Junior Fair Activities Close Meigs County Event at Rocksprings
The Meigs County 89th annual fair concluded junior activities at Rocksprings Fairgrounds with a packed grandstand morning program. A color guard led by Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts opened with the Juvenile Grange and 4-H groups, followed by an all blue ribbon clothing and dress show and awards for home economics, FFA and 4-H projects.
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Pomeroy
Rocksprings
Meigs County
Juvenile Grange
Racine
Norma Jean Robinson
Mary Lou Snodgrass
Rosalie Story
Gloria Swindell
Norma Gail Holliday
Carol Salser
Shirley Beegle
Janice Wolfe
Janice Riffie
Frances Evans
Joan Montgomery
Virginia Haskins
Janet Sue Heines
Rosalie Nelson
Mary Dye
Mary Jeffers
Betty Bryson
Barbara Sayre
Donna Holter
Imogene Barr
Joan Reed
Charlotte Murray
Anna Louise Murray
Sandra Kay Ingraham
Janet Carpenter
Patty Blakeslee
Deloris Krautter
Alice Fisher
Donna Burbridge
Rachael Burbridge
Janice Epple
Sharon Atkins
Anna King
Connie Carsey
Jessie Lambert
Doris Ann Wells
Carolyn Kay Sisson
Mary Kay Johnson
Racine F.H.A
Marlene Clark
Janet Neville
Shirley Radford
Mildred Stockton
Maxine Rumfield
Beulah Swartz
Betty Leonard
Donna Curtis
Marilyn Vickers
Janice Story
Betty Nelson
Theo Smith
Mary F. Vineyard
Marlene Torrence
Donna Bolin
Mary Grace Stobart
Marilyn
Carolyn Cleland
Phyllis van Meter
Shirley Powell
Wilma Henderson
Grace Hill
F.H.A. Girs
F.F.A
Joppa Girls 4-H Club
Church Notices from Pomeroy and Surrounding Parishes
Local church listings show multiple denominations with service times, pastors, and events. Highlights include First Baptist with sermon The Essentials of Real Religion and Women’s Missionary Society. Grace Episcopal parish picnic. Racine Methodist and Federated services. Sacred Heart mass times. and United Methodist guidance with youth camp at Lancaster.
Mrs Homer Glaze Jr Dies in California
Mrs Homer Glaze Jr 26 died unexpectedly in Chula Vista California Tuesday evening She is survived by her husband two sons Michael 4 and Larry 3 parents Mr and Mrs Stout of Fostoria and two brothers Funeral plans are not yet completed and the body will be brought to Fostoria
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Middleport
Homer Glaze
Chula Vista
Calif
N. Front and Walnut Sts
Michael
Larry
Malcolm Mees
New Brunswick
Pvt
Europe
Vic Hannahs
F. Second St
West Virginia
Kroger
Vincent Dabo
Jean Ellen
Columbus
Sgt. C. E. Clark
Korea
California
Evelyn Clark
C. FE. Blakeslee
Raymond Maxwell
Ellen
Manistee
Mick
Maxwells
Lincoln Heights
Maxwell
Alma Kitchen
Delores
Paul Werry
Bill
Howard
Bobby
Glacier National Park
Alberta
Canada
Reno
Nev
Salt Lake City
Utah
Denver, Colo
Fifth Daughter Born to Pomeroy Family
Mr and Mrs Pearl Ash of Minersville announce the birth of a daughter, Mary Lou, Wednesday morning at their home. This is their fifth child, all daughters. Grandmother on the maternal side is Mrs Ida Morrow of Minersville.
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Pomeroy
Pearl
Ash
Minersville
Mary Lou
Ida Morrow
Charleston Trip Made Middleport to Beckley Ball Game
A group travels from Charleston to Beckley West Virginia to play a ball game against a team from the city. The travelers include Charles Stanley Gene Ellis Gene Athey and Norman Yeanger who are Philippes employees.
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Charleston
Middleport
Beckley
W. Va
Philippes
Charles Stanley
Gene Ellis
Gene Athey
Norman Yeanger
Pomeroy Social Notes and Ewington Wedding Report
Pomeroy Social Notes report church group activities with WSCS meeting led by Mrs Nease and program by Mrs Tompkins highlighting a Lakeside course. Ewington wedding on Aug 6 unites Shirley Ann Taylor and Raymond Snyder with family and friends attending a reception. bride in blue taffeta carries red rose corsage.
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Ewington
Shirley Ann Taylor
Raymond Snyder
John Thompson
Carpenter
Gladys Snyder
Clarence Pelfrey
Leslie Taylor
Leslie Snyder
Fred Camp
George i. Shiffiet
Edward Kincaid
Ronald Kincaid
Isabel
Arnold Snyder
Office Hours Set for S S A Field Representative
Elliott P. Goslee, field representative of the Portsmouth Social Security Administration, will hold regular office hours at Pomeroy City Hall from 10 30 a m to 1 30 p m on Wednesday.
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Pomeroy
Elliott P. Goslee
Portsmouth
Damage Suits Seek $7000 Against R M Sherman
Meigs County Common Pleas Court records show two damage suits totaling about 7000 against R M Sherman by Mr and Mrs Chester Wells. Mr Wells seeks 4450 for injuries from a January 5 1952 accident near the Pomeroy Mason bridge due to defendant's vehicle negligence. Mrs Wells seeks 2500 for injuries in the same crash. A separate suit has Marie Napper seeking a divorce from Wilbur Napper on grounds of gross neglect and extreme cruelty.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Marie Napper
Wilbur Napper
Homecoming Program Planned at Portland
Portland hosts Labor Day homecoming with residents and alumni attending. The event features speakers music games and food.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Jap Vets Making Okinawa Home Report
In Okinawa 164 former Japanese army troops have settled among locals and built homes on the island now a major American base. Asao Wataguchi says survivors seek war pensions and disposal of war dead remains. Also, Charles Scott, injured in a mine accident, has returned home to Middleport after hospitalization.
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Tokyo
Okinawa
Middleport
Charles Scott
Fairs Were Rowdy in Meigs County Forty Years Ago
Pearl Graves recalls Meigs County fair days in the early 1900s noting a single fist fight after another during his first visit. He says about 14 fights occurred that afternoon, contrasting with today’s much quieter fair with higher attendance and fewer incidents, according to law enforcement.
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Middleport
Meigs County
Pearl Graves
Pearl St
Graves
Bob” Beeson
Third St
Ex Residents in Pike County Face Property Condemnation
Ex residents in the Pike County area near Piketon are among 110 property owners to be notified of condemnation for a new atomic plant site. Anna M. Duffield owns 200 acres near Piketon and other parcels including a five acre Lake White tract. Duffield’s son Myron, recently in Biloxi radar school, is visiting family before heading to Cheyenne for teletype training.
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Middleport
Pike County
Anna M. Duffield
Anna Margaret Burchett
Duffields
Piketon
Lake White
Pfe Myron Duffield
Biloxi
Miss
Jacob Burchett
Jacob Schafer
Duffield
Cheyenne
Wyo
Squadmen Are Busy In Middleport And Pomeroy
Middleport emergency squad rushed to Rocksprings Fairground when Carrie Henshaw of lower Pearl Street suffered a stroke. The Pomeroy squad stood by as Middleport arrived, with Chief Russell Bailey aiding at the Henshaw home. Mrs Henshaw was later taken to Mason Clinic by the Pomeroy squad.
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Middleport
Pomeroy
Rocksprings Fairground
Carrie Henshaw
Lower Pearl St
Henshaw
Fairgrounds
Slate Fall Injures One at Cornett Ward Mine
James Marsee of Hitchinson Kentucky was injured in a slate fall at the Cornett Ward mine on Storys Run and transported to Meigs General Hospital. Doctors reported fractures to the right upper leg and ribs, facial and hip lacerations, and multiple contusions. He resided with Bradley Sammons on Storys Run.
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Middleport
James Marsee
Kentucky
Hitchinson
Meigs General Hospital
Cornett-Ward
Storys
Emergency Services At Meigs County Fair
Pomeroy and Middleport Emergency squads operate in coop to assure service during the Meigs County Fair. Under a cooperative plan, one squad and truck cover the grounds each day on alternating days. Emergencies in the villages are handled by the squad not on duty at the fair.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Pomeroy and
Middleport
Young Glaze Brother Ill With Rheumatic Fever
George Glaze age 12, youngest son of Mr and Mrs Homer Glaze of Middleport, is ill with rheumatic fever and will be bedfast for about six weeks per his physician’s orders.
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Middleport
George Glaze
Homer Glaze
Abduction Story Told By Woman 17 in Ohio Incident
A 17-year-old Logan woman says she was kidnapped on August 13 and assaulted before escaping near a Logan hotel. She described two unidentified men in a light gray car who abducted her, with the group stopping in Athens for a meal before reaching Middleport where she fled to a service station and notified police.
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Middleport
Logan
I. R. Neal
Neal
Athens
Jack
Middleport Garden Club Hosts Fall Flower Show Planning
Four Middleport Garden Club members attended a picnic and flower workshop by the New Haven Garden Club at the Community Hall. Inclement weather moved plans from New Haven Roadside Park. The group announced a Fall Flower Show for Sept 20 titled All Through the Day With Flowers, with Mrs. Philip Wolpert as general chairman and two arrangements per member planned.
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Middleport
Middleport Garden Club
New Haven Garden Club
New Haven
James Titus
Ohio Association of Garden Clubs
Garen Stansbury
Robert Coats
O. P. Klein
Philip Wolpert
W. R. Proffitt
N. P. Swackhammer
J. L. Stewart
P. M. Club Hosts Dinner and Prizes in Mill Street Home
Mrs Howard Byers entertained the P. M. Club at her Mill Street home with Mrs D L Beck assisting. Prizes went to Mrs Walter Crooks Mrs Frank Wilson Mrs Ralph Welker Mrs Charles Murray Mrs Anderson and Mrs James Pullen. Mrs Beck led a brief meeting and announced the next gathering would be at Mrs Welker's home. A salad course was served with Donna Wells assisting the hostesses.
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Middleport
Howard Byers
Mill St
D. L. Beck
Walter Crooks
Frank Wilson
Ralph Welker
Charles Murray
Anderson
James Pullen
Beck
Welker
Donna Wells
Past Matrons of Evangeline Star Head to Long Bottom Picnic
Middleport notes the Past Matrons of Evangeline Chapter Order of Eastern Star leaving for Mrs. Max Harrah’s country home in Long Bottom at 4 p.m. for their annual picnic.
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Middleport
Evangeline Chapter Order of Eastern Star
Max Harrah
Long Bottom
Bryan family returns from 8000 mile Oregon trip
Mr and Mrs Lewis Koehler Jr and daughters Carol and Nancy of Bryan Ohio visited the former's parents Mr and Mrs Lewis Koehler after an 8000 mile journey to Oregon. Koehler is an assistant coach and teacher at Bryan High School.
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Lewis Koehler
Carol
Nancy
Bryan
Ohio
Oregon
Koehler
Bryan High School
Lillian McGhee
Frank Bruestle
Point Pleasant
Gene Ellis
Danny
Zanesville
Victor Grim
Canton
Robert Seevers
John Buchanan
Ohio University
Christinia Majoweski
Charles Murray
Daughter Is Born In Meigs General Hospital
A nine pound daughter named Marsha Faith was born to Mrs. Clarence Stewart at Meigs General Hospital on Thursday morning. The baby's father had died several months earlier.
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Middleport
Marsha Faith
Clarence Stewart
Meigs General Hospital
State Patrol To Inspect County S School Vehicles
Meigs County will have a State Highway Patrol inspection of all school vehicles on Sept 2 3 and 4. O O Patterson the county schools superintendent announced that districts will inspect buses at specified schools with required documents and prep steps to speed the line.
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State Patrol
Pomeroy
Meigs County
State Highway Patrol
O. O. Patterson
Racine
Columbia
Rutland
Central
Olive-Orange
Chester
Bedford and Salisbury
Rocksprings
Gallipolis
Fourteenth Session Highlights At Providence Missionary Baptist
The 118th annual Providence Missionary Baptist Association session closes with church school at 9 30 a m music by district choirs directed by Mrs Ethel Riley of Glouster and an 11 a m sermon by Rev H O Mason executive secretary of OBGA Columbus.
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MT. Moriah
Nyle D. Borden
Providence Missionary Baptist Association
Church School
Ethel Riley
Glouster
H. O. Mason
OBGA
Columbus
Riley
C. H. Crabl
Cleveland
Church OF the Nazarene
Robert Styers
Young People’s Meeting
Church Men Take Charge at Federated Church
Rutland The Men s Brotherhood will lead the Sunday morning worship at the Federated Church with Glenroy Ewing delivering a sermon titled With All Thine Heart Last week the Women s Guild led the service guest speaker Mrs L J Heiner spoke on In All Things Thee To See and church music was provided by Mrs Ben Neutzling and Mrs Marvin Burt Assisting were Mrs Louis Reibel Mrs John Lawrence Miss Elizabeth Fick and Mrs Pearl Mora who also helped collect the offering with Mrs Phil Globackar Mrs James Clatworthy Mrs Leonard Jewell and Mrs Corliss Jacobs
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Rutland
Men's Brotherhood
Federated Church
Glenroy Ewing
Women’s Guild
L. J. Heiner
Guild
Ben Neutzling
Marvin Burt
Louis Reibel
John Lawrence
Elizabeth Fick
Pearl Mora
Phil Globackar
James Clatworthy
Leonard Jewell
Corliss Jacobs
Youth Group Is Organized in Nazarene Church
The Middleport Young People's Society of the Church of the Nazarene has formed under Rev. Robert Styers with Dorothy Styers as president Faye Bolin as vice president Helen Bolin as secretary and Bert Babble as treasurer The Rev M Styers will lead a Jackson Zone meeting in Gallipolis on August 25 with Dr R Wayne Gardner and the Ambassador Quartet from Oliver Nazarene College Illinois slated to perform A local group will accompany the pastor to the zone gathering.
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Middleport
Young People’s Society
Church of the Nazarene
Robert Styers
Dorothy Styers
Broadway
Faye Bolin
E. Pine Grove
Helen Bolin
Bert Babble
Vine St
M. Styers
Jackson Zone
The
Gallipolis
R. Wayne Gardner
Oliver Nazarene College
Illinois
Mr. Styers
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Pomeroy Girl Scouts
Pomeroy Scout Troop 249
Racine Scouts
Harrisonville Boys Honor
Syracuse Girls
K.M.D
Bedford Mixers
Harrisonville
Bedford Thimble
Eagle Ridge Hustlers
Chester Sew and So
Langsville Boys Club
James Carahan
Fred Stanley
Phylllis van Meter
Kroger’s
A. and P
Farmers Bank and Savings
Better Livestock Club
Ruth Ann Carson
Jersey
Joyce Carson
Anna Jean Rose
John Rice
Jeanette Omas
Earl Stevens
Rice
Miss Thomas
Miss Roush
K. D. Williams
Charles Stephenson
Audel Roberts
Robert Williams
Don Guthrie
Jennings Beegle
Joe Blankenship
L. F. Rogers
Leslie Rayborn
Eugene Steinmetz
Lois Williams
Lee
Silver Dude
Lyle Hysell
Sarah
Hillis Pinkerman
Vern Weeks
W. Barrett
C. Might
George
Gerald Guthrie
Robert Webb
Earl Poston
George Guthrie
M. L. Shoemaker
Gerald
Jordan Guthrie
Leonard Cremeans
Sam Jeffers
Ralph Guthrie
Joe Scarpello
Marvin Mercer
Scarpello
WLW
Nelsonville
Child's School
Oxfords
Church News of
First Baptist
R. H. DeMott
Women's Missionary Society
Workers’ Conference
Christian Science
Charles R. Speer
Speer
Young Peoples Group
Harold F. Hess
Women's Guild
Church OF God
Main St
N. W. Jenks
Sacred Heart
Church OF Christ
Donald Seevers
Free Methodist
Harry Bates
Laurel Cliff
Young Peoples Meeting
Hysell Run
Naomi Baptist
H. FE. Harris
BYPU
Rutland Church OF the Nazarene
Lyndon A. Walls
Young Peoples
ST. Paul's Lutheran
L. M. Mohrhoff
Ernest Thomas
Robert E. Linter
A.m
Syracuse
Bethel
Salem Center
Forest Run
Baptist
Baptist Young Peoples’ Union
Rock Springs
Homer Glaze, Jr
Pomeroy Social Notes
Pomeroy Personals
AEC
Middleport Social Notes
Widdleport Personals
Mill Street
Middleport, Ohio
Middleport Churches
Heath Methodist
Louis A. Bangerter
Claremont
F. Hoyt
John Devol, Jr
First Presbyterian
Westminster Society
Liberty
Theatre
Voice of the Theatre
Whip Wilson
Fuzzy Knight
Phyllis Coats
Black Hills
Johnny Mack Brown
Jimmy Ellison
Robert Taylor
Paula Raymond
Johnny Sheffield
Tike Faeewiva
Free Bridge
Eroyd
Randolph Scott
Joan Leslie
Jane Russell
Victor Mature
Las Vegas
Bud Abbott
Lou Costello
Buck Privates
Rex Allen
Silver City
OUR Gang Kids
Gordon MacRae
Eddie Bracken
Howard Duff
Mona Freeman
Lady From
Texas
the Friendly Bank
Federal Reserve System
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
Pomeroy Bend
Meigs
Pecos River
Charles Starrett Smiley Burnette
Jon Hall
Christine Larson
Silverheels —Sun
Mon
Jean Peters
Temple Middleport
Rod Cameron
Adele Mara
Adrian Booth
Chil Willi
Dim Davis
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