Meigs County Polio Vaccination Drive Continues
Meigs County reports 1022 of 1168 eligible children have received the first Salk shot in the school based polio series. 86 students were delayed due to illness and will get wake up shots in upcoming Saturdays. Health department staff and volunteers staffed the effort, with Dr. J H Donovan and Dr. Ray Pickens among officials.
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Meigs County
Amund Buthimas
J. H. Donovan
Ray
Health
Pickens
Martha Gress
Louise Cluft
Otal
Health Department
Arthur Straus
Office of the Health Det
Seventh Grade Skits Highlight Assembly Delights Middleport
In Middleport a Seventh Grade assembly directed by Miss Michlinger featured varied skits themed around driving and TV satire. Students such as Karen Walker Lan Wilton and Dennis Walburn performed while Amber Shady Lane songs and a devotional on the life of Christ followed. The event, praised by pupils, included a circle of WSCS members and announced upcoming church activities and a May fellowship presentation.
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Middleport
Mary Ohiinger
Mischlinger
Karen Walker
Lan Wilton
Jerry Spires
Rush Phitaon
the Church
Orus
R. S. Beck
Shady Lane
Life of Christ
Dennis Walburn
Steven McCul
Rose Mary Manley
Neal
Ford
Arnold Haigh
Maida Roush
Joan’ Watts
Mary Barth
Patricia
Oliver
Linda Manley
June Pooler
William Rupt- Fisher ‘Smith
Keft
Phyllis Pettit
Herb Owen
Noah Haskins
James Richards
Karen Matheny
Miss Sanborn
Robert Harris
Harvey Whitlatch
Ray Tary
Emerson Jones
Treas- Polier
Herbert Owens
Jackie Gleason
Earl McKinley
Michael Rice
Larry Mitch
Pay Werner
Anna Wallace
John Port
Heiner
William Stiff
Tls
Bonnie VanCooney
Sire
Coronouncer
Sage
Savely
Paul Hapton
Clifford Whitlatch
Dick Skaggs Stall
Eastern Star members attend Cheshire Chapter inspection
Members of Evangeline Chapter Order of Eastern Star attended an inspection of Cheshire Chapter Monday night. Attendees listed include Mrs Charles Bennett, Mr and Mrs Stewart Hawking, Mrs Orin Smith, Mrs Frank Cheesebrew, Mrs Theo Neutaling, Mrs Harley Swisher, and Mr and Mrs Allen Hughes. Wallace Russell and Richart Reuter are in Florida for fishing. Mr Millie McIntosh informally entered 64 last night at her home on Fifth Ave for Mrs Thecla McLeod.
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Evangeline
Order of Eastern Star
Cheshire
Charles Bennett
Stewart Hawking
Orin Smith
Frank Cheesebrew
Last Rites For Resident In Racine Area
Obituary notices for residents include burial plans in Minersville and Pomeroy with details on survivors. Funeral services and affiliations with local organizations such as American Legion and Disabled American Veterans are noted. Also mentions of related deaths and community notices amid scattered fragments.
Meigs County Land Transfers
Meigs County transfers list several parcels in Letart Sutton Olive and Orange Townships. Names include Clara Rizer, Roland Torrence, Betty Childers, HC Parrish, J W Arbaugh, Archie Williamson, Tri-State Materials Corp, and Samford Dodson among others. The fragment mentions multiple tracts and ownership changes as of 1940.
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Carpenter
Shett Carpenter
Jay Rowe
Letart
Mitton
Venay
Tena Venay
Clara G Rizer
Sutton Township
William Nelson ‘Torrence
Roland Torrence
Haze
Marie Clark
Leo G. Torrence
Betty Mae Childers
Olive
Orange
Roland ‘Torrence
Audrey Torrence
Hazel Marie Clark
Herman Clark
Lao G. Torrence
Annabelle Torrence
Betty Maes Childers
Paul &. Childers
Parrish
Olive Township
Donald L. Pratt
Wilma
Pratt
J. W. Arbaugh
Ethel Arbaugh
Orange Township
Arey
Hood
Archie M. Williamson
Lulu Williamson
Columbia Township
David A. Smith
Violet Smith
Tri-State Materials Corp
Jor
Relatives Attend Funeral for 13 Month Old Lisa Kay Martin
Relatives attended the funeral for Lisa Kay Martin 13 month old daughter of Mr and Mrs Eugene Martin of Nitro held Wednesday at St Pauls Methodist Church Nitro with burial at St Albans West Virginia The child was found dead in her bed Monday morning Plans had been made for an eye operation Those attending included Mrs Kenneth Byer Mr Martins aunt Robert Pryer of Middleport joined Mrs John North another aunt of Gallipolis and Mrs Wyman Stevens Marjorie Martin his sister of Point Pleasant
Pomeroy Social Conven tion and Garden Club Meeting
The Providence District Pomeroy Social Girls and Matron Guilds Convention will be held Sunday at Mt Moriah Baptist Church in Middleport Mer y with Rebecca Williams as guest speaker. Williams from Toledo heads the Northwestern district. Hattie Jackson Guild supervisor and N D Bordon serves as pastor. Ada Payne chairs the program committee. The Willwood Garden Club votes to maintain Forest Run Methodist Church grounds as a civic project with hostesses Mrs Milton Hod ashely and Mrs Fred Nease presiding.
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Providence
Mt. Moriah Baptist Church
Middleport Mery
Rebecca Williams
Williams
Toledo
Northwestern
William L. Smith
Hattie Jackson
N. D
Wilwood Garden Club
Forest Run Methodist Church
Milton Hodashelt
Everett Damewood
Fred Nease
Mrafense
Friendly Neighbors Club Plans Purchases and Gifts
The Friendly Neighbors Club voted to buy draperies for Meigs County Infirmary and agreed to plantings for the Naylors Memorial. They contributed to the cancer fund drive and welcomed Mrs. Ronnie Smith as a new member.
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Aerate Teeemeereer
Friendly Neighbors Club
Meigs County Infirmary
Jack Robson
Sim
Naylors Memorial
Ronnie Smith
Absentee Ballots Cast In Meigs County Primaries
Meigs County Board of Elections reports absentee and disabled ballots cast in the May 3 Republican primary. Totals show 11 ballots in Middleport and 37 in Pomeroy, with overall turnout higher than expected.
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Parkes
Meigs County
Bard
Electiong
Witc
Pomeroy
Middleport
Election Board
Methodist church sub district holds Saturday meeting at Heath Church
Workers conference of the sub district of the Methodist church will meet at Heath Methodist Church Saturday at 9 AM. Attendees are to bring sack lunches for a dessert and beverage at the lunch hour. Class No 12 Circle and Mary Root Circle of the WSCS will provide pies by 1 PM.
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amwLbrums
Methodist Churches
Heath Methodist Church
Heath Church
Mary Root
WSCS
Local Churches Schedule May Fellowship and Worship
Middleport First Baptist and multiple area churches publish a May schedule with worship services youth groups choir rehearsals and church events. Topics include Inside Sermon topic The Death Stroke and What Things To Take For Practice at 6 15 pm. A church family night supper and program is planned. Church officers and district activities noted.
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Middleport
First Baptist
James ‘An Cooney
Hi Youth Fellowship
Meigs County
Heath Methodist Church
Pupils Win Honors at Olive Orange High School
A long list of students named for honors in various grades at Olive Orange High School includes Sixth grade Judy Chattee and Doris Caldwell, Fifth grade Marilyn Adams and Car ton Berry, Third grade Betty Chichester and Erin Dillon, with many others across grades.
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rurrEns Ruains
Olive Orange High School
Emntary
Ober
Jeneater
Newland
Dollie Boring
Tern Aan Gritoert Brewer
Keith Burkley
Betty Vencilt
Rowena Sanders
Carolyn Green
Okey Cart
Martha Goebel
Patricia Ea Chaffee
Josephine Spencer
Act Marjory Green
Margaret Hayman
Homer Bus Milhone
Janet Koehier Young
Larry, Janon
Eric Parker
Joan Schulte
Jamies Shields
Bille
Lou Tracewell
Dale Woolfrom
Robert Gene Young
Kenneth Ruth Landon
Dirk
Lawrence Road
Wilma Atherton
Shilie Calaway
Bar Kaylor
Beverly Rice
Bonnie Snider
Fick Funeral Set Saturday
Funeral services for Sam Fick age 65 who died at his home after a heart attack will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. at Rawlings Coats funeral home with interment at Riverview Cemetery. The Rev Claremont E Hoyt will officiate. He was a member of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen. Surviving wife Anna Jones Fick two daughters Mary Neutzlin and Jane Ann Warner and a niece Anna Margaret Wiley Russell and her daughter Mary.
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Iddleport
Sam Fick
S. Second
Mary ‘Neutzlin
Jane Ann’ Warner
Kat J
Anna Margaret Wylie Russell
The
Picks
Mary
Church and Faith Gatherings Schedule Notes
Local religious groups list weekly services and meetings. Church of Christ in Christian Union hosts pastor led worship at 10:30 a.m. and Wednesday prayer at 7:30 p.m. Mt Moriah Baptist schedules 9:30 a.m. church school and 10:30 a.m. worship with midweek prayer. Salvation Army lists Saturday and Sunday events including Holiness meeting and open air service. Junior Legion meets at 7 p.m. on Thursdays with Bible study to follow.
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Church of Christ In Christian Union
Guy T. Sayre
Mt. Moriah
Salvation Army
Glenna Stummell
Salvation Service
Junior Legion
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Ss Ar Meigs
Citizens National Bank
the Friendly Bank
Ohio
Redefee Reserve System
Toserat
Laewranen Comm
Liberty
Johnny Carpenter
Columbia
Tooting Tooters
Lauren O'Mara
Suzan Balt
Tlaytet
Middleport Society
Rommner
Ramer
Rom 1A
Racine
Miuntington
Usu
Vie Rage Ie
Sinia
Sien
Edgar ‘Thomsian
Daughas
Fem
Chode
Raymond
Minersville
Floyd
Juanita
Pomeray
Higsett
Racine Methodle
Tulanmouncea
Milleary
Elmer Racine
American le- Port Ton
Mason County
Lanle Gaul
Chester
Mildred Tubts
Greenwood Cometes Racine
Robert Russell
George Sturm
George Sturm, — — Mrs
Alpha Butcher
Mire Bernard
Neutaline
Luther
Christine Bryan
Me Bryan
Beech
Wilfred
Ind Soma
Randy
Teddy
McConnelaville
Dwight
Ns. Cw Foren
Weir
Fremont
Cita Heaton
William Hetteseimer
Menieme
Friendly Farmers Counc
Oveigs County
Advisory Farm Bureau Council
J. M. Gaul
Paul Karr
Earl Dean
Edson Hollon
Roy Holter
Horace Karr
John Idle
Danid Mora
Reid Young
Woodrow Mora
Pomeroy Social
Civic Project
Dor Schaefer
Delmar A. Canaday
Sugar Hun Canyon
Lincoln
Delmar A. Conoday
POL
Meigs General Hospital
Crosley
Allen Appliance
Mill St
Church of Christ
Fred I. Gardiner
Meath
A. Bang
Erter
Intermedite
Portsmouth
Trinity
Circle of Prayer
First Presbyterian
Howard E Ruppelt
Church of the Nazarene
Robert Styers
West
Virgini
Uary Cooper
Loretta Young
Jones
Roy Rogers
Dale Evans
Rosa Kit
Danny Kaye
Miso
Jack Webb
van Robinson
Dragnet
Nwalee
Rod Cameron
Joan Lesie
Hell's Outpost
Ford-o-Matic
Wallight
Karr & van Zandt
Pomeroy Bend Theatres
MEIGS
Barbara Britton
Charles Starrett
MET NP Aest
Co Beety
Middleport, Ohio
Gabardine
Iseks
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