Big Bend Boating Club Plans Regatta in Middleport
The Big Bend Boating Club will stage its second annual regatta in Middleport on Sunday August 17 with a $600 prize pool. Race formats include two stock utility classes and four professional races with $100 prizes, plus a free-for-all unlimited horsepower finale and a winner’s trophy. Local chambers, Lions Club, and city crews back the event with ticket sales and riverfront arrangements.
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Middleport
Big Bend
Pomeroy-Middleport Lions Club
Gerald E. Preston
The
Mid-East Association
Preston
C. O. Fisher
Pomeroy
Liberty Theatre Showcases Alan Freed in Mr Rock and Roll
The Liberty Theatre in Middleport Ohio advertises an air conditioned program featuring Alan Freed Little Richard Lionel Hampton and His Band The Moonglows and many rock and roll favorites plus color cartoons.
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Middleport
Ohio
Alan Freed
Little Richard
Lionel Hampton
the Moonglows
Mrs Young Joins WSWS at Enterprise EUB Church
Mrs Victor Young Jr welcomed as a new member of the Woman's Society of World Service at Enterprise EUB Church meeting. Mrs Earl Brown opened with prayer and Mrs Thomas Bentz read scripture. Mrs Albert Brown led the topic Strengthen the Church Through Vocations with readings. rugs project reported as fundraiser. Refreshments served by the hostess. next meeting set at Miss Genevieve Stobart home with Mrs John Frick leader.
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Genevieve Stobart
John Frick
William Klein Rites Friday
William Klein 84 died Wednesday at his daughter’s home in London Ohio. Survived by three daughters Mrs Elizabeth Sarver Mrs Oscar DePew and Mrs Bateman and three sons William Klein Jr Charles Henry and Grover Clifford Klein. Preceded by wife Myrta two daughters Leona Lathey and Kathryn Klein and a son John Raymond. Funeral 3 p.m. Friday at Hiland Church Beech Grove Cemetery burial. Friends may call at Thomas Fork residence.
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Hiland Church
Beech Grove Cemetery
Thomas Fork
Middleport Library To Close For Two Weeks
Middleport Public Library will shut for a two week period starting Saturday. Mrs. Henry Null Jr will be on vacation. Patrons with books out are urged to return them at once.
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Middleport
Henry Null, Jr
Cheshire Man Held Under Thousand Dollar Bond
Charles Whittington of Cheshire bound over to the grand jury under a thousand dollar bond on a cutting with intent to kill charge after a hearing before Judge Emmet W. Peoples. He pleaded innocent. Also fined ten dollars and costs on intoxication charges were Ernest Smith of Racine Route 2. Fred Vandel of Pomeroy drew three days in jail and a one hundred fifty dollar penalty for driving while intoxicated. Hearings continue for Lester Pyke and William Pyke of Racine on charges of issuing menacing threats.
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Pomeroy
Charles Whittington
Cheshire
Meigs County
Emmet W. Peoples
Whittington
Ernest Smith
Racine Route 2
Class of 59 Plans Hop at Middleport High
Middleport High School seniors of the class of 1959 sponsor a Record Hop on Saturday night from 8 40 p m to midnight at the high school. Charlie McCormick of Station WJEH will emcee. Soft drinks will be for sale.
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Middleport
Middleport High School
Charlie McCormick
WJEH
Russell Wilson
Walter Crooks
New York
4-H Prepares Exhibits For Meigs County Fair
The Wide- Awake 4-H Club in Middleport is mounting nine or more projects for the Meigs County Fair. Under adviser Mrs. L. W. McComas the group works on the How To Cut a Blouse project demonstrated at her home. Assistant adviser is Mrs. Stanley Andelberger.
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Middleport
L. W. McComas
Families Have Cookout
Middleport residents Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Bradbury and children Susanne Mary and Asa joined Gene Harris family for an annual cookout at the Harris home in Syracuse. Harris children Kenny Robby Marjorie Patricia Nancy and Kathy attended.
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Middleport
Syracuse
Gene Harris
Charles A. Bradbury
Susanne
Mary
Asa
Harris
Kenny
Robby
Marjorie
Patricia
Nancy
Kathy
Middleport Personal Notes Travel Guests Mark Week
Horace McElhinny attends sales meetings at Coca Cola Bottling in Par kersburg where he manages the local plant. Dozens of relatives and friends visit from Toronto Rutland Cleveland Indianapolis Detroit and other locales during July travel season and family stays shift across cities including Columbus Worthington and Marion.
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Horace McElhinny
Parkersburg
Coca Cola Bottling Company
Charlotte Dixon
Toronto
Canada
Roscoe Fowler
Shady Cove
the Hawkins
Rutland
Sylvania McMaster
Harry Laing
Cleveland
Edna Laing
Nina Russell
Detroit
Florida
Hulburts
Raymond Cole
Charles Payne
Indianapolis
Cole
Cable Tabernacle
Dayton
Paynes
Louis Hayden
Louis III
James E. Harley
James Stockman
Kansas City
Springfield
John Harley
Frances
Ann
James
Joseph D. Bryan
Bryan
Columbus
Helen Beeson
W. H. Juhling
Sam Hamer
Bobby
Pittsburgh
E. R. Tompkins
Hamer
James Hamer
Peggy Vanderhoof
Marion
Linda Grimm to Marry Everett Foreman in September
Engaged couple Linda Grimm daughter of Mrs. Harold Hubbard and Oliver Grimm Middleport and Everett Foreman son of Mr. and Mrs. Woodrow Foreman Mason City West Virginia plan an early September wedding. Miss Grimm is a Meigs Memorial Clinic office assistant and Everett Foreman is connected with ABC Cleaners in Mason.
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Middleport
Linda Grimm
Harold Hubbard
Oliver Grimm
Everett Foreman
Woodrow Foreman
Mason City
W. Va
Miss Grimm
Middleport High School
R. R. Pickens
Meigs Memorial Clinic
Foreman
Wahama High School
ABC Cleaners
Mason
Birthdays Celebrated At the Fowler Home
A Fowler home dinner in Shady Cove honored Mrs. Margaret Keehne Davis of Athens and Holly Martin on their shared birthday. Attending were Miss Harrie Marie Smith Mrs. Robert Harris and Mrs. Charlotte Dixon of Toronto and other relatives.
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Middleport
Roscoe Fowler
Shady Cove
Margaret Keehne Davis
Athens
Mary Stanley Weds Jack Tapley In Circleville Ceremony
Mary Stanley daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hanford Stanley of Pomeroy Route 1 married Jack Tapley of Wayne Ark in a double ring ceremony read by Rev. R. F. Gibbs in Circleville on July 3. The bride, a Pomeroy High School graduate, works for Ohio Fuel Gas Co. in Columbus. The groom serves in the United States Air Force and is stationed at Lockbourne Air Force Base near Columbus. They will reside in Columbus. A shower for the couple hosted by Mrs. Hanford Stanley and Mrs. Bernard Grueser at the Stanley home in Rock Springs is planned for July 19.
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Pomeroy
Hanford Stanley
Mary
Jack Tapley
Wayne, Ark
R. F. Gibbs
Circleville
Pomeroy High School
Ohio Fuel Gas Co
Columbus
United States Air Force
Lockbourne Air Force Base
Bernard Grueser
Stanley
Rock Springs
Salisbury Brownies Tour The W P Snyder And Museum
Salisbury Brownies from Pomeroy Salisbury troop I with leaders and guests visited Marietta Tuesday for a tour of the museum and the W P Snyder boat. A noon potluck was held at a roadside park. the next meeting July 28 plans a wiener roast at the Spencer farm.
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Pomeroy
Salisbury Brownie Troop I
Marietta
W. P. Snyder
Roger Spencer
Carl Will
Debra Spencer
Becky Eblin
Sandra Gilmore
Joyce Evans
Madlyn Waddell
Maria Grueser
Linda Will
Becky Nease
Susan Dixon
Steve Eblin
Year's Agenda Is Planned By Rock Springs Church Group
The Woman's Society of Christian Service at Rock Springs Methodist Church met Tuesday planning the new year. President Mrs Lewis Grueser led a prayer and song service followed by a devotional by Mrs Amos Leonard. Mrs Leonard spoke on World Federation of Methodist Women with readings by several members and a closing article on Prayer Missionaries.
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Clifford Leifheit
Howard Bolin
Durward Cummings
Leonard
Prayer Missionaries
Juvenile offender placed on probation in Meigs County
Daniel Crouch Pomeroy, 23, Racine, received a two year probation after pleading guilty to contributing to the delinquency of a minor in Meigs County Juvenile Court. Judge John C. Bacon imposed the sentence.
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Pomeroy
Daniel Crouch
Racine
John C. Bacon
Meigs County
Collision injures two in Middleport crash
Emergency calls answered by the Middleport fire department reported a two car collision injuring Walter Coy of Rutland and Robert Rathburn. Both were taken to Meigs General Hospital by firefighters after the crash near Leading Creek Road and at the home of Joan Rathburn’s grandparents Jasper Durst.
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Middleport
Joan Rathburn
Jasper Durst
Stitchers Picnic Tonight at Bailey's Lake
The Nifty Stitchers Club will hold a picnic at 6 p.m. tonight at Bailey's Lake. Members are invited to bring sewing projects and share refreshments in a casual outdoor gathering.
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Stitchers
Pomeroy
Stitchers Club
Bailey’s Lake
Hamm Family Outing Near Chester Hosts Extended Kin
A Hamm family picnic gathered Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Michael near Chester. Attendees included multiple Hamm couples and children from Toledo Lancaster Columbus Minersville and Chester, celebrating Delmar and William Hamm birthdays with a large cake, and Paul Hamm showed moving pictures from prior gatherings.
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Clarence Grueser
Dana Hamm
Virgil Hamm
Bobbie
Tommy
Dora Hamm
Emma Hamm
Minersville
G. L. Michael
Samuel Michael
Gary
Lenora
Louise
Chester
Delmar Hamm
William Hamm
Paul Hamm
Mrs Lewis Hosts Ladies Bible Class Meeting
Mrs Charles Lewis art teacher at Pomeroy school hosted the Ladies Bible Class of First Baptist Church in Bradbury. She distributed handmade Japanese theme fans and parasols with sweetpeas. Mrs Bertha Archer presided. Mrs J B Hayes gave devotions. Birthdays of Mrs James Murray and Mrs Fred Peet on July 9 were to be remembered by cards. Mrs Minerva Childers and Miss Emma Matthews were guests. Mrs Hez Root received the traveling prize.
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Middleport
Charles Lewis
Pomeroy School
First Baptist Church
Bradbury
Bertha Archer
J. B. Hayes
James Murray
Fred Peet
Minerva Childers
Emma Matthews
Hez Root
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Regatta Committee
Coal St
Liberty
Bend Theatres
Meigs—Pomeroy
Hedy LaMarr
Jane Powell
Temple
the Monolith Monsters
Amazon
Mason Drive-In
Robert Mitchum
Rita Hayworth
Joel McCrea
Barbara Hale
Mrs. Young
WSWS
William Klein
Middleport Dept. Store
Cheshire Man
Meigs County Fair
Miami
Raymond Lewis Headspeth
Barbara Fox Doubleday
Arizona
Doubleday
Headspeth
Mexico
Dianne
Carl Vanderhoof
Ray
Minneapolis
Ralph Crosby
Grant St
William Murray
Worthington
Oxfords
Roush's Shoe Store
North Second
Fowler
Mary Stanley
Salisbury
S&h
Becky
Hamm
Dairy Isle
B. H. Sanborn
the Goessler Jewelry Store
Court Street
McMasters
Torro
K.cpaaster
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