Firemen Begin Red Cross First Aid Refresher Course
MIDDLEPORT local manager Emmett Shuler leads a 30 hour Red Cross first aid refresher for volunteers in the fire company. Firefighters including Frank Vroman and others completed four hours of the course and plan a bank funded resuscitator purchase with help from festival proceeds and community donations.
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Middleport
Emmett Shuler
Ohio Fuel Gas Co
Volunteer
Red Cross
Frank and
John Vroman
Jack Bachtel
George Bachtel
George Hoeflich
Elmer Burns
Earl McKinley
B. F. Parmalee
Sidney T. Russell
C. R. Karr
Francis Anderson
Calvin Reichman
Shuler
Citizens National Bank
Father Son Banquet Hosted by Masons in Middleport
Middleport Lodge 363 F&AM hosted a father son banquet with over 150 served a baked ham dinner by Evangeline Chapter Order of Eastern Star. The event honored new members and 25 year members and featured Rev J O Williamson of Columbus as speaker on meeting the needs of the world.
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Middleport
Middleport Lodge
F&am
Evangeline Chapter
Order of Eastern Star
Stewart Hawkins
J. O. Williamson
Third Ave
Charles M. Pomeroy
J. E. Lyons, Jr
Clarence Rupp
H. H. McElhinny
R. Cole
O. H. Smith
L. R. Wiley
C. E. Parker
Co. W. Swisher
H. R. Hunnicutt
W. L. Bolen
E. J
Homer G. McMillen
Robert Garrison
L. W. McComas
G. H. Baker
Wilbur Theobald
Warren Kasler
Fred Russell
Austin Russell
Judson Pomeroy
Joe Young
Ijr
Homer Rice
Harold Rice
Robert Coats
Chester Erwin
L. R.roush
Rudolph Gordon
L. E. Burford
T. R. Cowie
Howard W. Russell
Joe Bailey
J. E. Simpson
L. D. Scott
Fred Shumway
Johnnie Gilmore
O. L. Roush
George Bentley
Carl R. Farley
W. A. Farley
Frank Booth
Carl Ebersbach
Jimmy Joe Guinther
David Hindy
Cassam Hindy
C. R. Karr
J. L. Schafer
Myron Duffield
Walter Bunce
Edgar Allensworth
James T. Lewis
Leo Kennedy
R. C. Tuckerman
Edgar
Chappelle Talbott
John
Willis Anthony
Gerald
L. L. Cunningham
New Books Arrive at Pomeroy Library Shelves
Pomeroy librarian Mrs. Lucy Gainer lists new titles for the main shelf including West of The Hill by Gladys Hasty Carroll Twilight On The Floods by Marguerite Steen The Queen Bee by Edna Lee Especially Father by Gladys Taber and Cream Hill by Lewis Gannet On the Lasher shelf Mineral Nutrition of Plants and Animals by Frank A Gilbert Cation Exchange in Soils by Walter P Kelley Conservation of Natural Resources by H Basil Wales and H O Lathrop Field Book of Natural History by E Laurence Palmer Dr K D Amsbury and Mr Max Shepherd contributed to the Dr Lasher Book Shelf fund.
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Conservation of Natural Resources
H. Basil Wales
H. O. Lathrop
Field Book of Natural History
E. Laurence Palmer
K. D. Amsbury
Max Shepherst
Safer Blasting Practices Advocated for Local Mine
Federal inspector J. B. Vanity urged safer blasting and rock dusting at Thom as Fork Coal Co. No 6 mine near Pomeroy. In July the mine employed 25 men, produced 135 tons daily, and used black powder with sulfur squibs. He recommended permissible explosives, no smoking underground, electric cap lamps, and rock-dusting to 80 feet of mine faces to reduce dust explosion risk.
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Pomeroy
Thomas Fork
Pomeroy Area Church News Highlights June Activities
Local churches in Pomeroy Racine and surrounding towns announce schedules for Sunday school morning worship and youth programs. Included are anniversaries of Racine First Baptist, Ohio Baptist Conference reports, Missionary Society events, and regular midweek prayer and choir sessions with details for Federated and Christian Science services.
Former Meigs Resident Dies
George W. Webb Carpenter 26 a former resident of Carpenter died Thursday morning at the home of a brother Worley E Webb Newark Funeral services will be conducted Saturday at 1 30 p m in the Latter Day Saints Church at Wales Mill and burial will be in the Castor Cemetery Friends may call at any time at the Webb home near Wales Mill Surviving are three brothers Raymond W Webb of Athens Sel don D Webb now in Venezuela and Worley E Webb and three nieces
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Carpenter
George W. Webb
Worley E. Webb
Newark
Latter Day Saints
Wales Mill
Castor
Webb
Raymond W. Webb
Athens
Seldon D. Webb
Venezuela
Farm Workman's Compensation Base Rate Reduced to 1.53
The safety services note a July 1 1949 cut in the base rate for farm employes to 1.53 per 100 payroll. Rates have trended downward since 1945 from 2.80 to 2.00 in 1946 and 1.75 in 1947, with 1.65 in 1948. The improvement reflects fewer claims and more risk management. County Agricultural Extension Agents offer more information.
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Workman's Compensation Insurance
County Agricultural Extension Agent
Middleport Social Notes Highlight Flower Exhibit Plans
Middleport residents prepare for the flower exhibit as part of the Firemen's Festival and Homecoming with entry details available from Mrs Delbert Rice before Tuesday morning. The Women’s Society of Christian Service opens its first meeting of the year at Heath Methodist Church led by Mrs Ben Philson with plans to host district officers bringing the Advance Caravan for an all day meeting. Union Veterans remember Hannah A Maxon with a memorial plaque dedication at Pine Street Cemetery, organized by the Hannah A Maxon Tent DUV.
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Middleport
Delbert Rice
Amateur Gardeners Club
Women's Society of Christian Service
Heath Methodist Church
Ben Philson
C. P. Dutton
Forrest Bachtel
Glenn Lambert
John Hawkins, Jr
R. C. Lansbury
FE. S. Schaaf
Clifford Erwin
WSCS
Heath Church
Union
Hannah A. Maxon
Pine St
Guy Reynolds
Hez Toot
Lillian Stieff
Geo. Beards
Richard Campbell
John Chase
Thomas Googlein
Ruby Erb
Zana Baxter
Della Stahl
Bernice Darst
Mabel Wolfe
Edith Ament
Housewives Hostess Sails Through Contract Club Night
Miss Carla Clark stood in for her mother Mrs Cedric Clark as Wednesday Night Contract Club gathered at the Clark residence on S Third Ave. Top scores for the evening went to Mrs Edison Hobstetter and Mrs Charles Gibbs with refreshments served after several games.
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Middleport
Carla Clark
Cedric Clark
Clark
S. Third Ave
Edison Hobstetter
Charles Gibbs
P. M. Club Meeting At Heines Home In Middleport
The P. M. Club met at Esta Heines home on Pearl Street with daughters as hostesses. A committee to choose an anniversary dinner venue was formed. Members awarded prizes to several members and guests attended. Refreshments of salad sandwiches and coffee were served.
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Middleport
P. M. Club
Esta Heines
Pearl St
Wayne Swisher
Francis Anderson
Frank Wilson
Ambrose Gibbs
William Hobstetter
Richard Chambers
Wilson
William Anderson
Robert Schmoll
Ralph Welker
Schmoll
Middleport Churches Schedule and Sermon Topics
Middleport congregations listed with service times and sermon subjects. First Baptist led by Charles M. Pomeroy with Sunday school at 9 15 a m and morning worship at 10 15 a m. evening service at 7 30 p m. Rev J W Poorman to speak. Baptist association meeting Monday 10 a m at Racine Church. First Presbyterian led by Dr Homer G McMillen with Sunday school at 9 30 a m and worship at 10 30 a m. sermon Is Life Worth Living. Heath Methodist led by Rev W B Moore with church school 9 30 a m worship 10 30 a m. sermon Building a Good Character. Syracuse Presbyterian Sunday school 9 30 a m worship 7 30 p m. sermon Is Life Worth Living by Dr Homer G McMillen.
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First Baptist
Charles M. Pomeroy
J. W. Poorman
Stewardship Advance For
Baptists of Ohio
Pomeroy Baptist Association
Racine
First Presbyterian
Homer G. McMillen
Heath Methodist
W. B. Moore
Syracuse Presbyterian
Pomeroy class of 1946 nurses graduate from Holzer hospital
Four Pomeroy High School graduates from the class of 1946 also completed nursing training at Holzer hospital school. Eleanor Smith Jeanine Evans Rosalee Parfitt and Dorothy Cuckler are listed as nurses associated with the 1940s Pomeroy group.
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Pomeroy
Pomeroy High School
Holzer Hospital
Gallipoli
Eleanor Smith
John A. Smith
Jeanine Evans
Arthur Evans
Rosalee Parfitt
Edward Parfitt
Dorothy Cuckler
Freda Cuckler
Local Families Spend Labor Day In Ohio Dwellings
Mr and Mrs William Mayes and relatives vacationed at Cedar Falls and Old Man s Cave then returned to Lima. Teachers and guests from Columbus New Vienna and Mc Arthur visited area families including the Lowes and the Chambers.
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William Mayes
Roseanna Barker
Lima
Charles Mayes
Virginia Mayes
Elizabeth Kirby
Cedar Falls
Old Man's Cave
Mayes
Robert Allensworth
Meigs General Hospital
Gilbert Hayes
Jerry
Herman Cline
Columbus
Hayes
Leonard Hawk
McArthur
Edward Lowe
Donna
Virginia
New Vienna
William Lowe
Lowe
Wilkesville
Robert Hill Jr
Martha Jones
Richard Chambers
Dayton
Christ Church Luncheon and Services in Pt Pleasant
Thirteenth Sunday after Trinity at Pt Pleasant churches lists rector Rev Robert Findlay Thomas at Christ Church with reception and tea at 810 Main St 5 to 6 pm Holy Communion at 9 am Morning prayer and sermon at 11 am St Monica's Guild meets Tuesday 8 pm Bruce Chapel church school 10 am Nazarene church services 10 am Sunday school 11 am morning worship 7 30 pm evangelistic service sermon subjects Gifts of God and Sinless Salvation prayer meeting and Bible study midweek MASON COUNTY Lutheran Parish St Mark's Upper Flats worship 9 30 am Sunday school 10 30 am Luther League 8 pm St Pauls New Haven worship 11 am Sunday school 9 45 am Zion Evangelical Broad Run worship 7 45 pm Sunday school 9 30 am Luther League 7 pm Sermon topic in all churches The Permanent Covenant
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Christ Church
Episcopal
Robert Findlay Thomas
Main St
St. Monica's Guild
Bruce
Church OF the Nazarene
Viand St
Paul Carulla
Mason County Lutheran
George C. Werrick
St. Mark's
Upper Flats
Luther League
St. Paul's
New Haven
Sundy
Zion Evangelical
Divorces Filed in Clerk of Court Office
Records show two divorce suits filed yesterday. Criss M Hoffman vs Josephine McGee Hoffman and Mary Johnson vs Paul E Johnson are the cases listed in the clerk of court docket.
Ingels-Stanley marriage announced in Mason
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Leslie Ingels of Mason announce the marriage of their daughter Mildred to Mr. Charles Stanley son of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Stanley of Pomeroy. The double ring ceremony was at the EUB Church in Mason on Sunday Aug 28.
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Mason
Charles Leslie Ingels
Mildred
Charles Stanley
Lewis Stanley
Pomeroy
Harry Miller
Eub Church
Ralph Cartwright
Rena Grimm
Eugene Schwab
Columbus
Roy Heaton
Louise Zerkle
Everett Daily
Eugene Conde
Cynthia
Ben Patton
Peggy Daily
Clarence Roy
Don Daily
George Dallas
Burl Windon
Woodrow Harris
James T. Ehman
Gallipolis
Vada Rich
Guido Girolami
Cincinnati
Mulberry Ave
Tests Near Completion in Meigs County Bangs Disease
C E Blakeslee Meigs County agricultural agent says first complete testing for Bangs Disease will finish this week. Missed farmers must report to the county extension office for prompt re testing before the October expiry law limits re tests. Bangs disease equals undulant fever in humans and re tests will cover infected and doubtful herds.
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Blakeslee
Two Persons Fined Five Dollars After Guilty Pleas
Percy and Leona Roach of Henderson pleaded guilty to intoxication on arraignment and paid fines of five dollars plus costs. Mrs Roach claimed a $50 bill was taken during the party after the magistrate proceeding.
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Point Pleasant
Percy
Leona Roach
Henderson
Mrs P E Stanley Returns From Vacation Cruise
Mrs P E Stanley has returned from a two week vacation. She and her sister Mrs Reid Steinbauer of Columbus enjoyed a seven day Delta Queen cruise from Cincinnati to Kentucky Lake. They then motored through the East for a week with Dr and Mrs Stanley.
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Pomeroy
P. E. Stanley
Reverend Moore Attends Ohio Pastors' School
The Rev. W. B. Moore of Heath Methodist Church spent Wednesday and Thursday in Delaware attending sessions of the Ohio Conference Pastors' School.
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Middleport
W. B. Moore
Heath Methodist Church
Delaware
Ohio Conference
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Ohio Baptist Convention
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Lewis C. Berger
Carroll Christopher
Church Board of Education
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Robert Hegnauer
Church Council
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Middleport Churches
Pt. Pleasant Church News
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