Community Corner bids farewell and celebrates local life
Middleport notes honor Mrs. Alice Williams turning a century while hospital bound. Allen and Alice Jenkinson plan retirement to Flagler Beach Florida. Local council seats change as Robert Craig and Clifford Stumbo take office replacing two incumbents. Holiday prayers planned at Middleport Church and Lasalle Hotel changes under new managers. Bess Sanborn retires after closing out sale. Year 1964 prospects noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Williams
Middleport
Middleport Ministerial Association
Presbyterian Church
Mill St
Sanborn
Hobstetter Named Bond Chairman for Ohio
Edison Hobstetter, president of the Pomeroy National Bank, named ABA Savings Bond Chairman for Ohio for 1963 64. He is one of 13 bankers named to the ABA Savings Bond Committee representing Ohio and Kentucky and has held key roles in the Ohio and national bankers associations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
William F. Kelly
American Bankers Association
Edison Hobstetter
Pomeroy National Bank
ABA
Ohio
Washington, D.C
Hobstetter
United States
Savings
Kentucky
Hobhstetter
State Bankers Association
Ohio Bankers Association
National Bank Division
Vegetable Meet Set for Meigs County Growers
The Meigs County vegetable growers annual winter meeting is scheduled for 7 30 p m Monday at Letart Falls Elementary School. Speakers include William Brooks extension horticulturist Dr Walter N Brown professor of horticulture Robert Partyka extension plant pathologist and Robert Holdsworth extension entomologist who will review Marietta work and give fertilization and variety recommendations for 1964. Joe Liming vocational agriculture instructor at Southern Local High School will co chair the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Local High School
Meal Service Project Talk Set Tuesday
MIDDLEPORT Miss Pat sy L Glass Gallia County home economics agent will present a class for Meigs County Home Demonstration Council project leaders on Meal Service for Different Occasions at the Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co social room. The session runs 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Attendees should bring a sack lunch and may send a designated representative if unable to attend. Materials will be provided for local clubs. The meeting is open to project leaders or their representatives only.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Patsy L. Glass
Gallia County
Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co
Meigs County
Laurel Cliff News Notes Sealed With Christmas Visits
Mrs. Charles Karr returned home after two weeks with son in law Ed ward Bauer in Marion. Mrs. Bauer accompanies Mrs. Karr home and is recovering from illness. Rev Eugene Gill family spent Christmas in Cambridge. Clarence Ackley Athens visited with Norman and M rs Schaefer. Barbara McNickle and Robert McNickle Antiquity visited with sir and brother in law Oscar Smith. John Douglas Shade spent an evening with Roy Howell family. Roy Howell entertained Christmas Eve with a family dinner including Vernon Howell Harmon Fox Mickey Kay Ann and Lennie Lyons.
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Pearl Parker
Laurel Cliff
Charles Karr
Edward Bauer
Marion
Bauer
Karr
Eugene Gill
Cambridge
Clarence Ackley
Athens
Norman Schaefer
Barbara McNickle
Robert McNickle
Pomeroy Gals Vacationing in New York and Long Island
Patricia Hennessy Connie Morarity and Barbara Logan vacation with relatives in Flushing New York and Farmingdale Long Island staying with Mrs Helen Reynolds and Mr and Mrs Stephen Hoda. They plan to return home January 5. Miss Leda Mae Kraueter Rutland High School home economics instructor entered
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Morarity
Barbara Logan
Howard Logan
Flushing
N. Y
Helen Reynolds
Farmingdale
L. 1
Stephen Hoda
Leda Mae Kraueter
Rutland High School
Cpl Lyons Weds Miss Finseth in California Ceremony
Mr and Mrs John E Lyons Sr announce the marriage of their son Cpl John E Lyons Jr to Miss Janice Finseth daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles E Finseth of Barbadoo Wisconsin The double ring ceremony took place Saturday December 21 at a Baptist Church parsonage in Los Angeles California The bride wore a royal blue velvet suit The attendants were Ray Williams and Colette Cox The couple live at 31230 Jefferson Ave Carlsbad California Cpl Lyons is a 1961 Marine veteran stationed at Camp Pendleton California and the pair plan their life together in California
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John E. Lyons
Cpl
Janice Finseth
Charles E. Finseth
Barbadoo
Wis
Los Angeles
Calif
Ray Williams
Colette Cox
Lyons
LaCrosse
Minneapolis
Meigs County Meetings Cancelled Then Rescheduled
Bethel 62 IOJD meeting canceled this evening. Next meeting set for 7 30 p m January 16 at Pomeroy temple. Pomeroy Garden Club to meet 2 p m Monday at Mrs Roy Betzing home. Odorus Council DOA will install officers at 7 30 p m Monday at IOOF Hall.
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Bethel 62
International Order of Job’s Daughters
Pomeroy Temple
Pomeroy
Conrad tops NFL with 73 receptions for season crown
Bobby Joe Conrad of the St. Louis Cardinals leads the league with 73 receptions to win the pass receiving title. The standout wideout set a high mark for catches in the NFL season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bobby Joe Conrad
St. Louis Cardinals
Hospital and local family visits noted in Athens paper
The Messenger reports St Joseph Hospital in Parkersburg WV received a patient for observation. Patrick Hennessy and daughter Kelli Bell Air Md visit his mother Mrs T A Hennessy and are guests of Thomas Hennessy Jr and family in Athens. Eldon Will of Syracuse ill after major surgery at Grant Hospital Columbus. Fred Swatzel hospitalized at Meigs General after a mild heart attack. Clarence Jones admitted to Meigs General from Middleport after back ailment.
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Patrick Hennessy
Kelli
Bell-Air
Mr. Hennessy
T. A. Hennessy
Thomas Hennessy, Jr
Eldon Will
Syracuse
Columbus
Grant Hospital
Robert D. Roberts
Mike
James Ebersbach
Fred Swatzel
Meigs General Hospital
Jones
Middleport
Fife
Birth Announcement From Meigs Memorial Hospital
A son born to Mr and Mrs Raymond Jewell of Pomeroy. The Meigs Memorial Hospital notes list admitted patients including Florence Theiss Mason W Va Mrs Raymond Jewell Pomeroy Dennis McKinney Dexter Kenneth Lawson Minersville Lowell Wingett Syracuse Henry Werry Pomeroy Eva McKinney Dexter Geraldine Wheeler Mason W Va Charles King Pomeroy Flora Downie Pomeroy Pauline Hysell Minersville Mrs Cordon Randolph Racine Annie Bias Pomeroy Tom Wells Ardith Barton Virgene Elberfeld Mrs Jack Bacon Geraldine Varian Myra Stephenson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence Theiss
Mason
W. Va
Raymond Jewell
Pomeroy
Dennis McKinney
Dexter
Kenneth Lawson
Minersville
Lowell Wingett
Syracuse
Henry Werry
Eva McKinney
Geraldine Wheeler
Charles King
Flora Downie
Pauline Hysell
Cordon Randolph
Racine
Annie Bias
Tom Wells
Ardith Barton
Virgene Elberfeld
Mrs
Jack Bacon
Geraldine Varian
Myra Stephenson
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Clifford Stumbo
Lee Smith
William D. Childs
Charles Asa Bradbury
LaSalle Hotel
al Guinther
Clifton
Guinther
Betty Redman
Lowe
Point Pleasant
Henry Swift
Hubert Mace
Bob
Becky
Middleport, Ohio
Crow's Oast
Tom Boy
Bond
Pomeroy Personals
Patricia Hennessy
Connie Morarity
Cpl. Lyons
Miss Finseth
Mr. and
the Messenger
St. Joseph Hospital
Parkersburg
Clarence
Elle
Simson
Sa D
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Meigs Memorial Hospital
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