Accidents Hit Meigs As Ice Covers Highways
Meigs County roads iced over on Sunday with two crashes on Route 124 near Langsville and a third west of Harrisonville. A loaded coal truck on the Pomeroy Mason Bridge rolled onto Route 7, overturning after officials warned bystanders.
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Meigs
Pomeroy Bridge
Department of
Robert Hartenbach
W. F. Farley
Langsville
James D. Adams
Pomeroy Route 3
Donna Lee McGuire
Bidwell
Ward
Howard Frank
Harrisonville
Curtis QC
Jewett
Pomeroy
Clair Hysell
Caldwell
Hysell
Fellowship Plans Aid For Needy At Heath Church
The Senior Youth Fellowship at Heath Methodist Church in Middleport planned a basket of food for a needy family and a caroling party after the candlelighting service. Barbara Jones led the session and a Christmas potluck preceded the meeting with 15 youths attending.
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Middleport
Worthington
Heath Methodist Church
Barbara Jones
Miss Jones
Divorce Filed in Meigs County Court
Martha W. Carsey of Middleport sues Henry Thurman Carsey for divorce in Meigs County Common Pleas Court alleging gross neglect of duty and extreme cruelty. A separate entry notes a $250 out of court settlement in Clyde G. Millhone versus Middleport Development Co. leading to dismissal of that suit.
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Pomeroy
Martha W. Carsey
Middleport
Henry Thurman Carsey
Meigs County Common Pleas Court
Clyde G. Millhone
Middleport Development Co
Church Trustees to Meet in Middleport Tonight
Middleport First United Presbyterian Church trustees will meet at 7 30 tonight in the pastor s study. Tuesday at 7 p m elders will confer with prospective members and at 7 30 that night a meeting of the deacons and deaconesses will be held.
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Middleport
First United Presbyterian Church
Portland Pair Named in Joint Notice
James W. Ward, 27, and Betty Louise Dailey, 19, both of Portland, are listed in the notice.
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Pomeroy
James W. Ward
Betty Louise Dailey
Portland
Eastern Star Installation Set for December 17
Racine Chapter Order of Eastern Star meets at the temple and announces December 17 installation with William Dunlap as installing officer. School of instruction planned for January 24 at McConnellville. Dinner at 6 p.m. precedes the inspection of outgoing, new, and installing officers. Past matrons and patrons honored. Emma Salser praised as refreshment chair.
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Pomeroy
William Dunlap
Racine
Order of Eastern Star
Jane Hill
Alfred Toney
McConnellville
Emma Salser
Finn Gaul
Heath Church Accepts Nine Into Membership
Nine persons were received into the Heath Methodist Church during the Sunday service in Middleport. The group includes Mr. and Mrs. Leo Smith Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Searberry Jr Mrs. Robert Byer Mrs. C Wise Newman Burdette and Carter and Kim French, children of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene French.
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Middleport
Heath Methodist Church
Leo Smith
Alfred Searberry Jr
Robert Byer
C. Wise
Newman Burdette
Carter
Kim French
Eugene French
Middleport Literary Club Meeting Scheduled for Wednesday
The Middleport Literary Club will meet at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Mrs. Emerson Jones’s home. Mrs. George Dallas and Mrs. James Titus will lead the program.
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Middleport
Middleport Literary Club
Emerson Jones
George Dallas
James Titus
Skating Party Led By Westminster Youth Fellowship
Members of the Westminster Youth Fellowship of Middleport First United Presbyterian Church and guests held a skating party Saturday at Skate-a-Way rink. Leaders drove the group, then attendees from Mason West Virginia joined in. Plans were made for a Christmas service on December 18, followed by a fellowship film at Middleport First Baptist Church titled Our Bible and How It Came to Us.
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Middleport
Westminster Youth Fellowship
First United Presbyterian Church
Richard Vaughan
Howard Ruppelt
Myron Miller
Janice Zirkle
Donna
Jody Lish
Mason, W. Va
James Miller
Alan
Bruce Wallace
Kathy
Middleport Personal News Highlights Local Illnesses and Visits
The Rev. Donald Boone shows partial improvement at Meigs General Hospital after a week long illness. Mrs. Orville Bratton remains home with mumps while Mr. Bratton recovers from a leg injury. Mrs. Max Sanborn and Miss Bess Sanborn hosted guests from Smiths Ferry. The Aults travel to Huntington for the grandfather in law’s critical illness. Paul Smart visited Manning Klees at Holzer Hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Pete Beards of Richmond Va. came for Clair Spencer’s death.
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Max Sanborn
Bess Sanborn
Howard Holmes
Smiths Ferry
William Ault
Huntington
Ault
Paul Smart
Manning Klees
Holzer Hospital
Gallipolis
Orville Bratton
Mr. Bratton
Pete Beards
Richmond
Clair Spencer
WCTU Christmas Party at Meigs County Infirmary
Middleport Women’s Christian Temperance Union held its annual Christmas party for 24 Meigs County Infirmary residents. Mrs. Donald Boone delivered a meditation. music featured solos by local pastors and a duet by Mr. and Mrs. L. D. Diles. Clergy-led group singing, carol medley, a film from last year, and punch and cookies followed.
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Middleport
Meigs County Infirmary
Lillian Steiff
Margaret Sauer
The
County Union
Middleport Union
Clarence McNeal
Clifford Jacobs
Blaze Destroys Frame House on Harrisonville Road
Fire gutted a one story frame house owned by Mr and Mrs Wayne Baird on Harrisonville Road Saturday. Losses totaled about 5000 with 2000 for the structure and 3000 for contents. Firemen say the home was basically ruined before arrival. No insurance was carried. Overloaded circuit suspected as the cause.
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Pomeroy
Wayne Baird
Harrisonville Road
Roy Reuter
Ceremonial Held by Mary Shrine at IOOF Hall
Mary Shrine of the White Shrine of Jerusalem met Friday evening at the IOOF Hall with Mary Hughes as worthy high priestess and Allen Hughes as watchman of shepherds presiding. Refreshments were served after the ceremony.
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Pomeroy
Mary Shrine
White Shrine of Jerusalem
IOOF
Mary Hughes
Allen Hughes
Shepherds
Insect FBI Protects Health and Crops at Smithsonian Library
Dr. E. A. Chapin of the Smithsonian curates a vast insect library at the National Museum. The bureau catalogues over six million specimens to identify pests and warn scientists, protecting health and crops. Major pests include boll weevil, codling moth, and Hessian fly, with annual losses running into millions.
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Washington
E. A. Chapin
Smithsonian Institution
J. Edgar Hoover
Bureau of Insect Identification
FBI
Chapin
U. S. National Museum
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Uncle Sam
Philippines
Grimms Host Christmas Eastern Star Officers Night
Mr. and Mrs. Bert Grimm hosted the Past Officers Club of Racine Chapter Order of Eastern Star in Letart Falls for a Christmas party. Officers elected for the new year include Hazel Cleland as president Louise Stewart as vice president Naomi Brinker as secretary and Jane Hill as treasurer.
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Hazel Cleland
Louise Stewart
Naomi Brinker
Jane Hill
Leona Hensley
Cora Webb
Helen Johnson
Ruth Barnitz
Brinker
Wilson Carpenter
Charles Hensley
Alfred Toney
W. O. Barnitz
Jess Brinker
William Stewart
Laura Circle
Harriett Neigler
Gretta Simpson
Yuletide Box Planned For Hospital Vets
Pomeroy Women’s Christian Temperance Union at the First Baptist Church organized a Christmas box for the Veterans Hospital in Chillicothe and collected canned goods for the needy. Mrs. Joseph Cook chaired a meeting led by Mrs. G H Ewing with devotion and programs by several members. A temperance film will be shown at Pomeroy High School soon.
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Pomeroy
Veterans Hospital
Chillicothe
Bible Film Shown At Middleport Church Event
A film titled Our Bible and How It Came to Us was shown Sunday evening at the Middleport First Baptist Church. Youth groups from the United Presbyterian Heath Methodist and Mount Moriah Baptist churches attended as guests. A fellowship hour of games preceded the screening with piano music by Mrs. Richard Vaughn and carols led by Earl Smith. Refreshments followed in the church basement hosted by several ladies.
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Middleport
Middleport First Baptist Church
First United Presbyterian Church
Heath Methodist Church
Mount Moriah Baptist Church
Richard Vaughn
Earl Smith
Gifts Sent From Middleport Church Youth Group
The Junior Youth Fellowship at Middleport First Baptist Church held a Friday Christmas party. Rather than a gift exchange, members donated presents to the Murrow Missionary Home in Oklahoma. Ice cream and cake were served to several named youths.
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Murrow
Oklahoma
Burl Boggess
Tony Fowler
Stephanie Pullen
Marilyn Stumbo
Elinor Bodimer
Susie Morris
Norma Stewart
David Sigman
Andy Layman
David Boggess
Utica Chapter Eastern Star installation attended by Meigs residents
James Clatworthy, Pomeroy, and Mr. and Mrs. Allen Hughes, Middleport, attended the Utica Chapter Order of Eastern Star installation of officers as Walter Dunlap, worthy grand patron, served as inspecting officer. The group then traveled to Mount Vernon for the C E S Home Christmas party.
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Pomeroy
James Clatworthy
Allen Hughes
Middleport
Utica
Order of Eastern Star
Walter Dunlap
Clatworthy
Hughes
Mt. Vernon
C.E.S
Clair Edison Spencer Burial Set For Tuesday
Funeral services for Clair Edison Spencer 49 of Pomeroy Route 3 will be at 2 p m Tuesday at the Ewing funeral home. He died Saturday at Holzer Hospital Gallipolis. Surviving are his wife Betty Beards Spencer three brothers Roger Sidney and Ralph all of Pomeroy four nephews and two nieces. Burial will be in Mt Hermon cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home at any time.
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Pomeroy
Clair Edison Spencer
Holzer Hospital
Gallipolis
Ewing Funeral Home
Spencer
Roger
Middleport
Bradford Twp
Betty Beards Spencer
Sidney
Ralph
Christmas Story Is Opener For Meeting
Heath Methodist Church services will follow regular hours on Christmas. L. W. McComas presided over the official board meeting which began with a Christmas story. Mr and Mrs Homer E Cook were named to head the greeting committee for January February and March. Jack Bechtle reported on recent church repairs.
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Middleport
Heath Methodist Church
L. W. McComas
Homer E. Cook
Jack Bechtle
Grange Yule Party Planned at Racine Hall
The Racine Grange Christmas party is set for Wednesday evening at the hall. A gift exchange will occur and members should bring gifts for Athens State Hospital patients. Items for a basket to aid a needy family are also requested.
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Pomeroy
Racine Grange
Athens State Hospital
Four Meigs Dairy Service unit reps attend district session
POMEROY representatives from the Meigs Dairy Service Unit will attend a district session in Athens on Tuesday. C. E. Blakeslee C. N. Jones Paul Moore and Charles Theiss will represent the local group.
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Pomeroy
Meigs Dairy Service
Athens
C. E. Blakeslee
C. N. Jones
Paul Moore
Charles Theiss
Gift Buyers Selected At Group Meet
Mrs. Carl Herring and Miss Marcia Karr were chosen to buy gifts for Foster Rest Home residents as the Woman's Society of Christian Service of the Asbury Methodist Church held a Christmas dinner and meeting at Mrs. C. B. Weese's home. Mrs. William Eichinger led the meeting with devotional and program notes. A bank offering was collected and 32 shut-in calls were reported.
Radio Club Christmas Party In Rock Springs Grange
Middleport Pom eroy Bend Citizens Radio Club members and families attended a Friday Christmas party at Rock Springs Grange Hall. Guests included Barbara Blatt and Terry Ferguson from Huntington and several couples from Pomeroy Middleport Rutland New Haven Mason and families. Refreshments served to many local members and guests.
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Middleport
Pomeroy Bend
Edward Stiles
Harold Hysell
Rutland
Eugene Hart
William Folmer
New Haven
W. Va
James Johnson
Mason
Barbara Blatt
Terry Ferguson
Huntington
First Aid Course to Continue with Xi Gamma Mu Meeting
Emmett Shuler of Middleport will continue the first aid course as Xi Gamma Mu Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi Sorority meets at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at the DAV Home.
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Pomeroy
Emmett Shuler
Middleport
Xi Gamma Mu
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
DAV
Candlelighting Service Planned at Heath Church
A candlelighting service will be held at 7 p.m. Sunday at Heath Methodist Church in Middleport. The church choir directed by William Everson will provide music with organist Newman Burdette. Afterward, the youth fellowship will go Christmas caroling and conclude with refreshments at Barbara Jones's home, the president.
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Middleport
Heath Methodist Church
William Everson
Newman Burdette
Barbara Jones
Springfield father recuperating at home after hospitalization
Charles Sindle Sr. of Springfield is said to be recovering at his home two weeks after a hospital stay. He is the father of Mrs. William Ault and Mrs. Gene Dodson.
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Charles Sindle Sr
Springfield
William Ault
Gene Dodson
Chauncey-Dover Elementary PTA Meeting Canceled
The Chauncey Dover Elementary PTA meeting set for Monday night is canceled due to weather conditions.
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Chauncey
Chauncey-Dover Elementary
PTA
Treasure Island: Largest Man Made Island Off San Francisco
Treasure Island located off the San Francisco shore is identified as the largest man made island in the United States.
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Treasure Island
San Francisco
United States
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