House Leveled In Meigs Fire
A one story frame home on Leading Creek Rd near Middleport was destroyed by fire along with its contents on Thursday. Ruddport firemen joined by a Pomeroy tanker fought the blaze, woods surrounding the property were wetted down to limit spread. Occupants Horace McElhinney owned the house at Ronald Carr. The Carrs were not home when discovered. Fire was out of control before Middleport arrived. two hours on scene.
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Middleport
Leading Creek Rd
Horace McElhinney
Ronald Carr
Bookmobile Schedule Revised Next Week in Meigs County
Meigs County bookmobile local service center publishes a revised one week schedule due to the arrival of a new unit. The temporary routes run Monday to Thursday with multiple stops at towns such as Five Points Rushville Reedsville River View Chester Forest Run Enterprise Rock Springs Church Long Bottom Pic kens Store Syracuse Drive-In and others.
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Middleport
Meigs County
Reedsville
Riverview
Chester
Forest Run
Enterprise
Rock Springs Methodist Church
Reno
Long Bottom Church
Long Bottom
Bashan
Fitchville
Portland
Pickens
Rhodes Market
Syracuse Drive-In
Syracuse
Apple Grove
East Letart
Letart
Antiquity
Racine
Oak Grove
Bouman’s Run
Minersville
Wolf Pen
Harrisonville
Pagetown
Snowville
Carleton
Bunker Hill
Arnold’s
Laurel Cliff
Meetings In Meigs Gather for Legion Potluck and Reports
The Ladies Auxiliary of Drew Webster Post 39 Amer ican Legion will meet at 6 p m Tuesday at the post home for a potluck supper with a Girls State report by Claudia Grueser. Chester Grange holds its annual inspection at 8 30 p m Tuesday. Winding Trail Garden Club plans a 6 30 p m Monday cleanup at Beech Grove Cemetery entrance. Meigs Temple Pythian Sisters staff and officers meet 7 30 Monday night at Mrs Griff Russell Bradbury’s home.
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Drew Webster
American Legion
Post
Claudia Grueser
Chester Grange
Winding Trail Garden Club
Beech Grove Cemetery
Meigs Temple
Pythian Sisters
Fox Hunters Bench Show Planned at Pomeroy Fairgrounds
More than one hundred fox hounds will compete in a bench show at the Pomeroy Fairgrounds on Sunday August 1 starting at 1 30 p m The judge will be George Lantz from Sciotoville and Raymond George McArthur serves as secretary of the Ohio State Foxhunters Association.
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Pomeroy
Ohio Fox Hunters’ Association
Pomeroy Fairgrounds
George Lantz
Sciotoville
Raymond George McArthur
Ohio State Foxhunters’ Association
Mrs Moseir Hosts WSCS Meeting At Grandmother’s Home
Temple WSCS meeting hosted by Mrs Joe Moseir at her grandmother Mrs Murl Galaway’s home. Devotional led by Mrs Carl Crabtree and program by Mrs Mendal Jordan on Sharing Basic Freedoms. Sixty one sick calls and eighteen cards recorded. New Sew-Rite Sewing Club members welcomed including Mrs William Johnson and Mrs Tom Grueser. Mrs Harvey Van Vranken confined to Holzer Hospital. refreshments served by Mrs Willard Boyer.
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Carpenter
Joe Moseir
Temple
WSCS
Murl Galaway
Carl Crabtree
Mendal Jordan
Robert Mattox
William Lawson
Debbie
Datelene Scott
Russell Crabtree
Billa Rhoades
Lake Hope Tour Set By Group
The Ohio Association of Garden Clubs announces an Aug. 18-19 meeting in Delaware and a 10:30 a.m. Aug. 23 nature tour at Lake Hope. The Meigs County Fair flower show discussed. Mrs. Thompson led a horticulture workshop on hardwood cuttings. Mrs. Lewis won blue with Mrs. Thompson judging. Auction by Mrs. Moore and refreshments by Mrs. Pratt with Mrs. Riffle assisting.
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Pomeroy
Ohio Association of Garden Clubs
Delaware
Winding Trail Garden Club
Allard Pratt
Lloyd Moore
Charles Lewis
Lake Hope
Meigs County Fair
Robert Thompson
Women’s Day
Thompson
Robert Lewis
Moore
Pratt
Charles Riffle
$100 Pledged By Class To Church Fund
Middleport reporter: Loyal Women's Class of the Middleport Church of Christ pledged $100 to the building fund at a Thursday evening picnic. Mrs. Robert Reibel and Mrs. Ernest Lallance arranged the tables with Snapdragon decorations. A letter from Harry Gaskill about his sister Etta, a former member, was read. Hostesses for August were named as Mrs. Dallas Lightfoot’s group. Guests included Mrs. Rue Powell of Columbus, Mrs. William Bradford, Mrs. Martha Childs, Robert Reibel, and Homer Rice.
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Middleport
Loyal Women’s
Robert Reibel
Ernest Lallance
David Durst
Harry Gaskill
Etta
Dallas Lightfoot
Rue Powell
Columbus
William Bradford
Martha Childs
Homer Rice
Long Bottom Social News From Mrs. David Smith
Long Bottom notes list visits from families and friends across Kopperal Columbus Cheshire Barlow and Pa den City including Albert and Nellie Cozart Curt Cauthorne Jim Preston Virgil Wamsley and many others. Several guests enjoyed a slumber party and weiner roast hosted by Cathy Dee Pickens.
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Long Bottom
Albert Cline
Kopperal
Nellie Cozart
Curt Cawthorne
Columbus
John Grace
Jim Preston
Virgil Wamsley
Cheshire
Darsel Larkins
Jackie Dean
Millie Wayne Burton
Patsy Koptacz
Ironton
Wayne Prince
James Pryor
Barlow
Shelly Petty
Cathy Dee Pickens
Rosemary Reed
Ruth Green
Robin Humphrey
Janie Brewer
Middleport to Host Saturday Swimming Tryouts at Pool
Tryouts for synchronized swimming and diving set for 9 a m Saturday at the Middleport pool. Open to boys and girls with no age limit. rehearsals planned to avoid conflicts with Big Bend Minstrel Association practices. Water show tied to chicken barbecue by Middleport firemen.
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Middleport
Thomas Scally
Big Bend Minstrel Association
Scally
Meigs County Land Transfers And Local Notices In Pomeroy
Meigs County land transfers are listed with multiple deeds in Syracuse Salisbury Olive Two and Letart Two among others. Birth announced in Pomeroy for Margie Lyn Ash at Thomas Memorial Hospital Charleston West Virginia. Social events note Chatper Club meeting date change and Evangeline Missionary Society gathering with potluck and devotional.
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Pomeroy
Denver W. Ash
Robertsburg
W. Va
Mary Jordan
Margie Lyn
Thomas Memorial Hospital
Charleston
Pauline Jones
Cheshire
Eliza Powell
Jaycees Host August Meigs County Fishing Derby
The Meigs County Junior Chamber of Commerce announces a fishing derby for ages five to 16 at the Pomeroy levee on August 8 from 1 to 6 pm. Prizes for longest and shortest fish, most fish, with donations from Bill McCoy and refreshments provided. Lifeguards from the Red Cross on site. Don Williams serves as judge. five to ten-year-olds require an accompanying adult. Participants must supply gear and bait and clears by registration. catches measured for judging.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Bill McCoy
Middleport
American Red Cross
Don Williams
Swetts Celebrate 50th Wedding Anniversary
Columbia School social room hosted a golden anniversary for Mr. and Mrs. W. I. Swett, married July 16, 1915 at Point Pleasant. The couple have a son Walter Swett and extended family across Pomeroy Middleport Albany Athens and beyond. Guests included former teachers and many local residents. A three tier gold wedding cake and yellow roses adorned the refreshment table.
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Carpenter
Columbia School
W. I. Swett
Point Pleasant
Walter W. Swett
Yvonne Swett Reedy
Cindy
Linda
Michael Reedy
Pomeroy
Charles Ennis
Albany
Swett
Sugar Grove
Buzzard
Dexter
Pegtown
Carpenter and
Center Stake
Columbia
Stella Caster Radekin
19 Columbia Grangers Visit Laurel Stars
Nineteen Columbia Grange members joined Laurel Grange in a visitation meeting led by lecturer Mrs Mendal Jordan. Middleport updates note Mrs Cecil Kimes returned from Charleston W Va after the death of her niece's husband Leslie Hundley. Mrs C M Wood visits Columbus relatives. Forrest Bachtel and Gladys Diehl attended Alliance for a Stop the World I Want to Get Off performance in which Bachtel's son Butch starred as a Mount Union College sophomore. Carol Bachtel and George Dallas and William Everson plan early August theater trips.
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Carpenter
Columbia Grange
Laurel
Star Grange
Mendal Jordan
Middleport
Cecil Kimes
Charleston
W. Va
Leslie Hundley
C. M. Wood
Columbus
Forrest Bachtel
Alliance
Gladys Diehl
Arlington
Butch
Mount Union College
Carol Bachtel
George Dallas
William Everson
South Charleston
Grange Inspection Set For July Twenty Eighth
Racine Grange met at the hall to set the annual inspection for July 28. State contests saw Anne Beegle and Emma Adams first and second in smocked apron judging, with Adams winning the cookie contest and Denise Cross third among juniors. Belle Theiss led the 31 entries in the national needlework edgings, doilies, and centerpieces. Easterday topped chair set judging. Potluck refreshments will follow the inspection.
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Racine
Racine Grange
Anne Beegle
Emma Adams
Mrs. Adams
Donna Cross
Denise Cross
Belle Theiss
Mary V. Easterday
Irene Hoback
Adams
Theiss
Mary Easterday
Harriett Neigler
Rose Easterday
Missionary Society Plans Sept. 3 Meeting at Church Annex
The Missionary Society of the First United Presbyterian Church met in the Church Annex led by Vice President Mrs. Titus Pickens. They studied Live as Free Men Chapter 6, agreed to skip August, and set the next meeting for September 3 at 1 30 p.m. Mrs. Richard Roush served refreshments. Five members and a guest Miss Edna Brinkmeyer of Chicago attended.
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Syracuse
Missionary Society of the First United Presbyterian Church
Titus Pickens
Pickens
Richard Roush
Edna Brinkmeyer
Chicago
Prayer program at United Methodist Church featured Mrs Hoyt
The Lydia Circle met at the United Methodist Church to hear Mrs Arthur Hoyt speak on Prayer and the Light Within assisted by Mrs Karl Krautter. The August meeting was cancelled and refreshments were served by Miss Myrtis Kay Parker and Mrs Robert Morris Jr. Birthday honors were given to Fae Donley Reibel at a dinner hosted by her parents with guests including Mrs Harley Strong and others.
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Pomeroy
Donley Reibel
Fae
Reibel
Harley Strong
Arnold Hayes
Henry Reibel
Donna Reibel
Pomeroy Sets School Opening And Calendar Dates
Pomeroy schools will begin the 1965 66 year on Tuesday August 31. The calendar lists Labor Day closing September 6 and an Education Assn meeting in Athens October 29. Thanksgiving recess November 25 26 and Christmas closing December 17 to January 3. School remains open until April 8 Good Friday and April 11 after Easter with the high school commencement May 26.
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Pomeroy
Southeastern Ohio Education Assn
Athens
Mrs Wickham 92 Honored On Birthday At Meeting
Mrs Elizabeth Wickham aged 92 was celebrated during a D of A council gathering in Pomeroy. Erma Cleland presented a gift and installed Laura Mae Hartung as associate councilor with Ethel Orr and Betty Roush in new roles.
Church Plans Crusade Trip to Parkersburg
Middleport First Baptist Church charters a Greyhound bus to transport 38 residents to a crusade by Grady Wilson, associate of Billy Graham, in Parkersburg West Virginia next Wednesday evening. The trip costs 2.50 dollars and departs the church at 5 15 p m. Fourteen seats remain for reservations through Rev. Donald Boone.
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Middleport
Greyhound
Love Joy Circle Plans Infirmary Visit
The Love Joy Circle of the B H Sanborn Missionary Society at Middleport First Baptist gathered for a potluck dinner at Mrs. Paul Smart’s home. Mrs Manning Klees led devotions after a love gift dedication by Mrs Edison Baker. Guests included Mrs Cleo Richardson and Mrs Lera Jones.
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Middleport
Meigs County Infirmary
Love Joy
B. H. Sanborn Missionary Society
Middleport First
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Canada
Elmer Newell
Robert White
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Garth Smith
Howard Young
Paden City
Edith Osborn
Keno
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Kenny Reynolds
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Clarence Dean
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Jessie Gale Levacy
Donald L. Hubbard
Linda S. Hubbard
Robert C. Hartenbach
James G. Sayre
Adria Sayre
Buckeye Building and Loan Co
Charles Eblin, Jr
Nellie Eblin
Charles W. Fridley
Goldie Fridley
Salisbury
Leland E. Sisson
Rose A. Sisson
Howard B. Mullen
Ida M. Stobart
John W. Stobart
Don P. Wolf
Packie A. Wolf
Margaret I. Yost
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John Causey
Sylvia Causey
Olive Two
Charles E. Baum
Nancy N. Baum
Nannie Baum
Cecil K. Nelson
Helen B. Nelson
American Legion, Inc
Chester Knight
Annette Knight
Ashs
Charles Lathey
Chatter Club
Clifford Ebersbach
Nathan Biggs
Charles Strauss
Howard Birchfield
Raymond Fischer
Alfred Biggs
Kenneth Michael
Robert Nelson
Thomas Stewart
Robinson's
Pomeroy, Ohio
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Robert Brigance
Alvis Wiescarver
St. Louis
Sharon Ferguson
Clearwater Lake
Swetts
Lem
Arthur Reedy
C. L. Spencer
Robert Holliday
Wooster
Barbara Gierhart
G. A. Radekin
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Carl Dunham
R. A. Whittington
Jack Lowther
Dorothy Morrison Johnston
R. C. Tuckerman
Augusta Swett
Vina Caster Braley
Blanche Gilkey
Robert Reiber
L. W. McComas
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Zanesville
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E. E. Follrod
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Melva Radcliffe
Captain Ziggafoos
William Gillogly
Oda Gillogly
Cora West
Burrell McLaughlin
Stella Radekin
Jarret Bobo
John Rawlings
Earl Starkey
Gladys Swett
Warden Ours
Wesley Bobo
Beulah Lowther
Chillicothe
Raymond Sisson
Odell Marshington
Ernest Molden
Rutland
Wilda M. Wiseman
Ravenswood
Wanda Jones
Nelsonville
Garnet Moore
Canton
Evelyn Ward
Columbia Grangers
Laurel Stars
Society
Mrs. Hoyt
Mrs. Wickam
United States
Elberfelds
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