Band Boosters Plan 25 Cent Membership Drive in Middleport
Middleport Band Boosters launch a membership drive at 25 cents per card to fund new equipment and uniforms. Mrs. Leo Kennedy and Mrs. Charles Murray lead the effort with a house to house canvass across five wards, while a committee oversees majorette costumes and band uniforms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Band Boosters Association
Leo Kennedy
Raymond Maxwell
Charles Murray
John Seines
H. E. Rice
Lon Greenlee
Calvin Reichman
Don Duffield
Williams
Perry
Local Personal News Roundup
Mrs Emma Bissett recovering from minor surgery at Meigs General Hospital resides with daughter Mrs Edgar Pratt at the Ohio Hotel. Gene Grate on a Charleston business visit. Glenn Lambert at Western and Southern Life Insurance meeting in Cincinnati. Miss Althea Eddy of Parkersburg visiting Miss Mary Grate. Charlies Bowen of Rising Sun visiting Mr and Mrs J A Young of Leading Creek. Al Schroath of Lake Floyd Club WV spent a week hunting in Meigs County with Mrs Clifford Ervin returning home. Mrs Clifford Ervin to visit her daughter Mrs Fred Schroath. Mr and Mrs Homer E Cook spending a week in Chicago with Mr and Mrs Hoffman Alma Cook and Mrs Wilmetta Mulford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Bissett
Meigs General Hospital
Edgar Pratt
Ohio Hotel
Gene Grate
Charleston
Glenn Lambert
Western and Southern Life Insurance Co
Cincinnati
Althea Eddy
Parkersburg
Mary Grate
Charlies Bowen
Rising Sun
J. A. Young
Leading Creek
al Schroath
Lake Floyd Club
W. Va
Meigs County
Clifford Ervin
Fred Schroath
Homer E. Cook
Chicago
Hoffman
Alma Cook
Wilmetta Mulford
Ruging Bargains: Carpeting and Rugs For Every Room
Roll after roll of 9 ft and 12 ft carpeting cut and bound for any rug length. A 9 by 12 ft Axminster rug priced from 49.85. Hall and stair runners and scatter rugs to match. 6 ft and 9 ft wide Gold Seal Congoleum cut to any length. Linoleum room size rugs and runners. Furniture department showcases the largest and most modern stock of living room bedroom dinette and breakfast suites. Ask your neighbor. He likely has one at low prices.
Racine Post Auxiliary Elects Officers at Meeting
The newly organized American Legion Auxiliary to Racine Post 602 met at the Town Hall and elected officers including Louise Stewart president and Arlene Wolfe first vice president. The group set the fourth Tuesday as regular meeting night and planned the Sept 28 meeting with installation in October. twenty members attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Racine
American Legion Auxiliary
Louise Stewart
Athens
Anniversary Observed By Mrs. Atherton
A family gathering at Mrs. Ida Atherton’s home on September 19 marked her 74th birthday. A later softball game saw Alfred defeat Lottridge 11 to 5, with many relatives and friends in attendance including Guy Dean D E Martin and multiple Atherton and Castle family members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred
Ida Atherton
Lottridge
Atherton
Guy Dean
D. E. Martin
Ray Williams
Arthur Atherton
Vernon Castle
Fannie Barnhill
Ruth Atherton
Carl Williams
Clarence Atherton
Vernon Ray Castle
Wilma Jean Atherton
Children's Home Wards To Be Matinee Guests
Pomeroy firemen sponsoring the Powelson Shows at the Dan River lot announce a Saturday matinee for school children. Proceeds from the carnival will be used to buy equipment, and the wards of the Meigs County Children's Home will be guests at the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
First Ward
Dan River
Meigs County Children’s Home
Middleport Social Notes and Local Wedding Update
Mrs. Joseph D. Bryan speaks at the First Presbyterian Church on life in Germany as seen by an American woman. Miss Anna Weed leads devotions. In other news, the Huntington home hosts a reception after the Friday Sept 17 ceremony uniting loughby and Ray Steiner. Mr. and Mrs. Steiner of Maple Heights plan a home at 5655 South Boulevard. Steiner, a 1948 Ohio University graduate, is an electrical and civil engineer with Cleveland Electric and Illuminating. Mrs. Steiner earned an A B in psychology. Attending the wedding were Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Steiner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Joseph D. Bryan
Woman's Association of
First Presbyterian Church
Bryan
Germany
Anna Weed
South Boulevard
Maple Heights
E. E. Steiner
Sacred Heart Guild Bake Sale Postponed to Oct 2
The Sacred Heart Guild bake sale set for this week at the Martin Grill Pomeroy and the Tri Lustre Dry Cleaning Shop Middport is postponed until Oct 2 due to the Band Boosters bake sale in Pomeroy announced by Miss Harrie Marie Smith guild president.
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Sacred Heart Guild
Pomeroy
Middleport
Harrie Marie Smith
Mt Moriah Missionary Society Hosts Meeting
Miss Julia Rees and Mrs Arliena Reese hosted Mt Moriah Missionary Society with Mrs Florence Richards and Mrs Fred Jackson presenting the topic and devotionals. Plans were announced for the Mt Moriah homecoming on Sunday Oct 31. Dessert was served and the next meeting will be at Mrs Richards home Kerrs Run. Mrs Mary Frances Baumgardner represented Mt Moriah Church at a district institute of BYPU and Sunday School at Kerrs Run.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julia Rees
Arliena Reese
Mt. Moriah
Dinner party honors local birthday observances
Mrs. Pauline Mills Lynch hosted a Sunday dinner at her Rutland Street home honoring birthdays of Raymond Russell Pomeroy J M Gaul and Barbara Gaul Sumner. Guest George Sargent of Darwin attended.
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Pauline Mills Lynch
Rutland St
Raymond Russell
Pomeroy
J. M. Gaul
Barbara Gaul
Sumner
George Sargent
Darwin
Son Is Transferred To Sheppard Field
Sgt. Charles F. Rayburn Jr. of the Air Training Command is moved from Lackland AFB San Antonio to Sheppard Field Wichita Falls Texas. He oversees new recruits and has befriended local youths Charles Slack Pomeroy Charles Walburn Jr. and Glenn Roush Middleport. The Rayburns now reside in Pomeroy with Mrs. Rayburn employed at the Red Anchor and Mr. Rayburn at R V Ebersbach Co in Middleport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Charles Rayburn
Charles F. Rayburn, Jr
Air Training Command
Lackland Air Base
San Antonio
Tex
Sheppard Field
Wichita
Rayburn
Charles Slack
Charles Walburn
Glenn Roush
Middleport
Middleport High School
Rayburns
The
Red Anchor
R. V. Ebersbach Co
Birthday honors mark Gilkey families gathering at Leading Creek
Mrs Will Gilkey and Mrs Hurley Gil key were honored at a birthday dinner held at the home of Mrs Will Gilkey on Leading Creek. Attending were Mr and Mrs Gilkey Mr and Mrs Hurley Gilkey Mr and Mrs Alva Rife and sons Charley and Worley Mr and Mrs Herschel Gilkey and children Linda and Wesley Mrs Bertha Rife and children Ben and Bonnie all of Middleport Route 1 and Miss Eva Rife of Portsmouth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Gilkey
Hurley Gilkey
Leading Creek
Gilkey
Alva Rife
Charley
Worley
Herschel Gilkey
Linda
Wesley
Bertha Rife
Ben
Bonnie
Middleport
Eva Rife
Portsmouth
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Harold Chase
Bethel Coleman
Ray McClure
C. E. Meadows
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Robert Rawlings
Homer Hartley
Gilbert Hayes
Earl Owen
Dwight Frost
Wayne Swisher
John Gothard
Lincoln Smith
Orin Smith
Fifth Ward
Nease Powell
Ray Luman
George Walters
Jack Satterfield
T. A. Riley, Jr
Neils Powell
Kermit Wiseman
W. B. Moore
Kennedy
Hemic
Point Pleasant
Jackson
Widd
Dixie
L&h
Perfection
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Racine Post
Children’s Home
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Elizabeth Huntington
Alice Huntington
Kirtland Hills
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Sammy Bowan
Louis Armstrong
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Burt Lancaster
Mary Astor
Wendell Corey
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Return OF the Whistler
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