Driver Is Fined 25 After 70 mph Chase
Robert Rawlings 50 of Middleport was fined 25 dollars and costs on two charges after pleading guilty to reckless operation and running a stop sign. Patrolman Gilkey chased him from 70 to 80 mph before Rawlings fled to his home on Grant Street. The mayor lectured him on safety and the need for good example. Rawlings previously faced a 50 dollar fine for reckless driving after a Route 7 crash death toll.
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Middleport
Robert Rawlings
C. O. Fisher
Herbert Gilkey
Rawlings
Athens County
Gilkey
N. Second Ave
Mill Street
Third Avenue
Middleport Hill
Seventh Ave
Delegates Report On Legion Convention In Cincinnati
Feeney-Bennett Post No. 128 members report the state American Legion convention in Cincinnati where 8th District units led the parade to win a trophy for membership. Delegates L Long and C A Bradbury spoke of events including the firing squad and memorial services with Rabbi Nathan Zelizer. Plans include 1958 dues drive and Labor Day celebration, ice cream sale by Explorer Scouts, and services for Lewis Albert Van Cooney at Rawlings-Coats funeral home.
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Middleport
American Legion
Cincinnati
Feeney-Bennett
Lewis Long
Charles A
Bradbury
Legion
8Th District
Mammoth
Feeney- Bennett Post
Long
Henry Clatworthy
Lewis Sauer
Paul Haptonstall
Robert Tewksbury
Don Roach
Roscoe Fife
Ted Chapman
James Clatworthy
Jack Bachner
Norman Wayland
Auxiliary
Sidney
Nathan Zelizer
Ath
Legion Hall
Explorer Scouts
Dale Nicholson
Ralph Martin
Rawlings-Coats
Lewis Albert van Cooney
Birth announcement for Samuel Lee Dudding in Cabell County
Great grandparents J H Grate of Middleport and Mr Mrs William Baker of Pomeroy welcome Samuel Lee Dudding born July 22 at Cabell County Hospital Huntington. He is the first grandchild of Mr and Mrs William Grate former Middleport residents now in South Charleston W Va. Mrs Dudding formerly Janis Grate.
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Middleport
Samual Lee Dudding
Gary Lee Dudding
Cabell County Hospital
Huntington
J. H. Grate
William Baker
Pomeroy
William Grate
South Charleston
W. Va
Dudding
Janis Grate
Ice Cream Sale to Fund Explorers Tent Trip
MIDDLEPORT Explorer Post 242 plans an ice cream and cake sale Saturday from 5 to 8 p.m. in front of the Feeney Bennett Post Legion Home to raise funds for camping tents. Dale Miller handles publicity for the event.
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Middleport
Explorer Post
Explorer Scouts
Feeney - Bennett Post Legion
S. Fourth Ave
Post
Dale Miller
Abattoir suffers third break-in in nine months
Joe Boyd slaughter house at Leading Creek in MIDDLEPORT has been broken into for the third time in nine months. An anonymous call said a door lock was broken. owner Boyd reports no items stolen this time as deputies investigate with the Meigs County Sheriff's Office.
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Middleport
Joe Boyd
Leading Creek
Boyd
Meigs County
Howard Frank
Sheriff's Office
Chester MYF Meeting Leads Devotions and Plans Picnic
The Chester charge Methodist Youth Fellowship met Monday at Minersville Methodist Church with Margaret Windland leading singing and Judy Spencer directing scripture. Attendees included six from Chester, seven from Alfred, 13 from Minersville, and four from Rocksprings. Janet Knight presided and July picnic plans for Lake Alma on Aug. 18 were announced with meeting at Pome roy at 1 30 p m. The next gathering is at Rocksprings Methodist Church on Aug. 19.
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Rocksprings
Janet Knight
Chester
Lake Alma
Pomeroy
Rocksprings Methodist Church
Emergency Squad Answers Two Calls
Emergency squad reports two calls this week. At 2 a.m. Wednesday they responded for Lewis Albert VanCooney whose death occurred about two hours later. Earlier Tuesday at 1:35 p.m. they went to the Branch Fleming strip mine near Cheshire where Bob Ruseill sustained lacerations and a possible broken wrist and was transported to Meigs General Hospital.
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Middleport
Lewis Albert VanCooney
Branch Fleming
Cheshire
Bob Ruseill
Meigs General Hospital
Mrs Della Carnahan Visits Point Pleasant Guests
Mrs Della Carnahan of Bucyrus has been the guest of Mr and Mrs M R Sanborn and Miss Bess Sanborn and is spending several days in Point Pleasant with them.
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Della Carnahan
Bucyrus
M. R. Sanborn
Knights of the Bath, England's oldest chivalric order
The Knights of the Bath stand as the oldest English knight hood with origins dating to around 1127, marking its early establishment in medieval royal ceremony and order.
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Knights of the Bath
Order of the Bath
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