Five Family Rescued After Ohio River Boat Capsizes Near Middleport
The James Lomax family from near McArthur survived a near tragedy when their motorboat the Susi Tin 27 capsized on the Ohio River near the Pomeroy Mason bridge. All five wore life jackets and were rescued by a fisherman and an adjacent boat before Middleport Fire Department arrived. Treasures lost included trousers with a billfold, a pocketbook with car keys, and a week's wages lost.
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Middleport
Ohio River
James Lomax
McArthur
Hamden
Pomeroy-Mason Bridge
Lomax
Butch
Karen
Vickie
Ed Romines
Romine
Liberty Lane
Mra
500 Swim at Pool Sets City Record
Large attendance at the municipal pool Sunday with over 500 swimmers, predominantly children and youths. Supervisor Charlies McDonald announced that swim classes are open. auction to begin Monday June 20. Adult night scheduled each Friday.
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Middleport
Charlies McDonald
Pomeroy Plans County 4 H Club Softball Meeting
Pomeroy to organize county 4-H Club softball at 8 30 p m Tuesday. Meeting will be held at the county extension service office. Any interested member or leader invited to attend.
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Pomeroy
Organizi E County
County Extension Service Office
Pickup Truck Crash On Route 143 In Rutland
Sheriff reports two weekend accidents in Rutland and nearby. L C Thomas 74 of Rutland drove east and turned north colliding with Franklin Frye 21 of Rutland. Thomas claims signal miscommunication while Frye alleges the turn cut across his path. A car owned by Carl Stewart 30 of Middleport was damaged when Golden Little of Columbus backed into it near Hobson Bridge. Weekend arrests include George Lavinder 31 Mineral for DWI Okey Kiser 25 Letart Falla for unauthorized use of a motor vehicle and Tom Eynon Syracuse for intoxication.
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Pomeroy
Charles Russell
Rutland
L. C. Thomas
Franklin Frye
Thomas
Frye
Sand
Carl R. Stewart
Middleport
Sheriff Russell
Golden Little
Columbus
Stewart
Hobson Bridge
Route 7
George Lavinder
Mineral
Okey Edward Kiser
Letart Falla
Tom Eynon
Syracuse
Pomeroy Society Plans Family Night at July 7 gathering
The Kingdom Builders Class of Rock Springs Methodist Church arranged a family night for July 7 with committee members named for refreshments and program. The meeting included scripture, devotions, and a Father’s Day program with readings and poems. Upcoming meeting is set for July 14 at Mrs. Carrol Pierce’s home.
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Pomeroy
Kingdom Builders
Rock Springs
William Clark
Roy Biffie
Amos Leonard
Morgan
Clifford Leifheit
Carrol Pierce
Pomeroy Ag Agents and Families Visit Blakeslee Home
Agricultural agents and their families from five counties attended a social gathering hosted by Mr and Mrs C F E Blakeslee at their Lincoln Heights residence Saturday evening. Guests included couples from Athens McArthur Logan Jackson and Gallipolis along with former Pomeroy residents Mr and Mrs Howard Cummings and their sons from Columbus.
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Pomeroy
C. FE. Blakeslee
Blakeslee
Lincoln Heights
Rose Wright
Athens
George L. Brown
McArthur
Charles Ingraham
Bruce
Logan
Misney Marhoover
Dan
Melody
Jackson
William P Smith
Roger
Barbara
Gallipolis
Howard Cummings
Sons
Columbus
Cummings
Pomeroy Guild Plans Hostesses for June Meeting
The Happy Harvesters Class of the Federated Church met Friday with Mrs Dale Smith to plan as hostesses for a guild meeting at the Rock Springs Fairgrounds on June 2. Prizes for games were awarded to Mrs Everett Dailey Mrs Grover Erb Mrs Cleland Hines and Mrs Ben Neutzling. Refreshments were served by Mrs Harry Canterbury Mrs J H Cuckler and Mrs Clyde Millhone to 17 members.
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Pomeroy
Rock Springs Fairgrounds
Happy Harvesters
Federted Church
Dale Smith
Everett Dailey
Grover Erb
Cleland Hines
Ben Neutzling
Harry Canterbury
J. H. Cuckler
Clyde Millhone
Hysell Run Home Demonstration Club Formed
The Hysell Run Home Demonstration Club organized at a recent meeting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Smith. County agent Geneva H. Nolan led the session and officers were elected for the new year. Women in the community are invited to join.
Two Fined Carrying Concealed Weapons in Local Court
POMEROY James FE. Taylor, 20, Long Bottom, and Henry Morgan, 27, Portsmouth, were fined $100 and costs in Justice of the Peace Percy L. Peoples court for concealed weapons, charged by Patrolman Henry Werry. Alvin Myers, Jr, 29, Silver Ridge, fined $5 and costs on assault and battery per Deputy Sheriff Leroy Bartrum.
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Pomeroy
James FE. Taylor
Long Bottom
Henry Morgan
Portsmouth
Court of Justice of the Peace
Percy L. Peoples
Henry Werry
Alvin Myers, Jr
Silver Ridge
Leroy Bartrum
Divorce Granted in Meigs County Court
Joanne Tatterson has been granted a divorce from Arthur L. Tatterson by Judge Cedric W. Clark. The Meigs County Common Pleas Court also awarded custody of three minor children to the plaintiff, charging wilful absence gross neglect of duty and extreme cruelty.
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Pomeroy
Joanne Tatterson
Arthur L. Tatterson
Cedric W. Clark
Meigs County Common Pleas Court
Children’s Day Program At Church Draws Large Crowd
About 100 children participated in the annual Children’s Day program at the Church of Christ. Under the theme In Every Land the event featured a processional to Onward Christian Soldiers, songs Jesus Loves Me and Bless This House, piano and vocal numbers, and plays including Gods Care and Gods Gifts. Mrs Harold Lohse accompanied. Guy Reynolds led the program with Mrs Harold Lohse. decorations by the Loyal Bereans class.
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Middleport
Church of Christ
Guy Reynolds
Harold Lohse
Bereans
John Rice
Jesus
Fred I. Gardner
Colleen Wilson
Edgar Allensworth
Youth Found Not in River Near Syracuse Roadside Park
Pomeroy Emergency Squad members searched the riverbank and nearby sections after a youth visiting town was feared lost in the river. He was later found at Syracuse Roadside Park en route to his home in another state after visiting here.
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Pomeroy
Syracuse
Pomeroy 4 H Club Ice Cream Social Announced
Pomeroy 4 H Club will host an ice cream social at 6 p m Saturday on the lawn of Mr and Mrs C E Blakeslee Lincoln Heights Minada Murray president announced today.
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Pomeroy
Pomeroy Benders
C. E. Blakeslee
Lincoln Heights
Minada Murray
Racine Weekend Guests and Alumni Dinner Notes
Mr and Mrs James McClaskey of Midland Pa spent a weekend with relatives and attended the Racine Alumni Dinner and dance. Many extended family visits followed as 28 Racine High School graduates toured Washington DC and New York. Sgt Max Wolfe of Kilmer NJ sails overseas. Mrs Wolfe stays in Sandusky with her parents.
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James McClaskey
Midland
Robert Knightster
Alicia
Columbus
New York
Max Wolfe
Killeen
Texas
Wolfe
Chester Simpson
Camp Kilmer
N. J
Sandusky
Verne Watterson
Incent
Odessa Harpold
Cincinnati
Minnie Harpold
Bill Cross
Dayton
Dillon Cross
Laighton Boyd
Air Force
Alaska
Dale Boyd
Thomas Arthur
Kelly
Ira White
Rawnie Kay White
Glen White
Shall
Culloden
W. Va
Paul Schwesig
Paul Jr
Charleston
Emma Hall
Billie
Huntington
Warren Wolfe
East Liverpool
Owen Watson
Waltonians Meet Pomeroy at League Clubhouse
The Meigs Chapter Izaak Walton League of America board meets in regular session at 7 PM at the clubhouse near Chester. Read of bamboo and tobacco grown at Leaston Idaho two hundred miles from the Canadian border. Living plants use carbon dioxide from air and water from soil to produce sugar.
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Pomeroy
Meigs
Izaak Walton League of America
Chester
Lewiston
Ida
Canadian
Weekend Visitors and Moves Round Carbondale Area
Weekend guests included the Wes ley McDaniel Joe ilson and families of Barberton and others from New Marshfield, Nelsonville, Laurel Run, and Chillicothe. Ben Gabriel moved to a New Marshfield farm home formerly Leonard Hartman farm. The Johnsons announce the birth of Deborah Lee on May 31 with grandparents in Connett and Lester Pittman of Carbon.
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Carbondale
Lester Pittman
Wesley McDaniel
Joe Ilson
Barberton
Mattie Gabriel
New Marshfield
Arthur Hartman
Nelsonville
Floyd Largent
New Plymouth
Edward Dickerson
Laurel Run
Robert Johnson
Barbara Boudinot
Connett
Sam Risley
Lewis Risley
Lew Daugherty
Frank Risley
George
George Gardiner
Paul Gardiner
Chillicothe
George Carlin
O. B. Carpenter
A Horoson
Dave Kennard
Ben Gabriel
Leonard Hartman
Deborah Lee
Clarence Johnson
Carbon
Middleport society members attend church events and training
Local women from Middleport attended a training conference at the Marietta Baptist Church linked to the Year of Baptist Achievement. Other notes mention MYF picnic at the parsonage, bake sale plans for Lancaster Camp Ground attendance, and various community visits and illnesses among area residents.
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Middleport
Marietta Baptist Church
C. E. Hoyt
Millis Anthony
Charles Bennett
Hoyt
Elizabeth Snodgrass
Rio Grande
Methodist Youth Fellowship
Carole Goff
MYF
Emerson Jones
MYF Institute
Lancaster Camp Ground
First Presbyterian Church Centenary Begins With Affair
Middleport marks the church centennial with an evening dinner and program titled Fami and Frianar. Mrs. Arthur Lewis and Mrs. Karl Owen oversee supper plans and attendees are asked to bring table service.
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Middleport
First Presbyterian Church
Arthur Lewis
Karl Owen
Philathea Society to Meet and Plan Memorial Service
Middleport notes the Philathea Society of the Church of Christ meeting at Mrs Dilgard’s Broadway home. They will plan the annual Philathea Memorial service set for Sunday June 12 at 2 p.m. at the church.
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Middleport
Philathea Society of the
Church of Christ
Family News From Middleport and Nearby
Middleport personals note Mrs Anna McGhee and Misses Helen and Mabel Waddell have returned from South Bend Indiana where they visited the area for the former’s son William McGhee who finished his first year at Notre Dame and came home for the summer. Mrs Sara Wells and her sons of Columbus Ohio were holiday guests of her parents Mr and Mrs A A Scarberry. Mr and Mrs M D Brickles also mentioned in society notes.
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Bobby
Benny Ewing
Eugene Norris
Mammoth Cave
Kentucky
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Joe
Columbus
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R. EF. Boice
Ramora
Atlatic City
Boice
Harold Duckworth
New Brighton Pa
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Duckworth
Meigs County
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C. F E. Blakeslee
Gallipolis
Elmer Wickham
Lucille B. Hawking
Albert Woodard
Little Hocking
District 13
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Marion
William J. Durst
John Frick
Williamsburg
John Weeks
Virgil Grase
Korea
Holzer Hospital
Martha Ohlinger
William Ohlinger
Ohlinger
Rutland High School
Robert Riggs
Harold Evans
Manley
Ira Riggs
Cecil Hoffman
Daisie Saunders
S. Third Ave
A. Loucke
Frank
Anna McGhee
Helen
Mabel Waddell
South Bend
Ind
William McGhee
Notre Dame
Sara Wells
Sons of
A. A. Scarberry
Firemen Hold First Social
Middleport residents attended the first ice cream social of the season on the village hall grounds. The event, organized by the Middleport Fire Department, featured ice cream and cake donated by wives and friends, plus cash contributions to fund a new tank truck and other equipment.
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Middleport
Middleport Five Rtment
Emergency squad aids Mr Grover in Rutland
The Rutland emergency squad responded Sunday at 9 a.m. to provide oxygen to Mr. Grover. The incident occurred in Rutland where medical responders assisted him on scene.
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Rutland Middleport
Rutland
Grover
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