Double Goal Is Set By Boat Club Members
Two goals were set by Big Bend Boating Club members at Preston Motors as the dock at the Pomeroy Mason Bridge site is completed on the Ohio riverside and amateur stock boat races are planned within a month. Commodore Willis Leadingham presided with Kenneth Grover as secretary. A club house watchman quarters build at the dock site is planned for Saturday. An Aug 4 work session to clean grounds at 8 30 a.m. was scheduled. A committee to seek aid from Chambers of Commerce includes G E Preston Grover and Henry Cleland. Members to attend Ravenswood regatta meet at Pomeroy levee at 9 a.m. Richard Schwab is cruisemaster. Hydros and stock boat races are planned at Ravenswood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Big Bend
Preston Motors, Inc
Second Ave
Pomeroy-Mason Bridge
Ohio
Commodore Willis Leadingham
Kenneth Grover
G. E. Preston
Commodore Leadingham
Chambers of Commerce
Pomeroy
Grover
Henry Cleland
Richard Schwab
Ravenswood
Women’s News Notes at Rutland WCTU Meeting
Miss Margaret Sauer, county WCTU president, spoke on the spiritual significance of three flags at the Rutland WCTU meeting in the Rutland Methodist Church. Mrs. Eva Fleming presented historical data on the flags. A piano program by Mrs. Lillian Stieff accompanied a covered dish supper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Margaret Sauer
WCTU
Rutland Wctu
Rutland Methodist Church
Middleport Union
Miss Sauer
Pomeroy Wctu
R. H. Rawlings
Western Hills
Loyal Wo mens Class Picnic At Middleport Roadside Park
Loyal Women’s Class of the Church of Christ hosted its annual picnic at the Middleport Roadside Park with Loyal Men’s Class members and families as guests. Mrs. Bertie Watts organized the tables and Mrs. Will Reynolds led the business session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Church of Christ
Bertie Watts
Will Reynolds
Family News and Overnight Visits Reported
Mrs John Orr of New Wilmington Pa spent Thursday evening as dinner guest of her sister Miss Margaret Sauer She is the house guest of brother Lewis Sauer Sr on North Fourth Avenue and will visit other relatives During the week Mr and Mrs Homer Jones left for Caledonia to stay with their son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Lucas
Rodney
Marjorie
Joneses
Rodney Lucas
Lena McElhinny
Jones
Blanche Wolfe
Grant St
James E. Harley
Springfield
John Harley
James Stockman
Painesville
Mills
Charles Hess
Guy Gilkey
Columbus
Richard Rawlings
Daytona Beach
Fla
Hess
Battelle Memorial Institute
Emmet Shuler
L. D. Cannon
Tennessee
Sauer
Rutland St
John Orr
New Wilmington
Margaret Sauer
Lewis Sauer
Fourth Ave
Homer Jones
Caledonia
Fire department sale canceled to aid Explorer Scouts
Middleport firemen postpone an ice cream social planned for Saturday to support Explorer Scouts Post 242 who sponsor the event. Fire officials hope to raise funds for a new truck and urge public support for the Scouts activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Explorer Scouts
Post 242
Harry Specht Rites To Be Held Saturday
Funeral services for Harry Specht who died Wednesday in University Hospital Columbus will be held Saturday in Jackson. He is the brother in law of Mrs Rex Hiney of Hyattsville who has been with her sister in Columbus. Mrs Hiney will join her son and daughter in law Mr and Mrs Franklin Ginther for the services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Harry Specht
University Hospital
Columbus
Jackson
Racine Instructor Returns From Arc Welding Course
Howard D. Nolan, an industrial instructor at Racine High School, has returned home after a week at The Lincoln Electric Co. plant in Cleveland where he studied arc welding as part of a special school program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Howard D. Nolan
Lo Ag
Racine High School
Lincoln Electric Co
Cleveland
Glockenspiel Added to MHS Band Show
Middleport High School expands its marching band with a glockenspiel to be played by bells players. Tryouts for seventh to twelfth graders with piano training are Monday at 1 p m in the band building. Harold Hubbard built a handmade instrument years ago. its current whereabouts are unknown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Middleport High School
George Dallas
Gordon Harris
Harold Hubbard
Hubbard
Middleport Couple Enjoy Southern Vacation Tour
Assistant Post master George Anderson Jr and Mrs Anderson returned from a vacation tracing Southern states and former Middleport residents. They stayed with Ralph and Mrs Benning in Chattanooga Tennessee and with Dr and Mrs John Marshall in Camilla Georgia, where an open house honored them. The Marshalls, chemists at General Chemical in Point Pleasant during WWII, also run a drug store. They also visited Henderson North Carolina and Lake Talquin Florida.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
George Anderson, Jr
General Chemical Corporation
Point Pleasant
Marshalls
Andersons
Henderson
N. C
Lake Talqui
Fla
2.5 Million People Live in Mobile Homes Nationwide
The report states about 2,500,000 residents currently reside in manufactured housing units across the country, highlighting housing trends and demographic concentration in certain regions.
Middleport Couple Wed at Brad bury Church of Christ
Columbus newlyweds Mr. and Mrs. Robert McKinney after their July 14 wedding at Brad bury Church of Christ. She, Judith Murray, was a 1957 Middleport High School flagbearer and homecoming queen. Both are employed in Columbus and the couple reside there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Bradbury Church of Christ
Robert McKinney
Middleport High School
Judith Murray
McKinney
Columbus
Fourth Hurt in Fall Injures Meigs County Teachers
Miss Lucille Smith of Chester, an English and history teacher at Middleport High School, is in a foot and leg cast after a fall. Asa Hoskins walks with crutches from a severe ankle injury. Mrs. Horace McElhinny is partly incapacitated by a chipped ankle and foot injuries. Miss Bess Sanborn, a Heath Methodist Sunday School teacher for over 50 years, suffered a deep shoulder cut needing ten stitches after a church steps fall. she was taken to Meigs General Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Meigs County
Lucille Smith
Chester
Smith
Middleport High School
Asa Hoskins
Horace McElhinny
Bess Sanborn
Heath Methodist Sunday School
Meigs General Hospital
Meigs County Churches Schedule Sunday Services
A listing of church services across Meigs County includes Old Town Flat-Elder C W Proffitt Sunday school 9 30 a m preaching 10 30 a m Wednesday Bible study 8 p m with guest speaker Joe Williams Jr Ironton along Rutland First Baptist Syracuse Nazarene and other local congregations detailing Sunday schools worship times and midweek meetings across multiple towns including Rutland Syracuse Tuppers Plains Freeland Letart Falls Carmel and Portland with various pastors and service times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ, Latter Day Saints
Old Town
C. W. Proffitt
Joe Williams
Ironton
Rutland
Rutland Church of the Nazarene
Harold Klinger
NYPS
Apple Grove
Tuppers Plains
Freeland Norris
Bethel
Dexter Church of Christ
B. H. Morris
Church of Christ
Fred I. Gardner
Heath Methodist
Raymon Konkright
St. Paul's Lutheran
L. M. Mohrhoff
St. John’s Lutheran
Lawrence Chapel
Chester House of Prayer
Edmond Life
Harry Bates
Laurel Cliff
Syracuse
Dorcas
Richard Young
Carmel
Syracuse Ae Eee
Zion Church of Christ
Ronnie Eggleton
Salvation Army
Young People’s Meeting
Salvation Meeting
Glenna Rummel
Racine Warger
The
Methodist Church
John Elwood
Floyd Workman
Arlie Marks
Freelana Norris
Bill Orr
Victor Brown
Racine
Oak Grove
Sutton
Antiquity
Letart Falls
East Letart
Plants
Portland
Bradford Church of Christ
Gene Rutter
Christian Endeavor
Orange Christian
Orange Christian Church
Hal Doster
Reno
Joe B. Maffett
Athens
Alfred Methodist
R. M. Grove
Elmwood Rest Home
Seventh-day Adventist
Butternut St
Dav Hall
F. Cadle
Christian Science Society
Mulberry Ave
Pomeroy
House of Israel
United Methodist
Eugene Brown
Lancaster
First Baptist
Ralph C. Zundel
WCTU
R. H. Rawlings
Union Ave
Camp Stay To Begin Youth Institute Trip
Middleport youths from Heath Methodist Church depart Sunday at 1 p m for Lancaster Camp Grounds to attend a week long Youth Fellowship Institute. Rev R C Kankright joins as faculty and Mrs Richard Wells of N Third Ave acts as counselor and cook for the group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Lancaster Camp
Heath Methodist Church
Youth Fellowship Institute
R. C. Kankright
Institute
Richard Wells
N. Third Ave
Lancaster
Forrest Bachtel
Eric Chambers
Christine Coats
Mary Carol Swanson
Dianne McComas
Barbara and
Betty Covert
White Meier marriage announced in Morehead
Mr. and Mrs. Joe White of Minersville announce the marriage of their son Joseph White Jr. to Delores Meier daughter of Mr. and Mrs Ferdinant Meier of Morehead Minnesota. The wedding took place in Morehead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Joe White
Minersville
Joseph White, Jr
Delores Meier
Ferdinant Meier
Morehead
Minn
Class Meeting Postponed at First Baptist Church
Peniel Class of the First Baptist Church postponed its meeting from last Saturday to Saturday July 27, reported locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Peniel
First Baptist Church
Pomeroy WCTU Picnic Set at Rawlings Home
The annual Pomeroy WCTU picnic will be held Tuesday at the home of Mrs. R. H. Rawlings on Union Ave. A potluck dinner will be served at 6 30 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Pomeroy Wctu
R. H. Rawlings
Union Ave
Reno Sunday School Holds Portland Park Picnic
About 35 members of the Reno Sunday school gathered for the annual Portland park picnic. They enjoyed outdoor games and fellowship in pleasant weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Reno Sunday School
Local Residents Plan Visits and a Funeral Arrangements
Gloeckner and Tom Matthews depart for a two week vacation at Cherokee Camp Barbeau Michigan. Richard Weaver returns to duty on the river boat Wm Penn. Visitors include the Durst family from Jacksonville Fla and Nadine Dailey staying two months with the Weavers. Relatives attend the Friday funeral of Elsie Zahrndt in Kirkersville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Joe Gloeckner
Gloeckner
E. Main St
Tom Matthews
Cherokee Camp
Barbeau
Mich
Richard Weaver
Weaver
Kenneth Durst
Jacksonville
Fla
Nadine Dailey
Wm. Penn
Raymond Salser
Lorain
Joe White
Minersville
Thomas
Racine
Livestock Entries Deadline Set for Meigs County Fair
Pomeroy announces the 94th Meigs County Fair livestock division deadline is August 7. Allen C. Hill, fair board secretary, said entries are accepted at the fair office on Rock Springs Fair grounds from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on August 5 6 and 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Allen C. Hill
Fair Board
Rock Springs Fairgrounds
Middleport Woman Fined For Driving Left Of Center
Mrs Dorothy Lacey of Middleport was fined ten dollars and costs by Mayor C O Fisher after pleading guilty to driving left of center The State Highway Patrol investigated an accident in which she was involved earlier Monday
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Middleport
Dorothy Lacey
C. O. Fisher
State Highway Patrol
Stewarts Celebrate Golden Anniversary at Siedenable Home
POMEROY The Golden Wedding anniversary of Mr and Mrs Howard Stewart was observed July 24 at the home of Mrs Raymond Siedenable with flowers and a three tiered white and gold cake. A six oclock dinner followed by ice cream and cake completed the celebration attended by relatives and Magnolia Temple Pythian Sisters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Howard Stewart
Raymond Siedenable
Spring Ave
Middleport
Siedenable
Jack Siedenable
Jacklyn Jean
Jake Janey Dies Suddenly at 65 Near Langsville
Jake Janey 65 died early Thursday from a heart attack while working in a cowshed at his Langsville area home. He was found face down after a disturbance by cows. Survivors include his wife Bertha and nine children. Funeral arrangements are pending with Gaetna funeral home in Poca West Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Jake Janey
Langsville
Janey
Henry Ewing
Bertha
Marie Edwards
Catherine Withrow
Charles Janey
Ernest Janey
Marjorie Conway
Rose Wright
Sue Statts
Alice Kyle
Dallas Janey
Gaetna
Poca
W. Va
Eastern Band Boosters President Hospitalized After Accident
Mrs Barbara Gaul Hart, president of the Eastern Band Boosters Association, is in room 316 Holzer Hospital after a Saturday automobile crash near her Chester area home. She was driving a pickup returning an ice cream cooler from Rich Valley Dairy when the crash happened. she sustained contusions abrasions and lacerations with no broken bones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Barbara Gaul
Eastern Band Boosters Association
Holzer Hospital
Chester
Rich Valley
Middleport
Boosters Group
Two Named To Play In All Ohio Band
Middleport youths Gene Crooks and Stephen Coats will perform with the 300 piece All Ohio Boys Band at the 1957 Ohio State Fair in Columbus. Crooks leads the Ge Notes and Coats directs the Moonlighters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Gene Crooks
Columbus
All Ohio
Stephen Coats
MHS
Gene
Ge- Notes
Stephen
Moonlighters
First Cellophane Made in Tonawanda New York
A historic note records the first production of cellophane in Tonawanda New York marking the origin of a packaging material that later became widespread in commerce and industry. The milestone highlights Tonawanda’s role in early synthetic film development and manufacturing progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tonawanda
N. Y
Meigs Bow Hunters To Meet Tuesday
Meigs County Bow Hunters meet at the Izaak Walton League clubhouse on July 30 at 7 30 p m to finalize incorporation plans as urged by secretary Harry L Bailey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meigs Bow Hunters
Pomeroy
Harry L. Bailey
Meigs County
Bow Hunters
Izaak Walton League Club
Bailey
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Athens Messenger
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Middleport Ave
Marilyn Monroe
Dan Dailey
Donald O’connor
Mitzi Gaynor
James Ree
Aais Bari
Pitcairn Island
Regalscope
Walter Brennan
Phil Harris
Russ Tamblyn
Gloria Talbot
Allyson
Jack Lemon
Ray Milland
Maureen O'Hara
Lisbon
Sale
Nelsonville
South
Home ON Wheels
MR. and
Mrs. McKinney
Meigs County Church Services
Federated Evangelical and Reformed Presbyterian
Waldo J. Bartels
Chester Methodist
R. M Grove
Samuel O. Perry
Martin Bar
Ohio River
Pomeroy Women’s News
Pomeroy Personals
Duke Cleaners
Pomeroy Gallipolis
Pt, Pleasant
Dumont & Zenith
Allen Appliance
Bendvue Theatre
Stewarts
R. Kincaid
Cynthia
Wyandotte
Edward Wise
Columbiana
Howard Siedenable
Terry
John
Roy Frecker
James
JoAnn
Jacqueline Kay
Pine Grove
Edward Swank
Harry Wagner
North Lima
Magnolia Temple Pythian Sisters
Chiefs Club
Anthony Fusco
Youngstown
Joseph Guy
New Springfield
Eugene Wise
Eugene Allen
Fannie Carper
Band Boosters
Hart
Liberty
Robert Taylor
Stewart Grainger
Lloyd Nolan
Debra Paget
Columbia Comedy
Pomeroy Bend Theatres
Meigs
Anthony Quinn
William Conrad
Litz Milan “Slander
Steve Cochran
van Johnson
Ann Blyth
Marjorie Rambeau
Richard Eyer
Brave Men
MR. Allison
Robert Mitchum
Deborah Kerr
Temple
Utah
Blaine
Susan Cummings
Rory Calhoun
Max Baer
Angela Stevens
Paul Langton
Ray Teal
John Forsythe
Tim Hovey
Citizens National Bank
the Friendly Bank
Federal Reserve System
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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