Middleport Firemen Save Canoist From Mid River
The Middleport Volunteer Fire Department rescue saved David Finnin a 26 year old Ashland Kentucky tree trimmer working in Syracuse from the icy Ohio River near Pomeroy. He clung to an overturned canoe until pulled from the river by firefighters. He received a stimulant and blankets, was taken to Mason Clinic and later dismissed in good condition. City and fire officials praised the quick response and equipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
David Finnin
Ashland
Syracuse
Finnin
Ohio River
Ebersbach
E. Main St
Pomeroy
Pomeroy Levee
B. F. Parmalee
Mason Clinic
Ralph Welker
Walter Wolfe
Sidney Russell
Fire Department
Division of the Church as a Sin Debate
A fragment argues that division within the church is sinful and questions whether church identity separates believers. It cites times 9:30 10:30 6:30 7:30 as related schedule references.
Middleport church services and programs listed
The note lists services for First Baptist Church Heath Methodist and First Presbyterian with ministers and times. It also records Church of Christ activities including Bible lesson study and Dramatic Club meetings and Syracuse Presbyterian services with Dr Homer G McMillen preaching.
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Church OF Christ
C. E. Shepard
Paul
Dramatic Club
Christian Endeavor
Heaven and
Heath Methodist Church
W. B. Moore
First Presbyterian Church
Homer G. McMillen
Syracuse
Presbyterian Church
Weekend Visitor Roundup Across Gallia and Nearby Towns
Mr and Mrs Robert Chambers and others from Cannonsburg and Mercerville visited relatives in Gallia County. Several travel to Huntington and Ashland for short stays while others headed to Florida. Families named include Lanthorn Gothard Jeffers Evans and Bodimer with multiple journeys noted.
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Eureka
Robert Chambers
Cannonsburg
John Chambers
Vance Brumfield
Eugene
Mercerville
J. E. Lanier
George Gothard
Ben Gothard
Gallipolis
Raymond Spurlock
Huntington
Charles Jeffers
C. E. Hally
W. Va
Emma Swain
Cadmus
J. Cremeans
Walter Evans Jr
Semet Solvay
Gordon Franklin
Carl Franklin
Zanesville
Tom Porter
Norman Lanthorn
Ashland
E. R. Lanthorn
G. L. McCallister
Gary
Ind
Florida
Lee Burcham
Judy
D. S. Montgomery
John
Frank Gothard
Middleport
Charles Donaly
Byron Bodimer
Confluence
L. Claude Miller
Della Bodimer
Lewis and
Charles
Walter Evans
Lynette
Liewellen
Church Prayer Schedules Across Pomeroy and Vicinity
The church calendar lists services and meetings for multiple congregations including Pomeroy UB CIRCUIT First Baptist Rutland Evangelical UB Circuit and United Methodist. Highlights include Sunday worship at 9:30 11 10:30 7:30 and weekday prayer meetings across Mt Hermon Bunker Hill Letart Falls Enterprise Carmel Reedville Joppa Long Bottom and Tuppers Plains with ministers Hinton Nye Carmichael Sleasman West and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy UB
C. P. Hinton
Mt. Hermon
Cottage
Bunker Hill
First Baptist
Paul W. Nye
Workers’ Conference
Rutland
Evangelical UB Circuit
L. R. Carmichael
Enterprise
Frost
Morning Star
Carmel
Church OF Christ
William Sleasman
Christian Endeavor
Christian Science
Mulberry Ave
Jesus
Long Bottom
Reedsville
Joppa
Tuppers Plains
Bethel
United
Mary A Smith Dies at Home in Pomeroy
Mary A Smith 94 died at her Peacock Avenue home Thursday at 10 a.m. Her husband John Edward Smith and two children preceded her in death. Survived by two sons Pearl and Edward Smith and two daughters Mrs Cora Denny and Mrs Albert Mees, all of Pomeroy. Funeral Sunday at 2 p.m. at Ewing funeral home with burial at Beechgrove Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home until services.
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Pomeroy
Mary A. Smith
Peacock Ave
John Edward Smith
Pearl
Edward Smith
Cora Denny
Albert Mees
Ewing
Beechgrove Cemetery
Dickerson Funeral Services Scheduled in West Virginia
Funeral services for George Dickerson, who died Wednesday in West Columbia, West Virginia, will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Rawlings Coats funeral home, according to an announced schedule.
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Middleport
George Dickerson
West Columbia
W. Va
Rawlings-Coats
Daughter Born to Dr and Mrs G C Schaaf in Columbus
Announcement from a farm near Chillicothe confirms the birth of a daughter to Dr. and Mrs. G. C. Schaaf on February 25 at Grant Hospital Columbus. Dr. Schaaf is a dentist and a former local resident.
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Middleport
G. C. Schaaf
Grant Hospital
Columbus
Schaafs
Chillicothe
Schaaf
Meigs County cage tournament opens to record crowd
A large opening night crowd of about 500 filled the Middleport School auditorium for the Meigs County tournament with 222 adult tickets and 158 student tickets sold. Harrisonville and Tuppers Plains tied up in a two overtime thriller as Tuppers Plains won 50 47. Referees Robert Wren and Fred Swearingen reported no trouble. A hat tossed by Freeland Norris’s wife was torn by spectators. Rutland wore new red satin suits and hopes ride on their first win. Tonight’s 6:30 pm game drew a record forecast crowd.
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Middleport
Toppers Plains
Harrisonville
Rutland
Racine
Harold Hubbard
Ben Philson
Middleport High School
Tuppers Plains
Freeland Norris
Rutland Reserves
Ted Wildermuth
Grant Sr
Roe Brown
NYCRR
Social visits noted in Ohio communities
Mrs. Lewis Stanley spent a day with Mrs. Harley Hanning in Flat Woods. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Heilman and Mrs. Bessie Montgomery visited Albany with Montgomery’s son in law and daughter. Mr. and Mrs. Neil Dickson visited Gallipolis with their son in law and daughter James T. Ehman.
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Lewis Stanley
Harley Hanning
Flatwoods
Ray Heilman
Bessie Montgomery
Albany
Neil Dickson
Gallipolis
James T. Ehman
Burglary Suspects Admit Attempt Charge In Meigs Case
Ralph E Buckren and Samuel Richard Coring pleaded guilty in Common Pleas Court to attempting to commit burglary and were sentenced to 1 to 15 years in the penitentiary. They were among 10 indicted. one count also charged possessing burglar tools. Other arraignments included Charles Harry Keller and James Carson Singer in related cases and the grand jury returned 26 true bills with six no indictments.
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Pomeroy
Ralph E. Buckren
Samuel Richard Coring
Common Pleas
A. T. Barton
Buckren
Coring
Charles Harry Keller
Lima State Hospital
Charles Carson
James H. Singer
Columbus
Dana Peoples
James
Myrtle Phillips
Arthur Howell
F. F E. Davis
Lawrence Gerlach
Warren Davidson
Clyde E. King
Pearl Jewell
Ivers Bag Finally Reunites With World War II Vet
Jack Bartrum of Rutland reports his sea bag, sent from Guadalcanal in 1944, arrived after 41 months of wandering via Okinawa Saipan Pearl Harbor California Farragut Idaho Columbus Ohio and Rutland. All GI contents were removed but personal belongings and souvenirs remained in good condition including grass skirts Japanese sabers and pistols.
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Pomeroy
Jack Bartrum
Rutland
Express
Guadalcanal
Bartrum
Guam
Okinawa
Saipan
Pearl Harbor
California
Farragant
Idaho
Columbus
Ohio
Mr. Bartrum
Four Drivers Fined SLO in Middleport Court
Mayor Sidney Russell presided over a Thursday morning case in Middleport where four Parkersburg motorists were fined ten dollars plus costs for intoxication after pleading guilty. Dale E. Eddy, 20, was not fined in the downtown grocery store disturbance matter.
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Middleport
Sidney Russell
Parkersburg
Kenneth
Elsie Courtright
Hazel Donahey
Mario Borrelli
Dale E. Eddy
Mild Weather Brings Marbles and Fish in Middleport
Mild weather in Middleport drew kids to marbles in muddy spaces between sidewalks while frogs croaked in river bottoms. Several local anglers reported catching fish in Meigs County creeks amid the mild Thursday conditions.
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Middleport
Meigs County
Intruder Seized After Apartment Break-In During River Rescue
Lowell Wingett of Syracuse was arrested after entering the Clan Goodwin apartment during a rescue on the Ohio River yesterday. He allegedly removed his shoes and lay on a bed while Mr. Goodwin and Mrs. Goodwin watched from a window. the two women alerted police and Mr. Goodwin’s brother.
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Pomeroy
Clan Goodwin
Ohio River
Lowell Wingett
Syracuse
Goodwin
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Mr. Poorman
Church News of
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