Traditional Ceremony Marks Memorial Day
Pomeroy observed Memorial Day with a Beech Grove Cemetery ceremony after a village parade. Drew Webster Post 39 Ameri can Legion arranged the program led by W R Davis. Herman D Devor spoke on Memorial Day’s history and lifelong duty, urging youth to honor the fallen and uphold peace. Attendees included Mayor E F Robison and local veterans groups. ceremonies featured color guards, band, invocations, salutes, taps and benediction. Afterward the Legion held services in Chester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Beech Grove Cemetery
Drew Webster
American Legion
W. R. Davis
H. E. Boney
Davis
Herman D. Devor
American Legion Department of Ohio
E. F. Robinson
A. V. Howell
Opal Davis
American Legion Auxiliary
Grace Horton
Jonathan Meigs
DAR
Helen Miller
Daughters of Union Veterans
Dever
D. F. Seever
Cedric Clark
John Will
Pomeroy High School
Weber O. Thoma
Buddy
Otho Murray
Legion
Chester
Rutland Social Notes Highlight Local Visits and Meetings
Rutland residents share weekend visits and weekly club gatherings. Allen Braley from Columbus stayed with his father and brother. The American Legion Auxiliary discussed wreaths for graves. The WCTU met with seven members. Kay Erlewine hosted Junior 4-H and several local youths attended. Vocational Bible school at Rutland Church of Christ begins June 1 for two weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rutland
Victor Bralevy
David Tillis
Chillicothe
Kay Erlewine
Maxine Rumford
June Parsons
Charlotte Smith
Brenda Turner
Barbara Carter
Susie Parker
Billie Leu Martin
Allen Braley
Columbus
John Braley
Floyd
American Legion Auxiliary
Joetta Kay Erlewine
Iva Howell
Point Pleasant
W. Va
Betty Siders
Lou Rupe
Middleport
Richard Ru
Former Meigs Man Fined and Jailed
A former Middleport resident, Paul Branch of Columbus, pled guilty to drunken driving and was fined $100 plus costs by Common Pleas Judge John C. Bacon. He received five days in jail but his license was not revoked due to an exemplary prior record. arresting officer was City Patrolman Henry Werry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Middleport
Common Pleas
John C. Bacon
Paul Branch
Columbus
Branch
Bacon
Henry Werry
Revival at Church of God in Prophecy Closes in Cheshire
The revival led by Reverend William W. Webb of Cambridge and Reverend Robert Duty of Carpenter concluded Sunday night at the Church of God in Prophecy in Cheshire. Local visits included Mr. and Mrs. Gary Fife and son Gregory with Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Fife, and many area residents reporting illness improvement and family visits across nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheshire
Church of God In Prophecy
William W. Webb
Cambridge
Robert Duty
Carpenter
Gary Fife
Gregory
G. A. Fife
Gladys Long
Gallipolis
Harvey Little
Carlton
Alfred Carrie Swartz helps care for ill daughter at Rex O’Brien’s
Alfred Carrie Swartz spent a week at her son Rex O’Brien’s home aiding with care for his sister who was ill with virus pneumonia. Attendees at Catherine Woode’s birthday celebration at Hillcrest Home in Athens included Charles D Woode Rose Carr Jewell Carr Charles Carr and two children Delbert Gaul and others. Clarence Hender son and daughter visited Arthur Atherton and Helen D Woode.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carrie Swartz
Rex O’brien
Catherine Woode
Hillcrest
Athens
Charles D. Woode
Rose Carr
Jewell Carr
Charles Carr
Delbert Gaul
Clarence Henderson
Arthur Atherton
Helen D. Woode
Flags On Veterans Graves Mark Memorial Day Visit
In Middleport more than 200 flags were placed on war veterans graves by Feeney-Bennett Post 128 American Legion and other patriotic groups. The post conducted its annual cemetery pilgrimage Wednesday evening with Daughters of Union Veterans member Mrs. Guy Reynolds placing about 26 flags at Gravel Hill Cemetery.
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Middleport
Feeney - Bennett Post 128
American Legion
Guy Reynolds
The
Daughters of Union Veterans
Gravel Hill
Bruce Bradford Earns West Point Appointment
Bruce Bradford of Middleport receives official word of his appointment to the United States Military Academy at West Point. He will depart July 1 after passing Fort Knox exams and becomes the fifth Middleport boy to enter West Point.
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Middleport
United States Military Academy
West Point
Bruce Bradford
Wallace Bradford
Academy
Thomas A. Jenkins
Bruce
Fort Knox
Middleport High School
Camp Arrowhead
Jackson
Pomeroy Couple Wed in Zion Church Ceremony
Elanore Louise Warner daughter of Mr and Mrs John Warner and Vernal Well son of Mr and Mrs Vern Well of Darwin united Sunday May 26 at Zion Church Harrisonville. Rev Donald Seever presided. The bride wore a white nylon lace ballerina dress and orchid on a white Bible. Attendant was sister Joan. Denver Well brother of the groom was best man. The couple will honeymoon after a reception at the church. The bridegroom’s mother wore blue nylon with pink accessories. The bridegroom is a Shade High School 1955 graduate and was discharged from the U S Army after 18 months stationed in Arizona. The bride is a Pomeroy High School 1956 graduate and employed at Lazarus in Columbus. Out of town guests included Mr and Mrs Herb Johnson and Mr and Mrs Robert Mercer of Columbus and Mrs May Haugh of Chester West Virginia and Mrs Wilmer Van Kannel of Coshoc ton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Zion
Harrisonville
United
Elanore Louise Warner
John Warner
Vernal Well
Vern Well
Darwin
Donald Seever
Joan
Denver Well
Warner
Well
Pomeroy High School
Lazarus
Columbus
Shade High School
U. S. Army
Arizona
Herb Johnson
Robert Mercer
May Haugh
Chester
W. Va
Wilmer van Kannel
Coshocton
Mary Wilson to Wed Basil Jefferis at Tuppers Plains Church
The open Methodist Church wedding will take place Saturday at 7 p m. Miss Mary Wilson will marry Basil Jefferis with Rev. W W Bragg officiating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tuppers Plains
Mary Wilson
Basil Jefferis
W. W. Bragg
Wilson signs no veto on 18th Amendment but vetoes Volstead Act
President Woodrow Wilson did not veto the 18th Amendment but he did so with the Volstead Act, designed to enforce the amendment, Congress passed it over his veto.
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Woodrow Wilson
Congress
Meigs County Faith Services Listed Across Area Churches
A compiled schedule lists Sunday school times worship and midweek services for many churches in Meigs County including Trinity Lutheran Danville Pilgrim Holiness Syracuse EUB Zion Church of Christ and others. Entries note pastors such as H H Fickenscher W WY Gilkerson and Joe Williams Jr along with service times and midweek gatherings.
Middleport Auto Crash Leaves $700 In Damages
Memorial Day crash near Middleport Park involved three Columbus bus cars. Nicky Harris 14 posted $25 bond after admitting minor driving without a permit. Bernard Edwards Hartford pleaded guilty to reckless operation fined 20 dollars plus costs. Call and Nichols Middleport arrested on intoxication charges.
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Middleport
Columbus
Middleport Park
Leroy Bartrum
Nicky Harris
Gordon Harris
Plum St
Charles Hysell
Marilyn Graham Madden
Bartrum
More Than 300 Swim at Pool on Opening Day
Middleport opened its pool with over 300 swimmers on Memorial Day. Betty Jo Boyles, 13, was the first in the water per manager Leo Kennedy Sr. The Hackett family took the largest season ticket, covering six members. Registration for swimming instructions is set for June 17 and 18. Guests of Mary Carolyn Miller, head lifeguard, included Barbara Mitchell and Judy Staub.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Leo Kennedy
Betty Jo Boyles
Michael Hackett
Jimmy
Elaine
Marcia
Michele
Monica
Kennedy
Mary Carolyn Miller
Ohio University
Barbara Mitchell
Cuyahoga Falls
Judy Staub
Canton
Middleport Churches Schedule and Notices
Heath Methodist Raymon Konkright pastor leads church school at 9 30 a m and morning worship at 10 30 with a sermon The Role of the Church Soloist Ben Philson sings Consider the Lilies Youth Fellowship at 6 p m Finance and stewards meet Monday 7 30 p m Choir practice Wednesday 6 45 p m Prayer meeting and Bible study 7 p m Church of Christ Fred J Gardner minister Bible school 10 30 Sermon A Denomination CE Hour 6 p m Children Day program 7 30 p m Wednesday prayer meeting Bible study 7 30 p m choir 8 30 p m All animals except man and some dogs respect the skunk and coyotes cougars and mink avoid its spray unless hungry.
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Rutland Church of Christ—Bible School
Earl Slack
Syracuse
Dorcas Eub
Richard Young
Oak Grove
Victor Brown
Sutton
Antiquity
Letart Falls
Floyd Workman
Apple Grove
East Letart
Portland
Arlie Marks
Reedsville
St. Paul's Lutheran
WV Mohrhoff
St John’s Lutheran
Sacred Heart
John Turel
Great Bend
Morse
Styversville
Long Bottom
Joppa
Bill Orr
Little Hocking Evangelical Methodist
Keno Church of Christ
Forest Run Baptist
WM Hall
BYPU
Naomi Baptist
H. FE. Harris
Harrisonville Presbyterian
Ralph Zundel
Frank Cheesebrew
First Baptist
Ralph C. Zundel
Waldo J. Bartels
The
Federated Church
United Methodist
Eugene Brown
Eugene Frye
Ohio
Methodist
Alfred Methodist
R. M. Grove
Grove
Elmwood Rest Home
Butternut St
Dav Hall
Fred Cadle
Church of Christ
Fred J. Gardner
Feeney-Bennett Post Conducts Remembrances
The Feeney-Bennett Post No. 128 Memorial Day service at the Middleport soldiers monument urged renewing Christian principles and civic duty. Rev. Fred J. Gardner spoke for the Back to God movement, while Commander Roscoe Fife led the firing squad and wreaths were laid by Mrs. Cora Bennett. Similar tributes were held at Bradford, Middleport Hill, Riverview, Gravel Hill, and Cheshire Gravel Hill Cemeteries.
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Middleport
American Legion
Fred J. Gardner
Feeney-Bennett
Paule Haptonstall
Post
Cora Bennett
Post Auxiliary
Lee Smith
Gene Crooks
Mark Kelly
Sounding Taps
The
Echo
Roscoe Fife
Haptonstall
Bradford
Middleport Hill
Riverview
Gravel Hill
River Front
Cheshire Gravel Hill
Scarberry family guests mark Memorial Day visit
Henry Scarberry 33 has become general manager of the C H E Company in Dayton after eight years with Kranz Equipment. He and his family joined Mr and Mrs A A Scarberry in Broadway for Memorial Day. Numerous relatives from Columbus Pomeroy Akron Huntington and Washington joined in holiday visits and dinners across Middleport and surrounding towns.
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Henry Scarberry
Danny
Steve
Dayton
Mr. Scarberry
A. A. Scarberry
Broadway
Memorial
C.H.E. Equipment Company
Kranz Equipment Company
C. H. E. Company
George Hackett, Sr
Bancroft
W. Va
Nitro
Ernest Kennedy
Judy
Akron
Edith Thomas
Clifton Mulford
Garnet Folden
Rollin Folden
Lewis
Columbus
Tom F. Lewis
Middleport
Pomeroy
Ford G. Hunker
O. P. Klein
G. E. Preston
Bob
Marietta
Marvin DeMaine
Alexandria
LaSalle Hotel
Hugh McCoy
Roger Kittle
Glouster
Vesta McCoy
C. B Forrest
Robert Harris
Susan
Marjorie Harris
Washington, D. C
S. Second Ave
Gordon Harris
Nicky
Jimmy
William Ellis
Huntington
A. D. Wilson
J. K. Smith
Smith
Vincent Dabo
Jean Ellen
Harry Walburn
Alfred Grange Rural Life Sunday services set
Alfred Grange will observe Rural Life Sunday on June 2 at 2 p.m. at the Orange Church. The Rev. Joe Maffett of Athens will speak.
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Alfred
Alfred Grange
Orange Church
Joe Maffett
Athens
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Carleton Church
Kingsbury Road
R. A. Biddle
Trinity Lutheran
H. H. Fickenscher
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W. WY. Gilkerson
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Old Town Flat
C. W. Proffitt
Joe Williams, Jr
Ironton
Rutland First Baptist
Syracuse Church of the Nazarene
Roy K. Williams
NYPS
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Harold Klingel
Freeland Norris
Bethel
Lawrence Chapel
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E. Main
Cherry Sts
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Rev
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Harry Bates
Laurel Chiff Free Methodist
P.m
Carmel
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Scott Brady
Rita Gam
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Feeney-Bennett Post
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Ann
James
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Pomeroy Gallipolis
PT. Pleasant
Richard Todd
Jean Peters
Peter
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James Dean
Natalie Wood
Dennis Morgan
Paula Raymond
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Middleport, Ohio
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