Eighth Graders Present One Act Play and Operetta
In Portville district a small audience watched eighth graders perform Wildcat Willie Gets Girl Trouble and Sleepy Head at the high school auditorium. Directed by Nan Moore with music by Earl Warnke and Stephen Coats, the evening highlighted Judy Sauer as Angel and Dopey Jones by Richard Swackhammer as the events closed with gnomes dancing on stage.
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Middleport
Wildcat
Willie
Nan Moore
David Lyons
Richard Swackhammer
Dopey Jones
Dorothy Lacey
Earl Warnke
Daisy Blakeslee
Parent-Teacher Association
Valentine Party Attended by 26 Students at Salis bury School
Ray Whaley’s eighth grade class hosted a Valentine themed party with 26 students and several teachers. Activities included games and dancing to recorded music with a spread of refreshments.
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Pomeroy
Ray Whaley
Salisbury
Whaley
John Sargent
Orville Brown
George Brothers
Orin Smith
Dottie
Fred Brown
Ruth Ann Brothers
Bruce Stalnaker
John Musser
Carol Sargent
Don Sayre
Carolyn Goeglein
Jerry Frick
Patty Young
Donald
Delores Williams
Maynard
Dickie Elkins
Dickie
Betty Lou Eblin
Mary Lou
Sara Kapteina
Junior Jewell
Donald Stone
James Haggy
Henry Arnold
Bill Folmer
Billy Davis
Jackie Wilkes
Keith Whaley
Jewel of New Spain called Panama City in pioneer days
Panama City earned the label Jewel of New Spain for its role as a passage for gold and jewels traveling from South America to Spain during early colonial times.
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Panama City
New Spain
South America
Spain
Mother of Two Men Dies in Kentucky
Mrs S. S. Moore, mother of two Middleport men, died in Ashland Kentucky. Survivors include two Middleport sons, two daughters of Ashland, and a son of Prestonburg. The Moores had been called home by her death after their father’s passing five years earlier.
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Kentucky
Middleport
Harry Moore
Herbert Moore
Ashland
Moores
S. S. Moore
Prestonburg
Valentine Themed Middleport Social Notes Meeting
The Jolly Bunch met at Mrs. Kenneth Byer home for a Valentine night with heart shaped Jello and red tapers. President Shirley Mills proposed a bake sale for the Middleport Fire Department emergency truck fund. plans for a town wide market March 2 at Tri-Lustre Shop were set, and aid to a needy family was organized.
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Middleport
Jolly Bunch
Kenneth Byer
Circle of Heath Methodist Church Meeting Planned
Middleport Class 12 Circle of Heath Methodist Church will meet Wednesday at 8 p.m. at the home of Mrs. R. C. Konkright. Assisting hostesses will be Mrs. John Ketchka, Mrs. David Entsminger, Mrs. Harry Chesher, Frieda Faehnle and Bernice Bowen. The Rev. R. C. Konkright will be devotional leader and Mrs. C. E. Young will be program leader.
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Middleport
Circle of Heath Methodist Church
R. C. Konkright
John Ketchka
David Entsminger
Harry Chesher
Frieda Faehnle
Bernice Bowen
C. E. Young
Homebuilders Meet Tonight at Church in Middleport
Members of the Homebuilders Class gather this evening at the Church of Christ in Middleport. Hosts include Chester Erwins, Theo Neutzling, Arlene Swisher, Marie Hauck, and Robert Craig.
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Middleport
Church of Christ
Chester Erwins
Theo Neutzlings
Arlene Swisher
Marie Hauck
Robert Craig
Dinner for birthdays in Middleport
A dinner event in Middleport honors the birthdays of a son and his father husband on February 13. The notice lists family members and local guests invited to attend the celebration.
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Middleport
Bradbury PTA Plans Founders Day Program
Middleport activity brief says the Bradbury Parent-Teacher Association will meet Wednesday at the school to discuss and present a Founders Day program.
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Bradbury Pta
Middleport
The
Bradbury Parent-Teacher Association
Local health notes and weekend visitors
Mrs. Warren Davis remains hospitalized at Meigs General Hospital with a virus infection. Kenneth Manley, a Middleport High School freshman, is also a patient there with pneumonia. Visitors Saturday and Sunday included Sheila Stover from Ohio University, the Stover and Gibbons families, Mrs. H. W. Craig, Dr. and Mrs. John Harley, former Middleport residents Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Warren, and Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Cline with relatives from Wingett Run and New Matamoras.
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Warren Davis
Meigs General Hospital
Sheila Stover
Ohio University
Harry Stover
H. W. Craig
Meigs County
Craig
John Harley
Springfield
Margaret Keehne Davis
Athens
J. E. Harley
Jesse Warren
Charleston
Middleport
Clarence Cline
Lafayette Cline
Wingett Run
Walter Ring
New Matamoras
Kenneth Manley
Middleport High School
Meigs County Dairy Unit banquet honors directors and dairy awards
At Chester High School the Meigs County Dairy Service Unit held its annual banquet. Clarence Price and David Koblenz were re elected for three year terms with Arvil Holter newly elected. Three Racine residents received National Honor Roll awards for production and herd development. Production awards went to Wayne Roush Theron Johnson and Clark Idle based on DHIA records. Fordyce Ely urged future dairy data tools while Richard Kellogg stressed income from high producing cows. Technicians Oris Smith and C N Jones presented reports.
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DHIA
Wayne Roush
Theron Johnson
Clark Idle
Purebred Cattle Association
Fordyce Ely
OSU Dairy Science Department
Fordyce
U. S
Two Pomeroy Banks Receive County Funds
Meigs County commissioners in special session Feb 4 designated two Pomeroy banks as depositories of active county funds for two years. They also approved withdrawing $196,000 of inactive funds from five county banks and granting $200 as petty cash for the sheriff. The Pomeroy National Bank was designated depository for 73 percent of the funds.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
County Board of Commissioners
Pomeroy National Bank
Drunken Driving Guilty Denied in Pomeroy Court
In Pomeroy Mayor E F Robinsons court two cases heard by City Patrolman Henry Werry. Paul Branch 25 of Columbus pleaded innocent to driving while intoxicated and his case was continued to Saturday. Herman Reeves was fined five dollars with costs suspended after a guilty plea to left of center. Withdrawals of inactive funds listed from Farmers Bank and Savings Co. and others followed. County actions included bids on Meigs County bonds postponed to Feb 18 and bids for No 2 diesel fuel Transportation to the county garage for 90 days. Commissioners Hartinger Craig and Neutzling approved 18 auto license bills 39 county fund bills and 31 welfare fund bills.
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Pomeroy
E. F. Robinson
Henry Werry
Paul Branch
Columbus
Herman Reeves
Farmers Bank and Savings Co
First National Bank
Racine
Citizens National
Middleport
Racine Home Bank
Pomeroy National
Dan C. Hartinger
Meigs County
Commissioners’ Office
Rocksprings
Hartinger
H. W. Craig
R. E. Neutzling
County
Welfare Department
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Middleport Social Notes
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Wayne Gibbons
Evelyn
Cincinnati
Richard Kellogg
Central Ohio Breeding Association
Oris Smith
C. N. Jones
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