Three Meigs County Tax Levies Put to Voters May 8
Voters in Syracuse village Salisbury School District and Rutland village will decide on tax levies May 8. Syracuse faces 4.7 mill for five years for street resurfacing repairs. Salisbury renewal 14 mill for operating expenses for five years. Rutland 2.5 mill split renewal for five years to cover operating costs. Majority vote required.
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Meigs
Pomeroy
Meigs County
County Election Board
Syracuse
Salisbury
Rutland Village
Board of Election Officials
Baptists To Hold Joint Good Friday Services
Middleport hosts a joint Good Friday service at 7:30 p m led by five ministers with themes Gethsemane Gabbatha and Golgotha. Music by the host church choir directed by Mrs Clarence Lacey slides accompany sermons and a poem story is presented by Rev Nyle Borden.
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Middleport Ministerial Association
Clarence Lacey
Fred N. Gardner
Church of Christ
Nyle Borden
Mount Moriah Baptist Church
Middleport High School observes Patriot's Day in assembly
Middleport High School held a Thursday afternoon Patriot's Day assembly with bells ringing four minutes. A. A. Scarberry Jr led the flag salute, Dorothy Lacey directed songs, Neda Bradford read a poem, Forrest Bachtel delivered a meditation, and Mrs. Joe Bailey shared the dogwood legend. Sharon Pickens read scripture and Joy Boggs led the girls ensemble in The Old Rugged Cross.
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Middleport
Middleport High School
A. A. Scarberry
Dorothy Lacey
Neda Bradford
Forrest Bachtel
Joe Bailey
Sharon Pickens
Joy Boggs
Anniversary Dinner Set for Sorority Celebration
The Beta Sigma Phi Sorority's Ohio Eta Phi and Xi Gamma Mu chapters plan the 31st founding anniversary on Friday April 27 at Murphy's Club Marietta. A jewels ceremony precedes a banquet with local chapter history reviewed and new members welcomed.
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Pomeroy
Ohio
Eta Phi
Xi Gamma Mu
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
Murphy’s Club
Marietta
Abilene
Kans
Youth conference training session held in Wellston
The South Central Ohio Baptist Youth Fellowship held a district training conference in Wellston on Saturday. Charlene Zandel of Pomeroy chaired the event, with Rev. Douglas Eades of Akron delivering the main address. Participants from Pomeroy included Gene Cross, Mike Sawyer, Paul Smith, Sharon Young, Charlene Zandel, Sharon Zundel, and counselors Mrs. Oliver Michael and Rev. Ralph Zundel. Rev. Donald Boone of Middleport also attended and led counselor sessions.
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Tral Ohio Baptist Youth Fellowship
Wellston
Easter Egg Hunt Set For Middleport Roadside Park
Dozens of eggs were dyed by Middleport Pomeroy Rotary Club members and wives in the Emmett Shuler residence rooms to prepare for the Easter egg hunt at Middleport Roadside Park Sunday at 2 p.m. Hundreds of Bend-area youngsters are expected. prizes include 10 for the golden egg and 5 for the silver egg.
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Middleport
Middleport-Pomeroy
Easter Music To Be Sung By Middleport Youth Choir
A 16 voice youth choir from Heath Methodist Church directed by Mrs. L W McComas will present Easter music at 8 30 Sunday morning over the local radio station. They will sing Fairest Lord Jesus and Calvary with pipe organ by Dianne McComas and assistant choir director Sandra Brewington. James Bartlett and Stephen Grimm with Suzie Grimm will sing The Holy City.
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Middleport
Heath Methodist Church
L .W. McComas
Lord Jesus
James Bartlett
Middleport Church of the Nazarene
Stephen Grimm
Rutland Church
Suzie Grimm
Rutland
Holy City
Cancer Film At Eastern High School
The Meigs Chapter of the American Cancer Society schedules another showing of Time and Two Women at 8 p.m. Tuesday in the Eastern High School auditorium for women in the Eastern school district. The Chester Home Demonstration Club sponsors the event.
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Eastern High School
Pomeroy
Meigs
American Cancer Society
Eastern
Chester Home Demonstration Club
Easter Services Near Across Tuppers Plains and Pomeroy
Easter observances and church services are announced for Tuppers Plains and Pomeroy. Dr N C Carpenter will deliver sermons at Tuppers Plains Christian Church with sunrise devotion at 6 AM and a Holy Land picture show at 7 45 PM. Union Good Friday cantata at Federated Church features a choir from local churches.
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Pomeroy
Federated Church
Alice Nease
Tuppers Plains
N. C. Carpenter
Tuppers Plains Christian Church
Holy Land
Earth
Robert Lindstamer
Mildred Headley
Meigs Temple Pythian Sisters to Meet in Middleport
Meigs Temple Pythian Sisters staff and officers will meet Monday night at the R of P Hall with hostesses Mrs. Mabel Sanborn Mrs. David Farmer and Mrs. Bertie Watts. Parking meter receipts for the past week totaled $200, Police Chief Herbert Gilkey reported.
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Middleport
Meigs Temple Pythian Sisters
R. of P. Hall
Mabel Sanborn
David Farmer
Bertie Watts
Herbert Gilkey
Voted for Church Fund at Minersville Methodist Meeting
The Woman's Society of Christian Service of the Minersville Methodist Church met at the church. A $25 contribution was voted to the church fund. Mrs. Hosmer Roush led devotions with The Christian Citizen as the topic and readings were given by several members. A rummage sale was planned for May and the group approved support for the summer school mission at Ohio Wesleyan and a rural worker salary.
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Pomeroy
Woman's Society of Christian Service
Minersville Methodist Church
Hosmer Roush
Clifford Phillips
Norman McCallum
Eugene Forbes
Karl Grueser
Ohio Wesleyan
Communion Service Held at Middleport First Baptist Church
The Rev. Donald Boone gave an interpretation of Leonardo da Vinci’s The Last Supper during a Thursday night communion at Middleport First Baptist Church. Congregants partook in groups of eleven at a table with broken bread and grapes. deacons Paul Smart and Allen Hughes served. Edison Baker ushered to the Upper Room center and Mrs. Gerald Anthony provided organ music.
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Middleport
Leonardo da Vinci
Donald Boone
Middleport First Baptist Church
Paul Smart
Allen Hughes
Edison Baker
Gerald Anthony
Bradbury School Calendar Announces May Events
Bradbury Elementary releases the term schedule. Eighth graders visit Middleport High on May 8 in prep for enrollment. A May 4 vocal music program directed by Mrs Zeiher includes all grades. Countywide eighth grade tests occur May 5 for high school entry. Commencement is May 20 at 4 p.m. with Robert Bowen speaking. May 22 picnic at Portland Park. grade cards to be issued May 24.
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Middleport High School
Eleanor Zeiher
Bradbury School
Meigs County
Robert Bowen
Portland Park
PTA
Meigs Group To Attend State Convention In Columbus
A delegation from the Meigs County Tuberculosis and Health Assn will attend a state convention in Columbus May 12, as announced by the executive committee at the Bradford home. The committee approved a three year Life magazine subscription for the Southeast Tuberculosis Hospital in Nelsonville, and a budget and contract for county state and national tuberculosis programs were signed. Attending were Carl Kautz president and Mr and Mrs Richard Chambers Mrs Clarence Headley Mrs Wayne Gibbons Mrs Guy Neigler and Mr and Mrs Bradford.
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Middleport
Meigs County Tuberculosis and Health Assn
Columbus
Wallace Bradford
Life Magazine
Southeast
Nelsonville
Carl Kautz
Richard Chambers
Clarence Headley
Wayne Gibbons
Guy Neigler
Bradford
Miss Dobbs Breaks Arm At Weed Apartments
Miss Sarah Dobbs is confined to Meigs General Hospital with a fracture of the left arm and a severe forehead laceration after a sidewalk fall near the Weed apartments on Fourth Street. Middleport emergency squad transported her to the hospital at 9 11 am Thursday.
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Middleport
Sarah Dobbs
Meigs General Hospital
Fourth St
Miss Dobbs
Teddy Barker
Rutland
Afternoon Circle Meeting Planned at Heath Methodist
MIDDLEPORT The Afternoon Circle of the Women s Society of Christian Service will meet at Heath Methodist Church at 2 p.m. Thursday. Mrs Beulah Hayes will have the lesson, Mrs Marjorie Milhoan the thought of the month, and Miss Bess Sanborn the devotions. Hostesses will be Mrs Grace French, Mrs Betty Forrest, Mrs Virginia Cook, and Mrs Grace Keelor.
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Middleport
Women’s Society of Christian Service
Heath Methodist Church
Beulah Hayes
Marjorie Milhoan
Bess Sanborn
Grace French
Betty Forrest
Virginia Cook
Grace Keelor
Firemen to Meet for Easter Egg Hunt Help
Middleport firemen are asked to meet at the firehouse at 12 30 p m Sunday and accompany Rotary Club members to Middleport Roadside Park to assist in staging the annual Easter egg hunt. Pomeroy Junior High School invites fifty three eighth graders from Bedford Salisbury and Bradbury Elementary Schools on Tuesday.
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Middleport
Middleport-Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Bedford
Salisbury
Bradbury
Pomeroy Honor Roll Includes 77 Students Across Grades
Seventy seven Pomeroy Senior High School students earned honor roll honors after the fifth six week period. Sophomores listed include Sue Arnold and Jane Baer among others. juniors feature Bertha Arnold and David Arnold. seniors such as William Bentz and Linda Brown also made the list.
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Pomeroy
Sue Arnold
Jane Baer
Brenda Bailey
Ruth Ann Bailey
David Baker
Robert Buck
Nancy Burns
Anita Carpenter
Jennifer Crew
Kathryn English
Janice Evans
Patricia Fields
Jenneth Folmer
Judith Folmer
Patricia Hennessey
Louanna Leonard
Carl
Raymond Jewell
Barbara Logan
Helen McKenzie
Judy Miller
Sharon Moore
Terry Ohlinger
Marilyn Price
James Pullins
Dale Roush
Nancy Skinner
Duane Smith
Asenath Tracy
Judy Vaughan
Darlene Watson
Lola Ziegler
Charlene Zundel
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