Middleport High School honors football team and coach
More than 100 Yellow Jackets fans hosted the Orange and Black eleven at the annual football banquet. Coach Marshall McCuen received thanks and 12 letters were awarded to players and the team manager.
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Middleport
Middleport High School
Yellow Jackets
Orange and Black Eleven
Rotary Club
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Phi Delta Kappa
Marshall McCuen
Cam Henderson
Marshall College
Chet Whitfield
Gordon Harris
H. E. Cook
McCuen
Edward Bennett
Charles Roush
Michael Hackett
Malcolm Allen
Charles Entsminger
Jo Gibbs
Willard Moore
Gene Bennett
Claude Thompson
John Harley
Fred Butcher, Jr
Donald Mat
Gypsy Camp Held Overnight At Meigs County Jail
About 16 to 18 Gypsies in two modern trailers were arrested for alleged gasoline theft. They were held briefly and released after paying for damage to a gas tank and a stove they were repairing. The group is described as stove repair traders who use a two-group system with a fortune teller.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Senior Thews Named Honorary Captain for Port Pomeroy Team
Thews, the only Senior on the team and Manager Richard Fink, were highlighted as honorary captain figures. Motion pictures of the Middle port Pomeroy Thanksgiving game, shot by Dr. Rollin Boice and shown by Charles McMaster, delighted the group of men.
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Thews
Richard Fink
Middleport-Pomeroy
Rollin Boice
Charles McMaster
Arthur Flesher Dies In Gallipolis Hospital
POMEROY Arthur Flesher 55 died Wednesday at Holzer Hospital Gallipolis after treatment. Survived by wife six sons and one daughter. Funeral Sunday 2 PM Racine Baptist Church burial Letart Cemetery. Whooping cranes have windpipes about five feet long with a 30 inch coil in the keel of the breastbone.
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Pomeroy
Arthur Flesher
Holzer Hospital
Gallipolis
Racine Baptist Church
Letart
Vendol Endorsed by Coal Official in Ohio Ad
Manhattan Coal Co treasurer Webster Cunningham of Chauncey Ohio endorses Vendol after quick relief from constipation dizziness back pains and indigestion. The ad cites Athens Pharmacy Hickmans Pharmacy Nelsonville and other druggists as outlets for Vendor with patient testimonials.
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Webster Cunningham
Manhattan Coal Co
Chauncey
Ohio
Athens Pharmacy
N. Court St
Hickman’s
Nelsonville
Ady
Meigs Relief Funds To Go On Vote Says
Meigs County commissioners authorize continuation of relief funds in December despite exhausted funds and no emergency relief bill yet passed by the legislature. Attending were Commissioners A B Bingham Arthur Beegle Herb Riggs Relief Director George Beards and Rep Floyd F Mees along with a legislative committee in Columbus.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Ohio
A. B. Bingham
Arthur Beegle
Herb Riggs
George Beards
Floyd F. Mees
Columbus
Dinner Honors 89th Birthday of Aunt Ellen Martin
Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Stout entertained Sunday near Dexter for Ellen C. Martin’s 89th birthday. A noon picnic dinner followed by gifts and socializing. She planned to spend the winter with daughter Mrs. John Stout and was joined by numerous relatives and friends.
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Dexter
C. E. Stout
Ellen C. Martin
Electa Vale
William Morris
Clyde and
Clayton
Mary Bolen
Grover Stout
Loretta
Mary Ellen
John Strong
Dorothy
Martha Romine
Albert Bolen
Frank Nelson
Edwin
Archie
W. D. Holliday
Henry Farley
Albert Caster
J. E. Radekin
Cash Nichols
R. S. Vale
Scout Troop To Get Charter At Heath Church
Troop 40, Boy Scouts of America, will receive its charter at the Heath M. E. Church during the 10 15 a m service. Rev H A Rothrock will present the charter and deliver a brief sermon. A Prince of Peace Contest follows at 7 00 p m with William Westfall Gladys Conkle Irena Wright and Catherine Morris as contestants judged by county officials. The offering funds world peace efforts.
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Middleport
Heath M. E
Troop 40
Boy Scouts of America
H. A. Rothrock
O’eclock
William Westfall
Columbia High School
Carpenter
Gladys Conkle
Rutland M. E. Church
Irena Wright
Simpson
Middleport Social Notes Highlight Fraternal and Church Festivities
Members of the Past Matrons Association and Evangeline Chapter O E S enjoyed a turkey dinner at the Masonic Temple with gift exchanges and the initiation of Mrs. R A Miller, plus officer elections. The What-so-ever Class of First Presbyterian hosted a Christmas party with carols, readings, and a Santa visit. Also reported are a homecoming from Standard Arizona and rising illness in Middleport.
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Evangeline
Masonic Temple
R. A. Miller
Evelyn Lewis
Marion French
William Reynolds
Jennie Smith
Athens
First Presbyterian Church
O. H. Stewart
S. Fourth Ave
Sarah Probst
Louise Thomas
Marcus Chambers
E. R. Lama
George Sauer
Lewis
Santa Claus
J. E. Harley
Christmas Seals Support Tuberculosis Fight in Meigs County
Meigs County Public Health League mailed about 1600 Christmas Seals to local families to fund anti tuberculosis work for the year. Funds from seal sales support medical exams tuberculine tests milk eggs and other items for tubercular patients and children. League members from Middleport Pomeroy Rutland and Reedsville urge prompt replies as the sale ends on Christmas Day and to use seals on letters greetings and packages for health awareness.
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Middleport
Meigs County
Public Health League
James Harley
The
Health League
Harley
Boy Swallows Nail Involving Local Family Incident
Jimmie Misamore, son of Mr and Mrs Jack Misamore, swallowed a nail and is under a physician care. A possible operation was not yet determined on Thursday. In a separate note, Middleport high school basketball team traveled to Ironton to face the down river team that evening.
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Pomeroy
Jimmie Misamore
Jack Misamore
Middleport
Ironton
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Middleport Grid
Yellow Jacket
Iness
Coal Company
Vendol
MR. Webster Cunningham
Coolville
Royal
China
Meigs
West Middleport
Eugene Farley
James
Standard
Arizona
Farley
Frank Knowles
First Ave
Harold Chase
Cora Bennett
Charles Wise, Jr
Ginny Joan
Anna Bannister
Boy
Vicks VapoRub
California
Jack Benny
Martha Raye
Ida Lupino
Richard Arlen
National Brands
Morristown
Caesar Rodney
Lima Bean
All Larsens
Libby
Taylor's Wheat
Leadway
White House
Sunkist
National Brands Stores
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