Pomeroy Federated Church marks 100th anniversary
Overflow crowd attends a 100th anniversary service at the Federated Church in Pomeroy with five guest ministers and former pastors. The morning program featured Rev Ralph Kuether and tributes to church founders and past members. Theo Neutzling of Middleport to be moved to Sheltering Arms hospital after mine injury.
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Pomeroy
Federated Church
Ralph Kuether
Mr. Kuether
Manking
Robert L. Hegnauer
Aldo Bartels
Columbiana
Ohio
Bartels
Minersville
Peace Evangelical Church
Hempelmann
Charles Werry
Chris Seyfried
Jude Schmoll
Callie Kloes
Minnie Eiselstein
Ben Neutzling
Hegnauer
Weber
Kuether
Moenkhaus
Theo Mehl
Theo Neutzling
Middleport
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Athens
Ewing
Mr. Neutzling
Pomeroy Social Notes Highlight Local Farewells and Club Events
A farewell party for Mrs. Rosie Brown was hosted by Mrs. William Smith and others as she heads to Cleveland. Twilight Garden Club members met at Mrs. Dey Hysell’s on Mulberry Ave voting a Girl Scout donation and hearing talks on geraniums and flower arrangements. Other items note visits, family travel, operations, mumps cases, and trips to Columbus Oklahoma and Daytona Beach with various local residents and relatives.
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Twilight Garden Club
Dey Hysell
Mulberry Ave
James Weber
Girl Scouts
J. S. Clark
Ethel Garland
Miss Garland
Eddie Smith
Frank Chapman
Hemlock Grove Garden Club meets with Chrysanthemums talk
The Hemlock Grove Garden Club gathered Oct 9 at Mrs. Ziba Midkiff's home. Retiring president Mrs. C L Heat on opened the meeting, new president Mrs. John Terrell led the session, Mrs. Lawrence Roush gave a Chrysanthemums talk, slides shown, prize to Mrs. Midkiff, 20 members and one guest attended, refreshments served. Emmett Hawk to host Nov 5.
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Hemlock Grove
Local Social Notes Highlight Visits Across Towns
Mr and Mrs J W Cook visited Mr and Mrs W F Curiston in Brighton Michigan and will stay briefly. Dorothy June Cook visits Lincoln Terrace parents and attends Rio Grande College. Kenneth Hysell of Union Ave spent Sunday in Co Avery Nelson of Hemlock Grove is home recovering from a kidney ailment. Mary Kay McClain of Lancaster joined her mother Mary Massar during Federated churchs 100th anniversary. Robert Wolfe of Columbus weekend at his parents Cave St. Vernon Lee Archer county treasurer long time resident remains home after Holzer Hospital stay since July.
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Mr. Cook
W. F. Curiston
Brighton
Mich
J. T. McClain
Mary Kay
Lancaster
McClain
Mary Massar
Mulberry Ave
Federated Church
Robert Wolfe
Columbus
Mr. Wolfe
Walter Wolfe
Cave St
Vernon Lee Archer
Holzer Hospital
Social notes from ladoga and nearby towns
Rev W F Clyne returns to Ladoga after meetings at Red Brush Church visits Grover White home. Weekend visits include Pete Wheeler Karl Run at McKay home and Ralph Ballard party with son Butch at Darma Morrison’s Rock Castle West Virginia. Various relays of kin visitations occur among McKay Bentz Young Orr Ash Slivka Roush McElfresh and others with Delaware fair and Syracuse homecoming noted.
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Art Orr
Racine
Oris McCloud
Michael Bentz
Pomeroy
Robert Bailey
Buckeye Lake
Ohio
John Slivka
Roush
Mason City
Minnie Orrand_ sons
Arthur and
Paul
Alice Barden
Edith McElfresh
Leonardsburg
Delaware
Allen Bailey
Syracuse
Mary McKay
Two Lancaster Gardner Barr Wedding in London Ohio
Miss Elsie Barr daughter of Mr and Mrs Alvin W Barr of London Ohio and Mr Warren Gardner son of Mr and Mrs Clarence Gardner of Lancaster were married at First Presbyterian Church London on October 4 at 6 30 pm The ceremony was led by Rev C W Ruhlman with assistance from Dr Harry W Barr The bride wore a beige gabardine suit and Golden Rapture roses with Odontoglassim orchids A reception followed at the Federated Club House The couple will reside in Lancaster after a wedding trip to Dayton and Cincinnati The bride formerly worked at Brown Clinical Laboratory and Mr Gardner is a London Chemical Co representative Attending guests included Mrs Laughead Miss Lucille Smith Miss Young eats and others including Mrs Hull and General Hull who recently traveled from Hawaii after duty with the War Department.
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Elsie Barr
Alvin W. Barr
London
Ohio
Warren Gardner
Clarence Gardner
Lancaster
First Presbyterian Church
C. W. Ruhlman
Columbus
Harry W. Barr
Sidney
Margaret Barr
William Ensley
Kelsey Smith
Doris Barr
Donald Gardner
Federated Club House
Edith Young
Norman Pontius
Circleville
Neal Brown
Groveport
Beatrice Cleveland
Gretchen von Kanel
Sue Hartley
Dayton
Cincinnati
Gardner
Miss Barr
Brown Clinical Laboratory
R. B. Laughead
S. Fifth Ave
London Chemical Co
Laughead
Lucille Smith
Young
Church Hosts Crusade Visitors for Youth Programs
Miss Dorothy Williams and Miss LaVaun Augsberger guests of Heath Methodist Church as part of the Crusade for Christ. They assist in a town religious census and join Rally Day activities. WSCS meets tonight with speaker Mrs Thelma Willcox. social hour hosts Wednesday by Mrs Max Roller. Class 12 at Mrs Forrest Bachtel's home.
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LaVaun Augsberger
Fowler
Portsmouth
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Miss Augsberger
Lee Featherstone
S. Third Ave
WSCS
Thelma Willcox
Meigs County
Max Roller
Forrest Bachtel
Main
S. Fourth Ave
Brownies Resume Activities With Fall Fly Up Event
The Brownies return from summer recess and announce a Fall Fly Up for Girl Scouts. Named girls include Sharon Riley Ruth Ann Powell Yvonne Hackett Barbara Scott and others. Scout committee members listed as Mrs Guy Reynolds Mrs F M Cluff Mrs Neils Powell Mrs Kermit Wiseman and Mrs T A Riley Jr. The Business and Professional Women's Club sponsors a hamburger cookout at Roadside Park this Friday.
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Ruth Ann Powell
Yvonne Hackett
Barbara Scott
Megan Cluff
Patty Baker
Janice Grate
Sheila Stover
Jean Ann Wiseman
Mae Baily
Ruby Yeanger
Mary Jane Young
Nancy Rawlings
Jackie Rice
Mary Jane Williams
Rae Ann Mills
Ann Frazier
Carolyn Barker
Scout
First Baptist Church Week Announcements Highlight Chili Supper
The church hosts a chili supper tonight with Ladies Bible Class meeting Tuesday at 7 30 p m. Mrs Harry Houdashelt serves as class president and Mrs Harry Hysell leads the other class.
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Harry Hysell
Local honors guest Mrs J E Hull visits Middleport
Mrs J E Hull wife of Lt Gen John E Hull commander of Army forces in Mid Pacific stays several weeks in Middleport meeting local residents and servants of the town.
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Insemination Program On Tap For Meigs Cattle Farmers
Meigs County dairy service group votes to start artificial insemination on Oct. 25 with Walter P. Brown hired as inseminator. A county meeting on Oct. 20 at Pomeroy Court House will outline procedures. enrollment continues through directors or county extension office. Bulls from Central Ohio Breeding Association cover five major dairy breeds and aim for 400 pounds butterfat offspring.
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Court House
Richard Kellogg
Central Ohio Breeding Association
Kellogg
William L. Woods
Jersey
Guernsey
Meigs County Dairy Service Cooperative Association
W. L. Woods
Norman Rose
James Titus
John Colwell
Clark Idle
Charles Theiss
Joe Wyersmiller
Dana Hoffman
Ralph Badgely
Grafton Stout
Walter Brown
Ziba Midkiff
Glen West
Creston Newland
Donald Mora
Raymond Furbee
Eugene Holliday
Local Social Notes From Greenfield Clinton and Nearby Areas
The Rev and Mrs L R Wilson return to Greenfield after visiting Lawrence Bing and family while the Reverend visited his father near Racine. Several residents travel for family events and work, including Mrs Jeff Holder and children Norman Earr and Betty Lynn returning to Clinton South Carolina, accompanied to Cincinnati by Mrs Chet Haddox. Charles Jividen family relocate to McArthur for winter practice and Dr Jividen plans McArthur residence. Other items note Ironman fans attend Jackson Middleport game, Marjorie Michl and Esther Michl wedding travels to Cleveland, and Mr Henry Joachim moving to Columbus for NYCRA work.
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Denver
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Thomas Clark
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A. B. Bingham
W. K. Wilson
Albany
N. Y
Middleport High School
Glenn Lambert
S. Second Ave
Harry Forman
Huntington
C. H. Wise
Forman
WVOW
Pt. Pleasant
New York Central Railroad
Ferguson
Meigs County Land Transfers Ledger Highlights Parcel Deals
Meigs County records show multiple property transfers: L. S. Kemper to Alice A. Shone and others in Salem. Otis E. Knopp and Edna Knopp to John C. Arnott and Nellie Arnott for 49 acres in Lebanon. transfers involving Chester Salisbury Scipio Pomeroy Longsville and Middleport. several parcels including 87 acres in Scipio and 99-100 acres in Salem passing to named buyers with executors, widows, and heirs listed.
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L. S. Kemper
Alice A. Shonefield
G. W. Kemper
Mable Shonefield
Salem
Otis E. Knopp
Edna Knopp
John C. Arnott
Nellie L. Arnott
Lebanon
Susan R. Pullins
Lettie Gest
Theodore Pullins
Carl V. Pullins
Ernest Bowers
Mable Thomas
Edith Ament
Chester
Robert C. Washington
Leon Manley
Middleport
Mary J. Sapp
H. L. Coen
Salisbury
Veda Coen
Clarence Hudnall
Mary J. Hudnall
Scipio
Clarence Longstreth
Melanie Carman
Floyd Longstreth
Clarice Longstreth
Longsville
Mittie M. Nelson
Ora P. Nelson
Millard Burk
Carrie Burk
Philip Feiger
Ruth H. Feiger
Pomeroy
Madge Fife
John Fife
Elmer Sayre
Carl A. Schaefer
Helen P. Schaefer
Effie Tuckerman
Howard Tuckerman
Guy Tuckerman
Fred Tuckerman
Christmas Seal Sale Opens November Twenty Fourth in Pomeroy
The 41st annual Christmas Seal Sale campaign will open on November 24 and run until Christmas. Mrs. M. D. Hartinger is committee chairman, announced by Richard Chambers, president. Hartinger will appoint township committees and seeks volunteers.
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M. D. Hartinger
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Hartinger
Stars Always Visible on the Moon Sky
The moon lacks an atmosphere so stars would shine in a constant, cloudless night. A living presence there would witness bright stars day and night in a perpetual dark sky.
Harvest Festival Opens For Five Day Middleport Weekend
Middleport hosts a five day Harvest Festival October 13 to 18 with a gay midway along N Second Ave from Mill to Rutland. Co sponsors are the Volunteer Fire Department and the Middleport Chamber of Commerce. 4 H clubs display under C E Blakeslee and Mrs Howard Nolan. FHA display at Tri Lustre Shop. garden club flowers and local growers show at Meigs Motor Co. antiques showcased at Michael building with a Meigs Pioneer Society drive for new members. Old time fiddler contest tonight features Charles McMaster as master of ceremonies.
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Presbyterian Pastor Urges Faith to Confront Tomorrow
Dr. H G McMillen of First Presbyterian Church urged Business and Professional Women to face the future with faith in God in a National Business Women's Week observance. The BPWC program theme was We Face Tomorrow and overcoming the Nightmare of Worry. Mrs Lillian Stieff played the organ and the choir sang Lay Your Sins on Jesus. Observances included a candlelight dinner and Rotary Club attendance by officers and guests.
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Delbert Chase
Ann Gates White
Gallipolis
Ethel Maud Young
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Mrs Hartinger Directs Meigs County Christmas Seal Sale
Mrs M D Hartinger of Pomeroy will direct the Meigs County Christmas Seal campaign as part of the 41st annual national sale. It runs from November 24 to Christmas. Richard Chambers notes the program supports community health.
Alvar Adams Funeral Set
Funeral services for Alvar Austin Adams 83 will be at 1 p m Tuesday at Ewing funeral home with burial in the family cemetery at Portland He is survived by wife Clara daughter Bess Adams Price Charleston son Harry and two sisters Amy Jiiden Mason City and Minnie E Price Belpre He had four grandchildren and three great grandchildren and was a river captain for Champion No 3 ferry before the Pomeroy Bend bridge He belonged to Racine Masonic Lodge 461 for 50 years.
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Minnie E. Price
Belpre
Pomeroy Bend
Racine
Masonic Lodge
Middleport Legionnaires to Vote on Home Sale
Feeney Bennett Post American Legion members are urged to attend a Wednesday meeting at the Legion Hall. The proposed sale of the Legion Home on S and Fourth Avenue will be discussed and brought to a vote. The session starts at 7:30 p.m.
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Feeney-Bennett Post American Legion
Legion Hall
Legion
S&s. Fourth Ave
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