War Memorial Services To Mark Memorial Day Parade Here
War Memorial Day plans in MIDDLEPORT call for a 9 a.m. parade assembling at the village hall and a procession along North Third Ave to the memorial near the post office. Rev. O C Cooper of Coalton will speak, with a wreath, music, and a radio broadcast. Schoolchildren may march or ride decorated bicycles, and the Business and Professional Women’s Club will display three floats and a car with officers.
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Frank Vroman
Village Hall
Edward Spencer
North Third Ave
Walnut St
N. Second Ave
Lincoln St
Third
Third Ave
Mill St
War Memorial
Vroman
O. C. Cooper
Coalton
American Legion Auxiliary
Clinton Fisher
Love Joy Circle Holds First Meeting in Middleport
Velma eo Karr and Vic of the re organized Love-Joy Circle met at Mrs A R Pullen’s home with 15 members including Mrs Paul Smart who led devotionals. Regular meetings will be the fourth Monday. June hostess is Mrs Willis Anthony.
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Middleport
Velma Eo Karr
Vic
Ginia Clifford
B. H. Sanborn Missionary Society
A. R. Pullen
Paul Smart
Willis Anthony
Shutins
J. M. Archer
Beulah White
Harold Chase
Anthony
Sylvia McMaster
Harry Houdashelt
Reading
John Kauff
White Cross
Ethel Hughes
Sanborn Missionary Society
Pullen
White
Hughes
Dana Hamilton
Chase
George Baker
McMaster
Dorcas
Hés Tesses
Charleston Residents Attend Morris Harvey College Graduation
Mrs Guy Reynolds Mrs Disa Hayman of Charleston and Miss Edna Burdette of Leon W Va joined by W Reynolds met Miss Flora Calvert of Tulsa Oklahoma in Cincinnati Monday evening to attend Morris Harvey College graduation in Charleston Tuesday. Calvert was postmistress at Guysville for several years.
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Middleport
Guy Reynolds
Disa Hayman
Charleston
Edna Burdette
Leon
W. Va
Cincinnati
Flora Calvert
Tulsa
Okla
Morris Harvey College
Hayman
Carolyn
Pythian Sisters Meet In Middleport With Jitney Supper
Middleport Meigs Temple Pythian Sisters will convene Tuesday evening with Miss Erma Smith as chief. After ritual work and a business meeting a jitney supper will follow. Members should bring covered dishes. Monday brings Staff and Officers Club at Mrs. Nora Kennedy’s home with hostesses Mrs. Homer Jones and Mrs. Lena McEthinny assisting.
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Middleport
Meigs Temple Pythian Sisters
Erma Smith
Nora Kennedy
Homer Jones
Lena McEthinny
Middleport Cheerleaders Honor Sponsor With Picnic Gift
Middleport High School cheerleaders and Mrs Nan Moore their sponsor visited New Haven Roadside Park on Tuesday for a picnic. They presented Mrs Moore with a gift in appreciation for her services the past year. The group attended a Gallipolis theater party afterward. Members included Judith Cluff Megan Cluff Laura Rowley and Kay Van Cooney. Donna MacDonald Bonecutter could not attend.
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Middleport
Middleport High School
Nan Moore
New Haven
Delta Kappa Gamma elects Nan Moore president at Jackson meeting
Nan Moore reports on Akron state convention while Alpha Omicron chapter meets at Colonial Inn Jackson for dinner and program. Plans to attend the national convention in August. Attendees include Meigs County members Nan Moore and Marcelline Buell along with Susan Park Lois Cecil Ruth Drake Mary Virginia Reibel Ethel Garland Margaret Parsons Avis Roush Geneva Joachim Vinas Lee Mildred Hawley Virginia Mayes and Jackson guests Anna Hous er Louise Leach Nellie Lucas Mary Richards Rachel Warner plus Eva Simms of Cincinnati.
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Middleport
Nan Moore
Alpha Omocron
Delta Kappa Gamma
Akron
Colonial Inn
Jackson
Meigs
Marcelline Buell
Susan Park
Lois Cecil
Ruth Drake
Mary Virginia Reibel
Ethel Garland
Margaret Parsons
Avis Roush
Geneva Joachim
Vinas Lee
Mildred Hawley
Eta Phi Chapter Beta Sigma Phi Holds Pottery Programme
Ohio Eta Phi Chapter met Tuesday evening in the sorority room. Norma Koehler was elected president and will head the meeting. Eleanor Thomas to lead the service committee, Freddie Houdashelt ways and means, and Mary Ohlinger program. A June barbeque picnic is planned with Rosie Sisson as chairman. Refreshments were served by guests.
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Middleport
Virginia Clifford
Phyllis Mullen
Ohio
WCTU to Meet at White Home for Talk by Salvation Army Captain
The WCTU gathers tonight at N Fifth Avenue home of Mrs Beulah White and her mother Mrs Robert White. Captain Levi Olmstead of the Salvation Army will speak to the group.
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Middleport
WCTU
Beulah White
Robert White
Fifth Ave
Levi Olmstead
Salvation Army
Memorial Day Weekend Visitors and Local Health Notes
Miss Mabel Hysell remains a patient at Meigs General Hospital undergoing tests and X-rays. George Grindley returns home for a two month test treatment after three weeks at Holzer Hospital with improved heart condition. Linda Darst to re-enter Holzer Hospital next Tuesday for treatment. The Rev and Mrs Louis A Banverter and daughters Juanita and Carole spent Wednesday in Dresden and Zanesville.
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Robinson's
Mill St
Meigs General Hospital
Ralph Anderson
Detroit
Carrie Ellison
Columbus
Elizabeth Ward
J. G. Matthews
Carl Hughes
Carl Hughes, Jr
Rosa Sherman
Weston
Charles Lucas
Marjorie
Rodney
Homer Jones
Lucas
Dale Darst
Bachner
N. Second Ave
Mill and
Fifth
Darsts
Linda
Holzer Hospital
Darst
Louis A. Banverter
Juanita
Carole
Dresden
Zanesville
Illinois Visitor Travels To Evanston
Elizabeth Ferrell recently returned from a week in Evanston Illinois visiting her son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs Willard Decamp and their son Richard. A notice to Mary Jane Walter from Albuquerque New Mexico concerns a legal petition in Athens County Ohio seeking to set aside a will dated February 25 1943 with a response deadline.
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Chauncey
Elizabeth Ferrell
Evanston
Willard Decamp
Richard
Mary Jane Walter
West
Gold Avenue
City of
Albuquerque
State of New Mexico
Carl E. Jewett
Robert Jewett
Earl Jewett
Oliver J. Jewett
Court of Common Pleas
Athens County
Ohio
William Thomas Bean
Carl EF. Jewett
R. W. Finsterwald
Rowland & Rowland
Century Old Elm Tree Cut Down in Chauncey
An ancient elm near Sycamore Street in Chauncey, over a century old, has been cut down after years of decline. The hollow trunk and dead branches posed hazards to children and parked cars at the Chauncey-Dover Memorial athletic field. School authorities approved removal as most branches did not leaf out this spring.
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Chauncey
Sycamore Street
Sunday Creek
Chauncey-Dover Memorial Athletic Field
First Planning Meeting Held for Fall Flower Show
Members of the Amateur Gardeners Club and the Middleport Garden Club held their first planning meeting for a joint fall flower show at Mrs. L. E. Reynolds home. The event aims for glamorous classes and is tied to Homecoming Festival weekend with date undecided.
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Middleport
Amateur Gardeners Club
Middleport Garden Club
L. E. Reynolds
Reynolds
E. M. Maag
Cochairman
James Titus
Ohio Association of Garden Clubs
Titus
Ang
John Duerr
Harold Lohse
A J. Strauss
E. S. Schaaf
O. P. Klein
Women Society of Christian Service Meets at Methodist Church
The Plains group held a program and devotions led by Mary Shafer with a candle lighting for new officers. Dorothy Cade presided over the service and meeting. attendees included Evelyn Aletshire, Carrie Nida, and other locals. Next meeting set for June 18 led by Violet Bryan.
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the Plains
Women’s Society of Christian Service
Methodist Church
Mary Shafer
John Ator
Carrie Nida
Dorothy Cade
Evelyn Ale‘shire
Rosa Cade
Violet Bryan
Stella Frame
Elizabeth Burleigh
Heating Unit Required for Racine Masonic Building
The Racine Order of Eastern Star inspection in the Masonic Building is set for June 16 despite rumors of condemnation. Mrs. Chlorus Grimm says a state inspector found the building unsafe for fall occupancy without a central heating unit and confirmed safety of construction. no summer heating is needed.
Inherited Lifespan Differences Across Animals and Individuals
The article notes that the natural variation in life expectancy among animal species and among individuals within a species is believed to be hereditary. It discusses genetic factors contributing to longevity disparities and the role of inherited traits in aging patterns.
Stamp Collecting Tops Hobbies In Popularity
The piece lists hobbies by rank with stamp collecting at the top followed by American glassware wood working model making dolls autographs coins creative painting needlework and miniatures. It notes 145 daily newspapers in Great Britain and cites Athens Messenger dated May 23 1952.
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America
Great Britain
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