Dale Dutton Unable To Serve On Council In Middleport
Dale Dutton will be unable to serve on the Middleport village council when his term begins January 1 after a December meeting letter stating he cannot hold both the county board of health and council posts. Mayor Fisher will appoint a replacement. the council must approve.
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Middleport
Dale Dutton
Dutton
C. O. Fisher
County Board of Health
Bernard Fultz
Fisher
Charles Murray
Ralph Woolpert Engineering Co
Dayton
Burgess and Niple Co
Marietta Girls Report Alleged Auto Assault
Two Marietta girls aged 12 and 13 told police they were forced into a gray car by three men after leaving a late movie, and that at least one girl may have been assaulted in Minersville near the Pomeroy plant. Sheriff Hartenbach said the girls later walked to a home in Pom eroy and reported the incident. Authorities checked Gallipolis but the suspects could not be identified. The girls were released to their parents.
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Pomeroy
Marietta
Robert Hartenbach
Minersville
Pomeroy Corporation
Gallipolis
Hartenbach
Ardell Bradon
Letart Falls
Ara Swisher
Cheshire
Rutland PTA Meets Hears Christmas Stories and Updates
Mrs. Ralph C. Zundel spoke at Rutland PTA on Christmas Stories from Luke and Matthew. Students sang carols as new school cafeteria sinks were installed with help from volunteers. Meigs County teachers will be served a dinner February 21. A kitchen shower accompanied a completed cafeteria project.
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Middleport
Ralph C. Zundel
Meigs County
Rutland Pta
Giles Smith
Zundel
Luke
Matthew
Anna Ogden
Joan Montgomery
O. O. Patterson
Carolyn Smith
C. O. Chapman
Pearl Little
Wayne Turner
Orin Smith
PTA
Doris Connelly
Murial Foley
Pep Band at Pomeroy High Debuts During Eastern Game
The newly organized Pomeroy High School Pep Band entertained fans Friday at the Pomeroy Eastern basketball game. Band director Ray Woodgeard appointed Jim Lohse to lead the group, which includes trumpet players, horns, trombones, percussion, clarinets, and saxophones with potential growth.
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Pomeroy
Pomeroy High School
Ray Woodgeard
Jim Lohse
Lohse
Ven's Garden Club Veets With Webers
MIDDLEPORT The Chester Men's Garden Club met Saturday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Weber. Games were played and carols sung. Refreshments were served. Attending were Mr. and Mrs. Horace Karr, Mr. and Mrs. Karl Kautz, Mr. and Mrs. Weber, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Baer, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Karr, Mr. and Mrs. Reed Young, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Holter, and Mr. and Mrs. Donald Mora.
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Middleport
Chester Men's Garden Club
Vernon Weber
Horace Karr
Karl Kautz
Weber
Paul Baer
Paul Karr
Reed Young
Roy Holter
Donald Mora
Bible Class Set At Hoyt Home In Middleport
The Ladies Bible Class of the First Baptist Church will meet at 7:30 this evening at the home of the Rev. and Mrs. C. E. Hoyt in Middleport.
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Middleport
First Baptist Church
C. E. Hoyt
Fines Levied Against Six Men in Middleport Court
Five men in Middleport faced intoxication fines in Mayor C. O. Fisher s court. Samuel McKinney and Wesley Ohlinger each paid five dollars plus costs, Charles Allensworth ten dollars, William Lehew five dollars for a stop sign violation, and Ralph Norris five dollars for driving against traffic on a one way street.
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Middleport
C. 0. Fisher
Samuel McKinney
Wesley P. Ohlinger
Charles J. Allensworth
William D. Lehew
Pomeroy
Ralph E. Norris
Athens
Bazaar and Turkey Supper at Chester Church Friday
The WSCS of Chester Methodist Church sponsors a bazaar and turkey supper on Friday December 13. Bazaar opens at 1 p.m. and the turkey supper starts at 5:30 p.m. at the church.
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Pomeroy
WSCS
Chester Methodist Church
Feeney-Bennett Post 128 Meeting Planned
Feeney-Bennett Post 128 of the American Legion announces a meeting at 7 30 p m on Wednesday in the hall. The group will discuss the Christmas project and collect 1958 dues. Refreshments will be served.
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Middleport
Lewis Long
Feeney-Bennett Post 128
American Legion
Garden Club To Hold Christmas Dinner At United Methodist Church
POMEROY The Twilight Garden Club will meet Thursday Dec 12 at the United Methodist Church for its annual Christmas dinner. The dinner will be pot luck and begin promptly at 6 30 p m Members are asked to bring items to make up baskets for the needy.
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Pomeroy
Twilight Garden Club
United Methodist Church
Rotary Christmas Party and Gift Night in Middleport
The Middleport Pomeroy Rotary Club schedules a Christmas party at 6 p.m. Friday with a buffet supper. Rotarians should bring one dollar gifts for boys to support a Christmas project.
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Middleport
Middleport- Pomeroy
Grand Jury Indicts Five Salesmen in Food Service Case
A Columbus area grand jury indicted five National Food Service salesmen from Marietta on charges including obtaining signatures under false pretenses. The session, lasting all day, heard 44 witnesses, with 37 true bills issued and 10 cases not presented.
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Charles Mitchell
Mitchell & Upstill Foods, Inc
National Food Service
J. R. Tye
H. H. Whitlock
A. M. Layfield
James J. Mattingly
the Concern
John Upstill
The
Concern
Thomas B. Callahan
Lima
Ralph Lee Nelson
Alburthe Young
Joe Jenkins
James Ashley
Jerry Scott
William L. Justice
David Roush
Ross Shuler
Gene Evans Corley
James Smith
Lowell FE. Weddle
Gene Evans
Corley
Richard Spencer
David L. Conner
David Conner
Pearlie Jewell
James Wyatt
Meigs General Hospital Notes Admits and Discharges
Admitted: Richard Warner Pomeroy James Hawley Cheshire Mrs Etta Brooks Pomeroy Mrs Wanda Yocum Pomeroy Dorothy Morris Middleport Mrs Betty Pugh Gallipolis Mrs Frances Ritter Syracuse Mrs Grace Welch Rutland. Discharged: Dorothy Morris Middleport Carrie Rea Syracuse Mrs Raymond Elberfeld Chester Mrs Charles Pugh and infant son Gallipolis Walter Athey Middleport Harvey Hall Middleport Ben Morris Middleport. Births: a son to Russell Yocum Pomeroy and a son to Charles Pugh Gallipolis.
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Richard Warner
Pomeroy
James Hawley
Cheshire
Etta Brooks
Wanda Yocum
Dorothy Morris
Middleport
Betty Pugh
Gallipolis
Frances Ritter
Syracuse
Grace Welch
Rutland
Carrie Rea
Raymond Elberfeld
Chester
Charles Pugh
Walter Athey
Harvey Hall
Ben Morris
Syracuse PTA Postpones Meeting to December 20
Syracuse PTA announces its regular meeting is postponed to Friday December 20 at 1 p m. Students from Syracuse Grade School will present a program and a short business session will follow under president Mrs William Francis supervision.
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Pomeroy
Syracuse Pta
Syracuse
William Francis
Grange Officers Lead 170 Members at Training Session
Seventy counties were represented as 170 grangers from seven counties attended a Leadership and Inspirational Training School at Salisbury Township Elementary School. State and national officials led workshops on ritualistic work and current projects as Meigs County hosted the Southeastern Ohio meeting the seventh in a series this year.
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Pomeroy
Ohio State Grange
Salisbury Twp
Byron Frederick
Harry Cook
Frederick
New York
R. B. Tom
John Dowler
Ira Dyer
Mittee
Gus Umbach
Southeastern Ohio
Meigs County
Grangers
Gallia
Lawrence
Jackson
Vinton
Athens
Washington
Middleport WSCS Meets Monday With Amas Program
The Middleport Heath Methodist Church Women’s Society of Christian Service met Monday night. Mrs Buford East led devotion with a Christmas meditation and hymns. Miss Bess Sanborn spoke on We Are My Witnesses and evangelism at home.
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Middleport
C. M. Hennesy
Woman's Society of Christian Service
Heath Methodist Church
Buford East
Bess Sanborn
Methodists
Ralph Zandel
John Ketchka
Carroll Swanson
County Ministerial Association
Ketchka
James Criswell
Noah Haskins
Norman Wayland
Thomas
Owens Funeral Rites Held Sunday in Middleport
Funeral services for Clarence Owens of Middleport were held at 2 p.m. Sunday at Rawlings-Coats Funeral Home. Pallbearers from Feeney-Bennett Post 128, American Legion, gave military rites. Attendees came from Dayton, Steubenville, Youngstown, Columbus, Carroll, and Gallipolis. Rev. Howard Ruppelt of the First Presbyterian Church led the service.
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Middleport
Clarence Owens
Rawlings-Coats
Feeney-Bennett Post
American Legion
Anna Owen
Dayton
John Goodrich
Luther Owens
Steubenville
Joe Shook
Youngstown
Paul Winebrenner
Columbus
Fred Engles
Carroll
Carl Esquire
Gallipolis
Howard Ruppelt
First Presbyterian Church
First Magnetite Loadstone Found in Asia Minor
The loadstone a form of magnetite discovered in Asia Minor was the first known magnet. In a few places pieces of magnetite are found as natural permanent magnets.
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Asia Minor
Local Moves and Family News from Grant Street
Mr and Mrs Harley Addles burger of Caldwell move into the home vacated by Mr and Mrs Emerson Jones on Grant Street. Mary Lou Mills has returned home after emergency surgery at Holzer Hospital. Walter Athey returns from Meigs General Hospital.
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Harley Addlesburger
Caldwell
Emerson Jones
Grant St
Mary Lou Mills
Holzer Hospital
Robert Mills
Bruce Lloyd
Remy Varias
Chicago
Ill
Lester Bradley
Chesapeake
W. Va
Walter Athey
S. Second St
Meigs General Hospital
Athey
Bessie Waugh
Harry Chesher
Chauncey Sunday
John Blackburn
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Barnes-Simpson Insurance Agency
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Dick Wiley
John Zerkle
Clinton Fisher
Gene Grate
Jean Lama
Miss Lama
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Church of the Nazarene
Howard Frank
James F. Duckworth
Cottageville
State Highway Patrol
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Ven’s Garden Club
Webers
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Rotary Party
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Edward E. Atha
Larry Cozart
Joe Vadish
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Jack Landers
George Spencer
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Sault
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Wayne Little
Russell Yocum
Middleport Social Notes
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Raymon Konkright
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Suez
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Pomeroy Bend Theatres
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