Reedsville Ahead of Boom From Locks and Dam Project
Reedsville eyes potential economic lift from the Reedsville Belleville Locks and Dam on the Ohio River. Construction, likely soon, could bring outside dollars from Hockingport to Portland and spur demand for housing, trailer parks, motels, and dining as workers arrive. Outdoor recreation at Forked Run Lake and riverfront areas could attract vacationers, with developers considering lodging to match worker needs. Local officials urge preplanning to capture new money and support services.
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Reedsville
Belleville
Ohio River
Meigs County
Hockingport
Portland
Tuppers Plains
Coolville
U.S. Corps of Engineers
Forked Run Lake
Meigs County Fair dates set for 1961 August 16 19
Pomeroy Charles Radford elected president of the Meigs County Fair Board for the coming year. Fred Leifheit vice president William Downie treasurer and Frank Johnston named treasurer designate. Dates approved for 1961 run August 16 to 19 with racing judge Dr S W Howe and announcer Tod Mendenhall. A Jersey show consideration discussed with cost about 500 dollars.
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Pomeroy
Charles Radford
Meigs County
Southeastern Ohio Jersey Association
Ohio Fair Managers Association
Johnston
S. W. Howe
Tod Mendenhall
Howe
Corrections Recommended After Gas Leak At Sutton Church
Pomeroy Fire Chief Roy Reuter and Olan Goodwin inspected Sutton M. E. Church after two people fell ill from likely carbon monoxide. The sniffer detected heavy basement CO levels and upstairs presence. fumes issued from a gas floor furnace. A funeral was set for Thursday and temporary safety fixes were staged.
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Pomeroy
Roy Reuter
Sutton M. E
Reuter
Olan Goodwin
Howard Frank
Yale Party at EUB Church in Enterprise for Christmas
The Woman's Society of World Service met at Mrs Selim Blazewicz home for a Christmas party with the program The Road Leads On. Mrs Phil Ohlinger led devotionals and readings on the theme. members included Genevieve Stobart and others. National needs were discussed and refreshments served.
Firemen To Collect For Food Baskets
Middleport volunteers hold the second pickup for the annual food basket project. About 50 families will be helped as firemen begin at 1 p m Sunday, collecting items from porches visible to the street and cash donations via white slips placed on front doors.
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Middleport
Thanksgiving dinner draws ninety two Racine Grange members
Ninety two members and guests attended the Racine Grange annual Thanksgiving dinner. The next meeting is set for December 14 with a Christmas party and a 25 cent gift exchange. Members will bring articles for Athens State Hospital patients and a needy family.
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Pomeroy
Racine Grange
Athens State Hospital
Plans Made For Skating Party On Jan 2
MIDDLEPORT plans for a skating party at the Skat-a-Way rink on Route 7 were approved at Live Wire Class of the Zion Church of Christ meeting. Jan Smith presided as president and led a devotional period before the group goes to the rink. The gathering also practiced for a Christmas play to be presented December 18 at the church. Attendees included Bertha Arnold Margie Warner Betty Arnold Freda Tuckerman Bobby Arnold Sharon Thoma Dorothy Arnold Jan Smith Martha Arnold Bill Sayre Evaline Arnold Butch McElroy Nathan Arnold Don Arms Linda Arms Velma Davidson Robert Arms Nancy Hatfield Tony Hendrix Linda Hysell Paulette Keep Charldene King Beverly Johnson Kay Wyatt Gerald Wears Neva McElroy Virginia Wyatt and Mr and Mrs Eugene Underwood.
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Middleport
Zion Church of Christ
Jan Smith
Bertha Arnold
Marjorie Warner
Betty Arnold
Freda Tuckerman
Bobby Arnold
Sharon Thoma
Dorothy Arnold
Martha Arnold
Bill Sayre
Evaline Arnold
Butch McElroy
Nathan Arnold
Don Arms
Linda Arms
Velma Davidson
Robert Arms
Nancy Hatfield
Tony Hendrix
Linda Hysell
Paulette Keep
Charldene King
Beverly Johnson
Kay Wyatt
Gerald Wears
Neva McElroy
Virginia Wyatt
Eugene Underwood
Circles Plan Joint Meeting at First Baptist Church
Ruth Circle and Elizabeth Stark Circle arranged a joint meeting at the First Baptist Church with Mrs J E Foster as chairman. Mrs J H Stephenson led the devotional on the Christmas story from St Luke and Mrs Walter Wolfe presented Mission Magazine articles. Daisy Jasper gave the closing prayer and Mrs Joseph Cook served refreshments.
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J. E. Foster
J. H. Stephenson
St. Luke
Walter Wolfe
Mission Magazine
Daisy Jasper
Joseph Cook
Naomi Reed Hosts Garden Club December Meeting
Naomi Reed hosted the Walk-In Garden Club December gathering in Pomeroy with Jes sie Saunders leading. Members answered roll with a Bible verse on Christ’s birth. Connie Reed attended as guest. Blue and red ribbons were awarded to members for Christmas arrangements.
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Pomeroy
Naomi Reed
Jessie Saunders
Christ
Connie Reed
Point Pleasant
State Hospital
Gallipolis
Meigs County Jayce
Dexter GI Is Promoted At Fort Campbell Ky
Jack H. Stafford Jr., 26, of Dexter Route 1, promoted to specialist four at Fort Campbell Kentucky. He serves in the 101st Airborne Division's 17th Cavalry as radio teletype operator in Troop B of the cavalry's 1st Command and Control Battalion. He enlisted May 1959 and trained at Fort Jackson South Carolina. His wife Janet resides in Clarksville Tennessee and he attended Rutland High School.
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Dexter
Jack H. Stafford Jr
Fort Campbell
101St Airborne Division
17Th Cavalry
Cavalry
Army
Fort Jackson, S. C
Stafford
Janet
Clarksville, Tenn
Rutland High School
Nifty Stitchers Hold Christmas Dinner and Gift Exchange
The Nifty Stitchers annual Christmas dinner was held at Circle's Restaurant Tuesday evening. After dinner the group moved to the social room for a party and secret pals gift exchange. Mrs. Dwight Logan was named January hostess.
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Pomeroy
Circle’s
Dwight Logan
Chamber Meeting Tonight in Middleport Village Hall
The Middleport Chamber of Commerce will meet at 7 p.m. tonight at the village hall to discuss local business concerns and upcoming community events.
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Middleport
Middleport Chamber of Commerce
Village Hall
Christmas Dinner Of WSCS At Minersville Methodist Church
Husbands attended the annual Christmas dinner of the Woman's Society of Christian Service at the Minersville Methodist Church. The event featured a yule theme with tree decorations, readings by members, a vocal solo, and a talk on keeping Christ in Christmas. Plans were made for a January soup sale and gifts were sent to the ill president Mrs Stewart.
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Pomeroy
Woman's Society of Christian Service
Minersville Methodist Church
Bes
Stella Grueser
Clifford Phillips
Ernest Stewart
Mr. Card
Christ
Hosmer Roush
Karl Grueser
Norman McCallum
Frank Stewart
Shakespeare Group Holds Holiday Meet
The Pomeroy Shakespeare Club's Christmas gathering was hosted by Mrs. Ben Neutzling with Mrs. William Baxter presiding. Mrs. Charles Lytle led the devotional as members sent well wishes and sympathy cards, browsed handicrafts by the blind, and collected gifts for the Girls Industrial School.
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William Baxter
Charles Lytle
Ohio
Vernon Howell
Ed Bauer
Oliver Michael
Ethel Garland
Girls Industrial School
Waldo J. Bartels
Virgil Campbell
Federated Circle to Meet at Federated Church
The Federated Circle of the Federated Church will meet at 6 30 Tuesday evening at the church.
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Pomeroy
Federated Circle of the
Federated Church
Trainmen's Auxiliary Elects Officers for New Year
The White Rose Lodge auxiliary of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen met in Middleport to elect officers for the new year. Edna Mattox became president, Mae Bailey vice president, Hattie Woodard secretary, Garnet Entsminger treasurer, and Lucille Diles conductress. Beatrice Robson Warden, Edith McNeal inner guard, Frances Flemming outer guard. Diles named legislative representative with Woodard as alternate. Mattie Bush named delegate to state convention with Woodard as alternate. A Christmas dinner was held before the meeting. a party and gift exchange will occur at the regular meeting Wednesday at the Middleport American Legion hall.
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White Rose Lodge
Brotherhood of Railroad
Dorothy Morris
Edna Mattox
Mae Bailey
Hattie Woodard
Garnet Entsminger
Lucille Diles
Freda Mitch
Beatrice Robson
Edith McNeal
Frances Flemming
Diles
Woodard
Mattie Bush
Divorce Suit Filed in Meigs County Court
Mary L. Pullins of Pom eroy has filed for divorce from Robert D. Pullins in Meigs County Common Pleas Court charging gross neglect of duty and extreme cruelty.
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Pomeroy
Mary L. Pullins
Robert D. Pullins
Meigs County
Contributions Total 1776 In Seal Drive
Meigs County Tuber culosis and Health Association reports $1776.70 raised so far in the annual Christmas seal sale led by executive secretary Mrs. Wallace Bradford. Funds come from 921 Meigs County families as about 2500 follow-up letters were mailed. gifts were sent to eight patients at the Southeastern Ohio Tuberculosis Hospital by Mrs. Wayne Gibbons and Mrs. Richard Chambers.
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Middleport
Meigs County Tuberculosis and Health Association
Wallace Bradford
Meigs County
Wayne Gibbons
Richard Chambers
Association
Southeastern Ohio Tuberculosis Hospital
Gibbons
Chambers
Officers to be Installed in Meigs County Lodges
Officers of five Masonic Lodges in Meigs County and Silom Lodge at Cheshire will be installed in Racine Friday evening. District Deputy J. B. Hall will serve as installing officer. The annual event rotates location and includes Racine 461 Middleport 363 Shade River 453 Harrisonville 411 Pomeroy 164 and Silom Lodge.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Silom Lodge
Cheshire
Racine
J. B. Hall
Middleport
Shade River
Harrisonville
Mrs Wise Burial Set In Rutland Near Standish Cemetery
Mina Wise 74 of Rutland died Wednesday evening after surgery at Holzer Hospital Gallipolis. Survived by son Nate and two grandsons John and James. Preceded by husband and another son. Funeral 2 p.m. Sunday Chase Funeral Home Rutland with burial Standish Cemetery near Dexter. Rev R A Biddle officiating. Friends may call at any time.
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Middleport
Mina Wise
Rutland
Holzer Hospital
Gallipolis
Nate
John
James
Chase Funeral Home
Standish
Dexter
R. A. Biddle
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Athens Messenger
Parked Run Lake
North Carolina
Ohio River Front
Ohio Department of Natural Resources
Division of Parks
U.S
Central Press
Radford Fair Board
Downie
Hiram Slanter
Lauren Hoffman
Rock Springs Fairgrounds
Sutton M. E. Church
Yale
Eub Church
Ague Club
Yule
the Farmer's Bank
Pomeroy, Ohio
Federal Reserve System
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Ruth
Elizabeth Stark
First Baptist Church
Bedford School
Anna Hart
Norma Mulford
Mina Hart
George Carper
WSCS
Robert Card
Sadie Brown
Eugene
Shakespeare Group
Pomeroy Shakespeare Club
Ben Neutzling
Federated Circle
Trainmen’s Auxiliary
Middleport — Officers
Martin Restaurant
Carrie Knopp
Ethel Phelps
Sara Owen
Eva Hartley
Helen Lewis
Carolyn Grueser
Oliva Boice
Eloise Wilson
Isabelle Winebrenner
Electa Souders
Bernadine Myer
Marah Leonard
Beulah Hayes
Oma Nelson
Bertie Watts
Ida Bachner
Jean Wright
Mildred Jacobs
Federal Deposit Ins. Corp
Mrs. Wise
Fine China
Jeweler
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