Rutland High honors 58 on six weeks honor roll
Fifty eight Rutland High School students earned honor roll status by having grades B or higher in all subjects. Seniors on the list include Latischia Gates Barbara Welsh Beverly Forbes John Grate Nancy Lambert Cheryl Long Jane Lucas Mike Matson Charlotte Rupe Robert Thomas Jean Tillis Randy Vance James White Linda Davis and Sandra Dean. Juniors seniors listed with all A s include Dennis Weber Barbara Williams Debbie Smith Kathy Thomas Debbie Turner Charles Scott Darlene Smith Ernie Smith Roger Alkire Sabra Canaday Roger Davis Mary Flocecari Glenda Johnson and Sherry Matson. Sophomores Charlayne Davis all A s Gene Grate Karen Haynes Diane Holliday Larry Montgomery Ronnie Gorby Gloria Thompson Allen Wilson Ronnie Young Donna Eads Janet Davis Phyllis Davidson Billie Carter and Alan Blackwood. Freshmen Harry Slanter Harold Burke and Dianne McDaniel all A s including Dean Weber Janice Smith Pat Kennedy Sharon McCune Sandy Miller Joseph Myers Janice Priddy Steve Brogan Diane Davis Fred Davis Rodney Davis and Stephen Donohue. The honor roll plaque went to Miss Sally Schaaf s homeroom for the highest percentage of students on the honor roll.
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Rutland
Rutland High School
Latischia Gates
Barbara Welsh
Beverly Forbes
John Grate
Nancy Lambert
Cheryl Long
Jane Lucas
Mike Matson
Charlotte Rupe
Robert Thomas
Jean Tillis
Randy Vance
James White
Linda Davis
Sandra Dean
Dennis Weber
Barbara Williams
Debbie Smith
Kathy Thomas
Debbie Turner
Charles Scott
Darlene Smith
Ernie Smith
Roger Alkire
Sabra Canaday
Roger Davis
Mary Flocecari
Glenda Johnson
Sherry Matson
Charlayne Davis
All A’s
Gene Grate
Karen Haynes
Diane Holliday
Larry Montgomery
Ronnie Gorby
Gloria Thompson
Allen Wilson
Ronnie Young
Donna Eads
Janet Davis
Phyllis Davidson
Billie Carter
Alan Blackwood
Harry Slanter
Harold Burke
Dianne Mc
Retired-Ready Sgt Cleo Kerns Frozen In Service
Sgt 1 C Cleo Kerns plans to retire in spring but is kept on active duty for diesel engineer training deemed vital after 20 years of service. He and his wife live in Columbus Georgia with two daughters Judy now employed as a beautician after training. The family moved to Cincinnati after Fort Myers and Florida postings. Mrs Harri son, Jeffrey and Doris visited with Mr and Mrs Herman Bailey.
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Cleo Kerns
Kerns
Columbus
Judy
Cincinnati
Fort Myers
Fila
Harrison
Jeffrey
Doris
Herman Bailey
Martha Slater crafts silver bell door decoration
Martha Slater creates a holiday door accent by painting a flower pot silver, adding glitter, and using a sycamore ball as a clapper. She mounts the bell on an evergreen wreath for a festive front door decoration.
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Martha Slater
Martha
Harrison Family Relates News of Five-Week-Old Son
Mr and Mrs Harold Harrison announce the birth of their five week old son Jeffrey. The couple also have a son Douglas in college in Oklahoma and a daughter Doris who graduated from high school last spring. Harrison has recently been
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Harold Harrison
Mary Jean Bailey
Jeffrey
Douglas
Oklahoma
Doris
Harrison
Community Christmas Concert Set for Sunday Evening
Final rehearsals are under way for a Middleport community Christmas concert to be held Sunday at 8 p.m. in the high school auditorium. About 75 singers from local church choirs join the high school band and a mixed vocal ensemble, with William Russell directing assisted by Mrs. Clarence Lacey. Sunday services at many churches will be cancelled. Music is provided by the Middleport Ministerial Association.
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Middleport High School
Middleport
William Russell
Clarence Lacey
Middleport Ministerial Association
Meigs County groups plan highway beautification sites
December 19 meeting notes show Yale Rite scheduled for the Meigs County Development Group. Garden club members seek federal funds up to 80 percent to beautify 14 sites including Arnold’s Mountain and Horner Hill, plus cemetery entrances and dump sites.
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Meigs County
Garden Club
Lady Bird Johnson
Arnold’s Mountain
Raymond Arnold
Scipio Road
Horner
Veterans Memorial Hospital Notes Admitted
James Massey Middleport Barbara Neff Alexandria Va Brady Sayre Racine Bertha McKenzie Pomeroy Gregg McCarthy Chester Wilma Blake Clifton W Va Selah Greer Syracuse discharged Jean Hayman Francis Forbes
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James Massey
Middleport
Barbara Neff
Alexandria
Brady Sayre
Racine
Bertha McKenzie
Pomeroy
Gregg McCarthy
Chester
Wilma Blake
Clifton
W. Va
Selah Greer
Syracuse
Jean Hayman
Francis Forbes
Grace Episcopal Church Women to Meet in Middleport
Mrs. Harry S. Moore will host a Grace Episcopal Church women’s meeting at her S Third Ave home in Middleport on December 16.
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Middleport
Harry S. Moore
Church Women of Grace Episcopal Church
S. Third Ave
Jitney Supper Planned at Salisbury Elementary
A jitney supper is set for 5 30 p m Saturday at Salisbury Elementary School with proceeds likely benefiting the local community.
Theodorus Officers Selected for Pomeroy Daughters of America
Theodorus Council of the Daughters of America met at the IOOF Hall in Pomeroy and elected officers Dean Barnitz as councilor Carrie Meinhart as vice councilor Nettie Hayes as associate vice councilor Cora Beegle as conductor Lottie Cohen as warden Winona Cook as inside sentinel Marie Hauck as outside sentinel and trustee Marguerite Durst remained hospitalized at Holzer Hospital A greeting from state councilor Bessie Shoat was read. Margaret Seidenabel reported on the district deputy club Christmas meeting and said a district past councilors association will be formed in Pomeroy on January 9.
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Pomeroy
Theodorus Council
Daughters of America
IOOF
Dean Barnitz
Carrie Meinhart
Nettie Hayes
Cora Beegle
Lottie Cohen
Winona Cook
Inside Sentinel
Marie Hauck
Outside Sentinel
Marguerite Durst
Holzer Hospital
Bessie Shoat
Margaret Seidenabel
Rutland elects High School Officers
Rutland High School voters elected officers for all classes. Senior class officers include Randy Vance as president and Cheryl Long as vice president with Beverly Forbes secretary and Jane Lucas treasurer. Junior officers are Barbara Williams president, Allan Gibson vice president, Darlene Smith secretary and Betty Clark treasurer.
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Middleport
Rutland High School
Randy Vance
Cheryl Long
Beverly Forbes
Jane Lucas
Barbara Williams
Allan Gibson
Darlene Smith
Betty Clark
Joyce Clench
Ronnie Gorby
Mary Hall
Pat Kennedy
Elbert Williams
Harold Burke
Driver Cited After Crash on Route 7 Near Meigs County
State Highway Patrol reports a rear end collision on Route 7 near the Meigs Gallia line. George Moody, 42, Cheshire Route 1, struck Lionel Gilmore, 24, Cheshire Route 2, who was stopped to turn left. Moody cited for assured clear distance.
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Pomeroy
Meigs
Meigs-Gallia Line
State Highway Patrol
George Moody
Cheshire
Lionel Gilmore
Gilmore
Moody
Land Transfers Across Salisbury and Lebanon Townships
Property transfers include James B. and Roberta O'Brien to the State of Ohio for 3.94 acres in Salisbury Two. Several transfers in Lebanon Two involve Ira and William Roush to John M. Wells Jr. and Hobart C. Wells to John Wells Jr. Also listed are transfers from Edna E. Carleton estate in Salisbury Letart Twp to Wingett heirs, and multiple transfers in Scipio Two Chester Two and Bedford Two with other parties.
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James B. O’brien
Roberta C. O’brien
State of Ohio
Salisbury
Ira M. Roush
William E. Roush
John M. Wells
Lebanon
Hobart C
Inez Wells
Pomeroy
Syracuse
Louise E. Burbridge
Ancil H. Burbridge
Scipio
Mildred Johnson
Carroll W. Johnson
Chester
Jack Ward
Jo Ann Ward
Ralph C. Gilmore
Fern Gilmore
Eugene Smith
Marjorie Smith
Bedford
Robert F. Hysell
Clyde Hysell
Rose M Ha
Bookmobile Sets Circulation Record in Meigs County
The Meigs County Bookmobile completed November service rounds with a new circulation high since the initial July run. In 12 days on the road it circulated 9623 books across 26 school and 1 community stop, averaging 800 per day.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County Bookmobile
Meigs General Hospital Note Names Listed
Meigs General Hospital lists names including Gertrude Gilkey from Pomeroy Helen Turner of Harrisonville Vickie Reynolds of Pt Pleasant Dora Roush of West Virginia and others. The reader is shown a roster of patients or staff associated with the hospital.
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Gertrude Gilkey
Pomeroy
Helen Turner
Harrisonville
Vickie Reynolds
Pt. Pleasant
W. Va
Canadian visitors delight Meigs County couple
Mr and Mrs Thomas Hayman welcomed two nieces from Grand Prairie Alberta Canada Mrs Iva Jervis and Mrs Nora Dodd daughter of Mrs Lilly Morgan a Hayman sister who taught grade school in Meigs County. The couple enjoyed hearing about wheat and turkey farms from the bookmobile which operates without charge for books.
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Thomas Hayman
Mr. Hayman
Grand Praiie Alberta
Canada
Iva Jervis
Nora Dodd
Lilly Morgan
Hayman
Meigs County
Ohio State selects Titus for Honors History program
Frank Allen Titus of Lincoln Hill Road was chosen by a Ohio State University professor to attend an Honors History Program for the next quarter. The program is part of the College of Arts and Sciences at the university.
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Frank Allen Titus
Frank E. Titus
Lincoln Hill Rd
Ohio State University
College of Arts and Science
Ohio State
Meigs County Bookmobile Service Expands Volume Selection
The Meigs County Bookmobile Service now offers multiple novels including Funeral in Berlin by Len Deighton Herzog by Saul Bellow a National Book Award winner Convention by Fletcher Knebel and Charles W Bailey II Those Who Love by Irving Stone Francis Ames That Callahan Spunk Sarkhan by William J Lederer and Eugene Burdick. This varied collection appealing to readers with diverse tastes.
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Meigs County
Berlin
Len Deighton
Suits Filed in Meigs County Then Drownings Reported
Pomeroy suit for 2139.65 brought by Economy Savings and Loan Co. against Thurston Stone Jr and Phyllis Stone. Frederick M. Tuttle of Minersville seeks divorce from Joan Tuttle on grounds of gross neglect of duty. Yieldmer Feeds Inc. suit against Linda Morris and Sybil Mae Rifle suit against Robert Lee Riffle were dismissed.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Cuba Jazz Goes On At Havana Palace Of Fine Arts
In Havana a One Palace of Fine Arts program showcased American jazz. A lively trio performed standards including Irving Berlin’s I’ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm, Richard Rodgers’ Where or When, Jerome Kern’s All the Things You Are, and Cole Porter’s Easy to Love.
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Havana
Cuba
One Palace of Fine Arts
Irving Berlin
Richard Rodgers
Jerome Kern
Cole Porter
Sheriff Lidts Activities In Meigs County
Meigs County tracked a busy November with 15 incidents investigated by Sheriff Rob ert Hartenbach and five deer killed after vehicle collisions. The department logged 1,329 calls, held 51 prisoners, and transferred six inmates to institutions including the Ohio Penitentiary and Athens State Hospital. There were four break ins, two accidental shootings, and two self inflicted events, plus one county fire death.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Robert Hartenbach
Sheriff's Department
Ohio Penitentiary
Athens State Hospital
Lima
Cincinnati
Fairfield Garden Club Christmas Show Invites Public
Area garden club members and the public are invited to the annual Christmas show of the Fairfield Garden Club at the YM YWCA on W. 6th Ave off Route 33 South. The show runs from 1 to 9 p.m. and 12 noon to 6 p.m. Thursday and Friday and will be similar to the recent local display.
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Area Garden Club
Fairfield Garden Club
Ym-Ywca
W. 6Th Ave
Route 33
Local pair returns home after Racine era reunion
Mr and Mrs Price Wolfe of Lexington travel back from a visit with Mr and Mrs Ralph Gilmore. The trip centered on the presence of Paul Carnahan, a former classmate of Wolfe from Racine.
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Price Wolfe
Lexington
Ralph Gilmore
Wolfes
Paul Carnahan
Wolfe
Carnahan
Racine
Meigs County Welcomes Ohio University Entertainment
Ohio University entertainment in recent years has given Meigs Countians a break by avoiding long drives to see top performers like Andy Griffith Bob Hope and an ice show. Residents welcome this growth and hope Route 33 is improved soon.
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Ohio University
Meigs
Andy Griffith
Bob Hope
Meigs County Jaycees Launch Christmas Help Program
The Meigs County Jaycees begin their annual drive to aid the needy during Christmas. They note years of effort and describe filling gaps not covered by the Middleport and Rutland fire departments projects with significant work involved.
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Meigs County Jaycees
Jaycees
Middleport Fire Department
Rutland Fire Department
Auxiliary Units Hold Holiday Events Across Communities
In Pomeroy and Middleport multiple holiday gatherings are announced. The Ladies Auxiliary of the Syracuse Fire Department hosts a 7 p.m. dinner at Oscar's with a 6 p.m. gather at Sylvia Zwilling's home and a gift exchange. The Fed ered Church choir will rehearse at 7:30 p.m. Friday instead of Thursday. The Letart Falls PTA plans a 5:30 p.m. Saturday jitney supper and bazaar at the elementary building. Directors from several counties meet 8 p.m. Dec. 13 at the Pomeroy County Extension Office for planning. The Theodorus Council Daughters of America meet 6:30 p.m. Thursday at Federated Church with a $1 gift exchange. In Middleport the Philathea Society holds a 7:30 p.m. Christmas party at the church with a $1 gift exchange.
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Pomeroy
Ladies Auxiliary
Syracuse Fire Department
Oscar
Sylvia Zwilling
Alice Nease
Federated Church Choir
Letart Falls
PTA
Athens
Vinton
Meigs
Gallia
Lawrence Counties
Pomeroy County
Theodorus Council
Daughters of America
Federated Church
Middleport
Philathea Society of the
Middleport Church of Christ
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Middleport First United Presbyterian Church
Thomas Kelly
Edward Burkett
Russell Lyons
Phyllis Joachim
Meigs County Infirmary
Paul Haptonstall
Don Lowery
Fred Lewis
Lewis
Eula Francis
Lee Smith
Israel
Marlene Dietrich
State of
Avshalom Caspi
Los Angeles
Veterans Memorial Hospital
Catia Eecilii
Goodyear
United States
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Pontiac
Rambler
Studebaker
Willys
Chrysler
DeSoto
Oldsmobile
Chrysier
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Cadillac
Packard
Lincoln
Mathews Goodyear
West Union Street
Athens, Ohio
Theodorus
Bookmobile
Meigs General Hospital
Dora Roush
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