Santa Claus to Visit Middleport by Airplane
Middleport Chamber of Commerce announces Santa will arrive by airplane in Gallipolis on December 14 and be driven to Middleport for a 2 PM appearance at Werner Radio Shop. Charles McMaster will host updates as Santa travels, with doughnuts and cookies for children. Decorations funded by the council and chamber totaling $350 plus additional chamber support.
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Middleport
Santa Claus
Chamber of Commerce
Gallipolis
Santa
Werner Radio
Second Ave
Charles McMaster
J. H. Grate
Middleport Council
Installation of Lights Seen Before Christmas
MIDDLEPORT The Columbus Southern Ohio Electric Co crew works on the new lighting system in Middleport. Delayed by cable shipment in October, workers rush to complete the project before Christmas as company officials anticipate its finish.
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Middleport
Columbus Southern Ohio Electric Co
Thanksgiving Guests Visit Dexter Families
Thanksgiving visitors include the Nelson and Strong families from Athens and Toledo plus guests from Akron and Chicago. Nursing trainee Dorothy Gray passed her state test and now cares for her mother after surgery. Local visits also feature the Perry and Folden households as they travel to Florida.
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Dexter
Jesse Nelson
Seldon Nelson
Everette Lewis
Athens
Rufus Strong
Toledo
Earl Strong
Howard
Max Nelson
Edna Radcliffe
Minnie Nichols
Dorothy Gray
James Neil
Charles Perry
Miles E. Nelson
Pomeroy
George Perry
F. C. Folden
Cecil McClead
Donald Amos
W. R. Amos
Dwight Mutchler
Chicago
Ill
Attendance officer accuses three parents in school case
Henry Millican Pomeroy Garland Sinclair and Mykie Jacks pled guilty to failure to send children to school and were fined $10 and costs by Justice P. L. Peoples. Bernard Gilkey of Harrisonville was arrested for intoxication at a basketball game and fined $10 plus costs.
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Pomeroy
Henry Millican
Garland Sinclair
Mykie Jacks
H. L. Sayre
Justice of the Peace
P. L. Peoples
Bernard Gilkey
Harrisonville
P. L
Miss Priscilla Chase to Visit Churches in Coolville Area
Minister of religious education Miss Priscilla Chase lectured at Coolville Congregational and Ireland churches on Monday and Tuesday. Present were Rev. E. H. Dickinson of Rio Grande and Verlen G. Norman. Chase leaves to join the Interdenominational Missionary Education Movement with headquarters in New York City.
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Coolville
Priscilla Chase
Ireland Church
E. H. Dickinson
Rio Grande
Verlen G. Norman
Miss Chase
New York City
Alda
Virginia Sams
Ford Friend
Homer Friend
Waseson
Emmett Friend
Guysville
R. D
Lloyd Friend
Jo Ellen
Freddy
Linda Kay
Little Hocking
Mark Dunfee
Camden-Clark Hospital
Parkersburg
William Kinsely
Sylvia Deeter
Alyce Marie
St. Joseph's Hospital
Charles McKeen
Roanoke
L. R. Mansell
Mary Frances McCutcheon
Homer
Wassoon
E. M. Pierce
Dorothy Goodwin
Donna
Oscar Pierce
Alvin
Charles Findling
Alfred
Doris Walden
Old Fashioned Yale Party Held by BPW
More than fifty members of the Business and Professional Women's Club gathered for an old-fashioned Christmas in the Heath Methodist Church basement. The program featured candlelight, carols, a poetry reading, and a Santa telegram, with refreshments and gift exchanges. The club president announced Nelsonville BPW will present a minstrel show Jan 15 at Middleport High School to raise funds for Mount St Mary Hospital.
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Middleport
Business and Professional Women's Club
Heath Methodist Church
Nellie Zerkle
Hertha Kincaid
Mayme Harris
Audrey Theobald
Hulda Klein
Virginia Mayes
Ross Reynolds
Luella Jenkinson
Mattie Bush
Mabel Sanborn
Sylvia Burford
Alice Icenhower
Hallie Zerkle
Lillian Stieff
Max Sanborn
P. S. Mills
Shumway Greenhouse
L. E. Burford
H. J. Russell
Nelsonville Business and Professional Women’s Club
Middleport High School
Nelsonville Group
Mount St. Mary Hospital
Injured Woman Falls Twice at Home on Main Street
Mrs. Jane Anne Hite of West Main Street slipped on basement steps at her residence last Thursday and sustained bruises. This marks the second fall in a few weeks according to local reports.
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Jane Anne Hite
W. Main St
Five Fined Totals of 125 in Mayor's Court
Roy Priddy was fined 100 dollars and costs by Mayor George Howell for driving while intoxicated. Apperson Young cost 10 dollars, Lloyd Priddy 5 dollars, William Cecil 5 dollars, and Dale Siders 5 dollars, all for intoxication or related offenses. one case involved operating without a license.
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Pomeroy
Roy Priddy
George Howell
Apperson Young
Lloyd Priddy
William Cecil
Dale Siders
Recent Meigs County Marriage Licenses List
Meigs County records show numerous marriage licenses issued. Names include Charles H. Peters and Bessie M. Montes. Kenneth King and Alice Hartz. Paul D. Alkire and Pauline Miller. Robert D. Carnahan and Lucille V. Pigott. French Parsons and Wanda Collins. William Lipps and Ellen Birch. Dale Shivers and Leila Wilson. Brooks Adkens and Angelina Tomassetti. Francis Horner and Dorothy Qualls.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Charles H. Peters
Columbus
Bessie M. Montes
Dexter
Kenneth King
Shelby
Ohio
Alice Hartz
Paul D. Alkire
Parkersburg
Pauline Miller
Robert D. Carnahan
Chester
Lucille V. Pigott
Long Bottom
French Parsons
Wanda Collins
William Joseph Lipps
Little Hocking
Ellen Louise Birch
Portland
Dale Shivers
Nelsonville
Leila Wilson
Brooks E. Adkens
Cheshire
Angelina Tomassetti
Williams Grange hosts Pomeroy Grange in 3rd degree
The C. G. Williams Grange of Tuppers Plains Ohio welcomed Rocksprings Grange for a recent meeting. Rocksprings Grange exemplified the 3rd degree for 21 new and reinstated candidates. Lunch followed.
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Williams Grange
Pomeroy
C. G. Williams Grange
Tuppers Plains
Rocksprings
Harrisonville Honor Roll Named for Second Six Weeks
Harrisonville School announces the honor roll for the second six weeks listing students by grade. First grade includes Gary Jo Foley Sharon Atkins Gordon Atkins Phyllis Williams and Gloria Atkins.
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Harrisonville
Gary Jo Foley
Sharon Atkins
Gordon Atkins
Phyllis Williams
Gloria Atkins
Janice Haning
Annie Arnold
Danny Arnold
Connie Kay Carsey
Anna King
Charles McGrath
Hildred Clark
Phyllis Ross
Pauline Welch
Robert Cain
Carolyn Welsh
Laverna Wears
Carol Cline
Larry Clark
Arlene Markings
Marie Stotts
Paul Pauley
Dale Wilson
Mary Lambert
James Borgan
Peggy Sayre
Rosella Borgan
Lelia Hysell
Helen Alkire
Bertha Douglas
Maxine Starcher
Golgotha Screened at Junior High Under Council Sponsorship
Approximately 125 persons attended the religious picture Golgotha at the Junior High School auditorium Monday evening. The showing was sponsored by the Pomeroy Council of Churches.
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Pomeroy
Golgotha
Pomeroy Council of Churches
Pioneer Horse Racing Organizer Succumbs
Columbus veteran horseman Harry D. Shepard, 83, former Beulah Park general manager, died today after an auto accident 19 months ago. His horses set trotting records and he helped establish organized racing and breeding in Ohio.
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Columbus
Harry D. Shepard
Beulah Park
Shepard
Ohio
Thanksgiving Visits Across Ohio and West Virginia Families
Families from Akron Gallipolis Dayton and St Albans shared Thanksgiving visits across several towns. Wirt Polsley C B Unroe Rob erts G L Goeller Y E Sturgeon and families hosted relatives while Fern Unroe returned to Dayton for work after a two week vacation. Childres and Coen relations from St Albans WV visited locally.
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Ewington
Fern Unroe
Dayton
C. B. Unroe
Childres
St. Albans
W. Va
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the Badman
Temple Middleport
Errol Flynn
Brenda Marshall
Claude Rains
Stanley and
Livingston
Bendvue
Wild West
Eddie Dean
Bob Lowery
Annabelle Shaw
Jesse James Rides
BPW
Chevrolet
Fisher
NYE Chevrolet CO
N. Court St
Athens, Ohio
Fayette St
Chad
Raria
Carter
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Pomeroy Cement Block CO
E. Main St
Pomeroy, Ohio
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