Middleport Police Chief Seeks Sheriff's Position
Russell Bailey, Middleport police chief since 1951, filed for the Republican sheriff nomination in Meigs County, boosting the field to seven candidates for the May primary. Also running are A. 0. Art Tracy George Hicks William Hendricks Bob Hartenbach Asa Custer and Leroy Bartrum. Deputy Sheriff Bartrum and others seek the post as Sheriff Charles Russell runs for Representative. Petitions are due by 4 p.m. Wednesday at the Board of Elections in the Masonic Temple.
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Meigs County
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Middleport
Bailey
U. S. Army
Europe
B&b Cab Co
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Izaak Walton League of America
Feeney- Bennett
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
FBI
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Barbara
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Margaret Ep
Charles Russell
General Assembly
Charles Diehl
Board of Elections
Masonic Temple
Doctor's Invention Offers Free Trial Rupture Truss
Kansas City reader notice offers 30 day test of a rupture treatment promising comfort and no belts. Participants receive a $3.50 truss at no cost if not fully satisfied keep the device and write Appliance Co. 4758 Koch Bldg 2906 Main St. Kansas City Mo. Adv.
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Math Figures In Daily Life At Retired Teachers Meet
Rev. Waldo J. Bartels spoke to the Meigs County Retired Teachers Association at Federated Church about arithmetic in life. He said school arithmetic adds figures, while life adds virtues to faith. Miss Gertrude McBride accompanied singing. Miss Marcia Karr led a devotional on happiness. Plans for March travel talks were announced.
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Pomeroy
Waldo J. Bartels
Meigs County Retired Teachers Association
Federated Church
Bartels
Singing of
America
Gertrude McBride
Marcia Karr
World Day of Prayer Service Planned in Middleport
Friday February 17 is the World Day of Prayer observance at Heath Methodist Church at 2 p.m. Mrs Emerson Jones chairs the event with participation from women of local churches and music from Mt Moriah Baptist and Heath Methodist members. The theme is One Flock One Shepherd.
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Middleport
Heath Methodist Church
Emerson Jones
Mt. Moriah Baptist Church
Joy Smith Wins Betty Crocker Homemaker Award
POMEROY The Betty Crocker Homemaker of Tomorrow award goes to Joy Patricia Smith of Pomeroy High School. She scored highest on a written homemaking knowledge exam among senior girls and will compete to name the state's candidate for All American Homemaker of Tomorrow and may receive a runnerup honor. She earns a golden Trifari pin and the school secures a Betty Crocker Good and Easy Cook Book.
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Pomeroy
Betty Crocker
Pomeroy High School
Joy Patricia Smith
Theo J L. Smith
Middleport Birthday for David Jenkins Noted
Middleport reports the seventh birthday of David, son of Coun cilman and Mrs. David Jenkins, with 22 guests at his home Saturday afternoon. Games were played and Mrs. Jenkins was assisted by her husband and aunt Kitty Lowe in serving. Meigs Temple Pythian Sisters will meet Tuesday at the Masonic Temple for installation of officers. The Ladies Bible Class of First Baptist Church will meet Tuesday evening at Mrs Raymond Saxton’s Locust Street home. Thursday Golden Rule Class meets at Mr and Mrs Edison Baker’s home.
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Middleport
David
David Jenkins
Meigs
Masonic Temple
First Baptist Church
Raymond Saxton
Locust Street
Edison Baker
Engagement announced for Jane Anne Bowen and Campbell Taylor
Mrs Lula Russell announces the engagement of her niece Jane Anne Bowen daughter of Charles Howard Bowen to Campbell Taylor son of Mrs Campbell Taylor both of Columbus. Jane Anne Bowen a graduate of Bexley High School Stevens College and Ohio State University is an elementary teacher. Campbell Taylor a graduate of Ottawa Hills High School Ohio State University and University of Toledo is a Phi Kappa Psi member and a Columbus Coated Fabrics engineer.
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Middleport
Lula [Russell
Jane Anne
Charles Howard Bowen
Columbus
Pomeroy Social Notes Highlights Church Guild Talks
Three guests Miss Elizabeth Fick Miss Mary Virginia Riebel and Mrs Lena Huber spoke on Rules for Christianity at the Happy Harvesters Class meeting at the Federated Church. Mrs Roy Seyfried presided with Miss Maude Graeser leading devotion. Mrs Waldo J Bartels reviewed the Book of Acts. Hostesses served refreshments.
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Pomeroy
Elizabeth Fick
Mary Virginia Riebel
Lena Huber
Women’s Guild
Happy Harvesters
Federated Church
Roy Seyfried
Maude Graeser
Waldo J. Bartels
Carl Shields
C. J. Ebersbach
Kate Ebersbach
Pomeroy Garden Club Meets For By-law Review
Mrs Buel Ridenour hosted the Chester Garden Club with Mrs Guy Summerfield assisting. A committee including Mrs Pearl Koblentz and others was named to revise by-laws. Ruth Baer spoke on Winter Visitors, Roy Holter demonstrated state bird color, ribbons awarded to several members, next meeting at Mrs Woodrow Mora’s home.
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Pomeroy
Buel Ridenour
Chester Garden Club
Guy Summerfield
Pearl Koblentz
Howard Knight
Pearl Mora
Earl Dean
Carl Kautz
Ruth Baer
Roy Holter
Baer Ridenour
Horace Karr
Purley Karr
Woodrow Mora
Paw and Taw Dance Club to Observe Fifth Anniversary
The Paw and Taw Dance Club of Mr. and Mrs. John Hardy marks its fifth anniversary with a Valentine party Saturday night at the DAV home. Guests at a recent session included officers of rural youth conference from Marietta College and several notable leaders such as Warren Newberry of the American Farm Bureau in Chicago, Eugene Bielberstein, Edwin Hadlock, Howard McClarron, James Wolfe, Dr. E. L. Kirkpatrick, and Marietta College students Reba Hose and Carolyn Morton.
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Pomeroy
John Hardy
DAV
Executive and Advisory Council of Rural Youth of the
United States
Marietta College
Warren Newberry
American Farm Bureau
Chicago
Eugene Bielberstein
Bluffton
Ind
Edwin Hadlock
Cornell University
4-H
Young
Ithaca, N. Y
Howard McClarron
American Institute of Cooperation
Washington, D.C
James Wolfe
Council of Southern Mountain Workers
Berea College
E. L. Kirkpatrick
Reba Hose
Carolyn Morton
Weekend visits, travelers and patients listed in Gallia Counts
Local notes show Miss Jane Young and Pfc. Jon M. Schaaf returning from Cleveland for a wedding and visits by Mr. and Mrs. William Betz of Gallipolis. Several residents are noted as ill or hospitalized at Holzer and Meigs General, with others visiting family in Columbus and Athens.
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Jane Young
Pfc
Jon M. Schaaf
Cleveland
Helen
Kemelhar
Miss Young
Ohio University
William Betz
Sandra
Gallipolis
James Brewington
Korea
San Francisco
Brewington
Fort Benning
Sherman Mills
Donald Mills
Holzer Hospital
Robert Harold Hartenbach
Mayme Hartenbach
Kent
Great Lakes Naval Station
Columbus
Charles Bennett
Elizabeth Moore
Nan Moore
Miss Moore
Mary Cowen
Mildred Hawley
W. F. Hawley
Charles Walburn
George Doolittle
Athens
Glenn Lambert
Charlene Dillard
Dianne Reichman
Harry Munns
Adrienne Mills
Cincinnati
Munns
University of Cincinnati
Sidney Drenner
Avery Drenner
Sidney Pickens
Military Mail Call entries for service members
The Messenger publishes service members addresses. McCoy Charles Neil Glouster RA 15548276 3rd Co Fort Knox Ky. Vamos Paul Jr Athens Route 3 SR4847905 49 Reg 14 Batt 142 USNR Recruit Naval Command Great Lakes Ill. Lanning Jerry W Chauncey US 52379212 71st Inf Div Band APO 949 Seattle Wash.
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Great Lakes
Ill
Cey
Seattle
Wash
Youth Week Marked By Presbyterians
Westminster Youth Fellowship observed National Christian Youth Week with a morning service at the First Presbyterian Church. In the afternoon the group attended the Athens Presbytery Youth Rally in Athens, led by Rev. Howard Ruppelt and accompanied by Mrs. Judson White and Mrs. Paul Haptonstall.
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Middleport
Westminster Youth Fellowship
First Presbyterian Church
Athens
Howard Ruppelt
Judson White
WYF
Paul Haptonstall
Movements of Venus in Helios History
The article notes Venus with a 7580 mile diameter and a sun distance of 67 200 000 miles. It states Venus orbits the sun at 22 miles per second, reflecting early astronomy descriptions.
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Pomeroy Couple Celebrate Golden Wedding in Open House
One hundred fifty guests gathered Sunday at the home of Mr and Mrs John F Blaettnar to honor their 50th wedding anniversary. The couple wed February 4 1906 in Pomeroy with Rev Wilhelm Orendorf officiating. The former Lelia Sauer wore an orchid corsage and he a carnation boutonniere. Grandparents Miss Nancy Blaettnar and Miss Stella Lee Hickman helped with coffee and tea service as sisters Mrs John Orr and Miss Margaret Sauer assisted later.
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Pomeroy
John F. Blaettnar
Blaettnar
Earl Hickman
Columbus
Fred Blaettnar
Blaettnars
Have Goal in Life Rally Urges Definite Aim for Youth
Farid Malous a Lebanese born political science student from Ohio University spoke at a Youth Fellowships of the Middleport Church service in the Church of Christ. He urged youths to seek a clear life goal citing life with purpose and plans to return home to aid Lebanon. About 100 attendees joined the session during National Christian Youth Week as CE members organized the program and prepared refreshments.
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Farid Malous
Ohio University
Church of Christ
Malous
Lebanon
Middle East
Christ
Ernestine Asbury
Bruce Bradford
The
George Childs
James van Cooney
Middleport Christian Youth Council
Miss Asbury
Middleport Church of Christ
Einar Hansen
Ohio University Profesor
George Baumgardner
Wallace Bradford
Stewart Harris
M. L. Kelly
Ira Butcher
Mothers of Christian Endeavor
Henderson Rites Held for Mrs Mattie C Henderson
Funeral services for Mrs Mattie C Henderson longtime Portland resident were held at the Methodist Church with the Rev Victor Brown officiating. Vocal selections were performed by Freeland Norris Florence Norris Adams and others from Racine as grandsons served as pallbearers.
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Denver Weber
James Connolly
Circleville
William Meredith
Waterford
Connie Pierce Celebrates 11th Birthday at Radcliff
Mr and Mrs Carl Pierce hosted a gathering for Connie Pierce’s 11th birthday on January 29 with games ice cream and cake. Mrs Elizabeth Cottrill was admitted to Holzer Hospital after months of illness. her daughter Ruth Swisher stays in Gallipolis nearby. The family also notes visits from Jack Walters and Harry Morton Porter Clyde Morris and Glen Perry and a newborn son to Jay and Gladys Pendleton. John Wilson of Detroit spent the weekend with relatives.
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Radcliff Radcliff
Carl Pierce
Connie
Elizabeth Cottrill
Holzer Hospital
Ruth Swisher
Gallipolis
Jack Walters
Harry Morton
Porter
Baby boom foretold to boost U S marriage rates
Statisticians project a surge in marriages around 1960 as the baby boom generation reaches marriageable age. The trend is tied to the large cohort born in the late 1940s and early 1950s and is expected to influence social and demographic patterns nationwide.
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Driver Fined and Jailed After DWI Collision
Mayor C. Fisher heard Harry Arnett who has been on bond since a collision with a car owned by Dexter Erwin in New Haven on South Third Avenue. Arnett was fined $100 and costs and sentenced to three days in jail for driving while intoxicated. Marion Allensworth was fined $15 and costs on a related intoxication charge.
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C. ©. Fisher
Harry Arnett
Dexter Erwin
New Haven
South Third Avenue
Arnett
Marion Allensworth
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