Funeral Held For F. Besserer In Middleport At 92
Large crowd attended the services for F. Besserer 92 Middleport long time resident retired businessman who died Saturday at Martz Clinic Pompey. Dr Homer G McMillen officiated at Rawlings Coats Funeral Home and burial was in Cheshire Gravel Hill Cemetery. Survivors include nephews and nieces George Wittmer Earl Mauck and others with out of town relatives present from Charleston Dayton and Gallipolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
F. Besserer
Rawlings-Coats
Besserer
Martz Clinic
Pomeroy
Homer G. McMillen
First Presbyterian Church
Cheshire Gravel Hill Cemetery
Fred Shifler
Ray Hecox
Marcus Chambers
Emma Lou
Marie
Frank Thomas
Charleston
Roy Sweitzer
Lettie Gibbs
Dayton
Charles
Radio Show Slated by WSCS at Community Hall
LETART FALLS The WSCS plans an all day meeting and potluck at Mrs. Doris Wilt’s home today. A radio show is set for Friday at 7 30 p m at the Community Hall featuring Lee Moore Juanita and Lillie Roger Lee the California Kid Armel Dan and Richard Armel and many local residents from Canal Winchester Lancaster Gallipolis Ironton Newark and Addison with guests including Mrs. Kissler Miss Clark and Mr. Rothgeb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Letart Falls
WSCS
Doris Wilt
Lee Moore
Juanita and
Lillie
Roger Lee
California
Kid
Armel
Dan
Richard Armel
Columbus
Robert Kissler
Lois Clark
Canal Winchester
Curtis Clark
Lancaster
Earl Mauck
Robert Switzer
Robert Switzer Jr
Gallipolis
Minnie Mauck Schachleiter
Ironton
Anna Shipley
James Cunningham
Bob
Newark
Chauncey Rothgeb
Thomas Carman
Addison
Ray Gaffney
Mother Hurt in Fall
Mrs Annie Hayman mother of Ruth Drake Racine High School faculty member fractured her shoulder in a fall at home on North Fourth Avenue. She received treatment at the Martt Clinic Pomeroy.
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Middleport
Annie Hayman
Ruth Drake
Racine High School
N. Fourth Ave
Martt
Pomeroy
Twilight Garden Club postpones meeting to November 20
The Twilight Garden Club shifts its November gathering from the 13th to the 20th. Members are advised to note the new date and monitor further updates.
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Pomeroy
Twilight Garden Club
Middleport Social Notes Finds Bryans Settling In
Lt Col Joseph Dumble Bryan recently returned from Vienna where he served as assistant judge advocate for US forces. He and Mrs Bryan, formerly of Birmingham, Alabama, will winter in Middleport at the J N Humphrey home. Bryan led defense council in Paris and spent a year with the war crimes group in Nuremberg. His sister Mrs James Harley of Zanesville assisted their move.
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Middleport
Joseph Dumble Bryan
Vienna
Austria
United States
Nuremberg
Germany
James Harley
Zanesville
Bryans
Mary Scott Celebrates Sixth Birthday at Home Party
Mary Scott turned six on Armistice Day and served as honor guest at a party hosted by her mother Mrs. Ann Wylie Scott at their residence on South Second Avenue Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Scott
Ann Wylie Scott
S. Second Ave
Local social notes from Chester and nearby towns
Guests and relatives visit from Dayton Welch and Athens as declamation wins at Chester Methodist Church. Nurses from Holzer Hospital and several families spend weekends in Columbus Canton and Vero Beach with relatives, while others visit Athens Rendville Greenfield and Charleston for gatherings and illness updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roger Morgan
S. Third Ave
David McConnaughy
Dayton
Morgan
Guy Suter
Welch
W. Va
George Lasher
Rutland
Sidney Pickens
Chester
Curtis Wolfe
Chester Methodist Church
Wolfe
Howard
Judson White
R. C. Tuckerman
Donna Ruth
Myrna Russell
Athens
Robert Mitch
Mary Rose Scines
John Scines
Perry Mitches
Holzer Hospital School of Nursing
Wanda Ko
L. R. Wilson
Greenfield
Lawrence Bing
Fred Jackson
Melvina Jackson
Douglas Jackson
Rendville
Lester McCracken
Columbus
Arthur Strauss
Allen Knopp
Lera
Marilyn
Nola Ann
Harold Voglesong
Voglesong
Edward Tewksbury
Robert
Jack Bachner
Verdie Oliver
Pomeroy
Charles Haddox
F. L. Little
Canton
Charles Walters
Nellie
Ronnie
John Walters
Harry Eastman
Brotherhood of Railway Clerks
Middleport
Robert Durst
Front St
John Dixon
Charleston
Sara Kerwood
S. Second Ave
B. H. Rawlings
Selah Sidenstricker
Florida
19Th St
Vero Beach
Cleo Kerns
Judy
William Barker
Lima
Clifford Cunningham
Kerns
William Robson
William Robson, Jr
Johnny Bill
Phillip Joachim
J. P. Joachim
Elizabeth
Phyllis Joachim
George Ury
Penny
Kathleen
William Grennan
Horton Brown
Family called to bedside of Mrs. C. R. Karr
The Karr family was summoned to Sheltering Arms Hospital in Athens as Mrs. C. R. Dick Karr faced a serious condition Sunday night. Hospital reports indicate initial improvement gave way to complications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
C. R
Dick) Karr
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Athens
Pomeroy Social Notes and Halloween Party News
A birthday dinner for Stephen Lee Elliott was held Nov. 8 at his parents home Rand W Va with five candles on the cake and attending relatives from Pomeroy Gallipolis and Rand. The Women’s Independent Republican Club met at the courthouse with Cora Roberts presiding and Halloween themed prizes and games for pupils.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephen Lee Elliott
Charles Elliott
Rand
W.va
C. L. Arnold
Gerald Arnold
Susanna
Pomeroy
Robert M. Richards
Jack and
Eleanor Kay
Gallipolis
Women's Independent Republican Club
Court House
Cora Roberts
Alta Nelson
Halloween Party At Silver Run School By Three Mothers
Mesdames Thelma Dill Norma Wilson and Geneva Clark hosted a masked Halloween party Thursday for Silver Run School pupils. Rooms were decorated and prizes awarded for best costumes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mesdames Thelma Dill
Norma Wilson
Geneva Clark
Silver Run School
Meigs DAR To Hear Talk On Communism
Mrs Wyatt Payne educator and writer will address the Meigs DAR on Communism How and Where It Functions in America at 8 p m Thursday in the Point Pleasant Junior High Auditorium. Open to the public with no admission charge and invitations sent to Return Jonathan Meigs Chapter DAR members and their husbands.
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Middleport
National Defense Committee
Col. Charles Lewis
Daughters of the American Revolution
Point Pleasant
Wyatt Payne
America
Jonathan Meigs
DAR
New Building Planned for Norris Monument Works
Alvin Norris, manager of Norris Monument Works, announces plans for a new building on West Main Street. The facility will house modern sand blast equipment for cutting and lettering monuments. Norris brings 17 years of industry experience to the project.
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Pomeroy
Alvin Norris
Norris Monument Works
West Main St
Norris
Funeral for H Clyde Alexander Held at Letart Church
Reverend W E Coyle led services for H Clyde Alexander at the Methodist Church with burial in Letart Cemetery. Music was provided by a local trio and several relatives and friends attended from Huntington Akron Kanauga Shelbyville Parkersburg Athens and Charleston among others. A stork shower for J O Hunt and various family visits were noted with several A La Goullin and Lawson family references.
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Letart Falls
W. E. Coyle
H. Clyde Alexander
Methodist Church
Letart Cemetery
E. M. Roush
R. D. Ashley
Howard Norris
Sullivan Sayre
Ray Hayman
Alexander
E. S. Curtis
Huntington
W. Va
C. C. McBride
Vesper Saunders
W.va
Ina Noll
Cincinnati
W. E. Wilson
Bert Hunt
J. O. Hunt
Earl Adams
Nina Wagon
H. C. Alexander
C. CC
Akron
J. D. Roush
Farm Bureau Advisory Council Halloween Meeting at Radford Home
The Farm Bureau Advisory Council 3B met at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Radford Sr with Samuel Michael as chairman and devotions led by Mrs. G S Michael. Rollin Beards led the discussion as several young attendees wore Halloween costumes and decorations. Also present were Rollin and Mrs. Beards, Raymond and Mrs. Pullins, J M Gaul and son Samuel, Bud Morgan, Ward Windon, Virgil and Virginia Window, Jim and Mary Beards, Helen Sayre, and the host couple. The next meeting is set for Nov 27 at the Michael home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Bureau Advisory Council
Charles Radford
Samuel Michael
G. S. Michael
Rollin Beards
Raymond Pullins, Jr
J. M
Cheshire couple hosts large home warming for Rev Cart
A house warming at the Cheshire Route 2 home of Rev and Mrs O H Cart drew many neighbors and friends. Gospel Five of Hobson Church sang as attendees included Elmer and (Mrs) Barnhart, Wilbur and (Mrs) Halfhill and two sons, Anna Mae Thomas, Daisy Adams, George and Wanda June McDaniels, Leonard and (Mrs) Gilmore, Will Wise family, Clayton Tippie, Ben Kesterson, Patricia Ann Stills, Howard Stills, Ernest Hawley, Bert Mowery, Hollis Clark, Bobby Cottrell, Philip Errington, and the Carts with juniors Junior and Harold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. H. Cart
Cheshire
South Side
W.va
Gospel Five
Hobson Church
Mr. Cart
Elmer Barnhart
Wilbur Halfhill
Lowell and
Wilbur
Anna Mae Thomas
Daisy Adams
George McDaniels
Wanda June
Leonard Gilmore
Will Wise
Carol
Roland
Thelma Jean
Clayton Tippie
Ben Kesterson
Patricia Ann Stills
Howard Stills
Ernest Hawley
Bert Mowery
Hollis Clark
Bobby Cottrell
Philip Er
Local residents host, travel and home visits listed
Social notes record weekend visits and guest appearances in the area. Names include Mr. and Mrs. Boster and relatives from Gallipolis Cheshire Ath ens St. Marys W Va Columbus Detroit and Columbus. Local officials Charles Mullen and Delmar A Canaday undertake work trips in New York City and New York State.
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Charles A. Boster
Clarence Boster
Marline Kerns
Gallipolis
Garret Kerns
Cheshire
Phil Williamson
P. E. Stanley
C. E. Brider
Athens
Howard DuBois
Chillicothe
Ella Wolfe
Raymond Eiselstein
Jennie Sue
St. Marys
W. Va
Clara Myers
Jay Myers
D. W. Ashworth
Earl Collins
Nettie Collins
Hattie C. Russell
Rollin Myers
Columbus
W. L. Smith
West Main St
June
Jackson
Paul Ross
Majel Lee
Carrie Nye
Mary Miller
Hillsboro
Births at Mason Clinic and hospital admissions
Births include a daughter Trudy Linn to Raymond Kloes of Middletport on November 4, a daughter to Robert Diehl of Rutland on November 6, a daughter to Ernest Ward of Langsville on November 9, and twin boys for Lloyd Wamsley of Point Pleasant on November 9. Admitted Mrs. Fred Harpould of Charleston for minor surgery on November 9. Discharged Mrs. Roy Smalley and infant son Charles Stanley of 306 Wetz gall St Pomeroy on November 8.
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MASON
Mason Clinic
Trudy Linn
Raymond Kloes
Middleport
Robert Diehl
Rutland
Ernest Ward
Langsville
Lloyd Wamsley
Point Pleasant
Fred Harpould
Charleston
Roy S. Smalley
Charles Stanley
Wetzgall St
Pomeroy
Marietta Paints Distributed by Regional Firms
Marietta paints are distributed by Bardin Bros. Co. in Athens Pomeroy Cement Block Co. in Pomeroy and Plymale Wagner Co. in Gallipolis.
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Marietta Paints
Bardin Bros. CO
Athens
Pomeroy Cement Block CO
Pomeroy
Plymale Wagner CO
Gallipolis
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C. F. Besserer
E. Main St
Pomeroy, Ohio
Stetson
Stylepark
Brum IY
Middleport Social Notes
Widdleport Personals
Pomeroy Social Notes
Independent
Meigs
Walter Miller
Peacock Ave
Leah Warner
Russell Gibbs
Circleville
John Grueser
Belle Vernon
Kate Grueser
Allie Grueser
Orin Vince
Austin Leher
Pomeroy Personals
Chase
Hartley
Bennett
Ohio
Ewings
Tricky
Penelope Pentwerp
Wits End
STARK
Pharmacy
Marietta
Someroy Bend Theaters
Nora Prentiss
Ann Sheridan
Kent Smith
Bruce Bennett
Robert Alda
Rosemary DeCamp
THE
DARK
Mirror
Olivia DeHavilland
Lew Ayres
Thomas Mitchell
Richard Long
San Antone
Bendvue Pomeroy
Whispering Skull
Tex Ritter
Dave O'Brien
Tim Holt
Jesse James
Elberfelds
Elberfeld
Stove Headquarters
L&h
McMaster Hardware & Furniture Co
Middleport, Ohio
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