MIDDLEPORT High Honors 1939 Graduates at Bicentennial Service
Congregations from four churches and families gather at the Middleport High School auditorium for the annual baccalaureate service. Gordon K Harris directs 40 seniors as the Girls Glee Club and School Orchestra provide music including Is He The King Of Love and God Our Fathers. Rev Rothrock delivers a three part sermon titled Entering Into Life with a benediction by Rev McMillin and the service closes with Peace I Leave With You and Cornelius Festival March.
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Middleport
Brockton
Gordon K. Harris
I. D. Ryan
Don McMillin
L. O. Grant
A. Rothrock
McMillin
Girls Glee Club
Jessed Is
Gounod
Marion Allen Rife
Glee Club
Vesta McCoy
Protheroe
God
Grant
Rothrock
Jesus Christ
Mr. Rothrock
Christ
Christ.” Benediction Was Pronounced By Mr. McMillin
Roberts
Graduates Recognized At Pomeroy Church Service
Pomeroy High School graduates were honored at Simpson M. E. Church services Sunday. James Mahoney sang a solo, Jesse Brewster and Judge C. E. Peoples spoke, Rev. Warren Bright addressed the theme Return to Religion, and graduates received Bibles. A celebratory party followed at Rev. and Mrs. Bright’s home for the class of 1939.
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Pomeroy
Pomeroy High School
Simpson M. E. Church
James Mahoney
Jesse Brewster
Church Board
C. E. Peoples
Warren Bright
Alston Tracy
Ernest Jones
David Goodwin
Freda Smith
Kathleen Cunningham
Mona Lee Swartzwalder
Jack Thomas
Albert Seidenable
Birthday Celebration for Mrs. Catharine Woode in Alfred
Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Woode hosted a Sunday picnic at their Alfred home for Mrs. Catharine Woode's seventy ninth birthday. Guests from nearby towns attended including Mr. C. D. Swartz, Mrs. F. P. Ferry, and others. The event featured home made ice cream and a three tier cake baked and gifted by Mrs. Ferry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred
C. D. Woode
Catharine Woode
C. D. Swartz
Clarence Swartz
Lottridge
C. E. Woode
R. E. Burson
F. P. Ferry
P. M. Gillogly
Ray Shaefer
Margaret
Robert
Roberta
Lucille Shumway
Charles van Meter
Charles McNamee. Powell Sr
Racine Champ Will Go To Wisconsin Meet
Meigs County Marbles champion from Racine, Holman, won his division at the Columbus state marble tournament and earned a trip to Madison, Wisconsin. He competed against county champions from across Ohio, after being taken to Columbus by WPA recreation leader Percy Curtis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Wilkie Holman
Racine
Meigs County
Columbus
Madison
Wis
Holman
Ohio
Percy Curtis
WPA
Baker speaks on child welfare at Simpson and Bethany churches
Paul E. Baker, financial secretary of the Methodist Children’s Home in Worthington, spoke at Simpson Methodist Church at 9 15 and at Bethany M E Church at 10 30 Sunday. He discussed the welfare of children and the impact of divorce on them. Four girls from the Worthington Home sang three selections. The Home began 25 years ago with six children and now serves 273.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Paul E. Baker
Methodist Children’s Home
Worthington
Simpson Methodist Church
Bethany M. E
Baker
Middleport Social Notes Highlights Local Gatherings
Middleport residents attend family birthdays and visits, with Fern Abbott and friends touring the New York World's Fair. Local groups meet, including the Gerber Auxiliary of Spanish War Veterans led by Mrs. James Murray. Students and staff move between Bloomville, Marshall College, and Columbus for education, work, and alumni events.
Honor Roll of Pomeroy Is Announced
Final honor roll for the last six weeks ending May 26 lists 118 students: 28 senior boys and 90 junior and sophomore girls plus 8 junior boys and 31 sophomore girls. School total 299 students with 123 boys and 176 girls. Overall honor rate 37.3 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Kimes
Kathryn Legar
Betty Leifheit
Vivian Mees
Kathryn Mitch
Ruth Morgan
Cleo Parker
Christine Sauvage
Lena Smalley
Anah Smith
Maxine Stewart
Mildred Thoma
Dorothy Warl
Ruth Lambert
Lorene Wilson
Grace Winebrenner
Richard Campbell
Walter Grueser
Delmar Hamm
Robert Harbrecht
Harold Heilman
Edward Houdashelt
Charles Pickett
John Walker
Alberta Brickles
Bertha Brown
Tressie Caldwell
Betty Carman
Flora Marie Carr
Pauline Clark
Dorothy Cook
Marcella Cunningham
Nellie Fugate
Geraldine Gainer
Emma Gloeckner
Mary Goodwin
Dorothy Harbrecht
Kathryn Hennessy
Vera Hepp
Mary Phyllis Hines
Maxine Hoeflich
Mary Ke
Abbie Warner
Barbara Wildermuth
Marilyn Young
Betty Jane Kennedy
Meigs County Jail Holds Pomeroy Man on Intoxication Charge
Ben Brewer of near Portland was jailed Sunday by Deputy Hank Young and Constable Grindley in Meigs Jail. An intoxication charge was expected to be filed. Also brought to county jail were Howard McCloud Frank Kelton Howard Foster and Norman Cox, arrested in Middleport by Police Chief Charles Wise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Ben Brewer
Portland
Hank Young
Grindley
Howard McCloud
Frank Kelton
Howard Foster
Norman Cox
Middleport
Charles Wise
Tippy Dye to coach all sports at Grandview High
William Henry Harrison Dye known as Tippy Dye was named Saturday night coach of all sports at Grandview High School near Columbus. A Pomeroy native and Ohio State star, he played for the Cincinnati Bengals in the AFL, later selling insurance in Cincinnati, and will summer as a camp counselor in Wisconsin for H. G. Olsen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
William Henry Harrison
Tippy) Dye
Grandview High School
Columbus
Tippy
Ohio State University
Cincinnati Bengals
Cincinnati
H. G. Olsen
Ohio State
Sarona
Wis
Middleport Ball Club Defeats Gallipolis In Tight Clash
Middleport defeats Gallipolis at Py thian Park in a close Ohio Valley Baseball Association game. Don Manley fanned 12, Joe Johnson homered for Middleport. Gallipolis scored first, Middleport pulled ahead with late runs. next double header vs Racine scheduled for June 4 at 1 p m.
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Middleport
Gallipolis
Ohio Valley Baseball Association
Pythian Park
Gallipols
Don Manley
Joe Johnson
Kelton
Troth
Clark
Manley
Koehler
Racine
Memorial Day Visits Highlight Relatives and Friends
Charlestons Will Besserer spent Memorial Day weekend with his siblings Miss Letty and C F Besserer. Columbus guests Mr and Mrs L E Saunders arrived to spend Memorial Day with relatives. Mrs H L Welch of Gassaway WV and daughter Jane visited the Bradburys and Reynolds family, with Mrs Welch visiting Athens, home of the late Jacob Sherman. Edith Klein from New York City vacationing for graduation with Eva Mae Fugate. Mrs Noah Gibbs returns to Albany after visiting. Mae Rust of Columbus also spends Memorial Day with friends in town and Cheshire. Donovan Allen of Buffalo NY visits his parents and the Bradburys and Frank Allen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louise Rothrock
Bloomville
H. A. Rothrock
Ruth Rothrock
Marshall College
Will Plummer
Rutland
Lawrence Mihean
Grace Sauvage
Columbus
E. R. Lama
Alice Louise Lama
Marshall McCuen
McCuen
Wanda
Helen Yarman
George Meyers
Shelby
Boyd Dilgard
William Huggins
Guy Thompson
Middleport
Thompson
Warren Turner
Malden
W. Va
Addie Branch
Front St
Floyd Koehler
Connie Lee
Eddie Gene
Frank Ley
Athens
Koehler
Glouster
Marjorie Brown
Wanda Beauty Shop
Brown
Oak Hill
Helen Zeise
Raymond Zeise
Will Besserer
Charleston
Letty
C. F. Besserer
L. E. Saunders
H. L. Welch
Jane
Gassaway
N. C. Welch
Mae Rust
Cheshire
Donovan Allen
Buffalo
N. Y
A. H. Bradbury
Chestnut St
Frank Allen
Rio Grande
Protests Target Hillside Road Near Soldiers' Monument
Daughters of Union Veterans American Legion and Auxiliary protest a hillside road plan beside the Soldiers' Monument. The Meigs County memorial, dedicated Memorial Day 69 years ago, cost 2500 with a dedication plaque listing dead soldiers 1861–66.
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Meigs County
Funeral Attendees From Distance For Wesley Koester
Those here from a distance to attend the funeral of Wesley S. Koester, which was held Saturday, included Mr. and Mrs. Will Koester of Montgomery West Virginia, Mrs. Anna Eppelin and her son of Akron, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Bay and Charles Bengel of Marietta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley S. Koester
Will Koester
Montgomery
W. Va
Anna Eppelin and Son
Akron
Fred Bay
Charles Bengel
Marietta
State Official to Lead Legion Memorial Services
Virgil Martin assistant director of the Ohio Department of Insurance will speak at Beech Grove Cemetery Memorial Day services. The parade forms at 9 30 from the Legion Home on West Main Street and proceeds to Mulberry Avenue. Daughters of Union Veterans assist and Gold Star Mothers Spanish War and Civil War veterans are invited as honored guests.
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Pomeroy
Virgil Martin
Ohio Department of Insurance
Beech Grove Cemetery
Drew Webster Post
American Legion
Martin
Department of Ohio
Ohio Veterans’ Republic Club
New Legion
West Main St
Main
Court
Mulberry Ave
Daughters of Union
Eva Van Zandt Stansbury Dies in Middleport Home
Mrs Eva Van Zandt Stansbury 73 died at her S Third Ave home Saturday after a long illness. widow of W E Stansbury and daughter of the late James Van Zandt and his wife. She is survived by nieces and nephews including Eva Suter of Welch WV, Elmer Reed, and George Lasher. Funeral at home Monday at 2 PM with burial at Middleport Hill Cemetery.
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Middleport
Eva van Zandt Stansbury
S. Third Ave
George Lasher
Middleport Hill Cemetery
Rain Spotty in Area Over Southern Ohio
Rainfall in southern Ohio is irregular and scarce, with crops damaged in some localities while others see heavy showers. An early Sunday drive from Marietta to Pomeroy found rain in five spots but long dry stretches, and picnickers at Masonic Park along the Muskingum River experienced no rain nearby.
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Pomeroy
Marietta
Masonic Park
Muskingum River
Accident Victim Taken To Holzer Hospital
Mrs. Max Avner of Gallipolis was taken to Holzer Hospital after a Sunday evening automobile crash at Tuppers Plains on Route 7. Edward Brooks of Athens driving on Alfred Road caused the collision. his wife and two children suffered minor injuries and all three were removed from the overturned vehicle through a window.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Max Avner
Gallipolis
Holzer Hospital
Tuppers Plains
Edward Brooks
Athens
Alfred Road
Route 7
Avner
Brooks
Feder Church Host Seeks Self Change Through Oxford Group
Rev. Howard C. Blake spoke at the Federated Church on Europe United States contrasts and urged self change to impact world affairs. He cited Oxford Group ideas of honesty purity unselfishness and love and invited locals to a Wednesday meeting to discuss policies and activities. The article notes Chincha Island cormorant population is about 5 609 000.
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Pomeroy
Federated Church
Howard C. Blake
Europe
United States
Blake
Oxford Group
Denmark
Finland
Norway
Sweden
Lulu Blake
Lincoln Hill
Charles Ebersbach
Oxford
Ralph Kuether
Howard Blake
Chincha
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Woode
Wisconsin
Simpson and Bethany
Deanna Dines
Deanna Durbin
Cocoanut Grove
Young Vaughn Paul
Middleport Social Notes
New York
Fern Abbott
Jack Abbott
Stella Palmer
Sylvan Gardner
Jane Gardner
New York World's Fair
Washington, D. C
Gerber Auxiliary of the
James Murray
Grant St
A. J. Beaver
Dan Farmer
Tiltonsville
David Farmer
Blanche Carpenter
Carpenter
Farmer
Tiltonville
Evanston, Ill
Northwestern University
Meigs
Grandview High
Middleport Ball Club
Washington Service Bureau
F. M. Kerby
Athens Messenger Service Bureau
Thirteenth Street
St. & No
The
Athens Messenger
Legion
Licazzi & Myzzi Tosacco Co
Mrs. Stansbury
Sientas
Nurito
Athens County Savings & Loan CO
Lostro Building
Athens, Ohio
Marlboro
Mass
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