Two Sisters Elected Officers At Middleport Alumni Meet
Middleport High School Alumni Association elected Mary Oblinger president and Mildred Oblinger vice president at the 1983 reunion in the high school gym. Joan Gilmore and fiancé Robert Tewksbury joined the executive committee, with Thomas Durst treasurer and Edward French as secretary. The dinner and dance ended with a noted history song program and a large turnout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Middleport High School Alumni Association
Mmeet
Mary Oblinger
Meigs County
Ohio Univesity Alumni Asociation
Mildred Oblinger
Joan Gilmore
Robert Tewksbury
Thomas Durst
Edward T. French
Franklin Ginther
Maxine Hayes Coats
Chaiman
John Fultz
Dorothy Chase
Eleanor Linsbury
Schaaf
Satlace Bredford
Nancy Reed
Pomeroy High School Alumni Hold Tropical Themed Reunion
Pomeroy alumni gathered at the junior high auditorium for the annual reunion with a tropical island backdrop and grass skirted dancers. Edison Habstetter presided over a banquet with 290 attendees as Marilyn Vickers offered a response and a necrology report was read by Ethel Garland.
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Pomeroy
Pomeroy High School
Ly Virginia Crew
Memorial Day Social Notes From Middleport
Barbara James celebrated a birthday on Memorial Day at her Grant Street home with her mother Mrs Emerson Jones hosting. Guests included Sandra Brewington Charlene Davis Dianne McComas Darla Senaf er and others. The event featured a patriotic cake decoration and cupcakes with flags as keepsakes.
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Middleport
Barbara_ James
Grant St
Emerson Jones
Sandra Brewington
Charlene Davis
Dianne McComas
Darla Senafer
Scouts Bring Joy To County Ward Children At Carnival
MIDDLEPORT Troop 245 of the Boy Scouts entertained wards from the Meigs County Children's Home on Saturday. The boys used their rehabilitated school bus to transport the children to a Powellson Happy Hour carnival matinee. They escorted the children on rides and provided ice cream and milk refreshments before returning them to the home. Scout leaders Don Mullis, Robert Mills, John Vroman, and Robert Fisher led the party while the Powelson Shows provided free rides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Boy Scouts of America
Ward
Don Mullis
Robert, Mills
John Vroman
Robert Fisher
Ceremony on Ohio River ends Memorial Day rites
MIDDLEPORT crowds observed a Memorial Day program along Coal Street with floats from the Amateur Gardeners and Daughters of the American Revolution. Firemen manned a boat salute, while the parade showcased children in playtog garb and a Goddess of Liberty tableau.
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Ohio River
Middleport
Daughters of Return
Jon
Aotha Sleigs
Evelyn Gib
Ohio Rover
Nancy Shinner
Ellen
Cullen
Feeney-Eben
Jima
Rotary
Paul Bail George
Coal St. Tevee
Roger Hicks
Tomm Ball
Son
Ratan
E. 0
Mill St
Donald Gosney
Mason Fire
Ture
Daughters of American Revolution
Michael Bruce T4royd
Johnnie
Blake
Suzanne
Asa Bradbury
Charlene Walburn
Garden Club
Bers
Miss Ashley Heads Racine High Alumni
Miss Jeane Ashley was named president of the Racine High School Alumni Association at its annual reunion in the school auditorium. Officers include Crit Bradford Jr as vice president Miss Janice Roush secretary and Mrs Grant Simpson treasurer. The FFA girls served a banquet with a program featuring Bradford Sayre and others, and dancing followed with Ray Fields orchestra providing music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marilyn Vickers
Ethel Garland
Lois Ann Burt
Ben Neutzling
Athen Reibel Strong
Frannie Wipple
Ted Reed, Jr
Carl Jennings
Mrs. Strong
Cve! Urg
Ted Wildermuth
Pomeroy
Racine High School Alumni Association
Jeane Ashley
Crit Bradford, Jr
Janice Roush
Grant Simpson
Jean Hamm
Racine High School
FFA
Srst
Association
Johnson
Barbara Sayre
Dorene Worms
Barrara Sayre
The
Harmonaires
Howard Frans
Vera Beegle
Meigs County Land Transfers and Rutland Garden Club News
Land transfers include William Snowden to Sam Drke two parcels in Rutland and Rex Argabrite to John Bailey Argabrite 73 acres in Olze Township. Several transfers involve Mary Ellen Harper and Campbell Harper in Salisbury and Salisbury Township. Rutland notes recap last year’s officers, garden club meeting at Mrs. Rathburn’s home, June picnic at Mrs. Lasher’s, and plans for the fall flower show amid social visits by local residents and guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Snowden
Ada Snowden
Sam Drke
Rutland
Rex Argabrite
Cora Argabrite
John Bailey Argabrite
Olze
Lizzie H. Moore
Ror E. Rallins
Merlie Jividen
Middleport
Helen B. Romine
Delbert
Howard Romine
Fanny M
Mar
Ellen Harper
Neil R Ols
Salisbury Township
Neil Niches
Campbell Harper
Werlin Harper
Marr Ellen Smith
Ruth Vance
Wilma Wilson
Harry Preston
Hazel Claybourne
Henry Preston
Virginia Davidson
Hortense Preston
Eugene Preston
Mary Ellen Harper
Joe J. Beach
Lucille Beach
O. D. Markins
Harrison-ville
John J Roush
Leonad Roush
Charles H. Hysell, Sr
Oma M. Hysell
Siracuss
Rutland Garden Club
Therhome
M. H. Rathburn
Dulcie Young
Alice Johnston
Goldier Anderson
Young
Bertha Lasher
Grace Thomas J
Carl Denison
Carl Miller J
Mary Beard
Wert Dean Honored At Farewell Party
Wert Dean, pastor of the local Shareh of Christ, celebrated three years in Middleport as he prepares to join the state Temper ance Society. The Middleport Ministerist Association hosted a farewell gathering with reverent tributes from church members and community groups.
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Middleport
Shareh of Christ
State Temperance Society
Middleport Ministerist Association
English walnuts origin and introduction to the United States
English walnuts, native to Asia and southeastern Europe, earned their name after being introduced to the United States from England, where they have been grown since 1562.
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England
Asia
Europe
United States
No Mishaps Reported Over Holiday Weekend
Middleport observed a quiet holiday weekend with no accidents or arrests during the Firemen sponsored carnival. Roadside Park drew picnickers and many West Virginia plates, while Bawley's Lake at Syracuse and Forked Run Lake drew families seeking relief from heat. A Lansbury farm gathering near Harrisonville included Chauntey Weise, R C Sansbury, Sally and Jon Schaaf, and several LaSalle county residents among others.
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Middleport
West Virginia
Bawley
Syracuse
New Forked Run
Lake
Frank Fugate
K. Fugate
Marshal Ot Athens
Lansbury
Harrisonville
Chauntey Weise
R. C. Sansbury
Weises
Sansbury
ES. Schaaf
Jon
Sally
Collegeville
Richard Hayman
June Sansbury
Philadelphia
Ralph Hayman
Racine
Mary Lane Young
Kath Gah ‘Iel
Harold Moore l
Dresden
Mrs. Lansbury
Memorial Rites Held At 2 Meigs Cemeteries
Memorial services conducted by Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 4736 honored rocksprings and Sacred Hearts cemeteries. Thomas C McKay addressed the crowd urging vigilance to defend freedoms amid Korea’s ongoing war, noting American casualties and daily losses. Buglers Bob Allen McKelvey and Lynn Beegle played as Howard Graham led ceremonies at both sites.
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Pomeroy
United States
Thomas C. McKay
Veterans of Foreign Rev. Post
Sacred Hearts
McKay
Artlc
Enel
Korea
Bersa
Jead
Rocksprings
Sacred Heart Cemetery
Bob Allen McKelvey
Lynn Beegle
Boy Scout Troop 243
Racine
Howard Graham
Focal V. F. W
Pomeroy Social Notes Nonstop Alumni Banquet Attendees
The Pomeroy High School alumni banquet drew a long list of attendees from across Ohio West Virginia and beyond including Mrs Garnet Fleck Chicago Lawrence Withers Jr Galesburg J Dan Fisher Charleston W Va Homer E Race Omaha Neb Oliver Hartley Baltimore Ohio Dr Paul Batman Portsmouth and many others. Weekend guests of local families were also noted with a steady stream of visitors from Columbus Cincinnati Gallipolis and Morehead Kentucky.
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Ricky
West Virginia
Schroath
Difford
Third Ave
Eugene Ernsberger
Marion
Charles McElhinny
Lillian McGhee
Belle
W. Va
Gartner Reynolds
Paul
London
L. E. Reynolds
Val Reynolds
Paul Grueser
Middleport High School
Val Edgar Reynolds
Martha Hudson
Edward Price
Ison Larry
Lynford Johnson
Kathryn Lynn
David
Lori Cleveland
Asel Searls
Eddie
Dayton
Wiliam Grate
Janis
Jimmy
South Charleston
Pomeroy
Middleport
Lake Hope
Ilarold Huphard
Linda Grimm
Emil Ball
Lewis Long
RB. S White
Beulah White Durst
N. S. White
J. C. Wavykins
Akwon
Bruce Bingham
Jagers
Athens
Jennie Frewen
Upper Arlington
S. Second
Donald L. Cox
Jill Ann
Barbara Emery
Hillsboro
Cox
Walter Miller
Oliver Hartley
Baltimore
Andi
Homer Race
Omaha
Neb
Hartley
Race
Telegraph
Union 'Pacific Railroad
P. Lo Peoples
Leland Peoples
Columbus
Snerme Poston
Logan
Wilson Norris
Charles Brooks
Portsmouth
Gito Kreinbihl
H. D. Defenbach
Frank Will
Frieda Firehate
Dan Fisher
Charleston
Fred Langlotz
Lawrence Withers
Pomeroy High School
Garnet Fleck
Chicago
Lawrence Withers Jr
Galesburg
Homer E. Race
Ohio
Paul Batman
Hilda Ohlinger
McClain
Lancaster
Robert Hamm
Chillicothe
Ward Radford
Piketon
Thomas Quick
Uticn
Joe Foster
John Foster
Margaret Frobstetter Hill
Mary ‘Ellen Miller Cox
Rose Mary Raub
Winifred Raub
Cincinnati
Kathleen Peoples Norris
Leland Feoples
Otto Kreinbi
Harry Skells
Miss Maze
Jack Kennedy
Willan Neutaling
Rollin Daniels
U. S.navy
175 Persons Enjoy Alumni Banquet Here
Middleport reports 175 attendees at an alumni association banquet hosted Saturday by the Parent Teacher Association and serving staff from the high school. PTA leaders praised the committee for duties performed and credited home economics students with serving and clearing tables.
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Middleport
Sara Daune Hartley
Middle Port Alumni Association
Parent-Teacher Association Committee
Mildred Ohlinger
Donna Miller
Ruth Ward
Sharnon Ruey
Barbara Vowles
Jane Singer
Donna MecCool
Ernestine
Asbury
Vivian Abbott
Winona Reder
Laura Rowley
Irs van Cooney
Doris Dow
Rae Ann Mills
Judy Jacobs
PTA
George Childs
Malcolm Balter
Walter Crooks
Charles Murray
Harold Woodgerd
John Wro- Mah
Forrest Bachtel
Homer Hartley
George Hackett
Rodney Sauer
Mildred Hawley
Missionary Speaks at Mt Moriah Baptist Church
Dr Casandra Jones, a medical missionary returned from Liberia, spoke at Mt Moriah Baptist Church Sunday morning services sharing experiences from her mission and updates on medical outreach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Casandra Jones
Liberia
Ing &T Sevices
Mt. Moriah
4-H Club Activities Across Local Meetings and Plans
The Alfred Boys 4-H Club met at Robert Robinson tied home with seventeen members and seven visitors to discuss summer projects. Clarence Atherton demonstrated as members planned meetings for June and tours of Carpenter Farm and Zaleski state forest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Robinson
Alfred Boys
Clarence Atherton
Hame
Clarente Atherton
Columbia 4-H Boys
Charles A. Stcher
Leading Creek
Higley
Ralph Knight
Shade Valley Boys
Martin
Bob Darst
Roger Gaul
Middleport Rotarians Honor Top Students at Meeting
Mrs. Harold Sauer hosted Leaders from Middleport High as senior Frank Easter and Rae Ann Mills were named top students. Plans for a school project, a 4 H activity, and future meetings were discussed. Guests from the Meigs County Club attended and a demonstration on cheese uses was given.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Sauer
Leading Creek Merry Workers
Middleport
Frank Easter
Rae Ann Mills
Midleport High
Middleport Rotary
Meigs Count Club
Frank
Pollytine
Bon-imie Carson
Elon
Danny Sanberr
jRae Ann Mills
L. W
Comas
Richard H. Rawlings
J. H. Grate
Meigs County Crippled Children Society
L. W. McComas
Crippled Children
Meiss County
Meigs Navy Man En Route to Korea
POMEROY Chief Quartermaster Earl P. Brown son of Mr and Mrs Ben Brown Meigs Route 1 is en route to the Far East aboard the Atlantic Fleet destroyer Caperton The Caperton will join Allied naval forces off the coast of Korea and operate in enemy waters for a period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Earl P. Brown
Ben Brown
Far East
Caperton
Korea
Memorial Day Speaker Denounces Communism at Cemeteries
Memorial Day services at Racine Letart and Woodson Cemeteries featured Benjamin F. Turner of Disabled American Veterans Chapter 53 and Racine American Legion. He urged loyalty oath adherence and questioned government policy on education and national defense while condemning “slimy, filthy tenets of Communism.” He spoke at Racine Letart Gallipolis Jackson County services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Benjamin F. Turners
Racine
Letart
American Legion Post
Turner
United States
Lon
Gallipolis
Jackson County
Woodson
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Leaner Sek
Sensbury
Jon Martin Schasf
Clara Mae Hamilton Darst
David Darst
Wiliam
C. &. Reichman
Diane Reichman
Nola Knopf
Marilyn Knopp
Pully
Evelyn Knopp Vogelsong
Lera Knopp Jones
Vivian Knopp Titus
Pomeroy Tk
Pearl Childers Reynolds
Pro‘sram
Unose
O2 Ohio
Suzanne Bradbury
Lynn Danilels
Dofi
John Epting
Gallia Academy High School
Katherine Bachtel
Beautiful
Jean Searls Craig
Millard Hess’ Orchestra
Parkersburg
Middleport Social Notes
Evelyn Gibbons
Lucindare Caralyn Rose
Judy Rose
Helen Taylor
Dennis Weber
Collen Wilson
Nancy Skinner
Linda Lyon
Beverly Perrin
Alien Knopp
Hysell St
Harold Vogelsong
Jones
Nola Knopp
Frank Titus
Pomert
Gene Harris
Marjorie
Kenny
Nancy
Rittman, Bir
Charles Entsminger
Whitesville
St. K. Fue Bat
Marsha
Curtis Kelly
Arichsville
Banqnet
W. S. Lewis
Stanley’ E. Wolfe of
Gomer
Lewis
Ben Philson
Rush, Peerl Sr
Philsons
Philson
W. Lewis
Gomer Lewis
Pittsoarh
Cecil Hordern
M Memorial Dar
Richard Horden
Glaren Stansbury
Mr Horden
George Frye
Herbert Fink
Charles Archer
Akron
Minerva Childers
Fred Schroath
Ann
Scouts
Fetc
Miss Ashley
Racine High
Pomeroy Personals
Meigs
Pomeroy Social Notes
Joan de Lang
Fred Reidel
A. Jones
Air
Maynard Karnes
Jo Hodge
Mildred Gamlin
Carrie Enzenauer
Enzenauer
Karl Fisher
Morehead, Ky
Rose Mary
Dorothy Taylor
Ovi] Proctor
Police
Walter Wolfe
C. M. Thompson
Thompson
Lena Hoeeflich
Condor Sr
Langsville
Alpha Barr
Projectsere
Helen Barr
Patsy Lee
Suracuse Sunshine Girls
Kathryn Slack
Linda Jssy Hubbard
Meigs General
C'tes
ALL Uln Addai
Puerdas
Danny ‘Thomas
Peggy Lee
Peter Lawford
Room & Bird
Voice of the Theatre
Models Inc
Howard Duff
Coleen Gray
John Doward
Marjorie Reynolds
Pomeroy Bend
Meigs Pomeroy
Chandler Scott Brady
Susan Ball
Yoseph Calleia
Jay Silverheels
Todat
Temple Middleport
Willie
Joe
Tom Becll
Harry Lembeck
Mari Blanchard
Barry Kelley
Kaiser
FORD
Chrysler
Mercury
Packard
Plymouth
Spec
Frazer
GMAC
Karr & van Zandt
Pomeroy, Ohio
Zemo
Paint & Hardware
Mason City
Oldsmobile
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