Sporting Goods Store to Open Saturday in Middleport
A new sporting goods shop named Sports enter will open Saturday in the Park building, Middleport. Kenneth McElhinny will manage, with John Parsons as head coach turned staff, as the store offers sporting goods, toys, hobbies, and a line of men’s sportswear. The shop operates 9 am to 9 pm Saturdays and 9 am to 6 pm on weekdays.
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Audulepor
Meigs County
Middleport
Kenneth McElhinny
John Parsons
McElhinny
Lois Bailey
Bradbury
Russell
Kathy
S. Fourth St
Masonic Lodge
He Elhinny
Middleport High School
Navy
Bailey's Drive
H. and R. Firestone
Parsons
Middleport School
Joan Gilmore
R. Gilmore
Pomeroy
Meigs Native Gilbert Wise Dies at 68
Gilbert Wise of Bell e, aged 68, a former Meigs County resident, died Sunday at his home. He is survived by his wife Lillie Hawk Wise, two sons Otho of Bellaire and Emerson of Athens, two stepsons Paul Duffy of Bellaire and Harold Duffy of Mento Calif, two daughters in law Neva Howell and Mabel, twelve grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Services were held at 2 p.m. today in Bellaire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Gilbert Wise
Meigs County
Belle
Lillie Hawk Wise
Otho
Bellaire
Emerson
Athens
Paul Duffy
Belaire
Harold Duffy
Mento
Calif
Neva Howell
Downington
Mabel
Bond Set Up After Charge Of Shooting
POMEROY Curt Nobles 35 of Middleport bound over to the grand jury in Michael Fisher’s court in Middleport. He was released from the county jail Tuesday afternoon with bond set and arrangements completed in Meigs County Common Pleas Court. He faces a shooting with intent to kill charge. A 25 dollar suspended sentence and one year probation were ordered by Judge Cedric W Clark. Prosecution by B O'Brien. Also noted: Lawrence Boyd of Pomeroy charged with feeding raw garbage to hogs. Ray Carte of Racine, 20, charged with attempted breaking and entering. Eugene McClurg, 44, charged with theft. A Reedsville juvenile will face charges of attempted breaking and entering in county juvenile court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Curt
Nobles
Middleport
Grand
C. ©. Fisher
Meigs County Common Pleas Court
Cedric W. Clark
B. O'Brien
Lawrence Boyd
Troop 249 Ends Camp at Arrowhead Camp
Troop 249 Scouts of America from Pomeroy returned from a week at Arrowhead camp near Huntington. Participants included Pat Vaughan, Donald Spencer, Charles Downie, Bill Young as patrol leaders, plus Tommy White, James Woogheard, Keith Barnitz, Dor Coates, Marvin Spencer, Mike Swatzel, John McMurray, Douglas Seyler, and Richard Vaughan who has joined the trip for three years. Ralph Spencer, the scoutmaster, also attended. The program featured six hours daily of scouting classes and two hours of swimming in the new pool. Family night was held Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. with a camp ceremony for visiting parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pat Vaughan
Donald Spencer
Charles Downie
Bill Young
Tommy White
James Woogheard
Keith Barnitz
Dor Coates
Marvin Spencer
Mike Swatzel
John McMurray
Douglas Seyler
Richard Vaughan
Ralph Spencer
Camp Arrowhead
Middleport Birthday Party and Local Notices
Middleport column recaps multiple local events: Mary Louise Jones’s eighth birthday party doubles as a farewell ahead of her family's move to Belpre. Ernest Covert's birthday celebrated with family. Priscilla Circle Missionary Society picnic despite rain. WCTU meeting planned at Miss Florine Talbott’s home. various visits and travels of families including the Smart, Mayes, and Pullen households. a minor traffic accident in Pomeroy injuring Pearl Brickles with the driver cleared of blame. stray reference to a Thesaiga antelope in Kazakstan noted at article end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Mary Louise Jones
Russell Jones
S. Fourth Ave
Mary Low
Belpre
Jones
Dorothy Lavely
Pomeroy
Russell Bailey
George Skinner
Russells
Paul Haptonstall
Mes. Jones
Lavely
First Presbyterian Church
Auiner
Ernest Covert
Seventh Ave
Betty
Barbara
Covert
Charles Mayes
Elizabeth Kirby
William Mayes
Lima
Second St
Pearl Brickles
Charles Russell
Brickles
William Swatzel
Society vacation visits and local guests in July 1956
Local society notes record visits by families to Mr and Mrs C C Athens Mesmemois and Perry Richardson at Tuppers Plains. Guests include Mrs Harry Eastman and grandson Harry Kitchen, Barbara and Frances Smith, and Mrs Geneva Wells Dietz. Mrs M R Sanborn travels from Florida to Akron to visit. Miss Julie Mitch, a nurse employed in Gallipolis, hosted in Columbus with relatives visiting from Pompton Plains NJ.
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C. C. Athens
Mesmenois
Perry Richardson
Tuppers Plains
Mitch Bl Railroad
William Mayes
Harry Eastman
Harry Kitchen
Barbara
Charles Mayes
Grant Frances Smith
Second Ave
Geneva Wells Dietz
Dllie Carson
Adrian Carson
M. R. Sanborn
Robert Lindstam
Church of the Nazarene
Broadway
Columbus
Julie Mitch
Ernest Lindstamer
Turse
Gallipolis
Pompton Plains N. J
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Sporting Goods
American Legion
Fumenay
Jaybanks Racing Association
Wilson Mobil Servi
Meigs
Ditton Drug Company
Keyhound
Middleport, Ohio
Bond
Mp Arrowhead
Huntington
Troop 249
Poy Scouts of America
Pomeros
Formosa
Australia
Cirele Viernes
Priscilla Circle
Missiona Society
First Baptist Church
Milton Smart
Toledo
Circle
Owen Bratton
Bailey's Lake
WETU
WCTU
Hame
Florine Talbott
H. M. Cross
Emma Mathews
Steven
Gregory Fontine
Lorenzo Davis
Davis
Palmer
Richard Palmer
Sara Palmer
Robert L. White
Ane
Bobby
Gloria
Akron
R. S. White
Beulah White
Susan
Paul Smart
S.’ Front St
Smart
New York
James Pullen
Stephen
Stephanie
Poplar Bluffs
Pullen
Elizabeth Arnold
New York Central
Kazakstan
Russian Turkestan
T Society
Packige
H&r Firestone
Phillips
St. Pam
Home Appliances
the Shoe Box
Ohio
Hartley & Bennett Shoe Store
Connies
Star Brand
Jarman
Endicott-Johnson
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