Pomeroy and Middleport Plan Memorial Day Observances
Memorial Day programs planned by Legion Posts in Pomeroy and Middleport include parades forming at 9:30 a.m. to Beech Grove Cemetery and Middleport Hill Cemetery respectively, with addresses by State Commander Rossiter Williams and other officials. Activities also include wreath laying, color guard, and moving to nearby communities for additional services.
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Pomeroy
Legion
Drew Webster
Feeney-Bennett
Middleport
Court House
Beech Grove Cemetery
Legion Hall
Middleport Hill Cemetery
Rossiter Williams
Oak Hall
Beech Grove
Williams
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Don Wood
George Howell
Gold Star
A. V. Howell
William Killinger
Dayton Will
J. M. Thornton
George Beards
William Russell
Lily Hauck
Earl Scott
Beards
Zana Baxter
Daughters of Union, Veterans
Albert Bitters
United Methodist Church
John Frank
Leo Vaughan
Owen Watson
Raymond Harbrecht
Ben Wentzling
Charles Mareinko
Weber Thoma
Pand
Boy
Girl Scouts
Auxiliary
Gold Star Mothers
American Legion Drum and Bugle Corps
Pomeroy Firemen
Color Guard
Legionnaires
Post
Meigs County War Memorial
State Department
Cheshie
Granddaughter Crowned May Queen at School
Mrs Charles Hoffner returns from Findlay to attend May Day crowning at Huber School for her granddaughter Shirley Chain First Grade May Queen. Indoor ceremonies due to weather. Shirley wears white dress with attendants and train bearer.
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Pomeroy
Charles Hoffner
Findlay
Martha Chain
Huber School
Shirley Chain
Shirley
Chains
TV vs Radio clash in New York as critics weigh in
In New York a TV enthusiast skeptical of the new medium describes a first hour long sponsor backed program as home movie like in performance. NBC CBS and ABC schedule offer a mix of music crime drama and variety shows with notable names including Jane Froman Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and Paul Whiteman. Legal notices reveal multiple divorce actions in Athens County Ohio with hearings slated for June and June 12 1946.
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State OF Orio Department OF Highways
Columbus
Ohio
Anette
State Highway Director of
Athens County
Chester-Reedsville-Hockingport
Troy Township
Duvall Creek
Chester-Reedsville- Hockingport
Hockingever
Bel- PS
Little Hocking
New York
Jean Meegan
NBC
Barlow
Licia Alban
Eliot
Faye Roosevelt
Jane Froman
CBS
Bob Hawk
Jackie Coogan
Joan Davis
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr
ABC
Paul Whiteman
Quest
America
MBS
Charlie Morlan
Santa Bucca
Margaret
Marcelle Mayles
Gyan
Luther Harold Mayles
Foster B. Cornwell
Swatzel girl earns straight A’s for eight years
Marlyn Swatzel, who will start high school next fall, has achieved straight A grades every month of her eight years in school. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Albert Swatzel.
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Pomeroy
Marlyn Swatzel
Studen
Albert Swatzel
Middleport School Farewell Picnics By Teachers
The Middleport school closing spurred multiple teacher organized picnics. Mrs. Pearl Reynolds led kindergarten and 7th grade groups with treats at Roadside Park and Duttons Drug Store. Mothers and teachers attended, with ice cream and cake served by Reynolds Dairy and various staff.
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Middleport
Pearl Reynolds
Reynolds
Dutton’s
Reynolds Janet Frost
John Little
Lois Cecil
Dwight Frost
Guy Reynolds
Robert Allensworth
Grace Hawkins
Kathryn Knight
Martha Childs
Margaret Klees
Virgie Major
Mary Root
Miss Lera Knopp Attends Cosmetic Show in Parkersburg
Miss Lera Knopp of Dutton Drug Company attended a cosmetic teach show at the Chancellor Hotel Parkersburg. The session instructed drug and department store personnel on beautifying agents including creams shades and makeup application.
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Middleport
Lera, Knopp
Dutton Drug Company
Chancellor Hotel
Parkersburg
United States
Ohio
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Alumni Banquet and Dance Planned for Friday Night
Middleport High School alumni prepare for the annual banquet at 6 30 p.m. on Friday May 31 with service men and graduates expected to attend. The event includes a business meeting, then a dance with Klein Kats as the music source. Tickets are available from Mrs Eleanor Sansbury Schaaf and committee members.
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Middleport
Middleport High School
Arthur Strauss
Beulah Forquer
Klein Kats
Middleport Alumni Association
K. of P. Hall
Pomeroy
Eleanor Sans‘bury Schaaf
Robert Coats
Bruce Lloyd
Helen Smith
Apple Grove News Notes Marriage of Althea Hayman and James Ellington
Mr and Mrs John Hayman announce the marriage of their daughter Althea to James Ellington an engineer in the Merchant Marines who has served twelve years They arrived home Thursday and were serenaded They returned to New York Monday Nearby residents hosted a six o clock dinner in honor of the couple and friends from Racine and St Marys W Va attended a gathering for the Sayre family and others Graduates from Racine High School were listed and local residents purchased trucks for work plans
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Apple Grove
John Hayman
Althea
James Ellington
Merchant Marines
New York
R. A. McKelvey
Walter Taylos
Scott Shanks
Albany Area Social Notes
Community notices reveal familiar names from Albany area: Mr. and Mrs. George Lee of Lancaster visit, Mrs. C. L. Ross hosts, and Harry Falkner with daughter Melba spend a weekend with Mrs. Ross. Garden Club district meeting set for June 5 at Middleport Presbyterian. Earl Radcliff discharged from Great Lakes after 20 months in the South Pacific.
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Albany
George Lee
Lancaster
C. L. Ross
Harry Falkner
Melba
Etta Elliott
Anna Martin
McArthur
Middleport
Presbyterian Church
Ohio Association
Frank Garry
Cincinnati
James Titus
Earl Radcliff
Great Lakes Naval Base
South Pacific
Okinawa
Edwin Cutlip
Mildred Cass
Lake Hope
Ernest Curtis
Connie
Betty Dass
Mary A. Wilson
Mildred Dass
Edwin Cuthp
London
Coolvile
Jean
Eighth Grade Commencement Attended by Buell Family
Exercises at Middleport High School Auditorium honored Emma Jane Buell as part of the graduating class. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. James Buell and Mrs. Gertrude Potts Love City, plus their daughter-in-law Mrs. Marcelline Buell. Also present were Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Woodrum of Clifton West Virginia, maternal grandparents.
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Middleport
Middleport High School
James Buell
Gertrude Potts
Love City
Emma Jane Buell
Marcelline Buell
A. B. Woodrum
Clifton
W. Va
Emma Jane
Rose Garden Club Meets in Tuppers Plains
Tuppers Plains notes report the Rose Garden Club gathering with Mrs. R. R. Gray and participants Mary Baker Lena Keller Emma Springer Edith Betz ing and Ethel Arbaugh receiving blue ribbons for roses. Various local visitors and residents are listed with brief engagements and trips. Rose Council 285 DA celebrated its 18th anniversary with a dinner and talk by District Deputy Edith Wakely.
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Tuppers Plains
Rose Garden Club
R. R. Gray
Mary Baker
Lena Keller
Emma Springer
Edith Betzing
Ethel Arbaugh
Charles Massar
Columbine
David White
Glouster
William Baker
Paul Kohl
Leona
Middleport
Maggie Parker
Gerald Douglas
Gay
Flora
Douglas
Homer Cole
Bobby Tuttle
Germany
Switzerland
C. J. Barnhill
Land
Clyde Headley
lHazel Crandon
John Barnhill
Freda Green
Cincinnati
J. W. Arbaugh
C. E. Woode
Jon
Maynard Bahr
Charles Lambert
Asa Littoral
George Caldwell
Reno
Belle Keller
Forest
Rose Council
Daughters of America
Edith Wakely
Betty Lou Wamsley
Butch
Mike
Huntington
W. Va
Carl E. Parker
University Students Lead Church Service in Ohio
Westminster Fellowship members Miss Maxine Agger of Cincinnati Miss Alma Horton of Harshbrook Heights Richard Ash of Sidney and Miss Emogean Woods of Lancaster spoke and sang at First Presbyterian Church in Middleport Ohio Sunday. Rev Homer G McMillen pastor attended the Presbyterian General Assembly in Atlantic City and delivered last Sunday's baccalaureate sermon for Van Wert High School.
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Middleport
Ohio University
Westminster Fellowship
First Presbyterian Church
Maxine Agger
Cincinnati
Alma Horton
Harsbrouck Heights
Richard Ash
Sidney
Emogean Woods
Lancaster
Homer G. McMillen
General Assembly
The
Presbyterian Church
Atlantic City
van Wert High School
Mary Martha Smith Weds Deever Biggerstaff Sunday
Mary Martha Smith married Deever Biggerstaff at United Methodist Church in Pomeroy. The couple, both employed by General Chemical Corp at Point Pleasant, W Virginia, will honeymoon then reside in St George North Carolina where he works as a research chemist for International Aluminum. The ceremony featured a chancel adorned with peonies and mock orange, with organ music and a selection of traditional vows.
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Ben Neutzling
Ann Smith
Charles Baird
Grace Episcopal Church
Douglas, Wolfe
Millford
United States Navy
Theo Smith
Rober Morgan
Neutzling
Robert Hartley
Clarence Boster
Harriett Ohlinger
Columbus
Angie Shain
Betsy Fbershach
Nancy Gilmore
Martha Elizabeth Roedell
Rita Duffy
Mary Virginia Goodwin
William Bartels
Mrs. Biggerstaff
Pomeroy
St. George
N. C
International
Harold Davis
Daisy Winters
Newark
Ohio
Marjorie
James Dysart
Cuyahoga Falls
Stella Pfeifer
Phyhis Knight
Huntington
Helen Poffenbarger
Pauline Stewart
Mary Foglesong
George Fisher
Wanda Waugh
Emma Jean Conde
Point Pleasant
Velva
Mae Cassin
Leon
W. Va
Noreen Long
Earl Tope
Gallipolis
Floyd Tracy
Akron
Jean McConaughey
Betsy Ebersbach
Ohio University
Athens
David McConaughey
Bellrock
Barbara Smith
John Weed
A. V. Smith
Paul Smith
Jean Roush
Roberta Howell
Dorothy Gardner
Howard Byers
Jean Ebersbach
Raymond Allensworth
Middleport
Ruby Hayman
Racine
Peter Lalich
Alyce Ebbersbach
Teveland
M. P. Fugate
Helen Maag
Mary Jane Coffee Shop
Racine High Alumni Reunion Set for May Twenty ninth
Racine High School alumni plan a May 29 reunion with a dance by the Klein Rats at 8 30 p m and a buffet supper. Velma Chapman leads the Alumni Association as president for the event honoring the Class of 1546 and guests during the Memorial Day period.
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Racine
Racine High School
Alumni Association
Klein Rats
Velma Chapman
Deeds Left With Recorder In Meigs County
Deeds left for recording include Ethel Snowden and Carlos Snowden to Doro thy Taylor and James Titus parcels Rutland Ruth Halsey Mont and Lendley Osborn to Elza and Ona Osborn 65 percent acres Chester Ora and Martha White to Elma White 27 acres Chester Harry and Lula Martin to Dana Hysell Lots 1 2 3 4 Syracuse Mary M Beegle to Ira Beegle Lots 5 and 9 Racine Purity Ice Cream Co to J H Grade Albert Schall Lots 7 and 8 Middleport T H Grate and Albert Schall to D W Rothgeb John W Bechtle Lots 7 and 8 Middleport.
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Racine
Purity Ice Cream Co
J. H. Grade
Albert Schall
Middleport
T. H. Grate
D. W. Rothgeb
John W. Bechtle
Brother of Mrs. Eads Died After Calif Visit
The brother of Mrs. Eads died recently at the home of her sister Mrs. Blanche Anderson in Pasadena California. He was a sister of Dale Mourning of Gravel Hall. James Eads of Grant Street is a grandson.
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Eads
Middleport
Gertrude Eads
Blanche Anderson
Pasadena
Calif
Dale Mourning
Gravel Hall
James Eads
Grant St
Wedding Included Party and Luncheon at Mary Jane Shop
The notice lists the wedding party and relatives attending a luncheon at the Mary Jane Shop hosted by Misses Roberta Howell Jean Roush Ruby Hayman Dorothy Gardner and Mrs. Robert Crow. The event details reflect a community social gathering.
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Mary Jane Shop
Roberta Howell
Jean Roush
Ruby Hayman
Dorothy, Gardner
Robert Crow
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Lucile Parker
Huch Day
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Apple Grove News
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Julian Edward Wagner
Syracuse
Russell Shank
Hogsett
M. V. Shank
Albany Area Social Notes
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Albert W. T. Osborn
Salvation Army
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Pomeroy Bend
Meigs
Clark Gable
Greer Garson
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Thomas Mitchell
Lina Romay
Harry Davenport
Tom Tully
Temps Middleport
Claudette Collier
Don Ameche
Richard Foran
Charles Dingle Grant Mitchell
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John Carradine
Artha O'Driscoll
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Racine High
Sugar Run
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Jurday
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Ivan Watson
New Baby
Sheltering Arms Hospital
D. So Clark
Hemlock Grove
Boice Clinic
Quick Drug Store
Illiam Willanacess
Williamson Heater Company
Williamson
Clayton D. Griffiths
G. H. Martin & Son
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Artins
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Etireme
Rvice
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