Guests At Meeting At Church Of Christ
Special guests at the midweek prayer meeting at the Church of Christ were Rev and Mrs Kenneth Huff of Caledonia and Mr and Mrs Joe Barnett of Huntington. Barnett a deacon in Huntington sang with his sister Mrs Huff. Mrs Chester Erwin played the organ. The Barnetts and Huffs were guests of Mr and Mrs Clarence McNeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Church of Christ
Kenneth | Huff
Caledonia
Joe Barnett
Huntington
Barnett
Ave. Church of Christ, Huntington
Huff
Chester Erwin
Barnetts
Huffs
Clarence McNeal
Mill St
McNeal
George Childs
Pomeroy Council Delivers Bond and Budget Actions
The Pomeroy council reported village balances and passed actions on bonds and budgets. A $180,000 street repair and a $15,000 street cleaning equipment bond were rejected by voters last November. The council authorized filing the 1957 budget with the county auditor and renewed the fire department insurance. The highway department plans centerline markings and a zoning meters plan to curb double parking. A proposed Ohio Fuel Gas rate increase was tabled for further study.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Pomeroy Village
Charles Legar
S Hall
Meigs Clude
Council Acion
Red Street
Con- Legar
Lincoln
Heights
Pleasant Ridge
Avide
Monkey Run
Pomhard
Sroy
Legar
Hochfetter Insurance Agency
E. F. Robinson
Robinson
Ray St. Clair
Ohio Fuel Gas
Middleport
Middleport Band Sets Aug 1 Practice for Senior and Junior Groups
Middleport school band will start rehearsals August 1 ahead of the season with 62 students reporting at 1 30 p m for Senior Band. Junior Band meets at 2 30 p m and majorettes at 3 30 p m. Director Warnke notes most band members returning and lists the names of seniors invited to report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Direct Warnke
Warnke
Ohio University
Benny van Dimons
Janet Probasco
Betty Covert
Sharon Jones
Edward Crooks
Dee Sauer
Susan Pullen
Barbara Jones
Janis Richards
Vera Cov
Trip Planned To Ball Game by Feeney Post 128
A special bus chartered by Feeney Bennett Post 128 American Legion for a trip to Cincinnati for a double header between the Redlegs and Philadelphia is planned for Sunday Aug 26. Seventy seven seats? (37) available on a first come first served basis with reservations handled by Henry Clatworthy and Bradbury. Readings from the state convention in Cleveland were shared at the Legion Hall meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albu LerOkt
Feeney
Bennett Post 128
American Legion
Cincinnati
The
Redlegs
Philadelphia
Legion Hall
Charles Bradbury
Henry Clatworthy
Bradbury
Cleveland
Ross Fife
Clathworthy
Lewis Longo
Don Roach
POMEROY Named Grocery Manager at Evans Store Circle
George Circle of Racine has been named grocery manager at Evans Store in Middletown. He is the son of Mrs. Mary Circle and the late Howard Circle, a 1953 Racine High School graduate, married to Joyce Harris with a daughter Carol Noreen, 16 months, and previously worked in the Evans Store grocery department. He succeeds Harry Barker, transferred to Huntington, West Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
George Circle
Racine
Ben
New
Pomeroy Evans
Circle
Mary Circle
Howard Cle
Evans
Middleport
Joyce Harris
Carol Noreen
Harry Barker
Huntington
W Va
Meigs County 4H Dairy Club to Attend OSU Practice Day
Five Meigs County 4H club members will travel to Plumb Hall at Ohio State University in Columbus for a dairy judging practice day. Attendees will learn classification judging fitting and showing and will judge cattle in the five major dairy breeds. Representing Meigs will Clarence Robson Virginia Johnson Don Johnson Eleanor Well and Reid Hart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meigs County
H Club
Plumb Hall
Ohio State University
Columbus
Clarence Robson
Virginia Johnson
Don Johnson
Eleanor Well
Reid Hart
Middleport Society News Highlights Local Social Events
The Middleport area hosts singing around the piano and games led by Mrs. Peggy Hoyt and Mrs. Nora Mills after a First Baptist Church choir supper. Guests include Rev. Hoyt and Dor othy Lavely, with Charles Peoples of Pomeroy. County updates cover club gatherings, family nights, weddings, moves, and illness among locals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Peggy Hoyt
Nora Mills
First Baptist Church
L. D. Diles
Beech St
C. E. Hoyt
Dorothy Lavely
Charles Peoples
Pomeroy
Induction and Physicals Scheduled in Ashland Meigs County
One man, Joe Ritchie of Long Bottom, is slated for induction into the armed forces on August six in Ashland Kentucky. Fred Conkle Cheshire Route 2 and George R Buckley Pomeroy are listed for physical examinations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vabkuy
Armed Forces
Ashland
Meigs County
Selective Service
Joe Ritchie
Long Bottom
Fred Conkle
Cheshire Route 2
George R. Buckley
Pomeroy
Masonic Temple
C. J. Rhodes
Veterans Service
Court St
Middleport and Cheshire Hold Two Large Funerals
Two major funerals were held in Middleport and Cheshire. Pallbearers included Hamm and Sauer family members. Mrs. Lewis Sauer Sr. belonged to the Garden Club and First Presbyterian Church and held multiple local civic roles. John Russell's service in Cheshire featured Masonic rites and church honors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleyuks
Middleport
Cheshire
Lewis Sauer
William Hamm
Robert Hamm
Charles Hamm
Harold Sauer
George Buchanan
Ruel Smith
C. J Lemley
Methodist Church
Mr. Russell
Sikioan Lodge
F&am
The
Eastern Star
Ohio Valley Commandery
Knights Templar
Pomeroy
Moose Lodge to Install Officers in Pomeroy Ceremony
A Pomeroy Loyal Order of Moose installation is scheduled for 2 30 p m Sunday at Pomeroy High School. Officers will be installed and a ritual will be presented by Point Pleasant Lodge. Over 100 members are expected from Pomeroy and nearby areas. A special meeting for all members will be held Friday at 8 p m above Parker's Restaurant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Pomeroy Lodge
Loyal Order of Moose
Pomeroy High School
Point Pleasant
Michael Name Stays On Familiar Corner
William Willie Michael marks his 2nd birthday with the Ohio General Telephone Co while continuing to operate at the corner once home to Michael's Dry Goods and a shoe shop. He and his wife the late Nannie Saul Michael ran the old shoe store until 1937 flood ending 16 years of footwear trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Widdleport
Michael’s Corner
N. Second
Walnut
Michael
William
Willie) Michael
Telephone Company
Ohio General Telephone Company
Willie
Nannie Saul Michael
Griffon Michael Dry Goods
Baker Brothers Furniture
Walnut St
Swallows
Pomeroy George Theiss and Carol Ann Lee Named in Topix
George Theiss Pomeroy, 19, of Racine and Carol Ann Lee, 16, of Ong Bottom, are identified in a local police report. Names, ages, and hometowns are listed as part of the community incident brief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
George Theiss
Racine
Carol Ann Lee
Ong
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Athens Messenger
Square Nehes
S&h
Election Board
Farrell Schuler
Arthur Clark
Keith Anderso
Raymond Kloes
Dennis Walburn
Sonny Knapp
Janet Stobart
James Hamer
Judy Sauer
Tom Skinner
Junior Kennedy
Bob Mennesy
Sandra Brewington
Trip
Middleport Society
Clark Williams
Joe Barrett
Jack Bachner
Debbie
Young Woman's Club
Kenneth
Iain Huff
Anna Howell
Neal
St. Jeanne Clark
Carolyn Searls
Leo Searls
Ruth Humphrey
Wheelersburg
Carolyn
Hum
Phrey
H.W
Woost
Craig
George
Presley- Hayles
Beech and Terian Church
Marcella Taylor
L. W. Pletion
McComas
Robert Craig
Homer Gaffney
Akron
Sumter
S. C
Pearl St
Gaffneys
Robert
Charles
Ted) Gaffney
Shaw Air Force Or
Toledo
Dayton
Glouster
Mercerville
Gallipolis
Henry Barrett, Jr
Arminta Day
Dolph Day
Hen Barrett
Second Ave
Daisy Williams Andersland
Baltimore
Roush
Becky
2Nd Ave
Malcolm Cottingham
Zanesville
Cetinetaahiers
Clarence Hamm
James Stewart
June Allyson the Stratton Story
Joel McCrea
Wichita
Miles
Liberty
Toni
D. W. Griffith
Ohio
Henry B. Watnall
Lewis Stone
Marion Marsh
Iandish
Walt Disney
Terry
Pomeroy Bend
MEIGS
Joseph Calieia
Helen Westcott
Joe McBeth
Trigger
Shabby Hayes
Sons of the Pioneers
OLE Tattoo
Sion
Technicolor
Ryle
Dept. Store
Hazel Woolfrom
Coolville
Howard Woolfrom
Beatrice
W.va
Meigs County Common Pleas Court
Elberfelds
Chad
Tavine
Saly
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