Boy Struck by Taxicab Leaves 8-Year-Old Injured
Johnnie Thomas, 8, of 1511 Nye Ave in Gallipolis, was struck by a taxicab near Nye Avenue and Beacon Service Station around 6 p.m. He suffered multiple left leg fractures, possible skull fracture, and internal injuries and is at Holzer Hospital. Driver Richard Russell, 20, of Pomeroy, was absolved by witnesses.
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Pomeroy
Johnnie Thomas
Nye Ave
Holzer Hospital
Gallipolis
Richard Russell
C. H. Wise, Jr
Electrician Richard Durst Dies in West Virginia Incident
Richard E. Durst 28, an Ohio Power Co. employee at Zanesville, was electrocuted on the job while working in West Virginia. He was the youngest son of Mrs. Alice Durst and the late John Durst, formerly of Pomeroy. Survived by wife, two children in South Zanesville, mother, five sisters, and two brothers. Funeral services set for Saturday in Zanesville.
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Pomeroy
Harry Smith
Ellsworth Rowe
Anna Durst
Richard E. Durst
Durst
Ohio Power Co
Zanesville
West Virginia
Alice Durst
John Durst
Peacock
Pomeroy Pastry Shop Opens at New Main Street Location
A grand opening is set for the Pomeroy Pastry Shop at 216 E Main St this Saturday. Free doughnuts and coffee will greet visitors as the shop occupies the former Swisher and Lohse Drug Store space, with new show cases and remodeled front windows.
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Pomeroy
Pomeroy Pastry Shop
E. Main St
Swisher and Lohse's
Pickens Hardware Store
EF. Main
Court St
Kingsland Building
Charles Hysell Dies At Pomeroy Rest Home
Charles Hysell 75 died Thursday in a Pomeroy rest home. He is survived by a son Charles Jr of Akron four daughters and a sister. The body will be taken to Carroll Ohio for funeral services Saturday at 2 p.m.
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Middleport
Charles Hysell
Pomeroy
Charles, Jr
Akron
Blanche Hess
Gale Brown
Steubenville
Helen Salome
Washington, Pa
Minnie George Ratliff
Hobson
Carroll
Ohio
Church News From Pomeroy Church Listings
United Methodist Rev. Berger leads church activities with service times and meetings. Federated, St Pauls Lutheran, Grace Episcopal, United Brethren circuits, First Baptist, Christian Science, and Church of Christ schedule weekly classes, prayer, and worship at multiple sites.
Pomeroy Junior High Elects Student Council Officers
At Pomeroy Junior High School an election named Charles Hamm as president and Jack Ratliff as vice president. Jody Wildermuth and Nonna Wildermuth were named secretary and treasurer respectively, with room reps listed by room numbers and names.
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Pomeroy
Pomeroy Junior High School
C. S. Gibbs
Charles Hamm
Jack Ratliff
Jody Wildermuth
Nonna Wildermuth
Lena Mitch
Sue Clark
Denzil Casto
Wanda Robson
Don Young
Annie Canaday
Jack West
Frank Sisson
Patty Carpenter
Ernest Bowen
Carol Ann Strauss
Tommy Smith
Illness Calls Sister of Charles McMaster to Glouster
Notices announce inventories and appraisements filed in multiple estates including Christine Ayler Beckley Everett McKinley Mills Primmer Woodyard with hearings set for November 25 1949 at 9 AM before Probate Judge John F Newcomb. Creditors next of kin and beneficiaries urged to file exceptions beforehand.
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Christine J. Ayler
Bessie S$. Beckley
Frank E. Everett
Daisey McKinley
Hannah Mills
Walter 8. Primmer
Ida Woodyard
John F. Newcomb
Ladies Bible Class Elects Officers at First Baptist
Middleport notes report the Ladies Bible Class at First Baptist Church elected officers: president Mrs James Murray first vice president Mrs Clarence Clark secretary Mrs Charles Mayes assistant Miss Frances Smith treasurer Miss Frances Smith and other roles filled by Mabel Eakin Mabel Reynolds Nora Hamilton and more. Christmas party planned.
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Middleport
First Baptist Church
R. S. White
James Murray
Clarence Clark
Charles Mayes
Raymond Saxton
Frances Smith
Mabel Eakin
Mabel Reynolds
Nora Hamilton
Flower Fund
Mayes
Victor Grim
C. M. Pomeroy
Murray
Beulah White
Grim
Texanna White
FE. L. Hughes
Thomas Darst
White
Charles White
Darst
Mason City forms Mothers Club under Child Conservation link
Mrs Chester Erwin leads West Virginia visitors in helping organize Mason Mothers Club in Mason City W Va. Mary Elizabeth Capehart is elected president with Ida Diehl as vice president and Ruth Ryan as secretary treasurer. Installation set for next Thursday at Mrs McComas's Main St home.
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Middleport
Chester Erwin
Child Conservation League
L. W. McComas
Walter Crooks
Eddie Blake
Joe Wilson
Richard Chambers
West Virginia
Mason City
W. Va
Mary Jane Ruttencutter
Mason Mothers Club
Mary Elizabeth Capehart
Ida Diehl
Ruth Ryan
McComas
Main St
CCL
Erwin
West
Presbyterian Men Meet in Middleport Social Evening
The Presbyterian Men's Council held a social evening at the church with music a motion picture and fellowship. James Buchanan presided with an 28 members attending as an oyster stew supper followed a committee planning a Christmas fund raiser. Emmett Shuler presented a film Ohio Fuel Gas on Satisfied Customers. Dinner at the Rawlings home celebrated Craig's second birthday with Carl Brannan R. H. Rawlings and others as guests.
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Middleport
Presbyterian Men’s Council
James Buchanan
Paul Hapstonstall
Hapstonstall
Haptonstalls
Sheila Stover
Jean Ann Wiseman
Fred Lewis
John Talbott
J. H. Grate
Firemen Respond Twice To Brush and Tree Fire
A stubborn brush and tree fire along the woods near the high cliffs below Hob son prompted two Middleport Fire Department trips at 5 30 p m yesterday. Firefighters faced difficulty reaching the hilltop but protected several houses near the cliffs. origin not determined.
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Middleport
Hobson
Woman Dies After Fall Down Stairs in Cuyahoga Falls
Mrs Forest Culp Mil dred Mills died after a stairway fall at her home in Cuyahoga Falls Wednesday evening. She fractured her skull. She is survived by a son Roger Culp and is sister to P S Mills former owner of the Middleport Clock and Gift Shop.
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Middleport
Max Sanborn
Forest Culp
Mildred Mills
Cuyahoga Falls
Legion auxiliary hosts home laundry equipment demonstration
One hundred ten members and guests of the Drew Webster Auxiliary of the American Legion attended a store sponsored demonstration of home laundry equipment. The event was led by Mrs. Lillian R. Alderson with help from Mrs. Barbara Warner Philip Ziler and Joe Hayman. Refreshments were prepared and served by Mrs. Warner and her assistants.
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Drew Webster Auxiliary
The
American Legion
Lillian R. Alderson
Barbara
Warner
Philip Ziler
Joe Hayman
Lher
Social News Roundup From Springfield Area
Mrs. Maurice Russell and Becky of Springfield visit Mrs. A B Russell in Bradbury. Mrs. Kerns, Ft Meade bound, returns home with Peggy Robson as her former name. Community members attend meetings, visits, and hospital recoveries across Ohio counties and states.
Football Field Rally Slated For Sunday
A rally will be held at City Hall Sunday at 1 30 p m to discuss completing a football field for Pomeroy High School. Paul Casci leads Downtown Coaches in calling civic and fraternal groups to participate and aid a village wide effort for a home ground for future teams. The mayor council members school officials chamber of commerce unions and residents are urged to attend with plans.
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Pomeroy
Paul Casci
Chamber of Commerce
Pomeroy High School
Scipio Names Honor Pupils
POMEROY Orin Smith principal of Scipio Consolidated School releases the honor roll for the first six week grading period. Names span from First Grade Marvin Blanken ship and Elizabeth McNeely to Twelfth Grade Lelia Hysell.
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Pomeroy
Orin Smith
Scipio Consolidated School
Marvin Blankenship
Elizabeth McNeely
Edward King
Lois Gillilan
Sidney Townsend
Gary Gibson
Gloria Atkins
Sharon Atkins
Garey Joe Foley
Phyllis Williams
Annie Arnold
Charlotte Escue
Janice Haning
Joe Blankenship
Connie K. Carsey
Anna King
Pauline Welch
Heldred Clark
Annette Dilcher
Rhea Haning
Edith Markins
Charles McGrath
Phyllis Ross
Carolyn Welch
Barbara Escue
Arlene Markins
Larry Clark
Marie Stoots
Olivia Wood
Walter Edmonds
Richard Rhodes
Russell Mason
Dale Wilson
Paul Pauley
Mary Wood
James Borgan
Mary Lambert
Peggy Sayre
Stanley Beal
John Edmonds
Lelia Hysell
Middleport High to Crown First Homecoming Queen
Middleport High will crown its first homecoming queen during the Thanksgiving Day game against Pomeroy High School. JoAnn Wilson, senior, was chosen homecoming queen, with attendants Wilma Turner Janet Frost Shirley Miller and Lois Ann Smith in deputy roles. Both schools will honor their queens at halftime.
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Middleport
Middleport High
Pomeroy
JoAnn Wilson
Wilma Turner
Janet Frost
Shirley Miller
Lois Ann Smith
Pomeroy High School
Funeral Services Set For Ira Frye 67
Ira Frye aged 67 who died at the home of his son Carl Frye in Toledo will have funeral services at 2 p m Saturday at the Rawlings-Coats funeral home. He formerly lived in Bradbury and is survived by daughters Mrs Anna Russell of Bradbury and Mrs Lena Wallace and Mrs Agnes Wallace, sons Ralph Frye of Dayton Willard of Columbus and Earl of Marysville, two brothers John of Bradbury and George of Columbus. Friends may call at the funeral home.
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Carl Frye
Toledo
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Bradbury
Anna Russell
Lena Wallace
Agnes Wallace
Ralph Frye
Dayton
Willard
Columbus
Earl
Marysville
Ohio
John
George
Rawling Coats
Church Teachers Conference Slated
A Meigs County church school teachers conference for primary and junior classes is set for Monday at 7:30 p.m. at the United Church. Mrs. Thelma Willcox will direct the meeting to foster mutual help among teachers. Trene Scudds of the Diocese of Southern Ohio will speak.
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Meigs County
United Church
Thelma Willcox
Trene Scudds
Southern
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Episcopal Church
Middleport Churches Services and Schedules
First Baptist schedules Sunday school 9 15 a m with George Baker as superintendent Morning worship at 10 15 sermon Greater Than The Temple Vesper Youth Fellowship 4 p m replaces evening service First Presbyterian minister Dr Homer G McMillen Sunday school 9 30 George Buchanan superintendent Morning worship 10 30 with Partnership in the Kingdom of God Woman s Association meets Monday at Mrs Stewart s home and Thursday church general meeting Syracuse Presbyterian Sunday school 9 30 in old lodge hall Robert Harden superintendent No evening services.
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W. D. Thoma
Mt. Hermon
Christian Endeavor
Letart Falls
First Baptist
Paul W. Nye
Children’s Department
Methodist Church
Christian Science Society
Mulberry Ave
Pomeroy Church OF Christ
James Walker
George Baker
Temple
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Homer G. McMillen
George Buchanan
Woman's Association
O. H. Stewart
Syracuse Presbyterian
Old Lodge Hall
Robert Harden
Largest SEC crowd foreseen for Middleport grid clash
Middleport officials anticipate a record turnout for the Football game of the week between the Yellow Jackets and the Athens Bulldogs at Middleport stadium. Tickets brisk as fans plan to arrive after dinner hour with Armistice Day holiday enabling late attendance. Many fans expected to skip home games to witness tonight's showdown.
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Middleport
SEC
Middleport Stadium
Yellow Jackets
Athens Bulldogs
Auto Driver Faces Charge In Alcohol Linked Crash
POMEROY Richard Schoonover of Rutland is charged with being in physical control of a car while under the influence after striking Mrs Bert Webster as she alighted from a cab on E Main St. He posted bond for a January court appearance before Mayor Sidney Spencer. affidavit by Patrolman Harold Duckworth says the crash occurred about midnight Tuesday. Mrs Webster remains in good condition at Meigs General Hospital.
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Bert Webster
Richard Schoonover
Rutland
Schoonover
Sidney Spencer
Harold Duckworth
Webster
E. Main St
Meigs General Hospital
Coal Vein in Campbell County Sets National Record
The article notes thickest coal vein in the United States and largest lignite deposit are located in Campbell County Wyoming. Officials flag potential mine expansion and regional energy impact.
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United States
Campbell County
Wyo
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