Meigs County Issues 58 School Bus Driver Certificates
The Meigs County Board of Education awarded 58 bus driver certificates for the new school year across seven districts. Names include Bedford, James Gaston, Victor Bahr, Huber Brown, Marshall Adams, and Howard Allen among many others.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County Board of Education
Bedford
William Hart
Frank Jones
W. H. Jones
Ernest Wood
Columbia
James Gaston
Mendal Jordan
Taylor A. Moore
Chester Price
Astern
Victor A. Bahr
Cecil Caldwell
Wayne Chevalier
Ross Cleland
Fred Larkins
C. C. Newland
Roland Torrence
William N. Swain
Virgil Westfall
Northern
E. R. Carr
Sadie
Pomeroy Church News Faith services listed countywide
Local church notices outline Sunday schools, worship times, and meetings for multiple congregations. Denominations include Dorcas EUB, Church of Christ, Church of God, Laurel Cliff Free Methodist, Naomi Baptist, Zion Church of Christ, St. Pauls Lutheran, Trinity Lutheran, Forest Run Baptist, Danville Pilgrim Holiness, Sacred Heart, Seventh-day Adventist, Alfred Methodist, Syracuse Church of the Nazarene, Federated, United Methodist, Ohio Methodist, First Baptist, and Christian Science with service times and weekly prayer or Bible study schedules.
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Dorcas Eub
Church of Christ
Donald Seavers
Christian Endeavor
Church of God
E. Main
Cherry Sts
N.W. Jenks
Chester House’ of Prayer
Rev
Edmond Life
Laurel Cliff
Keno Church of Christ
Carmel Eub
Bradford Church of Christ
John Wyatt
Forest Run Baptist
W. Hull
BYPU
Naomi Baptist
H. E. Harris
Zion Church of Christ
Tho H Wyatt
Kingsbury Road
R. A. Biddle
St.Paul's
J. M Mohrhoff
Trinity Lutheran
H. Fickenscher
Danville Pilgrim Holiness
Sunds
Little Hocking Evangelical Methodist—Bible School
Hysell Run
Harry Bates
Astor
Sacred Heart
Pather
John Turel
Laurel Run
Earl Miller
Seventh-day Adventist
Leetling
Dav Hall
Butternut St
Alfred Methodist
R M. Grove
Elmwood
Syracuse
Waldo J. Bartels
John Hoyt
Middleport
United Methodist
Eugene Rown
Ohio Methodist
Ohio Wesleyan University
Delaware
First Baptist
Ralph C. Zundel
Christian Science
Pomeroy Social Notes and Church Activities Update
POMEROY The Woman's Society of Christian Service at Tuppers Plains Methodist Church met at Mrs Weather man's home honoring Mary Nickels and L Keller. Ill charter member Vivian Hoffman received flowers. Program by Mrs Halsey on seeds, with several members assisting. WSCS donation planned for Alfred Church building fund. Also noted: Sunday school party at St Pauls Lutheran hosted by Mrs Charles Lytle and daughter Susan. Eagles Class to sponsor Saturday ice cream social at Syracuse Church lawn.
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Pomeroy
Woman's Society of Christian Service
Tuppers Plains Methodist Church
Niesel Weatherman
Mary Nickels
L. L. Keller
Vivian Hoffman
Dana Hoffman
Eunice Halsey
Estella McGill
W. W. Bragg
Myrtle Boggess
Niese Weatherman
Gladys Violet
Lena Keller
Evelyn Brickles
WSCS
Alfred Church
Eunice Pullins
Charles Lytle
Susan
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Lytle
Eagles
Syracuse Methodist Church
Middlepont
Business and Professional Women’s Club
Racine Pta
Racine Home Bank
Racine High School
August Birthday Party for Busy Bee Class Members
A group of First Baptist Church women from Middleport celebrate August birthdays at Mrs. Dana Hamilton’s home. The gathering featured readings, poems, a gift exchange, horoscopes, and a traditional birthday cake with refreshments. Attendees included Mrs. LD Diles, Mrs. George Baker, Mrs. C P Bradbury, Mrs. H M Cross, Mrs. J Q Rice, and Mrs Clyde Winebrenner. Mrs. Jacob Turner was absent.
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Middleport
First Baptist Church
Dana Hamilton
S. Third Ave
Hamilton St
Hamilton
LD. jDiles
George Baker
C. P. Bradbury
HM. ¢ Cross
J. Q. Rice
Clyde’ Winebrenner
Jacob
Turner
Busy Bee
Local Social Notes Include Airman on Leave and Family Visits
Dunlap and Mr and Mrs Ralph Radelitt announce A 2e George R Neal on a 30 day leave from Anderson Air Force Base Texas visits with his parents Mr and Mrs Charles Neal S Third Ave Middleport. W C Flechiner and Mary Adalene Smith of Columbus were guests of Mrs Fletcher s mother Hattie Smith and grandmother Mary Fisher. Miss Franc Smith and Mrs Alice Smith are also mentioned. P Klein leaves for Dearborn Michigan to join Gerald Rice for a fishing trip to Thessalon Ontario. Mrs Rice and sons and mother Mrs Boyd Dilgard depart for Middleport to visit Mrs Ernest Lallance and friends. Mr and Mrs David Durst plan to visit their son Bill in Columbus for the summer quarter at Ohio State University.
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Franc Smith
Alice Smith
Second Ave
Middleport
P. Klein
Dearborn
Mich
Gerald Rice
Thessalon
Ont
Rice and Sons
Moth
Boyd Dilgard
Ernest Lallance
David Durst
Bill
Columbus
Ohio State University
Lottridge church set for Sunday events and fair display
Church leaders announced a Sunday program at Lottridge Evangelical United Brethren Church with Sunday school at 10 and preaching at 11 led by Pastor James Brewington. A basket dinner at 2 will feature music and talks by Rev. R. L. Mitchell of Athens and Rev. W. E. Crace of Jacksonville. The lot also hosts Meigs County 4-H fair displays.
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Middleport
Meigs
Pemeroy
Lottridge
Evanside Park
Gelical United Brethren Church
James Pullen
W. A. Frost
James Brewington
R. L. Mitchell
Athens
W. E. Crace
Jacksonville
Philathea Society fines member at Middleport meeting
The Philathea Society of Middleport fined James Ned the Philathea Society member ten cents on an intoxication charge. In absence of Mrs. Leo Childs Mrs. Robert Birmingham presided. The group, meeting at the Church of Christ, planned the apple butter project, discussed prices for apples, and welcomed guests and committee members amid a social program.
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Middleport
Robert Birmingham
Leo Childs
James
Ned
Philathea Society of the
Church of Christ
Fisher
Fred
Gardner
Lesta Gothard
Reservations For Rally Being Made
County wide rally and supper set for Tuesday evening before the county fair. Rev Eugene Brown of Pomeroy to speak at dinner served at 6 p.m. at Isbury Elementary School by the PTA. Dr. Harry Denman will also speak at the fair program. Theo Smith of Pomeroy to MC and Freeland Norris of Racine to lead singing. Rev C E Hoyt of Middleport First Baptist to officiate with Norris leading song.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County Ministerial Association
Eugene Brown
Isbury
PTA
Harry Denman
Theo Smith
Freeland Norris
Racine
C. E. Hoyt
Middleport First Baptist Church
Norris
Two Emergency Runs Are Made by Firemen
Two emergency calls were answered yesterday night. At 5 30 Laureville a man named Tarsapola was taken to Meigs General Hospital on a physician's advice. Soon after 8 p m the siren sounded for a call to the Meigs Gallia county line for Mrs Henry Carter. Mr and Mrs Bill J Shoun of Johnson City Tenn announce the birth of a daughter Aug 9 Barbara Jane the first grandchild of Frég J Gardner pastor of the Church of Church and Mrs Gardner. Other grandparents are Mr and Mrs Mat D Shoun Johnson City and Mrs Play Eaton Eaton Ohio.
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Middlerurt
Laureville
Tarsapola
Meigs General Hospital
Meigs-Gallia
Henry Carter
Middleport
Bill J. Shoun
Johnson City
Tenn
Barbara Jane
Geese clocked at 60 mph and record altitude 29000 feet
A historical note records geese flying with an airspeed of 60 miles per hour and an altitude record of 29 000 feet. The figures reflect measurements from early flight-era observations and indicate high endurance under natural migration conditions.
Middleport Church News Schedule and Sermons
Church notices list services for several local denominations. Church of Christ-Frew Gardner ministers Bible school at 9 20 a m and morning worship at 10 30 with The City of God. Evening service at 7 30 features The Blessedness of Trusting God. First Baptist Hoyt leads 9 15 church school and 10 15 morning worship with Tongue sermon and The Talebearer. Deacons meet after morning service. Heath Methodist Konkright leads 9 30 church school and 10 30 worship with The Early Church. First Presbyterian Ruppelt notes no worship this week.
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Church of Christ
Frew Gardner
Bible Schoo
Tfe
Heath Methodist
Raymon Konkright
Congressmen Visit Ohio Valley Area on Inspection Trip
Middleport businessmen O Ball and Clarence Laces hosted a reception and dinner for members of the House Public Works Committee in Huntington after arranging by the Ohio Valley Improvement Association and the Huntington Chamber of Commerce. The group, including Burnside, Davis, Blatnik, and Itschner, toured the Ohio River region to review need for modern locks and dams and flood control while noting local industrial growth. The study trip, starting in Washington, planned a Parkersburg lunch and Marietta visit before returning to Huntington for a 7:30 p.m. hotel reception. Local receipts, Meigs County retail sales tax weekly total, rose about 400 from last year to 4668.78.
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Middleport
Loca
Huntington
House Public Works Committee
O. Ball
Clarence Laces
Ohio Valley Improvement Association
Huntington Chamber of Commerce
Ohio Valley Industrial Council
Ball
Ohio River
M. G. Burnside
West Virginia
Clifford Davis
Tennessee
Flood Control Committee
John A. Blatnik
Minnesota
Public Works Committee
E. C. Itschner
Pittsburgh
Ohio Valley
Congressional
Washington
Parkersburg
Marietta
Pritchard
E. V. Rawn
Meigs County
Roger W. Tracy
Sales Tax Receipts Rise Compared With Last Year
A report from the chamber of commerce notes increased sales tax receipts versus the prior year. The council’s five bid for national recognition included a televised Today program segment in Huntington area scenes and plant interviews up the river at Philip Sporn facilities in Mason County, with congressmen engaging in the promotional project.
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Dleport Chamber of Commerce
Huntington
Philip Sporn
Mason Cou
Firefighters Respond To Blaze Amid Hasty Exit Incident
Last night at 8 15 p m a fire siren sent volunteers scrambling to the fire house. One firefighter rushing from a local restaurant crashed through a rear screen door but continued to the Mason Gallia line in the truck.
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Mason-Gallia
Harrisonville Man Enlists in Marines
James G. Cline, 17, of Harrisonville, has enlisted in the Marine Corps and reported to the Marine Corps Recruit Depot in San Diego for ten weeks of basic training. He attended Harrisonville High School and is the son of Mrs. Geneva Hattie Carsey.
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Pomeroy
James G. Cline
Harrisonville
Marine Corps
Marine Corps Recruit Depot
San Diego
Charles J. Martin
Cline
Harrisonville High School
Geneva Hattie Carsey
Who in the World Closed That Window
Middleport report on the Lyons building owned by Robert Coats notes a pigeon roosting on the third floor caused a window pane to crash after recent remodeling. Coats aimed to clear upstairs tenants and pigeons, offering a homeward pigeon theory for the incident.
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Middleport
Lyons
Robert Coats
Coats
Firemen's Fete Opens At Five Saturday Night
Middleport fire department sponsors an ice cream social at the village hall Saturday night open from 5 to 6. Donors may drop cakes and pies at the hall or call for delivery.
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Middleport
Water Works Discussion At City Council Meeting
A council session focused on waterworks with Edwin Hayman proposing a housing project near his Sand Road home and Shelton Hendricks seeking a new water line to his recently purchased house. Contractor Joe Bradford asked about laying water pipes along streets amid the discussion. RACINE-SK2 and Mrs. James Roush of Norfolk announce birth of daughter Constance Lynne August 2 at Portsmouth Naval Hospital. Barbara Sayre is mother.
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Council
Resent
Edwin Hayman
Shelton Hendricks
Joe Bradford
Racine
Sk2
James £. Roush
Norfolk, Va
Constance Lynne
Portsmouth Naval Hospital
Group Has Outing at Burlingham Camp
The Junior Modern Woodman of Burlingham Camp held a wiener roast at the home of Mr. and Mrs. George Ziegler with forty seven attendees. Babe Ruth set the all time 60 home run record in 1927 and won the American League home run title in ten other years, sharing it in one.
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Burlingham
Burlingham Camp
George Ziegler
Babe Ruth
Two New Teachers Hired In Middleport District
OMEROY R Gray executive administrator of the Eastern Local School district announced two new teachers for the district Robert Seibert from Virginia will be instrumental instructor replacing H Bernard Krinke who resigned for an administrative post at Chillicothe Elizabeth Lasley of Point Pleasant is hired as commercial teacher at Tup pers Plains High School In Middleport Ray Long a Middleport Pony League player dislocated a clavicle this week after colliding with another player while grounding a ball Roy a high school student and member of last year basketball team.
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Omeroy
R. R. Gray
E ‘Ern
Robert Seibert
Virginia
H. Bernard Krinke
Whe
Chillicothe
Elizabeth Lasley
Point Pleasant
Tuppers Plains
Middleport
Ray Long
Middleport Pony League
Roy
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Harry, Denman
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Gordon Clay
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Atlanta
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Henry Hinzman
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Louzetta
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Gallipolis
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Camp Lighthouse
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Middleport Church News
First Presbyterian
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Crosley
Bendix
Bendix Dryers
Allen Appliance
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Bendvue Theatre
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Gregory Peck
Jane Wyman
Phil Carey
Dorothy Patrick
George Montgomery
Fort TI
Mark Stevens
Felicia Farr
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Guy Madison
the Big Knife
Jack Palance
Rod Steiger
Ida Lupino
Wendell
Jean Hagen
Shelley Winters
Everett Sloane
Man IN the
Marisa Pavan
Temple
Jaguar Sabu
Matilon Indian
Iful South
Barton Machane
Ong
Nevada
Roy Rogers
Dale Evans
Trigger, the Horse
Gabby Hayes
Sons of the Pioneers
Birds and the Bees
George Gobel
Mitzi Gaynor
David Niven
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