Plans To Be Made For New Dance Club
Mr and Mrs John Hardy of Harrisonville announce a semi monthly square dance at the VFW Hall East Main St Saturday at 830 pm The Hardys have formed several dance clubs in the Bend area after promoting square dancing on western tours They aim to form a Callers Club and cooperative council of clubs and plan hospital visits and charity fund drives to expand square dancing to all age groups across the Bend region.
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Pomeroy
John Hardy
Harrisonville
VFW
East Main St
Hardys
Carbide Hunting and Fishing Club
South Charleston
W. Va
Blue Creek
Bend
Hardy
N Beaux
Mason
Gallipolis
Veterans
Chillicothe
Huntington
Partici
Meigs County 4-H Notes and Meetings Summary
Meigs County 4-H notes detail Flatwoods Girls 4-H Club meeting at Middleport Roadside Park with picnic dinner and activities. KMD Club met at Rosalie Story’s home with four members and five visitors. Plans include a cere fry at Darwin Park and a program for Grange. First Aid club plans winter meetings and an exhibit booth for Middleport Falls week in September.
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Flatwoods Girls 4-H
Middleport
KMD
Rosalie Story
Miss Story
Darwin Park
Meigs County
Forest
Morning Star
First Aid Club
Middleport Falls
Pomeroy Past Matrons Plan Family Picnic in Marietta
Pomeroy CBS Past Matrons and Patrons met at Mrs. Everett Tracy home. President Mrs. Harry Smith led a business session announcing a September 9 picnic at 1 p.m. in Marietta for past matrons patrons and families. Fourteen members and nine guests attended with refreshments served.
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Pomeroy
CBS
Everett Tracy
Harry Smith
Marietta
Freda Grueser
Minersville
Margaret Will
Lenora Hobstetter
Murl Bradfield
Sardis
Harry P. Smith
Asa Hoskins
C. E. Nease
Families Take Short Southern Ohio Trip
Mrs. Florence Smith and relatives toured southern Ohio visiting Lake Hope Jackson and Chillicothe. Kathryn Johnson and daughter Sue of Butternut Ave along with Mr and Mrs Lloyd Wright of Harrisonville were in Columbus Wednesday to attend the Ohio State Fair.
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Florence Smith
Carol Smith
Eugene
Roger
Thomas Willoughby
Ohio
Lake Hope
Jackson
Chillicothe
Kathryn Johnson
Sue
Butternut Ave
Lloyd Wright
Harrisonville
Columbus
Church News Of Pomeroy And Surrounding Churches
Local church notices list schedules for Federated, Christian Science, Free Methodist, Naomi Baptist, Rocksprings Methodist and Evangelical United Brethren services. Postponed fall choir program noted. Sunday school times, morning worship, and evening activities outlined.
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Federated Church
Harold E. Hess
Fred Blaetmar
Christian Science
Mulberry Ave
Christ Jesus
Miller Barton family reunion marks 51st anniversary
The Miller Barton annual family reunion at Vinton High School Auditorium observed its 51st anniversary with a basket dinner and a secretary’s report by Norma Lisle. Elmer Miller spoke for the Barton family as they marked the 50th and Miller family 51st anniversaries, with officers elected for the coming year. The gathering drew members from multiple towns including Huntington W Va and Rio Grande and ends with plans for next year at Rio Grande Community Hall.
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Syracuse
Presbyterian Church
Town Hall
O. G. McKin
Charleston
W. Va
Racine
McKinney
Miller-Barton
Vinton High School
Norma Lisle
Elmer Miller
Barton
Miller
Dale Miller
James Simms
Iva Miller
Carolyn Kay Ward
Richard Charles Ward
John Ward
R. L. Dillon
Columbus
Fred Merrett
William K. Miller
Kenny White
Ora McClain
J. C. Miller
Russell Williams
Keith Miller
Robbie Miller
Mamie Lasley
Mack Barton
Huntington
I. E. Miller
R. B. Carson
Middleport
Charles R. Powell, Jr
David F. Blackwood
Milton
Gertrude Chase
L. F. Miller
Athens
Mary Miller
Louise Miller
Rio Grande
John R. Johnson
Oakland
Calif
Jessie Russell
Pomeroy
Mabel Bailey
Frank Bailey
Mabel
Doris
Mary Ann
Ronnie
Harrisburg
Chad Welker
Ocoee
Fla
Clyde Miller
Ada Slack
New Plymouth Mine Inspected by U S Bureau of Mines
F E Hughes of the U S Bureau of Mines urged Tar Heel mine operations at Leper Coal Co New Plymouth to adopt permissible explosives and better ventilation. He recommended weekly gas and dust checks, protective clothing, electric cap lamps, and a ban on underground smoking. The mine employs four and yields 15 tons daily.
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Hughes
Meigs County Girls Show at Junior Fair
Rosemary Rose and Anna Jean Rose of Minersville earned B and C grades for holstein senior yearling cows at the Ohio State Junior Fair. Rosemary placed 15th and Anna Jean 23rd in the largest class of 37. Eleanor E. Well, also of Minersville, scored a C on twin Jersey Heifers in her first State Junior Fair showing.
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Pomeroy
Rosemary Rose
Anna Jean Rose
Norman Rose
Minersville
Rosemary
Anna Jean
Eleanor E. Well
Clyde Well
Eleanor
Local residents visit relatives across several states
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Woods and daughter Connie of Columbus visit with Mrs. Woods mother Mrs. Effie McClain. Mrs. Gary Carlin travels to Toledo with Mr. and Mrs. Olan Carpenter and son from Nelsonville. Jacksonville pair Charles Kennard visit William Brown. Mrs. Mattie Gabriel heads to Barberton. Don Barnhart and Donna Lee of Barberton stay with Mr. and Mrs. P. O. Mace. Roger Williams family from Indianapolis visit Williams parents. Ed Shingler and Lizzie Kennard visit Barberton residents. Edith Stump returns from Columbus. Sarah Johnston of Barberton visits local relatives. Leo Cox of Texas spends a week with Allison Cox’s family.
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Carbondale
Harry Woods
Connie
Columbus
Charles Kennard
Jacksonville
William Brown
Mattie Gabriel
Barberton
Don Barnhart
Donna Lee
Ed Shingler
Lizzie Lowry
Edith Stump
Sarah Johnston
Leo Cox
Texas
Middleport Church Services and Schedules
Local church listings show services across Middleport churches including Heath Methodist First Baptist First Presbyterian Church of Christ Mt Moriah Baptist Church of the Nazarene and Church of Christ in Christian Union with 9 30 am Sunday school and morning worship times 10 30 am Union services and midweek activities noted for several congregations. Listings name pastors superintendents and topics such as A Labor Day Message Whom Shall Ye Seek and Union services at specified times.
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Howard Ruppelt
First Presbyterian Church
First Presbyterian
James Buchanan
Church OF Christ
Wert Dean
William Greuser
the Baptist
Church OF the Nazarene
Paul Taylor
Lester Taylor
Church OF Christ IN Christian Union
Guy F. Sayre
Clerk Returns $250 From Yarn in Florida Store
Opal Holmes a 17 year old dime store clerk found $250 inside a ball of yarn on a shelf in Lakeland Florida. A receipt in the yarn tied to Mrs Bessie Morton of Tampa showed she had deposited the money for safekeeping and later returned the yarn for a refund. Store officials granted Holmes a day off for the discovery and turning in the funds.
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Lakeland
Fla
Opal Holmes
Bessie M. Morton
Tampa
Morton
Rutland Teachers Schedule Monday Meeting
Rutland High School principal Harry Bennett announced a Rutland teachers meeting for Monday. Bay High School will start at 8 45 a m with a half day of school on September 4.
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Rutland
Harry Bennett
Rutland High School
Rutland Een
Bay High
Monda Rution
Can
Minister's Raccoon Case Dismissed As Law Amended
Chester minister Clarence Boyer faced trial for possessing a raccoon without a permit but the case was dismissed after testimony showed a 1950 law change removed the 10 day permit window. The audience included local ministers and parishioners as Mayor Sidney Spencer ended the matter.
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Warren Sheets
John Halliday
Gallipolis
Boyer
Robert Howett
Spencer
Chester
Frank Vaughan Promoted to Corporal in Korea
Walter L. Vaughan of 124 Mulberry Ave informs that his son Frank A. Vaughan, serving in Korea, has been promoted to corporal. Frank was once connected with Kroger Produce and Downie Gross Clothing. Walter Vaughan, a Pomeroy mayoral candidate, had four sons who served in World War II.
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Pomeroy
Walter L. Vaughan
Mulberry Ave
Frank A. Vaughan
Korea
Frank Vaughan
Kroger
Downie Gross Clothing
Walter Vauban
Nephew Passes June State Bar Examinations
Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Roush announce that their nephew DeLloyd L. Roush of 116 E Torrence Rd Columbus passed the June state bar exam among 488 successful applicants. He is the eldest son of Dr. Lester L. Roush, a former Meigs Countian and noted for work in the Ohio Methodist Conference.
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Pomeroy
L. L. Roush
DeLloyd L. Roush
E. Torrence Rd
Columbus
Roush
Lester L. Roush
Meigs
Ohio Methodist Conference
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