Meigs County Polio Cases Reach Seventeen This Year
Meigs County records seventeenth polio case bringing total to par with last year’s peak. Patricia Sten, 15 months, linked to the outbreak and treated at Holzer Hospital Gallipolis then moved to Children's Hospital Columbus. Eleven cases are in Rutland with others in Middleport Pomeroy Downington Letart Falls and Long Bottom.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Patricia Sten
Reli
Stephen
Long Meigs County
Holzer
Gallipolis
Children's Hospital
Columbus
Rutland
Middleport
Downington
Letart Falls
Long Bottom
Joe Foster Earns Mechanical Engineering Degree
Joe Foster, son of Mr and Mrs Edward Foster, received a mechanical engineering degree at the General Motors Institute in Flint Michigan on August 7. His parents and sister Sally attended the graduation and visited relatives in Akron on the return trip.
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Pomerqy
Joe Foster
Edward Foster
General Motors Institute
Flint
Mich
Foster
Sally
County Office Is Remodeled
POMEROY The offices of bounty auditor Perry A. Riggs have been renovated this week. New steel counters are plated in the office where the public transacts business. The counters hold 56 ledgers instead of 34, and the shelves improve appearance and efficiency. Formerly some ledgers were kept in the vault. Office furniture was rearranged to provide balance and a "new look."
Meigs General Hospital Notes Admits and Discharges
Mrs Elizabeth Jenkins Cheshire Route 2, Thomas Wells Harrisonville and Earl Bridgett Racine admitted. A daughter born to Mr and Mrs Joe Jenkins Cheshire Route 2. Discharged Norris Cunff and William Cunff.
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Elizabeth Jenkins
Cheshire
Thomas Wells
Harrisonville
Earl Bridgett
Racine
Joe Jenkins
Age Norris
William Cunff
Polio Group Sets Monday for Meeting
POMEROY The executive committee of the Meigs County Chapter of the National Infantile Paralysis Foundation will meet at 7 p m Monday in the office of O C Patherson the county superintendent of schools. Harry Bennett county chairman announced Saturday.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
National Infantile Paralysis Foundation
O. C. Patherson
Harry Bennett
Middleport Social Notes A Philothea Society Meeting Held
The Philothea Society of the Church of Christ met at Mrs. David Durst Sr Gravel Hill with assistant hostesses and several contributing members. A Bible verse quiz and readings were featured, new member Barbara Hug gins Jackson was welcomed, and fall winter projects and treasury plans were discussed. Homemade ice cream and cake were served.
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Middleport
Philothea Society
Church of Chris
David Durst
Gravel Hill
Len Childs
Minerva Childers
C. C. Chapman
O. L. Roush
Will Reuter
William Hetteseimer
Ernest Lallance
Minnie Gilmore
Mary B. Huggins Jackson
Barbara
Treasury
G. F. Bailey
Edward French
William Bradford
Lloyd Dilgard
Lallance
Mabel ‘Hysell
Reynolds
Bradford
Middleport personals note visits and local greetings
Middleport residents and visitors are listed with birthdays, travels, and hospital notes. Mr. Davis formerly of Davis Drug Store and now Rexall, Mrs. Davis formerly Helen Jackson, visit and guest details from Buckeye Lake to Columbus are reported alongside neighborhood conversations at Second Ave and St Mel.
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Fred Davis
Bryn’ S
Middleport
AL Reed
Davis
Davis Drug Store
Rexall
Helen Jackson
Wiliam Warner
Buckeye Lake
Jimmy
Sam Fick
Jessie Mirch
Edna Bartels
Kerri
Gene Bennett
Pauls Gene
Bennett
Columbus
Albert Bennett
Judy Chase
Rutland
Judson White
Second Ave
Ethel Price
At. Albans
W.va
Clifford Hayes
S. Servand Ave
Billy Taster
Ohi University
Imperial Electric Company
Albert Hawkins
University Hospital
H.C. Fowler
Ernie Fowler
Marysville
Howard "Byers
St. Mel
Mayme Rainey
Ft. Lauderdale
Fla
Arthur Covert
Michigan
Ohio
Chris Seyfried
Holzer Hospital
Harold Hubbard
Seyfried
Seyfried Bea
Geneva Joachim
K. M. Amisbury
S. Second Ave
Wayne Amsbury
Huntington
Amsburys
Lewis Sauers
Sylivia McMaster
Ladora
Tows
Fred Sisson
Glessie
Four Largest Western Rivers Flow Through Colorado
Four major western rivers rise in Colorado and flow outward the Platte Arkansas Rio Grande and Colorado. The note lists these rivers as the region’s top waterways revealing their shared origin and significance.
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West
Colorado
Platte, Arkansas
Rio Grande
The
Heath Methodist Church Resumes Services
Services have resumed at Heath Methodist Church with the Rev Lews A. Bangerter occupying the pulpit. His Sunday topic will be This Is Ye of Darkness, at 6 o clock in the evening.
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Middleport
Heath Methodist Church
Lews A. Bangerter
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