Middleport Class of 1942 Graduates at Commencement
Middleport High School held its 68th annual commencement in the auditorium with 34 graduates. Dr John Clark Williams gave the class address urging commitment to country God society and the churches. Diplomas were presented by L D Diles as the band played Dauntless and benediction followed.
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Middleport
Middleport High School
Gordon Harris
H. A. Rothrock
Lois Cecil
John Clark Williams
Janet Dillard
Dauntless
Marion Rife
Kenneth McElhinney
Ernest Fraser
Betty Nuckles
Marcella Russell
L. D. Diles
Board of Education
PTA
Rothrock
Racine High Alumni Plan Saturday Night Gathering
Racine high school alumni hold their annual reunion at the school this Saturday. Graduating class members will be guests of the alumni. The event opens with a banquet followed by a program and dancing.
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Pomeroy
Racineigh School
Class of 1886 Has But Two Survivors
A letter from W D Brown of Wichita Kansas recalls the Class of 1886 at Pomeroy High School. Four boys and one girl graduated. Ina Fieger died soon after graduation. Walter Jones and George Pfarr are deceased. Thed Flanegin of Detroit and Brown are the remaining survivors. Brown’s letter will be read at the alumni meeting Saturday night.
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Pomeroy
Pomeroy High School
Herman Beards
W. D. Brown
Wichita
Kan
Brown
Ina Fieger
Walter Jones
George Pfarr
Thed Flanegin
Detroit
Mr. Brown
Stores Open Monday Night In Pomeroy
POMEROY local stores will be open Monday nights beginning next week for defense workers. Elberfeld's and the Red Anchor will adjust hours and in Monday will stay closed mornings until noon. Stores will close Saturday for Memorial Day but remain open Friday night to honor the weekend.
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Pomeroy
Elberfeld’s
Red
Daniel Jackson Dies At Home In Meigs
Funeral services for Daniel Jackson 84 who died Wednesday at his home on Liberty Lane Middleport will be Friday at 2 pm at Mt. Moriah Baptist Church. Survived by wife Melvina Jackson nine sons and daughters Pred of Middleport David Howard Laura Young Cora of Erie Kathleen Braxton Douglas Rendville Goldie Evans Cleveland twelve grandchildren four great grandchildren and brother Theodore Jackson of Pomeroy.
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Middleport
Daniel Jackson
Liberty Lane
Mt. Moriah Baptist Church
Mr. Jackson
Melvina Jackson
Pred
David
Howard
Laura Young
Cora
Erie
Kathleen Braxton
Cincinnati
Douglas
Rendville
Gold
Meigs Speakers To Appear in Broadcast
Meigs County AAA will air Friday at 12 45 PM on station WPAR Parkersburg. Guest will be George Paulsen farm placement representative fromPomrey Employment Office Pom eroy with Edson E Roush chairman of the Agricultural War Board. They will discuss farm labor and production and its role in Food for Freedom.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
WPAR
Parkersburg
George Paulsen
Edson E. Roush
Agricultural War Board
Food For Freedom
Mrs L H Pratt Comes Home From Hospital
Mrs L H Pratt, recently operated on at St Josephs Hospital Parkersburg, has been brought to her home at the Ohio Hotel where she is recovering satisfactorily.
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Middleport
L. H. Pratt
St. Joseph's Hospital
Parkersburg
Ohio Hotel
William Huggins
Gordon Ely
Columbus
St. Anthony's Hospital
Ely
James LeFever
Washington, D. C
Pomeroy Social Notes Highlights Legion Aux Meeting and Local Visits
Pomeroy social notes recap activities of the Ladies Auxiliary of the American Legion Drew Webster Post meeting at Legion Hall on Terrace Street led by president Mrs Hazel Clark. Poppy sale raised 181.16 dollars. reports on sick committee and ways and means shared. Ann Ebersbach acted as treasurer due to illness. plans to place flags on World War graves with Anna Ebbersbach and Mayme Holmes coordinating. The group awarded a prize to Mrs Winona Cook and organized catering for alumni banquet May 30 at the Junior High auditorium. Next meeting is a pot luck on flag day June 1 at the schoolhouse, with various hostesses listed. Other items note the Chestnut Ridge Stitchers organizing with 13 girls attending under leader Zella Rupert, and staff changes and visits among local residents and friends including Miss Edna Hetzel and Mrs Edward Nye’s return to Charleston, and Miss Mary Kloh visiting from Lancaster.
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Pomeroy—Ladies Auxiliary
The
American Legion
Drew
Anna Ebbersbach
Mayme Holmes
Ralph Gilmore
Bertha Radford
Winona Cook
Carrie Neutzling
Ethel Tedrow
Alice Kesterson
Alberta Shumaker
Ruby Erb
Leona Smith
Bridge Club Honors At Marguerite Meyer's Home
Miss Marguerite Meyer hosted her contract bridge gathering Tuesday evening at Mulberry Ave. Three tables played with high score honors earned by Miss Marion Ebersbach and the guest prize going to Miss Edith Bowen. Guests included Mrs Neils Powell, Miss Alice Smith, Miss Majel Lee, Miss Ruth Huber, and Miss Edith Bowen. Members present were Mrs Charles Gibbs, Mrs W A Smith, Mrs Manning Webster, Mrs Willard Ashworth, Mrs Lawrence Weed, Mrs Arthur Skinner, Miss Marion Ebersbach, and Miss Adele Schoenlein.
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Marguerite Meyer
Contract Bridge Club
Mulberry Ave
Marion Ebersbach
Edith Bowen
Neils Powell
Alice Smith
Majel Lee
Ruth Huber
Charles Gibbs
W. A. Smith
Manning Webster
Willard Ashworth
Lawrence Weed
Arthur Skinner
Adele Schoenlein
Pioneer Senior Club Meets at Reedsville School
Twelve members attended the meeting of the Pioneer Senior Club at the Reedsville school on Monday.
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Reedsville
Pioneer Senior Club
Pomeroy Post Office to Open Saturday Noon
Pomeroy Post Office will be open Saturday until noon, Postmaster Charles H. Mull en announced. City carrier service will operate in the morning, but there will be no rural delivery.
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Pomeroy
Charles H. Mullen
Women on Shakespearean stage in the Elizabethan era
The article notes that women did not appear on stage in Shakespeare's time and that all roles were performed by men. It highlights the practice of male actors portraying both young heroines and female leads in Elizabethan theatre.
Dinners and Farewell for Rev Don McMillin in Middleport
Middleport social notes describe a farewell dinner at the home of Mr and Mrs Joe Kirby on S Second Ave attended by 60 members of Loyal Women's and Men's Classes to honor Rev Don McMillin and his family who left for Kenmore to begin a new charge at the Church of Christ. The event featured a chicken dinner, devotional, gifts for the McMillins and their son Leon, and a birthday cake for Mr Kirby.
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Middleport
Don McMillin
Kenmore
McMillin
Church of Christ
Joe Kirby
S. Second Ave
Loyal
McMillins
Leon
Kirby
Open House Held by Moose Lodge in New Quarters
Large flower bouquets from local firms decorated the Moose Lodge rooms in the former K P building as open house was held. Guests included Bill Grate Ralph Graves Charles Murray and Jacob Weizer with Carl Weese expected today for the formal opening. A 150 member class is anticipated for initiation Sunday June 7.
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Middleport
Pomeroy Cement Block Company
Shumaker Plumbing Company
Pickens
Moose Lodge
K. of P
Lodge
Bill Grate
Ralph Graves
Charles Murray
Jacob Weizer
Bellaire
Moosehart
Carl Weese
Supreme Auditor
Mrs. Cora Frawley Rites on Friday
Mrs. Cora Farley 71 died Tuesday at her daughter Lydia Arnott’s home in Jennie Watts Hollow. Funeral set for Friday at Mt. Moriah Church at two with burial in Fairview. She is survived by several sons, daughters, and other relatives.
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Pomeroy
Cora Farley
Lydia Arnott
Jennie Watts Hollow
Mt. Moriah
Fairview
Arnott
Middleport Police Report Arrests
Middleport police report several arrests led by Chief Fred DeWees and Patrolman L B Higgins. Ross Shoemaker faced intoxication and menacing with a knife, fined five dollars plus costs. Claude Ashley Sr of Pomeroy paid five dollars and costs for intoxication. Clyde Cunningham of Mason West Virginia appeared before May or C O Fisher, fined ten dollars plus costs.
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Middleport
Fred DeWees
L. B. Higgins
Ross Shoemaker
Claude Ashley, Sr
Pomeroy
DeWees
Clyde Cunningham
Mason
W. Va
C. O. Fisher
Higgins
Great Western Railway Dogs Guard Wales Tracks
The Great Western railway of Wales has trained dogs on its payroll. Their main duty is to keep sheep off the tracks and right of way.
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The
Great Western Railway of Wales
Memorial Services to be Held by DAV
Meigs Chapter No 53 D A V sponsors Memorial Service over radio station WPAR Parkersburg Sunday 1 15 to 1 30 PM Dayton Strickland to sing Johnny Doughboy Found a Rose in Ireland Ben F Turner to address later Strickland to sing Keep the Home Fires Burning Gerald Hoffner to accompany Hoffner not to introduce new song Fateful Pearl Harbor as announced He plans a national hookup for the song with Guy Lombardo
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Pomeroy
Meigs
WPAR
Parkersburg
Dayton Strickland
Johnny Doughboy
Ireland
Ben F. Turner
Strickland
Gerald Hoffner
Hoff
Victory Banquet Held at Simpson Methodist Church
A victory banquet celebrating a successful year was held Wednesday evening at Simpson Methodist Church. The program featured music by the All Girls' Choir, a duet by Rev. and Mrs. Noble Rompel, group songs, and a speech by Rev. John W. McMahan of South Zanesville with Rev. Carter as guest. WSCS members served dinner prior to the program.
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Pomeroy
Simpson Methodist Church
All Girls
Noble Rompel
John W. McMahan
South Zanesville
Carter
WSCS
Trial of Commissioner Hartinger Postponed Two Days
The trial of Commissioner Dan Hartinger, set in the court of Justice of Peace Percy L. Peoples, was delayed for two days at the defendant's request. He faces two charges: resisting an officer and intoxication, according to the officers.
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Pomeroy
Dan Hartinger
Court of Justice of Peace
Percy L. Peoples
Hartinger
Hall of Fame at NYU Requires 25 Years After Death
The NYU Hall of Fame rules require candidates to be deceased for 25 years before election. The policy applies to both men and women, ensuring timeless eligibility criteria for induction.
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New York University
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