Authorities Seek Two Who Attacked Woman
Gallipolis resident Helen Booten 36 was assaulted and dumped from a black and yellow car in Salem Township after two men invited her for a ride. They fled on country roads for about three hours before abandoning her near the 124 and 325 junction. One suspect is linked to Mansfield State Reformatory through a cousin, and the pair are described as a 26 to 28 year old man and a taller, slender accomplice with facial birth marks.
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Hartenbach
Mansfield State Reformatory
Dennis Booten
West Virginia
Kentucky
State Highway Patrol
Salem
Scout Campers Make Lake Hope Trip With Deerc Turkey Sighting
Middleport group led by Scoutmaster Robert Mills and 13 Scouts from Troop 245, plus a former member Stephen Coats, returned from a week at Lake Hope. They hiked daily, held camp fires, sang, swam, and collected specimens for Ohio University. Deer and a possible rattlesnake sighting were noted. frog legs were served for supper.
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Middleport
Robert Mills
Stephen Coats
Lake Hope
Mills
Ohio University
University
Children’s Day Exercises at Heath Methodist Church
Sunday School program in the Heath Methodist Church featured recitations songs and solos. Mrs James Brewington and Mrs Clyde Ingles directed the primary department with Bess Sanborn Christine Coats Eva Covert Barbara Jones and Evelyn Gibbons among participants. Ernest Covert and the Rev R C Kankright spoke in appreciation of teachers and classes. Summer flowers decorated the sanctuary.
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Middleport
Heath Methodist Church
James Brewington
Clyde Ingles
Bess Sanborn
Christine Coats
L. W McComas
Evelyn Gibbons
Vera Covert
Barbara Jones
Emerson Jones
Ernest Covert
R C. Kankright
Two Pomeroy men fined for disturbance at night club
Two men from Pomeroy George Spencer 22 and Richard Spencer 20 were fined 100 dollars and costs in Minersville Justice of the Peace court after a disturbance at a local night club. They were arrested by Deputy Sheriff Howard Frank. In a separate incident George Stobart 20 of Racine was jailed by Patrolman Jed Webster Jr and held for Mason West Virginia authorities. Webster says Stobart may face charges of reckless operation and resisting arrest.
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Pomeroy
Howard Frank
Court of Justice of the Peace
R. E. Grindley
Minersville
George Spencer
Richard Spencer
George Stobart
Racine
Jed Webster, Jr
Mason
W. Va
Webster
Stobart
River Cruise Up Swift Draws Big Bend Boating Club
MIDDLEPORT members of the Big Bend Boating Club, led by Commodore Willis Leadingham, narrated a swift and choppy river cruise to Letart Island Sunday afternoon. Cruisemaster Richard Schwab, appointed at a recent meeting, led the formation from Pomeroy levee about early afternoon. The group plans to attend Racine for the Fourth of July celebration Thursday afternoon.
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Middleport
Letart Island
Big Bend
Men’s Class Raises S330 for Fire Department Fund
Middleport Meigs County Ohio. The Men’s Bible Class of Heath Methodist Church reported Sunday morning that a special committee delivered 330.51 to Jack Bechtle a class member and fireman. The funds help the Middleport Fire Department grow a fund for a new emergency truck used for errands of mercy in Meigs Gallia and Mason counties. The committee also collected outside contributions from church and non church Methodists.
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Middleport
Heath Methodist Church
Jack Bechtle
Mercy
Meigs
Gallia
Mason County
W. Va
Double Birthday Celebration in Middleport Park for Edwards Family
Middleport Area Women report a double birthday for Mrs. Tom Edwards with family and friends from Columbus Gallipolis Sturgis Ky and nearby towns gathering at Middleport Park. A second Father’s Day picnic included Jack Edwards and relatives from Gettysburg Pa and a healing remark about his regained sight.
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Tom Edwards
Middleport Park
Edwards
Columbus
Everett Young
Roger
Danny
Tony
Debra
Charles Pugh
Patty
Katie
Charles Edwards
Gallipolis
Virginia Kennedy
Keith Birtcher
Leonard VanMeter
Lennie
Stevie
Brenda
Pomeroy
Dale Sturgis
Kay
Barbara
Eugene
Sturgis
Ruth Ann
Billy Edwards
Jack Edwards
Gettysburg
Jack
William Wyatt
Headquarters
Exemplar Chapter Members Enjoy Dinner and Dance
Middleport reports Beta Sigma Phi Sorority members and their husbands gathered at Jackson Country Club for dinner and dancing Friday evening. The attendee list includes James Thomas Rue Morgan Amsbury Karr Mullen Welker Baer Clark among others. Household goods move to Columbus as Robert Durst family relocates. Darst family also planning a Columbus move due to work.
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Middleport
Exemplar Chapter
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
Jackson Country Club
James Thomas
Thomas Rue
Roger Morgan
K. D. Amsbury
Richard Karr
Charles Mullen
Ralph Welker
Ed Baer
William Clark
Robert Durst
Maynard St
Columbus
Sealed bids for Probst property in Middleport Ohio
Sealed bids are invited by Crow & Crow for the sale of the Sarah Jane Probst property in Middleport, including Jane's Dress Shop. The building is appraised at 5 000 dollars and cannot be sold for less. Bids must be by July 10 1957 and are subject to probate court approval in Meigs County. Clara Stewart administrator.
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Crow& Crow
Pomeroy
Ohio
Sarah Jane Probst
Middleport
Jane's Dress Shop
Meigs County
Five Couples Given Marriage Licenses In Ohio Town
Five couples received marriage licenses in Pomeroy and nearby areas. Roxie Price and Carole Owens, William Woods and Mila Stark, Robert Roush and Carrie Manuel, Leroy Ruschel and Frankie Wippel, Brady Huffman and Delores Hill are listed with their ages and parental names.
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Robert Henry Roush
Portland
Byron and
Stella Johnson Roush
Carrie Ella Manuel
Racine
Paul and
Freda Warner Manuel
Leroy Edison Ruschel
Vanadium
Pomeroy
Phillip
Virgie Burton Ruschel
Frankie Ernestine Wippel
Dale
Helen Leifheit Wippel
Brady Martin Huffman
Middleport
Brady F
Private Robert Byer Visits Parents in Fort Knox Area
Pvt. Robert Byer of Fort Knox spent the weekend with his parents Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Byer on North Second Avenue.
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Robert Byer
Ft. Knox
Kenneth Byer
N. Second Ave
Mt Moriah Baptist Church marks 78th anniversary and pastorate jubilee
Mt Moriah Baptist Church in Middleport celebrated its 78th anniversary and the seventh anniversary of Rev Nyle D Borden’s pastorate. About 200 attendees heard sermons by Rev Borden and Rev P C Smith of Zion Baptist Parkersburg. The event highlighted a trained Zion Junior Choir and other musical numbers while guests from multiple towns attended.
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Middleport
Mt. Moriah
Nyle D. Borden
Robert Petty
Gallipolis
Naomi
Jesse Johnson
Pomeroy
Fred Jackson
Ernest Bowles
Edith Lueckadoo
Rutland
C. R. Young
Oscar Hardaway
Bidwell Glouster
Columbus
Parkersburg
Mt. Clemens, Mich
Will Winston
Middleport Musicians Return From Ohio University Clinic
Middleport high school musicians completed a two week Music Clinic and Workshop at Ohio University and returned home praising the experience. Scholarships were awarded by the Band Boosters PTA and American Legion with several students named. Attendees included Jeanette Crooks Thomas Skinner Mark Kelly and others and several area families joined the final concert in Memorial Hall. Bill Anderson reported a missing saxophone on the retreat day. Dr. Lewis Rickman and family joined Mt. Moriah Baptist Church’s 78th anniversary events and Mr and Mrs Roxie Price announced their Dayton move after their marriage event.
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Middleport
Ohio University
Earl Warnke
Jeanette Crooks
Thomas Skinner
Mark Kelly
Parent-Teacher Association
The
American Legion
John Bacon
Sharon Jones
Gene Crooks
Don Grueser
Memorial Hall
Walter Crooks
Arthur Skinner
David Farmer Judge
Emerson Jones
W. T. Grueser
Debra
Lewis Rickman
Mt. Clemens
Mich
Mt. Moriah Baptist Church
Roxie Price
Carole Owen
Dayton
Price
McClure Couple Opens Dairy Isle in Middleport
Newcomers Herschel and his wife welcomed a son Jimmy Blaine on their first wedding anniversary June 29. Grandparents are Irene Artis of Pomeroy and William McClure with wife from Shreve Ohio. The McClures leased Locust Street shop, Dairy Isle, in May.
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Middleport
Jimmy Blaine
Herschel McClure
Irene Artis
Pomeroy
William McClure
Shreve
Ohio
McClures
Locust St
McClure
Karakelic Turkey Voted World’s Most Law Abiding
The Karakelic community in Turkey claims 99 years without a single arrest or court case. With about 459 residents, the town reportedly maintains strict compliance with laws.
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Karakelic
Turkey
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