Pomeroy and Area Church Notices
A roundup of worship times from Pomeroy area churches including Rutland Church of God First Baptist and Christian Science. Listed are pastors, Sunday schools, worship services, Bible studies, and midweek prayer meetings for numerous congregations across Rutland Syracuse Kerrs Run Letart Falls Alfred and surrounding communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rutland
Syracuse
Church OF the Nazarene
M. C. Larimore
Aftor
Orship
NYPS
Visitation Evangelism
ST. Paul’s Lutheran
L. M. Mohrhoff
Bearwallow Church OF Christ
Truman Dodson
C. A. White
Bethany
Carmel
Young Peoples Meeting
Kerrs Run
Fields
Nelsonville
Church OF Christ
Don Seevers
Young People's Meeting
Racine
Harry Bates
Lauren Cliff
Hysell Run
Young Peoples
First Baptist
R. H. de Mott
Women’s Missionary Society
Christian Science
W. V. Gilkerson
Minersville
R. M. Grove
Naomi Baptist
H. E. Harris
BYPU
Grace Episcopal
Charles R. Speer
Holy Communion
United Methodist
J. Leslie Kunze
Dale H. Ratliff
Carpenter’s Union and General Telephone Co
Letart Falls
Emma Belle Sopher
Apple Grove
Alfred Methodist
E. Woode
Portland Park Labor Day Celebration Plans
Middleport organizers foresee cooperation of the weather for a long Labor Day event at Portland Park. A noon basket dinner will be followed by music contests and a Meigs County Saddle Club horse show. Fred J. Milligan, Ohio Sesquicentennial Committee official and former attorney general aide, will speak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Portland Park
Meigs County Saddle Club
Fred J. Milligan
Ohio Sesquicentennial Committee
Ohio Archaeological and Historical Society
Amvets
Commerce
Portland Community Club
Meigs County Historical and Pioneer Society
McDaniel Rites Held
The Rev. Robert Styers of the Church of the Nazarene officiated at the funeral of Mrs. Alec McDaniel Melissa Geary Thursday at Rawlings Coats funeral home. Interment was in Cheshire Gravel Hill Cemetery. Pallbearers included grandsons Pearl William Don and Harry Gosney Harry Jones and Dale Mourning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Robert Styers
Church of the Nazarene
Alec McDaniel
Melissa Geary
Rawlings-Coats Funeral Home
Pearl
William
Don
Harry Gosney
Harry Jones
Dale Mourning
Martha Lou Hannell
Jean Manley
Cheshire
Gravel Hill Cemetery
Doctor Recovering From Farm Burns
Dr. H. D. Brown is recovering nicely from burns to his arms and face suffered while working on his farm last Thursday, according to reports today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
H. D. Brown
Power Plant Police Head is Appointed
Fielding H. Kyer of Ripley West Virginia will become chief of plant protection at the Kyger Creek Plant Cheshire Ohio. He will start September 16 and currently serves as an enforcement officer in West Virginia’s 4th Conservation District. The security head will oversee a 145 million dollar power plant for Ohio Valley Electric Corp built to serve the Atomic Energy Commission uranium diffusion facility in Pike County Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Fielding H. Kyer
Ripley
W. Va
Cheshire
Ohio
Kyer
4Th Conservation District of
West Virginia
Hercules Powder Company
Radford
Kyger Creek
Ohio Valley Electric Corp
Atomic Energy Commission
Pike County
Chest Clinic At Meigs General Hospital Examines 51
Fifty-one persons attended a regular chest clinic at Meigs General Hospital on Wednesday. Twenty were follow ups from mobile x-ray units, 25 were in contact with known cases or suspected tuberculosis, two were former cases still observed, and four active cases were noted. Fourteen x-rays were read for non attendees by Dr. C R Markwood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. R. Markwood
Columbus
School Time Arrives In Middleport After Weather
Students prep for routine hours as stores report rising sales of school supplies. Boys plan sandlot football games while girls practice baton twirls amid Friday night scrimmage featuring the Yellow Jackets and Cheshire Academy High School under lights at Middleport Stadium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yellow Jacket
Yellow Jackets
Cheshire Academy High School
Middleport Stadium
Talent Rehearsal Set For Booster Project
Final plans are made for the post sale and Kate Smith Hour to be presented as a Band Booster project on September 11 at Middleport High School. Dancers and singers will rehearse after school Thursday. donations should be delivered to Mrs. Arthur Skinner by week’s start for preliminary checks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Kate Smith
Middleport High School
Arthur Skinner
Presbyterian Pastor Ends Vacation Trip
The Rev. Howard E. Ruppelt pastor of First Presbyterian Church returned Wednesday night from a three and a half week trip covering 5200 miles. He visited relatives in Pittsburgh Biloxi Mississippi and Miami Florida. In Biloxi he stayed with his parents and hosted his father and Lt Kenneth Sauer a Middleport parishioner stationed at Keesler Field with the Biloxi Rotary Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Howard E. Ruppelt
First Presbyterian Church
Pittsburgh
Biloxi
Miss
Miami
Fla
Sheriff Rus Returns to Face Probation Charge in Danbury Trip
Sheriff Charles Rus returned from Danbury Connecticut this week with Robert Osler a 26 year old from Middleport to be charged with violation of probation terms following a trip abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Charles Russell
Danbury
Conn
Robert Osler
Middleport
Pomeroy Social Notes Highlights Local Travel and Visits
Pomeroy social notes record multiple trips and visits. Mr and Mrs Ray Glaze attend a Columbus reunion at the Neil House with relatives and friends. Several locals visit relatives in Zanesville Gallipolis Columbus and Dayton.
Grace Guild hears first parish house lunch report
Mrs W P Lochary, lunch program chairman, reports the first parish house school lunch served by Grace Guild of Grace Episcopal Church. Mrs Cedric Clark wins traveling prize donated by Mrs Fred Crow Sr. Meeting led by Mrs Carrie Nye with 15 members present. Hostesses were Mrs Greta Price Mrs Max Sanborn and Mrs Tom May.
Surprise Birthday Party for Mrs Elizabeth Hayes
A surprise birthday party was hosted August 29 at the home of Mr and Mrs Eber Warner in Long Bottom. Attendees included many local residents such as Mr and Mrs W F Hill, Mr and Mrs C A Babcock, Mr and Mrs Henry Spencer, and numerous Ridenour and McElroy family members. Home made ice cream and cake were served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Bottom
Elizabeth Hayes
Eber Warner
W. F. Hill
C. A. Babcock
Henry Spencer
Ward Spencer
Lowell Bing
Curt Frederick
Norman Frederick
Marion Wood
James Ridenour
Milo Biggs
Martha McElroy
Eugene McElroy
Gordon Ridenour
Opal Wickham
Mabel van Meter
Floyd Ridenour
John W. Frank
Esther Wright
Laura Mae Hartung
Pauline Ridenour
Erma Cleland
Alma Jane Burke
Dinner Honors Marilyn Pomeroy Guests From Washington
Mr. and Mrs. Thom Pomeroy entertained in honor of their daughter Marilyn of Washington D C who has been their guest for three weeks. Guests included Miss Eleanor Smith Miss Caroline Smith and Mrs R D Young. Miss Young and her parents will travel to Washington D C then visit the East coast and Florida before returning home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. J
Ewing
Russell Knox
Washington, D. C
Atlantic City
New York City
Phil Williamson
Pomeroy
Holzer Hospital
Gallipolis
Stanley Smalley
Earl Denny
Harold Erwin
Frank Edward Gress
Chicago
Frank Gress
George Morris
Phoenix
Ariz
Meigs County
Bertha Greenler
Tipton
Iowa
Columbus
John Drabos
Melvene O’nita Carter
Dayton
William L. Smith
Willie Harie Smith
W. Main
Miss Smith
Arthur Barringer
Youngstown
Fritz Buck
Thomas Young
Marilyn
Eleanor Smith
Caroline Smith
R. D. Young
Miss Young
Mrs. Young
East Coast
Florida
Mattoxes
Mattox
Frank Booth
Hozel Hospital
N. S. White
Roberta
Akron
R. S. White
Robert Kaser
Ian Fugate
Hulda Klein
O. P. Klein
Charles M Pomeroy
Newark
Pomeroy Baptist Association
Racine
Middleport
Rawlings- Coats Funeral Home
Homer Hysell
Social Evening Wiener Roast Gathered Neighbors in Naylor's Run
Mrs Amanda Kasper hosted a gathering at her home in Naylor's Run with neighbors and friends attending. Participants included Mrs Charles Werry and her children Mike Dick Bobby and James Mrs Whitney Ingraham and daughters Brenda Sue and Sandra Kay Mr and Mrs Robert Arnold and daughter Susie Mr and Mrs Roy Smith and daughter Glenda Mrs Kathryn Young and Mrs Kasper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Amanda Kasper
Naylor
Charles Werry
Mike
Bobby
James
Whitney Ingraham
Brenda Sue
Sandra Kay
Robert Arnold
Susie
Roy Smith
Glenda
Kathryn Young
Kasper
Pomeroy Mothers Club elects publicity chairwoman
Mrs. Carl Will was elected publicity chairman at the Pomeroy Mothers Club meeting held Wednesday at Mrs. Eddie Guinther's Lincoln Heights home. Vice president Mrs. Shirley Guinther led rules discussion. Refreshments were served by Mrs. Shirley Guinther and Mrs. Odie Guinther. John Richmond will speak at the next meeting on October 7 at 8 30 p.m. at Mrs. Ray Wilson Jr.'s home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Carl Will
George Helvert Honored on 66th Birthday at Meigs General
George Helvert of Syracuse, a patient at Meigs General Hospital, was celebrated on his 66th birthday by hospital staff. He has been a patient since July 23 and this marks his third hospitalization at Meigs General in recent months with gifts and a birthday cake presented.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
George Helvert
Syracuse
Meigs General Hospital
Helvert
Mr. Helvert
Meigs General
Hospital coworkers honor Mrs. Ruttencutter with shower
Mrs Henrietta Ruttencutter was feted Thursday at Meigs General Hospital with a miscellaneous shower for her new home in Mason. Present were her coworkers and former nurse Mrs Dorothy Durst as refreshments were served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Henrietta Ruttencutter
Meigs General Hospital
Ruttencutter
Mason
Dorothy Durst
Pomeroy-Racine Chapter of Eastern Star Meeting Scheduled
POMEROY Racine Chapter of Eastern Star will meet at 8 pm Monday with two candidates to be initiated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy—Racine
Order of Eastern Star
Ewing Family Returns From Vacation Trip
Mr and Mrs Henry Ewing and their son Benny returned Thursday from a vacation trip to Teneck, ending a period away from home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Ewing
Benny
Teneck
Mrs. Nelle Pullins Dies at 44 in Pomeroy
Nelle Pullins 44 of Pomeroy died Thursday morning at Meigs General Hospital from a heart condition. She is survived by husband Herbert and two sons Charles and Frederick, plus three brothers Ernest Edward Bowen and Denver Bowen and three sisters. Funeral services set for 2 p.m. Sunday at Ewing Funeral Home with burial in Gravel Hill Cemetery Cheshire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Nelle Pullins
Meigs General Hospital
Pulling
Herbert
Liberty Avenue
Charles
Frederick
Ernest
Edward Bowen
Denver Bowen
Mason
Wilma Spires
Wellston
Cora Bowen
Edith Norton
Columbus
Ewing Funeral Home
Gravel Hill
Cheshire
Meigs General Hospital Notes Admitted and Discharged
Admitted patients include Mrs. Eblin Pomeroy Clarence Hawley Pomeroy Gertrude Boyer St Albans Raymond Fields New Haven Mrs Paul Karr Chester Route 4 Athens Mrs Grace Abbott Middleport and birth of a son to Mr and Mrs Horace Abbott Middleport Discharged are Mrs John Douglas Raymond Fields Mrs Chess Perry W M Talbott Mrs Maxine Lee Mrs Paul Sargent Robert Bowen Mrs Paul Karr and George Dickens.
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Eblin
Pomeroy
Clarence Hawley
Gertrude Boyer
St. Albans
W. Va
Ralph H. Hayman
Racine
Paul Karr
Chester
Raymond Fields
New Haven
John Douglas
Athens
Grace Abbott
Middleport
Horace Abbott
Chess Perry
W. M. Talbott
Maxine Lee
Paul Sargent
Robert Bowen
George Dickens
Area Golfers Plan Holiday Weekend Trip
John Duerr E F Robinson and Vergil Hayes left Wednesday for White Sulphur Springs to spend the Labor Day weekend golfing. A larger group from the area will depart Saturday. Rosener Zieher, former Pomeroy resident, joined the travelers in Charleston West Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
John Duerr
E. F. Robinson
Vergil Hayes
White Sulphur Springs
Charleston
W. Va
Rosener Zieher
State Patrol grades 54 school buses in Meigs County
In Meigs County 54 buses were inspected by the State Patrol. Thirty six were satisfactory, sixteen unsatisfactory and two unserviceable. Repairs must be completed within 30 days for unsatisfactory buses. unserviceable buses must be repaired before operation.
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Pomeroy
State Highway Patrol
Meigs County
O. O. Patterson
Olive Orange
Western
Northern
Columbia
Central
Bedford
Salisbury
Southern
Middleport Churches Weekly Schedule
Listings of Morning worship church services at First Baptist Claremont Nazarene Presbyterian and others with service times church schools and sermons. Includes names of pastors E Hoyt Robert Styers Howard Ruppelt and Ferguson Gardner and topics Home's Drawing Card Second Work of Grace and Christian Investment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist
Claremont
Board of Trustees
Church OF the Nazarene
Robert Styers
Christian Investment
First Presbyterian
Howard E. Ruppelt
Westminster Fellowship
Church OF Christ
Fred I. Gardner
Gardner
Heath Methodist
Louis A. Bangerter
Syracuse Presbyterian
Howard F. Ruppelt
Vice Consul Miss McMaster to Speak in Middleport
Miss Jean McMaster a vice consul in Indo China will address the Middleport Business and Professional Women's Club at First Presbyterian Church Tuesday evening. Mrs. L E Reynolds will preside. She is visiting her parents Mr and Mrs Harry McMaster before reassignment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Jean Mce-Master
Indo-China
Marriage Notice for Colleen Walkup and Perry Hoffman
Announcement of the marriage between Colleen Walkup and Perry Hoffman at the Point Pleasant Methodist Chapel on August 25. The couple resides with family, Colleen is a beautician in Point Pleasant, Perry a Middleport High School graduate employed at Lowe Service Station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Colleen Walkup
B. W. Walkup
Durbin
W. Va
Perry Hoffman
Pearl Hoffman
Mill St
Alvin Young
Methodist Chapel
Point Pleasant
Vernon Bing
Anna Henry Spurlock
Point Peasant
Youth fellowship meeting draws regional leaders in Chicago
Jean Smart, a rising sophomore at Denison University, attends a National Baptist Youth Fellowship meeting in Chicago. She finishes summer with her parents, Mr and Mrs Paul Smart, while Lincoln St. is named youth representative to the Women’s American Baptist Home Mission Board.
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Middleport
Jean Smart
Denison University
Chicago
National Baptist Youth Fellowship
Miss Smart
Paul Smart
Lincoln St
Women’s American Baptist Home Mission Board
Birthday Celebration Honors Hobart Deweese in Point Pleasant
Mr and Mrs Dale Mourning and son Jim with Mrs Robert Story and others attended a birthday dinner for Hobart Deweese in Point Pleasant. A potluck meal preceded ice cream and cake served to 30 relatives by Mrs Deweese.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Dale Mourning
Jim
Robert Story
Nona
Lynn
David
William Price
Mary
Billy Penny
Garden Club meeting moved to September ninth
Middleport Garden Club alters its meeting from the first Monday to Wednesday September 9 due to Labor Day. Mrs. Rodney Downing to host the event.
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Middleport
Middleport Garden Club
Rodney Downing
Middleport Personal Notes on Local Visits and Moves
Middleport residents reported visits from John Meadows and Patti of Charleston along with Harold Drake and Roderick of Spencer. The Meadows hosted at S Fourth Ave with the Ring family from New Matamoras, while Walter Ring visited. Harry Miller and three children moved to Columbus with Hazel Davidson and Roy Davidson Sr assisting. Edward Mattox of Medina joined Elmer and Ethel Mattox in Gravel Hill as they traveled to Michigan for a vacation. Elmer Hyde and Ethel Mattox of Philadelphia are visiting the area with Mrs. Hyde’s relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Meadows
Patti
Charleston
Harold Drake
Roderick
Spencer
C. E. Meadows
S. Fourth Ave
Walter Ring
New Matamoras
Clarence Cline
Harry Miller
Columbus
Miller
Hazel Davidson
Roy Davidson
Lawrence Davidson
Elmer Mattox
Gravel Hill
Edward Mattox
Medina
Herman Mattox
Jean
South Charleston
Michigan
Elmer Hyde
Ethel Mattox
Philadelphia
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Leh
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Roll ON
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the Man From
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Charles Starrett
Sons of the Pioneers
City Beneath the Sea
Robert Ryan
Mala Powers
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Middleport Social Notes
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Avco Mfg
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