Troop 256 Scouts Honor Ceremony Highlights 1956 Awards
Troop 256 awards presented at a Court of Honor in the Legion Hall Thursday evening. N P Swackhammer accepted the troop charter in Rev C E Hoyt's absence. Camping and Tenderfoot awards named to several scouts. First Class honors, and Scout of the Month James Zerkle noted. Mothers Club pins, best decorated window award for Apache Patrol, and refreshments by the Mathers Club marked the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
James Hood
Richard
Boy Scouts of America
William Werner
Michael Wiggins
David Zerkle
The
Legion Hall
Dale Mille
Robert Mills
James Ward
Willam Wern
Fred Hibbs
Fer Mills
N. P. Swackhammer
C. E. Hoyt
Hibbs
I Milton Hood
Chester Erwin
Gerald Ault
Karl Beck
Eric Chambers
Larry Hurley
Roy Nelson
Lloyd Sayre
Donald Stephenson
George Hibbs
Richard van Meter
Mr. Hibbs
James Batey
Don
N. P. Swackjammer
Avid Zerkle
H. L. Dunham
Boy ‘Scout Mothers’ Club
William Austy
Jack Bechtel
DaReuben Chambers
Milton Hood
Willard Hurley
Doyle Miller
Charles Nelson
Mary Schaefer
NP. Swackhammer
John Ward
G. G
Middleport Notes On Local Club Anniversaries And Birthdays
Middleport reports mark fiftieth anniversary of a local unit of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers with tea and gifts. Golden Anniversary decorations and officers installed. Roseann Luman’s sixth birthday celebrated by Busy Bee Class at First Baptist Church. program includes readings, a skit, and overseas relief project report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Frank Bobo
Brotherhood of Locomotive
Bobo
Guy Reynolds
William Cream
Garber
Robert Harris
Iron‘charter
Ric Sue
Rose
Lee Roush
George Hackett Sr
Hackett
A. J. Beaver
Seretary
R. C. Lansbury
Red Cross Blood Donor Day urged for Feb 27
Red Cross officials urge donors to prepare for Blood Donor Day on Monday February 27 urging at least 100 pints be collected during the six hour visit of the bloodmobile from noon to 6 at Pomeroy Junior High. Mrs Faye Wallace heads Group I Women of the Middleport Presbyterian Church handling the canteen for the operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meigs County
Patien
Ebersbach
Pomeroy Junior High
Middleport Presbyterian Church
Pomeroy—One
Faye Wallace
Broiler
Racine High School
Pomeroy
Mrs. McBride Rites Held at Asbury Church
Mrs. George McBride 95, Syracuse resident living in Westerville, was honored Thursday at Asbury Methodist Church in Syr. The service was led by Rev. Lawrence Schmidt with guests from Westerville, Carroll, Coolville, and other areas. Burial followed in Old Town Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
George McBride
Syracuse
Westerville
Asbury Methodist Church
Syr
Lawrence Schmidt
Cod
M. Martin
Arlie Bradford
Carroll
May Young
Clyde Parrish
Coolville
Old Town
Dance Set Saturday at Pom eroy Junior High School
Seniors of Pom eroy High School sponsor a Saturday dance from 9 to midnight in the Pom eroy JRS high auditorium with music by Stephen Coates and his orchestra of Middleport. A queen will be chosen from nominees and proceeds support the senior class trip fund. Birth notices announce Robert Williamson Harris born Feb 14 at Grace Hospital to Mr. and Mrs William Harris of Middleport and Janet Hecox Harris. Grandparents listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy Junior High
Pomeroy High School
Stephen Coates
Middleport
Wgene Harris
Janet Hecox
Kansas
Robert Williamson
Grace Hospital
Kenneth
Ar, Hecox
Robert W Harris
Meport
New Church Sketches OK'd at Nazarene Meeting
Mrs. Robert Styers of the Church of the Nazarene returned home from the district Preachers' meeting at the First Church of the Nazarene in Portsmouth. Principal speakers were Dr Hardy Powers of Kansas City and Dr J Russell Gardner of Pasadena, Mr Styer's Olivet College professor of Theology. The District Board of Church Extension approved the sketches. Carl Styers, young son of the Rev and Mrs Styers, visited the Walburns during their absence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Styers
Church ‘of the Nazarene
Church of the Nazarene
Portsmouth
Hardy Powers
Kansas City
J. Russell Gardner
Pasadena
Lifornia
Styer
Olivet College
District Board of Church Extension
Carl Styers
Presbyterians Named To Presbytery Rolls
The 1956 Athens Presbytery roll lists Middleport First Presbyterian Church members including Rev. Howard Ruppelt named to National Missions and Building Funds campaigns. Elder Mrs. L. J. Neier serves on the Organizational Recens Committee and other standing panels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doleport
Athens
Middleport
Retail Sales Up Over 55 Period In Meigs County
Receipts for the week ending Feb 4 rose to 4827.30 from 4021.81 a year earlier, per Roger W. Tracy state treasurer. The weekly report notes a gain of about 800 in Meigs County sales over the prior year’s corresponding period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meigs County
Roger W. Tracy
Egg Marketing Schools Announced by Agent
Meigs County agricultural agent announces the third annual Ohio market egg school and the sixth annual broiler school to be held February 21 and 22 at Ohio State University. Residents seeking attendance help with transportation are asked to contact Blakeslee at the extension office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pumeroy
Bi Meigs County
Ohio State University
Blakeslee
Community Notes From Huntington And Nearby Towns
A string of social updates from Huntington and surrounding areas covers attendances at funerals and concerts, visits in Columbus and Athens, and local movements. Names include Claude O’Brien, Sharon Lupton, Yvonne, Sharon Harrie Marie Smith, Roscoe Fowler, Andy Batey, Earl Worthington, Edward Moore, Bernie Fultz, Orla Bradford, O M Martin, and Amanda McBride. Local movers include Hartinger apartments, new law graduate Pultz, and Meigs County travel for leisure and family events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Harrie Marie Smith
Roscoe Fowler
Margaret Davis
Robert Reibel
Ohio Association of Garden Clubs
Tuppers Plains
Andy Batey
Buckhannon
W. Va
West Virginia Wesleyan University
Batey
The
Parattroopers
Middleport High School
Earl Worthington
Pearlie Stansbury
Mill St
James Insurance Agency
Edward Moore
Bradbury
Hartinger
North Second Ave
Bernie Fultz
Arnold
Seventh Ave
Pultz
Orla Bradford
Carroll
Ohio
0. M. Martin
Westerville
F. Leifert
Frank Cheesebrew
Meigs County
Amanda McBride
Syracuse
William Warner
Meigs General Hospital
Pomroy
Divorce Suit Filed in Metts County Court
Mary Olive Ingraham sues F Whitney Ingraham in Metts County Common Pleas for divorce alleging absence and gross neglect of duty. Plaintiff seeks custody of two minor children and supports claims for alimony and related relief. William Ingraham of Pomeroy Route 3 seeks workmen compensation benefits against Joseph Scanione at the Bureau of Workmen’s Compensation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Mary Olive Ingraham
F. Whitney Ingraham
Metts County Common Pleas Court
Plaintitt
Cuttery i
Wille William
Pomeroy Route 3
Joseph Scan *iRne
Bureau of Workmen's ‘J Compensation
Industral Compensation
West Coalt
Heart Fund Quota Set For 1956 in Meigs County
Meigs County sets its 1956 heart fund quota at 2750 and aims to meet the national drive to combat heart and circulatory diseases. Mrs. Char county reports 980.33 raised to date as Heart Sunday expands to Middleport and Pomeroy on February 26. Beta Sigma Phi Sorority and Women’s Club units organize drives with chairmen Edward Baer and Guy Reynolds coordinating volunteers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meigs County
Char
Camy
Heart
Middleport
Pomeroy
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
Edward Baer
Guy Reynolds
Pomeroy Social Notes Highlights From Community Groups
Pomeroy social notes recount Rutland American Legion auxiliary meeting at 7 30 pm Monday, JOF Class at United Methodist Church gathering, and Mrs Charles Stanley hosting a bridge club with high scores awarded to Hartsell Doddrill and second to Vimcanar Consmana gnapa. Lent services opened at Federated Church with cross and 39 candles, soloist Hattie Fischer Smith and Rev Waldo J Bartels speaking on the Aim of Lent. Amekay in the Wankin Garden Club met at Bedford school with poems on birds, March meeting at Bertha Williams home. Mrs Bertha Williams presiding, notes on Wankin Garden Club activity and Wankin family updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley
Charles Stanley
Laurel St
Hartsell Doddril
Daniel E. Thompson
Smanamnaga Apf Ce
Federated Church
Hattie Fischer Smith
Waldo J
Rge
Lena Huber
Neva Seyfried
Louis Reibel
Mae Mora
Elizabeth Fick
Mike
Amekay
Ine Wankin Garden Club
Bedford ‘School
Bertha Williams
Betha Willar
Bertha Wilams
Candidate Is Chosen For Mrs America Contest
Levees uM se-mit Lewin H Sauer president of the Mid deport Child Conservation Lea gue was chosen as a candidate for the Mrs America contest sponsored by the Ohio Fuels Company. The selection was made Thursday evening at the home of Mrs Alfred Roush with Mrs Sauer presiding. Two representatives of the Obie Fuel Gas Company Miss Francis acting Betty Newton and Miss Augustine the new Betty Newton spoke and showed moving pictures on entertaining for various occasions. The members were asked to solicit donors for the blood mobile visit on Feb 27 in Pom eros. The March meeting will be at the home of Mrs Dwight Ost. Hostesses were Mrs Roush Mrs Chester Erwin and Mrs Kenneth McElhinney and served a salad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Levees Um
Mit
Lewin H. Sauer
Mid‘deport Child Conservation League
Ohio Fuels Company
Tne
Alfred Roush
Pomeros
Dwight Ost
Roush
Chester Erwin
Kenneth McElhinney
Pomeroy Area Church Schedules Reflect Local Summer Faith
A long list of area churches details weekly services Sunday school times worship and prayer meeting schedules across Pomeroy and surrounding towns. Pastors named include Rev John Turel Rev R Kingsbury Rev M C Larimore and others with varied service times and special midweek events.
Middleport church listings and week schedule
Middleport churches advertise services and activities across the week. C E Hoyt leads morning worship and youth programs at several congregations, with sermon topics including Christ’s Call to Youth and The Seed for the Church. Events include prayer meetings, youth rallies, catechetical classes, and a pork-chop supper, plus choir practices and installation events.
Letart Falls and Apple Grove Church Schedules
Letart Falls worship 10 20 a m 5 Prue midweek and Sunday services 7 30 p m Apple Grove worship 1 90 p m prayer Sunday 7 30 p m MYF Monday 1 30 p m East Letart worship Thursday 1 30 p m MYF Thursday 7 p m Alfred Methodist Rev R M Grove pastor Sunday school 9 30 a m worship 10 45 a m Millard Swartz leading WSCS at Garnet Windland home Tuesday Feb 21 prayer services Wednesday 7 30 p m
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fomeroy First Baptist—Church
Chester House of Prayer
Edmond Life
Laurel Cliff Free Methodist
Harry Bates
Hysell
Harold C. Doster
Reedsville
Hemlock Grove
Carmel Eub
Carleton
R.A. Biddle
Bradford
Fred Cadie
Zion Church of Christ
Thomas Hl. Wyatt
United Methodist
J. Leslie Xue
Keats
Middleport Church of Christ
Martin Luther
Letart Falls
Emabelle F. Sopher
Antiport
C. E. Hoyt
School of Missions
Paul + Smart
Thomas Radford
Gori J
Heath Methodist
L. A. “Bangerter
Church of Christ
Fred J. Gardner
Christ
Christian Endeavor
Servic Os
Fred Dunn
Pracice
Pam Mt. Moriah Baptist
D. Bordon
BTU
Church of the Nazarene
Robert Styers
Bible School
Young Peoples’ Meeting
Church of Christ In Christ An Union
Guy PF. Sayre
First Presbyterian
Howard Ruppelt
Floyd Garmack
James Sullivan
A. Russell “Jones
Westminsterim
Presbyterian
Syracuse
West‘minster Youth Fellowship
Third St. Pentecostal
B. L. Barrett
Apple Grove
East Letart
Pam Alfred Methodist
R. M. Grove
Millard Swartz
WSCS
Garnet Windland
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Gallipolis
Middleport Stud & Main
Nelsonville
Hill Billy
Wales
Glass
Roseann
Mond Luman
First Baptist Church
HM. Cro
Florinel Talbott
Sylvia McMaster
A. R. Pullens
Charles Bennett
Bennett
Red Cross
Marvin Glasco
Minersville
Dr Cloyd
Marian Research
Milton Hendrixson
Mrs. McBride
Crosley
Bendix
Bendix Dryers
Allen Appliance
Main ST
Bendvue Theatre
Russ Frieda Faehnle
Holzer Hospital
Cecil Bradbury
James Arnold
Miami Beach
Fla
Don Allen
Esther Bradbury
la Gorce
Allen
Singer Sewing Machine Company
New Singer Sewing Center
N. 2Nd Avenue
Singer
Pomeroy Social Notes
Legion
Rutland
American Legion Post
United Methodist Church
Liams
Omercy
Memwin Urimm
Robert
Floyd
F. Ray Wilson
Dorinda
Don Smith
Fred Waring
Charles G. Sheets, Jr
Bellews
Meigs
Pomeroy Church News
Acrea Meart
Rainer John Turel
Kingsbury Road
Syracuse Church of Therene
M. C. Larimore
NYPS
Donald Seevers
Church of
Got
Cherry Sts
N. W. Jenks
St Paul's Lutheran
LM Mohrhoff
Danville
W. V. Gilkerson
Middleport Church News
Liberty
Mearnk Middleport
Pomeroy Bend
Sons OF New Mexico
Ail Davis
Robert Armstrong
Ape ‘Technicolor
Jennifer Jones
Robert Stack
Kipp Hamilton
Robert Douglas
Temple
Joan Greenwood
Peter Finch
Cecil Parker
Janet Leith
Reity Garrett
Seek Lemmon
Robert Forse
Roth Theatres
Come
Foreman and Abbott Appliance Sales ‘and Service Mill Street
Citizens National Bank
the Friendly Bank
Member
Federal Reserve System and
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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