Harry's Carnival at Carson's Playgrounds This Week
The Middleport Feeney Bennett Post American Legion announces Harry's Carnival at Carson's Playgrounds this week. Proceeds go to support the Legion's various activities.
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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1950
Page
3
The Middleport Feeney Bennett Post American Legion announces Harry's Carnival at Carson's Playgrounds this week. Proceeds go to support the Legion's various activities.
Middleport High School lists 38 girls and 15 boys on the last Activ ity honor roll. Freshmen and upperclassmen named for A and B grades cover many students including Cherie Burns and Edward Bowyer among others.
POMEROY The local high school named usherettes for the bac calaureate and commencement services. Baccalaureate selections include Alice Kitchen Mary Ella Ford Patsy Ford Patsy McGuire Jean Hannel and Faye Lambert under teacher Richard Tobias. Commencement ushers include Mary Ella Ford Faye Lambert Jean Story Lily Girolami Margaret Hawley Peggy Persinger Ann Piersall Janet Hill Patsy McGuire Patsy Ford Clarice Clifford Frances Evans Virginia Haskins and Marilyn Vickers with Allan Quinn in charge.
Sacred Heart School alumni gathered for the third annual reunion in Pomeroy with 225 attendees from across the state. The event featured red and white décor, a three course dinner, heart themed desserts, music by Margaret and Her Merry Men, and remarks by Rev Father Nuss and Rev Father Riley.
Chester High School completed its commencement events with a May 25 ceremony after a May 21 baccalaureate service. Dr. E. T. Hellebrandt of Ohio University delivered the address. diplomas were presented by O. O. Patterson with help from Harry Bennett.
Chief Walter Wolfe said if the holiday weekend continues it will be one of the quietest in Pomeroy history. No arrests or accidents were recorded during the weekend.
Principal Gerald Rupe lists 38 students with grades above C for the final six weeks. First through eighth grades include Benton Eblin Linda Forrest Sharon Payne Lynn Might Linda Wildman Judy Barton and others with standout names across all grades.
Funeral services for Val H. Reynolds 72 will be held at the Church of Christ Middleport at 2 p.m. Wednesday. Interment follows at Middleport Hill cemetery. Friends may call at Ewing funeral home Pomeroy until service time. Reynolds long ran Reynolds Livery Stable with brothers and later worked at Marvin DeMaine Undertaking in Middleport. He retired to a Bradbury farm then lived with son Edgar Reynolds of Reynolds Dairy Store after a period of ill health. He died unexpectedly near midnight Sunday.
MIDDLEPORT seven boys and four girls earned the last six weeks honor roll. Seventh grade honorees are Gary Kirkey Freddie Lewis Ruth Powell Sharon Riley Barbara Scott John Talbot Harold Thomas. Eighth grade honorees are Danny Sanborn Sally Sauer George Swindler Carl Taylor.
Meigs General Hospital lists admissions including John Darnell Middleport Robert Molden Carpenter Maudie Bledsoe Carpenter A O Sites Huntington Mrs Charles White Middleport Doris Jean Kirk Albany Marilyn Powell Racine Rodney Sauer Middleport Mrs Ralph Davis Racine BIRTHS Mr and Mrs Robert McIntosh Cheshire a daughter May 26 Mr and Mrs Ray Cooper Middleport a daughter May 27 DISCHARGED Irene Haggy Homer Hysell Theresa Manley Allie Grueser Clarence Potts Robert Stevenson Mrs Robert McIntosh and daughter John Darnell Mrs Ralph Davis Marilyn Powell and A O Sites.
The Middleport column notes the twenty fifth wedding anniversary of Mr and Mrs Edgar Allensworth celebrated at the mother in law s home with a family dinner. Various local relatives and guests from Akron Columbus Virginia West Virginia and Cincinnati visited or were mentioned throughout the week. Mrs Charles White is recuperating from major surgery at Meigs General Hospital.
A family dinner at the home of Mr. and Mrs. George Casto celebrated the birthdays of their children Jimmy aged six and Eloise aged sixteen. A lamb cake and a heart shaped cake with candles decorated the table.
Local column lists dozens of visitors and residents in Pomeroy and nearby towns. Names include Mr. and Mrs. John Yates of Pittsburgh, Lynford Johnson, James Clatworthy, Sherman Kemper of Gallipolis, Betty Walker of Dickinson, Frank Simms of Philo, Ida Lee Hartley participants, and many others visiting family, attending graduations, or staying with relatives. Hospital move for David Farmer and newborn twins Larry and Gary are noted along with multiple travels to Columbus, Wellsville, Huntington, and Wheeling.
The Chester So and Sew 4 H Club held its seventh meeting at Betty Nelson is home and planned a streetvaying nety program for June. An officers and advisers meeting was discussed for June 2. Refreshments were served by Betty Nelson and Madalyn Grown.
Meigs County Common Pleas heard a divorce filing Saturday by Margaret Virginia Cole against Robert Wilson Cole both of Middleport. The couple have one child and the case cites extreme cruelty as the grounds.
POMEROY Banks the post office and stores were to be closed Tuesday in observance of Memorial Day. A number of auto sales and agencies in the Bend area closed for a long weekend, concluding Tuesday night.
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