Christmas Held Early for Kor Vet Going to Korea
Middleport honors Sgt. Edward Bennett a former Yellow Jacket football player and Medal of Honor recipient. A Christmas tree and gifts were arranged at his home on Avon Dale Ave as he prepares for an overseas tour to Korea as a small arms instructor. Bennett’s wife Thelma and daughters Elaine Ester and Mary await final delivery of gifts if he does not return for the holidays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
A. A. Scarberry
Henry
Dayton
William
Columbus
Pearl Bennett
F & R Lazarus Co
Edward Bennett
Avondale Ave
California
Korea
Sgt. Bennett
Thelma
Elaine
Ester
Mary
Set. Bennett
Yellow Jacket
Truman
358Th Infantry
Heckhuscheid
Germany
Bennett
Army
Veterans’ Administration
Cincinnati
Ft. Ord
Calif
Camp Breckenridge
Set
Reverend Hegnauer Honored by Three Veteran Groups
The Rev Robert L Hegnauer recalled to active duty was honored Sunday by Veterans of Foreign Wars Spanish American War Veterans and the Disabled American Veterans at the Federated Church and the DAV home on Butternut Ave. An engraved plaque was presented by George L Fetter with other officers attending. The open house drew nearly 200, with songs and poems to mark the event and Hegnauer recalling his wartime chaplain service in Japan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hegnauer
W. L. Ingerick
Gallipolis
Hubert Raub
Pomeroy
William Grueser
Thomas ©. McKay
George Frederick
John Mitch
Philip Reibel
James W. Boring
Irving Karr
Butternut Ave
Harold Hite
Sandra K. Ingraham
Charlesanna Hess
Robert Dey
Oak Park
Ill
Herman Warner
L. J. Heiner
Warner
Leonard Jewell
Adjutant Hite
Ben F. Turner
Turner
DAV
Japan
Gertrude Chase
Jack Thomas
Orin Watson
Audrey Smith Weds Patrick Wood In Pomeroy Church Ceremony
Miss Audrey Ethelda Smith, daughter of Wallace Smith and the late Anna Hartung Smith, married Patrick Don Wood Sunday at Federated Church Pomeroy. The ceremony, officiated by Rev. Robert L. Hegmannauer, featured a double ring rite, nuptial music, and a reception at the Little House. Both newlyweds are Pomeroy High School graduates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federated Church
Audrey Ethelda Smith
Wallace Smith
Anna Hartung Smith
Patrick Don Wood
Don L. Wood
Robert L. Hegnauer
Martha Terrell
Ben Neutzling
Hugh Beards
Robert J. Lewis
Reino Lind
Owen Bratton
Robert Lewis
South Fifth Ave
Middleport
Joe Kautz
Mrs. Wood
CERTA-VIN advertised to ease stomach gas in Athens
An Athens area testimonial promotes CERTA-VIN for gas relief and bloating. The ad claims it contains 10 herbs plus iron and vitamin B to boost blood and nerves, with availability through Athens Pharmacy and Betts Cut Rate in Nelsonville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Nelsonville
Betts
Missionary Society Hosts Opportunity Meeting in Pomeroy
The Enterprise EUB Church Missionary Society held at Mrs. Eldon Weeks home an Opportunity Meeting introducing the United Nations Organization program. Mrs. Herbert Dixon led a Fellowship of Prayer and Thanksgiving session. Genevieve Stobart and Weeks directed worship while a group including Bailey Osborne Landsor Ball Smith presented the play Opportunity to Listen. Plans were made to attend the Oak Hill EUB Church institute on Tuesday Oct 24.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Hill E. U. B
Willing Workers Class Meets at Enterprise EUB Church
The Willing Workers Class of the Enterprise EUB Church met at the home of Mrs. Herbert Dixon with Mrs. Harley Brown presiding. Christmas cards and dish cloths were shared, and a salad course was served to a host of members and one guest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Enterprise Eub
Herbert Dixon
Harley Brown
Dixon
Eldon Weeks
John Smith
Chester Will
Thomas Bowen
Howard Bailey
Genevieve Stobart
Kathryn Mitch
Carl Moore
Legion Auxiliary to Drew Webster Post Dinner Meeting
The American Legion Auxiliary to the Drew Webster Post will meet Tuesday at the Legion Home for a dinner served at 6 30 p m. Daniel Griffith, Mrs Lewis Stanley and Mrs Mable Davidson visited Mrs Ed Griffith at a Parkersburg hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
American Legion Auxiliary
Drew Webster
Legion Home
Daniel Griffith
Lewis Stanley
Mable Davidson
Ed Griffith
Parkersburg
ThreeAccidents Reported On Local Roads This Weekend
Eight persons escaped serious injury in three highway accidents over the weekend. Clay Eblen of Pomeroy Route 3 drove into a tree on Union Ave after being crowded off the road by a truck. His daughter Betty, eight, was treated and released from Meigs General Hospital. Donald Covert of Middleport survived unhurt when his car went over a 15 foot embankment after being blinded by a passing car’s spotlight. Isabelle Stobart of Racine caused a crash with Wilma Anderson of Racine at Fifth and Vine in Racine. Anderson’s wife was treated at Meigs General Hospital, and passengers Katherine Brace and Bonnie Anderson had minor injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Clay Eblen
Union Ave
Eblen
Walter E. Wolfe
Betty
Meigs General Hospital
Donald Covert
Middleport
Corporation Line
Route 7
Covert
Russell Bailey
State Highway Patrol
Isabelle Stobart
Racine
Wilma Anderson
Fifth and Vine
Miss Stobart
Anderson
Route 338
Katherine Brace
Bonnie Anderson
McMurray Rites Planned After Pomeroy Death
Mrs. Winn McMurray died Sunday night at her Pomeroy home. Survived by husband Winn McMurray two sons Eugene Houston Tex and John W McMurray Pomeroy a daughter Mrs Virginia Dill Columbus and four grandchildren Pollie Dill Neil McMurray Patrick McMurray and John McMurray Jr Funeral services set for Tuesday at 3 30 p m at Ewing funeral home with burial in Beech Grove Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Winn McMurray
Eugene
Houston
Tex
John W
Virginia Dill
Columbus
Pollie Dill
Neil McMurray
Patrick McMurray
John McMurray
Ewing Funeral Home
Beech Grove Cemetery
Eight Bus Driver Certificates Approved by County Board
Eight applications for bus driver certificates were approved at a county board of education meeting in the county superintendent O. O. Patterson's office. Names approved include Howard German of Middleport Route 1 Leroy A. Wire of Coolville Route 3 Basil R. Cremeans and James Nicholson of Rutland Edward Bush of Racine Route 1 Clarence Wickline of Racine and Harley Carr of Harrisonville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
County Board of Education
O. O. Patterson
Howard German
Middleport
Leroy A. Wire
Coolville
Basil R. Cremeans
James Nicholson
Rutland
Edward Bush
Racine
Clarence Wickline
Harley Carr
Harrisonville
Caller Alerts Firemen Then Puts Out Blaze
An early morning call reports a stove explosion and fire at a residence. Firefighters are dispatched but the caller phones back 15 minutes later to say the blaze is out and no further action is needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Falls
Sil—P
Ross Funeral Rites To Be Held Tuesday
Graveside funeral services for Mrs. Fannie Jacobs Ross 84 former Pomeroy resident who died at University Hospital in Columbus Saturday night will be conducted Tuesday at 2 p m at Beech Grove Cemetery. Mrs. Ross is survived by nieces and nephews including Mrs. Alice Sands and Mrs. Eleanor Davis both of Columbus Mrs Wright McCroba Massillon and Frank Johnston and J E D Hartinger both of Pomeroy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Fannie Jacobs Ross
University Hospital
Columbus
Beech Grove
Ross
Alice Sands
Eleanor Davis
Wright McCroba
Massillon
Frank Johnston
J. E. D. Hartinger
Middleport High Omission Hits Yellow Jacket Honor Roll
The honor roll list from Middleport High School omitted Bill Swisher, a senior and varsity Yellow Jacket football player, from the published roster. The incident highlights a possible clerical error affecting a notable student athlete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Bill Swisher
Yellow Jacket
Middleport High School
Halloween Party at Grange Hall Hosts Health Club Members
Rocksprings Health Club members and families attended a masked Halloween party Friday at the Grange Hall. The program featured a skit Over the Back Fence by Louise Bartles and Hazel Humphrey, a ghost story read by Helen Radford, a Cat Hunt game led by Little Leonard, and hall decorations by Buena Grueser, Mae Grueser, Virginia Wears and Ethel Grueser. Hostesses included Teresa Abbott, Maxine Arnold, Lelia Baily, Louise Beards and Gladys Morgan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Rocksprings Health Club
Grange Hall
Louise Bartles
Hazel Humphrey
Helen Radford
Littie Leonard
Buena Grueser
Mae Grueser
Virginia Wears
Ethel Grueser
Teresa Abbott
Maxine Arnold
Lelia Baily
Louise Beards
Gladys Morgan
Youngest and oldest honored at Evangeline Chapter event
Mrs. Lillian Stieff was named youngest and oldest member under her Worthy Matron regime during Founders Night with 75 attendees from Middleport Pomeroy Gallipolis and Point Pleasant. Hazel Hawkins Ginther was the youngest candidate. Prof. James T. Lewis spoke on Eastern Star history and musical education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Evangeline Chapter
Order of Eastern Star
Lillian Stieff
James T. Lewis
Hazel Hawkins Ginther
Pomeroy
Gallipolis
Point Pleasant
James Weber
Temple
H. M. Cross
George Meinhart
Boyd Dilgard
Ruth Winn
Edith Hutsinpillar
Gallipolis Oes
Robert Morris
OES
Stewart Hawkins
Order
Lewis
Bend
Gallipolis State Institute
Stieff
Ohio
Eastern Star delegates head to Cleveland Grand Chapter
Mrs. M L French Mrs John Duerr Mrs Evelyn Lewis Mrs Lillian Steiff and Mrs Charles Snider depart Tuesday for Cleveland to attend Grand Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star. They will join Evangeline Chapter officers and other District 25 members in a session in the Rose Room at the Cleveland Auditorium. District officers Florence Atkinson and Lula Nease are named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Cleveland
Grand
Order of the Eastern Star
M. L. French
John Duerr
Evelyn Lewis
Lillian Steiff
Evangeline Chapter
Charles Snider
Seaman
John Hawkins, Jr
Gallia County
District 25
Cleveland Auditorium
Florence Atkinson
Athens
Lula Nease
Pomeroy
Heath Methodist Church Leaders Attend Portsmouth District Event
The Rev. L. A. Bangerter and Mrs. Nan Moore along with a youth counselor accompanied Heath Methodist Church youths to Portsmouth on Sunday afternoon to attend the District event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
L. A. Bangerter
Nan Moore
Heath Methodist Church
Portsmouth
Apple Butter Sale Aids Rocksprings Church Basement
Women of the Rocksprings Methodist Church plan an apple butter sale on Tuesday to fund work on the church basement. Men have toiled on the basement for two weeks, with orders taken by Mrs William Bartles and Mrs Clifford Leifheit for home delivery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Rocksprings Methodist Church
William Bartles
Clifford Leifheit
River traffic report for Gallipolis and Kanawha district
Vessel movements across the Gallipolis locks and Kanawha River show multiple up and down calls with times from 8:20 a.m. to 9:40 p.m. The upper gauge reads 17.9 feet and the lower 10.2 feet with three and a half feet at the rollers near Kanawha Falls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Bayless
Price
Alcott
Cornell
Pioneer
Boggs
Ernestine
Kenna
Winnie May
Semet
Kanawha
Sullivan
Bruce
Talbot
Solvay
Winfield
Joe Ed
Leila
Jason
Montgomery
Keystone
Atlas
Robert T-Dorothy
Martin
Jeanette E
Jones
Joe S
Indiana
D. Zubic
Chris
Alice
Patriot
Kanawha Falls
WVWU students pledge Alpha Gamma Delta and family notices
Freshman Jo Ann Wood and sophomore Katherine Bachtel, both at West Virginia Wesleyan University, are pictured with Alpha Gamma Delta. The text also notes family visits, hospital recoveries, births, and assorted travels involving local residents and their relatives across Huntington, Vienna, Portmouth, Columbus, and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jo Ann Wood
West Virginia Wesleyan University
Buchanan
W. Va
C. L. Wood
S. Third Ave
Jo Ann
Alpha Gamma Delta
Katherine Bachtel
Forrest Bachtel
WVWU
Paulsen, 59, Hemlock Grove Resident Dies
George Paulsen 59 of Hemlock Grove died Sunday at Meigs General Hospital. He served in the Mexican campaign and four years in World War I. Survivors include widow Clara L. Paulsen, daughter Mrs James Hazelton Jr Pom eroy, five sons Bernard George W Charles Robert at home, Earle in naval training at Annapolis. Funeral Tuesday 2 pm Christian Church Hemlock Grove. burial Hemlock Grove Cemetery. Friends may call at Ewing funeral home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Paulsen
Hemlock Grove
Meigs General Hospital
Paulsen
Christian Church
Feeney - Bennett Post
American Legion
Meigs Eagle Aerie
Mexico
U.S. Army
Bureau of Unemployment Compensation
Clara L. Paulsen
James Hazelton, Jr. Pomeroy
Bernard
George W
Charles
Robert
Earle
Annapolis, Md
Ewing
Two Accidents Reported In Gallipolis And Jackson Areas
State Highway Patrol logs detail several weekend crashes with no injuries in Gallipolis and Jackson regions. Notable incidents include two minor side swipe wrecks near Kananga Route 35 and south of Vinton Route 160, involving multiple drivers. A separate Route 35 collision near Jackson caused serious injuries to Paul Litteral and Robert Canter, with Winston fined for unsafe following distance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
State Highway Patrol
Kananga
John C. Imler
Chillicothe
Levi Clark, Jr
Cheshire
Joseph Leshon
Nitro
Bert Mossman
Vinton
Route 35
Here
Mary Rollins
Eugene J. Davis
Toledo
Gerald Winston
Bidwell
Winston
Jackson
Paul Litteral
Litteral
Robert Canter
Eugene B. Prevens
Springfield
Donald B. Jaynes
Oak Hill
Edward Voss Promoted to Corporal in Army
Edward Voss son of Mr and Mrs Walter Voss has been promoted to corporal in the 40th Military Police Company on Okinawa as announced. A Pomeroy High School alumnus he reenlisted in 1949 and went overseas in January of that year to the Far East with prior assignments in Japan during 1946 and 1947.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Edward Voss
Walter Voss
40Th Military Police Company
Okinawa
Pomeroy High School
Cpl
Voss
Army
Far East
Japan
Mrs. Atkinson Injures Foot in Home Mishap
Mrs. Forest Atkinson of Allen Drive suffered a deep cut to her foot when a can of cooking compound was dropped Sunday. It cut a deep gash and she was treated at Holzer Hospital with clamps used on the wound. Her husband Mr. Atkinson said she was in considerable pain Sunday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Forest Atkinson
Allen Drive
Holzer Hospital
Atkinson
Early Arabian and Persian Coffee History
The earliest written records of coffee as a beverage come from Arabian writers. It is believed to have spread to Persia by 875 A D and to Arabia by the 15th century.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Persia
Arabia
Village Joins UN Ritual For United Nations Day
Middleport mayor Sidney T. Russell calls on churches, schools, plants and village departments to ring bells for five minutes at 12 03 p m EST on October 24 to mark United Nations Day. The ceremony aligns with Berlin’s World Freedom Bell broadcast nationwide as the National Citizens Committee promotes peace with freedom through the United Nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Sidney T. Russell
Berlin
National Citizens Committee For
United Nations
Young People Tour State Penitentiary in Columbus
A group of Nazarene church youths from Middleport toured the State Penitentiary in Columbus to see that crime does not pay. Led by Pastor Rev. Paul Taylor, they were chaperoned by Mr. and Mrs. William Bailey and included Billy Freshour, Paul Arthur Taylor, Larry Casto, Gene DeWeese, Ronnie and Blaine Walburn, Carolyn Wagner, and Janice Boyles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Church of the Nazarene
Columbus
Paul Taylor
William Bailey
Billy Freshour
Paul Arthur Taylor
Larry Casto
Gene DeWeese
Ronnie
Blaine Walburn
Carolyn Wagner
Janice Boyles
Chappelle Services Set for Tuesday in Middleport
Friends of the late A. A. Chappelle may call at Rawlings-Coats funeral home until Tuesday at one. The body will be taken to First Presbyterian Church for a two o'clock service. The casket will not be opened. Chappelle died Saturday morning at his Powell Street home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
A. A. Chappelle
Rawlings-Coats
First Presbyterian Church
Chappelle
Powell St
VEW TO MEET POMEROY
The Veterans of Foreign Wars will meet Tuesday at 8 p.m. at its quarters on E Main Street. An attendance award will be made.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy — the Veterans of Foreign Wars
E. Main St
Creomulsion Urges Safe Cough Relief Against Bronchial Ailments
A vintage ad cites Creeman as containing safe proven ingredients with no narcotics to disturb nature. It claims Creomulsion relieves coughs chest colds and acute bronchitis and guarantees satisfaction with money back through druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Creeman
Also Mentioned on This Page
Rev. Hegnauer
Pomeroy Social Notes
First Church OF Christ, Scientist
Christian Science
Oscar Graham Peeke
Kansas City, Mo
The
Mother Church
First Church of Christ
Scientist
Boston
Mass
South Congress St
Athens, O
Middleport Social Notes
BPW
Mary Jane Coffee Shop
Middleport Business & Professional Women's Club
W. B. Moore
Dresden
M. R. Sanborn
Jean Bennett
Martha Howell
Anna Margaret Howell
Mayme Harris
Essie B. Russell
Mary Root
Kathryn Wise
Mary A. Park
Susan J. Park
Betty Forrest
Virginia Mayes
Rose Reynolds
Luella Jenkinson
Frances Roush
Freda Wood
Nina B. Russell
Club
Trinity Methodist Church
Earl King
India
Everett Bangerter
Roscoe Wise
Robert Byer
Robert Ashley
John Fisher
Carol Bachtel
Julie Mitch
Janet Frost
Nancy Miller
Sharon Riley
Lois Ann Smith
Racine Methodist Church
L. W. McComas
Richard Chamber
C. A. Emish
WSCS
E. S. Schaaf
OLS
Widdleport Personals
A. A. Dillard
New York Central Railroad
Hobson
High St
Gravel Hill
Vienna
Dawson
Bachtels
Pearl Dawson
Irene Wilde
DaReuben Beck
N. Third Ave
Becks
Karl
W. L. Beck
S. Second Ave
Walter Rainey
S. Fourth Ave
Waldo Byers
Huntington
C. W. Ramsey
Paul Haptonstall
Lennie Sharp
S. Fifth Ave
William Robert
William Haptonstall
Robert Sharp
Haptonstalls
Edith Iris
Palmer St
Front St
Lake Hope
Albert Faehnle
Frieda
W. S. White
Syracuse
Herbert Deffenbacher
Lucille Will
Will
Frank B. Will
H. B. Smith
John K. Smith
Sixth Ave
Frank Knopp
Charleston
Claude Buskirk
Danny
Jack Walters
Jack
Guy Walters
Buskirks
Mr. Buskirk
Sherman Buskirk
Bree
OIL Aan
Ashland Oil & Refining Co
Pomeroy, Ohio
Mer. Paulsen
Ohio Penitentiary
Liberty
Middleport, Ohio
Boris Karloff
Bela Lugosi
Edgar Allen Poe
Murder
Rue Morgue
Meigs
Robert Walker
Joan Leslie
Edward Arnold
Spring Byington
Leon Ames
Temple Middleport
Hoedown
Eddy Arnold
Jeff Donnell
Jack O'Mahoney
Guinn Williams
Douglas Fowley
Pied Pipers
Oklahoma Ramblers
ALSO
Bendvue
Once More
MY Darling
Robert Montgomery Ann Blyth
Jane Cowl
John Ridgleyv
Steven Geray
Roland Winters
Blonde Dynamite
Fast Side
Leo Gorcey Huntz Hall
Chevrolet
Desoto
Karr & van Zandt
Cadillac
Oldsmobile
W. Main St
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