Racine PTA Organizes Spring Festival and Officers
Racine Parent-Teachers Association elected officers for 1960-61 and planned a spring festival at the school on April 30 featuring a jitney supper carnival and a record hop. A reception after eighth grade graduation and a Southeast District PTA conference in May were announced.
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PTA
Racine
Racine Parent-Teachers Association
Howard Johnson
J. H. Smith
Nance Committee
William Arnott
Kenneth Theiss
Robert Reiber
Frank Hud
Golden and Silver Eggs Lead Meigs County Hunt
The Middleport-Pomeroy Rotary Club sponsors an Easter egg hunt at Middleport Roadside Park with over 425 prizes. A $10 golden egg and a $5 silver egg top awards as hundreds of children from Meigs County participate at 2 p.m. The Meigs County Children's Home group joins, with refreshments provided after by Rotarians.
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Middleport
Middleport-Pomeroy
Harold Hubbard
Pomeroy
Meigs County
Barbara Stout
Rotary Club
Emmett Shuler
Middleport High School Honor Roll List 67 Students
Middleport High School names 67 students to the honor roll for the fifth six weeks period. Seniors include Mary Barth Roger Bennett Marianne Brinkman Lynn Buchanan Judy Clark Sharon Evans Judy Gregg Loretta Hanning Dave Hartinger Karen Herrmann Phyllis Hilbert Bernard Might Bob Preston Janice Richards Barbara Stiles Bonnie Van Cooney Dennis Walburn Karen Walker Carolyn Wilson Sue Yeanger. Juniors Christine Coats Barbara Covert Betty Covert Kay Jenkinson David Lyons Danny Malik Karen McElhinny Susie Pullen Jacklyn Ratliff Doris Rice Rosetta Richards Judy Sauer William Stobart Richard Swackhamer Clyda Taylor Janice Zirkle. Sophomores Susie Allensworth Jean Casey Charlene Davis Ruth Ann Dowell Karen Ferguson Evelyn Gibbons Sarah Hannigan Carol Jacobs Barbara Jones Wanda Lightfoot Alice Millican Cindy Morris Sharon Pickens James Reed Texanna White Colleen Wilson. Freshmen Johnny Allensworth Forrest Bachtel Sarah Bechtle Charles Bush Judy Fink Carl Lefevre David Lewis Russell McElhinny Ricky Osler Judy Overturf Tom Ball David Wiley Benny Wilson Sharon Yeanger.
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Middleport
Middleport High School
Mary Barth
Roger Bennett
Marianne Brinkman
Lynn Buchanan
Judy Clark
Sharon Evans
Judy Gregg
Loretta Hanning
Dave Hartinger
Karen Herrmann
Phyllis Hilbert
Bernard Might
Bob Preston
Janice Richards
Barbara
Karen Ferguson
Evelyn Gibbons
Sarah Hannigan
Carol Jacobs
Barbara Jones
Wanda Lightfoot
Alice Millican
Cindy Morris
Sharon Pickens
James Reed
Texanna White
Coleen Wilson
Johnny Allensworth
Forrest Bachtel
Sarah Bechtle
Charles Bush
Judy Fink
Carl Lefevre
David Lewis
Russell McElhinny
Ricky Osler
Judy Overturf
Tom Ball
David Wiley
Benny Wilson
Sharon Yeanger
Funeral services for Mrs Mary J Davis in Middleport
Mrs Mary J Davis died Thursday at her home in Middleport. Funeral services are set for 2:30 Sunday at the First United Presbyterian Church with the Rev Howard Ruppelt officiating. Burial will follow at Middleport Hill Cemetery. The body lies in state at the church from 1:30 p.m. Friends may call at Rawlings Coats funeral home until noon Sunday.
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Middleport
Mary J. Davis
First United Presbyterian Church
Howard Ruppelt
Middleport Hill
Rawlings Coats
Local social notes from New Straitsville
Mrs. Margaret Lloyd celebrated her 93rd birthday with guests from Columbus Logan and nearby towns. The Jolly Eight Bridge Club met at Anna Lillico home with Sue Mcquade and Garnet Peart winning prizes. Friends and neighbors attended sewing circle and visits included multiple families from Columbus Logan Reynoldsburg West Virginia Cuyahoga Falls and Ohio State University affiliates.
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New Straitsville
Margaret Lloyd
Mae Adams
Margaret Rushin
Columbus
Clarence Grandy Jr
David Lloyd
Logan
Margaret Collins
Besse Davis
Jolly Eight Bridge Club
Anna Lillico
Sue Mcquade
Garnet Peart
Genevieve Hartman
Nellie ‘Ward
Mildred Thompson
Margaret Boyle
Grace Leake
Laura Miller
Iva Dishon
Star Sewing Circle
Lena Grandy
Minnie Strawn
Myrtle Wallace
Anna Frasure
Betty Orndorf
Emma Frye
Nellie Orndorf
Edna Littman
Ethel Wade
Mary Winefordner
Jeanette Livingston
Nellie Dixon
Rebecca Lodge
Amy Lanning
Margaret Edwards
William Mitchell
Margie
Marcia
Cuyahoga Falls
Barbara Mitchell
Jerry Wilson
Ohio State University
Harry Vermaaten
West Virginia
Gordon James
Grace
Gene Shaffer
James Sherrard
Teresa Jean
Betty Jean Reddin
John Sherrard
Two Meigs Men Inducted and Examined for Selective Service
Two Meigs County men were inducted into the armed forces at Fort Hayes Columbus. Delbert Sanders of Reedsville and Darrell Jenkins of Syracuse were inducted. Edward Lee Murphy of Coolville Route 3 underwent the pre induction physical examination.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Fort Hayes
Columbus
Selective Service Office
Delbert Sanders
Reedsville
Darrell Jenkins
Syracuse
Edward Lee Murphy
Coolville
Middleport Personal News Highlights Local Visits
Guests of Mr. and Mrs. L. D. Diles include grandsons Jim and Sam Mitchell of Athens. Athens visitors Tom and Ellen Jiiden and John Lackey call on the Diles. Mrs. J. E. Hull travels from Washington DC for her mother’s illness and death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. D. Diles
Jim
Sam Mitchell
Athens
Charles Jiiden
Tom and
Ellen
John Lackey
J. E. Hull
Washington, D. C
Mary J. Davis
Bradford Church Dedicates Rooms to New Classrooms
Dedication services were held for three new Bradford Church of Christ classrooms with Professor Nash of Kentucky Christian College as speaker. A KCC quartet sang, and 114 attendees enjoyed a basket dinner after the morning service. Ralph Humble, a Kentucky Christian College student, is pastor. John Buckley delivered the afternoon sermon. Mrs Ethel Nelson read her poem My Home Church, noting her long association with the Bradford church and her injury prior to this attendance.
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Bradford
Bradford Church of Christ
Nash
Kentucky Christian College
KCC
Ralph Humble
John Buckley
Pomeroy Church of Christ
Humble
Ethel (Russell) Nelson
Nelson
Rutland
Miss Carol Salser Honored At Bridal Shower
Miss Carol Salser bride elect of Robert Birch was honored at a pink green and white shower in Pomeroy. Hostesses were Miss Virginia Arnott and Mrs Grover Salser Jr. Attendees included many local names. games were played and prizes awarded to several guests.
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Carol Salser
Arnott
Grover Salser, Jr
Robert Birch
Racine Methodist Church
Carol and
Bob
Chester Simpson
Clarence Wickline
Sally Pearson
Critt Bradford
Donald Wolfe
Edith Hayman
Margaret Houdashelt
Helen Younce
Arthur McCauley
Chester Salser
Pearl Martin
Jake Gaul
Charles Alkire
Vera Beegle
Fern Gaul
Verne Watterson
Gretts Simpson
Japan Urged by Soviet to Cut Ties with U S
Soviet Ambassador Nicolai T. Fedorenko told a Japan-Soviet Society meeting that Moscow would guarantee Japan’s neutrality if Tokyo severed military links with the United States. He said the USSR seeks friendly relations but cannot ignore the new Japanese American security treaty.
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Sador Nicolai T. Fedorenko
Japan
United States
Soviet Union
Fayette Co woman files support suit for three children
Cel Price of Fayette County West Virginia petitions Meigs County Common Pleas Court for support of three minor children. Defendant named is Charles Price of Harrisonville. Plaintiff seeks $150 monthly by court order.
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Pomeroy
Macel Price of
Fayette Co
W. Va
Meigs County Common Pleas Court
Charles Price
Harrisonville
Sunrise Services at Hemlock Grove Church
Sunrise services will be held at 5 a.m. Sunday at Hemlock Grove Christian Church.
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Pomeroy
Hemlock Grove Christian Church
Literary Club Donates To Middleport Library
The Middleport Literary Club contributed to the Middleport Public Library for new books as members met at Mrs Cedric Clark home. Miss Bess Sanborn spoke on the International Court of Justice and Mrs Arthur Strauss discussed The Security Council. The group will meet April 27 at Mrs William Bradford home.
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Middleport
Cedric Clark
United Nations
Bess Sanborn
International Court of Justice
Arthur Strauss
The
Security Council
William Bradford
Local Visits Highlight Portland Families and Relatives
Portland residents including Mr and Mrs Jack Clark and family of Ath en s visited Clark s brother in law and sister Mr and Mrs Paul Laurence and son. Ralph McDade and family visited their son in Akron. Mary Johnson of Cheshire and Douglas Bashan visited Ed Deem. Rodney Coff man and family of Clinton visited Hyatt Parsons s home. Lena Wallace of South Point visited James Davis. Jimmie Majors of New Brighton visited Hyatt Parsons and Iva Ball returned home with him.
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Portland
Jack Clark
Athens
Mr. Clark
Paul Laurence
Ralph McDade
Mrs
Russell Sutton
Akron
Mary Johnson
Cheshire
Douglas Bashan
Ed Deem
Rodney Coffman
Clinton
Lena Wallace
South Point
James Davis
Jimmie Majors
New Brighton
Hyatt Parsons
Iva Ball
Senior Mothers Plan Fund Raising Events
Middleport Senior Mothers Club schedules two fundraisers Saturday starting at 9 a.m. A bake sale will be held at the Tri-Luster Cleaners quarters and next door the sale of colored Easter chicks will begin. Proceeds support the annual class trip this spring.
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Middleport Senior Mothers Club
Tri- Luster Cleaners
Chief Warns About Dogs Roaming in Middleport
Middleport Chief of Police Herbert Gilkey warned residents to keep dogs tied to avoid fines under Ordinance No. 663. First offense carries a five dollar fine with increases for subsequent violations. He also noted violations by vehicles displaying 1959 licenses on village streets.
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Herbert Gilkey
Gilkey
Hayman Released on Bond in Meigs County Court
Harry A. Hayman pleads not guilty to non-support before Judge John C. Bacon in Meigs County Common Pleas Court and is released on a $500 bond. Frank W. Porter Jr. appointed to represent Hayman.
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Pomeroy
John C. Bacon
Meigs County Common Pleas Court
Harry A. Hayman
Frank W. Porter, Jr
Hayman
Middleport Resident Admitted to Holzer Hospital
William Oldaker of Leading Creek Road was admitted to Holzer Hospital in Gallipolis after a Middleport emergency squad answered a call at 3 40 p m Thursday afternoon.
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Middleport
Wiliam Oldaker
Leading Creek Road
Holzer Hospital
Gallipolis
Marriage License for Birch and Salser in Racine
Robert Birch aged 20 of Racine and Carol Salser aged 21 of Racine Route 1 obtain a marriage license. The couple plans marriage in the Racine area.
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Robert Birch
Racine
Carol Salser
Parking receipts total 384 dollars in two weeks
Police Chief Herbert Gilkey reported that Middleport parking meter receipts over the past two weeks totaled 384 dollars.
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Middleport
Herbert Gilkey
Judge Homer A. Ramey Dies at Mercy Hospital
Municipal Judge Homer A. Ramey 69 and former Ninth Ohio District congressman for three terms from 1942 to 1948 died Wednesday night in Mercy Hospital Toledo. He served in public office for decades and was known for his legal work.
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Toledo
Homer A. Ramey
Ohio
Mercy Hospital
Absentee Votes Indicate Interest in Meigs County May Primary
Meigs County reports 63 absentee ballots cast at the county elections office ahead of the May 3 primary. Of these, 50 are Republicans and 13 Democrats. One bond issue and two tax levies appear on the ballot, including a 2.5 mill school operating levy in Eastern Local and a one mill Letart Two cemetery levy. Harrisonville voters will cast ballots at the high school gym.
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Pomeroy
County Board of Elec
Meigs County
Board of Elections
Harrisonville
Car Stolen From Lot Damages Estimated
In Middleport damages estimated at 300 to 400 dollars from a car stolen from the Preston Motor Co. late Wednesday night. A juvenile driver was identified and the vehicle recovered on Leading Creek Road after a dealer's license was used on the car. The youth reportedly struck a building while moving the car, causing the damage.
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Middleport
Preston Motor Co
Herbert Gilkey
Gilkey
Leading Creek Rd
I. R. Neal
Chief Gilkey
Rue Motor Co
Preston
Racine High School Honors Sixty-Seven Students
Sixty seven students at Racine High School earned honor roll status after the fifth six week period by maintaining a B average or higher in all subjects. Seniors include Kathryn Bailes and others, with a long list of juniors sophomores and freshmen also cited for their achievement.
Mrs. Diles Reports on Brotherhood Meeting in Columbus
Mrs L D Diles gave a report on the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen convention held in Columbus. The White Rose Lodge met at the American Legion hall with Mrs Dorothy Morris presiding. Illness affected several members including Mrs Pauline Gallagher and Mrs Alma Miller recently discharged from Meigs General Hospital. After the business session the group gathered at the Martin Restaurant for refreshments hosted by Mrs Mary Jane McNeal, Mrs Frances Flemming, and Mrs Morris.
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Middleport
L. D. Diles
The
Brotherhood of Railroad
Columbus
White Rose Lodge
American Legion Hall
Dorothy Morris
Pauline Gallagher
Alma Miller
Meigs General Hospital
Martin Restaurant
Mary Jane McNea
Couple Honored in Racine Dinner Party
Dr and Mrs P E Stanley attended a dinner hosted by Mr and Mrs Harry Pickens in Racine. The event honored Mrs Pickens sister and her husband Mr and Mrs Harry B Rowan of Lafayette Indiana, the bride and groom.
Sunrise Service Planned at Bradford Church of Christ
Plan for a sunrise service at 6 a.m. Sunday at the Bradford Church of Christ with the Women of the Home Builders class presenting the program. Sunday school starts at 9:30 a.m. and morning worship at 10:30 a.m.
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Bradford
Services Planned For Easter at Minersville Church
Sunrise services will be held Easter Sunday at 6 a.m. at the Minersville Methodist Church with Rev. Robert Card officiating. Sunday school on Easter will be at 10 a.m.
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Minersville Methodist Church
Robert Card
Bake Sale Set by Rock Springs Youth in Pomeroy
The Rock Springs Methodist Youth Fellowship plans a bake sale Saturday morning at Kroger’s Store in Pomeroy to raise funds.
Easter Story Narrated at Chester Council Meeting
Mrs. Clarence Neutzling presented the Easter Story Wednesday evening for the Past Councilors of Chester Council Daughters of America gathering. Mrs. Curtis Frederick and Mrs. Freeman Williams organized the program, with Mrs. John Hayes and Mrs. Marion Wood as hostesses serving refreshments.
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Neutzling
Chester
Two Auto Suits Dismissed After Out of Court Settlements
In Meigs County Common Pleas Court Doris Gillespie sued Mack H. Martin for 5000 dollars and Haskel Gillespie sued Martin for 11163.45 dollars. both actions were dismissed following out of court settlements. Judge John C. Bacon also signed judgment for Thomas L. Gent and Motors Insurance Corp. against Raymond L. Kerns for 365.45 dollars in Portland.
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Pomeroy
Doris Gillespie
Mack H. Martin
Meigs County Common Pleas Court
Haskel Gillespie
Martin
John C. Bacon
Thomas L. Gent and Motors Insurance Corp
Raymond L. Kerns
Portland
Bound Over To Grand Jury In Meigs County Assault Charges
John Bolin was bound over to the Meigs County Grand Jury after entering innocent pleas to two counts of assault and battery before Judge Emmet W. Peoples. Bond on each charge was set at $500.
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Emmet W. Peoples
Meigs County
John Bolin
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