Pomeroy Graduation Speaker Urges Courage To Overcome Fear
Glen Mosman a Dayton human relations consultant tells 69 Pomeroy High seniors at the 79th commencement that fear is the greatest enemy and failure’s cause. He outlines an antidote: faith enthusiasm ambition and resourcefulness, urging ambition, work, and faith in yourself and in a higher power. The ceremony features band selections, invocation, diplomas by Superintendent Gibbs, and a long list of graduates including Lucy Amsbury, Rita Beegle, Nancy Blaetmar, and many others from the class.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rumenuy
Glen Mosman
Dayton
Pomeroy High School
Mosman
America
Ray
Woodgeard
Farragutt Larch
Cale Ht Ratliff
Federated Church
James A. Diehl, Jr
Charles 8. Gibbs
Pomeroy
May 29 Opening Date For Middleport Pool
Midport Recreation Commission president Bruce W ee announces the municipal pool will open Sunday at 1 p m weather permitting Tickets including season passes go on sale then and Saturday from 1 to 4 p m at the pool Supervisor is Charles McDonald head of the summer youth recreation program Volunteer manager is William White former Harrisonville High coach Margaret Hoyt will serve as senior lifeguard John Wieman and other lifeguards return Sally Wilson runs concessions A new tools and clothes room and a bathing deck are added Cement block locker-area upgrade funded largely by donations Plans for a nearby recreational park begin Engineers start laying out park plans and volunteers are urged to help Saturday
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Midleport
Bruce Wee
The
Recreation Commission
Middleport
Lloyd
Charles McDonald
Sumner
Vol
William White
Harrisonville High School
Margaret Hoyt
C.F. Hoyt
Marietta College
Meses Mend Slepren
Ang John" Wieman
Sally Wilson
Middleport Park Association, Inc
Middleport church groups host meetings and events in 1895
The WSCS circle at Heath Methodist Church held a Thursday gathering with Mrs. Hattie Smith presiding and devotionals on Faith led by Mrs. C. M. Hennesy. Excerpts from Rev. Robert Bishop’s letter were read, and birthdays for several members were noted. A Loyal Women’s Class meeting followed with devotional leadership by Mrs. French and prayers by Mrs. Gardner. Outdoor barbecue celebrated Jimmy Miller’s ninth birthday. The article also lists multiple social visits, travel notes, and upcoming Nazarene camp meetings in July, with community members moving residences and hosting relatives.
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Anlquerurt
WSCS
Heath
Robert Bisop
Walnut St. Method Church
Chilli
Bishop
Athens
Cook
P. Dutton
Harold Wood- Terd
M. L._ French
Aifppueron
Edward French
Second Ave
Will Reynolds
Minerva Childers
Sidney Pickens
Maude
Tewksbury
C. L. Roush
French
Fred J. Gardner
Merman Lohse
Mary Light= foot
Ernest Lallance
Frenich
Wilbur Theobald
Will Reuter
David Darst
Fred I. Gardner
Gardner
Garner Ruissell Fleck
Chicago
Mabel Hysell
George Frye
Lockbourne
Middleport
Jimmy Miller
Myron Miller
Coungevie
W. Va
Noah Haskins
Methodist Church
Haskins
Nell Cover
Mayme Rainey
Rainey
Richard Chambers
Arthur Covert
Mt Alto
CE. Ramsey
Covert
Wilbur’ Curtis
Columbus
Herbert Chambers
Vicki Lynn
Robert E. Styers
Nazarene
Meal Assured Returning Alums Banquet at Middleport High
Middleport High School alumni reunion banquet set for Saturday night at the high school. Kenneth McElhinny chairs as president. Mrs. George Childs and Mrs. Walter Crooks co chairmen of the banquet committee. Childs said committee members report to the third school at 2 pm or 3 pm. Bound over to the grand jury under $1000 bond on charges in a hearing before Justice Percy L. Peoples of Leon West Virginia.
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Ailbunaruns
Middleport High
Igh School
Kenneth McElhinny
George Childs
Walter “Crooks
Cash Bahr
Parent-Teacher Association
Pomeroy
Justice of the Peace
Percy L. Peoples
H. C. Saylor
Leon
W. Va
Attendance Awards Given 74 Students at Pomeroy High
Seventy four Western Local School District students received attendance certificates for the year with perfect attendance. Names span Rutland Rutland Elementary Salem Center and local coastal areas with many students listed and a note on Navy recruit Leon Lemaster heading to Greenland aboard the USS Donnar following Navy enlistment in 1954. Mayor Sidney Russell wears poppy as Middleport debuts Poppy Day observance on May 27 28 with volunteers selling buttons through the Feeney Bennett post auxiliary.
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Ken Longafreid
Nancy Sisson
Dorothy Brewer
Carol
Carpenter
Barbara Montgomery
Audra Clower
Douglas Lang
James Carpenter
Don Laine Steele
Wanda]Smith
Raymond Nelson
Davidson
Bonnie Carson
Janetichael King
Elien Might
Larry Morris
Wiliam Romine
Irene Seakes
Paul Walls
Rutland
Edna Priddy
Edgar Priddy
Raymond Rathburn
Susie Parker
George
Pierce
Amen” Barrett
Jayce
Brogan
Andy Sprouse
Dina Lee
Charles Smith
Charles Hoffman
Joe Phillips
Greila Priddy
Shirley Ann Hellman
Jane Parsons
Bobby Kennedy
Hiram Sinwter
I Fil Heian
Alan Rin Yoh Schuler
Roy Crowser
Larry] Hoffman
Margaret ‘Smith
Larry] Long
Maxine Clench
Charles Barrett
Viola McKnight
Salem
Leon Lemaster
Dale Musser
Greenland
Donnar
Lemaster
Navy
Bainbridge
Great Lakes
Ill
Norfolk
Atlantic
Middleport
Sidney Russell
Norman Wayland
Feeney-Bennett
American le Ion
Aux Siary
Jaycees Plan Election Campaign and Festival Work
Pomroy reports a campaign event by the County Junior Chamber of Commerce at the DAV Home with speeches by presidential candidates Roger Morgan and R. C. Follrod. The group notes a financially successful Rock Springs horse show and outlines plans to buy Lincoln Heights property for headquarters. A third annual broiler festival is in focus with a committee formed. New officers to be elected on Wednesday, June 8.
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Pomeroy
Roger Morgan
R. C. Follroding
County
Last Rites For George Dorter In Pomeroy
Funeral services for George Dorter 85 of Pomeroy will be at 9 am Saturday at the Heart Church with Father John Turel presiding Rosary services are set for 7 30 pm Friday at the Ewing funeral home where friends may call Alva Clark 21 and Phyllis J Joeglein 19 both of Pomeroy obtained marriage licenses
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George Dorter
Pomeroy
the Heart Church
John Turel
Ol'Rock Springs
Ewing Funeral Home
Alva Clark
Phyllis J Joeglein
Land Suit Filed in Meigs County Court
A land lien filing appears in the Meigs County Common Pleas Court as Dolleah Church of Columbus sues Allen Grueser and others over a partition of real estate. The action names the property owners and defendants and seeks division of lands.
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Meigs County Common Pleas Court
Dolleah Church of Columbus
Alen Grueser
500 Calls in 5 Years Squads Seeks Help for New Truck
The Pomeroy Fire Squad formed in 1950 has answered 383 calls over five years, including service to Thomas Fork and Rock Springs. They report a 1951 truck with over 10,000 miles needs replacement, and a fund drive is underway to buy a larger vehicle and equipment.
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Anteer
Pomeroy
Thomas Fork
Rock Springs
Minersville
Syracuse
Racine
Route 7
Rutland
Harrisonville
Darwin
Letart Falls
West Virginia
Long Bottom
Dexter
Great Bend
Portland
Middleport
Burlingham
Bashan
Meigs County Retail Sales Tax Receipts Fall
Week ending May 14 shows Meigs County retail tax receipts totaling 3632.07, down about 460 from the 4095.52 recorded the previous year. Roger W. Tracy, State treasurer, reports the weekly totals, noting the decline versus last year’s period.
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Fomeroy
Meigs County
Roger W. Tracy
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Lucy Amsbury
Stacie Lee Arold
Rita Beegle
Nancy Blaetmar
Ramonia Blankenship
Ernest Lee Bowen
Janet Bowers
Danny Bradford’ Brown
Gentle Brown, Jr
Bonita Bryan
Patricia Ann Carpenter
Hester Mike Caruthers
Jo Chapman
Barbara Ann Clouse
Barbara Coates
Fern Colmer
Joyce Davis
Barbara DeWitt
Don Grueser
Edna Adeline Grueser
Farilyn
Irene Grueser
James Joseph Guinther
Larry Hamm
Eva Hayes
Janet Heines
Mary Hemsley
Roger Hines
Ansel Hoyt
Shirley” Hannell
Willia Hyseil
Ernest Eugene’ Imboden
Sancy Jacobs
Harley Eamma Johnson
Dora Delores Kitchen
Carol Aan ‘Louk
Mary Meier
Harley” Dale Mossman
Sharice Neuman
Mary Newtaling
Donna Parfitt
Robert Paulsen
George Willis Pulling
Marlene Brown Reinhart
Bridget Ann Ruschel
John Henry Russell
Ray ‘Shashen
Yvannay Shumate
Thomas Eagar ‘Smith
Jo Ann Snowden
Mary Stanley
David Stil
B Gene Story
Anice Story
Carol ‘Ann Straits
Augusta Jean Teford
John Wayne Tenford
Cynia Tompkins
Eldon Vinnie
Dorie Well
Fre Werry
Donna Wildermuth
William Winebrea
Paul
Edwin Wise
Pauline Davie Wolfe
Frank Eugene Youre
Denham Sutcliffe
Gambier, Ohio
Nelsonville
Ren
Middleport Pool
Loyal Men's
Siddleport
Mediterranean
U.S. Navy
J. J. Davis
Women's Association of First
Presbyterian Church
Dwight
Wallace
Seoebool Rasa
Karl Owen
Gale
Nyse
Lew Beser_ Jr
UT A
Quick's
Heke
Pomeroy High
Sch
Jimmy Parsons Ford
Anson M. Zahl
AAA
Shirley Hunnel
Edna Grueser
Arthur Arnold
Mary Jane Scott
Saralyn Harman
Carolyn Brown
Bingham Kress
Paul Wise
Richard Rosewell
Bernice Nease
Linda Pick
Larry Mowery
Mike Oh Inger
Mitchell Johnson
Richard Harris
David
A. M. Zabl
Jaycees
Theomet
the Sales
Middleport, Ohio
Land Sur
Meigs
Citizens National Savings
Tos
Citizens National Bank
the Friendly Bank
Ohio
Fedora Meseree System
Federal Deposit Iavarance Corp
Crosley
Allen Appliance
Mill St
Wiedemann’s
AV “Town & Country
Aronn
Jerome
Wieder
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