Death Claims Uncle Fritz Besserer 92
C F Besserer 92 died at Martz Clinic after influenza and a heart attack. A longtime Middleport meat merchant and Mason, he was a charter member of Fides Lodge and oldest member of Middleport Lodge No 363 F AM. Survived by a sister in law, a brother and sister, nieces and nephews. Funeral Tuesday at 2 pm at Rawlings Coats with Masonic services that night. Interment Cheshire Gravel Hill Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
C. F. Besserer
Martz
Besserer
Fritz
Tri-County
Mason County
Worley and Besserer
Mill St
Flora Mauck Besserer
Cheshire
Fides Lodge
Pythias
Middleport Lodge
F&am
First Presbyterian Church
Allie Mauck
Will
Letty Besserer
Curtis Clark
Lancaster
William Besserer Thomas
Belmont
Mass
Andrew
Frank Thomas
Charleston
Charles Armel
Columbus
Rawlings-Coats
Cheshire Gravel Hill
Middleport Eastern Star Officers Elected at Meeting
Evangeline Chapter of the Order of Eastern Star in Middleport elected officers for the year including Maxine Allensworth as worthy patron and Marie Hawkins as secretary. Dorothy Kennedy and Rowena Vaughan hold associate roles, with installation planned at the next meeting and delegates for the Murray City convention to be announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evangeline Chapter
Order of Eastern Star
Maxine Allensworth
Stewart Hawkins
Pearl Bunce
George Meinhart
Marie Hawkins
Zella Cross
Lillian Stieff
Dorothy Kennedy
Rowena Vaughan
Vaughan
Columbus
Max Sanborn
Phil Meinhart
Murray City
Evange Attendees Return Home From Columbus Trip
In Columbus, individuals were accompanied home by Mr. Chase and Mr. and Mrs. Judson White after motor trips there. The Rev. E. J. Holt of Auburn, Maine, arrived to attend the Evange event or gathering referenced in the report.
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Columbus
Chase
Judson White
E. J. Holt
Auburn
Maine
Pomona Grangers Witness Degree Work in Harrisonville
Meigs County Pomona Grange under Master John Hope presented the degree work for 28 candidates in Harrisonville aided by Athens County Grange. The event featured floor work music tableaus and lectures honoring the 75th Diamond Jubilee and the 61st Meigs County Pomona anniversary with a large postwar attendance.
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Pomona Grangers
Pomeroy
Meigs County
Pomona
Degree of Pomona
Harrisonville
Athens County Pomona Grange
John Hope
Everett Car
Roy Walsh
Betty Blazier
Melva Radcliffe
Wayne Wingett
Jean Wingett
Rose Marie Blazier
Dorothy Frank
Ellen Thompson
George Snider
Raymond Webb
Harold Brown
Fred Googlein
Pauling Atkins
The
Grange
Pomona Grange
A. L
Welfare Representative To Address B&PW Club
Miss Myrtie Dunbar district welfare official will speak at the November meeting of the Business and Professional Women's Club in M iddleport. A patriotic program precedes her address with dinner at the First Presbyterian Church and remarks by Ruth Drake.
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Middleport
Myrtie Dunbar
Department of Ohio Welfare
Division of Social Administration
Business and Professional Women’s Club
Ruth Drake
First Presbyterian Church
Women's Association
Colegroves Sell Market And Dwelling In Middleport
Mr and Mrs O P Colegrove sold Colegrove Super Market at Locust and Pearl to Thomas Russell Runyan of South Vienna Ohio who now runs the store Runyan moved his family to Pearl Street and the Colegroves moved to 72 Grosvenor Street Athens Ohio ending six years in Middleport They had expanded from Leonard Market to Locust and Pearl Streets and added a supermarket.
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Middleport
O. P. Colegrove
Colegrove
Locust St
Pearl St
Thomas Russell Runyan
South Vienna
Ohio
Athens County
Colegroves
Leonard Market
Locust and
Beech Street
Locust
Guy Carson
Rotary Club
Business
Grosvenor St
Athens
Runyan
Runyans
Piano Pupils Give Recital At Pomeroy Junior High
Three pupils of Mrs. Clara Lochary performed at a Friday morning assembly. William Smith Mary Drake and Faye Will played a mix of classical and modern pieces including Reuben and Rachel and The Minute Waltz. Bonny Boyd led the flag salute and Alice Kitchen read scripture.
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Pomeroy
Clara Lochary
Charles S. Gibbs
William Smith
Mary Drake
Faye Will
Smith
Reuben
Rachel
Schubert
Bergmuller
Miss Drake
Miss Will
First Baptist Plans Listed
First Baptist Church activities in Middleport include Women of the church sewing for White Cross on Tuesday afternoon. The Golden Rule Class meets Tuesday evening at Frank and Mrs Cheesebrew home. Ladies Bible Class attends Rev Charles Pomeroy on S Sixth Ave. Tonight the church youth attend the Association meeting at Pomeroy Baptist Church. Busy Bee Class postponed.
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Middleport
First Baptist Church
White Cross
Frank Cheesebrew
S. Fourth Ave
Charles Pomeroy
S. Sixth Ave
Pomeroy Baptist Church
Pomeroy Social Notes Hostesses Dinner Club
Mrs. Henry Ewing entertained the Thursday dinner club at Hotel Martin Grill. Afterward the group moved to Mrs. Ewing's home for cards with high score awarded to Mrs. Raymond Boice and second to Mrs. Dan White. guest prize went to Mrs. Thomas Young. Attendees included Elsie Hart and Mesdames Raymond Boice, John Duerr, Edgar Ebersbach, Henry Ewing, Elbert Robinson, Dan White, Fred Rosenbaum, John Hite, Thomas Young, Wilfred Senclair and Mrs. Edith Mallory.
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Pomeroy
Henry Ewing
Hotel Martin Grill
Pomeroy Personalities Visit From Nearby Towns
Pomeroy social notes report Mrs P L Peoples and daughter Kathleen Norris of Athens visiting with Mrs George Buffington of Tiltonville. Also Mrs Mary Calvert and daughter Mrs Don McKenzie and Bruce visited in Athens at Mrs Carrie Roberts. Marcus Roush welfare worker attended the Ohio State Welfare Conference in Columbus last week.
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P. L. Peoples
Kathleen Norris
Athens
Daisy Thomas
Near Pomeroy
George Buffington
Tiltonville
Ohio
Mary Calvert
Don McKenzie
Bruce
Carrie Roberts
Marcus Roush
Meigs County Welfare Department
Ohio State Welfare
Columbus
Meigs Temple 153 Elects Officers at Woodman Hall
Officers were elected when Meigs Temple 153 met at Woodman Hall. Tuesday night Florence Bush was named chief with Irma Smith M E J and Larry Null M E J among officers. Griff Russell served as past chief and Lillian Stieff was pianist.
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Meigs Temple
Woodman Hall
Florence Bush
Irma Smith
Larry Null
Roy Snowden
Griff Russell
Reed Varney
Ray McClure
Lillian Stieff
Peter Stace
L. E. Burford
One Act Play Opens Drive For Yearbook
A junior assembly featured the one act play Thirty Years From Now by home room 20 students to kick off the 1947 Pomeroy an yearbook sales drive. Cast included Joyce Phillips Verna Osborne Nora Mae Riggs and Rhea Ann Myers among others with Roy Kesterson as master of ceremonies.
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Pomeroy
Home Room 20
Pomeroyan
W. A. Drake
Home Room
Pomeroy High School
Joyce Phillips
Verna Osborne
Nora Mae Riggs
Room 20
Bernard Grueser
Paul Hayes
Roger Grueser
George Paulsen
John Robinson
Ruth Johnson
Minnie Krider
League of Women Voters
Helen E. Grueser
Kathryn Miller
George Nesselroad
Charles Lochary
Carl Nease
Helen J. Grueser
William Neutzling
PHS
Rhea Ann Myers
United States
Miss Myers
Roy Kesterson
Delores Phillips
Gene Houdashelt
Drew Haggy
Young Haggy
June Whaley
James Lochary
Pomeroy Annual
Mrs. Cora Farley Root Dies After Long Illness
Mrs. Cora Farley Root 56 longtime ill and bedfast for over a year died at her sister in law Miss Mary Root’s home Sunday evening. She previously worked in the Red Anchor ready to wear department and is survived by son Clarence Root a Chillicothe physician, three sisters Bess Farley Mrs Edward Salser Racine and Mrs Jessie Bennett Columbus. Daughter of the late Calvin Farley of Racine she belonged to White Rose Lodge Heath Methodist Church and the Woman's Music Club. Funeral home services time to be announced.
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Middleport
Cora Farley Root
Mary Root
Root
Red Anchor
Clarence Root
Chillicothe
Bess Farley
Edward
Weekend Visitors and Hospital Visits Across Ohio News
Dayton guests of Mrs. Anna Owen include Mr and Mrs William Owen. Mrs Charles Swindler and daughter Sue weekend in Charleston. Holzer Hospital visits for Mrs Charles McNamee and others, with relatives from Huntington Huntington to Columbus and Akron. Clark Jiden to Holzer Hospital. Details of visitors to Gallipolis and Athens area hospitals reported with multiple local residents named.
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William Owen
Dayton
Anna Owen
Charles Swindler
Sue
Charleston
Holzer Hospital
Charles McNamee
Mr. McNamee
C. P. Bradbury
C. H. Wise, Jr
Vic Hannahs
James Weber
Luther Ramsey
Ped
Huntington
C. W. Ramsey
Arthur Coverts
Raineys
Chappelle Talbott
Columbus
Paul Winn
H. H. Lyons
Floyd Daniels
Harry Smith
Roseville
Riva Crans
Point Pleasant
Willis Grueser
Lawrence Murphy
Detroit
H. S. Roush
Murphy
Sara Hartley
James Harley
Zanesville
Middleport
Ada Smith
Clarence Chase
Judy
Blanche McCormick
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Fritz’ Besserer
Middleport Social Notes
Meigs
Roy Rogers
Dale Evans
Olin Howlin
Bob Nolan
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Trigger
San Antone
Gene Autry
Peggy Stewart
Sterling Holloway
Ralph Peters
Cass County
Bendvue
Outlaw
Buster Crabbe
Oklahoma Frontier
Johnny Mack Brown
Texas
Ieee
Pomeroy, Ohio
Court and
Second St
B&pw Club
Chester Grange
Christy Baer
Alfred Yeanger
Donna Holter
Opal Eichinger
C. N. Jones
Esther Wright
Art Young
Pearl Mora
Gladys Wright
Ward Spencer
Mildred Gaul
Norma Jean Wright
Dorothy Holter
Bettty Lou Genheimer
George Genheimer
Mary V. Kautz
Marilyn Orr
Purley Karr
Earl Dean
Ward Gilmore
George Holter
Betty Dean
Marion Meredith
Edison Holton
Martha Mora
Denver Holter
National Grange
Chester
Esther F. Wright
Racine
Robert Ashley
Emma Jean Kemper
Gertrude Chase
Ethel Crandall
Don Crandall
Hemlock Grove
Manda L. Sauters
Leo S. Curtis
Leo H. Curtis
Iris Kelton
Aaron Kelton
Wallace
Muriel Bradford
Jay
Rhea Ann
Rhea Myers
Shirley Smith
Clarence Struble
Columbia
Cecil Gillogly
Marie Rupe
Rocksprings
Glenroyal
Vinton County
Floyd Ce
Frazer
Manhattan
Willow Run
America
First Baptist
Pomeroy Social Notes
Pomeroy Personals
Temple
Zemo
Elberfelds
Elberfeld
Ms Son
Williamson Heater Company
Williamson
Morni
P. C. Wiand
Sait
G. H. Martin & Son
Richland Ave
Athens, Ohio
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