Pomeroy Memorial Day Parade And Services Planned
The Pomeroy High School Band will lead the Memorial Day parade Sunday at 9 50 a m from the courthouse to Beech Grove Cemetery with church services at the cemetery and a 10 30 a m sermon by Don Schoeppe former department commander. Gold Star mothers and Legion units will participate with detailed formation times and ceremonies at the courthouse and church.
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Pomeroy
Pomeroy High School
Beech Grove Cemetery
Union Church
Donchoeppe
The
Legion’s Department of Ohio
Second St
Sycamore
Main
Court
Mulberry
Boy Scouts
Girl Scouts
Gold Star
Auxiliary
Colons and Legion Color Guard
Legion Drum and Bugle Corps
Legion
Pomeroy Volunteer Firemen
Robert L. Hegnauer
Weber Thoma
Paul Nye
John Frank
Leo Vaughan
Thoma
Leo. Vaughan
Raymond Harbrecht
Ben Neutzling
Charles Marcinko
Lily Hauck
Earl Scott
Carolyn Miller
Money Talks on Saving Time and Money
The piece urges immediate action to improve appearance and save money. It argues that delaying plans to lose weight or start saving wastes future time and encourages doing it now rather than postponing. It links present effort to future benefits and urges taking action today.
Middleport Social Notes Postpones Inspection
Meetings of the Meigs Temple Pythian Sisters will be held June 1 but the inspection has been postponed indefinitely.
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Meigs Temple
Local residents attend Lafayette Day and premiere events
Miss Mary Root joined Lafayette Day events in Gallipolis at Our House. Several locals traveled to Lancaster for the Green Grass of Wyoming premiere and theater festivities. Walter Russell returned home from Meigs General Hospital in critical condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Root
Gallipolis
Our House
Winifred Smith Switzer
Pomeroy
Howard Ewing
Lancaster
Wyoming
Walter Russell
Meigs General Hospital
Ruth Humphrey
Wheelersburg
J. N. Humphrey
Middleport
Paul Haptonstall
Laurelville
William E. Yeager
William A. Yeager
Herman Lohse
Gertrude Rioes
Edgar Schlarb
Akron
Guy Reynolds
Minerva Childers
William Price
Billy
Dale Mourning
James
Point Pleasant
Prices
Beaver Falls
Eleanor Satterfield
Mary McClure
Charles Tewksbury
Adrienne Mills
Kootaga Plans Are Traced
Kiashuta District Boy Scout representatives met at Camp Kiashuta Chester on Tuesday night to map scout activities for the Kootaga Area Council Camporee set for June 4 5 and 6 and the Summer Camp in the first week of August Edward Foster district committee chairman presided with 10 representatives in attendance The meeting was the last until August due to June and July camping The session followed a potluck supper for district scouts their families and representatives.
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Kiashuta
Camp Kiashuta
Chester
Kootaga Area
Edward Foster
Letart Falls Social Hosts Visitant List From Letart
Sunday guests of Mr and Mrs Wheeler Larson and Mrs Mary Larson included Mr and Mrs J T Ryder, Mr and Mrs Sam Ryder and Mrs Vent Ryder of Huntington West Virginia, Mr and Mrs Walter Sayre of Antiquity, Mr and Mrs Richard Rowe near Racine, Mrs Roderick Grimm of Letart Falls, and Mr and Mrs Philip Meredith of Coolville.
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Letart Falls
Wheeler Larson
Mary Larson
J. T. Ryder
Sam Ryder
Vent Ryder
Huntington
W.va
Walter Sayre
Antiquity
Richard Rowe
Near Racine
Roderick Grimm
Philip Meredith
Coolville
Pomeroy Fire Department Memorial Service Plan
Members of the Pomeroy Fire Department will meet at City Hall Sunday at 9 a.m. to attend memorial services at Beech Grove Cemetery.
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Pomeroy
Beech Grove
Youths Bound to Jury In Rock Tossing Case
Four youths arrested by the State Highway Patrol near the Hobson bridge were bound over to the grand jury in Probate Court after a Thursday hearing. They were released pending further time for their case.
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Pomeroy
State Highway Patrol
Hobson
Grand Jury
Ex-Agent To Speak At Fish Fry In Meigs District
George W. Kreitler former Meigs County agent will speak at the Meigs Soil Conservation District fish fry and election at Rocksprings Grange Hall on June 7. Also Bill Zipf Columbus farm editor will speak. Election of two district supervisors set for June 7 9 am to 4 pm at the county extension office and 7 pm to 10 30 pm at the Grange Hall.
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Pomeroy
George W. Kreitler
Meigs County
Meigs Soil Conservation District
Rocksprings Grange Hall
Bill Zipf
Columbus
Harold Carnahan
District Board of Supervisors
Kreitler
Meigs
Licking
Europe
Carnahan
Meigs County Farm Bureau
Grange
Memorial Day Rites Slated At Racine
Manning D. Webster will speak at Memorial Day services in Racine Baptist Church at 1 30 p m Sunday. A parade to Greenview Cemetery will follow for a military salute to deceased veterans. A second service may be held at 3 30 p m at Letart church and cemetery.
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Racine
Manning D. Webster
Pomeroy
Ed Howell Jr
American Legion
Greenview Cemetery
Legion
Letart
Letart Cemetery
Pomeroy Church News Highlights Local Services
Local church notices list schedules for Pomeroy and surrounding areas. Includes Bible School times, worship services, special sermon themes, and youth activities at churches such as Pomeroy Church of Christ Nazare ne Syracuse Evangelical United Brethren Carmel Life of Parkersburg and First Baptist Pomeroy and Rutland with Memorial Day observances and vacation Bible school registrations.
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House OF Prayer
Chester
Edmond Life
Parkersburg
First Baptist
Pomeroy
Paul W. Nye
Baptist Youth Fellowship
Workers Conference
Rutland
Paul W.nye
Grace Episcopal
June events for Mason County readers
In June, Central West Virginia Strawberry Festival at Buckhannon on June 1. American Legion Mountaineer Boys' State runs June 6 through June 12 at Jackson's Mill. A pure bred sheep show and sale is set for Middlebourne on June 19.
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Point Pleasant
Central West Virginia
Buckhannon
American Legion Mountaineer
Jackson's Mill
Middlebourge
Bartow Jones Named on Frontier Committee
Bartow Jones a local businessman and political leader is named to a three man committee to select personnel for The Ohio Valley Second Frontier at Rio Grande College in Ohio September 23 and 24. Tom Agee of Gallipolis and Frank Morrow of Wellston join him on the committee. The event aims to showcase soil water crops livestock buildings machinery trees and wildlife with about 100000 attendees expected from Mason County and nearby areas.
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Point Pleasant
Bartow Jones
Rio Grande College
Rio Grande
Ohio
Ben Hayes
Ohio Magazine
U. S. Soil Conservation Service
Charles E. Holzer
Louis Bromfield
Malabar
Final Married Ladies Bridge Club Meets at Mrs Morgan Home
The Married Ladies Bridge club closed its season at Mrs W H Morgan’s home with Spring flowers decorating. Miss Reba Beale won high score and was awarded a deck of playing cards. Mrs T Stribling led the year’s tally, with Mrs Robert S Meyer close behind. Mrs Meyer was re elected president and Mrs Stribling secretary. Play resumes on the first Thursday in October with Mrs Heiner as hostess.
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Point Pleasant
Married Ladies Bridge Club
W. H. Morgan
Dewey A. Windsor
Reba Beale
C. G. Bauerle
Miss Beale
T. Stribling
Robert S. Meyer
S. Chandler Wilhelm
E. E. Heiner
Nelson A. Park, Jr
Milton L. Miller
Mrs. Easley Hosts Bridge Club on Park Drive
Mrs. O L Easley entertained her bridge club at home on Park Drive. Two tables played. A J Moore won high score and Paul S Thom as was second. Refreshments served to eight members including Mrs. Somerville, Mrs. Moore, Mrs. Thomas, Mrs. Heiskel, Mrs. Findlay Thomas, Mrs. Wallace, Mrs. Allen and Mrs. Easley.
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O. L. Easley
Bridge Club
Park Drive
A. J. Moore
Paul S. Thomas
Harold E. Somerville
Moore
Thomas
L. K. Heiskel
Robert Findlay Thomas
J. N. Wallace
Richard Allen
Easley
Anne Bailey Farm Women’s Club June meeting
The Anne Bailey Farm Women’s Club will hold its June meeting Tuesday at Mrs Oak Thomas’s home on Ripley Road. The study topic for the month is Wise Use of Income.
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Anne Bailey Farm Women's Club
Oak Thomas
Ripley Road
Visitors and family gatherings fill Narrows and nearby towns
Mrs. Andres Hale of The Narrows Va. leaves after a visit with Mrs. Raymond Musgrave. W. B. Barnett enters City Hospital in Parkersburg for treatment after months of illness. Betty Tracy Keeler and her brother Jack Tracy visit from Washington and Xavier University for the weekend with their parents, the Burns. Captains Stone Reynolds plan visits to Witcher, Charleston, and Detroit relatives await holiday time with the Wilhelms and other local families.
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Andres Hale
the Narrows
Raymond Musgrave
Ernest Hesson
W. B. Barnett
Parkersburg
City Hospital
Barnett
Betty Tracy Keeler
Washington
Jack Tracy
Xavier University
Cincinnati
Ben Tracy, Sr
Viand St
C. H. Stone
C. W. Reynolds
Witcher
Tom Reynolds
Charleston
A. L. Rossiter
Detroit
Wilhelms
Milton Millers
Heslops
Hugo Juhling
Hartford
Memorial Day sermons fill Middleport churches
Memorial Day services across Middleport churches feature Dr. Homer G. McMillen of the Middleport Presbyterian Church delivering the theme America for God. Members of Feeney-Bennett Post join First Presbyterian worship at 10:30 a.m. with Sunday school at 9:30 a.m. and James Buchanan as superintendent.
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Feeney-Bennett Post
American Legion
First Presbyterian Church
Homer G. McMillen
America For God
James Buchanan
Church OF Christ
Do. E. Shepard
Christian Endeavor
Church OF the Nazarenee
E. Cox
Harvey Galloway
Columbus
Daughters of America
Sheriff Hesson Praised for Large Delegate Lead
Sheriff Ernest Hesson of Mason County received a letter from National Committeeman Walter S. Hallanan thanking him and Mason Countians for a margin near 500 votes ahead of the next candidate for delegate at large. Hallanan, chairman of the convention arrangements committee, has been in Philadelphia.
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Point Pleasant
Ernest Hesson
Walter S. Hallanan
Hallanan
Philadelphia
Deal Rites Set Today
Funeral services were set for 2 p.m. today at the home in Upland for Miss Belle Deal who died Wednesday. The Rev. J. C. Allen was to officiate with burial in the Deal family cemetery. She is survived by four sisters and six brothers.
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Point Pleasant
Upland
Belle Deal
J. C. Allen
Deal
Miss Deal
Lucy Arthur
Bancroft
Lucrosa Meadows
Milton
Jennie Doss
Fraziers Bottom
Bertie Parsons
Charleston
Hubert and
Dewey Deal
Huntington
Ira and
Lafridge Deal
van and Lucas Deal
Columbus, Ohio
Police Chief Still Sought
Middleport council and village officials met to discuss applications for chief of police. Chief Ray McClure will relinquish his post on May 31, and no successor has been named. Lionel Boggs, initially named to replace McClure, left for other work after McClure declined to step down.
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Middleport
Ray McClure
Lionel Boggs
McClure
Sidney T. Russell
Pomeroy Boy Scout Pack 49 Reorganizing Under Leadership
Reorganization of Pomeroy Pack 49 is underway led by Rev Hegnamenauer as institutional representative. Clarence Andrews named cubmaster and Charles W Cohen committee chairman at a Federated Church meeting. A pack meeting is scheduled for June 30 as dens prepare a program.
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Pomeroy
Robert Hegnauer
Federated Church of Pomeroy
Clarence Andrews
Charles W. Cohen
Cohen
Garage and Home Burned at Former Mayor’s Residence
Fire threats damaged a large garage and nearby home at Gravel Hill the morning of Thursday. The blaze started from a compressor spark and caused partial insurance coverage. Middleport Fire Department promptly saved the Robson residence and property, which had been recently redecorated.
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Middleport
William Robson
Gravel Hill
Robsons
Henderson Principal To Be Critic Teacher
Mrs. Louise Sommer principal of Henderson Grade School will serve as critic teacher for six weeks of the summer term at Morris Harvey College in Charleston. She attended a meeting of college instructors in Charleston Wednesday night.
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Point Pleasant
Louise Sommer
Henderson
Morris Harvey College
Charleston
Book Sale by Junior Woman's Club for Library Fund
The Junior Woman's Club sets a Saturday booth in front of Belva's Store Main St to sell a 140 page General Marshall's Victory Report with WWII maps and battles. Proceeds benefit the Mason County Public Library and include Mason County Honor Roll pages compiled by Robert H. Ferguson.
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Point Pleasant
Belva’s
Main St
General Marshall
Robert H. Ferguson
Cornstalk
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Mason County Public Library
Mason County
Christ Church Parish Episcopal Weekly church notices
The Rev. Robert Findlay Thomas lists services and meetings for Christ Church Parish and Bruce Chapel for the week starting May 30. Christ Church 9:00 Holy Communion 9:30 Church School 11:00 choral morning prayer and sermon. St Monicas Guild meets June 1 at 8 p.m. Service Guild luncheon June 2 at 1:00. Bruce Chapel Church School 10 a.m. May 30.
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Pomeroy
Christian Science Society
Mulberry Ave
Church OF the Nazarene
Syracuse
Clare St. John
Young Peoples Meeting
Point Pleasant
Robert Findlay Thomas
Christ Church Parish
Episcopal
Christ Church
St. Monica's Guild
Service Guild
Bruce Chapel
Middleport Alumni Banquet Promises Largest Ever Event
Middleport High School Alumni Association president Joe Young Jr. announces the biggest and best alumni banquet since graduation. The May 29 reunion includes a 6:30 p.m. banquet, 9 p.m. dancing with Rex Koons and his band, a musical program, and games. A new trophy case and athletic trophies will be featured. Mayor D A Canaday asks merchants and citizens to display flags for Poppy Day.
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Middleport
Joe Young, Jr
Middleport High School Alumni Association
Rex Koons
Band of
Athens
PTA
Young
Middleport High
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