More Than 100 Named To Middleport Honor Roll
Middleport students across grades are listed on the Honor Roll for the last six weeks. Seniors include Jerry Barth and Cherole Blake among others. juniors feature Keith Anderson and Bruce Bradford. sophomores list Judy Arnold and Patricia Barth. freshmen name Janice Asbury and John Bacon. eighth grade highlights include James Batey and Randall Bowles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens Messenger
Pomeroy
Middleport
Jerry Barth
Cher Ole Blake
June Chancey Stobart
Janice Childs
Bill Dodson
Sally Gilmore
Linda Grimm
Juanita Hawkins
Marlene Knapp
Marilyn Sue’ Knight
Patricia Lo
Jaireie
Oxy Rrice
Keith Anderson
Bruce Bradford
Okey Cart
Arthur Clark
Stephen Coats
Eddie Grueser
Gordon Guthrie
Pristeilla Harpole
Jane Harris
Olivia Hemmons
Id Hovatter
Thomas Kelly
Kenneth Lewis
Judith Murray
Carole Owens
Marlyn Roush
Kay Stiles
Gail Stumbo
Janet Valentine
Judy Arnold
Patricia Barth
George Baumgardner
Carol Blaker
Vera Covert
Gene Crooks
Jeanette Crooks
Cline Dailey
Kay Durst
Michael Erwin
Sharon Jones
Charlotte Lightfoot
Sharon Roush
Stanley Saunders
Dee Sauer
Vonda Lee
Thomas Skinner
Martha Spires
Phyllis Stanley
Fred ‘Thomas
Judy van Cooney
Roy Long
Janice Asbury
John Bacon
Guy Bing
Edward Crooks
Jennifer Daniels
Beverly Dunnam
Peggy Farmer
Jane Hoyt
Carole Hudson
Mark Kelly
Joyce Kinder
Sonny Knapp
Roger Lightfoot
Dale Miller
Linda Nelson
Dixie Pierce
Mary Scott
Della Staley
Janet Stuart
Drug Store Annex to Open With Lounge and Televisions
A drug store will open its annex on Thursday in the rooms formerly occupied by the Shoe-Box. The new area will feature television, air conditioning booths and a meeting space for friends. Redevelopment work continues on nearby structures including the Coats building and Citizens' National Bank property with local contractors and firms handling fronts and interiors.
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Save
Nto Drug Store
Mill St
Dutton
N. Second ‘Ave
Coats
N. Second Ave
Race St
Robert King
Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co
Mill Lt
Fisher Paint Co
Citizens' National Bank
Haven Theatre Presents Friday Saturday Double Feature
Haven Theatre in row maven West Virginia screens a Friday and Saturday double bill headlined by Mickey Rooney and Colleen Gray in The Twinkle in Gods Eye and Bill Elliott with Tom Drake in Sudden Danger showing over the weekend.
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Mickey Rooney
Colleen Gray
Twinkle IN God's Eye
Bill Elliott
Tom Drake
Sudden Danger
Mr Archer Funeral Set
Mr Archer 75 died at home on Bailey Run. Survived by wife Irma two daughters Mrs Otis Nelson and Mrs Faye Hill three sons Frank Harry and Avon Archer and several grandchildren. Funeral by Rawlings Coats funeral home friends may call at home until funeral Sunday 2 Bradford Church of Christ Rev Ernest Thomas officiating burial Miles Cemetery.
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Manvueport
Samme Archer
Bailey Run
Irma
Otis Nelson
Pomeroy
Faye Hill
Dayton
Frank
Harry
Avon Archer
Columbus
Rawlings‘Coats
Bradford Church of Christ Ith
Ernest Thomas
Miles Cemetery
Meigs County Land Transfers Summary
Meigs County records show multiple affidavits and certificates of transfer. Transfers include Harold Thughes deceased to Victoria Simmons and related parties in Pomeroy. Joseph P. and Mary Simon to Brenner Brothers in Middleport. Francis and Nellie Andrew to Olive Township trustees. Louise Matick deceased to Mike and Jack Matick, with transfers through Salisbury Township. Irene Matick to Jack Matick. and Jack M. and Norma Matick to Fred Goeglein in various Salisbury and Olive Township parcels.
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Harold Thughes
Toelle
Victoria Simmons
Pomeros
Victora Simmons
Simmons Veetsiaiet Sioar Simmons
Mildred Simmons
Dorsey
Robert
Wayman Simmons
Pomeroy
M.C
Mayme
Hobart
Agnes Louise Young
Joseph P
Mary Simon
Brenner Brothers
Middleport
Francis
Nellie Andrew Toolive
Olive Township
Leslie E
Bernice K
A Ilaugh
Lena M. Keller
Robert V
Niesel A. Weatherman
Orange
Louise Matick
Mike
Jack M. Matick
Salisbury
Mike Matick
Irene M. Matick
Salisbury Township
Irene Matick
T Jack M
Norma Matick
Fred Goeglein
Xaca
See
Pomeroy Social Notes: New officers elected at church banquet
New United Methodist Church Women Society officers were chosen at a mother daughter banquet. Elected: Mrs. W. C. Baritz president, Mrs. Dwight Glen Dill secretary of Christian social relations, Mrs. Alonzo Custer secretary of students work, Mrs. Thomas Radford secretary of youth work, Mrs. W. D. Edwards secretary of children's work, Mrs. C. E. W. Downie secretary of supply work, and Mrs. C. F. Tompkins secretary of women status. Three new members were introduced, and guests included Mrs. W. C. Taylor of Toledo and Mrs. H. P. Smith of Pomeroy. A monologue titled Portrait of Mary was presented, and honorary lifetime membership was awarded to Eleanor Barnitz Wells. A future business session is set for Saturday at Naomi Baptist Church. The MYF event and weekend trips were noted among other social items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry P. Smith
Pomeroy
Portsmouth
WSCS
Dey Hysell
Taylor
H. P. Smith
S. Taylor
Mary
W. C. Barnitz
George H. Parker
Joy Smith
Tompkins
Jan
Eleanor Barnitz Wells
Nellie
Ohio
Gerald Wildermuth
Kenneth Finley
Lydia Ebersbach
Allen Eichinger
Thomas Radford
Membership drive sets goal of 100 for Racine group
The Racine Improvement Association opened this week at the American Legion Home with a goal of 100 members for the year. A committee led by Charles Wagner and Homer Hayman will coordinate membership drives and meetings are scheduled for the second and fourth Mondays at 8 pm. The group plans to fill or cover local cisterns, discuss buying a mower with village council, and to invite junior firemen and boy scouts to a May clean up week. Membership is one dollar annually and the organization aims to improve Racine and surrounding areas with community projects and local improvements noted, including a new service station, a plumbing shop, a brick home replacement, and a public parking lot near the Cut Rate Store.
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Somekoy
Racine
Legion Hall
Frank Cleland
John Elwood
Homer Hayman
Cecil McClaskey
Bill Gezart
Harry Wilshire
Charles Wagner
Howard Frank
Dick Lee
A.C. Bradford
Carroll Teaford
Elm
Third
Bill Sonart
Third St
Homer Jaccaud
Jess Brinker
Fifth St
Cut Rate Store
Meigs County Fifth Annual Music Festival Tonight
Middleport hosts the fifth annual Meigs County Music Festival this evening at 8 in the Middleport High School auditorium. Pupils from county high schools perform vocal and instrumental numbers. Tickets are on sale at the auditorium. attendees are welcome. Mrs Carmen Deems of Middleport serves as general chairman.
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Middleport
Meigs County
Carmen Deems
Red Cross Drive Reaches and Exceeds $1000 in Middleport
Middleport chairman J R Wiley announces the 1986 Red Cross Drive has surpassed $1000 with ongoing appeals for uncontacted individuals or organizations to contribute by mail or direct contact. The drive nears completion but will cover all territory, with praise for district chairmen and volunteers who withstood inclement weather.
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Riddleport
Middleport
Red Cross
J. R. Wiley
Wiley
Area Men From Local Area Training at Camp Irwin
Two area men recently left Fort Riley Kansas for five weeks of tank training at Camp Irwin California according to U S Army reports Pvt Dale W Henadle Pvt Dale W Hanning both of Alva Okla and Hartson wife Rt 1 and Pvt Larry L Wiley son of Mr and Mrs Lawrence R Wiley 149 Seventh St Middleport are enrolled and scheduled to return to Fort Riley early in the spring.
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Army
Pomeroy
Fort Riley
Kan
Camp Irwin
Calif
U. 8
Pwt
Dale W. Henaleg
Dale W. Hanning
Lot’ Alva 'G. Haning
Hartson
Larry L.wiley
Lawrence R. Wiley
Seventh St
Middleport
Racine Charge Meets as Churches Report Growth
Dr Paul Chiles presided the Racine Methodist Charge conference at Ra Joie Church. Oak Grove Forest Run Sutton and Racine churches reported increased activities and finances since 1954, with invitation extended to Rev. John Elwood to return for another year.
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Racine
Pomeroy
Paul Chiles
Portsmouth
Poultry Men Meet Plan Annual Test for 1956
Southeastern Ohio Poultry Producers Association met at the courthouse to form a committee for recognizing this year's junior-chicken contest entrants. The committee includes Lester McKenzie and Curtis Johnson, with Thereon Johnson presiding. A May 10 meeting was set to discuss marketing problems and bulk feed handling. James Hall of Wayne Feed Co. spoke on factors affecting broiler profits, emphasizing management as controllable by producers. He noted 1954 broilers at one billion and projected two billion by 1956 due to rising demand and population growth.
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Rumekuy
Southeastern Ohio Poultry Producers Association
Hall
Middleport Church News: Local Sunday Services and Circles
The Middleport churches list morning and evening worship times, Bible schools, and youth activities across First Baptist, Church of Christ, Nazarene, Moriah Baptist, Salvation Army, and Pentecostal congregations. Notable items include sermon topics such as Faith and Knowledge The World’s Need and The Blessed Ties That Bind, with district events in Waterloo and varied midweek activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farst Baptist
C. E. Hoyt
A.m
Hi Youth Fellowship
Dorcas
Clyde Winebrenner
Electa
Emma Matthews
Cchurch
Church of Christ
Fred J. Gardner
Christian Endeavor
Wavlerly
Church of the Nazarene
Robert Styers
Young Peoples
Moriah Baptist
N. D. Borden
Salvation Army
Glenna Rummell
Charles Gaston
Shade
Salvation
Church of Christ In
Union
Guy F. Sayre
Third Street
B. L
Barrett
Westminster Youth Fellowship
Scotch Lass Becomes United States Citizen
Margaret L. Pomeroy of Harrisonville became a United States citizen after taking her final oath before Judge Cedric W. Clark in the Meigs County Common Pleas Court. She hailed from Tyvie Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
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Pomeroy
Margaret L. Cross
Harrisonville
United States
Cedric W. Clark
Meigs County Common Pleas Court
Tyvie
Aberdeenshire
Scotland
Mayors fines for intoxication and disturbances
Middleport mayor C O Fisher fined Everett McDaniels ten dollars and costs for intoxication and Harold Dempsky ten dollars and costs for disturbing the peace. He also placed a one hundred dollar peace bond on the mayor.
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Middleport
C.O. Fisher
Everett McDaniels
Harold Dempsky
Pomeroy Area Church Listings and Service Times
A compact directory lists churches in Pomeroy and surrounding areas with Sunday schools at 9:30 to 9:39 a.m. worship services at 10:30 a.m. and evangelistic or evening programs, plus midweek prayer meetings and Bible studies at various times. Denominations include Nazarene, Church of God, Baptist, Methodist, M E, and Church of Christ with pastors named for each charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church of the Nazarene
M. C. Larimore
Church of God
Cherry
N. W. Jenks
Danville
W. V. Gitterson
Pomeroy
First Baptist Church
Chester’ House of Prayer
Edmond Life
Laurel
Cilf Pree ‘Methodist
Harry Bates
Higsell_ Run Free Methodist
Rock Springs
M. E
K. Grove
Quiltingach
Harold C. Doster
Reedsville
Keno Church of Christ
Markins To Speak At Local Churches
Arlie Markins will be guest speaker at Forest Run as the Rev John Elwood leads services. Freeland will conduct communion and baptism at Joppa and Reedsville Methodist Churches. Dr Thomas Radford of Pomeroy speaks at Racine Methodist Church. Elwood opens evangelistic services at Oak Grove Sharch nightly April 15 to 22. The emu is the second largest bird, like the ostrich but with three toes.
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Yomeroy
Arlie Markins
Forest Run
John Elwood
Freeland
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Lew Ayres
Marilyn Maxwell
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Joan Taylor
Lioyd Bridges
Chill Wills
Cathy Downs
Farley Granger
Mr. Archer
Pomeroy Social Notes
Naomi Baptist Church
Pple Grove
Apple Grove
Pomeroy Personals
Leroy Wyant
Kenny Williams
Paul Pauley
Jenkins, Ky
Luther Gilliam, Jr
Debbie
Tiomagne
Athens ‘County
Cornwall
Citizens National Bank
Middleport, Ohio
Federal Reserve System and
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Racine Group
Sargasso
Sargasso Sea
Florida
Nonce OF
Minnie Marsh
Mehlar Avenue
Athen
Roger J Jones
Moore
Middleport Church News
Scotch Lass
Pomeroy Church News
M. Portsmouth
Spring Hemlock Grove
Waverly
Carmel Eub
Presbyteria
Leslie Kunze
Bradford
John Wyatt
Auner
Dav Hall
Butternut
Red
Cadie
Zion Church of Christ — Thom
Be ‘Rayer
Carleton Churen
Kingsbury Road
R. A. Biddle
Harrisonville Presbyterian —J
St. Paul's Lutheran
J. M Mohthoff
Letart Falls
East Letari
Pomeroy Bend Theatres
MEIGS
Kenneth Tobes
Faith Comergue
Hell and Back
Temple
Devil Goddess
Jehany Weismaller
Angela Vamsbury
Selmer Judeos Simba
the Chimpansee
Tor OF the World
Pale Robertson
Velyn Keyes
Fran Lancy
Markins
Duke
Gallipolis
Main Point Pleasant
22Nd St
Crosley
Bendix
Bendix Dryers
Allen Appliance
E. Main ST
Bendvue Theatre
Walter Ward
Athens & Nelsonvn
Billy
Bach
Ctenni
Ennis
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