Cantata The Babe in Bethlehem at Middleport First Baptist
The Middleport First Baptist Church staged The Babe in Bethlehem cantata at the Christmas program Sunday evening. Junior and Primary departments performed with Marianne Welsh narrating and cast including Kim Glass as Mary Randy Murray as Joseph and several others. a choral group, soloists, recitations by kindergarten pupils, and direction by Mrs Beulah White with Barbara Anthony at the piano.
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Middleport
Middleport First Baptist Church
Marianne Welsh
Kim Glass
Mary
Randy Murray
Joseph
Ney Parker
Lisa Becker
Jill Walburn
Valerie Lewis
Ann Pearch
June Justis
Beverly Hoffman
Trina Gibbs
Velvet Swisher
Paul Swisher
Craig Durst
Cindy Parker
Lynn Kloes
Tammy Richardson
Timmy Justis
David Hoffman
Kim Blass
Paula Barnett
Carla Wilcox
Gerald Anthony
Barbara
Jerry Pullen
Milton Hood
Richard Owen
Willis Anthony
Robert Richardson
Beulah White
Bert Bodimer
Three Auto Mishaps Reported In Meigs
Meigs County Sheriff reports three traffic accidents on Thursday. Homer Mills Jr. 15 of Syracuse lost control on Snowball Hill Road at noon, struck a tree, with passenger Brian Ritchhart 17 receiving scalp lacerations and hospitalized. Mills cited for no operator license and excessive speed. James Morris 16 of Pomeroy driven flatbed on Route 681 at 4:30 p.m. hit a slick spot, overturned after striking an embankment. Morris complained of elbow pain.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Robert Hartenbach
Homer Mills Jr
Syracuse
Snowball Hill Road
Brian Ritchhart
Veterans Memorial Hospital
Mills
James Morris
Morris
Group II Chooses Officers At First United Presbyterian
Group II of the Women's Association elected new officers at the home of Mrs. Harry Moore. Officers named were Mrs. Joe Bailey chairwoman, Mrs. Paul Haptonstall co chair, Mrs. Don Lowery secretary, and Mrs. Myron Miller treasurer. The program included a Christmas story and carol origins with multiple members assisting.
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Middleport
Women’s Association
First United Presbyterian Church
Harry Moore
Joe Bailey
Paul Haptonstall
Cochairman
Don Lowery
Myron Miller
Lewis Sauer
Karl Owen
Karl Owen, Mrs. Lowery, Mrs. Miller, Mrs. Bailey
Dwight Zavitz
William Ohlinger
Vivian Waddell
R. M. Sherman
Zavitz
Moore
Bailey
Cafeteria prices rise in Southern Local schools
RACINE Ralph Sayre superintendent of the Southern Local School District says the five schools Racine Letart Syracuse Junior and High will continue class A meals. Menus will be unified more nutritious and planned. As of Jan 3 all meals for paying students and teachers lunches increase five cents.
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Racine
Ralph Sayre
Letart
Syracuse
Appalachian Power to Sell 50 Million Bonds and 250000 Preferred Shares
Appalachian Power Co with an office in Point Pleasant will offer 50 million dollars of first mortgage bonds and 250000 shares of cumulative preferred stock valued at 100 dollars each, awaiting regulatory approval and bid date set for February 16. Proceeds will retire short term debt and fund construction and corporate needs. The Roanoke Va based Appalachian Power is an operating subsidiary of American Electric Power Co.
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Point Pleasant
Appalachian Power Co
Appalachian Power
Roanoke
American Electric Power Co
Truck Sideswipes Barrels on State Route 35
The Ohio State Highway Patrol reported an accident on State Route 35 near Route 279 at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday. Richard H. Chapman, 41, Groveport, drove eastbound and sideswiped construction barrels causing minor truck damage with no injuries. Chapman was arrested on driving while intoxicated charges.
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Ohio State Highway Patrol
Richard H. Chapman
Groveport
Chapman
New Haven Church Plans Candlelight Service and Caroling
St Paul Lutheran Church New Haven will host a candlelight service Friday at 10 p.m led by Frank Brookhart a second year seminary student from Lutheran Theological Seminary Philadelphia. Youth groups will perform a carol medley on the church lawn Thursday at 6 p.m and then distribute Christmas treats to shut ins. Oldest City Quebec is Canada’s oldest city.
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New Haven
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Frank Brookhart
Parkersburg
Lutheran Theological Seminary
Philadelphia
St. Paul Lutheran Church
VMaes Place Entered in Letart Burglary Incident
The sheriff's department investigates a breaking and entering at Mae's Place in Letart early Wednesday per owner Otis Blessing. A rear door was forced open and about $75 was stolen from the cash register.
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Point Pleasant
Sheriff's Department
Mae’s
Letart
Otis Blessing
Clinton Stevens Cited After Route 2 62 Crash
Clinton Stevens of Huntington, 55, was cited by state police after a Tuesday crash at Routes 2 and 62. He lost control, crossed center line, and struck Owens McDade of Point Pleasant, 30, who was driving the other vehicle. Stevens received a driving left of center citation.
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Point Pleasant
Clinton Stevens
Huntington
Stevens
Owens McDade
Citation Issued After Wreck
Ohio State Highway Patrol reports a two car collision on State Route 7 two miles north of the Meigs Gallia line at 7 30 p m a car driven by John D Uphole Chester 21 stopped to wait for a left turn when Clair E Mitchell 26 Pomeroy attempting to pass struck Uphole s vehicle no injuries minor damage to both cars Mitchell cited for improper passing
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Ohio State Highway Patrol
Meigs and
Gallia
John D. Uphole
Chester
Clair E. Mitchell
Pomeroy
Mitchell
Christmas Plans Made by Dorcas Circle
The Dorcas Circle of the Middleport First Baptist Church held a December meeting at Mrs. Charles Searles home to finalize Christmas plans. Members opened with devotions themed If He Had Not Come and read thank you letters from the Tennis missionary family and Nancy Demott. They wrapped gifts for needy families and collected bibs and lap robes for Syracuse Rest Home patients and church shut-ins. Mrs. Iva Turner led the program December Night A Long, Long Time Ago. Fifteen members attended and refreshments followed.
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Middleport
Dorcas
Bradford Church of Christ Christmas Eve Service
The Bradford Church of Christ will hold a Christmas Eve Service Friday at 6 30 p m A film The Greatest Gift will be shown Ronald Kepling of Reedsville filed for divorce from Doris Epling in Meigs County Common Pleas Court in Sarasota Florida
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Bradford
Students Type Cards For Patients At Holzer Hospital
Edwin Prince's typing class at Gallia Academy High School prepared personal Christmas greetings for hospitalized patients at Holzer Medical Center. Red Cross Gray Ladies delivered the letters to hospital rooms, each signed by the student who typed it as part of class work.
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Gallipolis
Holzer Medical Center
Gallia Academy High School
Edwin Prince
Red Cross
Two Vehicle Crash Arrest In Point Pleasant
Police investigated a 5:30 p.m. crash at 1503 Kanawha St involving a Bartels car and a Bonecutter car. William E Bonecutter 38 was cited for driving while intoxicated after the collision caused about 450 dollars in property damage with no injuries.
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Point Pleasant
Kanawha St
Helen Bartels
Harry Dean Bartels
Kanawha Street
William E. Bonecutter
Bonecutter
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