Virgil Martin Speaks at Memorial Day Program in Middleport
A Memorial Day gathering at Beech Grove Cemetery in Pomeroy featured Virgil Martin of the Ohio Insurance Bureau as speaker. The event included a parade from the Legion Hall with local veterans, firemen, Scouts, and a flag ceremony. Martin contrasted American living standards with European dictatorships and praised the American Legion role in shaping values for future generations. The ceremony ended with taps, while noting the absence of Civil War veterans and Gold Star Mothers. Fossils and bone preservation contrasted with a final, unrelated note on prehistoric remains and petrified bone.
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Pomeroy
Beech Grove Cemetery
New Legion Hall
West Main St
American Legion
Pomeroy Firemen
Boy Scouts
Girl Scouts
Beech Grove
Walter Sodt
Daughters of the Union
Cedric Clark
Drew Webster Post
America
Mr. Clark
Virgil Martin
Ohio Insurance Bureau
Martin
Frank Beuscher
Henry Dixon
Downington
Leon Wins Twice From Middleport
Sunday results show both Cincinnati and Middleport baseball teams losing doubleheaders in Leon West Virginia. Middleport faced Diaspeneneese batteries with Thomas and Phipps against Crump and McGraw, then Spires Pullins and Phipps against Harris and McGraw. Middleport plans a Thursday Hartford doubleheader and a Sunday Racine game at Pythian Park.
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Middleport
Cincinnati
Ohio Valley Baseball Association
Leon
W. Va
Diaspeneneese
Thomas and Phipps
Crump
McGraw
Spires
Pullins
Phipps
Harris
Hartford
Racine
Pythian Park
Pomroy High School Alumni Plan Next Year's Event
After the 24th annual Pomery High School Alumni Association meeting, held Tuesday night under Robert Coates, plans for a bigger event next year are underway. James Clark, elected president for 1939-40, will direct arrangements with officers Thelma McMurray Carl Schaefer Edith Bowen and Alma Rosenbaum joining the executive group.
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Pomeroy
Pomeroy High School Alumni Association
Robert Coates
James Clark
Pomeroy High School
Alumni Association
Thelma McMurray
Carl A. Schaefer
Edith Bowen
Alma Rosenbaum
Extension Council Has First Meeting
Meigs County Home Extension Council held its first meeting of the year at the courthouse in Pomeroy. Officers elected were President Mrs C E Humphrey, Vice President Mrs Paul Winn, and Secretary Mary Virginia Mora. Plans were made for monthly meetings and the June county-wide picnic.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County Home _ Extension Council
Court House
C. E. Humphrey
Reedsville- Long
Paul Winn
Rutland- Longsville
Mary Virginia Mora
Chester Group
Middleport Veterans Hold Day of Memorial Services
Feeney-Bennett Post American Legion organized Memorial Day ceremonies across Meigs County. Veterans from Middleport Cheshire Downington Reedsville and Rutland shared addresses prayers and music at four cemeteries and Legion Hall. Over 1400 flags were placed on soldiers graves by the post.
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Middleport
Feeney-Bennett Post
American Legion
Legionnares
Firing Squad
Ladies Auxiliary
Meigs County
Middleport Hills
L. O. Grant
First Baptist Church
Benjamin Turner
C. W. Ramsey
America
Bill Childs
Bill Root
Cheshire
Don McMillin
Church of Christ
Legion Hall
Rutland
L. D. Phipps
Feeney-Bennett
Downington
Henry Dixon
Henry
Ben Turner
Turner
Dixon
Frecker Takes Over Port Colum Bus Restaurant Contract
Former Chester man Eddie Frecker now owns a chain of malted milk shops and dairy stores and has assumed the Port Colum bus Restaurant contract to begin June 15. Frecker is a flying enthusiast and owns his own plane.
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Pomeroy
Chesterman
Eddie Frecker
Port Columbus
Frecker
Middleport Social Notes Highlight Many Memorial Day Visits
Local society notes list numerous relatives visiting for Memorial Day and graduations. Families from Charleston Columbus Nitro Huntington Gauley Bridge Bucyrus Welch Welch and others attend events at Middleport and nearby towns. Granddaughter Carolyn Jane Reese graduates with high honors at Lincoln Junior High School in Charleston.
Mail Station Planned for Lincoln Hill
Equipment installation begins today on Lincoln Hill for the Pomeroy air mail pick up service set to start Sunday June 11. The apparatus includes two tall poles to suspend mail sacks for pickup by the mail plane. The Pomeroy Chamber of Commerce will host an air mail dance on Friday June 16 to raise about 150 dollars for station equipment.
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Pomeroy
Parkersburg
Pomeroy Chamber of Commerce
Pomeroy Social Notes Highlights Local Weekends
Mr and Mrs A S Nease left for Cincinnati to attend Beth esda School of Nursing commencement where their daughter Margaret graduates. Mr and Mrs Paul Davis of Parkersburg and Mr and Mrs Defenbacher of Columbus visited E D Will and Frank Will on Lincoln Hill for Memorial Day weekend. Helen Williamson returned home from St Joseph Hospital Parkersburg to Butter nut Avenue improving. Mrs Ed Duffy Rita and Paul spent Memorial Day in Glouster with relatives.
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Jean Smith
Columbus
J. K. Smith Sr
Sixth Ave
Herbert Chambers
I. N. Keffer
Gauley Bridge
Celia Keffer
Bobby
Terry Allis
Margaret Allis
Martha Bryant
M. J. McCarty
Dea Hayes
O. G. Suter
Florence
William Suter
Welch
W. Va
W. E. Stansbury
Fred Dumble
Chattanooga
James Harley
W. E. Bryan
A. S. Nease
Cincinnati
Bethesda School of Nursing
Margaret
Paul Davis
Parkersburg
Defenbacher
E. D. Will
Frank Will
Lincoln Hill
Helen Williamson
Butternut Ave
St. Joseph Hospital
Ed Duffy
Rita
Paul
Glouster
Officials Complete First Aid Courses in Meigs County
Meigs County WPA staff and other workers under A W Hoover earned Red Cross Standard Course of First Aid certificates. National Red Cross issued the certificates countersigned by Meigs County Chapter Chairman I B Weed. Recipients include James A Brown Glen Cundiff Ed R Hysell Ernest Theiss Earl Stobart Hugh Rousey Thomas A Riley Mary Virginia Reibel Fern Morris Thelma Wildermuth Anna P Ohlinger Anna H Weed Bernice St Clair Charles Raymond Smith Floyd H Will Fred Jenkins William Bartels Sylvan Cleland Henry R Keyes Ambrose L Flanagan James Simpson Harlan Eiselstein Cecil Evans Pearl E Molden Harold Lewis Rivers Little Eber M Stowe Carl Klees Edward Baer Joseph Stanley Kathleen A Schoenlein Genevieve Thomas Edith E Collins Sadie B Hager Mary Smith Hattie Smith Guy Cole Howard M Clark Stanley Bass Rolla Young Clair Lamp Robert McKinney Melvin E Johnson Fred Clark William F Clark Clarence Ridenour Joe Clark Oren Childers.
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Pomeroy
Red Cross
A. W. Hoover
WPA
Meigs County
National Red Cross
I. B. Weed
James A. Brown
Glen Cundiff
Ed R. Hysell
Ernest Theiss
Harold Lewis
Rivers Little
Eber M. Stowe
Carl Klees
Edward Baer
Joseph Stanley
Kathleen A. Schoenlein
Genevieve Thomas
Edith E. Collins
Sadie B. Hager
Mary Smith
Hattie Smith
Guy Cole
Howard M. Clark
Stanley Bass
Rolla Young
Clair Lamp
Robert McKinney
Melvin E. Johnson
Fred Clark
William F. Clark
Clarence Ridenour
Joe Clark
Oren Childers
Many Machines Are Cleaned at Clinics
One hundred four Meigs County women joined nine Extension Service clinics to clean and adjust sewing machines. Of 77 machines, 28 named brands were identified including Columbus Elgin Royal Domestic Damascus Brunswick New Royal and Singer. Some machines had not been used for decades with the oldest on record at 87 years.
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Wesley
Green County
Pomeroy
Meigs County
Extension Service
Columbus
Elgin
Minnesota
Ohio
Farmer
Royal
New Royal
Damascus
Brunswick
New Goodrich
Burdick
Franklin
New
Home
Standard
Wheeler and Wilson
Eldridge Rotary
Viking
Bruce Rotary
Richmond
Fisk
Davis
White
Singer
Chester social and personal notes May events and visits
Chester residents attended weddings and visits across Columbus Gallipolis and Reedsville. Highlights include Betty Brown and Perry Johnson’s Columbus wedding and various family gatherings with the Eiselsteins Cooper Jones Smith and Humphrey circles. The Chester Grange met May 23 and a Lets Dance Club formed at the Masonic Hall. Ward Kimes leads Chester Boy Scout Troop at Camp Kinshuta.
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Chester
E. R. Hayes
Columbus
Betty Brown
Perry Johnson
Warrenton
Virginia
Miss Brown
Walter Brown
Franklin Ave
Ohio
Anna Eiselstein
Jim
Charles
Anna Lee
Middleport
Abe Eiselstein
Bernard Eiselstein
Leslie Cooper
Gallipolis
Carol Morris
Jean Young
C. N. Jones
Mary
Chester Grange
Lodge Hall
Masonic Hall
Co. E. Humphrey
Reedsville
Alice Smith
Hartford
W. Va
Lloyd Dean
Edna Stuart
Chester Masonic Building
Elma Smith
Holzer Hospital
Camp Kinshuta
Ward Kimes
New Plymouth Social And Personal Notes
Junior Heinlein of Logan visits grandmother Mrs S M Heinlein. Mrs T S Sinnott of Haydenville visits daughter Mrs George Smith. Roy Sigler and son Raymond visit Vin ton relatives. Ed Geiger and Dorothy of Baltimore visit Mrs S M Heinlein. Westminster Fellowship students hold service at Presbyterian Church. Rev Stewart and Mrs Stewart plan trip to Senecaville via Zanesville for Memorial Day with daughter Elizabeth. Ben Allen and daughter Ethel of Cambridge spend weekend. Mrs Allen stays two weeks. WCTU guest meeting at Mary Rannells home Friday. Marriages announced Harden Creamen to Isles of Hocking County and Thomas Rannels to Lucille Timms McArthur schools teacher.
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New Plymouth
Heinlein
Logan
S. M. Heinlein
T. S. Sinnott
Haydensville
George Smith
Roy Sigler
Raymond
Vinton
Ed Geiger
Dorothy
Baltimore
Athens
Westminster Fellowship
Middleport Alumni Banquet Celebrates Memories Theme
Middleport High School alumni gathered Monday evening for the annual banquet and dance in the auditorium. More than 100 alumni and guests attended with Class of 1939 as honored guests. The event featured music, reminiscences, and a toast to memories from school days.
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Middleport
Middleport High School
Association
John Harley
Robert E. McKay
Esther Chambers Aleishire
Mary Eunice Hennesy
Lulu Bernice Wilson Nevers
Farmington
Iowa
O. H. Stewart
Margaret Isabell Stewart
Stewart
Emma Besserer
Agusta Mack
W. W. Jones
Carrie Powell
Etta Hartinger
Gertrude Klein Fugate
Cecil Root
Eva Mae Fugate
Bill Root
Helen Beeson
Edina’s Final Voyage Ends in Sudden Death of Quartermaster
In Melbourne the Edina steamship on its last trip saw Septimus Dandy, 20 years aboard as quartermaster, collapse and die on the bridge while bidding farewell to the captain. The ship, claimed as the world’s oldest passenger vessel, concluded its voyage.
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Melbourne
Australia
Edina
Septimus Dandy
Men Behind the Lens at Golden Gate Exposition
Photographs of 200000 visitors show women smiling in every shot while most men appear distressed. The exhibit at the Golden Gate International Exposition highlights differing reactions to the camera among attendees.
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San Francisco
Aged Pomeroy Barber Dies in Parkersburg
John Schmittauer 63 died Monday night at St. Joseph's Hospital Parkersburg after extended illness. Longtime Pomeroy barber on Second Street, he had wide Meigs County connections. Survived by wife, daughter Gladys, and sons John and Paul. funeral Thursday at Sacred Heart Church. Burial at Catholic Cemetery.
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Pomeroy
John Schmittauer
St. Joseph's Hospital
Parkersburg
Schmittauer
Second St
Gladys
John
Paul
Sacred Heart Church
Open Bible School Course Sets June 12 Start
POMEROY June 12 set as opening date for Bible School to be held at Simpson Bethany M E and Federated Churches, as last year. Dr Norris of Delaware aided plan formation at a recent committee meeting. The three week school repeats the prior schedule. A teachers meeting is set for Tuesday June 6 and all teachers should attend. Helpers should call Rev Bright to assist before June 6 meeting.
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Rev. Bright
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Cap Tre
W. Union St
ST. Louis
New York
Union Bus Station
Greyhound
Extension Council
Middleport Social Notes
M. L. Howell
Charleston
Lincoln Junior High School
Carolyn Jane Reese
Miss Reese
Jack Bachner
Pomeroy Social Notes
Pomeroy Personals
Esther Chambers Aleshire
Eleanor Welch Zeiher
Clarence Root
Chappelle Talbott
Wendell Lloyd
Pomeroy Barber
Ceerere
Williamson Heater Company
Williamson
Owen Harmon
Canal Winchester
G. H. Martin
Richland Ave
Athens, Ohio
Triplife
Electrolux
the Gas Company
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