Political Picture Gradually Taking Shape In Meigs County
Democrats plan a full slate for Meigs County primary races in May with petitions circulating for recorder clerk of courts sheriff and other offices. Incumbents publicized include Jack Thomas Evelyn Locke Robert Harteng and F Harmon O'Brien. Republicans consider challengers and some incumbents may seek renomination as filing closes February 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meigs County
Pomeroy
Recorder’s
Jack Thomas
Evelyn Locke
Robert Hartenbach
Rolland Neutzling
F. Harmon O’brien
Election Board
Hartinger and Democrats Clarify County Officials Terms
The report notes Democratic candidates including Neutzling Gordon Caldwell and Don Mullen. It states Mullen’s term as county auditor ends in 1958 and that he was elected for a term beginning in November 1958.
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N Hartinger
Co-Chairmen Appointed for Lion's Dinner
The Happy Harvesters Class of the Federated Church named Mrs Cleland Hines and Mrs Henry Reibel as co chairmen for Lion's Club dinners at a church meeting Thursday Evening. Mrs Philip Meinhart presided over the business session appointing Mrs Roy Seyfried and Mrs Louis Reibel to the sick committee. A devotional by Miss Erma Smith preceded activities with prizes to Mrs Philip Meinhart Mrs Addie Grueser and Mrs Max Meinhart. Refreshments were served by Mrs Ernest Rhodes Mrs Hines and Mrs Dale Smith.
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Erma Smith
Philip Meinhart
Addie Grueser
Max Meinhart
Ernest Rhodes
Hines
Dale Smith
Garden Club Plans Bird Study Film and Arrangements Demo
The Amateur Gardeners Club will host a Wednesday meeting at Mrs. Charles Asa Bradbury’s home after a week of prayer sponsored by the Middleport Ministerial Association. A demonstration of bird replica arrangements by Mrs. Robert Reibel will be featured with Mrs. C. P. Bradbury as co hostess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Ohio
Amateur Gardeners Club
Charles Asa Bradbury
Robert Reibel
C. P. Bradbury
Pomeroy 186 Eastern Star Plans Tuesday Meeting
A meeting of Pomeroy 186, Order of Eastern Star, is scheduled for 7 45 p m Tuesday and was announced today.
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Pomeroy
Order of Eastern Star
Meigs County Chronology of Local Events July to Aug
A historical list reviews mid summer 1959 events across Meigs County. It notes cancer drive totals, church installations, garden club leadership, fairground developments, budget approvals, new street markers, community celebrations, accidents, personnel moves, and notable recognitions through August 31.
12th Night Rites Set at Racine Baptist and Methodist churches
The Racine community holds a cooperative 12th Night Service at 6 30 p m Wednesday at Racine Baptist Church led by Rev Arthur McCauley with Rev John Elwood as speaker. At 7 p m attendees will move to a lot between the town hall and post office to burn Christmas trees gathered by a village truck.
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Pomeroy
Racine
Racine Baptist Church
Baptist Church
Film On Bougainville Landing To Be Shown At Legion
A 20 minute film about the Bougainville landing in World War II will be shown at Drew Webster Post 39 American Legion tonight at 8 at the post home. Legionnaires may apply for post custodian for 1960 by submitting name and address to Commander Frank Vaughan during the meeting. Beef stew will be served.
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Legion Meeting
Bouganville
Drew Webster
American Legion
the Post
Frank Vaughan
Leg Injury in Gold Ridge Fall Sends Woman to Hospital
Mrs. E. A. Stewart of Gold Ridge fractured her leg in a Sunday fall at home. She was carried by the Pomeroy emergency squad to a local physician’s office and then transported to Holzer Hospital in Gallipolis for treatment.
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Pomeroy
E. A. Stewart
Gold Ridge
Holzer Hospital
Gallipolis
Navy Man Everett Johnson Heads for Cuba After Leave
Everett Ray Johnson, stationed with the Navy at Davisville Rhode Island, left December 27 after spending ten days with his parents Mr. and Mrs. Joseph R. Johnson. He will go to Cuba on January 9.
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Pomeroy
Everett Ray Johnson
Navy
Davisville
R. I
Joseph R. Johnson
Cuba
Sister of Charleston Woman Noted as Hospital Patient
Homer E Cook reports his sister Mrs Arthur Stuart of Charleston West Virginia is at Charleston General Hospital under observation and treatment. Mrs Stuart is a former Middleport resident.
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Middleport
Homer E Cook
Arthur Stuart
Charleston W. Va
Charleston General Hospital
Stuart
Weekend Accidents In Meigs Cause Vehicle Damage
Two weekend crashes in Meigs County left one car heavily damaged and a pickup demolished. In Letart Falls a 16 year old from Pomeroy lost control on Route 338 and struck a porch, minor damage to the car. A Racine driver, 19, crashed a pickup into a bridge abutment on Nease Settlement Road and was hospitalized for shock.
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Pomeroy
Howard Frank
Letart Falls
Gary B. Stalnaker
Wedward Miller
Nelson Circle
Racine
Circle
Meigs General Hospital
Frank
Nease Settlement
Presbyterian WYF Plans Skating Party In Middleport
Westminster Youth Fellowship of the Middleport First United Presbyterian Church met at the church to plan a skating party at Skate of Way Rink later this month. Miss Lynn Buchanan led the meeting with devotional leaders for next Sunday to be Miss Helen Taylor and Miss Patty Lowery.
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Westminster Youth Fellowship
Middleport
Beverly Perrin
Bruce and
Alan Wallace
Helen Taylor
David Lyons
Michael Morris
Karen Greve
Janice Zirkle
Judy Sauer
Carolyn Russell
Cinda Sauer
Childs Family Dinner Held
Mrs. George Childs entertained with a family dinner at her Middleport home on New Year’s Day. Attending were Mr. and Mrs. Ralph C. Gibbs Jr and children Gloria and Gregg of New Haven West Virginia, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Burns and daughter Kathy of Covington Kentucky, Mr. and Mrs. William Childs and children Mickey and Sheila, Mr. and Mrs. Cash Bahr and daughters Christine and Candace, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Saylor and Mrs Minnie Gilmore all of Middleport.
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Middleport
George Childs
Ralph C. Gibbs, Jr
Gloria and
Gregg
New Haven
W. Va
Raymond Burns
Kathy
Covington, Ky
William Childs
Mickey
Sheila
Cash Bahr
Christine
Candace
Kenneth ‘Saylor
Minnie Gilmore
Woman's Society meeting at Asbury Church
The Woman's Society of Christian Service of the Asbury Methodist Church will meet Wednesday evening at the home of Mrs. John Sauvage Jr with Mrs. Bert Weese assisting.
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Pomeroy
Woman's Society of Christian Service
Asbury Methodist Church
John Sauvage, Jr
Bert Weese
Smith Funeral Rites Held for Mrs Pearl Smith Saturday
Funeral services for Mrs. Pearl Smith were held at 3 p.m. Saturday at the Rawlings Coats funeral home with Rev. Howard Ruppelt officiating. Out-of-county relatives attended from Pittsburgh Beaver Arizona Logan and Columbus including Smith relatives and the Den 3 cub scouts in uniform.
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Middleport
Pearl Smith
Rawlings-Coats
Howard Ruppelt
First United Presbyterian Church
Clifford E. Smith
William
John Chapman
Anita
Pittsburgh
Robert Smith
Robert
Beaver
Oliver G. Smith
Arizona
Orin Smith
Logan
Robert Wiley
Sandra
Michael
Edgar Smith
Grace Harrison
Columbus
Cub Scouts
Den 3
Lewis Sauer, Jr
Smith
Rock Springs Grange Party Opens New Year
An evening at the Rock Springs Grange hall features a New Year celebration with a potluck dinner and a brief business session led by Amos Leonard. Readings include 1960 Outlook by Mrs. Huber Brown and a quiz by Mrs. John Erwin, with a vocal solo by Homer Rice.
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Pomeroy
Huber Brown
Rock Springs Grange
Amos Leonard
Tewksburys Host Informal New Year Gathering
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Tewksbury hosted an informal New Year gathering at their Pearl Street home after the annual ball. A buffet dinner was served to guests including Mr. and Mrs. Jack Bachner, Mr. and Mrs. John Parsons, Miss Sally Schaaf, Miss Joan Montgomery, Kenneth McElhinney, and George Dallas.
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Middleport
Robert Tewksbury
Pearl St
Jack Bachner
John Parsons
Sally Schaaf
Joan Montgomery
Kenneth McElhinney
George Dallas
Middleport Personal News Highlights Holiday Visits
Miss Helen Beeson returns to Columbus after visiting here with Mrs. W. H. Juhling. Several residents host and join gatherings in Middleport and Gallipolis including Edith Klein and Hulda Klein visiting from New York and Columbus respectively. Nurses from Holzer Hospital visit relatives, and others travel from Covington Kentucky and Vienna West Virginia for holiday time with families.
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Helen Beeson
Columbus
W. H. Juhling
Beeson
M. D. Hartinger
Pomeroy
Gallipolis
Charles Switzer
Miss Beeson
Juhling
J. E. Harley
Marcus Chambers
William Stoecker
Bill
Cincinnati
F. M. Fugate
Edith Klein
New York City
Stoecker
Miss Klein
Middleport
Hulda Klein
Helen Mayes
Marilyn Scott
Lorene McCormick
J. W. Dawson
Vienna
W. Va
Forrest Bachtel
Arthur Clark
Cedric Clark
Norfolk
Watch Party Held Thursday in Pomeroy Junior High
A watch party organized by the Federated A of the junior high youth fellowship was held Thursday evening in the school social room. Activities included ping pong, checkers, dancing, bowling and more under Rev. and Mrs. Bartels. Refreshments were served at 10 p.m. by Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wilson, then at 11:30 p.m. the group attended a New Year’s service in the church sanctuary. Church and educational building bells rang at midnight to conclude the event.
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Chiorus Grimm
Eileen Buck
Samuel Jackson
Naomi Baptist Church
Kevin Dean Miller
Duane Longenette
Delaware
Roy Betzing
Pomeroy Garden Club
Letart Township
Rock Springs Fairgrounds
Mary Grace Stobart
Roy van Meter
Meigs County
Providence Missionary Baptist Association
Alice Ward
Langsville
Meigs County Ministerial Association
James Sheets
Faye Jordan
Georgia
Big Bend
Mary Carolyn Miller
Middleport
Lillian Stieff
Feeney-Bennett Post
American Legion
Richard Folden
Warren Bright
Columbus
WSCS
Heath Methodist Church
Middleport Wctu
Clarence McNeal
Frank Cheesebrew
Rio Grande Baptist Association
Middleport Baptist Church
Thelma Carpenter
American Red Cross
Pomeroy
Junior High Youth Fellowship
The
Federated Church
Waldo J. Bartels
Robert Wilson
Council Meet Called Names Committees and Public Hearing
Middleport village council will appoint committees for the year and outline possible actions on a public hearing in Columbus on Jan 12 regarding the sewage disposal plant. Mayor Kenneth McElhinney will chair his first session at 7 30 p.m. Tuesday at village hall.
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Middleport
Columbus
Village Hall
Kenneth McElhinney
Middleport Servicemen Resume Duties After Holidays
Three Middleport servicemen return to duty after holiday visits. Fred D. Cline serves aboard the USS Forrestal at Norfolk Virginia and stays with Mrs. Clarence Cline. Jim Hubbard also on the Forrestal visits with Mr. and Mrs. Harry Stover. Eddie Kitchen stationed at Fort Eustis Virginia visits Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Bradbury. Lt Cmdr Peter Klein, son of Mr. and Mrs. O P Klein, aboard the Forrestal, set to sail January 28 for Mediterranean maneuvers.
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Middleport
Armed Services
Fred D. Cline
USS Forrestal
Norfolk
Clarence Cline
Jim Hubbard
Harry Stover
Eddie Kitchen
Fort Eustis
Cecil Bradbury
Cmdr
Peter Klein
O. P. Klein
Forrestal
Mediterranean
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James B. O’brien
J. B. O’brien
J. E. D. Hartinger
Eran
Dan C. Hartinger
Clyde Milhoan
Mentor
F. D. Hatley
Emery Galloway
Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation
Floyd E. Hargrove
Lake County
Charles Clark
Lois Clark
Clark
Painesville
Garden Club
Bell-Ans T
Bell-Ans
Bellans
Orangeburg
N. Y
Bulova Watches Sales and Services
Wallace
Meigs
Cancer Fund
Middleport Council
Leslie F. Fultz
Pomeroy Chamber of Commerce
John M. Parsons
Western
Chamber of Commerce
Evangeline
CBS
Frank Stewart
Minersville
William O. Harless
Rutland
Camp Arrowhead
Reina Lind
Drew Webster Post
Marilyn Wheaton
Ryger
Glenna Rummel
Lars Arnott
George Hobstetter, Jr
County Health Department
Bernice Ledlie
Elberfeld
Jim Hood
Smith-Walbridge
Syracuse
Ind
C. J. Rhodes
J. M. Thornton
Hugh P. Custer
State Office of the Soil Conservation Service
C. E. W. Downie
Fred D. Learey
Rotary Club
Sondra Potts
Forrest
Butch) Bachtel
Jackson
Harrisonville
Queen City
RY Harome
Presbyterian Wyf Planning Skating Party
Childs
Wses
Rock Springs
Tewksburys Entertain
Court House
Gordon H. Caldwell
Township
William and Mary College
Guy Shuler
Miami
Fla
Bradbury
Don Allen
Bal Harbor
Florida Keys
Mr. Shuler
Adv
Cross Howe
Bill Lewis
Liberty
Middleport, Ohio
Robinson
Rob
Inson
Pomeroy and Middleport
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