Middleport Hosts Meigs County Music Festival
Middleport will host the Meigs County Music Festival at Middleport High School Thursday at 8 p.m. The concert features 380 youths from Rutland, Racine, Harrisonville, Tuppers Plains, Chester, Pomeroy and Middleport, with choruses, ensembles, and piano numbers. Admission charged, no reserved seats. General chairman is Mrs. N. P. Swackhammier. guest conductor Merrill Davis of Jackson directs all county groups.
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Middleport
Rutland
Racine
Harrisonville
Tuppers Plains
Chester
Pomeroy
Middleport High School
N. P. Swackhammier
Pomeroy Schools
Merrill Davis
Jackson
Davis
All County
Birthday party for Linda Fiering noted in Middleport social items
Middleport social notes describe Linda Fiering’s 13th birthday party with green and white decor and jonquils. Guests included Betty Freshour Carolyn Hess Patty Lloyd Betty Klees Texanna White and many others with numerous relatives and friends listed as attendees and hosts across towns including Akron Parkersburg and Huntington.
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Middleport
Jonquils
Linda Fiering
Thomas Darst
Betty Freshour
Carolyn Hess
Patty Lloyd
Betty Klees
Texanna White
Linda Batey
Sandra Fultz
Shirley Roush
Gail Stumbo
Carol French
Kay Stiles
Janet Valentine
Barbara Patrick
Mary Horn
Juanita Hawkins
Jacqueline Rice
E. 0. Ball
Tommy
Family Circle features Meigs kin in cookery tale
Meigs family is spotlighted in a recent Family Circle feature from Kroger Store magazine. Mr. and Mrs. George Faris and their niece Barbara Stout of Columbus appear in the illustrated piece titled I Always Liked to Cook Now I Love It.
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Middleport
Family Circle
Kroger
George Faris
Lucille Dutton
Barbara Stout
Columbus
Meigs Couran
Carman Funeral Rites To Be Held Thursday
Funeral services for Mrs. Florence Davis Carman age 93 will be held Thursday at 3 p.m. at the Ewing funeral home in Minersville conducted by the Rev. Harold F. Hess. Burial will be in Minersville Hill Cemetery.
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Pomeroy
Florence Davis Carman
Minersville
Ewing
Harold F. Hess
Minersville Hill
First Birthday Observed in Middleport for Olan Duane Johnson
Mr. and Mrs. Chester Johnson celebrated their son Olan Duane Johnsons first birthday with a party. Cake baked by Holsum Baking Co., where his father works, with ice cream. Guests included Mrs. Douglas McHaffie and Barry, Mrs. Reno Nieri and Zita, Mrs. George Gardner Jr. and Linda of West Columbia, Sharon Evans, Martha Spires, and Jerry Spires.
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Middleport
Chester Johnson
Lorraine Riggs
Olan Duane
Holsum Baking Co
Olan
Douglas McHaffie
Barry
Reno Nieri
Zita
George Gardner, Jr
Linda
West Columbia
Sharon Evans
Martha Spires
Jerry Spires
Mt Moriah Society to Meet at Mrs Jacksons Home
Middleport Mt Moriah Baptist Missionary Society will meet Thursday evening at the home of Mrs Fred Jackson with Mrs Campbell Harper assisting hostess.
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Middleport
Mt. Moriah
Local family visits and funeral notices from Columbus area
Mrs. Ruby McKendree returns to Columbus after visiting her daughter Mrs. Wilbur Ashley. Ruth Riggs and Helen Spires attend funeral services for Mrs. Anna Searls at Rgger Church. Searls was the sister of George Gardner, their father, on Saturday. Guests include Charlies Baker, Violet Shuler of Portsmouth, and several other relatives visiting from St. Albans, Ceredo, Beckley, Nelsonville, Rutland Street, and Bucyrus. Families also travel to London Prison Farm as a guard’s relative rests two weeks’ vacation, and Walter Crooks of Point appears in the death context.
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Kenny
Marjorie
A. R. Hecoxes
Robert Harrises
Rittman
Harris
Zalmon
Zanesville
H. E. Ross
Rosses
Melvin
Cleveland
Charles Coats
Winchester
Ind
Robert Coats
Frank Wilson
Ann
Parkersburg
Ray Farmer
Norvine Egner
Dayton
Gallipolis
Charles Lambert
Ricky
Chillicothe
Charles Williamson
Hulda Klein
Cincinnati
William Stoecker
Stoeckers
Horw
Frank Fugate
Stoecker
Edith Klein
New York City
Jules Biron, Jr
John Reuter
Kathy
Akron
Lareilie Smith
Reiter
Gene Norton
Columbus
William Burrell
Ruby McKendree
Wilbur Ashley
Ruth Riggs
Helen Spires
Anna Searls
Rgger Church
Searls
George Gardner
Charlies Baker
Mias Violet Shuler
Portsmouth
James Mosley
St. Albans
W. Va
Elmer Martin
Ceredo
W Va
E. A. Asbury
Meigs General Hos
Claude Buskirk
Danny
Sam Walters
Hugh McCoy
London
Frank Mc~ Cay
John Zerkle
Beckley
Nitee Margaret Clark
Nelsonville
Robert Stephenson
Rutland St. Earl
Cub Pack To Meet On Tuesday Evening
Middleport Cub Scoutmaster Jack Shank announced a pack meeting at Heath Methodist Church on Tuesday at 7 p.m. The event will recognize several Cubs as the charter is presented and emphasizes that at least one parent must accompany each child.
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Middleport
Jack Shank
Heath Methodist Church
Shank
Death Notice Corrects Carr Lineage in Pomeroy
POMEROY The death notice of John Orthollo Carr, 80, who died at his Kingsbury home Monday morning after a two week illness should have stated that he was the son of the late Nathan and Mary Carr of Pomeroy and was the last survivor of a family of five.
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Pomeroy
John Orthollo Carr
Kingsbury
Nathan
Mary Carr
Patient Rebounds After Eye Operation at Holzer Hospital
Miss Vesta Coy, who underwent an eye operation at Holzer Hospital, is recovering satisfactorily and will likely return home within a week. Mrs C R Forrest spent last week visiting at the hospital, with intervals of visits from her sister Mrs Drury of Glouster and sister-in-law Mrs Frank McCoy.
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Middleport
Vesta - Coy
Holzer Hospital
C. R. Forrest
Drury
Glouster
Frank McCoy
Prayer services planned at Alfred Church
Alfred Church will hold prayer services Wednesday at 8 p.m. led by Norma Jean Robinson.
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Alfred
Alfred Church
Norma Jean Robinsons
Eighth Grade Performs At Middleport High School Event
Middleport High School hosted a special eighth grade assembly led by Mrs. Nan Moore. Three playlets a tap dance a vocal chorus and a reading showcased students including Buddy Thomas as Rev Edmund Belmont in Ministers Mistake and Fred Lewis as Wildcat Willie. The program featured a tap number by Judy Jacobs with Donna MacDonald at piano and a chorus performing Somewhere Over the Rainbow and Cruising Down the River.
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Middleport
Nan Moore
Middleport High School
Buddy Thomas
Edmund Belmont
Elizabeth Haley
May Bailey
Willard Miller
Iris van Cooney
Jean Miller
Rosanna Ward
Jane Singer
Mary Bartrum
Phyllis Blosser
Patty Dodson
Winona Fink
Ruth Ann Freshour
Judy Jacobs
Janet Manley
Nancy Rawlings
Sheila Stover
Annual School Count Planned by Board
Middleport plans for conducting the annual school enumeration were made Monday evening at Middleport High School. Mrs. Everett Davis was employed to conduct the enumeration in May. The board reported that the new building addition is near completion and authorized the purchase of limestone for school playgrounds under the state rehabilitation program.
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Middleport
Board of Education
Middleport High School
Everett Davis
L. W. McComas
New Plymouth Social Notes Update from Local Weekend Visits
San dusky couple Mr and Mrs Richard Cremean stayed with his parents Mr and Mrs J C Cremean as Mrs Cremean traveled to Logan after her mother Mrs Starcher suffered a stroke. Fay Largent of Juniper visited her parents, Luther Bardain and family. Akron couple Mr and Mrs Kenley Harris visited their daughter’s family. Herbert Jones and children Kay and Larry spent four days with Earle Heinlein family in Logan. WSCS members listed include Mowery Weed Sims Dicken Harris Steele, G Miller, Opal Wharf and Lena McDaniel. Lt Opal Wharf spoke on Salvation Army work. Lunch served. Mrs Emme Weed moved to McArthur. Mrs Anna Meintein.
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New Plymouth
Richard Cremean
Sandusky
Mr. Cremean
J. c. Cremean
Cremean
Logan
Starcher
Fay Largent
Juniper
Luther Bardain
Kenley Harris
Akron
Harris
Hazel
Evalena Steele
Gertrude Miller
Opal Wharf
Anna Heinlein
Grace Harris
Icy Steele
Lena McDaniel
Salvation Army
Emme Weed
McArthur
Anna Meintein
Meigs Groups Invited To Friday Farm Bureau Rally
Meigs County Farm Bureau Board members Coop Board Home and Community Committee and Legislative Committee members were invited to attend a Farm Bureau District Five rally at Memorial Hall Circleville on Friday at 10 am The Meigs County Farm Bureau Women's Chorus will participate Guests include State Senator Albert L Daniels Horace W Troop Franklin County state representative and Joe Betz AFBF assistant legislative director
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Farm Bureau Board
Coop Board
Farm Bureau District Five
Memorial Hall
Circleville
Farm Bureau Women's Chorus
Albert L. Daniels
Horace W. Troop
Franklin County
Joe Betz
American Farm Bureau Federation
Bradbury PTA Meets at Bradbury School Tonight
Bradbury Parent-Teacher Association schedules a meeting at Bradbury School this evening announced by president Mrs Frances Johnson.
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Middleport
Bradbury
Parent-Teacher Association
Bradbury School
Frances Johnson
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