Chester Garden Show Showcases 135 Arrangements
The Chester Garden Club held a flower show at Chester Methodist Church with 135 Christmas arrangements. Mrs. Earl Bender of Marietta judged, spoke on gardening, and proceeds funded the event. Exhibits featured 21 club members and 20 non members amid a country store and a Christmas song theme.
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den Club
Chester Methodist Church
Earl Bender
Marietta
Farmer's Institute
Earl Dean
Roy Holter
Pearl Koblentz
Purley Karr
Paul Baer
Vernon Weber
Pearl Mora
Eborace Karr
Wedding plans for Ramona Brinker and Manning Roush announced
Open church ceremony scheduled at Forest Run Methodist Church Sunday at 2 30 with Rev John Elwood performing vows. A reception for relatives and invited guests will follow at the Hotel Martin in Pomeroy.
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Pomeroy
Ramona Brinker
Manning Roush
Forest Run Methodist Church
John Elwood
Racine Methodist Church
Hotel Martin
34 Students Earn Honors at Scipio High School
Harrisonville Scipio High School announced the second six weeks honor roll listing 34 students across grades 6 through 12. Names include Rufus Dillion, Ray Donehue, Karen Gilkey, John Hanning, Margrette Harmon, Charlene King, Bonnie Miller, Janet Scott in grade 6 and Anna Arnold, Danny Arnold, Charlotte Escue, Janice Haning in grade 12 among others.
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Harrisonville
Scipio High School
Rufus Dillion
Ray Donehue
Karen Gilkey
John Hanning
Margrette Harmon
Charlene King
Bonnie Miller
Janet Scott
Sandra Butcher
David Escue
Bobby Gibson
Carol Haning
James Long
Audrey McKinney
Ann Ellis
Connie Lewis
Stephen Escue
David Wiseman
Gordon Gibson
Loretta Gillilan
Phyllis Howard
Judy Wyant
Donna Burbridge
Morton Butcher
Bobby Arnold
Betty Arnold
Jacqueline Wagner
Jean Chapman
Lois Gillilan
Joy Wiseman
Anna Arnold
Danny Arnold
Charlotte Escue
Janice Haning
Police Plan Talent Show in Pomeroy
The Pomeroy police department announced a talent show on January 6 at 8 p.m. in the Pomeroy Junior High School to raise funds for new uniforms and gear. Prizes are a 25 dollar bond for first, 10 for second, and 5 for third. Competitors aged 6 to 60 may enter by contacting a police officer or Brad Maag. rehearsal is January 5 at 2 p.m.
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Pomeroy
Meter patrolman attends training on new Pittsburgh meters
Mayor E F Robinson announced John McKenzie, a meter patrolman, is at a Pittsburgh training school this week to learn maintenance and service for the town's new manual meters installed on two parking lots. Jed Webster Jr. covers his duties as replacement. Motorists are urged to report meters not working or not registering correct hours.
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Pomeroy
E. F. Robinson
John McKenzie
Pittsburgh
Jed Webster Jr
McKenzie
Robinson
Rotary Anne Session Changed by Rotarians
Middleport Pomeroy Rotary Club changes permit for families and wives to attend the annual Rotary Anne session planned for Friday at 6 p.m. at Heath Methodist church. Planning committee members Emmet Shuler Cash Bahr and Edison Baker oversee the rearranged event and gifts previously to be given are cancelled.
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Middleport
Rotary Anne
Middleport-Pomeroy
the Heath Methodist Church
Emmet Shuler
Cash Bahr
Edison Baker
Laos Moves Toward Communist Control Amid Civil Unrest
Laos nears governing by Pathet Lao after an accord with Communist guerrillas and a plan to recruit Red fighters into the royal army. The United States, seeking neutrality, expresses serious concern as U.S. aid to Laos approaches fifty million dollars annually.
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Southeast Asia
Laos
Pathet Lao
Legislative Assembly
United States
U.S
PTA Plans Projects To Improve School
At Salem Center PTA meeting plans were made to build a sidewalk at the Salem Center Grade School and to install auditorium drapes. After the meeting, students directed by Mrs. Roberta Wilson presented The Christmas Story.
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PTA
Meigs Jury Venires Drawn for January Court Session
Meigs County clerk Evelyn Locke reported the January term grand jury venire was selected by commissioners Freeland Norris and Everett Tracy. Fifty names were chosen for the petit jury, including residents from Rutland, Pomeroy, Reedsville, Middleport, Chester, Cheshire, Long Bottom, and surrounding communities.
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Pomeroy
Evelyn Locke
Freeland Norris
Everett Tracy
Faye Mayer
Middleport
Don Cottrill
Harrisonville
W. N. Roberts
Chester
Ben Buckley
Earl Humphrey
Reedsville
John Hensley
Marcia Keller
Long Bottom
Elizabeth Carman
Arthur Martin
T. J. Clay
Carpenter
Mabel Shain
Racine
Raymond J. Smith
Howard Ruppelt
Robert Eakin
Charles Neal
Doris P. Lewis
Alfred T Walsh
Grover Stout
Nora Thomas
Dorothy Wright
William Gardner
Hazel Grate
Langs
Pomeroy Chamber Studies Two County Development Plan
In a Monday meeting the Pomeroy Chamber of Commerce approved studying the proposed Two County Development Association before committing. A delegation will attend a December 17 meeting at Kgger Creek to learn more and report back. Also discussed was a new holiday street lighting program. Attendees included Ron Springer Leslie Fultz Paul Casci Bob Coates Clarence Collins John Eppel Franklin Rizer Dick Owen Bill Atkins and J. W. McMurray.
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Pomeroy—Iin
Pomeroy Chamber of Commerce
Kgger Creek
Ron Springer
Leslie Fultz
Paul Casci
Bob Coates
Clarence Collins
John Eppel
Franklin Rizer
Dick Owen
Bill Atkins
J. W. McMurray
Michigan Tops Nation in Cucumber Pickles and More
Michigan ranks first in the United States for cucumber pickles red tart cherries red clover seed and gladioli bulbs production highlighting the state's agricultural output and variety.
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Michigan
United States
Great Lakes Shipping Toll Rises On Seasonal Trade
Combined shipments of coal grain and iron ore on the Great Lakes reached 18,990,349 net tons through November 1, down from 21,150,546 net tons at the same date in 1956.
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Great Lakes
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Modern Mart, Inc
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R. V. King Construction Co
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