Southern Local Vote Is Tuesday
Residents of the Southern Local School District received letters urging support for a five mill bond issue and tax levy to be voted on Tuesday in a special election. The $374,000 plan funds a new high school with the current building converted to a grade school, addressing overcrowding. The state would contribute about $307,000 toward the project if approved, with voting from 6:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. and a 23 year effect. PTA groups have promoted the measure.
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Board of Education
PTA
Pythian Fides Lodge Installs New Officers
In Middleport Meigs County John Kincaid was installed as chancellor commander of Fides Lodge No 210 Knights of Pythias. He urged Men’s Night participation while praising past commander Emerson Jones. Other officers named included Wiley Grate Forrest Bahr Rupe Mills Biggs Owen and Kennedy.
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Middleport
Pythias
Meigs County
John Kincaid
Fides Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Kincaid
New York Central Railroad
Emerson Jones
Jones
Paul Haptonstall
L. R. Wiley
J. H. Grate
Homer Forrest
Cash Bahr
Lewis Rupe
Harry Clark
Tom Kelly
Bahr
Wiley
Haptonstall
Horace McElhinny
Carl Ebersbach
Rupe
Forrest
Brad Wolfe
Karl Owen
Leland Brown
Tom Mills
Nathan Biggs
Leo Kennedy
Harry Chesher
Mishap Over Weekend in Middleport Reports
Weekend police activity in Middleport included a minor accident Sunday between two out of state drivers George Sayre of New Haven and Oma Hughes Demi of Chicago. Patrolman DeWees and Chief Bartrum investigated. a Sayre dent was noted.
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Middleport
Fred DeWees
Leroy Bartrum
George Sayre
New Haven
Oma Hughes Demi
Chicago
Ill
Sayre
Church Choir Honors Pomeroy and Thomas Guests
The Federated Church choir honored Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Thomas after a Thursday rehearsed event. The couple received an automatic coffee maker as a gift from the group. Mr. Thomas was ordained Sunday evening at the Federated Church.
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Pomeroy
Eugene Thomas
Federated Church
John William Blaettar
Thomas
Federated Circle to Meet for Potluck Dinner
The Federated Circle will gather at 6 p.m. Wednesday in the church social room for a potluck dinner and meeting. Members should bring their own table service.
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Pohergy the Federated Circle
Gardeners to Meet Pomeroy in Bradbury
The Winding Trail Garden Club will gather Thursday evening at Mrs. Charles Lewis home in Bradbury. New Zealand urges farmers to boost domestic wheat production to conserve foreign exchange by reducing imports.
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Pomeroy
Winding Trail Garden Club
Charles Lewis
Bradbury
New Zealand
Governor's Day Fete Set for July 17 at Fairgrounds
Invitations and tickets for the Governor's Day celebration are circulating in Meigs and Athens County. The event runs July 17 from 4:00 to 8:00 p.m. at the Athens County Fairgrounds as one of 11 statewide fetes by the Governor for O'Neill committee. The printed invitation bears the note Not printed at State expense.
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Middleport
Athens County Fairgrounds
Federation of Republican Women’s Club
Meigs County
Ohio
O'Neill
Happy Harvesters Annual Picnic Friday
The Happy Harvesters Class of the Federated Church held its annual picnic on the lawn of Mrs. Ben Neutzling. A 6 30 p m potluck supper featured pink and white decor. President Mrs Henry Reibel led a business meeting and plans to buy a church punch bowl label.
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Pomeroy
Happy Harvesters
Federated Church
Ben Neutzling
Henry Reibel
Layette Shower Honors Mrs. Reibel at Pomeroy Home
Mrs. Donley Reibel was guest of honor at a layette shower hosted by Mrs. Dale Smith with Mrs. Clanden Hines assisting. Prizes went to Miss Donna Reibel and Mrs. Carl Smith among others, as gifts were displayed in a blue and white bassinet and refreshments served to a long list of attendees.
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Pomeroy
Donley Reibel
Dale Smith
Cleland Hines
Carl Smith
Albert Ebersbach
C. E. Clark
Donna Reibel
Barker Clan Reunion At Lake Alma On Fourth
A Barker family reunion for Mrs. Ferre Barker and descendants was held July Fourth at Lake Alma. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. J. Carter Jr and family, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Bailey and family, Mr. and Mrs. Sherman Weimann, and Mr. and Mrs. William Dempsky with their children Timmy, Pamela, Norma Ann, Christine, Cathy and Richard, gathering for swimming boating and a picnic supper in Middleport.
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Middleport
Ferre Barker
Lake Alma
UC School of Nursing Receives Funding for Students
The College of Nursing and Health at the University of Cincinnati was named one of 32 collegiate nursing schools chosen to join a program to curb national nursing shortages. Dean Laura E. Rosnagle said the Sealantic Fund Inc. of New York has allocated $4000 to UC for scholarships.
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Cincinnati
College of Nursing and Health
University of Cincinnati
Laura E. Rosnagle
Sealantic Fund Inc. of
New York
Ice cream social and parcel post sale planned at hall
Fidel ity Rebekah Lodge will host an ice cream social and parcel post sale at the hall on Friday July 11. Members April May June birthdays will be honored and refreshments served by Leota Chevalier Wilma Dunfee Mildred Chapman Marguerite Burdette Garnet Griffin Leona Chapman Mary Root and Alice Root.
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Fidelity Rebekah Lodge
Leota Chevalier
Wilma Dunfee
Mildred Chapman
Marguerite Burdette
Garnet Griffin
Leona Chapman
Mary Root
Alice Root
John Butcher
Arizona
Ralph Lake
Charles Butcher
Wisconsin
A. W. Brandeberry
Columbus
Ralph Warne
the Warne
Jane Lynn
First Community Church
Addie Spencer
Mary Reed
Middleport Personals Highlights Weekend Visits and Travel
Local notices list a series of weekend and holiday visits across West Virginia Ohio and Illinois. Names include Mr and Mrs T F Hawkins Mrs N R Rothgeb Charles Vroman Lena Mae Drummond and Walter Crooks. Families and relatives share meals parades hospital visits and church events. Christine Coats celebrated her birthday on the Fourth.
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T. F. Hawkins
Belle
W. Va
Charles Vroman
Women to Hold Potluck Dinner at Pomeroy Church
The Woman's Society of Christian Service of the United Methodist Church will meet at 6 p.m. on Tuesday at the church for a potluck dinner and meeting. Members are asked to bring their own table service.
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Woman's Society of Christian Service
The
United Methodist Church
Baptists Win Honors At Racine Fourth July Parade
The Racine First Baptist Church took first place for their float in Racine’s July 4 celebration while Racine Methodist Church and Racine 4-H Club earned second and third. The day featured a parade by the Racine band and a full auditorium show by the Laff-a-Lott Minstrels directed by Mrs. Chlorus Grimm and Mrs. Eileen Buck with Mrs. Lee Lee.
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Chlorus Grimm
Eileen Buck
Lee Lee
Death of Ann Jenkins’s Husband Van Atta Noted
The funeral for former Middleport resident and New Lexington businessman Mr. Van Atta was held Sunday at the New Lexington Methodist Church with interment in the same town. He led the Van Atta Insurance Co and served as Methodist Church trustee and in many groups including Masons Lions Club and Delta Tau Delta. He was active in Boy Scouts and Bible study groups.
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Middleport
Ann Jenkins
Stanley van Atta
New Lexington
van Atta
Lions Club
Dawsons
Martha Dawson Seyfried
Ohio University
Pi Beta Phi Sorority
van Attas
Giles Hysell Dies Saturday
Giles Hysell 66 retired Pomeroy businessman died Saturday evening at Meigs General Hospital. Survived by wife Bessie, three sons Victor Clan and Kenneth, nine grandchildren, sister Delia Looker, and brothers Robert Nial and Thomas. Funeral 2 p.m. Tuesday at Ewing funeral home Rev. Raymond L Roth officiating. Burial Beech Grove cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home.
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Pomeroy
Giles Hysell
Meigs General Hospital
Pomeroy Church of Christ
Hysell
Bessie
Victor
Clan
Minersville
Kenneth
Kenton
Texas
Delia Looker
Galena
Robert
Near Pomeroy
Nial
Columbus
Thomas
Clare
Mich
Ewing Funeral Home
Raymond L. Roth
Beech Grove Cemetery
Mees Family Hosts Picnic at Pomeroy Home
Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm Mees and daughter Edith entertained with a Friday picnic at their Pomeroy home. Attending were Mr. and Mrs. Richard Mees and children from Darwin, Mr. and Mrs. Otto Mees and daughter Joan from Columbus, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Erwin and children from Gallipolis, Luther Erwin from Akron, Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Mees and son Jimmy, and Mrs. Albert Mees.
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Pomeroy
Malcolm Mees
Edith
Richard Mees
Darwin
Otto Mees
Joan
Columbus
Harold Erwin
Gallipolis
Luther Erwin
Akron
Gilbert Mees
Jimmy
Albert Mees
Daughter Home From Hospital In Gallipolis
Patricia Eileen Pomeroy, daughter of the Rev and Mrs John Elwood of Racine, has been returned from Holzer Hospital in Gallipolis after 12 days of treatment. She is expected to be bedfast for the next couple of weeks.
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Pomeroy
Patricia Eileen
John Elwood
Racine
Holzer Hospital
Gallipolis
Pass Hygienist Test For Joy Smith
Miss Joy Smith daughter of Mr and Mrs Theo Smith has passed the state board examination as a registered hygienist. She attended Ohio State University in Columbus.
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Pomeroy
Joy Smith
Theo Smith
Ohio State University
Columbus
Rutland Garden Club Elects Officers at Rutland Meeting
Rutland Garden Club members met at Mrs. Robert Canaday's home with Mrs. William Folan presiding. Officers elected were Folan president Canaday vice president and Denison secretary treasurer. Junior Club meets next Wednesday at 2 30 p m at Mrs. Weber's home with a flower arrangement activity supervised by Mrs. Reibel.
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Middleport
Lawrence Milhoan
Austin
Melanie Young
Woodsfield
Sabra Canaday
Robert Canaday
Rutland Garden Club
Rutland
Vernon Weber
Chris Diehl
Everett Colwell
Cecil Bolin
James Titus
William Folan
Folan
Carl Denison
Wilkesville Club
Star Garden Club
Neva Nicholson
Diehl
Edward Russell
Weber
Robert Reibel
Webster Post Ladies Attend Conference in Jackson
Five representatives of Drew Webster Post 39 American Legion Ladies Auxiliary attended the eighth district summer conference in Jackson. Mrs. Lee Moore, department secretary, gave the main address while unit leaders received meritorious service citations and membership ribbons for 1957 and 1958.
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Pomeroy
Drew Webster
American Legion
Jackson
Lee Moore
Frank Cheesebrew
W. R. Davis
Disabled American Veterans Meet Tuesday in Mason
Mason County DAV chapter will gather at 8 p.m. Tuesday in its new Mason home. Adjutant Bruno Casciano notes the fiscal year began July 1 with 40 percent paid up membership. Dues may be mailed to Mason WV or sent to contacts in Point Pleasant, Orville Redman, Hartford, or Pomeroy. Ladies auxiliary also plans to meet that evening.
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Pomeroy
Mason County
The
Disabled American Veterans
Mason
Bruno Casci
W. Va
Price Patrict
Dell Plantz
Point Pleasant
Orville Redman
Henry Reitmire
Linley Roush
Hartford
Ed Reuter
Casci
Walkers Host Holiday Picnic on Chester Road
Walter Walker entertained with a holiday weekend picnic at his Chester Road home. Guests included Mr and Mrs Gary Dill and family, Mr and Mrs Earl Dill, Morning Star, Otho Radford, Mrs Lillie Maines, Bobby Willis, Virgil Dill, Syracuse, Mrs Elizabeth Cutler, Belpre, Mr and Mrs Glenn Dill, Mr and Mrs Pearl Parker, James Dill and daughters, and Emmet Will.
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Pomeroy
Walter Walker
Chester Rd
Gary Dill
Earl Dill
Morning Star
Otho Radford
Lillie Maines
Bobby Willis
Virgil Dill
Syracuse
Elizabeth Cutler
Belpre
Glenn Dill
Pearl Parker
James Dill
Emmet Will
Cathy Morgan Birthday Celebration Observed at Grandmother’s Home
The seventh birthday of Cathy Morgan was observed Saturday evening at the home of her grandmother Mrs W A Morgan on the Athens Road. Refreshments including a decorated birthday cake were served to the honored guest Mr and Mrs Roger Morgan and son Roger and Mr and Mrs R L Gotthardt and son Bruce of Columbus.
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Pomeroy
Cathy Morgan
W. A. Morgan
Athens Road
Roger Morgan
Roger
R. L. Gotthardt
Bruce
Columbus
Mrs Nease Hosts Dinner Guests From Ohio and Pa
Mrs. C. E. Nease entertained with a dinner at her home Friday. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Thompson and daughter Roberta of Bethal Park Pa, Mrs. Theron Ohlinger, Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Wickham and daughter of West Carrollton, and Mrs. Elmer Wickham and Mrs. Carrie Nye.
Riding Club to Meet Pomeroy
The Meigs County Riding Club will meet at 8 p.m. Tuesday at the Rock Springs Grange Hall.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Rock Springs
Scouts Go To Arrowhead
Thirty two members of Pomeroy Boy Scout Troop 249 left Sunday for Camp Arrowhead in Ona West Virginia. The group includes Jerry Arnold Danny Bowers Bobby Buck Henry Cleland Allen Downie Charles Downie Benny Ewing Richard Finley James Gilbert Joey Gilmore Charles Gloeckner George Hoffman Roy Howell Charles Kuhl Tom Lind Donald Mayer Larry Marshall Bobby Meier James Mees Bruce McKenzie John McMurray Robert Newman Terry Ohlinger John Shasteen Tom Shasteen Donald Spencer Marvin Spencer Mike Spencer Robert Steffy Mike Swatzel Frank Titus Tom White.
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Pomeroy
Pomeroy Boy Scout Troop 249
Arrowhead
Ona
W. Va
Jerry Arnold
Danny Bowers
Bobby Buck
Henry Cleland
Allen Downie
Charles Downie
Benny Ewing
Richard Finley
James Gilbert
Joey Gilmore
Charles Gloeckner
George Hoffman
Roy Howell
Charles Kuhl
Tom Lind
Donald Mayer
Larry Marshall
Bobby Meier
James Mees
Bruce McKenzie
John McMurray
Robert Newman
Terry Ohlinger
John Shasteen
Tom Shasteen
Donald Spencer
Marvin Spencer
Mike Spencer
Robert Steffy
Mike Swatzel
Frank Titus
Tom White
Byers Loses Air Route Lands Here Overnight
Dana Byers of Bowling Green and his children Bob and Beverly flew here in the former's airplane and stayed overnight in Parkersburg with sister Mrs. Reuben Beck. They later landed at Swisher field Cheshire and returned to Bowling Green. Parents Mr. and Mrs. Waldo Byers of Huntington joined them during the visit.
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Middleport
Dana Byers
Bob
Beverly
Bowling Green
Parkersburg
Byers
Swisher Field
Cheshire
Reuben Beck
N. Second Ave
Waldo Byers
Huntington
Howard Byers
Directors to Meet Pomeroy Tonight at Fairgrounds Office
A meeting of the Meigs County Agricultural Society board of directors is set for 8 p.m. tonight. The gathering will take place at the secretary's office on the fairgrounds.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County Agricultural Society Board of Directors
Methodists Plan Revival Efforts Across Local Churches
At a Washington convocation, 5000 Methodists heard three roles for churches to recruit for the Kingdom of God. They should preach compelling sermons, run church school programs, and conduct layman home visits. Attendees included Mrs. Arthur Stuart and her son-in-law and daughter from Charleston.
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Middleport
Washington D. C
Arthur Stuart
Cora Cook
Charles Petzell
Jean Stuart
Charleston
United States
Kingdom of God
Stuart
Edwin Cook
Heath Methodist Church
Christ Church Methodist
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Barker Clan
UC School of Nursing
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Salvation Army
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Letart
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Robert Coats
Christine
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DaReuben Beck
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Mees
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William F. Baxter
Jed Webster
DAV
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Sonotone
Athens
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