Money Suit Is Filed Here In Meigs County
A suit for 556.85 was filed in Meigs County Common Pleas Court by Motorists Mutual Insurance Co of Columbus and Marie Kennedy of Zanesville against Boyd Eugene Johnson of Reedsville Route 1. They claim the amount is due for car repairs after an auto accident on Route 7 near Tuppers Plains and that the fault lay with the defendant.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County Common Pleas Court
Motorists Mutual Insurance Co
Columbus
Marie Kennedy
Zanesville
Boyd Eugene Johnson
Reedsville
Route 7
Tuppers Plains
Farm Class To Meet POMEROY Conservation Topics
Conservation practices to be used on Meigs County farms in 1959 will be the topic of an evening class for county farmers. The meeting is from 8 to 10 p.m. Monday at Racine High School with H. E. Shields, ASCS office manager, presenting. Twenty farmers attended the sixth meeting on Dec. 22, which covered chemical weed control.
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Meigs County
Racine High School
H. E. Shields
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
Horoscope Forecast For Personal And Financial Success
The Stars Say predicts an excellent day for accomplishment across personal, business, and financial matters. For those with birthdays tomorrow, strong prospects lie ahead in the coming year aided by influential friends and determined effort, with mid 1959 offering stimulating experiences and enduring rewards.
Children Shine in Pomeroy First Baptist Christmas Program
The Pomeroy First Baptist Church celebrated Christmas with a worship service and church school program on Sunday, a youth party, and Monday caroling. A Nativity drama featured Mary Nancy Arnold and Joseph Paul Smith with a youth choir providing the musical backdrop. William Watson read the story from Matthew and Luke as Mary McKinzie Shepherds and others acted. The Christ-Child and the Christian Home film closed the program.
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Pomeroy
Elmer Wickham
J. H. Stephenson
Pomeroy First Baptist Church
Mary
Nancy Arnold
Joseph
Paul Smith
Mary McKinzie
Mike Martin
Charles Hysell
Eugene Triplett
Larry Wiles
Frank White
Mike Sprouse
William Watson
William Sterrett
Jonnie Sue Thompson
Sue Ellen Arnold
Patty Hysell
Mary Lou Teaford
Susan Martin
Nancy Thompson
Shirley Hudson
Debbie Hannell
Becky Triplett
Shelia Cowan
Johnnie Seidenable
Janet Couch
Ellen Couch
Joseph Cook
Burton Smith
Leroy Ruschel
Danny Thompson
Orval Wiles
Brenda Bailey
Tamara Finlan
Sally Foster
Leah Grueser
Jean Holt
Ethel Mae Hysell
Sharon Smith
Jonnie Thompson
Sarah Weston
Sharon Young
Charlene Zundel
Sharon Zundel
Meigs General Hospital
Harold Hysell
Guy Cowan
Salisbury Fourth Graders Stage Seasonal Program
POMEROY The Salisbury School presented a Christmas program Thursday under Mrs. Eleanor Welch Zeiher with Mrs. Lillian Stieff as accompanist. Students from all grades participated with a candlelight pantomime and songs, a gift operetta The Gift of Christmas, and a Christmas tree display. Support followed by church refreshments and a youth caroling party on Monday evening.
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Barbara Davis
Manual Gheen
Junior Lunsford
Janice Evans
Kathryn English
Eddie Frick
Joyce Stanley
Delbert Chaney
Lu Ann Leonard
Douglas Moore
Herald Angels
Bethlehem
Sherrie Blackstone
Bartrum Continues Probe Of Vandalism
Middleport police chief Leroy Bartrum says the window breaking vandalism in and near Middleport on Christmas night remains under investigation. Work continues with no arrests reported so far.
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Middleport
Leroy Bartrum
Bartrum
Middleport Woman Fined on Intoxication Charge
Bertha Bass of Middleport was fined five dollars and costs in the Mayor C O Fisher court Saturday night on intoxication charges.
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Middleport
Bertha Bass
C. O. Fisher
Pomeroy Personal News Holiday Visits and Family Gatherings
Local residents share Christmas and New Year visits across Circleville Pomeroy Hillsboro Richmond Dayton Moundsville and Gallipolis. Families listed include Ebers Bach Gibbs Hazelton Elberfeld Laughead Robinson Lochary Thomas Graves Casto Weese Jones Bartels and Owens with multiple children and guests from New York City to Virginia and Maryland activities.
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Pomeroy
James Hazelton
Meda Gibbs
Dick Elberfeld
Hillsboro
Alfred Elberfeld
Mary Laughead
New York City
John Robinson
Richmond
E. R. Robinson
Patrick Lochary
Charles
Dayton
Lochary
Elizabeth Lochary Chase
Don Thomas
Melissa
Moundsville
W. Va
Ralph Graves
Thomas
Homer Casto
Nye Ave
Lucien Casto
Diane and
Davis
Richard Owens
Patty
Linda
C. B. Weese
Bert Weese
John Jones
Ira Bartels
Gallipolis
Champion of Liberty Stamps Honor Jose de San Martin
The next Champion of Liberty issue will honor Jose de San Martin, Hero of the Andes, with two stamps to be issued in Washington on February 25. One stamp will use a Library of Congress print showing a three-quarter view medallion of San Martin with a blue 4-center and a blue red ocher 8-center design.
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ANDES
U. S
Jose de San Martin
Washington
Sa Martin
Library of Congress
Paynes Grow Sweet Watermelons Since 1874 Seed
TABSCOTT VA Nathan and Wallace Payne cultivate melons in an 84 year family tradition. They began with seed from 1874 and have kept growing them for generations.
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Tabscott
Nathan
Wallace Payne
Speaker miss flight hinders union meeting attendance plan
In San Diego a prominent speaker scheduled by the District Council of Carpenters to discuss boosting union meeting turnout failed to attend. The setback leaves the plan for greater attendance unresolved.
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San Diego
Calif
District Council of Carpenters
Death of Frank Lowery 76 in Pittsburgh
Relatives report the death of Frank Lowery at his Pittsburgh home at age 76. He is survived by wife Freda Sauvage Lowery, three sons Valyn Lawrence and Delbert of Pittsburgh, two grandchildren and sister Mrs. Stella Pilcher. The Lowerys formerly lived in Pomeroy, moving to Pittsburgh in 1924.
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Pomeroy
Frank Lowery
Pittsburgh
Freda Sauvage Lowery
Valyn
Lawrence
Delbert
Stella Pilcher
Lowerys
Thief Steals $8 From Purse During TV Home Visit
Arch ie Spack ey and his family paused between acts of a TV play for snacks. Between commercials a thief entered through the back door and took eight dollars from a purse and a bottle of beer from the refrigerator in Toledo Ohio.
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Toledo
Ohio
Archie Spackey
Perryville Church Sign Declares Prayer Conditioning
A Perryville church displays a sign reading Our auditorium is prayer conditioned drawing attention to faith practices. The message reflects a local religious scene and residents' reactions.
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Perryville
Petition Drive Aims to Keep Mrs. Jacobs at Meigs Infirmary
Rumors of a leadership change prompt hundreds to sign petitions urging Mrs. Clifford Jacobs retainment as superintendent of the Meigs County Infirmary. Democrats gain control of the county board in January, triggering local concern over the post.
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Pomeroy
Clifford Jacobs
Meigs County
Jacobs
Brain Game Nature Quiz Questions
A 8 item quiz asks which clouds are ice, which layer is higher the stratosphere or troposphere, identifies tanagers and maybe organisms, defines deciduous trees, sap of the sapodilla tree, moisture retention in warm vs cold air, woodbine type, and what a hygrometer measures.
Recognition Day Observed at Heath Methodist Church
Sharon Jones and John Kitchka assisted Rev. C. R. Konkright as Student Recognition Day activities unfolded at Heath Methodist Church. Youth ushers participated and Jones served as organist while Ben Philson sang as soloist.
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Middleport
Sharon Jones
John Kitchka
C. R. Konkright
Heath Methodist Church
Ben Philson
Birth of Ronald Lee Cunningham in Gallipolis
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Cunningham announce the birth of a son, Ronald Lee, weighing 10 pounds 12 ounces, at Holzer Hospital in Gallipolis on December 22. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Roush of Middleport and Mr. and Mrs. Homer Cunningham of Mason, West Virginia. The couple also have four other children: John, Allen, Paul, and Betty.
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Middleport
Raymond Cunningham
Ronald Lee
Holzer Hospital
Gallipolis
C. L. Roush
Homer Cunningham
Mason, W. Va
Cunningham
Chilldren
John
Allen
Paul
Betty
One Hit No Runs: Saline Charged With Drunken Driving
In Nogales Arizona Marlin Saline a 29 year old from Phoenix rammed his car into a State Highway Patrol car parked at the Nogales police station. He was promptly arrested and charged with drunken driving.
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Nogales, Ariz
Marlin Saline
Phoenix
Nogales
Saline
Christmas Visits Bring Many River City Relatives Together
Middleport residents shared holiday time with relatives across Caledonia Columbus and Syracuse. C H Lucas and family stayed with Homer Jones and extended visits continued for Mrs Lucas and children. Willis Aleshire and Mrs Chambers were guests in town, joined by Mrs Hill. Mrs Fletchner returned to Columbus after visiting Hattie and Alice Smith. Rodney Downing and Mrs Bovie returned home as J Harley Bovie recovered in Gallipolis. Malcolm Carpenter of Washington DC and Annette Carpenter of Pittsburgh joined Dale Dutton’s household. Robert Harris and family hosted Marjorie Harris and Gordon Harris families with visits from Susan Nicky and Jimmy Harris in Columbus and Syracuse.
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C. H. Lucas
Rodney
Marjorie
Caledonia
Homer Jones
Mike Fletchner
Columbus
Hattie Smith
Alice Smith
Rodney Downing
J. Harley Bovie
Bovie
Gallipolis
Annette Carpenter
Pittsburgh
Robert Harris
S. Second Ave
Marjorie Harris
Washington, D. C
Susan
Gordon Harris
Nicky
Jimmy
Gene Harris
Syracuse
Week of Prayer Set in Middleport Churches
Annual week of prayer services planned by Middleport churches runs Monday January 5 through the week. Each evening services at Heath Methodist Church feature different community pastors.
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Middleport
Buffet Supper Held by Mr and Mrs Cleland Hines
Mr and Mrs Cleland Hines entertained with a buffet supper at their home Saturday evening. Guests included Mr and Mrs Elmer Smith of Orville, Mr and Mrs Phil Meinhart and Miss Erma Smith.
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Pomeroy
Cleland Hines
Elmer Smith
Orville
Phil Meinhart
Erma Smith
Liberty Theatre Showings in Middleport Ohio
Local Liberty Theatre in Middleport Ohio lists Cecile Demille and a feature title shown this week with theater details unreadable in the OCR.
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Middleport
Ohio
Chester Grange Holds Lincoln Session Christmas Program
Chester Grange met with master George Holter in session. One aid appeal was answered. The program hour opened with Silent Night sung by Jennifer and Melanie Dean. Betty Lou Dean read the Christmas creed. Linda Hollon recited. The Deans performed Lighting the Candle. Maurita Miller recited The Night The Fir Tree Cried. Roberta Kraueter and Dolores Kraueter sang Winter Wonderland and Silver Bells.
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Maurita Miller
Roberta Kraueter
Delores Kraueter
Death Of Columbus Resident Bishop Saddens Middleport Family
Mrs. Homer E. Cook and sister Mrs. Grace Keelor received word Sunday that their brother Robert Bishop died in his sleep Saturday night at his Columbus home. The family plans a committal service at Athens Tuesday. Robert was the son of the late Rev. and Mrs. R. F. Bishop, former Middleport residents.
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Middleport
Homer E. Cook
Grace Keelor
Robert
Bishop
Columbus
Cook
Keelor
Athens
R. F. Bishop
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