Beat Of The Bend Seeks Hopeful New Year Wishes
A letter to the community asks Beat Of The Bend for improvements in 1963 including more industry, happiness, and progress. Readers request dozens of neighbors, more do-ers and planners, fewer critics, better emergency services, and praise for local residents while hoping for good health and prosperity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norma Goodwins
Norma
C. E. Blakeslee
Irene Grueser
Lloyd Blackwood
Joe Noewell
Kennedy
Alice Nease
Bill Mayer
Lee Smith
Elwood
Eileen Bowers
Evelyn Hess
Kathryn Spencer
Ella Hannahs
Baptists Plan New Year's Eve Services
New Year activities at Pomeroy First Baptist Church include an 8 to 9 p m service led by Rev Ralph C Zandel followed by a youth recreation program from 9 to 11 p m A midnight bell ring marks the end A youth party is chaired by Mrs Oliver Michael and Albert Martin Jr presided over Sunday worship with reports on Camp Oge and Baptist conventions in Green Lake Wisconsin and Cleveland Charlene Zundel attended the youth convention and Sharon Zundel spoke at the conference
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oliver Michael
Ralph C. Zandel
Albert Martin, Jr
Sally Foster
Mary McKenzie
Camp Oge
Sharon Zundel
Green Lake
Wis
Charlene Zundel
Cleveland
Two Drivers Cited for DWI in Gallipolis Weekend
Gallia County authorities arrested Chancey Everrett Johnson Buddy Joe Fowler and Austin Montgomery on DWI charges over the weekend. Johnson and Fowler were released on bonds to appear in municipal court Monday while Montgomery was freed on bond to appear in court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Chancey Everrett Johnson
Crown City
Johnson
Buddy Joe Fowler
Austin
Ad Men Are Fined In Meigs County Court
Eight men were fined and one bond forfeited in Meigs County Court before Judge Frank W. Porter. Fines ranged from 5 to 150 dollars with various charges including driving left of center no valid license and intoxication plus a forfeited bond for permitting an unlicensed minor to drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Meigs
Frank W. Porter
Leonard H Koenig, Jr
Charles H. Klein
James W. Suttle
Robert Lee Lawson
Carl Still
Harry Lee Ours
William R. Lambert
James E. Bowles
Carlos B. Miller
River Traffic and Dam Status Up to Lock 22
River traffic reports show varied upriver and downriver movements on the Ohio and Kanawha systems with several boats listed by name and times. Dams remain elevated up to Lock 22 while Lock 23 remains down and all movable dams below Greenup are down.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ganges
Gallipolis
Ere
Reenup
Kanawha Falls
Hinton
Pomeroy Mason
Point Pleasant
London
Marmet
Winfield
Greenup
James L. Hamilton
R. H. Bosworth
Solvay
Dorothy Estes
Ohio
Montgomery
Southern
Beckord
Pock
Alrt F. Holden
Lunga Point
OVEC
Defender
BR la Oo
Ravenswood
Oliver Shearer
Warrern Hoagland
Alton Zephyr
Vaughan Named March of Dimes Campaign Chief in Meigs County
Richard Vaughan of Middleport has been appointed director of the 1963 Meigs County March of Dimes campaign. He will oversee a January house-to-house solicitation as part of the 25th anniversary Give For the Life of a Child appeal, supporting vaccines and birth defect research.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eresa Kaye
Athens County
Athens
Ohio
Dever J. Rose
Teteas Court
George R. Kessel
Middleport
Richard Vaughan
Meigs County
L. James Mayer
National Foundation
Vaughan
March of Times
Methodist College Life Sunday Topic at Heath Church
Miss Christine Coats of Ohio Northern University and Stephen Coats of Miami University spoke at Heath Methodist Church on Methodist related colleges and the Wesley Foundation. The service included a student recognition segment with readings led by Evelyn Gibbons and a responsive reading by Eric Chambers and music by Sandra Brewington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Wesley Foundation
Christine Coats
Ohio Northern University
Ada
Stephen Coats
Miami University
Heath Methodist Church
Nan Moore
Eric Chambers
Rio Grande College
Evelyn Gibbons
Bethel College
Sandra Brewington
Tom Ball
Forrest Bachtel
Middleport High School
Women’s Society of Christian Service
James Criswell
Methodist
Pomeroy Shakespeare Club Meets for Luncheon in 1963
Community note from POMEROY: The Pomeroy Shakespeare Club will convene at 1 p.m. Wednesday at the home of Mrs. Waldo J. Bartels for a luncheon and meeting. The message also returns a humorous verse and thanks readers for well wishes during illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emerson Jones
Pomeroy
Pomeroy Shakespeare Club
Waldo J. Bartels
Births and admissions at Holzer Hospital update
Holzer Hospital reports new births adding a son to Hale of Ravenswood a son to Moon of Pomeroy a son to Mitchell of Gallipolis and a son to Trotter of Oak Hill. The admitted list includes Lonnie Borders Liberty and others from Jackson Ravenswood Evans Pomeroy and more. Dismissals cover several patients and two with daughters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everette L. Hale
Ravenswood
W.va
John W. Moon
Pomeroy
Norman L. Mitchell
Gallipolis
Ovid J. Trotter
Oak Hill
Lonnie F. Borders
Jackson
Howard W. Haynes
Liberty
Robert Ross
Charles E. Taylor
Stanley Clifford Montgomery
Crown City
D. Jay Webb
W. Va
Oris D. Lathey
Evans
James L. Daniel
Beaver
Ohio
Joalynn Haydon
Glenn V. Lee
Mack Gee
Virgil G. Griffith
Columbus
Urban A. Cornett
Michael Dean Trout
Northup
John W. Imes
John C. Dougherty
Henderson
Mrs Gardner Hurt In Restaurant Fall
Mrs. Fred I. Gardner is in Meigs Memorial Hospital with a pelvic bone fracture after a fall at Crow's Steak House Friday. The Gardners had just returned home from a holiday visit with daughter and son-in-law Mr. and Mrs Bill Shoun in Johnson City Tennessee when the accident occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Fred I. Gardner
Meigs Memorial Hospital
Crow’s
Gardner
Bill Shoun
Johnson City
Tenn
Federated Youth Conducts Services at Federated Church
Members of the Federated Youth Fellowship conducted Sunday worship at the Federated Church. Linda Kirkland was organist and speaker, with Rickey Campbell presenting a sermon and Ralph Werry giving scripture and offertory prayer. Ushers included Jeb and Van Kirkland and Jeffrey Gibbs. The youth met Sunday evening to dismantle decorations followed by refreshments for Rev. and Mrs. Waldo J. Bartels. Meigs marriage license issued for Clarence Stewart Frank and Jessie Louise Bigley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Youth Fellowship
Federated Church
Linda Kirkland
Rickey Campbell
Our God
Ralph Werry
Jeb
van Kirkland
Jeffrey Gibbs
Dick Knight
Joe Gilmore
Waldo J. Bartels
Middleport Home Damaged by Grease Fire
In Middleport Mr and Mrs Howard Byers returned from Gallipolis to find their home filled with smoke after a grease pan on a low fire boiled dry and melted on the stove. The wall behind the stove blistered and soot covered furnishings and drifted into drawers and closets. They are staying with neighbors, Mr and Mrs Richard Roller, while cleanup proceeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Howard Byers
Mrs. Byers
Richard Roller
Joseph Dugan Dies At 52 In Rutland
Joseph Dugan 52 died Sunday at Holzer Hospital Gallipolis after living in Rutland ten years coming from Glouster He was an operating engineer and member of the International Union of Operating Engineers and the Rutland Volunteer Fire Department Surviving are his wife Grace seven sons two daughters two sisters two brothers and eight grandchildren Funeral services 2 pm Tuesday at the Rutland Methodist Church Rev Carl Herring officiating burial Miles Cemetery Friends may call at Chase funeral home until noon Tuesday then body transported to the church
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rutland
Joseph Dugan
Holzer Hospital
Gallipolis
Glouster
International Union of Operating Engineers
Rutland Methodist Church
Carl Herring
Miles Cemetery
Chase Funeral Home
Money Suits Filed in Meigs County Courts
Two money lawsuits filed in Meigs County Common Pleas Court name Hattie E. Powell of Racine Route 1 seeking 10000 against Homer Circle of Racine Route 2 for injuries from a two-vehicle crash. Joy Manufacturing Co of Pittsburgh filed 4025.18 against Onego Corp of Pomeroy for account due. Middleport squad aid for Mrs Charles Sindle of Springfield who became ill at the William Ault residence on Front Street. doctor summoned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Meigs County Common Pleas Court
Hattie E. Powell
Racine
Homer Circle
Onego Corp
Middleport
William Ault
Front St
Charles Sindle
Springfield
Ault
Sindle
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R. L. Wasmer
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