Middleport Firemen Benefit Ice Cream Social
Middleport councilman L R Wiley a guitarist and vocalist will lead entertainment at a village hall ice cream social on Saturday at 5 30 p m The event aims to finance fire department projects and equipment with cakes pies and candy for sale and a community gathering praised as a local social outlet by residents and firemen.
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Middleport
Wayne Gibbons
David O. Jenkins
Robert McElhinny
Sidney T. Russell
Charles Murray
L. R. Wiley
Wiley
Pomeroy Reports Parking Meter Receipts
Police Chief Walter Wolfe announces last week’s parking meter receipts totaled 272 dollars. The report covers revenue for the past collection period and records are filed for city accounting.
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Pomeroy
Walter FE. Wolfe
Kathryn Hayman to Wed William Murray
Mr and Mrs Guy Hayman of Reedsville announce the engagement of their daughter Kathryn Louise to William Joseph Murray son of Mr and Mrs H L Murray of Coolville Route 3. Kathryn a 1953 Olive Orange High School graduate works for Bell Telephone Columbus. William a Carthage Troy High School graduate last June works at Hilltop Service Station Coolville. Wedding planned for the Christmas holidays with no definite date.
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Reedsville
Guy Hayman
Kathryn Louise
William Joseph Murray
H. L. Murray
Coolville
Miss Hayman
Olive Orange High School
Bell Telephone Co
Columbus
Murray
Carthage Troy
Hilltop
Meigs Group Approves Two Wells at Rocksprings Fairgrounds
Meigs County Commissioners authorize two new wells at the Rocksprings Fairgrounds for the Meigs County Agricultural Society. Approval includes purchasing pumps and piping with costs deducted from the next county appropriation. One well near the horse barn and grandstand, the other on the hill area. A 99 year lease for a township building is granted to Salisbury Township Board of Trustees. Several bills approved. Attendees included Harry W. Craig Dan Hartinger and Roy Proffitt.
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Salisbury Township Board of Trustees
Rocksprings Fairgrounds
Harry W. Craig
Dan Hartinger
Roy Proffitt
Life Saving Classes Held by Margaret Hoyt
Life saving instruction continues at the municipal pool under Margaret Hoyt as junior classes for 12 to 16 year olds meet three days a week. Attendance has dipped in August due to cooler weather, but many splashers have become proficient swimmers and divers this season.
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Middleport
Margaret Hoyt
Death of Ex-Resident Reported at Wellston
El don Grueser 47 of Wellston died after months of illness. He was the son of Mrs. Anna Grueser and the late Dave Grueser, formerly of Minersville, and is survived by his wife Madelyn, a daughter, his mother, and brother Harold of Wellston. Funeral services are set for 2 p.m. Thursday in Wellston. Mrs Canterbury and Mr and Mrs Wyatt Radford were in Wellston Tuesday for the death.
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Wellston
Canterbury
Wyatt Radford
Reading speeds for adults range from 250 to 350 wpm
The average adult reading rate typically falls between 250 and 350 words per minute. This range reflects common comprehension levels and skipping or skimming behaviors in everyday reading tasks.
Coin Collectors Aid Polio Drive In Meigs County
About 300 coin collectors were placed in Meigs County businesses for the March of Dimes drive. County chairman Mrs. Aaron Kelton urged donations, noting polio victim Regina photographed on the decors and warning the fund may exhaust while care for victims costs over ten thousand dollars per child annually.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Aaron Kelton
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
Pomeroy Boy Scout Troop 249
Charles Swatze
Regina
March of Dimes
Celebration Is Cancelled By Death
MIDDLEPORT residents learn there will be no Ladies Bible Class meeting this month at First Baptist Church. The event would have marked the birthday of the late Electa Hysell on August 18 with 95 candles on the cake. Mrs. Hysell died Tuesday at her home on Hysell Street. she was a 70 year member of the church and a 30 year Sunday school teacher.
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Middleport
1St Baptist Church
Electa Hysell
Company C
9Th
West Virginia Infantry
Substitute Minister Named for Federated Church
Eugene Thomas of Pomeroy will fill the Federated Church pulpit during Rev. Dale H. Ratliff’s vacation absence. He is a candidate for the ministry and Federated member who graduates with honors from Heidelberg College and will study at Eden Seminary. Thomas is listed in Who's Who in American Colleges.
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Pomeroy
Eugene Thomas
Federated Church
Dale H. Ratliff
Thomas
Heidelberg College
Tiffin
Ohio
Eden Seminary
St. Louis
Delegates Named for National DAV Convention in Miami Beach
Meigs Chapter 53 Disabled American Veterans elected delegates Monday night for the national convention in Miami Beach Florida August 15 to 21. Herman Warner John C Bacon B F Turner Harry Hoffman and Owen Watson named as delegates with Leonard Jewell Walter Kennedy Gordon Wolfe John Fisher and John D Thomas as alternates. Hoffman reported on the 33rd Ohio Department Convention held July 30 to August 1 in Columbus. Fourteen memberships were renewed. The auxiliary and DAV members met later for refreshments.
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Harry Hoffman
Ohio Department
Columbus
DAV
Board To Review Driver Applications Next Monday
The Meigs County Board of Education will meet at the courthouse to consider and issue certificates for bus drivers next Monday at 8 a m. The board adjourned Monday evening to await all applications.
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Board
Pomeroy
Meigs Cow
County Board of Education
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