Few Candidates Filing For Primary Contest
Mason County faces a sparse field for the May 8 primary with only a few candidates filed for major posts. Sheriff candidates include Teresa Jane Roberts, Earl Mohr, and Toral L. Morrison, the first woman to seek the sheriff job. Others undecided or not seeking reelection include Circuit Clerk Vera Jones Noble and County Court member R. R. Ball.
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Point Pleasant
Mason County
Fice
Teresa Jane Roberts
Charles Roberts
Earl Mohr
Toral L. Morrison
Mohr
Morrison
the Messenger
Vera Jones Noble
R. R. Ball
Bail
John Wheaton
Raymond Musgravie
Charles F. Bucile
E. Bartow Jones
House of Delegates
Campbell W. Stevens
Steve Miller
Edward Kinnaird
Clendenin
James D. Cain
Union
Charlies Baird
Arbuckle
Harshbarger Substitute To Be Picked by Council
Point Pleasant council to appoint fifth ward representative to fill the unexpired term of D M Harshbarger who resigned December 31 His move from Englishs Court to Camp Conley outside the city limits made him ineligible to serve His party ticket labeled him as an Independent candidate with Fritz Boncutter as the other winner No appointment details were announced tonight
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Point Pleasant
D. M. Harshbarger
Harshbarger
S Court
Camp Conley
Marietta Manufacturing Co
Independent Party
Fritz Boncutter
DAR program reviews American Indian plight and UNESCO stance
Mrs. Howard Tully outlines U S government duties to American Indian tribes and the hardships faced before and after the Civil War. Mrs. Chester A. Roush notes DAR observers at the United Nations founding and discusses the difference between world organization and world government at the Atlantic City congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester A. Roush
DAR
Unesco
Roush
United Nations
San Francisco
Atlantic City
World Organization
Fire at Guard Site Blamed on Child
A grass fire near the National Guard installation on the TNT site north of here was blamed on a child at 3 40 p.m. Firemen and volunteers fought the blaze to protect the motor pool.
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Point Pleasant
National Guard
TNT
Here
Local Social Notes From Dayton and Surrounding Areas
Mr Clyde Crabtree and Mrs Crabtree of Dayton visited relatives Mr and Mrs K W Robinson at 117 Pleasant Street over the weekend. Mr and Mrs Lanley Sibley of 126 Pleasant Street moved to a new home on Chandler Drive in Dix San addition. Mrs Pearl Stalnaker of Nitro spent Sunday with her brother in law Grant Beaver and his daughters Seeva and Carrie in Leon. Ray Crookham of Leon, who underwent eye surgery Thursday at Holzer Hospital, is doing well. His sons Harold of Cincinnati and Phil of Columbus visited him.
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Clyde Crabtree
Dayton
K. W. Robinson
Pleasant St
Lanley Sibley
Chandler Drive
Dix-San Addition
Pearl Stalnaker
Nitro
Grant Beaver
Seeva
Carrie
Leon
Ray Crookham
Holzer Hospital
Harold
Cincinnati
Phil
Columbus
Chicken Dinner To Aid Dimes March At Beale School
A chicken dinner with all the trimmings will be served at Beale school Gallipolis Ferry January 18 to support the March of Dimes. Serving starts at 5 30 p m with admission of 1 for adults and 50 cents for children.
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Point Pleasant
Beale School
Gallipolis Ferry
Charlotte Blain
Mothers
Mrs. Barnett Dies Sunday at 75 in Holzer Hospital
Mary Elizabeth Barnett, 75, died Sunday in Holzer Hospital. She lived with daughter Mrs. Clarence McNeal in Middleport. Surviving are son L. E. Barnett of Augusta, 15 grandchildren, several great grandchildren. Funeral Tuesday at 2 at Rawlings-Coats with Rev. Fred I. Gardner officiating. Burial in New Marshfield Cemetery. She was a Church of Christ member.
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Middleport
Mary Elizabeth Barnett
Holzer Hospital
Clarence McNeal
Mill St
L. E. Barnett
Augusta
Ohio
Rawlings-Coats
Fred I. Gardner
Church of Christ
New Marshfield Cemetery
Barnett
Middleport Alumni News Feature on Taylor
The December issue of The Green and White from Ohio University carries a photo of Hubert William Taylor son of Mr and Mrs Hubert Taylor Middleport. He is one of six seniors in the Cutler Society a group helping top students extend their intellectual growth. Taylor works on a plant tissue culture project.
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Middleport
the Green and White
Ohio University
Hubert William Taylor
Hubert Taylor
Cutler Society
Taylor
Walters announce birth of daughter in Middleport
Mr. and Mrs. William Walters announce the birth of a daughter at Holzer Hospital on January 7. The couple have two other children Doxey and Penni. Grandparents listed include Mr. and Mrs. Guy Walters and Mr. and Mrs. J. Van Cooney. Mr. Walters manages Evans Supermarket in Middleport.
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Middleport
William Walters
Sally Goodwin
Holzer Hospital
Doxey
Penni
Guy Walters
J. van Cooney
Laurel Cliff
Claude Jones
William Motley
Walters
Evans
Wide Awake Club Meets Middleport For Cook Book Project
The Wide Awake 4H Club met at advisor Mrs. L. W. McComas home on Thursday to work on the cook book project. Next meeting location to be announced. Carolyn Wells led evening recreation. Each girl received a calendar gift from Meigs County Home Demonstration agent Mrs. Gieneva Nolan. Refreshments served by Mrs. McComas and her daughter DiAnne to 13 members.
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Middleport
L. W. McComas
Carolyn Wells
Gieneva Nolan
Meigs County
School Events Help Launch Polio Drive
Two county school events start this week to aid the March of Dimes. At Ravenswood Senior High a “March of Silver” fund line forms with small silver coins for every rule violation. Basketball games will feature silver collections by coaches Shertzer and Horton. Music Supervisor Haddox begins his talent bandwagon tour Thursday at Henderson, then Wahama High on Jan. 16 with area entertainers under Mrs. Alice Nease.
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Point Pleasant
Bob Shertzer
Jackson Ave
Shertzer
Horton
C. N.haddox
Henderson
Wahama High School
Alice Nease
Mason
Knights Templar inspection closes year with ceremony
Franklin Commander No. 17 of Knights Templar was inspected by William E. Hart grand sword bearer of West Virginia. The event featured visiting knights from Ohio Valley Commandery No. 24 and Rose Commandery, with a banquet and a Templar degree conferred on Joseph Arlos Ingerick.
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Point Pleasant
Franklin
Knights Templar
William E. Hart
West Virginia
Hart
de Molay
Grafton
Earle V. Townshend
William J. Fleming
Huntington
Lorenzo D. Davis
Max Ward
G. I. Parsons
Philip Weismann
C. F. Struble
H. B. Smith
P. W. Meinhart
Lee L. Vaughan
Ohio Valley Commandery No. 24
Pomeroy
Neal B. Clark
Burl Hood
Rupert Trout
John O'Dell
Mas Ray
E. E. Tomkins
Rose Commandery
Gallipolis
H. P. Hatch
Wheeling
Dery
J. A. Morrison
Portsmouth Commandery No
P. T. Dowell
H. A James R.eerie
Charles J Fost
William Pinnell
Paul Harris, Jr
J. K. Ordin
Dowell Commandery No
Ravenswood
Masonic
William H. Burdette
Wallie Toney
Fred Schroeder
John A. Wilson
Charles C. Cunningham
W. W. Riley
D. L. Cottrill
Sherwood Costen
Gene E. Crow
Russell R. Priddy
Paul Rairden
Sentinel
Everett H. Bissell
Joseph Arlos Ingerick
Pomeroy District Plans Rally in Chester and Meeting Notes
District 13 Daughters of America officers and deputies met at Chester D A hall to plan a May 21 rally in Chester with sessions at 2 30 and 7 30 p m and a 6 p m dinner by the Chester Methodist Church Woman's Society of Christian Service. Committees were named including good of the order chair Pribble Wilson and home and orphans chair Betty Roush. District deputy urged councils to initiate candidates at the rally. initiatory work to be done by Chester council officers and members. A social hour followed, then the deputies club met to advance plans. A Meigs County Retired Teachers Association meeting in Syracuse elected Miss Marcia Karr president and Miss Ethel Garland secretary in Otis Crawford’s absence. They planned gifts for ill member Mrs Edna Carleton, sent a round robin to Susie Taylor in Baton Rouge, and named Nellie Tracy flower fund chair with a first floor meeting space sought for future sessions. Lucille Smith showed slides of trips to Mexico and the West. devotional led by Garland.
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Pribble Wilson
Order
Betty Roush
Home and Orphans Committee
Levada Beaver
Treasure Chest
Chester Council
Deputies
Syracuse
Meigs ‘County
E. O. Saunders
Journey's End
Lucille Smith
Middleport
Mexico
West
Ethel Garland
Pomeroy Church Youth Group Plans Evening Dinner and Games
The Young Adult Class of the Pomeroy Church of Christ will meet at 7 30 p m on Thursday at the church for a pot luck dinner and meeting Mrs Florence Burnside is devotional leader and Mrs Conrad Ohlinger will lead games Members should bring their own table service and a white elephant sale will be held
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Pomeroy
Pomeroy Church of Christ
Florence Burnside
Conrad Ohlinger
Pomeroy Club Holds Christmas drive and service meeting
Mrs Roy Seyfried presided at the Happy Harvesters meeting in the Federated Church. Mrs Bentz Wolfe led devotions and Miss Erma Smith with Mrs Mike Simmons prepared bank boxes and garments for Christian service. A Christmas party report from the O'Neil Rest Home was given and new committees were formed as contributions were approved for a March fund drive benefiting leprosy relief.
Past Councilors Meet FORE vesta of Theodorus
Theodorus council and Daughters of America plan a meeting Thursday evening at the Second Ward fire house.
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Vesta
Theodorus
Council, Daughters of America
Second Ward
Woman's Society Meets Tuesday at Rock Springs Church
The Woman's Society of Rock Springs Methodist Church will gather at 1 30 p.m. Tuesday at the church. A potluck quarterly birthday event will precede with food served at noon.
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Pomeroy
Woman's Society of Christian Service
Rock Springs
POMEROY-A Shower Honor for Mr. and Mrs. Roush
A shower honoring newlyweds Mr. and Mrs. Larry Roush will be held at the Chester Grange. The meeting date has been changed from Tuesday to Thursday evening.
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Pomeroy
Larry Roush
Chester Grange
Pomeroy Mrs Verlie Gordon Resigns From Post
Mrs Verlie Gordon of Pomeroy resigns from her current civic or organizational position. The notice notes the filing of formal resignation and identifies Gordon as the resigning party, with no stated successor at this time.
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Pomeroy
Verlie Gordon
Milk and Ice Cream Taken From School
Gallipolis Ferry Beale school was entered Saturday night and a quantity of chocolate milk and ice cream taken from a storage room. The janitor Charles Pyles discovered the theft Sunday morning. Entry was gained by breaking the glass from an outside door and the storage room door.
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Point Pleasant
Beale
Gallipolis Ferry
A. A. Galford
Charles Pyles
Galford
Sunday School Attendance at Middleport Church Holds Steady
Middleport The Sunday School at the Middleport Church of Christ remains steady with 254 present on January 8, up from 252 a year ago and 253 on January 1. It is the village’s largest Sunday school with campaigns drawing over one hundred more attendees at times.
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Middleport
Middleport Church of Christ
Riding Club Meets Pomeroy In Meigs County
The Meigs County Riding Club will meet at 8 p m Tuesday at Rock Springs Hall. Pictures of last season's horse shows will be shown and plans for the coming year will be made. Prospective members are invited to attend.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Mrs. Hardman Dies Sunday At Age 62
Jennie Edith Hardman 62 of Ripley died Sunday after a weeks illness at her son Eugene Chase’s home in South Charleston. Survived by husband Hardman three sons and four daughters from first marriage plus two brothers two sisters and numerous grandchildren and stepchildren. Funeral services Tuesday at 2 pm at Vail funeral home with burial in Chase Cemetery Ripley.
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Point Pleasant
Jennie Edith Hardman
Ripley
Eugene Chase
South Charleston
Donald Plants
Columbus
W. G. Rannells
Indiana
Frank Vaughan
Pomeroy
Nina Horn
Dana Wolfe
Parkersburg
Ralph Sayre
Toledo
Otho Sayre
Jane Donahue
Nellie Sayre
Wilkesville
Vail Funeral Home
Chase Cemetery
PTA Backs X Ray Visit to Middleport
Middleport PTA sponsors a mobile X-ray unit visit in Middleport on Friday and Monday. Volunteers are sought to aid technicians and nurses, with Mrs. Wallace Bradford coordinating. Health Department and Tuberculosis Association brought the unit to Meigs County. interested helpers may call Cash Bahr or Mrs. Rodney Sauer.
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Middleport
Parent-Teacher Association
Wallace Bradford
Bey and Health Associaon
Health Department and Tuberculosis Association
Meigs County
Cash Bahr
Rodney Sauer
PTA
Funeral Rites Held for Homer Showers in Syracuse
Funeral services for Homer Showers of Syracuse were conducted at 2 pm Tuesday at Ewing funeral home with Rev. Howard Ruppelt officiating. Nephews served as pallbearers. Many relatives from Sugar Creek Wellston Stockport Columbus Beverly Gallipolis Galena Louisville Roseville McConnelsville and Athens attended. Burial followed at Beech Grove Cemetery.
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Pomeroy
Homer Showers
Syracuse
Ewing
Howard Ruppelt
The
Presbyterian Church
Showers
Denzil Showers
Sugar Creek
William Barnett
Mary Showers
Wellston
Fred James
Stockport
James Carroll Pugh
Henry Schrader
Kent James
Columbus
Clive McCurdy
Dayton
Ralph Campbell
James Mitchell
Beverly
Leslie Showers
Gallipolis
Harlan Showers
Galena
Daisy Andrun
Louisville
Clara Brown
Lewis Wilson
Lewis Wilson, Jr
Mary Pletcher
Ina Dozer
Chauncey Newell
Roseville
Russell Richardson
McConnelsville
Harold Showers
Patty
Glouster
Don Quisenberry
Athens
Beech Grove Cemetery
Churches Rally for Polio Drive in Mason County
Mason County observes Polio Sabbath next weekend with churches uniting to support the March of Dimes. Pastors will highlight the polio drive during Sunday services and some churches also hold Saturday services to extend the appeal.
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Point Pleasant
Mason County
Pomona Grange Plans 1956 Visitation Program
Pomona Grange maps a 1956 visitation schedule for subordinate Granges visiting venues across the region. Seventy one members from eight Granges attended at Letart Falls School with Ohio Valley Grange as hosts. C N Jones reported 20 new members this quarter bringing county Pomona total to 2183.
Mrs. Adkins Dies Sunday in Middleport
Pencil Taylor Adkins 57 died Sunday at the home of a son Homer Taylor in Grove City. She was born in Charleston, daughter of John and Flora Ella Rumfield Taylor, and lived in Middleport for years. Survived by two grandsons, sister Mrs. Clayton Barrett, brothers Fonzo Taylor and Hollis Taylor, and four half-brothers. Rosary at Rawlings-Coats Monday 8 p.m. Funeral at Sacred Heart Church Pomeroy Tuesday 9 a.m. Requiem Mass by Rev. Fr. Turel. Burial Sacred Heart Cemetery.
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Middleport
Pencil Taylor Adkins
Homer Taylor
Grove City
Charleston
John
Flora Ella Rumfield Taylor
Adkins
Clayton Barrett
Rutland
Fonzo Taylor
Cheshire Rd
Hollis Taylor
Rawlings-Coats Funeral Home
Sacred Heart Church
Pomeroy
Turel
Sacred Heart Cemetery
Heath Methodist Church Board Discusses Insurance Plans
The Heath Methodist Church board met Sunday evening with Supt. L. W. McComas presiding. A general discussion covered insurance for church property and a final decision will be made later. Rev. L. A. Bangerter presented several discussion items. Ten members attended.
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Middleport
Heath Methodist Church
L. W. McComas
L. A. Bangerter
Lovejoy Missionary Society to Meet at Diles Home
Middleport announces the Lovejoy Circle of the B H Sanborn Missionary Society will hold a meeting Tuesday evening at 7 30 at Mrs L D Diles home.
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Middleport
Lovejoy
B. H. Sanborn Missionary Society
L. D. Diles
Amateur Gardeners Club Meeting in Middleport
Middleport residents will gather for a club meeting with H L Dunham and Mrs. Roger Morgan serving as assistant hostesses scheduled for Wednesday.
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Middleport
Amateur Gardeners Club
H. L. Dunham
Roger Morgan
Philathea Society Meeting Set for Thursday
Middleport Philathea Society of the Church of Christ will gather Thursday evening at the home of Mrs. Lesta Gothard on South Third Ave for a social and discussion.
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Middleport
Philathea Society of the
Church of Christ
Lesta Gothard
South Third Ave
Poultry Producers to Meet in Pomeroy Courthouse
POMEROY The first meeting of the new year for the Southeastern Ohio Poultry Producers Association will convene at the courthouse at 8 p m Thursday. Speaker W E Hannah of American Standard Radiator Co will discuss installation statistics cost of operation and values of hot water heat for heating and ventilation.
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Pomeroy
Southeastern Ohio Poultry Producers Association
W. E. Hannah
American Standard Radiator Co
Five Thousand Polio Dime Cards Donated in Meigs County
Meigs County school children received over 5000 polio dime cards as part of the March of Dimes drive, announced by Mrs. Victor Young Sr., chairwoman of the polio chapter.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Victor Young
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Pt. Pleasant Society
United States
Howard Tully
Colonel Charles Lewis
Daughters of the American Revolution
Grant Stanley
Ecording
Tully
Zemo
Bextra
ATLAS
K&m
Sohio Service
Manning
Mike Mullen
Knights Templars
Pomeroy Society
WSCS
Catalina
Jimmy Parsons
Locust & Sycamore
Liberty
Carmen Jones
Harry Belaforte
Dorothy Danbridge
Joe Adams
Pomona Grange
Star
Alfred
Laurel
Pomeroy Bend
Chester
Io Chester
Columbia
Hemlock
Racine
C. G. Williams
Great Bend
Harrisonville
Olive
Ohio Valley
Ohio Valley Grange
McArthur
Clifford Stout
Harrisonville Grange
Jones
Pauline Atkins
Atkins
Pomona
Katie Dye
C. E. Blakeslee
Ohio Valley Chorus
Blakeslee
Middleport Social Notes
Lovejoy Circle
Amateur Gardeners
Mrs. Gothard
Pomeroy Bend Theatres
MEIGS
J. Carrol Naish
John Russell
Virginia Grey
Temple
Burma
Technicolor
Stanwyck
Robert Ryan
David Farrar
Robert Warwick
Reginald Denny
Tun
Robinson's
Vay
Aoa
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