Farm Bureau To Sponsor Meetings To Aid Survey
Three meetings will be held next week across Meigs County to gather farmer and spouse input for a nationwide survey at the request of Secretary Ezra T Benson. Sessions cover price support, storage, conservation, foreign trade and government loans, with no opinion pressure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federation
Farm Bureau
Racine High School
Raymond Furbee
Delmar Hamm
Henry Wip 1
Joe Thoren
Harrisonville High School
Virgil Atkins
Hiram Slanter
Orion Roush
Tuppers Plains School
Earl Dean
Ziba Midkiff
Rev Clyde Rogers to Speak at Racine Harvest Festival
The Rev Clyde Rogers of the Ohio Council of Churches will be the main speaker at the Racine harvest festival Sunday at 12 30 p m. The event, a cooperative effort of local churches Grange groups and Future Homemakers and Future Farmers of America, features music from Racine High School and a basket dinner to start the program.
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Rogers
Europe
Iran
Bussey
Switzerland
Germany
Racine High School
Elwood
Bradbury PTA Meets. church pastors to speak at Oct 17 assembly
The Bradbury Parent-Teacher Association held its first meeting at Bradbury School with Mrs. Norma Russell presiding. Members named to the membership committee include Frances Johnson Bessie Pullins Mrs Wilbur Hanning Mrs Merrill Taylor Mrs Ernest Thomas and Mrs James Reed. It was announced pastors Robert Purtell and Dean Warren would be featured at the October 17 assembly. A tie for attendance banner occurred among the first and second grades and the seventh and eighth grades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Bradbury
Parent-Teacher Association
Norma Russell
Frances Johnson
Bessie Pullins
Wilbur Hanning
Merrill Taylor
Ernest Thomas
James Reed
Robert Purtell
Audrey Theobald
Edith Forrest
Thelma Dill
P.M. Club to Meet at Mrs Swisher's Home
Middleport residents report the P M Club will gather Wednesday evening at the home of Mrs Wayne Swisher. Assisting hostess will be Mrs Swisher's sister Mrs Francis Anderson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Wayne Swisher
Swisher
Francis Anderson
Local residents visit relatives and attend events across several towns
A string of social visits and travel is reported. Families from North Lima, Columbus, Huntington, Marion, Smith Ferry, Evangeline and Pomeroy share visits with cousins, in laws and friends while others return from hospital, funerals, or work assignments in Ohio, Maryland and West Virginia.
Navy Radioman Pomeroy Seaman in Mariner NATO Exercise
George W. Nessel of 130 Laurel St Pomeroy radioman seaman USN participated in NATO exercise Mariner from September 16 to October 5 with Commander Carrier Division Two staff aboard the attack aircraft carrier USS Bennington.
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Pomeroy
George W. Nesselroad
Seaman
USN
Laurel St
Carrier Division Two
Bennington
Pomeroy Eastern Stars Plan Cincinnati Session
Pomeroy Chapter of the Order of Eastern Stars held a friends night with visitors from Gallipolis Cheshire Middleport Racine and Harrisonville. The meeting led by Thelma Dill and Theo Smith introduced visiting chapters past matrons and patrons and hosted the Pomeroy High School glee club under Lucille Swackhammer. Halloween themed refreshments followed with a long list of helpers including Ella Smith Kathryn Peoples Charlotte Coates Kathleen Scott Ann Vaughn Marie Curd Pauline Mayer Gladys Smith Leona Smith Freda Ball Ada Hoskins and Evelyn Gaul.
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Pomeroy
Cincinnati
Order of Eastern Stars
Gallipolis
Cheshire
Middleport
Racine
Harrisonville
Thelma Dill
Theo Smith
Pomeroy High School
Glee Club
Lucille Swackhammer
Enlotte Coates
Kathleen Scott
Anna
Nellie Tracy
Ella Smith
Kathryn Peoples
Charlotte Coates
Ann Vaughn
Marie Curd
Pauline Mayer
Gladys Smith
Leona Smith
Freda Ball
Ada Hoskins
Evelyn Gaul
Canasta Winners Highlight Pomeroy Mothers Club Social
Four members received prizes for a canasta win during the Pomeroy Mothers Club social hour at Mrs. James Hanson’s Lincoln Heights home. Mrs. Richard Freeman assisted. Winners were Mrs. Hanson Mrs. Carl Will Mrs. Shirley Guinther and Mrs. E D Laufer of Gallipolis. Guinther presided over a brief meeting on membership. Dessert was served. next meeting set for November 4 at Mrs. Carl Will’s E Main St.
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Pomeroy
Pomeroy Mothers Club
James Hanson
Lincoln Heights
Richard Freeman
Hanson
Carl Will
Shirley Guinther
E. D. Laufer
Gallipolis
E. Main St
Athens
Marietta
Lowell
Charleston
W. Va
Harrisonville
Middleport
Dora DeLong
New Mexico
Maxine Wingett
Cora Webb
Bertha Sayre
Isabelle Simpson
Gretta Simpson
William Stewart
Racine
Stewart
Darby Store
Cora Beegle
Nifty Stitchers Hold Come As You Are Party
Pomeroy an innovation to regular meetings of the Nifty Stitchers Sewing Club was added Wednesday evening when Mrs. Carl Moore entertained the group with a come as you are party at her home on the Chester Road. Attire included jeans and housecoats and a traveling prize from Mrs. Herbert Dixon was awarded to Mrs. Jack Warner. Dessert was served by Mrs. Moore to numerous members and guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Carl Moore
Chester Road
Herbert Dixon
Jack Warner
Moore
Car! Mitch
Lawrence Smith
Charles Griffith
Henry Dailey
William Bartels
Charles
Max Folmer
Peggy
Selim Blazewicz
Kathryn Mith
Bridge Club Honors At Lincoln Hill Residence
Mrs Fred Blaett ar won the high score prize while host Mrs Albert Coates entertained her Lincoln Hill bridge club on Wednesday evening The second high score prize went to Mrs Rolland Neutzling and Mrs Wyllis McMurray received the guest prize. A
Pocahontas District Five School of Instruction Councilor Named
Mrs Sally Allison was chosen as first councilor at the district five Pocahontas school of instruction held in Murray City. The group announced the death of past state keeper of records Mrs Ella Browning two weeks earlier. Local attendees included Mrs Allison Meda Gibbs Verna Hysell and Blanche Roller.
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Pomeroy
District Five
Degree of Pocahontas
Murray City
Sally Allison
Ella Browning
White Cove
Allison
Meda Gibbs
Verna Hysell
Blanche Roller
Mary Shrine to Meet at IOOF Hall Friday Evening
Mary Shrine to Meet in regular session at 7:45 p.m. Friday at the IOOF Hall. POMEROY is not specified as a separate entity in the readable text.
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Pomeroy—Mary Shrine
White Shrine of
Jerusalem
IOOF
Weekend Visits Highlight Local Families
Kennelworth Nease and fiancée Miss Jean Sandy of Dayton arrived Friday to visit Nease's mother Mrs Helen H Nease on E Main St. Mrs Helen Hysell and daughter Carolyn of Gallipolis spent Wednesday with Mr and Mrs Truman Russell. Frances Scholl returned from Williamsburg Virginia after two weeks with her son in law and daughter CD 3 and Mrs John R Weeks. The Scholl party toured Virginia historic sites. In Gallipolis Wednesday they led a Women's Auxiliary program at St Peter's Episcopal Church with Mrs W P Lochary Mrs H B Kress Mrs Charles Speer of Pomeroy and Mrs Max Samborn of Middleport. Word came that Miss Mary Wittner, formerly of Pomeroy now in Union, is critically ill.
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O. L. Roush
Cleve Roush
Lima
Luther Boger
Columbus
Thomas Longstaff
Herman Ohlinger
Maryland
James Shields
Walter Rainey
Ped Ramsey
Huntington
Alice Johnson
Frances Larkin
Rainey
da Reuben Beck
Karl
Kirk
Ped
Gerald Stewart
Marion
Middleport
Howard Holmes
Smith Ferry
M. R. Sanborn
Holmes
Althea Anderson
M. L. French
Charles Bennett
Hez Root
Allen Hughes
Evelyn Lewis
James Clatworthy
Evangeline Chapter
Order of Eastern Star
Pomeroy
Holzer Hospital
Mill St
John Ketchka
John
Moundsville
W. Va
Ketchka
D. A Tammen
Toledo
Vanadium Corporation of America
Graham Station
Kennelworth
Traffic Cases Heard in Mayor Russell's Court
In Middleport court Judge Sidney T. Russell heard traffic matters. Harry Krautter was fined $5 and costs for a traffic violation. Dale Kennedy was fined $15 and costs on an intoxication charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Sidney T. Russell
Harry Krautter
Dale Kennedy
Indian School Educators Speak at Syracuse Church Meeting
Middleport residents report on the missionary teachers Francis and Sauer in India linked to Jullundur City. The Sauers train students of all economic levels. Francis is a Toledo University mechanical engineering graduate, LPN Mrs Sauer runs a local health clinic. Sixty attended the presbyterial session, with Mrs Lloyd Evans of Nelsonville as district president and Howard E Ruppelt welcoming.
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Middleport — River District
Syracuse Presbyterian Church
Francis Sauer
United Church Schools
Jullundur City
India
Sauers
Sauer
Toledo University
E. O. Tewksbury
O. H. Stewart
John Downing
Rodney Downing
L. A. Thomas
Iva Brown
Daisie Saunders
T. A. May
Leo Beeson
Lewis Sauer
Dea Hayes
L. J. Heiner
Karl Owen
George Anderson
C. P. Williams
Thomas Young
Carl Shields
Anna Vaughan
D. A. Canaday
Ruel Finsterwald
Richard H. Rawlings
Virgil Campbell
George Hetzel
Raymond Hood
Glenroy Ewing
Pearl Mora
Phil Williamson
Maggie Diddle
May Barrows
Ora Nease
Anna McCoy
James Quick
Daisy Duckworth
Elizabeth Duckworth
Racine Band Tag Day Planned by High School Boosters
POMEROY October 17 is set as Racine High School marching band tag day. Emma Salser, band boosters president, says activities run all day with a jitney supper at 5 pm and a square dance at 8:30 pm in the high school. Boosters meet at 8 pm next Thursday to finalize plans.
Minor Damage Listed in Mishap Thursday
Franklin D. Hudson of the Pomeroy Police Department said a two and one half coal truck driven by Ernest M. Burton, 63, Middleport, struck the left rear of a pickup driven by Joe Boyd, 67, Pomeroy, as both vehicles traveled west. Boyd was turning into his driveway on West Main Street when the collision occurred.
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Pomeroy
Franklin D. Hudson
Ernest M. Burton
Middleport
Joe Boyd
Hudson
Boyd
W. Main St
Week Is Proclaimed For National Business Woman's Week
A proclamation signed by Mayor Sidney T. Russell designates Oct 11 to 17 as National Business Woman's Week. The Middleport Business and Professional Women's Club outlines events for the observance led by president Mrs. L. E. Reynolds and a special committee. Observances begin with attendance at a district meeting Sunday in Ironton.
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Middleport
Sidney T. Russell
Business and Professional Women’s Club
L. E. Reynolds
Ironton
Scholls announce birth of first child Randy Michael
State Patrolman Bruce Scholl and his wife announce the birth of their son Randy Michael Thursday morning at Ironton Hospital. This is the couple’s first child. Grandparents include Lyle Seegar now in Toledo and Herman Scholl. great-grandparents are Ed Hite and others.
Middleport Church Services and Rally Day Schedule
Unified service at Heath Methodist led by L A Bangerter with church school and Rally Day at 10 a.m. Town Hall meeting report from Columbus. Grace Church Gallipolis hosts Methodist Youth Fellowship Training at 3 p.m. WSCS Monday 7:30 p.m. Choir rehearsal Wednesday 7 p.m. Church of Christ led by Fred I Gardner Promotion Day at 9:30 a.m. Worship 10:30 a.m. Sermons: What Is Broken and Convictions With Consequence. Christian Endeavor 6 p.m. Evening service 7. Prayer meeting Wednesday 7 p.m. All-night services now at 7. First Presbyterian Howard E Ruppelt pastor Church school 9:30 a.m. Worship 10:30 a.m. Rally Day feature moving pictures. Westminster Youth Fellowship 6 p.m. Trustees Tuesday 7:30 p.m. Deacons defer family night until Oct 20. Choir rehearsal Wednesday 7 p.m. First BT Claremont E Hoyt pastor Church school 9:15 a.m. Worship 10:15 a.m. Children sermon The Name He Forgot sermon Obeying His Command Senior Hi Fellowship 6 p.m. Junior Hi Fellowship 6:30 p.m. Evening service 7:30 p.m. Sermon The Glory of the Son. Church school officers meet at 913 Locust St. Monday 7:30 p.m. Midweek prayer and praise with Mrs Beulah White Durst in charge 7:30 p.m. Choir rehearsal 8:30 p.m. Syracuse Presbyterian school 9:30 a.m. Moving pictures during evening service 7:30 p.m. Sermon Your Picture of Christ.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heath Methodist
L. A. Bangerter
Ernest Covert
Columbus
Methodist Youth Fellowship Training
Grace Church
Gallipolis
Church OF Christ
Fred I. Gardner
Christian Endeavor
First Presbyterian
Howard E. Ruppelt
Christ
Westminster Youth Fellowship
Claremont E. Hoyt
Tor
Beulah White Durst
Syracuse Presbyterian
Blakeslees In Columbus Attend State Agriculture Meeting
Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Blakeslee visited Columbus on Tuesday where Blakeslee, as president of the Ohio County Agriculture Agents Association, joined a meeting on youth center construction at the state fairgrounds. They traveled with Faith Ellen, Danny and David Kunze to attend funeral services for Mrs. Susan Kunze before heading to Philadelphia for the national convention of county agricultural agents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marengo
Susan Kunze
Blakeslee
Philadelphia
The
Association of County Agricultural Agents
Sales Tax Receipts Increase Noted in Meigs County
Weekly Meigs County sales tax receipts rose about 1000 dollars for the week ending September 26 versus last year. Roger W. Tracy, state treasurer, reports total receipts of 4383.70 compared with 3375.76 for the week ending September 27, 1952.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Meigs County
Roger W. Tracy
Racine High School to Start Local Lunch Program
A Racine grade school will host a new school lunch program in its basement after a request by local parents. The Southern Local School Board approved action at a Racine High School meeting, with the district purchasing a cook stove and planning community solicitations for meal supplies. The American Legion Post in Racine will paint the room earmarked for the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
Racine
Divorce Suit Filed in Meigs County Court
Virginia M. Ley filed a divorce suit against Robert M. Ley in Meigs County Common Pleas Court on Thursday charging gross neglect of duty and extreme cruelty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Virginia M. Ley
Robert M. Ley
Meigs County Common Pleas Court
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Middleport Social Notes
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Pomeroy Bend
Meigs
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Ray Collins
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Stewart Granger
Ann Sheridan
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Roy Rogers
Dale Evans
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Take ME TO Town
Anne Sheridan Sterling Hayden
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Clifton Webb
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Marilyn Emogene Brewer
Portland
North Broadway Methodist Church
Allen
Brewer
John Charles Beall
L. G. Beall
Garden Road
Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co
Beall
North High School
Ranco
Pomeroy Social Notes
Mothers Club
Sewing Club
Entertains Bridge Club
Liberty
Leo Gorcey
Bowery Boys
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the Kid From
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Ene
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Last Times Today
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Elizabeth Threat
Bill Elliott
Gabby Hayes
Man From
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Clark Gable
Gene Tierney
Randolph Ecuthie Reed
Sored
Pomeroy Firemen’s Association
Pomeroy Boy's Club
Delmar A. Canaday
U. S
National Bank “the Friendly Bank
Ohio
Federal Reserve System
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
Philco
Foreman & Abbott
Crosley
Crosley TV
Allen Appliance
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