DAR Good Citizenship Tests Set This Week in Meigs County
Six Meigs County high schools select two senior girls each for the DAR Good Citizenship tests sponsored by the Return Jonathan Meigs Chapter. Top performers advance to state competition with six state winners receiving United States savings bonds.
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Middleport
Meigs County
Jonathan Meigs
The
Daughters of the American Revolution
Harold Sargent
United States Savings
Safety Awards To Be Made On Wednesday
Fifteen awards for work in the governor's safety program will be presented at 7 30 Wednesday evening at the county courthouse. Bill Childs says representatives from 14 communities and Sheriff Robert Hartenbach will receive awards, with Meigs County Farm Bureau Women’s Committee active in the safety check. An officer election for the local safety committee will be held during the meeting.
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Childs
Young Adult Class Has Turkey Dinner
Members of the Young Adult Class of the First Baptist Church and their families held a turkey dinner at the church. Mrs. Harold Lemley Mrs. Ward Gorby Mrs. Orval Files and Mrs. Guy Cowan led the event. A Christmas party was planned and women will meet December 7 to work on a quilt. Rev. Ralph C. Zundel led the devotional period.
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Pomeroy
First Baptist Church
Harold Lemley
Ward Gorby
Orval Files
Guy Cowan
Ralph C. Zundel
Clay Wright Injures Leg In Fall At Farm
89 year old Clay Wright fractured his leg in a fall at Webster Fruit Farm near Chester. He was taken to Mason Clinic by Racine Emergency Squad and later moved to Point Pleasant Clinic. The Racine squad also transported John McClaskey of Racine to Meigs General Hospital for treatment before returning home.
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Clay Wright
Pomeroy
Webster Fruit Farm
Chester
Mason Clinic
Racine
Point Pleasant
John McClaskey
Meigs General Hospital
Meigs County PTA Chorus Plans Thursday Rehearsal
The Meigs County PTA chorus will rehearse Thursday at 7 30 PM in the Pomeroy senior high auditorium. Parents teachers and other interested persons are invited to attend. The group is directed by Mrs Jane Russell of Bradbury.
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Middleport
Meigs County
PTA
Pomeroy Senior High
Jane Russell
Bradbury
Yule Lights Brighten Middleport Village Streets
Middleport street department workers under Louis Ellis begin decorating the village with colored lights as part of annual Christmas display. Lights planned to be turned on December 10.
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Middleport
Middleport Street Department
Louis Ellis
Rutland High School Senior Play Rehearsals Underway
Nightly rehearsals proceed for Rutland High School seniors as they prepare The Boarding House Reach. Directed by Mrs. Harold Sauer, the comedy centers on the Maxwell family with Herbie Grate as Wilbur Maxwell and James Cheadle as Hercules Nelson.
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Middleport
Rutland High School
Harold Sauer
Reach
Maxwell
Wilbur Maxwell
Herbie Grate
Hercules Nelson
James Cheadle
Wayne Roush
Pauline Gibson
Mrs. Maxwell
Marjorie Priddy
Dottie Lucas
Aunt Mary
Linda Haley
Irene Seales
Maxwell Girls
Tom Buck
Wanda Hackett
Stuart Brewer
Ruby Jacks
Fred Stewart
Eloise Musser
Alberta Hawkins
Tom Chaffin
Two Record Hops Planned by Middleport Club
A Middleport Senior Mothers Club committee met at the high school to plan two December record hops. The dances are set for December 5 and December 19 in the high school auditorium, with door prizes and dance contest prizes to be awarded. Attendees included Mrs. Wallace Bradford chairing, Mrs. Edward Evans, Mrs. James Buchanan, Mrs. Walter Bunce, and Mrs. Ernest Bowles.
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Middleport
Middleport Senior Mothers Club
Wallace Bradford
Edward Evans
James Buchanan
Walter Bunce
Ernest Bowles
Three Men Are Fined in Middleport Court
In Middleport Mayor C O Fisher court three men were fined five dollars plus costs for intoxication. Gene Bass of Middleport W F Gilmore of Pomeroy Route 1 and Walter Barrett of Middleport Route 1 faced penalties. Sherman Roberts of Pomeroy forfeited a twenty dollar bond for failing to appear on a stop sign charge.
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Middleport
C O. Fisher
Gene Bass
W. F. Gilmore
Pomeroy
Walter Barrett
Sherman Roberts
Celeste Ault Confined In Mason Clinic For Injury
Celeste Ault of Mason County is hospitalized in Mason Clinic Mason W V for treatment of a severely lacerated left hand after her hand went through a glass pane in a door. Her sister Merrie Christine Ault had a badly lacerated finger a week earlier in a cabinet door at the same home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Celeste Ault
William Ault
Mason Clinic
Mason
W. Va
Miss Ault
Merrie Christine Ault
Ault
Course To Resume Pomeroy First Aid Class
The next Red Cross first aid course taught by Howard Dailey will meet at 7 30 Thursday evening at Syracuse grade school instead of Wednesday because of a basketball schedule conflict.
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Pomeroy
Red Cross
Howard Dailey
Syracuse
Middleport fire department ladies auxiliary meeting
The ladies auxiliary of the Middleport Volunteer Fire Department will meet at 7 30 p.m. today at the home of Mrs Kenneth McElhinney.
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Middleport
Newlyweds Honored With Shower Gifts At Home
Mr. and Mrs. Larry O'Brien were honored as newlyweds at a miscellaneous shower hosted by Mrs. Clara Adams Mrs. Barbara Whitlock and Mrs. Doris Adams at the parents home Letart Falls. Pink and white decorations framed a table gifts games and prizes were awarded to several guests. Refreshments included pink iced cupcakes wedding bell topped cake ice cream tea coffee and mints. Attending were family and friends including the bride’s parents Rex and O’Brien and a long list of relatives and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Proffitt
Opal Zerkle
Barbara McNickle
Lowell McNickle
Ross Norris
Floyd Norris
Harold Byrd
Kathryn Powell
Frances
Kathryn Hunt
Rex O’brien
Nancy O’brien
Paul Eichinger
Paula
Jack Adams
Rod Grimm
Lizzie Sayre
Virginia Arnott
Ed Miller
Christie Powell
Margery Burri
Harold Roush
Nadine
Howard Robinson
Duane Barr
Lawrence Bush
Connie
Billy
Sandy Zerkle
Miller
Anna Ring
Heath Methodist Youth Plan Caroling Event
The Heath Methodist Church youth fellowship in Middleport met with Eric Champers presiding to arrange a December 20 candlelight service followed by community caroling and a social hour at the church. They will practice for caroling at the next meeting and host a guest speaker in two weeks.
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Middleport
the Heath Methodist Church
Eric Champers
Appeal Court Backs Judge On Meigs County Case
The district court of appeals upheld Judge John C. Bacon of the Meigs County Common Pleas Court in restoring a $28,000 suit against Raleigh Hetzer to active docket status. The former judge had kept the case off the docket, and Bacon recently ruled it should be reinstated.
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Pomeroy
District Court of Appeals
John C. Bacon
Meigs County Common Pleas Court
Raleigh Hetzer
Caled 7
Bacon
District Appeals Court
Three Pomeroy Men Slated For Physical Examinations
Three Meigs County men from Pomeroy, John W. Teaford, Thomas Edgar Smith, and Robert E. Eblin, will have pre induction physicals at Fort Hayes in December. There are no induction calls this month. The exams are set for December 8.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Selective Service Office
Fort Hayes
John W. Teaford
Thomas Edgar Smith
Robert E. Eblin
Selective Service
Meigs TB Drive Receives Over $1000 This Year
Meigs County Tuberculosis and Health Association reports total receipts of 1067.53 in the annual fund drive. Executive secretary Mrs. Muri Bradford notes current totals are about 100 under the amount recorded by this period last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Meigs County Tuberculosis and Health Association
Muri Bradford
Baptist ministers meet in Chesire session with area leaders
Ministers from Pomeroy Meigs County join the Rio Grande Baptist Association pastors in Chesire for a Monday meeting. Attendees include Rev. Arthur McCauley of Racine First Baptist Rev. Ralph Zandel of Pomeroy Rev. Warren Hulburt of Middleport and Mrs Zundel. Jack Fassett Ohio Baptist area missionary spoke at the session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Meigs County
Pastor’s Association of the Rio Grande Baptist Association
Cheshire
Arthur McCauley
Racine First
Dance Is Saturday MIDDLEPORT A
A hi fi dance party will be held in Rutland High School gymnasium Saturday evening under Red Devil Booster Club sponsorship. The Jays will run the record hop and dance contests with prizes for winners. Refreshments will be sold by the sponsor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Rutland High School
Red Devil Booster Club
Jays
Boosters Set Meeting for Pomeroy Band Plans
Pomeroy Band Boosters will meet tonight at 7 30 in the senior high school auditorium to set plans for a band party at 7 30 Saturday in the junior high school auditorium.
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Pomeroy
Nice Work YNN Finnegan Shines in Ice Capades Rise
A 17 year old from New York City, discovered by Ed Sullivan, joins Ice Capades as a soloist with understudies for female leads. She turned professional earlier this year, sacrificing an Olympic chance to tour with the show and develop a championship style.
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Ynn Finnegan
New York City
Ed Sullivan
Middleport Week End Guests Share Holiday Visits
Middleport residents hosted family and friends over Thanksgiving and a holiday weekend. Charles Sindle and family from Springfield visited his daughters Mrs. William Ault and Mrs. Gene Dodson, while others included guests from Charleston West Virginia Bethesda Maryland Columbus and Dayton.
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Charles Sindle
Charles
Springfield
William Ault
Gene Dodson
Herman Onlinger
Charlies Capehart
Charleston
W. Va
James R. Shields
Bethesda
R. C. Wise
John Scott
John Dailey
Russ Watson
H. D. Defenbacher
Columbus
Frieda Faehnle
Defenbacher
Miss Faehnle
H. B. Smith
Pomeroy
Raymon Konkright
John Lockwood
Bowersville
Eudell Konkright
A. A. Searberry
Sarah Stockman
Joan
North Fairfield
William S. Searberry
Dayton
William Stockman
Quarterly School Settlement for Meigs County
Meigs County schools receive the fourth quarterly settlement totaling 150 376.96 dollars. Local districts share includes Bedford 548.40 Columbia 2677.18 Eastern 32845.95 Northern 10993.56 Salisbury 18146.99 Southern 42784.61 and Western 37440.27 as reported to County Superintendent O. O. Patterson.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
O. 0. Patterson
Bedford
Columbia
Eastern
Northern
Salisbury
Southern
Western
Middleport Baptist Senior Choir Christmas Party
The Middleport First Baptist Church senior choir invites all for a Christmas party at 7:30 Thursday evening at the church.
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Middleport
Reverend Elwood Home From Holzer Hospital Visit
Rev. John Elwood has returned home after several days at Holzer Hospital. Bud Gleasen family spent a weekend in Newark visiting relatives. Don Ward and son from New Jersey visit Charles and family Ward. Hyatt Parsons and family visited Henry Perry in Parkersburg. Mary Baker returned to Steubenville after months with Albert and Paul Paynter.
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Portland
John Elwood
Holzer Hospital
Bud Gleasencamp
Newark
Don Ward
New Jersey
Charles Ward
Hyatt Parsons
Henry Perry
Parkersburg
Mary Baker
Steubenville
Albert Pay
Annual Election Of Church Officers Set
Middleport First Baptist Church will hold its annual election of church officers Wednesday after the 7:30 p m prayer meeting and Bible study. Pastor Rev Warren M Hulburt urges all members to attend. At 8:30 p m the Board of Christian Education will meet.
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Middleport
Church Class Plans Xmas Dinner and Party
Middleport First Baptist Church Golden Rule Class restages annual Christmas dinner and party on December 8. Dinner at Martin Restaurant at 6 30 p m followed by a gift exchange at the home of Mr and Mrs Kalad Hindy. Reservations to Mrs Hindy by Sunday.
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Middleport
POMEROY David Boney To Sing Messiah With Marietta Choir
David Boney son of Mr and Mrs H E Boney will sing in Marietta College choir during the holiday season as the group presents the cantata The Messiah. Boney is a petroleum engineering major at the college.
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Pomeroy
David Boney
H. E. Boney
Marietta College
Boney
Dewhurst suit against Ward Was dismissed in Meigs court
A money claim filed by Doris Dewhurst against James Ward Was in Meigs County Common Pleas Court was dismissed on Monday per court entry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Meigs County
Hocking Sub-District Elects Officers At Missionary Convention
Officers were elected at the Hocking Sub-District Missionary Convention held Sunday at Forest Run Baptist Church. New leadership includes Gladys Viney as vice president and Eleanor Preston as northern district secretary, with Pearl Scott southern district secretary and Bertha Hall treasurer. The event featured worship, reports, and a noon dinner, led by Rev. William Hall.
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Hocking
Pomeroy
Forest Run
Edith Luckadoo
Rutland First Baptist Church
Pearl Scott
Naomi Baptist Church
Lula Hapton
Naomi Church
Lajeanne
Jewel Price
Charlene
Charles Brown
Jeanette
Belinda
Lady Dawn
Jonathan Scott
Rosetta Richard
Girls Guild
Miss
Rendville First
Minnie Green
Callie Banks
Naomi
William Hall
Meetings Cancelled for Girl Scout Troops 163 and 221
Middleport reports that the regular weekly meetings of Girl Scout troops 163 and 221 are dispensed with in December. A Christmas party will be staged for the scouts on December 22 at Sunshine Cottage.
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Middleport
Sunshine Cottage
Dog Warning Issued Near Middleport Schools
Middleport mayor C O Fisher and police chief Herbert Gilkey warned residents to keep dogs tied near schools after two children were bitten on playgrounds Monday.
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Middleport
C. O. Fisher
Herbert Gilkey
Relatives Of Twelve Senators Revealed On Senate Payrolls
The Senate disclosed salaries showing relatives of twelve senators on its payrolls. Lyndon B. Johnson’s brother Sam H. Johnson earns 15633.36 yearly as a clerk to Sen. Pat McNamara. Other relatives include Joseph A. Bernier, brother-in-law of Margaret Chase Smith, and Charles A. Murray, son of James E. Murray, with annualized pay up to 16229.96. The list spans several senators from Georgia, Massachussets, Tenn., Kan., Neb., S.C. and Ky. This marks the first official lift of secrecy in a decade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Sam H. Johnson
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Joseph A. Bernier
Margaret Chase Smith R Main
Charles A. Murray
James E. Murray D
Mont
Richard B. Russell
Leverett Saltonstall
Mass
John J. Sparkman
Ala
Pomeroy Personal Notes From Holiday Weekends
Mrs. Mildred Gamblin and others were holiday guests of Mrs. Bess Enzenhower, with a Saturday gathering at Mr. and Mrs. Delmar Canaday. Paul Stewart is serving in the air force in San Antonio, and Stewart has long been a Pomeroy visitor. Mrs. Tracy Whaley and Mrs. Bud Wilson visited Parkersburg, while Mrs. Harold Johnson returned to Springfield after her mother Emma Leifheit's death. Irving Karr and Bill Childs were business visitors in Cincinnati today.
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Mildred Gamblin
Maynard Karnes
Edith Stewart
Bess Enzenhower
Delmar A. Canaday
Paul
Scotty) Stewart
Columbus
Air Force
San Antonio
Tex
Stewart
Pomeroy
Tracy Whaley
Bud Wilson
Parkersburg
Harold Johnson
Springfield
Emma Leifheit
Irving Karr
Bill Childs
Cincinnati
Meigs General Hospital Notes List Local Names
A hospital notes page lists residents and patients from Langsville Pomeroy Middleport Syracuse Racine and surrounding areas. Names include Mrs Margaret Johnson Mrs Laura Brown George Hobstetter E W DeWeese Harry Bahram Mary Bacon Roy Spencer Ronald Grady and others.
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George Hobstetter
Pomeroy
Richard Folden
Middleport
Laura Brown
E. W. DeWeese
Harry Bahram
Syracuse
Mary Bacon
Roy Spencer
Racine
Birth of third child announced by couple
Roger Theiss of Racine announces the birth of a daughter Barbara Anise at Holzer Hospital in Gallipolis on Nov. 23. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Paul Theiss of Portland Oregon and Mr. and Mrs. Roy Pearson of Letart Falls. Great grandparents are Mrs. Mae Pearson of Bashan and Fred Rousa of Letart Falls. Theiss couple also have two children Beth and Barry.
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Pomeroy
Roger Theiss
Racine
Barbara Anise
Holzer Hospital
Gallipolis
Paul Theiss
Portland
Ore
Roy Pearson
Letart Falls
Mae Pearson
Bashan
Fred Rousa
Theiss
Beth
Barry
Warning Light Installed at Nye Ave Intersection
An amber blinking warning light was installed Monday on Nye Avenue to alert motorists of the traffic signal at the Nye and East Main Street intersection. The council approved the light purchase for the street several weeks earlier.
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Pomeroy
Nye Ave
Nye and
E. Main
Council
Bazaar at Chester Church Set for Thursday Afternoon
The Chester WSCS of the Chester Methodist Church is hosting a bazaar Thursday at 1 p m. at the church. Items for sale include woven rag rugs aprons and baked goods.
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Chester
WSCS
Chester Young Married People to Host Turkey Dinner
The Young Married People class of Chester Methodist Church will serve a turkey dinner on December 3 from 5 to 8 PM. Proceeds support church activities and community outreach.
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Chester
Chester Methodist Church
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