Middleport to host Class B Sectional Tournament games
Delegates from Athens Gallia Hocking Jackson Meigs Perry and Vinton Counties attended Middleport High School for the Class B Sectional draw. The tournament runs March 2 3 4 5 in Middleport with 3000 expected spectators and a schedule of seven games across three opening rounds two semis and finals.
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Middleport
Athens
Gallia
Hocking
Jackson
Meigs
Perry
Vinton
M. W. Essex
Stewart
the Plains
Coolville
Cheshire
Cadmus
Shawnee
Junction City
Glouster
McArthur
Chauncey
Murray City
Oak Hill
Crooksville
Racine
Perry County
Busy Bees Lead Church Sunday Service at First Baptist
The Busy Bee Class of the First Baptist Church led the Sunday School hour with no sermon. 181 attended as Mrs. Chas Wise Jr and others welcomed guests. offerings collected by Miss Beulah White and Mrs. Lindsay Lyons. a piano prelude and hymns preceded prayers and announcements. Next week's Ladies Bible Class Day planned.
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Middleport
Busy Bee
First Baptist Church
Chas. Wise, Jr
Cecil Root
Beulah White
Harry
Harley Sanborn
Ross Pullin
B. B
Ivory Palaces
Miss White
Lindsay Lyons
Will Haptonstall
Harry Cross
Homer Hysell
Paul Smart
The
Missionary Society
Bishopville Social Notes Highlights Local Visits and Illness
Mrs Jane Radcliffe returned to Albany after visiting son-in-law and daughter Mr and Mrs J M McDonald. Ronnie Davis Philo spent the weekend with friends. Mrs J W Palmer remains ill after two years. Guests at the Palmer home included Mr and Mrs Albert Embrey and children from Fultonham Clyde Price and Mrs All Price of Athens Mr and Mrs Leslie Chappelear from Trimble. Mrs Don Withem and daughter Mary Jo visited her mother Mrs J M McDonald. Funeral attendees for William Balderson included Mr and Mrs J M Watkins and John Clark at Amesville. Miss Jessie Wilson on sick list. Dorothea Milhoan spent time with Rebecca Cobb Hollister. Isa Bell Foura Corning visited Marguerite McDonald. Olive Pedicord and daughter Marguerite McNally visited McConnelsville. Marguerite McDonald went to Athens for employment. It is possible for polar regions to witness a noon lunar eclipse.
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Bishopville
Jane Radcliffe
Albany
J. M. McDonald
Ronnie Davis
Philo
J. W. Palmer
Palmer Home
Albert Embrey
Fultonham
Clyde Price
All Price
Athens
Corning
Marguerite McDonald
Olive Pedicord
Marguerite McNally
McConnelsville
Pratts Fork Sewing Circle Meets for Quilting
The Rainy Day Sewing Circle met with Mrs. Arthur Martin on Thursday with members Ethel Guthrie Cora Ator Dora O'Brien Bertha Williams Elda Coates Nora Eastman Mildred Douglas and guests Clarice Day Hazel Winer Anna Hart Chloe Secoy Nettie Meeks. The group quilted and embroidered and will meet again March 10 with Mrs Clyde Colburn.
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Clyde Colburn
Chapman
Amanda Meighen
Carrie King
Joan Burson
Clarence Ackley
Hamby Ator
Robert Shellman
William Howard
Bradbury
Mary Colmer
Joan
Fern
Wright Pugh
Bates
Albert
Beryl Day
Pearl Durst
Marion
Lula Jones
Eloise Warner
Rose Ellen Douglas
Carl Martin
Carol Guthrie
Rutland
Maxine Foland
B. F. Blackwell
Vance Brothers Build White Oak Log Cabin
Creuzer and Frank Vance, sons of the late Col. John L. Vance, are erecting a large white oak log cabin on their 93 acre Chillicothe Road farm near Gallipolis. They previously resided on State Route 7 near the municipal airport, a flood-prone area during high river stages. Creuzer once immigrant inspector at New York port. Frank was active in Columbus politics, safety director, and a later mayoral candidate.
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Gallipolis
Creuzer
Frank Vance
John L. Vance
Democrat
Chillicothe Road
Corporation Line
Vances
Creuzer Vance
Port of
New York
Columbus
Sets Aside Room for Those Planning College
Gallipolis C C Byers principal of the local high school has set aside a room in the school building for students who plan further training in colleges and universities. Pamphlets and advertising matter on entrance requirements courses of study fees and other items of interest are available. Interested students are registering and conferences are being arranged with school faculty in this senior guidance room.
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Gallipolis
C. C. Byers
Cleveland Youth Given Suspended Sentence for False Fire Alarm
Tony Piks, 23, received a 30 day suspended sentence in the workhouse after admitting he bumped his head on a fire alarm box while running. He activated the alarm, causing a false alarm charge of 350 dollars for the city.
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Cleveland
Tony Piks
Tony
Middleport Social Notes Reflect Weekend Visits and Travel
Mr. and Mrs. Farr French and children of Ath ens visited Edward French and family on S Second Ave. Mrs. Harvey Allensworth joined the Allensworths to Akron for an extended visit with Raleigh Flowers’ family. Charles Davis returned from visits in Columbus Detroit and Cincinnati.
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Middleport
Farr French
Athens
Edward French
S. Second Ave
Harvey Allensworth
Dale Allensworth
Akron
Raleigh Flowers
Charles Davis
Columbus
Detroit
Cincinnati
Barbara Root
Paul Smith
Marcus Chambers
Chambers’ Grocery
White Shrine to Meet in Athens for Potluck and Officers
Members of the White Shrine in Middleport will travel to Athens Tuesday evening for a regular meeting featuring a potluck supper and the election of officers.
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Athens
Middleport
Shower Honors Mrs Karl Klees at Main Street Home
Mrs C P Gallagher hosted a Friday evening shower for Mrs Karl Klees with many friends attending. Games were played and awards went to Mrs James Faulkner Mrs W P Ohlinger and Mrs Pearl Yeanger. Also noted are travel and visiting updates for local residents.
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Karl Klees
C. P. Gallagher
Main St
James Faulkner
W. P. Ohlinger
Pearl Yeanger
Hattie Bennett
Columbus
William Garber
William Robson
Charles Lewis
Robert McMaster
Athens
Meetings At Church of Christ in Middleport This Week
Announcements indicate an elders deacons and trustees meeting Monday at 7 p m. A Workers Conference Thursday evening. Wednesday midweek prayer service. Friday at 2 50 p m union meeting of women from Middleport churches for World Day of Prayer.
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Middleport
Church of Christ
Women of
Walter Wolfe Named Acting Police Chief
Walter Wolfe began a three month period as acting chief replacing Dana L. Itacy who is on leave. Fred Swatzel of Naylors Run was chosen as night patrolman after Bentley Peeples declined the post.
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Pomeroy
Walter Wolfe
Dana L. Itacy
Fred Swatzel
Naylors Run
Bentley Peeples
Music Club To Present Tuesday Night Program
MIDDLEPORT The Woman's Music Club held the last choir practice at Heath M E Church. The 30 voice chorus will perform on Tuesday evening with ensemble numbers and a mixed chorus. Miss Mc Coy will present musical current events. Mrs. D S Farmer chairs the social committee of ten women. Choir director is Mrs Willis Aleshire. president is Mrs Cedric Clark.
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Middleport
Heath M. E. Church
Cedric Clark
Social Notes of Syracuse
Mr. and Mrs Joe Burke and son from Detroit visited the Roscoe Harden household. Walter Duckworth and family from Kananga stayed with sister Emma Duckworth. Jean Williams hosted the Go-Getters class of the M E Sunday School.
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Syracuse
Joe Burke
Detroit
Roscoe Harden
Walter Duckworth
Kananga
Emma Duckworth
Jean Williams
M. E
Muriel Wise
S. F. Wise
Columbus
Paul Little
Patty
Ladies Aid Society
M. E. Church
James Quick
Margaret
Floyd Chapman
Letart Falls
Myrtle Betzing
Billy Cones
Minersville
United American Mechanics
Vivian Whitlock
Ethel
Carl Lallance
Parkersburg
Curtis Lallance
George Jenkins
Pomeroy
Charles Young
Whose Cat Walked Home on Lincoln Hill Mystery
A Lincoln Hill burial centers on a missing cat case. Mrs. Hartley first claimed the cat, then Mrs. Elberfeld identified it as hers after both Elberfeld cats vanished. The Elberfelds later recovered one cat and the other remained missing, with Laura Bryant also reported to own a similar cat.
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Pomeroy
Lincoln Hill
M. D. Hartley
Hartley
Alfred Elberfeld
Elberfelds
Laura Bryant
Peacock Ave
Pomeroy Dance Club Social At I O O F Hall
The Tillicum Dance Club held its monthly dance Friday evening at the I O O F Hall in Pomeroy. The Dutch Wade orchestra provided the music and a good crowd attended. The club brings together couples from Pomeroy and Middleport.
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Pomeroy
Tillicum
Wade
Middleport
Racine Fives Sweep Meigs County Basketball Titles
Racine swept Meigs County finals by winning Senior and Junior titles. The first team beat Chester 37 to 13, while Racine Juniors defeated Rutland Juniors 22 to 15. Saturday’s final showcased Racine’s effective shooting after a rough Thursday loss to Tuppers Plains.
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Rutland
Racine
Chester
Tuppers Plains
Beegle
Neigler
Racine-Rutland
Robinson
Brown
T. Robinson
Bostick
Sayre
Leegle
Rosa
Ee Adams
Bailey
Huffman
Kennedy
Senee
Hall
Haley
Merchants to Meet New Haven Group in Pomeroy
Pomeroy businessmen will hold a 7:30 p m meeting Tuesday at City Hall with a New Haven West Virginia group. The conference aims to discuss a plan to attract West Virginia residents along Pomeroy Bend to shop in Pomeroy.
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Pomeroy
New Haven
W. Va
West Virginia
Pomeroy Bend
Local Firemen Inspect New Haven Fire Truck
Local firemen and observers examined a fire truck purchased by New Haven West Virginia. The former St Louis vehicle is an old model of a well known make and appeared in good operating condition. It was in Pomeroy for several hours before delivery to New Haven.
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Pomeroy
New Haven
W. Va
St. Louis
Johnson Dam Project Begins In Meigs County
Legal entanglements delaying property easements for the Johnson farm dam near Flatwoods have cleared. Work starts this week with five supervisors from the Conservation Division and N Y A labor for the large project creating a lake of 25 acres. Four Leading Creek dams will also commence under engineer William Owens.
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Pomeroy
Johnson Farm
Flatwoods
R. W. Finsterewald
Meigs County
Johnson Dam
Leading Creek
William Owens
Conservation Division
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