Noble Is Bound to Grand Jury On Shooting Brother
Meigs County grand jury hears Feb 1956 shooting claim after Noble brothers Howard and Curt involved in dispute over a shotgun. Howard allegedly used a single barrel gun, wound to Curt required elbow amputation, and case details include hospital care, bond, and conflicting statements from Curt and police.
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Athens Messenger
Noble
Grand Jury
Middleport
Meigs County Grand Jury
Howard Noble
Howard
Curt Noble Fe
Meigs General
Curt Noble
Noble House
Middleport Emergencas
Cy Squad
C. C. Fisher
Court
James
Ferguson
Joan Noble
Page
Park St
Athens State Hospital
Curt
Russell Bailey
Bailey
Walter Manley
Phil Edwards
Railroad St
Helping Farmers Topic of ASC Meeting
Lauren Hoffman, chairman of the county ASC Committee, announced an Agricultural Conservation meeting at the Meigs County ASC Program. The Agriculture Department will assist farmers on a cost sharing basis for conservation plans, with limestone, seeds, and fertilizer dealers contacting farmers. Agencies offering loans will show how to double conservation funds through Department of Agriculture matching funds.
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Agricultural Department
Lauren Hoffman
Gram
ASC
Meigs County
Soil Bank
Masonic Temple
Grai
Hoffman
Department of Agriculture
Decorations Contest Rules To Be Listed
Middleport notice for Ruletide home decoration contest to be announced this week. Mrs Malcolm Roller says a 6 p m meeting at the home on Sixth Ave will include civic committees from both clubs. Judges will tour all village streets to view decorated homes and there are no entry blanks.
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Middleport
Amateur Garden Clubs
Mrrs
Malcolm Roller
Middleport Garden Club
Sixth Ave
Middleport Garden Club Civic Committee
Harrie Marie Smith
Nellie , Zerkle
Garen Stansbury
Amateur Gardeners Club
Guy Reynolds
E. M. Blake
J “Irs
Robert Reibel
Funeral services for Mrs Brandenberg held at Sacred Heart
Mrs Frank Brandenberg 76 of 417 East Main St died Sunday at 4 am. Funeral services will be at Sacred Heart Church Wednesday at 9 am conducted by Rev Father John Terrel with a Rosary at 7:30 pm Tuesday at Ewing funeral home. She will be buried beside her husband in Sacred Heart Cemetery. Born Racine September 2, 1880 she was a member of the Ladies Guild. Survived by son Paul of Dayton and five grandchildren. Friends may call at the funeral home any time.
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Womercy
Frank Brandenberg
East Main St
Sacred Heart Church
John Terrel
Ewing Funeral Home
Brandenberg
Sacred Heart
Racine
Ladies Guild of the Sacred Heart Church
Paul
Dayton
Meigs County Tax Revenue Decline Reported
State Treasurer Roger W. Tracy notes Meigs County prepaid tax receipt sales through Nov 26 totaled 270.72 dollars, down 2,190.89 from 1955. The county has collected 86,790.41 dollars since July 1, about 16,699.62 less than the same period in 1955.
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Meigs County
Pomeroy
Roger W. Tracy
Medal Winner Forgotten In Pearl Harbor Column
Local boy Cpl. Francis Bush wounded at Pearl Harbor anticipated to be sent to Miami for Officer's school. He later became a lieutenant, retired to Wright Patterson and started a family in Ohio as his third son Jerry was born on December 7 1953.
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Middleport
Cpl
Francis Bush
Pearl Harbor
Messenger
Porter
Hickam Field
United States
Florence Bush
S. Sixth Ave
Athens
Bush
Miami
Fla
Wright-Patterson Field
Dayton
Ohio
Pearl Harbor Day
Jerry
Roger
David
Xenia
Clifford J. Rhodes
S. Second Ave
Pomeroy Society Meeting Features Lectures and Gifts
POMEROY After deciding to make a contribution to the tuberculosis Christmas Seal Fund and appointing Alice Stockton as relief committee chair, the Hemlock Grits group heard Frank Clark as lecturer and Ada Haskins read about William Holmes McGuffey. Porter Midkiff read a letter to the Retired Teachers Organization on McGuffey Readers, with others sharing memories and readings. The next meeting will be a Christmas program under Stanford Stockton, Sylvia Maddiff and Lucile Story, with candy lunch and a 10 cent gift exchange. Lunch was served by Mr. and Mrs. Emmet Hawk and Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Cullums.
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McGuffey
Midkiff
Ada Haskins
Stanford Stocton
Sylvia Madkiff
Lucile Story
Emmet Hawk
Ernest Cullums
Band Chiefs Attend Clinic in Chicago with High Praise
Middleport’s Earl Warnke and Cheshire’s William Everson, both band chiefs, returned from the Midwest National Band Clinic in Chicago where top instrumentalists and high school bands performed. Everson’s expenses were paid by the Kager Creek board of education. Warnke attended the event for a second time, funded this year by the Middleport Band Roosters. About 4900 people were present at the clinic.
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Middleport
Earl Warnke
William K. Everson
Cheshire
Midwest National Band
Chicago
Bath
Army Field Forces Band
Everson
Kgger Creek Board of Education
Warnke
Roosters
Daughters of Union Veterans Plan Pot-Luck and Gift Exchange
Daughters of Union Veterans will meet at the DAV Hall Wednesday at 7 p.m. for a pot-luck supper and a Secret gift exchange. All members are urged to attend. The item notes local visits including Mrs. C L Arnold and granddaughter Suzanna Arnold visiting Athens Road and Mrs Irving Karr Sr. hosting.
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Meigs County Riding Club
Rock Springs
Pomeroy
Daughters of Union Veterans
DAV
Yomeroy
C. L. Arnold
Suzanna Arnold
Athens Road
Irving Karr
Lucille Naylor
Franklin, Ind
Irving
Two County Teachers Attend Annual Meeting
Two Meigs County educators attended the Ohio Educational Association Meeting in Cincinnati. Principal Nellie Vale of Salem Center Grade School and Charles Haymon, executive head of Southern Local School District, were selected to attend Thursday through Saturday as part of the state teachers’ association activities.
Cubs Inspect Kyger Plant Tour by Pack 244
A group of 30 Cub Scouts from Pack 244 visited Kyger Creek Electric plant in AIDDLEPORT on Sunday. They registered at entry and were escorted through the facility by guards Woods Walburn and Blake, with motion picture viewing on plant construction. Leaders Milton Hood and C F Hibbs organized the event, with other adults following in cars from Cheshire. the pack has previously toured local industries and county offices.
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Aiddleport
Kyger Creek
Milton Hood
C. F. Hibbs
TriState
M-G-M
Woods
Walburn
Blake
Pomeroy Squad Answers 1113th Call
The Pomeroy emergency squad answered its 1113th call about 2 p.m. Sunday at the home of Nellie Jackson in Longbottom, as they rushed her baby to Meigs General Hospital. Additional Meigs County news on page.
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Pomeroy
Nellie Jackson
Longbottom
Meigs General Hospital
Meigs County
Birthday Party Highlights and Local Notices in Middleport
Middleport reports cover Susan Slater’s 10th birthday with balloons and cake at her home, plus Jo Ann Neal’s fifth birthday dinner at grandparents’ home and a birthday visit to Mrs. Viola Jones. Other items note C P Dutton’s 8th birthday dinner, Athens Sunday visits to Mrs. Jones, and Christmas party planning by Millenort Garden Club members.
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Middleport
John Neal
John Kincaid
Kindrgarten
Jo Ann
Cynthia Ann Mills
Ray Kerman
Deena Wells
Mary Ann Long
Joan
Auley Ann Kincaid Neal
C. B. Stout
S. Second Ave
C. P. Dutton
New York Central RA
Mr. Dutton
Barbara Stout
Dutge
Dale Dullons
Arthur H. Carpenter
Athens
Viola Jones
Aidulepurt
Oon
Millenort Jarden Club
Alannine Se
Der
Fama
Jellie
Hallie Zerkle
Meetit Irs
C. A. Emmish
Irs
Walter Harris
Rsfresh
Vente
M. L. French
Windows of Christmas at Sugar Run School Dec 14
Sugar Run Grade School presents the two act operetta Windows of Christmas on December 14 at 8 p.m. in Junor High School Auditorium directed by Mrs. Lucille Swackhammer. Sixth grade leads include Janet Brown and Allen Downie with Brenda Potts and Carolyn Vaughan as Santa’s helper. Chorus features many sixth grade students. fourth to first grade participants and a host of named roles and carolers complete the cast.
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Pomeroy
Sugar Run
Junor High School
Lucille Swackhammer
Phylis
Elgin
Janet Brown
Allen Downie
Larry
Phyllis
Brenda Potts
Shelly
Carolyn Vaughan
David Gordon
Santa Claus
Tom White
Patricia Hennessy
Glenda
Kay Compton
Shirley Ash
Henry Cleland
Philip Follrod
Connie Freeman
Charles Gloeckner
Stevie Gorby
Eddie Gordon
Pam Hobstetter
Sharon Hysell
George Korn
Delores Landers
Jim Mees
Buck Meier
Sharon Mitch
Sally Radford
Tom Shasteen
Paul Sprouse
Sharon Walker
Bobby Buck
Snowman
Jane Baer
Nancy Barnes
Alita Carpenter
Ronnie Collins
Jennifer Crew
Chery Phershach
Richard Finley
Kahy Grimes
Michael Hamm
Jeoree Hoff
Gene Keller
Randy Kissline
Charles Mankin
Irry Marshall
Raymond Neville
Kitty Persinger
Frances
Emergency squad aided ill man at Waffle Shop
The emergency squad was called to the Waffle Shop Sunday at 8 20 p m when Emmet Guthrie of N Second Avenue became ill. Oxygen was administered by the firemen and a physician was summoned. The man was taken to Meigs General Hos
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Emmet Guthrie
N. Second Avenue
Meigs General Hospital
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Pomeroy Society
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Hillcrest Rest Home
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Randy Kueser
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Barbara Kennedy
Rom
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Jennifer Blakeslee
Ivy Francis
Sharon Kreeman
Therese Fultz
Carole Greene
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Mary Mankin
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Eddie Baer
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Racine High School
Racine, Ohio
BIG Admiraltv
SALE
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the House OF Bamboo
Robert Blliott
Caineat Gon
Pomeroy Bend Theatres
MEIGS
Tuesday High Society
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Grace Kelly
Frank Sinatra
Celeste Holm
John Lund
Louis Calhern
Louis Armstrong
Foggy Mountain Boys
Lester Flat
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