
Richmond
Ind
Oscar Whitlock
Borden
Ebersbach
Woodrow Cornell
Heath Methodist Church Honors High School Graduates
Heath Methodist Church in Middleport plans Bible gifts for the graduating class during the 10:15 a m worship. Recipients are Donald Ross Mathews Kathryn Rose Monahan Maxine Warren Ruth Louise Entsminger and Mary Elizabeth Cook. The sermon is The Burning Heart and the Open Book by Rev H A Rothrock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Heath Methodist Church
Donald Ross Mathews
Kathryn Rose Monahan
Maxine Warren
Ruth Louise Entsminger
Mary Elizabeth Cook
H. A. Rothrock
First Baptist Church
A. W. Nevers
Yvonne
Tommy
Wise narrowly escapes injury in backyard trapeze fall
Jo Wise fell from a five foot high iron trapeze bar in the Bradbury backyard Thursday afternoon. A physician was summoned and exams showed no broken bones but a possible head injury. she avoided serious harm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Virginia
Jo Wise
Disabled Veterans Radio Hour Change for Memorial Day
Pomeroy Meigs Chapter 53 Disabled American Veterans announces a time change for the Memorial Day radio hour. On Station WPAR Parkersburg the program will air Sunday from 4 30 to 5 00 PM with opening colors by LeRoy Barsotti and multiple musical numbers before a 10 minute address by B F Turner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LeRoy Barsotti
Harold Roush
William Watson
Dayton Strickland
Charles Walburn
B. F. Turner
Janet Turner
Changes Position at Middleport
Robert Blizard, formerly a mechanic at the Ford Garage, has taken a new role with the Cola Cola Company in Middleport. Local representative O. L. Roush will oversee the transition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Robert Blizzard
Ford Garage
The
Cola Cola Company
O. L. Roush
Large Catfish Abound in Ohio River Reports
Catfish are plentiful in the Ohio River with several large specimens. Kinny Dillard reports a 21 pound catfish on a trotline, and Vic Neutzling has taken multiple large fish. Long Bottom anglers near Shade River mouth also report good catches as unusually clear water favors fishing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Kinny Dillard
Vic Neutzling
Shade River
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Simpson Methurch
Iren H. Bright
Rch
Jones
Paul Brown
David
Freda Smith
Kathleen Kam
Mona Lee Schwartz- Warner French
Lorene Jack Seidenable
Jack Ihe Rorelike
S, Mutn
Wiii Lampert
Ana ‘Tracy
Pabst
Pabst Sales Company
Chicago
Edtion
Toriush
America
Asserica
Boarder Blue Ribbon
Pt. Pleasant Ball
Pomeroy Social Notes
Middleport Social Notes
Farmington
Don McMillin
J. D. Ryan
L. O. Grant
Girls Glee Club
King of Love
Protheroe
Clover Farm Stores
Vam
Ogestions
Idor
Clover Farm
Glendale
Sheffords
Foodland
Vienna
Clover Fm
Clover
Clover Penn Motor
Edgemont
U. S
Aterp
Paw Meats
Tia
Breney Plaza
Miami Beach
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