Cheerleaders Help Racine Push Polio Drive In Tight Win
At Racine Pomeroy, cheerleaders led a March of Dimes fundraiser during a 60 59 overtime win for Racine over Pomeroy. The crowd donated coins in a blanket passed around by the squads while players and fans praised a hard fought contest and polio relief efforts.
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Pomeroy
Racine
Sue Struble
Linda Basnett
Charlotte Murray
Thelma Davis
Lila Sue Terrell
Nadine Roush
Rosemary Salser
Patty Roush
Carolyn Cleland
Emma Smith 82 Dies in Chester Home
Emma Smith aged 82 died at her daughter Ruth Taylor in Chester around 4:20 p.m. Tuesday. She was born in Meigs County and survived by daughter Hazel Walker of Mariana Arkansas plus five grandsons. Funeral at Chester Methodist Church Friday at 2 p.m. burial beside husband Lorenzon Smith in Chester Cemetery. Ewing's funeral home directing. Friends may call Thursday at the residence until services.
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Pomeroy
Emma Smith
Ruth Taylor
Chester
Meigs County
Hazel Walker
Mariana
Arkansas
Chester Methodist Church
Lorenzon Smith
Chester Cemetery
Ewing
Local Notes On Families In Zaleski And Columbus
Mrs Harvey Fry still hospitalized in Columbus after a paralytic stroke suffered weeks ago. Ansel family ties to Zaleski noted through Mrs Fry, daughter of the late A C Ansel. Several residents, including Mrs Arthur Peters visiting in Columbus, return home to Lancaster while Mrs Albaugh recovers from a fractured hip. A newborn arrived to Mr and Mrs John Morris. Coy McKibben and son Gerald visit Columbus as their young grandson fights third degree burns from clothing catching fire while playing with matches at Children’s Hospital. James Albaugh and Edith Harper visit in Columbus. Danny Peyton family moves to Glenn property near Hooper Park. Mrs James McKibben listed last.
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Zaleski
Harvey Fry
Mabel Ansel
Columbus
James Albaugh
Edith Harper
Lacey Albaugh
Danny Peyton
Glenn
Hooper Park
James McKibben
Pomeroy PTA discusses street safety and nutrition program
Racine PTA session focused on child safety in the streets and child nutrition. Bernice Theiss invited Geneva Nolan to present Our Children Look to Us for Nutrition and showed the Judy's Family Notebook film. Members received measure your waist aprons as the meeting closed.
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Pomeroy
Racine Pta
Bernice Theiss
Geneva Nolan
Judy
Ellen
Luda Arnott
Emma Lyons
Beulah Autherson
America the Beautiful
PTA
William Downie
Weekend Guests and Visits Reported Across Vinton County
Anna Higgins notes a sequence of social visits in Vinton County. Families from Logan Gallipolis Wellston Zanesville and other towns attended dinners and gatherings with local residents including the Waugh Denney Stevens Woodruff Quickle Gleason Cardwell Hartrock and Ferryman clans along with Mr and Mrs Lee Foster and others.
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Wayne Denney
Debbie
Jackson
Neva Denney
Julian Stevens
Gallipolis
Johnny Stevens
Charles Woodruff
Corning
Suranna Woodruff
Georgie Boyer
Larry
Tom Quickle
Dale Gleason
Frank Gleason
Tillie Cardwell
Lee Foster
Russell Ferryman
Porter
Harvey Brubaker
Rio Grande
Anna Higgins
Emilia Legar Celebrates Eighth Birthday With Family
Charles and Palmira Legar hosted a family gathering on Cave Street for Emilia Legar and her eighth birthday. Grandparents Mr. and Mrs. John Terrell and aunt and uncle Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Struble attended, joined by Emilia’s brother Charles Jr., two and a half.
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Pomeroy
Charles
Palmira
Understanding Our Country Topic At Come Double Sunday School
The Come Double Sunday School class of the United Methodist Church met Tuesday night with C. E. Blakeslee presiding. They set the fourth Tuesday as the regular meeting night and planned sick and death remembrances. Leo Crew led devotions on Faith is The Answer. Pecans remain for sale through class members. Next gathering set for February 26.
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Pomeroy
Come
United Methodist Church
C. E. Blakeslee
Leo
Eugene Brown
McKinney Fined After Guilty Plea in Intoxication Charge
Sam McKinney pleaded guilty in Mayor C. O. Fisher's court Tuesday night to an intoxication charge and was fined $5 plus costs.
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Middleport
Sam McKinney
C. O. Fisher
Driver Hurt In Crash Near Columbus Injures Robert Lewis
An automobile crash Saturday left Robert Lewis, 27, of Columbus with serious injuries. He, a New York Central Railroad clerk, was en route home when his car struck an overpass in Mt. Carmel Hospital. Lewis suffered a broken arm and leg, a skull concussion, and other injuries. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Lewis and grandson of Thomas Lewis. Relatives, including Mr. and Mrs. Robert Caruthers and Mrs. Hazel Board, were traveling with him.
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Columbus
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Mt. Carmel Hospital
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Thomas Lewis
Middleport
Woodrow
Robert Caruthers
Hazel Board
Naomi Baptists Attend BTU Institute In Rutland
Fourteen Naomi Baptist Church members attended the Sunday School BTU Institute at Mount Zion Church in Rutland. Named attendees include Cherry Scott Charles McCabe Helen Brown Willa Brown Fannie Russell S T Johnson Sol Johnson Viola Brown Joyce Williams Jo Ann Buffington Mrs Gentile Brown Rev H E Harris Mrs Callie Banks and Mrs Allen Hampton.
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BTU Institute
Mount Zion
Rutland
Naomi Baptist Church
Cherry Scott
Charles McCabe
Helen
Willa Brown
Fannie Russell
S. T
Sol Johnson
Viola Brown
Joyce Williams
Jo Ann Buffington
Gentile Brown
H. E. Harris
Callie Banks
Allen Hampton
Five Cub Packs Report On Fund Raising Work
Five Cub Scout Packs in Pack 244 at First Baptist Church, led by Thomas Lambdin and William Dixon, reviewed roll calls and finances. Cubs reported earning funds for the Middleport Volunteer Fire Department Christmas basket project, each contributing about 50 cents through yard work, garbage pickup, errands, and potholder sales. Den mothers listed include Mrs. Joe Wilson, Mrs. R. R. Pickens, Mrs. Milton Hood, Mrs. Dwight Wallace, and Mrs. Jack Satterfield.
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Thomas Lambdin
William Dixon
Point Pleasant
First Baptist Church
Milton Hood
Mrs. Hood
Dale Miller
Owen Bratton
Cubs
Den 1
Joe Wilson
R. R. Pickens
Dwight Wallace
Jack Satterfield
Auto slides into parked car to avoid truck collision
John Walter Haley 21 Middleport Route 1 slid his 1953 car sideways on Route 124 near the Blackstone Coal Tipple Monday afternoon to avoid a truck entering his path. He struck a parked car owned by Lawrence Rupe Langsville, causing $80 damage to each vehicle in icy conditions.
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Middleport
Haley
Woman Falls on Ice Sends Hattie Haning to Hospital
Hattie Haning of Downington was taken to Meigs General Hospital Tuesday afternoon by the Pomeroy Emergency Squad on its 1125th call with a possible broken right hip after a fall on the ice.
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Pomeroy
Hattie Haning
Downington
Meigs General Hospital
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