Director Lands Players After Band Festival
The Band Festival at Middleport High School drew enthusiastic audience response as the Ginn Music fourth Band Company performed with students from Pomeroy Middleport Wahama High Schools. Host director Earl Warnke praised the pupils discipline and teamwork and introduced guest conductor Mr. Fair, a former Ohio State instructor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester
Ginn Music Fourth
Rom Pomeroy
Middleport
Wahama High
Prais
Ray Wood
James Breen
Earl E. Warrke
Ohio State
Middleport PTA Executive Meeting Set
Middleport PTA Executive meeting scheduled for today at 7 30 pm at the high school. Also noted is the Bradbury Teachers Association Founders Day gathering on Wednesday at 2 pm with a school addition inspection and refreshments. The 91st birthday of Mrs Elizabeth Thompson celebrated with family present and photos taken by Roscoe Wise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
PTA
Bradbury rent-Teacher Association
Elizabeth ‘Thompson
Roscoe Wise
Thompson
John Thompson
John
Joan
Belle
W. Wa
Scout Honor Court of Honor at Legion Hall
The public is invited to attend the Court of Honor at 7 30 p m Thursday at the Legion Hall by Troop 245 Boy Scouts of America. This first Court of Honor for 1956 will present special wards and honor members of the Boy Scouts Mothers Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aiddleport
Legion Hall
Boy Scouts of
Amelia
Boy ¢ Scout Mothers’ Club
Circle of WSCS plans Queen for a Day event
Heath Methodist Church Circle of WSCS will meet Wednesday after the family night supper at the church. Mrs. Orin Smith chairs the program and one member will be chosen Queen for a Day. In Middleport the Sewing Club met last week at Mrs. James Simpson’s home with nine members and gifts for the hostess. Mrs. L A Bangerter was honored at a family dinner Sunday for her birthday. Carole Goff, Bethesda Hospital student, visited her mother Sunday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Middleport Literary Club
Robert Harris
WSCS
Heath Methodist Church
A. J. Strauss
Orin Smith
Iddleport
Tric City
James Simpson
L.A. Bangerter
Carole Goff
Bethesda Hospital
Zanesville
Pomeroy
Pomeroy Bend
Br. Angers
A.m. Fugate
Marsha
Athens
Gallipolis
Fugate
Frank Fugate
Holzer Hospital
Fugates
Hobert Costen
Hoberta
Robert Harbrecht
Columbus
Norman McCallum
Raymond Harbrecht
Stanley Rea
Phillip
Wheeling
W. Va
Ernest Rea
E. Main St
Otto Hart
Anne Ebersbach
Kate Ebersbach
Gerald McIntosh
Huntington
W. A
Portland Social and Home Circle Notes and Local Visits
Social notes from Portland detail gatherings and visits across towns, with Mrs S de Durst hosting a one dish meal and Mrs Clarence Price assisting. Numerous visits span Gallipolis to Huntington, Belpre to Parkersburg, with PTA meeting planned and two basketball games noted, Portland Grade School losing 40 32 at Belpre and beating Cottageville 39 37.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
S._ de Durst
Portland- Great Bend
Clarence Price
Harry Swan
WSCS
V. E. Adams
Cecil McLeod
Belpre
Kenneth McLeod
Billy Joe Spencer
Ralph Smith
Okey Paynter
Ralph Radcliffe
Middleport
Darrell Perry
Hoy Hall
Parkersburg
Hyatt
Howard. Ebersbach
Somerset
Ohio
Mike
S. H. Durst
L. G. ‘Theiss
John Hayman
Colter
Apple Grove
Earl Wells
Wilma
Jallipois
Albert Church
Alberton
Dora Blosser
Thomas Sayre
Howard Ebersbach
William McKelvey
PTA
Salisbury School
Willard Spears
Sons of
Huntington
J. A. Siders
Jimmy Ritter
Marvin Swan
Carl Paynter
Massillon
Jimmie Ritter
Portland Pta
Cottageville
Birth announced for Tina Marie Nieri in Parkersburg
Mr and Mrs Jemo Nieri announce the birth of a daughter Tina Marie Saturday at St Joseph Hospital Parkersburg. The Nieris also have two daughters Zita and Rema Lee. Grandmothers are Mrs Nellie Barsotti Middleport and Mrs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Jemo Nieri
Dorothy Barsott
Tina Marie
St. Joseph Hospital
Parkersburg
Nieris
Zita
Remalee
Nellie Barsotti
W C Bing Dies at 66 Meigs County Farmer
W C Bing 66 of Hemlock Grove Meigs County died Saturday at 5 20 a m after a long illness He was a lifelong farmer born in Bedford Township son of Oliver and Rosabelle Idenhour Bing He married Edith Randolph Sept 18 1917 and lived on the same farm He is survived by his wife four sons Elba Shade Lowell Long Bottom Wilford Wooster Virgil West Salem a daughter Phyllis Bedford Township four sisters and 14 grandchildren Also survived by three brothers and an adopted son Rex Leroy Funeral services will be held at Spencer funeral home Belpre with burial in Cherry Ridge cemetery Bedford Township Meigs County. Friends may call at the funeral home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memlulk
Wade C. Bing
Hemlock Grove
Meigs County
Mr. Bing
Bedford Township
Oliver
Rosabelle Idenhour Bing
Edith Randolph
Mr. Ing
Elba
Shade
Lowell
Long Bottom
Wilford
Wooster
Virgil
West Salem
Phyllis
Oliver Young
Athens
Jennie Bartels
Minersville
Lula Bass
Syracuse
Ada Taylor
Pomeroy
Rex Leroy
Spencer Funeral Home
Belpre
Funer
Cherry Ridge Cemetery
Tom Butter-field
Belpre Church of Christ
Ser
Two Men Arrested After Weekend Crash and Assault
Deputy Le reports the weekend arrest of Ardell Braden near Racine on a driving while intoxicated charge and Basil Darst of Pomeroy on an assault and battery charge. Braden allegedly drove a car that went over an embankment in Antiquity Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AmEnur
Ancint Leroy Bartrum
Ardell Braden
Racine
Basil Darst
Pomeroy
Braden
Michigan Man Fined for Reckless Driving
Charles McAllis of Flat Rock Michigan was fined $50 and costs by Justice of the Peace RE Grindley for reckless operation of a motor vehicle as charged by Sheriff Charles Russell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan
Charles McAllisor
Flat Rock
Mich
Justice of the Peace
Grindley
Charles Russel
Japan Signs AgrIculture Aid Deal With United States
Japan will receive 65.8 million dollars worth of surplus U.S. agricultural products paid in Yen. About 75 percent of the payment will be loaned back for Japan's economic development, with the United States spending the remainder on American housing and other projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
U.S
Amersan
Trustees To Meet At Pomeroy Courthouse
Meigs County Veterans Memorial Hospital trustees will meet at 8 p.m. Wednesday at the courthouse, according to secretary Leo L Vaughan. Firemen's Association will meet Tuesday at 7 30 p.m. at Pomeroy City Hall not Second Ward Firehouse as previously announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Mall
Middleport
Meigs County “Firemen’s Association
Pomeroy City Hall
Second Ward
CAP Plans Cadet Unit Formation in Meigs County
Young people ages 14 to 18 from Ohio and West Virginia are invited to a Civil Air Patrol meeting Thursday at 7 30 p m at Meigs County Squadron 202 headquarters on North Third Avenue. The unit will sponsor a cadet squadron to learn navigation radio first aid drill and related topics with potential orientation flights and possible two weeks Army duty. A new project will be announced in local schools this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
West Virginia
Meigs County Squadron 202
Civil Air Patrol
Shuler
North Third Avenue 1
Regular Army
Mrs Thaxton Dies at 83 In Letart Falls
Elizabeth Jane Thaxton 83 of Letart Falls died Sunday at her daughter Blanch Jeffries home in Beech Glen. She is survived by two daughters and a son, three grandchildren, four great grandchildren, three sisters and a brother. Funeral at 2 pm Tuesday Letart Falls Methodist Church with burial at Letart Falls Cemetery. Friends may call at Ewing funeral home until noon Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Élizabeth Jane Thaxton
Letart Falls
Blanch Jeffries
Bie
Ste Fe
Jeffries
Charles Wagner
Syracuse
Oiden
Alice Sisson
Dunbar
W. Va
Nora Shamblin
Julia Archibald
Charest
Edward
Letart Falls Methodist Church
Ewing Funeral Home
Pomeroy Lions Club Meeting Highlights
Pomeroy Lions Club hosted 28 members and guests led by president Tracy Whaley. District governor Coy Martin spoke on Lionism. New member Russell Bailey of Middleport was welcomed. Superintendent L. W. McComas of Middleport schools is scheduled to speak next Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Vergil Hayes
Pomeroy Lions Club
Lou Ardit
Bob Myers
Gallipolis
Roy Betzing
Tracy Whaley
Coy Martin
Russell Bailey
Middleport
L. W. McComas
County Land Transfers Report From M County
Transfers show multiple deeds recorded with trustees and heirs including George A Meinhart Velma Feiger deceased Fritz Buck Mary Buck and others involving lots in Pomeroy Racine Scipio Township Middleport and certificates of transfer with parties such as Theodore Reed Elizabeth Reed John Ded Annah etc. The notice lists several grantees and grantors across several parcels and affidavits of transfer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George A. Meinhart
Velma W. Feiger
Fritz Buck
Mary Ewing Buck
Pomeroy
Racine
John T. Arms
Donna V
George W. Holley
Elizabeth J. Holley
Scipio Township
Velma Feiger
Theodore T. Reed, Jr
Elizabeth M. Reed
Daniel A. Stewart
John E. Ded
Ecree
Settee
Anna Margaret Duffield
Jacob M. Burchett
Middleport
Garnet Lurchett Schafer
Ansfer
POMEROY Society Daughters of the American Revolution meet in Irving Karr home
Delegates and alternates to the state convention in Cleveland were named by the Return Jonathan Meigs chapter. Mrs. Karr will be aide to Mrs. Lowell Burnelle at the Continental Congress in Washington in April. A bake sale and charter event were announced, with details for Middleport and local venues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Cleveland
Jonathan Meigs
Daughters of the American Revolution
W. P. Lochary
Irving Karr, Jr
Karr
Lowell Burnelle
Continental Congress
Washington
Burnelle
Everett Hayes
American Music
Hayes
Edward MacDowell
Jennifer Lohse
Susan Probasco
Jones
Priscilla Harper Pils
C. M. Hennesy
Middleport
Lochary
Grace Horton
Ruel Finsterwald
Harold Lohse
J. Edward Foster
D. R. Faris
Emerson Jones
James ‘Brewington
Dor Schaefer
Dey Hysell
Wayne Gibbons
George McQuigg
Manning Webster
Gretta Price
Ted Reed
Two Members Honored in Eastern Star Meetings
Pauline Atkins and Mary Hughes were named treasurers of Eastern Star districts 24 and 25 at a meeting led by Nellie Tracy and Everett Tracy. A round robin card was sent to absent member cross. Valentines were exchanged and refreshments served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eua Cross
Valentines
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Middleport Society
Llase
Midaleport
Robert Reibel
Ohio Association of Garden Clubs
Rio Grande
Open Garden Clubs
Cash Johnston
Rutland Club
James Titus
Reibel
Webb Hall
Rutland Garden Club
Albany Garden Club
Johnston
McConnelsville
Fred Dunn
Little Hocking
Cota Ak
Joe Young
Joe Il
Me Balbo
Miss Young
Mayme Hartenbach
Ohio University
Robert Ihle
Kent
Ptaburgh
Paul Surder
Pamela
Emery
Surder
Charleston
Walter Howell
Cecil Grogan
C. H. Wise Sr
Ruth Wise
Mabel Marshall
David Yost
Taylor Grogan
Frank Grogan
E.R. Keig
Petersburg
Flo
Forrest
Tall
Schaaf
P. K. Russell
Glen Ferris
Rodney Hill
Washington, D.C
Louis Rossi
Point Pleasant
Walter Crooks
Crooks
Stout
J. J. Thomson
Dode ‘Stout
John’ W. Stout
William Stout
Daniel Stout
Thom Stout
Kokomo
Ind
John Winkler
Janet Jer
Ashton
Winkler
Robert Winkler
William Winkler
Fred Stout
Laing
W. Wax
Ray Stout
Albany
Robert Stout
John Stout
Carpenter
Marilyn Peets
James
Ardena Carr
Lacey Stout
Denips
Roy Wile
Notomine
Cabin Creek
Paul Stout
Sharpsburg
Edna Dickerson
Carbon
Bertha Grant
Meigs General Hospital
Richard Chambers
Mar
Leonard, Sr
Elizabeth Ents
P. L. Mitch
Daugh
Robert Hurleyter
Barbara Ann
Bruce
McCallum
Eliza
Thea
Pate
John Gerbering
George Crist
Victor Wrigley
Holy Trinity Church
Minneapolis
Northwestern Synod
United Lutheran Church
Crist
Wrigley
Gerberding
Sewing
Simonize
K&m
Sohio Service
Klors
Mike Mullen
Spring Hill Dairy
Spring Mill Dairy
Spring Hill
Portland Social Notes
Soulville
Earl Jewett
Hubert Price
Gerald Ours
Tuntington
Sher Ours
Tan McDade
Paul Sayre
Roy Miller
Carl Kautz Chester
James Davis
Lena Wallace
Russell
Er Is Born
W.C. Bing
CAP Plans
Liberty
Errol Flynn
Joanne Dra
Peter Finch
Colar
Karr & van Zandt
Motor Sales
Quality Pomeroy
Pomeroy Society
Henry Reibel
Lester Russell
Betty
Pleasant Ave
Cleland Hines
Donley Reibel
Emerson Well
Donna
Pomeroy Personals
Meigs
Ralph Eugene Painter
Madeline Lena Hysell
Pomeroy Route 3
Pomeroy Bend Theatres
Temple
Aldo Ray
Phil Carey
Dick York
Mitsuto Kiem
Chuck Connors
Cay Fhoher
Rolinton
Brig
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