Women's Day Tops Meigs Churches Attendance in 12 Congregations
The Meigs County Churches of Christ observed a special Women's Day on Sunday July 23 drawing 1260 attendees across twelve churches. Women comprised about 344 of the visitors while the main service featured Mrs Don McMillin as superintendent and a program including a poem by Mrs Pearl Graves and a duet by Mrs Edgar.
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Athens Messenger
Athens
Ohio
T Meigs Churches of Christ
Churches of Christ Sunty
George Meinhart
Cesair
Don McMillin
Milim
Mabel Hysell
Tnt Roush
Pearl
Dwight Frost
Secuif
Auders
Edgar Every den
Fining
Pearl Graves
Mem 1
Keno
Orville Wil- Gastmer
Bury
Britain
Moscow
Baltimore
August Maneu Germa
Ing
Llano
Militari Falangi
Hemlock Grove Grange Picnic at State Park
Hemlock Grove Grange members will meet Saturday at the state park on Route 33 for a picnic. Special awards will be given to the oldest attendee and the largest family. Contests will be held in which all can participate, per the event committee.
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Pomeroy
Hemlock Grove Grange
Highway Gets Oil Bath To Remove Dust
Residents along State Route 143 in Athens County welcome dust relief as the road from Thomas Fork to Route 50 is being oiled. Four thousand gallons of tarry oil are used on the first coat with a second, higher tar content application planned.
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Pomeroy
Thomas Fork
Athens County
Two Arrests Solve Chicken Theft Case
Two men, Clarence Nichols aged 25 and Chris Kerns aged 24 from Athens County, were arrested Monday night and held in Meigs County Jail for the theft of 250 Turben farm chickens in Orange Township. A portion, 140 birds, had been sold to Charles Garrett in Putnam County West Virginia. Cooperation among the Turbens Athens and Meigs officers and West Virginia state police led to the case’s swift solution.
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Charles Garrett
Putnam County
W. Va
Beards
Turben
Athens and
Meigs
West Virginia State Police
Churches of Christ To Hold Revival in Reno
Meigs County churches join in a revival as part of the “Slam the Summer Slump” campaign with members from all churches attending the Reno Church of Christ Thursday night.
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Churches of Christ
Pomeroy
Meigs County
Reno Church
Middleport Social Notes and Local Weddings
Middleport social items report Charles Eiselstein enjoying a New York World's Fair vacation with his aunt Grace Fiselstein while a Middleport High School athlete. Eleanor McElhinney weds Kenneth Farrel in Catlettsburg. notes on Mr and Mrs Howard McElhinney’s Charleston ties and state convention plans in Columbus August 14 to 16. Also Margaret Slack pillowcase winner announced and Loyal Berean Class potluck at Church of Christ with group devo and meeting.
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Charles Eiselstein
New York
Grace Fiselstein
Charles
Middleport High School
Ab Eiselstein
Chester
Gerald Eiselstein
Eleanor McElhinney
Howard McElhinney
Charleston
Eleanor
Kenneth Farrel
Catlettsburg
Miss McElhinney
Dana Lambert
Frank Abbott
Sidney Pickens
Robert McElhinney
McElhinney
Columbus
Margaret Slack
Church of Christ
Charles Howard
Margaret Ella Hysell
Ontario
Harry Hysell
Gravel Hill
Richland County
Hysell
Ohio University
Arthur Misner
Akron
Clara Murray
Misner
Magdalena Ohlinger
R. N. Barnes
M. A. White
West
Rochester
Minn
Barnes
Neola Clapp Welte
Bob
Middleport
Jitterbug Club hosts and community notices on Broadway
The Misses Martha Louise and Peggy Robson hosted the Jitterbug Club at their Broadway home with outdoor supper and music guests from Pt. Pleasant. Other items mention Mildred Ann Wise entertaining for Dorothy Russell of Kansas City, art plans for Miss Margaret Hysell, and visits by Mrs. Misner, Mrs. Barnes, and family. Upcoming events include a public party at Mrs. Sauer's for the Orphans Fund.
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Martha Louise
Peggy Robson
Broadway
Howard Noble
Edward Rayburn
Elmore Casto
Kenny Dillon
Pt. Pleasant
W. Va
Mildred Ann Wise
Dorothy Russell
Kansas City
Mrs. Fisher Russell
Charles Howard
The
Daughters of America
Everett Davis
Louise Roy
Charity Council
Charles Sauer
Brownell Ave
Orphans’ Fund
Improvements Begun on IOOF Building at Court and Main
Extensive improvements are underway on the IOOF Building corner of Court and Main Streets. The third floor serves as an Odd Fellows lodge hall while the lower floors house business rooms and offices. A new concrete sidewalk laid by WPA under the Pomeroy project extends along Court Street with extensions by neighboring property owners.
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Pomeroy
IOOF
Court and
Main Sts
The
Odd Fellows
WPA
Court St
Pomeroy Social Notes Highlight Weekend Visits
Hart Stanbery and Al Genheimer of Pomeroy were guests at J. M. Faris in Youngstown. Misses Ewing Gruesser Legar left for two weeks in Dunkirk New York for leadership training. Col Otto Michaels and Mrs Michaels visit Ebenezer Street home with Yeanger sisters. Local social events include Reedbrassier and Campbell families visiting John Chase home.
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Hart Stanbery
al Genheimer
Pomeroy
J. M. Faris
Youngstown
Harriett Ewing
Evelyn Gruesser
Kathryn Legar
Dunkirk
N. Y
Federated Church
J. G. Matthewson
Virgil Campbell
Mulberry Ave
R. R. E. Rebrassier
Betty Campbell
Columbus
Wehe Terrace
Dana Oliver
D. R. McGhee
Col
Otto Michaels
Dallas
Texas
K. Michaels
Hilda
Carrie
Anna
Kate Yeanger
Ebenezer St
Two Embark on Canoe Trip in W Va Valley
Willard McMaster and Thomas Mankin depart from Middleport for a week long canoe journey through Coal River valley West Virginia. They travel the Ohio River to Point Pleasant then Kanawha to St Albans and onto Coal River carrying food bedding and a small outboard motor. They are camera enthusiasts who will create the record of their voyage.
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Middleport
Coal River
W. Va
Willard
McMaster and Mankin
Boating on Ohio River Gains Popularity This Summer
Pomeroy Boat Club reports rising pleasure boating on the Ohio River as two Athens men join and 10 or more boats are expected. A new eight cylinder speed boat from Athens arrives, moored at the houseboat. Restrictions at Buckeye Lake spur interest while locals like Thomas Potts Norman Russell and Edgar Ebersbach join the growing armada. Ball notes a forthcoming meeting to seek improved river landing facilities.
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Pomeroy
Ohio River
Emil Ball
Pomeroy Boat Club
Athens
Ball
Boat Club
Buckeye Lake
Thomas Potts
Norman Russell
Edgar Ebersbach
Millward Card
Yacht Ranger
Dan Farmer Named Music Supervisor at Perrysburg Schools
Among 75 applicants for the Perrysburg school music supervisor post Dan Farmer, former instrumental music instructor at the district, won the position. He is a local graduate and Ohio State University alum, and will receive a Master’s from Northwestern University this summer after two years leading Tiltonville’s instrumental music program.
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Middleport
Perrysburg
Toledo
Dan Farmer
D. S. Farmer
Farmer
Ohio State University
Northwestern University
Tiltonville
Mary Frances Carpenter
Carpenter
Evanston
Concord Social And Personal Highlights At Regional Gatherings
Concord social notes recount Boudinots visiting Dayton for the national air show and Vandalia airport events, with returns through Springfield and Cincinnati. Numerous local residents and guests are listed visiting or hosting, plus family news, illness, births, and a threshing machine accident near Mowrystown with LeRoy Brown recovering.
Earich and Kozma Wedding Announced in Russell Kentucky
Chauncey Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Earich announce the marriage of their daughter Anna Pearl to Alex Kozma son of Mr. and Mrs. Zigmond Kozma of Millfield on Saturday July 22 in Russell Kentucky. Witnesses were Clive Hillen and Ralph Dean. The couple plan to live in Millfield. Mrs. Kozma is a Chauncey-Dover High School graduate.
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Chauncey
Adolph Earich
Anna Pearl
Alex Kozma
Zigmond Kozma
Millfield
Russell, Ky
Clive Hillen
Ralph Dean
Kozma
Chauncey Church Night Planned at Richardson Home
Chauncey Church of Christ observes a Friday night gathering July 28 at the Ralph Richardson residence near Stewart. Attendees should meet at the church at 6 30 p.m. and a picnic supper will follow the meeting.
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Chauncey
Chauncey Church of Christ
Ralph Richardson
Stewart
Kenneth Lands Ill in Chauncey West Virginia
Kenneth Lands son of Mr and Mrs Frank Lands Chauncey is ill at his home in St Albans West Virginia confined to bed for ten days Saturday his parents Mr and Mrs Frank Lands Mrs Blanche Champlin and Ernest Champlin Chauncey visited him in St Albans. Burg Johnston Chauncey while fishing at Frost landed a red tail sucker weighing 12 pounds and two catfish weighing six and three pounds.
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Riley McDaniel
Guysville
Newton Russell
Victor Sayers
Springfield
Ed Sayers
Izetta Nichols
Rodney Phillips
Carl Phillips
Nellie Lou
Mary Jane Smith
Glenna
the Plains
Otto Duncan
Duncans
Babe McAfee
Paul
Joe Dukeman
Athens
Dickie
Maynard Sayers
Denton Wolfe
Nancy Arlene
A. O. Wolfe
Trimble
W. W. Nichols
Nicely
Margie Lou
Joe Antle
Eva
Richard
Joseph
Jimmy
Link’ Hamilton
Norma June
Harold McCort
C. L. Sprague
Gaynel
Don Sprague
Rita Welch
Nina Lowry
Linda
Waterford
Ralph Sanders
Albany
Concord Church
Helen Howard
Elizabeth Knode
William Cole
F. E. Boudinot
W. A. Bell
E. C. Easler
Merle Danford
A. L. Morrison
Margaret June
John and
Wanneta
Kenneth Hanniman
Beech Grove
Ralph Case
Virginia
Maynard
Barbara
Danville
Oliver Tigner
Mowrystown
C. B. Tigner
A. L. Brown
LeRoy Brown
Clarence White
LeRoy
Chauncey Kenneth Lands
Frank Lands
Chauncey
St. Albans
W. Va
Blanche Champlin
Ernest Champlin
Burg Johnston
Frost
Benefit ice cream social at Bethel Church
A benefit ice cream social will be held Saturday night July 29 at Bethel Church in Knox Township to raise funds for a local cause.
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Albany
Bethel Church
Knox Township
Gasoline spark injures Ray Bean at Guysville garage
A spark from a metal brush ignited gasoline Ray Bean was using to repair a truck in his Guysville garage Thursday afternoon burning his left side arm and hand. The incident prompted medical checks and cautions on handling fuels during repairs.
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Guysville
Ray Bean
R. C. Brickles
L. B. Browner
Fern Brickles
Atlanta
West
Merwin Bryson
Esther Mae
Hamden
J. N. Bice
Mr. Rice
J. W. Miles
Lucasville
Milton Martin
Chicago
Sadie and
Osmond Luckett
Albany
Ewert Christy
Charles Bean
Columbus
Leona Mansfield
Glen Bean
Lancaster
Herbert Moore
Betty
Gallipolis
Joe Moore
Vern Bernard
Guy Rodehaver
Helen
Doris Jean
Clarksburg
W. Va
Esther Class Entertained by Mrs Harvey in Ellis Ave
Mrs Lizzie Harvey hosted the Esther Class of the M E Church on Ellis Ave Monday night. Prizes in the contests went to Mrs Henry Ruth Bridgewater Bertha Border Agnes Tarleton and Mrs Harvey. Next meeting planned for two weeks at Mrs Border home. Mrs Mils St hosted with Frances serving refreshments to listed members.
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Chauncey
Lizzie Harvey
Esther
M. E Church
Ellis Ave
Pearl Henry
Elizabeth Russell
Henry
Ruth Bridgewater
Bertha Border
Agnes Tarleton
Harvey
New Religious Group Organized in Dover
An Independent Holiness Church was formed at East Mill field Mission in Dover last Wednesday under Pastor Rev. Howard Simpson. Officers include James Love class leader and Herbert Crabtree secretary with Deacons George Belton Henry Morgan and Deaconesses Mrs Crabtree Mrs Garnet Miller Mrs Mabel Love and pianist Miss Iris Simpson. Charter members names listed. ordinations planned later.
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Chauncey
East Millfield Mission
Howard Simpson
James Love
Herbert Crabtree
Genevieve Moody
George Belton
Henry Morgan
Crabtree
Garnet Miller
Mabel Love
Amy Moody
Rosa Crabtree
Ruth Miller
Josephine Moody
Iris Simpson
Revival Tent Meeting Opens Tonight in Chauncey Area
A revival tent meeting directed by Rev. B. C. Browning and Rev. James Erwin begins tonight at Hamley Run. Evening services feature old time preaching, singing and special music at 7 30 each night on State Route 691 old hall diamond.
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Chauncey
Hamley Run
B.C. Browning
James Erwin
Roseville
Old Hall Diamond
Chauncey Hostesses Week End Visitors From Canada
Mrs Alma Staffinger of Chauncey entertained Colonel and Mrs Winters and their son John from Simcoe Ontario Canada over the weekend. Mrs Staffinger is a native of Ontario.
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Chauncey
Alma Staffinger
Winters
Son John
Simcoe
Ontario
Canada
Staffinger
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