Garden Club Hears Plans for Arbor Day and Clinics
Rutland Garden Club met at Mrs. Ray Biddle’s home to discuss Arbor Day planting at Rutland grade school and continuing the Easter plant sale. A district garden clinic at Athens First Methodist Church on Feb 24 was announced with four clinics this year focusing on propagation soils and grooming specimens. Proceeds from a silent auction benefited the Victor Ries Fellowship Fund.
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Middleport
Rutland Garden Club
Ray Biddle
Robert Canaday
Rutland
Albert Poole
Marietta
First Methodist Church
Athens
C. O. Chapman
Forked Run Topic At Walton Meet
Meigs Chapter of the Izaak Walton League held a dinner meeting in MIDDLEPORT discussing Forked Run Lake camping areas not expected to be ready until 1961. Rep. George Meinhart and Harold Barnhart spoke on wildlife legislation and Skinner reported on a Columbus meeting about new chapters. A film The Rumor on industry approaches was shown.
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Middleport
Forked Run Lake
Meigs
Izaak Walton League of America
George Meinhart
Harold Barnhart
Meinhart
Arthur Skinner
Izaak Walton Leagues of Ohio
Columbus
Skinner
Pomeroy Personalities Share Social Evening
Mrs. Calvin Rife and daughter Joy Ray visited her sister Mrs Truman Russell and family Monday evening. Mrs George Hoeflich showed a slight improvement at Cabell Huntington Hospital Huntington W Va where she was taken Sunday after falling ill while visiting her daughter Mrs Gerald McIntosh in Proctorville.
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Calvin Rife
Joy Ray
Truman Russell
George Hoeflich
Cabell Huntington Hospital
Huntington W. Va
Gerald McIntosh
Proctorville
Dean's Pills Back and Bladder Relief Ad
Fast relief for backache headache and muscular pains. Soothes bladder irritation and acts as a mild diuretic. Promises restful sleep and long trusted relief for over 60 years. New large size advertised. Buy Dean's Pills today.
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Dean
Happy Relief
Mothers March on Polio Fires Up In Two Villages
Materials are ready for Meigs County Mothers March on Polio set for 7 p.m. Thursday in Pomeroy and Middleport. Beta Sigma Phi sorority leads with Miss Carol Bachtel as general chair, sirens mark the start, and residents are urged to keep porch lights on to aid fund collection.
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Middleport
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
Carol Bachtel
Pomeroy
Meigs County
Sorority Plans Valentine Party in Pomeroy
XI Epsilon Jota Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi meets at Donna Jones home to plan a February 14 Valentine party with a spaghetti supper and guest husbands. Members also plan to participate in the Mothers March on Polio Thursday. Mrs. Gerald Wildermuth is named Meigs County garden clubs contact chair by regional director Mrs. Herman Humphrey.
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Pomeroy
Lois Rosenbaum
XI Epsilon Jota
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
Donna Jones
W. Main St
Mrs. Jones
Gerald Wildermuth
Twilight Garden Club
Meigs County
Drew Webster Auxiliary Plans Birthday Party and Buckeye Girls State Delegation
Drew Webster Post 39 American Legion Ladies Auxiliary held a meeting Tuesday night at the post home. Miss Erma Smith presided. A committee to arrange selection of a Girls State delegate at Pomeroy High School was named, including Mrs. J. M. Thornton Mrs. William Baxter and Mrs. Ralph Gilmore.
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Pomeroy
Buckeye
Joseph Struble
Drew Webster
American Legion
Erma Smith
Pomeroy High School
J. M. Thornton
William Baxter
Ralph Gilmore
Ben Neutzling
David Cummings
Harley Stalnaker
Orville Well
Struble
Ways
Middleport Senior Mothers Club Plans Local Fundraisers
The Middleport Senior Mothers Club announced several money making projects including a vegetable soup sale and a chili supper on February 4 at the high school cafeteria. Proceeds support the senior class trip to Washington D C. A bake sale and record hop added 149.10 to the treasury last week.
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Middleport
Treasury
Loyal Berean Class Officers Installed
Middleport church ceremony names Homer Rice as president Marvin Kelly first vice president Mrs Clarence Cline second vice president Mrs Claude Ashley secretary Mrs O E McKinley assistant secretary and Mrs Leslie Ervin treasurer with Mrs Fred I Gardner as installing officer.
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Homer Rice
Marvin Kelly
Clarence Cline
Claude Ashley
O. E. McKinley
Leslie Ervin
Fred I. Gardner
Langsville Teen Named 1960 Betty Crocker Homemaker of Tomorrow
Mary Ruth Lee daughter of Mr and Mrs Lloyd Lee of Langsville Route 1 was chosen 1960 Betty Crocker Homemaker of Tomorrow at Rutland High School. She majored in home economics and science and led a 50 minute written exam on homemaking knowledge. Her paper advances to state level with scholarship and trip prospects for winners.
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Pomeroy
Mary Ruth Lee
Lloyd Lee
Langsville
Betty Crocker
Rutland High School
Miss Lee
Nina Adkins Honored For Her Poetry
MIDDLEPORT Nina Adkins daughter of Mr and Mrs Raymond Adkins of Rutland received recognition for an original poem Loneliness The piece was accepted by the National High School Poetry Association and will appear in the first semester Anthology Rutland High School ordered copies for the library and for presentation to Miss Adkins The honor student recently transferred to Rutland High from Elk Horn High School in Elkhorn Kentucky
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Middleport
Nina Adkins
Raymond Adkins
Rutland
National High School Poetry Association
Rutland High School
Miss Adkins
Elkhorn High School
Elkhorn
Quarterly Reports At WSCS Meet
The executive committee of the Women's Society of Christian Service of Heath Methodist Church met at the home of Mrs. Glenn Lambert to review quarterly reports. Members attending included Mrs. Harry Chesher Mrs. Earl Knight Mrs. Jack Bechtle Mrs. John Ketchka Mrs. Noah Haskins Miss Bess Sanborn Mrs. L W McComas and Mrs. Bruce Lloyd. Refreshments were served by the hostess.
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Middleport
Women’s Society of Christian Service
Heath Methodist Church
Glenn Lambert
Harry Chesher
Earl Knight
Jack Bechtle
John Ketchka
Noah Haskins
Bess Sanborn
L. W. McComas
Bruce Lloyd
Layette Shower Honors Mrs Kenneth Taylor
Mrs James Arnold hosted a layette shower for Mrs Kenneth Taylor with gifts in a baby crib, a white stork door decoration, and pastel flower arrangements. Prizes were awarded to Mrs Paul Klees Mrs James Daniels Mrs George Childs and Mrs Henry Dailey. door prize to Mrs George Anderson. Refreshments included ice cream cake and coffee. Several guests sent gifts but could not attend. Athens Messenger January 27 1960.
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Middleport
James Arnold
Kenneth Taylor
Lotte Perrin
Clinton Fisher
Ralph Gibbs, Jr
Millard van Meter
Bernard Fultz
Minnie Gilmore
Eldon Wills
Cash Bahr
Joseph Gloeckner
John Taylor
John Taylor, Jr
Edna Henry
Frieda Henry
Ruth Wise
Cecil Bradbury
Laura Bradbury
Judy Arnold
Arthur Gilmore
Eleanor Robson
Minnie Beverage
Mrs Mace Shows Slight Improvement at Holzer Hospital
Mrs Hubert Mace, a patient at Holzer Hospital in Gallipolis, is reported to be slightly improved as of the latest bulletin from the hospital staff.
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Hubert Mace
Holzer Hospital
Gallipolis
Peterson's Ointment touted for quick pile relief
Advertisement claims Peterson's Ointment soothes pile torture in minutes with a cooling astringent formula. It promises rapid itch relief and long historical use, urging immediate purchase through druggists and applicator tools.
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Peterson
Bound Over For Grand Jury In Meigs County
Charles Cochran, 28, of Columbus, bound over to the grand jury under 1500 dollars bond in Meigs County Court before Judge Emmet W. Peoples on a charge of non support by his wife.
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Pomeroy
Charles Cochran
Columbus
Meigs County
Cochran
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Lloyd Thomas
George Lasher
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Homemaker
WSCS
Layette
Athens Messenger
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