Pomeroy Proclaims United Nations Day Observance
Mayor Sidney A. Spencer proclaims United Nations Day for Tuesday and urges bells to ring at 12 03 p m for five minutes. The World Freedom Bell in Berlin will be broadcast nationally as the National Citizens Committee promotes peace through the United Nations.
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Pomeroy
Sidney A. Spencer
Berlin
Germany
National Citizens Committee For
United Nations Day
Peace and Freedom
United Nations
Geneva H. Nolan
Nolan
Clair Edmundson
Danville
Open House by Fides Lodge Delights Middleport Crowd
About 100 people attended an open house at Woodman Hall hosted by Fides Lodge No. 210 Knights of Pythias. Fezzes were presented to new D.O.K.K. members by Cyril Mayhew of Jackson, with ceremonies, entertainment, and motion pictures highlighting the event.
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Middleport
Fides Lodge
Pythias
Woodman Hall
al Hoda Temple
T. J. Cowie
Horace McElhinny
Brad Wolfe
William Wolfe
Norwood VanCooney
Jacob Young
Cash Bahr
Lewis Sauer, Jr
Clinton Fisher
E. E. Steiner
Leland Brown
Cassam Hindy
Ollie Hindy
Kenneth Chattin
Gallipolis
Jackson
Mrs. O. P. Klein
Sue Canterberry
Eddie
Clifton Helps Fire Company
A Clifton West Virginia representative gave the Middleport Volunteer Fire Company 42 dollars as a free will offering at the Village Hall. The gift supports local firemen who have assisted Clifton residents, with Mason Countians aided by James Daniels and Mayor Sidney T. Russell in a WVU backed modern firefighting course.
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Middleport
Clifton
W.va
Ohio River
Cliftonian
James Daniels
Sidney T. Russell
Middleport Volunteer Firemen
Mason Fire Company
West Virginia University
Democratic headquarters open on Main Street
Democratic state headquarters are set up in the Kelton Upholstering Shop building on W. Main Street. The office will be open every afternoon and evenings November 4 5 6 and all day and night November 7. Mrs Dale Carr chairs the Women's Democratic Club overseeing the operation.
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Pomeroy—Democratic
Kelton
W. Main St
Dale Carr
Women's Democratic Club
Hemlock Church Plans Homecoming Sunday
Hemlock Church in Hemlock Grove hosts a noon basket dinner and program on Sunday to cap a series of meetings led by Wert Dean of Middleport Church of Christ Homer Rice, a former local resident. Morning worship at the Middleport Church of Christ will be shortened to allow attendance. The Wednesday prayer meeting saw 40 Middleport members present with Homer Rice as song leader and the Men's Quartet performing.
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Middleport
Hemlock
Wert Dean
Middleport Church of Christ
Homer Rice
Hemlock Grove
Granddaughter Chosen Lead in Kent State Homecoming Play
Martha Lee Hill of Dayton has been selected for a leading role in Kent State University’s homecoming production Goodbye My Fancy. She is the granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Hobstetter of Rose Hill and visits her grandparents in summers.
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Pomeroy
George Hobstetter
Rose Hill
Martha Lee Hill
Kent State University
Miss Hill
William R. Hill
Dayton
Mrs. Dill Cares for Ill Mother as Smiths Attend Grand Lodge Meet
Mrs. Virginia Dill of Columbus cares for her mother Mrs. Win McMurray who is ill. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Smith traveled Wednesday to Cleveland for the Grand Lodge of Ohio F and AM annual meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Dill
Columbus
Win McMurray
Harry Smith
Grand Lodge of Ohio, F & AM
Cleveland
Busy Bee Class Halloween Party At First Baptist Church
Forty members and guests attended the Busy Bee Class party at Mrs. Allen Hughes home Gravel Hill with pumpkin faces lights and flowers. Prizes were awarded to Mrs Manuel Stupeck a witch Mrs C H Wise Jr a fisherman and Mrs Gail Miller a sweater girl.
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Middleport
Busy Bee
First Baptist Church
Allen Hughes
Gravel Hill
C. M. Pomeroy
B. F. Parmaree
Ed Young
Manuel Stupeck
C. H. Wise, Jr
Gail Miller
H. H. Kitchen
J. E. Wilson
Hughes
Florence Bush
William Haptonstall
Wise
George McGhee
New York
Florinel Talbott
Beulah White
Nora Mills
Jessie Houdashelt
Jennie Kauff
Frances Smart
Grace Lyman
Roma Hawkins
John Mayer
Lucille Diles
B. F. Parmalee
del Fife
Middleport Board of Education
Six Mills
Dale Mourning
Allen Knopp
Bush
G. G. Werner
Luman
Robert Fife
Virginia
Linda Fiering
Texanna White
Informal Child Conservation League Meeting Highlights Housewife Topic
Mrs James Brewington president of the Child Conservation League led a 23 member gathering at Mrs Robert McElhinny's home discussing mothers roles. O E McKinley reported 20 babies examined at the September Weill Baby Conference. next conference date to be announced. New members were announced and Mrs Wallace Bradford became treasurer. Traveling prize went to Mrs Walter Crooks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
James Brewington
Child Conservation League
Robert McElhinny
S. Third Ave
O. E. McKinley
Jacob Shafer
Dan Thompson
Stewart Harris
Joe Young, Jr
Peter Lalich
CCL
Wallace Bradford
Koontz
Brewington
Walter Crooks
McElhinny
James Daniels
Otho Karr
Waldo Hock
Past presidents elect new officers for Drew Webster Auxiliary
Middleport notes the American Legion Auxiliary met at Mrs. Harry Houdashelt’s home on Grant Street. Mrs. Laura Watson led the meeting and new officers for the year were elected: Ruth Thornton president, Ralph Gilmore vice president, Zana Baxter secretary, George Hackett treasurer. A dessert course followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
American Legion Auxiliary
Drew Webster Post
Harry Houdashelt
Grant St
Charles Sauer
Laura Watson
Ruth Thornton
Ralph Gilmore
Zana Baxter
George Hackett
Hawkins Family Host Birthday Chicken Dinner
Mr. and Mrs John Hawkins Jr and daughter Juanita hosted a chicken dinner for the birthday of Mrs Fielding Hawkins. Guests included Mr and Mrs Fielding Hawkins and their daughter Dee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
John Hawkins, Jr
Juanita
Fielding Hawkins
Mrs. Fielding Hawkins
Dee
Grogan Family Visits for Brannan Fiftieth Anniversary
Mr and Mrs Frank Grogan and their daughter Virginia and Wilkie Holman of Racine attended the fiftieth wedding anniversary of Mr and Mrs D H Brannan in Wheeling on Friday Oct 13. The Grogan family then visited Sunday with Mr and Mrs George Franklin, former Middleport residents.
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Middleport
Frank Grogan
Virginia
Wilkie Holman
Racine
Wheeling
D. H. Brannan
Brannan
Grogan
Grogans
George Franklin
Dinner Guests at Hughes Home Dot Gravel Hill
Sunday dinner guests of Mr and Mrs Allen Hughes of Gravel Hill included Mr and Mrs Thurman Hellyer and their sons Jim and Bill of Nelsonville, Mr and Mrs Vernon Hughes of East Travis Mich, and Mrs Grace Shamb lin with sons Donnie and Ronnie of Cheshire.
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Middleport
Allen Hughes
Gravel Hill
Thurman Hellyer
Jim
Bill
Nelsonville
Vernon Hughes
East Travis
Mich
Grace Shamblin
Donnie
Ronnie
Cheshire
Middleport BPW to Close National Business Week With Luncheon
The Middleport Business and Professional Women's Club wraps National Business Women’s Week with a 11:00 a m progressive luncheon at the Mary Jane Coffee Shop. The week’s events also included a radio interview and attendance at the Middleport Church of Christ. The roster features dozens of members from teachers to business owners including Sylvia Burford Norma Bing ham Jean Bennett Beulah White and many others.
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Middleport
Business & Professional Women's Club
Mary Jane
Middleport Church of Christ
Middleport Bpw
Sylvia Burford
Norma Bingham
Jean Bennett
Beulah White
Durst
Ruth Drake
Farie Erlewine
Edith Forrest
Betty Forrest
Anna Howell
Freddie Houdashelt
Mayme Harris
Ava Harold
Mayme Heimer
Luella Jenkinson
Marilyn Knopp
Clara Murray
Virginia Mayes
Sadie McElhinny
Mary Park
Susan Fark
Margaret Ella Quillen
Frances Roush
Vera Rupp
Mary Root
Essie Russell
Rose Reynolds
Nina Russell
Pearl Reynolds
Lula Russell
Alice Robeson
Bess Sanborn
American Legion Auxiliary to Install Officers
The American Legion Auxiliary will install officers at Woodman Hall Monday evening. Hostesses are Mrs. Lawrence Bing, Mrs. Phil Edwards and Mrs. William Haptonstall.
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Middleport
American Legion Auxiliary
Woodman Hall
Lawrence Bing
Phil Edwards
Wiliam Haptonstall
Pythian Sisters Meet at Mrs Farmer Home
Middleport Meigs Temple staff and officers club to convene Monday evening at Mrs. David Farmer home with Mrs. Otho Watts assisting hostess duties.
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Middleport
Meigs Temple Pythian Sisters
David Farmer
Otho Watts
Gardner hosts dinner with regional guests
L. O. Gardner entertained at dinner recently with Mr. and Mrs. H. K. Gardner of Vineland New Jersey, Mr. and Mrs. Warren Bennett and son Stephen of Columbus, and Mrs. Charles Bennett.
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Middleport
L. O. Gardner
H. K. Gardner
Vineland
N. J
Warren Bennett
Stephen
Columbus
Charles Bennett
Middleport Personal Items Noted Illness and Family
Mrs. Oliver Mitch Jessie Tewks bury is seriously ill at Meigs General Hospital after a stroke at her home on S Second Ave. Her brother George Tewksbury and son-in-law Gene Bennett of Columbus were notified. Mr and Mrs Frank Farley hosted dinner with Mrs Farleys parents Mr and Mrs William Smith of Bidwell.
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Oliver Mitch
Jessie Tewksbury
Meigs General Hospital
S. Second Ave
George Tewksbury
Buckeye Lake
Gene Bennett
Columbus
Frank Farley
Great Lakes Choir Selects Jack Kennedy
Jack Kennedy son of Mr and Mrs William Kennedy of Pomeroy Route 1 in training at Great Lakes Naval Base has been chosen for the naval choir He sang with the Middleport Church of Christ choir and the Pomeroy High School glee club last year He will sing first tenor with the naval group and after training at Great Lakes will be sent East for yeomen training
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Pomeroy
Jack Kennedy
William Kennedy
Halloween Destruction Not Wanted Warns Police Chief
POMEROY Chief of Police Walter E. Wolfe said officers have been kept sane by Halloween pranks and warned that village ordinances protecting property will be strictly enforced. He urged parents to stop pre Halloween pranks and said property destruction will not be tolerated on Halloween night or anytime.
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Pomeroy
Walter E. Wolfe
Wolfe
New Pastor Is Chosen for Pomeroy Church of Christ
The Pomeroy Church of Christ appoints William Morgan Sr from Grayson Christian Bible School as pastor to succeed James Walker. Morgan, a Huntington West Virginia native, will serve one year, arriving Saturdays to conduct Sunday services, pending congregation approval.
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Pomeroy
Pomeroy Church of Christ
William Morgan
Grayson Christian Bible School
James Walker
Morgan
Huntington
W. Va
Pomeroy Church News and Schedule Summary
Church listings include Laural Cliff Hysell Run Mt Zion and Success UnionCircuit with pastors Elden Blake E H Martin and others. Denominational services span Sunday schools morning worships and midweek prayer across multiple churches including First Baptist United Methodist Evangelical United Brethren and New Haven Church of God with revival offerings and youth activities.
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Free Methodist
Leroy Hiett
Laurel Cliff
Hysell Run
MT. Zion
Walter Preston
Success UB
Elden Blake
Zion
E. H. Martin
Pleasant Grove
Eden
Christian Endeavor
ST. Paul's Lutheran
L. M. Mohrhoff
Church OF Christ
William Morgan
Grace Episcopal
K. C. Wilson
First Baptist
M. R. Walter
Pomeroy
Hartford
United Methodist
Lewis C. Berger
Methodist Youth Fellowship
Trinity Methodist Church
Portsmouth
Meigs County Myf
Racine High School
Christian Science
James
Church OF Christ IN Christian Union
H. O. Carr
Hobson
Evangelical United Brethren
Walter A. Frost
South Bethel
Lottridge
Tuppers Plains
E. M. Shelton
New Haven
Vet Memorial Group Names Executive Committee Members
An executive committee and a secretary treasurer were appointed at the Meigs County Veterans Memorial Campaign Committee meeting in the courtroom last night. Appointed to the executive committee were R. J. Jacobs, Leo Vaughan and Leonard Jewell, who will select two more members later. Walter Vaughan was named secretary treasurer. Fred Russell of Middleport led the meeting.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County Veterans’ Memorial Campaign Committee
R. J. Jacobs
Leo Vaughan
Leonard Jewell
Walter Vaughan
Fred Russell
Middleport
Izaak Walton League Minstrel Cast Meeting
The Izaak Walton League minstrel cast will meet Sunday at 2 p.m. in the Sacred Heart Church auditorium.
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Pomeroy
Izaak Walton League
Sacred Heart Church
Middleport Church Services Schedule in Town Churches
Middleport churches list weekly services with pastors and times. Church schools at 9:30 a.m. morning worship at 10:30 a.m. Evening services vary from 7:00 to 7:30 p.m. Prayer meetings scheduled midweek and choir practice noted. Louis lists include First Baptist, Church of Christ, Presbyterian, Methodist, Christian Union, and Syracuse Presbyterian with sermon topics and special events.
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Church OF Christ — Wert
Pinot
Presbyterian Church
Homer G. McMillen
Heath Methodist Church
L. A. Bangerter
Portsmouth Trinity Methodist Church
Racine Methodist Church
C. A. Emmish
First. Baptist Church
Charles M. Pomeroy
Church OF Christ IN Christian Union
Guy F. Sayre
Firearms charges denied by defendant Bailey in court
William Bailey Pomeroy of Reedsville faced a pointing firearms indictment from the October grand jury and pleaded innocent before Common Pleas Judge Emmett W. Peoples. Bailey posted a $500 bond and a hearing date has not been set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
William Bailey
Reedsville
Common Pleas
Emmett W. Peoples
Bailey
Congrove Services Set for Sunday in Mt Hermon Church
Funeral services are planned for Anita Congrove three year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Dale Congrove of near Sumner at Mt Hermon Church Sunday at 2 pm conducted by Rev Weber Thoma. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.
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Pomeroy
Anita Congrove
Dale Congrove
Sumner
Mt. Hermon
Weber Thoma
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