Ministers Plan Second County Youth Rally in Meigs County
Meigs County Ministerial Association met at First Church in Middleport to finalize plans for a second county wide youth rally. A rally is slated for Portland Park hall with Rev Robert Linter and other area pastors leading. Also scheduled are a Daily Vacation Bible School leaders training in Athens on April 21 and Salvation Army cadets from New York to hold open air meetings in Middleport and Pomeroy on the same day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Meigs County
C. E
Portland Park
Sola
Robert Linter
Rutland Methodist
Harold Dosster
Long Bottom - Beedeville
Athens
M. T. Vermillion
Golf Course
Rummel
Salvation Army Cadets
New York
Pomeroy
Linter
Rutland
Martin
Bridal Shower Honors Pomeroy Society Members
Mrs Helen Kenshaw Burson and Mrs Sue Struble Cramer were guests of honor at a bridal shower hosted by Marjorie Neibert with General Telephone Co. of Ohio colleagues attending. Prizes went to Mrs Burson, Mrs Cramer and Mrs Boney Mitchell. Ladies' Bible Class to meet at First Baptist Church at 7 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Helen Kenshaw Burson
Sue Struble Cramer
Marjorie Neibert
General Telephone Co. of
Ohio
Sally Erwin
Helen Jane Houdashelt
Burson
Cramer
Boney Mitchell
First Baptist Church
County Seeks 90 Day Gasoline Bids and Vehicle Purchase
Meigs County commissioners will accept sealed gasoline bids for 90 days after April 16 for regular and premium grades. The board also bought a Plymouth station wagon for the county engineer at 1644.95 with allowances totaling 2828.65 and 183.70 on powerslite, and will allow one sheriff’s vehicle weekly for the juvenile probation officer. Several standing bills were approved for payment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Meigs County
Board of Commissioners
Plymouth
R. H. Rawlings and Sons Co
Middleport
Powerslite
Sheriff's Office
Bank official named acting clerk for Western Local schools
William Hobstetter, manager of the Rutland branch of Pomeroy National Bank, was appointed acting clerk of the Western Local School District Board of Education in place of the ill Mrs. L Heiner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
William Hobstetter
Rutland
Pomeroy National Bank
Western Local School District Board of Education
L. Heiner
Driver Fined For Drinking Driver Fined For Drinking
Raymond G. Vineyard of Tuppers Plains was fined 100 and costs and sentenced to 30 days in jail for driving while intoxicated in a weekend hearing before Mayor E. F. Robinson. Twenty five days were suspended on good behavior. Vineyard drove the car that clipped two utility poles on West Main Street last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Raymond G. Vineyard
Tuppers Plains
E. F. Robinson
Vineyard
W. Main St
Accident Victim Rites Set for Wednesday
Funeral services for George William Cheatham 35 of Hysell Run killed in a Monday accident will be at 2 p m Wednesday at the Ewing funeral home. Rev O H Cart will officiate and burial will be in Riverview Cemetery at MIddleport. Friends may call at the Cheatham residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
George William Cheatham
Hysell Run
Ewing Funeral Home
O. H. Cart
Riverview
Middleport
Cheatham
Practicable cabin air compression still not found at high flights
Unclear report notes that practicable cabin air compression for planes flying above 80 000 feet has not yet been achieved.
Sunbeam Troop Formed For Local Girls
Captain Glenna Rummell of the Salvation Army invites girls aged 6 to 10 from any church to join a Sunbeam Troop, junior to The Girls Guards. The opening meeting is Wednesday at 4 30 pm at the Salvation Army Hall in Middleport with Helen Haning assisting. A Sunbeam rally in Lancaster is set for Saturday April 7 with transportation provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Glenna Rummell
Salvation Army
Girls Guards
Army
Girl Scouts
Salvation Army Hall
N. Second St
Rummel
Helen Haning
Lancaster
Sylvania Output Gains As Nelsonville Plant Expands
Sylvania Electric Products Inc confirms expansion across its four plants including Nelsonville in a year when external business share rose to fifty percent. For 1955 the firm posted record net sales of 307 million dollars and net income of 13.8 million, with 6.77 million in dividends and 7.04 million reinvested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Sylvania Electric Products Inc
Cleveland
Warren
York
New Teachers Start In County's Schools
Meigs County welcomes several new teachers as new school legislation takes effect. Thelma Orr of Bashan begins at Chester grade school in the Eastern district, Carolyn Smith of Pomeroy teaches at Harrisonville grade school in the Northern district, and Olive Paige of Rutland starts at Rutland grade school.
Post-Easter film show at Salvation Army
The Rev L A Bangerter Heath Methodist pastor will present two film strips The Crucifixion and The Resurrection after an Easter service at the Salvation Army North Second Avenue on Thursday at 7 30 p m Captain Glen na Rummel will supervise the meeting
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
L. A. Bangerter
Heath Methodist
Salvation Army
North Second Avenue
Glenna Rummel
Moon Dreams From Point Loma Sixth Grader
In San Diego at Point Loma Elementary a sixth grader wrote an essay proposing a plan to reach the moon by age 25. He imagines traveling to the moon and then continuing with space travel as his next goal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Diego
Calif
Point Loma
Dinner meeting set for Meigs tuberculosis group
The Meigs County Tuberculosis and Health Association will hold its annual dinner meeting at 6 30 this evening at the Chester Methodist Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Meigs County Tuberculosis and Health Association
Chester Methodist Church
Racine PTA Plans Parcel Post Sale Meeting
The Racine PTA will meet at 7 30 p m Monday at the grade school. Members are to bring a package for a parcel post sale to be held.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Racine Pta
Great-Grandparents Named in Birth Notice
Unintentionally omitted from the birth announcement for a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Lewis of Midd leport are the great grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Henry Beach of Bradbury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
James Lewis
Middleport
Henry Beach
Bradbury
Engagement Announced Joyce Bailey to Max Robinette
Mr and Mrs John W Bailey of Pomeroy Route 3 announce the engagement of their daughter Joyce Leota to Max Lee Robinette son of Mr and Mrs Vern A Robinette of Logan The bride to be is a Cheshire High School graduate class of 1955 and works in Logan The groom is a Logan High School graduate employed by Anchor Hocking Co Lancaster The wedding is planned for May.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
John W. Bailey
Joyce Leota
Max Lee Robinette
Vern A. Robinette
Logan
Miss Bailey
Cheshire High School
Robinette
Logan High School
Anchor Hocking Co
Lancaster
Noah Gibbs Dies at 62 in Middleport
Noah A. Gibbs 62 died suddenly Monday afternoon while working as a gent for the New York Central and Baltimore and Ohio Railroads at the Point Pleasant Depot. He was born in Hartford, survived by his wife Jennie, two daughters Mrs. Carl D. Burris and Mrs. Doris Chesser, four sons Noah Jr. Robert Rodney and Donald, nine grandchildren, with funeral arrangements set at Rawlings Coats Funeral Home and burial planned Gravel Hill Cemetery Cheshire. He was a former resident of Middleport and Albany and belonged to the Order of Railroad Telegraphers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Noah A. Gibbs
New York Central
Baltimore and Ohio
Point Pleasant
Hartford
Charles
Ida Chaffin Gibbs
Jennie
Carl D. Burris
Doris Chesser
Albany
Noah Gibbs, Jr
Robert
Rodney
Athens
Donald
Memphis
Tenn
Rawlings-Coats
Gravel Hill
Cheshire
Gibbs
The
Order of Railroad Telegraphers
Pomeroy EMS Responds to Heart Attack and Cliff Fall
Pomeroy Everett Dailey was rushed to Meigs General Hospital Monday after a heart attack at his Breezy Heights home. The Pomeroy Emergency Squad also answered a Sunday call to Harrisonville Road for John Lee who fell from a cliff and fractured a hip and remains hospitalized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Everett Dailey
Meigs General Hospital
Breezy Heights
Harrisonville Road
John Lee
Community Notes Show Visits Across Ohio and Local Club News
Akro kal, Columbus, Salem Center and Harrisonville residents visited friends in Vinton and distant towns. Trips included Mary Keck and Joan Meyers visiting Rev. and Mrs. Charles King, and a 4-H Club organized with Harold Werry as adviser. The Sunshine Class elected officers at the Methodist Church and a potluck lunch followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John William Hartsook
Springfield
Mary Keck
Joan Meyers
Lancaster
Charles King
Charles Sheets
Harrisonville
Frank Mackinon
Charlotte
Herbert Tatman
Circleville
Don Swick
Joe Mathews
Columbus
Billy Long
Bainbridge
Ruth Long
Jan
Ann Long
Alfred Hartsook
Lima
Denver Angles
Orville Jordan
Johnny Stevens
Ann
Ernel Ward
Ishmeal Gillespie
Rodney
David Ward
Dave Lloyd
Bidwell
Donald Love
Frank Quickle
K of P Lodge
Gallipolis
Bob Coder
Homer Spires
Sunshine
Methodist Church
Harold Werry
Anna Higgins
Middleport Society First Birthday Party
Middleport residents gathered for a first birthday celebration for Bill Vaughn with family at Easter and a party on Saturday. Attendees included the Vaughns Mrs Annice Ohligner Wilbur Parsons Rusty Dunbar David Ohlinger and daughters from Middleport Pom eroy Racine Syracuse and Point Pleasant. Relatives helped with cake ice cream and Easter favors as Amabary were hostesses. A postponement had been announced at the March meeting due to Easter proximity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Bill
Richard Vaughn
Vaughn
Annice Ohlinger
Wilbur Parsons
Rusty, Dunbar
David Ohlinger
Pomeroy
Racine
Syracuse
Point Pleasant
Amateur Gardeners Club Postpones April Meeting
Middleport announces the April meeting of the Amateur Gardeners Club is postponed from April 4 to April 11. Mrs. Robert Coats and Mrs. K D are named in the notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Amateur Gardeners Club
Robert Coats
K. D
Price Heads County Group For Extension
Clarence Price of Portland was named president of the Meigs County extension service council for the new year. Dana Hoffman of Tuppers Plains became vice president and John Hamill of Carpenter was elected secretary. Dale Dye, chairman, presided and serves as county representative to the state extension council. A later meeting will discuss council methods and the county program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Clarence Price
Portland
Meigs County Extension Service Council
Dana Hoffman
Tuppers Plains
John Hamill
Carpenter
Dale Dye
State Extension Council
Extension Council
Three Members Sworn In At Middleport Salvation Army
Captain Glenna Rummel reports a junior soldier John Flowers and two senior soldiers Charles Haning and Mrs Rosella Thomson have been sworn in. An Easter self denial effort raised funds and the Easter drama He Is Risen by Alberta Hause was staged in Middleport and Athens with cast members Helen Haning Janice Deck Sally Landers Eloise Adams. Capt Rummel acted in the Athens show due to Miss Adams illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Glenna Rummel
The
Salvation
John Flowers
Charles Haning
Albany
Rosella Thomson
Syracuse
Risen
Alberta Hause
Rummell
Athens
Athens Corps
Helen Haning
Janice Deck
Sally Landers
Eloise Adams
Miss Adams
Capt. Rummel
Harry Kidd Rites Planned at Portsmouth
Friends of Mrs. Harry Kidd and the late Mr. Kidd learn funeral services are being arranged at Dowler funeral home in Portsmouth. Harry Kidd Sr. went to Pittsburgh to bring his daughter in law and her children to Portsmouth for the funeral following his son’s death in a Pittsburgh airplane wreck Sunday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Harry Kidd
Mr. Kidd
Dowler
Portsmouth
Rosemount Road
Pittsburgh
Visitors of area families spend weekends in Downington
A long list of visitors from Columbus Gahanna Athens Albany near Carpenter and Darwin called on residents in Downington including Dena Weltha and Cecil Haning Irene Rhodenhaver Jack Clark Sheila Banks James Banks Lewis Cottrill Lawrence Oxley Max Haning Laura Steinmetz Hattie Haning Wilda Haning Louise Burbridge Ira Spencer Lucy Stotts Harold Dean Delores Stotts Mike Barnhart and others during a recent weekend. The note closes with Vesta Robinson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laura Steinmetz
Athens
Pearl Home
Hattie Haning
Wilda Haning
Louise Burbridge
Ira Spencer
Albany
Glen Jewell
Robert
Lucy Stotts
Levi Hawk
Learold Dean
Easter Dinner Gathered Cheesebrews and Friends in Middleport
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Cheesebrew hosted Easter dinner with guests including Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Hayes and son Greg. Honored guests were Rev. and Mrs. Orla Bradford and Mrs. Bradford's parents Rev. and Mrs. O. M. Martin visiting from Westerville. Relatives from Chester Columbus and Huntington joined as well as Mrs. Woodes birthday was celebrated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Frank Cheesebrew
Clifford Hayes
Greg
Orla Bradford
Carroll
First Baptist Church
Bradford
O. M. Martin
Westerville
Cheesebrew
Martin
Chester
Bradfords
Charles Woode
Clair
Alfred
John E. Pratt
John Jr
Columbus
Molly Bookman
J. B. Hayes
Easter Guests Feasts and Friend Visits Across Ohio
Easter weekend gatherings feature Mrs. Gus Ward’s guests in Belle and Ravenswood. Rev. Bosco attends dinner with the Bangers in Jacksonville. Relatives visit from Racine, Akron, Columbus, Dayton, and Gallia County for family events and reunions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gus Ward
Melvin DeVol
Carolyn
Belle
W. Va
Randolph Ward
Ravenswood
Joseph Bosco
Jacksonville
L. A. Bangerter
Howard Ervin
Rhonda Lee
Sharon
Beverly
Racine
Herbert Fink
William McGhee
Notre Dame University
Anna McGhee
Helen
Mabel Waddell
Owen Fink
William
Roger
Danny
Winona
John Buckley
Thomas Boggs
Gallia County
Lois Cecil
Vinas Lee
Eugene Walburn
Pamela
Cheshire
Thomas Snowball
Akron
Earl Hickman
Columbus
Willis Aleshire
Dayton
Elizabeth Ward
F. E. Vincent
J. E. Vincent
Paul Grueser
Sam Tinsley
Peggy
Charleston
Julia Reese
Laster Covert
Buddy Wooten
Covert
Arthur Covert
Ernest Covert
Shoemaker Services Planned for Wednesday
Funeral services for Mrs. Sylvester Shoemaker of Grant Street are set for Wednesday at 2 PM at Rawlings-Coats Funeral Home with Rev. L A Bangerter of Heath Methodist Church officiating. Burial will follow in Riverview Cemetery. friends may call at the funeral home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Sylvester Shoemaker
Grant St
Rawlings-Coats
L. A. Bangerter
Heath Methodist Church
Riverview
Birth Announced for Kalad Hindy’s Son in Parkersburg
Kalad Hindy and spouse announce the birth of a son at St Joseph's Hospital in Parkersburg on Sunday. The couple has two older children Stephen and Barbara Jane. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs George Baker and Mr and Mrs Ollie Hindy of Middleport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Kalad Hindy
St. Joseph's Hospital
Parkersburg
Stephen
Barbara Jane
George Baker
Ollie Hindy
Middleport Band Plans Annual Concert Sunday
Middleport Earle Warnke band director will present the Middleport Concert Band in the annual concert Sunday at 3 p.m. in the high school auditorium. Gene Crooks will play a cornet solo A Trumpeter's Lullaby. The clarinet quartet with Superior ratings at Athens will perform three numbers and advance to the state contest on April 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Earl Warnke
Directr
Gene Crooks
Leroy Anderson
Clariet
Athens
Rustacon
Carl Franghiser
Charles Carter
Alexandre Glazounov
H. Pettoney
Mary Carolyn Miller
Sharon Jones
Edward Crooks
Myrna Russell
Clare Grundman
Victor Herbert
Harold Walters
Art Dedrick
John Phillips Sousa
Warnke
Enumerator For Schools To Be Hired
Middleport board authorized Supt L W McComas to hire an enumerator for the annual school enumeration in May. Bruce Lloyd presided as the board discussed the building program and the proposed bond issue. A special election for the bond is set for July 24. Members planned to attend the Southeastern Ohio School Boards meeting at Ohio Union Center, Athens, in May.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
L. W. McComas
Middleport Board of Education
Bruce Lloyd
Southeastern Ohio
Ohio Union Center
Athens
Fools Will Be Fools Play At Scipio High
Scipio High juniors present a three act comedy Fools Will Be Fools by Pomeroy at 8 p m Friday in the Harrisonville school auditorium. Rachel Burbridge as Sarah Small and La Verna Wears as Jenny Brown lead a cast including Connie Kay Carsey Phyllis Ross Anna King Carolyn Welsh Tina McCallister Mary Lowe Kenneth Williams James Cline and Paul Jewell. Reserved seats available from class members or at the door.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
The
Scipio High School
Harrisonville
Sarah Small
Rachel Burbridge
Jenny Brown
la Verna Wears
Connie Kay Carsey
Phyllis Ross
Anna King
Carolyn Welsh
Tina McCallister
Mary Lowe
Kenneth Williams
James Cline
Paul Jewell
Suit Asks Divorce in Meigs County Court
Lillian Buckner files for divorce from Harrison Buckner in Meigs County Common Pleas Court charging gross neglect of duty and wilful absence. The action seeks dissolution of marriage with court action pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Lillian Buckner
Harrison Buckner
Meigs County Common Pleas Court
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Pomeroy Society
Pomeroy Personals
Paul Fisher
Robert Cooper
William Thuener
Theodore Lehew
Emma Weisheit
William Lehew
Teddy
Johnny
Hobart Riggs
Brooksville
Henry Hanger
Mary Harbrecht
Robert Roush
Barbara
Connie
Owen Watson
William Smith
Melvin Smith
Chester Road
Laure Cliff Free Methodist Church
Josie Turner
Laura Schaefer
Dean Hill
Judy
Williamstown
IW. Va
Mr. Hill
Olive Ingraham
Brenda Sue
Sandra Kay
Paul Dillard
Bobby
Cincinnati
L. C. Karr
Robert Kautz
Rebecca
O. J. Kautz
Elizabeth Keehne
Burnette
Nitro
Bela Lugosi
Dracula
George Zucco
Deville
Karr & van Zandt
Motor Sales
Pomeroy, Ohio
Noah Gibbs
Vinton
W. H
Jack) Johnson
Isaac Strausbaugh
George Davis
Harley Huffman
Salem Center
George Ward
E. E. Davis
Ralph Woods
Mike
Pleasant Hill
Lee Foster
Ray Johnson
Dale Gleason
Bud Cook
Mrs
Middleport Society
Price
Downington
Vesta Robinson
Liberty
Jane Powell
Tony Martin
Debbie Reynolds
Ann Miller
Moore
Middleport Band
Scipio
Pomeroy Bend Theatres
Temple
Warner Anderson
Jean Parker Wallace Ford
John Emery
Mr. Gandoi
Seratiq
Lowe
Pomeroy Cement Block Company
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