Pomeroy High Fifty-Ninth Commencement Exercises
The Pomeroy High School fifty ninth annual exercises featured Martin ted for Orator and an invocation by Rev. J. Rhodes. Music included Light Cavalry and National Airs. A class Diplo ted program and a play Prog High School were performed under Miss Emmy Lou gdoll and staff guidance.
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Hugh K. Martin
Pomeroy High
Martin
Rhodes
Supering
J Pal
Pomeroy Hight
Coner Orchestra
Kenneth J
Memphis Teen Weds Two Men In One Day
Jessie Cavender, 15, of Memphis, married Earl Longmire, 20, then asked her mother to annul it by phone. Two hours later she wed Denison Manning, 39, and in court asserted she loved Manning amid attempts to resolve the muddled marriages.
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Jessie Clyde Cavender
Memphis
Tenn
Earl Longmire
Denison Manning
Jessie
Manning
Mrs Stace Hosts 500 Club Evening in Middleport
Mrs Peter Stace hosted a 500 Club at her Seventh Avenue Palmer Street home Friday night. Three tables were in play with guests Mrs Alva Hite Mrs Lewis Saur and Mrs E M Harrah. Prizes went to high scorer Mrs Glenn Dill second Mrs John Russell and consolation Mrs Gardner Reynolds. Light refreshments followed.
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Middleport
Peter Stace
500 Club
Seventh Avenue
Palmer Street
Alva Hite
Lewis Sauer
E. M. Harrah
Glenn Dill
John Russell
Gardner Reynolds
Stace
Five Arrests Made in Meigs Over Week End
POMEROY Four youths Harold Rice Victor Bradshaw Lola Johnson and Ernestine Elias were arrested Saturday night in Pomeroy by Night Patrolman Walter Wolfe and Constable Ross Evans. They were held at the county jail on intoxication charges. Edison Hart was arrested Sunday for driving while intoxicated. Cora Smith of Leith Pennsylvania was released from the county jail Saturday after one day held on suspicion. she had been arrested at Middleport in men's clothing and released after police consulted Uniontown authorities.
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Pomeroy
Pt. Pleasant
Harold Rice
Victor Bradshaw
Lola Johnson
Ernestine Elias
Walter Wolfe
Ross Evans
Edison Hart
Cora Smith
Leith
Middleport
Uniontown
Reedsville Girls To Meet on Wednesday
The Pioneer 4-H Club elected officers for the year at a May 22 meeting at the school. Officers include President Margaret Pickens and Vice President Anna Bell Coleman with Fay Pickens as secretary treasurer. The next meeting is scheduled for May 29 at 2 PM at the school and welcomes girls turning 10 by July 1. Leader is Mrs. Carl D Buckley.
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Reedsville
Pioneer 4-H Club
Margaret Pickens
Annabell Coleman
Fay Pickens
Earlene Humphrey
Gladys Pickens
Ruby Randolph
Sarah Ellen Barton
Vivian
Eloise Buckley
Vanda
Josephine Pickens
Clarabelle Barnette
Mary Alice Hetzer
Dorthea Petty
Ruth Coleman
Jane Kibble
Foreign Wars group to organize June 13
POMEROY Meigs County expects a permanent Veterans of Foreign Wars chapter to form at the next meeting likely June 13. J E Mahoney commander announced Aten Shain was chosen adjutant. Charter meeting was held Thursday with officers tentatively named. they will take office after the installing officer arrives. Charter remains open. Membership requires foreign service veterans from Meigs and surrounding counties.
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Mahoney
Meigs
Baccalaureate Address Delivered at M E Church
Rev H J Buck delivered a baccalaureate sermon to the Gallia Academy class at Grace Church Sunday night before about 1000 in attendance. He urged the students to apply four steps toward immortality and emphasized willpower, progress through work, and honesty. The speaker, with styled delivery, was noted for a plain yet earnest address as classmates wore white jackets and dark coats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augustine
H. J
Buckingham
Ines Uates
Hin
L. W. Price
Stanley Law- Rey George
Gallipolis Social Briefs Highlight Local Moves
Miss Sarah Scurlock, a student nurse at Holzer Hospital, left Sunday with family for a Jackson vacation. Sidney Lanier, Modern Markets LLC manager, moves family from Crown City to a new Garfield Avenue cottage. Verne Blazer and Mrs Blazer relocate to Martin property on Garfield Avenue. Local Business and Professional Women's Clubs members attended a Cincinnati convention. Mrs Kenneth Davis hosts Latin American Study Group Monday at 7. Verne and Eau Claire Lewis visit Gallipolis from New York with their parents.
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Gallipolis
Sarah Scurlock
Holzer Hospital
Jackson
Sidney Lanier
Modern Markets, Inc
Crown City
J. H. Belcher
Garfield Avenue
Verne Blazer
Martin
Boyd Thomas
Ethel Young
Funeral Rites Set for Mrs Stew art A Clendenin
Funeral services will be held Tuesday for Mrs. Stewart A. Clendenin who died in San Antonio Texas. The body was brought back to the J. Will Clendenin home. Burial will follow at Mound Hill Cemetery.
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Gallipolis
Stewart A. Clendenin
San Antonio
Texas
J. Will Clendenin
Mound Hill Cemetery
Prize-winning strawberry found by patrolman in garden
Patrolman W B Cooper found a mammoth strawberry among berries in Gallipolis on Sunday. The fruit measured five inches in circumference and is described as a prize-winner.
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Gallipolis
W. B. Cooper
Gallia County Wheat Reduction Vote Results
Less than one fifth of Gallia County voters were polled for the AAA wheat referendum Saturday and 19 to five voted to continue the reduction program. Among 83 contract signers 19 yes, 3 no. among 2 non contract signers 2 no. H. E. Shaver chaired the wheat allotment committee with E. J. Riggs as treasurer and Ralph Davis as secretary.
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Gallia
Gallia County
AAA
H. E. Shaver
E. J. Riggs
Ralph Davis
Emory Lewis Dies Held at Paint Creek Church
Emory Lewis aged 75 died at his sister Mrs. Sarah Smith's home on Third Avenue. Funeral services were held Sunday at Paint Creek Baptist Church. He is survived by a son, Harry, of Springfield, and other relatives.
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Gallipolis
Paint Creek Baptist Church
Emory Lewis
Sarah Smith
Third Avenue
Harry
Springfield
Saturday Crashes In Gallipolis And Eureka
Harold Browns car collided with an ice truck Saturday night in Gallipolis leaving extensive damage but no injuries. In Eureka three cars collided Saturday night with damages reported and no injuries noted.
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Gallipolis
Harold Brown
Eureka
Sunday games feature Middleport routs Vinton All-Stars 8 to 4
Middleport defeated the Vinton All-Stars 8-4 Sunday afternoon at home. Chester fell to Wellston 4-1 in the same slate of games.
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Middleport
Vinton All-Stars
Chester
Wellston
Middleport Families Gather for Sunday Dinner
Mr and Mrs Guy Reynolds hosted relatives at a six o'clock dinner including G F Reynolds and son Craig, George Meadows of Cuyahoga Falls, and Carl Devinny of Middleport. Jimmy Whitlock in need of fourteen Pas teur treatments after a mad dog bite remained ill for days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Guy Reynolds
G. F. Reynolds
Craig
George Meadows
Cuyahoga Falls
Carl Devinny
Jimmy Whitlock
Fred Whitlock
Guy O. Reynolds
United
W. Va
P. J. Clancey
Columbus
W. G. Davis
North Third Avenue
Carbondale Woman Honored on 91st Birthday
Relatives gathered at the home of Mrs. W. A. Doolittle to observe her ninety first birthday. Family members and friends visited from Columbus and nearby towns, with relatives from Coonville Akron Wellston Nelsonville and Asbury Ridge joining the celebration.
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Carbondale
W. A. Doolittle
James Luster
Eileen
Dave Kennard
Betty
Merril Cottril
Columbus
Marian Welch
John Cox
Jasper Cox
C. Edgar
Coonville
M. Stanley
Myrna Wargo
Akron
James Gaskin
Marvelene Doolittle
Wargo
Walter Mace
Rome Mace
Nelsonville
Harl Chesser
Asbury Ridge
Nancy Doolittle
Guy Adams
Anna Grace
Connett
Henry Brown
Edward Betts Sr
Wellston
Girl Scouts To Camp Along River At Long Bottom
Hill Top Troop No 3 of the Girl Scouts leaves by truck for a three day camping trip at the M B Hamilton summer cottage on Long Bottom. Captain Mrs. Guy Reynolds directs daily patrol cooking and second class work as mothers and Mrs. Milton Hamilton visit during the vacation. The party includes Dorothy Gardner Louise Bingham Ruth Hamilton Beatrice Ann Edwards Edith Ging ham Iris Winebrinner Beulah Rusk Louise Wineprinner Betty Johnston Mary Frances Melvin Margaret Sauders Anna Margaret Hayes Eva Mae Fugate Ruth Pickens Betty Brown.
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Middleport
Hill Top
Hamilton
Long Bottom
Guy Reynolds
Milton Hamilton
Dorothy Gardner
Louise Bingham
Ruth Hamilton
Beatrice Ann Edwards
Edith Gingham
Iris Winebrinner
Beulah Rusk
Louise Wineprinner
Betty Johnston
Mary Frances Melvin
Margaret Sauders
Anna Margaret Hayes
Eva Mae Fugate
Ruth Pickens
Betty Brown
Reverend Dunn Delivers Pomeroy High Graduation Sermon
The Class of 1935 at Pomeroy High School heard Rev Eugene F Dunn of Sacred Heart Church deliver the baccalaureate sermon on Sunday night. Church leaders from several denominations assisted, with the Girls Choir leading processional and recessional and hymns sung by the choir.
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Pomeroy
Pomeroy High School
Eugene F. Dunn
Sacred Heart Church
A. R. Stark
Pomeroy Baptist Church
Jesus
Frank Beuscher
Bethany M. E. Church
T. E. Maness
Simpson M. E. Church
Lloyd L. Clarke
Episcopal Church
R. D. Ditter
Federated Church
Baptist Women Entertained Friday in Middleport
Busy Bee Class of the Baptist Church met at Mrs Clair McHaffee’s Gravel Hill home with assistant hostesses Mrs W E Melvin Mrs M S Hamilton Mrs Joe Wilson and Mrs R N Barnes. Mrs Melvin received a pin up Aladdin lamp as guest of honor presented by class president Mrs Ross Pullins. Dinner at 6 20 followed in spring flower decorated setting with members and guests.
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Middleport
Busy Bee Clase
The
Baptist Church
Clair McHaffee
Gravel Hill
W. E Melvin
M. S. Hamilton
Joe Wilson
R. N. Barnes
Melvin
Ross Pullins
Rutland Two News Notes and Local Socials Gatherings
Rutland schools are closed Friday for a three month vacation. The annual Rutland High School alumni banquet was held Saturday evening in the high school building. Mrs. C O Chapman hosted a card party Friday night honoring Miss Helen Miller.
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Rutland
Rutland High School
C. O. Chapman
Helen Miller
Paul Winn
Clair Taylor
Carl Reeves
Vernon Mills
Masonic Lodge
Cheshire
C. ©. Shaefer
Hicksville
Ohio
Shaefer
Margaret Williamson Paw! Patterson
Columbus
Margaret Williamson
Harry Williamson
Frank Utsinger
Clarence Chase
Local visits and travels of Middleport residents
Dr. A V C Skinner has been a house guest with Mr. and Mrs C F Reed for about ten days and left Sunday for Indianapolis to visit his son in law and daughter. He will be joined there by another son in law and daughter who have been in the East on a business trip. Mrs Elizabeth Hartinger spent the weekend in Athens and will leave Tuesday for Cambridge to visit her son in law and daughter who are attending college there.
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Middleport
A. V. C. Skinner
C. F. Reed
Indianapolis
F.l Hurd
le May
East
Elizabeth Hartinger
Athens
Frank R. Murphey
Cambridge
W. B. Thomas
Two Are Injured In Sunday Crashes
Mr. and Mrs. George Robinson of Pittsburgh suffered minor injuries when their car overturned three times on the Pomeroy Chester Road near Shenang Springs after a sideswipe from John A. Balzer and son of Beaver. Balzer and son were uninjured. Sheriff Roscoe O. Fowler reported the wreck and a physician treated the Robinsons at the scene.
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Pomeroy
George Robinson
Pittsburgh
Pomeroy-Chester Road
Shenang Springs
Roscoe O. Fowler
Robinson
John A. Balzer and Son
Beaver
Balzer
Son
Pork Production At Ohio Hospital For Epileptics
At the Ohio Hospital for Epileptics in Gallipolis a hog raising program uses hospital garbage and corn to feed 200 hogs and two bears in concrete fattening pens. Managers Fraley and later Roy Brootra oversaw the operation, with monthly butchering meeting patient meat demand as supplies vary with mood and feeding.
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Tle
AAA
Ohio Hospital
William H. Pritchard
State Hospital For the Insane
Columbus
John Fraley
J. W. Phillips
O. H. B. Dairy
Fraley
O.kle
Roy Brootra
G. G. Kinnean
O. H. FE
Freeman Pomeroy Indicted For Cutting With Intent
Freeman Pomeroy was indicted by the grand jury for cutting with intent to wound. The charge relates to an attack on his brother in law David Napper on March 16 at Napper’s Peacock Avenue home.
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Pomeroy
Clarence Freeman
Grand Jury
Lst
Freeman
David Napper
Napper
Peacock Avenue
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Foreign Wars Group
M. E. Church
J. Buckingham
Sion
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Eugene Dunn
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Rutland Two
Dr. Skinner
Athens County Savings & Loan Co
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