Eighteen File Petitions For Middleport Offices
Eighteen candidates filed petitions for village offices in Middleport as the May primary deadline neared. L. D. Diles the lone Democrat seeks a seat on the village council. Incumbents listed include Wayne Gibbons, David O. Jenkins, L. R. Wiley, Robert McElhinny, Ernest Covert and David C. Miller. Mayors candidates include C. O. Fisher, Bradbury, and Ray Frazier. Major opposition centers on council and mayoral races with several former officials in the mix.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. D. Diles
New York Central Railroad
Middleport Board of Education
Village Council
Wayne Gibbons
David O. Jenkins
L. R. Wiley
Robert McElhinny
Ernest Covert
David C. Miller
Russell Bailey
John Zerkle
Clinton Fisher
Dale Dutton
Lee Smith
Fred Collins
C. O. Fisher
C. P. Bradbury
Ray Frazier
Fisher
Juniors Seek Money With School Dance In Gym
Middleport High School juniors and seniors plan fund raising events to support spring activities. A Friday dance in the high school gym features The Moonlighters from Middleport and Pomeroy High. Proceeds help fund the junior senior banquet and dance. A bake sale Saturday at Tri Lustre Shop, co chaired by Mrs Francis Anderson and Mrs Edward Evans, offers cakes pies pastries soups baked beans and potato salad. The seniors aim to raise about 1800 for a five day trip to New York City this spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Middleport High School
Moonlighters
Pomeroy High School
Tri- Lustre
Francis Anderson
Edward Evans
New York City
Horse and Buggy They Can Have It Says 1957 Doctor
A Middleport physician favors modern living after returning from a trip to see a nonagenarian confined to her home. The family meets the doctor at the paved highway and guides him along a muddy, rutted road to the patient in a horse drawn buggy.
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Middleport
New C of C Sets Meeting for Friday
Middleport Chamber of Commerce holds its first meeting since reorganization on January 25. Friday at 7 30 p m in the village hall President William T Grueser announces a membership report by Robert Coats and David C Miller who have secured 51 memberships to date All interested persons are invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Middleport Chamber of Commerce
William T. Grueser
Robert Coats
David C. Miller
Strange nesting place of white pelicans in Pyramid Lake Nev
One of America's largest white pelican breeding colonies thrives in Pyramid Lake Nevada amid desert heat and chemically polluted waters. The unusual site draws attention to resilient wildlife adapting to harsh conditions.
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America
Pyramid Lake
Nev
Middleport society to hold dinner meeting and events
The Middleport Business and Professional Women's Club will host a Tuesday evening dinner at First Presbyterian Church with an old-fashioned Valentine box and a songfest. Beulah White will lead, with Martha Fry Elizabeth Hibbs and Helen Waddell assisting.
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Middleport
Middleport Business and Professional Women’s Club
First Presbyterian Church
Beulah White
White
Martha Fry
Elizabeth Hibbs
Helen Waddell
Pelican Sanctuary on Gulf Coast of Texas
South Bird Island in Texas, a sanctuary of the National Audubon Society, is noted as the only white pelican nesting colony along the U.S. Gulf coast.
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South Bird Island
Tex
The
National Audubon Society
Gulf Coast
United States
Mel Clark Talks Foxhunting To Lions Club
Mel Clark of Pomeroy Bend spoke to the Lions Club on foxhunting and the National Fox Hunting Trials held in Mississippi November 11 to 17 where he served as one of 18 judges. He discussed 548 dogs entered, dogs judging, and his proximity to signing with Detroit. New members introduced included Tannehill Camp Lacy Legar Rothgeb and the Reuters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Pomeroy Bend
Mel Clark
Lions Club
Federated Church
Clark
Detroit
West Columbian
Lions
Mississippi
Chester Tannehill
Asa Camp
Clarence Lacy
Charles Legar
D. W. Rothgeb
Gerald
Don Reuter
Robert Hartenbach
Richard Jones
Claremont Hoyt
W. O. Atkins
Joe Voreh Remembered As Loyal Shoe Repairman
Local residents recall Joe Voreh longtime proprietor of Voreh Shoe Repair who died this week from injuries sustained in an attack in Gallia County. He operated through World War II and the Korean War traveling by Bidwell in all weather and never missed a day. His first shop was in the Rathburn building at Mill and Third before moving to the upper room above H R Firestone store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Max Drenner
Pomeroy
Sidney Pickens
Third Ave
Columbus
Ohio State Symphonic Band
David Darst, Jr
David Darst
Dana Hamilton
Paul Davis
Wayne
Danny Sanborn
Sidney Klees
Bill McGhee
Camp Hood
Texas
Ohio University
Joe Weidner
Bush
Ash St
Weidner
Gallia County
State Highway Patrol
Middleport
Voreh
Joe Voreh
Bidwell
Rathburn
Mill and Third
H. & R. Firestone
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Meigs County
Simon's Market
Bradbury
Frazier
Sidney T. Russell
Charles Murray
Gene Grate
Citizens National Bank
Jean Lama
Hardwick Gas Range
Titanius
Siegler
Perfection
Kelvinator
Firth
McMaster
Ohio
New
Tom Sawyer
Becky
Buffalo
N.Y
Patricia Fendlaw
Red Battle
Buffalo Aqua Club
Middleport Society
Collis Dawson
Charles Dawson
Mr. Dawson
Jeanie
Joe
Austin
Sergeant Allensworth
Viola McCullough
Stephen
John Stace
Peter Stace
Garfield Ave
Stace
Frank Fugate
O. P. Klein
Athens
M. K. Fugate
Frank Ralph
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Pelican Colony
Kegoine
Esayer
Ewing
Furniture & Appliances
W. Main ST
John Myers
Western and Southern Life Insurance Co
Pennsylvania
Eugene Brown
United Methodist Church
Schmoll
Fed
Mercedes Condon
Dress Shop
2Nd Ave
Pomeroy, Ohio
S&h
Middleport Dept. Store
Ebersbach
Ebersbach Hardware CO
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