Pomeroy Clears 1000 Dollar Law Library Quota
Pomeroy completes the year’s 1000 dollar quota to the Meigs County law library. Mayor FE F Robinson reports September receipts totaling 368.50 with 254.70 to the village treasury. Council approves 1000 metal parking space markers, approves 775 for City Hall restroom installation, and looks to tile near Naylor’s Run drain. Free parking cards may be issued for a district lodge meeting.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County Law Library
Pomevill
FE. F. Robinson
Law Library
Robinson
City Hall
Council
Frecker Plumbing &Co
Third Ward
Charles Werry
Naylor
Apple Butter Time Arrives in Village
Middleport residents from the Church of Christ began Operation Apple Butter with a busy start on Monday. Volunteers peeled bushels of apples in the church basement while others prepared a noon meal to sustain the work. The cooking session was set for the Charlies Childs residence on North Second Avenue today and tomorrow.
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Middleport
Charlies Childs Home
N. Second Ave
Rutland Garden Show Winners Named in Church Basement
More than 100 attendees viewed the Rutland Garden Show at the Methodist Church basement. Helen Bolin of Langsville won blue for Class 1 ar rangement of fruits and flowers, with Rebecca Folan and Grace Colwell in second and third. numerous other classes featured firsts and placings among Mrs. Dulcie Jebel, Mrs. Golda Anderson, Mrs. Blaine Giles, and many more, plus notable exhibits including a nine-foot Celesta plant and a magnolia blossom display by Mrs. Thomas and Mrs. Gertrude Titus.
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Rutland
Helen Bolin
Langsville
Methodist Church
Rebecca Folen
Grace Colwell
Web Hall
Dulcie Jebel
Golda Anderson
Blaine Giles
Grace Chase
Maxine Miller
Bernice Winan
Gertrude Chase
Alice Johnson
Rebecca Folan
Helen Bolen
P. A. Jividen
Cash Johnston
Bertha Lasher
Judy Titus
Allie Johnston
Reibel
Grace Thomas
L. J. Heiner
Helen
Bernice Winn
Coal Buying Is Approved By Board
Middleport Board of Education approves coal purchase from Peacock Coal Co. The superintendent may repair sidewalks per State Rehabilitation Division. Two home instruction requests will be sent to the state for approval. A six mill levy, essential to continued state aid under the foundation program, will be on the November 2 ballot. In 1954 the district received over $37,000 in additional state aid to support a minimum program.
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Middleport
Middleport Board of Education
Peacock Coal Co
State Department
Ohio
Grange Wins $50 Bond and Plaque for Service
POMEROY Rocksprings Grange earned a $50 bond and a special plaque for outstanding community service over the past year. Meigs County Grange was among 80 Ohio granges honored in the National Grange Sears and Roebuck Foundation Contest, with 803 local granges reporting statewide. Acme Grange of Lorain County captured first in Ohio and will represent the state nationally, followed by Wheat Ridge Grange of Adams County in second and Whipple Grange of Washington County in third.
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Pomeroy — Rocksprings Grange
Meigs County
Ohio
Sears and Roebuck Foundation
Acme Grange
Lorain County
Wheat Ridge Grange
Adams County
Whipple Grange
Washington County
Meigs General Hospital Notes Admits and Discharges
Admitted patients include Mrs Kathryn Story of Pomeroy Sandra Sue Mundry from Reedsville Clara Larson of Portland and Linda Coburn of Pomeroy Discharged are Mrs Sam Arnold and baby Linda Coburn Tim Neutzling Mrs Clara Larson Eva Robson Mrs Nellie Jackson and baby Patricia Brunson Mrs Burt Bable Elizabeth Halley Grace Landers Mrs Curtis C Roush and baby Mrs Robert Biffle and baby and Thomas McLaughlin.
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Kathryn Story
Pomeroy
Sandra Sue Mundry
Reedsvile
Clara Larson
Portland
Linda Coburn
Sam Arnold
Tim Neutzling
Eva Robson
Nellie Jackson
Patricia Brunson
Burt Bable
Elizabeth Halley
Grace Landers
Curtis C. Roush
Robert Biffle
Thomas McLaughlin
J E White Rites Slated At Pomeroy Church of Christ
Funeral services are set for J E White former Pomeroy High School principal of 24 years. A Nelsonville native he earned a 1925 OB Ed degree at Ohio University and a masters from NYU. He held roles in Phi Delta Kappa and several regional educational groups. Knights Templar will conduct services at Ew ing funeral home.
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Pomeroy
J. FE. White
Pomeroy Church of Christ
Nelsonville
White
Ohio University
New York University
Phi Delta Kappa
National Scholastic Honorary
Southeastern Ohio Teachers Association
Ohio High School Activities Association
Pomeroy Teachers Association
Pomer High School Athletic Associaion
Pomeroy Lodge
RAM
Ohio Valley Commandery
Knights Templar
Bosworth Council
Ewing Funeral Home
Meigs County Clerk of Courts September Receipts
Meigs County Clerk of Courts receipts for September totaled 635.75 with Evelyn Locke as deputy. Activity highlights include certificates of title 535, liens notes 214, memorandum certificates 142, cancellations 196, applications and affidavits 169, and certified copies four. County share 437.80 and state share 197.95.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Divorce suit filed in Meigs County Court
Elma Lewis files for divorce from Richard Lewis in Meigs County Common Pleas Court alleging gross neglect of duty and extreme cruelty. She also seeks custody of two minor children.
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Pomeroy
Elma Lewis
Richard Lewis
Meigs County Common Pleas Court
Pomeroy Social Notes Weekly Garden Club Gathering
Wildwood Garden Club welcomed new member Mrs Arthur Nease at Norm an Fisher home in Nease Settlement. Meeting featured a poem, 23rd Psalm, Q and A on flowers, yearbook distribution, and prize awards for flower arrangements. Several members and visitors noted in confab and travel updates follow.
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Pomeroy
Arthur Nease
Wildwood Garden Club
Norman Fisher
Nease Settlement
Lawrence Rose
Homer Holter
Stanley Jones
Fred Nease
David Nease
Harry Roush
Alwin Nease
Joe Thoren
Roush
Amanda Baer
Charlies Baer
Everett Damewood
Christy Baer
Mark Evans
Hiram Fisher
William Fisher
Karl Grueser
Edison Hollon
Denver Holter
Milton Houdashelt
John Idle
Uswin Nease
Vernon Nease
John Scott
Russ Watson
Pomeroy Garden Club Holds October Meeting at Parker Home
The Pomeroy Garden Club met Monday afternoon at Mrs. George Parker’s Mulberry Avenue home with Miss Nelle Bing as a guest. New year programs were distributed, and Lydia Ebersbach reported on the state convention in Columbus where two club papers won awards. dessert was served and plans for the November meeting at Mrs. Leitwiler’s were announced with a Christmas decorations talk by County Agent Mrs. Howard Nolan.
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Pomeroy
Pomeroy Garden Club
George Parker
Mulberry Ave
H. B. Smith
Lydia Ebersbach
Columbus
Ohio Union
J. O. Roedel
J. E. D. Hartinger
John Leitwhler
Thomas Young
Howard Nolan
Pomeroy Hosts Portland Home Welcome for Davis Guest
Mr. and Mrs. Sid ney Durst entertained at their new Portland home Wednesday night honoring E. W. Davis of Sheffield Alabama who has visited Mrs. Mattie Henderson there for two weeks. Music and singing followed by a salad course for guests including Eber Carpenter Ruda Durst Margaret Henderson McDade Mills Sauer Circle and Joyce Circle.
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Harold Sauer
Middleport
Joe Circle
Joyce
Racine
Grace Guild to Meet at Parish House this Wednesday
The Grace Guild of Grace Episcopal Church will gather at 7 30 p m on Wednesday at the parish house. Hostesses include Mrs. Carrie Nye Mrs L G Gribble and Mrs J E D Hartinger.
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Pomeroy
Grace Guild
Grace Episcopal Church
Carrie Nye
L. G. Gribble
J.E.D. Hartinger
Meigs County Women’s Republican Club Meet Held at Hotel Martin
Mrs. Della Windsor announces the Meigs County Women’s Republican Club will hold a 2 p.m. Saturday meeting at the Hotel Martin.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Pomeroy Personal Notes From Saturday Visitors
Columbus visitors included Mrs. Arthur Nease Mrs. Ben Neutzling and Miss Evelyn Fick. Tipton Iowa couple Mr. and Mrs. Art Baer visited with local residents in Syracuse. Marvin Burt and Roy Tracy attended the Ohio State game in Columbus. Anne Ebersbach Kate Ebersbach and Mrs. Ben Neutzling also mentioned.
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Arthur Nease
Ben Neutzling
Evelyn Fick
Columbus
Art Baer
Tipton
Iowa
Albert Ebersbach
James Clatworthy
Pomeroy
Marcia Karr
Syracuse
Marvin Burt
Roy Tracy
Anne Ebersbach
Kate Ebersbach
World Meet Described By Pastor MIDDLEPORT
The Meigs County Ministerial Association met at Heath Methodist Church with Rev. Louis A. Bangerter hosting. They planned the World Council of Churches Festival in Evanston last summer and set several meetings for future months including Union Reformation Day on Oct 21 in Pomeroy and a November gathering in Rutland.
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Middleport
Meigs County
Laslie Kunze
T. T. Shelton
Fred I. Gardner
Rutland
Methodist Church
Robert Linter
Martin Restaurant
Claremont E. Hoyt
Richard DeMott
Glenna Rummell
Howard E. Ruppelt
Robert Styers
Ralph Groves
Miss Harris New Editor of The Echo at Racine High
Janice Harris named editor of The Echo the Racine High School newspaper for the year. A full list of staff follows with Ruth Ann Gaul as feature editor Lillian Powell literary editor Morris Wolfe sports editor and others filling roles from art editor to reporters under faculty advisor Donald C. Wolfe.
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Carol Salser
Suzanne Proffitt
Evelyn Cummins
Betty Rere
Gertrude Rowe
Irma Cozart
Janice Gillilan
Janice Wolfe
Dennie Hill
Joan Nevill
Paul Hoback
Betty Bryson
Rebecca Shockey
Ruth Ann Carson
Clark
Phyllis Cozart
Ruby Holter
Carole Johnson
Ruby Parsons
Ruby Taylor
Eileen Wolfe
Donald C. Wolfe
Band Boosters Name Mrs Harold Lohse Pomeroy
Mrs Harold Lohse has been named chairman of the upper business block for Pomeroy High School band tag day to be held Saturday. Mrs William Kennedy, president of the Pomeroy Band Boosters, said the boosters will meet at 7 this evening at the Senior High School building.
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Pomeroy
Harold Lohse
Pomeroy High School
William Kennedy
Vaughan announces birth of son Martin Allan
Mr and Mrs Richard Vaughan of Pomeroy announce the birth of a son, Martin Allan, born September 26 at St. Par Kersburg. Wayne Vaughan of Pomeroy is the grandfather.
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Pomeroy
Richard Vaughan
Martin Allan
St,or
Parkersburg
Ter Vaughan
Fifty Years Too Long to Wait Anniversary Celebration
Family marks ruby 40th wedding anniversary of Earl and Mrs. Rickman at Mt. Moriah Baptist Church in Middleport with more than 100 guests. Children organized the event, honoring eight Rickman siblings and their parents, with tributes from friends and relatives and a ruby themed reception. Attendees included relatives from Mt. Clemens Michigan, Springfield, Columbus, Rutland and Gallipolis, all Middleport High School graduates.
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Middleport
Mt. Moriah Baptist Church
Earl Cranston Rickman
Mt. Clemens
Mich
Lewis Rickman
St. Joseph's Hospital, Mt. Clemens
Charles Poindexter
Rickman
Middlewort
Lewis Ickman
Fred Jackson
Kathryn Payne
Mt. Moriah
Carrie Cassell
Rickigan
Arnold Richards
Mt. Moriah Missionary Society
Guild
LaVerne Snyder
B. Byrd
Marguerite Snyder
Jackson
Dave Shaffer
Oak Hill
Sherwin E. Trimble
Kathryn Lewis
Harry Coviey
Lewis H. Coviey
Marvin Covity
Springfield
Arthur Harrises
Juanita Smith
Ralph Smith
Vernil Holland
Columbus
J. E. Jacksons
Rutland
N. D. Borden
Gallipolis
Earl Rickman, Jr
B&t Metal Company
Charles Rickman
Lewis, Jr
Duana Jean
Donald Thomas
Marguerite Rickman
Robert Burton
Mary Kathryn Rickman
Larry
James Rickman
Major Lee Hill
Flora Jean Rickman
Sherwin Trimble
Martha Ann Rickman
Athletic Memberships Reported by Mid dleport A A
First memberships in the Middleport Athletic Association are announced by membership chairman Charles Byer. President John Vroman notes the group buys film for the camera and supplies equipment for the football team and school athletics. The list includes Emma Wayland, N T Wayland, Robert Byer, Frank Cheesebrew, Joe Young Jr, Paul Greenlee.
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Middleport Atheltic Association
Charles Byer
John Vroman
MAA
Emma Wayland
N. T. Wayland
Robert Byer
Frank Cheesebrew
Joe Young, Jr
Paul Greenlee
Dale Hysell
Frank Young
Paul Gomer
Bob Fisher
John Gothard
Eleanor Schaaf
Lee Mee- Comas
Blaine Walburn
Raymond
Funeral Rites Held For Mrs. Maria Cavin
Requiem mass for Mrs. Maria Cavin was sung at Sacred Heart Church in Middleport. Rev. Father George Adams officiated with interment at Mt. Olive Cemetery Charleston WV. Pallbearers included Victor Wipple Walter Waddell Joseph Conde and George Horak. Relatives from nearby towns were among those called to the service.
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Middleport
Maria Cavin
Sacred Heart Church
George Adams
Mt. Olive
Charleston
W. Va
Victor Wipple
Walter Waddell
Joseph Conde
George Horak
Father Adams
Cavin
Dea Hayes
Dennis Cavin
Penns Grove
N. J
Maurice Cavin
Lula Leedom
Tullytown
George Patterson
Morrisville
Newportville
Ten Girls Selected For Junior Glee Club
Forty girls were chosen by Miss Carmen Deems for the Junior High Girls Glee Club. The first public appearance is set for a Christmas concert. Officers elected include Janice Asbury president Yvonne Osler vice president Polly Thomas secretary treasurer Judy Clark and Mary Scott librarians.
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Middleport
Carmen Deems
Janice Asbury
Yvonne Osler
Polly Thomas
Judy Clark
Mary Scott
Mrs. Turner Returns Home After Bucyrus Hospital Stay
Mrs. Joe Turner returns to her Middleport home with the Turner family after three weeks in Bucyrus with her son Robert Turner. Her car was involved in a Route 161 and Sunbury Road crash that killed two people. she was hospitalized but recovering satisfactorily. Grandson Michael stayed for a visit.
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Middleport
Joe Turner
Bucyrus
Robert Turner
Turner
Route 161
Sunbury Road
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Lincoln Hill Road
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Logan, Ohio
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Pomeroy Pastry Shop
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