West Millfield School Fades as Millfield Shifts Grades
The West Millfield one room school closes as sixth grade moves to East Millfield and seventh and eighth go to Chauncey Dover Elementary. Old building suited to coal era life slowly becomes storage with phantom echoes of students reciting and pledging allegiance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Millfield
Millfield
Chauncey’s
West Millfield
Chauncey-Dover
Clarence Sanders
Sanders
NYC
Emory Hillen
Old West School
Chauncey Personal Tales of Weekend Visits
Local notices list visitors and travelers in Chauncey and nearby towns. Richard Evener hosts John Evener from Columbus. Arthur Yates welcomes LeRoy Warren and family. Barbara Kidd to Columbus State Hospital supervisor role. multiple families hosted relatives from Athens Columbus Glouster Coalton and Alliance through Chauncey and area over weekend and holiday periods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Evener
John Evener
Columbus
Arthur Yates
LeRoy Warren
Deanville
Larry
Bonnie Faye Markins
Athens
Harry Trout
Margaret Civill
Pat Stanley
Aes
Jennie
Dayton
Mark Fiske
Yates
Edward Mingus
Merle Canter
Kate Cunningham
Chauncey
Ruth Leiber
Paul Vercoe
Billy Lawrence
Barbara Jo Kidd
Richard Zelke
Miss Kidd
James Kidd
Millfield
Columbus State Hospital
Tim Chuvales
Bill Kaufman
Coalton
Alfred Windle
Gary
Chet Windle
Willis Keirns
Cecil Morgan
Web Keirns
Jack Gleason
Bessie
Powhatan
George Rankin
Glouster
Dolph Keirns
Richard Stump
Chauncey and
Preston Tucker
Barbara
Eve
Sonny
Butch
Alliance
Raymond Tucker
Clarence Rutter
the Plains
Allen Pendleton
Jess Pendleton
New Lexington
Pendleton
Pvt
Dearborn
Mich
Smiths Welcome Son David William in Columbus Hospital
Relatives report the birth of a son, David William, to Mr. and Mrs. William Smith of Columbus at a Columbus hospital. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Smith of Chester Road and Mr. and Mrs. Dale Hysell, now in Columbus. Great grandparents include Herbert Spencer of Gallipolis and Mr. and Mrs Narley Hysell of Bradbury. Mrs. Melvin Smith has assisted in Columbus with the baby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
David William
William Smith
Columbus
Melvin Smith
Chester Road
Dale Hysell
Herbert Spencer
Gallipolis
Narley Hysell
Bradbury
Middleport Society celebrates Skinner anniversary with surprise barbecue
Mrs. Arthur Skinner, choir director at Middleport Church of Christ, was honored at a surprise chicken barbecue hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Allensworth for the Skinner couple’s 25th wedding anniversary. Guests included Fred I. Gardner and many area residents while gifts featured a silver dish and corsages for Mrs. Skinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Arthur Skinner
Allensworths
Fred I. Gardner
Gardner
Dave Farmer
Skinner
Tom
George Meinharts
L. R. Wileys
C. E. McKinleys
Cash Bahrs
Paul Davises
Chester Erwins
Haskins Family Trip Through West Virginia and Virginia
Mr. and Mrs. Noah Haskins and son Charles spent two days touring through West Virginia and Virginia via the West Virginia turnpike visiting friends in Beckley and Blacksburg. They met Professor Long near Blacksburg and stopped in Salem and Roanoke. The B. H. Sanborn Missionary Society met at First Baptist Church with Electa and Dorcas Circles conducting devotionals and a program titled Togetherness a Shared Treasure.
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J. Q. Rice
John Lyons
J. B. Hayes
Janet Baker
James Murray
Grant St
Middleport
Noah Haskins
Charles
West Virginia
Virginia
Beckley
W.va
Alice Baumgarner
Cheshire
Blacksburg
Professor Long
Haskinses
Philip Sporn
Salem
Lewis Gerber Johnson
Middleport High School
Haskins
Roanoke
B. H. Sanborn Missionary Society
First Baptist Church
Electa Circle
Dorcas
Allen Hughes
C. P. Bradbury
A. RK. Pullen
Victor Grim
Bertha Archer
Ethel Hughes
Milton Hood
Middleport Schools Open With About 800 Enrolled
Middleport educators report roughly 800 pupils in class as the new term starts. Three new teachers join the system Emily Sprague teaching commercial subjects Dorothy Peoples Lavely vocal music instructor and C E Young assigned to the junior high. Pearl Street school receives safety upgrades until the new grade school opens as approved by the state building inspector. Dismissal at Pearl Street shifts from 3 to 3 30 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
L. W. McComas
Emily Sprague
Dorothy Peoples Lavely
C. E. Young
Pearl St
Local Visitors Share Weekend at Sapp Family Home
Mr and Mrs Arthur Sapp Jr and daughter Stephanie Gloucester visited the Baron Sapp family of West Jefferson. Irene Jackson of Columbus spent the weekend with her father Sell Jackson and joined Sunday dinner with Mrs Sam Tippett.
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Chauncey
Arthur Sapp, Jr
Stephanie, Glouster
Arthur Sapp
Baron Sapp
West Jefferson
Irene Jackson
Columbus
Sell Jackson
Sam Tippett
Motor Company Is Looted For Second Time This Week
Pomeroy reports the Karr and Van Zandt Motor Co on West Main Street was broken into Monday night or Tuesday morning for the second time in months. A rear door was pried off, a cash register broken into, and unknown amount taken. An employee noted no issues Monday at 5 p.m., another found the robbery Tuesday morning, 8 a.m. An attempted break in at R E Grindley’s Minersville home was also reported Tuesday.
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Hudson
R. E. Grindley
Minersville
Wise returns from Canada fishing trip guests visit from Miami
Roscoe Sonny Wise came home Monday after a fishing trip in Canada. Guests at the Wise home on South Third Avenue include Mrs James Souders Mildred Ann Wise and children Michael and Beth from Miami Florida staying for a month.
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Roscoe
Sonny) Wise
Canada
Wise
S. Third Ave
James Souders
Mildred Ann Wise
Michael and
Beth
Miami
Fla
Stobart Heads to Ohio University Football Training
Charles Stobart left Friday for Athens to join the Ohio University football squad and begin training. His wife Mrs. Stobart and June Chancery will move to Athens for the period, living in the Veterans' Village. Mrs. Stobart attends Southerton Beauty School, while George Hudson receives treatment at Holzer Hospital after a mine accident injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Stobart
Athens
Ohio University
Fall color gowns and house dresses at low prices
All fast color gowns pajamas dusters and housecoats in new fall patterns and colorings. Blue chambray or grey covert. Sizes 14 to 17. Offer: 3 for 1.
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Craig Noble
S-M-L
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ED Snyder Millfield
Japan
Pearl Harbor
Sheperds
West Millfield School
House of Learning
Chauncey - Dover
PTA
Pew West
West Millfield Schoool
Ohio Valley
RADIO
Cleland
Harry A. Miller
Phon
Ohio
Smiths
Middleport Society
William Childs
Cash Bahr
Camden Park
Huntington
John Chancey
W. T. Chancey
Ripley
W. Va
Max Roller
Nancy
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Sally Wilson Lacey
St. Joseph’s School of Nursing
Parkersburg
Carol Bachtel
R.N
Meigs General Hospital
Charles Bennett
Beech Sr
Maxine Bennett
Vernon Rogers
Jean Bennett
Fostoria
Ed Weingert
Ernest Kennedy
Judy
Akron
Mr.Kennedy
Edith Thomas
Anthony Gwiazdowsky
Thomas
Anthony, Jr
Shenandoah
Leonard Gwiazdowsky
Rae Ann Mills
Russell Mills
Carl Thomas
Sue
Frostburg
Mary Butcher
Portsmouth
Roger Chancey
West Virginia University
Art Lewis
Jackson Mills
Sanborn Society
America
Trul
Willys
Gail Watkins Equipment Company
Motor Company
Millfield, Ohio
Athens Messenger
Ewate O
Coro
Sale Ladies’ Sleepwear
Sale Girls
Wee Noble
Jacquard
Casey Jones
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