George H. Smith 82 Dies in Zion
George H. Smith 82 died Saturday at his Zion home. Survived by son John Dale Smith of Pomeroy, brother Horton Smith of New York City, and sisters Flora Davidson Rutland and Effie Calvert Chester. Services Wednesday at 2 p.m. Zion Church with burial in Beach Grove Cemetery. Friends may call at Ewing funeral home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
George H. Smith
Zion
Heas
John Dale Smith
Horton Smith
New York City
Flora Davidson
Rutland
Effie Calvert
Chester
Zion Church
Beach Grove
Ewing Funeral Home
Dinner Marked 110th Church of Christ Homecoming
Crowds from Middleport and surrounding areas joined a day long 110th anniversary homecoming at the Church of Christ. Highlights included Bible School attendance, recognition of long service, a noon basket dinner, and evening services with special musical numbers, readings, and telegrams from absent pastors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Church of Christ
Charles Sublett
Mt. Mission School
Grundy
B. H. Morris
Marietta
R. B. Loughead
Edward French
E. ©. Saunders
David Farmer
George Russell
C. H. Church
Bertha Russell
Stella Huffman
John Ruschel
Pearl Graves
Edgar Morris
Minnie Gilmore
Farmer
Boyd Dilgard
Jean Searls
L. D. Hartinger
Raymond
Zion Church
Ernest Lallance
Esther Gilmore
R. B. Carson
Evelyn Murray
Helen Russell
Bradbury
Pomeroy
Anna Glaze Pullins
Glenn Glaze
Charles Walburn
Wallace Bradford
Lawrence Reed
Sublett
Clay Evans
Faye Harrison
Bradford Church of Christ
L. R. Wiley
C. E. Shepard
Chester Erwin
Arthur Skinner
Fred I. Gardner
Don McMillin
Phillip Jones
Jones
Jack Cowie
L. E. Burford
Boyd Ditzgard
C. E F. Shepard
Thomas Hendrix
R. B. Laughead
Milton Houdashelt
Edgar Allensworth
Elmer Frost Dies Rites Set For Tuesday
Elmer Frost died Saturday at his home near Rocksprings. Survived by two brothers Cecil Frost and Everett Frost and three sisters Emma Cole Ada Russell and Norma Gemberling. Funeral services will be at Ewing funeral home at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday with burial in Rocksprings Cemetery.
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Pomeroy
Elmer Frost
Rocksprings
Cecil Frost
Everett Frost
Cleveland
Emma Cole
Canaanville
Ada Russell
Athens
Norma Gemberling
Kent
Ewing
Wills Family Attends Funeral in Memorial Weekend
Mr and Mrs Wills and their daughter from Herriman Tennessee visit Middleport and Athens relatives while Mr Wills serves as pallbearer for Sgt Malcolm Allen at Sunday's funeral.
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Middleport
Wills
Herriman, Tenn
A. B. Bingham
Athens
Sgt
Malcolm Allen
Daughter Visits Nurse in Cincinnati Returning to Middleport
The daughter of Leo Russell visited Cincinnati to see Janet, who is training as a nurse. Returning to Middleport with the Russells were Betty Koehler and other student nurses also in training in Cincinnati.
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Middleport
Leo Russell
Cincinnati
Janet
Russells
Betty Koehler
Inspection Planned for Rocksprings Grange
Pomeroy County Deputy H E Starkey will inspect Rocksprings Grange next Thursday evening, secretary Helen Radford said.
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Pomeroy
H. E. Starkey
Rocksprings Grange
Helen Radford
Allen Last Rites Conducted For Sgt Malcolm Allen
Seventy five Legionnaires and guards escorted the body of Sgt Malcolm Allen from the Legion Hall to First Baptist Church in Middleport for funeral services led by Rev. Charles M. Pomeroy who also sang. Pallbearers were Middleport High School alumni. Military rites followed at Dove-Diggs cemetery Great Bend with the Point Pleasant National Guard firing squad. Sgt Allen, son of Mr and Mrs Frank Allen, died in 1945 in Germany. Mr and Mrs Lawrence Allen of Charleston attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Feeney-Bennett
New Haven
Point Pleasant
Charles Bradbury
James Souders
Michael Hackett
Lewis Sauer
William Walters
Gene Bennett
Joe Young
Jack Covert
Gene Harris
Rittman
Charles Entsminger
St. Albans
Guy Will
Harriman
Tenn
Dove-Diggs
Great Bend
POMEROY Junior High Announces 28 Honorees On Honor Roll
Twenty eight junior high students earned B averages or better and were named to the honor roll, per principal C S Gibbs. Ninth Grade list includes Shirley Beegle Mae Branch Margarete Bruch James Donovan Mary Drake Helen Forbes John Foster Rich ard Gilkey Dorothy Grueser Helen Grace Hayes Stephen Hill Marlene Lathey Sarah Stowe Douglas Strain Dona Van Meter Gail Wears Clayton Wise Sylvia Schwab. Eighth Grade names Marilyn Davis Patty Higgins Edith Qualls Car ol Spence Sue Struble Barbara Wehring. Seventh Grade students are Carolyn Graves Annie Canaday Patricia Atkins JoAnne Wildermuth.
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Pomeroy
C. S. Gibbs
Shirley Beegle
Mae Branch
Margarete Bruch
James Donovan
Mary Drake
Helen Forbes
John Foster
Richard Gilkey
Dorothy Grueser
Helen Grace Hayes
Stephen Hill
Marlene Lathey
Sarah Stowe
Douglas Strain
Dona van Meter
Gail Wears
Clayton Wise
Sylvia Schwab
Marilyn Davis
Patty Higgins
Edith Qualls
Carol Spence
Sue Struble
Barbara Wehring
Carolyn Graves
Annie Canaday
Patricia Atkins
JoAnne Wildermuth
Honor Roll Is Listed
Rose Hill school principal Raymond E. Pomeroy Whaley reports the honor roll by grade. First Grade includes Elsie Arnold Arnold Evans Joe Brown and Billy Wilson. Second Grade lists Sharon Bahr Janice Partlow Donnie Stobart Linda Folmer and Marty English. Third Grade features Carole Fife Gerald Glass and Geraldine Seelig. Fourth Grade shows Michael Evans Una Gearhart and Reta Ball. Fifth Grade honors Linda Sue Frick.
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Pomeroy
Raymond E. Whaley
Rose Hill School
Elsie Arnold
Arnold Evans
Joe Brown
Billy Wilson
Sharon Bahr
Janice Partlow
Donnie Stobart
Linda Folmer
Marty English
Carole Fife
Gerald Glass
Geraldine Seelig
Michael Evans
Una Gearhart
Reta Ball
Linda Sue Frick
Residential Changes Made by Meigs Persons
In MIDDLEPORT residents announced moves including the Roy Gruesers from Brownell Avenue to Rocksprings, the Nulls from Lincoln Street to a Bowman's Run farm, the Wallace Bradfords into the Cheatham property, Mr and Mrs Franklin Bailey into the Bradford property on N Second Avenue, Mr and Mrs Denver Rice into the Tewksbury apartments, and the L L Morarity family from Brownell Avenue to a Lincoln Heights home recently purchased.
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Middleport
Roy Gruesers
Brownell Ave
Rocksprings
Nulls
Lincoln St
Bowman's Run
Wallace Bradfords
Cheatham
Franklin Bailey
Bradford
Tewksbury
Second Ave
Denver Rice
L. L. Morarity
Lincoln Heights
Sugar Run School Carnival Is Slated
POMEROY The PTA of Sugar Run school will sponsor a Halloween party Tuesday evening at the school. Mrs. Gerald Wildermuth, chairwoman, said prizes will be awarded for the prettiest, funniest and most original costume in the grand match scheduled to 7 15 p.m. A sweet shop run by a committee headed by Mrs. K D Amsbury will sell candy baked goods and other foods.
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Pomeroy
PTA
Sugar Run School
Gerald Wildermuth
K. D. Amsbury
Central School to Host Halloween Party Evening
Central PTA sponsors an annual Halloween party at Central School starting at 7 30 p m. Doughnuts and cider will be served to children. Pies cakes and candy will be sold with fortune telling booths fish pond and other games available.
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Pomeroy
Central School
The
Central Pta
Syracuse Halloween Party Set
Syracuse PTA sponsors a Halloween party on Thursday at 7 30 p m featuring a masked parade judged for prizes followed by an Amateur Night show and square dancing Refreshments will be sold by a food committee Mrs Fred W Crow Jr urged entries for the amateur show to be filed by 4 pm Wednesday.
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Pomeroy
Syracuse Pta
Syracuse
Fred W. Crow Jr
Two Alumni Are Authors
Middleport High School alumni are authors, Sara Palmer reports. Mrs Kenneth Fuessle, daughter of Will Russell, lives in Coral Gables Florida and has books on professional growth and social science. Milton Farber, Columbus lawyer, writes Blackstone and White Rock.
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Middleport
Middleport High School
Sara Palmer
Kenneth Fuessle
Elizabeth Russell
Will Russell
Hardee Road
Coral Gables
Fla
H. O. Ewing
N. Third Ave
Milton Farber
Columbus
Max Farber
Fuessle
Rollins College
University of Wyoming
Columbia University
New York City
Farber
Ohio State Law School
Blackstone and
White Rock
Fall Festival Planned at Olive Orange High School
Olive Orange High School in Tuppers Plains will host a Fall Festival next Wednesday at 7 30 p m in the school auditorium. The music home economics farm shop athletic and visual education departments sponsor the event to raise funds for an electric basketball scoreboard. Proceeds from last year supported a piano uniforms and bleachers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tuppers Plains
Olive Orange High School
Patient Frecker hospitalized at Holzer Hospital
John Frecker of Grant Street is a patient at Holzer Hospital. His family members are staying with him at the hospital.
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Middleport
John Frecker
Grant St
Holzer Hospital
Pomeroy PTA Urges Yes On School Levy Ballot
A letter signed by the presidents of three Pomeroy PTAs calls on voters to support a four and a half mill school levy on November 2. It explains three mills are a renewal and the extra mill funds operating costs and state aid, urging turnout and outreach. It notes the tax rise is 15 cents per hundred dollars valuation and clarifies funds are for current programs, not new buildings.
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Pomeroy
PTA
W. A. Smith
Mock track meet entertains at church gathering
Middleport residents enjoy a church social as the Men s Fellowship of First Baptist Church hosts a mock track meet at the church. William K. Beaver led with electric guitar and song while guests were served homemade ice cream and cake.
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Middleport
First Baptist Church
William K. Beaver
Chester Team Is Winner At Logan Contest
POMEROY The Fourth Degree team from Chester Grange won a recent contest at Logan and will represent this part of Ohio in a district contest next month. Members and coaches include Reid Young Horace Karr Betty Lou Genheimer Earl Dean Bona Sue Beaver Kathryn Karr Vernon Weber Mrs Vernon Weber Martha Mora Norma Jan Wright Pomona Marie Kob lentz Flora Harry Holter Gate keeper George Holter David Kob lentz Dale Kautz Executive committee Dorothy Karr and Karl Kautz.
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Pomeroy
Chester Grange
Logan
Ohio
Reid Young
Horace Karr
Betty Lou Genheimer
Earl Dean
Bona Sue Beaver
Kathryn Karr
Vernon Weber
Martha Mora
Norma Jan Wright
Pomona
Marie Koblentz
Flora
Harry Holter
George Holter
David Koblentz
Dale Kautz
Dorothy Karr
Karl Kautz
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Franklin Colle Ind
Houdae Shelts
Francisca Casillas
Puerto Rico
Houdashelt
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Meigs
Sugar Run
Meigs County
Amy
Central
AME
Selim J. Blazewicz
M. D
Jack
2Nd Ave
Three Stooges
Children OF the Wild
Bud Abbott
Lou Costello
Wagon Gap
Orch
Chimp Short
Robert Stack
Dianna Barrymore
Eagle Squadron
Jess Barker, Julie Bishop
CNTR
LOM
Meigs Pomeroy
Judy
Wallace Beery
Jane Powell
Elizabeth Taylor
Carmen Miranda
Robert Stack Scotty Beckett
Xavier Cugat and His Orchestra
Temple Middleport
Donald O'Connor
Percy Kilbride
Marjorie Main
Penny Edwards
Furnace Creek
Bendvue Pomeroy
Yvonne DeCarlo
Tony Martin
Peter Lorre Hugo Hans Thomas Gomez
Marta Toren
the Gangster
Moncey
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
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