Plans for Police Benefit Fund Approved for Middleport
Middleport plans rapid progress for a permanent Police Department Benefit Fund. Procedures to run the fund include a finance committee with the chief and future heads of the department, a secretary treasurer under bond, and two authorized signatories. Funds cannot benefit officers personally and uniforms or equipment may be bought. withdrawals require majority approval and two signatories. Affidavits will show officers’ willingness to operate per regulations before establishment. The department will sponsor fundraising to seed the fund.
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Middleport
Police Department
Leroy Bartrum
Bartrum
Secre
Tary
Valentine Party Slated By Amateur Gardeners
Middleport plans a valentine party with a talk by Mrs. Robert Reibel, past regional garden club director, set for Feb. 10. Junior Amateur Gardeners elected new officers Susan Slater as president, Paula Theis as vice president, Sandra Humphrey as secretary, and Helen Capteina as February recreational leader. Light refreshments followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Robert Reibel
Paul Theis
Theis
Susan Slater
Paula Theis
Sandra Humphrey
Helen Captein
Meigs Tractor Maintenance Club Meets in Meigs County
The Meigs County Tractor Maintenance Club held its first meeting at Meigs Equipment Co. Officers mayors for president include Keith Vineyard Roger Rose Cecil Nelson and Wayne Roush. Advisers Harold Smith and Aldo Jeffers said meetings will occur each Wednesday at 8 p.m. with demonstrations planned by Standard Oil representatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Standard Oil Co
Jackie Cummins
Stephen Hoffman
Charles Ihle
Dwight Nelson
Richard Shuler
Roy VanMeter
Dean Will
Austin Wolfe
James Woodyard
Donald Ritchie
FFA
Emma Seitz Program Is Postponed
A Meigs County PTA program honoring Emma Seitz has been postponed due to her hospitalization after surgery. Seitz, who organized the first parent teacher group in the county, taught 47 years at Sugar Run School in Pomeroy before retiring.
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Middleport
Emma Seitz
Meigs County
Miss Seitz
Holzer Hospital
Gallipolis
Sugar Run
Pomeroy
Ebersbachs Host Portland Visit From Michigan and Somerset
Recent guests of Mr and Mrs Howard Ebersbach in Portland included their daughter Mrs Philis Wilcox and family, son Thomas Ebersbach stationed with the Air Force in Michigan, and Mr and Mrs Sam Ebersbach with family from Somerset.
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Howard Ebersbach
Philis Wilcox
Thomas Ebersbach
Air Force
Michigan
Sam Ebersbach
Somerset
Draughts Also Known as Checkers
The board game draughts is another name for checkers. Players move pieces diagonally to capture opponents and reach the opposite end to crown a king. The game emphasizes strategy, foresight, and calculating multiple moves ahead.
WCTU Plans February Willard Tea at Federated Church
Pomeroy WCTU met at United Methodist Church to outline the February Willard Tea at the Federated Church. Members discussed highway legislation, school film programs viewed by 707 students, and a February project collecting bed patient pads for Sandusky Veterans Hospital.
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Sandusky Veterans Hospital
WCTU
Robert Warner
Eugene Brown
George Parker
Ohio
Native Zaleski man in Columbus hospital after rupture
Frank Tripp, a native now living in Columbus, is in serious condition at University Hospital Columbus after a ruptured appendix. Two brothers, William and Harry, live in Zaleski.
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Zaleski
Frank Tripp
Columbus
University Hospital
William
Harry
Local Society Notes From Crete and Surrounding Areas
Mrs. Harry Denman of Crete is a patient at Hocking Valley Hospital in Logan. Native of Zaleski, she is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. V. J. Herwick. Columbus visitors included Mr. and Mrs. Vivian Albaugh and children visiting Mrs. Albaugh’s mother, Mrs. Lucy Albaugh. Rufus H. Thomas marked his 7th birthday with over 40 cards. The Laper family hosted visitors from Dundas. Alfred Laper celebrated his 82nd birthday. McArthur and Columbus folk visited relatives in McArthur and Wellston. Various trips connected Athens Route, Creek, Locust Grove, and Athens residents visiting family and friends across the region.
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Harry Denman
Helen Herwick
Crete
Hocking Valley Hospital
Logan
Zaleski
Denman
V. J. Herwick
Vivian Albaugh
Columbus
Albaugh
Lucy Albaugh
Rufus H. Thomas
Theodore Laper
Dundas
Alfred
Gene Googler
Alvin McKibben
Ernest Atkinson
Emmett Dixon
McArthur
Gayle Atkinson
Boating Club Session Scheduled For Tonight
The Big Bend Boating Club will meet at 7 30 tonight at the Preston Motor Co offices in Willis Leadingham's note as commodore. Plans for the annual regatta will start, aiming for an earlier date than last year, with invitations to other area clubs for joint excursions.
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Middleport
Big Bend
Preston Motor Co
Willis Leadingham
Commodore
Leadingham
Communications Mark Legion Auxiliary Meeting in Pomeroy
The Drew Webster Post American Legion Ladies Auxiliary met at the Legion Home Tuesday. The charter was draped for 30 days in honor of Miss Anna Ebersbach. Seated business included committee selections, donations to March of Dimes, and plans for Buckeye Girls State representation. Invitations for a February birthday party and a flag delivery to Bradbury Grade School were announced.
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Pomeroy
Drew Webster Post
American Legion
Legion
Anna Ebersbach
Orville Well
Jed Webster
Pearl Hysell
Meigs General Hospital
Hysell
W. R. Davis
Well
Department
Neil House
Columbus
March of Dimes
William Baxter
Allen C. Hill
Ben Neutzling
Buckeye Girls
Sgt John L Hawley Attends Aunt Funeral in Pomeroy
Sgt John L Hawley of Girard Ohio visited Pomeroy over the weekend to attend the funeral of his aunt Mrs Edward Ebersbach. He also called on his mother Mrs Lola Hawley and other relatives and friends.
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Pomeroy
John L. Hawley
Girard
Ohio
Edward Ebersbach
Lola Hawley
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Meigs Tractor Maintenance Club
Portland
Middleport Department Store
New Spring Merchandise
Middleport Dept. Store
Meigs County Farm Bureau Co-Op Association
E. Main St
Federated Church
Pomeroy Wctu
United Methodist Church
Lucretia Genheimer
Glenroy Ewing
Chillicothe Veterans Hospital
Genheimer
Committee On
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Pomeroy High School
Central
Perry Pinney
Albert Burley
Pearl McKibben
Robert Laper
Locust Grove
Mr. Laper
James McKibben
Swisher Sonse Surull Drugs
Nua
Legion Auxiliary
Ways and Means
Ernest Lallance
Bradbury
George Mowery
Frank Cheesebrew
Yanks
Cheesebrew
Gerald Wildermuth
John Chase
Eddie Smith
Clarence Massar
Ralph Gilmore
Herman Warner
William Swatzel
J. M. Thornton
William Barter
W. A. Morgan
Helena Sayre
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Alva Will
Charles Withrow
Speed
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Main ST
John Hawley
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Scrof
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Athens
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