Annual Home-Coming Planned at Pomeroy in Letart Falls
Letart Falls news brief notes a home coming event scheduled at Pomeroy and lists local residents visitors and travelers. It mentions Gladys Crow Ueen Roush and Billy Roberts of Cincinnati visiting relatives, funeral rites for Robert R. Hughes in Letart Falls Cemetery, and multiple social visits and moves among area families.
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Letart Falls
Gladys Crow
Ueen Roush
Billy Roberts
Cincinnati
Carrie Roberts
Ohio University At Athens
Robert R. Hughes
Athens
Letart Falla Cemetery
M. E. Ladies Aid Society
J. D. Law
James
Jean
Columbia
Law
James Stewart
William Amos
Howard
Baltimore
Betty Amos
Meigs County
Amon
Bart Miller
Mra W. M Peacock
New Philadelphia
Mra W W. Carpenter
Chauncey Sheets
Yra
Anita Belle
Blinden
J. D. Roushberry Hill
Chairman
W. O. Barnitz
Bibbee
Social notes fill Allen Inn with a summer themed buffet
Sunday evening at the Allen Inn a large party hosted by Mr and Mrs Lehire featured a buffet supper and summer flowers. Guests included Harris family, Chambers family, Dye siblings, and Jenkins and Jordan families from Middleport and Point Pleasant with others from Wells ton and nearby towns.
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Allen Inn
Wo Lehire
W. Harris
Gene
Marjorie
Mere Herb Chambers
Marcus Chambers
New Bob
Frances Dye
Middleport
Sally Jordan
Faith Jordan
Pt. Pleasant
River Town Prepares for Southeast Ohio Home Coming
POMEROY September 30 marks the formal opening of the annual Home Coming week attracting visitors from near and far. The program retains last year’s variety with new features, amplified by a purchased public address system and distributed souda speakers for clear talks and prize announcements. Drunken driving will not be tolerated with strict enforcement to protect motorists and pedestrians.
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Pomeroy
Middleport
Home Coming Week to Feature Local Entertainers on Amplified Broadcasts
Pomeroy hosts a home talent broadcast with Amateurs Thursday and prize night. Meigs County towns schedule solo nights from Rutland Langsville Harrisonville Wolfpen Tuesday for Pomeroy Middleport Wednesday for Chester Tuppers Plains Downington Friday Clifton Mason City Hartford Minersville Saturday Syracuse Antiquity entrants must register in the nearest town.
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Roy Tracy
Alvin Norris
Rutland
Langsville
Harrisonville
Wolfpen
Scouts Called to Help Traffic During Home Coming Week
POMERO scouts will assist local police in traffic control during Home Coming Week due to crowds and many cars. Main Street and the parking lot will be closed to parking to ease congestion and require careful directing of vehicles.
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Pomero
Open Air Dancing To Be Feature of Week
A wooden platform will be built at Lynn and Main Streets in Pomeroy for an open air dance during Home Coming Week. A local orchestra will provide music. The dance floor will be placed to keep patrons near carnival attractions and avoid using street level space.
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Pomeroy
Lynn
Main Streets
Park Cars Near Edge Of Town For Homecoming
Motorists planning to attend the Home Coming should avoid driving through Pomeroy in the evening. Park before entering the business district to curb detours on Second Street. Eastbound visitors should use East Main Street, westbound via West Main Street or Butternut Avenue, and Route 124 travelers should use Mulberry Avenue or Butternut Avenue to bypass center town traffic.
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Pomeroy
East Main Street
West Main Street
Butternut Avenue
Mulberry Aveny
Homecoming Week Police and Fire Crews Ready
Special police officers will be on duty during Home Coming Week to preserve order if needed. They are to focus on maintaining order rather than causing it, with no disorder anticipated. Pomeroy Firemen will participate in the Home Coming by manning carnival concessions and rides and operating one local concession.
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Pomeroy
Free Entertainment for All During Homecoming in Pomeroy
The Pomeroy Homecoming Committee plans free nightly programs all week with no admission. Mayor Hess will speak Monday night at opening, followed by a street dance on Main Street. Sunday is Community Night at the Junior High Auditorium. Events include a river sham battle, a Tuesday business parade, amateur night Thursday, and a Saturday water carnival with prizes and a $100 top award.
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Wellston
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Callipots
Anna
Ina White
G. C. Liggett
Calumeter
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Detroit
Vieitt
A. J. Clark
Gaughter
Wellington Williams
Willams Mer Vattula Jenkins
Delphos
Wray Wickline
Enlieren
Mise
Carrie Lucas
Worthington
James Carrick
Wellaton
W. UL
Willis Aleshire
Ayeshire
Velma
Harvey Calhoun
Ernest Wiseman
Cadmus
P TY. A
Leadock
Doris Winters
Akron
Margaret Jones
Morrie Fowler
Wheelersburg
John L. Clark
Prof. Coulter
Zanesville
Pomeroy
Hess
C. J. Hess
Ton
Wytures
Howard
Ripley Cartoon Claim About Pomeroy Streets Stirs Interest
Robert L. Ripleypopular Believe It Or Not feature noted there are 27 miles of streets in Pomeroy with no direct cross streets. The fact has intrigued visitors, who travel to test the claim, but none have disproved it to date.
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Robert L. Ripley
Pomeroy
Ripley
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