Meigs Man Again Named As Soldier of Week
ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND Md Military Police 1 Joseph I Struble of Pomeroy Ohio is named the first Soldier of the Week at Aberdeen Proving Ground serving as orderly to the new post commander Brigadier General Jonathon L Holman He is the first to win twice and the first car to receive the honor after selection from thousands in Troop Command He is a 16 month Army veteran and Ohio State University alumnus who formerly worked for F and R Lazarus in Columbus He lives with his wife Martha a Pomeroy native. his parents live at 109 Sycamore St Pomeroy
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Military Police
Joseph I. Struble
Pomeroy
Ohio
Jonathon L. Holman
Struble
E. E. MacMorland
Strubie
523Rd
Proving Ground
Annual Picnic To Be Sunday
Apple Grove and East Letart Methodist Sunday schools plan a combined picnic at Portland Park at noon Sunday. The Letart Falls Parish will run the food stand at the Meigs County Fair, taking over from the Ohio Valley Grange for a second year. The pastor Rev. Richard O. DeWitt noted plans focus on the Institute Camp at Camp Grounds in August and the Ohio Area Evangelistic Mission aiming to add 50 000 new Methodists statewide.
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Pomeroy
Apple Grove
East Letart
Portland Park
Letart Falls
Meigs County
Ohio Valley Grange
Grange
Richard O. DeWitt
Portsmouth
Lake Jackson
Camp Grounds
Ohio
Ohio Area
First Meigs 4-H Club Picnic Set Saturday
POMEROY The first annual Meigs County 4-H Club picnic will be held Saturday at the Rock Springs Fairground. Dinner is at noon with games and contests in the afternoon. Drinks are furnished by the Farmers Bank and Savings Co. 238 boys and 330 girls participate in club work. parents and advisors are invited.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Rocksprings
David Miskell
Farmersnk and Savings Co
Miskell
Middleport Man Released From Jail After Sentence Reversal
John Wilt, 38, of Middleport, was released from Meigs County jail after a court reversal. He had been sentenced to one to five years for probation violation, but Judge Emmet W. Peoples ordered penitentiary time then changed the decision and Wilt was freed.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
John Wilt
Middleport
John C. Bacon
Emmet W. Peoples
Common Pleas Court
Wilt
Thirty five Ohio University artists arrive to sketch Pomeroy
About 35 art students from Ohio University visited Pomeroy to sketch its interesting town buildings. They carried cameras folding chairs and sketch books and planned to paint the scenes in oil. A group picnic at a West Virginia park preceded an evening view of Pomeroy lights over the water.
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Pomeroy
Ohio University
West Virginia
Boy Injured In Accident Near Middleport Route 7
David Allen Searles eight son of Mr and Mrs Fred Searles rests at Meigs General Hospital after being struck by an automobile on Route 7 five miles below Middleport. Witnesses say Ila S Darnell of Middleport swerved but could not avoid the youth who ran into the road. He suffered multiple contusions and abrasions but is not seriously hurt and will be observed for a day or two.
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Pomeroy
Meigs General Hospital
David Allen Searles
Fred Searles
Middleport
Leroy Bartrum
Ila S. Darnell
Searles
Virgil Hayes
Hemerocallis Talk Hosted by Middleport Garden Club
Middleport residents and garden clubs are invited to a Heath Methodist Church meeting Monday at 2 p m focusing on hemerocallis also known as day lily. Speaker Franklin Murphey of Athens will discuss the flower and its cultivation.
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Middleport
Heath Methodist Church
Middleport Garden Club
Franklin Murphey
Athens
Murphrey
Frank Murphey
Emily Carpenter
D. B. Hartinger
Recent Guests And Weekend Visits Note Local Hospitality
Mrs Cynthia Kasler and Bart Kasler hosted guests including Roger Wolfe Barbara Ann and Harmond Kasler with five generations pictured. Visiting Harmond Kasler and Miss Caryl Kasler were Vern Wolfe James and Bill Easler with Stevie and Eleanor Hines. Ada Lent of Athens dined with Frank Sayer. The Wilbur Antle family of Lynchburg spent a Sunday here. Vern Wolfe and Paul Linscott visited Paul Linscott in Mount St Mary Hospital. Cecil Antle hosted Jack Antle Faye Hamond Lillian Hamond Chauncey Victor Sayre. Kathryn Russell stayed with Bonnie Trace in Glouster. Marie Sayre Rex visited Jim Chercomy in Mansfield. Sayres hosted a shower for Jack Antle and June Hammond with about 75 guests. Jimmie Esther Waeneta Bartlett recently had tea at a Marietta hospital. Verne Mills of Concord bought the Gulf service station in Jacksonville. Maynard Sayre remarks.
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Concord
Cynthia Kasler
Bart Kasler
Roger Wolfe
Barbara Ann
Athens
Helen Wolfe
Harmond Kasler
Caryl Kasler
Vern Wolfe
James
Bill Easler
Stevie
Eleanor Hines
Ada Lent
Frank Sayer
Jack Antle
George Chapman
Wilbur Antle
Lynchburg
Paul Linscott
Mount St. Mary Hospital
Nelsonville
Cecil Antle
Faye Hamond
Lillian Hamond
Chauncey
Victor Sayre
Kathryn Russell
Bonnie Trace
Glouster
Marie Sayre
Rex
Jim Chercomy
Mansfield
June Hammond
Jimmie
Esther
Waeneta Bartlett
Marietta Hospital
Verne Mills
Jacksonville
Maynard Sayre
Community Youngster Plans Pool Party For Reichman Birthday
A Middleport girl, Miss Reichman, celebrates a birthday with a non firework observance. She will share homemade ice cream and cake at the community wading pool with cousins Joe Reichman and Diane Reichman, a pool guard. The event is funded by the Middleport BPW Club as a civic project.
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Joe Reichman
Diane
Middleport Business & Professional Women's Club
Miss Reichman
Middleport High School
Joe
C. R. Reichman
Meigs County Fife and Drum Corps to Perform at Ravenswood Centenary
Spirit of 76 era fife and drum group from Bedford Two Meigs County led by Dana Dias and Wilbur Midkiff join Ravenswood W Va centennial events Saturday night and also play for the Pythian Association in Gallipolis. The seven veterans recount aging members and a lack of younger players while recalling Memorial Day thrills.
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Middleport
Bedford Two
Meigs County Fife and Drum Corps
Ravenswood
W. Va
Pythian Association
Gallipolis
United States
Dana Dias
Wilbur Midkiff
Jacob Young
James Hazelton
Guy Lee
Sammy Williams
Rowland Dias
Midkiff
Young
Diag
Scouts and Leaders Spend Night at Johnson’s Lake
Nine Boy Scouts and leaders bicycle trip spent Monday night at Johnson's Lake in Middleport. Scoutmasters Don Mills and Mit White led the group including John Vroman Stephen Coats Robert McKinney James Mills Robert Bailey James Ward Tommy Garnes Bruce Bradford and Charles Edwards. Rich Karr Jr a scout committee member was a visitor Monday evening.
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Middleport
Don Mills
Mit White
Johnson's Lake
John Vroman
Stephen Coats
Robert McKinney
James Mills
Robert Bailey
James Ward
Tommy Garnes
Bruce Bradford
Charles Edwards
Rich) Karr, Jr
Complaints On Firing Rifles In Village Warned
Residents on Wetzgall Street and Peacock Avenue reported rifle shots from .22 guns today. Chief Walter E. Wolfe warned the village ordinance will be strictly enforced as multiple complaints have been received.
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Pomeroy
Wetzgall Street
Peacock Avenue
Walter E. Wolfe
Blake Reed Reunion Held at Syracuse Park
The Blake Reed reunion will take place Sunday at the Syracuse roadside park. A picnic dinner is planned for 12:30 PM and a studio will take pictures at 2 PM.
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Syracuse
Blake-Reed
Safe Sane July Fourth In Prospect
Middleport plans a safe and sane Fourth of July with closures of post office bank and most businesses. No public observances locally beyond flag displays and family gatherings. residents may attend civic events in New Haven Point Pleasant and Racine and join lake outings and picnics if weather cooperates.
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Middleport
New Haven
Point Pleasant
Racine
Population Rise in Federation of Malaya Over Two Decades
The Federation of Malaya has seen a 30 percent population increase in the past 20 years, reflecting demographic growth and shifts within the country.
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Federation of Malaya
Origin of Poker in America in Early 19th Century
The article states that poker's present form originated in the United States early in the 19th century, according to the Encyclopedia Britannica.
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United States
Britannica
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