Grade School Hearing Tests Announced At Chester PTA Meet
Chester PA TA members announced hearing tests for grade schoolers during the Eastern Local District PTA meeting at the Chester school auditorium. Eye chart need discussed. March 17 set for Chester Grade School banquet. Attendees included Mrs Sam Michael program chair and Mrs Paul Nease leading song.
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Chester
PTA Meet
Earl Dean
Roy Holter
Chester Pta
Trict
Donald Mora
Paul Nease
PTA
Presentation Of Minstrel Set In Middleport Tonight
About 65 cast and crew rehearse three hours at Middleport High School for the Big Ben Minstrel Association annual winter presentation at 8 10 this evening in the Middleport Auditorium. The show features Mrs Margaret Neuman and Bill Clark among the performers with ticket sales exceeding 400 in advance.
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Middleport
Big Ben Minstrel Association
Middleport High School
Margaret Neuman
Mickey Morris
J. R. Kennedy
Bill Clark
Clark
Pomeroy
Elders and Trustees Ordained at Syracuse Church
In Sunday worship at the Syracuse First United Presbyterian Church Rev. Howard Ruppelt ordained and installed elders Mrs. Charles Blake and Mrs. Donald Cottrill. Trustees named were Mrs. Arthur Sylvester and Robert Harden and deaconesses Mrs. Thomas Clark and Mrs. Roscoe Harden.
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Pomeroy
Syracuse
First United Presbyterian Church
Howard Ruppelt
Charles Blake
Donald Cottrill
Arthur Sylvester
Robert Harden
Thomas Clark
Roscoe Harden
Racine Emergency Squad Responds to Pickens Illness
The Racine Emergency Squad answered a call to the Elmer Pickens home on Wednesday morning. Pickens, who had become ill, was taken to a Pomeroy physician's office and later returned home.
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Racine
Elmer Pickens
Pickens
Pomeroy
Wesleyan Service Guild Meets at Mrs Lott’s Home
The Wesleyan Service Guild of the Racine Methodist Church will meet at 7 30 Monday evening at the home of Mrs. Helen Lott.
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Racine
Wesleyan Service Guild
Class Adopts Project To Raise Funds
The Middleport Church of Christ Home Builders Class adopted a church building fund project at a meeting held at the Rice home. They scheduled a bake sale for March 11 and set an Easter Sunday attendance goal of 110 with Coleen Van Meter as attendance chairman.
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Middleport
Middleport Church of Christ
Denver Rice
Wendell Gerlach
Dorothy Yeanger
Arlene Swisher
Mildred Long
Coleen van Meter
Lois Mc-Elhinney
Kenneth Mc-Elhinney
Rice
Virginia Neutzling
Ann Bailey
Fred I. Gardner
Mrs Vroman Hosts Baptist Circle Meet
Mrs Charles Vroman hosted the Priscilla Circle of the B H Sanborn Missionary Society at Middleport First Baptist Church. Mrs Harold Thomas led the business session and plans were made to serve refreshments at the March meeting. A devotional poem titled Wanted, a Messenger was presented by Mrs Thomas and Freddie Houdashelt. Refreshments followed for several guests.
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Middleport
Charles Vroman
Priscilla Circle
B. H. Sanborn Missionary Society
Gail Hovatter
Rhosean McClure
Miss Houdashelt
Kitty Kauff
Barbara Murray
Marilyn Wisecup
Lois Moore
Racine High School Dance Planned With Title Event
A Racine High School dance will be Friday at 7 30 pm in the school auditorium under the junior class sponsor. Mr and Miss High School of 1961 will be chosen by dancing skill and personality with prizes. Disc jockeys Kenny Hysell and Leon Jordan will DJ. The event is open to county teens. A second dance is set for Saturday in Middleport auditorium by the band boosters.
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Racine
Racine High School
Jays
Kenny Hysell
Leon Jordan
Middleport
Style Revue by Middleport High Foreign Language Club
A Middleport High School assembly showcased a Mexican and Spanish fashions style revue by the Foreign Language Club. Narrators were Sarah Hannigan and Beth Layman. models included Cinda Morris and others. The program opened with a flag salute, featured songs In a Little Spanish Town and Chiapanecas, and humor acts Zorro and Castro. Ruth Reed accompanied the ensemble. Don Erwin was stage manager. advisor Mrs. Ruth Euler.
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Middleport
Middleport High School
Sarah Hannigan
Beth Layman
Cinda Morris
Evelyn Gibbons
Charlene Davis
Wanda Lightfoot
Sharon Pickens
Sandra Brewington
Farrell Shufer
Mike Shafer
Two Confer on Hospital Plans in Columbus
POMEROY Ted Reed Jr chairman and George Smith, new consultant, met Ohio Department of Health officials to discuss the Meigs Memorial Hospital project. Smith, from Pleasant Valley Hospital, will help secure equipment. plans are ready to advertise bids for the 40 bed facility.
Contribution Made By One Won One Class
One Won One Class of the Pomeroy First Baptist Church voted Tuesday evening to support Xi Gamma Mu Chapter’s Beta Sigma Phi blood program project. New member Mrs. Paul Cross welcomed. thanks given for hospital kindnesses.
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Pomeroy
Xi Gamma Mu
Beta Sigma Phi
Pomeroy First Baptist Church
Paul Cross
Dale Wippel
Joseph Cook
Loraine Sterrett
Ralph C. Zandel
Albert Smith
Ellen Couch
Grange to Meet at Rock Springs Hall Thursday
Rock Springs Grange will hold a meeting at 8 p m Thursday in the hall. A program is planned and refreshments will be served.
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Grange
Pomeroy
Rock Springs
Former Purdue star John Sines Leads Tennessee Hoop Crew
University of Tennessee head basketball coach John Sines, a former Purdue standout, has guided the Vols through a season of growing talent and improving depth. Sines previously starred as a player for Purdue, shaping his coaching philosophy and approach.
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University of Tennessee
John Sines
Purdue
1200 Meigs Residents Report Heart Disease Burden
Meigs County figures show more than 1200 residents suffer heart or blood vessel diseases. James Mahokey, general chairman of the 1961 heart fund drive, cites medical advances and support from the American Heart Association and the Central Ohio Heart Association, including $157,000 for local research this year and a decade total of about $1 million.
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Middleport
Meigs County
James Mahokey
American Heart Association
Heart Fund
Central Ohio Heart Association
Central Ohio
Mahokey
Past Leaders Honored At Salisbury PTA Meet
Pomeroy Founders Day observance at Salisbury PTA honored past presidents including Mrs. Maxine Arnold and Mrs. Merlin Tracy. A skit titled Its a Great Occasion was performed. Reports covered the blue and gold banquet for Cub Scouts and county council matters. The PTA plans a March 2 dinner for the Guernsey Breeders Association and proceeds from a vanilla money project were reported. Attendance award went to Mrs. Roy Biffle's first grade.
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Pomeroy
Salisbury Pta
Robert Burdette
Maxine Arnold
Hugh Beards
William Bartels
George Starcher
Merlin Tracy
Paul Chapman
Bar Blackston
Herbert Dixon
Richard Young
Franklin Rizer
Donald Lanning
James Will
Anita Hall
Tracy
PTA
Guernsey Breeders Association
George Skinner
Roy Biffle
Phil Ohlinger
Boosters Sponsor Basketball Games At Tupers Plains
The Tuppers Plains Boosters Club will host two basketball games next Tuesday at the Tup pers Plains gym. The 7:30 p m women’s game features Chester PTA women versus Boosters women, followed by a Chester PTA men versus Boosters men. Proceeds fund school bleacher purchases.
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Tuppers Plains
Tuppers Plains Boosters Club
Chester Pta
Boosters Club
Chester
PTA
Tupper Plains Booster Club
Rose D. Carr
Norma Newland
Twin City Shriners State Ladies Night
Middleport host Masonic temple dinner at 6 30 pm Thursday for Twin City Shrine Club Ladies Night. New officers to be installed Kermit Walton president Joe Beegle vice president Bruce Bingham secretary treasurer. trustees Franklin Rizer Beegle Harry Moore. A recreation period follows in the basement club room.
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Middleport
Twin City
Matrons Meet Middleport Evangeline Chapter Eastern Star
Past Matrons of Evangeline Chapter OES will convene at 7 30 Friday evening at the home of Mrs Allen Hughes for a chapter gathering.
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Middleport
Evangeline Chapter
Order of Eastern Star
Allen Hughes
Georgia Tech Gymnastics Coach Lyle Weisner From Kane, Pa
Lyle Weisner, the gymnastics coach at Georgia Tech, hails from Kane Pennsylvania. His hometown roots anchor a profile of the coach and his athletic program.
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Lyle Weisner
Georgia Tech
Kane Pa
Resident Back Home After Stint
Donald E. Cole, formerly of Pomeroy, returned home Saturday after four and a half years in the U. S. Army in Germany. He and his wife Kathy and son Dennis joined his family for a weekend visit with his sister Mrs. Jerry Houghland in Lincoln Hill before reporting to Fort Hood Texas for duty.
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Pomeroy
Donald E. Cole
U. S. Army
Germany
Kenneth Cole
Kelly Jo
Kirkersville
Jerry Houghland
Jeannie
Jennifer
Cole
Famiy
Fort Hood
Tex
Rites Planned For Teacher Probst Former Pomeroy educator dies in Cincinnati
Arthur R. Probst, former Pomeroy High School teacher from 1911 to 1916, also taught at Marietta High School and Hugh's High School in Cincinnati. Funeral services are set for 2 p m Friday at Miller Funeral Home in Cincinnati.
County Workers Are Entertained Canasta Party
Women county workers were entertained with a canasta party Tuesday night at the home of Mrs. Dollie Hayes. Prizes for play went to Mrs. Nellie Brown and Mrs. Nina Cummings. The hostess served refreshments to those named and several other guests.
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Pomeroy
Dollie Hayes
Nellie Brown
Nina Cummings
Ruth Moore
Grace Whaley
Phyllis Rice
Letta Spencer
Martha Orr
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Orville Brown
Woodrow Mora
Charles Wildermuth
Wyatt Chadwell
Reid Young
Sam Michael
Nease
Paul Karr
Karl Kautz
Paul Baer
Xarl Kautz
Roush's Shoe Store
Goessler
Jewelry
Court Street
Pomeroy, Ohio
Service Guild
Department Store
Mrs. Vroman
Baptist Circle Meet
Tanaris
Rhodesia
Sir Roy Welensky
Federation of Rhodesia
Salisbury
Federation
Speech Club
Meigs
Boosters
Twin City Shriners State Ladies Night
the Shoe Box
Ohio
Clarke
Ebersbach Hardware
Rites
Arthur R. Prob
Elberfelds
V. Price
Group of
Downie - Gross, Inc
Arrow Shirts
Main Street
E. Main ST
Bobbie Brooks
L & Z Shop
Athens
Nelsonville
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