Pomeroy Band Seniors Receive Award Pins
Thirteen Pomeroy High School seniors received award pins at the annual band banquet and dance in the junior high auditorium. Mrs. Marie Chapman presided, presenting pins to Bill Young Paula Sayre Sharon Young Roberta Hoover Sarah Weston Carolyn Edwards Dorothy Brown Ruth Ann Brothers Marvin Spencer Sandra Drake Linda Chapman Margaret Handley and Edwina Bell.
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Pomeroy
Marie Chapman
Bill Young
Paula Sayre
Sharon Young
Roberta Hoover
Sarah Weston
Carolyn Edwards
Dorothy Brown
Ruth Ann Brothers
Marvin Spencer
Sandra Drake
Linda Chapman
Margaret Handley
Edwina Bell
Charles S. Gibbs
James Lohse
Ohio highway bids sought for five Athens County bridge projects
Ohio Department of Highways invites sealed proposals for five bridge projects in Athens County on Route 144. Projects include sectional corrugated metal and concrete end wall structures with specified diameters and spans. Bids due December 13, 1960. prequalification required. $2,275 bid bond. plans on file. director to reject any bids.
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State OF Ohio Department OF Highways
Columbus
Ohio
State Highway Director of Ohio
Athens County
Rome Township
Highway Credit Examiner
Department of Industrial Relations
Department of Highways
E. S. Preston
Thanksgiving Visits Across Troy and Nearby Areas
Ester Metcalf of Troy spent Thanksgiving with Grace Welker and the Walter and Grace Brown households. Lester Metcalf visited Blanche Franklin in Athens on Thanksgiving. Vernon Wilfong of Ragan West Virginia and Olen Wilfong relatives visited Earl Wilfong and Olen Wilfong over the holiday weekend. Harry Richardson of Troy and Karl Justice with his Baltimore family joined Harley Cloud for the weekend. Bill Daft shared Thanksgiving dinner with Mason Kennedy. Ruth Kennedy visited grandson Mike Kennedy in Jackson.
Henderson Driver Cited After Route 17 Collision
Point Pleasant police cited Marvin Mayes 27 for no operator's license after a Sunday night crash on Route 17 1.9 miles south of Point Pleasant. He entered the highway from a side road and collided with Preston Anderson 50 of South Side driving toward Charleston. No injuries and property damage estimated at 700.
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Point Pleasant
Marvin Mayes
Henderson
Mayes
Charleston
Preston Anderson
South Side
Ceremonial Planned by Mary Shrine of Jerusalem
The Mary Shrine White Shrine of Jerusalem meets at 8 p.m. Friday at the IOOF Hall wearing formals. Members will participate in a ceremonial plan and conduct.
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Pomeroy
Mary Shrine
White Shrine of Jerusalem
IOOF
Christmas Dinners Planned for Middleport Church Groups
Middleport Church of Christ schedules multiple Christmas events. Homebuilders Class dinner and party 6:30 p.m. Tuesday. Philathea Society party Friday 7:30 p.m.. Loyal Pals visit Mrs Jenkinson for a party. Loyal Bereans party December 13 at 7:30 p.m.. Loyal Women's Class dinner December 15 at 6 p.m.. Children's program December 18 at 7 p.m.. candlelight service December 21 at 7 p.m.. Christmas morning services follow with evening services omitted, announced Rev. Fred I. Gardner.
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Middleport
Middleport Church of Christ
Philathea Society
Loyal Pals
Allen Jenkinson
Loyal Bereans
Fred I. Gardner
Pomeroy Personals and Local News Highlights
Pomeroy notices list Mr. and Mrs. E M Cale Jr and daughter in Key West where he trains as an electricians mate. Rollin Pullins undergoes emergency appendectomy in Lancaster Fairfield Hospital. Twilight Garden Club members travel to Point Pleasant for a silver tea and to New Haven for a flower show. Local residents visit Columbus for state conventions. Mrs Evelyn Locke and Gordon Caldwell attend.
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E. M. Cale Jr
Key West
Fla
Cale
Naval Air Station
Bay Point
Pomeroy
Rollin Beards
Rollin
Butch) Pullins
Raymond Pullins
Thurston
Lancaster Fairfield Hospital
Tri-City Sewers Hold Yule Party
Following the annual Christmas dinner at the Martin Restaurant members of the Tri City Sewing Club went to Mrs Hiram Fisher home for a Christmas party A gift exchange was held Attending besides Mrs Fisher were Mrs Russell Wilson Mrs Robert Rawlings Mrs Millard Wildermuth Miss Elizabeth Fick Miss Mary Virginia Reibel Mrs Robert Roberts Mrs Sidney Spencer Mrs Fred Leifheit and Mrs Bradford Maag
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Pomeroy
Martin Restaurant
Tri-City
Sewing Club
Hiram Fisher
Fisher
Russell Wilson
Robert Rawlings
Millard Wildermuth
Elizabeth Fick
Mary Virginia Reibel
Robert Roberts
Sidney Spencer
Fred Leifheit
Bradford Maag
Yale Party Planned
MIDDLEPORT The annual Christmas party and gift exchange of the Ladies Bible Class of the Middleport First Baptist Church will be held at 7:30 Tuesday evening at the home of Mrs L D Diles Beech Street.
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Middleport
Middleport First Baptist Church
L. D. Diles
Beech St
Oyster Supper Brings Three-F Club Together
Mr and Mrs Elmer Wickham hosted the Three F Club for an oyster supper at their home Saturday evening. They laid plans for a Christmas party to be held January 7.
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Elmer Wickham
Christmas party aids needy in Pomeroy
The Pomeroy Women's Christian Temperance Union holds its annual Christmas party at 7 30 p m Friday in the First Baptist Church Members should bring canned goods to help the needy at the gathering.
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Pomeroy
Pomeroy Women’s Christian Temperance Union
First Baptist Church
Middleport Church Board to Meet Tonight
The Middleport Church of Christ board will meet at 7 30 p m at the church this evening to discuss church matters.
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Middleport
Middleport Church of Christ
Garden Club Members Attend Silver Tea Event
Middleport Garden Club and Amateur Gardeners Club join Tu Ende We Garden Club for a silver tea at Mrs. Bartow Jones home Point Pleasant West Virginia. Delegates from Middleport include Garen Stansbury James Titus John Kincaid J F E Harley W H Juhling Frieda Faehnle E M Blake Bruce Lloyd Norman Humphrey Robert Coats Guy Reynolds O P Klein C E Blakeslee H J Russell Hallie Zerkle Nellie Zerkle Harrie Marie Smith Walter Harris Marcus Chambers David C Miller. After tea the group traveled to New Haven for a Nehaclima Garden Club flower show and an art exhibit by Ohio University instructor David S Driesbach with Meigs Countians Charlene Davis Nellie Zerkle John Donahue Ralph Welker Barbara Coates and Harold Lohse.
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Twilight Garden Club
Point Pleasant
W. Va
Barton Jones
New Haven
T. A. Hennessy
Phil Williamson
Jed Webster Sr
Gerald Wildermuth
Ethel Garland
Clara Garland
Middleport
Middleport Garden Club
Amateur Gardeners Club
Bartow Jones
W.va
Garen Stansbury
James Titus
John Kincaid
J. FE. Harley
W. H. Juhling
Frieda Faehnle
E. M. Blake
Bruce Lloyd
Norman Humphrey
Robert Coats
Guy Reynolds
O. P. Klein
C. E. Blakeslee
H. J. Russell
Hallie
Nehaclima Garden Club
David S. Driesbach
Ohio University
Meigs
PTA Women Basketball Game in Portland Saturday
The Portland and Racine PTAs hold a public women s basketball game at the Portland Grade School with coaches Maurice Lott and Hubert Price leading teams and Frances Foster and Ruth Tucker as captains. Portland players listed. Racine lineup not announced. Doors open 7 p m with a 8 p m game. refreshments sold to benefit both PTAs.
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Pomeroy
PTA
Portland
Racine
Bert Price
Maurice Lott
Racine Aggregation
Frances Foster
Ruth Tucker
Martha Lou Beegle
Jeanette Lawrence
Mit Fitch
Donna Ward
Alberta Gluesencamp
Phyllis Ritchie
Carolyn Price
Linda Ward
Frieda Middleswart
Leatha Profitt
Agnes Price
Riverview School
Hubert Price
Military Rites Planned for Herbert Glaze
Herbert Glaze 35 former resident died in Cincinnati Friday. Freeney-Bennett Post 128 American Legion orders military rites at Middleport Church of Christ with gathering at 1 15 p m Tuesday and funeral at 2 p m.
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Middleport
Herbert Glaze
Cincinnati
Freeney-Bennett Post
American Legion
Legion Hall
Middleport Church
Deer Hunter Returns Home With Two Big Bucks
Pomeroy resident Buck returned from a hunting trip in West Virginia and Maryland with two deer. He bagged a doe in West Virginia, then, with the limit reached, secured a 257-pound buck in Maryland.
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Pomeroy
West Virginia
Maryland
Buck
Sorority Beta Sigma Phi Plans Pledge Training Meeting
Middleport Ohio Eta Phi Chapter will meet at Heath Methodist Church at 7 30 p m Tuesday for training of new pledges. The business session follows at 8 15 p m.
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Middleport
Ohio
Eta Phi
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
Heath Methodist Church
Parsons Family Attends Funeral in Middleport
Middleport readers note a weekend visit by Mr. and Mrs. John Parsons and their son from Columbus to attend funeral services for Mrs. Wade Foster, staying with Mrs. Parsons' parents the Ralph Gilmore family. James Hawley Jr. of Walbridge was admitted to Saint Charles Hospital Toledo for medical treatment in room 256. Diana Stumbo of Parkersburg West Virginia visited her parents the Cliffords Stumbo. she attends Mountain State Business College. Mrs. Leon Everson of Wintersville visits her son and daughter-in-law William and Leon Everson.
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H. E. Boney
Joe
Joey Gilmore
Columbus
Lawrence Smith
Laurel Cliff
St. Joseph's Hospital
Parkersburg
W. Va
Evelyn Locke
Gordon Caldwell
John Parsons
James Hawley Jr
Walbridge
Saint Charles Hospital
Toledo
Diana Stumbo
Clifford Stumbo
Miss Stumbo
Mountain State Business College
Leon Everson
Wintersville
William Everson
A. R. Caster
Chester Spencer and Son
Hanna Caster
Albany
Moeller Addresses Dams and Inauguration Planning
Congressman Moeller spoke at a Sec ond Ward firehouse open house hosted by Meigs County Democratic women. He highlighted tax disparities in the 10th District, discussed Reedsville Belleville dam and planning for State Route 33, and urged residents to request inauguration invitations by December 31.
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Pomeroy
Walter H. Moeller
Second Ward
Meigs County
Moeller
10Th
United States
Reedsville
Belleville
Racine
Gallia County
Thanksgiving Gatherings From Dale Dye to Albany and Canton
Families from Carroll and surrounding towns share Thanksgiving meals across several homes. Attendees include Clyde Walker family Thurman and Chet Baumgardner children Coshocton, Alvin Dye family Albany, Frank Bobo entertained kin, and Gene Lambert Everett Welch plus many others from Pomeroy Circleville London Athens Canton Harrisonville Parkersburg and McConnelsville with social visits to Neelyville and a Grange Mutual event in Columbus.
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Carpenter
Rebecca Dye
Dale Dye
Clyde Walker
Thurman
Chet Baumgardner
Coshocton
Harriet Woodyard
Albany
Alvin Dye
Frank Bobo
Gene Lambert
Pomeroy
Everett Welch
Circleville
Clarice Stack
Wade E. Jeffers
London
Russell van Dyke
Athens
Leland Moore
Canton
T. L. Brookhart
Raymond Nelson
Ruth Starkey
Things In Threes Ask Tommy Hysell
Tommy Hysell son of Mr and Mrs Lyle Hysell of Harrisonville hopes the adage things happen in threes ends with him. He broke his left leg last June then suffered a head injury when a horse jumped at the Hysell home. Saturday evening he fractured his left arm playing basketball with the Harrisonville team.
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Pomeroy
Tommy Hysell
Lyle Hysell
Tommy
Hysell
Harrisonville
Point Pleasant Band Boosters Meet Tuesday Evening
Point Pleasant High School Band Boosters will gather Tuesday at 7 30 p m at the band building to discuss upcoming activities and support for the program.
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Point Pleasant
Small Girl Is Serious At Hospital In Holzer
Becky Fultz two year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Bernard Fultz is in serious condition at Holzer Hospital after a throat obstruction and convulsions. X rays show a coin lodged in the esophagus and possibly initially in the windpipe. No removal attempts yet due to swollen membranes.
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Middleport
Becky Fultz
Bernard Fultz
Holzer Hospital
Fultz
Marietta Man Loses Leg in Route 7 Crash
Earl E. Wills, 32, of Marietta, suffered a leg amputation after his station wagon careened from Route 7 two tenths of a mile below the Hob son crossing and struck a tree following a 200 foot slide. Sheriff’s office said the 2:35 a.m. crash damaged the embankment and vehicle.
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Pomeroy
Marietta
Robert Hartenbach
Earl E. Wills
Hobson Crossing
Harvester Class Plans To Sponsor Troop Of Brownies
The Happy Harvesters Class of Federated Church discussed sponsoring a Brownie Troop. They planned Christmas baskets for the county infirmary and a knife sale as a fundraiser. Mrs. Phil Meinhart presided, with carols, devotional, and readings by several members. The group held its annual Christmas dinner before the meeting in the guild room.
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Pomeroy
Happy Harvesters
Federated Church
Phil Meinhart
Louis Reibel
Max Meinhart
Roy Seyfried
Cooking Demonstration by Middleport Fire Auxiliary
The Auxiliary of the Middleport Volunteer Fire Department meets with guests at 7 30 p m Tuesday for a cooking demonstration hosted by the Ohio Fuel Gas Co. in Middleport.
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Middleport
Middleport Vol Fire Dept Sees Strong Help For Christmas Program
Middleport volunteer firefighters report excellent public response to their first Christmas fund drive. On Sunday they used several trucks to collect food and about 300 dollars in cash for the program aiding roughly 50 local families. A second pickup is planned to reach residents missed Sunday.
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Middleport
Can't Drive Until Grades Are Better
A Meigs County teen's driving license was suspended after a Juvenile Court hearing with Judge F H O'Brien. The student, who had three D's and one C, must raise grades to C or above for license restoration, and risk immediate revocation if the C average is not maintained.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
F. H. O’brien
O’brien
Boy Scout Fund Drive Extended in Middleport
The Middleport Boy Scout fund drive is extended for one more week with Clifford Stumbo as chairman. The Mothers Auxiliary of Troop 245 and local business establishments are soliciting contributions. No set goal, but organizers hope to surpass last year’s $260 total.
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Middleport
Mothers Auxiliary
Boy Scout
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Momma
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Fritz Buck
Ohio River
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Lawrence Huber
Phil Ohlinger
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H. E. Starkey
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