Metallurgist Describes Vanadium Plant Work In Middleport
The Middleport Methodist group heard Roland LeVaughan chief metallurgist of the Vanadium Corporation of America detail products and plant activities at the New Haven plant. Harold Woodgerd presided, with Rev L A Bangerter leading devotionals and M Blake Vernon Weber and Wayne Gibbons organizing a buffet supper. The Rev Howard Ruppelt attended as a guest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Roland LeVaughan
Vanadium Corporation of America
New Haven
Heath Church
Harold Woodgerd
L. A. Bangerter
M. Blake
Vernon Weber
Wayne Gibbons
Howard Ruppelt
Home Demonstration Council Traced Back to 1925
Meigs County history shows Home Demonstration Councils forming in 1925 with county groups later named Home Extension Council and then Home Demonstration Council. The report outlines structure, duties, and evolving scope from 1920s through mid century, including district meetings, dues, and international connections with A.C.W.W. The council aims to support homemakers, plan programs, lead local projects, and promote a broader, structured county program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eneva H. Nolan Pomeroy
Home Demonstration Council
State Extension Office
Farmers
Home Extension Council
National Home Demonstration Council
State Home Demonstration Council
International Home Demonstration Council
Ohio Home Demonstration Council
A.C.W.W
Our Home Demonstration Council
Meigs County
Middleport Personal Notes Share Weekend Social Afield
Local notices list Mr. and Mrs. Harry Ickes visiting in Clearwater en route to Toledo. Guests include Mrs. James Hawley with her husband in Magnetic Springs and Mrs. Mildred Rice traveling via Columbus.
Local Families Visit and News From Athens Area
Mrs. Philip Colley remains a patient at Sheltering Arms Hospital in Athens and caregiving duties are shared by Opal Rankey of Grove City. Dr. A A Boal of Columbus spent the weekend in town. Proctorville’s Paul Thomas visited recently, with Catherine Anderson of Cleveland and Mr. and Mrs. Donald Miller among Sunday guests. W G Betz is ill at home. Jeanne Sweeney returned from Pittsburgh after months with her son John. Martin McKibben and Athens residents spent the weekend with Elmer McKibben’s family. Daley of McArthur visited recently. James McKibben and Mrs. Thomas visited relatives, taking an overnight trip home. Merrill Molihan’s son was named Lanny Gordon. Ella May Hayes of Columbus spent the weekend with her mother A H Hayes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Ickes
Clearwater
Fla
Robert Starkey
Kathryn Poindexter
Toledo
James Hawley
Magnetic Springs
Mildred Rice
Columbus
Harry Hudson
Gene
McKeesport
Martha Hudson
Edward Bauer
Oxford
C. R. Karr
John Thompson
Joann
John
Belle
Edward Thompson
Ernest Kennedy
Akron
Edith Thomas
the Grapes
Cheshire
Kennedy
Grapes
Helen Williamson Brown
Holzer Hospital
Charles Williamson
Pearl St
James Arnold
Emmett Windon
Francis Drake
Tony
Zanesville
Frank Gothard
Lesta Gothard
Montgomery
W.va
David Farmer
Arthur Skinner
Tommy
William Kester
Farmer
Pittsburgh
John Sweeney
Martin McKibben
Athens
Elmer McKibben
Daley
McArthur
James McKibben
David Thomas
Proctorville
Delta Kappa Gamma members meet in Salem Center
Alpha Omicron Chapter held a dinner meeting at Salem Center School with Nellie Vale as school principal and Nan Moore presiding. Officers for 1952 53 were elected and announced, state convention details, and program notes included songs and a review of The King and I.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Alpha Omicron
Delta Kappa Gamma
Salem Center
Nellie Vale
Mildred Hawley
Rachel Warner
Mary Richards
Mary Lucas
Virginia Mayes
Mary Virginia Reibel
Nan Moore
Charee
Akron
Lucille Smith
Nell Davis
New York
Vinas Lee
Ohio Education Association
Marcelline Buel
Mary
Lois Cecil
Mildred’ Hawley
Susan Park
Pomeroy
Beatrice Reinhart
Virginia Reibel
Rutland
Ethel Chapman
Margaret Parsons
Dorothy Barnes
Rocksprings
Geneva Joachim
Racine
Ruth Drake
Southern Rural
Marcelline Buell
Jackson
Anna Houser
Faye Pickens
Arzella Baker
Freda Wood
Beta Alpha Chapter
Picnic Brings Caldwell Relatives to Badgley Yard
A Caldwell Ohio group joined the Vannie Badgley family on Broadway for a potluck picnic dinner in the yard. Attendees included Mr and Mrs Badgley daughters Miss Ethel Badgley Mrs Curtis Roush and Mrs Arnold Hayes and their families along with Mrs Dora Hoge daughter Mrs Alva Pickenpugh Miss Mary Ruth Brill and fiancé Ralph Thompson Mr and Mrs Harry H Hill Eugene Mary and Irene Hill all of Caldwell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Caldwell
Ohio
Vannie Badgley
Broadway
Circles of First Baptist Missionary Society Close Year
The Dorcas Circle held a potluck with 14 attendees as the year’s business reports were presented. Love-Joy Circle ended with a three course chicken dinner and decorations. All three circles will join for a youth senior member dinner, with notes of flowers sent to shut-ins and thanks read.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
B. H. Sanborn Missionary Society
First Baptist Church
Dorcas
James Pullen
J. M. Archer
Edison Baker
Love-Joy
Little House
L. O. Gardner
J. Q. Rice
Elizabeth Kirby
Frances Smith
Mabel Aoken
Allie Mauck
Middleport Attends Annual Show in Chillicothe
Middleport residents join guests for the Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Company annual show in Chillicothe. Attendees include Mr and Mrs Walter Athey Mr and Mrs Thomas Hendrix Mr and Mrs James Fugate Mr and Mrs Dale Barnhart and others. A separate group, Nina Russell Hulda Klein Anna Howell Rhoda Hall and Nellie Zerkle, visited Jackson for dinner at the Colonial en route.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Columbus & Southern Ohio Electric Company
Chillicothe
Walter Athey
Thomas Hendrix
James Fugate
Dale Barnhart
Stewart Harris
Carl Norton
Harry Stover
Ernest Barnhart
Edward King
Marvin King
Edward Meyers
Raymond Fisher
Marvin Kelly
Nina Russell
Hulda Klein
Anna Howell
Rhoda Hall
Nellie Zerkle
Jackson
The
Colonial
Hock Family to Move to McConnelsville After School Term
Dinner guests at Mr. and Mrs. Waldo Hock included Mr. and Mrs. Karl Sontchi of New Haven, Mr. and Mrs. Gene Ellis and son Danny, and Ben Eppley. The Hocks of S Second Ave plan to relocate after the term end. Mr. Hock works at the Philip Sporn plant and has been in town two and a half years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Waldo Hock
Delma
Martha
John
Robert
Karl Sontchi
New Haven
Gene Ellis
Danny
Ben Eppley
Hocks
S Second Ave
McConnelsville
Hock
Philip Sporn
Reds Win In Attendance Contest At Church Class
The Homebuilders Class of the Church of Christ in Middleport crowned Wallace Bradford’s Reds as winners over William Grueser’s Blues. Mrs. Walter Bunce taught the class with Mrs. Milton H ousa delt as another teacher. A dinner will be served to the winning team.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Church of Christ
Wallace Bradford
Reds
William Grueser
Blues
Walter Bunce
Milton Houdashelt
Birthday Dinner for Mrs. J S Haggerty in Middleport
Mr. and Mrs. F I Haggerty and daughters Martha and Mary Virginia hosted a Sunday birthday dinner for Mrs. J S Haggerty. A decorated cake and flowers formed the centerpiece. Attending were J S Haggerty and son James, Cathy Haggerty, and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Haggerty with son Ricky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
F.l Haggerty
Martha
Mary Virginia
J. S Haggerty
J. S. Haggerty
James
James Haggerty
Cathy
Robert Haggerty
Ricky
Child Welfare Program Highlighted by Feeney Bennett Auxiliary
Mrs Lillian Stieff led the discussion on child welfare at a Monday meeting of the American Legion Auxiliary Feeney Bennett Post at Woodman Hall. She read a paper on their welfare work and performed piano solos, with Edith Iris Haptonstall and Doris Rice as guests and ice cream cake served by Mrs Sidney Pickens and Mrs Wilmetta Mulf ord.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Lillian Stieff
American Legion Auxiliary
Feeney-Bennett Post
Woodman Hall
Stieff
Edith Iris Haptonstall
Doris Rice
Sidney Pickens
Wilmetta Mulford
Divorce Suit Filed Over Neglect and Cruelty in Meigs
Charles F. Friley filed for divorce from Nellie L. Friley in Meigs County Common Pleas Court alleging gross neglect of duty and extreme cruelty. He seeks custody of two minor children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Charles FE
Friley
Nellie L Friley
Meigs County Common Pleas Court
Plant group invites Pomeroy aide on atomic plant trip
Warren T. King of the Point Pleasant Chamber of Commerce told about 25 business leaders that a trip to Washington could invite a Pomeroy delegate to join Mason County delegates in seeking a site for a proposed atomic energy plant. He outlined area advantages and drawbacks and noted a five billion dollar federal appropriation would be required, with no schedule yet for its passage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Mason County
Washington, D.C
Warren T. King
Point Pleasant
King
National Tube Mills
Industrial Rayon Corp
Baltimore and Ohio
Pt. Pleasant
Congress
Washington
Ohio
New York Times
Easy Selling Period Over
Washington business leaders hear a warning that lu sh seller s markets are fading and industry must start selling or face political missteps. Al N Seares of Remington Rand urges expanding plant capacity to meet growing demand and higher standards for a population with 24 million new sales prospects since 1940. Cahokia Illinois noted as the first permanent white Mississippi River settlement founded in 1699 by Quebec seminary priests, older than New Orleans and St. Louis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States Chamber of Commerce
al N Seares
Remington Rand, Inc
New York
Seaves
Cahokia
Ill
Mississippi River
Seminary of
Quebec
New Orleans
St. Louis
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Athens Messenger
SU Aia
Vaewelers
Court OF Common Pleas
Cedric W. Clark
Cedric Wo Cart
Chin
Specia
duPont
Becky
Zaleski
Ohio Valley
Middleport Social Notes
Electa Hysell
A. J. Beaver
Frances Beards
Electa Souders
Kathryn Wise
Jessie Houdashelt
G. G. Werner
L. D. Diles
James Faulkner
Margaret Ella Hysell
Nora Hamilton
Pomeroy Baptist Association
French Motor CO
Walnut St
Pomeroy Aide
Associated Radio
Harry A. Miller
Main Street
New Zealand
Phillips
St. Pomeroy
Downie Gross
ARROW
Reese Pajamas
Puritan Sportswear
Jaymar
Dickie's
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