Three New Members Elected By Meigs County Fair Board
Meigs County Fair Board elected three new members Pearl Williams Harrisonville Roy Eichinger Pom eroy and Dana E Hoffman Tup pers Plains for two and three year terms. Re elected were H E Starkey Carpenter and Hiram Slanter Hysell Run for three year terms and Harold Carnahan Racine for two years. A reorganization meeting set for Nov 27 will elect new officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Meigs County
Clarence Heaton
O. R. Hunnsicker
Ralph Gilmore
Lucville Leifheit
J. H. Eastman
Grueser Rites To Be Tuesday
Funeral services for Jacob Grueser 81 who died at his Rocksprings home Saturday evening will be at Sacred Heart Church Tuesday at 9 a.m. He is survived by wife Barbara four sons Frank William Lewis all of Pomeroy Clarence Minersville one brother Joe Rutland four sisters and several grandchildren. Rosary was to be said at Ewing funeral home this evening with calls welcomed.
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Pomeroy
Jacob Grueser
Rocksprings
Sacred Heart Church
Grueser
Barbara
Frank
William
Lewis
Clarence
Minersville
Joe Grueser
Rutland
Annie Reuter
Lizzie Rathburn
Frances Reibel
Lucy Myers
Ewing
Club To Observe Ladies Night Tuesday
Pomeroy Lions Club will observe Ladies Night tomorrow evening at the Federated Church. A program of entertainment has been planned.
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Pomeroy
The
Lions Club
Federated Church
Pomeroy Walton League to Meet Near Chester
Izaak Walton League chapter will hold a Thursday evening gathering at the League farm near Chester. Wallace Bradford serves as president.
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Pomeroy
Izaak Walton League
Chester
Wallace Bradford
New Daily Hours Set From 1 PM to 5 PM
New hours publish daily service window from 1 PM to 5 PM with closures on Thursdays and Sundays.
Institutes Scheduled For Week In Meigs County
Doris P Wipert of Washington D C Ohio will speak at Meigs County institutes this week visiting Tupplers Plains Rock springs Salem Center and Dyesville She is a farmer homemaker and mother of an 11 year old son Her varied work includes hay baling sign painting and poetry She was a delegate to the 1949 United Nations Educational Conference George W Kreitler of Newark will speak at Reedsville Long Bottom Thursday He was Meigs County agricultural agent for 14 years The Dyesville institute Saturday brings H R Cotterman Capital University professor of education back to town Officers for each institute are named with the host communities
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Pomeroy
Doris P. Wipert
Washington D.H
Ohio
Meigs County
Reedsville-Long Bottom Institute
George W. Kreitler
Newark
Kreitler
H. R. Cotterman
Capital University
Dyesville Institute
Creston Newland
Dinsmore Boyles
Helen Woode
Howard Caldwell
Tuppers Plains
Rock Springs
Howard Bolin
Lewis Greaser
James D. Smith
Oliver Unree
Reedsville- Long Bottom
Warren Pickens
Charles Hensley
Carl D. Buckley
Harold Massar
C. E. Humphrey
Salem Center
Orion Roush
Margaret Edmundson
Dorothy Edmundson
Dyesville
Mary Virginia Holliday
Harry Dudgeon
Helen Turner
Erma Vale
Curtain Raises On Minstrel Tomorrow At Wahama High
Wahama High School auditorium hosts the first Bend Area minstrel of the season Tuesday and Wednesday evening. Girls and Boys Glee Clubs perform in two parts with opening circle and alio. Interlocutor James Diehl guides the show. Featured performers include Tom Scully John Kelly Richard Athey Dean Knight Fetty Cunningham and Eddie Spencer. The variety segment includes a square dance group a military tap routine pantomime and a barber shop quartet. Curtain time is o'clock.
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Tom Scully
John Kelly
Richard Athey
Dean Knight
Fetty Cunningham
Eddie Spencer
Marriage Announcement Pomeroy Couples Omagene Zahl and Leo Smith
Mr and Mrs Aaron Zahl announce the marriage of their daughter Omagene to Leo K Smith at Rocksprings Methodist Church on Saturday Nov 4 The double ring ceremony was performed in the presence of close family The bride a Pom eroy High School graduate 1949 and Dr Brown Clinical School alumna has worked in Zanesville The groom son of Oscar Smith a Rocksprings resident graduated Pom ero y High School 1949 attended Ohio State for one year and works as a coal operator at Cheshire After the ceremony a reception was held at the bride parents home at 112 State St Gallipolis with guests including Mrs Smiths brother William Zahi of Columbus.
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Pomeroy
Aaron Zahl
Omagene
Leo K. Smith
Rocksprings Methodist Church
Clarence Boyer
Harold Blackston
Smith
Pomeroy High School
Dr. Brown
Columbus
Zanesville
Mr. Smith
Oscar Smith
William Grueser
Ohio State University
Cheshire
Mrs. Smith
William Zahi
Happy Harvesters Plan Christmas Party and Dinner
The Happy Harvesters of the Federated Church met with president Elizabeth Huber in charge. They planned a January dinner for the Order of Eastern Star and a December 1 Christmas party starting with a potluck at 6 30 p.m. Arrangements are by Carrie Neutzling Carrie Meinhart and Frances Reibel. A gift exchange and dessert followed game time. Hostesses Norma Goodwin Constance Shields and Bernice Ebersbach served the refreshments.
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Norma Goodwin
Constance Shields
Bernice Ebersbach
Local Glimpses: Illness Confines Mary Curtis at Home
Mary Curtis remains confined to her Breezy Heights home due to illness. Columbus visitors Thursday included Mr and Mrs Virgil Hamm, Miss Dora Hamm, and Miss Emma Hamm. Philip Weber with daughter, Mrs Alice Dodson, and Mrs Mont Osborne from near Chester visited Clarence Heaton and family Sunday.
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Mary Curtis
Daughter Is Born to Grueser Family in Holzer Hospital
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Grueser announce the birth of a daughter in Holzer Hospital on November 3. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Grueser of Rocksprings and Mr. and Mrs. Hollis Shumaker of Middleport. Great-grandparents include Mrs. Nancy Story of Springfield, Ohio and Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Grueser of Rocksprings.
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Pomeroy
Roy Grueser
Holzer Hospital
Lewis Grueser
Rocksprings
Hollis Shumaker
Middleport
Nancy Story
Springfield
Ohio
Jacob Grueser
VFW Post 4736 Guests Instead In New Haven
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 4736 will skip its regular meeting Tuesday evening and travel to New Haven to be guests of the local post for the evening.
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Pomeroy
Mrs Schmoll Returns From Daytona Visit. Husband Undergoes Surgery
Mrs. J. J. Schmoll returned from Daytona where she spent a week with her husband who is a patient at the Veterans Hospital. He underwent surgery during the stay.
40 et 8 Meet at Drew Webster Post 39 Legion
The 40 et 8 group will meet Tuesday evening at the Drew Webster Post 39 American Legion home. John Will serves as chef de gare.
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Pomeroy
Drew Webster
American Legion
John Will
Surprise Armistice Day Party For Mary Scott
Middleport notes report a nine year old Mary Scott planned a Armistice Day birthday party at home on Sec ond Ave. Guests included Kit Neal Dickie Roller Carla Wilson Jane Harris Dixie Pierce Jennifer Sue Daniels Billie Jean Hoppess Maida Russell Suzanne Talbott Attendees unable to come were Sandra Miller and Polly Thomas. Mary is daughter of Mrs Ann Wylie Scott.
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Middleport
Mary Scott
Second Ave
Kit Neal
Dickie Roller
Carla Wilson
Jane Harris
Dixie Pierce
Jennifer Sue Daniels
Billie Jean Hoppess
Maida Russell
Suzanne Talbott
Sandra Miller
Polly Thomas
Mary
Ann Wylie Scott
Weekend Visitors and Illnesses Appear Across Region
Mrs Willis Grueser cared for her ill daughter in Columbus with visitors from Columbus and Powell Street Mrs Edith Nease Maroney of Smithers W Va visited Middleport friends. Families traveled from Point Pleasant Huntington and Columbus to be with ill relatives in Middleport Belle W Va Dayton Kent Levitown and New York area.
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Edith Nease Maroney
Smithers
W. Va
Middleport
Joe Boyd
Sutton
Edith Johnson
Charles
Q. S. Wong
Springfield
Ferne Barker
PTA
Delbert Rice
S. Second Ave
Rice
Paul Swisher
Middleport Rotary Club
Kermit Wiseman
Meigs General Hospital
New York
Charleston
Harold Harrison
Italy and West Germany sign new trade pact
Italy and West Germany signed a commercial pact Friday to swap goods valued at 140 million dollars. The agreement covers the exchange of goods between Rome and Berlin to boost postwar economic ties.
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Italy
Germany
Rome
West Germany
Robert Grueser Dies After Year's Illness
Robert Grueser died in a Parkersburg hospital after a year of ill health following a stroke. A former Meigs County resident, he is survived by his wife four children and siblings including Mrs G O Schmoll Middleport Miss Laura Grueser Adolph and Theo Grueser of Pomeroy and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held today in Parkersburg.
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Middleport
Robert Grueser
Parkersburg
Meigs County
G. O. Schmoll
Laura Grueser
Adolph
Theo Grueser
Pomeroy
C. J. Rhodes
Robert Schmoll
William Grueser
Charles Mc
Charles McMaster
Rhodes
Florence Bush
Officer To Attend Parking Meter School
Patrolman Russell Bailey left yesterday for Canton to receive special maintenance and repair instruction on parking meters at a school held there this week.
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Pomeroy
Russell Bailey
Canton
Mrs Etta Brooks Hurt in Fall at Hobson Home
Mrs Etta Brooks 84 remains in Holzer Hospital Gallipolis after a Wednesday fall at Mrs Mary Lathey Hobson home left her with a broken hip. She is the mother of Ed Romine.
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Pomeroy
Etta Brooks
Holzer Hospital
Gallipolis
Mary Lathey
Hobson
Brooks
Ed Romine
Mrs. Pratt 44 Dies After Illness In Canton Area
Mrs Delno Pratt 44 died Sunday afternoon at Meigs General Hospital after an extended illness Funeral services set for Wednesday at two at Rawlings-Coats Funeral Home interment in Riverview Cemetery Wert Dean Church of Christ pastor officiating She survived by husband a son Delna Pratt Jr a grandson John Lee Pratt two sisters Thelma Barnett Faye Bodkins both of Columbus formerly Della Wible of Albany
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Middleport
Delno Pratt
Meigs General Hospital
Rawlings-Coats Funeral Home
Riverview Cemetery
Wert Dean
Church of Christ
Mrs Betz's Nephew Reported Missing in Korea
Mrs Frank Betz and her sister Mrs Ella Reed report their son Cpl Russell Stewart 20 missing in action in Korea since Sept 8 serving with the 2nd Division. His last letter to his mother was August 20. Stewart is one of seven brothers with Eugene 25 at Fort Benning Ga and Robert 18 at Fort Lawton Seattle Wash also in service.
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Middleport
Frank Betz
Gallipolis
Ella Reed
Cpl
Russell Stewart
Korea
Corporal Stewart
Eugene Stewart
Fort Benning
Robert Stewart
Fort Lawton
Seattle
Wash
Church Council to Meet Tuesday Evening
The Church Council of the Federated Church will meet Tuesday evening at the church.
Declamation winner Carol Baechtel at Heath Church event
Sunday services at Heath Methodist and First Baptist churches featured a Peace Declamation contest with Carol Baechtel winning first prize for Peace or Molten Glass. Alternate was Ann Rupe. third place went to Charlene Dillard.
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Middleport
Heath Methodist
First Baptist
Baptist Youth Fellowship
First Baptist Church
Carol Bachtel
Ethel Garland
Pomeroy High School
Ralph Spencer
Pomeroy
Maude Young
Racine High School
Ann Rupe
Charlene Dillard
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Meigs Fair Board
W. H. Jeric
M. D
E. Main Pomeroy
Doris Wipert
Buick
DeSoto
Karr & van Zandt
W. Main St
Cadillac
Minstre
Pomeroy Social Notes
Pomeroy Personals
Tom Goeglein
Mulberry Ave
Middleport Social Notes
Bailey
Harrisons
Opal Turner Priddy
Nitro
Jacob Turner
Cecil Grogan
C. H. Wise
N. Third Ave
Fred Marshall
Elmer ‘Haycock
Mr. Haycock
Willis Grueser
John McCabe
A. A. Chappelle
John Talbott
Fred Healy
George Johnson
Liberty
Theatre
Navy
Cary Grant
Ann Sheridan
Meigs
Hedy Lamarr
John Hodiak
James Craig
George Macready
Cassino
Temple Middleport
Peggy
Charles Coburn
Charlotte Greenwood
Diana Lynn
Barbara Lawrence
Griff Barnet
Charlies Drake
Winchester
Bendvue Pomeroy
Clifton Webb
Myrna Loy
Jeanne Crain
Edgar Buchanan
Church Council
Church Council of the Federated Church
Athens
Athena
John Ford
J Herbert J. Yates
John Fords
Whn
John Wayne
Maureen O'Hara
Ben Joensor
Claude Jarman, JR
Harry Carey, JR
Chill Wills
A Republic Picture
J. Carrol Naish
Victor McLaglen
Grant Withers
Sons OF the Pioneers
Cire
Tonite
Joan Crawford
Bing Crosby
W. C. Fields
Carol Baechtel
Carol
Middleport High School
Heath Church
Louis A. Bangerter
C. M. Hennesy
Cole
Daynes Schreiner
Eleanor Satterfield
Jean Smart
Charles M. Pomeroy
Ruth Chase
Asia
June Seiies
Africa
Shirley Miller
Europe
Adrienne Mills
South America
Nancy Hartley
Australia
Rae Ann Mills
North America
Youth Fellowship of
Nan Moore
James Roller
Cesar Romero
June Havoc
Thief
Donald
Con
Chaney
United Artists
Century-Fox
Robert J. Gannon, S.J
Edmund Reek
Anthony Muto
F. Zanuck
Bette Davis
Anne Baxter
George Sanders
Celeste Holm
Gary Merrill
Hugh Marlowe
Thala Pitter
Marilyn Monroe
Gregory Ratott Barbera Bales
Walter Campden
Darmyl
Zanuck
Joseph J. Manriewic
Time Mag
Newsweek
Coronet
Fred C. Lentz
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