Retiring Pomeroy Teachers Honored At Buffet Supper
POMEROY The Pomeroy public schools honored two retiring teachers Miss Emma Seitz 47 years at Sugar Run and Miss Anna Vaughan 44 years at Central Elementary. R G Webster paid tribute and officials presented neck lace to Seitz and a ring to Vaughan. Supt W A Smith led remarks and Seitz praised boards of education for kindness.
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Pomeroy
Board of Education
Pomeroy Public Schools
Emma Seitz
Anna Vaughan
Seitz
Sugar Run
Vaughan
Central
R. G. Webster
Miss Seitz
Miss Vaughan
W. A. Smith
Sugar Run School
Mrs Crooks Conducts Cub Scouts Meeting
Mrs Walter Crooks, den mother, led the first Cub Scouts meeting at her home. Ball games and contests were held with Charles Hoscher winning the banner. Cubs present included Gene Crooks Edward Crooks Michael Erwin Dickie Harris Harlan Whitlatch and Charles Hoscher.
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Mrs. Crooks
Middleport
Walter Crooks
Charles Hoscher
Cubs
Gene and
Edward Crooks
Michael Erwin
Dickie Harris
Harlan Whitlatch
Middleport Shrine Hosts Large White Shrine Instruction Meet
Elsie Smith led a Mary Shrine No. 37 session in Middleport with two hundred guests from groups including Columbus Athens Zanesville and Gallipolis. The event opened with a dinner at the First Presbyterian Church and featured decorations by Zella Cross.
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Middleport
Order of the White Shrine of
First Presbyterian Church
Women's Association
Zella Cross
The
Mary Shrine
Lula Nease
Harry Smith
Marietta Shrine No. 12
Loyal Women Harbor Gather for Church Meeting Notes
Mrs L E Burford led the Loyal Women's Class at the Church of Christ with a Scripture devotional. Gertrude Russell offered a prayer as a repair and redecorating report for the front hall was presented. An $11 donation was reported and members were asked to collect jars for apple butter and submit material for the Community Bundle project. Mr and Mrs Frank Brumley participated.
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Middleport
L. E. Burford
Loyal Women’s
Church of Christ
Gertrude Russell
Frank Brumley
Middleport Church Services and Schedule Highlight
Middleport churches list morning worship times and sermon topics. Heath Methodist led by W B Moore holds 10 30 a m service with Living Today, First Presbyterian led by Homer McMillen at 10 30 a m with The Christian's Marching Orders, Syracuse Presbyterian, First Baptist led by Charles M Pomeroy with 9 15 a m church school and 10 15 a m worship with Bring Up a Child and Too Many People for evening service.
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Syracuse
Man Faces Three Charges In Meigs County Case
Donald L. Thacker of Ewington Route 2 appeared in justice court facing intoxication resisting arrest and threatening with a knife. Officers attempted arrest during a Wilkesville dance last Saturday. he freed a deputy then was rearrested on a warrant and jailed. He was fined five dollars and costs on each charge.
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Pomeroy
Donald L. Thacker
Ewington
Justice of Peace
Percy L. Peoples
Meigs County
Thacker
Wilkesville
Vinton County
Local social notes list visitors and travels across several towns
Frank Brumley confined at home due to illness. Numerous acquaintances visit and travel across Columbus Jackson South Third Ave A. B. Bingham Winchester Virginia to Niagara Falls Toronto Michigan and Cleveland. Families attend religious services dinners and vacations with several entries of relatives and neighbors visiting from nearby towns.
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Frank Brumley
R. B. Loughead
Frances Roush
Pearl Huggins
Edward French
Clyde French
Jackson
Holzer Hospital
John Cline Dailey
E. B. Dailey
James Buchanan
Wallace Riggs
Carla Clark
Columbus
William Hobart
Leo Russell
Janet
Pennsylvania
Niagara Falls
Toronto
Canada
Michigan
Juanita Bolis
John Bolin
South Third Ave
A. B. Bingham
Winchester
William Hoferkamp
C. Hoferkamp
Geraldine
Dave Farmer
Herman Mattox
South Charleston
Elmer Mattox
James Shields
Washington
Thomas Longstaff
Herman Ohlinger
Shields
Luther Bolger
Frank Knopp
Iris Palmer
George Childs
Leo Childs
Charles Childs
Paul Childs
Ambrosia
W. Va
Ted McDermitt
A&p
Claude Durgee
Williamstown
Lewis Sauer
Delbert Rice
Gallipolis
Clifford Hayes
J. B. Hayes
Chester
William Price
Ethel Price
Wanda Price
Forty Four Visited Four More To See
Walter Devine a 28 year old farm hand from Portland Oregon left May 18 1948 on a bicycle trek to visit every state in the United States He says he has visited all but four and hopes to finish in New York early next year He survives on a growingly small fund and odd jobs sleeping in barns and fields and repairing his bicycle with tires donated by friends from town to town He even spent a night in a Mississippi jail when the police allowed him to stay in temporarily to verify his presence while he continued his journey
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Pomeroy
Port
Land
Oregon
Walter Devine
United States
Devine
New York
Mississippi
Kentucky
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Horse Pulling Prize List for Harrisonville Fair
Prizes announced for the Harrisonville Community Fair horse pulling contest to be held Saturday at Emmet Mayhew's farm. Weigh in at 10 a.m. one half mile north of Harrisonville. Prize tiers include 15 12 8 5 for under 2000 pounds and 3000 pounds and over with extra rewards for best dressed team and best driver. Entrants from anywhere welcomed.
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Pomeroy
Grafton Stout
Harrisonville
Emmet Mayhew
Stout
Leadership Class Set for New Haven Lutherans
About forty workers from four New Haven area Lutheran churches will attend a leadership class at St. Pauls Evangelical Lutheran Church from September 28 to 30. Pastor Rev. George C. Werrick hosts the event with Rev. George B. Ammon teaching the course, aided by his West Virginia Synod outreach.
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New Haven
St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church
George C. Werrick
St. Paul's
St. Mark’s
Upper Flats
Zion
Broad Run
Pomeroy
George B. Ammon
Philadelphia
West Virginia Synod
Oakland
Accident
Huntington
Pomeroy Church News Highlights Weekly Services
The Pomeroy church notices list multiple congregations with their pastors, service times, and topics. Federated, United Methodist, St. Pauls Lutheran, Christian Science, Church of Christ in Christian Union, Hobson, First Baptist, and Nease Settlement EUB outline Sunday schools, worships, sermons, classes, and midweek gatherings.
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Robert L. Hegnauer
Hegnauer
United Methodist
Lewis C. Berger
ST. Paul’s Lutheran
L. M. Mohrhoff
Christian Science Society
Mulberry Ave
Church OF Christ IN Christian Union
O. H. Cart
Middleport
Hobson
First Baptist
Paul W. Nye
Tor
Nease Settlement
W. D. Thoma
Garden Club District Meeting Reservations Due
Reservations for a Nelsonville district garden clubs meeting must be made by September 27. Mrs. Lilly Coates says the event begins at 10 30 a.m. next Friday.
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Pomeroy
Nelsonville
Lilly Coates
Victim Recovering After Auto Crash At Meigs Hospital
Mrs. George Neaselroad is recovering at home after treatment at Meigs General Hospital for a broken collar bone from a recent automobile accident.
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Pomeroy
George Neaselroad
Meigs General Hospital
Forget-Me-Not Safe Support Is Urged In Pomeroy
John Thom an of Meigs DAV urges Forget-Me-Not day effort in Pomeroy and Middleport for a flower sale to aid disabled veterans. Wainwright and local mayors press citizens to contribute, noting the Rehabilitation Service’s value and the sale in stores and on the streets Saturday.
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Pomeroy
John
Jack) Thoman
Meigs
DAV
Jonathan M. Wainwright
Sidney Spencer
Sidney Russell
Middleport
Twin Villages
Youth Officers Training Session Set for Rio Grande College
Rev. Lewis C. Berger of the United Methodist Church announces a Youth Fellowship Officers Training School for Meigs Jackson and Gallia counties. It will be held at Rio Grande College on Sunday.
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Pomeroy
Meigs
Jackson
Gallia
Rio Grande College
Lewis C. Berger
United Methodist Church
Surgery Performed on Joseph Lish at Holzer Hospital
Joseph Lish Pomeroy of Mulberry Avenue underwent surgery at Holzer Hospital on Wednesday afternoon. He is expected to remain hospitalized until Saturday per his family.
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Pomeroy
Joseph Lish
Mulberry Ave
Holzer Hospital
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