Rutland High School Holds Annual Football Banquet
About 85 students attended at the American Legion Hall with Rutland High School honoring players and staff. Glenn Kyger urged sportsmanship and leadership, while O O Patterson served as toastmaster. Letters were awarded to players and cheerleaders, with gifts to coaches and staff, and a home economics team prepared the banquet.
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Rutland
Rutland High School
American Legion Hall
Glenn Kyger
Parkersburg
O. O. Patterson
Jack Morten
Orin Smith
Robert Linter
Morten
Tom Fauber
Russell Carson
Larry Turner
Joe Bolen
John Montgomery
Don Swisher
Don Harrison
Jim Cremeans
Billy Frye
Buddy Carroll
Roger Miller
Francis Moran
Loretta Hoffman
Linda Buck
Joan Rife
Alberta Snowden
Janet Turner
Joyce Wolfe
Joseph Michelitch
Henry Null
Bill Harmon, Jr
Keith Nelson
Bill Wilford
Bob Nelson
Milton Wright
Barbara Delaney
Maralyn Turner
Donna Will
Santa Rides Fire Wagon in Charity Drive
Santa Claus rode a fire truck with a fireman helmet as Midport Volunteer Fire Company launches a week of house to house canvassing led by Scouts from Troop 245. Eighty dollars and canned goods were collected, with further routes planned daily through Friday and a final cleanup trip Sunday.
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Middleport
Santa Claus
Mid@eport Volunteer Fire Company
Troop 245
Mill St
Corporation
Lincoln St
Ash St
Gravel Hill
Grant St
Donald Mills
Thomas Darst
Jack Bechtle
Raymond Klioes
Legion Post Trustees Plan Christmas Party
Feeney Bennett Post American Legion trustees met to outline a Wednesday night meeting to install officers and to set plans for a Christmas party at the Legion Hall on December 23. The hall interior has been repainted and other improvements completed this fall.
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Middleport
Feeney - Bennett Post
American Legion
Legion Hall
Men’s Fellowship to Convene at Zion Church
The Middleport Men’s Fellowship of the Churches of Christ in Meigs County meets at Zion Church tonight. A youth rally is planned with a speaker from Kentucky Christian College Gray son delivering the program.
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Middleport — Men's Fellowship of the Churches of Christ of
Meigs County
Zion Church
Kentucky Christian College
Grayson
Eighty seven Olive Orange students named to honor roll
The Olive Orange school district lists eighty seven pupils on the honor roll across grades one through twelve. First grade honorees include Wilma Atherton and Kenneth Caldwell. other tops earners span through twelfth grade with Dororthy Barnhill and Gertrude Buchanan among the seniors.
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Tuppers Plains
Olive Orange
Wilma Atherton
Kenneth Caldwell
Ruth Landon
Barbara Lantz
Linda Pratt
Rosalie Stoops
Arlene Wires
Gene Young
Nancy Zumbach
Joan Shultz
Billie Lou Tracewell
Lyndal Lyons
Ella Dillon
Sandra Swartz
James Mays
Eric Parker
Larry Landon
James Shields
Dorothy Burke
Audrey Spencer
Ernest Vineyard
Carl Landon
Roger Pratt
James Sovel
Beverly Millhone
Richard Cowdery
Caroll Berry
Bert Young
Ina Mays
Marjory Green
Homer Cole
Jane Ann Chaffee
Janice Caldwell
Janet Koehler
Janet Vineyard
Martha Parker
Josephine Spencer
Jean Kirkhart
George Collins
Marty Murphy
Charles Chaffee
Mariene Torrence
Okey Cart
Patty Deeter
Donna Dorst
Martha Goebel
Phillip Boyles
Carolyn Green
Delores Schultz
Janice Schultz
Joe Ann Combes
Charles Vineyard
Betty Vincill
Janet Christy
Ralph Chevalier
Ruby Cremeans
Dollie Boring
Larry Osborne
Clyde Kuhn
Robert Gray
Dorothy Barnhill
Gertrude Buchanan
Land Transfers in Meigs County Outline Property Moves
Meigs County registries record numerous transfers across Letart Pomeroy and surrounding townships. Frances Philson transfers to Ralph Douglas Shain and Maxine Shain. 26.37 acres shift from R V Weatherman and Niesel Weatherman to Ora Pyles in Orange Township. Multiple parcels in Chester Columbia and Bedford townships change hands including lots 12 and 28 in Pomeroy and two parcels in Bedford. An estate transfer lists Mary Hughes and heirs, with Margaret Moore and others named in Sutton Township affidavit of transfer.
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Frances Philson
Ralph Douglas Shain
Maxine Shain
Letart
R. V. Weatherman
Niesel Weatherman
Ora
Pyles
Orange Township
Frank Dale Jennings
Mary M. Jennings
C. C. Duckler
Pomeroy
Norman C. Will
W. Clyde Will
Kenneth E. McKinney
Samuel A. McKinney
Salem Township
Ernest I
Ethel
Countians Invited To Orchard Seminar
The annual fruit school will be at Carthage Troy High School in Coolville starting at 10 am Wednesday. County agricultural agent C. E. Blakeslee announced the event for Meigs County residents. Specialists will discuss diseases of apples and peaches, orchard mice control, fertilizers, cold storage, and more.
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Pomeroy
Carthage-Troy
Coolville
C. E. Blakeslee
Peniel Church Women Plan December Meetings and Shower at Home
The Ladies Aid and WSCS groups in Peniel Church schedule their December events. A stork shower honored Mrs. Wade Morrison at Mrs. Paul Rickard’s home with many members present. The St Mark's Ladies Aid and Hill Billie 4-H Club hold reorganizations and Christmas gatherings with new officers and leaders announced. Local families from Athens and New Lexington visit relatives in the area.
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Ladies Air of
Peniel
Paul Rickard
Wade Morrison
Morrison
Alah Fry
Rupert Rice
Marcus Weaver
Harold Lewis
Glen Thompson
Harold Pumegarner
Homer Hicks
WSCS
Peniel Church
Union
Harold Bumgarner
St. Mark's Ladies Aid
Probe Roush
Gerald Rood
Vance Rood
David
Athens
Hill Billie 4
Loyal Berean Class Christmas Meeting in Middleport
The Loyal Berean Class of the Church of Christ held a Christmas meeting at the church in Middleport with a turkey dinner and a program. Fred I Gardner and family attended as guests. L R Wiley performed on guitar and several members sang, a recitation was given, and a reading of The Day After Christmas by Edgar Guest was shared. Officers for the slate were approved, gifts exchanged, and 43 members attended. The group planned missionary gifts for the Meigs County infirmary and noted festive table settings and decorations throughout.
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Middleport
Berean
Church of Christ
Fred I. Gardner
Ms. Gardner
David Wiley
L. R. Wiley
Lord
O. E. McKinley
George Childs
G. F. Bailey
Walter Bunce
Thomas Hendrix
Claude Ashley
Gardners
Rodell Steify
Church
Homer Rice
Edgar Allensworth
George Meinhart
Heiner
Mabel Hysell
Gardner
Meigs County
Frost
Christmas meeting of Loyal Pals Class at Church of Christ
Mrs. Guy Reynolds led a Christmas devotional from Luke and a prayer at the Loyal Pals Class gathering hosted by Mrs. Robert Reibel. Mrs. L J Heiner reviewed The Wayfarer's Candie by Hughes and Christmas music was sung. Gifts were exchanged around the tree as plans began for January’s anniversary dinner.
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Middleport
Guy Reynolds
Church of Christ
Robert Reibel
L. J. Heiner
Rutland
Wayfarer
Hughes
Dwight Frost
Reiber
Methodist Youth Fellowship Attends Athens Swim Party
Middleport youths from the Metho dist Youth Fellowship and guests traveled to the Ohio University natatorium in Athens for a swimming party. Attendees included Nancy Roller Marilyn Sue Knight Mary Carolyn Miller Juanita Hawkins Marilyn Miller Betty Kloes Stephen Coats Roger Covert Kenneth Murray Bobby T Hennesy Edward Lee McComas and Eddie Blake. Accompanying adults were Mrs FE M Blake Mrs Ray Tracy Sr Earl Knight and Mr and Mrs D C Miller.
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Middleport
Athens
Ohio University Natatorium
Methodist Youth Fellowship
Nancy Roller
Marilyn Sue Knight
Mary Carolyn Miller
Juanita Hawkins
Marilyn Miller
Betty Kloes
Stephen Coats
Roger Covert
Kenneth Murray
Bobby T. Hennesy
Edward Lee McComas
Eddie Blake
FE. M. Blake
Ray Tracy Sr
Earl Knight
D. C. Miller
First Presbyterian Women Meet Tuesday at Church
Group 1 of the Woman's Association of First Presbyterian Church will gather Tuesday evening at the church. Hostesses include Elizabeth Joachim Mrs. Thomas Rue Mrs. Herold Sauer and Mrs. Rodney Sauer.
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Middleport
Woman's Association of First Presbyterian Church
Elizath Joachim
Thomas Rue
Herold Sauer
Rodney Sauer
WCTU to Meet at Mrs. Kelly’s on Friday Evening
The WCTU will meet Friday evening at home of Mrs. Marvin Kelly on Grant Street. Part of the Christmas program includes preparing a care package for overseas. Assisting hostesses are Mrs. Leo Childs and Mrs. David Darst Sr.
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Middleport
WCTU
Marvin Kelly
Grant St
Leo Childs
David Darst
Shallow Sea Between Japan and Korea Reveals Fragile Bottom
A remark notes the sea depth between Japan and Korea is so shallow that a minor upheaval of the seabed could expose dry land allowing an army to march across. The observation emphasizes geologic and strategic implications.
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Japan
Korea
Letart Falls Pupils Named to Honor Roll
POMEROY Donald Nease principal today announced Letart Falls Grade School honor roll for the second six weeks. Students earning a B or above include listed names across eight ranks, with a long roster of pupils such as James Hall Sue Miller Peggy Vines Spencer Carpenter Robert Crow David Fox Judy Butcher and many others.
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Pomeroy
Donald Nease
Letart Falls
James Hall
Sue Miller
Peggy Vines
Spencer Carpenter
Robert Crow
David Fox
Judy Butcher
Cage Festival Aids Two Funds
The 4-H Clubs will receive 129 dollars for Canters Cave Camp fund site and the polio fund will also get 129 dollars from a Middleport carnival. Expenses totaled 10 dollars for janitor services and 5.53 dollars for a city tax payment.
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Canters Cave
Middleport
Rush of Yule Mail Strains Middleport Post Office
Santa Claus will assist the Middleport Post Office as Christmas mail and packages arrive with every train and bus. Richard Pickens, veteran parcel post carrier, had emergency surgery for a ruptured stomach ulcer at Meigs General Hospital and will be hospitalized at least two weeks. His mother Maggie Pickens is also a patient there.
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Middleport
Santa Claus
Richard Pickens
Meigs General Hospital
Pickens
Maggie Pickens
Poinsettia Plant Reaches Hundred Blooms At Fort Lauderdale Home
James Weber of 425 NE 11th Ave Fort Lauderdale Florida describes a poinsettia plant in his yard about seven feet tall with nearly 100 large double blooms. He notes unusually warm winter weather dampening Christmas spirit despite Messiah programs and the plant's profusion compared with past years.
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Middleport
James Webers
N.E
11Th Ave
Fort Laucerdale
Fla
Homebuilders Plan Christmas Party for Church Group
Middleport reports the Homebuilders Christmas party set for Tuesday evening. The Homebuilders Class of the Church of Christ consists of the church's young adults.
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Middleport
Church of Christ
Church
Funeral Rites for John H. Tuckerman Set at Rutland Church
John Howard Tuckerman 89 died Sunday. Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday at the Rutland Church of Christ. Survivors include two sons Guy and Fred, a sister Liddie Durst, and wife Effie preceded him in death. Burial at Miles Cemetery.
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Pomeroy
John Howard Tuckerman
Rutland Church
Letart PTA to Meet at School Tuesday Evening
Letart Falls PTA will hold a meeting at 7 30 p m Tuesday in the school building. An attendance award will be presented, said Mrs Robert Crow president.
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Letart Pta
Pomeroy
Letart Falls
PTA
Robert Crow
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