Pa Tucker 4-H Club Takes Cincinnati Weekend Trip
Ten members of the Pa Tucker Hustling Helpers 4-H Club from Tuppers Plains earned a Cincinnati weekend by growing selling and harvesting half an acre of sweet corn. Led by Creston Newland the group toured the Cincinnati Zoo Union Terminal Art Museum and Museum of Natural History and rode in an airplane over the city. Delbert Sanders grand champion swine showman at Meigs County Fair was interviewed on WLW. Accompanying adults were Howard Caldwell and C E Blakeslee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Cincinnati
Pa Tuckers
Tuppers Plains
Creston Newland
Queen City
Delbert Sanders
WLW
Delbert
Meigs County Fair
Cincinnati Zoo
Union Terminal
Art Museum
Museum of Natural History
Fritz Goebel
John Rice
Howard Blair Caldwell
Harley Rice
Robbie Gray
Jiggs
Robert Powell
Vernon Reed
David Dodderer
Howard Caldwell
C. E. Blakeslee
Middleport Couple Wed In Rural Kyger Church Ceremony
The Rev. Andrew Perry officiated as Miss Jeannette Barker and Sherman Weimann exchanged vows at Kyger Methodist Church in Middleport. Attendants included Esther Jackson and Carl Davis. The ceremony drew about 50 relatives and friends, with fall flowers decorating the church. The couple plans a Northern Ohio trip and will reside with the bride’s mother on Hamilton Street after a wedding tour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Andrew Perry
Jeannette Barker
Ferne Barker
Ray Barker
Columbus
Sherman Weimann
Carl Weimann
Kyger
Kyger Methodist Church
Esther Jackson
Carl Davis
U. S. Army
Two Suspects Caught in Jewelry Theft Chain
Police report two suspects admitted nothing when questioned after a string of break ins across Gallipolis, Middleport, and Marietta. The men allegedly targeted Elliott Music, Mack Automotive Parts, McKnight Davies Hardware, and Paul Davies Co. Jewelers, with loot including reels watches and tools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elliott Music
Mack Automotive Parts
McKnight Davies Hardware
Paul Davies and Co
Second Ave
Claude M. Wall
Gallipolis
Middleport
Marietta
Leaper
Carl Allen
Civil Service Employees Pick Eastman Delegate
A Meigs Chapter civil service meeting at the courthouse elected J. H. Eastman as delegate to the state association meeting in Columbus October 28 to 31. Ward Windon was named alternate. Meigs Chapter has 48 members. the state enlists 10 000 members.
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Pomeroy
Civil Service
Meigs
J. H. Eastman
State
Columbus
Ward Windon
Homecoming Planned at Alfred Methodist Church
Homecoming observance is set for Oct 3 at Alfred Methodist Church. The event invites former members and friends to gather for services and social activities.
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Alfred
Alfred Methodist Church
Sheriff Sale in Partition Athens County Ohio 1948
The Common Pleas Court of Athens County Ohio orders a public auction of real estate in Rome Township on October 26 1948 at 2 30 PM. The 457 77 acre parcel includes four tracts described with Section Town and Range details and contains a house barns and outbuildings appraised at 12000 dollars with minimum sale at two thirds. Terms require 1500 dollars down and balance at deed delivery.
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Ohio
Athens County
Common Pleas Court
Richard H. Hayes
Barnett C. Hayes
Leta Hayes
Emmett TF. Hayes
Bessie Hayes
Everett R. Hayes
Helen Hayes
Virginia Hayes
Edward H. Lasch
A. Les
Rome Township
Athens
Rome
Pipe Run
Ohio Company
Pipe Creek
Marietta College
Mahlon Hayes
Hocking River
U. 8
Guysville
George Bateman
Dorothy J. Parmiter
Jones & Williams
Funeral services set for Mrs Adeline Rife 71
Mrs Adeline Rife 71 dies at home on Leading Creek will be buried at Ches hire Gravel Hill Cemetery after a Thursday 2 p.m. service at Rawlings Coats funeral home Rev George Osler to officiate Friends may call at the funeral home She is survived by husband William and siblings Isaac and Homer Thornton Ellenwood W Va Mrs Dora McCroskey Akron Mrs Nora Williams Mrs Bessie Snyder Columbus Mrs Lora Clark Ellenwood and Mrs Lucy Jividen Point Pleasant
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Middleport
Adeline Rife
Leading Creek
Rawlings-Coats
Cheshire Gravel Hill
George Osler
Rife
William Rife
Isaac and
Homer Thornton
Ellenwood
W. Va
Dora McCroskey
Community Notes From Portland and Surrounding Areas
Mrs Howard Ebersbach sponsored a church tea honoring Ideal 4-H Club members. Visits span Rav enswood Hospital to Parkersburg. families host relatives and friends from Columbus Logan Belpre and Vienna. Notable: death notice for Miss Jessie Lamp of New England West Virginia.
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Portland
Howard Ebersbach
Ideal
James Slaughter
Albert First
Barberton
Eva Blosser
James Lamp
Jessie Lamp
New England
W. Va
Harry Parks
Ernest
George Howard
Georgianna
Columbus
State Park
Richard Berry
Belpre
Vaughn Adams
Charles Calkins
Logan
Charles Ward
Sherman
A. E. Jackson
Gerald Ours
Pomeroy
van E. McDade
Fred Ritchie
Eugene
Milo Rhodes
Spiller
Louis Shafer
Vienna
First Fall Meeting of Women’s Association at First Presbyterian
The Women’s Association of First Presbyterian Church held its first fall meeting in the church parlors. After a devotional led by Miss Anna Weed and a business session, Mrs. Joseph D. Bryan spoke on European Conditions including past experiences in Europe after the war and ongoing study of European issues. Officers reported encouragement and a mission study course was planned for October with hostesses named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women’s Association
First Presbyterian Church
Anna Weed
Joseph D. Bryan
Association
W. H. Juhling
R. M. Sherman
Dea Hayes
C. A. Poindexter
Sarah Dobbs
Family Dinner Honors Mrs Cash Bahr and Daughter Christine
A Sept 29 birthday celebration at the Bahr home on Locust St honored Mrs Cash Bahr and her daughter Christine. Guests included Minnie Gilmore, George Childs and his family, Janice Dorothy and Bill Childs, with Bill visiting from a Columbus trade school for the weekend.
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Cash Bahr
Christine
Bahr
Locust St
Minnie Gilmore
George Childs
Janice
Dorothy
Bill Childs
Columbus
May
Local Social Notes from Widdleport and Area
Widdleport residents attend the Point Pleasant Shrine Club dance at the Katydid. Mrs. C. A. Poindexter returns from Jackson after visiting Mrs. L. K. Lewis. Virginia Hughes of Dayton visits parents Mr. and Mrs. EF M. Hughes. Mrs. R. H Shirk and children visit their grandmother Mrs. Minnie Erlewine in Grant Street. Norton Brown returns from a Canada vacation via Hamilton and Niagara Falls. Edith Mee Master Lesher of Ogden Utah prepares to visit her son in the East. D Col lis Dawson of Columbus visits his mother Mrs. W. G. Davis. they return to Columbus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Hawley
Point Pleasant
W. G. Davis
Local social guests visit families in Parkersburg area
Mrs. Davis hosts her daughter for a week while Mrs. Clinton Fisher travels to visit daughter Mrs. Dawson and Mrs. Ray O'Donnel for a longer stay. C E Handley of Glouster visits McMaster household with Bill Childs Joan Scholl Pomeroy Ralph Gibbs Jr of Masson and Dorothy Childs of Port City join inParkersburg Sunday as Gibbs plays with Scott's team. Gibbs previously played professional baseball in Amsterdam New York this summer. Martha Hudson hosts Mr. and Mrs Joe Reed and daughters Hilda Eileen and Elaine of Columbus Sunday.
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Ens
Middleport Social Notes
Nard Bahr
Billy
Chester
Joan Scholl
Ralph Gibbs
New Haven
Vere Swartz
Colonel Wood
Mansfield Reformatory
Meigs County
Pomeroy Pastry Shop
Court St
Pickens
Pickens Paint & Hardware Heart
Pick Eastman
Mrs
Clara Sarson
Denton
Hanes
Utica
S&h
Chrysler
Plymouth
Meigs Motor Company
N. 2Nd St
Chrysler-Plymouth
Chrysler-Plymouth Engineering
Lohehet Obi
Vother
Widdleport Personals
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co
Winston-Salem
North Carolinas
Elberfelds
Elberfeld
Kel-Roy Nite Club
Pomeroy, Ohio
Chevrolet
Fisher
NYE Chevrolet CO
N. Court St
Athens, Ohio
Fayette St
Nelsonville, Ohio
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